Testine the Note. What is making it perform so slow? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717

Hello!
So I decided to test drive the Note and the screen is awesome , although I did notice banding so that is a problem but anyway my main issue now is performance.
Everything just lags and performance of games is not good.
I am comparing to my Captivate and mine scored over 1300 Vellamo vs not even 800 in the Note.
Same thing with many other things.
Going in and out of the Applications menu with Golauncher just hiccups or is plainly not smooth.
Scrolling on the browser is also not smooth.
Now my Captivate is running ICS but even at 1Ghz it scores almost 1000 points in Vellamo and feels smoother vs this dual core at 1.5Ghz
Is all the junk that comes from factory really destroying its performance?
I have seen other scores that are very good.
I may have to go with the International version but somehow I doubt the difference between the two is really that big and I doubt my captivate is supposed to outclass this monster.
Is a beauty so I really want to make sure this is just an issue with its stock configuration.
Regards

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Root, flash custom ROM, boom no lag
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Hmm... My Note is blazingly fast. Everything is super smooth and there's no lag anywhere.
But I don't run GO apps. As far as I can tell, I GO apps are a huge resource for hogs.
You might want to try and unintelligible GO Launcher and see if that helps.
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I'm running Rogers stock, with bloat removed and da_g's overclock kernal at 1.7gHz with Go launcher, and believe me this thing don't lag.
Maybe try getting all that carrier crap off of the thing, tweek it out a bit.
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Ok so it must be the crap in this one. I know go launcher runs fine with my captivate so no reason it wont run fine here.
Do you see banding when launching the xda app?

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The stock Notes do have lag. I think its a combo of this crazy screen size and the weird aspect ratio. Regular apps just weren't meant to fit on a screen this shape. Most of us have long since solved the lag problem, but it takes tinkerin'. Worth it, though...
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I noticed the same thing on gingerbread. Moving to ICS made a huge difference. If you just testing make sure you see the difference ICS this makes because it really shows the potential. Also what you'll notice is not much has happened in kernel development for gingerbread. Its not worth it with ICS hopefully being official very soon. If your comparing a captivate running all the latest goodies to the note running stock ginger bread, I understand your hesitation, but the the ICS leaks make a huge improvement in the performance on this device. Try making a comparison between stock kk4, and aosp slim rom on the captivate. There isn't one. Hope this helps
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Remember, this is the first type of phone samsung has ever made. Ofcorse there are gonna be some issues. The next note will definitely be smoother stock on tw. But with android, we love customization. Once official ICS releases, it should be better.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke

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Go launcher will be buggy its not optimized for this phone IMO its laggy but my note was very smooth and fast out the box idk yours ain't use a different launcher besides go launcher its a ram hog and battery hog I promise adw fine if ur still stock or something similar I'm using apex on ics smooth to
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I use adw as default on the note and it works great except the wallpaper scrolling is still borked.
I really hope banding and blotchy blacks gets a fix when source drops. Other than those issues I've not had issues worth complaining about.
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Eun-Hjzjined said:
I use adw as default on the note and it works great except the wallpaper scrolling is still borked.
I really hope banding and blotchy blacks gets a fix when source drops. Other than those issues I've not had issues worth complaining about.
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R u stock or rooted with custom rom?
And I don't blotchy blacks my colors are fine
I'm guessing it don't affect all notes ?
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I'm stock rogers.
Android: 2.3.6
Baseband: I717RUXLA2
Build: .248
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I was using go launcher and it made my note leggy as hell. I'm on Apex now and all the lag went away. Thought I'd share
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Im still stock and unrooted (just got it 4 days ago) and i immediatly started running adw ex. Runs excellent. I also uninstalled as much att sh!t as i could runs verrrry nice now...
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Yeah, out of the box the phone was ok. The screen/size made me overlook the minor hesitations and quirks. Well that, and I got it when my inspire4g took an unexpected **** on me so I really just walked into the att store and bought the phone that was the biggest step up from my inspire and the most interesting. And, being an ecet major I follow all of the reviews and releases so I knew it was at the very least decent.
I was about to graduate so I didn't have much time to tinker with it because of projects/finals and I'd been a pretty big HTC fanboi since windows mobile days so Samsung stuff (Odin, etc) was all new to me. Do I ran it stock plus AdwEx for at least a month I think and it was rock solid and smooth. I think I probably tried every single launcher there is, and still ended up back on AdwEx. (seriously, tsf, spb, hi, ex, vtl, modded TW, all of them) Most of the launchers could be made smooth with some tweaking and less fancy transitions, but most lacked many options I've gotten used to with AdwEx and nova.
That said, when I finally got the time I installed CWM, rooted the stock, and decided **** this and moved to ICS all in the same evening.
I missed ICS since I had it on my inspire, and it seems to have made the GNote amazing. Currently on previous build of team perfection objection ICS from appdroid, and have run all the others as well.
I ran nova prime for a good bit and that was very smooth. I switched to GOlauncher just to see what all the hype was about and ran that for a good bit, but couldn't stand their menus and just wanting me to buy stupid widgets and themes. It was decently smooth, but felt it may have imparted some lag on other parts of the phone at times. I can't rely prove that, I just know it's smoother with it uninstalled and a different launcher.
I finally switched back to AdwEx. So I'm running ICS with AdwEx, widget locker, and chompsms. It's super smooth. Most common issue is XDA premium force closing.
Once they release kernel source, I have no doubt this phone will be a decent powerhouse. I also don't think I've had a phone before that incited such love/hate amongst random people in bars and out and about. Some people will say oh my good is that the new phone tablet thing wow! Some hardcore ios guys sneer and say how it's way too big and unnecessary and how their screen size is superior and this would never fit in a pocket!
It's an awesome phone, I think the 16:10 aspect ratio, tablet resolution, att/Samsung bloat, and gingerbread were definitely holding it back a tiny bit at first. But apps will get updated, and aosp/source will make it killer.
I type too much...unemployed lol.
Here's some benchmarks...all on battery lol.
Vellamo screen 1158
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Meh, benchmarks, I don't use my phone on a bench lol
Sent from my bigass phone or whatever on ICS

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awesome thanks for benchmarks!
I just wish companies would do the right thing and actually not use lousy slow software, and believe in market choice. Nothing like awesome people fighting back tho!

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acsgpf said:
I just wish companies would do the right thing and actually not use lousy slow software, and believe in market choice. Nothing like awesome people fighting back tho!
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So true. My impression of the ATT version stock was HORRIBLE. I couldnt believe how my Captivate was just kicking its ass in every possible way.
Now with my international Note and a GB Rom (for now) this thing is a beast...I love this phone!

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I was running stock. Just rooted and romd it Friday night. Silky smooth and great battery life. I loved my streak but this phone blows it out of the water
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Samsung makes it run slow.
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I used to hate lags I'm experiencing after switching from iphone. Even simple apps like phone, sms, and contacts lag at initial launch.
I haven't done anything to my stock GB like rooting and deleting rogers bloat stuff. Perhaps it will get rid of lag issue but I just learned to live with it!!! Iphone wasnt perfect phone neither.