yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasK:
My theory on the wake up lag is that it happens on Exynos chips (S2 and S3). It freaked me out, and having a microSD card made it all worse. Having a glimpse of time took up to 2 secs.. sheesh.

A quick return to memory lane...: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ3pMWTdWHY

So.. I was glad that my country got the S600 version.. and I suspected this lag wouldnt be there.. and true enough, it's alot more bearable even with a microSD in it. Not sure how the ExynosOcta ones fair though..

I tried that and the animations looked comical actually.

And yea.. when it stutters during the 0.5x animation, it looks even worse.. like not having animation at all.

I do agree that "stutter" is more appropriate than "lag". It's like the device is being interrupted every now and then in the background.

I really hope Samsung fixes this.. this is the ONLY gripe I have with this phone for now. How can we be certain that Samsung is aware of this issue? Wanna start a petition or something?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rahulrulez:
There are no lags at all on my device
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StuartTheFish:
Same for me, only had it two days though.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qnet:
Stutter is what I would call it. I really like the look and feel of this phone but the stuttering really bothers me. I had the S3 and it wasn't this bad. Some of my features work and some don't but I really don't care to use alot of that stuff.

Hopefully we will get a update from Samsung soon. I already want to root this phone and put a custom rom on it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syngensmyth:
I'm jumping in the middle here but I call it lag or worse. The darn thing freezes at times and will not respond to anything. I didn't use TW long enough to know if S3 did it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exec99:
So it seems that every next generation of galaxy s has more and more lags and stutters.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
The hardware is powerful but the software isn't. Touchwiz is poorly optimised. My Nexus 4 runs super super smooth and no lags even on 1026mhz it's smooth and fast. Just shows Samsung need to work on their software. HTC excel at this better than Samsung.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samomamo:
Its very funny to have a Octocore phone and still have lag.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StuartTheFish:
Wait, is it only the octa core version that's laggy? Mine seems perfectly fine, but that said it's the qualcomm gt-i9505 instead.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasK:
Naah dude. All of them lags. I have a 9505 and it lags and I just tested 9500 at a neighboring country and likewise.

Do we have any insider info on how Samsung is handling this (if they are) ??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twisted Tom:
From what I've read online, instead of disabling animations, disable hardware overlays and force gpu rendering in the developer settings on the phone. Also make sure svoice is disabled on double tapping the home key as this causes the long lag between switching to the home screen.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XXSamS:
Seems S4 does have lag issues

Seems Galaxy S4 does have a lag issue, www samsungupdate com/samsung-galaxy-s-iv/brand-new-galaxy-s4-having-lag ... No links allowed for me...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StuartTheFish:
How come only some people are experiencing it and not others? That tells me it's not the phone, but the apps the user has installed instead?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
You usually notice lag if your previous phone didn't have any etc. Some people get used too it others don't.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shocky2:
I used the Galaxy S3 previously and noticed lag on the Galaxy S4 (i9505) right away. Occasionally it stutters when using the homescreen and opening apps.

I've disabled every Samsung feature I can and none of them have improved it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shox22:
Tested the s4 in a shop 2 days ago. Was the S600 variant:

There were some laggs here and there, but not as terrible as reported by some users. Though the laggs were annoying for a 650€ flagship phone.

What also annoyed me:

Delay of Homebutton

Delay of Dialer (2-3 seconds, wtf?)

Delay of Phonebook (2-3 seconds, wtf?)

Delay of MessengerApp (2-3 seconds, wtf?)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathsgames:
I loaded up the latest international firmware, I9505XXUAMDM_I9505OXAAMDM_DBT.zip, did a full wipe.

Some of my issues are now solved.

1. Homescreen is back to normal, can re-arrange icons and widgets easily

2. Can replace dock icons

3. Can share images to email

4. Can rotate images

Issues

1. Showing Dropbox images in Gallery freezes Gallery

2. Phone is just slow and heavy - feels nothing special at all

3. The new features are still just a gimmick, slow the phone down and don't really work

I still think I might ELF my 3rd Galaxy S4 today... just really not happy with it at all...

:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpap2004:
After disabled s_talk everything is better
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Halim2k:
Wrong post sorry
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skivnit:
I love how you say the features are just gimmicks. I commute frequently and since I bought the s4 i haven't stopped using smart scroll when reading articles. Very useful. Anyway you can disable them if you don't like that's the beauty of it.

And btw gallery with drop box subbed doesn't lag or freeze on me
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dondavis007:
I think Samsung has patented the lag, that's the only reason a fast hardware with two gig of ddr3 ram using a OS of not more than 210mb plus essential software, could be laggy...

In this version they also invented the camera lag, it's a brand new feature.

Waiting for a custom rom...

Skickat från min GT-I9505 via Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathsgames:
I'm glad yours works.

Mine doesn't.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackann:
I havnt seen any lag at all so far :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathsgames:
Plenty have: http://www.androidaustralia.com.au/...xy-s4s-are-suffering-from-extreme-lag-issues/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LocutusEstBorg:
Even if the UI is smooth, it will STILL suffer from touchscreen input latency. This is what makes every Android device inferior to the iPhone. It's not the framerate or the loading time or the animations; it's the input lag. Nexus 4 has the lowest input lag but it's still a joke next to the iPhone 5's instantaneous response when you tap a button, scroll or pinch.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skivnit:
Meh. Go to youtube plenty of vs videos and when they compare smoothness they launch same app at the same time. I don't see any input lag. I click on something is registres right away. Oh well it works for me and for others apparently too
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LocutusEstBorg:
LOL then this thread wouldn't exist. Excessive input lag on Android devices is a fact. 8-core CPU, 3-core GPU, 2GiB RAM: LAG!

Majority of these complaints are actually because of input lag and not framerate. If the input lag was reduced to 15ms like the iPhone, people would notice the framerate drops much less and the phone would feel more responsive by an order of magnitude.

The input delay between touching something and seeing ANY KIND OF CHANGE on the screen is literally 10 frames or more given 166ms input lag! That's a massive delay.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skivnit:
No this is not why this thread exists. Read again. It exists because touchwiz mags when you close an app or browse widgets. And the iPhone you praise so much has trouble opening the settings tab. ..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LocutusEstBorg:
The iPhone only loads stuff slower the first time on account of its vastly inferior hardware which isn't even 25% of a modern Android phone. However once it's loaded, the animation run extremely fluidly at 60fps and rarely drops any frames and the input lag is the lowest of any device in existence. The result is a far more responsive UI.

Even when apps like Facebook Messenger show the chat head balloons on top of an app the entire UI starts lagging on Android. The hacked version of Facebook Messenger on iPhone where the chat head balloons were hacked in as global popups still run at 60fps fluidly.

I've never even seen a 15 year old PC running Windows 95 have any kind of UI lag while sitting idle on the desktop. Even that had < 1ms input latency for mouse and keyboard.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbreak:
No one is complaining about input lag or comparing to the iPhone. Don't jump in out of no where to try and prove how good the iPhone is - yes it's the most responsive but we really don't care. The complaints on this thread are mainly due to Samsung apps (Dialer, Contacts, Gallery, Messages) lagging when opening and in use, not input lag.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LocutusEstBorg:
The point is most people are mistaking scroll lag in these apps as some kind of performance related lag. It's not. It's most probably input lag which is most apparent in fast moving UI elements. The input lag (delay before scrolling and continued scrolling after halting your finger) is ampified in these apps with complex ListViewItem layouts. The actualy scrolling itself is probably still running at 60fps.

To quote someone else:

Ironically OS X has both these problems. The mouse lags and moves sluggishly compared to Windows, even with acceleration turned off. OS X doesn't respond to any kind of click or key press for atleast 1 or 2 frames which feels extremely sluggish compared to Windows. It's like there's permanent vSync lag through the OS.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbreak:
Most of the people complaining are coming from another less laggy, yet less powerful, Android device
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OsloSwede:
My norwegian unlocked S4 is extremely laggy when changing the volume. The volume changes directly but the volume window comes up long after the press. Sometimes it's instant, other times it's about 1.5 seconds off. Anyone else experiencing the same?

I assume and hope that Samsung wil fix this with an update.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superioor:
After disable S Voice by doubletapping on home key, my device was smooth as butter when going to front screen. I think S Voice is pretty much ruining the device. They should implement another shortcut key that is better optimised. Hope someone do on a custom ROM. Cheers!

---------- Post added at 12:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:05 AM ----------

Obv something wrong. Go back to where you bought it and DOA it. Get a new one.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom-Helge:
Yeah, it's also very funny to have a killer spec'ed computer that lags in Windows / Linux to.

Wonder why no one is complaining about that as much as you guys compains about lag in Android.

If it's ok that you computer lags here and there, then it should be ok that your phones lags a little to.

Other than that, my Samsung Galaxy S IV is 99.999999% buttery smooth everywhere now. There is so little micro stuttering that i'm not even notices it.

So for those who have a laggy device, i will recommend you to reinstall your stock Android version and don't install alot of crap that is made for Android 1.x.

P.S. Micro stuttering and lag is 2 different things.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodigyX:
I've experienced the same thing on my unlocked i9500 (South Africa)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KillaHurtz:
I have the i9500 version from Trinidad/Tobago with no issues. Have you guys had a software update already ? I have.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasK:
FYI:

Galaxy S4 lag is a touchwiz bug, says Samsung!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Svid:
That's why we need AOSP rom for the S 4 ASAP :)
[Android Apps and Games] VfBStuttgart27:
Subway Surfers v1.8.1 - No ads - Everything is working

I just made a little modification which disables the advertisement of Subway Surfers:laugh:

Daily Challenge is fine, not link the disabling-internet-method.

That's the current version 1.8.1 (Rome). Updates will come:D

Installation

:

Possibility 1 (Scores won't survive, but no root is needed):

1. uninstall Subway Surfers

2. download the app (below) and install

3. enjoy:laugh:

Possibility 2 (Scores will survive, root is needed):

1. backup Subway Surfers using Titanium Backup (app+data)

2. uninstall Subway Surfers

3. download the app (below) and install

4. open and close again I don't know if this step is really needed, but for safety:)

5. restore data of the original app using Titanium Backup (Only data)

6. delete data and cache of Subway Surfers using Link2SD or a similar app

7. enjoy your ad-free Subway Surfers:)

Possibility 3 (Scores will survive, no root is needed) -- thanks to BlackDuty

1. backup the official app data using Carbon Backup

2. uninstall Subway Surfers

3. download the app (below) and install

4. restore Subway Surfers in Carbon Backup

5. enjoy:)

Note

:

The eggs you've collected in the Egg Hunt won't survive. If you have the board already it'll be still there:)

I haven't had enough time for testing, so I'm sorry if anything isn't working correctly.

Enjoy:laugh:

Download

:

Google Drive

Uploaded.to

Rapidshare

Mega
[Android Apps and Games] Kocane:
I still get ads in the main menu though
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] GMoney:
I have a T-Mobile 4.0.0.21 ROM that I would like someone to put on a kitchen for public usage. If you can do this, please let me know...

Thanks
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Yorch:
I will!, please email me at skins@yorch.net
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] GregP74:
:shock:

Oooh a new rom, eh? Give us the scoop. Is it another T-Mobile one? What's new? What's different? Equiring minds want to know!
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] decebal:
me too

me too, me too :)
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] valheru:
@Yorch, where is your kitchen? I remember you talking about building one with someone else's help but never saw a link. What is the address?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] van:
Great!

Please, give us the link for download

:oops:

Thanks
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Yorch:
the kitchen is ready, we are working to set it up in its own linux box, ('cause when is live it will be pretty popular we assume), the kitchen is not a one man's work, there are various fellow users with me. Patience, we are getting closer and closer, (we actually have the box already, and we are setting it up).

Believe it will be worth the wait!
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Billgate:
Hi

That good news , please send to me , i will put it some where to every one
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] ID64:
Is it up somewhere?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] cgigate:
why not post a download link ?

Thanks
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] GMoney:
I don't have a place where I can make it publicly available, so I've sent it to Yorch - he should have his kitchen up soon.

Thanks!
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] cgigate:
you could upload the file to my new created Pocket PC phone Group in Yahoo.

So everybody could test it

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pocketpcphone

thanks
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Yorch:
Ok, ready to download!

go to my website and check the downloads section!

I extracted the ROM only, since I don't want to try the whole Radio upgrade until, I know that it is for the T-mobile and is safe to install.

I can tell you that the difference so far, is that there is no AIM, there is an icon for Synchrologic I hope they don't charge for this.

also there is a screen that tells you about the GPRS connection at the beginning.

Any other findings, let us all know!
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] decebal:
differences

The full structure analysis between T-Mobile' 16 and 21 versions in PDF format.

The analysis is based on CRC and content.

http://www.op.ro/xda/analysis t16 - t21.pdf

Glad it's smaller and leaves more room for personalization.

Decebal
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Pdageek1:
TMO 4.0.0.21

Well I've looked @ Yorch & I can't find it. Has it been removed again??
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Qman:
Its there, look under Software!

HTH
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] decebal:
thanks

just make a new ROM based on 4.00.21 and succesfully stiched:

* sbp gprs monitor

* resco explorer 2003

* vbirthday

* ewallet

* ssnap, ipaqovrclk, cabinstl

still figuring how to remove some files and add others :)

for the people that cannot find this out:

params config

wincever=4

start1=81740000

size1=00040000

start2=81c00000

size2=00300000

startbmp=81ec0000

startop=81c00000

Decebal
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] sandyind:
:( Still no WModem.... I wonder when we will see a PPC2003 release with the WModem.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Jeff Summers:
If you provide me with a link to download (use Private Message if needed), I will make sure everyone can get cookin'.

--

Jeff
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] valheru:
Credit to Yorch for putting this up:

http://www.yorch.net/downloads/ROMS/T-mobileROM40021.rar
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] SMG:
Jeff Please post when the kitchen is ready

Thanks for providing the community with such a great feature.

Your work is greatly appreciated.

Was that enough suckking up :D
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Qman:
FYI

Just got finished with the install and re-install of most of my programs

and decided to see if the hard reset after bootloader had been fixed.

You guessed it, it has! :lol:

HTH
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] van:
Thanks

It seems everything is OK

My ROM now 4.00.21 :lol: :lol: :lol:
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] andygee:
Does this one change the radio version again?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] reydiodj:
Hi all,

...Yorch, is the radio stack you stripped out v6.24?

BR,
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] valheru:
@Andy, this is just a rom upgrade, not a radio upgrade.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] ntabikha:
i've just installed it! and im loving it already, it seems alot more stable than 4.00.16

hopefully the final release is soon, you know, the one that fixes software and sound problems, browser problems, and msn security issues. :)
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] wbalzer:
I have tried to download it several times and the archive is corrupt. It is 6,496KB when I try and download it. Can anyone provide a better link to download?

Wade
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] HDJ80:
I have download it today and it is 14,9 MB.

Tray it one more time. :)

Bye.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fernandoch:
Hello,

How to install Google Now in Nexus 4?

Thank you.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stark0:
The problem is not the installation: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...nbGUuYW5kcm9pZC5nb29nbGVxdWlja3NlYXJjaGJveCJd

The problem is that in Spain voice functions are not diponible :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fernandoch:
The url you showed me is for google search and not google now...

Google now is this

http://www.google.com/landing/now/
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stark0:
Google now is inside google search, try it!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fernandoch:
Thank you, it is working now almost like a charm :)

I am still not able to give it voice actions.

How should I enable that?

Thank you!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fernandoch:
No one for this?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samapal:
Work nice with English interface. But it very poor if compare with apple siri
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fernandoch:
Can you give him actions? Like call someone, or add an appointment?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samapal:
Its not usable like siri. It can launch calendar or calculator and show weather. Call from contacts, but Google now don't know how send message with text to person from contacts. Now still not very clever assistant.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warbuff:
You can do all those things. You can send messages.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30259831

Puede hacer todo
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chepo84126:
Hi am trying to sideload the GNex's 4.2.2 update and i can't seem to get it to sideload onto my phone. I updated all the drivers and installed them, updated the android sdk, i did a "adb devices" check on the CMD and it shows the device.

I am currently running the stock 4.1.1 on my phone.

I am not rooted and do not want to root the phone because i do not want to have to wipe the phone. I get the device into recovery mode and get it ready to sideload. I am doing it from the platform-tools folder of the SDK folder. type the correct command "adb sideload 5939ff985946.signed-mysid-JDQ39-from-JRO03O.5939ff98.zip and then i get the whole adb help menu pop up and does not install the update.

Does anyone know what i am doing wrong? (please don't say not rooting it lol) i have tried it on 2 different computers and i am still getting the same results. Any suggestions or tips would be appreciated.

Update: i just used the "adb devices" command it right after it said that the adb server was out of date and was killing it. then the device connected.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tiny4579:
You have to pull up the recovery menu when in recovery and select the sideload option. The key combination I don't know. I did it after looking it up but don't know exactly how I did it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chepo84126:
Thanks for the reply, I do select "install using adb" once in recovery then connect the phone to the computer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bodh:
When the help message pops up in adb, what version is listed at the top [I have 1.0.31]? I know you said you updated your sdk, but it sounds like adb does not recognize the sideload command. Perhaps you have more than one version of adb in the folder you'e working out of?