Galaxy S3 Lag - Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help &

I just got my galaxy s3 for less than 2 weeks, and it's lagging while opening apps/photo/settings. Is there defect with my phone or what?
A Quad Core, 2GB Ram phone can be more lousier than my old Galaxy S2 which is only Dual Core & 1 GB of ram!

Have you rooted or added loads of apps ?

non-rooted and not maybe apps. 16 games, less than 10 downloaded apps ~

Kelvinjkke said:
non-rooted and not maybe apps. 16 games, less than 10 downloaded apps ~
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Are the games and apps all from creditable suppliers ?

Ah, but it can be slower than your old phone, thanks to the developers - and I use this term loosely - at Samsung. They have a talent for combining good hardware with unbelievably bad software.
For one, I'd make sure you're using the latest firmware. The out-of-the-box experience for me was that the phone was noticeably slower than my original Galaxy S, and just updating it with Kies helped immensely.
Second, try not using the touchwiz launcher. It's always been laggy for me, and, to be honest, that's the least of its many faults.

Mine was / is very fluid and stable. But i've heard other people also complain about lag in their new S3. Try to exchange it?

Try without a memory card (if you have one).
'Bad' memory card can result in lag as you mentioned.
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Yes, all apps are from reliable dev.
Im using Nova Launcher.
Removed sd card and it has no difference so i guess its nt the sd card fault.
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How high are your settings for Nova? Try tweaking some of the look and feel settings and see if it's faster.
Also, custom roms?

Will flash custom rom and root after sending in my phone to service .
Will try tweaking the settings n see if it works.
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Kelvinjkke said:
Will flash custom rom and root after sending in my phone to service .
Will try tweaking the settings n see if it works.
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I had the same feeling, but after I flash a custom rom every thing became normal again.

Try RipperRom v9.5! personally I found it to be faster than the v9.6

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Note seems to be getting slower

Hey guys, I think a few days ago i came in asking about battery issues and such. But this time i need to ask about the lag issues. I was an sgs2 owner, and i can say the SGS 2 in the long run as in leaving it on for a longer time, seems to hold itself better then the note.
When launching dolphin or whatsapp the note seems to stutter for a moment and when calling out the keyboard and typing it in it stutters at times. But then everything goes well. In terms of free ram i notice the sgs2 has like 500++ of free ram everytime i use the app killer. But the note only has like 300+. I wonder if this is the cause of those short spurts of lag.
I wish to remedy this issue, and if it means changing the kernel or using a whole new rom i don't mind. (Better battery life would be an added plus)
I'll just leave my specs down just incase anyone out there could help troubleshoot or give me some hints to my current situation.
The lag is very minimal but annoying at times ya know.
Launcher: SPB Shell 3D (Was using this on my SGS2 too without any lag)
Android Version: 2.3.5
Baseband: N7000DXKJ3
Kernel version 2.6.35.5+N7000DKK1-CL706642 [email protected] #2
Build Number: Gingerbread.DXKK1
Anyone??
kamale said:
Hey guys, I think a few days ago i came in asking about battery issues and such. But this time i need to ask about the lag issues. I was an sgs2 owner, and i can say the SGS 2 in the long run as in leaving it on for a longer time, seems to hold itself better then the note.
When launching dolphin or whatsapp the note seems to stutter for a moment and when calling out the keyboard and typing it in it stutters at times. But then everything goes well. In terms of free ram i notice the sgs2 has like 500++ of free ram everytime i use the app killer. But the note only has like 300+. I wonder if this is the cause of those short spurts of lag.
I wish to remedy this issue, and if it means changing the kernel or using a whole new rom i don't mind. (Better battery life would be an added plus)
I'll just leave my specs down just incase anyone out there could help troubleshoot or give me some hints to my current situation.
The lag is very minimal but annoying at times ya know.
Launcher: SPB Shell 3D (Was using this on my SGS2 too without any lag)
Android Version: 2.3.5
Baseband: N7000DXKJ3
Kernel version 2.6.35.5+N7000DKK1-CL706642 [email protected] #2
Build Number: Gingerbread.DXKK1
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kamale said:
Anyone??
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Try to update the phone to 2.3.6.
There have been a lot of performance fixes.
I've noticed those little lags at 2.3.5 too but now they are gone.
..well i have a lags with 2.3.6.
I Sgs2 owner too.
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the only lag that bugs me is that when i first start typing on the keyboard, it has a bit of lag for 1-2 seconds. after that its generally fine. nothing game breaking, but still annoying.
and yeah, i noticed the crappy amount of free ram ages ago. tempted to install a vanilla ICS rom whenever one is available.
Hey guys. I'm a new Galaxy Note owner. Just had it for 2 days now, and while I've experienced some minor issues this is still by far the nicest phone I have ever used. My previous phone was a rooted and CM7'd HTC desire.
Regarding general lag on this phone, I've found that using a lot of widgets can cause slowdowns. If you try removing some, or all widgets, does this speed things up for you somewhat? I've removed most of the samsung bloatware including almost all of the tw interface. Now i'm using ADW2 as my launcher, 3 screens, smart keyboard pro, and dialer ex.
Still looking to flash to Cyanogenmod or ICS whenever that becomes available.
Mine was very Laggy. I used Autokiller to see all the crap that was running. It was truly amazing that damn near everything installed on Android runs some kind of Demon, and stay resident program.
My lag immediately disappeared after terminating this junk that I had not run in a week or so. Looks like some sort of Windows version of Linux!
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les_garten said:
...Android runs some kind of Demon...
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Daemon not Demon...
BTW, coming to the original question, try KL3 ROM. Up until now(KKA), I was having severe lag issues with 3rd party launchers, but with KL3, all that is history. So I assume KL3 is a much faster ROM overall. Also, try freezing the apps that are running these heave/unnecessary background processes.
I'm on AbyssNote 2.2, stock KL3 ROM if it matters to you...
How do i go about getting this KL3 rom? Any step by step guide?
Army92 said:
Try to update the phone to 2.3.6.
There have been a lot of performance fixes.
I've noticed those little lags at 2.3.5 too but now they are gone.
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Where can i go to get my android version upgraded?
kamale said:
Where can i go to get my android version upgraded?
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It's now only available in India
use "startup cleaner pro" app. you can select apps which you DONT want to startup during restart/reboot etc. most of the installed apps automatically start on its own during reboot/restart etc. so install this app and remove all unwanted apps startups. i had this prob with S2. and after using this app, after startup it shows hw many apps were autokilled..mine shows like 35-40 apps!!!
Just got KL3 it seems a lot snappier. No keyboard lag any more. Also found a setting in ADW2 EX for cache quality, turned it to low which has improved things slightly. Just had the new ROM for a few hours but everything so far is working well.
dzontra11 said:
..well i have a lags with 2.3.6.
I Sgs2 owner too.
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Just noticed this today myself and I am on 2.3.6.
kamale said:
Where can i go to get my android version upgraded?
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It's not available OTA. you need to connect your SGN (via USB) to your pc/paltop having Kies installed. Kies will detect firmware upgrade and allow you to download and install.
Are you guys on the German Note to get this update? I'm thinking of getting it unlocked, or maybe just from Vodafone here since it's out, but I HATE how long it takes VF to update their phones (I'm also not a fan of rooting for warranty purposes).
I can confirm upgraded from previous firmware to KL3 nowipe using mobile odin no cache wipe or anything, the phone went from having major lag to being snappy and battery savings are huge.

[Q] Is there non lagging JB rom?

Hi,
wanna some cheap phone, galaxy s is pretty cheap, but i'd love JB and heard some problems with lagging after some time and some problems with google now. Don't have time to read much forums, can someone give me an answer in short? Ty.
notmevlak said:
Hi,
wanna some cheap phone, galaxy s is pretty cheap, but i'd love JB and heard some problems with lagging after some time and some problems with google now. Don't have time to read much forums, can someone give me an answer in short? Ty.
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Hi notmevlak!
Yes i totally agree, the Galaxy S is still a very attractive phone and is imo still better than most budget phones in the same price range. I have been running many different roms i all generations (gb, ics and currently jb) and I have to say that JB is amazing on the galaxy S. Iam currently running a stock rom ported from the Galaxy nexus with a galaxy s3 theme (Launcher and everything) and It's silky smooth! Almost no lags at all if youre thinking about the UI.
You can find that rom on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1902777
The best way to find a rom that suits your needs is to try them all. I see myself as a real flasholic hehe, it's like youre getting a new phone each time
Good luck! And if youre wondering about anything else, feel free to ask!
//A former xda lurker
Good luck
Have u tried c-rom jelly bean http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1820578
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In short, no. There is not a single rom out there that won't lag at all. Apps are getting more and more cpu intensive as hardware specs improve. Even low grade androids now have duo core cpus.
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try tsunami aokp..u will not regret
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snapper.fishes said:
In short, no. There is not a single rom out there that won't lag at all. Apps are getting more and more cpu intensive as hardware specs improve. Even low grade androids now have duo core cpus.
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I thought 1ghz single core is enough, i don't really play any games or use any hardcore intensive apps. Thats why I wanna cheap phone, but I hate ICS/GB androids lagging. Is rly every jb rom lagging? I think I should go for some cheap wp7.5 phone then
What does lag mean to you?
notmevlak said:
Hi,
wanna some cheap phone, galaxy s is pretty cheap, but i'd love JB and heard some problems with lagging after some time and some problems with google now. Don't have time to read much forums, can someone give me an answer in short? Ty.
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I guess part of the answer is related to how you define 'lag'...
I have been running CM10 for about a month or so and been really impressed with how fast my GalaxyS runs on Jelly Bean. I haven't tried some of the other roms because CM10 does everything I need really well. I am coming from the earlier GB 2.3.3 version and for me, JB is way faster on this phone. From my experience, similar to many other posts I have read, installing JB was like getting a new phone.
In reality, some apps take a a few seconds to load and you can tell when a given app is taxing the system but to me this is acceptable knowing we only have a single core processor and 512 Mb. I can listen to any song, watch any youtube video and play most games and apps I have tried. It's not perfection and certainly a dual core or quad core rig with 2 gig of memory would be better but you won't get anything like that for $100 or less.
I would never consider a win phone simply because it would be pretty much a dead end for apps...while this phone can still run any app I have tried short of the super intensive games that need a tegra or something...
Will I get a new phone when my contract is up? Sure, if its free. Will this phone do me for another year until then? I'm pretty sure it will...
FYI: CM10 just updated to JB 4.1.2 last night...only a day after it was released for the Nexus 7.
My 2 cents...
Try codename-3.6.5 finally
Mix from Aokp ROM & Aosp ROM
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Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1902777
C-RoM BeaN with Semaphore JB kernel and V6 Supercharger script. Superfast!
notmevlak said:
Hi,
wanna some cheap phone, galaxy s is pretty cheap, but i'd love JB and heard some problems with lagging after some time and some problems with google now. Don't have time to read much forums, can someone give me an answer in short? Ty.
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atm i have the galaxy s, had it since it came out and haven't upgraded since (either didn't feel the need to or too financially challenged lol).
Anyhow, I was on GB roms for ages but changed to JB ones (skipped ICS altogether), and i gotta say the SGS does a fine job running JB. If you're worried about lag and battery problems, I can safely say that the phone handle JB beautifully. You'll probably need to charge the phone at the end of every day but there's not worries about lag or any other issues. Battery drain was my main concerning but I've figured out that you can get the phone lasting off one charge if you turn off wifi and 3G when you aren't using the internet. You won't be able to play games on it for hours but i barely use the phone for games since im bored of them all.

[Q] best ROM that consumes less RAM

Hi
I am using samsung galaxy i9000. its a great device but one feature that irritates me is that it has just 512mb of ram. i have used many ROMs but still can't find any suitable ROM that consumes less ram. By less i mean max 200 mb.
Please tell me that there is a ROM that has no bugs and is not addicted to the Ram of my device. :crying::crying:
cool.bilalrana said:
Hi
I am using samsung galaxy i9000. its a great device but one feature that irritates me is that it has just 512mb of ram. i have used many ROMs but still can't find any suitable ROM that consumes less ram. By less i mean max 200 mb.
Please tell me that there is a ROM that has no bugs and is not addicted to the Ram of my device. :crying::crying:
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I've had this phone for two years and I've done everything you can imagine with it, not once have I come anywhere near running out of RAM... Have you actually run into problems? And how? I'm on CM10.1 right now and it's sitting at 209MB used.
Now I've been trying for several minutes to make a problem with it. Opening everything I can and making it all use as much RAM as possible at the same time. The cache is full now, but it's sitting at 212MB used when I go to the running apps page. Your problem is a mystery to me.
cool.bilalrana said:
Hi
Please tell me that there is a ROM that has no bugs and is not addicted to the Ram of my device. :crying::crying:
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Linux uses all available memory as a cache, it's not a problem.
Have a look here: http://www.linuxatemyram.com/
FjarrKontroll said:
I've had this phone for two years and I've done everything you can imagine with it, not once have I come anywhere near running out of RAM... Have you actually run into problems? And how? I'm on CM10.1 right now and it's sitting at 209MB used.
Now I've been trying for several minutes to make a problem with it. Opening everything I can and making it all use as much RAM as possible at the same time. The cache is full now, but it's sitting at 212MB used when I go to the running apps page. Your problem is a mystery to me.
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Well i am using different apps for different purposes insted of using custom apps. like GO SMS, Go launcher, and some keypad apps.
and most importantly it slows down the games like subway surfer, 6 guns. and there are many other lags that accour after running some apps.
cool.bilalrana said:
Well i am using different apps for different purposes insted of using custom apps. like GO SMS, Go launcher, and some keypad apps.
and most importantly it slows down the games like subway surfer, 6 guns. and there are many other lags that accour after running some apps.
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Are you looking for a JB ROM?
Try using some clean AOSP ports: Oficial Android 4.2 (Galaxy Nexus Stock Rom) <Beta 1> by Dev Elitemovil / presenter: iall5tar,
or custom mixes build on sources: Slim Bean 4.2.1 RC1
You should also consider giving a try some older ROMs from Gingerbread (2.3.6) family. You will find fairly up-to-date i9000 ROM list over: HERE.
cool.bilalrana said:
Hi
I am using samsung galaxy i9000. its a great device but one feature that irritates me is that it has just 512mb of ram. i have used many ROMs but still can't find any suitable ROM that consumes less ram. By less i mean max 200 mb.
Please tell me that there is a ROM that has no bugs and is not addicted to the Ram of my device. :crying::crying:
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I installed stable C-ROM 4.1.1, it works blady fast....
Should be noted anyone checking available ram in system settings loses 40-50mb ram to... system settings x)
It's not even remotely accurate at gauging exactly what you have to work with, for several reasons.
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Why is the stock experience so bad.

I was playing with the phone, thought of losing everything, the root, the awesome CoCore kernel and everything else.
I switched back to the Stock DDULP8 firmware and thought to play with it for a few days. And dear lord the performance and the entire experience was horrible, even Doodle Jump was lagging. What did Samsung do wrong? I thought maybe I should give Software Update a try, maybe Samsung might have released something to fix all the UI glitches and poor performance the firmware offers. It said, "The latest updates have already been installed".
We are people who know stuff, we can get rid of all these issues by rooting, freezing apps and installing custom kernels. But what about a rookie user? He will cry after purchasing this phone.
I don't even know why I am creating this thread.
When you buy the phone you get stock GB and that doesnt lag as much as Stock JB. The reason it lags is those crap samsung bloatware.
chemicalrage said:
When you buy the phone you get stock GB and that doesnt lag as much as Stock JB. The reason it lags is those crap samsung bloatware.
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Yes, the phone surely has potential to perform good, but the bloatware kills it.
You....don't bother to delete the bloat?
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I do not agree.... even removing bloatware the phone still sucks with stock JB. JB is just badly optimized for the hardware i think (cause the hardware is certainly up to the task of running JB smoothly)
CallMeVentus said:
You....don't bother to delete the bloat?
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Oh sure I deleted the bloat. But we are taking a look at things here from a simple user's POV. A normal person who just wants a phone won't go in the direction of rooting and removing bloatware.
Piachnp said:
I do not agree.... even removing bloatware the phone still sucks with stock JB. JB is just badly optimized for the hardware i think (cause the hardware is certainly up to the task of running JB smoothly)
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Yeah, it looks like Kernel problem.
U cant feel like normal user once u know how to root and mod it...thats the fact u feel it lag a lot
Its different if u did not know anything about root or whatsoever, u will like it lag
For example, just around me...specially a girl user, they use it like its running on turbo mode even its not coz they did not feel what is after root and mod phone are...correct?
For u, just use the mod one that suit u best and dont use stock
As for me, i like stock with little mods...
Stock odex rom + root + Quick panel settings (lidroid) + thunderzap kernel
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Sometimes, modding can do more harm than good.
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My phone came with jb when I first got
And I was like
The camera lags alot
The battery drains worse than my old galaxy 5
And sometimes when I pressed the settings I could watch the tv, waiting for the settings to open
But since I already knew about cocore while browsing on xda
But even today i'm not satisfied with my battery experience so I'm trying different version of jb or maybe I should try gb since I never used it
Or in last case buy a l3 ii which has a longer battery life
Actually knowing that stuff doesn't help much, performance is still quite bad.
What bothers me are those who give you false hope that custom stuff can fix it, so you spend a lot of time learning how to install them, but then realize it's all BS.
Piachnp said:
I do not agree.... even removing bloatware the phone still sucks with stock JB. JB is just badly optimized for the hardware i think (cause the hardware is certainly up to the task of running JB smoothly)
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This^
Yep, I would never recommend this phone to a friend.
areeb47 said:
Yep, I would never recommend this phone to a friend.
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i'm very pleased with my phone and there is no lag, although battery could still be a bit better. I've changed few roms and kernels, and they all worked pretty well. even stock JB was ok, after factory reset and wiping everything...
sosic2121 said:
i'm very pleased with my phone and there is no lag, although battery could still be a bit better. I've changed few roms and kernels, and they all worked pretty well. even stock JB was ok, after factory reset and wiping everything...
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Yes I am satisfied too. I would not recommend this phone to a person who doesn't know anything about rooting :good:
areeb47 said:
Yes I am satisfied too. I would not recommend this phone to a person who doesn't know anything about rooting :good:
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:good:
especially considering the samsung's update pace
I'd recommend Sony...
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I'd recommend Sony...
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And at Sony forum, they recommend Samsung
Cheap xperias have touch screen issue.
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a touch of android's experience & good rom & good kernel = really good SGSA with ok battery life (up to 5 days with LightJB CoCore 6.8...)
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I would recommend this phone to someone who lives in Italy or India
Since those are the best firms right now
And I'm using lqg right now and there is no lag and battery very good without cocore

Need more speed for my Note 1 - please advise

Heya all,
I currently own a Note 1 for about 2 years now. It's a great device, and I have actually stuck to the stock versions of the device, because I like the samsung perks - tracking, 50gb dropbox, etc. etc.
However, the device has become awfully slow. I take 15 seconds to boot amazon kindle. Music player takes ages to load.
The thing is too damn slow.
So, now I want to just wipe everything off it and install the fastest possible UI on it.
I don't care for bells and whistles. I don't need 500 different menu animations.
I just want it to run fast.
What would you guys recommend dropping on it? Is CM good enough or are there specialized UIs that try to maximize speed?
This really is a best ROM thread. Try things and read the threads, then decide for yourself
However, you're best bet is definitely CM.
There are plenty of guides on how to install.
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AndroidSlave said:
This really is a best ROM thread. Try things and read the threads, then decide for yourself
However, you're best bet is definitely CM.
There are plenty of guides on how to install.
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Thanks for that, I just wanted to double check. CM runs wonderfully on my old motorola. I see you also have a note 1. Is the performance on CM noticeably faster than on JB with touchwiz?
Aahzmandeus said:
Thanks for that, I just wanted to double check. CM runs wonderfully on my old motorola. I see you also have a note 1. Is the performance on CM noticeably faster than on JB with touchwiz?
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Oh yeah no comparison
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Oh yeah no comparison
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Well, I think I found exactly what I wanted for the note: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2407526
Gonna try that.
Aahzmandeus said:
Heya all,
I currently own a Note 1 for about 2 years now. It's a great device, and I have actually stuck to the stock versions of the device, because I like the samsung perks - tracking, 50gb dropbox, etc. etc.
However, the device has become awfully slow. I take 15 seconds to boot amazon kindle. Music player takes ages to load.
The thing is too damn slow.
So, now I want to just wipe everything off it and install the fastest possible UI on it.
I don't care for bells and whistles. I don't need 500 different menu animations.
I just want it to run fast.
What would you guys recommend dropping on it? Is CM good enough or are there specialized UIs that try to maximize speed?
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CM is good, but You may miss the S Pen apps. So if You would like to rather have them, choose RocketROM (ICS)
try an unofficial MIUI version for the note
its really fast and you dont miss the S-Pen functions because it has the touchwiz framework integrated
the music player, the lock screen, the launcher etc. everything is unique and fast
works perfect when you overclock a little
you must try " Sweet ROM 10.5 Black " better performance with stock look.
Yep this is now a best ROM thread.
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Yup Looks like a best rom thread to me.
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