Hi
Picked up my new Tab S 84 just under a week ago and am v pleased with it. Can't believe how things have changed / improved in Android tablets since the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (loved that too!)
Anyway, I use the tablet mostly for work so emails, documents, remote working etc. I noticed that the native email widget is missing despite me having several email accounts setup on the device. is this normal? seems odd given that every Android device I've owned thus far has had this widget and I'd really like to use it.
Also, the tab s has IR built in but where's the app? I also use a galaxy S5 which has both of the above and works fine.
I'm wondering what else is missing!?! had also thought about a reset to see if that helps.
Another thing. I've got the LTE version and the battery life tho ok doesnt give that same 'oooo this is lasting forever' feeling like my old WiFi only Tab 10.1 and ipad 3 despite having very similar standby times. I have not ran any scientific tests tbh here.. but have decided to turn off 'mobile data' as I don't use it a great deal atm. hopefully this will improve things
Any thoughts on the above would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Ste
email widget and battery life?
ssunstone said:
Hi
Picked up my new Tab S 84 just under a week ago and am v pleased with it. Can't believe how things have changed / improved in Android tablets since the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (loved that too!)
Anyway, I use the tablet mostly for work so emails, documents, remote working etc. I noticed that the native email widget is missing despite me having several email accounts setup on the device. is this normal? seems odd given that every Android device I've owned thus far has had this widget and I'd really like to use it.
Also, the tab s has IR built in but where's the app? I also use a galaxy S5 which has both of the above and works fine.
I'm wondering what else is missing!?! had also thought about a reset to see if that helps.
Another thing. I've got the LTE version and the battery life tho ok doesnt give that same 'oooo this is lasting forever' feeling like my old WiFi only Tab 10.1 and ipad 3 despite having very similar standby times. I have not ran any scientific tests tbh here.. but have decided to turn off 'mobile data' as I don't use it a great deal atm. hopefully this will improve things
Any thoughts on the above would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Ste
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I've also got the Galaxy tab S LTE...
User the WatchOn app for the remote.
I'm having the same problem with battery life and can't understand why there is no email widget! I've got a note 3 and just want the widget on my tab s!
MkcorB said:
I've also got the Galaxy tab S LTE...
User the WatchOn app for the remote.
I'm having the same problem with battery life and can't understand why there is no email widget! I've got a note 3 and just want the widget on my tab s!
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Thanks re WatchOn. Just discovered that this week.
I have also discovered the location of the missing widgets.
If you scroll to the left to access the Magazine UI. You can either add an extra page here and add special widgets including s planner and email widgets us other stuff or delete each magazine section by holding ur finger on them and replacing them with a widget or an app.
It's actually quite neat. Got mine looking good atm. Tho I like this I don't know why Samsung removed the option for us to create a traditional widgets for email and S planner etc..seems a bit of a daft move.
As for the battery life.. Ive simply switched off data whilst am not using it. Had a good 4 hour spell on it last night doing some work with only WiFi on. It dropped about 25% which I didn't think was too bad overall.
I'm still monitoring this though.
ssunstone said:
Thanks re WatchOn. Just discovered that this week.
I have also discovered the location of the missing widgets.
If you scroll to the left to access the Magazine UI. You can either add an extra page here and add special widgets including s planner and email widgets us other stuff or delete each magazine section by holding ur finger on them and replacing them with a widget or an app.
It's actually quite neat. Got mine looking good atm. Tho I like this I don't know why Samsung removed the option for us to create a traditional widgets for email and S planner etc..seems a bit of a daft move.
As for the battery life.. Ive simply switched off data whilst am not using it. Had a good 4 hour spell on it last night doing some work with only WiFi on. It dropped about 25% which I didn't think was too bad overall.
I'm still monitoring this though.
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I know about the Samsung pin widget... The problem is I can't load that into another launcher or email by its self.....I can't believe its so hard to find an email widget!
stock widgets in any launcher...SuperSamsung v2
ssunstone said:
Hi
Picked up my new Tab S 84 just under a week ago and am v pleased with it. Can't believe how things have changed / improved in Android tablets since the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (loved that too!)
Anyway, I use the tablet mostly for work so emails, documents, remote working etc. I noticed that the native email widget is missing despite me having several email accounts setup on the device. is this normal? seems odd given that every Android device I've owned thus far has had this widget and I'd really like to use it.
Also, the tab s has IR built in but where's the app? I also use a galaxy S5 which has both of the above and works fine.
I'm wondering what else is missing!?! had also thought about a reset to see if that helps.
Another thing. I've got the LTE version and the battery life tho ok doesnt give that same 'oooo this is lasting forever' feeling like my old WiFi only Tab 10.1 and ipad 3 despite having very similar standby times. I have not ran any scientific tests tbh here.. but have decided to turn off 'mobile data' as I don't use it a great deal atm. hopefully this will improve things
Any thoughts on the above would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Ste
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MkcorB said:
I've also got the Galaxy tab S LTE...
User the WatchOn app for the remote.
I'm having the same problem with battery life and can't understand why there is no email widget! I've got a note 3 and just want the widget on my tab s!
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here u go guys...the new V2 of my SuperSamsung rom which works with all tab s versions includes the ability to use stock widgets in any launcher as well as on the lockscreen (see post #2 in the link below for a screenshot)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/development/rom-supersamsung-v1-t2847070
as far as battery life...long story short u want to use apps with as much black as possible which saves major juice versus white pixels. i'm using dolphin browser with a night add-on (renders pages black) for my internet needs since most of the drain comes from the white backgrounds while wondering around on the web ...there have been test done elsewhere online that shows this thing has the worse battery life when it comes to surfing (like 6/7) hours while it has hands down the BEST battery life when it comes to watching movies (around 14/15 hours unbelievably!)
ssunstone said:
Thanks re WatchOn. Just discovered that this week.
I have also discovered the location of the missing widgets.
If you scroll to the left to access the Magazine UI. You can either add an extra page here and add special widgets including s planner and email widgets us other stuff or delete each magazine section by holding ur finger on them and replacing them with a widget or an app.
It's actually quite neat. Got mine looking good atm. Tho I like this I don't know why Samsung removed the option for us to create a traditional widgets for email and S planner etc..seems a bit of a daft move.
As for the battery life.. Ive simply switched off data whilst am not using it. Had a good 4 hour spell on it last night doing some work with only WiFi on. It dropped about 25% which I didn't think was too bad overall.
I'm still monitoring this though.
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Hello,
Where is the "magazine UI" i don't understand.
From a Galaxy Tab S, i've the same issue. "Email" widget is not more available "normally".
Thanks in advance for your help.
I am posting here because I've been through countless forums, hearing many suggestions, but none has helped.
My issue, is lag, and performance issues on my Verizon Galaxy Note 4. At first, it was just a hiccup every now and again, which is Touchwiz, and I didn't really mind it. But now, it's to the point where I cannot experience a fully smooth experience. Every window that opens glitches out and stutters, scrolling freezes and jumps, the notification bar freezes and glitches out, keyboard typing is delayed, and Swype is slow and laggy.
So then, I read online that the Note 4 usually scores above 43,000 in AnTuTu benchmark. Mine scored 28,000. I've cleared the cache partition, I've deleted just about every singe app, I've disabled bloatware, I've done almost everything. There are a few things I DON'T want to do, which are:
- Change launchers. I don't want Nova, or anything else. I like Touchwiz, and I don't care about the occasional hiccup.
- Factory reset. I'd like this to be the last resort, since I already have many passwords, settings, pictures, and music stored on this device.
- Change window animation blahblah in developer options.
I'm starting to miss my Note 3. It ran much smoother, and faster even. What are my options from here? I'd greatly appreciate the help.
Unfortunately this seems to be a problem that plagues all Samsung android devices. That's why I quit buying Samsung products many years ago. Last week I decided to give them another go with the Note 4 and I do love the phone, but..... it's doing the same things you describe and that I have experienced before. Samsung puts too much bloat that you can't get rid of on the phone and I think that all of that on top of touch wiz just makes for a very poor user experience. I had the droid turbo previously and want to go back to it after only a week with this device.
Dang! I guess my only hope is for Lollipop to make things smoother.
My Note 4 started lagging almost immediately when it was brand new. I brought the device home, ran the initial setup (which did restore most of my google play store apps that I had used on my previous device), and the lag started almost immediately. I spent far too much time trying task killers, phone cleaners, clearing cache, etc., etc. I finally bit the bullet and did a factory reset.
Doing a factory reset really helped a lot. I did make sure to turn off auto update and auto restore in Google Play Store first. After completing the initial setup I manually installed ONLY the apps that I use regularly .
Factory resetting is a bit of a pain, but not really all that bad. I think it is probably required to solve your problem.
Debloating the uneeded preinstalled apps helps too. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2998294 for instructions on how to debloat the Note 4 without requiring root (or voiding your warranty).
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Alrighty, thanks. I'm working on backing up music and passwords now, and planning on doing a factory reset very soon. And thanks for the link to that debloater software, I'll be sure to try that.
Hardware-related?
Sorry but the Touchwiz is terrible stuff is overblown. I haven't really had any stuttering after months of owning the device. The Note 4 came with the slimmest Touchwiz to date and, as you say, the Note 3 had no problems with performance. Yes, its good to debloat, but what you are experiencing seems to be more serious. The fact that your Antutu benchmark isn't close to where it should be is a red flag. My 910V registers 46680. If a factory reset doesn't work, you may try to return it or contact Samsung to see what options you have available to you.
KamajiH said:
I am posting here because I've been through countless forums, hearing many suggestions, but none has helped.
My issue, is lag, and performance issues on my Verizon Galaxy Note 4. At first, it was just a hiccup every now and again, which is Touchwiz, and I didn't really mind it. But now, it's to the point where I cannot experience a fully smooth experience. Every window that opens glitches out and stutters, scrolling freezes and jumps, the notification bar freezes and glitches out, keyboard typing is delayed, and Swype is slow and laggy.
So then, I read online that the Note 4 usually scores above 43,000 in AnTuTu benchmark. Mine scored 28,000. I've cleared the cache partition, I've deleted just about every singe app, I've disabled bloatware, I've done almost everything. There are a few things I DON'T want to do, which are:
- Change launchers. I don't want Nova, or anything else. I like Touchwiz, and I don't care about the occasional hiccup.
- Factory reset. I'd like this to be the last resort, since I already have many passwords, settings, pictures, and music stored on this device.
- Change window animation blahblah in developer options.
I'm starting to miss my Note 3. It ran much smoother, and faster even. What are my options from here? I'd greatly appreciate the help.
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holy**** i was just browsing around forums and i saw this
i have a note 2 on kitkat and it scores 31000 on touchwiz (Ditto note 4 rom)
amazing performace on note 2 thats why i didnt even feel the need to buy note 3 or 4
i dont think touchwiz is the problem specially for a device like note 4
You could try these things to get better performance
use custom kernel and use high freq (Nadia kernel in your case)
root you device and delete all waste apps from system/app and system/priv-app
OR
flash a deodexed rom
Worth case scenario you may have a slow internal storage causing all the lag and problems in that case backup your data and flash a stock rom and re flash a partition table for your device
this would definately solve your problem (had this problem on tab 2 10.1 and this last method worked for me)
Ashwin Prabhunerurkar said:
holy**** i was just browsing around forums and i saw this
i have a note 2 on kitkat and it scores 31000 on touchwiz (Ditto note 4 rom)
amazing performace on note 2 thats why i didnt even feel the need to buy note 3 or 4
i dont think touchwiz is the problem specially for a device like note 4
You could try these things to get better performance
use custom kernel and use high freq (Nadia kernel in your case)
root you device and delete all waste apps from system/app and system/priv-app
OR
flash a deodexed rom
Worth case scenario you may have a slow internal storage causing all the lag and problems in that case backup your data and flash a stock rom and re flash a partition table for your device
this would definately solve your problem (had this problem on tab 2 10.1 and this last method worked for me)
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Unfortunately, none of these are currently an option because the Verizon Note 4 is currently not rootable and the bootloader is also locked.
Anzion said:
Unfortunately, none of these are currently an option because the Verizon Note 4 is currently not rootable and the bootloader is also locked.
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if it is happening only to you then my guess is it is an hardware problem and get your device replaced
but better backup your device as the verizon people will want to format your device and reflash it before they declare it as a bad device and replace it
KamajiH said:
Alrighty, thanks. I'm working on backing up music and passwords now, and planning on doing a factory reset very soon. And thanks for the link to that debloater software, I'll be sure to try that.
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Good luck, hope this works for you. Please let us know if this solves your problem, or not.
Fyi: My Note 4 gets an AnTuTu Benchmark score of 47315 (free app available from Google Play).
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Not sure if this is still an issue, but make sure none of your battery saving functions are active. Settings -> Power -> power saving mode, make sure that's off. Just a thought
KamajiH said:
I am posting here because I've been through countless forums, hearing many suggestions, but none has helped.
My issue, is lag, and performance issues on my Verizon Galaxy Note 4. At first, it was just a hiccup every now and again, which is Touchwiz, and I didn't really mind it. But now, it's to the point where I cannot experience a fully smooth experience. Every window that opens glitches out and stutters, scrolling freezes and jumps, the notification bar freezes and glitches out, keyboard typing is delayed, and Swype is slow and laggy.
So then, I read online that the Note 4 usually scores above 43,000 in AnTuTu benchmark. Mine scored 28,000. I've cleared the cache partition, I've deleted just about every singe app, I've disabled bloatware, I've done almost everything. There are a few things I DON'T want to do, which are:
- Change launchers. I don't want Nova, or anything else. I like Touchwiz, and I don't care about the occasional hiccup.
- Factory reset. I'd like this to be the last resort, since I already have many passwords, settings, pictures, and music stored on this device.
- Change window animation blahblah in developer options.
I'm starting to miss my Note 3. It ran much smoother, and faster even. What are my options from here? I'd greatly appreciate the help.
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I just Antutu'd mine and got around 39,000 . Then I cleared cache and ram and the restarted, . After the test ran faster, can't say twice as fast just faster. The results were 40,0007. According to the comparisons mine was 5 below the listing for the Note 4. the one item that did bother me is that the S5 was listed one model ahead of mine, but 4 models away from the listed Note 4.
In your case there must be apps running that you don't know of. You have to check running apps in the app manager. Just look on the "ALL" listing and turn off any that you can turn off and don't need. Many of them show " Turn off" but it's grayed out which is total bs to me. Plus from some web searching I've read that the new S6 may be bloat free
Lastly, use Greenify- go to settings/assesibility/Greenify
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Doing a factory reset seems to have solved the problem. Also, I didn't sync all my apps over, so that may have caused the problem the first time.
I'm actually scoring good, too. Thank you guys for helping!
bond32 said:
Not sure if this is still an issue, but make sure none of your battery saving functions are active. Settings -> Power -> power saving mode, make sure that's off. Just a thought
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That was the culprit in my case. Huge change that took my model to the top on the list registering 49,987. I'll leave it off for a day or 2 and see what happens to the battery performance. While using the power saver the battery has been stellar. From off the charger at 7:30 am Id have 65% by 7 pm
As far as lag, to get rid of it just set Window, Transition and Animator scale to "off" under Developer options and you should be good to go. I've done that since the S3 days no problem and phone gets waay faster.
So here we go again, it's lagging terribly again. The only different thing I did, was install the negative color notification widget from the Samsung store (which I didn't even do last time), so that can't be why it's lagging. There is literally no explanation.
And yeah, I've tried turning off window animation, and etc. That only got rid of opening window lag. But I'm still lagging hard everywhere else.
I have no lag issues at all. This Note 4 is the smoothest operating Samsung phone that I have ever owned. Here's my results:
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I would send it back to Verizon. Must be a hardware problem I'm guessing. Good luck
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KamajiH said:
So here we go again, it's lagging terribly again. The only different thing I did, was install the negative color notification widget from the Samsung store (which I didn't even do last time), so that can't be why it's lagging. There is literally no explanation.
And yeah, I've tried turning off window animation, and etc. That only got rid of opening window lag. But I'm still lagging hard everywhere else.
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You could try Greenify (free version should be fine) and see which apps it suggests be hibernated. Just don't hibernate anything that generates notifications that you need. This has helped me in the past. Some apps like Facebook are notorious for causing battery drain. I uninstalled FB and use a browser link (saved to my home screen) to check my account when I want.
I have no idea what you guys did to your phone mine flirts with 50,000 on antutu every time and is like butter and runs so so cool
oneandroidnut said:
I have no idea what you guys did to your phone mine flirts with 50,000 on antutu every time and is like butter and runs so so cool
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You're right on the Antutu, mine is about the same.
Maybe who ever has an issue should state on where and what part of the phone
examples-
Internet access and page return speed- connection related
Email access and refresh speed- same as above
Screen swiping speed- Touch wiz, try Nova
Stock apps performance- one's that don't need Int access and ones that do- possibly here could lie the issue
Texting - sending/ receiving ?- with Verizon this is purely connection related
Also, whoever suggested to kill the Face book app , you're 100% right. I use a link now and the whole phone works better
Last- I use the Samsung app- Vitamins. For me, I use is the system cleanup. This goes along with the left menu button clean up and Greenify
I have been coming here since the Sprint EVO ..... I never post much because I don't want to get in the way of Dev. That being said, after reading a post on Reddit today (I know..but bear with me), my ATT Note 4 is running faster than ever....I truly mean it. Anyway, I will post the link to the Reddit post, but know this.... The OP on Reddit should take credit for some of this discussion even though his "Best Buy" suggestion sucks. But the comments is where it got good, and I tried all of them...Here is what I did from that thread that made my N4 faster than ever... (link at end of post) ...I hope this helps....because it did for me 100%
soliddewitt 5 points 19 hours ago
Glad that helped ya slightly, but there are a few more things you can do!
Do Not use the: Stock Launcher Stock Messenger Stock Keyboard Stock anything Disable double tap to use Svoice then disable Svoice
I know it's a hassle, but it's worth it. Sure we shouldn't have to to make our phones work well, but we do. We can either jump on the S6 ship or deal with it.
Also, go into developer options and cut all the animations in half. Boom, your note 4 is now faster than any other note 4 you will run into. Besides mine, of course
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[–]slapchappy 2 points 18 hours ago
What apps are you using to replace what you stated here? Swiftkey, Nova, etc.?
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[–]soliddewitt 1 point 18 hours ago
Nova Prime, SwiftKey, EvolveSms.
There are other similar options, most notably free. But I've been using these apps (or by the same dev) for 2 years.
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[–]slapchappy 1 point 18 hours ago
Thanks. Just wanted to duplicate to see how different, if any, from what I'm running. I have some of the same but am not using the same messaging app.
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[–]soliddewitt 1 point 18 hours ago
Nice! I also have most Samsung apps disabled. They're all pointless.
[–]Robbbbbbbbb 1 point 3 hours ago
For me:
Nova
Google keyboard
Google Messenger
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[–]Veloglasgow 1 point 11 hours ago
Disabled svoice there and it stopped my front facing camera from working, made me reactivate.
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[–]soliddewitt 1 point 8 hours ago
Make sure you disable double tap from home.
http://www.reddit.com/r/galaxynote4...xperience_with_the_best_buy_magic_fix_for_my/
I too have been using nova prime (beta) paired with google keyboard and Svoice deactivated and using textra. No lag other than the recent key.
Much better thank you.
S VOICE is the culprit to the majority of lag on Samsung phones.
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ShrekOpher said:
S VOICE is the culprit to the majority of lag on Samsung phones.
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No it's not. It causes a delay when you press the home button if you have the option selected in S-Voice to wake via the home button. The delay is there on purpose, not to lag the phone. Other than that, S-Voice doesn't cause any lag.
I just disabled s-voice, and now my entire experience is better. Just saying thanks, and I disagree about home press only. Just saying
grmcrkrs said:
I just disabled s-voice, and now my entire experience is better. Just saying thanks, and I disagree about home press only. Just saying
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No disrespect, but placebo effect. My opinion that I'm sure is shared by many others here or on XDA in general. But I respect your opinion nonetheless.
It works.. But never had a problem with lag from S-Voice. Disabled anyway since I don't use it!
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I use Textra SMS and SmartLauncher instead of stock SMS and launcher. I never liked Touchwiz unless is was a custom ROM built on TW with all the necessary tweaks to get rid of all the clunkiness. Needless to say using those 2 apps has made me love my phone even more.
Stock MMS and stock gallery were brutally slow, especially when opening a picture from the camera.. it would literally take like 10 seconds to open sometimes. Switching to Textra and QuickPic gallery (although it can't be opened from the camera app) made a huge difference for me along with disabling S Voice.
I'll give this a shot, tried almost everything up to now... Coming from a One M8 and the lags and stutters are really making me nervous. It's not a big deal but with what the phone costs and its specs this is completely ridiculous. I had the note 2 and don't remember it being like this.
I had decided to take it back tomorrow (got it 10 days ago on the next plan) but I read this thread now and will give it a shot until tomorrow afternoon; maybe I can return it in and wait for the M9.
Thank you
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Does disabling svoice stop you from voice commands, such as in the camera?
Kamau54 said:
Does disabling svoice stop you from voice commands, such as in the camera?
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Sure does:good:
has anyone used svoice?? when it first came out it was cool but now ... i dont think its all that
Using OK Google is 100x better than s voice
Hello everyone,
I'm coming from an iPad 2 and my dislike for products with the green fruit grew over time.
Two weeks ago I put the iPad to rest and got the Galaxy tab S 8.4 (non LTE).
Fast processor, 3gb of RAM and a splendid display, how can anyone go wrong with this thing so I thought.
Well, after unwrapping, charging etc, I sat down and started to play with it, that's when it came apparent that this thing is loaded with an ridiculous amount to of bloatware. So I Googled to find some solution and ended up right here.
After countless hours of reading I decided to root my tab and freeze all the useless apps.
I found a lot of real helpful threads in this forum with instructions how to root and which apps are safe to frees.
All went very well, my Ram is now down to 1.2gb with no apps running, before the freezing action it was at around 1.7gb, with a few apps running I was pushing the 3gb.
I'm now using Titanium to dispose the caged data every night automatically. Es file Explorer, chrome browser, swift key and froze all the OEM stuff.
I only have one page of apps left and the stupid page with the calendar which can't be deleted.
I'm now actually quite happy with the performance of the tab, however, there is always the desire to keep improving.
So..... The question now is, what's next?
Nova launcher would be probably a good choice but I'd hate to lose the split window function since I'm using it quite frequently.
What else have you done to your tab s to speed it up, reduce the random lag to a minimum and anything else to improve the user experience?
Last but not least, thanks to all the contributing members in this forum, thanks to you and your superb instructions we noobs can enjoy a quick and snappy tablet without the otherwise needed education to root systems etc.
If you are talking about multi window then it still works fine with Nova.
Touch wiz is kinda heavy so I always choose Nova as my launcher.
Go into developer options and reduce animations to 0.5x or off if you need more boost.
Thanks a bunch, I had the animations already set to zero.
I'm downloading Nova as we speak, I'm giving it a try. Should I upgrade to prime? Is there added benefit by doing so?
Which apps and processes belonging to touch wiz can I freeze in titanium?
Thanks
USA-Alex said:
Thanks a bunch, I had the animations already set to zero.
I'm downloading Nova as we speak, I'm giving it a try. Should I upgrade to prime? Is there added benefit by doing so?
Which apps and processes belonging to touch wiz can I freeze in titanium?
Thanks
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I've had the Prime upgrade for a few years. I found it worthwhile, but that depends on your usage. I actually just switched to Action Launcher to try something new, and paid for the extra features there as well. I don't mind paying someone a few bucks for good work.
There's a list of bloatware here. It's a little out of date, but still a good start:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/help/list-bloated-apps-to-uninstall-sm-t700-t2861180