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Got my T-mobile S4 this afternoon, wow the t-mobile use plastic bag to ship a $600 phone, hmmm.
Once I powered up the phone, it is ****ty with "this and that" function, laggy like a hell, although I could not tell, but I do not expect battery will perform well in this case. So I decided using two hours to make it works like a vanilla rom (most people upgrade from Galaxy Nexus will have this feeling).
First thing first, root using the motochopper function, there is nothing easier than this.
Second thing, turn off any function start with "Air...", whether air view, or air gesture, can not care less about that.
Third thing, the bloat removal fun, install TiBU, remove those app
"Lookout", I do not need anti-virus on a phone now
"Samsung Text to Speech Engine" or "Speech to Text Engine", most of people will notice this because it crashed every once a while, besides the phone has "Google Text to Speech Engine", so who need Sammy one?
"Caller Name", a paid service, tons of 3rd party app can replace this function
"Mobile hot spot". same from above
Anything start with "Samsung" is up to you, I actually found one or two good ones, like "watchon", it actually work with my COX box and TV, although I have to align it perfectly to get the IR works.
"tripadvisor", no thanks sir!
Fourth thing, turn off any animation scales (they have three), I do not see the ****ty "transition"
Almost there, the weather widget from accuweather, any widget works better and customizable than the stock one.
Oh yeah, after remove about 30 bloatware, my phone start to fly, so lets see if the battery will perform well. I will have a report tomorrow.
Also Kudos to diztronic matte black case, really like it, best $9 case.
Thanks for the list. While I'll definitely keep as many functions with Samsung as I can because I like having the option to use the air/smart/S-stuff when it does come in handy, I will be removing things you mentioned like Caller name/Trip Adviser, and maybe S-translator among other things. Some have said that turning off transitional animations solves the lag, is that true? Or does it only help in one small aspect?
That's the same case I'm using for my s4
Force gpu rendering. That helps quite a bit. Could be placebo, since I can't quantify the change (besides quadrant advanced boost on 2d score), but I doubt it.. Things are visibly quicker, or rather not as laggy.
I'm debating switching back to my OC'd SGS3.
Thanks for the info. I get mine tomorrow and I want to make it as fast and simple as possible. I'm going to keep the stock ROM for a while, but I really couldn't care less about all the gesture stuff. It's much more important to me that the phone run with absolutely no lag, which is more than possible with this hardware.
Btw, after much debloating, I got a few FCs saying samsung text to speech stopped stopped working. If that happens to you, simply change the input method to Google text to speech.
Otherwise, I can confirm that my S4 has become much snappier after removing some of the bloatware. I suppose Lookout was the biggest offender, but who knows.
plexwang said:
Got my T-mobile S4 this afternoon, wow the t-mobile use plastic bag to ship a $600 phone, hmmm.
Once I powered up the phone, it is ****ty with "this and that" function, laggy like a hell, although I could not tell, but I do not expect battery will perform well in this case. So I decided using two hours to make it works like a vanilla rom (most people upgrade from Galaxy Nexus will have this feeling).
First thing first, root using the motochopper function, there is nothing easier than this.
Second thing, turn off any function start with "Air...", whether air view, or air gesture, can not care less about that.
Third thing, the bloat removal fun, install TiBU, remove those app
"Lookout", I do not need anti-virus on a phone now
"Samsung Text to Speech Engine" or "Speech to Text Engine", most of people will notice this because it crashed every once a while, besides the phone has "Google Text to Speech Engine", so who need Sammy one?
"Caller Name", a paid service, tons of 3rd party app can replace this function
"Mobile hot spot". same from above
Anything start with "Samsung" is up to you, I actually found one or two good ones, like "watchon", it actually work with my COX box and TV, although I have to align it perfectly to get the IR works.
"tripadvisor", no thanks sir!
Fourth thing, turn off any animation scales (they have three), I do not see the ****ty "transition"
Almost there, the weather widget from accuweather, any widget works better and customizable than the stock one.
Oh yeah, after remove about 30 bloatware, my phone start to fly, so lets see if the battery will perform well. I will have a report tomorrow.
Also Kudos to diztronic matte black case, really like it, best $9 case.
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What do you use in place of caller name?
Blades said:
Force gpu rendering. That helps quite a bit. Could be placebo, since I can't quantify the change (besides quadrant advanced boost on 2d score), but I doubt it.. Things are visibly quicker, or rather not as laggy.
I'm debating switching back to my OC'd SGS3.
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Force GPU rendering is not a placebo. There are not much differences in benchmarks such as quadrant because they already use GPU to render. But for apps such as Lucky Patcher or Evernote, the fluidity increase is significant because those apps originally use CPU to render. So far the CPU doesn't render the S4's 1080p screen very smoothly (especially when system is using the A7 cores), but the GPU does.
Of course, hardware rendering is faster than software. I'm just wondering why this is not the default behavior. Legacy app compatibility?
For some reason I cant find mobile hotspot.
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For some reason I cant find mobile hotspot.
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It's under :
System settings - connection - more networks - tethering & mobile hotspot
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about 12 hour moderate to heavy use, so far so good
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How did you remove hotspot?
If you get samsung text to speech just set the default back to google.
Settings > my device > accessability > text to speech option >"GOOGLE TEXT TO SPEECH"
Ok so I'm trying to find out if maybe I just have a defective note 4
Ive been a phone guy for over 12 years now and I know when a phone is laggy
I came from the iPhone 5s to the note 4 by the way
I notice lag on opening app transitions, on the messaging app when I send a text the bubble should come out nice and fluid with the processor this phone has
On the browser it just does not feel fluid
I am really wanting to go to an iPhone 6 but they have been sold out since launch
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Ok so I'm trying to find out if maybe I just have a defective note 4
Ive been a phone guy for over 12 years now and I know when a phone is laggy
I came from the iPhone 5s to the note 4 by the way
I notice lag on opening app transitions, on the messaging app when I send a text the bubble should come out nice and fluid with the processor this phone has
On the browser it just does not feel fluid
I am really wanting to go to an iPhone 6 but they have been sold out since launch
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You probably don't have a defective Note 4. Here are a couple of things you can try:
--Do a Factory Reset. This will wipe your phone clean, to include whatever apps you have downloaded, but it will give your phone a fresh start. This would be the last option I did.
--Try a different launcher. Apex, Nova etc. There are many good launcher replacements on the Play Store. This is a free version of each launcher and a paid version which gives you more flexibility and ability to adjust settings. Most launchers enable you to adjust animation and in most cases you can turn animations off all together. I use Nova and love it.
--Enable Developer Option on your phone (menu>settings>about phone and tap on model about seven times). This will option Developers Options and then you can go into Developer Options and adjust other settings what might eliminate the lag. However, I would try the different launcher option before this one also.
Might be defective, if a factory reset doesn't help then I'd exchange it. Reducing the animation scale in developer options will speed up animations but changing the launcher won't help you with browser performance. Again I've had a note 4 since day one and don't have any of those problems, and from the sound of it you really want an iphone, with that being said that's the case you're not gonna be 100% satisfied until u get the device you want. Hope that helps.
True
Hope android l does some good to android cause I like the functionality but can't give up fluidity for functionality.. You would think with these huge processors this phone would take whatever you throw at it
Factory reset n I've only had it for a week?
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Hope android l does some good to android cause I like the functionality but can't give up fluidity for functionality.. You would think with these huge processors this phone would take whatever you throw at it
Factory reset n I've only had it for a week?
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I have a defective note 4. And I've been noticing a bunch of them don't have the same performance.
I ran antutu benchmarks on my first note 4 and got around 47k which is normal.
On my new one(which I will be exchanging) I consistently get 43-44k.
I recently ran the same test on two note 4 edge and they consistently got 44k.
They are suppose to get 47k or better.
I'm not sure what the deal is.
-Wizzle
My device was laggy right off the bat. I let the device settle, installed the apps I needed, uninstalled/turned off apps I'm not going to use, installed Nova, and now there's virtually no lag. I also changed the display setting so there wasn't such a burgundy tint. It appears to be running pretty good now - better than my Note 3 ever did.
i've noticed a lag on mine at random times in no particular app or browser. the phone is still working but the touchscreen is unresponsive. if i'm playing a game or watching a video, the game or video plays seemlessly but i can't do anything with the phone for about 3-4 seconds.
can't figure it out.
There is some phones that are lag filled and it is a defective unit.
My first was one, even Samsung called it a lemon and said to replace it, so my second has been perfect.
Mine was a touch lag
- I could type 2 wards before the keys animated or words showed
- same with Spen
- same lag touching the screen with a long delay between touch and reaction
I discovered my retail one had faulty cores. Between cpu-z and antutu scores really low. It was easy to discover.. Also turn off HDR mode on your camera.. In the settings that helps with camera lag who has issues there.
Hello XDA,
This is my first thread on XDA and I feel as if XDA is the place to come for all Android. Here, I was hoping to bring up some issues on the beautiful Note 4. Any fixes?
Snapdragon 805 not properly optimized?
There are a few example I can give for this. When using the swipe lock screen option, with the popping colors. If you briefly touch it, the colors would come up, but pay close attention to the colors that come up. At least a few of you should notice the FPS drop when the colors rise and begin to fade, and its not bad but its concerning considering the power this phone has. Also, playing Real Racing 3 is pretty much impossible with the horrid 20 FPS the game plays at, when an 801 runs it as smooth as butter. Concerning.
Of course, the laggy multitasking button (I think thats what its called)
This is a major issue a lot of Note 4 users have complained about. Pressing the on-the-phone-button to see what apps are open is really slow at times and its frustrating cause, once again, this phone is really awesome. Any fix on this? I turned briefing off (Even if I loved it).
The occasional stutter
Honestly, this is the only other issue I've seen with this device. The 805 possibly not being optimized is kind of the main issue I've seen with the entire devices stutters. The multitasking button as well being the issue. Do you guys know any fixes for these two issues, or news on it, confirmations?
I too am finding the Note 4 shockingly slow given the specs. Browsing the Web is like walking through quicksand. Scrolling Web pages lags and stutters.
I don't get it. I had an S5 for 2 weeks and it was MUCH faster than this. ?
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I've checked out the popping colors in lock screen and real racing. Both have no issues. How ever I do notice some lag with the Note 4.
imKorbi said:
Hello XDA,
This is my first thread on XDA and I feel as if XDA is the place to come for all Android. Here, I was hoping to bring up some issues on the beautiful Note 4. Any fixes?
Snapdragon 805 not properly optimized?
There are a few example I can give for this. When using the swipe lock screen option, with the popping colors. If you briefly touch it, the colors would come up, but pay close attention to the colors that come up. At least a few of you should notice the FPS drop when the colors rise and begin to fade, and its not bad but its concerning considering the power this phone has. Also, playing Real Racing 3 is pretty much impossible with the horrid 20 FPS the game plays at, when an 801 runs it as smooth as butter. Concerning.
Of course, the laggy multitasking button (I think thats what its called)
This is a major issue a lot of Note 4 users have complained about. Pressing the on-the-phone-button to see what apps are open is really slow at times and its frustrating cause, once again, this phone is really awesome. Any fix on this? I turned briefing off (Even if I loved it).
The occasional stutter
Honestly, this is the only other issue I've seen with this device. The 805 possibly not being optimized is kind of the main issue I've seen with the entire devices stutters. The multitasking button as well being the issue. Do you guys know any fixes for these two issues, or news on it, confirmations?
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No lag on real racing 3 here. Even when I was just rooted on stock Rom so I could use ps3 controller with rr3 and it was fine. And if games do lag, it's up to the game developer to optimize it for that processor, not the other way around. It's not like Sony designed their processor in a ps4 around games that don't exist yet. Don't know why u right off the bat blame the hardware when it is all software issues.
If any thing is Lagging is is the poorly optimized Sprint crap and other apps on the phone. The processor is working as it should as any benchmark will show. I really find it sad that everyone is always so quick to blame the hardware. Have any of you claiming lag this and stutter this run benchmarks? If you did you would see this hardware is running actually better than predicted.
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If any thing is Lagging is is the poorly optimized Sprint crap and other apps on the phone. The processor is working as it should as any benchmark will show. I really find it sad that everyone is always so quick to blame the hardware. Have any of you claiming lag this and stutter this run benchmarks? If you did you would see this hardware is running actually better than predicted.
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I have to agree.
Solarenemy68 said:
If any thing is Lagging is is the poorly optimized Sprint crap and other apps on the phone. The processor is working as it should as any benchmark will show. I really find it sad that everyone is always so quick to blame the hardware. Have any of you claiming lag this and stutter this run benchmarks? If you did you would see this hardware is running actually better than predicted.
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Lol, benchmarks? Honestly, who cares about benchmarks, especially when they can be so easily manipulated by how the manufacturer sets things up. Benchmarks are meaningless. All that matters is real world performance.
That being said I've done two things which seem to have improved my performance:
1. Running the Hybrid Rom. I recommend flashing back to the stock Sprint kernel as the included kernel was causing heat issues for me (YMMV).
2. Using Wanam Xposed to disable DVFS in Advanced Settings. This REALLY helped as it has on any Samsung device I've owned.
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sprint probably
I think its sprint. Some people have Verizon N4 and they have 0 lag on the phone and some dont. I dont know why, but its frustrating knowing that just because of my carrier means that my device will be slower then others. Any fixes?
And the reason why I said that the 805 may not be optimized is because there is another thread, might be on XDA, that talks about how the device slows down and speeds up the 805 at the wrong times in game with RR3.
So is it sprint?? And if there anyway around this unnecessary lag?
If you guys want me to take a video of my Note 4 with the lag I will do so and show you guys what I mean. FPS drop im popping colors occasionally and lag in multitasking button, sometimes im waiting 5 seconds for all the windows to pop up.
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I think its sprint. Some people have Verizon N4 and they have 0 lag on the phone and some dont. I dont know why, but its frustrating knowing that just because of my carrier means that my device will be slower then others. Any fixes?
And the reason why I said that the 805 may not be optimized is because there is another thread, might be on XDA, that talks about how the device slows down and speeds up the 805 at the wrong times in game with RR3.
So is it sprint?? And if there anyway around this unnecessary lag?
If you guys want me to take a video of my Note 4 with the lag I will do so and show you guys what I mean. FPS drop im popping colors occasionally and lag in multitasking button, sometimes im waiting 5 seconds for all the windows to pop up.
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Try disabling DVFS using Wanam Xposed Advanced Settings. May prevent throttling.
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mitchellvii said:
Try disabling DVFS using Wanam Xposed Advanced Settings. May prevent throttling.
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Im sorry, how do I do this? Ive heard this a lot and I dont know how it works >.< Easy way to explaom it?? Or possibly a video?
You have to root your phone, then install Wanam Exposed.
This gives you a lot of flexibility on changing things with touchwiz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AESaWGWCvzY
There is a youtube with a basic overview of installing. After installing the framework, you would install Wanam, then in there is the settings you can tweak.
I got an update on my sprint note 4 on monday i believe it was and since that update i do not experience the lag i was having with the apps button , besides the normal half a second lag its supposed to have because if you hold that button down it opens the settings for what ever program you have running
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Thank you so far
Thanks guys Ill check out that video. Also, XDA mobile premium app wont open on my N4 either... Well.
Do you think the video will help??
Try this. No root needed.
Go to Settings > About Device > Build Number and tap the “Build Number” row 7 times.
This will reveal a “Developer Options” setting just above “About Device”- Enable it. Tap*“Window animation scale” and set to Off.
Tap “Transition animation scale” and set to Off.
Tap *“Animator duration scale” and set to Off
The default is usually 1X, so even lowering this to .5x should speed things up a bit.
Another thing you can try is disable S Voice by double tapping the home key.
App Settings > S Voice. Uncheck "Open via the home key."
Now when you press the home key, the phone won't be waiting to see if you are going to press it a second time.
One other option would be to switch from Dalvik to ART runtime.
Go back to Developer Options > Select runtime system. Select ART. phone will reboot and reload all your apps. The only problem I found with this is every time you reboot your phone, Android will update and reload all your apps. This will take a long time if you have a lot of apps.
Am I the only nut to not do this before now? I set this (In developer options) and immediately noticed a huge difference in responsiveness. There's got to be a down side somewhere because this is too easy.
does anyone else see improvements with this?
I use more than 4 apps all the time. I don't see the point of this. It will give more harm than good if u use the phone a lot.
Sent from ♤ Galaxy Note 4 ♤ Please excuse if any typos.
I used this on my note 3 before root. I cant remember specifically, but I remember it annoyed me.
For me.. It's great.. Running ART anyway so the apps start faster since it's precompiled and I don't need a bunch of stuff running all the time. I get my text and email notifications, get to FB thru the web client and don't need a bunch of notifications from Twitter and I (have those disabled anyway)
So, again, for me, the improvement in responsiveness is worth it having cache dropped off on processes I stopped using
I noticed nothing to be honest other than being annoyed by it.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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!
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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
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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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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
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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