Can anyone explain why Touchwiz lags?

[Rick_Moli0212]

Simply put, can anyone with coding/software development insight offer some sort of explanation as to why Touchwiz on new Samsung phones like the S7 and S7 Edge drops frames/stutters/lags? These phones have the latest in high-powered SOCs and GPUs, as well as years of time under development by a major company with vast resources, which is why I am curious as to why these phones still have occasional software slowdowns practically out-of-the-box.

 

[caveman84]

Tons of bloat and poor optimization.

 

[Rick_Moli0212]

I've heard that before and I just don't get it. TouchWiz, and Android in general, are both well beyond the infancy stage, so one would think that they would be well optimized by now.

 

[caveman84]

I've heard that before and I just don't get it. TouchWiz, and Android in general, are both well beyond the infancy stage, so one would think that they would be well optimized by now.

Android is very optimized ever since the project butter, in its pure version that is. Touchwiz on the other hand, while has gotten vastly better from years before, still lags here and there but nothing major

 

[Rick_Moli0212]

I wonder why it still lags though. Like, from a coding standpoint.

 

[Galagian]

Can't explain why, but I will say that I've not seen any lagging with Nova.

 

[t11rmh]

Doesn't lag on my s7 or s7 edge. Touchwiz gets bad press for no reason these days.

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[Rick_Moli0212]

For the most part my GS7 runs smoothly, but no matter what it doesn't match the level of smoothness of stock Android for things like scrolling and animations.

 

[caveman84]

My beef with samsung is the amount of unremovable bloat that runs in the background and ears at battery life. I can live with lag but cant with crappy battery life

 

[dpham00]

My beef with samsung is the amount of unremovable bloat that runs in the background and ears at battery life. I can live with lag but cant with crappy battery life

You can use package disabler from the play store to disable most apps

 

[Titan206]

As someone who has owned the Nexus 5X, the Nexus 6P, and the S7, the S7 is the fastest and least laggy.

For me, TouchWiz isn't laggy. This goes for my S7 and the Galaxy Tab S2 that I own. The S7 is the least laggy phone I've used.

 

[Rick_Moli0212]

Most of the time my S7 is smooth and quick, but it still stutters when scrolling quickly through settings or the Google Play Store.

The GPU rendering profile in Developer Settings shows how many frames are dropped during use, especially when scrolling.

 

[TrajDroid]

No lag here yet...but I came from a LG G3 which was a nightmare compared in so many ways.

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[anon(19759)]

Considering a 7, so this scares me regarding lag. I'm on 6p now and it just doesn't stutter, ever.

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[Rick_Moli0212]

Considering a 7, so this scares me regarding lag. I'm on 6p now and it just doesn't stutter, ever.

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Don't get me wrong, I've been incredibly happy with my GS7 and the stutters are few and far between.

 

[yunique]

no lag whatsoever for me, touchwiz "lag" is way over blown by nexus fanboys who try to convert everyone else to nexus phones

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[anon(749368)]

My TW doesn't lag...

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[Rick_Moli0212]

The most prominant lag is occasional stuttering when scrolling on web pages, settings pages, Google Play Store, etc.

 

[GadgetGator]

The most prominant lag is occasional stuttering when scrolling on web pages, settings pages, Google Play Store, etc.

I don't know what you are seeing but I read your post, switched to the Google Play store, and just flew through a huge list of apps with no lag at all.

 

[Rick_Moli0212]

As I said, stutters are few and far between. For the most part, my phone runs perfectly smooth. I was just wondering why, even at its best, Touchwiz is not as smooth as the latest version of stock Android.