Update seems to make droid run SLOWER

reallyniceguy

BEWARE.. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=1895 Now, see what happens when you try to rush a good thing? I dont know if I want to accept the update when it comes in... going from 60 frames to 30.. I dont care about **bleep** live wallpapers and yahoo email... ugh. I think Im sticking to 2.0 until they sort these things up. Sure the 2.1 is cool, but NOT on the droid... as of now..

bkfist

It is not 2.1, it is either something Motorola or Verizon did that is causing the problems, nor is it the live wallpapers.

 

The test runs just fine on an AOSP build of 2.1 with live/interactive wallpapers enabled...  I'm guessing the problem is some option Motorola chose when compiling the kernel for this build... Probably something in the CPU scheduler.

 

By the way, the article is NOT saying the phone runs slower after the update, it's saying graphics performance in some games is much slower.

 

(By the way, you can download the lag test app from http://droid2dperftest.googlecode.com/files/LagTest.apk to test before/after... You will need to set your phone to allow "Unknown Locations" under the Apps menu in settings to install.)