New to Galaxy S3 - Galaxy S III General

Ok so this is my first touchwiz phone & i wanna know if you guys are loving this phone as much as i am. coming from an htc one s, everything is better imop. display, signal, battery, and it has an sd card! only thing i miss is sense but its worth it
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Yeah the battery is crazy good. I came from the one x and I miss sense only for the UI. I think this touchwiz adds much more
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yea I don't mind touchwiz, & battery life is excellent. I'm waiting for the port of sense for the S3 though. Also I prefer the one S aluminum built, & One X polycarbonate but S3 is ok as well
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I thought touch wiz was pretty good for stock out of the box interface.
You may want to try Apex or Nova launcher at some point, it allows UI customisation.

yea I was actually surprised, I tried touchwiz on the exhibit and it was meh
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The nova launcher on my s3 is faster than stock
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The nova launcher on my s3 is faster than stock
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I am currently using the Go Launcher EX on my Galaxy S Mesmerize phone. IS the Nova launcher better?

I'm coming from the HTC X One (Had mine stolen on Friday night so decided to buy an S3 on Saturday)...personally, i love the s3. I've always been a strong HTC fan and hated the s1 and s2...i can overlook the poor design on the S3 for how it actually works. Fast, Reliable, Colourful and great battery compared to the X One.
A Happy customer overall
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The battery on this phone is insane.. six hours + of screen on time? Yes please.
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dhonzik said:
I am currently using the Go Launcher EX on my Galaxy S Mesmerize phone. IS the Nova launcher better?
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Apex is the best I have read...

Both nova and apex are worse than stock for me, hard to explain but the framerate of transition animation is lower on apex and nova than it is on stock and it really hurts my eyes, for that I can't use them.
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Barff1984 said:
I'm coming from the HTC X One (Had mine stolen on Friday night so decided to buy an S3 on Saturday)...personally, i love the s3. I've always been a strong HTC fan and hated the s1 and s2...i can overlook the poor design on the S3 for how it actually works. Fast, Reliable, Colourful and great battery compared to the X One.
A Happy customer overall
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I came from a One S & thought cause of the big screen & HD display that battery was gonna be poor, but I was impressed by how much screen time I got on the S3 compared to the One S & X and even my old Nexus Prime. I too am a happy customer
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Lag through homescreens

Is anyone facing a little bit of lag when moving between homescreens on their nexus 7?
Only when coming out of a reboot but that's normal, otherwise I have no lag at all.
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Some live wallpapers cause lag, their fault though. If you're lagging a quad core device you're doing something wrong.
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Are your home screens cluttered with widgets and shortcuts?
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No lagging whatsoever here. Unlocked. Rooted. Stock ROM.
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i had lag with the screen rotation control but removed that and tis grand... i have a little while my weather/clock widget loads.. but its ok..
Ya I experience lag. Usually happens when leaving an app and going back to the home screen. Can be pretty bad lag at times
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I've got several widgets on my homescreens and no lag.
With the stock launcher it seems that there is a micro stutter but that is only with stock launcher. Does rooting help lag on the homescreen? Because I haven't rooted yet.
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lovenokia said:
With the stock launcher it seems that there is a micro stutter but that is only with stock launcher. Does rooting help lag on the homescreen? Because I haven't rooted yet.
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Rooting itself will have no effect on it. Maybe a custom ROM or kernel though.
Well custom ROMS have done wonders to me.
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There is a bit of stutter scrolling through the homescreens, its not totally fluid. I noticed the same with the Tegra One X as well (but thats ICS so expected).
My Galaxy Nexus on the otherhand, is perfectly slick and smooth. It's strange, it doesn't happen all of the time neither.
In the app tray too I feel like there is a slight slutter or delay if the finger stroke isn't long enough (even though it still changes screen).
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There is a bit of stutter scrolling through the homescreens, its not totally fluid. I noticed the same with the Tegra One X as well (but thats ICS so expected).
My Galaxy Nexus on the otherhand, is perfectly slick and smooth. It's strange, it doesn't happen all of the time neither.
In the app tray too I feel like there is a slight slutter or delay if the finger stroke isn't long enough (even though it still changes screen).
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So it might be tegra 3 thing after all? So only customs ROM could help this or another launcher.
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Nova launcher with the "slide" transition is noticeably smoother than the stock launcher in my experience..
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Back to the gnex or no

Has any one gone back or still uses there gnex?
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Sold mine for this. Not going back. The hardware on the galaxy nexus won't live to see another year I'm afraid.
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Has any one gone back or still uses there gnex?
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i use both my n4 and gnex, but keep the sim in the n4.
I loved my GNex but my N4 is leaps and bounds better. I can't think of any reason I'd go back.
Why?
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As fan of nexus series can't see any point to return on Gnex (I had it before n4). Just my opinion.
No.
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No real reason why just asking.
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Have both. But N4 is my major, I barely touch my Gnex or Nexus S now
No ways that I am going back
not even in my wildest dreams...hell no
My GNexus died. It was great device, i mean it provided great user experience in spite of really average specs (like very poor GPU). I think optimization in case of ti-omap was relatively more advanced than it is in case of snaprdagon s4 pro maybe due to ti's more open policy. Gnex cannot measure up hardwarewise to N4. It can hardly handle more demanding live wallpapers without lag. Its screen is the biggest flaw -grainy, horrible horizontal banding. But still touch responsiveness and scrolling experience is very smooth. To be honest I preferred stock browser experience on my gnex than the one provided with n4 and chrome. Just pinch to zoom and scroll. Literally, heaven and earth difference. But that's the end of gnex's advantages over n4 I noticed so far. I completely disagree with those criticising our lcd-ips screen. It's awesome! I really don't feel the need for 1080p screen. And... 2 GB of ram + 1,5 GHz x4 krait. Why would I downgrade to Gnex? N4 is all I need
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[Q] Replacing or exchanging

Just notice a white vertical series of some white blotch marks :/
I like this phone. But I really like the note 3 screen size.
Is anyone thinking about going back for the note 3?
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bodom_hc said:
Just notice a white vertical series of some white blotch marks :/
I like this phone. But I really like the note 3 screen size.
Is anyone thinking about going back for the note 3?
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Nope. The Note 3 has lag and this doesn't. That's enough for me to not even touch that phone.
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
Nope. The Note 3 has lag and this doesn't. That's enough for me to not even touch that phone.
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Throw Nova launcher on there
Or flash darthstalker rom
im thinking twice about this phone lol
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Throw Nova launcher on there
Or flash darthstalker rom
im thinking twice about this phone lol
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I will tell you that I hate the Nova option because you can do that on any phone and I like to stay on stock launchers. Also, that's just a band aid. An un-optimized software is underneath.
And trust me, I've had the S3, Note 2 and S4.... Flashing a rom is still using their un-optimized software. It just makes it a bit more bearable.
In my Samsung career I've flashed probably over 100 roms. It doesn't hide the flaws enough. I'm over Samsung and feel sorry for the people who are paying an insane amount of money for a phone with that much lag.
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[Q] Second thoughts about a Note 3

I just ordered a new Note 3 from Amazon and it was darned expensive.
I have a note I which I have used consistently for the last year and a half and I have used it daily. There are signs it might be wearing. I even have some small scratches on the screen. I expect to use the 3 the same way. I loved my 1 but thought I should upgrade before it falls apart.
The question is will I see a significant difference in the 1 and the 3? Is the 3 worth the price
I will appricate any thought you have on this subject
Wait until you get the note 3 use it for a few days and decide for yourself amazon is quite relaxed on returns
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Really? Man The note 3 is like comparing the play station to the ps4
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I had my doubts about getting it as I was really happy with my note 2. As it turns out the difference is night and day. This thing is the greatest phone ever built. You won't be disappointed.
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I had my doubts about getting it as I was really happy with my note 2. As it turns out the difference is night and day. This thing is the greatest phone ever built. You won't be disappointed.
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I'm coming from note 2 what do you think of the battery I don't find it any better what settings do you have regards sync brightness apps disabled?
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craigels said:
I'm coming from note 2 what do you think of the battery I don't find it any better what settings do you have regards sync brightness apps disabled?
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I'm coming from Note 2 as well, only thing that's better is the screen, some other important things like battery life is worse for me. As well as stupid speaker placement, and KNOX. I'm not doing heavy tasks, so I don't notice any difference with the new CPU, RAM etc.
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yulet said:
I'm coming from Note 2 as well, only thing that's better is the screen, some other important things like battery life is worse for me. As well as stupid speaker placement, and KNOX. I'm not doing heavy tasks, so I don't notice any difference with the new CPU, RAM etc.
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I find the speaker placement annoying also especially when holding the phone landscape my index finger on my left hand covers it
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craigels said:
I'm coming from note 2 what do you think of the battery I don't find it any better what settings do you have regards sync brightness apps disabled?
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The battery life isn't much better than My N7100. However it's a 4g phone which up until now should have meant worse battery life than it's 3g counterpart. It's also a much faster processor and the screen has a much higher ppi and is significantly brighter. All these improvements and no sacrifices so far as battery life is concerned are pretty amazing to me.
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Go for it I got mine last Tuesday, and can't let it go from my hands...
One think that annoy the hell of of me is that if you try to use pattern or password for lock screen you will lose lock screen widgets, and voice commands.... Those only work with swipe option... Hopefully Sammy will get this fixed ASAP. By enough whining, that's the best phone since Nokia 6310i
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If I had a Note1 and wanted to buy a new phone it would be the Note2. Nice specs, no auto-dimming of the screen like on the N3 and better speaker compared to the N3.
Brgds...
I am coming from S2, I like my N3 especially s-pen. my typing has reduced getting my hand writing practice again
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if the note2 was the beast, and you're coming from a note1, the note3 is the incredible hulk. my first couple of days, i was kind of like, meh, it's just an incremental upgrade, and honestly it is, but it has a lot going for it and i am liking it more and more and more. this might be the first phone i keep much longer than 12 months. i upgrade once a year, and i am not too enthused about the first generation of 64bit phones that will hit in the near future. between google keeping mum on 64bit android, oem's still keeping hush about their 64bit plans, the initial bugs from android aaaaand the vendors overlays, i wanted a phone that would hold me over. but who am i kidding? i'll probably still get another phone next year.
I had a Note 1 and I have a Note 3 it is the best decision I made.
Bigger screen.
Better pen
Faster processor
Been playing with it all day long and I am sure the battery will do another day.
BUY ONE!
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How are you getting 2 days have you disabled apps or what I can't get anything near that
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Once you have finished playing with your new toy and downloaded lots useless or hardly used apps do a factory restore and only load what you use everyday.
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I'm hating my Note 3 for one reason; the bluetooth music stutter glitch. This is the third device I get, I returned the first 2, and it still has the same problem! I did a factory reset and it didn't help
Yes, buy it!
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Wait until you get the note 3 use it for a few days and decide for yourself amazon is quite relaxed on returns
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dr.m0x said:
I had my doubts about getting it as I was really happy with my note 2. As it turns out the difference is night and day. This thing is the greatest phone ever built. You won't be disappointed.
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dr.m0x said:
The battery life isn't much better than My N7100. However it's a 4g phone which up until now should have meant worse battery life than it's 3g counterpart. It's also a much faster processor and the screen has a much higher ppi and is significantly brighter. All these improvements and no sacrifices so far as battery life is concerned are pretty amazing to me.
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marecki12 said:
Go for it I got mine last Tuesday, and can't let it go from my hands...
One think that annoy the hell of of me is that if you try to use pattern or password for lock screen you will lose lock screen widgets, and voice commands.... Those only work with swipe option... Hopefully Sammy will get this fixed ASAP. By enough whining, that's the best phone since Nokia 6310i
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@rbiter said:
if the note2 was the beast, and you're coming from a note1, the note3 is the incredible hulk. my first couple of days, i was kind of like, meh, it's just an incremental upgrade, and honestly it is, but it has a lot going for it and i am liking it more and more and more. this might be the first phone i keep much longer than 12 months. i upgrade once a year, and i am not too enthused about the first generation of 64bit phones that will hit in the near future. between google keeping mum on 64bit android, oem's still keeping hush about their 64bit plans, the initial bugs from android aaaaand the vendors overlays, i wanted a phone that would hold me over. but who am i kidding? i'll probably still get another phone next year.
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samcory said:
I had a Note 1 and I have a Note 3 it is the best decision I made.
Bigger screen.
Better pen
Faster processor
Been playing with it all day long and I am sure the battery will do another day.
BUY ONE!
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What all these people said.
It is a great phone, streets ahead of my Note 1.

How is the lag and scrolling?

How is the lag and smooth scrolling speed on the phone? Is there any lag that anyone notices? Do the menus and websites scroll really smoothly like the iPhone 5S?
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I don't don't have an iPhone but seams pretty fast with Chrome
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I have only been using s5 in ART mode and its butter smooth everywhere. But sometimes the phone doesn't come out of sleep (the screen remains dark/off) only the capacitive buttons light up and i have to toggle the power button several times for it to work (no power off required). another issue i face is that the camera takes a solid 5 seconds or more to start up from lock screen. May be i should switch back to DALVIK.
Tw launcher lag a bit. To overcome this u should enabled developer option and set each animation by 0.5x. I'm using nova launcher and it's fly
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I remember having this conversation about the GS 2 years ago. Back then it was hard to argue that the phone had lagging issues. And today coming from an s2 the only lag I'm experiencing is in my own mental processing power trying to keep up with this phone
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And I use holo launcher. Its always been good to me.
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Yes there is lag. Especially when comparing to New modern phones like the HTC One M8.
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Let's be serious once and for all.
TouchWiz will ALWAYS be slower than stock Android, so please stop asking if the S5, S6, S7 lag.
Don't expect TouchWiz to be as fast! Ever! That simple.
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Yes there is lag. Especially when comparing to New modern phones like the HTC One M8.
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How is the lag compared to the m8?
I've noticed lag on the s5 while sifting through the camera settings during the camera mode. I think the scrolling on the s5 seems to be a little smoother compared to the m8 based on my testing both phones at a store, but I could be wrong. I also think the iPhone is still somewhat smoother than both phones. I'm hoping for find an android that beats out the iPhone in terms of lag and smooth scrolling.
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I do use Nova but generally the phone feels like it's finally shaken off some of the slow S4 shackles.
My experience so far is that it is a big improvement over the S4. Bone stock so far.
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How is the lag compared to the m8?
I've noticed lag on the s5 while sifting through the camera settings during the camera mode. I think the scrolling on the s5 seems to be a little smoother compared to the m8 based on my testing both phones at a store, but I could be wrong. I also think the iPhone is still somewhat smoother than both phones. I'm hoping for find an android that beats out the iPhone in terms of lag and smooth scrolling.
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If you look on YouTube, there's a video comparison of the lag. The S5 loses every time, but it's microseconds, nothing major.
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If you look on YouTube, there's a video comparison of the lag. The S5 loses every time, but it's microseconds, nothing major.
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So it is microseconds but you still notice it? O.O

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