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Got to admit I'm abit put off by the lag and performance question marks last day of so. Almost tempted to wait a month or so to see if it gets sorted out via an update
This has always been a great method to regain speed, although it's only temporary. I try and refresh cache like this once or twice a month.
Has anyone noticed a performance difference between Nova Launcher, Google Now launcher and Touchwiz?
You're not missing it. And I can't find it. I simply got a notification that the syncing took place! I must have set it up somehow when setting up the phone. But I can't remember any details. Sigh.
I have always never been sure of this but if you look at the anandtech review of the Note 7 they state this:
"With that said we can start with the WiFi test which shows about an 8% drop for the Note7 relative to the Galaxy S7 edge. This might be surprising to some but given that the display area of the Note7 is 7% larger and the battery is about 3% smaller it’s not all that surprising as I wouldn’t be surprised if literally everything but display has identical power consumption on the Galaxy Note7"
Awful syntax but still...
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10559/the-samsung-galaxy-note7-s820-review/3
Can't you accomplish the same thing by going into Settings > Storage > Cached data, tap on it and select OK? Have always suspected performance issues to be related to marginal SD card or badly written apps. I use Samsung EVO+ and avoid bad apps like Facebook so, knock on wood, no issues here.
From http://gadgetguideonline.com/s7/sas...he-partition-on-galaxy-s7-and-galaxy-s7-edge/Yeah, thats what I usually do. Though I think this does the same too.
What’s the difference between wiping cache partition on Galaxy S7 and clearing cache in application manager?
In Galaxy S7 application manager, you can Clear cache for individual apps in Settings– Applications –Application manager –app info (for individual app) –Storage.
This operation has nothing to do with wiping cache partition on Galaxy S7 because:
app cache is stored on your internal storage (after you use the app), not on cache partition.
app cache is often associated with “session” data so that you can continue to use the app from where you stopped (of course, this depends on implementation of individual apps).
app cache is flashed frequently by the app; while cache in cache partition are persistent most of the time.
when you reboot the phone, app cache will be flashed automatically. But cache partition is not flashed and only part of outdated files are purged.
you can claim back some internal storage temporally when clearing app cache. You cannot claim any internal storage by wiping cache partition on Galaxy S7 because it is a different partition
I'm happy with my Note but I just want to say that conversations like this are why so many people use iPhone. This is the kind of thing the average user will never know how or want to do.
A lot of it also stems from the expectations people have after spending nearly $1000 on a device. People don't expect to have to micromanage the device they just bought and expect it to work fine out of the box. Most of the time a smartphone is simply a tool and is expected to just work.
Unfortunately this is not always the case with android devices and it can in turn lead to a sour user experience for users who are not well versed in technology or simply don't have the time to deal with such things.
It is also difficult to justify to someone turning off features on a device in order to prolong the battery life as it won't last the day otherwise. These are all things the average consumer struggles to understand or even grasp when the device was advertised and sold to them with these features touted as main advantages over competing devices.
I would never give this phone to my mom or dad. For someone who just wants to text email and surf the net the iPhone is perfect (obviously you can do those things just fine on an android device as well)) but there is just so much more you can do and tweak on an android it's amazing. This phone is a keeper for me and if it ends up turning into a laggy POS at some point then I will look at the nexus but it's gonna be hard to go back to iPhone after spending some time (albeit only 3 days) with this machine
Gotta say I'm surprised by the lag on the scrolling on Tapatalk and some minor on webpages. On my S6 there is none on webpages and on Tapatalk. Absolutely none.
I think Samsung will fix that with an update pretty soon.
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Yeah there is no lag on scrolling on my S7 with tapatalk either, whereas it is very noticeable in that video however it seemed mostly confined to the notifications section. It could simply be just be a specific app quirk also though.
My S6 got even better and faster through updates (some of them for improving performance and marshmallow also did wonders), so I'm pretty sure it's just something momentary and it will get addressed pretty soon through updates.
People should just wait. I got my S6 6 months after release, so the first night I got a lot of updates that were already released which probably fixed stuff like that.
Marshmallow did wonders to the S6 regarding performance, the only issue that remained was mediocre battery life but they can't possibly fix that with software. I am more than satisfied with how the S6 aged both in hardware and software.
The only issue I'm having now is that every update for my S7 Edge has consistently been worse than the software build it shipped with. Android System is running wild on the latest builds and battery life has plummeted as a result, it's a shame to see software updates released with literally zero internal testing especially from such a large company with vast amounts of resources.
This is what causes a bit of a pause for me regarding the Note 7 as it is questionable whether Samsung will truly fix all the issues present in the software. For comparison sake, the S7 Edge has crazy amounts of over sharpening in the Camera compared to the S6 and it was noted in many reviews and user accounts yet Samsung refused to dial down the over sharpening via software update for the S7E and now it appears the Note 7 has even more sharpening applied.
I suggest installing Google now launcher and Google keyboard and disabling the 3 animation settings in developers settings.
I got one of these today. I've had Moto Droids and LGs, but this is my first Samsung. It's a beautiful phone and so compact for a huge screen. I was thinking about switching my phone over to an iPhone when the 7 comes out, but after being on Android since 2009 it's getting harder and harder since I'm so established with apps, Google stuff, etc.
So far so good. Love the design. Makes the iPhone 6s Plus look old fashioned and out of style. It's screaming and charging fast.
So far so good. Love the design. Makes the iPhone 6s Plus look old fashioned and out of style. It's screaming and charging fast.
I've never turned off any features to conserve battery life. It defeats the whole purpose of having said phone. In the past it didn't matter as I could just carry a spare battery for my galaxy phones. My edge gets decent battery life now so it's not an issue. I hope the note 7 can get similar battery life to the s7 edge.
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