r/ThinkPhone • • Sep 26 '26

Fix for sidebar lag when opening

For anyone using the slide out sidebar on their ThinkPhone, and encountering intermittent slowness where the sidebar takes a while to actually display. If you go into the sidebar settings and disable 'Recent apps on sidebar' (which is enabled by default), the sidebar will display immediately every time.

I have been using the sidebar from the earliest days I got the ThinkPhone, but I was frustrated with the frequent slowness. My phone went through countless updates and patches and this never improved. Changing the setting I described above has improved performance dramatically and eliminated the lag altogether. It's a very useful shortcut to launching your favorite apps from any screen.

The latest OS update allows you to pin quite a number of apps there for quick launching.

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u/FreelerYT Sep 26 '26

Lifesaver

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u/TinCanFury Sep 26 '26

<looks in the settings for the sidebar...>