Showing posts with label usable. Show all posts
Showing posts with label usable. Show all posts

Friday, 9 October 2015

KatChan, the fastest, usable and lightests 4chan browser



Good afternoon!

I come to present my new and first application for Android [B] Katchan [/ B]. It is a fast reader, light and material design aesthetics of the famous 'imageboard' 4chan.


His appearance based on Google Materia Design of the application gives a sense of continuity, dynamism and freshness typical of new applications.

Currently the application only fulfills the purpose of navigating the various boards and display the various files, including WebM.

Some of its featuresto highlight are:
  • Support for all boards. By default only the SFW (Safe For Work) is.

  • Paragraph favorites to add and quick access to your favorite boards.

  • Paragraph 'watchlist' to add the strings you want to have on hand (duration).

  • Fast gallery to a particular thread access.

  • Option to save all images from a thread.

  • Option to share via social networks and messaging clients images directly.

  • Load background images, gifs, etc.



Currently the application is constantly updated to implement new features and fix minor bugs that may occur during use.

You can download KatChan con Google Play

I know that here too 4chan may not use, but I would appreciate your opinions and suggestions for implementation.

FEEL free to download it, test it and rate it on Google Play; besides leaving a comment in your feedback.

Thanks for your time and attention.
Atte. MadCatApp



Thursday, 8 October 2015

My S6 edge runs like a four year old phone with Lollipop - how is stock even usable?



Basically, the phone is fast when I'm not really using it, and lagging and freezing as heck when it is most depended on.

I have mitigated this by rooting and migrating most of the third party apps from system to user, and freezing other Samsung bloat. But this prevents me from using Android Pay and Samsung Pay.

I have read many threads on memory or multitasking performance issues, but the only stock compatible solution is to use ADB based Package Disabler. This is insufficient unless I also disable Google services, which just gives me a fancy paperweight.

Is my experience not the standard and my device is just defective? I have re-flashed and reset the device more times than I can count and don't see how a hardware defect can cause such software issues.

Basically, the main symptom is that the phone is very slow and even locks up during key times because

1. System apps using more than 1.7 GB ram and less than 300 MB free.

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I have read that Android caches apps, and this is okay. However, the reality is that Android memory manager is actively killing apps at this stage, and apps are actively being re-cached. The free memory continuously fluctuates between 200-350 MB with active CPU and battery drains like crazy. During this time the device is very slow.




2. Compounding on #1, device struggles with Google Maps navigation + Play Music active.

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So bad to the point there is often a one or two minute wait to start navigation. I have moved Maps and Android Web View to user space. This keeps System apps memory usage to ~ 1.2 GB, but also means that now Android memory manager will kill Maps when the screen is off because there is not enough ram available.




3. Some may have noticed I have about 1 GB of memory unaccounted for, and that is the other installed apps are using or caching 1 GB of memory.

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And I do have quite a lot, though not an exorbitant amount. Case in point, my previous Z3 handled the same apps without any hiccups and they have the same amount of RAM. There was also always at least 700 MB of free ram, allowing me to have an active game and Chrome without losing either to the memory manager.




Just upgraded to OH6 5.1.1 (forgoing fingerprint reader without tripped Knox) to see if the issues have been resolved. Unfortunately, the experience is pretty much the same as I had in the beginning.

Is there any way to have a usable device with Android Pay or Samsung Pay?