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[Galaxy Tab S2 General] slowdyve:
I owned S1 and didnt like much the 16:10 aspect ratio. Also it was the laggiest device i owned. Is touchwiz lighter on S2? Less blotware than S1?
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Itchiee:
Yes, actually Samsung has reduced their crap to historical levels on this tablet, there are hardly any extra programs, a vast improvement.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] volwrath:
Battery life seems great on my 9.7" compared to my nexus 9. Down 23% this morning after 2.5 hours SOT
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] slowdyve:
Just got one today. One thing i noticed is that get hot very easily. I tested with antutu and it can reach easly 90°C while z3 tablet only got 60°C. That's cpu temperatures. Not battery temperatures.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] mac231us:
not on my 715...mildly warm (mean VERy mild) and screen not back or body-2 tries

also odexed and deodexed almost similar antutu scores around 47100 fwiw
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] ProStreetCamaro:
That is low. I am getting 53711 out of my 9.7 lte version.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Gray44:
I'm getting 54332 in airplane mode on my 810. And it gets mildly warm 35-40 when high load.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] mac231us:
Yes I too got some 53k when I noticed I was not connected to the Internet (no wifi or data on but being cellular version was not exactly in airplane mode either)...I have 128gb microsd ....when I connected it dropped to 47k...no worries very fast nevertheless
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] situman:
I must say its one beautiful tablet with a gorgeous screen. Loving it so far. Smooth no stuttering. Well very little on rare occassions.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] SeanPlunk:
Does anyone know what the subpixel matrix of either the 8.0 or 9.7 are? I'm sensitive to pentile matrix screens with lower PPI's, but I've not been able to confirm one way or the other in any reviews.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Tinderbox (UK):
Both are described as diamond pentile most likely the same as in the S1 8.4" in the drips and drabs i have read, nothing really solid as of yet.

I read that the S1 8.4" pentile display was up to 32% more power efficient than the S1 10.5" using the RGB-Stripe

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Tinderbox (UK):
The scrolling problem has been reported a couple of times on xda it supposedly worse on the left than the right or vise versa, but one member said that the S1 had the same problem though i have an S1 10.5" and dont see anything, maybe you need young eye`s or something.

The response time of oled pixels is a lot slower than lcd pixels, I remember a few years ago i think it was with the original note fablet it had a smearing/ghosting while scrolling and Samsung did an update that stopped the oled pixels from totally being off to being at a very low level so that the response time was better or something like that.

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=smearing+on+galaxy+s4

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] mac231us:
No scrolling issues on the 8 inch t715 here
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Deathman20:
Yeah sorry I don't notice any scrolling issue on my unit. Its light, fast unit that works very well from what I can tell. As for screen burn in. I personally haven't noticed it and I know I've had my screen on for probably over 100 hours now at least since I've gotten it. Looks as good as it did day one.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Tinderbox (UK):
You guys with the 8" try not to bend the fablet like putting it in a back pocket if it fits, as the S1 8.4" had an lot of battery problems like with lines on screen or battery capacity jumps or unexpected shutdowns or reboots and bad battery connection was likely the reason behind this, I have not seen the insides of the 8" yet, hopefully Samsung has improved the battery connector but i doubt it.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] mac231us:
maybe I am just lucky (i know I am wishy-washy) but I went through 2 tab s's and 1 tab pro (buy sell buy sell...just could never settle on the device for other reasons...too big as I wanted to use as a phone-yes daft and wishy washy and lost on the transactions but had these for over 4-5 mths...NO Issues)

and none on the s2 either..fits well in backpocket (No i would never sit down with it...don't do that even with regular phones anyway)

s2 way better than s1 and tab pro..though tab pro colors were best being super lcd..for s2 (and s1) i keep (kept) the display on basic)
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] kms108:
I will never put this tablet in my back pocket, even a phone does not go into my back pocket.

My battery seems ok with this tablet, my previous S1 will drain batter even if powered off, that's 5% power in one hour, with the S2 even in standby or sleep mode 8-9 hours not even 1% down from 100%, but does drain power fast if played tsum tsum with wifi or 3G data on.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] GeorgeP:
I don't have this issue at all with mine. You were probably looking at a defective unit. (or maybe you have better eyes than me:) ). But, if what were describe was widespread, surely SOMEONE would have mentioned it. People don't hold back complaining about issues (a good thing for the consumer looking to make an informed decision). Just look at all the discussion about lag, RAM management, battery life, etc.)
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Tinderbox (UK):
Give us a link to the website that shows this problem so we can see for ourselves.

I have an S1 and when scrolling up and down fast on a page full of text, in both portrait and landscape mode using the stock browser everything looks great.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] BigBot96:
Its not just you. I noticed it as well and thought it was a defective unit. However after testing the other gts2 iat best buy and doing some research on the issue, its jot just this tablet and its not a problem at all. Its the screens refresh rate and the high resolution combined make the wavey wobbly scroll. If you hold the tab in portrait and pay attention, its the left side the lags.

and that is a very broad and arrogant statement. And not everyone can see it because not everyone is as sensitive to refresh rates as some. I can see it no problem, my wife cant. Doesnt mean shes blind...
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] jarayn:
great review thanks, I read it while I was waiting for delivery.

The report lack of haptic was quite disappointing but I'm happy to say my tab has excellent haptic feedback. Mine is 4g version, maybe that's why. Safe to say I would pay extra for this feature.

The Samsung link features sound cool, I don't have Samsung phone or a new enough TV so I can't try but they seem fun.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Tinderbox (UK):
So the S2 does not have haptic feedback in the device/sound tab in settings, my S1 10.5" WiFi only has Haptic though i hate it so it`s always disabled, surely the LTE S2 has Haptic?

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] kms108:
Yep, your are correct, the LTE version does have vibration mode, they didn't label it as haptic as on some Samsung phones, but it does the samething.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] RajCaj:
I'd love to be a fly on the wall during these design discussions at Samsung. Why on earth would you omit the haptic feedback motor in the WiFi only version, but include it on the LTE version? The size dimensions & specs for WiFi & LTE models are identical, except that the LTE version weighs about 3g more (likely due to the haptic feedback motor & LTE radio).

I don't know...it just seems like there is more at play here than Samsung making calculated predictions about what consumers would like to see in it's product lineup. I can't imagine they somehow came to the realization that folks that purchase the LTE version of the tablet would like to have Haptic feedback vs the customers that only want WiFi only.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] kms108:
May be you should address you post correctly, I am not Samsung, so I don't make the choice whether to include the haptic function.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] RajCaj:
Sorry, that wasn't being accusatory toward you....I was just commenting in general how random (and at times frustrating) Samsung seems to be in it's product design.

Given this is a thread about Tab S2 thoughts, I thought it was appropriate to opine....as I am a WiFi Galaxy Tab S2 owner who is missing haptic feedback for some strange and unexplained reason.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] kms108:
I don't see any reason to omit this function, but you know Samsung, they always do what they like, this has always been there way, you either buy it or you don't, but there is no choice, a high end tablet, it's either Sony or Samsung.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] rajasetan18:
samsung galaxy tab s2 8.0 full review and battery life ??

hello everyone,

I am going to get a new tablet, whether ipad mini 4 or samsung galaxy tab s2 8.0 LTE version. currently,i am using microsoft surface pro 3 and apple ipad 4. i am using the new tablet more for gps, chatting, social media (FB, line, bbm), reading a book and youtube. so I need opinion on this samsung tablet battery life (how long it will last using 3G or wifi). i prefer minimal usage about 10 hours or more. please help me to decide on buying new tablet. Thank you,:o
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] pagegr:
I'm in my 7th charge now and battery is more than I expected on wifi only version.

Reviews were not encouraging as concerns the battery life but in reality (at least in my case) the tab s2 delivers about an hour for each 10%.

I hit 10 hours with one charge but as you well know certain usage may have certain impact on battery.

3G & FB is very different than surfing with wifi & reading ebooks. I use tab s2 mainly for the latter.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] kms108:
You are correct, depending what the tablet is used for, I use my tablet for browsing the net, and play tsum tsum, tsum tsum with wifi drain a lot of power, more that 3G data with tsum tsum.

Overall, the unit does drain a lot a battery for what I use it for, but I'm happy with my purchase.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] rajasetan18:
finally on samsung

well i decide to take samsung galaxy tab s2 8.0 lte version as it is much cheaper and i get a 128 GB sd card as bonus. i will get back to make a full review on this tablet.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] frogomas7:
Thoughts

My battery life is really good! I was on the train the other day for 2.5 hours, constantly playing music whilst playing 3D games and it only dropped 20-30%. Screen was 2/3 brightness, with LTE turned on occasionally for checking Facebook, emails. I've got the Telstra (Australia) 9.7" version. Only thing I noticed is that sometimes the text on screen looks a little blurry, but not sure why and not very often. Works well with the official boo cover from Samsung too ?
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] lu99ke:
Wondering if it has something to do with expected usage... Perhaps they think LTE tab users may use tab more like a phone ( with volte and other voip options ) and thus vibrate notifications may be more important....

I must say I have tab s2 WiFi and don't miss it.. None of my tablets have ever had haptic feedback... Nexus 7 (1 and 2 ) and various ipads.... Just a personal thing of course... Realize many people do miss it.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] :
How do I disable all incoming calls on my rooted T815N? I don't want to use it as a phone.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] kms108:
Use a phone call blocking app, don't put a sim card in the tablet, or put the tablet in flight mode.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] mac231us:
Or just forward calls to a phone of your choice
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] lu99ke:
Don't give out the number :)
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] mac231us:
LOL...so many ways..learn something new every day
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] tarikkert71:
Tab S2 vs Nexus 9

Hi guys,

I can't decide whether I want the Tab S2 or the Nexus 9, :confused:

Tab S2 has a bad battery I heard but a lovely screen, please help me out!

Thanks in advance!

Edit: I'm gonna buy the Samsung galaxy tab S 10.5 I don't like the 4:3 ratio :S
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] lu99ke:
I don't own a nexus 9 so cannot comment direectly.... But the TAB S2 battery is fine. No probs getting through a day of usage ... Excellent on standby - if you put into airplane mode, you literally lose 0% overnight.

Micro SD card a big plus over Nexus 9 for me too.

Given I own a nexus 7... And have always preferred stock android ..... It's a big thing for me to be saying the TAB S2 is a fantastic device....
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] volwrath:
Tab S2 9.7'ss battery life is about 2 hours+ SOT from Nexus 9 and the screen is so much better. The tablet is so much quicker.. I am so happy to have dumped the N9 for this. I do hope we get marshmellow in a timely fashion though.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Error404html:
Tab S2 8.0

I have now the small version.. it is just amazing. I like everything about it exept the android version, it is still 5.0.2
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] situman:
Multi Window is much more useful than I imagined and actually use it more than I thought I would.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] TheDKGunner:
Have both (8 inch galaxy) and the Nexus has been collecting dust since I got the Samsung. It's just SO much nicer, faster and more handy than the nexus. Screen is outright ridiculous. No comparison what so ever.

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[Galaxy Tab S2 General] toenail_flicker:
Agreed. It's a freakin' work of art. Didn't think I would like the S2 as much as I do. Nice tab!
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Nasty64:
I just sold my Nexus 9 and bought the S2. The S2 is definitely better. Better screen, more storage and similar performance. My battery life has been great too.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] paranoyd1:
I returned mine for the same reason. I had bought 2 (preorders) and played with 3 others at bestbuy afterwards and all of them have this problem. I do a lot of reading and the pink/purple tint in the screen was too distracting. I find some light bleed in IPS panels more tolerable then all the weird color issues I keep seeing in AMOLED screens. I really wanted to keep this tablet but for reading it was a disappointment. I don't think it's being picky, I would think a $600 (CDN) tablet could display a uniform white background.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Ionut Ciprian:
Great results
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] jazzespresso:
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A lot of things has to do with Samsung's TW 5.1.1 irritations of Android Lollipop, features, jelly effect is nothing to do with if tablet defected, it is a feature - call Samsung, they will tell you so.

Also some people complain about "the pink/purple tint in the screen", they probably forgot that this is has Adaptive Display AMOLED screen, and you can adjust that going thru Display --> Screen Mode.

of course, there's always a chance that tablet could be really defective unit.

Also if you have not updated 5.1.1, wait until you get offical 5.1.1, a lot of issues already addressed, at least mine did.

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I agreed. I was not quite sure about 4:3, but hey Apple has been doing it for years, no one complained...so maybe it is a good move to 4:3. However, more I play with tablet, the more I like 4:3, it somehow grown on me..

I went with Tab S2 8 inch, which I found better, easy to carry and hold it with one hand. I was actually never big fan of 10 inch tablets.

Like you mentioned, speakers good if not the best, so it is not that bad as some people said here.

BestBuy was running promotion a few weks back, old tablet return plus $50 gift card, so total saving was $100...I return my old samsung tablet laying down, and had another $50 bestbuy credit, so got this baby around $223, not bad at all.

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heh heh heh...me too....got 8 inch?
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Shadyfurball:
Got to agree about the jelly effect. It's horrible! Is there any way to turn it off?
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] jarayn:
No jelly effect on mine.

Great little thing. Battery lasts for ages screen is great it's light and we'll built.

Best tablet I've seen.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] kms108:
I'm not sure what this jelly effect is, so I cannot comment on what it is, but all seem ok on my unit.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] toenail_flicker:
No jelly effect here either, but then I have the 8.0 with "adaptive" unchecked. Really enjoying the 4:3. Just to make sure it's what I wanted I brought in a used 8.4 for comparison. Used it about 15 minutes and boxed it back up. The previous user had already installed TWRP. :D
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] cktlcmd:
Love mine too... this is the first tablet of mine i don't want to modify anything. It's fast and smooth as it is. :)
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] toenail_flicker:
I will root to remove the bloat and ads but everything else is perfect for me.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] jarayn:
That's exactly what I did. Although for ads I find I much prefer adguard now, perfect adblocking that doesn't leave the gap like adaway. No root needed.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Ionut Ciprian:
Any playstore link for this adguard, cause i cannot find it.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] jarayn:
You can't download adblock apps from play. They stopped that a few years ago.

Go to the website.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] paranoyd1:
I don't think there is, every single one I have used has the wavy wobble scrolling effect. Except in two conditions. It only occurs in portrait (don't see it in landscape) and only with the 9.7 inch. I tried several 8.0 inch S2's and I don't see it. Although it appears only some people notice it. Before I returned mine a few colleagues at work that have used my 9.7 see it, but my girlfriend who kept her 9.7 S2 doesn't.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Ionut Ciprian:
Are you talking about adblock plus?
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] jarayn:
No.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Ionut Ciprian:
Can you send me a link with this app please?
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] clubtech:
http://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/overview.html

It's not on the play store, i guess Google won't allow ad blockers in the store.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] py_martinez:
I just received my 9.7 device and my first impressions are : much lighter, thinner and reactive ui than my nexus 9!

I am surprised that there are no lags and it's faster than my nexus 9 (without touchwiz! [emoji6] ).

One question please : I have many infos news app (news republic, appy geek...) and games, how stop the ads in app?

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[Galaxy Tab S2 General] jarayn:
With that app.

It does everything.

I think maybe apps support requires the paid version. But honestly I think it's well worth it.

For unrooted it's by far the best. For rooted, adaway is great too.

The only advantage of adguard over away for root users is that it doesn't leave gaps where the ads were.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] py_martinez:
You are talking of adguard if I have well understood? And of adguard premium if the free version doesn't block the ads in the apps and games I mentioned up.

I use adaway on my rooted HTC m8 phone for years but it is now unable to block the ads in appy geek and news republic apps [emoji35].

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[Galaxy Tab S2 General] jarayn:
Yeah adguard. I have no idea about those apps though sorry . Never heard of them.

Maybe they found a different way to insert ads

Actually I just tried appy geek. I don't see any ads. Where do they show up? Maybe I haven't used it for long enough.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Ionut Ciprian:
Well, thank you!

The app is amazing.

The best i used so far[emoji106]
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] toenail_flicker:
I use adblock and prefer root. It's not only about the ads. All my devices are rooted. ☺

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That's bad news my 9.7 is arriving tomorrow for testing. Looks like it will be returned. Too bad. If mine isn't jelly / wavy looking I'll report back as to what my settings are, just in case it helps.

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Look up "adblock big tin can".
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] py_martinez:
You are trying "appy geek", cool! [emoji6] usually it takes 24 hours to display ads...

3 years that I use this app but first year I am unable to stop ads[emoji35] !

"News republic" is from the same editor, and same ads!

One question : the content is in your language ? I don't know if it's only a French app because few people only know it on xda...[emoji45]

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[Galaxy Tab S2 General] nrage23:
It is very easy to stop the ads in both of those apps. You pay for a subscription which removes the ads.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] py_martinez:
3 dollars/month x 2 applications? ! [emoji3]

Yeah you're right!

So funny!

Lol.

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[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Ionut Ciprian:
Or you can try to Google for "adguard premium 2.0.62 apk". That's what i did and i have the premium version. ?
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] py_martinez:
I did! [emoji6]

But "appy geek" app became so "powerful" to display ads this year : adaway can't stop its apps anymore, same thing with adguard premium...

I am not desperated, a solution should exist [emoji6] [emoji35]

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[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Ionut Ciprian:
I really do not know what appy geek is. Never heard of it.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] ajac:
Have had my s2 9.7 for 24 hours now.. its fast thin light. Wanted an s 8.4 but AT&T sent me this instead. So far so good now just need to find a case.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] jarayn:
Put a screenshot of the ads please?

I still have not received any ads on mine.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] py_martinez:
Please remember me a simple way to upload my screenshot and post it on xda(I use tapatalk app[emoji6] ).

About the ads I think they will begin at midnight maximum, they come other in the home menu or at the bottom of an article that you're reading, as a banner.

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[Galaxy Tab S2 General] jarayn:
I turned adguard off to check, it does block the ads, it just leaves the grey box auth "advertisement" written.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] dataonly76:
guys, i bought a tab s 10.5 version for 336$ and now s2 is on special for $30 more which is cheap for a newer generation of tab s but is it better to get the s2 or stick to the s? I can always return the tab S as it has change of mind return policy.

main usage will be net surfing/browsing, emails, watching movies and for the kids to occasional play games on it. i have 64 micro sd card installed so 16gb vs 32gb internal memory made no diff just wondering which one is better to own in terms of resale value and modding as what i want to do down the track though if when the tablet is out of its 12mths warranty i will looking into rooting it or sell it off for another upgrade.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] android4life92:
S2
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Nasty64:
S2!!
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] T_I:
I'm very happy with the S2 9.7, nice tablet, and most of all, rootable and TWRP can be installed, which wasn't the case with my ASUS Memopad 7. (ME167CX)

Would I upgrade from S to S2, don't think I would, but when you have neither and have to choose, take the S2. (I did, even at the 20% premium here)

However, I'm in the tweaking business (until I get CM 12.1 compiled for the device, looking into how to start developing myself) and I always replace the launcher (personal preference is Nova, as it allows you to change the icon grid size. (limited to the pro version) so I now have an 11x9 icon grid. (or 9x11 in landscape) Is't also a fast tablet, but with loads of bloatware (at least I see it as bloatware, I've frozen 87 apps and found a few I forgot)
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Makxx:
Coming from a Nexus 7 (2012), I've been happy with my S2. I mostly use it to read my books, and with 4:3 ratio, reading is now better. I wish I could've gotten the 9.7 version, but then again, it won't be as portable with the 8.0.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] mac231us:
Folks maybe redundant or already answered or entirely incorrect but it appears to me that the haptic feedback absence is more because 5.1.1? I have t235 tab4 also 4g version.. As soon as I went from Kit Kat to 5.1.1 I lost haptic touch... Appears Kit Kat and 5.0.2 preserves haptic feedback???
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] android4life92:
There's no vibration mechanism on the s2
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] gmaugham:
There is haptic on the LTE versions only.

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