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[Kevin Gunn <kevin.gunn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all - just wanted to send out a note on this topic of phone slow down.
We discovered there are a couple of processes that were leaking fd's, at a
rate high enough that it would effect user experience after some time.
We've landed a fix addressing one of the processes, so the rc-proposed
channel should be a little better on Monday. However, there are 2 more we
need to nail - still working.

There's also some tuning and verification we need to do around memory
swapping as it the swap process seems to be running frequently and pegging
the cpu when doing so for a bit longer than we'd expect. Investigation
continues on this as well.

at any rate, just wanted to follow up and let folks know we're working on
issues that are likely part of this thread.
work continues....
br,kg


On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 4:15 AM, wayne Ward <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes, I knew it might take a while and love the phone I think its just the
> new slow down on messages I find frustrating but I see most things and bugs
> I have problems  with will be ironed other by ota 7/8 The ssreen just
> cracked when we dropped it, I'm tempted to try a stock bq screen they are
> cheap have navigation on just wont connect that bit?! Wayne
>
> On Tuesday, 15 September 2015 22:38:08 BST, Gareth France wrote:
>
>> On 15/09/15 22:29, Kevin Gunn wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Wayne Ward <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     I bought a BQ on the second flash sale and seen the progress, but
>>>     the few problems it holds which somebody must be able to take
>>>     control of is what everybody wants, IE facebook, google
>>>     notifications, skype or some kind of video / conference type
>>>     interface, instagram and a owncloud or some kind of document sync.
>>>     The upgrades have been good but the last OTA update seemed to have
>>>     killed the experience for me and made my phone just hard to use
>>>     and just a bad experience messaging being unusable and the phone
>>>     just generally being slow. I can see the videos of people running
>>>     native ubuntu apps IE firefox, chrome.
>>>     I can only think that there must be some way of somebody managing
>>>     this and building some kind of container that you can install and
>>>     run some native apps and maybe take control of getting on to the
>>>     big companies like intagram and skype to get some kind of feedback
>>>     to see if they will make the packages or at least say yes or no
>>>     then pursuing making a open source version etc.
>>>     The last worrying part is, i bought a BQ ubuntu 4.5, ok a accident
>>>     happens and we dropped one cracking the screen, the screen isnt
>>>     available on ebay like most screens to replace yourself or by a
>>>     local phone company. After contacting BQ.. the replacement is 89
>>>     euro, then 20 euro for shipping with no gurantee. A new phone of
>>>     the same version is around 140 euro. 30 euro more.
>>>
>>>     so bad performance, lack of apps and easy cost effective
>>>     replacements makes me wonder what the hell im doing. Im a life
>>>     long hardened linux fan and loved the idea of the ubuntu phone but
>>>     its not going the way i hoped.
>>>
>>>     ill probably buy a new ubuntu phone to replace the broken one and
>>>     stick with the phone and struggle without notifications and the
>>>     apps that i would like and hope that somebody actually takes on
>>>     these major flaws.......
>>>
>>>     No offense intended, its just blowing of steam I guess? - Thoughts
>>>     please...........
>>>
>>>     Regards
>>>
>>>     Wayne Ward
>>>
>>> Wow! How on earth did you break one? Mine has taken a few falls and the
>> case cracks open each time. It just needs clipping back together and I find
>> this very reassuring because it at least means I can get into the damn
>> thing if ever I need to! I understand the performance of the phone and the
>> state of the apps is frustrating but think about it, we've had is it 2 or 3
>> OTA updates since the phones shipped? We really are at the thin end of the
>> wedge here, and we all knew it would be like this whilst the heavy work was
>> being done didn't we?
>>
>> For me it is the best phone I've ever owned and I'm just waiting on
>> bluetooth and the niggling GPS issues to be resolved and the rest is just
>> nit picking. Just a thought, did you buy a case to go with yours?
>>
>>
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