I went into a Carphone Warehouse in the UK today and also a Vodafone shop to have a play with the new SIII and I am absolutely deflated to find that it exhibits quite extreme "lag" or "elastic" scrolling in the menus and in general in the UI. You can see exactly the effect I'm talking about here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DuMZRkBvlw and on the SIII it's actually even worse. It was actually the same on the SII with most of the ICS roms so it seems that this is for some bizarre reason by design and not a bug of some sort?
Why on Earth would Samsung actually CHOOSE to implement this kind of "elastic" delay to finger scrolling? I cannot think of a good reason for them to set it up that way? It's definitely NOT an ICS issue because the HTC One X doesn't have this problem at all - so someone somewhere at Samsung has actually decided to put this in!!!???
Why have NONE of the SIII reviews I've read mentioned this infuriating effect during scrolling? I'm not all that sensitive - I have to emphasise that the effect on the SII and now the SIII is actually quite extreme. The SIII is now even worse than the SII!
Can this be fixed by devs in some way? I think the video I linked to above is essential to understand what I mean. It's NOT slowness because the phone is underpowered or not optimised. It seems to be a crazy design descision on the part of Samsung? I didn't see any fixes to it on the SII threads and the custom ROMS for the SII didn't address the problem either. I can't be the only one to notice this?
Any feedback would be very interesting.... I simply love the SIII but it's an absolute deal-breaker if the "elastic" effect is delayed to such an extreme... It drives me mad!
Oh I just asked if the SIII was like this in the vs one x thread. It was one of my biggest quirks with the SII, but you could actually change the sensitivity if rooted. It improved vastly, but never as good as on the one x. Samsung implemented a high pixel delay(if that's the right wording) for some reason.
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Don't notice it, touchscreen reacts before I put my finger on it :s it's really fast
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omitting the lag, elastic scrolling is a feature of ics updates, its much better than the normal scrolling.
if elastic scrolling is present in sgs3 all you have to do is get practiced to it.
i have it on my galaxy s2 with ICS, both on samsung roms and AOSP roms. gingerbread was much better scrolling.
i really was hoping it was fixed in the s3, but now it seems it isnt
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i am thinking all that nature feeling bs is just to cover it up?
Is that really what your complaining about? lmao
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Don't notice it, touchscreen reacts before I put my finger on it :s it's really fast
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Have you tried a touch screen test app? If you move slowly, how long before the screen reacts? On the SII It's quite a long distance, so playing drawing games and such is impossible.
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Have you tried a touch screen test app? If you move slowly, how long before the screen reacts? On the SII It's quite a long distance, so playing drawing games and such is impossible.
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There is an app for that on play, you have to donate for the settings to stick after you lock and unlock the device..it's perfect and touchscreen test reacts on movements instant
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Touchscreen tune I believe
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I'm facing the same problem with home screen lags as well. After considering, I switch back to EX go launcher with ICS themes; and everything works perfectly as it should - No home button lags, scrollable screen with Original SIII lock screen.
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There is an app for that on play, you have to donate for the settings to stick after you lock and unlock the device..it's perfect and touchscreen test reacts on movements instant
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Yeah I know that, I actually bought it for the SII. Paid 5$. The reason I'm wondering is because my girlfriend wants one, and she won't root it.
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Did anyone who got the the Canadian version notice that this phone lags?
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As a former counter strike addict I hear "lag" and think of interped headshots.
But seriously, what do you mean when you say lag? Screen transition lag, app opening lag, web page loading lag?
Mobileburn mentions the obvious lag in their review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87MAssdMgbw#t=04m022s
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Mobileburn mentions the obvious lag in their review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87MAssdMgbw#t=04m022s
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Gay. That's really disapointing.
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Sarius24 said:
Gay. That's really disapointing.
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Launcher pro will speed up the screen transitions. I found the touch wiz screen transitionas pretty slow but the app drawer fast on my GNote as well. Also if you run your finger along the screen dots it flies.
Yea that sucks but ics will be here in no time
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Laucher pro will speed up the screen transitions.
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But then you lose access to Samsung Widgets which are a selling point to a lot of us.
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But then you lose access to Samsung Widgets which are a selling point to a lot of us.
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you mean the touch wiz widgets? I was able to load touchwiz wigets on my skyrocket when using launcher pro. I will try on my GNote. I have launcher pro set up but use touch wiz on my GNote.
EDIT: On my skyrocket using launcher pro, I can install any of the touch wiz widgets. Using the Galaxy Note with launcher pro when I try to install the digital clock or accu weather it says "not enough room on this screen" even though there is nothing on the screen. Interesting. Beautiful widgets works fine...
I'm pretty sure the twitter app on the international note does that as well. To me it just seems like people are phishing for instances where the phone lags. This is apparent at least for the mobileburn video, especially when he was in the browser. I don't believe it to be that concerning, personally. While its important to take note of these things, I say sit back, relax, and enjoy the experience.
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It's Qualcomm's fault. I don't notice any lag unless I use a live wallpaper.
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It's Qualcomm's fault. I don't notice any lag unless I use a live wallpaper.
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You are not using a stock ROM...
phillyrican said:
Yea that sucks but ics will be here in no time
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Not for your note it won't..
The nexus lags a lot when using a live wallpaper too :/
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He actually didn't find lag in any of the phones basic operation which is what would be optimized. He only found lag in a few specific apps. Making the culprit a software issue for those apps and not a hardware problem necessarily. I know for sure on all the android devices I have the twitter apps lags bad. So as far as I'm concerned there is no noticible lag anywhere. The browser functions were smooth as ever, except for the tab switching which iirc happens on the Int. Note as well.
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So don't use live wallpapers.
It's the same with every other Android. Live wallpapers WILL slow the phone down slightly.
Every hands on review of it shows that it's incredibly smooth. Just wait for the custom ROMs to be out
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So don't use live wallpapers.
It's the same with every other Android. Live wallpapers WILL slow the phone down slightly.
Every hands on review of it shows that it's incredibly smooth. Just wait for the custom ROMs to be out
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I don't. I was trying to add a little something so people aren't put off by the phone because it lags with a live wallpaper.
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I noticed small amount of lag scrolling through the app drawer, the most noticeable is in the browser. Lots of checker boarding on wifi and full bar 3g+
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dont worry about lag.i have international version.only time u will see lag is when u wake the device.its because,on the note cpu runs at 200mhz while the note is sleep and does not kick at higher cpu clock unless u launch a app.most of time cpu stays at 200 even scrolling thru touchwiz and app drawer making battery last almost two days.just think of a device running 400mhz with touchwiz.it will be slow as ****.but galaxy note runs pretty good even at lowest cpu clock.you will never see a lag browsing web or playing games.
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dont worry about lag.i have international version.only time u will see lag is when u wake the device.its because,on the note cpu runs at 200mhz while the note is sleep and does not kick at higher cpu clock unless u launch a app.most of time cpu stays at 200 even scrolling thru touchwiz and app drawer making battery last almost two days.just think of a device running 400mhz with touchwiz.it will be slow as ****.but galaxy note runs pretty good even at lowest cpu clock.you will never see a lag browsing web or playing games.
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Even the att version with the snapdragon? I mean is really that much worse then exynos?
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Even the att version with the snapdragon? I mean is really that much worse then exynos?
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I am not a gamer but from my experience with my GNote and what I have seen in the videos, they are comparable. I think mintu123 was saying that even with the international GNote, you will see come lag when scrolling between screens and the app drawer because the CPU is not running hard and kicks up the speed when you need the processor for apps etc.
I'm not terribly bothered it only has small but noticeable kicks of lag. But wtvr. I love this beast.
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I just had a question that ......is this galaxy s3 lag less as the iPhone 4s or even better and smooth as butter.........did anyone experience any lag???
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I just had a question that ......is this galaxy s3 lag less as the iPhone 4s or even better and smooth as butter.........did anyone experience any lag???
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If you want a lagless android or close, it will be the sgs3. Even the galaxy nexus had some lag and one x also lags.
All the videos and reviews say sgs3 is buttery smooth and no lag.
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Android will lag even with i7 inside
Yeah he is probably right cause Android is very resource hungry and with many apps open even 1gb RAM is insufficient.
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I just had a question that ......is this galaxy s3 lag less as the iPhone 4s or even better and smooth as butter.........did anyone experience any lag???
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Android phone used to lag but not after galaxy 2 series.iPhone doesn't lag cause its simple and straight it doesn't have **** load of features like android.
My wife iPhone 4s force closes and lag more than my Samsung epic touch .
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I have it, and it is by no means lagless. A custom ROM would do it good.
Comparing to the iPhone, SIII lags less.
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I have it, and it is by no means lagless. A custom ROM would do it good.
Comparing to the iPhone, SIII lags less.
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I don't know my wife iPhone4s lags more than my Samsung galaxy 2 epic touch.
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Yeah, I was going to say the same as some others. I have an sgs2 and its lag free in all the menus, swiping screens and such. In fairness I'm long gone from the stock rom and this makes it in that way an unfair comparison to the stock iphone 4. I would add that I have seen some lag here an there on the iphone and I wonder about it when I see people say its lag free. I would have no quibble with saying its smoother than most android handsets but lag free I cant really agree with.
We'll get there. Jelly Bean anyone?
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We'll get there. Jelly Bean anyone?
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That is what people said about ICS.
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Lol the phone would burn before you know it.
Ah well, Intel Medfield would probably beat most mobile processors in a year or so.
I think it's snappier then my 4s actually . If stuff lags sometimes (like xda app or chrome) its bad optimized app. Everything else is a smoothie
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Don't believe anything you hear about a "buttery smooth" Android device. They all lag. The SGS3 lags horrendously and the stock ROM is actually slower than an SGS2. The overall frame rate is MUCH lower everywhere. The SGS3 completes operations faster, but the frame rate of any action is low and it looks choppy and stutters. CM9 on an SGS2 is far superior in this regard.
Go to a showroom and use all the latest Android devices one by one and then finally use the iPhone 4S. You'll walk away laughing at the laggy Android devices and at how they continue to fail at this simple UI principle for years in a row. Of course, you should still buy the SGS3 over the 4S.
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Don't believe anything you hear about a "buttery smooth" Android device. They all lag. The SGS3 lags horrendously and the stock ROM is actually slower than an SGS2. The overall frame rate is MUCH lower everywhere. The SGS3 completes operations faster, but the frame rate of any action is low and it looks choppy and stutters. CM9 on an SGS2 is far superior in this regard.
Go to a showroom and use all the latest Android devices one by one and then finally use the iPhone 4S. You'll walk away laughing at the laggy Android devices and at how they continue to fail at this simple UI principle for years in a row. Of course, you should still buy the SGS3 over the 4S.
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Iphone 4S is lagness. That's all it can offer you, nothing else. Buy 4S to enjoy lagness for 24 hours and practically do nothing with it because you can't.
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Iphone 4S is lagness. That's all it can offer you, nothing else. Buy 4S to enjoy lagness for 24 hours and practically do nothing with it because you can't.
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As long as there is a browser, sms app, phone app and xda app I'm good with any phone
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Arsaw said:
Iphone 4S is lagness. That's all it can offer you, nothing else. Buy 4S to enjoy lagness for 24 hours and practically do nothing with it because you can't.
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Yep, smelling an iPhone fanboy.
Android won't lag if you don't install poor and stupid apps that keep killing your RAM/CPU with their damn background processes and stupid widgets.. but NO! OF COURSE! it's androids fault! It's their fault because i downloaded a **** ton of 10 year old crap apps! Horaay! for narnia!
Seriously.. -_-', My S3 just won't lag at ALL, i know what to install and what to avoid..
And with jellybean coming, you probably won't see much difference.. it's buttery smooth already.
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Yep, smelling an iPhone fanboy.
Android won't lag if you don't install poor and stupid apps that keep killing your RAM/CPU with their damn background processes and stupid widgets.. but NO! OF COURSE! it's androids fault! It's their fault because i downloaded a **** ton of 10 year old crap apps! Horaay! for narnia!
Seriously.. -_-', My S3 just won't lag at ALL, i know what to install and what to avoid..
And with jellybean coming, you probably won't see much difference.. it's buttery smooth already.
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Factory Reset SGS3 and then swipe the homescreen. It stutters and moves with low frame rate. That's lag without anything installed.
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Factory Reset SGS3 and then swipe the homescreen. It stutters and moves with low frame rate. That's lag without anything installed.
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correction, that is lag with a heap of Samsung crapware installed, aosp ics running smooth as butter already, but then Samsung stole part of its butter from the devs here...
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correction, that is lag with a heap of Samsung crapware installed, aosp ics running smooth as butter already, but then Samsung stole part of its butter from the devs here...
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On a personally optimized device, the best you will be able to achieve is bringing the frame rate up to 60 such that the animation appears fluid. However it still wont scroll properly. As you drag your finger up and down it will random jump back and forth by a few pixels and teleport around or suddenly fly to the top or bottom of the list at warp speed.
your wrong buddy
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correction, that is lag with a heap of Samsung crapware installed, aosp ics running smooth as butter already, but then Samsung stole part of its butter from the devs here...
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I have had the sgs3 now for a week and I hate it, the lag in opening the system apps is shocking, and so.is the lag in opening them, mind you this phone is stock, the only thing I have done to it is root it. I had an xperia s before this, I had gingerbread on it. It had no lag whatsoever, only.a bit on facebook. To be honest this phone is very dissapointing. Gonna get rid of it.
I'm starting to get more and more irritated with this phone. I sent my galaxy nexus back for this one and I am starting to regret it. Every time I browse facebook and swipe up or down sometimes it lags about a split second and then it will scroll. It also does it on web pages. I also play the drag racing game and I experience some lag in that game as well. Has anybody had problems like this?
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I'm starting to get more and more irritated with this phone. I sent my galaxy nexus back for this one and I am starting to regret it. Every time I browse facebook and swipe up or down sometimes it lags about a split second and then it will scroll. It also does it on web pages. I also play the drag racing game and I experience some lag in that game as well. Has anybody had problems like this?
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Not I...
The only time I experience any type of lag with this phone is occasionally on the home screen and that's probably due to having a ton of widgets on all 5 of my panels.
SENT FROM MY EVO 4G LTE!!! (w/no LTE)
Well I just don't know what to do..its just one of those things that's small but so irritating.
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picky are we? lol
here is the thing brother..... you gotta keep this in mind, when these devices are designed/programmed(but this has mostly to do with the programming aspect) the developers try to find a healthy balance between performance and battery efficiency. every now and then you may see it sputter ever so slightly, but it is intentionally designed that way. your other option is to have your GPU in overdrive every time you even breathe on your screen and suck your battery every time you send a text.
don't be so picky. you have a 400mHz GPU with multi-point rendering capability.... it's not the hardware brother....
Sense 4.0 lags sometimes, it sucks but I don't think we can totally eliminate it. I notice it on different occasions, usually when I wake the phone up or open the app drawer.
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picky are we? lol
here is the thing brother..... you gotta keep this in mind, when these devices are designed/programmed(but this has mostly to do with the programming aspect) the developers try to find a healthy balance between performance and battery efficiency. every now and then you may see it sputter ever so slightly, but it is intentionally designed that way. your other option is to have your GPU in overdrive every time you even breathe on your screen and suck your battery every time you send a text.
don't be so picky. you have a 400mHz GPU with multi-point rendering capability.... it's not the hardware brother....
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Not really trying to be picky man I just thought this phone was going to be better then the nexus.
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Not really trying to be picky man I just thought this phone was going to be better then the nexus.
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you are basing "better" on blips in the user interface? lol come on maannn
and for the record... every nexus i have picked up was laggy as balls.... maybe that has something to do with the fact that it has the same GPU in it as the OG nexus
just sayin
i mean if it is TERRIBLY BAD then i would say it is the rom you are on, some misc tweak, maybe your 2d forced rendering isn't checked under the settings, who knows.... but i have had mine for a week now and have maybe seen it sputter like once. and i use it pretty heavily.
The EVO is better for some coming off different phones with completely different hardware. The evo 4g vs LTE is a no brainer. LTE wins. The nexus on the otherhand has similar specs as the EVO. (Dual core, ics, screen resolution?) Anyways you get the point. Get a phone based on personal preference. Not because its "the next big thing" the nexus is a great phone for some. Definetly not for me. Hence the reason why I got the LTE rather than the ole so stunning S3 or nexus..
hardware is beyond than extraordinary. Root the beast and unleash its full potential (when the proper Roms are fully functional). Or wait out official HTC updates.. my 2 cents
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Sense 4.0 lags sometimes, it sucks but I don't think we can totally eliminate it. I notice it on different occasions, usually when I wake the phone up or open the app drawer.
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sense in general is likely the issue here....terrible UI IMO... all and any versions of it.
somebody download apex launcher and i dare you to make that shiz lag... *cough* element *cough*
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Not really trying to be picky man I just thought this phone was going to be better then the nexus.
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What's not better?
better screen
faster proc and gpu
better camera
and more, but that's it for now.
Maybe you're just having a buyer's remorse cause you didn't go with the GS3 and convincing yourself the Evo is not good enough.
Two top phones right now for sprint is Evo LTE and GS3, everything else falls short.
The only stuttering or lag I get is sometimes on my lockscreen. I am using the weather lockscreen and the weather will stutter it's way in instead of being fluid. I think it is just the phone coming out of sleep.
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sense in general is likely the issue here....terrible UI IMO... all and any versions of it.
somebody download apex launcher and i dare you to make that shiz lag... *cough* element *cough*
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I know apex is nice, but it's not all that ground breaking. It's the same as LP and ADW for the most part.
I prefer sense widgets and they way they all tie together.. Like missed calls going directly to my task widget and such. It's a trade off I kmow
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^good point, the syncing function of sense is nice
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What's not better?
better screen
faster proc and gpu
better camera
and more, but that's it for now.
Maybe you're just having a buyer's remorse cause you didn't go with the GS3 and convincing yourself the Evo is not good enough.
Two top phones right now for sprint is Evo LTE and GS3, everything else falls short.
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Lol thanks for all the feedback guys and for not completely criticizing me. I never wanted the S3 to begin with. But I will agree with some things that were said about sense being a little buggy and what not. And I didn't get this phone because it was the next big thing. I got it because my nexus would get really hot when I was using it and the battery life was bad.
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We need project butter!
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I’ve actually noticed this as well and I agree that it’s a little annoying. When scrolling in pretty much any app, my finger will move about 0.2” before the screen reacts. Once it realizes that my finger is on there, there is no problem tracking.
I downloaded Touch Test from the market and confirmed that this is not a hardware issue. In that app, the moment my finger touches the display, it begins tracking. The lock ring also moves immediately on the lock screen, so it must be something in certain apps.
I have noticed lag in the browser when scrolling when I have flash enabled. I noticed on my Galaxy S2 that when I would scroll down a web page with flash content, any flash content that is active continues to to be active while scrolling and it was VERY smooth. On the EVO LTE however, anything active flash content will become inactive. The lag I have experienced seems to be when the Evo takes a split second to "pause" any active flash before it begins scrolling. The more flash on a page, the more lag I experience. I've simply turned off my flash player. It's annoying to have to do that, but I have come to terms with it.
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A decent connection and Chrome (updated) work well with no lag (that I can see or tell).
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I'm definitely kinda bummed out on the performance of this phone. it started off great, but lately its been quite bad. Lag when I unlock the phone... Lag when I open the messaging app... Lag when I open and use the browser.. It's terrible. I've come to expect more from this generation of cpu from qualcomm but it's turning out to be the same ol ****
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I'm thinking of getting the S3 again for the rom/root. I dont want to unlocked my HTC One X with HTCDev because I do not wish to void warranty . So I was wondering are there any issues that I should look out for when getting a SGS3? I read the general section and I didnt see any.
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I'm thinking of getting the S3 again for the rom/root. I dont want to unlocked my HTC One X with HTCDev because I do not wish to void warranty . So I was wondering are there any issues that I should look out for when getting a SGS3? I read the general section and I didnt see any.
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Well most of the physical issues include some black spots/marks on the screen when switched off(apparently prevalent in all a amoled screens, slight heating at the bottom and physical faults with the body. Can't remember some of the others. Quite frankly I haven't encountered any problems with mine. The phone is a bit fragile though so handle with care. Best thing is to examine the phone properly for factory faults when buying it
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Are they visible on low brightness? Or do you need to be on a pitch black screen in a very dark room.
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Are they visible on low brightness? Or do you need to be on a pitch black screen in a very dark room.
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Some have reported it on both low brightness and when the screen is off but I don't have it as far as I can see. Running a CM10 preview right now and loving it =D
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When the screen is turned off that doesnt sound good, any pictures? & thats one of the main reasons I want the SGS3 all the roms and such . The one x has roms but I dont want to void my warranty.
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When the screen is turned off that doesnt sound good, any pictures? & thats one of the main reasons I want the SGS3 all the roms and such . The one x has roms but I dont want to void my warranty.
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Nah it doesn't seem to be as visible as you think. Like I said best thing is to thoroughly examine the phone before buying. I didn't examine it when I bought but I ended up with a good set =p
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Well before the one x and galaxy nexus I used to just buy a phone without thinking. Now I'm constantly looking for defects in phones :/
Well you just need to look for factory faults with the s3. The only real problems are software related which can or will eventually be fixed
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I shall have a look if I decide on getting one bit unsure at the moment.
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I shall have a look if I decide on getting one bit unsure at the moment.
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It's not as bad as it looks. The phone has amazing specs and most importantly awesome developers =D
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I had one before but I disliked touchwiz and kinda the screen mainly touchwiz.
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You are going to void your warranty with Samsung if you root and rom.
My S3 has been amazing. No issues here.
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Touchwood no issues either. Loose volume rocker is not so great but you dont notice it inside a cover.
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I know im voiding my warranty with samsung but I can easily make it look like I never touched the phone you cant with HTCDev.
Any banding on white/grey images? Like the galaxy nexus. This is generally on low brightness.
While I love my S3, I still think the screen sucks VS one X or iPhone 4s. Pentile is pentile I guess, because in the text it is very noticeable.
That being said, it is still the phone I'd choose at the moment. I don't trust the One X hardware quality long term.
Is the black dots that are on the screen the same thing as on the Galaxy Note known as "Black Crush"??
No I think black crush is something to do with the display being dark in videos. I'm not sure.
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EDIT: I originally asked a question but to prevent spamming I changed the title, ignore the first few posts.
I recently just found out that I had a swipe palm to screenshot feature and a pause/play music with the palm of your hand, I've tried to do it and it does not work, I've even looked on Youtube at tutorials and I get as close as I can and it doesn't do anything (Yes, I have enabled them)
Because the US one has a different cpu and gpu and also LTE.
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the 2gb model is the dual core one
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Ohhhhh, that makes me feel a little better. I was actually considering selling the phone and trying to import internationally, my mistake!
Cheers guys
It wouldn't work on mine either but I personally find it easier to press pause with one finger rather than looking like a fool by palm slapping my phone
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CuBz90 said:
It wouldn't work on mine either but I personally find it easier to press pause with one finger rather than looking like a fool by palm slapping my phone
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I know that's what I was thinking when I was trying to do... totally pointless but I just wanna make sure it works although I'll probably never use it