Note 7 - This lag is unfreakingbelievable

[SteelGator]

You can't get rid of TouchWiz and honestly TouchWiz is not something forged in the pits of hell.

Right, everybody knows it was forged in The Pits of Hathsin.

 

[EnemiesInTheEnd]

What are the compromises on the Note 7?

Durability is a big one.

 

[crystinonfire]

Thanks everyone for your help - phone is running much better now.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Durability is a big one.

You can thank everyone for the "we hate plastic" cries. That got us glass.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Thanks everyone for your help - phone is running much better now.

Good deal! Another member that posted on this thread and did everything started a thread and is having the same experience.

I think there is a chance Smart Switch is the culprit.

 

[crystinonfire]

Mine had pretty bad lag/juttering or frame dropping. Sometimes it was very smooth and performed great and other times it really struggled. This is a similar experience I had on the S935U. For me the 935U was more choppy than the tmobile version of the S7E I had previously so I think some of the variability in experience could be carrier related. On the note 7, I disabled bloatware and, used nova and tried a hard reset and the lag would always come back. I've returned my verizon model and will try a tmobile one as I'm probably switching back to them anyways.

I reset my phone a 2nd time and left the bloatware on. I disabled what I could via app manager, but didn't use EZ disabler pro to do anything drastic this time around. Counter intuitive, but things are running much better.

Oh, and you should definitely switch to t-mobile - jump on demand is amazing. Price of phones becomes irrelevant.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

The overall performance is a slight compromise in my opinion. My experience hasn't been horrible, and I'm not unhappy with my Note 7, but I have a 300 dollar midrange Android phone that has better performance. I get that there are trade offs for all the features. Weird little things like loading times when loading the applications in settings and having to wait a few seconds before scrolling is smooth is definitely a compromise. Not make or break, but a little disappointing.

Also for some reason watching videos in Samsung Internet always have captions that I have to turn off manually. I've checked every setting I can think of. There's nothing checked that would make that happen that I can find. Just a strange occurrence I find slightly annoying. I can just click the CC icon and they turn off.

You came from am iPhone, right?

 

[msm0511]

You came from am iPhone, right?

I traded in my 6s Plus for the Note, yes. But I'd been using my Nextbit Robin as my DD for a while. My iPhone turned into a beta testing device.

I'm okay with the performance difference for the most part. The Samsung Internet caption problem I'm more annoyed with tbh.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

I traded in my 6s Plus for the Note, yes. But I'd been using my Nextbit Robin as my DD for a while. My iPhone turned into a beta testing device.

I'm okay with the performance difference for the most part. The Samsung Internet caption problem I'm more annoyed with tbh.

Sometimes iPhone users will notice a difference in speed in some actions. On another thread I mentioned that each has a compromise. iPhone doesn't have as much running in the background and things like widget don't work the same. The Note has many more features.

Also, did you set yours up as a new device or use Smart Switch?

 

[dpham00]

Thanks everyone for your help - phone is running much better now.

Glad it worked!

For those having problems, usually recommend to do a factory data reset and don't install any apps to see if you still have the same problem,before coming to conclusions.

The issue could be with smart switch data transfer or perhaps with some third party app.

 

[msm0511]

Sometimes iPhone users will notice a difference in speed in some actions. On another thread I mentioned that each has a compromise. iPhone doesn't have as much running in the background and things like widget don't work the same. The Note has many more features.

Also, did you set yours up as a new device or use Smart Switch?

New device. I always set all mine up as new. Again it's not enough to make me unhappy. Overall I'm happy with it. Just some niggles here and there. I'm comparing the speed differences to my Robin more so than my iPhone.

Any suggestions on the closed captioning on by default in the Samsung browser? I made a thread for it, but not getting anyone corroborating what I'm seeing.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

New device. I always set all mine up as new. Again it's not enough to make me unhappy. Overall I'm happy with it. Just some niggles here and there. I'm comparing the speed differences to my Robin more so than my iPhone.

Any suggestions on the closed captioning on by default in the Samsung browser? I made a thread for it, but not getting anyone corroborating what I'm seeing.

I don't know anything about that. I never use the stock browser though, I always use Chrome. Right now I'm limited since my Note 7 isn't here yet. I can't even do testing and replicate the issue.

Let me ask some team members that has the Note 7 if they have any ideas. I'll find your thread and link them.

 

[msm0511]

I don't know anything about that. I never use the stock browser though, I always use Chrome. Right now I'm limited since my Note 7 isn't here yet. I can't even do testing and replicate the issue.

Let me ask some team members that has the Note 7 if they have any ideas. I'll find your thread and link them.

Thank you! I like the stock browser better than Chrome honestly. The design is better, it's faster, and smoother overall.

 

[qnet]

What is wrong with allowing them to remote into your phone? They don't go read your email or anything.

I'm not sure they would notice or find anything. I also don't totally trust the process. This is coming from my former experience as a computer Tech. For example, I would never let the geeksqaud touch my computer. You just don't know who you're going to get.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

I'm not sure they would notice or find anything. I also don't totally trust the process. This is coming from my former experience as a computer Tech. For example, I would never let the geeksqaud touch my computer. You just don't know who you're going to get.

Well this is Samsung and you can take control of your phone.

They don't care about your personal stuff.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Thank you! I like the stock browser better than Chrome honestly. The design is better, it's faster, and smoother overall.

Well I prefer the sync with my Chrome on my desktop, so that's why I use it.

THOUGH.. I've been using Firefox lately on my laptop that I use to steam on the TV. I'm finding that Firefox is faster for things that are still flash.

 

[rushmore]

I have a disturbingly large large 400 apps installed with 6.3GB free. Device works as fast as my MXPE and that is a compliment.

 

[SteelGator]

Well I am sure our "XDA hates the Note 7 crowd" won't post the addendum to the XDA review, so I will. Now, taken in total, XDA has given a fully balanced view that I feel is a much more fair representation of what this phone is.

As they state, you cannot just measure with benchmarks and not include real-world experience and features that are immeasurable. The Verge has said as much too.

Beyond the Specs: In the End, the Note7 is a Remarkable Phone for Life

 

[ThrottleJohnny]

Well I am sure our "XDA hates the Note 7 crowd" won't post the addendum to their review, so I will. Now, taken in total, they have given a fully balanced view that I feel is a much more fair representation of what this phone is.

As they state, you cannot just measure with benchmarks and not include real-world experience and features that are immeasurable. The Verge has said as much too.

Beyond the Specs: In the End, the Note7 is a Remarkable Phone for Life

Yep. Some of those people will never be heard from again. Well...not until Note 8 release day lol

 

[qnet]

You all will probably laugh at this, but I turned off briefing and the phone doesn't stutter as as bad.