why is it taking 6 seconds or long to open apps?

[element72]

There is something seriously wrong with how apps are loading on my sg s2. Can anyone tell me I need to changing something? I believe it has nothing to do with the apps. I never had this problem before. I will post below some of the legal information

Android version: 4.1.2
Baseband version : I777UCMD9
Kernel Version: 3.0.31 - 1154545-user
Build number JZ054K.I777UCMD9

 

[StoneyJSG]

Sounds like something is eating up all your RAM. Install Clean Master from the play store. It comes with a RAM optimizer and junk file cleaner.

 

[element72]

Sounds like something is eating up all your RAM. Install Clean Master from the play store. It comes with a RAM optimizer and junk file cleaner.

Thanks, that helped a little bit. Takes 5-6 seconds to open mx video player. Takes 4-5 seconds to open flashlight app. Is this normal for this phone? or should I try installing a performance enhancing ROM?

Edit: I feel like I just installed windows 10 on an original PC that had windows 98 installed on it, lol. Am I right or wrong in my analogy? I feel like my phone can't handle the latest android version. Maybe someone explain to me what is going on. Please help.

 

[StoneyJSG]

The galaxy s2 only has 1 GB of RAM, so the more apps you have the more RAM will be taken up. It's a slow phone due to that. Booting a custom ROM that's debloated and using a good custom kernel will help. If you want Android kit kat, then I suggest wizzed kat ROM. If you like AOSP/CM ROMs then slim ROM or jelly bam ROM is the way to go. Then of course you could always do a data factory reset on what you got now and start over from scratch.

 

[element72]

The galaxy s2 only has 1 GB of RAM, so the more apps you have the more RAM will be taken up. It's a slow phone due to that. Booting a custom ROM that's debloated and using a good custom kernel will help. If you want Android kit kat, then I suggest wizzed kat ROM. If you like AOSP/CM ROMs then slim ROM or jelly bam ROM is the way to go. Then of course you could always do a data factory reset on what you got now and start over from scratch.

Thanks. That makes a lot of sense. My phone doesn't have CWM. I found the wizzed kat rom on galaxys2root.com. Is it ok to follow their tutorials and use their downloads? A few minutes ago I was trying to install shostock roms because it was the most popular on the developing section for the galaxy s2. The link was broken and I tried downloading a dropbox zip file that someone uploaded in that thread, and I have no idea what to do with a zip file, lol, because I usually download tar files for ROMs.

 

[StoneyJSG]

You can use files from galaxys2root and .zip files can be flashed in TWRP or CWM recovery. Depending on which custom kernel you use, depends on what recovery you get since kernels and recoveries are in a binding marriage. If you want to boot wizzed kat, follow my guide here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...w-to-safely-boot-i9100-roms-sgh-i777-t3466891