salmanahmad
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I can't answer all of your questions as I personally do not own a Galaxy S5 but have never really liked the UI either, Samsung gives Android a bad name with its laggy user interface and I will help you with speeding up your phone dramatically.Switched over to a GS5 from an iPhone 5s a few weeks ago. I have been annoyed with Apple for quite some time. Thought it was time to give Android a try. I have been reading, researching, and watching videos, trying to avoid starting a new thread asking dumb questions. I have to though, sorry.......
1. Why is it that when I save photos from Google images to my photos, I can not send them via text message? I tried sending them to my wife's iPhone 5, but it wouldn't let me. I then sent them in an email and she could not view them? Never had that problem on my iPhone.
2. I tried using NILS for lock screen notifications, sort of like my iPhone, but it was too annoying with all of the alerts having to choose this and that. I thought they would be satisfied and go away after a few days of answering them, but no luck. I then tried another app, SwipeLock or something like that. It was EXTREMELY buggy. Is there no easy way to see what emails I get, messenger alerts, or game alerts without unlocking my phone? I figured out how to see texting alerts, though it is pretty crappy the way you can't read more than the first 5 words.
3. Volume. Is there any way to get it to stop alerting me that listening to loud music will hurt my ears when I try to turn the volume up? I have the safe listening turned off (or what ever it is called). SUPER annoying.
4. I used Samsung Smart Switch to transfer everything over from my iPhone, which worked great except for my "Notes". They are no where to be found. Any way to transfer them over without doing it by hand?
Overall I like the phone, but it is buggy and laggy. I'm not going to sugar coat it at all, sorry. I really like the larger screen and the better battery life. I was hoping for more battery life though after hearing everyone's raves about it. I am getting about 10 hours on average, with heavy use. I usually got about 6 out of my iPhone. Pathetic. I have tried everything suggested on forums and YouTube to try and get better battery life out of the GS5.
Any help would be fantastic.
Regards,
Tim
Some of the scrolling lags you make be facing on Android right now will be fixed with Android L which is going to be released in a few months.
But other than apps as far as UI interaction goes to speed the animations up, go to settings > Developer Options > Turn On > Scroll Down > and change animations to what I did in the following image:

If you don't have developer options, go into settings > about phone > and keep tapping the build number till developer options are enabled.
Okay, now for lockscreen notifications I would recommend waiting for Android L which brings locksreen motivations but if you want to view lockscreen notifications download this app:

For a much faster user interface, use Google's own launcher which is extremely fast:

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