Almost two hours of screen on time and I'm at 65% battery. Battery is great so far. At this rate, can easily see myself hitting 5+ hours of SOT on a daily basis.
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Ok, I changed the dpi settings last night to 560. Everything looks much better, really like this condense look. But it seems performance has degraded. Last night after I made the change, the phone started skipping frames as I scrolled around and even in video. Today, that seems to be much better, as I think the system is settling down, but now I'm getting keyboard lag, it's not by much, probably about a half second after I start typing. Anyone else getting this after changing dpi settings?
No. Dpi change made no difference in mine, it's still smooth as silk and no keyboard lag at all.
Yeah, that's what mine was like before the dpi change. I'll give it a couple more days and see if it sorts itself out, it's already improved quite a bit already without my intervention.
I wonder if it's the material theme I'm using combined with the dpi change? I'm using material light and Google now launcher, are you using a theme?
I didn't experience any performance issues from changing the dpi to 560. No Theme used.
It was scrapped along with the 'throw it at the wall to mute' feature
I actually liked that feature. I would rather that vs the Palm swipe to capture(which I keep off cause it sucks)
It's actually still available, you have to go accessibility, dexterity and interactions, and then easy screen turn on.
Android ui is too cluttered and though more customization is there once it's set up its still a phone with apps, Internet and camera. Yes the low light is better but the 6s is still great. The snappy and smooth and stability iOS attributes are what keep me from jumping ship. The physical hardware is nice, even the Lumia 950 on wp is but they can't match the flawless ecosystem of Apple.
You must have not tried Android since the Gingerbread days. Give it a shot. Performance is as smooth or smoother than iOS with Marshmallow and likely N.
And I would say iOS is far more cluttered with all icons on a home screen and no widgets to display information for quick access. And don't get me started with whatever it is Apple calls a notification bar.
It's actually still available, you have to go accessibility, dexterity and interactions, and then easy screen turn on.
Thanks
It was scrapped along with the 'throw it at the wall to mute' feature
I liked that feature though
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Me too. I used it.
I guess it's a matter of preference. I just tried MM on the new S7E and wasn't impressed.
I prefer the springboard as is. I put my most used apps on the front screen and I'm good to go.
I don't need to obsess on customization. At the end of the day I have the apps that I use and iOS optimizes them for stellar performance and stability. MM and android in general is too cluttered and fragmented in appearance and updates and stability and its security is below par.
We have four iPhones in our family, a couple appletvs an iPad and a MBP. Everything communicates perfectly with iMessage and airdrop. We can share music and videos and photos perfectly in photos, iMessage, and iCloud. We back all our devices flawlessly and get our updates immediately from Apple.
But if "customizing" is the end all of a smartphone then android lets you do that. I just see all that as surface. It's a door you can paint and arrange but once you go through and open it we are all getting mail, using apps, Internet etc etc.
iOS still is more smooth and integrated more efficiently with the hardware than other OS's imo. Enjoy though. Have fun
The software on the nexus 6p easily rivals iOS, I haven't tried the latest Samsung offering but I have the 6s plus and had the nexus 6p and preferred the ui on the 6p much more, no lag or any issues. I've only remained with iOS due to it being a necessity for work.
Nice. Enjoy! I hear Nexus is better too. Too bad Google doesn't sell through the carriers.
It is not just the customization with Android. The apps also integrate so well. Use Google now andbitbwill give you suggestions based on past history and behavior. I'm onnvatuin in California. I seach for the SD Zoo from my hotel. Now 6 hours later I get a reminder card to ckick on for direction back to my hotel. All thebgiigkebaoos work perfectly and integrate.
I also get cards that have places if interest in the location I am in while on vacation.
Then you are in the alternative section in a Samsung thread. If based on what you have already said aboutball the idevices you already own......why are you even here?
It's actually still available, you have to go accessibility, dexterity and interactions, and then easy screen turn on.
Wow great job. Thanks.
Actually the one thing that's driving me crazy is this random "additional security" thing that keeps on popping up at the lock screen. It's definitely still happening.
Every now and then it asks for my pattern instead of finger print.
I can't believe this is not happening to anyone else ... It happens to me pretty frequently. Multiple times through out the day.
Every now and then it asks for my pattern instead of finger print.
I can't believe this is not happening to anyone else ... It happens to me pretty frequently. Multiple times through out the day.
Happens to me as well. I figured I'm just putting my thumb on the fp reader wrong. But perhaps not.
LOL, I heard every single Galaxy S7 will now be returned because of lack root, sales will plummet, and this will make HTC the #1 Android manufacturer moving forward.
Of course I know the Android root crowd makes up 1% of sales at best. Whereas 99% of Joe Public doesn't even know what Tocuhwiz is, or that they are running Lollipop, and should be waiting for Marshmallow, where they'll look at you like you crazy high talking about candy names and Android robots.
It pretty much just comes done to the Nexus line once again, if you want to be guaranteed the best Android experience, as it was meant to be, ultimate freedom, no ads, complete customization, then the Nexus line with root and custom development, is the only option left. Samsung, LG, HTC, etc... maybe might have a phone or two than can be rooted, but don't count on it.
Samsung non rooted is now like the boring lame iPhone. I bow my head in silence, and the tragic loss that losing Samsung is to the development community. The old Note 2 days are long history now, tiss the a sad day indeed
In one sense the iPhone is better. On my iPhone 6 I was still able to use Apple Pay on my jail broken phone. That is not the case with Samsung Pay even if vulnerabilities are discovered to allow rooting. Another Apple iOS advantage, is that almost every iOS has had vulnerabilities discovered to allow jailbreaking. I have been jailbreaking since iOS 4.
Again, why do people like you post here? You have no intention to switch to Android, you have nothing constructive to add to the conversation and it seems like all you want to do is get a rise out of people. Are you so bored with every other section of MacRumors that you feel inclined to post in the one section you know nothing about? Just boggles the mind.