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Nexus 4 vs SGS4 vs Htc One (lag)

Hi everybody, I want to buy one of this three devices (since I have a very old phone now, the galaxy ace), but I'd like to know which one is the most lagfree. The s4 and the htc one are surely faster (even If I saw some videos in which the n4 with custom rom was faster than an s4 with stock rom), but what about lag? Is the n4 really the smoothest android experience? Thanks in advance!

I have not gotten the chance to try the Galaxy S4 but I have gotten to use an HTC One for a few days, I loved the phone but I still feel my Nexus 4 was a smoother experience. The HTC one is extremely smooth and fast though, no doubt.
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I've heard that the s4 has some lag. Either way every android phone I had with oem skin on has gotten more and more slow and laggy, my gnex is almost smoother then my s3 by now.. I have no idea why
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The S4 is very laggy at the moment. I've had both the AT&T and T-Mobile version both lag during leaving apps. Sometime it lags on the home screen while moving through pages.
HTC one i only got to play with for about 30 mins and it was pretty smooth. I didn't notice lag at all. But the nexus with a custom rom is going to be better until someone makes better use of the HTC one and GS4 power.
And for the record the GS4 lag on a custom rom CM10 and Wicked.

I played with a brand new s4 today, only factory apps installed, and imported contacts, and i definitely noticed some ui lag. Nexus 4 is way smoother imo.
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The S4 is stupidly laggy for something with such amazing hardware. From videos that I've seen the One seems pretty much as lag-free as the N4, right now the One is definitely the best phone on the market IMO.

Ok guys, thanks for the help! I want the nexus 4 so badly!

The Zel said:
Ok guys, thanks for the help! I want the nexus 4 so badly!
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You won't regret it.
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I had a play wit ha S4 yesterday. Its almost unrecognizable as an android device. Samsung has done their best to bloat touchwiz up so bad, it almost wont run. Shame for a phone with such awesome hardware to have stuttering and lag like that .

S4 is too much laggy (exynos octa version) because it doesnt have a govenor and I/O scheduler sufficiently smart to manage the low-power and and performance cores.

If you wanna add a wildcard how about the s4 Google edition, all the nexus experience with the Sammy hardware. Unlocked bootloader out of the box. Should be a contender.
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I've had my nexus 4 for about 2 weeks and I have yet to experience any type of lag.
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BxingFetus said:
If you wanna add a wildcard how about the s4 Google edition, all the nexus experience with the Sammy hardware. Unlocked bootloader out of the box. Should be a contender.
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I read that the s4 gogle edition will be an USA exclusive, and I live in Italy... Also the nexus 4 looks 100 times cooler ahahah

I was torn between the GE S4 and the Nexus. I picked the nexus because it is the same experience for almost have the price.
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If you plan on getting a nexus 4 root and flash roms and kernels, it makes the phone so much better
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Tunderpimp said:
If you plan on getting a nexus 4 root and flash roms and kernels, it makes the phone so much better
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It's the first thing I'm going to do once it'll be in my hand!

The Zel said:
It's the first thing I'm going to do once it'll be in my hand!
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I've got a Nexus 4. Zero lag. Very smooth. I've gone into a few different AT&T stores to check out the HTC One and the S4. Every time I tried the S4, the first thing I noticed was lag. I was really surprised. Even a little jittery when swiping the home screen. It's not terrible, don't get me wrong, but it's there. Didn't notice it with the HTC One.
My thoughts are that the HTC One has the highest build quality of the three. There's no doubt, it's the most "premium" and for that reason it makes me want one. It also has the best screen in my opinion. However, there's also no doubt that the Nexus 4 has the best software (both HTC and Samsung ruined their phones with all the unnecessary changes they made) and there's also obviously no doubt that it will get Android updates the quickest and longest into the future, so for that reason I'd stick with my Nexus 4. I also hate that both HTC and Samsung removed the dedicated app switcher button (which I use all the time). The Nexus 4 battery life is a little disappointing coming from an iPhone 4S, but it blows the iPhone away in almost every other way in my opinion.
The best phone "in the world" would be an HTC One that was a Nexus and had the app-switcher button. But, it doesn't exist. So, Nexus 4 is my vote instead.

The Zel said:
I read that the s4 gogle edition will be an USA exclusive, and I live in Italy... Also the nexus 4 looks 100 times cooler ahahah
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That's true I love the nexus' look and operation. Hands down my favorite android device. Can't wait for the five.
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Note 3 will it lag?

Hi basically I'm looking at buying the 4g snapdragon note 3 after coming from a 1gb ram s3 and I'm just wondering. Compared to an iPhone in particular android phones are really really slow when opening apps and nowhere near as smooth I've never used a note phone but I am used to touch wiz do you guys think that after a few months the note 3 will become slow and start lagging like every other phone compared to Iphones?
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Here, fixed your title!
Note 3 will it blend?

Will it lag after few month of use? - No, it will not.
Will it lag after installing bunch of crap you don't need? - probably, like any other phone, including iphone.

Every OS will lag, TW will lag, but I'm using TW on my S3 so yes it will eventually.
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[email protected] said:
Will it lag after few month of use? - No, it will not.
Will it lag after installing bunch of crap you don't need? - probably, like any other phone, including iphone.
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No see this isn't true my gf has hundreds of apps on her iPhone 4s and it's still as fast as the day she bought it so it's not any other phone, the phone shouldn't just slow down just from having apps installed on it.
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My note 2 doesn't lag. If anything Google needs to work on the input lag, or touchscreen input but that will be quite a hurdle with the java VM.

anonymousirritator said:
Nope it wont for sure...if it do wait for note 4.
Ps-thank me.
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wtf am I thanking you for? I hate when people beg for "thanks". It's turning into a mirror image of the the "Like" button on facebook.

anonymousirritator said:
Nope it wont for sure...if it do wait for note 4.
Ps-thank me.
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You can't just say it won't like you have no evidence to back that statement up. Why won't it lag cause touchwiz always lags
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Drizzy xS said:
You can't just say it won't like you have no evidence to back that statement up. Why won't it lag cause touchwiz always lags
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Exactly!
and when he sees the note 4's features and sammy reveals it with a couple of new things, he's gonna end up waiting on the note 5, then same thing happens and then he's gonna skip both 4 and 5 and wait for the note 6, then 7, 8, 9, etc. Lol jk
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If it lags it'll be caused by software and look where you are... There will be many great roms all of which will improve on Samsung's stock

Where are CM or AOSP Based roms for the N9005

Been quite a while now and there are still no roms based on CM or AOSP for the N9005?

There's three devs working on it ATM, but I can only remember one guy : Utkanos. Last I heard he got RIL figured out.
I'm getting kinda worried too. But if they could bring CM to the Note 2 (with all the Exynos shenanigans) the Qualcomm Note 3 shouldn't be a problem.
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I'm can't wait!!! Touch wiz is giving me the sh**s
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I am a huge fan of Aosp aswell but if feels like a waste ditching air command
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Personally I'm waiting for an OMNI build with multiwindow before I buy a Note 3.
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N9005 4.4 Rom
Im a Gummy fan, great work and nice and stable for a 4.4 Rom for QCom Variant of the i9505/i9507.
I'm pushing the Devs to work the N9005 model with this great ROM.
Just purchased the N9005 and cant be without my Gummy!
I m not not a fan of Touch Wiz either Blancos4Lyf, it gives me the S**ts

[Q] AllianceROM - verizon Note 2 -> Note 3 -> Note4 ???

I'm on Verizon galaxy note 2 now, and want to upgrade to a note 3, then to a note 4..... But I must be on an AllianceROM.
Without a doubt the most customizable rom I've ever used. And want to stay with it.
Is There an AllianceROM for the note 3?
Will there be one for the note 4?
In fact, I'll probably upgrade to whatever fablet had alliance.

Use Google. Bajarom for the note 3 is in the top 5 Roms I have ever used. He updates, supports and fine tunes all the time.
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Thanks.
Oh, what is a Google?

BTW I checked and there is no alliance ROM
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Gear VR On The Note 4

I Was Told The Gear VR Does On The Note 4 & Upper Galaxys. Has Any One Tried To See If It Really Works On The Note 4?

Don't think so. There's an exclusive version for the Note 4 available.

Son Rise said:
I Was Told The Gear VR Does On The Note 4 & Upper Galaxys. Has Any One Tried To See If It Really Works On The Note 4?
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If what you want to know is if the Note 4 has Gear VR support then the answer is yes, BUT the newer Gear VR that is used for Galaxy S6,S6Edge,Note 5 and up is not compatible.
The very first Gear VR was actually designed for the Note 4
which is this one: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Gear-...qid=1458880134&sr=8-1&keywords=gear+vr+note+4

No it does work with the new vr too. But since im rooted now. When i hook the note 4 to the vr. Doesn't pop up. Idk why it did when i wasn't running a rom. When it was stock
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Son Rise said:
No it does work with the new vr too. But since im rooted now. When i hook the note 4 to the vr. Doesn't pop up. Idk why it did when i wasn't running a rom. When it was stock
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Your ROM probably doesn't have the gear vr files in it, u can look around XDA and find them
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phonetec said:
Your ROM probably doesn't have the gear vr files in it, u can look around XDA and find them
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What about if i just root the phone. Will the gear vr still work? I really liked the s5 rom but vr didn't work with it
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Son Rise said:
What about if i just root the phone. Will the gear vr still work? I really liked the s5 rom but vr didn't work with it
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If u just root the stock ROM it should work fine
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