Man of Honour
He got it only today and has not even installed anything on it yet.
***** The Official Galaxy Nexus Thread *****
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Soldato
There's your answer then 
Factory reset and compare, they're always slicker when fresh and empty.
Factory reset and compare, they're always slicker when fresh and empty.
Man of Honour
His......is! Hence the new today and empty post above!
Soldato
Stock, Apex or Nova.
Soldato
Nova Launcher all the way at the moment. Any other regular launcher, surely it's like running Gingerbread again?
Yes, is his not the faster one? Empty, fresh and faster?
Yes, is his not the faster one? Empty, fresh and faster?
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Soldato
Yes... so... mrk has a Gnex that is full of apps and info. His mate has an S2 which has nothing on. The S2 is faster and smoother... because it's empty and fresh?
Wow, this is hard work!
Wow, this is hard work!
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mrk has an S2.
Soldato
Same experience with an ICS ROM on my Note vs my Galaxy Nexus.
I've just bought Dead Space which runs really well on the Note so I'll test that with the Nexus at some point too, GTA III was much worse.
Soldato
have you guys updated to the new market yet?
Soldato
Has anyone stopped to consider that the GS2 is quicker because it has less to do? Less to draw, less to animate? Common sense really. Anything different is down to software optimisations.
TBF, you can't compare one mobile that has a custom ROM, which implements tweaks/mods etc. to improve speed and smoothness to another mobile, which is on a stock ROM.
Only fair way to test speed/smoothness of the mobiles overall, is to have pure stock android ICS ROM on the GS 2 as well, with the same apps being used, go launcher (which I presume mrk was using) is probably faster than stock ICS launcher etc.
Obviously in demanding games the GS 2 will be smoother due to the lower res screen and the more powerful GPU.
Personally I would much rather have a superior screen and sacrifice a wee bit of speed/smoothness overall though
Only fair way to test speed/smoothness of the mobiles overall, is to have pure stock android ICS ROM on the GS 2 as well, with the same apps being used, go launcher (which I presume mrk was using) is probably faster than stock ICS launcher etc.
Obviously in demanding games the GS 2 will be smoother due to the lower res screen and the more powerful GPU.
Personally I would much rather have a superior screen and sacrifice a wee bit of speed/smoothness overall though
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Man of Honour
^^ I didn't compare launcher speeds as I know different launchers vary in performance, I said scrolling various lists and general things.
As mentioend below your post, I have an S2 full of apps, mate has a brand new Nexus.
My S2 is smoother.
Usually kernels are what improve performance but since there are no kernel sources out for ICS on the S2 we are using stock based (but rooted) kernels so it's not a case of tweaks or mods because devs can't implement them until Samsung release sources
BoomAM, yes I did consider that but then I also considered something more important, that the GPU draws the UI anyway regardless of screen size. It's like when you play a 1080p video and it plays butter smooth regardless of phone because it's hardware accelerated. As long as there's GPU acceleration then it's all fine regardless of resolution usually.
As mentioend below your post, I have an S2 full of apps, mate has a brand new Nexus.
My S2 is smoother.
Usually kernels are what improve performance but since there are no kernel sources out for ICS on the S2 we are using stock based (but rooted) kernels so it's not a case of tweaks or mods because devs can't implement them until Samsung release sources
BoomAM, yes I did consider that but then I also considered something more important, that the GPU draws the UI anyway regardless of screen size. It's like when you play a 1080p video and it plays butter smooth regardless of phone because it's hardware accelerated. As long as there's GPU acceleration then it's all fine regardless of resolution usually.
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