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Who upgraded from G2x?

This might be annoying, but who came from a LG G2x? The reason I got this phone is because my G2x fell in the toilet, which I wasn't even using. I loved the build quality of the G2x but it had some glaring issues. CM7 and great development (a couple devs are now here) made it a better phone than LG. But the speakerphone, APN (OMG 0_o) issues, and low quality screen have me admiring my SGSII for the great device it is. Had great memories with the G2x, but this will be my favorite phone for a long time.
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Yeah when functioning the
g2x was a beast...and
smoother...compare to the gs2 right now..
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Yeah when functioning the
g2x was a beast...and
smoother...compare to the gs2 right now..
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I absolutely agree but
.. I absolutely love this phone gaming on the g2x was soo much better I had a decent screen with minimal bleed and no reboots but this phone got me cause of the screen type and size there are pros and cons for both but all in all I think I made the right choice this phone has promise and every Dev in the world it seems like while the g2x forums were starting to get thin
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I think the G2x had a bad reputation from all the reboots and bugs even after the 2.3 update.

I still have my g2x and its still a beasr! Its faster and smoother than the gs2 right now (hopefully that changes soon) but the 4 inch screen just got too small. Never really ever had a reboot or any issue with it. Only beef also aside from the screen was that it didnt have a strong developer following.
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I came from the G2X. I never had the reboot issue, but it seems like I had every other issue known to man kind. So after 7...yes, you read that right 7...replacement devices, they allowed me to just upgrade. So I did to the Galaxy SII.
Only thing I miss is the LG camera we finally got in the dev section.

rsalina9 said:
I still have my g2x and its still a beasr! Its faster and smoother than the g2x right now (hopefully that changes soon) but the 4 inch screen just got too small. Never really ever had a reboot or any issue with it. Only beef also aside from the screen was that it didnt have a strong developer following.
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+1 on the screen size .. lol... I picked it up and turned it on the other day before I shipped it to the buyer and wow that thing felt tiny in my hand I got used to this phone really fast now when I look down at this phone it seems normal
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G2X who? Haha, yeah I came from the G2X and although Weapon G2X had it running great I don't miss it at all.
Hercules Hercules!!

I had the G2x running CM7 and never had any reboot or screen bleed issues. I bought the Galaxy S2 because I was a loyal Nexus S user before the G2x. I am not into gaming and I mainly use the phone for my GMail and Calender functions.
The Galaxy S2 has been great so far, I wish they would have made the screen with more DPI, but I have gotten use to the large screen which is nice when you are reading emails with attachments.
As far as the G2x is concerned, it was a nice phone but the Galaxy S2 is here to stay and so far the new development has been impressive. I am running the juggernaut V 2 ROM and so far it's been very smooth and no issues.

I still have it, i thought it was a good phone mine was good to me, and actually the ips display was nice. Still one of the fastest phones

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I still have it, i thought it was a good phone mine was good to me, and actually the ips display was nice. Still one of the fastest phones
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I didn't know u jumped to the s2 I remember seeing u around the g2x forums I sold mine kinda wish I would have kept it now but ohh wellwell
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Same here, I still have mine as well and use it now mostly for playing music but I still keep trying new ROM's and use it from day to day. I guess I miss it a little bit.

I still have mine and I use it from time to time to play music. I dont miss it. Screen size is everything.

I did and I'm not looking back. The GS2 runs circles around my G2x. No matter what ROM I used it was laggy and would shut off randomly etc. If i shut it off and then plugged it into the charger, it would turn itself back on. I just got tired of it.
The screen was great and it was a nice looking phone, but for me, that was all.

The one thing I miss is CyanogenMod, but with Kondik at Samsung it shouldn't take too long. Currently loving all of the GSII community and support.
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Another former G2X owner checking in! The only thing i actually miss about using my G2X is the ability to fry eggs with it...damn phone was always so damn hot! Lol.
I actually still have my G2X. I kinda only use it to show off Quadrant scores to my friends/co-workers...

I, too came from the g2x. I really liked the phone when it worked, but I had just about every problem in the book - reboots, shutdowns, no data, screen bleeding, serious (at times) lag, etc. Complained enough to get an early early upgrade. Very happy with the SGS2 - it's nice to have a phone that just works (at least for me). The RAM boost is great, too. I thought a 4" screen was perfect when I was on the g2x, but now I don't know how I could go any smaller than 4.3. Plus the colors on the SGS2 just blow the g2x out of the water. Only thing the g2x has on it is pixel density. SGS2 also has much better battery life, and of course, faster data speeds if they are available in your area. I would highly recommend moving on to the sgs2.

galaxy s 2 is it a good phone?

i want opinions about this phone is it good hows the battery gaming everything overall is it a phone to buy?? I have the G2x and i want to upgrade from it to a better phone thank you for your time

Georican said:
i want opinions about this phone is it good hows the battery gaming everything overall is it a phone to buy?? I have the G2x and i want to upgrade from it to a better phone thank you for your time
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Gaming and video is better on g2x. Gs2 beats it in all other catergories came from g2x ... g2x is a great phone but I don't game on my phone much so I really haven't looked back the screen on this is the trade off here... its great
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thank you for your opinion!

Galaxy s 2 plays any video format I played 1080p mkv avi mp4
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If your phone don't have reboot issue or other issues...wait for the next big thing..
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If your phone don't have reboot issue or other issues...wait for the next big thing..
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If that's the case, definitely trade for sgs2. I had 4 replacement g2x and well the issue I had was with internet related, every phone that dis come, rebooted or shutoff itself. What good is a phone that does that randomly? I get my gs2 in 3 days
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Alrite so heres the deal i had the g2x and still do mine was good to me had it since launch in april, imo best gaming phone period! a lot of bad negativety about it i think effed things up in that forum but like i said great phone now i just got my gs2 the other day at retail and it was worth every single penny i love this phone it also plays games great too i play dead space, angry birds and riptide gp and they all play phenomenal now some games dont play so nice but in my opinion there not optimized for this phone yet (our version) like example riptide just had an update for our phone and its smooth as butter now people were also complaining about lines and blobs on the phone and there right i do see them but in a dark room on a dark background like our status bar (pull down) and your phone has to be on pretty much the lowest setting, but this does not bother me at all in everyday normal use whether u are outside in the sun, or in your house u do not see it. This phone rocks it is fast, super easy to root and throw custom roms on and the camera and screen are just awesome, plus the download speeds are kick ass this phone gets a 10 out of 10 imo

The Samsung Galaxy S2 is a sick ass phone! I was hesitant to go back to sammy after my vibrant but I have no regrets now! FAST FAST FAST!

I would recommend this phone to anyone on t mobile looking to upgrade. Yes, something bigger and better is always on the horizon as with all technology, but at the moment, for my money the sg2 is the best option.

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I would recommend this phone to anyone on t mobile looking to upgrade. Yes, something bigger and better is always on the horizon as with all technology, but at the moment, for my money the sg2 is the best option.
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perfect quote!! i love my sgs2!

This is the first Android phone on AT&T that I've tried that could go up against the 3gs and beat it hands down. I haven't had a 4 or a 4s but it definitely beats the 3gs and I'm not talking in terms hardware or benchmarks, which are meaningless to real world use. I'm talking about the famous iPhone stability and the whole "it just works" mentality that comes with it. This phone has that. I'm currently getting 17+ hours on one charge and I'm definitely a power user. (grandfathered unlimited data plan on AT&T). I tend to run Cognition ROM because I prefer stability over flashy features and well, old habits from my Captivate days. There are some other sweet roms, I'm currently trying out the UnNamed ROM. (making my rounds) Good luck with your phone selection.
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THANK YOU guys so much!!! now im completely convince to get this phone thank you guys again and thanks for the time!!

Initial lag on first swipe of home screen???...Still Stock.

So Ive had my t-mobile S3 for a few days now. Ive loved it so far, Ive only had it for a few days, so i have not rooted it yet or even looked at the dev section for custom roms. All my previous phones have been rooted and had custom roms, but have not had the chance or desire to do it/read up on it on my S3 yet...
Anyway, to my question. After I initially unlock the phone and am at the first home screen, when I go to swipe it either way to change screens, I have lag. After that initial swipe and lag I can swipe smoothly. Its just that first swipe that gives me lag. This is the most powerful device I've had, so I am surprised to see the lag. Im assuming its touchwiz and the phone probably takes a moment to ramp up the cpu? Im not against rooting and rom'ing it, just have not yet and wondering if others had this or noticed this issue while still completely stock? If so, are there any transitions or anything I can change, or do i just deal with it until I root it and throw on an awesome rom?
Thanks

It's just coming out of deep sleep and at q low CPU clock to save power. It's normal.
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Yeah you should relax while we all can admit TouchWiz Sucks its not that bad, Even having power saving on should not affect a little task like that. This phone is really fast stock so don't feel you need to root just because of that. Now if bloatware really bothers you, carrier IQ then you can go on and flash away.
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Nothing is perfect...phones..electronics...cars..houses...you name it. Everyone expects everything to run smooth or they freak out. Its the nature of the beast...live with it...
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My GS3 does it. My iPod touch 4th generation does it. My Galaxy Exhibit 4G did it.
Pretty normal stuff, though it tends to annoy me as well.
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Uninstall android....no lag ever lol..jk. ive never seen an android stock phone lag free...not even the droid dna....its part of life..
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Normal. My does that aswell. On both touchwiz and nova launcher.
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thanks everyone. Ive had android since the beginning (well almost, mt3g). So I'm used to the lag that android sometimes has. but to be honest, i was really surprised to see it on this phone. I thought it was powerful enough hardware wise and the software tweaks (project butter act) that I was just surprised to see the lag (i know touchwiz slows it down). I've noticed a little more here and there...
Any way, glad to know its normal for this phone being stock, I just did not expect it. Guess Ill have to root it and play around with some custom roms to get that smoothness Im looking for

Yea I notice the lag on start up to but after a couple of seconds its good.

You know it's weird, I used to have the same issue, so I know exactly what you're talking about. But I don't have it anymore for some reason and I'm not quite sure when it went away. I flashed a stock rooted Jelly Bean rom to get root, but that's the only thing I've done to it.

Once you get past the little bit of lag...she is butter smooth....
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When "smoothness" surpasses all other features

I don't know about you guys but every single time I have a discussion with a friend or even family member smoothness always seems to end up being the primary topic of discussion. Am I alone here? Why has this become so important .So important in tact that for a lot of people it superceeds major features such as lte or 4g support. Even a higher quality device or even camera or processor. Why are we all so obsessed with smoothness and why do I find myself constantly defending android and specific versions for "smoothness". I am sure like most of you I would much rather favor features and hardware over smoothness. The jelly bean update for the s2 is a testimate to just how far a quality build and os can take hardware but doesn't it just suck to say "oh ya you have to wait for the latest update to get that smooth or you need to run xx and it will be just as smooth". Feels like we are always on the defense.
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It's cuz smoothness feels nice, my phone is ultra smooth and it's ultra fast, but the average person couldn't have achieved this easily, which is why you're having that experience with others who aren't willing or able to work on their device to truly understand it's workings and then optimize them, leaving you with them probably preferring a non android phone, and also at the end of a really, really long, run-on sentence.
Different strokes for different folks' skill &/or depth of interest levels.
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Its like being really really good looking, they just don't get it .
My jelly is so smooth people confuse it with the S3. :what:
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Im sorry to say this. Dont get me wrong here. I will forever be an android guy. But it is somewhat sad when i bring home my brand new evo, or s2 and find out that my 5 year old iphone3GS has more smoothness in its graphics than a phone with 10 times more performance. I mean come on. With the power of these phones today lag should be a thing of the past. Not complaining or dogging this phone or anyones work here. This has been the best phone ive ever had.
But some of these stock builds are a little bit of a joke (all android phones in general)

My phone on gb27 is super smooth. Stock rooted.
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Because a phone can have all the high end hardware in the world but it's all for nothing if it doesn't feel like it does.
The average person isn't willing to take time out of their day just to make their phone as smooth-feeling as another phone that already feels that way, they're going to want a phone that is pleasurable to use; not one that supposedly is high end but doesn't feel like it in the fluidity of its animations and snappiness.

I updated my s2 to gb27 and it definitely runs better but have been spoiled with the "smoothness" of my s3 its quite noticeable how unsmooth my s2 is in comparison. Yet even I stick with my s3 and loose wimax capabilities just for smoothness. And I know I not the only one .
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cas8180 said:
I updated my s2 to gb27 and it definitely runs better but have been spoiled with the "smoothness" of my s3 its quite noticeable how unsmooth my s2 is in comparison. Yet even I stick with my s3 and loose wimax capabilities just for smoothness. And I know I not the only one .
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The SIII has LTE... Why would you care about WiMax? It is on its way out.
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The SIII has LTE... Why would you care about WiMax? It is on its way out.
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I think it has to do with the areas that still have WiMax but no LTE. So he has an LTE capable phone in a 3G/WiMax only area and is choosing to deal with the slower 3G speeds for "smoothness" with the SGS3 versus the faster data speeds with the E4GT's WiMax. This is exactly why I didn't upgrade to the SGS3 when I was due for an upgrade, I wanted to keep my WiMax data speeds until LTE comes to my area.
My opinion is that the E4GT is very smooth on a jelly bean aosp ROM or a jelly bean TW ROM. ICS isn't that great for "smoothness" on this phone though.

That's exactly it there are a couple of us in here from the Vegas area and there are no plans anytime in the near future for lte. However our city was an early adopter for wimax so we have excellent coverage here. However every other cell provider including metro PCs has excellent lte coverage here. Kind of ironic. But ya people here seem to always choose the s3 over the s2 just for "smoothness" reasons and sacrifice wimax for this. My ex who used to work at sprint would tell me about it all the time. Its crazy the emphasis we have put on smoothness and how dramatic it impacts our purchasing decisions.
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Most of the "smoothness" you see between android and ios has nothing to do with the hardware or the OS it's entirely because of the higher resolution. It's a placebo effect caused by more pixels tricking the eye into the transitions appearing smoother, nothing more nothing less. When you have that many pixels packed into a screen that small its going to look smooth even if its really running like crap.
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I never find myself defending android.. Because when people are stuck on something they like it is what it is.. You can state all the facts and they are still blind to to the truth
I never had any problems with my phone being smooth.. Even my s2..hell my note 2 runs circles around all my family's iPhones.. Another story and not trying to bring up a war.. I believe it's all how you take care of your phone as well.. My girls s3 lags but she doesn't ake care of it.. No telling what it's bogged down with
As far as lag with my android the only time I ever experienced lag Is when it's an app error and it had a hiccup which would be due to the developer of that app.. Which has nothing to do with the phone
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Most of the "smoothness" you see between android and ios has nothing to do with the hardware or the OS it's entirely because of the higher resolution. It's a placebo effect caused by more pixels tricking the eye into the transitions appearing smoother, nothing more nothing less. When you have that many pixels packed into a screen that small its going to look smooth even if its really running like crap.
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It's not really that. it's more so because iOS prioritizes the smoothness over everything else. It puts more resources in making the device feel quick and snappy that it limits other functions, that's why Android has always felt less smooth and is why there's till a touch to sound latency of about 100ms that is yet to be fixed in Android.
in iOS, that latency is around 1-3ms which is why you see people using iPad's for making music and such. Android can't do that just yet, that latency is killer when it comes to that.
Hell, iOS saves a screenshot of an app that you switch out of for when it actually closes it that way when you open it, any app; it looks like it remembered what you were doing and was running the whole time while it loads the actual data; That's why you can't do anything at first, because it's a picture.

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It's not really that. it's more so because iOS prioritizes the smoothness over everything else. It puts more resources in making the device feel quick and snappy that it limits other functions, that's why Android has always felt less smooth and is why there's till a touch to sound latency of about 100ms that is yet to be fixed in Android.
in iOS, that latency is around 1-3ms which is why you see people using iPad's for making music and such. Android can't do that just yet, that latency is killer when it comes to that.
Hell, iOS saves a screenshot of an app that you switch out of for when it actually closes it that way when you open it, any app; it looks like it remembered what you were doing and was running the whole time while it loads the actual data; That's why you can't do anything at first, because it's a picture.
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I remember reading that article that broke all that down a while ago. The android vs ios comparison.
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cas8180 said:
I updated my s2 to gb27 and it definitely runs better but have been spoiled with the "smoothness" of my s3 its quite noticeable how unsmooth my s2 is in comparison. Yet even I stick with my s3 and loose wimax capabilities just for smoothness. And I know I not the only one .
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Most effective thing in increasing smoothness on my phone was the Seeder app, there's controversy over how or whether it works, but from my first hand experience on 2 ET4Gs, it sped up and smoothed out both of them incredibly. And it's free on xda
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I think it's the fact that when I hit a button, I want it to respond quickly, or "smoothly." As another poster said, to each his own. I would rather have a fast, responsive, super smooth ROM than a better phone camera which is why I love this site and applaud the devs that put so much hard work into perfecting these systems. Good food for thought comment though.
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Galaxy S 4 Stutter fix?

The phone stutters often and it is frustrating! I just switched from the Galaxy Note II to the Galaxy S 4 and simple task like switching between home screens and application screens stutter. Third party applications run perfectly smooth. Face unlock has massive stuttering and I used it on my past devices just fine. The only thing I can think of is that it is powering a 1080P display.
I've been looking around online and all I seen were complaints or people saying they do not experience it. People who have what are some fixes?

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The phone stutters often and it is frustrating! I just switched from the Galaxy Note II to the Galaxy S 4 and simple task like switching between home screens and application screens stutter. Third party applications run perfectly smooth. Face unlock has massive stuttering and I used it on my past devices just fine. The only thing I can think of is that it is powering a 1080P display.
I've been looking around online and all I seen were complaints or people saying they do not experience it. People who have what are some fixes?
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Have you tried checking your background apps? Maybe the processor is busy running something else very resource intensive?

newbieandroid said:
The phone stutters often and it is frustrating! I just switched from the Galaxy Note II to the Galaxy S 4 and simple task like switching between home screens and application screens stutter. Third party applications run perfectly smooth. Face unlock has massive stuttering and I used it on my past devices just fine. The only thing I can think of is that it is powering a 1080P display.
I've been looking around online and all I seen were complaints or people saying they do not experience it. People who have what are some fixes?
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Try different home launchers, disable s-voice home button, flash a custom rom. I dont use face unlock. Look some more, and post questions in the questions section.
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Flash cm10.1 and your problems are fixed.
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^^^ Don't flash cm10, it's buggy and you lose all the badass tw features. Mine runs butter smooth. Like others have said try flashing a custom tw rom like wicked
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^^^ Don't flash cm10, it's buggy and you lose all the badass tw features. Mine runs butter smooth. Like others have said try flashing a custom tw rom like wicked
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Guess it depends on whether you use any of that stuff. I don't use of it. I got the phone for the hardware and the screen.
Cm10.1 = absolutely lag free. Bar none. What bugs are you referring to? I'm solid over here.
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Guess it depends on whether you use any of that stuff. I don't use of it. I got the phone for the hardware and the screen.
Cm10.1 = absolutely lag free. Bar none. What bugs are you referring to? I'm solid over here.
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The simple fact that you downgrade from the tw camera to the aosp camera is enough for me. Plus the fact that when you record video the volume is way lower. There was also a call bug that sometimes you or the other person couldn't hear each other ( I'm not sure but I think it was fixed). Cm was great for me when I had the Motorola Triumph since the triumph sucked, but cm has always had issues on all my phones that I've owned. Honestly people say it's so much smoother but I don't see a difference from tw and cm.
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The simple fact that you downgrade from the tw camera to the aosp camera is enough for me. Plus the fact that when you record video the volume is way lower. There was also a call bug that sometimes you or the other person couldn't hear each other ( I'm not sure but I think it was fixed). Cm was great for me when I had the Motorola Triumph since the triumph sucked, but cm has always had issues on all my phones that I've owned. Honestly people say it's so much smoother but I don't see a difference from tw and cm.
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No bugs on my end. Could care less about the camera, and yes, the smoothness is apparent as soon as you flash cm. Anyone can tell you that. The only reason to go with TW is the features.
It just depends on personal preference.
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I flashed the 4.3 Google Edition ROM and it is butter smooth along with the face unlock. So maybe it is not the 1080p display. I also noticed ram usage dropped by a good 50%. The TW ROM uses around 900mb-1.1Gb probably due to the bloatware that was on it. A Google Edition phone for only $580 I am happy.
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It's apparently Touch Wiz that makes the phone laggy.I'm expecting Samsung to make this less of an issue with updates since it is a new phone but I didn't want to wait.
I flashed the Infamous rom since I am not willing to give up the Samsung camera features. Then I use Nova launcher within it and it runs much faster.

Horrible touchwiz is what causes the lag, flashed GE ROM. BUTTER SMOOTH, I don't use the Samsung gimmicky features and the only camera mode I use is HDR that's included in the GE ROM
Super smooth, super stable, great battery life, more ram, win!!!
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Just flashed wickedrom, and absolutely no lag. Get all the fewtures of tw without the lag.
Win win.
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Bro if you flash Omega v7 from the "i9505" forums and right after you flash omega, flash ktoonz kernel for the TMOBILE s4, the phone runs BUTTER i mean BUTTER smooth.

dannyyyyy said:
Bro if you flash Omega v7 from the "i9505" forums and right after you flash omega, flash ktoonz kernel for the TMOBILE s4, the phone runs BUTTER i mean BUTTER smooth.
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I did that earlier, but my WiFi wouldn't turn on. Someone explained how to switch radios through oden, but that's a pain.
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I installed the ktoonz kernel on my otherwise stock 4 and it is absolutely 100% smoother.

Stock S4 here with Nova Launcher, NO LAG, here my crappy video, LOL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY_gMBPMhw0

Beside the lag has the heat given any of you some trouble? I noticed the phone heats up quicker than any of my previous phones but it doesn't seem to cause any harm to performance.
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I've had 2 M919 Galaxy S4's so far.
First one I returned because it was so incredibly laggy, everyone said theirs was butter smooth (all of whom were in denial), I thought I had a defective device. I tried all the custom roms using the Tmobile base and also international 9505 roms. Still did not fix the microstutters. Second one was laggy as hell also out of the box so I knew it was just the device. The latest international 9505 roms seem to make the phone smoother, but there are microstutters still present which should NOT BE THE CASE with a phone that's this powerful, but the biggest offender for me still is web browsing.
Open up the stock browser or chrome and go to theverge.com website, call up the full site and browse around. Pinch and zoom, then pan around. Tell me how incredibly slow it is to use. It seems like I'm using my original Motorola Droid all over again.
I'm sure by the time the Galaxy S5 comes around, Samsung "might" finally come out with a smooth working firmware for the S4, in the meantime I say ditch this device and get the HTC One. That baby is liquid smooth in EVERY operation and rips the S4 a new butt hole when it comes to web browsing smoothness and speed. Hell it even still supports full Adobe Flash even with 4.2.2.
The One is also pushing a 1080P screen so it's not the pixel count that is slowing the S4 down. It's something else. I had initially blamed the S4 lagging because of 4.2.2, reason is on my Note 2 running 4.1.2 it had next to zero lag and it's also running a heavy TW skin. I thought the HTC One was so smooth because it was still on 4.1.2. Well after updating to 4.2.2 on the HTC One, it even GOT SMOOTHER and FASTER.
I have also ran the google edition ROM's on both my S4 and my HTC One, and guess what?? The HTC ONE ran the pure GE ROM smoother than the S4 still!
The GE ROM still has slight microstutter on the S4 which is mind boggling. I noticed it a few times when opening the dialer and gmail app, the animation has a bit of microstuter in the animation when opening up. Something is definitely up with the S4 hardware wise.

Dan37tz said:
I've had 2 M919 Galaxy S4's so far.
First one I returned because it was so incredibly laggy, everyone said theirs was butter smooth (all of whom were in denial), I thought I had a defective device. I tried all the custom roms using the Tmobile base and also international 9505 roms. Still did not fix the microstutters. Second one was laggy as hell also out of the box so I knew it was just the device. The latest international 9505 roms seem to make the phone smoother, but there are microstutters still present which should NOT BE THE CASE with a phone that's this powerful, but the biggest offender for me still is web browsing.
Open up the stock browser or chrome and go to theverge.com website, call up the full site and browse around. Pinch and zoom, then pan around. Tell me how incredibly slow it is to use. It seems like I'm using my original Motorola Droid all over again.
I'm sure by the time the Galaxy S5 comes around, Samsung "might" finally come out with a smooth working firmware for the S4, in the meantime I say ditch this device and get the HTC One. That baby is liquid smooth in EVERY operation and rips the S4 a new butt hole when it comes to web browsing smoothness and speed. Hell it even still supports full Adobe Flash even with 4.2.2.
The One is also pushing a 1080P screen so it's not the pixel count that is slowing the S4 down. It's something else. I had initially blamed the S4 lagging because of 4.2.2, reason is on my Note 2 running 4.1.2 it had next to zero lag and it's also running a heavy TW skin. I thought the HTC One was so smooth because it was still on 4.1.2. Well after updating to 4.2.2 on the HTC One, it even GOT SMOOTHER and FASTER.
I have also ran the google edition ROM's on both my S4 and my HTC One, and guess what?? The HTC ONE ran the pure GE ROM smoother than the S4 still!
The GE ROM still has slight microstutter on the S4 which is mind boggling. I noticed it a few times when opening the dialer and gmail app, the animation has a bit of microstuter in the animation when opening up. Something is definitely up with the S4 hardware wise.
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I just opened up 20+ apps and didn't get not one micro stutter, running GE ROM. Also Im not in denial cause I hated the TW micro stutter when opening apps. My browser is BUTTER smooth, it rarely gives white spots and its 1 to 1 with my finger. I love it.
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