Just picked up a sgs2 from negri this week. I am coming from a nexus one which had a power button issues. Even though I didn't have the problem I was still cautious and used a reboot app which had options to reboot , turn off and reboot to recovery.
Now with sgs2, I noticed I am hitting the home key a lot and became worrisome. Have any of you guys have or had any problems with the home key?
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sl8125 said:
Just picked up a sgs2 from negri this week. I am coming from a nexus one which had a power button issues. Even though I didn't have the problem I was still cautious and used a reboot app which had options to reboot , turn off and reboot to recovery.
Now with sgs2, I noticed I am hitting the home key a lot and became worrisome. Have any of you guys have or had any problems with the home key?
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I've had my s2 for over a year and am a very heavy user and it's still great
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one year and going good
Eleven months and no problems, and I use the home button A LOT. The phone may not look the best built (that accolade goes to the iPhone 4...) but I haven't heard of any aesthetic hardware problems.
Thx guys. It makes me feel better that I got the sgs2.
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sl8125 said:
Thx guys. It makes me feel better that I got the sgs2.
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It's definitely a great device.. You made a good decision
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kilometers4 said:
It's definitely a great device.. You made a good decision
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nope he made a bad one SGS3
just kidding its one of the best device all around
i have a sensation as a backup and i prefer by far my SGS2
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Just got my note...what a machine!!!
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Yeah best phone out there lol
this phone is what you get when a skyrocket and galaxy tab get together and make babies - galaxy note!
Nice dude
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Im not experiencing any lag that some others were talkin about...im in love all over again
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Got mine in the mail today and its very impressive...I notice slight lag when scrolling thru the home screens, but I'm sure a custom kernel/ROM can fix that. Not sure why is there for some and not others. I was thinking maybe it has something to do with the touch screen being calibrated to accept the S-pen? And there's acceptable variances/tolerances in manufacture and programming? IDK but I am still impressed with this device. It took next to no time at all to adjust to the size. Just have to convince my girl to accept the GSII as hand me down phone to justify the second line now on my contract!
P.S. ....this device now makes having Netflix on my phone an absolution!
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I have always only used 1 homescreen on all my phones...so i get no lag
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TopDogg1 said:
I have always only used 1 homescreen on all my phones...so i get no lag
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Me too using one home screen with swipe pad is all I need.
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got mine yesterday.. cant seem to put it down
P.S. ....this device now makes having Netflix on my phone an absolution!
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Netflix on this device is indeed really nice
best thread ever.
borijess said:
Me too using one home screen with swipe pad is all I need.
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I use three homescreens.
I win!!!
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Yeah best phone out there lol
this phone is what you get when a skyrocket and galaxy tab get together and make babies - galaxy note!
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After 4 refurbs I finally got a new phone, went it to Sprint and was going to get another refurb, but they gave me a brand new one. So, I have been extremely observant with this new one, I have noticed when typing my finger press doesn't always register, its only on the left side of the phone in la.escape mode. And sometimes the spacebar doesn't recognize. So i downloaded order and chaos, (wow mobile) and the virtual joystick stutters and doesn't register my finger press. *NOTE* this isn't app based. It happened when clicking on apps from drawer no matter what launcher. I'm wondering if its the digitizer. 4 days oldandth is one fails already. Sick of HTC.
EDIT: good example right there. Meant * 4 days old and this * and landscape*
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Just curious... Are you using go locker or some other lock screen? I had stuttering touch response when I was using go locker......
If that's not the case... Then maybe you need it replaced... Again...
I am using golocker. Haha maybe that's the problem. I'll turn it off for a few days and see if that helps. Thanks for the tip!
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Volumes said:
I am using golocker. Haha maybe that's the problem. I'll turn it off for a few days and see if that helps. Thanks for the tip!
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Yeah let us know how it goes. I really like go locker and I have asked the devs to fix it but I never got a response from them...
Disabling it did the trick. That's so weird. Glad I know a fix, sad an amazing locker has to be disabled. I guess I can just turn it off when gaming ect. Still a bummer. But thanks for the tip!
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Does anyone else have a sunken in home button? I've had my SGS3 for about two weeks and the home button seems to be lower. I went to the Sprint store today and compared it to the floor model and the button on that one seems to be slightly raised. Is this just from daily use? I doubt it is since I've only it for a short period of time. Would love to have some insight from other members before I go in for a possible swap.
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Mine is doing the same thing. I guess we need to wait and see if it becomes a problem.
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Yeah, but I want to know while I'm still in my two week grace period
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Mine is doing the same thing. I guess we need to wait and see if it becomes a problem.
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Another reason to ditch the home button lol...i havent touched the home button since the first wk i got my phone, using LMT to replace the buttons
mine is like a half mm raised
maybe it's just a false perception due to a case?
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Another reason to ditch the home button lol...i havent touched the home button since the first wk i got my phone, using LMT to replace the buttons
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lmt?
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lmt?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
App that allows you to use either gestures or Pie chart with onscreen buttons to replace the capacitive/physical home button, I use pie chart u can remap the shortcuts, i never need to use the home button or capacitives.
Nah. I took off the case and screen protector to make sure and my button is definitely lower. Was just wondering if this is common after a couple weeks (which I highly doubt) or if my device is faulty
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
App that allows you to use either gestures or Pie chart with onscreen buttons to replace the capacitive/physical home button, I use pie chart u can remap the shortcuts, i never need to use the home button or capacitives.
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I'm going to try it also. Is there a way to unlock the phone with an action? It's a terrible interface, but has some useful features.
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Hello, im on beans build 10 (it did the same on stock though) but when I press the unlock button there is a short delay until the screen turns on. Its fairly annoying. How can I make it so its instant? Thanks for any help
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droidx2.3.3 said:
Hello, im on beans build 10 (it did the same on stock though) but when I press the unlock button there is a short delay until the screen turns on. Its fairly annoying. How can I make it so its instant? Thanks for any help
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If it did the same thing with a stock rom, it might be a problem with the phone. I'm using the i605 and I've been on beans build 10 and i have never had a delay problem.
How long is the delay usually?
The delay is almost un noticable. I would guess less than half a second. But there is a slight delay.
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droidx2.3.3 said:
The delay is almost un noticable. I would guess less than half a second. But there is a slight delay.
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It's also well known and been asked a lot. Under display unchecked the auto adjust screen seems to help. Ultimately though it's just how the note 2 is and will (for now) always be there.
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It's also well known and been asked a lot. Under display unchecked the auto adjust screen seems to help. Ultimately though it's just how the note 2 is and will (for now) always be there.
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It's been talked about on the One x forums with the blame being directed towards jellybean. I don't know if this is true or not but what I was lead to believe.
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It's been talked about on the One x forums with the blame being directed towards jellybean. I don't know if this is true or not but what I was lead to believe.
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Well then even if that's the problem I guess we get to live with it. I know it's been talked about a lot here too. Never heard it was JB.
Oh well I'm far from important enough to need my phone so fast that a half second delay is gonna be a problem.
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Thanks for your replies. I am not really annoyed by this. It only seems to do it when the phone has been at idle for a while. Its not something I would knock this phone for. This things a beast so I can live with a tiny delay. Haha. Thanks again and hope that maybe itll get fixed in either official 4.2 or maybe key lime
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i got rid of the unlock delay by disabling the lock screen...been using my n2 this way for a month now. no pocket dialing or anything random...actually dont think i could go back to using a lock screen.
afaik it's an exynos issue. you can do a few things to get the most out of it, but the processor will always take a second to pull itself out of deep sleep.
So I'm coming from a Samsung Infuse, and honestly, this phone cannot piss me off even more than I already am. I'm talking about constant resets (stuck power button), terrible GPS reception, UNBEARABLE LAG even with the latest paranoid android, and finally, messed up APN settings which bares the phone useless since I can't have any service on it! So now you understand of my struggles with my current phone. I'm in search for something that I can rely on and won't have even the slightest bit of lag after 2+ years of owning it.
Now, I've been doing some research on some phones (gs3, htc one x, htc one, gs4) And I come here to find out your honest opinion on the GS3 since the time you've owned it. Should I save some cash buying a GS3 or a One X, or are there some sort of problems with these phones that have ticked you off that I should consider paying the extra buck and looking at the 2013 flagships instead?
I would suggest the SIV over the SIII..
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sidthegreatest said:
I would suggest the SIV over the SIII..
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The S4 might will not have CM support in anytime soon...
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OP, if I were you, I'd wait until the S4. Not because the S4 is a good phone, we don't really know. But because I'd like to know if the S3 sources are to be released. Otherwise, stay away from exynos.
You'll thank me later.
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The S4 might will not have CM support in anytime soon...
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Neither will the SIII have stable CM..
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If you really want an S3, what about the I9305? 2G RAM! If you can afford a G4 go for that instead, if cash is tight perhaps a second hand G3. Should be a few out there soon cheap, when people have upgraded.
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Sv: Should I get a Galaxy S III??
If you can get the S3 for a gooood price, get it and install SlimBean no lag at all stable as rock. Faster then a n4
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I'd recommended waiting for the S4. The S3 is a great phone but at least you'll be future-proof with the Galaxy S4 (in terms of updates, camera, display, and RAM). That's quite a lot of things!
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Buy yourself a Nexus 4 and enjoy aosp in its best form! ^^
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Buy yourself a Nexus 4 and enjoy aosp in its best form! ^^
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I agree with you Nexus is always the best option.....in terms of performance as well as design and latest updates but only drawback 16gig mem
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Shahan_mik3 said:
I agree with you Nexus is always the best option.....in terms of performance as well as design and latest updates but only drawback 16gig mem
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Yeah it's a drawback, one I would find myself very hard to live with, but I would make compromises. I love that my S3 is capable of reading sdcards but I would easily give up that for something that runs lovely aosp as awesomely as the Nexus
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Yeah it's a drawback, one I would find myself very hard to live with, but I would make compromises. I love that my S3 is capable of reading sdcards but I would easily give up that for something that runs lovely aosp as awesomely as the Nexus
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I would be probably on Nexus 4 already if it supports USB OTG to mount external drives.
S3 have bad multitasking management, huge delay when you open dialer, mms and galery app.
I have spent lot of hours to fix these issues thanks to xda devs. It is a good phone (huge battery removable, good screen, ext sd card, powerfull) with a bad programmation.
I advise you a nexus one or a htc.
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Fredo13127 said:
S3 have bad multitasking management, huge delay when you open dialer, mms and galery app.
I have spent lot of hours to fix these issues thanks to xda devs. It is a good phone (huge battery removable, good screen, ext sd card, powerfull) with a bad programmation.
I advise you a nexus one or a htc.
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I knew the s3 software was bad, but it's worst than a nexus one
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All i'm saying is to get a phone with 2Gb of ram. S4 or even the S3 with 4G is fine. The N4 is subject to different considerations (do you want an sdcard, etc) but it's a powerhouse too.
While the S3 nearly doesn't lag at all, not having multitask isn't fun and you'll definitly have a better experience if your apps aren't closing all the time due to lack of memory. This annoys me to no end and i'm replacing it whenever an oportunity arrises.
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I advise you a nexus one or a htc.
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I am glad that I wasn't the only person to see that about the N1.
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Yes you should
Fredo13127 said:
S3 have bad multitasking management, huge delay when you open dialer, mms and galery app.
I have spent lot of hours to fix these issues thanks to xda devs. It is a good phone (huge battery removable, good screen, ext sd card, powerfull) with a bad programmation.
I advise you a nexus one or a htc.
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U mean HTC ONE OR NEXUS :what::what::what:
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Well syay away from s3. I am selling my s3. And going for optimus g. My s3 is not having any issues but reading/listening to others issues with their s3 like sudden death I am getting possed off. Lol.
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