Touchwiz getting a lot redraws on my S6 edge, am I the only one facing this problem? I know switching to a third party launcher may help but I don't feel like taking that approach since touhwiz on s6 looks really great. Also the phone is getting hot while charging very frequently, especially on the edge side. Tried cleaning cache in recovery but it doesn't helps. Is there any way to solve this issue?
The only way if it's still possible go get an exchange unit
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Touchwiz getting a lot redraws on my S6 edge, am I the only one facing this problem? I know switching to a third party launcher may help but I don't feel like taking that approach since touhwiz on s6 looks really great. Also the phone is getting hot while charging very frequently, especially on the edge side. Tried cleaning cache in recovery but it doesn't helps. Is there any way to solve this issue?
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search and you shall find...but i did it for you
its because of the bad RAM management and pre 5.1 lollipop issue..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/killing-apps-aggressively-t3084155
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search and you shall find...but i did it for you
its because of the bad RAM management and pre 5.1 lollipop issue..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/killing-apps-aggressively-t3084155
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Yea saw it earlier but I don't think that is the problem since multitasking works really well on my device (while playing some graphic intensive games, I can switch to a lot different apps like facebook, chrome and stuffs without killing my games in the background). The only problem is the touchwiz which redraws too frequently, even when I leave the phone without touching it
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Yea will head over to samsung center next few days and see if I can get an exchange unit
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Yea saw it earlier but I don't think that is the problem since multitasking works really well on my device (while playing some graphic intensive games, I can switch to a lot different apps like facebook, chrome and stuffs without killing my games in the background). The only problem is the touchwiz which redraws too frequently, even when I leave the phone without touching it
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redraws is because of system killing the launcher(low RAM) so yes, you are having the same issue as everybody else
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redraws is because of system killing the launcher(low RAM) so yes, you are having the same issue as everybody else
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I see, hopefully an update in the future will fix it what about overheating? Did you have it too?
We sure hope so .. no overheating here.. gets a little warm when installing many apps but nothing serious even with heavy gaming.
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We sure hope so .. no overheating here.. gets a little warm when installing many apps but nothing serious even with heavy gaming.
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Thats mean mine is a faulty one then too bad have to go back to samsung asap
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Thats mean mine is a faulty one then too bad have to go back to samsung asap
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It really depends on what you call "hot". get a app that monitors the cpu/gpu temp..you might be overreacting... just saying ��
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Thats mean mine is a faulty one then too bad have to go back to samsung asap
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Oohh.. when you charge The Phone it gets hot..all phones do.. not recomended, to play games wile in fastcharge mode!
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Oohh.. when you charge The Phone it gets hot..all phones do.. not recomended, to play games wile in fastcharge mode!
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I never play with my phone while charging, I even try to charge with the phone off, but sometimes the phone really get so hot that you can't even hold it for long (not exaggerating at all)
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I never play with my phone while charging, I even try to charge with the phone off, but sometimes the phone really get so hot that you can't even hold it for long (not exaggerating at all)
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Hey. I was just wondering if you ended up exchanging your device because I too am getting constant redraws on tw launcher even with the 5.0.2 patch/update.
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Hey. I was just wondering if you ended up exchanging your device because I too am getting constant redraws on tw launcher even with the 5.0.2 patch/update.
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Nope I didn't get an exchange unit, waiting for an update to fix this memory leak issue
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Nope I didn't get an exchange unit, waiting for an update to fix this memory leak issue
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That's the thing though. I got the patch that is supposed to fix the memory issue but I'm still getting redraws and my friend got his s6 last week and he gets none. I think there might be an issue with my device. Seeing as a got it on the first day.
having problem
Is it normal that s6 gets hot when im charging it especially the aluminum and it was really hot.
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That's the thing though. I got the patch that is supposed to fix the memory issue but I'm still getting redraws and my friend got his s6 last week and he gets none. I think there might be an issue with my device. Seeing as a got it on the first day.
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I guess we are the "unlucky" one to get a device with buggy software
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Is it normal that s6 gets hot when im charging it especially the aluminum and it was really hot.
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same happens here. Went to the service center and they told me this is normal (I was like wtf??). They want to reinstall the firmware for me but knowing that this has got nothing to do with software problem, I refuse to do so.
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same happens here. Went to the service center and they told me this is normal (I was like wtf??). They want to reinstall the firmware for me but knowing that this has got nothing to do with software problem, I refuse to do so.
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Ive contacted samsung and here is the mail that i got from them
This is to acknowledge receipt of your email regarding your Galaxy S6 Edge (SM-G925F). I understand that it is too hot to your touch and it will be my pleasure to provide you the necessary information to your inquiry.
As Galaxy S6 has slim design (142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm) and use high performance CPU of Dual Quad Core (1.5 GHz Quad Core + 2.1 GHz Quad Core Processor), you may feel your device is hot to the touch in using. This is actually normal and should not affect the lifespan or performance of your device. And while charging, the device may also heat up.
Using the device under the environment that ambient temperature is high, you may feel the device gets hotter than usual because your device work in the thermal equilibrium status with an ambient temperature. It is commonly seen not just on Samsung devices, but many other manufacturers devices when the device is used, and it is a general phenomenon of all electronic devices.
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Ive contacted samsung and here is the mail that i got from them
This is to acknowledge receipt of your email regarding your Galaxy S6 Edge (SM-G925F). I understand that it is too hot to your touch and it will be my pleasure to provide you the necessary information to your inquiry.
As Galaxy S6 has slim design (142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm) and use high performance CPU of Dual Quad Core (1.5 GHz Quad Core + 2.1 GHz Quad Core Processor), you may feel your device is hot to the touch in using. This is actually normal and should not affect the lifespan or performance of your device. And while charging, the device may also heat up.
Using the device under the environment that ambient temperature is high, you may feel the device gets hotter than usual because your device work in the thermal equilibrium status with an ambient temperature. It is commonly seen not just on Samsung devices, but many other manufacturers devices when the device is used, and it is a general phenomenon of all electronic devices.
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IMO that is a very disappointing response from Samsung, I can play the same game on my friend's iphone but it never get so hot as it does on s6. Not sure whether to put the blame on android or samsung
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Not happy about it. Wanted this phone for pretty much the entire year and I assumed that the One X+ had fixed every criticism. Disclaimer: some of the faults may just be my handset.
1) Sound quality is good, except when it comes to rock music (then it becomes atrocious). Remedied with a Fiio E6 but the bigass phone combined with an amp is really impractical to keep in the pocket.
2) Gets far too warm, it freaks me out. The whole phone gets hot. I assumed the Tegra 3+ was built with a smaller process but it's just the same 40nm process over clocked. May just be my phone but honestly the screen is sometimes a couple degrees from being too hot to comfortably hold.
3) All games have severe FPS issues. Probably fixable with a custom ROM but I'm not risking waiting.
4) Battery life is mediocre and drains during any activity that is "heavy", like 4 times more than you would want. In the battery settings menu, they ripped out the metre that tells you how much battery the screen has used. Odd. Missing the S3's removable battery a lot.
It's a shame because I quite literally think that the One X is the best looking phone of all time, and let my iPad serve as a counter measure against bias against Apple products. Apart from these niggles, the phone has been an absolute pleasure to use... But I didn't drop iPhone money on a phone just to text and browse the Internet. Will probably be begrudgingly be going back to Samsung, despite their heroic build quality and laudable marketing and business practises. The Nexus 4 is also an option too. The iPhone 5 and Lumia 920 will also be on the shortlist.
Literally been wanting this phone since the original was announced. I wholeheartedly agree that your experiences may be different. Just putting here as a warning!
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Damn sorry to hear that but doing my own google research what you explained seems to all be true, not just your device. For getting warm i can understand, getting hot, there's no excuse for any company to allow this unless of course just making too many production shortcuts. Gaming is a big issue for me too since i do a lot on my iphone 4 and was planning on even doing more on this HOX+ with better processor and screen. If gaming is crap and the phone feels like a hot potato after 20min of gaming, ATT will see a very fast return on this device! Then idk what the hell to get, not impressed with the iphone 5 and Nexus with 8 or 16gb of storage is pretty sub-par, again cutting corners...
What specific games have sever fps issues?
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Then idk what the hell to get, not impressed with the iphone 5 and Nexus with 8 or 16gb of storage is pretty sub-par, again cutting corners...
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How about the at&t version of the Optimus G? I'm actually between that and HOX+.
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What specific games have sever fps issues?
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How about the at&t version of the Optimus G? I'm actually between that and HOX+.
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Was actually thinking Opt G hands down but bro read some hands on reviews of it! Plus it's wide as hell, at least HTC did it right with the Verizon HTC DNA coming out (butterfly J Japan version) as the 5" is taller device, not wider. Could not stand a wide tablet in my pocket all day and the build quality sounds worse than the Galaxy S3 and the camera is very sub-par quality. Personally would never purchase an LG phone in this day and age. Crap build quality, crap internals, never see carrier updates. Not worth it for me at least so not even an option.
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How about the at&t version of the Optimus G? I'm actually between that and HOX+.
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Straight from PCmag review on Optimus G for ATT and Sprint:
One big problem: I did most of my testing with the screen brightness set to maximum. I noticed it dip considerably after about 10 or 15 minutes of benchmarking. When I checked on it in the phone's Settings, I saw the brightness level had dropped down to 66 percent. I tried to turn it back up, and got the message, "Unable to brighten more due to high temperature. Try again later." This happened on multiple occasions. Especially when using processor-intensive applications like games, the top half of the phone became increasingly warm. LG claims it has not encountered this problem, but this device, along with two test units on Sprint all showed the same behavior in our tests.
So not only does it overheat but also starts turning features off to compensate for the heat now restricting what you can do on the device. So if you're happy playing a game for 15min, stop for 15min, repeat then no prob, lol! Can't understand these companys pushing out phones that can't even play a game more than 30min without blowing up in heat????? Really don't want the iphone 5 but WTF with all these other NEWER devices coming out and their overheating issues???
It also comes shipped with Ice Cream Sandwich, not even Jellybean 4.1. They say in the coming months it SHOULD come out with an update to Jellybean 4.1 and by then everyone will already be on Jellybean 4.2 or higher, lol! Prime example on how you will get the worst carrier updates if any for the Optimus G device, epic fail on too many fronts for a new device and what a waste of that nice S4 Pro processor...
Have mine just some day, so nothing to say about battery... according to some tests it should be okay, maybe good to very good
Did a lot of copy jobs etc and my device is not getting any hot... a little warm, but not too much in any way...
Sound quality is very good, nothing to complain :good:
I like it very much, just waiting for Root only thing bothers me a bit is the lack of mass storage mode... everything else is superior to my Sony Xperia S!
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Was actually thinking Opt G hands down but bro read some hands on reviews of it! Plus it's wide as hell, at least HTC did it right with the Verizon HTC DNA coming out (butterfly J Japan version) as the 5" is taller device, not wider.
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That's one thing that slightly turns me off with the Optimus G. It would make one-handed operation that much more difficult.
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only thing bothers me a bit is the lack of mass storage mode...
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Without mass storage mode, you can't transfer files to and from your pc?
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Without mass storage mode, you can't transfer files to and from your pc?
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Sure you can, in MTP mode (the same like on most other newer Android devices).
Sharpshooterrr said:
That's one thing that slightly turns me off with the Optimus G. It would make one-handed operation that much more difficult.
Without mass storage mode, you can't transfer files to and from your pc?
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Here's the thread on it. Sounds like you need to use the HTC Sync Manager on your pc for file transfers as this method recognizes your device as a media device, not a storage device from my understanding. Still don't have the phone yet waiting on lagging ATT to install all their crapware before it comes out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33862686#post33862686
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Here's the thread on it. Sounds like you need to use the HTC Sync Manager on your pc for file transfers as this method recognizes your device as a media device, not a storage device from my understanding. Still don't have the phone yet waiting on lagging ATT to install all their crapware before it comes out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33862686#post33862686
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This is not true. All phones/tablets are recognized as MTP-Devices in all Android-Versions from JellyBean on. This means you don't have a normal windows-drive with a drive letter but rather an equivalent to a connected mp3-player or media device. Still you can copy all files to phone (and back) in windows explorer.
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This is not true. All phones/tablets are recognized as MTP-Devices in all Android-Versions from JellyBean on. This means you don't have a normal windows-drive with a drive letter but rather an equivalent to a connected mp3-player or media device. Still you can copy all files to phone (and back) in windows explorer.
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Oh ok, makes sense. Thank you for clearing that up
Have none of those problems. HTC one x+ rules.
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Sure you can, in MTP mode (the same like on most other newer Android devices).
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Why would it bother you then? Slower transfer speeds?
I too have no problems other than LTE not enabling. I'm on Rogers and LTE is supposed to be in my area. The APN is set for LTE and data is working but only H and 3G show.
For the over heating, it is just like the iPad 3rd gen or any other high end tablet. Charging while playing a graphically intense game will make the device uncomfortably hot. If you are charging any device including the One X+, it is best to leave it alone until fully charged. Now if nothing is running on the device while charging and it gets uncomfortably hot, you may have an issue. Apple says 37-40c is within iPad and iPhone 5 specs, not sure what HTC's max temp specs are for One x/x+. At 40c, another 10c and you are half way to boiling point so I hope HTC's rating is no higher than 30c!
I ended up going with the Note 2 as it was only £30 more and I really missed my S3. Very hard to get used to the size and I do miss the industrial design of the one x but the sound quality and performance are in a completely different league.
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I have the 3rd gen ipad and I can tell you that the one x got significantly hotter than the ipad, even with it charging and the brightness up to full. The back of the ipad got warm; with the one x+ the whole phone got *hot*.
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RokkaMan said:
I ended up going with the Note 2 as it was only £30 more and I really missed my S3. Very hard to get used to the size and I do miss the industrial design of the one x but the sound quality and performance are in a completely different league.
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Performance sucks on the note II what are you on about? The HOX+ destroys it.
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I have the 3rd gen ipad and I can tell you that the one x got significantly hotter than the ipad, even with it charging and the brightness up to full. The back of the ipad got warm; with the one x+ the whole phone got *hot*.
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Why compare a phone to tablet? Is that fair? Tablets have a much bigger surface area for heat dissipation.
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Been iOS jailbreaker for years and finally decided One X+ was worth jumping ship, at least on paper. Glad I'm not a gamer. Just needed a bigger screen and more flexibility without having to wait for jailbreaks every time and iOS update came out. But realize I may be in the same boat having to wait for custom ROMS if I don't want to wait for HTC updates. Sigh.
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Got mine yesterday, and I was pretty happy with it too - until now, that I found out that it's almost useless for me half of the time (work): Because Sense mail client does not support certificates?? wtf... standard android feature! So no exchange connection for me - I do not believe it... So I will have to wait for first custom ROM... Really hope it won't take too long.
Besides that the phone is incredible - still will get rid of Sense launcher - golauncher is much more adjustable.
People, check this out. https://www.dropbox.com/s/bqg5hrrfwakuvhs/VIDEO0006.mp4
What's your opinion on this? Is it normal? Is it a fault?
uqadwe said:
People, check this out. https://www.dropbox.com/s/bqg5hrrfwakuvhs/VIDEO0006.mp4
What's your opinion on this? Is it normal? Is it a fault?
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Ergghhh... Did HTC learn anything from HTC ONE X? Another issue continued? Misaligned camera eye... screen flex issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ExXfmctuyUA
So shall we wait to see WiFi Issue in a few days? :/ dissapointed :/
I'm seeing a lot of reports of lag, I for one am not experiencing this issue and if I were then this phone would be going back after my experience with the s4.
My g2 runs smoother than any phone I've ever used and I've used a lot of high end phones over the past 2years. I have noticed a couple very slight stutters in the stock launcher but I use next launcher and it runs flawless.
I have past experience with lg phones and it seems they sell a lot of defective models that they know a huge percentage will just deal with because for the most part everything works. Let me say that anyone experiencing lag and/or bad battery most likely have a defective unit. If it were me I would get another or my money back.
I haven't experienced any issues with heat either. I just got the phone though so I'll see how things go. I did have my screen on for 3 hours straight today at 100 percent brightness and the phone never got hot at all. I have yet to do any gaming but I would expect excellent results since it has the best gpu cpu combo of any phone out in America.
I'm coming from an s4 and this phone is leaps and bounds better in every way imo. Anyone doubting they should get this phone because of reported issues should not listen to that and get one because it's a great phone. If it has issues then exchange it for another.
People also need to remember that forums like this help serve us when we have problems so it's always going to be a high amounts of complaints and problems reported. Most people are completely happy with their g2. It has a very high rating on Verizon's wireless site and 95percent recommendation rate.
PS. To those saying that this phone lags period, and its just that you see it and us with slow eyes can't see it because we are just slow and not used to nice smooth phones like you. I think this is silly because many of us have lots of experience with gaming or video editing and can tell the difference between 10, 20, 30, 40, etc. fps. I know that my eye is very capable of seeing frame rate drops and I'm not seeing anything worse than 35fps which is very acceptable. I know this thing is gonna be a beast on cm or some aosp based Rom.
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No lag at all. vzw G2
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My phone is running smoothly. Sure I'll notice the very rare (micro pause?) Or redraw but I would be foolish to tell anyone I have a laggy phone. Even the smoothest of roms I've noticed stutters here and there but the phone in 99.9 percent of use was smooth yet some would say that it was a lag fest omg I'm taking it back.
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Just got the T-Mobile g2 today,loving this phone. No lag whatsoever, even though it does get a tad bit warm, but other phones do that also (s4).
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I get no lag in most things, however some games I have tried have strange stuttering issues. I think it is mostly due to optimizations that need to happen for this chipset as those same games ran very smooth on my older Galaxy Nexus which is way slower and also on my tablet. Doesnt make sense for a much more powerful phone to have stuttering problems in the games so all I can put it down to is a brand new chipset that things need to be updated for.
have you guys tested the scrolling smoothness and touch movement on the screen compared to other phones? If you go to developers settings, you can click the option to "show touches" where a white ball will follow your touch movement on the screen. I think this test shows how smooth the phone really is when it comes to scrolling and touch movement.
I compared it to the S4 at a verizon store and I thought the S4 was somewhat better. The scrolling was better on the S4 as well. The G2 was really fast and snappy though, and I didn't really notice any lag with that. Maybe after a while of usage, perhaps the G2 is better? After all I only tested the units at a store for a small period of time.
I dont know, I thought there were alot of people complaining about lag too, it sure seemed like it but really there arent alot of people complaining it was just really the same users reposting. It made it seem like it was more magnified than it really was. Some other users were talking about stutter here and there but it was more like micro stutter, kinda like what I experience here and there. To the untrained eye its hard to see but coming from pure stock android roms (CM rom etc...) its more prevalent to the eye, but in no way does it ruin the experience. Im sure we will get updated drivers for the hardware and GPU that will get released for the Nexus 5, and since it will be sporting the same hardware as the G2. Developers should be able to use those drivers in AOSP based roms but im not sure if that will be the same for custom roms based on the stock OS
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I have past experience with lg phones and it seems they sell a lot of defective models that they know a huge percentage will just deal with because for the most part everything works
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What defective are U talking about? I haven't seen one defective LG yet
I changed the settings of the SoC to 512 buffer using deadline governor , set cpu to max speeds using performance governor.
Changed MP to disabled and things are smooth after running clean up tool which kills all the bloatwear. :good:
warlord420 said:
I changed the settings of the SoC to 512 buffer using deadline governor , set cpu to max speeds using performance governor.
Changed MP to disabled and things are smooth after running clean up tool which kills all the bloatwear. :good:
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Interesting, i was wondering if someone had tinkered with the kernel settings in TricksterMod, would like to know have you had any crashes or reboots?
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have you guys tested the scrolling smoothness and touch movement on the screen compared to other phones? If you go to developers settings, you can click the option to "show touches" where a white ball will follow your touch movement on the screen. I think this test shows how smooth the phone really is when it comes to scrolling and touch movement.
I compared it to the S4 at a verizon store and I thought the S4 was somewhat better. The scrolling was better on the S4 as well. The G2 was really fast and snappy though, and I didn't really notice any lag with that. Maybe after a while of usage, perhaps the G2 is better? After all I only tested the units at a store for a small period of time.
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As a former S4 owner and a seasoned android user, I can tell you with complete confidence that this phone is not even close to as laggy than the S4. Not even close.
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I have seen no lag on my T-Mobile G2. Everything is silky smooth. I have had it since Monday. Funny thing is this is the longest I have ran a phone without either rooting, installing a ROM, or changing the launcher. I really like what LG did overall.
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Interesting, i was wondering if someone had tinkered with the kernel settings in TricksterMod, would like to know have you had any crashes or reboots?
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Changing the governor to one that's included in the kernel and changing CPU speeds within its stock limits is unlikely to cause any instability.
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spectrum, revolution...
Billy Madison said:
What defective are U talking about? I haven't seen one defective LG yet
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I owned an lg spectrum and though mine worked ok for the most part there were many many people reporting problems with that phone, and the same went with the lg revolution. Based off my forum experience with my prior lg's i made the statement. But I do think lg is stepping their game up and at this moment are my favorite.
EDIT: No lag on my G2. The phone absolutely screams, performance wise.
Another tip, until Android 4.3 comes out for the G2 (or we get AOSP) is to use the Lag Fix app. On my old Galaxy Nexus, this goddamn thing produced _AMAZING_ results. The bug that causes this is apparently fixed in 4.3, but since our G2s are running 4.2.2, I figured I might as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1971852
and the app itself...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmonkey.lagfix
I have it scheduled to fstrim every morning at 5AM. A bit excessive? I don't care, my GNex loved it... it was like having a freshly installed OS every morning.
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I owned an lg spectrum and though mine worked ok for the most part there were many many people reporting problems with that phone, and the same went with the lg revolution. Based off my forum experience with my prior lg's i made the statement. But I do think lg is stepping their game up and at this moment are my favorite.
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So another words your going off of nothing. Kinda a big statement to say a company sells defective devices and will deal with it later but have no basis. Oh the wonderful internet.Jeeesh
you win
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What defective are U talking about? I haven't seen one defective LG yet
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So another words your going off of nothing. Kinda a big statement to say a company sells defective devices and will deal with it later but have no basis. Oh the wonderful internet.Jeeesh
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so my naming two phones and my experience with them and my countless hours of monitoring their forums and helping people with issues and reading the countless reports of the same issues over and over is nothing? ok
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I owned an lg spectrum and though mine worked ok for the most part there were many many people reporting problems with that phone, and the same went with the lg revolution. Based off my forum experience with my prior lg's i made the statement. But I do think lg is stepping their game up and at this moment are my favorite.
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Ppl are constantly and forever reporting problems. Are there exist phone that is not prone to problems? For example Apple iphone X, did any of iPhone series have not had issues reported? 50% of ppl's problems goes from not reading in-box including manuals and instructions and asking simple and silly questions all over forums. I don't blame those ppl and not calling them silly, everybody has job and family to spend time instead of reading manuals. And other 50% part of reports is indeed from defective units but I doubt you have any proof that revolution & spectrum had many more defective units in stores than, say, galaxys
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Ppl are constantly and forever reporting problems. Are there exist phone that is not prone to problems? For example Apple iphone X, did any of iPhone series have not had issues reported? 50% of ppl's problems goes from not reading in-box including manuals and instructions and asking simple and silly questions all over forums. I don't blame those ppl and not calling them silly, everybody has job and family to spend time instead of reading manuals. And other 50% part of reports is indeed from defective units but I doubt you have any proof that revolution & spectrum had many more defective units in stores than, say, galaxys
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I never said LG produces more defective units than anyone else. I just said that my experience with them is that many defective units get sold. I'm sure everyone does this as it is with all technology. (how many of us who build our own PC's have received DOA parts) I've only owned samsung and LG phones and my experience so far has been LG is better.
Anyway! it's not the subject I was making this thread about.
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I never said LG produces more defective units than anyone else. I just said that my experience with them is that many defective units get sold. I'm sure everyone does this as it is with all technology. (how many of us who build our own PC's have received DOA parts)
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for me: I've never in whole life, but I try to pick up brands and models carefully. Even raid x0 of 4 hitachis works 24/7/365 flawlessly fur years
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I've only owned samsung and LG phones and my experience so far has been LG is better.
Anyway! it's not the subject I was making this thread about.
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I'm too didn't want to be offendive but only tried to stat that lg selling garbage and selling defective units is mere exaggeration IMHO. So this is the proof
On a fresh reboot, Smart Manager shows over 80% RAM usage constantly with no apps open. I'm running the same apps as I did on my Nexus 4 and that never went over 80% at boot. The only main difference is that the S6 has WiFi calling. Could that account for this high RAM usage? I wonder if it's related to the high cell standby battery drain bug...
No. It's touchwiz. I had a one plus one. At any given monet I had 1.5GB ram available for my apps. So multitasking on it was wonderful because apps didn't close. With the s6, there is so much touchwiz stuff open in the background that only about 400mb is available for my apps. Apps often redraw making multitasking a miss on this phone. They say unused ram is water ram. Well I'd rather have 1.5GB ram available for my apps instead of my phone having al it's own system apps run in the background and leave me nothing for my downloads apps
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Android 5.0,5.0.1,5.0.2 and 5.1 have this bug, memory management is really bad on those versions. They'll fix that in 5.1.1
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Android 5.0,5.0.1,5.0.2 and 5.1 have this bug, memory management is really bad on those versions. They'll fix that in 5.1.1
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I'm aware of the poor memory management but that results in RAM being low after having the phone on for some time. In this case, I'm seeing low RAM right after boot, which is something even my Nexus 4 running 5.0.1 did not experience.
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I got the same issue with my S6. I switched to Nova Launcher and it's just as bad. I literally idle on 75% and shoots to 90% with any single app open.
It's quite annoying, but it's surprising that something like this is so ram hungry.
I think samsung is aware of the issue but there isn't anything they can do about it right this moment.
Hopefully they fix it soon.
with 5.1.1 there will be a memory fix
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with 5.1.1 there will be a memory fix
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Is that a guess/optimism or is that 100% confirmed?
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Is that a guess/optimism or is that 100% confirmed?
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100% confirmed by google
Samsung Don't know about it ! Hahaha
I opened a Support Ticket with Samsung and read what they said..... That they don't have any known issue. LoL :laugh::laugh::laugh:
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Paige: It must be inconvenient as the device is using excessive RAM. I will try my best to assist you.
Visitor: I am using this device in USA. T-Mobile USA
Visitor: http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/05/01/samsung-galaxy-s6-memory-problem/
Paige: Thank you.
Paige: We do not have any such reported issue.
Visitor: Then I am the first reporting it!
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Visitor: Looks all the links in the web
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Visitor: More than 500 complaints
Visitor: Let do something. I will return it to the TMobile store tomorrow morning, since Samsung is unable to resolve the issue. Anyone knows this except Samsung Support. Wow..... Great !
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Visitor: No Thanks I have it Will return that piece of **** to them tomorrow.
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Visitor: http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge/515005-normal-ram-usage.html
Visitor: http://www.sammobile.com/2015/04/28/poor-ram-management-affecting-the-galaxy-s6-and-s6-edge/
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Android 5.0,5.0.1,5.0.2 and 5.1 have this bug, memory management is really bad on those versions. They'll fix that in 5.1.1
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Waiting for Samsung that maybe happens in 6 months.....
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No. It's touchwiz. I had a one plus one. At any given monet I had 1.5GB ram available for my apps. So multitasking on it was wonderful because apps didn't close. With the s6, there is so much touchwiz stuff open in the background that only about 400mb is available for my apps. Apps often redraw making multitasking a miss on this phone. They say unused ram is water ram. Well I'd rather have 1.5GB ram available for my apps instead of my phone having al it's own system apps run in the background and leave me nothing for my downloads apps
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Then I will return it to T-Mobile and get a LG G4.
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I opened a Support Ticket with Samsung and read what they said..... That they don't have any known issue. LoL :laugh::laugh::laugh:
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Paige: It must be inconvenient as the device is using excessive RAM. I will try my best to assist you.
Visitor: I am using this device in USA. T-Mobile USA
Visitor: http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/05/01/samsung-galaxy-s6-memory-problem/
Paige: Thank you.
Paige: We do not have any such reported issue.
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Visitor: Looks all the links in the web
Paige: We are unable to speculate when/if the software revision might be available due to the fact that this might lead to inaccurate information and confusion. Should this become available, it will be posted on our website in the Samsung Download Center or you will be informed by your service provider.
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Visitor: Let do something. I will return it to the TMobile store tomorrow morning, since Samsung is unable to resolve the issue. Anyone knows this except Samsung Support. Wow..... Great !
Paige: Sure.
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Visitor: No Thanks I have it Will return that piece of **** to them tomorrow.
Visitor: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/help/ram-usage-t3072492
Visitor: Read, get instructed
Visitor: http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge/515005-normal-ram-usage.html
Visitor: http://www.sammobile.com/2015/04/28/poor-ram-management-affecting-the-galaxy-s6-and-s6-edge/
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Waiting for Samsung that maybe happens in 6 months.....
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Then I will return it to T-Mobile and get a LG G4.
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they know about the RAM issue. all tech sites are puting this issue up on the news and me inc have notified samsung about it so that`S bulls*it from Samsungs part saying they don`t know about it.
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For NEXUS devices, where the issue was traced to boot animation nothing to do with Samsung.
I have a Z3, M9, Moto X 2014 & Nexus 6 all running lollipop all of which are not eating ram and have plenty of free ram that they can multitask without force refreshing.
This issue is a Samsung issue - but people like to jump on the blame lollipop bandwagon.
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For NEXUS devices, where the issue was traced to boot animation nothing to do with Samsung.
I have a Z3, M9, Moto X 2014 & Nexus 6 all running lollipop all of which are not eating ram and have plenty of free ram that they can multitask without force refreshing.
This issue is a Samsung issue - but people like to jump on the blame lollipop bandwagon.
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Refreshing is the way Sammy set up the taskkiller. TouchWiz always filled a lot of RAM, don't expect that to change anytime soon. And that isn't a problem, unless you actually run out of RAM. Unused RAM is wasted RAM. Besides, there are countless memory leaks everywhere.. Kernel, Framework, Android... Practically everywhere and always. We can speak about problems if our OOM Killers spring into action, before that there is literally no problem, be it 80% usage or 10%.
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For NEXUS devices, where the issue was traced to boot animation nothing to do with Samsung.
I have a Z3, M9, Moto X 2014 & Nexus 6 all running lollipop all of which are not eating ram and have plenty of free ram that they can multitask without force refreshing.
This issue is a Samsung issue - but people like to jump on the blame lollipop bandwagon.
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Agree. I had the S5 and Nexus 6 and didn't happened to them.
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they know about the RAM issue. all tech sites are puting this issue up on the news and me inc have notified samsung about it so that`S bulls*it from Samsungs part saying they don`t know about it.
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I agree 100% with you. I am tempted to return the freaking S6 Edge to T-Mobile and get my Nexus 6 back.
Hello everyone, I just signed up to this, recently bought a galaxy s6 (here in the uk) I'm having problems with the ram as others are having, I have taken a screen shot of the ram usage, can someone please take a look and tell me if this is normal or not ( I don't know a lot about tech )
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Hello everyone, I just signed up to this, recently bought a galaxy s6 (here in the uk) I'm having problems with the ram as others are having, I have taken a screen shot of the ram usage, can someone please take a look and tell me if this is normal or not ( I don't know a lot about tech )
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Are your apps force closing and can't you open new apps? If no, everything is fine. TouchWiz always uses a lot of RAM, no reason to worry
nookcoloruser said:
For NEXUS devices, where the issue was traced to boot animation nothing to do with Samsung.
I have a Z3, M9, Moto X 2014 & Nexus 6 all running lollipop all of which are not eating ram and have plenty of free ram that they can multitask without force refreshing.
This issue is a Samsung issue - but people like to jump on the blame lollipop bandwagon.
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I agree with you, while I had the Nexus 6 I didn't experienced such bad ram management. I think I will go back to N6.
I am experiencing the same laggyiness that others are referring to with my s6 and it is frustrating especially when the phone is 4 days old.
Scrolling on webpages and facebook app is hit and miss and apps sometimes force close and run VERY VERY slow.
Now, my 2 mo. old S6 Edge lose the feature of fast charging. And takes 6 hrs. for a full charge. After 4 hrs of troubleshooting, fights with all T-Mobile departments they will send me a new replacememt phone for a $20 change fee. Take note, that happened after activating the Ultra Saving Mode for the battery after reaching 5%.
I have been using nova launcher, disable a few google stuff and one drive which I am not using it seems that it does work pretty well i got something between 650-750mb free of ram, thus I have international version which does not have bloatware
You're busy and don't have time to wait, which is why you need to stop reading this thread and get back to organizing your Pogs. Rate this thread to express how the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge performs when multitasking. A higher rating indicates that the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge keeps many apps in memory so that they don't need to reload, and that when moving between apps, transitions are smooth and performance is excellent.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Should give 5-stars, but ram management is still f*ckd. Considering that my old N3 with 1gb less ram could hold more apps in ram than my new shiny S7E
We closed my thread... http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/bad-ram-management-t3329973/page5
Check this out : https://youtu.be/MQ8pTGCcW7A?t=155
Even light apps can't keep in background.
So if I installed a different ROM, would the RAM issue still there?
No. You need root and a few lines in the build prop to fix it
Cmon guys its samsung we are talking about, they will probably fix it in future updates.
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Cmon guys its samsung we are talking about, they will probably fix it in future updates.
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I didn't know they fixed the problem with the S6 from last year...
there is a HUGE improvement over the S6... full stars
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there is a HUGE improvement over the S6... full stars
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Maybe, but it's still worse than an aging nexus 5 which is sad considering the difference in hardware.
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Maybe, but it's still worse than an aging nexus 5 which is sad considering the difference in hardware.
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i think it's at a nice balance right now. it suspends RAM much less aggressive than S6, and not as lax some older custom phones where it can start saving battery by not need to retain apps in RAM...
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i think it's at a nice balance right now. it suspends RAM much less aggressive than S6, and not as lax some older custom phones where it can start saving battery by not need to retain apps in RAM...
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I don't think it saved battery life, the S6 didn't has the best battery life for killing apps... And reload apps make it consumes more power.
DoKaTSuYa said:
I don't think it saved battery life, the S6 didn't has the best battery life for killing apps... And reload apps make it consumes more power.
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S6 at least for the Edge has lower than average battery capacity to begin with...
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S6 at least for the Edge has lower than average battery capacity to begin with...
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Yes so ?? it had amoled screen, exynos proc...
5 easy.. 18 apps is my record waaaay more than I need!
I have 18 apps in memory, 4 of which are chrome tabs and none are games. I was just looking up verizons customer service number in the Google app. I switched to the dialer and typed in as much as I could remember. Then I switched back to the Google app, and it lost my search results. Typed in verizon customer service again and got the rest of the number. Switched back to the dialer and it cleared the numbers I've typed in. Pathetic. I was getting the customer service number because my unit was scratched out of the box and wanted to exchange it, now I think I'll just return it. My MXPE, which costs half of what this phone does, never had this issue.
Edit: chrome also stutters but I think this might be due to all the ads running. I've always used Ada way before.
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I have 18 apps in memory, 4 of which are chrome tabs and none are games. I was just looking up verizons customer service number in the Google app. I switched to the dialer and typed in as much as I could remember. Then I switched back to the Google app, and it lost my search results. Typed in verizon customer service again and got the rest of the number. Switched back to the dialer and it cleared the numbers I've typed in. Pathetic. I was getting the customer service number because my unit was scratched out of the box and wanted to exchange it, now I think I'll just return it. My MXPE, which costs half of what this phone does, never had this issue.
Edit: chrome also stutters but I think this might be due to all the ads running. I've always used Ada way before.
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You have S820 or Exynos ?
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You have S820 or Exynos ?
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SD820, on verizon.
Also now with 21 apps, everytime I try switching to a chrome tab it refreshes the page.
With exynos i never had this issue like you.
I can open easly 10-15 apps and when i switch to copy a number, I tried because of your story, I never had to reload anything, first try I could read multiple times the number and switch to another app an back.
This could be a SD820 issue and not a S7e overall problem.
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With exynos i never had this issue like you.
I can open easly 10-15 apps and when i switch to copy a number, I tried because of your story, I never had to reload anything, first try I could read multiple times the number and switch to another app an back.
This could be a SD820 issue and not a S7e overall problem.
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same here, have the Exynos.. have no problems with RAM what so ever, it holds 18+ apps in RAM
exynos here... the same as the above... no problem at all
Does anyone expect the S9/S9+ to go through a honeymoon phase and become standard Samsung: lag and micro-stutters? I am not sure if I can trust Samsung's software, but damn that hardware is amazing.
nviz22 said:
Does anyone expect the S9/S9+ to go through a honeymoon phase and become standard Samsung: lag and micro-stutters? I am not sure if I can trust Samsung's software, but damn that hardware is amazing.
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No lag here
No lag on mine. Works the same as my S8+.
It works better than s8 with filled ram. It is almost as fluid and fast as pixel 2 and U11 plus.
I had the S7 Edge and even after 2 years I never had lag. The only difference I noticed was the battery wasn't lasting as long, but that's expected.
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I had the S7 Edge and even after 2 years I never had lag. The only difference I noticed was the battery wasn't lasting as long, but that's expected.
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Is that because of the Exynos processor and how Samsung optimizes their devices better to deal with their own proprietary SoC? I had issues with the S7 lagging with the Snapdragon model. I sold my old one off to my friend and he had to put nova launcher to get rid of the main lag.
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Is that because of the Exynos processor and how Samsung optimizes their devices better to deal with their own proprietary SoC? I had issues with the S7 lagging with the Snapdragon model. I sold my old one off to my friend and he had to put nova launcher to get rid of the main lag.
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It's Exynos yes. Also, I always use Nova so if the lag is with Touchwiz, I wouldn't know.
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It's Exynos yes. Also, I always use Nova so if the lag is with Touchwiz, I wouldn't know.
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Ah, that explains why because many probably do that to avoid possible lag with Touchwiz/Samsung Experience. I am contemplating going with a Pixel 2 now vs waiting for the S9+ Snapdragon model to drop in price. If I get the Pixel 2, I am looking to get the Pixel 3 later on too.
No lag here butter smooth on my exynos version,coming from s8+,one plus 5/5t, Huawei mate 10 pro.
Feels really nice and snappy
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Does anyone expect the S9/S9+ to go through a honeymoon phase and become standard Samsung: lag and micro-stutters? I am not sure if I can trust Samsung's software, but damn that hardware is amazing.
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My S9 plus is running smoothly.
I have had the S9+ for a couple of days and unfortunately, I am experiencing the classic Samsung Lag (TM). One the first day, the phone was smooth as butter but as days went by, I started to experience UI jitters and micro-stutters everywhere. I uninstalled a few apps here and there, removed Samsung Pay from the home screen, deleted bxActions which might be causing the issue, etc., but nothing seems to help. Others report that their phone is lag free which confuses me to no end.
I was burned by Samsung with the S3 and swore to myself to never return. But i decided to give the S9+ a try because of the hardware, and I am super disappointed by this. I might try and reset the phone but I doubt it will help.
no issues with mine, butter smooth. running for a week, with all my software installed. bloatware uninstalled/ disabled.
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I have had the S9+ for a couple of days and unfortunately, I am experiencing the classic Samsung Lag (TM). One the first day, the phone was smooth as butter but as days went by, I started to experience UI jitters and micro-stutters everywhere. I uninstalled a few apps here and there, removed Samsung Pay from the home screen, deleted bxActions which might be causing the issue, etc., but nothing seems to help. Others report that their phone is lag free which confuses me to no end.
I was burned by Samsung with the S3 and swore to myself to never return. But i decided to give the S9+ a try because of the hardware, and I am super disappointed by this. I might try and reset the phone but I doubt it will help.
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I've read other forums to do a factory reset. disable the Samsung apps you don't use. try that. it might help.
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I've read other forums to do a factory reset. disable the Samsung apps you don't use. try that. it might help.
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I did a factory reset before setting up the device, and transferred SMS'es, photos and call history from my old phone (OnePlus5). I even performed the 'wipe cache partition' which seemed to have helped but there is still a persistent micro-stutter almost everywhere. I am contemplating a factory reset but i am not sure if it will help.
Would it be too much to ask u to record a video of you going through normal apps on your phone, just to judge the smoothness on your end?
mufaa said:
I did a factory reset before setting up the device, and transferred SMS'es, photos and call history from my old phone (OnePlus5). I even performed the 'wipe cache partition' which seemed to have helped but there is still a persistent micro-stutter almost everywhere. I am contemplating a factory reset but i am not sure if it will help.
Would it be too much to ask u to record a video of you going through normal apps on your phone, just to judge the smoothness on your end?
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Unlock developer options and change these three things to .5 instead of 1
I'm with some on here with the scare of lag down the road. I have jump on demand so I'm not too worried about it. My s8+ lasted about a month before it started lagging and my note 8 which I still have has lag which started about a month after purchase.
But so far this phone is so fluid and fast I haven't even thought about my oneplus 5t at all and currently thinking about selling it. If this phone keeps this up I might finally be a happy Samsung fan since the note 2.
I know I'm extremely happy with night photos too.
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Does anyone expect the S9/S9+ to go through a honeymoon phase and become standard Samsung: lag and micro-stutters? I am not sure if I can trust Samsung's software, but damn that hardware is amazing.
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Software doesn't "degenerate," neither does the hardware. It either works or it doesn't. No in between with computers.
If it slows down, that's your fault, not Samsung. The reason why it may "slow down over time" is because of you playing around with settings, messing around with package disablers (pro tip: this does absolutely nothing to help the battery/performance, it makes it worse), or you download ****ty apps over time.
AP actually mentioned this in the S9/S9+. It looks like with Samsung Experience 9, Samsung has sort of neutered the lag beast -- it started with the Note 8 which, apparently, is still snappy months later. So they're saying there's hope that the improved performance should persist through the S9 series. Here's what they said exactly:
"The Galaxy S9 is the first phone on sale to use Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 845 chipset, and as such, all eyes will be on it to see how the new silicon fares. (As a side note, we don’t have the international Exynos variant, and while that new chip does benchmark insanely well, there remain major questions about its real-world performance chops.)
My experience with the Galaxy S9 in the first week of use has been quite good in regard to performance. Of course, anyone who’s used a Samsung phone in recent years might tell you that while the phones are fast out of the box, that feeling tends to fade considerably with time - and I still found that true of the Galaxy S8. But it seems Samsung may be turning over a new leaf, according to our senior editor Ryan Whitwam, starting with the Note8: that phone has remained fast in the months since he started using it, and I’ve seen few long-term performance complaints on the web.
The S9 is already noticeably snappier than even a brand-new Galaxy S8 or Note8, and so I’m hoping that Samsung’s reputation for slowdown over time is one that we can finally get past. I’ll continue using the S9+ for a while after this review just to see how it ages."
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The game changer here aside from a slightly more efficient CPU, is the fact that the s9+ has 6GB of RAM. That's gonna be the difference over all on performance. Right now I haven't messed with transitions (in developer options) or done any of the "Optimizations" normally recommended for a Samsung phone and it is lightning fast. I have the Snapdragon version too, not the Exynos. But it's definitely noticeably faster and I had the S8+.
Coming from note 8 this phone is running even more smoothly than my note 8. It's like butter!
I'm strongly leaning on getting the s9+ from At&t. The only problem is that it has a locked bootloader. I've been on the flashaholic routine ever since my first android phone (htc OneX). Should I just purchase the At&t version and probably never get root/custom ROM ever? Purchasing the unlocked version would still be affected since it's the snapdragon version. Would that version (SM-G965U) have s better chance of getting root etc in the future, or is the snapdragon s9+ just locked down?