..No light bleed
..No bad pixels
..Working GPS
..Decent Wifi
After all of grumble threads, thought I'd report back with some positivity.
Oh, and as a special treat for those who subscribe to HBO and/or Cinemax, set the stock browser's user agent string to be 'desktop', and navigate to http://hbogo.com or http://maxgo.com
Also, in tegrazone, you can get the newly released Grand Theft Auto III (paid app - but pretty darned good).
Bimboy said:
..No light bleed
..No bad pixels
..Working GPS
..Decent Wifi
After all of grumble threads, thought I'd report back with some positivity.
Oh, and as a special treat for those who subscribe to HBO and/or Cinemax, set the stock browser's user agent string to be 'desktop', and navigate to http://hbogo.com or http://maxgo.com
Also, in tegrazone, you can get the newly released Grand Theft Auto III (paid app - but pretty darned good).
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that's great news,
Congrats with your new toy and have fun.
so what gps procedure did you go through?
I can't get the damn xda app to work. It won't log me in.
Bimboy said:
..No light bleed
..No bad pixels
..Working GPS
..Decent Wifi
After all of grumble threads, thought I'd report back with some positivity.
Oh, and as a special treat for those who subscribe to HBO and/or Cinemax, set the stock browser's user agent string to be 'desktop', and navigate to http://hbogo.com or http://maxgo.com
Also, in tegrazone, you can get the newly released Grand Theft Auto III (paid app - but pretty darned good).
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Ok that's all well & good but no one here is really reporting back on web browsing which means a lot to me.I had a xoom & loading some pages & scrolling with flash set to "on demand" was horrific.Please let me know how the browser performs.As i am going to pick up my Prime tomorrow.
Browsing is fine for me. Not iPad smooth, just fine. I love the tablet though!!
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If you font like the stock browser, try another one to see if you like it. I've always hated the stock browser on my phone. I use miren browser and it runs great on my EVO 3D.
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If you font like the stock browser, try another one to see if you like it. I've always hated the stock browser on my phone. I use miren browser and it runs great on my EVO 3D.
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are you sure your gps is working? do you have wifi location off and test it with google maps with only gps on.
are you sure you dont have light bleed? goto a dark room and reboot, if u have light bleed you will notice it on the asus boot image screen. could you comfirm this for us more explained please thanks.
Yes... to prove your device is bad use it as you never would normally... go into a pitch black room and look only at the asus boot screen. You'll see that your device REALLY sucks.
cmon srsly folks? He posts a positive review and you guys wanna try and infer that he's full of crap or lying or just hasn't seen it yet??
The guy has a working Transformer Prime with no issues. Deal with it.
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Ok that's all well & good but no one here is really reporting back on web browsing which means a lot to me.I had a xoom & loading some pages & scrolling with flash set to "on demand" was horrific.Please let me know how the browser performs.As i am going to pick up my Prime tomorrow.
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Chill out man It was built for ICS. Would you say a modern PC sucks just because it has windows 98 on it? I'm sure the prime will be just fine. Hopefully there will be custom roms later that make things even better.
It will never be an ipad though. Android was built to do everything at once and as fast as possible. Not like the ipad that stops everything its doing to provide smooth scrolling. If scrolling is the most important thing to have in a tablet go for the ipad!
This is the first time i'm getting a device on release and i really dont get most of the people here^^ It seems like you're all trying sooo hard to find something bad about this device. It doesnt have to be perfect. Its a tool, like a hammer. It does things for you. You dont have to marry it so no reason to be all emotional
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are you sure your gps is working? do you have wifi location off and test it with google maps with only gps on.
are you sure you dont have light bleed? goto a dark room and reboot, if u have light bleed you will notice it on the asus boot image screen. could you comfirm this for us more explained please thanks.
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Yes I am sure. Look at the gps thread for pictures and what i did to get a good, wifi free lock. I do not have bleed either on dark screns. If i take it into a dark room, dark screens always have some bleed. No lcd in existence passes that litmus test. It is not remotely noticable at all at operating conditions.
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tdrussell said:
so what gps procedure did you go through?
I can't get the damn xda app to work. It won't log me in.
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Xda app wont work for me either
aawshads said:
Xda app wont work for me either
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I had to upgrade to premium.
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So you do have light bleed. Yea i have some too but like you said its not really noticeable during normal operation. All the kids need to chill out, when adults buy something they like to make sure everything it does works.
Thanks for the feedback.
Yes I am sure. Look at the gps thread for pictures and what i did to get a good, wifi free lock. I do not have bleed either on dark screns. If i take it into a dark room, dark screens always have some bleed. No lcd in existence passes that litmus test. It is not remotely noticable at all at operating conditions.
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My samsung galaxy 10.1 doesn't seem to have any light bleed, even in a dark scary room...
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Chill out man It was built for ICS. Would you say a modern PC sucks just because it has windows 98 on it? I'm sure the prime will be just fine. Hopefully there will be custom roms later that make things even better.
It will never be an ipad though. Android was built to do everything at once and as fast as possible. Not like the ipad that stops everything its doing to provide smooth scrolling. If scrolling is the most important thing to have in a tablet go for the ipad!
This is the first time i'm getting a device on release and i really dont get most of the people here^^ It seems like you're all trying sooo hard to find something bad about this device. It doesnt have to be perfect. Its a tool, like a hammer. It does things for you. You dont have to marry it so no reason to be all emotional
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Just to be clear, I love this tablet. Speed is great, screen is awesome, and android is awesome. But come on, with four cores, scrolling should be like a knife sliding through warm butter.
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So you do have light bleed...
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I didnt even check. I am sure I would, but it is not a realistic usage situation, so I did not bother checking. Congrats on having the one lcd panel in existence that displays a perfectly consistent dark display in the dark though. Come to think of it, mine does too, if I turn it off.
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......Typo
I just got mine from Gamestop today, one of only two at that location. My wifi works fine, the gps works fine, the Bluetooth controller in the bundle works better than I anticipated, and my screen does not bleed. This thing is really nice and I too am looking forward to ics.
Sorry to report that i have no problems - including no light bleed. The WiFi signal is as strong as my samsung epic 4g. Haven't tried GPS yet. Right now, I'm testing tethering via my rooted Epic. Perfectably usable.
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Bimboy said:
..No light bleed
..No bad pixels
..Working GPS
..Decent Wifi
After all of grumble threads, thought I'd report back with some positivity.
Oh, and as a special treat for those who subscribe to HBO and/or Cinemax, set the stock browser's user agent string to be 'desktop', and navigate to http://hbogo.com or http://maxgo.com
Also, in tegrazone, you can get the newly released Grand Theft Auto III (paid app - but pretty darned good).
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Out of curiosity, is yours a champagne or grey?
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Bimboy said:
No lcd in existence passes that litmus test.
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Got black?
No G-Tab has ever been reported to have have screen bleeding. LCD bleed? No. Moisture under the screen? Yes.
Samsung builds their own panels and they perform exceptionally well. That's why, before the war, they were Apple's primary display provider. Sharp does OK, AIO is hit and miss, and LG's a disaster. It would be intersting to see who makes the panel in the Prime and if it comes from a single supplier. HTC uses both Sharp and AIO in the same device. Do Asus tablets have a diagnostic mode? If so it would probably be in there.
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Hello all. I use Swype as my only keyboard. Used it on all my phones. Swype hates me. But I love the easiness of it. So I've had my note a couple days now, and keep noticing that while Swyping, it's like it his a dead spot, and starts a word, or just inputs complete randomness. Are any of you experiencing this as well?
Same here I quit using it and went back to using the android keyboard. Not sure what is wrong.
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I have the same issue but only when I use my finger not the s pen. Happened on two separate phones. From stock and after rooting and OC'd. I think it's possibly a software thing. I'm going to try to remove stock Swype and install beta
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I have the same issue but only when I use my finger not the s pen. Happened on two separate phones. From stock and after rooting and OC'd. I think it's possibly a software thing. I'm going to try to remove stock Swype and install beta
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Yeah, happens with my finger as well end not the pen. Awesome idea on beta. This issue started after root, but I'm not oc'd.
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Installed this... and now swype only fc's.... ugh
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Get the free ics keyboard from the market. Its vastly superior to any of the included keyboards on this phone.
If you decide to try it out remember you have to enable it in the settings menu before it will show up in the input options.
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I've noticed an issue with Swype only on Gingerbread. When I updated my Infuse, Swype started acting up. Same issues I occasionally have now. I have to almost long press and slowly draw the word out for it to be accurate.
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I just want to chime in and say that I'm experiencing exactly the same thing.
Swype used to be my favorite keyboard, but I had to give it up because of the "Dead spots".
I removed the built in swype, hoping the beta would work better, but as previously mentioned in the thread, it fc's before you can get even close to using it.
Everything works for me, I can Swype fast and everything is picked up. The only time I notice anything peculiar is when I'm using one hand and some other part off my hand touches the screen besides the finger I'm using to Swype.
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Guys Swype Beta sucks. Try TouchPal, its free and my favorite of all paid & free keyboards.
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Glad to know I'm not the only one having problems. but sucks that I have to pull the pen out just to Swype anything
Well on the way to my fairytale!
I've noticed this problem as well, and it didn't happen on my international Note. I don't think it's dead spots on the keyboard, but rather no tolerance whatsoever for going off the side of the keyboard. Going past the left or right side a tiny bit immediately ends the current stroke and starts a new one even though you're in the middle of a word. Swype on the international one didn't do this; it allowed you to do off the edge a little without ending the word.
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Speaking of Swype issues, am I the only one with a major Swype bug in the email app? Editing already typed text doesn't work right. When you tap a word alternate words pop up and selecting one works, but if the one you want isn't there, you're supposed to hit the Swype key to highlight the word then swype again and it'll change, but the word won't highlight, and the new word will be inserted in the middle of the old word, wherever the cursor is. Then if you touch elsewhere, the new word will be inserted again wherever you touch.
This error is on the international version, as well, and I'm surprised they haven't fixed it. It makes using the OEM email app a pain.
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Glad to know I'm not the only one having problems. but sucks that I have to pull the pen out just to Swype anything
Well on the way to my fairytale!
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Hey Ash, yeah, same problem here. Not so much deadspots as much as the slightest lifting of the finger off the keyboard has it consider it the end of the word (or whatever garbage it comes up with) The "accuracy" is awful in terms of the words it comes up with as well. I've tried every speed/accuracy setting I could and it still comes up with the most ridiculous suggestions at times.
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Hey Ash, yeah, same problem here. Not so much deadspots as much as the slightest lifting of the finger off the keyboard has it consider it the end of the word (or whatever garbage it comes up with) The "accuracy" is awful in terms of the words it comes up with as well. I've tried every speed/accuracy setting I could and it still comes up with the most ridiculous suggestions at times.
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You know Joe, I had just started wondering if it was a pressure issue.... Like when I turn my finger to change direction, pressure difference... And with the pen, because I'm holding it there wouldn't be that change. Either way, it's crap. Lol.
I restored my data from Swype, sooooo all my settings are the same. Hadn't thought about messing with them, but I may try that.. Just wish it worked better... And only gave me my usual autocorrect errors I an prepared to deal with those
Well on the way to my fairytale!
Not just Swype. I can't use any keyboard without issues. Ever try a long-press to get the @ symbol or hit the space bar on the fly? And turning off autocorrect... I still haven't got that to work through a reboot.
Time to freeze this one and grab the beta!
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Not just Swype. I can't use any keyboard without issues. Ever try a long-press to get the @ symbol or hit the space bar on the fly? And turning off autocorrect... I still haven't got that to work through a reboot.
Time to freeze this one and grab the beta!
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Don't do it... You'll only be offered the beta for tablets, which only offers you fc's and won't work. And do not restore a swore apk from your previous phone... Lol. It comes back way to small
Well on the way to my fairytale!
Just as a heads up....best keyboard ever for me is Thumbs....bigger the display the better it is.....I even use it on my SII now....love the hell out of it....if your a iPhone texter(portrait) you may not care for it....but if you do most or all your texting/emails in landscape....it is sick and very themeable./customizable. Swype=Fail.
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Just as a heads up....best keyboard ever for me is Thumbs....bigger the display the better it is.....I even use it on my SII now....love the hell out of it....if your a iPhone texter(portrait) you may not care for it....but if you do most or all your texting/emails in landscape....it is sick and very themeable./customizable. Swype=Fail.
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Swype is also very themeable... And I always text in portrait... I use Swype because its easier and faster. But have tried thumb, was a big fan of it for a while
Well on the way to my fairytale!
to install the swype beta you need another phone and its a kinda long process i'll just hit quickly..
download the swype installer on the other phone (A NON-Note) start the installer once its downloaded the package use adb to pull the package it downloaded to the phone then push it to the note and install it. Old trick to get swype on the HTC inspire when it was new.
Ive had my s3 for 2 weeks now and I look at my s2 and think what a waste.
Don't get me wrong the phone is amazing and is top spec at the moment but im now having doubts that it is a massive difference than my s2.
Now I don't need you to reply with all what its got cos I know all about it.. But I think that there just isn't enough change in the software to make it exciting?
Ie the video that you can have open while your texting? Have you used it? Yes the full screen is ok for watching a movie on the train ect but do you really need to multi task that badly?
Before you start to get all defensive I love Samsung Ive had all 3 now but I really think I can live without the small plus points of the s3?! Notification light is ace and the battery life but other than that? Can't say im to fussed.
Because we are lucky enough to be able to change the look of the phone being android it looks the same as the s2 and no doubt I can make the s2 look like the s3. When I get a new phone I want it to stand out from the older models and be new and have visual differences.
So im thinking of selling up and going back to my s2 until something comes out that will make me happy.
What do you think?
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Do what makes you happy man. I was considering getting an s3 but right now I'm having fun giving my s2 the s3's features. I have s voice working flawlessly. Will I eventually get an s3? Maybe. But right now I'm not pressed.
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Dude, don't change phone within 3years because you will never find any big difference. All the phones in this world only have small incremental upgrade every 5-6 months. People change phone every year simply because they are spoiled enough to spend recklessly or they are just too rich and boring or they just want to prove they are tech geek.
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Spare a thought for the iPhone users. They've had the same software UI since the first release.
I actually half agree with you... In my opinion I prefer the size of the S2 compared to the S3 (just a matter of getting used to i guess). In terms of normal daily usage, there isnt too much of a difference in terms of speed (however the S2 obviously has had a lot more time for development etc) and this will probably change in the coming months as developers work their magic for the S3. The battery and LED light are great additions as mentioned though so far it hasn't seemed to be major upgrade (not that I really expected it to be). While im not going to ditch my S3 (love having the latest and greatest) I do understand those that have 'upgraded' from a S2 and would prefer that few hundred dollars instead.
Also the audio quality was rather mediocre on the S2 unlike the S3 - another reason ill be keeping the S3.
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It depends. I've come from an S2 and I do like the touchwiz UI. One of the reasons I haven't switched over to AOKP is because it's the same look along all platforms and then it just feels like I'm still using the S2. Do what you feel like but i suggest you hold on to the S3 simply because it's the newer one.
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Although the GS3's by far the best smartphone i've ever used, yes, i'm thinking about ditching it and getting the Note back - mainly because of the poor standby battery it gets with my network.
And yes, i've tried all roms and modems, kernels, hacks and rests - and 2 different GS3's - but it just does NOT play well with my network. Screen time remains good when used at a stretch.
it's vital i stay connected to my work email at all times on data. Too many fast dormancy related wakelocks + moderate use = Dead battery at the end of the workday - compared to around 40 to 50% battery left with identical usage on the same SIM with the Note.
Going to wait another month or so for possible modems with better compatibility but it doesn't look good and i hate reverting to my painful-to-use 4S to get me through the day.
PS: just reiterate, i am not making a generalization about the GS3's better, just relating what i experience with my network.
Yeah. it's awfully buggy, and I can't do things I took for granted anymore... mainly the phone is so poor at meaningful multitasking that music whist browsing causes horrendously regular cut outs. I think s2 is a better phone - I'd go back if it wasn't for being embarrassed at accepting that I chose a duff new phone (plus my missus has the s2)
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Yeah. it's awfully buggy, and I can't do things I took for granted anymore... mainly the phone is so poor at meaningful multitasking that music whist browsing causes horrendously regular cut outs. I think s2 is a better phone - I'd go back if it wasn't for being embarrassed at accepting that I chose a duff new phone (plus my missus has the s2)
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Just tell them it caught fire
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Nope, had hardly any problems with mine and I love the features like s voice, smart stay. They're great.
Plus the phone is so powerful it'll run all the latest stuff.
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Im begining to think getting my S3 was abit of an impulse buy,id only just got a HTC sensation XE which imo is a very good phone,and tbh im thinking that i didnt need a S3
some of the things on this samsung drive me crazy,the screen tint,no mass storage mode,trying to drag photos or videos off the phone is a mare because of the lack of thumbnails,i really hate that !
There doesnt seem much i can do on the S3 that i couldnt do on the XE,the only added feature of the s3 ive really made use of is the taking photo shots while recording video,im going to keep the S3 but getting abit of buyers remorse now lol
Upgrading every fow months or even once a year is a mugs game, only the phone manufacturer wins, coming from the Desire HD its well worth upgrading but if I had the S2 I dont know, its far from obsolete, dont think id be disappointed though
Well im glad im not the only one. Oh and the zero shutter lag is great but I can live without it
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Nope, had hardly any problems with mine and I love the features like s voice, smart stay. They're great.
Plus the phone is so powerful it'll run all the latest stuff.
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But it can't handle things I became accustomed to 3 phones ago without cutting out!
(music whilst browsing...)
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But it can't handle things I became accustomed to 3 phones ago without cutting out!
(music whilst browsing...)
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I haven't noticed any problems using Chrome and Spotify. What do you use?
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I haven't noticed any problems using Chrome and Spotify. What do you use?
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Stock & stock
Stock & Poweramp
ICS+ & Stock
ICS+ & Poweramp
All do the same. I guess spotify may be different as it's streaming rather than playing an mp3?
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Stock & stock
Stock & Poweramp
ICS+ & Stock
ICS+ & Poweramp
All do the same. I guess spotify may be different as it's streaming rather than playing an mp3?
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Nah I use offline play lists in spotify. You tried Chrome?
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Nah I use offline play lists in spotify. You tried Chrome?
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Maybe I'll give it a go - though I'd rather use a browser that handles flash. Annoying that pure stock just doesn't work though..
Cheers for replying by the way - my posts have mostly been a bit grumpy on here of late!
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Maybe I'll give it a go - though I'd rather use a browser that handles flash. Annoying that pure stock just doesn't work though..
Cheers for replying by the way - my posts have mostly been a bit grumpy on here of late!
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It's understandable being grumpy when you have a problem with such a premium device
I use Chrome and Spotify and they don't crash at all. I tend to use mobile versions of sites but do occasionally use full ones.
This is on wifi, not sure if it makes a difference over the network. I'll have to try it.
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What are your opinion and thoughts on this phone?
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I'm loving it!! Very fast, the speakers are great. A few things I'd like improvement on would be the rss feed choices for the home screen and I'm not fanatic about Beats Audio through headphones. Although I may throw a custom Rom on it hehe. The feel is perfect, not to heavy and not too light unlike the galaxy 3 which feels cheap.
Already extremely please with this phone and TMobiles service.
I have it since monday it's great! I'm coming from the HTC mytouch so it's really an incredible difference . The camera it's great as well and battery is lasting a lot
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anybody else got the HTC ONE ?
its a huge adjustment coming from a pure google nexus 4. here are just some minor random notes:
- the build quality is great, but the phone feels rough on the sides like they havent been sanded down. ditto for the earplug hole. NOT A BIG DEAL.
- either i got a phone with zero gap or people are seeing things on their phones. again NOT A BIG DEAL.
- phone is loud for a phone, not for radio. compared to other phones, its awesome.
- beats audio doesnt come through on the speakers. you get no bass from the speakers. performs elegantly with earphones plugged in.
- the car dock is amaaaazing. must-have.
- the car mode is really well done. you can choose to listen to local radio stations through wireless with tunein. you can also add other apps to car mode home. navigation gives you google maps, appointments, gas station, restaurants, by photo, parking (parking structures), cafes, bars, atm, convenience store, pharmacy shopping and emergency.
- htc should have made the logo a real button. yes, its capacitive and we will be able to use it as a real button, but it doesnt light up like the back and home buttons and generaly looks out of place.
- facebook/twitter/messaging integration on sense is really well done. better then most alternatives ive seen.
- wish you could scroll diagonally on the apps drawer.
- wish you could turn off the feed.
- wish you could use your own icons on sense home.
- thought the notification light was going to be bigger. they used a hole on the grill to insert the light. but at least they included it.
- tmobile bloatware... ugh.
- everything is superfast and super responsive. havent seen a touch of lag yet.
- screen is amazeballs. dont know if its placebo effect, but it seemed to have looked better after 3-4 hours of usage. dunno if thats the screen warming up or my eyes getting used to it.
- really gritting my teeth at this s-on s-off thing, never had to deal with it before with samsung and nexus phones. but i knew what i was getting into.
- camera is VERY nice. havent had enough time to play around with it but it seems to snap photos very quickly and clearly.
- already feeling the effects of having run 4.1.2. coincidentally the first two apps i tried to install on the phone, creditkarma and dashclock dont work on 4.2.1, just 4.2.
- more apps then i care to number still have the menu button at the bottom, including facebook. little silly that you can run facebook home on the phone but the option bar takes up 1/5th of the screen.
- i sorely miss the aosp notification bar, although sense's isnt bad.
- phone gets pretty toasty after moderate usage.
- i can hold the phone comfortably but i have huge hands. still have to hold the pinkie at the bottom of the phone to keep it up.
I just wanted to upload 3 images comparing the Nexus 4 camera with and without flash to the HTC One without flash.
I am impressed with the camera so far! They were taken without trying to make them look nice just to see what it would be like in a moments notice to take an image.
Just got back from the shop with mine. First impressions:
-Thoroughly gorgeous, and feels perfect in hand. Nice weight - lighter than I was expecting but still totally solid.
-Screen is amazing. Razor sharp, bright, with great viewing angles and none of that AMOLED-turns-blue-if-you-tilt-the-phone nonsense.
-No gaps. (Serial FA34CW if anyone's interested).
-Power button is a little tricky to reach for me one-handed. I can just two-hand it though, not a big deal. Don't have any issues with the two-button arrangement.
-Haven't had a chance to try out music on it yet, but I got a call and I flinched, it was so loud. Vibration also seems very strong.
-Blinkfeed is nice to have, but I could see it being overwhelming if that was my only homescreen. I pushed it off to the side so I can look at it if I'm bored. Otherwise, I really like Sense 5 - nice clean design, all the stock apps have the Holo-style "view pager", and in general it just works great.
-Performance is excellent - this thing really flies.
-Typical T-Mobile bloatware. Disabled almost immediately.
-Haven't had a chance to use the camera yet. Still have to do some experimenting (and don't really want to take pictures of the random crap on my desk).
Overall I'm highly impressed. I think that, if HTC fails (knock on wood/fingers crossed that doesn't happen), it will not have been for a lack of trying, at least on the product side. They have the superior product - now they need to get the word out.
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-Typical T-Mobile bloatware. Disabled almost immediately.
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How did you disable the tmob bloat?
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Settings>Apps, then swipe sideways to "All", then scroll through the list. When you find something you don't want, tap it and then tap "Disable". Tap "OK" when the "app may misbehave" pops up, and then repeat as desired. A couple of them (SoundHound and TunedIn Radio) can be fully uninstalled, but most can't unfortunately. Oh well, such is life with a operator-branded device. Kind of a pain but AFAIK this is the only way to sort-of get rid of them without root.
Roo is already available just unlock you bootloader and install twrp or cwm and then you can install supersu. That's what I did, then installed ti backup and uninstalling those first haha
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Roo is already available just unlock you bootloader and install twrp or cwm and then you can install supersu. That's what I did, then installed ti backup and uninstalling those first haha
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I was gonna try to last but I can't. At least I made it 24 hours without unlocking th bootloader, i think thats a record haha...
Best phone ever.
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Great phone, the tmobile version is the one to get: using an AT&T unlocked 64GB with T-Mobile gets me edge in supposedly "refarmed" areas more often than not, while the T-Mobile version always shows HSPA+.
Best phone i've had.
One thing that I hate though, why why why why why must I have Facebook crap in my gallery after loggining in!
went straight to unlock bootloader > flashed custom recovery > flashed ARHD 7.0 > now sitting on charge. love how it feel in hands
Is their a way to root with a mac?
Got mine today. Love it so far. Moved from a Galaxy S4G. Love the build and the feel. Looking forward to some roms and devs for this phone.
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went straight to unlock bootloader > flashed custom recovery > flashed ARHD 7.0 > now sitting on charge. love how it feel in hands
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So flashing the ROM's available for the other versions works? I suppose since the hardware is essentially the same, it wouldn't matter as long as the radio is kept, right?
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As for changing the Sense Icon's you can, I have done it, you just need to root the device and do a lot of work.
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So flashing the ROM's available for the other versions works? I suppose since the hardware is essentially the same, it wouldn't matter as long as the radio is kept, right?
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You can only flash roms that are designated for the HTC One M7 device. However, there are some issues with the signal properly reporting and other issues.
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You can only flash roms that are designated for the HTC One M7 device. However, there are some issues with the signal properly reporting and other issues.
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Thanks. Haven't had a chance to dig around the forums yet now that we finally have our own section, so I wasn't sure.
I'm kinda surprised that the M7 ROM's are fine but not the AT&T ones. I'm coming from the S2, where we used AT&T ROM's frequently (with a proper kernel of course).
I've noticed for a while (since I bought the phone) that the white saturation seems to suck compared to most devices I've owned, even my old, crappy dell latitude display. By that, I mean a lot of fine details especially light grays appear way too bright or are completely washed out (the new play store looks much better on other devices). To give you an idea of what I'm talking about, here is a picture of a white saturation test found here (http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/white.php) screenshot I took on my DNA first being displayed on a DNA (all gray other than first square being completely absent) and then that same screenshot being displayed on an iPad. The difference both in this test image and during general usage is stark to my eyes, though I've mostly learned to ignore it.
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Same DNA screenshot displayed on 3rd Gen. iPad:
So, my question: is there any way to calibrate the gamma/contrast of the hardware or are we pretty much locked out of that short of being in the factory?
Here is the screenshot used above for kicks:
Edit: Found an pic I took a few months ago when I had a replacement DNA that I was sending back (different unit than the one I currently have) side-by-side with my iPad. Took that for reference I guess, but you can see contrast.
Interesting, except, the second photo (which looks proper) is not an ipad? Ah, it's a screenshot. Bet we can find something in kernel.
If you open that screenshot in gallery and zoom in/out/etc you can briefly see where the patterns are displayed. So I'm thinking it's not a calibration or hardware issue as much as some sort of "enhancement" (e.g. dynamic contrast of some sort).
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Interesting, except, the second photo (which looks proper) is not an ipad? Ah, it's a screenshot. Bet we can find something in kernel.
If you open that screenshot in gallery and zoom in/out/etc you can briefly see where the patterns are displayed. So I'm thinking it's not a calibration or hardware issue as much as some sort of "enhancement" (e.g. dynamic contrast of some sort).
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You're right! I just played around with the original screenshot I took and the actual website and saw brief glimpses of at least a few of the figures. I had heard people were complaining about a similar issue on the One, so I thought I'd bring it up as I had noticed the same thing on the DNA and just written it off as being a weakness of the panel.
Edit: Caught it in the act! Was uploading a screenshot to the OP via tapatalk 4 and the screen seems to dim as it uploads. Sure enough:
I could see some of those squares on the bottom as the screen dimmed. Is dynamic brightness/gamma/contrast something that is controlled at the kernel level?
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You're right! I just played around with the original screenshot I took and the actual website and saw brief glimpses of at least a few of the figures. I had heard people were complaining about a similar issue on the One, so I thought I'd bring it up as I had noticed the same thing on the DNA and just written it off as being a weakness of the panel.
Edit: Caught it in the act! Was uploading a screenshot to the OP via tapatalk 4 and the screen seems to dim as it uploads. Sure enough:
I could see some of those squares on the bottom as the screen dimmed. Is dynamic brightness/gamma/contrast something that is controlled at the kernel level?
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really I don't know what we're dealing with for sure. When screen dims like you captured, that's not really telling us anything (of course stuff shows when you dim it).
But you can get it to briefly display when full brightness. What else is interesting, in cm10 gallery, if you apply a black and white filter to the screenshot (just removes color from the shot), all the squares show perfectly. Weird, heh?
So hard to say if it's dynamic contrast, or a "shortcut" in hardware acceleration etc.
I think a good start would be to try to view that screenshot in many different photo applications, including those that do NOT support acceleration. That might help narrow it down a bit.
I haven't had a chance to find an image viewer without hardware acceleration, but I did ask over in the One forums if they had a similar problem with the same screenshot and the answer was no, so this is DNA specific.
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really I don't know what we're dealing with for sure. When screen dims like you captured, that's not really telling us anything (of course stuff shows when you dim it).
But you can get it to briefly display when full brightness. What else is interesting, in cm10 gallery, if you apply a black and white filter to the screenshot (just removes color from the shot), all the squares show perfectly. Weird, heh?
So hard to say if it's dynamic contrast, or a "shortcut" in hardware acceleration etc.
I think a good start would be to try to view that screenshot in many different photo applications, including those that do NOT support acceleration. That might help narrow it down a bit.
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I'm honestly having trouble finding out whether or not an app has hardware acceleration. I've tried 4 different photo apps with the same results as the stock gallery in sense 5.
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I'm honestly having trouble finding out whether or not an app has hardware acceleration. I've tried 4 different photo apps with the same results as the stock gallery in sense 5.
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I think I've spotted a gem in kernel. I'll play around this weekend with it.
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I think I've spotted a gem in kernel. I'll play around this weekend with it.
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Awesome! Let me know if there is anything I can do.
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Awesome! Let me know if there is anything I can do.
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Yup, I found it
It's almost comical how much better the display looks with this silly "feature" removed from the kernel.
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Yup, I found it
It's almost comical how much better the display looks with this silly "feature" removed from the kernel.
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Holy cow! You may have made my day, or week, or month (nvm, you already made my year with moonshine). I've noticed this on the stock kernel, stock NOS kernel, and beast mode kernel: would the 'feature' you found be consistent across all of these kernels?
Yep because its dumb thing HTC did in kernel source. Are you familiar with compiling kernels?
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Yep because its dumb thing HTC did in kernel source. Are you familiar with compiling kernels?
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Unfortunately, I am not. I went the biosciences route instead of CS. XD
There's a first time for everything, though!
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Unfortunately, I am not. I went the biosciences route instead of CS. XD
There's a first time for everything, though!
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ha. fastboot boot to this. do NOT use it as your daily driver, it's only kernel source I had laying around. I don't remember who's source it was or what hacks I made in the past. do NOT flash it. just fastboot boot it and go check some things out (like that website)
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Heh. Even tapatalk looks way better.
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ha. fastboot boot to this. do NOT use it as your daily driver, it's only kernel source I had laying around. I don't remember who's source it was or what hacks I made in the past. do NOT flash it. just fastboot boot it and go check some things out (like that website)
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Heh. Even tapatalk looks way better.
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I'm not very well versed on how fast boot differs from flashing something in recovery, so I'm a bit wary on that front. Could you point me to adequate documentation to what fast boot is and how it's used? I'm assuming in this instance it's kind of like booting into a safe mode for one boot only? Also, is this a fix that could be integrated by developers of other kernels into their builds? Thanks a ton and I'm sorry I'm not quite on top of things!
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I'm not very well versed on how fast boot differs from flashing something in recovery, so I'm a bit wary of that front. Could you point me to adequate documentation to what fast boot is and how it's used? Also, is this a fix that could be integrated by developers of other kernels into their builds? Thanks a ton and I'm sorry I'm not quite on top of things!
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Nothing risky. Just download it. Reboot to boot loader then:
fastboot boot boot.img
It will use that kernel until you reboot (after which it will boot whatever kernel you've flashed last). Give it a try
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Nothing risky. Just download it. Reboot to boot loader then:
fastboot boot boot.img
It will use that kernel until you reboot (after which it will boot whatever kernel you've flashed last). Give it a try
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Gotcha, I'll give it a shot! I imagine that it's a very useful tool as a developer.
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Gotcha, I'll give it a shot! I imagine that it's a very useful tool as a developer.
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Indeed. Let me know.
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Wow, you weren't kidding; this is night and day! You can actually see light gray now and colors seem more saturated and natural. What the hell was htc thinking? I'm really surprised more people haven't complained about this or replied to the thread. I mean... Wow! What kind if tomfoolery did HTC put in place that you found? Tapatalk actually look normal In the default gray gradient theme now. It's too bad I'm using an inverted play store mod, so I can't check that out at the moment.
Subjectively, whites and light colors seem much more balanced and not blinding like they were some times before.
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Yep because its dumb thing HTC did in kernel source. Are you familiar with compiling kernels?
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What's the change?
Hello, gray?!
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Very cool.
Hi, i been using sim free s6 edge 64gb for 2 weeks now, i have moved from the HTC M8 it still runs same as the fast day i received it
always been worried about slowdown over time with samsung from past experiences, it still loads apps fast hope this continues , i actually like touchwiz look and menus
but i do get slight lags and stutters, for an example i have bbc news app as a widget when scrolling through the widget its not very smooth, on my htc m8 its smooth, once in the app its smooth
also when on flip board then scroll right to get back into homescreen then another right scroll to get bbc new widget, it wont let me scroll, i have to always give it a second go for it to scroll, when disable flipboard its fine
another thing i noticed, when looking at the edge for time, news etc and flipping it over then going back into home screen, the phone will always re draw homescreen ,
i know these are little things, but they do bother me as this is such a high spec phone and alot of money, i have used in the past HTC M7 and M8 and they run super smooth and they still do,
i have in past used galaxy s2, s3 ,s4 note 3 all had same issues, i was hoping samsung would have sorted this now but guess not, dont get me wrong the phone is great, rapid charging, takes great pictures, fingerprint works so well, its faster then using a PIN / Pattern , the M9 i know will run super smooth, but it didnt excite me coming from HTC M8
Thanks
I have the same issues phone is two days old and it's very Lagg don't really know what to do
mines not super laggy, but there are them issues, i dont have much apps syncing etc and only use official apps, the setup is the same i had on the HTC M8, its annoying samsung cant get this right, in a ideal world HTC software smoothness on Galaxy s6 hardware that would be the best phone
I did have a bit of lag here and there from time to time and installing L Launcher fixed it completely.
How often do you reboot your phone?
I used to have redraws and a bit of lag. A factory reset took care of it. Must have been due to the incremental update we had when we first bought the phone.
Turn off the edge news solve the withdraw issue.
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Turn off the edge news solve the withdraw issue.
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Do you mean disable briefing app or disable news scroller for edge of screen?
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Turn off the edge news solve the withdraw issue.
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Do you mean disable briefing app or disable news scroller for edge of screen?
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I disabled now the briefing app..will see
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Turn off the edge news solve the withdraw issue.
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tried it still does it , amazes me no one at samsung said we have this issue and can somone sort it, seems like there dont have software quality control, otherwise this would be perfect device,
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tried it still does it , amazes me no one at samsung said we have this issue and can somone sort it, seems like there dont have software quality control, otherwise this would be perfect device,
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BTW..my phone feels a lot snappier ATM..don't think it's a placebo effect.. will look through the day
Yes, even though the phone is a beast, touchwiz is still touchwiz, so it lags sometimes. I usually notice it when surfing the Web using the native browser, chrome is even worse. But I'm loving the phone, have hopes that 5.1.1 will iron out these small issues.
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Yes, even though the phone is a beast, touchwiz is still touchwiz, so it lags sometimes. I usually notice it when surfing the Web using the native browser, chrome is even worse. But I'm loving the phone, have hopes that 5.1.1 will iron out these small issues.
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yeah..but since I deactivated the briefing app it's much better..but yes..I really hope 5.1.1 will come in near future..
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I disabled now the briefing app..will see
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tried it still does it , amazes me no one at samsung said we have this issue and can somone sort it, seems like there dont have software quality control, otherwise this would be perfect device,
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thats what i did, but that turns edge off completely , i have disabled news, so can only view time and notifications and still get the redraw , guess i have to live with it
I wrote a post over at reddit about this topic:
w w w .reddit.com/r/GalaxyS6/comments/345tt9/galaxy_s6_and_s6_edge_lag_and_battery_improvement/
I can't post it on XDA yet due to the external link limitation since I am new to the forum. Just copy and paste the URL removing spaces in the URL beginning.
I am regularly seeing Lag free performance with five hour screen on time. I started with less than 2 hours SOT and constant lag.
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I wrote a post over at reddit about this topic:
w w w .reddit.com/r/GalaxyS6/comments/345tt9/galaxy_s6_and_s6_edge_lag_and_battery_improvement/
I can't post it on XDA yet due to the external link limitation since I am new to the forum. Just copy and paste the URL removing spaces in the URL beginning.
I am regularly seeing Lag free performance with five hour screen on time. I started with less than 2 hours SOT and constant lag.
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nice will look if I'm at home
I can appreciate having to tweak some things, and I don't use flip board or briefing app or whatever it's called but we SHOULD NOT have to turn everything off on a phone that costs this much $$$$$ and supposedly has the best specs in the world!
I know the best way to stop ALL LAG...turn the stupid thing completely off and toss it in a drawer!
I too had an M8 that I sold to get this thing and my wife still has her M8 and it runs as smooth as melted butter in a Teflon skillet! This thing...the edge...not quite there yet. Either Google or Samsung better get their act together soon or they will never see another dime of my money!
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I can appreciate having to tweak some things, and I don't use flip board or briefing app or whatever it's called but we SHOULD NOT have to turn everything off on a phone that costs this much $$$$$ and supposedly has the best specs in the world!
I know the best way to stop ALL LAG...turn the stupid thing completely off and toss it in a drawer!
I too had an M8 that I sold to get this thing and my wife still has her M8 and it runs as smooth as melted butter in a Teflon skillet! This thing...the edge...not quite there yet. Either Google or Samsung better get their act together soon or they will never see another dime of my money!
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I'm in the same boat. Considering the specs of this phone is much better than my Note 3 (which did not lag much), it's inexcusable that the slowdown is this awful.
jaseman said:
I can appreciate having to tweak some things, and I don't use flip board or briefing app or whatever it's called but we SHOULD NOT have to turn everything off on a phone that costs this much $$$$$ and supposedly has the best specs in the world!
I know the best way to stop ALL LAG...turn the stupid thing completely off and toss it in a drawer!
I too had an M8 that I sold to get this thing and my wife still has her M8 and it runs as smooth as melted butter in a Teflon skillet! This thing...the edge...not quite there yet. Either Google or Samsung better get their act together soon or they will never see another dime of my money!
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Hi, i sold my HTC M8 to buy this, M9 hardware didnt excite me, but i bet it runs super smooth, after watching the galaxy s6 edge presentation on how they stopped lag and faster then ever, i had to try it and i aint pleased its still there, dont get me wrong this phone is a beast, battery life better then M9, when its smaller and running 2k screen, and how fast it charges, and i love amoled screens, its got so much going for it, just wished there sorted the software side out, i actually dont mind touchwizz look and menus,