So I've been having kind of major performance problems with the last three Samsung devices I've owned (S7, S8+, S8+ replacement), and the problems have gotten so apparent, I kind of can't help but feel like there must be something I'm doing to cause these issues.
Here's what's happening mostly;
Obviously, Samsung doesn't have the smoothest software experience ever, and it's always like that, and I'm okay with that. But whenever I use my S8+ for an extended period of time - like say 30 or so minutes when I'm on lunch at work - I start noticing a tremendous slowdown in its performance and A LOT of lags, stuttering, and other issues that are kind of impossible to ignore.
For instance, I'll be on the Facebook app and I can't even scroll through my feed smoothly - rather it skips and lurches, clearly unable to keep up with loading the data correctly. In that app, it will even get to the point where when I go to select a reaction (you know, happy, sad, angry, etc.), it will be exaggerated laggy effect and sometimes even a freezing of the animation before I can select a reaction. Similarly, when I go to say a picture, the phone will obviously struggle to load the "Save Photo" menu cleanly.
I've also had the issue that - after using my phone for around 3 months or so - there will start to be a notable delay between when I click an app's icon, and when it actually pops open. On some apps, this is totally understandable - like games - on others, like the Google App or Chrome, it doesn't make any sense to me.
And then there will be obvious issues in the Samsung UI itself - like it takes for ever for Settings section to load, or the phone dialer, or the gallery app will struggle to pull up the hundred or so photos that I have saved to the phone at any given time, etc.
And believe me, I've done all the usual trouble shooting - Factory Resets, and Cache clearing, trying to isolate rogue apps, even replaced my phone itself, etc.
I basically feel like I'm using a phone from 2012 with all of the performance problems you'd expect from using a 5yo phone. I just can't imagine these issues existing for everyone and I'm somehow the only person it bothers. And I don't think it's me just hating Samsung's UI as I used my Note 5 for a solid year with absolutely no complaints.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Is there any kind of troubleshooting I may have missed?
Here's what's happening mostly;
Obviously, Samsung doesn't have the smoothest software experience ever, and it's always like that, and I'm okay with that. But whenever I use my S8+ for an extended period of time - like say 30 or so minutes when I'm on lunch at work - I start noticing a tremendous slowdown in its performance and A LOT of lags, stuttering, and other issues that are kind of impossible to ignore.
For instance, I'll be on the Facebook app and I can't even scroll through my feed smoothly - rather it skips and lurches, clearly unable to keep up with loading the data correctly. In that app, it will even get to the point where when I go to select a reaction (you know, happy, sad, angry, etc.), it will be exaggerated laggy effect and sometimes even a freezing of the animation before I can select a reaction. Similarly, when I go to say a picture, the phone will obviously struggle to load the "Save Photo" menu cleanly.
I've also had the issue that - after using my phone for around 3 months or so - there will start to be a notable delay between when I click an app's icon, and when it actually pops open. On some apps, this is totally understandable - like games - on others, like the Google App or Chrome, it doesn't make any sense to me.
And then there will be obvious issues in the Samsung UI itself - like it takes for ever for Settings section to load, or the phone dialer, or the gallery app will struggle to pull up the hundred or so photos that I have saved to the phone at any given time, etc.
And believe me, I've done all the usual trouble shooting - Factory Resets, and Cache clearing, trying to isolate rogue apps, even replaced my phone itself, etc.
I basically feel like I'm using a phone from 2012 with all of the performance problems you'd expect from using a 5yo phone. I just can't imagine these issues existing for everyone and I'm somehow the only person it bothers. And I don't think it's me just hating Samsung's UI as I used my Note 5 for a solid year with absolutely no complaints.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Is there any kind of troubleshooting I may have missed?
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