Does anyone else experience intermittent stuttering / lag?

[ikkefc3]

I have a question. When generally using the device, it randomly becomes very slow and the framerate of the interface (e.g. in the (stock or pixel) launcher or Chrome) drops to 5-10 FPS and after a few seconds all is normal again.

I have already tried to factory reset the devices to see if it fixed the app crashes.

Is this something that is normal on this device, or is there are certain setting that causes this? Is it maybe my specific device?

 

[XBladesMasterX]

I do experience the same behavior, at random moments fps on ui drop for less than a second and then it's smooth again. It doesn't affect functionality or raw benchmark performance but it is very annoying. I do not know yet what is causing it.

 

[xFirefly93]

I have a question. When generally using the device, it randomly becomes very slow and the framerate of the interface (e.g. in the (stock or pixel) launcher or Chrome) drops to 5-10 FPS and after a few seconds all is normal again.

I have already tried to factory reset the devices to see if it fixed the app crashes.

Is this something that is normal on this device, or is there are certain setting that causes this? Is it maybe my specific device?

I do experience the same behavior, at random moments fps on ui drop for less than a second and then it's smooth again. It doesn't affect functionality or raw benchmark performance but it is very annoying. I do not know yet what is causing it.

Maybe time to unlock bootloader, root, flash Stericsons Busybox Binaries and tweak the kernel with Kernel Adiutor?

 

[ikkefc3]

Maybe time to unlock bootloader, root, flash Stericsons Busybox Binaries and tweak the kernel with Kernel Adiutor?

Lol
Wouldn't that ruin the camera forever?

 

[XBladesMasterX]

My guess is that this is happening due to the fact that this is the first non Google device to have Android O so the optimization is mediocre. At least it's not like the s8 lel

 

[ikkefc3]

I must say that switching from the built in (Swiftkey) keyboard to Gboard made some difference. It stutters less now.
And yes, I'm probably spoiled coming from a Google device. Android 8.1 will probably make some difference too, as it is a lot smoother than 8.0.

 

[XBladesMasterX]

I must say that switching from the built in (Swiftkey) keyboard to Gboard made some difference. It stutters less now.
And yes, I'm probably spoiled coming from a Google device. Android 8.1 will probably make some difference too, as it is a lot smoother than 8.0.

Weird, swiftkey never stuttered on mine

 

[ikkefc3]

Weird, swiftkey never stuttered on mine

Swiftkey itself doesn't stutter, but it somehow makes other things (occasionally) stutter.
You probably wouldn't notice it if you don't hyper actively mash on your device.

 

[XBladesMasterX]

Swiftkey itself doesn't stutter, but it somehow makes other things (occasionally) stutter.
You probably wouldn't notice it if you don't hyper actively mash on your device.

Very intresting, I also noticed the same thing about chrome, when I disabled it and started using brave the stuttering was way less. Perhaps using brave and Gboard would be a solution?

 

[AbrarZShahriar]

Prolly related to the Spectre and Meltdown patches

 

[XBladesMasterX]

Prolly related to the Spectre and Meltdown patches

Yes, this can be another reason aswell.

 

[ikkefc3]

It's probably not related to the spectre and meltdown patches, as other devices on the same patch level do not experience this problem.
The spectre and metldown patches take
It also doesn't happen in a specific app, and I know Chrome has some stuttering with some sites, but I am not talking about that.

Random apps seemed to freeze or lag for a few seconds and then everything goes back to normal.
I am thinking that it could be an issue with my specific device because Antutu benchmark also crashes for example and others seem to be able to run this benchmark.

 

[XBladesMasterX]

It's probably not related to the spectre and meltdown patches, as other devices on the same patch level do not experience this problem.
The spectre and metldown patches take
It also doesn't happen in a specific app, and I know Chrome has some stuttering with some sites, but I am not talking about that.

Random apps seemed to freeze or lag for a few seconds and then everything goes back to normal.
I am thinking that it could be an issue with my specific device because Antutu benchmark also crashes for example and others seem to be able to run this benchmark.

my device has micro stutter here and there (as said , doesnt affect functionality) but not being able to run antutu bench seems to be a specific device problem. In addition i can confirm that raw performance was not affected by spectre patch since my device scored a pretty high score on antutu, on par with other sd835 flagships.

 

[XBladesMasterX]

Also am using gboard for 2 days now and no stuttering happened yet.

 

[xFirefly93]

Lol
Wouldn't that ruin the camera forever?

There is a DRM fix out for XZ1 for a reason :fingers-crossed:

 

[XBladesMasterX]

There is a DRM fix out for XZ1 for a reason :fingers-crossed:

No reason to do that, using Xperia keyboard and gboard fixed the stuttering

 

[majorwedgy]

I get the exact same thing it is crazy annoying. This runs most things perfectly, but will suddenly and for no reason just stop for about 5 seconds be completely unresponsive and then start running normally again. Was a fix or cause ever found?

 

[XBladesMasterX]

I get the exact same thing it is crazy annoying. This runs most things perfectly, but will suddenly and for no reason just stop for about 5 seconds be completely unresponsive and then start running normally again. Was a fix or cause ever found?

Hey, after months I can confirm the cause for every stutter/lag/freeze on the device was caused due to swiftkey keyboard. I disabled it and started using Xperia keyboard and it's perfectly smooth.

 

[snake218]

Hey, after months I can confirm the cause for every stutter/lag/freeze on the device was caused due to swiftkey keyboard. I disabled it and started using Xperia keyboard and it's perfectly smooth.

Weird, never get any lag/freeze, and only use stock swiftkey. BTW how doy you get that score in AnTuTu? What firmware, are you rooted and/or use any tweak?

 

[XBladesMasterX]

Weird, never get any lag/freeze, and only use stock swiftkey. BTW how doy you get that score in AnTuTu? What firmware, are you rooted and/or use any tweak?

The bench was done a while ago so I don't remember exact firmware number, but it was android 8.0 stock not rooted and locked bootloader. Also for best possible antutu score be sure your device is cool before doing the test (28-30c), keep in mind that score also varies around 5-10k each time, lowest I got was 200k and highest was 210k in antutu v7.