Has anyone had any flickering issues with their screens on the GSIII?
I have an ATT version GSIII. Auto brightness is turned off and for the most part the screen seems fine. It comes in nice and bright!
So I was writing a SMS and I notice a very quick screen flicker. It then did it again when I fired up Scramble with friends. It happens every now and then. Could this be a software issue? Anyone got any advice about this? Should I do a hard reset from the phone and set it back to factory? Its annoying at times so I am wondering if I was the only one with this issue.
Thanks for any advice or feed back!
Mine has done that on more than one occasion. Usually in Google Chrome but it has happened in the XDA app as well.
Usually clearing out the multitasking menu makes it stop for me.
Also on an ATT S3
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Stephen1125 said:
Mine has done that on more than one occasion. Usually in Google Chrome but it has happened in the XDA app as well.
Usually clearing out the multitasking menu makes it stop for me.
Also on an ATT S3
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I just di a hard reset back to factory! I will let you know if this helps at all. Thanks for the reply!
Cheers...
I'm curious, does this happen on mostly white screen with the brightness up?
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I'm curious, does this happen on mostly white screen with the brightness up?
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No its only on about half way. I have also reset the phone and it did not seem to fix the issue. Its just annoying. I cant tell if its software (like a bug in the system.) or if it could be a hardware issue. Some others said they have noticed it but I do not find to many posts about it yet.
I have had this issue on my SGS2 since the ICS update. Can you guys tell me if the SGS3 has the same line and blotchy screen issues as the SGS2 does in lower light and darker screen like when playing games or watching movies.
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I have had this issue on my SGS2 since the ICS update. Can you guys tell me if the SGS3 has the same line and blotchy screen issues as the SGS2 does in lower light and darker screen like when playing games or watching movies.
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It seems to mostly do it in the stock messaging app. I have changed my app to Go SMS Pro to test this idea. But yes I might be a normal thing. Its just a slight flicker. Its not like the screen shuts off then back on. Just flashes in front of you mostly. With auto brightness on or off.
Mine flashes in the stock messaging app also.
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Mine flashes in the stock messaging app also.
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I think it is the stock messaging app that makes the screen flicker. I have changed to GO SMS PRO and no flicker yet. I will keep an eye on it and report back in a few days! Also feel free to chime in!
I always have my phone set to auto brightness, I don't think it ever goes fully bright. The times I've noticed the flickering was indoors in a dim room so I'm sure the brightness was very low.
The flickering appears for a second or so then goes away. Kinda like a tv when the connection is bad, black lines come across the screen and it flickers
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Mine flickered today once on Dolphin HD and, oddly, just now while I'm typing this on Tapatalk. What keyboard are you all using? I'm using SwiftKey 3. My brightness is hardly ever on auto; I feel it sets it too high.
You know I never thought about that. I use the SwiftKey 3 also. Maybe thats the issue?
I haven't seen it all night. I switched to GO SMS PRO today. It seems to play nicely to far!
my experience is that it only happens if you're typing. problem I noticed happens if you're using a different keyboard other than the stock one? I was using smarter keyboard and it occasionally flashes. But I switched back to stock keyboard and it seemed to stop flashing for the day I was using it.
For me it only happens when on the tabs page in Chrome.
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I don't know about flicker but I was in the middle of a call today with some annoying machine and i had to "press 1 for English" anyway, when I went to type in an actual number my whole screen went black several times while I was in the call...
Anyone else with this problem? Stock, LF9, not even a week old.
Never seen it, but the first thing I did was install GoSMS
My screen flickers from time to time n its quite annoying lol
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So is anyone experiencing screen flickering using the stock keyboard? I'll swap to it tomorrow and test it myself. You guy's, or gals, do the same and post back your experiences in the afternoon or evening.
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So is anyone experiencing screen flickering using the stock keyboard? I'll swap to it tomorrow and test it myself. You guy's, or gals, do the same and post back your experiences in the afternoon or evening.
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ATT has none is stock yet. I mean the good news here is its pointing to be a software issue. I like this because otherwise my phone is perfect. I disabled my stock messaging app and I have not seen the flicker sense. But its only been 24 hours. However I will keep you all posted. I still use SwiftKey 3. As I hate the stock keyboard.
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For me it only happens when on the tabs page in Chrome.
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It always happens for me when I am doing this too. Really badly!
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Okay so i got this issue where i have wake up lag. anywhere from 2 to 5 seconds depending how long the phone has been asleep.
this was before and after factory reset.
anybody else has this?
Yes.
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I've also noticed wake up lag. It's the only time I notice it so it doesn't bother me.
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I'm guessing all three of you aren't rooted
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I am rooted and still get the wake up lag
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I'm guessing all three of you aren't rooted
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Rooted...
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Do you guys use an underclocker like setcpu or cputuner for screen off? I was noticing wake lag, along with the screen not fading in properly. I would see a quick flash of the current open app before the lock screen would appear instead of the smooth fade from black. In my case, I suspect it's from under clocking. I decided to uninstall the underclocker since I'm not noticing that much improvement from it. So far my wake lag is resolved.
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This happens to me too sometimes, and I'm also rooted.
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nope its basically stock other than it being rooted. side loading enabled too. buts that pretty much it. i also formatted my memory card thinking it had to do something with that but not it still does it.
sal2708 said:
Okay so i got this issue where i have wake up lag. anywhere from 2 to 5 seconds depending how long the phone has been asleep.
this was before and after factory reset.
anybody else has this?
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Yep same here...it's really starting to annoy me...I flashed back to stock 1.5.7 and initially it looked like it was resolved but then it came back. I upgraded to 1.8.3 and saw the same wake up lag (2-3 seconds). This is all stock no 3rd party apps installed yet. I noticed that when the phone is plugged in it responds really fast without lag must be a suspend thing to save battery when not plugged in. I rooted, installed gladiatrix and etc. still a problem. Really annoying the hell out of me.
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Yep same here...it's really starting to annoy me...I flashed back to stock 1.5.7 and initially it looked like it was resolved but then it came back. I upgraded to 1.8.3 and saw the same wake up lag (2-3 seconds). This is all stock no 3rd party apps installed yet. I noticed that when the phone is plugged in it responds really fast without lag must be a suspend thing to save battery when not plugged in. I rooted, installed gladiatrix and etc. still a problem. Really annoying the hell out of me.
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I get the same problem, rooted, unrooted, all P Roms and with or without widget locker. When my missus tried to unlock the phone once, she locked it again about three times as she kept re pressing because it didnt respond.
same here... wake up lag... dont know why.... im rooted, sideloading and gladatrix 3
im using setCPU to underclock on screen off.. ill try without it
I too have wake up lag, always. I'm on a US atrix, 1.8.3 with gladiatrix installed. It did it on stock 1.8.3 too.
I'm not using setcpu or any kind of lock screen app/mod.
Same here, so hard to wake up sometimes to go into work.
oh on the device my bad it happens from time to time actually. but on the most part its fine.
I was just messing around a bit more, and it seems to only be after the screen has been off for at least 15 or so seconds? So if I just go on/off/on/off/on/off it's fast, but if I do on/off/wait more than 15 seconds/on I get the ~2second pause.
Blah.
My phone was working fine, then wakeup lag. I started looking at running processes and noticed the browser was using 100mb of ram.
Killed it and all is well again.
I've had up to 10 seconds lag...usually about 3 though. Using WigetLocker.
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anyone find a solution to this? mine is about like a second lag. rooted 1.8.3 running greyblur
Any update on this? It happens on all pseudo-roms?
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I'm rooted and this has occurred for me since I got the phone on the day of it's release no matter if it's rooted or what p-rom is installed. Sometimes the only way I can get it to wake up is to hold the power button in until the power down prompt wakes it up (though this isn't a frequent occurence).
Just wanted to say Thank you to every devoted developer we have here. I have the ATRIX and love my phone. Last night i finally unlocked my bootloader and installed Ken's Alien rom. Best ROM ive tryed hands down. so far its running real smooth. just a few setbacks. For somereason when i go into the menus in my camcorder or camera and look at the resolutions they are all white. like a white text on white bg. but you long press and I can read them. Last night the phone was randomly going to sleep. even while i was interacting with the phone the screen would just shut off. I turned nightime bat saver off and also fixed permissions. It hasnt happened again today. One more question. Im looking to overclock it and i have been reading here for quite a few days before i even attempted unlocking and installing custom rom. I wanted to know the most stable 1 out of the 3?
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Just wanted to say Thank you to every devoted developer we have here. I have the ATRIX and love my phone. Last night i finally unlocked my bootloader and installed Ken's Alien rom. Best ROM ive tryed hands down. so far its running real smooth. just a few setbacks. For somereason when i go into the menus in my camcorder or camera and look at the resolutions they are all white. like a white text on white bg. but you long press and I can read them. Last night the phone was randomly going to sleep. even while i was interacting with the phone the screen would just shut off. I turned nightime bat saver off and also fixed permissions. It hasnt happened again today. One more question. Im looking to overclock it and i have been reading here for quite a few days before i even attempted unlocking and installing custom rom. I wanted to know the most stable 1 out of the 3?
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The reason your screen is turning off is in pocket detection is on. Go to settings>display>uncheck in pocket detection. when you wake your phone (not unlock, just wake) does the menu button unlock for you too? Its neat but I find sometimes it unlocks my phone sometimes by accident. Is there a way to turn this feature off?
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No actually I got the fingerprint. Scanner on only thing I have found is the menu in the camera I dled the a swift key too best kb I have used. I think I might wait for the 10 char overclock.
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No actually I got the fingerprint. Scanner on only thing I have found is the menu in the camera I dled the a swift key too best kb I have used. I think I might wait for the 10 char overclock.
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Okay cool did you get your screen problem fixed
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Yup ty B-)
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I have an ace on stock firmware. however when making a call and taking the phone away from the face the phone takes well over a second for the screen to turn back on. How can i make it instantaneous? ive added the two delay tweaks to my build.prop but it hasnt done anything. When testing the proximity sensor with *#00*# its basically perfect. But lags when on a call. Also lags when waking the screen up for the first time takes a good 2 seconds. Bit **** really. Can this be fixed?
I'm not sure it's a software issue, I believe it's hardware due to sensitivity of magnets. So, no it can't be fixed.
I take it you don't have any live backgrounds on your phone? That would slow things down.
its defo software installing coderom sorts it out. however this rom is dated and i would prefer to be on stock. A phone in this price range shouldn't be doing this sort of **** to be honest.
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its defo software installing coderom sorts it out. however this rom is dated and i would prefer to be on stock. A phone in this price range shouldn't be doing this sort of **** to be honest.
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The only other reason I maintain it is hardware, or your hardware, is because mine doesn't take over a second and I am on stock 2.3.3
yeah takes about a second. it should be instant. Coderom gets rid off the wakeup black screen lag and the in call 1 second lag when you take it away from your face. So it can be sorted its just a case of how. Also froyo on this handset had no such lag.
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The only other reason I maintain it is hardware, or your hardware, is because mine doesn't take over a second and I am on stock 2.3.3
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yeah takes about a second. it should be instant. Coderom gets rid off the wakeup black screen lag and the in call 1 second lag when you take it away from your face. So it can be sorted its just a case of how. Also froyo on this handset had no such lag.
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yes, what somedude67 said is correct. some android roms with versions froyo, 2.3.3 and 2.3.4 (coderom) don't have that lag, higher ups do.
somedude67, i just use the accessibility option called "power button ends call". the total lag is about a second in OmegaRom, which Im using now. I learned to deal with it...
I have heard that ICS solved this wake up lag in their roms.
mine laggs like 5 seconds... p.o.s.!
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mine laggs like 5 seconds... p.o.s.!
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lol. mine did that to begin with. But a couple of lines in the build.prop brought it down to about a second.
U can set the delay in build.prop file if u have a rooted ace.
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Mardon,
Should my phone have the custom rom installed so that this line can help with waking up the screen ?
I'm asking cause I added this line and set it once to 400 another to 25 and it does not seem to help. I have stock rom 2.3.6 installed.
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U can set the delay in build.prop file if u have a rooted ace.
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Which line?
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galaxyace, what soft are You using?
You have same problems with this delay on the stock rom ?
It does this for me too. I managed to live with it lol. But it also does it when waking up from lockscreen.
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So i flashed stock rom back and..decided to play with screen dim and sleep settings. .its true the battery vamp...must be the screen!
This probably..goes back to any android device.
I set screen timeout to 15 seconds ya it sucks constantly turning screen back on but.it helped alottt.
I gained probably a good 3 hours batt life ans thats with heavy usage seeing as i use the thing all day constantly.
Just some insight if you want to gain a decent amount of battery life.
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well yeah, the 5.3" screen is the biggest battery sucker
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So i flashed stock rom back and..decided to play with screen dim and sleep settings. .its true the battery vamp...must be the screen!
This probably..goes back to any android device.
I set screen timeout to 15 seconds ya it sucks constantly turning screen back on but.it helped alottt.
I gained probably a good 3 hours batt life ans thats with heavy usage seeing as i use the thing all day constantly.
Just some insight if you want to gain a decent amount of battery life.
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Does changing the screen timeout make a difference if you turn the screen off when you're done using it? I was always under the impression that the screen timeout was there for people who would forget to turn their screen of when they were done.
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The big thing also is to strip out the bloatware as well. Can't believe how much bloatware was on the phone or how crappy the default browser is. It's like they are shooting themselves in the foot with sales since noobs would not know how to make the note snappy again.
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The big thing also is to strip out the bloatware as well. Can't believe how much bloatware was on the phone or how crappy the default browser is. It's like they are shooting themselves in the foot with sales since noobs would not know how to make the note snappy again.
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what's the preferred browser ?
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what's the preferred browser ?
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Dolphin is my preferred browser.
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I second dolphin browser.
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Chrom
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Opera Mini is the Perfered Browser
Opera Mini hands down best browser it's fast lite and will save battery
I'm running ICS so I use chrome beta.
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Dolphin.The stock is Horrible imo. Haven't tried Opera Mini, but heard good things.
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Dolphin gets a lot of props, but I wasn't a big fan so as soon as I got ICS I went with Chrome.
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dolphin has/had a lot of privacy issues, so keep an eye on it..
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dolphin has/had a lot of privacy issues, so keep an eye on it..
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Could only find this reference to some rumored issues back in Oct. 2011...if you used the webzine feature.
http://www.androidauthority.com/dolphin-browser-hd-possibly-breaching-privacy-28822/
to me...sounds similar to Google's behavior in general.
for some reason, I trust google a little more than a browser developer....
If using dolphin HD, check Settings/About Phone/Battery Usage from time to time. It would stay at the top% on mine (above screen%). I uninstalled after seeing stay that way after a reboot.
I thought I had a bad battery when I first bought the Note. Even bought the dock charger w/extra battery. But for me, it's the 4G LTE.
Now that I'm back at work with it and connect to wifi, most of the day, I can get about 10hrs out of one battery on moderate use.
Try turning off sync when it's not needed, use Screen Filter app, built in task manager to close running apps, connect to wifi when you can. This will help!
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I use Opera Mobile (not Mini). Switched the first day when I saw that the stock browser won't save the setting identifying it as a desktop browser - you have to change it every time you reboot. Opera doesn't have that problem.
wow - lots replies. i will try both opera and dolphin.
i thought the stock was based on chrome, i guess not. i don't have ICS yet, so i'll have to wait for chrome beta. the stock wouldn't let me enter credentials for an IIS protected site (work needed), so hopefully this does!
I've been using the lowest brightness setting and gotten better battery life.
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Mirin is my favorite by far closely followed by chrome.
I had home screen loading lag before but fixed it by disabling s-voice and after a few days the home screen loading lag (a few seconds) came back. What is making it take so long to load?
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I had home screen loading lag before but fixed it by disabling s-voice and after a few days the home screen loading lag (a few seconds) came back. What is making it take so long to load?
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I agree, its just as bad as the SG2 for lag. It can be as long as 2 seconds or more to come on.
S-Voice made no difference really for me, which for the record is complete rubbish!
I must admit though, it may be since i rooted it with the CF kernel... I can't recall the issue before, but then I did root it within minutes of powering it on.
I wanted to share this with the forum. I bought the Galaxy S3 as soon as it came out and immediately installed the same apps that I had on the S2. My S2 never lagged and had a brilliant low battery usage, so my dissapiontment was great that the S3 consumed battery like cold beer on a summerday and was lagging up to several seconds between home screens. Finally today after reading this thread I thought of removing my widgets one after one and checking lag each time. Lag could be confirmed with 100% certainty by going to settings>wifi and then going back to home screen and switch. Every single time it would lag up to several seconds. When I uninstalled Palmary weather widget, every single trace og lag was completely gone. I have tested this about 100 times now, restarted the phone several times. The result is, no lag at all without palmary and every single time I add Palmary weather as a widget again, it starts lagging. Maybe it isn´t Palmary for everyone experiencing this problem, but try removing widgets one after one and testing or remove them all and add them one after the other, while testing in between. The only problem I have with the S3 now (stock rom updated and rooted) is the terrible cell standby power consumption. I solved this by only using only gsm for now, but this is not acceptable and I expect Samsung to confirm this problem and fix it, and do it fast. My S2 is a far superior phone as things are now, except from design.
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Cell standby isn't using a lot of power, its being calculated incorrectly.
In the stats it should be a draw of 3.4ma but instead someone forgot the . So it thinks its using 34ma.
It isn't
Its only a mistake in stats.
This had been well documented here.
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Ok, but nevertheless, it´s eating up the juice way too fast with mobile data enabled. The S2 didn´t do that.
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Ok, but nevertheless, it´s eating up the juice way too fast with mobile data enabled. The S2 didn´t do that.
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Flash a different modem and test.
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Thanks for the info John. I tried your thought of removing the weather widget but it didn't improve my 1-2sec lag from switching on and off for me. It happents intermittently and I dnt have too many things running anyway. Its strange to say the least.
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Use nova and set animation scale to 0.5x
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But if there are other handsets that don't have lag with the touchwiz, then we shouldn't have to install nova to cure the problem. I already have 0.5 for the animations. I'm pretty sure that its widget/app related but hey. This is what happens in complicated machines.
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But if there are other handsets that don't have lag with the touchwiz, then we shouldn't have to install nova to cure the problem. I already have 0.5 for the animations. I'm pretty sure that its widget/app related but hey. This is what happens in complicated machines.
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Agreed, it's just ****ty programing from Samsung
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Noticed something else. I had cpu reduction for power saving. Once I cancelled that the lag is gone unless I had multiple apps running in the backround. So that may play some role as well.
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This isn't exactly a scientific answer but when I press my home button lightly there is a delay for the screen to come on but if I push it harder the screen comes on right away. True Story