Atrix Update 4.1.57 Sluggish?

[aquariuz23]

Hello everyone,

Has anybody else who updated to 4.1.57 find that their Atrix is now kinda sluggish? I don't mean all the time, but every now and then I get random stutters or sluggishness when switching between programs. A couple of times, it even screen locks for a few seconds when waking up. This has never happened to me before with the 4.1.26, where programs just run without hesitation. They either run smoothly, or FC in the process. But now, some of them just becomes jittery.

I wonder if it has something to do with Motorola's battery improvement in the update. When it got sluggish on me, I decided to go to into setcpu to see at wat speed the phone was running. I noticed that the phone was throttling severely all the way down to 216 mhz the second the phone is not being used. it fluctuates up and down but it seems to always drop down there once i dont touch the phone. I think this is causing an issue cuz there's a lot of background apps and widgets running and once you try running an active program, it takes a split second to start, and that split second causes it to stutter.

I haven't had the screen lock in a while, so that's a good thing. But it seems setcpu can't seem to force the cpu to constantly stay high, even if i put the minimum to 1000mhz, so I get those stutters every now and then.

Anybody has any suggestions on this matter? Im thinking if this persists, I might just go back to 5.1.26 until they come up with a major update. Really the only reason I updated was cuz the prompt was driving me mad.

p.s. another way I know how the cpu isnt running a constant 1ghz --- my phone isnt as hot as it used to be. it used to be so warm in my hand, my hand would turn red from holding it.

 

[dingleberry1]

It takes very, very little time for a modern CPU to change its clock speed. Monitor your computer's CPU clock closely sometime, it almost certainly does throttling to a similar degree. I also observed similar levels of throttling via tegrastats on my Atrix prior to the update.

Personally 1.5.7 has been good for me, at least in the sense that nothing appears to be worse after.

Sent from my MB860 using XDA App

 

[cheetah2k]

Only heard good reviews on 4.1.57. Can't wait for Bell to issue it too

 

[aquariuz23]

lol, i dont like throttling. All my PCs n laptops run on full speed (throttling disabled) whenever they're on. I expect the same with my phone x) I just don't like any lag but I understand wat you mean. I still wanna hear what other's feel about the update.

note: I'm about to deodex the phone in a bit. Let's see how it ends

 

[dingleberry1]

Moving stuff around in device memory is an order of magnitude slower than your CPU changing clock speed, and moving stuff between flash and device member is an order of magnitude or two slower than that. CPU throttling isn't the right place to look for this sort of issue.

As for your computers and not allowing them to throttle...enjoy the power bill I suppose. Even in overclocked scenarios modern processors work just fine with throttling enabled.

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[alohaor]

Atrix 4.1.57 issues

I have had my Atrix for over a month with no issues. After the 4.1.57 update I have the following 3 issues:


1. The phone randomely reboots (never did this before the update)

2. The cell signal is much weaker; no signal in areas where it had signal before

3. Apps seems to start slower.


I called motorola technical support and asked if there is a way to un-install this update; the answer is NO, all they can come up with is a factory RESET which will not remove the update but will remove all my data and Apps.

I finally sent the phone to AT&T and got a replacement with 4.1.26 and it works fine, especially the battery life and the cell signal and no reboots so far.