Re: [Stable!] FasterN9
 

Sorry to step in here and maybe ask offending/compromising question. Just got my N9 and even have not yet enabled develeoper mode ;)
From first impression, this sounds like speedpatch for N900?

Could someone give me a bit more details (links/key words to posts sufficient), as 1200 posts to read/inpterpret is just too much (for me).
Thanks (and again sorry).

Re: [Stable!] FasterN9
 

Basically this is the best application for your n9 when it comes to improving response and performance. Just go to first page download the latest version and you are done. 1.14 works Great

Re: [Stable!] FasterN9
 

Well I've always read that on the N900 not to use the speed patch as it may cause issues with your system. Maybe because its unmaintained etc...


Technically it seems similar as fastern9 is a cgroups mod with i/o scheduler being tweaked too... The main difference I would say is the maintenance of the package. traysh does an excellent job of maintaining it with feedback incorporated into it. Also, there has been no reports of anybody's device being MALF'ed since a long time i.e. since pretty old development versions. Lastly, from what I understand speed patch makes across the board changes for foreground and background apps/services while traysh has a more refined implementation here whereby core apps are given certain priorities, not all background apps have lowered priorities etc...

Usage generally across the userbase varies and for some its possible they don't find fastern9 useful. What I would advice is not to install it on your fresh N9... Instead use your N9 for a week or two with the event feed having feeds to be updated, apps installed etc... After the week or two when you see the lag between scrolling in the 3 main screens, event feed, unresponsiveness while event feed is updating, you should then install FasterN9...

That way if the user experience improves for you it means that FasterN9 is suitable for you... Previous pretty old versions of it had bugs that had the ability to improve the user experience in general but in one or two areas to slow down things... However, traysh has very actively taken feedback on-board and improved it consistently... I would say once it hit the v0.9.7 mark it became a mod that is good without huge bugs and improves the UX for most users... With the latest unstable version too, I've only an issue with the mail app being slow while switching between folders but otherwise no issue; stable versions are slightly more conservative than unstable versions and are generally bug-free with a marked increase in performance...

This is one of those things you don't appreciate in full until you realize what you were missing all this while ;)

Re: [Stable!] FasterN9
 

Ok after a couple of restarts the overheating has stopped and the performance is great. Still slow while scrolling through txts but that is acceptable. Awesome!

Re: [Stable!] FasterN9
 

After a days usage, no problems, and feels speedier than 1.0. Really wonderful!

Re: [Stable!] FasterN9
 

Same here, everything working fast, haven't noticed any 'side effects'.

Today I installed this on my mothers N9 too. She was almost changing back to her old phone, because of the small lag of the N9. She was amazed how quick her phone has bacome, so thanks traysh, she's keeping it :)

Re: [Stable!] FasterN9
 

Using version 1.0.1, tested Notes app. Opens smoothly with no hangs.

Re: [Stable!] FasterN9
 

Switch your N9 off, than switch it on. When it's ready go one time through the homescreens if you like and then to the bottom in the "app-screen" (side note: the small lag after first scrolling is still there, but for me not a big problem)... If you like you can open a app like "contacts" - it's opening pretty fast, then try to open the "notes" and it will take a while (over 10 sec.).

Re: [Stable!] FasterN9
 

Ok this is not necessarily a fastern9 bug; I understand what you mean and Notes and Calendar are randomly inflicted with this symptom... I've tried on a clean flash and managed to get Calendar to freeze the system up, when I click on it the first time, for ~10 seconds..

Custom themes at times can cause it as its reading from the theme the styling and may slow the first time... Sometimes the system may be indexing and both calendar and notes need that lag to read from their .db... So I wouldn't put it down to fastern9 just yet, try it for a week or more and this symptom randomly disappears... I haven't had it in quite some time now... My bet would be smartsearch is more likely to cause this than fastern9...

Re: [Stable!] FasterN9
 

Everything's fine with 1.1.4 but energy consumption. It has increased.