Finding s3 slow after jelly bean update :(

Lookin4somehelp · Oct 8, 2012

After I updated to stock international jelly bean update for s3 found it to be laggy and found that when I open up task manager the system seems to be using at least 500mb ram whether or not I have apps open

Does anyone know of any fixes or mods which could remedy this?

NewAussiefromCanada · Oct 8, 2012

Lookin4somehelp said:
After I updated to stock international jelly bean update for s3 found it to be laggy and found that when I open up task manager the system seems to be using at least 500mb ram whether or not I have apps open

Does anyone know of any fixes or mods which could remedy this?

Did you do a full wipe before you flashed stock JB?
Are you on stock kernel?

Start with wipe of delvic cache to start, remove any bloatware that you do not want

Perhaps try a Rom or different kernel... personally on omega and it is very fast and smooth aswell as battery friendly

Sent from my Jelly Omega SIII using XDA App

Arsaw · Oct 8, 2012

Try flashing other kernel

Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

p4tr1ck1 · Oct 29, 2012

same here

same problem here.. from stock international s3 ICS updated OTA to jelly bean 27 Oct 2012. Cannot load My Files, cannot load installed apps from gplay. OTA broke my phone which was ultra smooth before update. Any fix?

tedulus · Oct 29, 2012

I too noticed the following :
- much slower
- very noticeable battery drain
- TW force closes
- The phone sometimes heats up just sitting in the pocket
- manny dropped calls
- restore from the autoupdate from ics does not work

In my oppinion this update is an downgrade, my fast and reliable phone had becomed a slow pain in the ass. This forces me to root and loose my warranty, Samsung should be punnished for f****ing up our flagship phones.....

Mortosmx · Oct 30, 2012

same here

I have same problem, after update my galaxy s3 international ver. now is slow and lagy

any fix for thiis?

chrizzzzly · Oct 30, 2012

Same Problem

I have the same problems. Stock firmware. After OTA Update to JB its verry slow and laggy.

After reboot, it works smooth and fast. But in the course of the day it becomes slower and slower...

Any Ideas?

Lookin4somehelp · Oct 30, 2012

Only fix I found was to format properly and install latest Omega Rom. Then phone works 10x better

Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

joshjoshajosh · Oct 30, 2012

confirmed

Colleague's s3 is depressingly slow after update today, on Vodafone uk, I would assume a buggy Samsung process update

achugar · Oct 30, 2012

I have to say the same. After i update to Jelly Bean via OTA i have a lot of lags here and there.

The good:
- Facebook is now faster (at least the scrolling)
- Youtube open a little bit faster than ICS

The bad:
- There is a little lag in the transitions when you press the home button (only when you have a some apps open)

The very bad:
- battery last shorter than ICS, not a lot but noticeable worst battery life.
- Photo gallery doesnt show full screen when in landscape
- When you zoom in a photo has a lot of lag when move in the image
- Gmail, when scrolling in a message the text needs a little to render, this doesnt happened with ICS.

I will try to do a hard reset, but if this will fail in improve performance i think i will move back to ICS

mlhdk · Oct 31, 2012

achugar said:
I have to say the same. After i update to Jelly Bean via OTA i have a lot of lags here and there.

The good:
- Facebook is now faster (at least the scrolling)
- Youtube open a little bit faster than ICS

The bad:
- There is a little lag in the transitions when you press the home button (only when you have a some apps open)

The very bad:
- battery last shorter than ICS, not a lot but noticeable worst battery life.
- Photo gallery doesnt show full screen when in landscape
- When you zoom in a photo has a lot of lag when move in the image
- Gmail, when scrolling in a message the text needs a little to render, this doesnt happened with ICS.

I will try to do a hard reset, but if this will fail in improve performance i think i will move back to ICS

I totally agree on the cons and pros - and it seems that as the LED is messed up on my phone. I am on stock JB 4.1.1 not rooted. Another issues I just discovered is that my phone not say fully charged and it does not change the LED to Green. I did a hardreset before I updated, and I tried to hardreset again today. For the first hours the phone i running smooth.....then it start to be laggy and slow. I really hope there will be a update soon for solve this - or I will have to root my phone for re-install ICS.

drvenki · Oct 31, 2012

mlhdk said:
I totally agree on the cons and pros - and it seems that as the LED is messed up on my phone. I am on stock JB 4.1.1 not rooted. Another issues I just discovered is that my phone not say fully charged and it does not change the LED to Green. I did a hardreset before I updated, and I tried to hardreset again today. For the first hours the phone i running smooth.....then it start to be laggy and slow. I really hope there will be a update soon for solve this - or I will have to root my phone for re-install ICS.

Absolutely the same situation with me too! I am so mad at Samsung now for functionally downgrading my wonderful S3

It was perfect until I did this update!

Hope Samsung or Google come up with some remedy fix pretty soon!

crazy4ker · Oct 31, 2012

Same here, ultra laggy and now my phone has completely frozen. Won't load up anymore

Gonna have to relearn how to sort it out.

achugar · Nov 1, 2012

mlhdk said:
I totally agree on the cons and pros - and it seems that as the LED is messed up on my phone. I am on stock JB 4.1.1 not rooted. Another issues I just discovered is that my phone not say fully charged and it does not change the LED to Green. I did a hardreset before I updated, and I tried to hardreset again today. For the first hours the phone i running smooth.....then it start to be laggy and slow. I really hope there will be a update soon for solve this - or I will have to root my phone for re-install ICS.

Ok now that i had made a factory reset:

Jelly Bean now run a little bit smoother than before but, and this is a big but:

- Photo gallery remains the same. No full screen photos in landscape (notification bar space is in the top) and also and most important: if you take a picture in 8mb resolution when you zoom in that photo, scrolling is slow and has a lot of lag.
- Gmail app remains whit lag for rendering text inside messages.
- I feel that the battery still last longer with ICS

The rest is good. But above problems doesnt happened with ICS.
Overall i fell ICS a little bit smoother, dont get me wrong, i mean smoother not faster.

Today i was reading about a new update to JB from samsung, it started in Spain, lets hope this update will repair some of things listed.

(sorry for my english im from Uruguay - South America)

Fayzann · Nov 1, 2012

I got my S3 more slow after Automatic Update from JB on the mobile, but then after I found the solution.

Here's to solution to get the fast and stable version of JB for your phone.

- Install Kies
- Connect your phone to kies through data cable, not from WIFI
- Data cable mode should be media device, not the kies mode.
- Open Kies then Go To Tools >>> Firmware Upgrade and Initialization
- Backup your all things then click again on Firmware Upgrade and Initialization through TOOLS.

This will make s3 smooth like butter

It will download the official software thorugh Samsung's servers, It would take hours to download the software, usually 2 hours on 4mbps Connection.

and your S3 shouldn't be rooted, this method will on work on non rooted devices.

Azy77 · Nov 1, 2012

I updated to Jelly Bean on 26/10 from T-mobile UK - (I think T-mobile gave me an unlocked phone though as I seemed to get this update earlier than other T-Mobile users)

I was disappointed that some of my apps (MX player, dolphin browser) became buggy but that was possibly due to the apps needing to be updated by the developers.

I found the update to be smooth, but the battery life was absolutely atrocious when compared to ICS 4.0.4 (lasted about 10 hours on JB compared to 36-48 hours on ICS). I factory re-setted and was gutted to find JB still on there. After speaking to T-Mobile I was referred to Samsung HQ (the one most local to me) and they re-installed JB but it had no difference on battery.

I came home gutted, then read some reviews on cnet about custom roms and took the plunge & rooted my phone and downloaded Energy HD 2.0 rom (by Dakix) which I am currently using. I cannot begin to explain how much better this is than the terrible JB update from T-Mobile. Although this rom is based on 4.0.4 (ICS) I find the battery even a bit better than stock ICS, never mind the joke that is JB.

I just wish it contained some official Samsung apps like voice recorder and brightness in the notification, which unfortunately were removed from this rom, but even then I highly recommend it. It cuts out all the bloatware and runs smooth with a solid solid battery life.

drvenki · Nov 1, 2012

Fayzann said:
I got my S3 more slow after Automatic Update from JB on the mobile, but then after I found the solution.

Here's to solution to get the fast and stable version of JB for your phone.

- Install Kies
- Connect your phone to kies through data cable, not from WIFI
- Data cable mode should be media device, not the kies mode.
- Open Kies then Go To Tools >>> Firmware Upgrade and Initialization
- Backup your all things then click again on Firmware Upgrade and Initialization through TOOLS.

This will make s3 smooth like butter

It will download the official software thorugh Samsung's servers, It would take hours to download the software, usually 2 hours on 4mbps Connection.

and your S3 shouldn't be rooted, this method will on work on non rooted devices.

Hi Fayzann, I think you just got lucky. I did my upgrade through Kies when my S3 was in MTP mode. this is something to do with the stock ICS installation which causes this problem while migration of apps or may be later when the installed apps are optimized for the new OS. whichever the case I see and 6 other friends of mine have also seen a significant reduction in battery life and system speed along with scroll freeze, keyboard jam and every single time I see my RAM usage is above 800mb even after killing most of the apps. This is atrocious!!! Still patiently waiting for that remedy! :crying:

JJEgan · Nov 1, 2012

Azy77;33548549 I just wish it contained some official Samsung apps like voice recorder and brightness in the notification said:
You can always add missing apps back .

As to JB lag and Battery life as per multiple posts its better on a clean wiped phone with no apps as a fresh install rather than overwriting old stuff .

jje

ezman · Nov 2, 2012

Definitely noticing the phone is now slower since Jellybean official update on O2 UK.

Key points

-Actual phone takes longer to load up - sometimes 2 or 3 seconds
-App Drawer takes time
-Home screen lag still there though much less
-Typing sometimes laggy
-Google Search slow (maybe disable google now)

Is a hard reset going to change anything?

Thanks,
Ezman

topnoch · Nov 2, 2012

The same problem for me(battery life and slow interface).

Are there any news from samsung about update, which would fix this mess?

Finding s3 slow after jelly bean update :(

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