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Application quality and fluidity of the screen

Hello guys i want to know if i am the only one who have these issues in the galaxy note ???!!!!i am saying this because i
had an iphone4 before the galaxy note and i find that the quality of the applications and the fluidity of ios on the iphone is way better than the galaxy note!!! :S
Thanks in advance.
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I'm satisfied with my Note, and I had 3 iphones before.... I have TMT Rom 1.6 with Nova launcher, extraFluid.
Finally I'm not limited by Apple policy, No Flash player, no bluetooth for files, always Itnues, no sd card... to many things.
I don't really miss Iphone, but I still have Imac

I buy the note because of its big beautiful screen(period)

Wtf is with all these iPhone troll posts lately

Thanks for replying ,i think that when enabling the power save mode the device will have these problems because when i disabled the power save mode the device got faster so enable the power save mode and tell me if i am r8 .thanks
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ramosk95 said:
Thanks for replying ,i think that when enabling the power save mode the device will have these problems because when i disabled the power save mode the device got faster so enable the power save mode and tell me if i am r8 .thanks
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[Q] To root or not to root ^^

so i have my galaxy s4 and I am not sure if i should root or not ^^ my biggest problem is the battery life .....
like for example how much can i increase my battery life with for example cyanogenmod 10.1 and Adam kernel ( or if theres a better one.....)
now i get https://www.dropbox.com/s/x5dh67d66c9r08j/2013-05-31 17.22.54.png
and https://www.dropbox.com/s/xzyoseed3isuh4s/2013-05-31 17.23.00.png .....
i already ordered a second battery with charger from amazon but it will arrive my doorstep on june 27 so.... yeah ^^
how much screen on time can i get on normal days... ( i use mobile internet for whatsapp, facebook, browsing and sometimes youtube... thats it)
i do not play much games, so i could eaysily underclock am i right? ^^

UsEr313131 said:
so i have my galaxy s4 and I am not sure if i should root or not ^^ my biggest problem is the battery life .....
like for example how much can i increase my battery life with for example cyanogenmod 10.1 and Adam kernel ( or if theres a better one.....)
now i get https://www.dropbox.com/s/x5dh67d66c9r08j/2013-05-31 17.22.54.png
and https://www.dropbox.com/s/xzyoseed3isuh4s/2013-05-31 17.23.00.png .....
i already ordered a second battery with charger from amazon but it will arrive my doorstep on june 27 so.... yeah ^^
how much screen on time can i get on normal days... ( i use mobile internet for whatsapp, facebook, browsing and sometimes youtube... thats it)
i do not play much games, so i could eaysily underclock am i right? ^^
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Hi,
Look HERE
Some battery saving tips.

Congrats on your S4, although I have to ask, why did you buy it?
Battery life isn't much of an issue for me, in the end it doesn't really matter since you can easily swap the battery out for a spare one. I usually carry my charger with me when I go to work and stuff, I just try not to think about the battery life too much. In the end, there isn't a single phone on the market with specs like these that has awesome battery life. Sometimes I see people with the latest phone, brightness all the way down, stuff like GPS/Wifi/etc constantly off... Why would you buy a state of the art smartphone when you're only using half of the potential? Underclocking is also something I wouldn't do, I just don't see the point of doing it. If you wanted a phone with good battery life and a slower CPU, you should've bought another phone imo.
When it comes to rooting, just ask yourself: Do you have a need for rooting your phone? Personally I always root my phone because I want to be the administrator, not the guest. I like that I can have apps do certain things for me which wouldn't be possible otherwise (like blocking ads or being able to protect my phone with Cerberus, etc). So if you don't really need it, let it be. If you want to take control, root it.

thisisfraa said:
Congrats on your S4, although I have to ask, why did you buy it?
Battery life isn't much of an issue for me, in the end it doesn't really matter since you can easily swap the battery out for a spare one. I usually carry my charger with me when I go to work and stuff, I just try not to think about the battery life too much. In the end, there isn't a single phone on the market with specs like these that has awesome battery life. Sometimes I see people with the latest phone, brightness all the way down, stuff like GPS/Wifi/etc constantly off... Why would you buy a state of the art smartphone when you're only using half of the potential? Underclocking is also something I wouldn't do, I just don't see the point of doing it. If you wanted a phone with good battery life and a slower CPU, you should've bought another phone imo.
When it comes to rooting, just ask yourself: Do you have a need for rooting your phone? Personally I always root my phone because I want to be the administrator, not the guest. I like that I can have apps do certain things for me which wouldn't be possible otherwise (like blocking ads or being able to protect my phone with Cerberus, etc). So if you don't really need it, let it be. If you want to take control, root it.
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why i bought it? because my s2 bricked itself ( shut down and i couldnt get into cwm or download mode and the jig wasnt a help too ^^ ) so I decided to get a new phone.... the htc one was my first choice but it wasnt avaiable in austria till june... JUNE!!!!! so I bought the galaxy s4 which i DO NOT regret at all
i dont need all those features like airview and those sensors ^^ i also like the look of the stock android roms ( running nova prime launcher atm) and if rooting and flashing a new rom and kernel would bring more juice into my day it would be even greater
I over and underclocked before so I kinda know what I am doing .... BUT should i wait will the official google s4 is out and there are custom roms made of that?

Well if you're not sure, waiting for the nexus version could be worth it. I just hope we can flash that rom to the i9505, but we won't know for sure until it's here.
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thisisfraa said:
Well if you're not sure, waiting for the nexus version could be worth it. I just hope we can flash that rom to the i9505, but we won't know for sure until it's here.
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im really interested in that too!!! i mean: will there be a new rom or will the code just be integrated into the existing roms and so on... ^^
can´t wait to see and i sure as hell will flash one of those then!!! *_*

DONT ROOT PLEASE all the numpties here will tell you to root trust me I rooted my gnote all I had was a big nitghmare the battery does not extend if u want to root then u might aswell bin ur shiny new S4 cost it will pause freeze switch of u will lose most of touchwiz software still if u want to root then I can't stop u I can only advice
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Hack Xda said:
DONT ROOT PLEASE all the numpties here will tell you to root trust me I rooted my gnote all I had was a big nitghmare the battery does not extend if u want to root then u might aswell bin ur shiny new S4 cost it will pause freeze switch of u will lose most of touchwiz software still if u want to root then I can't stop u I can only advice
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What mean thats ?

Rooting aside, the I9505 has the best battery life of all the devices I had so far.

robogo1982 said:
Rooting aside, the I9505 has the best battery life of all the devices I had so far.
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then you did not own a note 2 sir

UsEr313131 said:
then you did not own a note 2 sir
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I don't count the Note 2 as a phone, but a phablet.

robogo1982 said:
I don't count the Note 2 as a phone, but a phablet.
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then it is true
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Opening contacts lag.

Hey everyone, I've always been a fan of HTC and sense UI but few days ago I got the Note III to try Samsung for the first time.
Its been a great experience so far but touchwiz seems to be laggy at times especially when performing the simplest of tasks. Opening contacts is sometimes disgusting on the Note III. It takes a few seconds to open and for a phone packed with the S800 clocked at 2.3Ghz, 3GB of RAM its quite disappointing.
I posted this just to see if I'm the only one experiencing this if not I hope I can get a solution plus I've already downloaded the 27MB stabilisation update.
Thanks in advance.
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Hey there... I've never had a HTC phone so I can't comment on their sense launcher but yes Touchwiz isn't all that great in some areas.
Like you said the contacts can take a couple of seconds to come up, does speed up if you've opened it recently but that's beside the point. The hardware on the Note 3 is blistering fast and Samsung should really hold up on their feature list and work on their launcher more.
It's funny with new Samsung phones you hear so many people say the thing they did was install another launcher. Listen up Samsung.

Olues said:
Hey everyone, I've always been a fan of HTC and sense UI but few days ago I got the Note III to try Samsung for the first time.
Its been a great experience so far but touchwiz seems to be laggy at times especially when performing the simplest of tasks. Opening contacts is sometimes disgusting on the Note III. It takes a few seconds to open and for a phone packed with the S800 clocked at 2.3Ghz, 3GB of RAM its quite disappointing.
I posted this just to see if I'm the only one experiencing this if not I hope I can get a solution plus I've already downloaded the 27MB stabilisation update.
Thanks in advance.
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hi ,
al i can say i had many htc device's ( htc desire hd, htc one x and a few others )
i then( for various reasons ...eg ,mainly battery life ..heat ,bad customer service etc ) switched to note 2 and now note 3.(Very happy overall ).
first of all ,i never use Touchwiz ,been using Nova premuin all along and very happy with Nova.!...
I do not have any noticeable lag, on my n9005 ( as you summed it up .." S800 clocked at 2.3Ghz, 3GB of RAM " and I say its just the opposite of " disappointing. " )
My contacts etc opens fast,smooth .. ,No problems .
battery i get, + - 3 % drain overnight re 10//12 hours etc .etc
i am still on original stock ,not rooted and have done no updates,and i am enjoying my Spen features !!!!
i feel i have " tweaked " my phone just right !
So my advice is not hoping on some update ,but start looking at ways in how you can identify lag etc .(reading, searching, worked for me )
I will give you one tweak ,that worked for me( previous note 2 and 3 ) ..pressing home button normally resulted in a slight lag .,
I disabled Svoice( i dont use it ) my lag on phone home button is no more !
good luck

willcor said:
hi ,
I will give you one tweak ,that worked for me( previous note 2 and 3 ) ..pressing home button normally resulted in a slight lag .,
I disabled Svoice( i dont use it ) my lag on phone home button is no more !
good luck
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Hey thanks man, this fixed the lag I'v been getting with my Note 3 all I did was go into S-Voice and unchecked the "Open via home key" box.
This fixed the lag when pushing the home key, and also the lag when turning on the phone screen via power button or home screen.

Exactly, couldn't have said it better. I love the hardware but touchwiz is a let down. I'm currently running Nova Launcher which makes the OS look more premium and not cartoonish.
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Olues said:
Hey everyone, I've always been a fan of HTC and sense UI but few days ago I got the Note III to try Samsung for the first time.
Its been a great experience so far but touchwiz seems to be laggy at times especially when performing the simplest of tasks. Opening contacts is sometimes disgusting on the Note III. It takes a few seconds to open and for a phone packed with the S800 clocked at 2.3Ghz, 3GB of RAM its quite disappointing.
I posted this just to see if I'm the only one experiencing this if not I hope I can get a solution plus I've already downloaded the 27MB stabilisation update.
Thanks in advance.
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Don't let Barry hear you say that

How to : iOS like Power Management on Android (Galaxy S4)

Hi Folks,
I am almost got fed up reading battery saving tips for android, turn off all features, add bulky battery etc. You can see thousands of forums, with the same same old tips like this, if the features has to be turned off, then why an S4, Nokia classic phone was fine right?
Just one Query, does any one know how to implement iOS like Power/Application management in Android/Galaxy S4 ? The iOS motto is like, if you are using device, it would consume battery , otherwise no. Just wanted something like this which can save battery, any idea ?
Cheers,
Kirankumar.

Turn off all sync and backup features. Turn off all location reporting features. Greenify persistent apps.
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Buy an iphone

KiranNokia said:
Hi Folks,
I am almost got fed up reading battery saving tips for android, turn off all features, add bulky battery etc. You can see thousands of forums, with the same same old tips like this, if the features has to be turned off, then why an S4, Nokia classic phone was fine right?
Just one Query, does any one know how to implement iOS like Power/Application management in Android/Galaxy S4 ? The iOS motto is like, if you are using device, it would consume battery , otherwise no. Just wanted something like this which can save battery, any idea ?
Cheers,
Kirankumar.
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try greenify...
Dig xda,there's official thread
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Nreigota said:
Buy an iphone
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Ha Ha, Appreciate your suggestion and you know what would be my reply...
Cheers,
KiK

anu.cool said:
try greenify...
Dig xda,there's official thread
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Hi,
I did try Greenify, and its like everytime the apps needs to be manually force stopped after use, thats a bit wierd, and to take the full advantage, the phone needs to be rooted. As rooting voids the warranty, it wont be a good idea.
Cheers,
KiK

So I assume you have i9500 version with no good custom roms.
Without customs roms you cant do much.

KiranNokia said:
Hi Folks,
I am almost got fed up reading battery saving tips for android, turn off all features, add bulky battery etc. You can see thousands of forums, with the same same old tips like this, if the features has to be turned off, then why an S4, Nokia classic phone was fine right?
Just one Query, does any one know how to implement iOS like Power/Application management in Android/Galaxy S4 ? The iOS motto is like, if you are using device, it would consume battery , otherwise no. Just wanted something like this which can save battery, any idea ?
Cheers,
Kirankumar.
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In android , we have numerous background processes which obviously drains the battery. If you can reduce these processes then u would have a better battery backup. Background processes of iOS n Android are completely different so dont compare it. Rooting is the best way to gain control of your device.

Mandark52 said:
In android , we have numerous background processes which obviously drains the battery. If you can reduce these processes then u would have a better battery backup. Background processes of iOS n Android are completely different so dont compare it. Rooting is the best way to gain control of your device.
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Us S4 users also have the option of using an extra battery, if you really need some extra juice.
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gsmyth said:
Us S4 users also have the option of using an extra battery, if you really need some extra juice.
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+1 on that situ always keep a spare on you as a backup

gsmyth said:
Us S4 users also have the option of using an extra battery, if you really need some extra juice.
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Two batteries may result into caliberation issues. Its better to buy a power pack instead of extra battery.
Sent from OCTA CORE I9500.

Mandark52 said:
Two batteries may result into caliberation issues. Its better to buy a power pack instead of extra battery.
Sent from OCTA CORE I9500.
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Not really as long as you use original samsung instead of eBay £3 versions ?? No calibration probs on any batteries here

11calcal said:
Not really as long as you use original samsung instead of eBay £3 versions ?? No calibration probs on any batteries here
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Well u ll get to know about the caliberation issues after months.I had SGA S5830 with an extra battery n faced caliberation issues, SGA ws completely on stock n unrooted. N its logical that if someone is investing 34k in S4 then why would he buy a £3 eBay battery!
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diper07 said:
So I assume you have i9500 version with no good custom roms.
Without customs roms you cant do much.
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Hi Pal,
Ya, I know, and about Custom rom , I am no longer interested at the moment, got to play enough with my Galaxy S+ and Custom ROM, so advantage and disadvantages are very much aware now . With my S4, I dont want to root it or flash Custom ROMs, I was trying to find a way without affecting the official ROM. Trying some workaround, shall let you knw if it works.
Cheers,
KiK

gsmyth said:
Us S4 users also have the option of using an extra battery, if you really need some extra juice.
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Hi Smith,
Thanks for the suggestion, however, I wouldn't recommend that option when you have to do Opening , change battery and closing the back cover on a daily basis, that doesn't look good isn't it? fine, the other option, adding a double capacity battery, aaaah., Considering the shame that brings for you , when someone says, what the heck you're doing with this soap box ( that much bulky it is) , you would rather wish let the phone be switched off better. ,
Okey fine, I have done a work around , which is not perfect as iOS, but some what near.
What I did was, thanks to the kitkat update, which allows you to turn off all most all of the services (including google services) and all the samsung service (most of them), I have turned off all the Samsung service, which I felt not needed (may be S planner and S memo , may used, keep those), and turned off all the unwanted google services, ( games,newstand, play music) ... I did turn off, so anytime it can be turned off, so that fine.
Now, the result! Initial analysis found to be good, I am now getting 10+ hrs, where as before it was 6hrs, (That too on Wifi/3G, without turning off the extra features, air view and other smart features)
No Crashing, No Lag, and about all the main thing I wanted, it drains a very little when it sleeps, almost like iOS now ( yes, iOS drains almost nothing during sleep ) .
100 to 96% after 8hrs during sleep, its good I would say.
Still I could do nothing about SAMOLED Screen and Voice call, which found to be the main battery eater.
Let's see if something new comes to save in Android 4.5 /or 5, which ever the upcoming version is.
Cheers,
KiK

[Q] Phone arriving tomorrow, some advice please

My SM-N910F arrives tomorrow. I guess ios the Qualcomm device, I live in Italy.
Some advice please
1. Many experience worse battery usage with lollipop and advice not to upgrade from kk4.4.4., is it still so? For me battery drain is a problem, my Note 3 last half day, because of very heavy usage (8 email accounts, 6 messenger programs, many calls, many whatsapp/viber call messages, and so on)
2. Rooting. My only wish is to use GMD Gesture (or similar) in order to use device with one hand. Is rooting obligatory, or there is another program, or? If obligatory, is it possible NOT to trip knox?
3. I never liked touchwiz and always put Nova Launcher in my previous samsung (S3, Note 2, Note 3. Is it still the same?
4. other advices?

claudioita said:
My SM-N910F arrives tomorrow. I guess ios the Qualcomm device, I live in Italy.
Some advice please
1. Many experience worse battery usage with lollipop and advice not to upgrade from kk4.4.4., is it still so? For me battery drain is a problem, my Note 3 last half day, because of very heavy usage (8 email accounts, 6 messenger programs, many calls, many whatsapp/viber call messages, and so on)
2. Rooting. My only wish is to use GMD Gesture (or similar) in order to use device with one hand. Is rooting obligatory, or there is another program, or? If obligatory, is it possible NOT to trip knox?
3. I never liked touchwiz and always put Nova Launcher in my previous samsung (S3, Note 2, Note 3. Is it still the same?
4. other advices?
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hi ,
ok, this is my "take " on the n Note 4 N910F ................
I have a Note 4 N910F ,rooted ( since October 2014 , hours after i got phone and on Android v4.4.4)
I am now on Lollipop BOC5 ,with custom recovery CWM and stock ROM .( i have also been on previous/ earlier Lollipop versions ...BOB4 and BOC3 ) I am a meduim user .
So, I think i can give an opinion about how i experience/find Lollipop ???
My battery life has always been good ,across all versions from Android v4.4.4 up to now .My device is running very smooth and have no lag ..apart from recent button and one other small "bug " ..thats it .I have taken note of members complaining about poor battery life and this is very strange to me.
Yes, i have had odd battery drain ,but managed to id "culprit/culprits " " and its always been an 3rd party app that was badly behaving or an setting ( location ...etc ..)...maybe i am lucky ?.....NO .
I also have an Note 3 ,rooted ,stock Rom etc ..No problems, battery been good, running smooth .. etc etc I also have a Note 2 ,rooted ,No problems ...........................................
I would say your battery usage, should be the same as your Note 3...( my take )
as this is what i experience between my Note3 and Note 4 .
2.....Rooting, i rooted from day one with Chainfire CF autoroot and still up to Lollipop .I am personally not obsessed/care " about Knox .I don't need Knox and use a Nortons antivirus on my phone ..been for years and happy with it ..I do however respect members viewpoints ,that do worry or care about Knox.
I also use GMD gesture on LollIpop. ( and joined the app beta testing program )
Its is still a little " buggy " here and there ,but works mostly fine for me !
3.I have Nova Prime on all my phones and don't use Touchwiz...No problems .
4. Surely ,if you encounter an issues , you should be able to short it out .....?
Bottom line ..its your device enjoy it .
Good luck

Other advice is not to root the phone before you are 100% sure all hardware works flawless.
It would be a shame sending a faulty device in for repair for something that could have easily been avoided by proper testing, then have your warranty rejected because you rooted it.
And of course when you root, make proper back-ups.
Also getting a screen protector and a nice cover should be recommend.
I'm using the Samsung S-View*flipcover and enjoy it a lot.
Kind regards, Stefan.

I agree with ThaEvilOne, make sure you test the phone for the first few days first before you root. I never rooted mine, just disabled some Bloatwiz, and I get great battery life. In fact we have two N910C in the family and both last a day.

xdm9mm said:
I agree with ThaEvilOne, make sure you test the phone for the first few days first before you root. I never rooted mine, just disabled some Bloatwiz, and I get great battery life. In fact we have two N910C in the family and both last a day.
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thanks, but you should see GMD gestures what does to your phone, is an amazing program.
I agree will need to check is 100% working before rooting
BTW I bought it from Amazon warehouse delas, and saved 100 Euro, I hope nothing is faulty with it

To all.
How to check that is 100% working, beside using it a lot. There is maybe some downloadable app that checks that all the phone is fine?

The phone is perfect but KNOX counter is 0x1, the bastard using Amazon warranty gave it back like this (I bought from Amazon warehouse deals).
I paid for it 525 EUro.
Suggestions?
New it costs 570 Euro, maybe waiting some weeks usually you can find it for 530 Euro (NEW).
ALthough I was thinking to root it so ......