[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Shock_N745:
Hello everybody,

This will be a long post but I will try to make it as short as possible.

I pay a great deal of attention to the scroll fluidity and smoothness. It is a vital factor for me in a android device.

Attracted by the hardware specs I fell in the trap with the S6 and the Note4. Even after rooting, custom rom and everything. It just wouldn't be fluid.

Now to be clear: I need to specify my definition of fluid.

Fluid and reactive scrolling for me is when you feel that you are almost moving a physical piece of paper behind a glass. It follows your finger seamlessly and has a physically coherent inertia.

This type of scolling is not a dream. Try for instance a brand new nexus, or better . . . . . the LG G5 ? With the governor set to (surprisingly) conservative. The scrolling is smooth like CRAZY. (Even way better than iPhone, no jokes)

Now I have the Note 7 for 14 days. If I like it I keep it, if I don't I'll send it back.

I really wanted to try the note 7 by myself.

I am incredibly surprised that there is almost ZERO stutter! Wow!

BUT because yeah there is a but: The scrolling is weird! Not natural at all. Sometimes it decelerates and re-accelerates. Doesn't always follow the touch. Bad inertia. It's just overall a good but very weird and uncomfortable experience.

I noticed that this is not always the case OO

I indeed noticed that this might be dure to some kind of process from samsung that seem to take over the scrolling.

Or it could also be simply drop frames. . . . but that would be weird since the scrolling is . . . . . smooth besides being not reactive.

So I ran GPU profiling. And indeed we're way off the charts!

Note 7:

For comparaison, LG G5:

However, as mentioned earlier, it doesn't happen all the time.

So I created a very basic app that only displays a list of images from the web to isolate the normal behavior of the Note 7: The Scrolling is so smooth, no weird behavior, no weird acceleration, nothing.

But sometimes this "process" would activate and throw the render time off the charts, and the scrolling would be weird again !!!!

I have a couple of video that showcase the difference.

Note 7: Smooth scrolling - Demo App

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As mentionned some times the "process" would activate and screw with the scrolling inertia. (And cause drop frames at the same time).

Note 7: Weird behavior - Demo App

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In all other apps, except my Demo App and rare exceptions, the scrolling is in weird mode.

Note 7: 9Gag for example:

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For comparaison, this is 9Gag on the G5

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I think rooting + custom kernel could fix the issue. Potentially with a different governor. But I cannot root my phone . . . . since I might send it back if I hear experiences that rooting doesn't help.

So my question is:

If you are a user with the same feeling about scrolling on the Note 7.

Could you please tell me if rooting + custom rom / kernel / governor helped solve it ?

Or is it still . . . . weird, and off the chart in GPU profiling ?

Rooted users, could you post pictures of GPU profiling when scrolling in FB, or any long list ?

That would help a LOT. And let me know if I want to keep the Note 7.

I currently have the G5, I love it. But I'm lurking towards the amazing screen, stylus, and gear VR of the Note 7.

Plus ironically . . . . the browsing experience on the note is just . . . incredible OO

Info: I am on the Exynos / European Version

Note:

Please do not answer this post to simply tell me that this is an insignificant detail, that Touchwiz brings a lot more feature over stock android etc. . . . Yes sure, whatever. It doesn't matter, this is not the point here. Please comment only if you want to help, or discuss in a constructive way. Thank you :)