Resuming?

[voodoocars]

Is the 'resuming' message and the delay when closing apps just down to the slow processor and small memory on my htc8s? I'm going for a lumia 830 in a few weeks anyway but was just wondering.

 

[Guytronic]

Resuming seems to plague devices running Windows.
I've seen it disappear on my phones only to return with certain applications.

Drives me a little crazy...
...learned to live with the resuming thing however.
Seems to be a feature of the Windows for phone operating system.

 

[David Van Ryn]

Hi there voodoocars,

I am currently using the Lumia 830 and have to report that it (my precious) also exhibits this behavior sometimes.
It is a lot less frequent then on my Lumia 820 and feels a lot quicker, but still it will peek up its ugly face here and there.

No worries though as some of the more powerful phones also have this issue, my bet is that it will eventually be fixed or fundamentally changed in the next build of Windows Phone (WP10).

I said it before, and will repeat it here , it feel's to me as if we are the beta-testers of Microsoft's baby-steps into the smartphone market. I know they have always been on the mobile side of thing's, but apple and Android just took it to another level. This transformation in look's, feel, usability and most of all appeal to the huge number of already settled smartphone users is a painful and agonizingly slow process.

Now don't get me wrong, i'm neither bashing Microsoft nor am i trying to be a fan-boy here, but we have to be honest and at least recognize that our beloved platform has it's/her flaw's and shortcomings, just as much as the other platforms had when growing up, and in some cases still have.

Personally i feel Microsoft has it right in the "Looks and feel" department of things even with the resuming thingy popping up once in a while.

Functionality can and will be (in my hopeful mind anyway) optimized in the future, and it's not horrible at the moment. Just lacking on small things the other players have figured out a long time ago. The pulling out of the store of some app's, the terrible relationship with Google, the abruptly taking away of the integration of the Social hub, etc.. this was not a very good strategic and consumer friendly move. They need to realize this quickly as i do NOT want to lose this platform. I just love my Windows Phone!

My 2 cents anyways lol

Have a nice day/evening/morning :wink:

 

[Zulfigar]

When an app gets suspended, it uses little to no power (so much so that you don't see any difference between having it suspended and having it closed). The reason you see "Resuming..." so often is because of that.

So would you rather have better battery life, or true multi tasking, because with the power of today's batteries, you can't have both (sadly, batteries have been about the same for a couple decades now, hopefully someone makes a break through soon).

 

[David Van Ryn]

When an app gets suspended, it uses little to no power (so much so that you don't see any difference between having it suspended and having it closed). The reason you see "Resuming..." so often is because of that.

So would you rather have better battery life, or true multi tasking, because with the power of today's batteries, you can't have both (sadly, batteries have been about the same for a couple decades now, hopefully someone makes a break through soon).

I see where you're coming from and consequently have to agree with your point. But.. hehe alway's a but :amaze: As a consumer u don't want to see this message or anything that slows down the flow of your actions at any time. Yes battery's are due to a major overhaul, please let the whizkid's crunch those numbers for a while,... This means u --> battery company's of the world!! :excited:

The more we complain about seeing this, the greater the chance that MS notices this and at least try to better it in the future.

 

[Harrie-S]

I also partly agree. But also a few buts'
Batteries are improved but this improvement is translated in smaller battery size because "nobody wants to have a fat phone".
And smartphones are small computers and not supper computers so they always need time to do stuff. And the faster the phones become the bigger the apps will become. Also some computer power is needed for the always increasing ppi. But improvements are always welcome but probably we will never be satisfied.

 

[David Van Ryn]

For now we will have to do with the hardware at hand.

In a couple of years things like the replacement of silicon and so on might change it for the better.

Faster computers with nanotechnology -- ScienceDaily



This is from 2010, we might be hearing more about this pretty soon? (i didn't do a lengthy search :wink

 

[FAHMI BASSEM]

I think its related to the SD card too.

 

[voodoocars]

None of my apps are on the sd card. My music and photos are and it it is slow getting music on/off.
I accidentally touched the bing search the other day and it took an eternity to go back to the home page.

 

[Pacific16]

I love my L920 and WP8.1, but still ashamed of "Resuming..." and "Loading..."
Long way to go Microsoft.

 

[Br1t]

I went from a 920 to an M8, I can say it annoyed me alot on the 920. The M8 never gives the resuming message but does hang a second or two on certain apps occasionally. The native podcast app was always the worst for me and it's better but still shows that developers can do more to ease this.