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A few small issues with my device. I'm wondering if it's worth exchanging?

Hello everyone,
I just bought my S3 last Sunday. Since then I have noticed several issues with it and I'm wondering if it's worth exchanging. They seem to be both software and hardware issues.
1. It's pretty laggy. For such a "groundbreaking" phone this is lagging much more than my old Sensation. It's rarely smooth switching between screens and going from lock screen to home screen is also laggy. Overall, it's not very smooth. Is this common on this device? Maybe I'm expecting too much.
2. The music player skips and repeats A LOT. Whenever a song is playing, it will constantly have gaps in the music. It will just stop playing for a brief second but then continue normally. It also will repeat parts of a song, such as saying some lyrics twice.
3. Whenever someone calls me, my voice sounds "distant" to them. If I call someone my voice sounds totally normal but when I receive the call I am either echoing or I sound like I'm holding my phone away from my face.
I guess my biggest problem is the lag. It really bothers me since it's supposed to be such an amazing and smooth phone. It takes several times longer to load apps and things than my old Sensation did, and I don't have many apps installed at all. Opening the app drawer is consistently laggy as well.
Are these common issues or do you guys think it would be worthwhile to exchange the phone? As of right now, I'm not very pleased with it.
Thanks for all your input, guys!
Edit: Also, whenever I hit the home button it takes several seconds to load it up. Is there a way to speed this up?
Also, I am not rooted yet. I always like to spend a few weeks with the stock setup before rooting.
Edit 2: Last thing, S Voice is a piece of **** on this. Literally. It takes FOREVER to load up and RARELY does what I say. Does this actually work for you guys or is S voice generally useless?

Not common at all. Exchange.
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elracing21 said:
Not common at all. Exchange.
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thanks! i'll exchange it tomorrow. Are the S3's generally pretty smooth? Any lag at all?

alecjake said:
thanks! i'll exchange it tomorrow. Are the S3's generally pretty smooth? Any lag at all?
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Smooth as butter.

Have you tried installing the latest OTA? It may help with some of your problems. For the home key lag, double press to open s voice, then go into settings and turn off double press home to open.
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1. Try this. Settings >Developer Options > Window animation scale ->change to 0.5x or off. Transition animation scale >animation is off
Also make sure Do not keep activities under developer options is unchecked. Check it first then uncheck it. This should solve the redraw issue on teh homescreen (at least it did for me)
2. Did not happen to me
3. Turn off noise reduction

For the distant sound issue open the dialer>call settings>additional settings>uncheck noise reduction. Even running unrooted the interface should be very smooth however.

DocHoliday77 said:
Have you tried installing the latest OTA? It may help with some of your problems. For the home key lag, double press to open s voice, then go into settings and turn off double press home to open.
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that is yet another odd thing about my device. it claims I have the latest OTA, when I know I don't. Also, it says the music hub is still unavailable (even though I know several people who have it running)

I haven't actually used s-voice myself, but a lot of reviews said it wasn't very good.
Another thing you can try for the lag you mentioned is in Developer Options, change the Force GPU Rendering option.
Also try limiting background processes to 3 or 4. Though you shouldn't have to resort to this. If other options don't work id still take it back for exchange.
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wyuan said:
1. Try this. Settings >Developer Options > Window animation scale ->change to 0.5x or off. Transition animation scale >animation is off
Also make sure Do not keep activities under developer options is unchecked. Check it first then uncheck it. This should solve the redraw issue on teh homescreen (at least it did for me)
2. Did not happen to me
3. Turn off noise reduction
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I just tried all the things you listed in number 1 and it is definitely faster, in a way. When I click the home button, the wallpaper pops up immediately. The apps however take significantly longer to load up and the app drawer still takes quite a while to load. I think I am stuck with a return. Thank you for all your help!

alecjake said:
Edit: Also, whenever I hit the home button it takes several seconds to load it up. Is there a way to speed this up?
Also, I am not rooted yet. I always like to spend a few weeks with the stock setup before rooting.
Edit 2: Last thing, S Voice is a piece of **** on this. Literally. It takes FOREVER to load up and RARELY does what I say. Does this actually work for you guys or is S voice generally useless?
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To speed up the home screen button:
Double tap home screen (bring up s-voice)
Tap menu softkey
Tap settings
Uncheck launch s-voice
You will need to do this with your new device as well.
And s-voice is generally useless, or as far as I've found.
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Yea s-voice makes home button laggy. And have u tried to factory reset it?

Do a master reset without restoring back up. Sometimes this all that is necessary on any Rom. If that fails do a buyers remorse exchange.
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sarni84 said:
Yea s-voice makes home button laggy. And have u tried to factory reset it?
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wow. i cant believe i didnt think of this. i just did a factory reset and it is a world of difference. so much faster and smoother! i still think i'm going to exchange it tomorrow, however. the speaker issue worries me since it is probably a hardware issue

alecjake said:
wow. i cant believe i didnt think of this. i just did a factory reset and it is a world of difference. so much faster and smoother! i still think i'm going to exchange it tomorrow, however. the speaker issue worries me since it is probably a hardware issue
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Yea it usually helps especially with the weird problems. But now if u are still having problems then yea take it back. Because now u ruled almost everything out or have done what u could have. Good luck

some people just want to complain.....
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Mine is so smooth. But I have not rooted it. WIthout any memory eating apps running, it is not only smooth but actually bolting fast!!:victory::victory::victory:

bipoler said:
some people just want to complain.....
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Thank you for making your own point.

make sure power save option is disable.it will make it very laggy

I haven't had any problems with my device. But a lot of times when I'm talking to my girlfriend she always asks if I put her on speakerphone and I haven't. She sometimes also says she hears an echo.
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[Q] Home button keeps going to recent tabs/task manager when pressed?

Hello,
Ever since the update to 4.3, the home button is absolutely annoying. Everytime I need to get back to the home screen, it opens the recent tabs list. Anyone who knows what I am talking about knows how extremely frustrating this is. So, is there a fix?

Sounds like it may be sticking. That's what its supposed to do when you long press home.

DocHoliday77 said:
Sounds like it may be sticking. That's what its supposed to do when you long press home.
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Definitely not sticking. It seems once upgraded to 4.3, it started happening. I was reading a lot of people were having the same issue. But they were old posts, so I wasnt able to find a resolution. Its really annoying actually as it slows things down quite a bit, like a major time stopper.

Never had that happen for me. Have you disabled double press for svoice? If you flash an older rom does it fix it?

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Never had that happen for me. Have you disabled double press for svoice? If you flash an older rom does it fix it?
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Yes I have disabled that. No, I am completely stock refreshed from samsung after sending in to fix cracked screen.

Did you get the same one back, or a refurb? Id contact them either way if they caused the problem.
Or try reflashing your firmware.
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Touch Screen issues?

So has anyone found out if the touch screen issue is a software issue or a hardware? Is LG going to offer a fix or are they ignoring the issue? I have a Sprint LG G4 and the touch issues get quite annoying. I've been reading up on the issue and have tried everything but I still get miss touches.
I love the phone but hate this imperfection it has.
On a side not...when I get a text the phone vibrate (whatever vibrate setting I have it on) then it stops and my audible notification sounds. It does not happen simultaneously...is this normal?

More touch screen issue thread? Any reason why you couldn't post over at the many other thread?
You wanted your own special thread?
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shook187 said:
More touch screen issue thread? Any reason why you couldn't post over at the many other thread?
You wanted your own special thread?
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not really I just have not seen any in the sprint section so I was trying to see if any other sprint users have the problem...Ill I see is verison.

It might sound weird (as I also thought it was before I tried it) but the way I got mine to correct this issue was by doing a factory reset (just from the phone settings, not a KDZ or anything). Since doing it my phone has been MUCH more responsive and has not been lagging out or miss-touching or anything.

Factory reset solves all issues.

Sfkn2 said:
Factory reset solves all issues.
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It solves lots of issues, not sure why people are hesitant to do it.
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Z3ldaFan88 said:
It might sound weird (as I also thought it was before I tried it) but the way I got mine to correct this issue was by doing a factory reset (just from the phone settings, not a KDZ or anything). Since doing it my phone has been MUCH more responsive and has not been lagging out or miss-touching or anything.
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Factory reset didn't fix it for me
Tomorrow I'm going into the T-Mobile store to see if they have any G4's present that do not have the problem and hope they will swap, if so.

ScotterMonkey said:
Factory reset didn't fix it for me
Tomorrow I'm going into the T-Mobile store to see if they have any G4's present that do not have the problem and hope they will swap, if so.
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Sorry man, Really wish it would have worked for you (It seems to have worked for quite a few people on here). Hopefully they will let you pull the old switch-a-roo then since this is clearly a defect.

What touch screen issues are you having? You need to elaborate. A video would also help. I've had my Sprint G4 for about a month now and I don't know what these "touch screen issues" are that everyone is complaining about.

This problem occurs in all variants -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/poll-g4-misses-unresponsive-to-touch-t3131276

Wake up delay

Anyone else experiencing a really long delay when you try to wake your phone up? About 70% of the time when I wake my phone up to just use my phone, it has a bad delay. Most of the time it will take around 7 - 10 seconds for the screen to turn on.
I am stock and un-rooted. I have gone into the stock recovery and cleared the cache partition a couple of times, but that doesn't help. I am really hoping for S-off soon. I'm hoping that a custom rom can fix it.

I'm also experiencing this same problem, drives me insane. I'm hoping that maybe the forthcoming 5.1 update will address that issue.

I've never experienced this. I'm stock still. Kinda sounds like a runway app causing the problem.

Never saw this on launch os or 5.1. Have you tried running it without apps for a while?

Last night I disabled instagram. It seemed to fix the problem so far. I don't use it much anyway. My battery stat still shows it as number 2 on the list. I just uninstalled it. Maybe it will fix some issues.

I have this too...but I'd say only about 30 percent of the time. I use the double tap to wake aout it certainly does not all the time.

Mine does it sometimes. I don't know if it's a delay because I push the power button again and it comes on. Another thing that drives me up the wall is that the screen doesn't wake up after taking the phone away from my ear during a call sometimes. I'll have to push the power button to turn the screen on.
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Evocm7 said:
Mine does it sometimes. I don't know if it's a delay because I push the power button again and it comes on. Another thing that drives me up the wall is that the screen doesn't wake up after taking the phone away from my ear during a call sometimes. I'll have to push the power button to turn the screen on.
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This sounds like either a case problem, or proximity sensor.
You can test the sensor in htc advantage app.

andybones said:
This sounds like either a case problem, or proximity sensor.
You can test the sensor in htc advantage app.
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I just tried it, it passed the tests a few times. I have a spigen neo hybrid so it doesn't come even close to the sensor. Who knows.
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Mine doesn't wake up after a call sometimes. It just started doing the delay thing again. I wonder if it has anything to do with memory leak on 5.0? I may disable a couple games I downloaded this week and see if that fixes it.

andybones said:
This sounds like either a case problem, or proximity sensor.
You can test the sensor in htc advantage app.
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Andybones, maybe I'm being a little dense but the htc advantage app? what or where can I find this? Thanks, Howie

meandg5 said:
Andybones, maybe I'm being a little dense but the htc advantage app? what or where can I find this? Thanks, Howie
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Playstore search app: HTC Help.

andybones said:
Playstore search app: HTC Help.
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Thank you sir!
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LG G4 Touch Screen issues. Ghost Touches?

I've been able to replicate this issue on my G4 (815T Australian model) on a daily basis, just on the instagram app though.
I recorded a video of it. Slowmo part shows the issue
https://goo.gl/photos/F823e125PQckCPLp6
The screen seems confused and it just scrolls the other way even if my thumb wasn't touching the screen.
Factory data reset did not fix anything.
Are you able to replicate this LG G4 owners?

I don't use Instagram, so can't help with that app, sorry.
But if you go into Developer Options, and turn on "Show touch data", it might help add some more info to the discussion. It will show a trace on the screen of what the phone's touchscreen interpreted from your last tap/swipe.
It would presumably show a swipe up, and then back down, when you're getting these ghost touches that change the scroll direction. But perhaps it could also help show if swipes are interpreted the same way in other apps. It might help you learn a little more about what the phone is seeing, at least.

Thanks for the video and everything but why a new thread? Plenty of videos on the main thread.
Is another thread really necessary?
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Might be, because this only happens with IG. I've got the exact same problem, only with IG and its very annoying.

shook187 said:
Thanks for the video and everything but why a new thread? Plenty of videos on the main thread.
Is another thread really necessary?
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Apologies, first time I posted it I was thinking it was just Instagram-specific.

KL643 said:
Might be, because this only happens with IG. I've got the exact same problem, only with IG and its very annoying.
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Ahh good to know I'm not alone on this!

chobie said:
Apologies, first time I posted it I was thinking it was just Instagram-specific.
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To me it looks like it is IG specific because I don't have this problem with any other app

You can try to change the touch feedback time from short to medium under settings/accessibility/motor & cogination. This will reduce the touch feedback time. Give it a try, and see if it gets better.
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alanchai said:
You can try to change the touch feedback time from short to medium under settings/accessibility/motor & cogination. This will reduce the touch feedback time. Give it a try, and see if it gets better.
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Done that but it doesn't solve this problem.

chobie said:
I've been able to replicate this issue on my G4 (815T Australian model) on a daily basis, just on the instagram app though.
I recorded a video of it. Slowmo part shows the issue
https://goo.gl/photos/F823e125PQckCPLp6
The screen seems confused and it just scrolls the other way even if my thumb wasn't touching the screen.
Factory data reset did not fix anything.
Are you able to replicate this LG G4 owners?
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Question, do you have Google keyboard installed? Because I just removed Google keyboard and installed SwiftKey and it looks like the problem is gone....

KL643 said:
Question, do you have Google keyboard installed? Because I just removed Google keyboard and installed SwiftKey and it looks like the problem is gone....
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Nope, I use Swiftkey from the beginning. Only LG stock keyboard is installed.

Mm, I've got LG keyboard freezed with TB and after changing from Google keyboard to SK, the problem is gone

KL643 said:
Mm, I've got LG keyboard freezed with TB and after changing from Google keyboard to SK, the problem is gone
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Interesting. Not keen on rooting though. =\
So you reckon it's just a software issue?

chobie said:
Interesting. Not keen on rooting though. =\
So you reckon it's just a software issue?
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Well this problem is only related to the LG G4 and IG for me...I don't have any other touchscreen problems with this phone. So for me I guess this is not hardware related. During the day I just had 2 small "ghost touches", way better than before. Will see how it goes the next few days...
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after a view days, it looks like it didn't solve this issue. Today I notice the ghost touches were there again in IG

Force GPU rendening under Developer options somewhat helped.
The new v10f on my Australian G4 didn't fix the issue as well.

Any updates on this? I had same issue. N this is a replacement unit after 2.5 weeks of waiting
Just day one and this ghost touch come up.

I also have this problem
Did you solve the problem?

I am facing similar issue.between...i am not using ig.

I've had this issue as well (not just IG) and sent the phone back for servicing. It was sent back to me with a report showing that they'd done a few things but the problem is still there. I'd been thinking I'd send it back in once more and ask them to have another look. I'm getting ghost touches everywhere and quite a bit, it's very annoying.
Someone mentioned there was another, large thread about this issue but I can't seem to find it, can anyone point me to it?

Hi, I posted this in a new thread yesterday as I couldn't find anything. Never thought to search for 'ghost taps' duh.
Every now and then when just doing normal things on the my phone it totally freaks out and all by it self it suddenly starts to tap random parts of the desktop, slides the pages, opens apps, closes apps, goes into calculator and a bunch of buttons are pressed randomly. It's almost like someone has hacked my phone and is trolling me by just tapping randomly on the phone.
Just today when looking at Facebook it closed the app, scrolled down notifications, data was turned off and wifi turned on.
I thought it might have been my screeen protector, bit of moisture in it or something. Took that off and still does it. Took out the battery for a minute and still does it.
It happened a few months ago then nothing for ages and now it's started again this weekend.
Thought it might have been only when connected to data but has now done it when offline.
Any one got a solution? Does a custom rom fix?