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Title: Degrading responsiveness
Post by: MnSnowman on September 07, 2012, 03:14:23 PM
The last week or so, I've noticed that my Nexus 7 loses responsiveness after I've used it for a while and the battery is down around 20% I'm not sure if it's a battery issue or a memory issue although I've closed open apps without any noticeable positive effect.

I tend to think it's a memory issue because I can reboot it before it's recharged and that typically restores its responsiveness.

Anyone else run into this? It's more an irritant than anything else but it's a drawback to an otherwise perfect tablet that pretty much has been a really good experience
Title: Re: Degrading responsiveness
Post by: frank on September 07, 2012, 03:21:00 PM
Sounds like one of the apps you downloaded (or updated) in the last week is bogging you down.  You could try selectively uninstalling the more recent apps you've installed and see if it helps.
Title: Re: Degrading responsiveness
Post by: birdastrompgman on September 07, 2012, 07:54:18 PM
It would help if you could identify the CPU hogging app.  Run something like OS Monitor to identify it.  Facebook once turned loose a katana subprocess that ate 37% of my N7's battery usage.  It took my battery down to 6% overnight, and slowed my battery recharge down to a crawl.
Title: Re: Degrading responsiveness
Post by: Donw78025 on September 10, 2012, 12:16:01 PM
Yes, I've had the same issue, but especially have noticed it while reading a book on Kindle . Likewise, problem is solved by turning Nexus on/off.
Title: Re: Degrading responsiveness
Post by: JayJ on September 10, 2012, 01:49:10 PM
A simple reboot is a positive thing every now and them, it helps your devices performance by clearing caches etc...
Title: Re: Degrading responsiveness
Post by: Babyfacemagee on September 11, 2012, 03:43:11 PM
Is it related to this? (http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nexus-7-Jelly-Bean-AndroBench-Tegra-3-Benchmark,17503.html)  Is yours a 16GB model?
Title: Re: Degrading responsiveness
Post by: YoshiDrei81601 on September 16, 2012, 12:55:44 AM
Try doing a soft reset by pressing the power button and holding it until the tablet restarts -Yoshi-
Title: Re: Degrading responsiveness
Post by: silvercue on September 17, 2012, 12:12:19 PM
get it all the time - very annoying.  Don't have many apps on and usually on have used one or two when this happens.
Title: Re: Degrading responsiveness
Post by: bjs229 on September 18, 2012, 10:31:44 PM
Mine does this too every once in a while. I usually notice it while typing in these forums and my letters start to lag. I just do a soft reset and I am back to normal.