why is the mogul so darn slow?

**fixxxer2012** · #1 (**permalink**) 07-17-2009, 07:42 PM

i bought my wife a mogul, unlocked it, updated the radio and installed a custom 6.5 rom, a clean one. i even went with just htc home basic plugin for her. the thing is too slow and memory is at 67% with really nothing running. is this normal?

**mlin** · #2 (**permalink**) 07-17-2009, 07:53 PM

That's close to standard on the Mogul. I gave my sister mine because there is so little ram that you can hardly do anything with the phone without it using it all.

btonetbone · #3 (**permalink**) 07-17-2009, 11:15 PM

Since "Slow" is a relative term, I'm not really sure. Mine certainly runs smooth. If I have two or three programs open, it starts to bog down. But I can certainly run programs at a speed that's convenient for me.

But we do have a slower processor and less RAM than many other phones on the market, especially the Touch Pro. So comparatively, we are on a slower device.

But I can open up the Outlook program in about 1 second (just tested). Opera Mini took about 7 seconds. Google Maps took 5 seconds.

demonlordoftheround · #4 (**permalink**) 07-18-2009, 09:59 AM

Does your 6.5 ROM have nuekernel? Try operating in High Memory mode (camera disabled). There should be quite an improvement.

**drewcam888** · #5 (**permalink**) 07-19-2009, 07:57 PM

If you want the camera on all the time then you need 6.1 since 6.5 is a memory hog. I would use dcd 3.3.4 or 4.1.2

**fixxxer2012** · #6 (**permalink**) 07-19-2009, 09:44 PM

yeah i flashed a stock 6.1 rom and updated the radio to 3.42.50 and did some customizing, it does run faster now. i knew 6.5 was bogging it down.

**Geekcop** · #7 (**permalink**) 07-19-2009, 10:26 PM

You also might try installing whatever you can to the SD card, so as to not clutter up the on board memory

btonetbone · #8 (**permalink**) 07-20-2009, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Geekcop

You also might try installing whatever you can to the SD card, so as to not clutter up the on board memory

That's not necessarily a good idea. The SD card has slower read/write speeds, so it'll actually slow everything down. Plus, data storage memory is very different than available RAM. Your suggestion will actually provide the opposite result.

**TheBundo** · #9 (**permalink**) 07-20-2009, 04:46 AM

Mine is pretty fast. I have Google Maps on the SD card, and it takes 4 seconds to open

sHockz · #10 (**permalink**) 07-21-2009, 12:18 PM

the mogul is slow. it wasnt designed to be the quickest phone. if they intended it to be, they failed miserably. but to answer your question, the slowness comes from 1 thing- lack of RAM.