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[Galaxy S6 General] ring_GT:
I am completely honest in saying that this is the best phone i have ever used, and has not experienced any slowdowns at all. I am not saying that you dont have issues, maybe it depends on how we use it (am not a power user), a hardware or a software issue, but I didnt have any issue since day 1 (bought at launch day).

I came from htc m8 gpe so i have experienced vanilla android smoothness, and i have to say the s6 is just as smooth, if not better, on stock touchwiz rom.

Again, i am not discounting the issues that you are having, but please dont generalize and say that the s6 is slow for everyone because there are users like me who has no problems with it at all.
[Galaxy S6 General] FluxionFluff:
Not everyone has those lagging issues, so it's not fair to generalize that everyone has this issue, when that's not the case. I don't have the lagging issues you're having, for instance. I'm not sure why your phone has this issue. Have you tried to a factory reset on your device? I've heard that's helped some people who've had issues with lagging.

With the locking thing, you can change the amount of time your phone takes to re-lock itself. If you have it set to instant, of course it's gonna lock again as soon as the screen turns off.
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
+1 completely agree with it. I feel this is the best phone I have used so far. The only I have is that I can't go over 4 sot regardless of long the phone is used. Om weekend I will get 4 sot in 9 hours while on weekdays I will get 3 to 3.5 sot in 16 hours. Only on days when I am out full days I have to charge few times but it charges so fast so less complains.

Just hoping that standby drain is fixed and ram management is better.
[Galaxy S6 General] REDOXON:
+1

Pretty fast and without any issue so far...
[Galaxy S6 General] iFlasher:
You Guys, have to accept it. The Samsung Galaxy S6 with his very serious RAM Management problem is nothing more than a nice camera and design, with a powerful unused hardware.

I know you have to spend ~$1000 for this, but please don't hide the real problems that this phone have only to accept yourself that your money worth it. It´s like let someone scam you.

Said that, an iPhone 6 can keep more apps than the 3 or 4 that Galaxy S6 can keep with his "incredible and superfast" 3GB of Ram. And don´t talk things about "true multitasking in Android and that it is the way linux handles the RAM" no one cares about that.

If you still hiding the Ram Management problem, samsung is never going to fix it, don't be conformist and reclaim for what you paid.
[Galaxy S6 General] Kjc99:
Funny [MENTION=5121222]iFlasher[/MENTION] loves the iPhone... Weird name for someone on a Galaxy S6 thread.... Anyway I think the S6 is pretty good way faster than my S5... I personally haven't had any Ram management issues... Last I checked IPhone had 1gb but.... I don't care what it has I have this phone and love it... But and you have yours.... I just Googled iPhone 6 plus ram... All I saw were issues... No phone is perfect.... [MENTION=5121222]iFlasher[/MENTION] go on an apple forum we are trying to get input from people who own the phone
[Galaxy S6 General] iFlasher:
I don´t have iPhone neither Galaxy S6 (But I tried both in deep in a Store), I have a Xperia Z3. I´m going to change to a new Flasgship, my first intentions was change to the Galaxy S6 EDGE until I know and see this problem. YES, you have this problem, other thing is that you don´t use a lot the multitasking or just use light apps, but don´t say that you don´t have this problem.

Where I find issues is when I googled Galaxy S6 Ram, then I know what all disappointed people was talking about.

I´m trying to people reclaim for what their paid to Samsung, no people blame me because I say the truth... As I said before, Samsung is not going to fix nothing if they see that people doesn´t care about this serious problem.

If you still have doubts, I leave some videos for you (I don´t own the videos):

Galaxy S6 Multitasking Problems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWyI8xn5iGI

iPhone 6 Multitasking Test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O27qwyR-4r8 (This video comes from a user that is frustrated about Galaxy S6 Ram Managment and demostrates how the iPhone 6 can keep more apps with 1 GB)

So yes, the problem is REAL. Now I think my next device is going to be the LG G4 (That doesn´t have this problem) or iPhone 6, or is what I think now unless Samsung fix it.
[Galaxy S6 General] sharky2010:
Anyone struggling with apps crashing randomly? Did a factory reset about 3 hours ago and had one already.... anyone know of any fixes?
[Galaxy S6 General] hajyihia:
i have the device for a month and a half and still no single FC....
[Galaxy S6 General] Bxrider117:
I'm just reading some of the notes on this forum and it is tough to compare coming from a 2 or 3 year old flagship device to this cause ram ands cpu were different.

I picked up the s6 64gb two days ago. I read using the LG g3 prior to this phone. I did this phone to be really smooth. I'm using Nova Launcher. I really like the size of this phone. I really liked the size of the G2 when I had that prior to the G3.

I have not experienced any lag on this phone. When u first rooted my phone and installed my titanium backed up apps from my G3, I had a small issue but that can be expected using backed up apps from another phone.

Die this phone I would recommend rooting it. I have the verizon version and I'm running Clean rom 1.5. This is a developer website so imo everyone should be rooted. I think if you root and run a rom that may get rid of some of the bloat this phone will impress you.

I'm sure that I'm going to keep this phone. My lg g3 with the lollipop update was giving me Bluetooth issues. I could not get it to play music in my car without the music skipping. I don't have this issue with this phone. I'm sure when 5.1.1 drops this phone will be even better.
[Galaxy S6 General] jhun80:
I experienced extreme lag when im using chrome, I have to use a cleaning app most of the time! If I root my phone, am I still able to update via OTA from t-mobile?
[Galaxy S6 General] Euthye:
Loving the phone I've had zero discernible problems and finaly an android camera that's fast enough to actually use to snap quick pics as they happen, I haven't felt this good about a phone since my first Note, roll on the next sw update that's meant sort out all the minor niggles.:cool:
[Galaxy S6 General] tntgdh:
I love the phone. the best one I ever had. Blazing fast and beatiful. The battery is good, not perfect, but hey, sacrifices had to be made right ?

Overall I'm very satisfied
[Galaxy S6 General] ambervals6:
I had the att s6 and found it slow. Using tmobile s6 and it flies! Love the build quality and everything else. Have the lg g4 too, feels like a joke. Reminds me of the s2...

Sent from my SM-G920T
[Galaxy S6 General] hajyihia:
at least the G4 doesn't have issues like us S6 users, for now at least....
[Galaxy S6 General] Giocarro:
At least the S6 doesn't look like a USS Enterprise NCC-1701 made of leather...
[Galaxy S6 General] shafez:
I have FC with some apps when App Notification blocked.
[Galaxy S6 General] hajyihia:
you do know that style<performance....i do like my S6 a lot, but it makes me angry that samsung doesn't care for it's customers....
[Galaxy S6 General] bebseh:
I've had this phone for almost a month now.

I have to add that I have the dual-sim version.

So far, i am very pleased. Yes the RAM consumption is always at 70%+ but im not really a heavy user and so far its ok for me. i do hope we get a fix soon.

As for the bugs, well so far I had to restart once because one day it decided not to recognize my fingerprints anymore.

I also have the missing mobile data toggle but i fixed it by downloading the unofficial tweak.

Yes there is still room for improvement but its still an awesome phone. I had similar issues with Note 3 which is a ****ing brilliant device.

all in all no regrets and a positive experience that has a lot of improvement potential.
[Galaxy S6 General] barondebxl:
I had the S6 then jumped ship on the G4 just cause I'm a phone junky then sold it after less then two weeks. If you think the G4 has no issues you're mistaken big time. Heating issues are serious, stutters...OMG dude that's the first thing I noticed after a month of pure smoothness on the S6. Screen missing responses and swipes...
[Galaxy S6 General] barondebxl:
How so?
[Galaxy S6 General] Dega17:
I have this device have 2 months and a half, and is amazing... ok, have some bugs and is quite annoying for being a premium phone with bugs. But for me is ok, cause I know that all phones are in risk to have bugs and I try to be open minded with this, cause S6 is all redesigned from zero, had modification on touchwis, is not the same Galaxy S we used to see in stores.

I think my worst problem, and this one have in all phones is the RAM, is something that must be working for a solution fast and it would make the phone be much better than now, in other words S6 is so amazing!!
[Galaxy S6 General] calvin35:
My wife has the S6 on at&t and I've spent some time with it and multitasking on that phone is terrible. The phone has 3GB of RAM and it can't even keep the stock browser, gallery and the play store open at the same time. Apps are constantly having to reload.
[Galaxy S6 General] hajyihia:
1. no one knew that the S6 will have these ram issues

2. its not a reason to not buy the phone

the phone is great...i am not regretting buying it...i just wish samsung cares more about their software and updates....
[Galaxy S6 General] barondebxl:
But you keep complaining that Samsung doesn't do this and that. Samsung cares about their software, I can tell you that it is more polished than the G4 software this year. Again I owned both devices.
[Galaxy S6 General] hajyihia:
i agree that it looks better and more polished, but it's not enough...the S6 is better than any other galaxy....but if they improve the software even more then it will be perfect...i am not asking to change it....just solve the ram issues..the disappearing toggles....
[Galaxy S6 General] ambervals6:
Being more polished doesn't mean anything. Plus you you are comparing it with lg, which we all know entered the smartphone market very late and their software is like the one cheap chinese companies use. Thing is, with all that revenue and budget that samsung has, why tw hasn't improved at all? Compare it to stock android for example.

Sent from my SM-G920T
[Galaxy S6 General] barondebxl:
What do you mean more polished doesn't mean anything? And touchwiz definitely has improved over the past few years, that's a fact. And who is to say that stock android is better? Other than faster updates, I don't think stock android is better than touchwiz or sense. Unless you have an objective way of judging it?
[Galaxy S6 General] ambervals6:
You said more polished than g4 as if g4 is some kind of perfection. Being more polished than a failure doesn't mean perfection. And yes stock android is way better in fluidity, smoothness and multitasking. Idk about sense because I haven't used it since htc one x but I know LG is nothing more than a simple producer of screeens and TV.

Sent from my SM-G920T
[Galaxy S6 General] edoson:
Hi,

This is my 4th android in 6 years. Had the S1, then nexus 4 , 5 and now the S6. I must say that the experience I have with the S6 is much like the S1, and that really surprised me. The phone is terribly, terribly laggy! I find it unbelievable that a flagship now days suffers from lags, I thought those days are long over. The nexus 4 and 5 were passed on to my parents and their experience is so slik. I have terrible lags using chrome or the built in browser. I cant seem to use any other keyboard beside the one that came with the phone, cause they lag so significantly. Ive tried google keyboard and swiftkey, they both lag to the point inputing is a nightmare.

I love the fingerprint scanner, the screen is great (though the saturated colors are a little to much for me), the size and built quality are superb, the cam is simply amazing. but that is it. the day to day use is quit frustrating and I find myself really missing my nexus 5. It came to the point that after 4 years or so, Im back here to look for custom rooms. only Im not a student anymore and really simply expect a flagship to work good out of the box.

Any tips?
[Galaxy S6 General] tntgdh:
Wow...something must be wrong with your phone buddy mine is lag free. Has it always been like this ? Since day 1?
[Galaxy S6 General] barondebxl:
A failure according to whom? The G4 UI is nice except that it stutters, it does offer a lot of functionality.

The S6 is faster than the Nexus 6/5, maybe not smoother but it is faster indeed.
[Galaxy S6 General] krelvinaz:
wonder what people are doing with their phones. Mine is pretty much been great. I did a few tweaks to deal with the playstore drain, etc.. but for the past couple days I has been just fine for what is normal use to me now.

Only issue I've had is with tasker and shortcuts but those are extra things. That and finding out new features and giving them a try.

My note 3 didn't last as long on battery.
[Galaxy S6 General] ambervals6:
Oh yeah right g4 is nice but stutters...nothing special right hahaha but kk whatever you say.

Sent from my SM-G920T
[Galaxy S6 General] Jonathan-H:
Sounds like you need a Nexus. The Nexus 6 is not faster and smoother than the S6 so please pass around what you're drinking or smoking because it definitely makes a phone faster and smoother than it is.

The S6 does not stutter and with Nova and animation settings correct it's a lot faster than the Nexus 6. It also has a decent camera, multitasks just fine if you don't play games, is small enough to hold, has decent speaker, decent screen, and isn't stock and boring and huge like a Nexus 6.

LG G4 doesn't lag or stutter if you set GPU rendering on either.

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It is smoother than the Nexus 6. I tested the Nexus 6 out for a week and it stutters like the best of them, it's also rubbish and has a good amount of bugs.
[Galaxy S6 General] ambervals6:
You might as well change your username to sammyfanboy ;)

Sent from my SM-G920T
[Galaxy S6 General] ak4d4:
This hardware it's amazing buy software is cheeks.. Butt cheeks. I have my headphones in and freaking notifications only come through the main speaker! It also changes they background wallpaper by itself every now and then. Small annoying things like that make mgr want to go back to my n5 for a bit.
[Galaxy S6 General] jeffnz:
What phone doesn't have software issues when it first comes out, if you think others don't you are mistaken.

As to the memory issue, I don't have a problem and I usually root my phone within days of getting them but the S6 is just fine as is and with Nova prime.

I have had the S1,2,3,4 still have the S5 and also an old HTC one X and a Oneplus one, yep you can call me a Sammy fanboy as I'm happy to go with them as I'm used to their idiosyncrasies and they aren't anything major.
[Galaxy S6 General] LeonardoD93:
Have

I dont have but my friend have it,the phone is awesome,so fast,so smooth,no lags,and the Camera just great,and front and back........Just the Great phone on Earth for now :D
[Galaxy S6 General] usmanxhmed:
Well if you have been using HTC from past 8 years, then at least i can't trust you your views!
[Galaxy S6 General] zdravkodubravec:
I like my s6 a lot ... I am lag free and basically works perfect ... Even when quick toogle icons desaped I did factory rest as on the first day there was no app for fixing it ...and works perfectly ...
[Galaxy S6 General] lujki1:
I bought one yesterday. I love it! Coming from S3 Mini VE, every single aspect of this phone is a major improvement. But the best 2 things are definitely camera and fast charging. It's insane. I changed my phone in 1.5h :D
[Galaxy S6 General] Kapitein187:
I have the black sapphire 64gb S6, after coming from the S5 I enjoy the premium feel. Had the S3, S4, S5 and now S6.

One of the big plusses I think is the available space for apps (on my 64gb).

Major drawback is battery life and the aggressiveness of the memory management. 3 apps multitasking is just not possible.
[Galaxy S6 General] masri1987:
Coming from Note 4. I had 3 note 4 replacements after the lollipop update that murdered battery life.

S6 battery life at it's best is at the note 4's worst. That means 4-5hrs of SOT for me.

My S6 sleeps like a baby unlike others, i did the pingpong root and use a modified kernel (no multi tasking issues?)

I enjoy the S6.
[Galaxy S6 General] sw25:
Must be your phone. Mine has been smooth and 99.9% lag free.
[Galaxy S6 General] Deiwuzas:
Before Galaxy S6 i was using Nexus 6 and i can tell you that S6 works like a charm and in my opinion works even faster and smoother than stock Nexus 6. I'm not even talk about way better screen, camera and even battery is better on my S6. Sure, touchwiz still far from my favorites UI, but it's already 300% better than it was on S5. If i should say about things that i dislike - fingerprint scanner. I was using it on 6 Plus and damn, i'm missed that accuracy so much. So i have to disable it, hope on 5.1.1 situation with it will be better.
[Galaxy S6 General] lujki1:
I don't know how accurate is the fingerprint sensor on iPhone 6 but my sensor hasn't "missed" my fingerprint a single time in these 4 days that I have this phone. :)

Sent from my Galaxy S6 (SM-G920F)
[Galaxy S6 General] zdravkodubravec:
http://www.sammobile.com/2015/06/26...ion-in-tomsguides-real-life-usage-speed-test/

Take a look and read ... Very interesting ...

And I am happy I bought S6 as really is great ...
[Galaxy S6 General] JKan Co:
It's my 7th Android flagship and i can say that except from the fast battery drain, the device is amazing.. a reborn galaxy s device. If s6 hadn't beeen such an amazing device, S series 'd have been dead...
[Galaxy S6 General] Pratz852:
It's a truly beautiful phone, but I've got some gripes with it...

I've had almost all of the galaxy S series (S3, S4 and now S6 edge)

I'm having lags and stutters while browsing some sites and even scrolling in Facebook, especially when going into Comments and looking at the replies of comments.

I'm absolutely mind boggled that when with these specs there are stutters and lags. I've also got the nexus 4,which doesn't have any issues at all.

I was having a hard time deciding between an iphone 6 (or 6S in fall) the Galaxy S6, but ultimately chose the S6, because I just couldn't justify paying that kind of money for outdated specs of 2 years ago. (Well I now have to admit specs are not everything)

I thought I wouldn't have to root my phone etc. because it'll run awesome out of the box, but that's not the case...

My galaxy S4 is almost running on par with the S6 though admittedly It's rooted and running an awesome custom rom.

I never used to care that much for micro lags and a bit of stutter,but you'd think they would have sorted it out by now with these monster specs and with this premium price now it always freaks me out if I see lags..

Otherwise it's really a beautiful phone with a mind blowing Camera. Though I still don't see the point why they went with such a high resolution for the display. ( if I take a picture on the S6 and send it to my s4 you can hardly spot a difference besides color accuracy and brightness, would rather have better battery with a lower res screen)

As for the scrolling problem? I tried 0.5 animation and factory reset to no avail

I'm sure it's possible to get rid of lag with root and debloating/custom roms. I had lots of fun doing all these things in the past, but now I just want a phone that just works out of the box. It's just frustrating, that with such specs, the premium price and it being 2015 you still have to do those things. And it's become a headache to always look for things that are draining your battery in standby and use stuff like greenify. And with "Powersaving location"-option apps polling way to often instead of giving them a certain timeframe to do so. (I think Sony did that with the stamina mode )

Well I guess that's the way it is. Maybe I should consider another phone after so many years of android...

Don't get me wrong, the phone is amazing... but these things should have been resolved years ago
[Galaxy S6 General] Quinnaay:
Recieved the phone yesterday, loving the premium feel having come from a S4 and S5. The camera is absolutely superb, best camera I've used in a phone by a long shot. The screen is easily the best screen I've seen on any mobile device its very vibrant and super clear. Fast charging is very good and efficient, the speakers are better than the S5's and the fingerprint scanner works just how it should! I'm currently having no ram issues or lag but its early days yet. The only gripes i have as of yet is the home button when pressed softly doesn't always work, the lack of SD card (which I new about before purchase) and battery life isn't anything remarkable to say the least.
[Galaxy S6 General] lujki1:
I had the same problem with the home button. You probably have loose home button. If you can hear it rattling or making some noise when you lightly tap it, then that's it. If you have warranty, you should return it, but it's not a big problem, it's just annoying, that's why I returned it. :D
[Galaxy S6 General] djbutter:
I don't have the S6 (yet), and am contemplating between it and the M9. The M9 camera is disappointing, but this S6 RAM issue is pretty concerning.

Can you really not multitask more than 3-4 apps at a time? I consider myself a power user (with BT music streaming, Android Wear, Fitbit, all sorts of messaging apps always on), so this would be a deal breaker.
[Galaxy S6 General] lujki1:
I really haven't noticed any of those issues. I only have loose home button and it's being repared. I'm speaking only for myself and my phone, but since that's a software problem it will be fixed. M9 camera, not really.
[Galaxy S6 General] djbutter:
One could argue that the M9's camera woes are software-based as well.

I would think that the RAM issue would really depend on the user's usage of their phone, so ymmv I guess.

However, from my experience, OTA updates for Samsung devices are really few and far between.
[Galaxy S6 General] lujki1:
Yes, they absolutely are, but for midrange and low end phones. I had S3 Mini VE, that was presented in Q2 2014 with 4.2.2 JellyBean. Got maybe 3 OTAs, none bringing any new Android version.

Still waiting for Lollipop on my Galaxy Tab 4 7.0

But since S6 is a flagship phone, it will receive regular software updates. I got one right out of the box, now waiting for 5.1.1 (international, unlocked version of the phone), that's already rolling out in France.

Look at the S4, it shipped with 4.2.2 Jellybean, and now has 5.0.1 Lollipop (official). So I wouldn't really worry much about that. I'm more concerned with battery life, but damn, that fast charging is incredible :D

And it will get Android M first (probably with Note 5).
[Galaxy S6 General] MrBaltazar:
Battery life: absolutely horrible

Camera: big improvement over S5. Good in day light. Horrible in low light. G4 is leaps and bounds better.

Build quality: amazing. On par with iPhone.

Overall: content for now
[Galaxy S6 General] barondebxl:
I have used quite a few phones these past few years, and there are 2 that stands out big time. S6 and M8. To me the S6 is the best smartphone ever followed ever so slightly behind by the M8.
[Galaxy S6 General] epictool:
Battery life is very poor.
[Galaxy S6 General] barondebxl:
Some like myself at getting good battery life.
[Galaxy S6 General] exivious:
s6 is the best samsung phone ever produced, everyone that like smartphones must buy it now