Hey everyone!
I am just wondering if this is just normal, I have a Japanese model of a galaxy s7 edge(SC-02H), and when I did a bootup speedtest comparison with my iphone 6, I noticed that my galaxy s7 edge is noticeably slower and iphone 6 booted up faster. I also noticed gaming sometimes in my galaxy s7 edge, it becomes sluggish and graphics may become choppy sometimes. But there is no problem operating the device overall, going thru the system UI is pretty smooth. Thanks for anyone who can help me with this problem
It depends on the game itself. Often times if the game developers are lazy, the game isn't well optimized on Android and they just use a direct port from iOS, the game may not run as well. Sometimes there are developers who properly make games, hence they'll have good performance. Boot up is relative depending on how you set the phone up and how many features are turned on and set to start on boot.
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Thanks, but I did a complete factory reset of my galaxy s7 and did again a comparison with my iphone, however the galaxy still boot a little slower
chanchan05 said:
It depends on the game itself. Often times if the game developers are lazy, the game isn't well optimized on Android and they just use a direct port from iOS, the game may not run as well. Sometimes there are developers who properly make games, hence they'll have good performance. Boot up is relative depending on how you set the phone up and how many features are turned on and set to start on boot.
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That's also ok. It's due to the difference in the OS. iOS is a very simplified OS, compared to Android which is more complex in terms of structure and number of running processes. That also accounts for the differences in capabilities of the operating system. It has nothing to do with the phone being slow.
Think of it like in computers. Windows boots up slower than Macs. However Windows programs can do more things. A nice example is in gaming. Many games for Windows allow for third party modifications, like Fallout and Skyrim. Games for Macs aren't as open as that. Windows also are able to interface directly with Android devices. They show up as media devices under My Computer, while Macs can't do that.
It's similar to how Android allows several background processes to run. Hence it boots up slower due to it checking everything for requests for background processes.
Anyway, as I said, boot up speed seems irrelevant in a phone anyway. As long as it performs your needs and is good at doing it, then it's ok. For example, I need my phone to be able to do certain things that are so far impossible on an iPhone at this point. Hence, in my case, Androids are better for my use.
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Isn't it odd that a current flagship device is beaten by a phone that was released 2 years ago, and I've also seen a youtube video comparing these 2 devices, and as expected the galaxy s7 booted up faster than the iphone 6. LOL
I guess I've been worrying too much about my phone LOL
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That's also ok. It's due to the difference in the OS. iOS is a very simplified OS, compared to Android which is more complex in terms of structure and number of running processes. That also accounts for the differences in capabilities of the operating system. It has nothing to do with the phone being slow.
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Isn't odd that a current flagship device is beaten by a phone that was released 2 years ago, and I've also seen a youtube video comparing these 2 devices, and as expected the galaxy s7 booted up faster than the iphone 6. LOL
I guess I've been worrying too much about my phone LOL
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I edited my previous response. As for odd, I don't think so. If I put Windows XP on a 2014 device, it will boot up faster than Windows 10 on a 2016 device. That's the same scenario in iPhone vs Android.
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Thanks man, I thought there is something wrong with my device
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I edited my previous response. As for odd, I don't think so. If I put Windows XP on a 2014 device, it will boot up faster than Windows 10 on a 2016 device. That's the same scenario in iPhone vs Android.
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I could not believe my eyes when I saw this. The Note 5 is a spec power house with an ocat-core processor, and 4GB of ram while the Iphone 6 has a measly dual core processor and 1gb of ram.
in another video with the S6 vs the iPhone 6, the S6 had the advantage. the S6 and N5 have the same specs with the N5 having a gig more memory. but where the issue lies, and like he mentions is how the N5 fully closes apps down. i noticed in some other thread on here that the N5 aggressively closes recent apps whereas the S6 does not. maybe it's to help with the battery life. but i assume the test would prove differently if the N5 did not fully close out apps as was mentioned.
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use the task switcher instead of clicking icons again...
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in another video with the S6 vs the iPhone 6, the S6 had the advantage. the S6 and N5 have the same specs with the N5 having a gig more memory. but where the issue lies, and like he mentions is how the N5 fully closes apps down. i read in some thread on here that the N5 aggressively closes recent apps whereas the S6 does not. maybe it's to help with the battery life. but i assume the test would prove differently if the N5 did not fully close out apps as was mentioned.
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The S6 has a more aggressive RAM profile than the Note 5. It is more in terms of optimization. iOS while lacking in features in Android, is extremely optimized for their hardware which is something that is difficult for Android which is on devices with a variety of hardware. By optimizing the most out of their hardware, they can achieve these results., something hard for Android to do with fragmentation.
Still, getting a Note 5 in a couple days, so I can't wait.
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The S6 has a more aggressive RAM profile than the Note 5. It is more in terms of optimization. iOS while lacking in features in Android, is extremely optimized for their hardware which is something that is difficult for Android which is on devices with a variety of hardware. By optimizing the most out of their hardware, they can achieve these results., something hard for Android to do with fragmentation.
Still, getting a Note 5 in a couple days, so I can't wait.
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in that case, it's interesting that the S6 had the advantage in other videos i've seen. also, Android just always seems like there's always more things going on (factor in those widgets) compared to iOS which is like so vanilla.
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Hello
I have read many hours about this phone and will probably be my next device, but some questions before I make a final decision.
I have been a HTC user and always tried to give Samsung a chance but after a time the UI got so laggy, it turns me back to HTC with Sense.
This phone will be my Company/job phone and I don't want to make software every month to get it smooth again.
Have Samsung addressed the lag in Touchwiz? Do you have noticed any lag or slowdowns? For me the lags have always started and got worse after some weeks.
Any suggestions or help will make my decision easier.
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Hello
I have read many hours about this phone and will probably be my next device, but some questions before I make a final decision.
I have been a HTC user and always tried to give Samsung a chance but after a time the UI got so laggy, it turns me back to HTC with Sense.
This phone will be my Company/job phone and I don't want to make software every month to get it smooth again.
Have Samsung addressed the lag in Touchwiz? Do you have noticed any lag or slowdowns? For me the lags have always started and got worse after some weeks.
Any suggestions or help will make my decision easier.
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I've been using it for like 3 weeks now and I never noticed any lag even once! What I've read about is that Samsung is using extensive RAM management so if you open too many applications together, when you switch back to older applications, it reloads instead of resuming the session, never happened to me though but I don't keep much applications open at one time (may be 10 or so at most). You are right, the android devices are always fast when you take it out of the box and gradually start showing lags after a while (specially Samsung devices). However, I have more than 50 applications installed ( I use premium apps only, don't go for apps that load adds) including FPS games, Social Media, Podcasts, Utilities, etc. etc. and didn't notice any lag at all even if I don't kill any background application for days (I tried that). Even with 3 Gigs of RAM, I heard that S6 and S6 Edge doesn't show any lag so I'm assuming S6 Edge+/Note 5 with 4 Gigs of RAM would be better anyway. If you're thinking of getting it for Job/Business purpose, I don't see any problem at all with it.
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I've been using it for like 3 weeks now and I never noticed any lag even once! What I've read about is that Samsung is using extensive RAM management so if you open too many applications together, when you switch back to older applications, it reloads instead of resuming the session, never happened to me though but I don't keep much applications open at one time (may be 10 or so at most). You are right, the android devices are always fast when you take it out of the box and gradually start showing lags after a while (specially Samsung devices). However, I have more than 50 applications installed ( I use premium apps only, don't go for apps that load adds) including FPS games, Social Media, Podcasts, Utilities, etc. etc. and didn't notice any lag at all even if I don't kill any background application for days (I tried that). Even with 3 Gigs of RAM, I heard that S6 and S6 Edge doesn't show any lag so I'm assuming S6 Edge+/Note 5 with 4 Gigs of RAM would be better anyway. If you're thinking of getting it for Job/Business purpose, I don't see any problem at all with it.
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Thank you mate, it sounds promising.
What is the phone you have used before and can compare with?
for my part, i have used long times :
samsung galaxy S - S2 - S3 - S4
samsung galaxy note 2 - 3 - 4
lg g3
Htc one M8
iphone 4S - 5S - 6plus
And now my new galaxy s6 edge plus !
I can tell you, it's the first time i have the feeling of the smooth experience of an iphone, or htc one m8 in my hands with samsung
Impressive, really (50 apps, premium or not installed)
Imo you can close your eyes and go for it
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Thank you mate, it sounds promising.
What is the phone you have used before and can compare with?
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My daily driver was Note 2 - No phone could beat the battery life of this one
I've used S2, S3, Nexus 4 and Note 4. Never noticed much lag on Note 4 either, but with S6 Edge+, its even faster and responsive (or may be I tell that to myself since I spent $900 on it). Either way, if the budget isn't a constraint, this is a phone to go for this year!
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for my part, i have used long times :
samsung galaxy S - S2 - S3 - S4
samsung galaxy note 2 - 3 - 4
lg g3
Htc one M8
iphone 4S - 5S - 6plus
And now my new galaxy s6 edge plus !
I can tell you, it's the first time i have the feeling of the smooth experience of an iphone, or htc one m8 in my hands with samsung
Impressive, really (50 apps, premium or not installed)
Imo you can close your eyes and go for it
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How long have you been with your Edge+?
If it is as smooth as M8 or better i will definitely buy it.
One week only, because it's avaible in france since one week
i will see with some weeks,
but the difference its notable if i compare with the feeling of the firsts weeks of the phone i quote
I was a M8 user for a long time. I wouldn't say it's smoother than HTC (ARHD) but you won't notice any lags on Edge+ As for the battery I used to get around 7 hour SOT on my M8 (Custom kernel & Custom ROM) On here i'm still unrooted I get around 5:30 minutes SOT with texting and few YouTube etc. considering the higher resolution and higher screen resolution it's only natural.
Reassured you won't regret getting S6 Edge+
I will wait two weeks to see if the slow downs will be reported. It's promising to hear no lags, but they usually comes after some weeks.
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get note 5 or s6 edge+ plus, better then 3Gb ram.
Hi,
Im iphone user, im also android fan, s3 and s4 note 2 was my favourite,
From some year samsung is doing such crazy things with their ui,
Im using iPhone 6, i wanted to go back to andoid again so i bought note 5, i liked everything except software performance, scrolling in even popular app like facebook etc, was horrible, i sold it in week, im not against android, i think its samsung fault not google.
So i want to buy s7 edge now,
What user are experiencing anything bad and good,
Im iPhone user, i want smooth experience but in samsung device,
So is scrolling still laggy? How much smoother than old device?
Is it good time to buy ?
Please i lost big money when I sold week used note 5,
Now i want to be prepare.
Please help me to make decision.
Make sure you get s7 8890 based, much faster.
scrolling in facebook with 8890 is as smooth as iOS now... close to perfection
Thanks to all,
Can you make video please i would really thankfull.
I have s7 edge, previously Note Edge (also Note 4,3,2 ).
The difference between Note Edge and S7 Edge is evident. S7 is on from three days without restart, and the reactivity is always the same. Also the RAM management is improved, and the transition from an app to another.
I can see that stock browser is very very fast, the difference with chrome is evident, I was surprised.
I like the performances of this smartphone.
What I don't like are the edge panel, how they work.
When you recall the edge panel, the screen below is blurred and I hate this think .
Facebook, Youtube and Play store scrolling are significantly better. I don't have an iPhone to compare.
Stock browser is near perfect. Much better than Chrome for some reason.
I have the Snapdragon version if it makes any difference.
I will try s7 edge, i have to sell i6s , i hope i taken good decision..
Weird, I have the n5 Verizon one and haven't noticed any lag or scrolling issues, especially since the marshmallow update.
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So bought it finally.
As a iphone user. I have to say its really amazing phone.
Samsung changed it finally, lot from note 5.
Something I saw in s7 edge that I see touch wiggling some time when I hold finger. Some left that to tweech it.
Overall really great device.
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I was always a dual user of both iOS and Android, but when the iPhone 6 came out, I decided to opt for the iPhone 6 Plus and use it primarily and gave my HTC M8 to my mother. I must say I had an amazing experience with HTC, using both the M7 and M8 consecutively. Recently I've been experiencing issues with the iPhone and the 6S does not really interest me, so I was thinking of going back to Android. The options I am looking at are the S7 Edge and HTC 10.
Since I've had a great experience with HTC, I thought I would go for the 10 but I read a lot of mixed reviews about it and from the looks department, it looks really similar to my M8 so it won't feel much different, and I believe HTC Sense has not been overhauled recently so it's going to feel almost exactly the same. I had horrible experiences with both the Galaxy S3 and S5, the latter being the WORST device I've ever used in my life (and I've used so many), which is why I am scared about going for the S7 Edge.
My experience with the S5 started well, but gradually kept getting worse and worse until it was time to give it up - it had the Exynos (not sure of the spelling) processor, so perhaps that is why? But I've always found TouchWiz to be quite laggy compared to stock Android, for example. I have read good reviews about the S7 Edge, however, and I have a couple of questions before going ahead and buying it:
1) How is TouchWiz nowadays? Is it smooth and snappy or would I need install custom ROMs and such? I really love custom ROMs and changing it up every now and then so I won't have problems with that.
2) Is there a noticeable difference between the Snapdragon and the Exynos? On the S5, the latter was NOT supported by developers at all, so it is the same case here or not?
3) Samsung seems to have many variants of the S7, but to my understanding there are two S7 Edge variants, one with a dual-sim (DUOS) and one with just one, so is that true? And if so, are they both supported by developers or just one of them?
4) How is your overall experience with the device so far? And is the S8 possibly coming out soon? I wouldn't mind waiting if it's going to be released very soon.
Thank you for your time.
p.s. I recently purchased a Moto 360 2nd gen smart watch which I absolutely watch and is one of the main reasons I want an Android device because its iOS support is horrendous; is the S7 Edge compatible with the Moto 360 fine? Or is the dependability solely relying on the Android Wear app itself rather than the actual device?
Rooting and developer support seem to crop up frequently in your post.
For that reason the Exynox version is probably more of interest.
However, I would suggest another option if you really feel that strongly about playing around with rom's and that is the Oneplus3. It has all the support you need.
Personally, the worst thing I can say about the Edge is that the alarm doesn't go quiet enough ... . I also use the Op3 though I have not rooted, it works just fine as is (as does the S7E).
Both are plenty fast enough for any software currently available. - I think half the problems some seem to have with the S7(E) seems to originate with the need to customize every little bit.
TouchWhiz is good (imho) and even the browser is optimized and blazingly fast. At the end of the day it comes down to UI preference. Op's UI is much closer to stock Android and I like that too.
When it comes to form factor and pride of ownership, there is only one winner though and I doubt many could argue with that one.
1) Honestly I can't think of a single bad thing about the TouchWiz on the S7 Edge. Works just fine, My only serious complain is that dark themes don't theme some parts of the overall UI (such as the battery graph, and set alarms) and therefore are left white and looks... unfinished. In terms of performance no issues whatsoever.
2) There is difference yes, the Exynos being the better option. People have reported better user experience, as well as better battery life on the Exynos version. However don't expect much development for the version with Samsung's cpu.
4) The S7 is a few months old, way too early to talk about S8. It is a really good phone, probably the best I've had and I've had my fair and square experience with smartphones. The battery life for me alone is better than anything I've tried, maybe only for the 6S Plus. Overall 4+ hours SoT on heavy day.
The HTC is a good phone, but I personally believe the S7 edge is the better option here. The M10 is not worth the askes price.
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Thank you for your replies, gentleman. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to reply but I got caught up in other things and for some reason I did not receive email notifications of your replies even though I have subscribed to the thread.
I believe I'm going for the S7 Edge today since I'm off work. I would like to know how to tell between a Snapdragon or Exynos processor? Is it perhaps written on the box itself?
And your posts seem to be conflicting since drummerman says the Exynos processor is better for development while derWolf says otherwise. Which one is it? Did I misunderstand your posts, perhaps?
Thank you!
TarekElsakka said:
Thank you for your replies, gentleman. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to reply but I got caught up in other things and for some reason I did not receive email notifications of your replies even though I have subscribed to the thread.
I believe I'm going for the S7 Edge today since I'm off work. I would like to know how to tell between a Snapdragon or Exynos processor? Is it perhaps written on the box itself?
And your posts seem to be conflicting since drummerman says the Exynos processor is better for development while derWolf says otherwise. Which one is it? Did I misunderstand your posts, perhaps?
Thank you!
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The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge with the Exynos processor is the best in my opinion. The Galaxy S7 with the Exynos processor is the SM-G930F and the S7 Edge is the SM-G935F. The "F" is the designation for the Global model with an unlocked bootloader and can easily be rooted with CF Autoroot and Odin. TWRP is available for both variants of the S7 as well.
If you can open the box at the store and power up the device, go to Settings - About Device
You will see the model number.
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I'm going to be very sad when it breaks.
Mine is breaking. ...
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Mine is breaking. ...
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What's happening? Mine's still a rock, well rockish....back cover is chipped.
Would you still recommend this phone?
Depends on what you need it for. It's great for note taking and general use. But the processor and GPU is definitely aging and cannot handle intensive apps and games of 2019 or 2020.
As someone who still has a note edge and use it for different projects, load lineage os 16 or Viper OS and I guarantee you, the phone will run like a dream. I had my note edge since 2015 and have an Galaxy S8+ and they run almost the same
Boom 7 and Note 8-10 also got pen and edge.
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As someone who still has a note edge and use it for different projects, load lineage os 16 or Viper OS and I guarantee you, the phone will run like a dream. I had my note edge since 2015 and have an Galaxy S8+ and they run almost the same
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Can you link the Viper OS (only found for note4) or the Lineage OS that you are saying?
Thanks
Question for those of you who still have Samsung Galaxy Note Edge.
My SM-N915A from AT&T is unrootable and only running 6.0.1. Many apps keep warning me that I need to upgrade my OS or else the software won't work. Right now I can get past that by clicking, yes I understand the risks, etc. but sooner or later I will not be able to use apps I need for work. Also, it seems to get very hot very fast, and randomly reboots despite having a very new battery, so it might be dying.
My query is this -- would you go out and find another SM-N915 that is rootable and then put a newer OS on that, or would you transition to a newer phone (I love having a removable battery)?
thanks for any advice
PS I still have a rooted SM-N915O that has a cracked, burned in screen that is not always responsive to touch; could I swap that motherboard for my SM-N915A's board?
Beside quite slow CPU, it has too bad battery life and camera compared to new phones. I would not use one as my daily driver.