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... and using a custom Kernel makes things better? The phone works well on stock ICS but I feel it's quite sluggish and this is disappointing for a phone with a freaking 1.5Ghz Dual Core processor. It's almost as sluggish as ICS was on my old Xperia Ray (which I downgraded because the slugginess was unbearable). I did a full reset and repair of the phone with SUS but nothing changed at all when it comes to smoothness.
Since I have the yellow tinge (not so bad though, in fact I haven't gotten it replaced yet), I'm holding back in doing any sort of modification because I fear they might complain when I finally decide to get it repaired.
I really hate sluggish choppy interfaces and I'd like to know if there is any way to make this phone smoother. Otherwise I might get it replaced, and then sell it as new/just replaced for maximum profit (bought mine used for a good price but it had some scratches on it).
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... and using a custom Kernel makes things better? The phone works well on stock ICS but I feel it's quite sluggish and this is disappointing for a phone with a freaking 1.5Ghz Dual Core processor. It's almost as sluggish as ICS was on my old Xperia Ray (which I downgraded because the slugginess was unbearable). I did a full reset and repair of the phone with SUS but nothing changed at all when it comes to smoothness.
Since I have the yellow tinge (not so bad though, in fact I haven't gotten it replaced yet), I'm holding back in doing any sort of modification because I fear they might complain when I finally decide to get it repaired.
I really hate sluggish choppy interfaces and I'd like to know if there is any way to make this phone smoother. Otherwise I might get it replaced, and then sell it as new/just replaced for maximum profit (bought mine used for a good price but it had some scratches on it).
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I have the same feeling and I am also wondering is there any help after rooting or unlocking the phone.
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I have the same feeling and I am also wondering is there any help after rooting or unlocking the phone.
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there's nothing yet, even if you rooted your phone you wouldn't be able to get rid of it. You COULD try Nova launcher which is a bit smoother than the stock Xperia Launcher (no root needed)
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there's nothing yet, even if you rooted your phone you wouldn't be able to get rid of it. You COULD try Nova launcher which is a bit smoother than the stock Xperia Launcher (no root needed)
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Problem is that I really like stock launcher (all widgets etc.). So there is no hope for now, shame.
Sell it
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you could purge all sony stuff using Titanium backup or smth like that (root needed) and install this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557091
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but that's a hell of a job
How disappointing. This phone is very powerful but it's so damn slow it makes me rage. Even the browser is nowhere near as smooth as the one on the Galaxy SII or even the Galaxy S.
I'm starting to get buyer's remorse even though I only paid 300€ for it.
If Sony doesn't get their **** together and make their crappy bloat ridden software more smooth than this (it's seriously utterly slow even compared to the iPhone3GS or even compared to my Ray Gingerbread stock with bloatware removed, I'd say it's almost as bad as Symbian), they are going to lose a ton of customers.
I mean, for ****'s sake, scrolling the app drawer noticeably stutters hard like moving a bunch of icons to the left is too much to handle for this phone. Even scrolling the settings menu is so crappy it's embarassing, it's almost as bad as on those early touchscreen phones like the Corby.
The browser is no more fluid than my Ray on Gingerbread. Both are horribly laggy on complex pages.
I know I'm sounding like a whiny user, but seriously, this is a flagship phone. The software itself is good but it needs some serious optimization, as it stands right now, I can only imagine an iphone user (or any other user who can't stand laggyness in user interfaces) cringing after trying the XS at a store for the first time.
I understand your problems, but i've got a rooted phone with KA09 ics rom, apex launcher, force gpu rendering on, windows animation scale off, transition scale 0,5x, dalvik.vm.heapsize=192m, and the phone is fast, no slugginess etc.
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How disappointing. This phone is very powerful but it's so damn slow it makes me rage. Even the browser is nowhere near as smooth as the one on the Galaxy SII or even the Galaxy S.
I'm starting to get buyer's remorse even though I only paid 300€ for it.
If Sony doesn't get their **** together and make their crappy bloat ridden software more smooth than this (it's seriously utterly slow even compared to the iPhone3GS or even compared to my Ray Gingerbread stock with bloatware removed, I'd say it's almost as bad as Symbian), they are going to lose a ton of customers.
I mean, for ****'s sake, scrolling the app drawer noticeably stutters hard like moving a bunch of icons to the left is too much to handle for this phone. Even scrolling the settings menu is so crappy it's embarassing, it's almost as bad as on those early touchscreen phones like the Corby.
The browser is no more fluid than my Ray on Gingerbread. Both are horribly laggy on complex pages.
I know I'm sounding like a whiny user, but seriously, this is a flagship phone. The software itself is good but it needs some serious optimization, as it stands right now, I can only imagine an iphone user (or any other user who can't stand laggyness in user interfaces) cringing after trying the XS at a store for the first time.
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Remove the bloat and use supercharger v6. CM9 for Xperia S will make a huge difference. My buddy has a galaxy nexus and it is only a bit smoother than my Xperia S even with JB. Not enough to make me complain. Use Chrome or Dolphin Engine Beta. Both of those are superior to the stock browser in ICS anyways.
Wow. First time I see someone complaining so much about performances... I (and all the people who have tried it) have no such problem.
Here are the first things you should try, IMHO :
- going in app settings (or task manager) and see which apps use the most cpu/ram. If you don't use them, close them. I use an auto taskkiller (but well configured ;-))
- in ICS, even without root, if you can't uninstall an app, you can always disable it in the apps settings. I did this to disable Facebook, Google + etc. since I don't use them. = disable all useless apps.
- check your auto-update settings and see which apps update frequently (heavy cpu charge).
Finally, if you did all that, and don't have plenty of widgets, your phone may have a problem. Just for your display issues I'd send it back...
Good luck
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Whew.
I have the yellow tinted screen, so I'm not rooting it just now. I also don't have a micro sim yet so I haven't even started properly using the phone. I uninstalled every uninstallable bloatware and haven't installed anything else when I made my last post about poor performance.
I think such an expensive and not to mention flagship phone should grant top tier performance out of the box without having to mess with it so much.
This phone really doesn't live up to it's specs.
Yesterday I installed a couple of games I like, Wind Up Knight and Let's Golf 3, both start out very fluid, but after a while start running slower and slower. I really couldn't believe it when after playing for 10 minutes Wind Up Knight started running worse than it does on my Gingerbread Xperia Ray.
Not to mention, there is no excuse for the UI to be so freaking choppy. Again, my Gingerbread Ray was silky smooth out of the box and it still is after several months since I last formatted it.
I really like the looks and the UI of sony phones, but I was disappointed by ICS on the Ray, so I expected the flagship phone to run a lot better, but it runs just as bad. Sure, it's ok if you use your phone to do calls and messages, but when the phone has such poor performance in general despite being a freaking flagship dual core 1gb of ram phone, and has a tinted screen to top it all off, disappointment and buyer's remorse are inevitable.
I think I'll just get rid of it after I get the screen fixed, and then get the iPhone 5 when it comes out later this year. If I have to put up with terribly unoptimized software, painfully slow official updates, poor compatibility with apps, slow performance, choppy interface, slow browser that is also losing Flash support, games that don't run well and are just unoptimized iPhone ports for the most part, I'd rather give my money to Apple (which is a company I despise), at least their iPhones are fast, get updated (the freaking 3GS is getting iOS 6! While on the Android front most manufacturers are still scrambling to get ICS on SOME of their devices), have the best app, and don't require you tearing your hair out to get the phone work as it should.
I'm looking more and more into the iPhones lately, and the only downside compared to Android, is a more closed OS which doesn't allow for much personalization, but they seem to be much better in everything else. The price is steep but I think it might be worth it in the long run compared to these droids which drop in price so fast they are worth peanuts after less than a year. Sure, I can't install an alternate OS on the iPhone, but if my droid worked fine out of the box, I wouldn't have to bother with custom roms and kernels in the first place.
I'm sorry but that's just how I feel right now about this whole Android and Sony disappointment. Android is a great idea on paper but so far it didn't work out imo, and it's unfortunate that the only real alternative is Apple. Like I said, I'd gladly sacrifice some personalization options in exchange for smooth, functional, fast, optimized UI and apps.
Ow come on dude... :laugh:
just buy an apple and close this thread, please.
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Ow come on dude... :laugh:
just buy an apple and close this thread, please.
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About the Apple, maybe I will. About closing this thread, I can't because I'm not a mod.
I'm glad you are happy with your XS. Maybe I have higher standars when it comes to quality.
Hopefully grass will be greener on the other side, if I really do get an iPhone.
I know it will be greener, you already sound like a real apple user..
I see the trolls learned some new trolling technique now.
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well I'm not really complaining... but he's kinda right.
I must say my AOSP build on my 3 year old Desire Z is smoother than ICS on the SXS thought.. the DZ cannot handle as much apps as the SXS can, but still it's kinda stupid no?
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I did this and it improved homescreen and menu scrolling. Not it's not 100% fluid but it's definitely a lot better than before. Using a LWP makes it lag again though, which is not cool (I really like the cosmic flow lwp).
I actually heard enabling this would make things worse so I left it disabled:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/updated-adreno-220-ics-gpu-driver-speeds-up-2d-rendering/
Also, I was in a bad mood before, sorry if I sounded extremely unhappy about the XS. I'm just a bit disappointed because I had sky high expectations about this phone.
And finally, does this:
http://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=20799
Mean there is a new update coming?
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And finally, does this:
http://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=20799
Mean there is a new update coming?
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Yes there is. I actually love how smooth it already is and if it improves even more, joy oh joy for me But only if I could show you my device and trust me the last thing you ever wanted would be an iPhone. It's just effing brilliant. And I had the 4S and my dad has S3 and I don't like them over my XS so it is saying something. Regarding updates, Sony is the best and your most faithful servant. I don't have anything to look forward to with an Apple update but with every Android update, there is this wonderful anticipation that can only be felt and not described.
Sent from my wonderful Xperia S
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Also, I was in a bad mood before, sorry if I sounded extremely unhappy about the XS. I'm just a bit disappointed because I had sky high expectations about this phone.
And finally, does this:
http://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=20799
Mean there is a new update coming?
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Everyone has their own opinions so if you feel its not smooth get a sgs3 its so damn smooth. I feel that its smooth cause I came from a x10, I thought that was smooth till I got this phone now I realize how laggy the x10 was
Thanks for posting the link, haven't been checking it so I didn't know there was a new update coming
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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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Ashevar said:
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.
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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.
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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
Hello, I received the beast! First impressions very positive,
When the activation wore MIU 7 something and immediately had an upgrade available in 8!
The X20 seems to be doing quite well with the temperatures, I mean although they set kept within reasonable limits the temperature. Also thanks to the guide here on Google play installation forum, and I was able to pass the Google play and the goodies (contacts, calendar, etc.)
I will come back with more details when the handle a couple 2 days .....
It is my first experience with chinese apparatus generally. But I was a holder of the following devices until now: galaxy s, s3, Note 2, S4, LG G2, Note 3, LG G3 - Note 4, Lg G4, LG G5
The X20 seems to be doing quite well with the temperatures, I mean although they set kept within reasonable limits the temperature. Also thanks to the guide here on Google play installation forum, and I was able to pass the Google play and the goodies (contacts, calendar, etc.)
I will come back with more details when a couple pilot 2 days and then .....
Well we have and say, after 24 hours with redmi note 4:
1. Beautiful gold, as I see it and the habit so I like more. Generally very nice design (tastes of course is what)
2. Autonomy, very good 6-7 hours sot comfortably without restrictions
3. Photo Quality just good (not compare in any way with famous flagship)
4. Despite very quick smoothie with exemplary, very good work in MIUI 8 (6.0.1)
5. Very good speaker on the G5 I maybe better. Sound from the headphones is also very clear and powerful (tested with headphones gavio metallon)
6. Display good (not sure amoled) with excellent brightness! viewing angles simply good.
7. The fingerprint lightning fast, more or less like the LG G5
8. Google play had to spend manually (easily of course)
9. The device has anglokineziki rom.
10. It charges very fast (not just counted time will come back)
11. I placed the first day nova launcher pro (all my devices that I wear always), which I can say sat very well, and what I mean? In G5 I eg with nova launcher there is a conflict with the locking device and the fingerprint unlock, in redmi note 4 not encountered any problems, do not expect .......
12. Now to the issue of cpu temperatures, the temperature that can do with mobile, keep very reasonable! I did not expect you to read the earlier X10.
If I stun sorry, but I hope I helped those considering joining the market of .....
Hey hello,
i got mine 2 days ago here in Sofia, very good impression so far, i come from elephone p8000 with also 4100mAh battery, and gold collor, i must say battery very very good, too bad no fast charge but ok, no complain, good picture also in dark, fast, fast gps, lte good on both sims and wifi ok too, light weight, very very happy so far, my anututu was 81000.
I ordered a gold color tpu case and carbon back sticker so will see with that, nice to have notification light, also have fm radio... call quality hear and speak very good to.first xiaomi device and very happy, now... maybe .... CM13 but i put nova launcher so also ok....
so far no bad experience
Can anyone tell me how to get the global ROM on redmi note 4? Or at least google play store? I can only find the China ROM right now
No find global yet but xiaomi.eu showed own version
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No find global yet but xiaomi.eu showed own version
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Tutorial for google play and services
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...
Google Play Installation Tutorial for MIUI 8
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dimi30 said:
The X20 seems to be doing quite well with the temperatures, I mean although they set kept within reasonable limits the temperature. Also thanks to the guide here on Google play installation forum, and I was able to pass the Google play and the goodies (contacts, calendar, etc.)
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Question: How is active battery life? Standby drain? Anything out of the ordinary with the X20? Since the first device with the X20 (ZOPO Speed 8) was so bad with it, I'm worried about EVERY device with the X20.
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Question: How is active battery life? Standby drain? Anything out of the ordinary with the X20? Since the first device with the X20 (ZOPO Speed 8) was so bad with it, I'm worried about EVERY device with the X20.
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it is much better than zopo speed 8, i have one here nd will sell it, terrible for 3600, this one is really good active battery life
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Question: How is active battery life? Standby drain? Anything out of the ordinary with the X20? Since the first device with the X20 (ZOPO Speed 8) was so bad with it, I'm worried about EVERY device with the X20.
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The battery and autonomy is amazing!! 6+ hours sot!!
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The battery and autonomy is amazing!! 6+ hours sot!!
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bvinken said:
it is much better than zopo speed 8, i have one here nd will sell it, terrible for 3600, this one is really good active battery life
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Great to hear. Turns out X20 isn't so bad after all!
Finally managed to get google play The battery life is great, only thing is that it charges pretty slowly but that could be because I'm using my old xiaomi plug which is lower output. Haven't had any problems so far but its top early to tell. Now I just need to wait for my bootloader to be unlocked
Been using it for a day now, managed to get pkay store and so far so good. Only thing is that when im watching videos on youtube or using CM browser sometimes the app will just close randomly. Not a big problem but it gets annoying when it happens often. Anyone else experiencing this as well?
Hi,
Tell me please does the Redmi Note 4 have NFC support? Some websites say yes, some say no.
Thanks
I get around 5 hours screen on time with my rmn4 . Great device !
No NFC..... Anyone know how to unlock bootloader?
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Been using it for a day now, managed to get pkay store and so far so good. Only thing is that when im watching videos on youtube or using CM browser sometimes the app will just close randomly. Not a big problem but it gets annoying when it happens often. Anyone else experiencing this as well?
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Brother same here everything is closing automatically and frequently.. Did you get any solution.
Ive tweaked the permissions, power saving apps, restrictions, ect...Everything I found that could be possible, and I still get apps automatically shutting down. Even the ones I've locked into memory. I think there's some big bugs with Miui 8 so far, and needs a little polishing.
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Ive tweaked the permissions, power saving apps, restrictions, ect...Everything I found that could be possible, and I still get apps automatically shutting down. Even the ones I've locked into memory. I think there's some big bugs with Miui 8 so far, and needs a little polishing.
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Same. I tried tweaking LMK values too. I actually get massive slow-downs now, I need to regularly clean memory (even if I only have Chrome open since cleaning memory before - Chrome itself will slow down and lag really badly).
Hope it's fixed soon. By three year old Xperia Z runs MIUI better than this lol...
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Same. I tried tweaking LMK values too. I actually get massive slow-downs now, I need to regularly clean memory (even if I only have Chrome open since cleaning memory before - Chrome itself will slow down and lag really badly).
Hope it's fixed soon. By three year old Xperia Z runs MIUI better than this lol...
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Agreed, I hope it is fixed soon too. I was very excited to finally have an official MIUI device, but this runs like I'm in a beta program.
Just to give a feedback about this phone. I've been using it for 3 days now.
I'm not that kind of person that gives 5* review easily, but THIS PHONE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Best xiaomi buy ever, and MIUI 8 is impressive as well.
Well done Xiaomi!
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Just to give a feedback about this phone. I've been using it for 3 days now.
I'm not that kind of person that gives 5* review easily, but THIS PHONE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Best xiaomi buy ever, and MIUI 8 is impressive as well.
Well done Xiaomi!
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Where did you purchase from and where abouts are you, if you don't mind me asking?
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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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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.
mufaa said:
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.
Pavly28 said:
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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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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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."
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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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?
Now you've had the Mate 20 Pro for a while, taking into account the camera, battery and overall experience. Would you recommend this phone to friends and would you buy the phone again yourself?
At this point I haven't had any negative experience...I'm more frustrated with the decisions that Google made in Android Pie than anything related to the phone itself.
So yeah, I have recommended it to friends.
No. I really don't enjoy using EMUI.
I think it's an excellent phone but just the fact that I live in the USA where the M20P has no warranty or support makes it difficult to recommend. EMUI also will turn off certain people and the aggressive battery management is kind of a love it or hate it thing. I would buy this phone again but recommending it to a friend is another matter.
Not decided yet... Memory management is far too aggressive. The rest of EMUI I can live with at the moment. It's very hard to ignore the amazing battery, screen and camera. I came from a note 8 and it was a close run thing between the mate and the note. Time will tell!
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I think it's an excellent phone but just the fact that I live in the USA where the M20P has no warranty or support makes it difficult to recommend. EMUI also will turn off certain people and the aggressive battery management is kind of a love it or hate it thing. I would buy this phone again but recommending it to a friend is another matter.
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Where did you buy yours from in the US?
j0ff said:
Not decided yet... Memory management is far too aggressive. The rest of EMUI I can live with at the moment. It's very hard to ignore the amazing battery, screen and camera. I came from a note 8 and it was a close run thing between the mate and the note. Time will tell!
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I'm wondering if memory management is a phone issue or an android pie issue. I have seen others complaining about this with other phone brands.
mwatson said:
Now you've had the Mate 20 Pro for a while, taking into account the camera, battery and overall experience. Would you recommend this phone to friends and would you buy the phone again yourself?
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I'm exactly in this boat. After my 3rd defective device I opted for a refund.
Today I looked at the Google pixel 3xl and the 1+6T the oxygen os is great far nicer than EMUI. But for some reason I kept getting drawn back to the Mate 20 Pro. The camera and battery life are something else.
Man I'm torn.
i love my mate 20 pro it is a great phone. there seems to be a whole lot of negativity about it on here but i have had no problems even with the dreaded lg screen lol. yes i would buy it again.
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I'm exactly in this boat. After my 3rd defective device I opted for a refund.
Today I looked at the Google pixel 3xl and the 1+6T the oxygen os is great far nicer than EMUI. But for some reason I kept getting drawn back to the Mate 20 Pro. The camera and battery life are something else.
Man I'm torn.
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why not give it another try? my concern is how long huawei will support the device for. They have no official time frame for firmware and security updates. At least you have 3 years with a pixel.
Yeah looking forward on mate 30. Like the others that never had any single issue.. This phone is great in any aspect of everyday usage. Might buy another mate but let see how huawei would stand after the nonsense banning of their other services
charliebigpot said:
Where did you buy yours from in the US?
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I bought mine off eBay. If I had to do it again I'd use wonda mobile. They'll actually check if it's a boe panel for you before they ship and they handle warranty. You'd have to ship to China but that's better than ZERO support from even the best eBay sellers. Huawei doesn't do international service so your sol here in the US.
Amazing phone.
I have had great experience! Nice battery life is the best perk no use in having the hardware to do things if the battery won't last! Also have a second one I bought for the wife and she's an iPhone user and didn't like it. If anyone is interested send me a personal message
I know for sure, I would buy it again, it has given me a great service
My only nitpick with this device is the gesture control, so I'm back to 3 button mode. The native Pie gestures work brilliantly, I don't get why Huawei broke it. That's not a deal breaker for me. It's the best phone I've ever used, better than the pixel or note. I'm unashamedly a huge fan of pure Google Android/ asop and use Nokia 7 plus as my second phone, but nothing comes close to my experience with the Mate 20 pro.
j0ff said:
Not decided yet... Memory management is far too aggressive. The rest of EMUI I can live with at the moment. It's very hard to ignore the amazing battery, screen and camera. I came from a note 8 and it was a close run thing between the mate and the note. Time will tell!
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You can change that in the battery settings for running apps. Just let the big apps run in the background like games and they won't close. It's all about choice.
All my apps stay open all the time unless i've bloced them.
I wouldn't buy Huawei again, but I would recommend it.
The note 9 is the same as the mate, except with less battery life, slower charging, worse camera, and same aggressive app management unless you tweak it yourself.
Jonathan-H said:
I wouldn't buy Huawei again, but I would recommend it.
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why would you not buy Huawei again?
No.
Because of green tint, emui, how notifications are handled, and lack of customization options.
I've been on Samsungs since the S2, so this was quite a change for me, so at first I didn't like the general UI side of things (especially the AOD compared to Samsung's is pretty basic), but I have to say its grown on me.
Speed/fluidity etc on the hardware wide of things are excellent
Fingerprint detection can be random at best, but I'm amazed at the speed and reliability of the face recognition, especially when its dark
Also amazed at the battery life
Shame there's no SD slot. Would be much easier to just take all my music etc from my S7 if it had one. No problem as internal storage isn't an issue, but I'd have preferred an SD slot all the same.
Biggest gripe for me is the notch, or should I say the lack of statusbar icon space.... If you set to "hide" the notch, I would rather there be an option to drop the icons down a line so that a full row of statusbar icons can be seen (I'd rather lose 4-5mm of the screen and gain a full statusbar)
Notch aside, yes, I would definitely recommend, but now I've finally made the plunge and broken away from Samsung after all these years, I think I'd probably go for whatever the current OnePlus offering is in 2 years time to see what thats like!
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You can change that in the battery settings for running apps. Just let the big apps run in the background like games and they won't close. It's all about choice.
All my apps stay open all the time unless i've bloced them.
I wouldn't buy Huawei again, but I would recommend it.
The note 9 is the same as the mate, except with less battery life, slower charging, worse camera, and same aggressive app management unless you tweak it yourself.
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I've already changed those settings and they've made little difference. Perhaps I need to wipe it and start again (but to be fair, all I've really done is install nova and some Google apps).