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I have been using captivate for more than a year now, I have tried almost all different kinds of GB custom roms like serendipity, apex etc and no matter what I did (ext4 lag fix, OC etc) my cappy is still laggy every now and then.
since iphone 4s is still not jailbreakable, I'm thinking of getting a new samsung galaxy II, however I'm not sure if dual core can really solve the android lag issue.
anyone recently switched from samung galaxy I to II? is there any lag problem? thanks in advance
I switched from my i-9000 (international Vibrant) as soon as the SGS II hit the market, not a single regret.
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I have been using captivate for more than a year now, I have tried almost all different kinds of GB custom roms like serendipity, apex etc and no matter what I did (ext4 lag fix, OC etc) my cappy is still laggy every now and then.
since iphone 4s is still not jailbreakable, I'm thinking of getting a new samsung galaxy II, however I'm not sure if dual core can really solve the android lag issue.
anyone recently switched from samung galaxy I to II? is there any lag problem? thanks in advance
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Gs2 is awesome, the android lag isn't noticible to me at all. And I'm underclocked to 1ghz. According to an article the other day android will always have a small lag compared to iPhone because android doesn't stop all background processes when the screen is touched.
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redjersey said:
I have been using captivate for more than a year now, I have tried almost all different kinds of GB custom roms like serendipity, apex etc and no matter what I did (ext4 lag fix, OC etc) my cappy is still laggy every now and then.
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I was in the same boat as you, got the sgs2 and never looked back.
I switxhed from the cappy to the ATT SGS2 and love it. No lag i can see. Still have my cappy which is now just a full time test phone running Team Hacksung ICS. The ATT SGS2 is really noce also and has great dev support, specially since the ATT SGS2 and INTERNATION SGS2 have almost everything in common this time around. Still has some differences unfortunately but pretty minor. They seem to be closer than the cappy was to the international sgs1. Way better phone in my view and cappy as much as i loved it doesnt compare.
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I went from Sgs to sgs2 and it is significantly better, not perfect but definitely an improvement. Not as smooth as an ipad2 but definitely good enough for me to prefer over iPhone 4s
I switched from the european I9000 to the european I9100.
The I9000 was slower than a granny in the fast lane, and I didn't like the pen tile display at all. The colors were great but the pixels were much too distinguishable.
The I9100 however is fast and the display is really great. The pixels blend much more and the picture is much nicer. Samsung has chosen the right file system this time and they have become really good at building ROMs. There is still a little lag sometimes (Which you will also find is the case with the iPhone 4S) but it's not that bad or frequent. The GPS still isn't perfect with a stock ROM, but there are root fixes that made mine get fixes in about 5-15 seconds when outside.
They righted most of the wrongs. I didn't like the I9000 much. In fact I considered trashing it quite often. But I love the I9100 and I have been recommending quite widely.
IMO if you like/love your S1 and want a 20-30% upgrade mainly in terms of making scrolling etc like 25-50% faster, then S2 is your phone.
If you are expecting a different phone with a different feel and different impact, then you are better off with an Iphone 4S.
The S2 is significantly faster but then I didn't feel the S1 was too slow either. It was passable/acceptable, the S2 is good, not excellent.
The S2 is a VFM upgrade if you have the dough, but it isn't another universe totally. For that you would need to either skip a generation in android or move to another line of phones like Windows or iOS because the Gingerbread family still remains the same and lag hasn't been eliminated completely, so far.
Bottomline, if you are fond of your S1 and are looking for an upgrade which is an overall improvement in all ways, or at least many things, go for a S2. Else don't!
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One more thing, the S2 is pretty fast, at least as long as you use the launcher in built in your ROM and not use too many other launchers through ADW etc.
In fact, I would use a s2 over iphone 4s if they could maintain even this little differnce in speed. However, the s2 is definitely not perfect like an ipad 2 but definitely the s2 is good enough to be used as your main phone with little to no complaints
I have both and it seems to me that everything they did wrong on the SI , they got right on the SII . Lag is non existent for me and very happy with the SGSII.
Hi all, I am a member here coming from an AT&T Galaxy S3. I just ordered a Galaxy Note an hour ago and wanted to know some hands on user experiences? I have looked at youtube videos and they just don't seem to do the trick. I would like to know if they are really smooth and if they have good functionality, battery life, and if the development is good?
With the GSM SIII's losing IMEI's left and right, and all the bugs already, I am wondering how good the note really is.
I am not really looking for a 'persuasion' opinion because I will have both devices here before too long when the note gets here. I just want to know everyones experience and if the phone is laggy or anything, or any known bugs.
Any help is greatly appreciated and I will thank all members that give me some feedback.
Thanks! :good:
First off congrats on getting your note.
Stock 2.3 had some lag issues for me but ics fixed that and is smooth even stock.
As far as development goes i haven't tried allot out but have seen allot going on there are some great stockish roms with only a few tweaks but my choice right now is the collective aocp cp1 ROM .
epic1 said:
First off congrats on getting your note.
Stock 2.3 had some lag issues for me but ics fixed that and is smooth even stock.
As far as development goes i haven't tried allot out but have seen allot going on there are some great stockish roms with only a few tweaks but my choice right now is the collective aocp cp1 ROM .
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I appreciate this. I am hoping it will be good. I have like 8 devices now and I am trying to keep it on just one lol. I am stuck between my GSIII and now the Note when it arrives. I am sure each will have its perks. I just wanted user experiences.
Right now, in my opinion, the Note is the best phone on the market. We have awesome dev support. Any worries of lag you can pretty much throw out the window. The stock ROM, debloated, is very smooth and performs well, I have been quite happy with debloated stock ICS, and it it's legitimately the first Android I have used where the stock ROM is bearable, let alone satisfactory.
However, the work the devs have done will likely make you want to flash a custom ROM fairly quickly. We have official CM9 nightlies, and to make that even better, Cyanogen himself is the developer for that. We also have AOKP variants, as well as a few hybrids and AOSP roms. I'm currently running Gubment Cheeze by rasroygbiv, which is a CM9 variant, and I couldn't be happier, this thing flies and sips battery; highly recommended by me. I've tried most everything in the development forum as I'm a flashaholic, and I can tell you that the Note will not disappoint. JB is also in the works by several of our developers, and we should have stable builds very soon. Dev support is awesome to say the least.
There are no issues with IMEI switching that are know, and we have plenty of options to return your Note to complete stock, including a flash counter reset, so you shouldn't have any worries flashing. In addition, it's a Samsung, which means unless you're dumb and rush things, it's damn near impossible to hard brick. And even if you do manage to hard brick, there are JTAG services available for like 40 bucks that will fix that.
Battery life is slightly above average which is nice. Most people get around 3.5-4 hours of screen on time, and generally anywhere from 12-18 hours of standby or more depending on what all you have running/syncing. So there shouldn't be any worries there.
Plus, we have this beautiful 5.3" monster of a screen that will make you fall in love. It isn't even a question that you'll love the Note. It's a question of if you'll still love your other phones. =]
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That pretty much summed it up for me. If I could thank you 5 ttines I would
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I just wanna say that was the best feedback I have ever got on here. Thank you again.
No problem, glad I could help. =]
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First thing I would recommend is go with either a stock debloated ROM or even better would be going with h0tw1r3's ICS kernel and DAGr8's AOKP milestone 6 ROM. This combination for me has been beyond excellent. Incredibly smooth, rock solid stable and a pleasure to have. With my current CPU setup I'm at 15 hours off the charger and still have 70% battery (1 hour of screen on).
You can expect about 4-5 hours of actual screen on time.
If you can get past the size of the phone - which is honestly the biggest stumbling block for most new comers to the note, there's very few devices out there that are as good as the i717.
Good luck with your new note!
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netsyd said:
First thing I would recommend is go with either a stock debloated ROM or even better would be going with h0tw1r3's ICS kernel and DAGr8's AOKP milestone 6 ROM. This combination for me has been beyond excellent. Incredibly smooth, rock solid stable and a pleasure to have. With my current CPU setup I'm at 15 hours off the charger and still have 70% battery (1 hour of screen on).
You can expect about 4-5 hours of actual screen on time.
If you can get past the size of the phone - which is honestly the biggest stumbling block for most new comers to the note, there's very few devices out there that are as good as the i717.
Good luck with your new note!
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I am limited to 8 thanks per day, which I am pretty sad about, but I will be sure to thank you tomorrow haha.
I am not worried about the size, just the lag issues I have heard about and the quality of the screen.... can you differentiate between pixels to the naked eye or anything?
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Hi all, I am a member here coming from an AT&T Galaxy S3. I just ordered a Galaxy Note an hour ago and wanted to know some hands on user experiences? I have looked at youtube videos and they just don't seem to do the trick. I would like to know if they are really smooth and if they have good functionality, battery life, and if the development is good?
With the GSM SIII's losing IMEI's left and right, and all the bugs already, I am wondering how good the note really is.
I am not really looking for a 'persuasion' opinion because I will have both devices here before too long when the note gets here. I just want to know everyones experience and if the phone is laggy or anything, or any known bugs.
Any help is greatly appreciated and I will thank all members that give me some feedback.
Thanks! :good:
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The new one is coming or being announced in two weeks. My note with the ROM I'm currently using is just as fast as my S3, and much more capable due to the Samsung apps-- I.e. S Note, the widgets, and the ability to flash S3 apps and widgets because of phMod and the touchwiz framework support inherent in such a configuration.
You absolutely ant go wrong. I had a macbook pro, which I used for browser duty/media, and an iPhone for gaming and news. I stopped using my iPhone and my macbook pro when I got my TF101. I then got my Galaxy Note, and stopped using my tablet for anything but reading, and I split news duty between my Note and Transformer.
Even with the Snapdragon S3, ICS & the custom ROMs (and gingerbread earlier on) made it so the performance was as smooth or smoother than on any other device I touched, including the Prime.
Even games like Dead Trigger, with the Tegra 3 graphics effects enabled run well. They don't run at 60FPS, but to be honest, the display quality is such that you'll be wowed by the resolution and color vibrance and won't notice when you're only running at 30-40 fps. The gpu was the only area where I could've used just a tad bit more power-- I had that power with the GPU over clock that came with the first over clock kernel that was available here. I haven't seen that GPU OC make a comeback in ICS, even after the kernel source was released--disappointing.
Some suggest that the new Note will have a quad core S4, or the new Exynos wit baked in LTE (they won't give up LTE)....so I really think you're cutting yourself short. On the other hand, the enthusiasts and developers are, and will be here, likely for another year, when on contract, they can get an early 18 month upgrade, unless they buy retail.
You have a vibrant, CM and Indie supported community here, with the turkey, the gravy, and all the trimmings. Its impossible to guarantee that wit a new device-- especially one that had a predecessor released what, 4 or 5 months ago (Jesus christ!).
So weigh an established device that is supported, vs a SoC upgrade....because the Note 2 won't be much different. It wont have a better screen-- in fact, the screen resolution will stay the same, and if the rumors are correct, screen size will increase, resulting in a lower pixel density. It will be unproven, and might get better battery life (I say it might, because the rumors say it will get thinner....something that will impact the battery capacity, when in combination with a change to a more efficient, would likely balance out). It will have a less dense, but bigger screen.
I will however tell you that virtually e v e r y o n e that's used the Note, would likely pick it over any device on the market anywhere.
The form factor and screen quality trumps virtually every other ace in the hole out there.
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With the new kernel, and AOKP - I have ZERO lag. And the screen is on par with the best I've seen (including the 4s).
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See, I don't game alot. Main things are
Texting
Calling
Internet a little
Facebook
Xda
Twitter
And music.
If the note can handle those super smooth with no issues I have a feeling I'm going with thst
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See, I don't game alot. Main things are
Texting
Calling
Internet a little
Facebook
Xda
Twitter
And music.
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You won't be disappointed.
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I can't compare the Note with your S3, but I have the Note and the international quad core S3. My quad S3 is definitely a hair smoother, but that doesn't make up for the extra screen real estate, and s pen functionality. The extra smoothness of the S3 is hardly noticeable, versus when I pull out my s pen and start taking notes. That's a noticeable difference.
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I appreciate this. I am hoping it will be good. I have like 8 devices now and I am trying to keep it on just one lol. I am stuck between my GSIII and now the Note when it arrives. I am sure each will have its perks. I just wanted user experiences.
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i have never used the s3 but the note is by fast the best phone o have used or even seen the screen is amazing very fast and is a very solid device. Every one that sees it is like omg that's a phone.....so it makes a good conversation starter.
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I can't compare the Note with your S3, but I have the Note and the international quad core S3. My quad S3 is definitely a hair smoother, but that doesn't make up for the extra screen real estate, and s pen functionality. The extra smoothness of the S3 is hardly noticeable, versus when I pull out my s pen and start taking notes. That's a noticeable difference.
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honestly I will probably NEVER use the SPen lol.... I just like the bigger screen and I hear great development for it.
I just dont wanna go from my S3, to a Note, and then be disappointed. Granted I can always switch back, but I just spent X amount of money a new in box sealed note. I am pretty hopeful it works good. Thinking about donating some of these other phones I have to Devs that have bricked or something. I litterally have 2 iphone 4's, 2 iphone 4s's, a One X, a Note now, an S2 and S3, and like the older G1's and stuff. May do that when I finally decide what device to keep.
Debating on upgrading to the S3... My wife and I have old school Vibrants... Currently rooted, running ICZen 4.0.4, Overclocked a bit but not too much... The phones perform about as well as a stock SGS2, and I want to know how far I can safely PUSH the Vibrant, performance wise, and is there any way that I can somehow upgrade the hardware of the phone - maybe more RAM or something... I like the phone's SIZE, don't really want a larger phone, but if I have to go to the SGS3 then so be it
i love the Vibrant as weel bro its been one phone to not give up ive ran my Vibrant when i was running Bionix and DOW kernel OC at 1.7 FLYING a little hot runny but hey still running lol but any phone you grab make sure to look at the development sections dont want a phone hardly anyone works on you will get very bored lol as far as the screen is why i havnt upgraded to anything really i love the screen its perfect not big or small "PERFECT" if i was to get another phone i was thinking bout the BLAZE 4g for its processors and SPECS and the 4g reports r faster on that phone but all phones now are snappy and smooth the Vibrant was a test to see how far we can push android and with great success they done just that ! any phone you get will be great dont get rid of the vibrant its a ride or die phone like the G1 was
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.... but any phone you grab make sure to look at the development sections dont want a phone hardly anyone works on you will get very bored lol ……if i was to get another phone i was thinking bout the BLAZE 4g
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This is very good advice.However, take your own advice and look into their Development Section.
Unless something has changed, not much going on at all over there. Not much internal storage either. My cousin got these for a good price, and they are decent devices, if you aren't into ROM flashing, that is.
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This is very good advice.However, take your own advice and look into their Development Section.
Unless something has changed, not much going on at all over there. Not much internal storage either. My cousin got these for a good price, and they are decent devices, if you aren't into ROM flashing, that is.
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I would, without a doubt, take the thing out of the box and root / ROM flash immediately... After having so much success with my old Vibrant, I'd root the **** out of a SGS3 or Note Ill look into it before deciding... lol
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I would, without a doubt, take the thing out of the box and root / ROM flash immediately... After having so much success with my old Vibrant, I'd root the **** out of a SGS3 or Note Ill look into it before deciding... lol
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I also have the Samsung Vibrant on T-Mobile. My contract will actually end in a week, and if I were you, I would wait for Google to release the next nexus phone. If you don't want to wait 1-2 months, I think either the galaxy nexus or HTC One S would be a good deal. The One S is FREE!! (If you sign a 2-year contract w/ T-Mobile.) The One S has a good development community, about the same size as the Vibrant. but with better specs in every area.
Well I had several high end phone like Nexus and S3, I keep the Vibrant as a backup phone and main music player, since it works with ATT/TMo 3G and have the wolfson dac for great sound. The Vibrant is going to last a long time because there are lots of developers for it, since its a variation of the popular Galaxy S.
You will be happy with the S3 speed, its seems okay with Touchwiz, but once you install custom rom it will be blazing fast. Especially the quadcore GPU for gaming. As for the durability, it will be much more cheaply built and easier to break/scratch compared to the Vibrant, so you will need to take care of it real good. Sometimes things will happen not due to the user, but due to the cheap design.
You should upgrade the Vibrant to Jelly Bean, the interface is much smoother than ICS. Try SlimBean rom, oc it to 1.2ghz, install the Google Now package as well. It slow down for heavy tasks, but for normal usage it mostly smooth and still have more features than the iPhone5.
Same as above, the only phone I'll be upgrading to is the next Google Nexus. Although I'm looking at the Oppo Find 5 too, but my final decision to purchase a phone has always been if its a Nexus or supported by Cyanogenmod.
I installed SlimBean over the weekend and just punched my SammyV up to 1.2GHz... wow its much nicer now
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More of an observation .. but if anyone cares to elaborate I'm listening. I bought a Skyrocket and a Note i717 from a friend last week. I unlocked rooted and flashed both with current 4.4 roms... in fact both are on Beanstalk.. same version. Completely clean. These have almost identical internals but the i717 seems to run terrible compared. The Skyrocket is blazing fast.. don't see much difference in it and my LG G2 in typical operations.. but the bloody Note is like barely keeping up.. seems pretty sluggish..Dont get me wrong it's not terrible .. it does the job but the Skyrocket is just very peppy in comparison. The only thing I can think of is the higher resolution display is taxing the internals.. is that it? I've tried a few different 4.4 roms on the i717 but with the same mediocre results. Just kinda frustrating.
Just sold my iPad 3 since it got slow as fk after updating it to ios 9. Is the nexus 9 good now? I heard it had a lot of performance issues. Stock wise and custom rom/ kernel wise how does it run? Has marshmallow/N ironed out all the lag?
I would say yes! i still love mine.
Custom ROMs and/or Kernels do help a lot.
Depends on the price and how much time you have to mess with it, in the event you get one like some of us have. I have hope for N, but the dp3 and dp4 didn't stay on the tab very long-one day for 4-both times the battery life/charging-while-running was compromised. The strange thing about this tab is that it runs beautifully for about a month to six weeks, then the lags, etc. Dirty Unicorn didn't help, but I prefer stock. I'm using elementalx. Right now, mine is a primo device. By August, it will require a wipe and reset. When it works correctly, it's a dream, IMO. I love the screen and the screen ratio. If I could find one I liked better, I would get it. I tried iPad (even with jailbreak) but couldn't stand the lack of control, and the size was too big. I tried 8" Galaxy S and Shield but didn't like the size. Shield seemed lacking in other areas.
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I've had pure Nexus on my tablet 2 months. It is still lightning fast. Using pure Nexus ROM and fire and ice kernel. It I could I would buy two more for my boys to use. So to answer your question yes it is still a good buy. Just as long as you root and ROM it. Stock is slow and gets slower everyday you use it. About a month then it becomes so slow you want to throw it.
I'd have to say no.
Things can be improved by rooting and flashing roms & kernals but at the end of the day, the 2GB ram is still, and always will be a bottleneck. :crying:
I've now switched to a much older LG v500 running CM13 and the performance is much more consistent. The N9 can be faster, but I have no issues like Chrome tabs and the launcher refreshing on the v500. :highfive:
Considering the v500 can be bought used for about half the price of a used N9, I know where I'd put my money if I had my time again. :angel: