Note 3 Super Slow wake-up/ wake-up lag

[billbrobaggins]

I've had the note 3 since its was available on Verizon. I use a pattern lock screen. The issue I am having is how slow the device wakes up from the home or power button. It is completely random and seems to malfunction when timing is most crucial. I have all of my animations turned off via developer options. I deleted the lock screen all together. NOTHING has helped. I have switched out two devices for this problem. The delay can be up to 5-8 seconds. Sometimes if you click the home button the screen will pop up and disappear, pressing it more than once will literally send you into an frenzy. I will say that when operating the phone it performs better than any other phone I've owned. I know I can call Verizon and have a replacement sent overnight, but it is thoroughly annoying going through and customizing a brand new phone, over and over and over again. Does anyone have a fix for this issue??? I've checked my running apps, turned animation off, deleted my lock screen, switched devices... Please note that I am not being an anal overzealous user, this issue really effects the entire standard of usability.

I would switch devices all together but I have the Samsung Galaxy Gear watch ( which I LOVE and got for $170 @ Verizon ) and I dont want to switch for an S4.

I cannot deal with this issue forever, if it persists the watch and phone are going back to the big red..

 

[petaf]

Mine is lightning fast with lock screen secured with PIN. Hmmm.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I've had the note 3 since its was available on Verizon. I use a pattern lock screen. The issue I am having is how slow the device wakes up from the home or power button. It is completely random and seems to malfunction when timing is most crucial. I have all of my animations turned off via developer options. I deleted the lock screen all together. NOTHING has helped. I have switched out two devices for this problem. The delay can be up to 5-8 seconds. Sometimes if you click the home button the screen will pop up and disappear, pressing it more than once will literally send you into an frenzy. I will say that when operating the phone it performs better than any other phone I've owned. I know I can call Verizon and have a replacement sent overnight, but it is thoroughly annoying going through and customizing a brand new phone, over and over and over again. Does anyone have a fix for this issue??? I've checked my running apps, turned animation off, deleted my lock screen, switched devices... Please note that I am not being an anal overzealous user, this issue really effects the entire standard of usability.

I would switch devices all together but I have the Samsung Galaxy Gear watch ( which I LOVE and got for $170 @ Verizon ) and I dont want to switch for an S4.

I cannot deal with this issue forever, if it persists the watch and phone are going back to the big red..

Welcome to the forums.
Has it always been like this?

 

[Eclipse2K]

I know exactly what you're talking about in delay terms (but no where near as long as you've seen) but I can't replicate it at this moment. I've seen it take a second to turn on before but its random as you said. Just now it was instant. This issue was complained about on the Note 2 also so I wouldn't expect it to get any better. Are you seriously waiting 8 seconds? That's more than I've ever seen. Try and go without your SD Card if you have one installed. Maybe it'd causing a conflict.

Please note that I'm using the swipe unlock with no security and I experience this. Its not any specific lock option from the looks of it.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (Verizon)

 

[Golfdriver97]

I know exactly what you're talking about in delay terms (but no where near as long as you've seen) but I can't replicate it at this moment. I've seen it take a second to turn on before but its random as you said. Just now it was instant. This issue was complained about on the Note 2 also so I wouldn't expect it to get any better. Are you seriously waiting 8 seconds? That's more than I've ever seen. Try and go without your SD Card if you have one installed. Maybe it'd causing a conflict.

Please note that I'm using the swipe unlock with no security and I experience this. Its not any specific lock option from the looks of it.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (Verizon)

Perhaps a clearing of the cache in recovery then? Especially, if you have received and update.

 

[rusty502]

I've had no problems at all, I know you don't want to hear this, but I feel this is app related, factory reset, add your apps back a few at a time and test. Are you using TW or a different launcher?

 

[Eclipse2K]

I've had no problems at all, I know you don't want to hear this, but I feel this is app related, factory reset, add your apps back a few at a time and test.

If it comes to this be sure to deselect the option to automatically restore settings and apps.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (Verizon)

 

[rusty502]

If it comes to this be sure to deselect the option to automatically restore settings and apps.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (Verizon)

Eclipse is absolutely correct, I should have mentioned that.

 

[billbrobaggins]

8 seconds does occur, infrequently as a worse case. Sometimes the device doesn't respond to the initial attempt at all. I do however, have an SD card installed that was subsequently removed by the Note 3 or so i speculate, its an old card it could have just died of natural causes. Nonetheless I will remove and update to whether this has had any positive outcome. Thank you for taking the time to help me troubleshoot.

 

[billbrobaggins]

I will try this, and let you all know what the word is. Thanks for the welcome!

Perhaps a clearing of the cache in recovery then? Especially, if you have received and update.

 

[billbrobaggins]

Dude, I removed my SD and although its only been roughly 10 minutes, I used to be able to replicate the issue on hand, I have never seen it wake up instantly this many times consecutively...Thank you thank you thank you

I know exactly what you're talking about in delay terms (but no where near as long as you've seen) but I can't replicate it at this moment. I've seen it take a second to turn on before but its random as you said. Just now it was instant. This issue was complained about on the Note 2 also so I wouldn't expect it to get any better. Are you seriously waiting 8 seconds? That's more than I've ever seen. Try and go without your SD Card if you have one installed. Maybe it'd causing a conflict.

Please note that I'm using the swipe unlock with no security and I experience this. Its not any specific lock option from the looks of it.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (Verizon)

 

[Eclipse2K]

Dude, I removed my SD and although its only been roughly 10 minutes, I used to be able to replicate the issue on hand, I have never seen it wake up instantly this many times consecutively...Thank you thank you thank you

If it continues to work you may want to consider a new SD Card if you need the external storage. I loved SD Cards but after using the Maxx I don't care anymore. I do have one installed though but if it begins to fail than I'll deal with it.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (Verizon)

 

[Eclipse2K]

I decided to remove my SD Card to test the performance increase and I notice a smoother wake up. I was perfectly happy with the 32GB of on board storage on my Droid Maxx so I'm going that route once again. No more SD Cards for me.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (Verizon)

 

[Lucid Droid]

Do you have the samsung (watch on) app? I Found this solution from another post: go to your (all apps)and find samsumg watchOn, do NOT force stop, instead, disable or turn off then restart phone. It worked on my S4.

 

[tippmann15]

If you've swapped out multiple times it has to be app/usage related, we just have to determine what's causing it .

Note 3 ~ 5s

 

[Isc73]

Had a 1 to sometimes even 2 second delay here on tmobile buy kitkat has fixed that for me. But then again idk when Verizon will get it

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[Hexed10]

Hi, new here, been using my Note 3 since October, no issue then. I noticed this delay which started around November. I had to restart the phone every four days to prevent this lag, then, January, became every two days, then today, just 24 hours after a restart, it already lagged like hell, I'm talking about 15seconds lag here. This is very annoying and I am not sure which app is causing this.

I'm sorry, I do not know how to clear the cache in the recovery section some of you are suggesting here, not using any sort of SD card either. I have on theory, could it be because of the excessive amount of text messages stored in my device? I mean it should be a powerful device and theoretically should not lag because of the number of messages. Just go give you an idea, I have around 10k text messages from one person alone, put all together I think 12k might be a good number. Samsung default messaging app could not handle that number anymore and starts to lag at around 8.5k so I installed GO SMS which solved the typing lag.

By the way, the lag disappears every time I restart the phone. Deleted some apps I rarely use today, and hoping for the best within 24 hours.

 

[anmance]

I had similar issues with wake on my s4. Sounds crazy but problem was solved when I disabled personal message on lock screen and left only clock.

 

[Hawkhe]

Some reason I started getting a delay waking my phone so I turned off all the widgets and I still has the problem and then I disable my message and its fine... That is just ridiculous.

 

[jedi105]

How funny you mention that WatchOn app. I was reading this post getting annoyed because I sometimes see a definite delay in the screen turning on. I couldn't figure it out but then I see this answer and bam...it hits me. When I use my phone at work, the delay is perhaps 1 to 2 seconds, nothing I cant wait for, but when I'm at home on my wi-fi network, the phone will sometimes take quite a bit of time to turn the screen on. I just remembered it because the WatchOn app has the remote control widget from the lock screen. Maybe this widget is whats causing the delay. When I get home tonight, I'll disable the widget since I only use it to show off, and see what happens.