Improving macrodroid performance

Endercraft

Endercraft

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Maybe a switch in settings to enable/disable logging by default would be useful (if you only use log for debugging).
 
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md_sgf

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An update on how I'm progressing with this.

- For all of my macros:
  - Have unticked "Allow logging"
  - Have cleared all local variables (& ensured I have "Clear Variables" action, so it does so automatically each it's run)

- In "System Log", I have cleared everything

- I am now in the process of disabling categories, to see if I can try to narrow down where the performances issues are from (& also the regular freezing/crashing).
I may keep most macros disabled, if that will help (as most i seldom if ever use).
Might use this method at same point.

- Concurrently, I'm trying also to remedy all errors/etc in System Log (see debugging using system log)
 
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Jacob L

Jacob L

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Have you got the latest version? Perhaps post some of the macros that are throwing errors so we can optimise them.
 
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md_sgf

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Jacob L said:
Have you got the latest version? Perhaps post some of the macros that are throwing errors so we can optimise them.
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Yes, i have the latest version.

Perhaps if i can eventually narrow down the causative macros of freezes/crashes, i could post them here, if i can't optimise them myself.
 
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md_sgf

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Overall, i am now wanting to make more "solid" action, rather "fluffing around", which i have done for the past year or so. As my patience tank is running very low now. I intend to PIN IT DOWN, ie FIX the issues 100% COMPLETELY. It's like computer binary, WIN vs LOSE, SUCCEED vs FAIL. Up to now, i have been LOSING, from now on i will be WINNING, even if that means taking extreme measures to win, eg keeping most of my macros disabled, so i don't overload mr macrodroid, as "it's only human"! lol

Done...
- restarted phone  (tech 101)
  (done many times; can help with certain issues, but the freezes/crashes return in a while after)
- deleted some categories
. . (backed up first, of course; i have moved these to another phone, and are keeping disabled there, for now)
- disabled all categories
. . (as expected, zero freezes/crashes & System Log errors/etc (stays blank); i ran out of patience, disabling categories 1 at a time, as fed up with these freezes/crashes!; i will re-enable 1 category every day, checking for the next day/so for ANY freezes/crashes & System Log errors/etc - if there are any, then FIX those issues then, before re-enabling next category; i probably also might then eg disable 50% of macros in the culprit category, re-check for issues, then if no issues, re-enable 25% more macros, etc, to locate the offending macro/s)

Not done...
- delete most categories
- uninstall-->reinstall macrodroid
. . (tech 111/911/..; maybe an option, if other methods fail)
- uninstall macrodroid, don't reinstall
. . (use another automation app; that would definately rid all of the freezes/crashes & System Log errors/etc! don't want to do this, as macrodroid is imho the #1 automation app overall, just need to fix the freezes/crashes, which i WILL do)
- factory reset phone
. . (tech 111/911/..; can't see that happening, unless i find a way to backup 100% of my data/settings, for 100% of apps (99% backup = binary FAIL))

Working on...
- general phone performance stuff
. . - installed Greenify; another app i could try is SuperFreezZ if that doesn't work
. . - regularly restarting phone
. . - keeping adequate storage space free (28GB free in internal space should be enough?)
. . gradually moving apps to another phone (currently still have >600 apps i have installed; maybe it's affecting macrodroid performance?)
. . - ...
 
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md_sgf

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I wish forums would "respect" my spaces (eg indents). I have to resort to using ". . ." when they don't. I mean, what's a few extra spaces here and there, for indenting/etc? 🫤
 
Jacob L

Jacob L

Moderator (Lawsonator)
md_sgf said:
Overall, i am now wanting to make more "solid" action, rather "fluffing around", which i have done for the past year or so. As my patience tank is running very low now. I intend to PIN IT DOWN, ie FIX the issues 100% COMPLETELY. It's like computer binary, WIN vs LOSE, SUCCEED vs FAIL. Up to now, i have been LOSING, from now on i will be WINNING, even if that means taking extreme measures to win, eg keeping most of my macros disabled, so i don't overload mr macrodroid, as "it's only human"! lol

Done...
- restarted phone . . . (tech 101)
. . (done many times; can help with certain issues, but the freezes/crashes return in a while after)
- deleted some categories
. . (backed up first, of course; i have moved these to another phone, and are keeping disabled there, for now)
- disabled all categories
. . (as expected, zero freezes/crashes & System Log errors/etc (stays blank); i ran out of patience, disabling categories 1 at a time, as fed up with these freezes/crashes!; i will re-enable 1 category every day, checking for the next day/so for ANY freezes/crashes & System Log errors/etc - if there are any, then FIX those issues then, before re-enabling next category; i probably also might then eg disable 50% of macros in the culprit category, re-check for issues, then if no issues, re-enable 25% more macros, etc, to locate the offending macro/s)

Not done...
- delete most categories
- uninstall-->reinstall macrodroid
. . (tech 111/911/..; maybe an option, if other methods fail)
- uninstall macrodroid, don't reinstall
. . (use another automation app; that would definately rid all of the freezes/crashes & System Log errors/etc! don't want to do this, as macrodroid is imho the #1 automation app overall, just need to fix the freezes/crashes, which i WILL do)
- factory reset phone
. . (tech 111/911/..; can't see that happening, unless i find a way to backup 100% of my data/settings, for 100% of apps (99% backup = binary FAIL))

Working on...
- general phone performance stuff
. . - installed Greenify; another app i could try is SuperFreezZ if that doesn't work
. . - regularly restarting phone
. . - keeping adequate storage space free (28GB free in internal space should be enough?)
. . gradually moving apps to another phone (currently still have >600 apps i have installed; maybe it's affecting macrodroid performance?)
. . - ...
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Use SuperFreezZ or Hail instead. They're open source and not full of ads, tracking or spyware
 
DonDemon

DonDemon

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Endercraft said:
Yes do remove unused macros (especially if there’s A LOT of them) because else if there are too many MacroDroid will not like it.
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Nope, I have ±280 and my md is running stable. It depends on what macro is running in the background and maybe how many of them
 
Endercraft

Endercraft

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DonDemon said:
Nope, I have ±280 and my md is running stable. It depends on what macro is running in the background and maybe how many of them
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It depends on the macros, but when you reach 500 it can start to slow down and especially affect the automatic saving of macros (when variable changes or you make a change to a macro).
 
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md_sgf

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DonDemon said:
What are this spaces mean?
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For example...


scenario #1
Line
Indented line
Indented line

scenario #2
Line (text)


In the above text, you can see all my indents/spaces are gone.


But below is what i have typed while editing my post, and is what i see whenever i return to editing my post.

macrodroidforum spaces.jpg
 
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md_sgf

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That kind of works. I forgot about using that method.
Code: 
scenario #1
Line
     Indented line
     Indented line

scenario #2
Line          (text)

But due to the different font, it's not exactly as i want to display the text. And most likely any formatting would be removed, such as color, bold, etc :(

Maybe the only real way would be to post as an image? (true WYSIWYG)

Can only use forum bbcode, not html formatting, which i think could maintain spaces, as Display Dialog has it.
 
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DonDemon

DonDemon

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md_sgf said:
scenario #1
Line
Indented line
Indented line

scenario #2
Line (text)
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oh, I noticed that recently, too. But what about using custom symbols like "឵឵឵"?
word (conditional) {
឵឵ ឵ action
}

····test
· · · · test
＿＿test
 
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md_sgf

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DonDemon said:
oh, I noticed that recently, too. But what about using custom symbols like "឵឵឵"?
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For years i have wanted to find a custom ascii symbol, that looked identical to a space (ie blank). I hunted for such a symbol, but couldn't find. I recall scrolling through the entire unicode character set in Character Map program on Windows.

Maybe i need to have another search, but this time search smart, not hard...
 
DonDemon

DonDemon

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md_sgf said:
Maybe i need to have another search, but this time search smart, not hard...
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X឵D You can find smth like this on sites. I found one site where there is even a huge description just for empty symbol and it history. Honestly, I didn't remember, where I get my, but it was around 2-3 years ago, when after finding it, I added it to keyboard (custom symbols can be added to Samsung keyboard).

So, now it is very useful since messagers replace :឵o, :឵) with emojis and trying to detect links, words and etc
 
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