I wore the Gear VR for 110 minutes, and not one overheating warning. I got suspicious and thought maybe they just got rid of the overheating warning, but for the whole 110 minutes everything played smooth. I would also occasionally feel the back on the phone, it felt warm, but not nowhere as hot as I experienced on the S6 Edge. I wanted to keep at it until I see that overheating warning, but I was getting tired.
On the S6 Edge, when you get the overheating warning, about 5-10 minutes later everything starts to stutter and lag. Almost no stutter or lag on the S7 Edge.
Also on the S7 Edge, everything ran much faster. Loading times on the S7 Edge were very quick compared to the S6 Edge.
S6 Edge .... anywhere from 20 - 35 minutes before the you get the overheating warning. Stutter/lag shortly after.
S7 Edge .... 110 minutes and no overheating message or any stutter/lag.
Battery ... I started at 82%, and after 110 minutes, ended up with 46% left.
Anyone else use their Gear VR with the S7 Edge?
Yeah, the 820 is running great.
Yeah, the water cooling is a very under-mentioned feature on this phone. I'm willing to bet Samsung added that just for the Gear VR. Either that, or just in case the 820 had heat issues like the 810 did.
Do you notice the phone is hot during basically any task? On a call? Got pretty warm.. watching a video? warm updating apps ? burning
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Do you notice the phone is hot during basically any task? On a call? Got pretty warm.. watching a video? warm updating apps ? burning
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When I was first setting it up. I did get a pop up message that "Download Booster will be temporary disabled for heat reasons" (not word for word message). But I was restoring, fast charging, transferring files, and etc. Never got that message again, nor any other heat messages. Nor did I feel any real heat from the back. So I'll excuse things that happen during initial setup.
It seems like using the S7 edge while fast charging at the same time, gets it the warmest, but that feels nowhere towards getting overheated.
Yeah I got that message for download booster too initially.... I am coming from my iphone (had the S6 but it melted always) my iphone just doesnt seem to get hot (or maybe the case makes me not notice) where as I didn't expect now on day 2 for this thing to still get hot like during a call... glad it wasn't on my face
From my experience with the Note 4 it really depends on what you're doing. I watched a 2 hour movie no problem. But if you switch between different apps like games to video streaming then the cooling message pops up.
What was your content?
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From my experience with the Note 4 it really depends on what you're doing. I watched a 2 hour movie no problem. But if you switch between different apps like games to video streaming then the cooling message pops up.
What was your content?
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You are right about that. The more I switched from app to app, the quicker my S6 Edge would heat up.
On the S7 Edge, I tried damn near everything that was free. Games like Dreadhalls Demo, Cosmos Warfare, Temple Run VR, Shooting Showdown and etc. Tried all the video viewers like the default viewers, Netflix, Milk VR, and etc.. Tried Jurassic World, Relay Cars, Marvel Avengers and all the free apps listed under concepts. You get the point.
I basically tried to get the overheating message on purpose. But failed.
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Yeah, the water cooling is a very under-mentioned feature on this phone. I'm willing to bet Samsung added that just for the Gear VR. Either that, or just in case the 820 had heat issues like the 810 did.
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Its a heatpipe, not water cooling.
peachpuff said:
Its a heatpipe, not water cooling.
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It's a little different than just a heat pipe. It does contain a liquid within to increase the efficiency of the heat transfer.
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It's a little different than just a heat pipe. It does contain a liquid within to increase the efficiency of the heat transfer.
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Sure there's some liquid in it, it heats up and turns into a gas and then cools and back into a liquid, but to say that's water cooling is a bit over the top. Every aftermarket heatsink uses heatpipes but no one says "i watercool my pc with this thermalright heatsink".
Teardowns reveal no liquid (distilled water, coolant, etc.) in the pipe, it's just a plain copper heatsink. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZU9U72OU5s&t=4m25s)
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Sure there's some liquid in it, it heats up and turns into a gas and then cools and back into a liquid, but to say that's water cooling is a bit over the top. Every aftermarket heatsink uses heatpipes but no one says "i watercool my pc with this thermalright heatsink".
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I stand corrected. I misunderstood the article I read.
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Thats weird wonder how the cooling process happen there. Maybe the strands cooper do melt down or something.
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I wore the Gear VR for 110 minutes, and not one overheating warning. I got suspicious and thought maybe they just got rid of the overheating warning, but for the whole 110 minutes everything played smooth. I would also occasionally feel the back on the phone, it felt warm, but not nowhere as hot as I experienced on the S6 Edge. I wanted to keep at it until I see that overheating warning, but I was getting tired.
On the S6 Edge, when you get the overheating warning, about 5-10 minutes later everything starts to stutter and lag. Almost no stutter or lag on the S7 Edge.
Also on the S7 Edge, everything ran much faster. Loading times on the S7 Edge were very quick compared to the S6 Edge.
S6 Edge .... anywhere from 20 - 35 minutes before the you get the overheating warning. Stutter/lag shortly after.
S7 Edge .... 110 minutes and no overheating message or any stutter/lag.
Battery ... I started at 82%, and after 110 minutes, ended up with 46% left.
Anyone else use their Gear VR with the S7 Edge?
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what about 4K Video Recording?
and direct gaming?
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Thats weird wonder how the cooling process happen there. Maybe the strands cooper do melt down or something.
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IF there were actual liquid in the chamber the copper strands would help draw the liquid to the cool end of the metal pipe and recondense it. Because it's not actually liquid or vapor cooling they just act as an extension of the copper piping.
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what about 4K Video Recording?
and direct gaming?
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I haven't tried any demanding games so far unless Real Racing 3 is considered demanding. All the games I tired didn't run the phone hot.
4K recording ..... I can't tell, cause I tried most 4K recording in cool weather. But even at room temperature, I haven't noticed any heating.
I would love to hear an in depth review of the S7 Edge with the consumer Gear VR. I currently have Note 4 and had the innovator edition last year but sold it on after a few months. I've the S7 Edge on pre-order and was excited about getting the consumer version bundled with it. I was in a Samsung store today and tried the consumer version they had on display with an S6 attached and I was left a little underwhelmed. It's going back almost a year since I had the Note 4 innovator and despite my delight at being able to wear my glasses with the new version the FOV certainly seemed reduced and I could detect the edge on the periphery. But it was nothing major though, especially as I'm essentially getting it free of charge.
What I would really like to know though is there much of a trade off with the S7 Edge. I was so torn between getting the standard S7 or the Edge and decided to go with the Edge for the larger screen/battery but if it is significantly inferior to the standard S7 I can change my order. I was reading that John Cormack mentioned on Twitter that the standard S7 would be sharper with less FOV but that the Edge would also possibly bleed light and make it uncomfortable. He later apparently retracted the statement and stated he was thinking of the S6 and not the S7 however other forums don't take him at his word and believe the retraction may have been to do with bolstering the S7 sales. Personally I would rather just hear an honest review from someone that has it in their hands, I've been scouring Youtube and Google but all I ever find are mind numbing unboxing videos and no testing commentary.
If anyone on here has it I would be so grateful for an opinion.
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I would love to hear an in depth review of the S7 Edge with the consumer Gear VR. I currently have Note 4 and had the innovator edition last year but sold it on after a few months. I've the S7 Edge on pre-order and was excited about getting the consumer version bundled with it. I was in a Samsung store today and tried the consumer version they had on display with an S6 attached and I was left a little underwhelmed. It's going back almost a year since I had the Note 4 innovator and despite my delight at being able to wear my glasses with the new version the FOV certainly seemed reduced and I could detect the edge on the periphery. But it was nothing major though, especially as I'm essentially getting it free of charge.
What I would really like to know though is there much of a trade off with the S7 Edge. I was so torn between getting the standard S7 or the Edge and decided to go with the Edge for the larger screen/battery but if it is significantly inferior to the standard S7 I can change my order. I was reading that John Cormack mentioned on Twitter that the standard S7 would be sharper with less FOV but that the Edge would also possibly bleed light and make it uncomfortable. He later apparently retracted the statement and stated he was thinking of the S6 and not the S7 however other forums don't take him at his word and believe the retraction may have been to do with bolstering the S7 sales. Personally I would rather just hear an honest review from someone that has it in their hands, I've been scouring Youtube and Google but all I ever find are mind numbing unboxing videos and no testing commentary.
If anyone on here has it I would be so grateful for an opinion.
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No light bleed that i noticed on the S7 edge.
And the light bleed on the S6 edge was extremely minor, that most would have not noticed unless they were looking for issues.
This is of course with the cover off. I haven't even used the cover yet.
Thats good news and thanks for the reply. Other than the better battery life and performance do you still have a similar fov with the edge, is the screen door effect any different than when you had the S6?
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Is it normal for the tab to generate some heat at the top part of the back where the rear facing camera is? Have any of you guys experienced this?
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Is it normal for the tab to generate some heat at the top part of the back where the rear facing camera is? Have any of you guys experienced this?
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I have. I believe that's where the Tegra2 chip rests. Mine can get pretty hot, but I'm not worried. If there's a problem later on, I'll just exchange it or send it in to Samsung.
I have but nothing major that cause any alarm..it got hott and then it passed was ok.
Mine gets slightly hot too, specially when watching flash videos for a long time
Mine got pretty warm too while watching videos for a while.
I don't know if it was just good luck or good design, but I thought it was nice that the warm part of the tablet is the one area I never grip it. That top area is away from my hands in landscape and when I hold it in portrait I want the buttons (top side) facing away from the hand that is holding it.
So I barely even notice it getting warm usually.
"Warm" is actually the word I was looking for It seems to be normal since I'm not the only one experiencing it. It doesn't really get hot and it goes away after I put it to rest.
Thanks for all the replies! This forum is great!
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Mine does it too.
It's cause this damn tablet is too thin. We need to tell Samsung to scrap this useless design and go with the original lol
Mine does the same thing. Warm when doing anything. Warm-hot when watching movies
I've gone from Note Edge -> S6 Edge+ -> LG V10 -> S7 Edge.
Here are a few quick photos I took.
Post 2 will have speedtests and Post 3 will be benchmarks.
I wish I had done a speedtest for the V10 last night, but I did not think about it.
All benchmarks done with all other apps closed out and terminated, airplane mode, WiFi off, and 100% screen brightness.
Quadrant (only turned WiFi on at end to get results)
AnTuTu (Graphical tests MUCH MUCH smoother on the S7 Edge / Very choppy on the LG V10)
3DMark (Huge difference in FPS)
Tested it out to see how the "Moisture in Charging Port" warning appears.
Thank you. In your opinion which of the phones did you like the best? What's your pros and cons between note edge, v10, and s7 edge?
I ask as I loved the note edge but mine was on the way out and I jumped to the v10. I love the v10 except I got one that overheats and drains battery like crazy. I have had to swap tie phone out twice but other then that I love the v10.
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Thank you. In your opinion which of the phones did you like the best? What's your pros and cons between note edge, v10, and s7 edge?
I ask as I loved the note edge but mine was on the way out and I jumped to the v10. I love the v10 except I got one that overheats and drains battery like crazy. I have had to swap tie phone out twice but other then that I love the v10.
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I use my phone a lot. I got the spare battery + microsd deal for the V10 so it helped. I went through 2 or 3 full batteries a day.
I LOVED the Note Edge. I hope they bring it back and I can use my 3rd T-Mobile JUMP to get that later in the year. I have a problem of getting the newest phone out, so I had to ditch it. Out of all the phones I've owned, If they continued the Note Edge line, I'd continue to buy that line only. It had all the greatness of Samsung in 1 phone. If they made one as nice as the Note 5/S7 builds have been + the right edge panel + S-Pen + MicroSD, I don't see myself ever switching to a new phone except when the newer Note Edge came out.
V10 -
I like:
Screen size
Phone size
Grip
Sturdiness (ruggedness?)
Swappable battery.
I don't like -
I never really used the top screen except to check the time at night and there's some serious light bleed in the corner for the second screen
Build seems solid but the materials are more rugged where the S7 Edge screams premium with all the glossiness and glass.
Rear buttons became annoying to me during certain situations
Camera had lot of features in manual mode, but I still couldn't get photos that looked as good as my previous Samsung phones
S7 Edge -
I like:
PREMIUM build
Much brighter/vivid display
Faster, more efficient (newer, so it's expected)
Wireless charging
Camera photo quality even simply using AUTO mode
Better speakers
Waterproof so I won't be hunched over my phone in the rain to prevent droplets from hitting screen
Brought back MicroSD
I don't like:
Can't remove battery (we'll see how battery life is after a few days)
Sides are really thin so you can accidentally be touching the screen with palm or fingers without knowing
Lots of fingerprints
A lot more scared to drop it compared to the V10
These are my initial impressions.
The note edge was the best phone ever and I am dissapointed they have not done another note edge. I would have held onto mine if it wasn't dieing on me. I appreciate the feedback and keep us update on how they compare as you use the s7 edge.
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Tested it out to see how the "Moisture in Charging Port" warning appears.
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I had the same issue recently - see my thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/moisture-detected-t3328011
I didn't get back quick charging after the phone dried. Can you tell me how your phone behaved after the warning?
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I had the same issue recently - see my thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/moisture-detected-t3328011
I didn't get back quick charging after the phone dried. Can you tell me how your phone behaved after the warning?
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After I got that message, I unplugged it and set it on top of my wireless charger for about 30 minutes. I plugged it back into the phone and it showed "FAST CHARGING" and charged fine.
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After I got that message, I unplugged it and set it on top of my wireless charger for about 30 minutes. I plugged it back into the phone and it showed "FAST CHARGING" and charged fine.
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Interesting. Seems getting the warning is normal, and it should go away after phone dries. My phone just never dried completely, but that may just be my luck.
Good to know, thanks for sharing.
Did a video on the S7 Edge to see how long it would last in extreme heat before it would fail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxZvodI5p-c
That's a bit much. I am not sure how toasting your phone on a live fire is a real world test? How is knowing the phone survives x minutes in a fire helpful to users?
Anyway, props to you and thanks for the video.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Wtf is wrong with people? Either we have an extreme apple fan and nobody caught it or some people in this world have way to much money. There are people out there with dumb, broken or no phone at all and this is a contribution to a developers forum! I'm going to stop now so I'm not spending too much life on it.
This is an incredibly stupid and pointless video.
Awesome video. You should do the EXTREME SHIPPING test. You basically put a (black) Galaxy s7 (flat, not the edge) in a shoebox without its box and you ship it a few thousand miles away. I'm willing to help you with the test.
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Awesome video. You should do the EXTREME SHIPPING test. You basically put a (black) Galaxy s7 (flat, not the edge) in a shoebox without its box and you ship it a few thousand miles away. I'm willing to help you with the test.
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Lol I'll think about it. And yea guys, I've never been one to destroy phones, but considering the fact everyone lately is doing destruction videos, I decided why not try it once myself and see what would actually happen to the phone. My initial theory was that the battery would cause a lot of smoke and flames but that didn't happen. I also thought the phone would last (stay on and working) much longer than it did. Usually people tend to keep their phones in the car, and its happened to me before too during the hot summer heat near the desert, it can get extremely hot inside a parked car. I've come back to a phone that nearly burned my hand to the touch yet it worked, even though I know the heat from the bbq was stronger, I would expect the phone to have lasted at least a few minutes instead of just 40 seconds or so.
Crushing a Galaxy S7 Edge with a 400-ton hydraulic press
More wasteful fun. I sure hope these are practically useless demo models.
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I'm a little nitpicky, but can someone check their galaxy s7 quickly for these 2 things? I wanted to know if I got a bad built phone.
1) I'm coming from a Galaxy Note5, the home button is extremely solid, if you touch/tap it, it doesn't move even a single nanometer, on the Galaxy S7 edge, if I slightly touch/ tap it/ moving finger slightly up and down, it wobbling around a little tiny bit, like a cheap loose keyboard button.
2) The sim card slot after it is inserted, it sunken below the metal frame a little bit, unlike on the note5 in which the outer metal part of sim tray is seamlessly align with the metal frame.
These are not deal breaker or anything, I just want certain things to be perfect, they just bother me a little bit.
Some other things I don't like about Galaxy S7 edge compared to Note5:
When running certain games (for example, Simcity builtit large cities), it is EXTREMELY laggy, like 5 frames per second (I have the crapdragon 820 since I live in US) whereas it is very smooth on my Note5. I read some other posts and I'm sure this problem is due to crappy Samsung gaming service/game launcher feature which they'll probably fix it in like 10 years. Otherwise the phone run smoothly, no lag everywhere else.
Again, when playing some heavy game, the phone does get a lot warmer compared to the Note5, and this phone is supposed to have some kind of mini liquid cooling system.
One other very nitpicking thing, the LED indicator on the Note5, if you look closely, have a high quality built to it, compared to the S7 which look exactly like the Galaxy S3 LED indicator, only smaller.
After all, I'm very happy with my Galaxy S7 edge, look good, a little bit smoother experience (except games), have a much better standby battery life (only drain 3-4% overnight compared to 10-15% on Note5).
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I'm a little nitpicky, but can someone check their galaxy s7 quickly for these 2 things? I wanted to know if I got a bad built phone.
1) I'm coming from a Galaxy Note5, the home button is extremely solid, if you touch/tap it, it doesn't move even a single nanometer, on the Galaxy S7 edge, if I slightly touch/ tap it/ moving finger slightly up and down, it wobbling around a little tiny bit, like a cheap loose keyboard button.
2) The sim card slot after it is inserted, it sunken below the metal frame a little bit, unlike on the note5 in which the outer metal part of sim tray is seamlessly align with the metal frame.
These are not deal breaker or anything, I just want certain things to be perfect, they just bother me a little bit.
Some other things I don't like about Galaxy S7 edge compared to Note5:
When running certain games (for example, Simcity builtit large cities), it is EXTREMELY laggy, like 5 frames per second (I have the crapdragon 820 since I live in US) whereas it is very smooth on my Note5. I read some other posts and I'm sure this problem is due to crappy Samsung gaming service/game launcher feature which they'll probably fix it in like 10 years. Otherwise the phone run smoothly, no lag everywhere else.
Again, when playing some heavy game, the phone does get a lot warmer compared to the Note5, and this phone is supposed to have some kind of mini liquid cooling system.
One other very nitpicking thing, the LED indicator on the Note5, if you look closely, have a high quality built to it, compared to the S7 which look exactly like the Galaxy S3 LED indicator, only smaller.
After all, I'm very happy with my Galaxy S7 edge, look good, a little bit smoother experience (except games), have a much better standby battery life (only drain 3-4% overnight compared to 10-15% on Note5).
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I don't have that issues
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Only the sim tray same as yours but it doesn't bother me.
My home key/finger print sensor doesn't wobble, the SIM card it's like youve described above.
Mine doesn't wobble, the sim card tray it can do what your saying but I just choose not to depress it before it gets sunken, I think it's like that for waterproof properties like a spishy seal
No wobble on home screen/sim like you
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I'm a little nitpicky, but can someone check their galaxy s7 quickly for these 2 things? I wanted to know if I got a bad built phone.
1) I'm coming from a Galaxy Note5, the home button is extremely solid, if you touch/tap it, it doesn't move even a single nanometer, on the Galaxy S7 edge, if I slightly touch/ tap it/ moving finger slightly up and down, it wobbling around a little tiny bit, like a cheap loose keyboard button.
2) The sim card slot after it is inserted, it sunken below the metal frame a little bit, unlike on the note5 in which the outer metal part of sim tray is seamlessly align with the metal frame.
These are not deal breaker or anything, I just want certain things to be perfect, they just bother me a little bit.
Some other things I don't like about Galaxy S7 edge compared to Note5:
When running certain games (for example, Simcity builtit large cities), it is EXTREMELY laggy, like 5 frames per second (I have the crapdragon 820 since I live in US) whereas it is very smooth on my Note5. I read some other posts and I'm sure this problem is due to crappy Samsung gaming service/game launcher feature which they'll probably fix it in like 10 years. Otherwise the phone run smoothly, no lag everywhere else.
Again, when playing some heavy game, the phone does get a lot warmer compared to the Note5, and this phone is supposed to have some kind of mini liquid cooling system.
One other very nitpicking thing, the LED indicator on the Note5, if you look closely, have a high quality built to it, compared to the S7 which look exactly like the Galaxy S3 LED indicator, only smaller.
After all, I'm very happy with my Galaxy S7 edge, look good, a little bit smoother experience (except games), have a much better standby battery life (only drain 3-4% overnight compared to 10-15% on Note5).
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My friend got a S7 edge which using S820 (G9350), he claim that he feel laggy when gaming as well, and it seems that the problem should cause by Samsung firmware as 8890 model haven't this issue
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My friend got a S7 edge which using S820 (G9350), he claim that he feel laggy when gaming as well, and it seems that the problem should cause by Samsung firmware as 8890 model haven't this issue
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it absolutely does! so many threads already about lag in games, most of us have this issue, software issue as claimed,waiting for a fixing update.....
Thanks guys!
Hey OP I just found out this app today and I've started to use it on my s7edge. It's called easy home for Samsung on the play store. What this app does is instead of actually clicking down on the home bottom u can just double tap on it and it 'll return u back to le home screen. Hope dis helps /cheers.
Sim card slot sits perfectly, but the FP-Button is little bit wobbling (0.01mm or so).
annt6 said:
I'm a little nitpicky, but can someone check their galaxy s7 quickly for these 2 things? I wanted to know if I got a bad built phone.
1) I'm coming from a Galaxy Note5, the home button is extremely solid, if you touch/tap it, it doesn't move even a single nanometer, on the Galaxy S7 edge, if I slightly touch/ tap it/ moving finger slightly up and down, it wobbling around a little tiny bit, like a cheap loose keyboard button.
2) The sim card slot after it is inserted, it sunken below the metal frame a little bit, unlike on the note5 in which the outer metal part of sim tray is seamlessly align with the metal frame.
These are not deal breaker or anything, I just want certain things to be perfect, they just bother me a little bit.
Some other things I don't like about Galaxy S7 edge compared to Note5:
When running certain games (for example, Simcity builtit large cities), it is EXTREMELY laggy, like 5 frames per second (I have the crapdragon 820 since I live in US) whereas it is very smooth on my Note5. I read some other posts and I'm sure this problem is due to crappy Samsung gaming service/game launcher feature which they'll probably fix it in like 10 years. Otherwise the phone run smoothly, no lag everywhere else.
Again, when playing some heavy game, the phone does get a lot warmer compared to the Note5, and this phone is supposed to have some kind of mini liquid cooling system.
One other very nitpicking thing, the LED indicator on the Note5, if you look closely, have a high quality built to it, compared to the S7 which look exactly like the Galaxy S3 LED indicator, only smaller.
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Did you get it from a reputable retailer, or from a private party? There's some fake ones going around, but I have no idea about their numbers, locations, etc. SlashGear just had an article on this.
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Did you get it from a reputable retailer, or from a private party? There's some fake ones going around, but I have no idea about their numbers, locations, etc. SlashGear just had an article on this.
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Thanks again guys. I purchased it directly from T-mobile. It's too late to return it for a new one but I'm happy with this phone so far.
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Thanks again guys. I purchased it directly from T-mobile. It's too late to return it for a new one but I'm happy with this phone so far.
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If it's not defective u have 14 days to return it. 20 days if u bought it from my t mobile.
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2624
SIM tray no problem. Though my first unit had a bent SIM tray from factory. Manufacturing error. My home button wiggles maybe 0,1mm on left side only IF I apply force up & down. Not bu just tapping it. Had not noticed this at all before so it's a non issue.
I have internet Australian version and don't have any of them problems my sim card try sits products
Perfect and my home button is also perfect doesn't have any wobble at all... I think yous have a defective build and for the money they cost they should be perfect
Hey everyone so I decided to try the daydream VR since my friend has It. I spend about 45 minutes immerse in the experience and all of my sudden my phone shut off. I took it it out and the phone was extremely hot!! I thought maybe it was dead. So I plugged it in. And it dint do anything at all.. at this point I thought of the worse and thought my phone might have overheated and fried the internal. My friend suggested putting the phone next to the AC to cool down. And about 10 minutes of cooling the phone actually turned on..
All I can say is beware of long periods of time in the VR. I for sure will not be using this..
I posted on this as well the Daydream vr Pixel combo, is dangerous to say the least.
Mine heated up so bad in 5 minutes. i could feel the heat radiate to my face through the unit.
I had to pay for my Daydream a few days ago returning it may be my best option.
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Hey everyone so I decided to try the daydream VR since my friend has It. I spend about 45 minutes immerse in the experience and all of my sudden my phone shut off. I took it it out and the phone was extremely hot!! I thought maybe it was dead. So I plugged it in. And it dint do anything at all.. at this point I thought of the worse and thought my phone might have overheated and fried the internal. My friend suggested putting the phone next to the AC to cool down. And about 10 minutes of cooling the phone actually turned on..
All I can say is beware of long periods of time in the VR. I for sure will not be using this..
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Were you using a case with your phone at the time, also out of interest as you mentioned AC, what is the climate like where you live?
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Were you using a case with your phone at the time, also out of interest as you mentioned AC, what is the climate like where you live?
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I live In NY temp today was high 40s. And yea I did have a case. But I still don't think this is safe for your phone.
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I posted on this as well the Daydream vr Pixel combo, is dangerous to say the least.
Mine heated up so bad in 5 minutes. i could feel the heat radiate to my face through the unit.
I had to pay for my Daydream a few days ago returning it may be my best option.
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Yeah I'm definitely not ordering one for myseld
egren58 said:
I live In NY temp today was high 40s. And yea I did have a case. But I still don't think this is safe for your phone.
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I agree it doesn't sound great, i doubt it will blow up on your face as the phone will self-power down long before then.
What case are you using out of interest? A thick silicon/rubber case will have a massive impact on the thermal performance on the phone. It will have the same effect as placing something over your computer fan outlet, eventually the system will shut down as the temp builds up.
On the bright side, I haven't seen any mention of any extreme thermal issues (phones will get warm when pushing VR content) so hopefully it is an isolated issue or is a software issue that can be patched.
Other than melting your face, how is the daydream experience?
Lol it is pretty nice,i found an app on the play store.
That had me in some girls bedroom while she was getting dressed.lol I was looking all around the bedroom.
Skydiving,bowling,etc.
Warning you will get dizzy.
That's a shame that it heats up that bad considering the phone has good thermals on its own. But it makes sense with the fabric insulating the phone keeping the heat from leaving efficiently.
tiny4579 said:
That's a shame that it heats up that bad considering the phone has good thermals on its own. But it makes sense with the fabric insulating the phone keeping the heat from leaving efficiently.
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There is no fabric that insulates the phone. The phone sits in plastic with rubber stand offs that space out the phone so it has a gap all around the phone.
I take my OtterBox commuter car off my phone when I use daydream and while the phone does get very hot I have not had a overheat message yet out has the phone shut down.
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Ugh. Was hoping their would not be heat issues in the case...was so annoying taking my note 7 out of the case every time i wanted to VR...
Someone needs to come up with a case with a passive heatsink pf some sort on it.
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Remember guys, any and all devices you leave the "light" on will get hot. Feel your TVs, even the LED get warm - hot.
While you're using the VR you've got the screen on and are taxing the Pixel in an enclosed visor. Plus your head is probably hot, esp if you're watching the prawn stars
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Remember guys, any and all devices you leave the "light" on will get hot. Feel your TVs, even the LED get warm - hot.
While you're using the VR you've got the screen on and are taxing the Pixel in an enclosed visor. Plus your head is probably hot, esp if you're watching the prawn stars
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Lol
yeah I tried my Note in the Gear VR (came free with it) was an ok experience but my god did the phone get hot, they are pushing the performance of these devices to the limits so it should be expected they get warm, but then there is a point where you should be asking if it was actually thought through, if the phone is overheating then that is a problem and something that should have been seen before now, but if the phone is just generally running hot I would see it as something normal when you are taxing the CPU and GPU to the limits. but if it is running hot to the point of shutting down something is wrong there.
Since this is the phone they used to build Daydream VR (only certified phone) I am sure they tested extensively. This maybe the reason for the low power version of the 821 instead of the higher performance version. The phone actually shutting off I beleive means a defective phone. Unless you just missed all the heat warning I would call Google and get a RMA before your battery goes bad permanently.
Even gear VR overheats it's just the compromise of the mobile versions for now.
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What if you didn't use a case, and maybe put a spacer behind the phone so when you close it there is a space behind the phone for it to breathe....and stay cooler? Can't wait to try the headset out when it comes.
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I had read that Daydream on the Pixels has an exception to the thermal throttle normally enforced in order to achieve the required 60FPS for the scene, therefore enabling it to push a little harder than most other 3D applications and inevitably getting hotter. As mentioned earlier it was probably all subject to extensive testing by Google and aids in the explanation to the lower clock speeds they have chosen.
I'm fairly confident that Google was confident the heat is acceptable and considering it's the latest and greatest from Qualcomm the only alternative would be some heat pipes and heatsinks sticking out of the phone.
Same deal with the Samsung vr
Got mine, got through the tutorial and it was already very warm.
It is nothing I can picture me using it too much anyway.
I have the Pixel XL with me almost always but I am not bringing the viewer with me all that often.
I've tried just holding the Pixel XL against the VR Headset and leaving the flap down. Seems to keep temperature down a bit.
I was testing it out that way but ended up on a phone call after about 30 minutes of use. (watched about 5 or 6 movie trailers in 4k and 360).
Phone was only warm to the touch. Temperature in house usually kept around 75 degrees.
Anyone else tried this.?