The Android Lag Fix That Really Wasn't

jfruh writes "When Android was first introduced, it got much of its buzz in the open source community, and despite it being a mobile juggernaut backed by huge companies, it remains an open source project that anyone can submit code to. Thus, when a community patch that claimed to reduce the lag that still plagues the platform was created, it rocketed around various community code sites and was widely praised. The only problem: it didn't actually speed Android up."

You mean that the placebo effect still works?

[toygeek]

This is why "vortex" generators for carburetors are still sold http://www.vorteccyclone.com/ [vorteccyclone.com] , Magnets for your fuel lines to "align the molecules" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_saving_device [wikipedia.org] are still sold, and oddly shaped bicycle cranks http://z-torque.com/ [z-torque.com] are still sold. Its really no surprise that it happens in the software world too. Really, its been happening for a long time. Regcure, anyone?

Re:Open Source

[ByteSlicer]

Here you go: http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=nightly [cyanogenmod.org] .

Re:Beware of more of this stuff on XDA

[AdamWill]

yep, the place is cargo cult central. stick with builds of the major ROMs from affiliated devs, is my advice. Run like hell from the threads which are kangs of those builds with some kid's AWESOME BLACK THEME and a bunch of kernel patches he picked up somewhere.

Re:Does it matter?

[Xenna]

Possibly. I never had a 'nexus', just the basic Samsung stuff. One problem that I noticed is when running 'drum kit' apps. I have tried some on my Android phone and several on my iPad (1st generation). On the iPad the drums react almost instantaneously. On the androids there's a noticable (and fatal) delay.

Did you ever try anything like that on you nexuses?

Did you even read the thread you linked to?

[buser]

Apparently the OP didn't read the thread he alleges disproves the performance increase. There is actually a very lively discussion going on about it, and while there's a general agreement that it's not as simple as the /dev/random pool getting depleted, there is some evidence that it is related to locking in the UI (see comment 162).