Streaming HD video - Motorola Droid X2

Is there any type of hack or mod we can do that allows us to stream at least 720p content fluidly, I noticed a slight change from 2.2 to 2.3 just a tad bit more smooth,it just needs a little more,im starting to think its our lack or ram, seeing as we only have 404 instead of the 512...god damn Motorola
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Never have had issues with streaming HD material on youtube. Even on barebone stock froyo, probably the ****ty coding, doubt its the physical amount of RAM.

You are telling me that you can go to the desktop version of youtube on your Droid x2 and watch a video in 720p and it'll be completely fluid?
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Yup. I have yet to see an issue with the 720p streaming on my end.

What browser are you using? I have been going crazy ever since I got my phone trying to figure out why I can't
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Mine seems to always run like 5-10 frames too slow,im going mad!
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I'm using Opera browser atm, but tbh I think it has more to do w/ 3G than anything.

I only try to do it with wifi, I just updated my flash,it seemed to do it,has never done it before
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I was going to ask whether you had the same issues streaming over wifi?
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I use dolphin HD and always use wifi,seams to work with 720p now,im happy!!
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I've streamed with wifi and have had no issues so far. 3G is a hit or miss sometimes it'll not be able to keep up with the video, sometimes it will. If I'm on 3G I generally use the app or if I'm patient, I let it load and just drag back to beginning w/o hitting replay.

Where the hell are you that your 3G can keep up with HD? Are you sure we are both using verizons 3G O.O
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I'm in Arizona.

Im in jersey, probably why mine is so much slower,much more traffic out here
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What DL/UL speeds do you usually get?

Like 50-100KB/s uploads..forget about it lol
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I can't watch any 1080p or 720p video- online or regular mp4 video from internal storage.
It goes like 4 fps. I looked in the atrix forum, and apparently the tegra 2 chipset likes only certain kinds of HD video (something to do with how the video is encoded).

Anything encoded with with a High profile will not play smoothly on the Tegra 2 chipsets.

PnoT said:
Anything encoded with with a High profile will not play smoothly on the Tegra 2 chipsets.
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Why is that?
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KurioHonoo said:
Why is that?
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I don't have first hand knowledge of why but have seen more than a few posts on various forums stating it's the chipset that's at fault.

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Is netflix working for atrix?

I mean really working not the off color green bar at the bottom i have 1.8.3 and if so please provide a link to it i can't find it with my device in the android market
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I mean really working not the off color green bar at the bottom i have 1.8.3 and if so please provide a link to it i can't find it with my device in the android market
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works with leaked 2.3.4 not correctly on 1.8.3
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works with leaked 2.3.4 not correctly on 1.8.3
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Thanks
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also works on kenns 2.3.4 beta 4...
netflix only works on gingerbread and honeycomb
Yeah only 2.3.4 thus far. I watched a movie earlier. I was so happy to finally have it on this phone.
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Yeah only 2.3.4 thus far. I watched a movie earlier. I was so happy to finally have it on this phone.
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Where is the download link? Can't find it on the market...
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Where is the download link? Can't find it on the market...
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It's in the Apps and Games section on XDA.
It's ****ing awesome! Even though I have the US Netflix and used to have to connect to my VPN to use it, it somehow works over Wifi and 3G/HSPA!! I've been watching movies at my desk at work for the last couple days.
Hmm.. which movie shall I watch tonight?
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It's in the Apps and Games section on XDA.
It's ****ing awesome! Even though I have the US Netflix and used to have to connect to my VPN to use it, it somehow works over Wifi and 3G/HSPA!! I've been watching movies at my desk at work for the last couple days.
Hmm.. which movie shall I watch tonight?
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Pulp fiction at work is the freaking best.
Boondocks while on the can, this is the north american dream
Edit: Whoa whoa I just got a deactivated warning?
Edit 2: got it working again
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You can download it straight from the market now, the Atrix is supported
not if you are in canada. says not available for my device due to the country its in. weird..still have the apk from here and that works fine.
even though its officially supported now, it still shows discoloration and the green bar at the bottom.
I believe all of this is resolved in the leaked Atrix gingerbread beta update.
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even though its officially supported now, it still shows discoloration and the green bar at the bottom.
I believe all of this is resolved in the leaked Atrix gingerbread beta update.
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No need for 2.3.4. It does work now. You will probably notice you had an available update in the market after downloading Netflix. Peform your update and everything will work 100%. It looks perfect!!
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No need for 2.3.4. It does work now. You will probably notice you had an available update in the market after downloading Netflix. Peform your update and everything will work 100%. It looks perfect!!
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Confirmed! The update fixed the discoloration!
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No need for 2.3.4. It does work now. You will probably notice you had an available update in the market after downloading Netflix. Peform your update and everything will work 100%. It looks perfect!!
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yup, the second update today fixed the discoloration
Yay! It works... but it looks like crap
At least on my Atrix it looks like crap.
I own a Atrix (AT&T) as well as a Droid X (Verizon) and I have Netflix running (from the Market) on both phones. Side by side the video on the Droid X phone looks nice and sharp without blocky pixelation and it's only a 3G phone. But the same video on my Atrix which is supposed to be 4G takes forever to load a video and then when it finally plays the picture looks terrible with horrible pixelation to the point where I can barely make out what it is I am looking at.
I am running stock FroYo on the Atrix without any tweaks. What is the deal with this phone? Is it the phone or the network? The Atrix shows 3 bars at my house (whereas my Droid X shows 4 bars) so it looks like it's got a good signal to the tower but the network speed is really terrible.
I was so excited to get an Atrix (since I have a tablet that has a Tegra 2 chip in it as well and LOVE it) but after owning this phone for a week I have to say I am beginning to regret getting it.
I'm running 1.57 gladatrix. Haven't updated to newer 1.83 radio yet or gingerbread. Newest netflix runs excellent on wifi and 3/4g. Takes 6 seconds to buffer then plays uninterrupted when has good cell reception. Tested data speed at 1.8mb/s.
Have watched over 10 movie/episodes so far no problems. First 10 seconds a little pixalated then great quality after that.
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At least on my Atrix it looks like crap.
I own a Atrix (AT&T) as well as a Droid X (Verizon) and I have Netflix running (from the Market) on both phones. Side by side the video on the Droid X phone looks nice and sharp without blocky pixelation and it's only a 3G phone. But the same video on my Atrix which is supposed to be 4G takes forever to load a video and then when it finally plays the picture looks terrible with horrible pixelation to the point where I can barely make out what it is I am looking at.
I am running stock FroYo on the Atrix without any tweaks. What is the deal with this phone? Is it the phone or the network? The Atrix shows 3 bars at my house (whereas my Droid X shows 4 bars) so it looks like it's got a good signal to the tower but the network speed is really terrible.
I was so excited to get an Atrix (since I have a tablet that has a Tegra 2 chip in it as well and LOVE it) but after owning this phone for a week I have to say I am beginning to regret getting it.
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I'll give you a hint, both phones are 3G... It looks like crap on my Atrix as well.
I have a movie on memory encoded at 640x480 1200kbs and the netflix streamed version is perceptualy similar after 10 seconds of initial pixelation then holds steady at good quality without interruption. That's on 3g with good reception.
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Enabling 1080p video capture?

Given that the Tegra 2 is capable of recording 1080p video, I was wondering how to enable it. The camcorder app only allows up to 720p recording.
From Google searching, I can only find articles that say Motorola is planning on releasing an update to the Atrix to enable 1080p recording. Do they plan on doing the same for the photon?
Aparently, there is an camera apk mod that can be used to enable 1080p recording on the Atrix. Anyone had any luck with it on the Photon? EDIT: here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079760
I bought the Photon because of the Tegra 2 and assumed it could 1080p record. Guess I should have done my research, but nVidia and Motorola kept claiming that 1080p is possible and will be included on their Tegra 2 phones.
yes you can by editing some files...its easy to do.....but you will not like that
its a crapy imagem.....I realize the camera on photon its the same off atrix...the hardware its the same....If ou put alien rom from photon into atrix, you will get 8mpx camera :S
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Is it possible to get this to work on Photon 4G. The two share very similar specs including tegra 2.
I'd love to get a working 1080p recording ability on my Photon.
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I am using my old DROID X right now as a tablet, but I am a Photon owner, Motorola is releasing an update for the ATRIX, and we have the same camera app/hardware specs, so we should get 1080p from their app if we pull it when they get the update, -or- Motorola gives us a 1080p update, which we're hoping will be soon.
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Couldn't we suggest that to them on the Motorola forums?
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I am using my old DROID X right now as a tablet, but I am a Photon owner, Motorola is releasing an update for the ATRIX, and we have the same camera app/hardware specs, so we should get 1080p from their app if we pull it when they get the update, -or- Motorola gives us a 1080p update, which we're hoping will be soon.
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yes you can by editing some files...its easy to do.....but you will not like that
its a crapy imagem.....I realize the camera on photon its the same off atrix...the hardware its the same....If ou put alien rom from photon into atrix, you will get 8mpx camera :S
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Yeah, I read, at least on the atrix, its 1080p resolution but at a lower bitrate and FPS.
I still want to give it t a try. I tried adding a 1080p entry into the build.prop, but I can't enable it with either the stock camera or the lgcamera.
Do you know what the exact editing should be?

Netflix looks like crap

Anyone know why videos on Netflix are all pixelated on the x2? Is there a fix?
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My guess is you have a connection problem of some sort. Are you using it on wireless or 3g? Mine is usually clear. Only time it gets pixelated is when my internet connection is acting up (having trouble with it at home right now). When the connection is working as it should, Netflix works great. If my connection starts going bonkers, the picture will pixelate for a few seconds and then clear up again as the signal gets better. Until my internet problems at home, I never had any problems with it. This reminds me. Have to call my ISP, again.
Tried on my wifi McDonald's wifi 3g. All Pixelated
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Netflix looks good on mine. On 3G Nd wifi.
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Just tried on my home wifi. Looks just fine, although at the beginning it was pixelated. IIRC Netflix tried to use an algorithm to change its quality to best suit your connection speeds. As has been said previously, WIFI is recommended over 3G, but you might also want to look into some scripts (speedy comes to mind, but I haven't kept up with that compared to what comes with the latest roms tbh).
Dumped the x2, netflix looks 100x better.
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Dumped the x2, netflix looks 100x better.
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Its most likely a network difference. The Thunderbolt has 4G, and the X2 has 3G. The reason you just downgraded is because the X2 is way faster than the Thunderbolt. The Tegra 2 processor is no joke.
Actually its a major upgrade. Even rooted with cm7 the thunderbolt is blowing the x2 out of the water
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Actually its a major upgrade. Even rooted with cm7 the thunderbolt is blowing the x2 out of the water
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Mmhmm.... Where are you getting your information? What are you basing this on? Which device was running CM7?
Basing it off being able to fly through app after app, webpages being crystal clear, music not skipping or forcing closed. The x2 was running cm7. The locked bootloader sucked balls. I like changing kernels,radios, etc. Thunderbolt does everything I ask it to without hesitating
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While I do agree that a locked bootloader is terrible (my previous device was unlocked), I have to say that your other evidence merely comes from OS tweaks, not speed. The Xperia play browser is smoother in scrolling than the X2s, but that doesn't mean that it is faster. A good way to see performance differences is to try heavy emulators like N64oid and FPSe with 0 frameskips and graphics smoothing on and you will see a significant difference in performance, especially with FPSe, which has dual core optimization.
When I put my cm7 x2 next to my RF stock TB yea the x2 wins in quadrant scores, but that means nothing when a game like fruit ninja lags on my phone but not hers. Or videos from SD card are pixelated but not on the tb
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Have not read much in this thread but I was just wondering if anyone that is having problems with Netflix have you by chance tried using a lcd density changer to clear up the screen? I'm using LCD modder with the dpi set to 200 & Netflix looks pretty good....Hope it helps...
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Have not read much in this thread but I was just wondering if anyone that is having problems with Netflix have you by chance tried using a lcd density changer to clear up the screen? I'm using LCD modder with the dpi set to 200 & Netflix looks pretty good....Hope it helps...
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I just tried it, but it switched the way Netflix looked, it looked like it was for a tablet but search wasn't working. I liked the way my phone looked with 200dpi instead of 240 though, thanks for the tip!
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I just tried it, but it switched the way Netflix looked, it looked like it was for a tablet but search wasn't working. I liked the way my phone looked with 200dpi instead of 240 though, thanks for the tip!
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Just tested and the search does not work inn portrait but works fine when you have the phone in landscape hope it helps...
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Just tested and the search does not work inn portrait but works fine when you have the phone in landscape hope it helps...
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Thanks, I played with it a bit and ended up setting it to 225dpi and Netflix looks great and it didn't change the app! I really like the phone like this too, makes it look bigger haha
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[Q] Full screen HD netflix..

I'm just starting to use netflix on my rezound, and I was wondering how to get full screen HD on it...I know there are previous posts for this topic though the ones I came across were a bit old and not full screen.
Anyone know
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I'm just starting to use netflix on my rezound, and I was wondering how to get full screen HD on it...I know there are previous posts for this topic though the ones I came across were a bit old and not full screen.
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What do you mean full screen? Our devices can't do HD Netfix right now because of our processor or something. HD Netflix isn't compatible with it. We'll get it eventually.
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What do you mean full screen? Our devices can't do HD Netfix right now because of our processor or something. HD Netflix isn't compatible with it. We'll get it eventually.
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From what I've read, you can download a file so you can get HD netflix..though its not full screen viewing like the market app is.
Idk where, but its the razrs netflix app that does HD. The galaxy nexus forums have the link to the app .
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Yeah, many of us have tried that HD Netflix .apk. It won't do anything really. The HD version just isn't compatible yet. Even if you have the .apk, it won't give you true HD until Netflix makes it compatible with our processors.
Here is the thread that has the HD Netflix if you want to try it. But like I said, it won't really do much. Worth a shot, though.
Thanks I shall give it a try..hope they come out with one compatible with the rezound soon!
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No difference
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Yeah, many of us have tried that HD Netflix .apk. It won't do anything really. The HD version just isn't compatible yet. Even if you have the .apk, it won't give you true HD until Netflix makes it compatible with our processors.
Here is the thread that has the HD Netflix if you want to try it. But like I said, it won't really do much. Worth a shot, though.
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Like WasabiWa83 said, no difference.
Tried the apk myself and could not get it to work properly. Plus it repeatedly asked me to upgrade to a newer version in the Android Market. So I got rid of it.
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Idk where, but its the razrs netflix app that does HD. The galaxy nexus forums have the link to the app .
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The Nexus is able to do it since it uses similar architecture as the OMAP4 from the Razr. The Snapdragon is a differen't thing. Guess we got screwed on the HD, funny how the Snapdragon Devices were one of the first devices to get Netflix over the OMAP when it was first released.
I had one that worked in full hd and fullscreen but it became outdated and is useless now as you can't play anything without it asking for an update
Its not technically the processor, but the security capabilities. The OMAP4's have whats needed for it to be "secure". I remember an article about it i believe when the droid 3 came out, and heres an example:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/05/netflix-for-android-gets-first-hd-streaming-certification-texas/
The only phone right now that has the security certificate to allow HD streaming from Netflix is the RAZR. Go figure the device w/o a HD screen gets HD netflix . Eventually one day our devices will support HD netflix.

Browser and other stuff not smooth

I have to say that I love this phone, but the browser is almost unusable because it is so laggy. I've noticed that this phone needs hardware acceleration really bad...
The home screen isn't the smoothest either.
Has anyone else noticed this or is it just me?
And pinch to zoom in the browser is a joke. Its laggier than a single core phone.
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speedy0339 said:
I have to say that I love this phone, but the browser is almost unusable because it is so laggy. I've noticed that this phone needs hardware acceleration really bad...
The home screen isn't the smoothest either.
Has anyone else noticed this or is it just me?
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Have you tried restarting your phone, freeing up some RAM, or deleting some apps that may be giving the phone lag?
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yea probably some other app trashed your phone. sometimes the only way to get the performance back is to hard reset the phone. gosh Android is starting to feel a lot like windows...
You might also have to factory reset to fix the problem. Are up to date on your firmware?
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Yeah. Even when I played with the maxx at the store it just isn't smooth. I had a gs2, then an iphone, and now this. I just think I'm so used to the iphone smoothness that I just have to get back to the Android feel of things. And no I'm not an apple fan boy, the only reason i got the iphone was because sprint didnt have 4g in my area and i just wanted to try it. Now that i finally got a good service, i had to go back to the good os.
I've noticed even scrolling in apps, that the phone isn't very smooth for a dual core. I kind of expected more.
Does anyone know if ICS and hardware acceleration will fix this? Or maybe the soak test update coming whenever it comes?
I have no such problems. All my apps open almost instantly, and I don't get any lag when I scroll. I don't know what to tell you guys. Restarting your phones, update your firmware, kill some processes, and say 3 hail Marys.
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I have no such problems. All my apps open almost instantly, and I don't get any lag when I scroll. I don't know what to tell you guys. Restarting your phones, update your firmware, kill some processes, and say 3 hail Marys.
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It just isn't smooth as butter like the gs2, galaxy nexus, iphone 4s
Mine is as smooth as butter though. ^_^ That's why I keep saying that I don't have any of those problems.
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Mine is as smooth as butter though. ^_^ That's why I keep saying that I don't have any of those problems.
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Even in apps like scrolling and stuff? Ill hard reset tonight. That's so weird...
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Mine is as smooth as butter though. ^_^ That's why I keep saying that I don't have any of those problems.
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Are you running stock 2.3.6?
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Are you running stock 2.3.6?
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iPhone is very very smooth - almost as fast as amiga was. maybe you were spoiled by iPhone? i still think it's weird that all these years later with a thousand times the processing power there's still nothing as smooth scrolling as the amiga from 25 years ago.
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Are you running stock 2.3.6?
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Yes, completely stock. No root, or custom roms.
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iolinux333 said:
iPhone is very very smooth - almost as fast as amiga was. maybe you were spoiled by iPhone? i still think it's weird that all these years later with a thousand times the processing power there's still nothing as smooth scrolling as the amiga from 25 years ago.
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I guess I was just spoiled by the iphone. I love Verizon lte but this phone just isn't anywhere near as fast as the iphone.
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Get a cache cleaner. My browser began to get laggy and stopped opening pages, I looking in my cache and had over 30mb . I cleared it and it works fantastic now
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Get a cache cleaner. My browser began to get laggy and stopped opening pages, I looking in my cache and had over 30mb . I cleared it and it works fantastic now
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Didn't help at all bro
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If you look at page load times the Razr will kill iOS devices every time. The scrolling jitters is due to lack of hardware acceleration in rendering- Honeycomb and newer uses OpenGL to deliver a much better experience. Yet another reason I can't wait for ICS...
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If you look at page load times the Razr will kill iOS devices every time. The scrolling jitters is due to lack of hardware acceleration in rendering- Honeycomb and newer uses OpenGL to deliver a much better experience. Yet another reason I can't wait for ICS...
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I guess ill just have to wait or root and flash ics. I had the nexus before this but I couldn't stand the Samsung antenna and 3 hour battery life.
Thanks for explaining.
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speedy0339 said:
I guess ill just have to wait or root and flash ics. I had the nexus before this but I couldn't stand the Samsung antenna and 3 hour battery life.
Thanks for explaining.
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And the pinch to zoom in the gallery is a joke!! Its SUPER laggy.

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