App list very slow to populate (Droid, 2.1)

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Hey yall, I'm using a non-rooted Droid, running 2.1 (at the moment, I'm using LauncherPro, but have also had this problem with the stock launcher and HelixLauncher).

The app drawer itself always loads quickly and smoothly. However, when I hold-press the home screen to add a shortcut, and then click applications, there's a really long (5-10 second) delay before the app list populates and I can select my shortcut's target. If I am adding multiple shortcuts, there is no improvement in speed. This seems wrong, because the Droid ought to be able to power through a simple command like this without blinking an eye.

(Oh, and I've got exactly 65 apps total, which doesn't seem like so many.)

Any help / suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
 
whats your internal memory at? settings>sd & phone storage ???
if it is really low that could be the problem.

if not try pulling the battery.
 
Well, the click-and-hold from the app drawer is a pretty nice and effective workaround. Thanks!

Running services:
Google / 8.7MB
Voice Search / 3.6MB
Voice Search / 4.9MB (not a typo, two instances running on my phone)
Android Core Apps / 8.5MB
Lookout / 3.1MB
News and Weather / 3.3MB
 
The reason it's slow is because it's using the same code that runs when you got to Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications. Whether the information is needed or not, it scans the entire application space for all applications, loads the icons for each application, accesses various files in the application directory to establish stuff like the file size, cache size, data size, and certain privileges in the XML. So with 65 apps you're talking accessing around 325 files and folders, loading 65 icons, and a load of other stuff.
 
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