[Q] Home button - Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II

Anyone else noticing lag on the home button after 4.3? I have noticed when I try the home button and close out a program, it takes two or three taps to get it to register. It seems to be a RAM related issue as it reacts better when I do clear ram. I am wondering if anyone else has this issue. Mods - if this needs stuck in another thread please move it freely. I just didn't know if a new thread was warranted or not for it.

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Anyone else noticing lag on the home button after 4.3? I have noticed when I try the home button and close out a program, it takes two or three taps to get it to register. It seems to be a RAM related issue as it reacts better when I do clear ram. I am wondering if anyone else has this issue. Mods - if this needs stuck in another thread please move it freely. I just didn't know if a new thread was warranted or not for it.
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Have you tried disabling s-voice home button option?

louforgiveno said:
Have you tried disabling s-voice home button option?
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I am having the same issue. I also disabled the s voice home button option. Its really starting to get annoying

Custom kernels will hopefully help out with this a bit once they become available more
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S-voice Disabled?
craign1317 said:
I am having the same issue. I also disabled the s voice home button option. Its really starting to get annoying
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May seem dumb but where in 4.3 is the s-voice disabled? I can't find the setting for the life of me!

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May seem dumb but where in 4.3 is the s-voice disabled? I can't find the setting for the life of me!
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Open svoice app in app drawer. ...change setting there

Thanks, I completely forgot as I had svoice disabled in 4.1. I don't even use it. Its all google now for me.

I was having the same issue and disabled the S-Voice option. I just did the change in the s-voice settings but so far it seems to be pretty responsive.
For anyone interested there is a TON of info on this but essentially double tap the home button to open S-voice (or navigate to it in the app drawer). Hit the menu button (lower left of the phone). Select settings, untick the "Open via the Home Key" option.

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Wake up lag, or is it just me?

My phone takes like 1 second to wake up. I know it doesn't sound like much, but I got used to the instantaneous wake ups with my old SGS3 and I thought this phone would be snapier.
Anyone else?
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jlaval said:
My phone takes like 1 second to wake up. I know it doesn't sound like much, but I got used to the instantaneous wake ups with my old SGS3 and I thought this phone would be snapier.
Anyone else?
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I have the same wake up lag.
Everyone has this problem, i dont think anyone has found a fix yet, all i know is that its not the processors fault
haldi15 said:
Everyone has this problem, i dont think anyone has found a fix yet, all i know is that its not the processors fault
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I have both phones and the Note 2 wins 90% of the time and my S3 has a custom rom and kernel so it's pretty beefed up so I think some of us got decent one's..? As you said though... Definitely NOT the processor!
Go to S Voice settings, then disable Open Via Home Key.
That should disable the wake up lag
azhurvadal said:
Go to S Voice settings, then disable Open Via Home Key.
That should disable the wake up lag
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Think that tip is for the "home button lag" fix...?
yeah when you first get your phone and you press home it doesnt go directly to home, it waits a second or two for the second click to activate s-voice but if you disable it (s voice < google search) it will go directly to home
haldi15 said:
yeah when you first get your phone and you press home it doesnt go directly to home, it waits a second or two for the second click to activate s-voice but if you disable it (s voice < google search) it will go directly to home
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Yup! :good:
I've noticed my phone doing the same thing. If it's a couple minutes in between turning the screen on it takes a second. My phone also seems to struggle with some simple transition animations, now.
Where are the S voice settings. I can't seem to find them.
azhurvadal said:
Go to S Voice settings, then disable Open Via Home Key.
That should disable the wake up lag
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No this fixes a separate issue. This fixes the home button lag when using it to go from an app to the home screen.
What the OP is talking about is the delay that you get when trying to wake up the phone, whether it be with the home button or the side button. This seems like a software issue that hopefully Tmobile/Samsung address.
Yaboosh said:
No this fixes a separate issue. This fixes the home button lag when using it to go from an app to the home screen.
What the OP is talking about is the delay that you get when trying to wake up the phone, whether it be with the home button or the side button. This seems like a software issue that hopefully Tmobile/Samsung address.
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That's weird because I don't experience this issue. There is no lag when I wake up my phone.
However, my phone is the international version so most likely the issue is related to Tmobile bloatware.
Try to disable Svoice home button first. If you still experience this issue, then you should wait for update
azhurvadal said:
That's weird because I don't experience this issue. There is no lag when I wake up my phone.
However, my phone is the international version so most likely the issue is related to Tmobile bloatware.
Try to disable Svoice home button first. If you still experience this issue, then you should wait for update
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It is not the "SVoice solution related problem". It is a "power/home button to turn on" issue which is totally different.
Every T-Mobile Note 2 has it (I tested it on several of them at the T-Mobile store).
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+1 for T-Mobile version lag
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mastajest said:
+1 for T-Mobile version lag
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I was getting lag too. I went ahead and changed the animation scale to .5x and its now instant on.
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try turning off ripple effect on home screen
kdog808 said:
try turning off ripple effect on home screen
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Ya, uncheck the ripple effect and uncheck "Popup Note on lock screen".... Night and day difference for me!! And I unchecked Help text too.... Try it out guys... :good: Def better anyways! I don't have it with my International but I do with my T-mobile and I watched a vid by QBKing and he explained how this helped the Sprint version...
( They are in the "Lock Screen option" in the menu....)
shojus said:
Ya, uncheck the ripple effect and uncheck "Popup Note on lock screen".... Night and day difference for me!! And I unchecked Help text too.... Try it out guys... :good: Def better anyways! I don't have it with my International but I do with my T-mobile and I watched a vid by QBKing and he explained how this helped the Sprint version...
( They are in the "Lock Screen option" in the menu....)
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Nice, although i turned back on ripple effect. And the thing I noticed is that if you just turn off and on the screen it takes a while longer. However, if you just turn off the screen, wait a few seconds, then turn it back on, it's much faster.
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Nice, although i turned back on ripple effect. And the thing I noticed is that if you just turn off and on the screen it takes a while longer. However, if you just turn off the screen, wait a few seconds, then turn it back on, it's much faster.
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Hell if you really want it fast then uncheck all that crap in the settings and it will FLY!
I did flash the gt-7100 rom and there is no lag at all now im back to T-Mobile and its laging so we have to wait for the developer to port the gt-7100 rom

S Voice

So I had heard from everyone how bad S-voice is and I almost didn't even use it. However, I started using it yesterday and so far it's great. It transcribes me almost perfectly and it is much easier to send text messages and call people versus remembering the exact syntax for google search. Also, the ability to snooze my alarm this morning without having to fumble half-asleep for my phone by simply saying "Snooze" is amazing. Has one else been pleasantly surprised as well?
Bottom line -- this phone just keeps getting better.
PS Is there anyway to use the voice controls that Samsung has for the stock music app for the google music app? Or is there a way to connect the samsung music player to my google music songs in the cloud? Thanks
Here's another tip about S voice , if you or others didn't know about it already. Open your app tray or anything else then click home button on bottom of the phone. There will be a slight delay. Sorry to point this out because most people I show didn't notice it until I said something.
Now go into S voice and remove the setting "Open via home key".
Now click the home key and enjoy your instant back to home with greater speed
The home button is waiting to ensure that you didn't mean to double click it. So with this setting off its like 'no reason to wait take em home'.
(Doesn't mean you can't use s'voice again just put it on a shortcut).
Rockasama said:
Here's another tip about S voice , if you or others didn't know about it already. Open your app tray or anything else then click home button on bottom of the phone. There will be a slight delay. Sorry to point this out because most people I show didn't notice it until I said something.
Now go into S voice and remove the setting "Open via home key".
Now click the home key and enjoy your instant back to home with greater speed
The home button is waiting to ensure that you didn't mean to double click it. So with this setting off its like 'no reason to wait take em home'.
(Doesn't mean you can't use s'voice again just put it on a shortcut).
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Nice. Is there a way to change the long press on the home button to bring up Google Voice instead of S-Voice?
I usually use and prefer Google Now, but have used S-voice to add appointments to my calendar as Google Now doesn't do it directly. S-voice is also the default voice command app when I use my Bluetooth headset, and it works well for calls.
But in general it's MUCH slower than Google Now to find or look up things (weather, local restaurants).
Milkman00 said:
Nice. Is there a way to change the long press on the home button to bring up Google Voice instead of S-Voice?
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I would like to know this as well, or if anyone has some tips of how to access google now quickly.
Right now I have the shortcut on my lockscreen, the google search bar on my homescreen, and can long-press the menu button from the homescreen. None of these methods seems to directly activate Google Now to listen to me though, I still have to tap the microphone. I'd like to be able to use it like I did with Siri on my iPhone...
check out home2shortcut app on play store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...0.appspot.home2shortcut&feature=search_result
Milkman00 said:
Nice. Is there a way to change the long press on the home button to bring up Google Voice instead of S-Voice?
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lmike6453 said:
check out home2shortcut app on play store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...0.appspot.home2shortcut&feature=search_result
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Excellent suggestion. Thank you. It does add in a slight delay now when I press the home button, but being able to double-tap to Voice Search is awesome. Wish it would work on the lockscreen too...
UCLAKoolman said:
Right now I have the shortcut on my lockscreen, the google search bar on my homescreen, and can long-press the menu button from the homescreen. None of these methods seems to directly activate Google Now to listen to me though[.] I still have to tap the microphone.
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In Google Voice Search Menu>Settings>Voice, select Hotword Detection. Then when you start Google Voice Search, you can say "Google" instead of tapping the mic to get started.
Guys, if you are at home already, click and hold menu key, launches Google Now. Then no delay on home key. But now you have some options
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hrivner said:
PS Is there anyway to use the voice controls that Samsung has for the stock music app for the google music app? Or is there a way to connect the samsung music player to my google music songs in the cloud? Thanks
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I froze the stock music player with Titanium BU and tested with S voice (hoping to get a prompt to choose a music player) and it just sits there
Google now, say "play Journey" it will prompt which music player you want to use (as long as you have a few options) and then you'd be set.
Rockasama said:
Here's another tip about S voice , if you or others didn't know about it already. Open your app tray or anything else then click home button on bottom of the phone. There will be a slight delay. Sorry to point this out because most people I show didn't notice it until I said something.
Now go into S voice and remove the setting "Open via home key".
Now click the home key and enjoy your instant back to home with greater speed
The home button is waiting to ensure that you didn't mean to double click it. So with this setting off its like 'no reason to wait take em home'.
(Doesn't mean you can't use s'voice again just put it on a shortcut).
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Wow. That helped a lot since I'm not a s voice fan. Thanks for the tip!
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Long press the menu button & Google now/search will come up
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Rockasama said:
Guys, if you are at home already, click and hold menu key, launches Google Now. Then no delay on home key. But now you have some options
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I froze the stock music player with Titanium BU and tested with S voice (hoping to get a prompt to choose a music player) and it just sits there
Google now, say "play Journey" it will prompt which music player you want to use (as long as you have a few options) and then you'd be set.
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Google now isnt google search tho.
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So far I am finding S Voice much more useful for activity integrated to the device wheras google Now is more useful for searches.
Example With Svoice I can ask for a particualr song and it will play it. Same to launch an app or text someone check schedule.....
I am finding that with Google now it will launch music player to a group but not a specific song etc.....
Thanks! OP!!!!! That was an incredible piece of info.
Rockasama said:
Here's another tip about S voice , if you or others didn't know about it already. Open your app tray or anything else then click home button on bottom of the phone. There will be a slight delay. Sorry to point this out because most people I show didn't notice it until I said something.
Now go into S voice and remove the setting "Open via home key".
Now click the home key and enjoy your instant back to home with greater speed
The home button is waiting to ensure that you didn't mean to double click it. So with this setting off its like 'no reason to wait take em home'.
(Doesn't mean you can't use s'voice again just put it on a shortcut).
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This does remove the lag, but it also (for my ROM anyway), changes how a press of the home button functions when your screen is off.
With this option unchecked, a press of the home button when the screen is off opens to my home screen, rather than just waking the device to display the last app you were running when display was turned off (very annoying for me). Thus, I have just been dealing with the lag to get the desired wake screen behavior. If anyone knows a way around this, it would be appreciated.
VTEChump said:
This does remove the lag, but it also (for my ROM anyway), changes how a press of the home button functions when your screen is off.
With this option unchecked, a press of the home button when the screen is off opens to my home screen, rather than just waking the device to display the last app you were running when display was turned off (very annoying for me). Thus, I have just been dealing with the lag to get the desired wake screen behavior. If anyone knows a way around this, it would be appreciated.
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I actually posted a thread about how the home button removes everything and takes me to the home screen immediately. I guess this was the culprit. Hmmmmm.....

[Q] Select Home dialogue keeps popping up

"Select Home" dialogue keeps popping up very frequently when I'm pressing the home button even though I've selected Home as default.
Anyone knows what causes this or how I can remove EasyHome?
I had the same problem when I had a widget for Smart Calendar Pro on my home screen. I've reported it to the makers of the app
Kentarii said:
"Select Home" dialogue keeps popping up very frequently when I'm pressing the home button even though I've selected Home as default.
Anyone knows what causes this or how I can remove EasyHome?
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I was having this issue too and the culprit was the Hotmail app... It's a bug in the Android system if any app has a language call Mata data (or something like that) it will forget your default settings of your home launcher.
I remove the Hotmail app and haven't had a problem ever since. If it wasn't for Nova launcher telling me which app was causing it, I would have probably returned my perfectly good running device.
If you don't have the Hotmail app installed, I recommend you use nova launcher and let it alert you which app is causing the issue. Uninstall that app reboot your phone and you should be good to go and then remove nova launcher if you so choose to.
Thanks for the suggestions guys.
I installed Nova Launcher (used it earlier but decided to give the default launcher a go for this new phone), but didn't really see where it could tell me what the culprit was.
Anyways, I managed to reproduce it pretty effectively.
Long press home button
Opens up Google Now
Short press home button
Select Home dialogue appears
I had the Google Home widget on my main home screen, removed that now.
Looks like the dialogue does not appear anymore, guess I'll know by the end of the day.
Kentarii said:
I installed Nova Launcher (used it earlier but decided to give the default launcher a go for this new phone), but didn't really see where it could tell me what the culprit was.
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Found it under Nova Settings:
The 'Netcom Apps' may cause your selection for the default launcher to be reset frequently
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Uninstalled this app and now it works!! Thanks shook187!!
The long press home button works as well now without any side effects.
Kentarii said:
Found it under Nova Settings:
Uninstalled this app and now it works!! Thanks shook187!!
The long press home button works as well now without any side effects.
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Uninstalling the app worked, thanks guys!
it appeared on mine after installing the 10j 'leaked' kdz.
could initiate the prompt as per the above steps above to long press hold to open google now then quick press home
removed it by uninstalling "Apps" application that appeared with 10j.
Shook187 u r awesome man
Thank you
Removing Netcom Apps solved the problem for me as well!
Thank you so much @shook187 and @Kentarii
Great suggestion!
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I was having this issue too and the culprit was the Hotmail app... It's a bug in the Android system if any app has a language call Mata data (or something like that) it will forget your default settings of your home launcher.
I remove the Hotmail app and haven't had a problem ever since. If it wasn't for Nova launcher telling me which app was causing it, I would have probably returned my perfectly good running device.
If you don't have the Hotmail app installed, I recommend you use nova launcher and let it alert you which app is causing the issue. Uninstall that app reboot your phone and you should be good to go and then remove nova launcher if you so choose to.
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Nova launcher pointed at the culprit.
Thank you.
Kentarii said:
"Select Home" dialogue keeps popping up very frequently when I'm pressing the home button even though I've selected Home as default.
Anyone knows what causes this or how I can remove EasyHome?
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I get the same thing.....had my phone rest twice. Didn't work. They sent me a new phone and not it does same thing. Love the phone except for this problem. THeir tech support sucks & all they say is send phone in with no loner for 7-9 days!! THey need to send a fix out in an update!!
Thank you so much shook187 for your suggestion. It worked for my LG G4.
1. I've installed the Nova launcher.
2. Then tried to press the home button number of times choosing the Nova Launcher.
3. Next I clicked on the Nova Launcher home screen and kept my finger until the setting wheel appeared.
4. I clicked on the setting and at the top was displayed notification ' Fix it app causing a problem'.
5. I clicked on the notification and selected uninstall.

Disable HiSearch Notice

Hi there I have recently brought the mate 20 x and so far the phone is great but there is an annoying feature that I can't seem to switch off and disable.
On the home screen when you swipe down this Hisearch Notice screen pop up and you can everywhere or cancel (I cancel as it asks for to much info). This makes having screen widgets impossible to which I use lots of as in the widget when you scroll down this notification still pops up
Does anyone know how to disable this feature would really be helpful
Thanks
Djsmalls said:
Hi there I have recently brought the mate 20 x and so far the phone is great but there is an annoying feature that I can't seem to switch off and disable.
On the home screen when you swipe down this Hisearch Notice screen pop up and you can everywhere or cancel (I cancel as it asks for to much info). This makes having screen widgets impossible to which I use lots of as in the widget when you scroll down this notification still pops up
Does anyone know how to disable this feature would really be helpful
Thanks
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Check this: I followed it and got google feed on right swipe without any problem. It was easy to follow.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-x/help/evr-tl00-ok-google-google-feed-instead-t3873070
nmrman said:
Check this: I followed it and got google feed on right swipe without any problem. It was easy to follow.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-x/help/evr-tl00-ok-google-google-feed-instead-t3873070
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Hi yes I had seen this and was trying the code at first it wasn't working but then I eventually figured it out and it worked.
Thanks for the reply much appreciated

Question Odd scrolling behavior

Unsure if anyone is experiencing this issue or it is just my thumb.
When I am holding the phone in my right hand scrolling down the screen with my thumb reading or moving through an app, i will get a too frequent misfire that bounces me back to the top of article or app screen.
My thumb motions are downward. However, the screen is obviously interpreting I am flipping upward.
Is there a setting that might change this? I do not have increased screen sensitivity turned on. Is there an elasticity setting that may be causing this?
Curved screen can still register palm touches just holding the P6P.
same issue
I use one finger to turn the page and my palm is not touching any screen edge
some apps are causing weird scrolling issues. the reddit and twitter apps (can be) problematic right now. I've seen at least 4 cases where removing those apps completely and using alternatives (like Relay and Albatross) has resolved issus. so it could be it...what app are you having an issue with? try chrome in safe mode , see how the scrolling is (safe mode only works with google apps, and it turns off network so turn it on if you do try it)
Alekos said:
some apps are causing weird scrolling issues. the reddit and twitter apps (can be) problematic right now. I've seen at least 4 cases where removing those apps completely and using alternatives (like Relay and Albatross) has resolved issus. so it could be it...what app are you having an issue with? try chrome in safe mode , see how the scrolling is (safe mode only works with google apps, and it turns off network so turn it on if you do try it)
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Thanks for the insight. Reuters News app, Brave Browser, NYT app, pretty much any app when scrolling down reading.
johninsf said:
Thanks for the insight. Reuters News app, Brave Browser, NYT app, pretty much any app when scrolling down reading.
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any changes in safe mode? only google apps work on that mode but worth a try
Honestly, I don't see how to get into safe mode on the P6P.
I can get to the menu w/ power button + volume down. What am I missing? It's been a while.
johninsf said:
Honestly, I don't see how to get into safe mode on the P6P.
I can get to the menu w/ power button + volume down. What am I missing? It's been a while.
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the power menu can be brought up in the notifications menu (Swipe down twice, you'll see the power icon). from there just long-press on the "Restart" button.
Thank you!
As you mentioned, in safe mode I can't try any of the apps where I experienced the issue.

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