diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/AllAppsPagedView.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/AllAppsPagedView.java
index 1c4b9db..a9c08ef 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/AllAppsPagedView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/AllAppsPagedView.java
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@
     @Override
     public void syncPageItems(int page) {
         // Ensure that we have the right number of items on the pages
+        final int numPages = getPageCount();
         final int cellsPerPage = mCellCountX * mCellCountY;
         final int startIndex = page * cellsPerPage;
         final int endIndex = Math.min(startIndex + cellsPerPage, mFilteredApps.size());
@@ -540,6 +541,7 @@
 
             // Add any necessary items
             for (int i = curNumPageItems; i < numPageItems; ++i) {
+                final boolean createHolographicOutlines = isHardwareAccelerated() && (numPages > 1);
                 TextView text = (TextView) mInflater.inflate(
                         R.layout.all_apps_paged_view_application, layout, false);
                 text.setOnClickListener(this);
@@ -547,17 +549,17 @@
                 text.setOnTouchListener(this);
 
                 layout.addViewToCellLayout(text, -1, i,
-                    new PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams(0, 0, 1, 1));
+                    new PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams(0, 0, 1, 1), createHolographicOutlines);
             }
 
             // Actually reapply to the existing text views
-            final int numPages = getPageCount();
             for (int i = startIndex; i < endIndex; ++i) {
                 final int index = i - startIndex;
                 final ApplicationInfo info = mFilteredApps.get(i);
+                final boolean createHolographicOutlines = isHardwareAccelerated() && (numPages > 1);
                 PagedViewIcon icon = (PagedViewIcon) layout.getChildOnPageAt(index);
                 icon.applyFromApplicationInfo(
-                        info, mPageViewIconCache, true, isHardwareAccelerated() && (numPages > 1));
+                        info, mPageViewIconCache, true, createHolographicOutlines);
 
                 PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams params =
                     (PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams) icon.getLayoutParams();
@@ -579,10 +581,11 @@
             }
 
             // Center-align the message
+            final boolean createHolographicOutlines = isHardwareAccelerated() && (numPages > 1);
             layout.enableCenteredContent(true);
             layout.removeAllViewsOnPage();
             layout.addViewToCellLayout(icon, -1, 0,
-                    new PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams(0, 0, 4, 1));
+                    new PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams(0, 0, 4, 1), createHolographicOutlines);
         }
         layout.createHardwareLayers();
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
index 307140d..a1e6171 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.view.animation.DecelerateInterpolator;
 import android.view.animation.LinearInterpolator;
 import android.widget.FrameLayout;
@@ -471,17 +472,28 @@
     /*
      * Apps PagedView implementation
      */
+    private void setVisibilityOnChildren(ViewGroup layout, int visibility) {
+        int childCount = layout.getChildCount();
+        for (int i = 0; i < childCount; ++i) {
+            layout.getChildAt(i).setVisibility(visibility);
+        }
+    }
     private void setupPage(PagedViewCellLayout layout) {
         layout.setCellCount(mCellCountX, mCellCountY);
         layout.setGap(mPageLayoutWidthGap, mPageLayoutHeightGap);
         layout.setPadding(mPageLayoutPaddingLeft, mPageLayoutPaddingTop,
                 mPageLayoutPaddingRight, mPageLayoutPaddingBottom);
 
-        // We force a measure here to get around the fact that when we do layout calculations
-        // immediately after syncing, we don't have a proper width.
+        // Note: We force a measure here to get around the fact that when we do layout calculations
+        // immediately after syncing, we don't have a proper width.  That said, we already know the
+        // expected page width, so we can actually optimize by hiding all the TextView-based
+        // children that are expensive to measure, and let that happen naturally later.
+        setVisibilityOnChildren(layout, View.GONE);
         int widthSpec = MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(getMeasuredWidth(), MeasureSpec.AT_MOST);
         int heightSpec = MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(getMeasuredHeight(), MeasureSpec.AT_MOST);
+        layout.setMinimumWidth(getPageContentWidth());
         layout.measure(widthSpec, heightSpec);
+        setVisibilityOnChildren(layout, View.VISIBLE);
     }
     public void syncAppsPages() {
         // Ensure that we have the right number of pages
@@ -514,8 +526,8 @@
             int index = i - startIndex;
             int x = index % mCellCountX;
             int y = index / mCellCountX;
-            setupPage(layout);
-            layout.addViewToCellLayout(icon, -1, i, new PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams(x,y, 1,1));
+            layout.addViewToCellLayout(icon, -1, i, new PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams(x,y, 1,1),
+                    isHardwareAccelerated() && (numPages > 1));
         }
     }
     /*
@@ -525,7 +537,17 @@
         layout.setGravity(Gravity.LEFT);
         layout.setPadding(mPageLayoutPaddingLeft, mPageLayoutPaddingTop,
                 mPageLayoutPaddingRight, mPageLayoutPaddingBottom);
+
+        // Note: We force a measure here to get around the fact that when we do layout calculations
+        // immediately after syncing, we don't have a proper width.  That said, we already know the
+        // expected page width, so we can actually optimize by hiding all the TextView-based
+        // children that are expensive to measure, and let that happen naturally later.
+        setVisibilityOnChildren(layout, View.GONE);
+        int widthSpec = MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(getMeasuredWidth(), MeasureSpec.AT_MOST);
+        int heightSpec = MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(getMeasuredHeight(), MeasureSpec.AT_MOST);
         layout.setMinimumWidth(getPageContentWidth());
+        layout.measure(widthSpec, heightSpec);
+        setVisibilityOnChildren(layout, View.VISIBLE);
     }
     private void renderDrawableToBitmap(Drawable d, Bitmap bitmap, int x, int y, int w, int h,
             float scaleX, float scaleY) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/CellLayout.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/CellLayout.java
index b41972a..52b59f1 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/CellLayout.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/CellLayout.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 
     // These arrays are used to implement the drag visualization on x-large screens.
     // They are used as circular arrays, indexed by mDragOutlineCurrent.
-    private Point[] mDragOutlines = new Point[8];
+    private Point[] mDragOutlines = new Point[4];
     private float[] mDragOutlineAlphas = new float[mDragOutlines.length];
     private InterruptibleInOutAnimator[] mDragOutlineAnims =
             new InterruptibleInOutAnimator[mDragOutlines.length];
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/CustomizePagedView.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/CustomizePagedView.java
index b61713a..fd88eb6 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/CustomizePagedView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/CustomizePagedView.java
@@ -929,12 +929,13 @@
             final int[] cellSpans = CellLayout.rectToCell(getResources(), info.minWidth,
                     info.minHeight, null);
             final FastBitmapDrawable icon = getWidgetPreview(info);
+            final boolean createHolographicOutlines = isHardwareAccelerated() && (numPages > 1);
 
             PagedViewWidget l = (PagedViewWidget) mInflater.inflate(
                     R.layout.customize_paged_view_widget, layout, false);
 
             l.applyFromAppWidgetProviderInfo(info, icon, mMaxWidgetWidth, cellSpans,
-                    mPageViewIconCache, (numPages > 1));
+                    mPageViewIconCache, createHolographicOutlines);
             l.setTag(createItemInfo);
             l.setOnClickListener(this);
             l.setOnTouchListener(this);
@@ -975,11 +976,12 @@
         for (int i = startIndex; i < endIndex; ++i) {
             final ResolveInfo info = mWallpaperList.get(i);
             final FastBitmapDrawable icon = getWallpaperPreview(info);
+            final boolean createHolographicOutlines = isHardwareAccelerated() && (numPages > 1);
 
             PagedViewWidget l = (PagedViewWidget) mInflater.inflate(
                     R.layout.customize_paged_view_wallpaper, layout, false);
             l.applyFromWallpaperInfo(info, mPackageManager, icon, mMaxWidgetWidth,
-                    mPageViewIconCache, (numPages > 1));
+                    mPageViewIconCache, createHolographicOutlines);
             l.setTag(info);
             l.setOnClickListener(this);
 
@@ -1012,12 +1014,13 @@
         for (int i = startIndex; i < endIndex; ++i) {
             ResolveInfo info = list.get(i);
             PendingAddItemInfo createItemInfo = new PendingAddItemInfo();
+            final boolean createHolographicOutlines = isHardwareAccelerated() && (numPages > 1);
 
             PagedViewIcon icon = (PagedViewIcon) mInflater.inflate(
                     R.layout.customize_paged_view_item, layout, false);
             icon.applyFromResolveInfo(info, mPackageManager, mPageViewIconCache,
                     ((LauncherApplication) mLauncher.getApplication()).getIconCache(),
-                    (numPages > 1));
+                    createHolographicOutlines);
             switch (mCustomizationType) {
             case WallpaperCustomization:
                 icon.setOnClickListener(this);
@@ -1039,7 +1042,8 @@
             final int x = index % mCellCountX;
             final int y = index / mCellCountX;
             setupPage(layout);
-            layout.addViewToCellLayout(icon, -1, i, new PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams(x,y, 1,1));
+            layout.addViewToCellLayout(icon, -1, i, new PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams(x,y, 1,1),
+                    createHolographicOutlines);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1071,10 +1075,11 @@
         layout.removeAllViewsOnPage();
         for (int i = startIndex; i < endIndex; ++i) {
             final ApplicationInfo info = mApps.get(i);
+            final boolean createHolographicOutlines = isHardwareAccelerated() && (numPages > 1);
             PagedViewIcon icon = (PagedViewIcon) mInflater.inflate(
                     R.layout.all_apps_paged_view_application, layout, false);
             icon.applyFromApplicationInfo(
-                    info, mPageViewIconCache, true, isHardwareAccelerated() && (numPages > 1));
+                    info, mPageViewIconCache, true, createHolographicOutlines);
             icon.setOnClickListener(this);
             icon.setOnTouchListener(this);
             icon.setOnLongClickListener(this);
@@ -1083,7 +1088,8 @@
             final int x = index % mCellCountX;
             final int y = index / mCellCountX;
             setupPage(layout);
-            layout.addViewToCellLayout(icon, -1, i, new PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams(x,y, 1,1));
+            layout.addViewToCellLayout(icon, -1, i, new PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams(x,y, 1,1),
+                    createHolographicOutlines);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/Launcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/Launcher.java
index e75830f..ceb36be 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/Launcher.java
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@
         dragLayer.setDragController(dragController);
 
         if (LauncherApplication.isScreenXLarge()) {
-            mAllAppsGrid = (AllAppsView)dragLayer.findViewById(R.id.all_apps_view);
+            mAllAppsGrid = (AllAppsView) dragLayer.findViewById(R.id.all_apps_view);
             mAllAppsGrid.setup(this, dragController);
             // We don't want a hole punched in our window.
             ((View) mAllAppsGrid).setWillNotDraw(false);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/LauncherModel.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/LauncherModel.java
index 6240c8f..d5505c5 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/LauncherModel.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/LauncherModel.java
@@ -652,22 +652,6 @@
                     mLoaderTask = null;
                 }
             }
-
-            // Trigger a gc to try to clean up after the stuff is done, since the
-            // renderscript allocations aren't charged to the java heap.
-            if (mStopped) {
-                mHandler.post(new Runnable() {
-                        public void run() {
-                            System.gc();
-                        }
-                    });
-            } else {
-                mHandler.postIdle(new Runnable() {
-                        public void run() {
-                            System.gc();
-                        }
-                    });
-            }
         }
 
         public void stopLocked() {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedView.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedView.java
index 3bef69e..1180106 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedView.java
@@ -531,7 +531,8 @@
     protected void updateAdjacentPagesAlpha() {
         if (mFadeInAdjacentScreens) {
             if (mDirtyPageAlpha || (mTouchState == TOUCH_STATE_SCROLLING) || !mScroller.isFinished()) {
-                int halfScreenSize = getMeasuredWidth() / 2;
+                int screenWidth = getMeasuredWidth();
+                int halfScreenSize = screenWidth / 2;
                 int screenCenter = mScrollX + halfScreenSize;
                 final int childCount = getChildCount();
                 for (int i = 0; i < childCount; ++i) {
@@ -544,7 +545,7 @@
                     // we should just assume full page width (and calculate the offset according to
                     // that).
                     if (childWidth <= 0) {
-                        childWidth = getMeasuredWidth();
+                        childWidth = screenWidth;
                         childCenter = (i * childWidth) + (childWidth / 2);
                     }
 
@@ -1203,7 +1204,11 @@
     }
 
     protected int getChildWidth(int index) {
-        return Math.max(mMinimumWidth, getChildAt(index).getMeasuredWidth());
+        // This functions are called enough times that it actually makes a difference in the
+        // profiler -- so just inline the max() here
+        final int measuredWidth = getChildAt(index).getMeasuredWidth();
+        final int minWidth = mMinimumWidth;
+        return (minWidth > measuredWidth) ? minWidth : measuredWidth;
     }
 
     protected int getRelativeChildOffset(int index) {
@@ -1222,7 +1227,12 @@
     }
 
     protected int getScaledMeasuredWidth(View child) {
-        return (int) (Math.max(mMinimumWidth, child.getMeasuredWidth()) * mLayoutScale + 0.5f);
+        // This functions are called enough times that it actually makes a difference in the
+        // profiler -- so just inline the max() here
+        final int measuredWidth = child.getMeasuredWidth();
+        final int minWidth = mMinimumWidth;
+        final int maxWidth = (minWidth > measuredWidth) ? minWidth : measuredWidth;
+        return (int) (maxWidth * mLayoutScale + 0.5f);
     }
 
     int getPageNearestToCenterOfScreen() {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedViewCellLayout.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedViewCellLayout.java
index 40be03d..92459d8 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedViewCellLayout.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedViewCellLayout.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     }
 
     public boolean addViewToCellLayout(View child, int index, int childId,
-            PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams params) {
+            PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams params, boolean createHolographicOutlines) {
         final PagedViewCellLayout.LayoutParams lp = params;
 
         // Generate an id for each view, this assumes we have at most 256x256 cells
@@ -149,7 +149,10 @@
                 if (mAllowHardwareLayerCreation) {
                     pagedViewIcon.disableCache();
                 }
-                mHolographicChildren.addView(pagedViewIcon.getHolographicOutlineView(), index, lp);
+                if (createHolographicOutlines) {
+                    mHolographicChildren.addView(pagedViewIcon.getHolographicOutlineView(),
+                            index, lp);
+                }
             }
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedViewIcon.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedViewIcon.java
index 7aeb0af..e23f1c6 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedViewIcon.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedViewIcon.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.android.launcher2;
 
-import com.android.launcher.R;
-
 import android.animation.ObjectAnimator;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Context;
@@ -33,8 +31,10 @@
 import android.os.Message;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
+import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.Checkable;
 
+import com.android.launcher.R;
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedViewWidget.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedViewWidget.java
index 88c5537..46bf532 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedViewWidget.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/PagedViewWidget.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 
     private PagedViewIconCache.Key mIconCacheKey;
     private PagedViewIconCache mIconCache;
+    private String mDimensionsFormatString;
 
     private int mAlpha = 255;
     private int mHolographicAlpha;
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@
             mCheckedFadeOutDuration =
                 r.getInteger(R.integer.config_dragAppsCustomizeIconFadeOutDuration);
         }
+        mDimensionsFormatString = r.getString(R.string.widget_dims_format);
 
         setWillNotDraw(false);
         setClipToPadding(false);
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@
         name.setText(info.label);
         name.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
         final TextView dims = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.widget_dims);
-        dims.setText(mContext.getString(R.string.widget_dims_format, cellSpan[0], cellSpan[1]));
+        dims.setText(String.format(mDimensionsFormatString, cellSpan[0], cellSpan[1]));
         dims.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
 
         if (createHolographicOutline) {
@@ -209,7 +211,7 @@
         name.setText(info.loadLabel(pm));
         name.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
         final TextView dims = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.widget_dims);
-        dims.setText(mContext.getString(R.string.widget_dims_format, 1, 1));
+        dims.setText(String.format(mDimensionsFormatString, 1, 1));
         dims.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
 
         if (createHolographicOutline) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/Workspace.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/Workspace.java
index d394016..2bbfc18 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/Workspace.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/Workspace.java
@@ -1881,7 +1881,14 @@
                         ((i == mCurrentPage) && (mShrinkState != ShrinkState.SPRING_LOADED)) ?
                         0.0f : 1.0f;
 
-                float translation = getOffsetXForRotation(rotation, cl.getWidth(), cl.getHeight());
+                float translation = 0f;
+
+                // If the screen is not xlarge, then don't rotate the CellLayouts
+                // NOTE: If we don't update the side pages alpha, then we should not hide the side
+                //       pages. see unshrink().
+                if (LauncherApplication.isScreenXLarge()) {
+                    translation = getOffsetXForRotation(rotation, cl.getWidth(), cl.getHeight());
+                }
 
                 oldAlphas[i] = cl.getAlpha();
                 newAlphas[i] = finalAlphaValue;
@@ -1951,10 +1958,13 @@
                     ValueAnimator.ofFloat(0f, 1f).setDuration(duration);
                 animWithInterpolator.setInterpolator(mZoomInInterpolator);
 
-                final float oldHorizontalWallpaperOffset = getHorizontalWallpaperOffset();
-                final float oldVerticalWallpaperOffset = getVerticalWallpaperOffset();
-                final float newHorizontalWallpaperOffset = wallpaperOffsetForCurrentScroll();
-                final float newVerticalWallpaperOffset = 0.5f;
+                final float oldHorizontalWallpaperOffset = enableWallpaperEffects ?
+                        getHorizontalWallpaperOffset() : 0;
+                final float oldVerticalWallpaperOffset = enableWallpaperEffects ?
+                        getVerticalWallpaperOffset() : 0;
+                final float newHorizontalWallpaperOffset = enableWallpaperEffects ?
+                        wallpaperOffsetForCurrentScroll() : 0;
+                final float newVerticalWallpaperOffset = enableWallpaperEffects ? 0.5f : 0;
                 animWithInterpolator.addUpdateListener(new LauncherAnimatorUpdateListener() {
                     public void onAnimationUpdate(float a, float b) {
                         if (b == 0f) {