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After a few days of playing with my S4 I would have to say I'm not very happy with it. My smart stay setting don't work but maybe a 1/4 of the time if that. My voice commands don't work but half the time and I get a bit of lag from time to time. I've always used the stock browser in the past cause of flash player and now that don't work right, along with every now and then not being able to click links like its lagging but yet the url, bookmarks, Window manager, and menu button work. Plus the battery life hasn't been to great but that may be me being used to the note 2 battery. If anyone else is getting the same thing or knows of fixes please let me know. I have had these problems on fully stock, rooted with stock debloated, and now on rooted stock. Should I just wait and see what roms come out or should I try to return it and if I should return it is there a way back to non rooted fully stock? Thank you for your time.
edit 5/30: i just got done formating the int and ext storage to start from scratch. after that i noticed hyperdrive was just released so i installed that. phone softbricked cause i tried to install the ads mod from the app he has on the rom. was getting missing file errors and i/o error when tring to restore/wipe/install anything. did the no-wipe factory image and had to wipe data and factory reset after to get it out of bootloop. now im back and phone seems to be running great (but not sure about the voice commands and smart screen stuff just yet). i think my problem was i didnt change the save folder for titanium backup to sd card and i had some rom backups in the int. storage. figured this out when i went to make a backup and it said not enough memory. so if your having problems with lag double check your int. storage to make sure you have plenty of space.
Sounds like every S 4 I have ever seen.
joeyx2 said:
After a few days of playing with my S4 I would have to say I'm not very happy with it. My smart stay setting don't work but maybe a 1/4 of the time if that. My voice commands don't work but half the time and I get a bit of lag from time to time. I've always used the stock browser in the past cause of flash player and now that don't work right, along with every now and then not being able to click links like its lagging but yet the url, bookmarks, Window manager, and menu button work. Plus the battery life hasn't been to great but that may be me being used to the note 2 battery. If anyone else is getting the same thing or knows of fixes please let me know. I have had these problems on fully stock, rooted with stock debloated, and now on rooted stock. Should I just wait and see what roms come out or should I try to return it and if I should return it is there a way back to non rooted fully stock? Thank you for your time.
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Cleanrom would be nice right about now but I heard it will be a while till he can get his hands on one. Looks like I may have to just wait it out for some roms to come out And hope the wonderful devs can get this thing running good. God knows verizon cant do it.
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Cleanrom would be nice right about now but I heard it will be a while till he can get his hands on one. Looks like I may have to just wait it out for some roms to come out And hope the wonderful devs can get this thing running good. God knows verizon cant do it.
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Looking at his site, he got his donations, and was about to purchase the device. He should just be waiting for its arrival. Give it a week or two and he will likely have a ROM cooked
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Thanks for the heads up! I ran it on my note 2 and loved it. Can't freaking wait!
Glad I brightened things up a bit for you!! Heck I am looking to upgrade soon and am considering the gs4. Been testing the waters in anticipation. I ran one of scotts roms years ago on my Optimus S (moved to the nexus s 4g, to currently the epic 4g touch) and he made a solid rom then, I know that.
I came from a note 2 as well. I can't wait for custom roms. The stock rom Sucks. I miss clean rom and beanstown but I'm sure everything will be here soon because the S series devices always have more development because they're more popular and more of an everyone phone unlike the note which isn't for everyone.
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I've seen none of that. This phone hasn't lagged once. Huge upgrade over my Galaxy nexus.
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I've noticed the Verizon S4 lags when compared to the T-Mobile variant.
the issue with links you cant click is an bug browser freezing up.hopefully they will fix it soon.temp u can clise tge broswer and then fire back up and it should work.
I wonder in Verizon applied the latest update like all the other carruers did that took care of lag etc...I remember something in early may that the other carriers were getting an update to address the lag issue and since our phones were just released last week...it may be a little bit before Verizon catches up.
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The Galaxy S3 was the first android phone that I could say finally solved the laggyness that has been there since the droid. I have an iphone 5, S3, and the S4. The S4, at least mine, is clearly faster then my S3, and the even the iphone (which has always been pinnacle of non lag phones)......can't even compare with the S4 smoothness, and that is saying something.
I hate lag, hated it since the OGDroid, and can see immediately. I'm sorry you're having issues with you're S4, but I really don't know what alternative phone you could buy as of now.....because, if i'm not mistaking, the S4,HTC One or Iphone.....are the only phones you can buy with the least amount of lag as of todays date.
Best of luck to you.
Well I need to do some more testing with the voice command. I went outside today (were is bright) and noticed that some of the clear stickers on the side of the phone were still there. Just not to sure if the ones I pulled off was covering the mic. If it's better from here on out I will definitely feel like a de de deee.
edit: still having a little of trouble but it may have to do with background noises and the phone volume being all the way up.
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Cleanrom would be nice right about now but I heard it will be a while till he can get his hands on one. Looks like I may have to just wait it out for some roms to come out And hope the wonderful devs can get this thing running good. God knows verizon cant do it.
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Tks for the tip.
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I've seen none of that. This phone hasn't lagged once. Huge upgrade over my Galaxy nexus.
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Same here.
I turned off all the Air gestures, and other 'features' that I don't need or care about and switched to ADW EX launcher.
Very pleased with the S4.
I'm happy with my GS4. No issues with me. My battery has been treating me much better compared to my old LG Revolution. I haven't noticed any lag on my phone and that's something I noticed all the time on 2.3.6
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That sucks. I'm glad I haven't had any issues.
I kept reading posts about the S4 being laggy, so I was a little worried when I picked mine up yesterday. Luckily, I seem to have a lag free version.
I came from an iPhone 5, and this S4 is much faster. Prior to that I had a gnex, and there is night and day difference between that and the S4.
Omg, Clean Rom is coming!!!!!! I cant wait, his roms are seriously top notch, I have renewed faith!!!!
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I came from a note 2 as well. I can't wait for custom roms. The stock rom Sucks. I miss clean rom and beanstown but I'm sure everything will be here soon because the S series devices always have more development because they're more popular and more of an everyone phone unlike the note which isn't for everyone.
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What are you guys talking about here, you can run other carrier roms, what is your hold up? You can run any rom the ATT I337 can, to include sprint and t-mobile roms. you just need to use the loki patch (verizon) within the recovery apps. Smile and start here...Cheer up Charlie!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
I have the SM-G925W8 5.0.2, was wondering if its possible to manually update to 5.1.1 on a different baseband?
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I have the SM-G925W8 5.0.2, was wondering if its possible to manually update to 5.1.1 on a different baseband?
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No man. Since there is no firmware available for your device you would have to flash a different one and that's a big no no. It could brick your phone. Be patient. The wait is almost over.
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No man. Since there is no firmware available for your device you would have to flash a different one and that's a big no no. It could brick your phone. Be patient. The wait is almost over.
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Not quite. Canadian carrier, at least Rogers, told us 5.1.1 would be pushed in June. Turns out they pushed it back to September, confirmed also by Telus. I don't understand why our twin brother the Tmo variant got it and not us, Heck, they've even received other OTAs after 5.1.1
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Not quite. Canadian carrier, at least Rogers, told us 5.1.1 would be pushed in June. Turns out they pushed it back to September, confirmed also by Telus. I don't understand why our twin brother the Tmo variant got it and not us, Heck, they've even received other OTAs after 5.1.1
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Like I said. Almost over. September is less than 5 weeks away. I'm personally in no rush to get 5.1.1 and lose Ping Pong which might explain our different perspective on time and it's relativity.
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Like I said. Almost over. September is less than 5 weeks away. I'm personally in no rush to get 5.1.1 and lose Ping Pong which might explain our different perspective on time and it's relativity.
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Pingpong or not, september is pretty far away if you consider all the bugs we have to live with for another month, at least, possibly 2 if its at the end of september. Anyways, i'm ditching my S6 and getting the Note 5. Regardless of 5.1.1, you cant fix a 2500mah battery with a firmware update...this is my first Samsung phone that I need to plug it in if I do anything other than go to work. Even with root, and greenify, and a bunch of frozen apps a features, and other optimizations, my battery will die during the evening if I don't charge it. I miss the note line, I think it's the best phone ever. The Note 4 was my favorite phone, battery life was stellar, not bug ridden on 5.0 like the S6, there were a wide veriety of roms, tweaks and mods available. If the Note 5 will be anything like the Note 4, but in an S6 style construction, it will be the summum of phones.
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Pingpong or not, september is pretty far away if you consider all the bugs we have to live with for another month, at least, possibly 2 if its at the end of september. Anyways, i'm ditching my S6 and getting the Note 5. Regardless of 5.1.1, you cant fix a 2500mah battery with a firmware update...this is my first Samsung phone that I need to plug it in if I do anything other than go to work. Even with root, and greenify, and a bunch of frozen apps a features, and other optimizations, my battery will die during the evening if I don't charge it. I miss the note line, I think it's the best phone ever. The Note 4 was my favorite phone, battery life was stellar, not bug ridden on 5.0 like the S6, there were a wide veriety of roms, tweaks and mods available. If the Note 5 will be anything like the Note 4, but in an S6 style construction, it will be the summum of phones.
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Yeah I had the note 4 too and it was an amazing phone. It's 10:36 in the morning and my battery is at 57% lol. The only difference with me is that I think I actually like the 5.2 screen better. I'm actually considering the next nexus 5.
Too many cons when you go from galaxy to nexus. Bad camera, bad battery life, the OS in general is snappier but lacking stuff I'd miss on touchwiz.
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Even in same country the update is available to some and not all. Don't know how they plan update, may be by build number.
So I have tried almost every thing to fix the lag that came with lollipop 5.1.1 my phone locks up and becomes completely unresponsive . Until I reboot. Often when I'm browsing and the phone rings I am not able to answer it and end up rebooting the phone and calling back the missed call. I was about to revert to kitkat when I decided to try removing my micro sdcard. I opened up a lot of apps YouTube Facebook Twitter etc. And had my wife call me twice. So far no problems and no lag. If I can get by for a week like this with no issues I will just live without the sdcard. Otherwise I go back to kitkat
I'm noticing the same thing on 5.1.1 and I haven't been able to isolate it. I thought it might be a corrupted app so I downgraded or reinstalled frequently used apps. Still testing. Downgrading to KK isn't an option for me because I want to be patched for stage fright. I wish they would release a KK rom that's patched.
According to the stage fright app 5.1.1 is still vulnerable.
hey ashraf sharif i've been going thru the same thing it is so annoying to have to take back cover off then batt because phone won't respond also i had to disable volte because some phone call will not ring my phone they would go straight to voice mail turn volte off fix that problem. the other thing i notice with the upgrade when you take a picture and you want to send it usually i would select the < with the 3 dots=share via and then i can pick message it no longer says that. only choice now wifi bluetooth i made a back up of 5.0 might go back to that later on today
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According to the stage fright app 5.1.1 is still vulnerable.
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Yeah. I hear ya. The Lookout app says I'm not patched either but I thought it was well known that OG6 patched for Stagefright. So I'm not sure I trust the Lookout app. Anyone else know for sure?
i dont remove the battery i just press vol down and home and power . this reboots it. removing the sdcard helps alot initially but the longer the phone is on the buggier it gets. im going back to kitkat
doing a ob1 right now from scratch getting tired of turning phone on off on off will leave it on ob1 until a better approve working update is put out
I'm back on nk2 kitkat towelroot. My phone seems like new. Lollipop simply demands more ram than the s5 has . This happened with the Motorola atrix when ice cream sandwich was released. Motorola decided not to upgrade the atrix . A test firmware was leaked that was extremely Laggy and drained the battery in less than half an hour. Every android phone I had ran better on the earlier firmwares. I Will Wait Another 8 Months Till My 2 S5s Are Paid Off By that Time I can get the s7. The thing that kills me is I'm not even debloated on nk2 and it runs with no stutters and freezes at all.im just glad the phone is stable again
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yes it feels good to be back to normal like you the only thing i need to do is re paint the red dot to white my phone never got wet but it shows red tmobile say $200.00 trade in so that's my next project to perfect the red dot to white.LOL
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Yeah. I hear ya. The Lookout app says I'm not patched either but I thought it was well known that OG6 patched for Stagefright. So I'm not sure I trust the Lookout app. Anyone else know for sure?
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It's true, more attack vectors were found after Google rushed the patch out to AOSP/Manufacturers.
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So tonight I decided to do a refresh and via stock recovery wipe cache and then wipe data and factory reset. I then reinstall everything from scratch. So far I'm seeing good results. I'll let you know if they last....or if they don't.
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I'm back on ne6 kitkat towelroot. My phone seems like new. Lollipop simply demands more ram than the s5 has . This happened with the Motorola atrix when ice cream sandwich was released. Motorola decided not to upgrade the atrix . A teat firmware was leaked that was extremely Laggy and drained the battery in less than half an hour. Every android phone I had ran better on the earlier firmwares. I Will Wait Another 8 Months Till My 2 S5s Are Paid Off By TBA Time I can get the s7. The thing that kills me is I'm not even debloated on ne6 and it runs with no stutters and freezes at all.im just glad the phone is stable again
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I have the exact same issues! I was really hoping I wouldn't have them, but I do. Just started happening 2 days ago. It really really pisses me off! They should have put 3gb of ram on this phone. The note 3 has 3 and this phone came out after it. Either way, I am not happy at all! I'm going to try a couple different Roms from the international section and see what happens. But this isn't working. :thumbdown:
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Update, nothing is working! I'm so sick of this phone. I'm taking it back to RAC right now, and I'm gonna ask for a note 3. At least the note 3 I've had before and can handle lollipop. I'm so frustrated with Samsung over this S5 it isn't even funny. I'll update and let u guys know what and if Rent a Center gives me a different phone.
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So tonight I decided to do a refresh and via stock recovery wipe cache and then wipe data and factory reset. I then reinstall everything from scratch. So far I'm seeing good results. I'll let you know if they last....or if they don't.
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I can report that after a few days of use the phone is much more responsive. All the lag seems gone.
I'm having nothing but problems with the S5 and lollipop. Major lag even after Turning down the animations. I'm using my M8 right now, and it's day and night between the 2! Samsung really dropped the ball on the S5 lollipop update. The phone should have came with 3 gigs of ram. Nuff said!
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I can report that after a few days of use the phone is much more responsive. All the lag seems gone.
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Hi I was wondering if this means you're running on KitKat, or if you went back to Lollipop. I really want to stop this lag!
I've spoken to samsung and t mobile about this lag. They both made it seem like I'm the only one with this problem. Good thing I know better.
yea just like they ashure me that they fix stagefright but every app i tried says vulnerable and not to worried also have you notice that when you take a picture and go to the top to pich share with it no longer has message every thing is either wifi this or that .but back to your question yes i went back to 5.0=OB1 firmware
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Hi I was wondering if this means you're running on KitKat, or if you went back to Lollipop. I really want to stop this lag!
I've spoken to samsung and t mobile about this lag. They both made it seem like I'm the only one with this problem. Good thing I know better.
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My lag has come back. I might be going back to KK. ?
DOB1 android 5.0 is working fine for me
have you tried twi5ted lollipop or my roms issues can be fixed
In case you didn't know, T-Mobile has just confirmed via their support page the list of devices - Galaxy S5 included- receiving Android 6.0 in the upcoming weeks/months.
https://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones-tablets-devices/software-updates
Thanks,
Your link seemed broke, but I found the link to the news (Great news for S5 owners):
https://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones-tablets-devices/software-updates#tmoSUPDocTitle
Manufacturer Development
Software Version: Android 6.0 "Marshmallow"
T-Mobile and the device manufacturer have agreed to support a new software update.
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Your link seemed broke, but I found the link to the news (Great news for S5 owners):
https://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones-tablets-devices/software-updates#tmoSUPDocTitle
Manufacturer Development
Software Version: Android 6.0 "Marshmallow"
T-Mobile and the device manufacturer have agreed to support a new software update.
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Thanks and fixed
After 6.0 Im done good news
Sweet! all we need to do is wait 6 months to get it ;=\
Android versions are moving so fast now developers can barely keep up, every new version has less features than the last and by time they start added some a new version is out. Granted 5.1.1 was SOOO bad I'm on cyanogenmod and at my house I don't even have service, id rather deal with that than the phone lagging to the point I have to pull the battery. I'm going to be switching carriers and sticking with cm but this is definitely my last Samsung phone.
I must be one of the ucky few who have almost 0 issues with 0G6, the errors (bugs / problems) I do have are easily fixed by a simple reboot. As for Marshmallow, I've knows for days as I asked a store associate at my carrier store whether or not I was getting it. He checked android central (of all things) to conclude that I was receiving it. And he was right. Now the waiting commences. My only question is, how long does it take for the official firmware to be released after the OTA becomes available?
The phone is unusable on 5.1.1 I don't see it getting better on android m . I always will try a new firmware but my experience has been that any thing after dob1 is crap. and cnk2 is faster than dob1
One other thing . dont hold your breath. I remember samsung saying the gt-19300 was going to get jellybean and then they changed their mind because of not enough ram. the motorola atrix was supposed to get Ice cream sandwich and that was also rescinded due to ram issues. I will believe it when I see it.
i'm too kind of done with samsung they pack the phone with goodies that you can't enjoy if the signal issue is not fix i will change phone brand i've read motorala are excellent with signal
one more bad software and my phone will end up like a marshmallow when i get done with it.LOL
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The phone is unusable on 5.1.1 I don't see it getting better on android m .
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How is it unusuable? running pretty smooth on mine
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How is it unusuable? running pretty smooth on mine
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On my phone after installing fog6 it runs OK for a day or two. Then It gets very laggy. To the point where the screen completely locks up and becomes unresponsive. It freezes.once I reboot the phone it is fine for a few hours but eventually it will freeze again. Typing is hard because of lag. I will type several characters and they won't appear until several seconds later. Often times when the phone rings I try to answer it but the phone becomes unresponsive and I miss the call. I then reboot and find out who called and call them back. This almost always happens if I am using the browser or an app when the phone rings. My phone is rooted and my wife's phone is not but we both have had these lag and performance issues on fog6 and fof6. I even debloated the phones and that still didn't help the lag. A reboot will fix it for a while but the phone will always lag again and freeze up when I need it the most. This is why I reverted to dob1. It is nowhere near as laggy . But even better than dob1 in my opinion is cnk2 . It is kit Kat but runs like a dream with no lag and all apps running no need to debloat. This phone was made for kitkat. It has 2 gigs of ram. That is why it is having problems on lollipop. I don't know how your phone seems to be OK maybe you are just lucky but I use my phone heavily and sad to say it can't perform on lollipop the way it does on 442 kitkat
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On my phone after installing fog6 it runs OK for a day or two. Then It gets very laggy. To the point where the screen completely locks up and becomes unresponsive. It freezes.once I reboot the phone it is fine for a few hours but eventually it will freeze again. Typing is hard because of lag. I will type several characters and they won't appear until several seconds later. Often times when the phone rings I try to answer it but the phone becomes unresponsive and I miss the call. I then reboot and find out who called and call them back. This almost always happens if I am using the browser or an app when the phone rings. My phone is rooted and my wife's phone is not but we both have had these lag and performance issues on fog6 and fof6. I even debloated the phones and that still didn't help the lag. A reboot will fix it for a while but the phone will always lag again and freeze up when I need it the most. This is why I reverted to dob1. It is nowhere near as laggy . But even better than dob1 in my opinion is cnk2 . It is kit Kat but runs like a dream with no lag and all apps running no need to debloat. This phone was made for kitkat. It has 2 gigs of ram. That is why it is having problems on lollipop. I don't know how your phone seems to be OK maybe you are just lucky but I use my phone heavily and sad to say it can't perform on lollipop the way it does on 442 kitkat
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You just explained mine AND my girls phone exactly!!!!! Stock did it so I DE bloated both phones, same issue, Installed shinys kernel and made all the tweaks, same crap. It has nothing to do with the ram, its a software issue and to my knowledge is limited to Tmobile!
afaik the other carriers are on 5.0 which is definitely not as laggy . anyway I am on cnk2 rooted twrp recovery with xposed and everything is running awesome. i could stay with this till the s7 comes out.
5.1.1 has never been laggy and I'm on db01 running cyanideL. Ran Blisspop forever and never any lag. I've seen these post and they are mostly from the same people who have jumped on every firmware update the moment it came out and got jocked everytime! They have caused the issue themselves trying every tweak in the book; the phone final said enough
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How is it unusuable? running pretty smooth on mine
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Some of us are having issues with the latest ROM and lag, slow response to input and the phone just not responding as it did under KitKat.
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5.1.1 has never been laggy and I'm on db01 running cyanideL. Ran Blisspop forever and never any lag. I've seen these post and they are mostly from the same people who have jumped on every firmware update the moment it came out and got jocked everytime! They have caused the issue themselves trying every tweak in the book; the phone final said enough
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Not sure I agree with this. I moved from at ATT S4 running KK to the S5 running 5.1.1. S4 ran fine but just a tad slow. So I figured I'd "upgrade". BTW, I'm as stock as one can be and have the same type of issues.
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5.1.1 has never been laggy and I'm on db01 running cyanideL. Ran Blisspop forever and never any lag. I've seen these post and they are mostly from the same people who have jumped on every firmware update the moment it came out and got jocked everytime! They have caused the issue themselves trying every tweak in the book; the phone final said enough
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My girls phone came stock with fof6 and she couldn't deal with the non stop lag so I tried debloating it for her which didn't help, At that time I was running the sickness rom and happy. Later the fog6 came out and I told her Id update her phone clean with odin to it and do mine as well as I wanted the stagefright patched and hoped that since I was several radios behind I may get better signal at my house. After that we remained stock and within days it was not usable so I began debloating both phones, which didn't help. Shinys kernel was the only thing that helped but the lag out still occurs daily. I agree updating the phone is what caused the lag, but that's what people buy new phones for and update them, to stay current!
Let's hope that the bugs are worked out in 6.0. I believe samsung knows what to do with this phone if they are updating it. We all love touchwiz and deserve the same experience, newer device owners have. All I'm saying is be thankful, because if the Korean company was right about the prediction of 6.0, we wouldn't be receiving this update at all
well it says it's done now to see how long before we get it look here=https://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones-tablets-devices/software-updates#tmoSUPDocTitle
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well it says it's done now to see how long before we get it look here=https://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones-tablets-devices/software-updates#tmoSUPDocTitle
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I'm showing its still in manufacture development.
the software it self state stage 3 completed now for each diff phone is a diff story
Hi, I want to root my galaxy s6 edge and install custom kernel on it. This is in an attempt to speed it up a bit because it is painfully slow compared to other manufacturers' flagships. Even my old htc one m7 feels like it runs faster.
Anyways I have a gear VR and gear s2 and I wonder if the related apps on my phone will have any issues with the root or the custom kernel. Also will I receive OTA updates with the custom recovery? Actually do I need a custom recovery to flash a new kernel?
Thanks
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Hi, I want to root my galaxy s6 edge and install custom kernel on it. This is in an attempt to speed it up a bit because it is painfully slow compared to other manufacturers' flagships. Even my old htc one m7 feels like it runs faster.
Anyways I have a gear VR and gear s2 and I wonder if the related apps on my phone will have any issues with the root or the custom kernel. Also will I receive OTA updates with the custom recovery? Actually do I need a custom recovery to flash a new kernel?
Thanks
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Try to factory reset first. I don't think rooting then flashing custom kernel would help as long as you're using current setup.
Not sure on the devices support. You won't be receiving ota anymore. Normally we flash a kernel using custom recovery but probably doable using odin provided you can convert in into .tar file.
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Try to factory reset first. I don't think rooting then flashing custom kernel would help as long as you're using current setup.
Not sure on the devices support. You won't be receiving ota anymore. Normally we flash a kernel using custom recovery but probably doable using odin provided you can convert in into .tar file.
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Thanks, but the phone felt slow the second I turned it on after I bought it. It was such a disappointment to have spent that much money for a worse experience than what I already had. Things got a little better after the Marshmallow upgrade, but it is still slow. Factory resetting it will not fix the issue The only reason I bought this device was because I already had the gear S2, which btw is awesome, but some of its options work only with samsung phones. I know this is not the place to complain from Samsung, but they are really annoying. Why won't they fix the fu**ing performance on their phones. And they should really start paying attention to the other parts of the phones other than the camera and the display. Their phones have awful sound and DACs, really low AMPs, explodable batteries, slow bluetooth and the OS updates are released half an year after the official android releases.
If anybody knows a way to at least fix the software speed please share. I will gladly accept suggestions for a good speedy ROM where oculus and gear s2 will work.
raxbg said:
Thanks, but the phone felt slow the second I turned it on after I bought it. It was such a disappointment to have spent that much money for a worse experience than what I already had. Things got a little better after the Marshmallow upgrade, but it is still slow. Factory resetting it will not fix the issue The only reason I bought this device was because I already had the gear S2, which btw is awesome, but some of its options work only with samsung phones. I know this is not the place to complain from Samsung, but they are really annoying. Why won't they fix the fu**ing performance on their phones. And they should really start paying attention to the other parts of the phones other than the camera and the display. Their phones have awful sound and DACs, really low AMPs, explodable batteries, slow bluetooth and the OS updates are released half an year after the official android releases.
If anybody knows a way to at least fix the software speed please share. I will gladly accept suggestions for a good speedy ROM where oculus and gear s2 will work.
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Try to reinitialize the device using smart switch. It shouldn't behaving like that even stock. Hopefully only some files are broken, not a hardware fault.
Sent from my SM-G925F
Rosli59564 said:
Try to reinitialize the device using smart switch. It shouldn't behaving like that even stock. Hopefully only some files are broken, not a hardware fault.
Sent from my SM-G925F
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But I have 2 colleagues with s6 Edge+ phones and theirs are the same. It is not THAT slow, I am over exaggerating here, but I feel like it should be snappier for a phone with its specs. Even watching videos from the Note 7 I can see the same issues present. For example there is scrolling lag here and there, the home button takes several milliseconds to a second to start acting after being pressed (again not always), the app switcher button is also laggy (always). Such things that annoy me. Also, I feel kind of claustrophobic when my device is not rooted These past several months without root have been tough
raxbg said:
But I have 2 colleagues with s6 Edge+ phones and theirs are the same. It is not THAT slow, I am over exaggerating here, but I feel like it should be snappier for a phone with its specs. Even watching videos from the Note 7 I can see the same issues present. For example there is scrolling lag here and there, the home button takes several milliseconds to a second to start acting after being pressed (again not always), the app switcher button is also laggy (always). Such things that annoy me. Also, I feel kind of claustrophobic when my device is not rooted These past several months without root have been tough
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try this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybPAZPoiLJI