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[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] tigerxchaos:
I too am still seeing lots of lag. Got my phone on Friday. Mine seems to often not detect that I've tapped on something, and takes another tap or two to finally register. Other times, it'll be sluggish with scrolling, pulling down the notification shade, and general on screen animations.

The phone goes through almost no battery when asleep, so it doesn't seem like it would be something keeping the CPU active.

I've rebooted my phone several times already, cleared cache partition, changed animations to 0.5x scale, and tried disabling a bunch of Samsung apps (this issue started a minute after I walked out of the store though, so it's not related to any of this troubleshooting)

The only possible causes I can think of are: 1) Some sort of conflict with some data that got transferred over via Samsung Smart Switch, or 2) Some over-aggressive governor throttling the CPU.

Puzzling and frustrating. Anyone who has any ideas, it'd be super appreciated if you could share. At the very least, let's start blowing up Samsung and Tmobile about this.

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] JayDean03:
Same here with the lag.

The Note 5 was never like this out the box.

With a beast like this, you shouldn't have to tweak and take away stuff for this phone to perform normally.

Hopefully theres an update for this.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
Yes that's the same exact issue I'm having on my phone and I've had the phone since release day
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
Exactly
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
It's event time where I feel like I have to touch down harder on the screen to get a register. I have an invisible shield on my phone but I don't think that has anything to do with it. I've always used invisible shield and that never took away from the screens responsiveness
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] barfingmonkey:
Yeah, I see a slight shudder/stutter every now and then. Strange.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Unheard:
Glad I'm not the only one. Sometimes the phone just seems slow to respond to inputs.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Sameer3.b:
I factory resetted it thrice, cleared out cache, and disabled a bunch of stuff and it seems to be slightly better now. At least the stutter is not as visible as it was before.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
Yeah my phone is starting to get better as well. I just don't know for how long. I think it also has something to do with the curved display. Maybe a driver or something needs to be updated or calibrated.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] cbutters:
Try disabling "briefing" on the home screen and disable smart stay and palm screenshot. Animations to .50/ disable lookout and unused packages using package disabler. Disable edge feeds and any edge panels that you really don't need. Mine seems pretty snappy right now.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
All of that is done in my device.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] cbutters:
What particular screen is the one that is lagging when you are scrolling? webpages in general? or a certain app? or a menu screen?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
In general. Throughout normal use.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] cbutters:
I don't know what your normal use is. can you give a specific example so I can try it out on my phone?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] uhupong:
Same here lots of Lag. Tmobikebnote
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] fixmefixmyhead:
My T-Mobile note 7 is experiencing too much lag. The note 5 side by side is way snappier but games and apps do load slightly faster on my note 7. Scrolling is not smooth in any app and turning on the screen there is lag after scanning my fingerprint.

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Doing a terrible job of memory management.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Ec15:
Hi everyone. First post and I am experiencing the same lag. Very frustrating.

Hoping for a fix soon.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] laureanop:
I concur with everybody here. I was actually surprised by the amount of lag ( especially coming off the lock screen and hitting home) and hesitation in the UI. Hopefully they fix it with a software update.

I understand the software in the Note 7 is a little heavier than in the S7, but compared to the s7 edge the lag is very noticeable( the s7 wasn't a great performer to begin with)
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] stondec100:
I've had mine, AT&T for 3 days and it's seriously laggy. It also heats up and then everything slows down. I swapped it out for a brand new one and that one was actually worse.

This is unacceptable. I'm thoroughly disappointed.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] george_harris:
Same here, my note 5 has this thing beat unfortunately
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Reefermattness:
Same thing here guys. Running my Note5 right next to my Note7. Note 7 will benchmark higher, but I get lots of stutter and lag.

For example running Antutu side by side. The Note5 will actually load the tests faster, and it finishes the benchmark faster. The Note7 will test higher, and looks much smoother, but the loading/processing power seems slower. Another example running SpeedTest app. The needle on my Note5 is smooth, and fluid. The needle on my Note7 is super choppy, and jumps around. Sometimes it seems like it almost gets stuck when its trying to load something, or install an app. I have done a MR without restoring anything at all on the device, and the issue remains.

I have run benchmarks on the storage, the processor, and the gpu. No SD card as I wanted to make sure that wasn't the problem. None of them seem to show any kind of malfunction. At first I was thinking about doing a buyers remorse exchange to get a working one, but now I see I am not the only one having this issue.

Also to add I am seeing this problem on a AT&T Note7 - I am in the process of running these benchmarks side to side with a friends T-Mobile device to see if it's all devices.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] jason504:
I was getting some lag at first. But it seems to be getting smoother the more I use it. I am sure there will be a software update soon that will address these problems.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Reefermattness:
If it's faulty hardware then no amount of updates will fix the problem. I have a Tmobile Note7 and a ATT Note7 side by side right now running Antutu. The Tmob will score 140k+ every time, my ATT Note7 is very unstable, sometimes scoring up to 130k, sometimes only scoring 40k.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] jason504:
I have the T mobile one. The first couple of days it was choppy. But it seems to be getting better. I have been on it a lot since I got it. I don't know if to the software or hardware. But if it was me and it did not stop I would bring it back.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Ec15:
Also want to mention that I have the tmobile version. The screen lag is affecting anything that scrolls like the app drawer, youtube, webpages, etc. The most annoying part is as it stutters while scrolling, it will think I clicked on something I did not intend to. For example, scrolling though this thread, it will lag and and new webpage will open thinking I clicked on one of the links on the right of this webpage.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] raw2000j:
i factory reset my device once i got it.I heard its good to do that even though its a new setup.I dont have any problems at all better than s7 edge I had.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Ec15:
At first I thought it might have been some incompatible files from my galaxy S6 because I used the Smart Switch to transfer everything over to the Note 7.

I did a factory reset and started from scratch. Still the same response lag.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
My Note 4 blows my Note 7 away as far as being responsive to my touch for scrolling. :/ Both are set up using Nova Launcher with vertical scroll. On my Note 4, one swipe scrolls all of my apps from top to bottom; my Note 7 does not. Same with using Chrome or the Samsung browser. Frustrating to say the least, but if a factory reset will fix it, I'll do it. [MENTION=560338]raw2000j[/MENTION] what launcher are you using and are you also using vertical scroll?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] raw2000j:
Using Nova Launcher vertical
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
Thanks. Just compared with my wife's S7, her's is also very fast. I'm going to bite the bullet and do a factory reset...if that does nothing, then it is a hardware issue and I'll return it for a replacement or go back to my Note 4. :mad:
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] raw2000j:
Good Luck :)
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
Same issue. It gets better with time but when it just comes back randomly.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] kiddo94:
Same issue for me so far. I come from an iPhone 6s and feel really disappointed. The reason I switch to Note 7 is because of its battery, screen size & resolution, and water resistance. However, phone easily gets warm just by surfing web or texting on facebook messenger, battery is only decent & no deep sleep (?!), and screen LAG (lag everywhere....).

I probably will have it factory reset tonight to see if there will be any improvement.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] jazzmachine:
There was an XDA Portal article on this yesterday that goes into some depth and comparisons with other devices... Seems to concur with the sentiment in this thread: http://www.xda-developers.com/with-...delivers-embarrassing-real-world-performance/
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] jason504:
It must be selected devices because mine is fast and snappy. No lag at all
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] mike28:
No issues here it's actually faster than my s7 edge
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
Hang on there Kiddo. I've done the factory reset and am waiting on all of my apps to install from PlayStore. So far, I'm not impressed, but want to give it a fair shot. I'll shoot out an update when it is all done and I've done a reboot or two. Maybe I'll save you some time.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] jeffscout2016x4x1:
I have the SPRINT VARIANT n yes ofcourse it's laggy at times especially when scrolling up or down through settings or the application's tab but no worries its definitely just the software not the phone itself so don't worry too much I'm sure your phone is absolutely fine but its the ****ty Samsung touch wiz crap that's the issue
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Ec15:
My wife has the blue one and so far that one seems snappy. I have the black one and thats the one with the problem. I wonder if color has anything to do with it. Both were made in China.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
Mine is blue and made in China.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Reefermattness:
I did the MR with the same result after.

How can you be so sure? You say "of course it's laggy when scrolling" but my Note5 doesn't have these problems and it's a year older hardware, so that's kind of our point. It shouldn't be laggy. I was just testing a friends side by side with mine and it seemed to benchmark better. It has "****ty Touch Wiz Crap" and seems to run much better than mine. You have literally ONE post, and while that doesn't mean you're wrong, I would be surprised if you have any kind of real facts to back up this wild claim. smh....

The device I was testing mine side by side was also blue. It seemed to run much better than my black one, although I'm not sure that really is enough data to show the blue ones are better than the black.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] raw2000j:
mine too very fast
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
Guys and gals with fast Note 7's. Have you debloated/disabled anything? My wife's S7 is totally stock and laughs at my Note.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Reefermattness:
The funny thing is that the Note7 will still benchmark faster than my gf's S7, but you can tell the S7 is running better.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
This is interesting. So, I did a Factory Reset, then installed all of my apps again using Google Play. The lag does appear to be better. Now, here is the interesting part. I have a ton of contacts. I decided to use the Spen to scroll instead of my finger and BAM, it is fast as hell! I think it must be a sensitivity setting...I know that my Note 4 had one, has anyone found it in the Note 7? I looked and don't see one.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Reefermattness:
If some of you could test something for me. It might just be placebo, and some of you may already have tried this.

Are any of you in this thread who are having issues running with game mode turned on??

Settings > Advanced Features > Games

I turned both of them off, and it seems like my phone is running way better now. I would like to know if anyone else experiences the same thing.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] umair239:
Yeah! Keep telling yourself that. When a bunch of people are having this issue then there definitely is a problem here. Not to mention, terrible battery life
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
I'm on it.

*Update*

Seems about the same to me. Slugish using my finger, but very fast using my Spen.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] jason504:
Look don't get mad because you have a lemon. Mine is great ha ha ha sucker.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] umair239:
No one's getting mad here boy. Buyer's remorse much [emoji6]
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Reefermattness:
Super helpful guys. Can you move your flirting to PM?

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] jason504:
Ha ha I don't have buyers remorse. I could bring it back if I want to. But why mine is fine. You don't see me complaining. I don't get buyers remorse on anything I buy.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Ec15:
My game settings were already off but I did notice it is more sensitive with the pen.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] seanzscreams:
This totally fixed it
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] thatruth132:
Experienced lag for about 1hr after everything settled its been smooth sailing
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] drum747:
Yeah. Taking the screen scaling off of small does seem to have fixed it. Now if we can fix everything from being so large we would be good. Lol
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Nutzzer:
All, I also just changed my screen scaling from small to large and so far the initial experience is waaaay better. No lag so far.

It could really be the scaling. Will play with it a bit and see. Will update tomorrow.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
I concur. Not to whine, but this needs to be corrected!! Big thank you to [MENTION=2345728]androidkid27[/MENTION]
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
It's a new device with issues that shouldn't be there. Someone needs to fix something.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] kamranhaghighi:
I hate to tell you this.... But lag is normal on Samsung phones.... Yeah.....
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] randyspants:
Dannnnngit! Changing to larger helped my phone feel much snappier. Almost as good as my 6p on N..... This complicated my decision even more.

I don't like the largeness but this hopefully means Samsung will fix this with a update.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
I disagree. I've had almost every note and non of them was this bad from release.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] kamranhaghighi:
I had note n7000 it lagged

Had s4 it lagged too! (It's weird. My memory is bad but lagged less than my note 4! Maybe some of the lag is caused by the 1440p display

Note 4 lags too! (And the display has a weird purple smudge when i scroll or move anything.. like the s4 but still a lot less than s4)

Nexus 4 was supah smooth! Htc sensation(my first phone... I'll always remember that day!) Was smooth... I think smooth. Back than i wasn't a gamer and i was a kid. So it's not accurate but back than it never lagged!
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] raw2000j:
I havent debloated anything I just didabked maybe a few apps like google drive,lookout and tmobile movies

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Yea perhaps a faulty batch of note 7 cause mine is not from that batch
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Ec15:
Hope this gets fixed via update soon. Changing it back to large scale is not a fix. My wife's Note 7 runs smooth in small scale.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] playya:
correct... I have a 1+3 which runs waaaay smoother than my Note 7 and to be honest all my Samsung devices had lag. Its kinda embarrassing
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] kamranhaghighi:
Yeah. And they're already running out of stock so don't expect them to fix it!

But it was much less on my s4 than my note 4! Note 4 is unusable!
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] playya:
Yea well I use package disabler and so far my ram has not gotten too low so my basic lag is not bad it aint good but its not too noticeable.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] kamranhaghighi:
I just bought that app 4h ago xD can't get a refund. It didn't help. I don't have ram issues (I have note 4) but it's still unusably laggy
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] playya:
Performance issues read here

Nice lil read
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] sIpInWiT mYdRoId:
Im having a problem where my dam screen won't accept touches on not just a few apps but every app including the home screen & settings. I have the option enabled in development settings to show where i touch the phone & the touch shows but it's not accepting the touch for up to 20 seconds or more sometimes. It's kind of getting annoying. I didn't believe many & thought they were just complaining to complain about the phone slowing down but it seems pretty true. I've installed 3 apps & that's it & my phone has become very slow since the day i got it. Things take forever to load, the keyboard don't show the option to copy & paste half the time, when i touch a key on the bottom row it will register as a comma, period & a space bar when im clearly touching the key i want & not the other keys. The worst is my gallery, all these lesser phones that pop up everything all at once yet the supposed to be super powerful phone loads like 4 or 5 pictures at a time & i only have like 40 to 50 pics on my phone. I mean i love the phone but wtf.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Reefermattness:
I can literally do stuff on my note5 that doesn't lag, but will on the Note7. I don't think you really know what you're talking about. Even if "all samsung's lag" wouldn't the lag be less on a newer device? Such a smart and helpful comment. smh Also if you just said your HTC sensation was smooth..... BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] i killed tupac:
I have animations at .5, scale large, font extra small, nova launcher, and its smooth and not laggy at all.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] ian1:
I had the same issues with lag the first 3 days. Then all of a sudden it became smooth as butter. I think it must have been having trouble syncing something or having trouble with the data I restored from my old phone. Definitely recommend adding an ad blocker to your browser and using the stock one over chrome if you want to eliminate lag there.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Ec15:
Besides the laggy response of the touch screen where apps/links will open as I scroll, certain functions take a while to load. The gallery will load the photos every time I open it instead of just being there like my S6. The applications in the settings menu takes a while to load. Frustrating.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
FWIW I'm not having that issue with the gallery. It stays where I was when I switch back to it.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
Same exact setup
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] uhupong:
I have just exchanged for a new Note7, all symptoms are now gone. The first one that i got one day after release date had all issues that people mention here.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
I'll be heading to T-Mobile on Friday, I hope I have the same experience.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] uhupong:
I never could finish a sentence on that first note without serious typo coz of the lag.

Now I can feel good about the upgrade. I'm coming from Note5
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] i killed tupac:
ah ****, i just noticed my gallery lags bad when scrolling, like it doesn't load the pictures if i flick. Its only 300 pics on a Samsung SD card.

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So i took that sd card, put it in my S7 Edge, and the lag is identical. So I would say its the Samsung Gallery App, not the Note 7.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
Are you sure it's not the SD card?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] i killed tupac:
well, it could be. its a Samsung 64GB. Now I have to know!! I will transfer to internal memory and report back in a little bit.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
I have a Samsung 128GB in mine and no lag in the gallery, just everywhere else! [emoji20]
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] i killed tupac:
which card? I'm copying it now btw
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
My mistake, it's the SanDisk Utlra 128 GB card.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] i killed tupac:
okay that didn't help at all. It lagged just as bad in the gallery from the card as device.

I'm gonna try one last thing and that is to convert the video types and maybe separate them. brb.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] kamranhaghighi:
Hmmmm.... I did say I was a kid back then so...

being 'new' might make some differences but based on the XDA- Developers post (not the forums) they say it still has embarrassing Performance. They said the same about s7 as far as I remember

P.S and btw. I don't understand why you're so angry. Lets keep things friendly on XDA ? I'm here to discuss the performance not to fight for my Beloved company! (I don't have one :) )
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] i killed tupac:
Okay, so here is my final analysis:

I had animation scaled to .5 in developer options

when I put it back to the stock "1", the gallery apps all quit lagging

my guess is that the animation Samsung is using might also preload some of the thumbnails, and when you shorten it, it screws up.

At least now my gallery is smooth LOL
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] MacTheRipperr:
Just got mine today, I am using it bone stock, no modified settings. Mine is running better than my s7 flat. I'm very happy with the performance of this device. Sorry so many of y'all are having issues. Very small minority though.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] stayupthetree:
I don't know if same issue, but I'm having serious issues with typing. I could spell out "Excellent" and not see any response on the screen for a few seconds then all of a sudden a rush of input and the word appear. Now multiply that by typing a complete sentence. Extremely frustrating.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Ec15:
***Update***

So I was about to jump through hoops and try for an exchange, i figured it was easier to try and perform a factory reset again.

I did back to back resets this time. First reset, I did not sign into any accounts. As soon as it was done, I did it again. So far, the phone feels much better.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
Is anyone else phone getting better with time????
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] ds6777:
Despite the glowing reviews from the majority of people, I still see touchwiz lag....its not terrible but its definitely there.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
Much better or fixed? Wiping and changing my scaling made it feel better, but definitely did not fix it. Are you now using small content scaling?