Hi guys,
I just purchased a Galaxy Note 3 a week ago. However, I'm noticing that this phone has a major problem (at least, I consider it a problem). Turning the screen on and off has a bit of a delay.
To show what I mean I made this video in which I use a Desire HD to compare it with.
You can clearly see that the Desire HD turns on and off immediately, however.. the fancy Note 3 has to wake up, make a pot of coffee, read the morning news and then decides to switch on the screen.
Is this just my phone? Do more people experience this? Why does my phone do this?
I don't have a second Note 3 and I'm waiting for somebody to test it with. So I'd like to know how other Note 3 owners experience this.
There are many other things about this phone that really disappoint me, but this is one of the things that annoy me the most.
(p.s. I already tried a factory reset, didn't chance a thing...)
Thanks you for any replies/help.
supervinnie40 said:
Hi guys,
I just purchased a Galaxy Note 3 a week ago. However, I'm noticing that this phone has a major problem (at least, I consider it a problem). Turning the screen on and off has a bit of a delay.
To show what I mean I made this video in which I use a Desire HD to compare it with.
You can clearly see that the Desire HD turns on and off immediately, however.. the fancy Note 3 has to wake up, make a pot of coffee, read the morning news and then decides to switch on the screen.
Is this just my phone? Do more people experience this? Why does my phone do this?
I don't have a second Note 3 and I'm waiting for somebody to test it with. So I'd like to know how other Note 3 owners experience this.
There are many other things about this phone that really disappoint me, but this is one of the things that annoy me the most.
(p.s. I already tried a factory reset, didn't chance a thing...)
Thanks you for any replies/help.
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I think that something is wrong with your phone, my wakes up almost emmediately
supervinnie40 said:
Hi guys,
I just purchased a Galaxy Note 3 a week ago. However, I'm noticing that this phone has a major problem (at least, I consider it a problem). Turning the screen on and off has a bit of a delay.
To show what I mean I made this video in which I use a Desire HD to compare it with.
You can clearly see that the Desire HD turns on and off immediately, however.. the fancy Note 3 has to wake up, make a pot of coffee, read the morning news and then decides to switch on the screen.
Is this just my phone? Do more people experience this? Why does my phone do this?
I don't have a second Note 3 and I'm waiting for somebody to test it with. So I'd like to know how other Note 3 owners experience this.
There are many other things about this phone that really disappoint me, but this is one of the things that annoy me the most.
(p.s. I already tried a factory reset, didn't chance a thing...)
Thanks you for any replies/help.
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Something up there mate my phone is on soon as i press the button
my guess is ...
that its "some form of lag" caused by an app ??
have you got Svoice enabled ? /
or otherwise its some "app setting "( eg a launcher/camera )
that power button functions , is also assigned to and causes delay ??
Further have you check Svoice settings ?
it does sometimes cause lag as it waits for second press on "home button "
i disabled it completely /otherwise uncheck in S voice settings.
have you tried to wake phone with home button press,not power button.?( any lag ? )
i use Sview cover to open cover and note 3 wakes up straight away !(use no power button at all )
but if i press power button ,wakes up ....immediately !
same with me pressing home button,wakes up ..immediately.!
(No lag at all .)
(but above then,is my experience in tracking " cuplits/apps " responsible for various lags on my phone
The result is my phone is very, very smooth ,no lags or hiccups....
I have the N9005 ,stock, not rooted .
good luck.
Thanks for the replies guys.
I don't have any launcher apps running. I like to keep things smooth and optimized, so I turn off everything I don't need. No Air Gesture, No Svoice etc.
I've been playing with this the last week, and haven't really been able to find anything.
However, I just wanted to delete some stuff and reset some settings and removed my SD card to be safe. Since I removed the card, it seems the screen reacts a bit faster....
But does that make any sense? Could there be anything that could cause this lag/delay that has to do with the SD card?
My current card is a 16gb class 2. But I can't find any info on why the phone would slow down when a slow SD card is used.... Just doesn't make much sense.
In the meantime I continue testing and trying. Others have said that there might be something wrong with my phone, but when I compare stuff with other Note 3 tests, then it all seems ok. Installing an app takes the same time, opening a heavy app too, starting up is just as fast and even after a full factory reset everything seems to be fine.
Mine has a bit of a delay too...I was wondering if it was only me. With mine it's pretty erratic though - sometimes it takes a full second or so to activate the screen, while other times it comes on almost instantly.
I did notice on many occasions using the home button to wake is quicker, plus it's generally easier to get to one handed.
p.s. do you have the Verizon variant?
Good to read that somebody else noticed this to.
In the mean time I have been testing some more. After disabling almost anything that could have to do with either cpu usage or lockscreen usage, removing the SD card, removing the sim card, deleting many apps and using a very low res image, the phone becomes almost as quick as the Desire HD.
There is still a difference, the Note 3 is still a tiny little bit slower, but it has been improved.
However, if I need to do all this radical stuff to make a 2.3 ghz powerhouse perform the same as a 4 year old 1 ghz calculator.... then this phone is just not worth the money I spent on it.
Very, very dissapointed.
After my testing I applied all my previous settings, apps and such to a phone from my friend. Just like you said (siciliano) there is a noticable delay. An erratic delay, but still noticable. Sometimes it's really quick, other times it's really slow.
My Desire HD has never shown any delay... not even when I'm downloading 5 apps at the same time (which makes it quite slow).
This phone will go on for sale tomorrow. I'm not gonna spent 600 euro on a toy that can't perform the way it should.
p.s. No, it's not a Verizon phone. I bought the phone, without phone-plan or anything. Just the phone itself.
Hi,
I think it's very safe to assume that if you think there's a problem then there likely is. Sometimes you have to turn the question round or switch focus... scratch your head all day about 99 maybes yet you have 1 factor that swings it.
Certainly when it comes to testing leave things out like memory cards or SIMs. Sounds like you have and it's not happy. All might not be lost though. Perhaps the stock firmware didn't load well. Have you tried updating OTA or via Kies or Odin? And was the device bought from a regular vendor?
Jonty.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
I just checked mine - same delay. So I restarted it. Now no delay.
@jonty, I got the phone from a well known Dutch re-seller (phonehouse). Unfortunately my results and/or problems seem to be repeatable, which makes me believe that it's not just my phone.
I h aven't used any other ROMs, but I did give it a factory reset (twice in 2 weeks...) and I have swiped the cache. Both did not make a difference.
Even better, right after the reset, the delay is bigger then when I optimize the settings (which means turning pretty much anything and everything off... stripping down the phone via settings).
@Bulbous, how did it take you to get the delay back again. I've tried restarting a few times, but after +/- 5 minutes the delay was the same again.
I just don't understand why a powerhouse like this phone has so much trouble with such a simple thing....
It's like asking Einstein to tell me 1+1=? and then he has to take his calculator out....
If you experience lag like this something is wrong. Note 3 should have no lag at all. I have about 150 user apps adding to the stock apps and have never experienced any lag whatsoever.
If you do, you have fu..ed up your phone somehow..
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slight delay like 0.5 sec to 1 sec is ok cos it is normal as the phone required to enter deep sleep. (google to understand it)
any more than that might be faulty software or hardware.
if i were to encounter such problem, i will first remove the sdcard and reboot..if not fixed, then format.. without sdcard inserted, reboot and try again.
if not fixed, then i would send to SC ask them check.
the reason i remove sdcard because the phone might still scanning in the background.
Hi,
Although unfortunate it might just be that the device is defective. Although it's new it can still happen.
But before you go the repair/replace route you should at least consider installing any OS updates if there are any and perform a complete wipe. Then see how it performs before installing any memory cards or other software. Perhaps also install a system info app (afterwards) and make sure the chip, cores and other spec are what they should be as fakes do exist.
Jonty.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
try this method maybe will help u http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...-note-3-lags-sometimes-slow-here-how-fix.html
Something is wrong it shouldn't be that slow, comment above is useless as it's not an animation.
Flash the latest stock firmware - if that doesn't help I'm clueless to what could cause this.
Its the sd card...I used a class 2 and I had lags..changed to a new class 10 and everything was instantaneous
Teleported from my SM-N9005 from the Enterprise
dcracks said:
Its the sd card...I used a class 2 and I had lags..changed to a new class 10 and everything was instantaneous
Teleported from my SM-N9005 from the Enterprise
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Can anyone confirm this? This could very well be the problem because I know for a fact my sd card is very old.
I'm gonna buy a new 64GB sd card soon anyway, so I'll make sure it's fast.
I had some delay when turning the screen on/off, but im pretty sure that something was corrected in one of the multiple firmware updates that i have installed because i don't have it any more.
tWoBrO said:
I had some delay when turning the screen on/off, but im pretty sure that something was corrected in one of the multiple firmware updates that i have installed because i don't have it any more.
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Just out of curiosity, are you rooted? How did you go about updating?
Thanks!
My phone is not rooted, I'm using stock room. I was talking about official Samsung firmware updates. Running version MJ7.
Hi !
These are the problems I am facing on my Nexus 4 device and I would really appreciate if someone kindly let me know as to how I can solve these serious issues plaguing me since almost a month now. ( Nexus 4 running KitKat 4.4.4 )
1. When the phone is in the pocket and I get any notification it naturally wakes up but then supposed to go back to the Sleep Mode like in any phone normally but unfortunately, my phone stays awake and I notice this when I actually feel the phone growing uncomfortably warm in my pocket !
The screen shows multiple pages open and battery draining like anything ! ( after reading some online problems related to this I have deleted WebChat and closed the Daydream function but the problem still persists and it seems I am not the only one facing this problem . )
This has happened many times.
Further, I have no idea if this happened only after the update or not since I have never used Nexus before and besides , my phone is second hand and was already updated to this version when I had purchased.
2. At times when I am rotating my camera from lets say, Landscape to Potrait mode and visa versa to take pictures the image freezes for a heartbeat and becomes normal once again.
Acting as if memory is not enough !
Storage shows 5.75G left. Two movies and music and no games.
No anti virus app but DU Booster. ( also happened before installing the booster app. )
So far, after using this phone for almost a month I am very happy and I love the smoothness of the phone .
To me this is an Andriod version of an iPhone in terms of smoothness and reliability.
In fact, I think it is better in many ways but if these above issues are solved it would encourage me to buy a new Nexus 5 soon which I am sure is much nicer then a 4.
Thank you for your kind assistance and best regards to all.
Sammy
I assume you've performed a factory reset after having bought it used, is that right?
1. Have you set it up to turn the screen on when a notification is received? It can affect your battery life, especially if it happens to unlock on its own, which I think may be the case if you're reporting "multiple pages open and battery draining like anything"
2. It's quite normal, obviously if the switching time is not THAT annoyingly long. Mine has approximately 40% storage left and sports almost no lag within the camera app, but that fraction of a second is noticeable.
Thanks for your kind reply.
Yes, I did a factory reset.
Let me check the notification status.
With regards to camera when I twist and turn the phone - the image , instead of changing with the position actually ' thinks ', before doing it which means a blurry lag .
I clearly see this from one position to the next.
Further, what I forgot to write and ask was when the phone is in my pocket and I receive an incoming call the screen freezes and I cannot swipe it to unlock and so I have to switch off the power and turn it on and only then swipe and receive the call ! ( I used to get this on a custom ROM on Galaxy S and the Dev gave me this idea and which I apply here too ! )
Thanks again !
Sammy
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Free mobile app
Hi,first of all dont hate me if posted in the wrong place
Yesterday I bought a brand new Samsung Galaxy S6 edge + and not only after 30 secounds rooted it and tripped knox(dont care)
Here is my problem I have been running a few root apps til now including lucky patcher and other stuff so my root is 100% succesful
But when I opend game killer to hack a game i pressed auto identify and after 2 secounds black screen and phone crashes to galaxy s6 edge plus splash animation than booted fine.This is happening in any app I try to edit data in and I have tried 3 different copies of game killer all of them tested on my lolipop s5 cuz I head some of them has problems with lolipop.Anyway what is the solution to this or can you link me to a good copy of game killer.Pls cant have 0 coins in hill climb racing
Rainbow_Dash said:
Hi,first of all dont hate me if posted in the wrong place
Yesterday I bought a brand new Samsung Galaxy S6 edge + and not only after 30 secounds rooted it and tripped knox(dont care)
Here is my problem I have been running a few root apps til now including lucky patcher and other stuff so my root is 100% succesful
But when I opend game killer to hack a game i pressed auto identify and after 2 secounds black screen and phone crashes to galaxy s6 edge plus splash animation than booted fine.This is happening in any app I try to edit data in and I have tried 3 different copies of game killer all of them tested on my lolipop s5 cuz I head some of them has problems with lolipop.Anyway what is the solution to this or can you link me to a good copy of game killer.Pls cant have 0 coins in hill climb racing
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Hey. Opening this thread in Q/A forum would be good BTW Game killer never worked for me on s6e+ or I couldnt make it work..
Is it me or samsung galaxy s7 edge (and the s6 edge) is so slow... I have to admit that my iphone friend can pull out stuff way quicker (go to chrome/ send a text/ go to gallery). I don't even have that many apps, and memory is far to be full. I reseted twice, what could it be ?
also, the messaging app is as always very very slow, and this forever. any solutions for this ?
sounds like its faulty, i would try wipe partition cache first, it doesnt delete any data, if that doesnt help then factory reset last option..
christophec said:
Is it me or Samsung galaxy s7 edge (and the s6 edge) is so slow... I have to admit that my iPhone friend can pull out stuff way quicker (go to chrome/ send a text/ go to gallery). I don't even have that many apps, and memory is far to be full. I reseted twice, what could it be ?
also, the messaging app is as always very very slow, and this forever. any solutions for this ?
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I think just your phone have this problem, I have no problem with the speed of my s7 ( No Root in my phone), try to wipe the cache first, or delete unnecessary programs
I did wipe the cache..
This happened every phone I had since the s5
christophec said:
I did wipe the cache..
This happened every phone I had since the s5
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then one of the apps you are using is taking up to much ram causing the phone to slow down.
I suggest remove or modify the app that is causing the problem.
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christophec said:
Is it me or samsung galaxy s7 edge (and the s6 edge) is so slow... I have to admit that my iphone friend can pull out stuff way quicker (go to chrome/ send a text/ go to gallery). I don't even have that many apps, and memory is far to be full. I reseted twice, what could it be ?
also, the messaging app is as always very very slow, and this forever. any solutions for this ?
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Hi Christophec, on my S7 Edge i have Superman Rom 2.3 by Tkkg1994 and i dont see any lag and is fully customizable. On iPhone, what u can do? U cant customize nothing... so is normal the iPhone interface is more light than Samsung Touchwiz. Try to flash AOSP Rom, if u want that phone fast as lightning ...
My phone has been super fast but installed magisk from magisk mgr yesterday and it became a slug. Fresh wipe of rom got her back up and running like lighting again.
I don't think he should flash any rom since he seems like an unexperienced user.Start with a factory reset.
This might sound stupid. But clear all the crap stored in your clipboard.my Note 7 did this and when I cleared clipboard it made a Hugh difference! Just an idea.
Beastmode GalaxyS7E
If you use clean master or similars maybe...
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I have t mobile variant and mine is fast but I don't have root. My gf has the iPhone 6s plus and yes it's way faster at doing things. If you need a faster phone then I suggest iPhone but if you can't live without customizations then stick to android. Anyways, you should do a factory reset. If that doesn't fix the lag then I would bet it's because the phone is faulty. Remember not all phones come out of mass production the same.