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[Q] New to Samsung Galaxy S Advance - Need some advice

Hi all, I am new to Samsung Galaxy S Advance. I have upgraded to official Jelly Bean 4.1 via kies. I have not rooted / installed custom rom and kernel yet.
Pls let me know some suggestions and tips for keeping my smartphone in a flying condition.

Sanish_advance said:
Hi all, I am new to Samsung Galaxy S Advance. I have upgraded to official Jelly Bean 4.1 via kies. I have not rooted / installed custom rom and kernel yet.
Pls let me know some suggestions and tips for keeping my smartphone in a flying condition.
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Only one way, Don't install unnecessary apps like widgets,battery saver,antivirus softwares. and if possible use custom debloated ROM (caution :it'll void warranty).

I think we can get our warranty back by resetting the binary counter and flashing your country's FW again and unroot.

Thank you
mr.harsh said:
Only one way, Don't install unnecessary apps like widgets,battery saver,antivirus softwares. and if possible use custom debloated ROM (caution :it'll void warranty).
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Thank you Mr. Harsh for your advice. As you said i also agree with you that installing many apps, widgets, antivirus softwares makes smartphone to lag. But what if i want to install more apps and still i can be in a smoother condition?

Case
Sanish_advance said:
Thank you Mr. Harsh for your advice. As you said i also agree with you that installing many apps, widgets, antivirus softwares makes smartphone to lag. But what if i want to install more apps and still i can be in a smoother condition?
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Hi, pls tell me where can i get a good case for s advance? i am unhappy with my present case.
Also let me know if apps is moved to SD Card will it makes working more faster? Dont mind as i am new to android. But i will be eager to update technology always.

Sanish_advance said:
Hi, pls tell me where can i get a good case for s advance? i am unhappy with my present case.
Also let me know if apps is moved to SD Card will it makes working more faster? Dont mind as i am new to android. But i will be eager to update technology always.
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If you're playing games on your phone, moving them to sd will make them lag. Not faster. You can limit background process though for better multitask if you're having lags and not wanting to root.
Hope this helps.

mr.harsh said:
Only one way, Don't install unnecessary apps like widgets,battery saver,antivirus softwares. and if possible use custom debloated ROM (caution :it'll void warranty).
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And i recommend not to install launchers.. especially 3D launchers...they consume huge amt of RAM fir a continous period. which might affect performance of heavy games..
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Sanish_advance said:
Thank you Mr. Harsh for your advice. As you said i also agree with you that installing many apps, widgets, antivirus softwares makes smartphone to lag. But what if i want to install more apps and still i can be in a smoother condition?
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Install debloated stock ROM and custom kernel.
Sanish_advance said:
Hi, pls tell me where can i get a good case for s advance? i am unhappy with my present case.
Also let me know if apps is moved to SD Card will it makes working more faster? Dont mind as i am new to android. But i will be eager to update technology always.
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Moving app to SD card will only increase loading time.It won't give increase performance.

In addition, you can try not to install many chat apps (ie: viber, line, wechat etc..) cause all of this always running in background consuming ram space and battery. Just whatsapp is enough. Well good enough for me though.

Thank you
arffrhn said:
In addition, you can try not to install many chat apps (ie: viber, line, wechat etc..) cause all of this always running in background consuming ram space and battery. Just whatsapp is enough. Well good enough for me though.
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What you say is correct. I have experienced that.
Please can you tell me where can i get a good case for s advance? I am unhappy with present one.

Sanish_advance said:
What you say is correct. I have experienced that.
Please can you tell me where can i get a good case for s advance? I am unhappy with present one.
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Case? I don't know. I always buy at the store in my country.

Thank you
mr.harsh said:
Install debloated stock ROM and custom kernel.
Moving app to SD card will only increase loading time.It won't give increase performance.
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What you said is correct. Thank you for your valuable suggestion.

Please use the thanks button rather than posting it.

mr.harsh said:
Install debloated stock ROM and custom kernel.
Moving app to SD card will only increase loading time.It won't give increase performance.
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But there're no debloated stock roms, only some customs with heavy theming.
Correct me, if I'm mistaken.

or you can root and de-bloat it yoursel, then un-root if you really want to keep it stock only.

Debloat by yourself mean to unninstall the apps that you dont need.
For example, i have only 98 apps from over 160 apps who came stock ROM.
Its only your choice what applications choose to erase from stock.
You have a guide in my signature with debloating ROM safe.

Hii.
..i want to purchase s advance ...is it a gud phone or not....share sum gaming experience wid mee
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mohit.bhagat1 said:
Hii.
..i want to purchase s advance ...is it a gud phone or not....share sum gaming experience wid mee
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the phone is good and a great value for money after the recent price drop...
all games run quite nice with occasional lag and hiccups and thats due to lesser ram in the phone...if you are heavily inclined towards playing high end games i would suggest you to not go for this one buy a phone with atleast 1gb ram...
and one more disadvantage (not for everyone though) is that this phone is not really developer friendly and apple of every developer's eye out there due to chipset...
see for your priorities and make the decision..:good:

Thanks ....Games like temle run ...subway surfer lags or not ????
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mohit.bhagat1 said:
Thanks ....Games like temle run ...subway surfer lags or not ????
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On jellybean with everything stock, it's likely that they will lag.
But dude read! This thread is not for buying advice! You can do enough research about this phone's performance if you would just search the forum.
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"Close all" tweak works now on T with 4.3

As reported by xperia blog for the Z series devices. I can confirm it works on my T by installing the small .apk
http://www.xperiablog.net/2014/01/1...ose-all-recent-apps-works-on-xperia-z-series/
Saves a lot of finger swiping if you've had a lot of apps open!

And what's the effect when you close all recent apps? More free RAM? Thats nonsense...

This also works on my Xperia V (Stock 4.3)

rob rich said:
And what's the effect when you close all recent apps? More free RAM? Thats nonsense...
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Not really...

rob rich said:
And what's the effect when you close all recent apps? More free RAM? Thats nonsense...
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For me personally its an ocd thing.

texterted said:
As reported by xperia blog for the Z series devices. I can confirm it works on my T by installing the small .apk
http://www.xperiablog.net/2014/01/1...ose-all-recent-apps-works-on-xperia-z-series/
Saves a lot of finger swiping if you've had a lot of apps open!
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Here's the .apk if that mirror dies...

Very good app!
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What does it achieve?
Apart from the OCD element (Which I can relate to) doe this serve any other purpose?
I might just install it to help my ever increasing OCD but just wondering...

work on Xperia V .199??

jose78987 said:
work on Xperia V .199??
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Yes its working well.

CrabbyCakes said:
Apart from the OCD element (Which I can relate to) doe this serve any other purpose?
I might just install it to help my ever increasing OCD but just wondering...
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Closing apps can be very useful. I don't care about saving ram, but I've definitely noticed battery usage is reduced if I close some apps (especially some games) when they have been minimised, instead of just leaving them. Sometimes apps cans have partial wakelocks and closing them occasionally stops this too.
It can also be useful to start afresh the next time you launch your app rather than resuming it from a cached state.

emuX said:
Closing apps can be very useful. I don't care about saving ram, but I've definitely noticed battery usage is reduced if I close some apps (especially some games) when they have been minimised, instead of just leaving them. Sometimes apps cans have partial wakelocks and closing them occasionally stops this too.
It can also be useful to start afresh the next time you launch your app rather than resuming it from a cached state.
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Thanks ??

Improved performance with "Performance Booster"

I have LG Optimus 4X HD since 2012. It was good until I upgraded to JB 4.1.2 (official). Severe battery drain, game lags, heating etc forced me to install custom ROMs. First tried CM, better than stock but not as good as I wanted; then tried MIUI V5, much better than both stock & CM. Never tried custom kernels though. I even tried other Chinese ROMs (based on stock) to see if better. Battery, UI etc were more than satisfactory with MIUI but lags in games and sometimes hanging while opening apps were still frustrating. Then one day I saw "Performance Booster" somewhere & gave a try with free version first. It drastically changed the performance then I installed donate version which improved overall experience. As mentioned in the app it didn't improve benchmarks but improved phones performance for sure. In other words, it saved my money from buying a new phone. Now I don't need new one as I have 'Huawei Mediapad X1' for reading, games & watching videos, which I bought here in China for less than 300$ (it's 400 Euros outside China).

So what is it? I don't try to be rude, but at least you can share where we can find it or something. I know Google it's a good friend but I don't know what exactly. BTW thanks for share your experience
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josue270193 said:
So what is it? I don't try to be rude, but at least you can share where we can find it or something. I know Google it's a good friend but I don't know what exactly. BTW thanks for share your experience
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I think it's not allowed to post links to apps here in this forum so didn't post. You can search in play store, it's there, give a try & see yourself.

{fd}ware said:
I don't think that it's forbidden to post links, as long as you don't earn money by doing so (for example adfly links). But I'm not absolutely sure.
I've also searched the app on the Play Store, couldn't find any app called "Performance Booster" though.
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Im guessing hes talking about this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gejos.android.performancebooster Which i would highly recommend not using.
This is from the description:
Performance Booster will change the kernel process for managing all layers such Android Runtime in Core Libraries and Dalvik VM layers, User Libraries layer, Application Framework layer, and Applications layer.
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This is gibberish, makes no sense. And thats the best description they give of what it does. All of this *developers* apps look fake and possibly/ quite likely are malicious in nature. All their apps are 86K in size

I have tested by curiosity, and my conclusion is "I haven't seen any clear effect"
So... immediately uninstalled
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JoinTheRealms said:
This is gibberish, makes no sense. And thats the best description they give of what it does. All of this *developers* apps look fake and possibly/ quite likely are malicious in nature. All their apps are 86K in size
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Got curious and decompiled the apk. Most of the stuff is license checking. Otherwise it sets a few process management properties and that's all.

Adam77Root said:
Got curious and decompiled the apk. Most of the stuff is license checking. Otherwise it sets a few process management properties and that's all.
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So generally speaking, pretty useless eh?

MidnightDevil said:
So generally speaking, pretty useless eh?
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Mostly yeah, which is why this thread is finally being moved into general section (where all shares are supposed to go into) as well as closed.

S6 Ram Management Discussion(Partial Fix)

Since we've been talking about this pretty extensively in a different thread I figured I would make a new thread for discussing, troubleshooting and attempting to improve the ram management issue on the S6.
Hopefully some good will come of this
So far this Is what we've got:
Should work on all variants including the edge and possible on other Samsung devices.
Thanks to @mikeyinid for finding these and @s.rapp for answering questions, and making the instructions easier to understand
And anyone else who I may have missed who helped contribute.
Prerequisites:
-A rooted device
-A root file explorer/manager app
-A backup of your original build.prop to be safe
Explanation: (From @mikeyinid )
Here is a quick rundown on how this came about, and what we actually know.
Since I purchased the S6 on release day, I've been messing with certain things, as you can see from the ROM I posted, Looper(shameless plug). Debloating Samsung apps really helped with battery life and I was pretty happy with the results. But like so many other people, I didn't understand why my S6 killed apps so aggressively. Initially I thought it might be the memory leak we all know so much about in 5.0. So, I did a little research and found the patch for that. While it did help keep the device stable over time, apps were still being killed with no prejudice. All this time I noticed really useless services running in the background, often stuff I'd never even opened. I studied LMK and started messing with those settings. After a month of trying everything I could find documented, I was ready to give up. Yesterday I was looking through the services.jar smali for the 37,875th time and realized the DHA referenced in there has to have something to do with memory management. I kept overlooking it because I hadn't seen mention of it anywhere else. I am no smali guru, as some of you know. But it was pretty obvious DHA was influencing memory management to some extent. Samsung, although leaving us in the dark on this, was kind enough to give us props to set the values for DHA. I pulled a few that seemed relevant, added them to my build.prop, and what do you know. For the first time in almost two months of tinkering, I saw an improvement in the way my device was managing memory.
The thing everyone needs to understand; I have no clue what DHA is. It overrides every aspect of Googles LMK and seems to do so in a way that makes more sense. I'm sure someone with more knowledge than myself will be able to tune this to the point the S6 will be the multi-tasking champ. There are several other props in the smali that are probably useful. I will try to get them all with their default values posted today. This has been pretty exciting for me, I spent way to much time trying to figure out the issue to not make some sort of progress. I hope you guys enjoy the tweaks, and I hope it helps sway those of you on the fence about keeping this device to stay. It's only gonna get better
Instructions:
First find your build.prop. This is located in /system. to get to /system you need to go to the root directory using a file explorer and then go to the system folder. The build.prop will be in there. You can also use and app such as build.prop tweaker but its a bit harder (imo)
In your build.prop scroll to the very bottom and paste this in:
Code:
# MultiTasking Tweaks
ro.config.dha_cached_max=15
ro.config.dha_cached_min=4
ro.config.dha_empty_max=36
ro.config.dha_empty_min=9
ro.config.dha_empty_init=36
ro.config.dha_lmk_scale=0.545
ro.config.dha_update_max_count=5
ro.config.dha_step=2
ro.config.dha_th_rate=1.4
ro.config.dha_defend_th_level=0
ro.config.64bit_lmk_enable=true
ro.config.sdha_apps_bg_max=70
ro.config.sdha_apps_bg_min=8
ro.config.dha_ils_enable=true
ro.config.dha_ils_dyna_lmk=true
ro.config.dha_ils_rate=1.5
Now you need to find and remove any duplicate build.prop lines which may cause an issue. So look through the build.prop and remove any lines that look like these(Not the ones you just added at the bottom!):
ro.config.dha_cached_max=
ro.config.dha_empty_max=
ro.config.dha_th_rate=
ro.config.dha_lmk_scale=
Finally reboot your device and report back here!
Video Tutorial (courtesy of @Thin_Bezel )
https://youtu.be/d-vaLXF0OxY
A note from @mrapp :
"The major addendum here seems to be that when using this build.prop apps like Chrome and and those calling webpages via Webview (Tinfoil for Facebook) still suck. The kernels being tested at the moment don't appear to have this issue, so if you're capable of flashing kernels I personally recommend checking out the Vindicator thread if you're on T-Mobile/W8 or UniKernel (universal) if you're on any other device. UniKernel tests may or may not be edge friendly, so always make a backup. Lots of people have gotten in to trouble today. Don't be one of them!"
Please note we are constantly experimenting with different values so these are subject to be updated rather frequently

As I was saying before, Maybe someone can try compare Zenfone 2 services.jar with the one in samsung galaxy s6.
The Asus Zenfone 2 is knowed to had a great multitasking experience, it can keep a loot of apps even in his 2GB version, and remember that Zenfone is in Android 5.0 and don't have any problem with multitasking.
I already downloaded the firmware for Zenfone and decompiled his services.jar if someone like to try something, here is attached:

iFlasher said:
As I was saying before, Maybe someone can try compare Zenfone 2 services.jar with the one in samsung galaxy s6.
The Asus Zenfone 2 is knowed to had a great multitasking experience, it can keep a loot of apps even in his 2GB version, and remember that Zenfone is in Android 5.0 and don't have any problem with multitasking.
I already downloaded the firmware for Zenfone and decompiled his services.jar if someone like to try something, here is attached:
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I'll take a look at it, but I've already gone through several different services.jar trying to find anything that might make a difference. Everything appears to be exactly how Google intended it to be.

mikeyinid said:
I'll take a look at it, but I've already gone through several different services.jar trying to find anything that might make a difference. Everything appears to be exactly how Google intended it to be.
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I also noticed that Samsung uses the ramdisk to set VM memory settings and lmk settings rather than actually modifying the source for some reason. I tried removing all of these and letting the settings be stock google but that also made no difference
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Xileforce said:
I also noticed that Samsung uses the ramdisk to set VM memory settings and lmk settings rather than actually modifying the source for some reason. I tried removing all of these and letting the settings be stock google but that also made no difference
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Right, all of that can be controlled with init.d scripts. i set the values ridiculously high and can see that that scripts actually work. Then going the other way no matter how low I set them or even disable them, there is no difference. Still can't have more than 5 or so apps open.

mikeyinid said:
Right, all of that can be controlled with init.d scripts. i set the values ridiculously high and can see that that scripts actually work. Then going the other way no matter how low I set them or even disable them, there is no difference. Still can't have more than 5 or so apps open.
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What's a good test to see if memory management is improved? I've done some mods to lmk in my latest kernel and want to see if it helps any.
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Xileforce said:
What's a good test to see if memory management is improved? I've done some mods to lmk in my latest kernel and want to see if it helps any.
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just open apps, never hit the back button, then switch between them using recents.

mikeyinid said:
just open apps, never hit the back button, then switch between them using recents.
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Hmmm...idk still seems pretty mediocre :/ not sure if better or worse.
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Xileforce said:
Hmmm...idk still seems pretty mediocre :/ not sure if better or worse.
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Tried it on your latest kernel and it seems to be the same.

NJGSII said:
Tried it on your latest kernel and it seems to be the same.
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Yea figured...the issue apparently isn't the lmk then...
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Xileforce said:
Yea figured...the issue apparently isn't the lmk then...
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I don't know a whole about kernel stuff. Does there happen to be any oom_adj stuff in there?
I'm losing hope that this will be fixed with any update. I think moving to arm64 may have shot Samsung in the foot. What is the other arm64 lollipop device samsung has released? Note 4?.
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Xileforce said:
Yea figured...the issue apparently isn't the lmk then...
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It's not. It has nothing to do with lmk. I've messed with every possible scenario, pulled in stuff from cm and see no difference. Even changing oom_adj values in services.jar makes zero difference.

mikeyinid said:
I don't know a whole about kernel stuff. Does there happen to be any oom_adj stuff in there?
I'm losing hope that this will be fixed with any update. I think moving to arm64 may have shot Samsung in the foot. What is the other arm64 lollipop device samsung has released? Note 4?.
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It's not. It has nothing to do with lmk. I've messed with every possible scenario, pulled in stuff from cm and see no difference. Even changing oom_adj values in services.jar makes zero difference.
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I meant I thought it may help with killing recents so soon. It had some tweaks to preserve favorites among other things
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Xileforce said:
I meant I thought it may help with killing recents so soon. It had some tweaks to preserve favorites among other things
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I was agreeing with you lol.

mikeyinid said:
I don't know a whole about kernel stuff. Does there happen to be any oom_adj stuff in there?
I'm losing hope that this will be fixed with any update. I think moving to arm64 may have shot Samsung in the foot. What is the other arm64 lollipop device samsung has released? Note 4?.
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It's not. It has nothing to do with lmk. I've messed with every possible scenario, pulled in stuff from cm and see no difference. Even changing oom_adj values in services.jar makes zero difference.
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I have note 4 too and it has same problem with latest lollipop update, i switched to cm12.1 and now all the problem are gone, switching between apps it's really fast and apps stay in ram flawlessly.

CQ7 said:
I have note 4 too and it has same problem with latest lollipop update, i switched to cm12.1 and now all the problem are gone, switching between apps it's really fast and apps stay in ram flawlessly.
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Interesting. This gives me hope! Ty for sharing. Im pretty sure its an issue on the ROM side rather than kernel.
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Xileforce said:
Interesting. This gives me hope! Ty for sharing. Im pretty sure its an issue on the ROM side rather than kernel.
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Right, but what on the ROM side could be causing this kind of behavior? I see myself as quite tech savvy, but I'm woefully uninitiated in the inner workings of Android you guys are unraveling here.
Even after removing just about all of Samsungs proprietary stuff, just leaving the bare basics, we're still seeing app genocide as soon as we're multitasking.
It'd sure be awesome of the community fixes this before Samsung does...

Has Samsung acknowledge this issue and said they will fix it with the 5.1.1 update? Honestly, I feel like for the premium you pay for this phone, this is very ridiculous. Things like these can really make or break a purchase. I myself have not got the S6 solely for this reason, I cannot justify spending 600+ on a device which cannot even keep up with my 3 year old Nexus 4.
I hope they do fix it this month though. What are the chances they will though, the S6 is selling well so Samsung probably does not care about these things.

oxxshadow said:
Has Samsung acknowledge this issue and said they will fix it with the 5.1.1 update? Honestly, I feel like for the premium you pay for this phone, this is very ridiculous. Things like these can really make or break a purchase. I myself have not got the S6 solely for this reason, I cannot justify spending 600+ on a device which cannot even keep up with my 3 year old Nexus 4.
I hope they do fix it this month though. What are the chances they will though, the S6 is selling well so Samsung probably does not care about these things.
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The S6 isn't selling as well as Samsung had hoped. And the memory issue is probably a large part of it. I have a S4 also, and it doesn't have any issues multi tasking on lollipop. It's shameful that a 3 year old device can managed to run just about everything I throw at it with no problem.

oxxshadow said:
Has Samsung acknowledge this issue and said they will fix it with the 5.1.1 update? Honestly, I feel like for the premium you pay for this phone, this is very ridiculous. Things like these can really make or break a purchase. I myself have not got the S6 solely for this reason, I cannot justify spending 600+ on a device which cannot even keep up with my 3 year old Nexus 4.
I hope they do fix it this month though. What are the chances they will though, the S6 is selling well so Samsung probably does not care about these things.
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Samsung has acknowledged the ram issue and said they will fix it in an update. That's about as specific as they got. My guess would be 5.1.1 update though.
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Xileforce said:
Samsung has acknowledged the ram issue and said they will fix it in an update. That's about as specific as they got. My guess would be 5.1.1 update though.
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Sadly, Samsung has neither acknowledged the specific issue nor promised any updates. All the articles in the blogosphere regarding this (including the one from Forbes) cite a Facebook comment from a random Samsung employee giving an incredibly vague and generic response about future updates when asked a direct question about the memory issue by xda member johanbiff.
I'm baffled by the low level of journalism here.
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Can Note 5 Bloatware be removed without Root (Verizon & ATT)

I am a VZW user by necessity (coverage) and I like the specs of the Note 5 (Processor, RAM, and S-Pen). Knowing that Root access is not possible (at least for now) on VZW and ATT, I am trying to determine what is possible with the Note 5 on these carriers.
Without root access is it possible to get rid of "Bloatware" on the Note 5?
Can Bloatware (or any apps youu don't want) be "disabled" from running if they cannot be removed? Or does this also require Root access?
Thank you in advance.

Yes.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/general/guide-bloating-touchwizzing-note-5-t3184563
With that app, it is not free but well worth the 2 bucks, I have all the vzw/samsung crap and more disabled on my device and loving the batterylife/speed.

Thanks!
whoamanwtf said:
Yes.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/general/guide-bloating-touchwizzing-note-5-t3184563
With that app, it is not free but well worth the 2 bucks, I have all the vzw/samsung crap and more disabled on my device and loving the batterylife/speed.
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Thanks so much for the reply and the link!
Does this app work with phones that cannot obtain root like Verizon and ATT Note 5's? I would gladly pay for an app that would do this.

Yes

whoamanwtf said:
Yes.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/general/guide-bloating-touchwizzing-note-5-t3184563
With that app, it is not free but well worth the 2 bucks, I have all the vzw/samsung crap and more disabled on my device and loving the batterylife/speed.
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How much of a performance gain to you gain after using the app? Is it noticeable? Do you know if that apps are actually prevented from starting up or are the icons just hidden from the launcher?

user68734 said:
How much of a performance gain to you gain after using the app? Is it noticeable? Do you know if that apps are actually prevented from starting up or are the icons just hidden from the launcher?
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Yes, they are disabled completely it seems, no longer on the application list or anything. As for the gain, I'm not sure it's really that measurable the phone is already so fast, mostly I see improved battery life.
Note 5

I don't find the performance noticeably different before and after debloating.
Battery is (a little, not a lot) better, but performance seems the same to me.

My antutu scores went from 67,000 to 69,000 after debloating. Not earth shattering. I'm very sensitive to lag and stutters and seems slightly faster to me. But I'm still surprised at how fast the phone is with all the bloat!
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user68734 said:
How much of a performance gain to you gain after using the app? Is it noticeable? Do you know if that apps are actually prevented from starting up or are the icons just hidden from the launcher?
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Here's where you notice the difference.
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Doe you notice RAM management issues?
Have any of you experienced the aggressive RAM management issues some are reporting? Where any more than four or five apps in the background result in apps being closed out when new applications are started? Some people say it is very frustrating while others don't see any signs of it. The problem can be solved with the edit of a "prop" file but root is required and VZW version cannot get root.