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3rd Update removed the Lock effect

Haven't totally verified it, but it looks like Samsung took away the Lock effect, watercolor, which gives the nice water sound and lets you splash around the colors on the opening lock screen. Will find out more tomorrow, anyone else experiencing this same option missing ?

another guy in the other ota update thread mentioned the same thing.

I can confirm that it did in fact remove the effect on the lockscreen... What in the world... That was a nice feature. Mind you it lagged beastly for such a powerful device. (Specs sheet wise)
PS: I can definitely see a noticeable difference in speed. It might be just for the time been. But i'll keep you guys posted.

There is something about that water effect that causes more lag than it should. I noticed on my first generation Note 10.1 that disabling it improved speed on the homescreen and even typing. It shouldn't, but it did. When I noticed this I asked two other guys and they were having issues with lag. I told them to disable the water effect. Both also agreed that it improve the speed of the device as a whole.
Doesn't make any sense. I was, however, glad to see the ripple effect gone. It is beautiful though (less the lag)

Why do they take it away...regardless...
ckelly33 said:
There is something about that water effect that causes more lag than it should. I noticed on my first generation Note 10.1 that disabling it improved speed on the homescreen and even typing. It shouldn't, but it did. When I noticed this I asked two other guys and they were having issues with lag. I told them to disable the water effect. Both also agreed that it improve the speed of the device as a whole.
Doesn't make any sense. I was, however, glad to see the ripple effect gone. It is beautiful though (less the lag)
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If indeed it cause lagged, why not just give the option of the three effects on the lock screen and add, an off feature and let the user of the tablet decide if they want it off or not. They also, have bugs in the high end graphics games crapping out. They also have cause the S-voice to crash when you ask certain questions, they also have contacts created with action memo failing to keep first and last names apart. I will do a video on all this nonsense and post it on youtube. Hopefully, Samsung will see it and respond with some sort of fix for all this stuff, and maybe just maybe they will put back the ripple effect and let us chose if we want it or not. And by the way Samsung if your reading this, your tablet still is laggy at times even with this ripple effect turned off.

abacus0101 said:
Haven't totally verified it, but it looks like Samsung took away the Lock effect, watercolor, which gives the nice water sound and lets you splash around the colors on the opening lock screen. Will find out more tomorrow, anyone else experiencing this same option missing ?
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Yes, the feature seems to be gone along with the option in settings to enable it.
Mark

markn455 said:
Yes, the feature seems to be gone along with the option in settings to enable it.
Mark
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almost ready to return tablet ...cant take samsung and the way they do the updates. total disregard for the user, not fixing the real bugs instead taking away a feature that I found to be quite soothing and liked very much. just frustrating company. I will do a video tomorrow and lets see how samsung responds to my doozy of a video.

Who cares about the water color effect

mywingtophone said:
Who cares about the water color effect
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Seriously. Normally I wouldn't comment on something like this, but if that's what makes you bring the tablet back....smh
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The newest update definitely made the tablet smoother. I am impressed that they put out 3 updates in one month to make the tablet better.
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nrage23 said:
The newest update definitely made the tablet smoother. I am impressed that they put out 3 updates in one month to make the tablet better.
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Ok, well Im wondering what lag you guys are referring to. My point was that all samsung had to do was give an option to turn off, the effect, for those that wanted to, and they could have stated it makes the tablet slightly if any faster. Anyway, Believe it or not, I was able to add it back in for those who like to use it and guess what the lag issues are still fixed. The app is called galaxy locker here is the link and it works like a charm.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lockscreen.galaxy

I wonder if part of the reason for turning it off was for the multiuser cause they needed to make the lock screen more like AOSP?

I thought I was going insane when I turned my tablet on and the watercolor effect was gone. I am hoping they bring it back or at least replace it with something better-looking than the current Tab 3 lock screen.

Do you guys have a slight delay when you press the home button on the note until it lights up to the lockscreen? Mine is smooth are silk once I pass the lock screen but I still have that slightly delay
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redstar299 said:
Do you guys have a slight delay when you press the home button on the note until it lights up to the lockscreen? Mine is smooth are silk once I pass the lock screen but I still have that slightly delay
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My has about a 1 second delay. That is a little improved with the last update. I'm all for them taking out the eye candy like that lockscreen effect and focusing on the basic speed and quality of the apps.

GeorgeP said:
My has about a 1 second delay. That is a little improved with the last update. I'm all for them taking out the eye candy like that lockscreen effect and focusing on the basic speed and quality of the apps.
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Yep at this point it is the only delay I notice,
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Every samsung device I've ever used has this home button delay. Even though the hardware has gotten exponentially faster and the OS has become more and more optimized. At this point it's not a delay anymore, it's a feature.

Lol.. ok cool I was just checking. It's not a big deal. Once you're in I'd say it's definitely snappier since third update
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if you want it back that bad, and still want the fast speed (faster speed IMO), stick with th MJ6 firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47171388&posted=1#post47171388

SS2006 said:
if you want it back that bad, and still want the fast speed (faster speed IMO), stick with th MJ6 firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47171388&posted=1#post47171388
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I've got it back, guess you didn't read the link i posted, which is an app thats downloadable from the play store. Im not rooting this yet. I like the samsung bloat.

Overall speed

Would you say that the LG V30 is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the LG V30 exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?
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Compared to Note 8 at the IFA and it felt super zippy, as commented by many reviewers.

Run smooth enough for flagship.

I'd rate this a 5 if not for the required weekly reboots. I know, I know, I'm asking a lot, but I rarely if ever had to reboot my Pixel XL and it was my daily driver for over 8 months.

dan.wright said:
I'd rate this a 5 if not for the required weekly reboots. I know, I know, I'm asking a lot, but I rarely if ever had to reboot my Pixel XL and it was my daily driver for over 8 months.
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I've had to reboot multiple time during the day because my V30 freezes. It is becoming ridiculous.

castro90 said:
I've had to reboot multiple time during the day because my V30 freezes. It is becoming ridiculous.
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Guys have you tried using the smart cleaning app? Does it help or you still need to reboot the phone? Also can you provide more information please, why and when it reboots what do you have in the memory? Thanks a lot!

No lag here, no need for restarts so far.

Noticeable lag for some apps like running a Tasker screen or closing Firefox Focus as compared to my s7 with same apps installed.
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For me it seem the Tmobile branded got slow after the oreo update. Hopefully it gets better after the next update.

I certainly feel like LG has put a damper on this phone with their additions to theyre OS overlay. I switched to this phone from my Moto Z2 force since i needed the band 71 LTE while traveling, and I gotta say, this phone sucks... Nothing but constant hiccups and lags in browsing the web and switching apps.
I cant blame the hardware since my 1.5 years of using the Moto z2 - which has the same hardware - never gave me a reason to hate on it. It was buttery smooth since all the way till the end.
I am disappointed with LG

pyckvi said:
Nothing but constant hiccups and lags in browsing the web and switching apps.
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Not sure why since most of us on stock Pie have no issues.
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pyckvi said:
I certainly feel like LG has put a damper on this phone with their additions to theyre OS overlay. I switched to this phone from my Moto Z2 force since i needed the band 71 LTE while traveling, and I gotta say, this phone sucks... Nothing but constant hiccups and lags in browsing the web and switching apps.
I cant blame the hardware since my 1.5 years of using the Moto z2 - which has the same hardware - never gave me a reason to hate on it. It was buttery smooth since all the way till the end.
I am disappointed with LG
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I guess your phone runs on Pie? If you roll back to Oreo you will be pleased by how smooth and fast it is. Unfortunately stock pie is very slow on the V30.

Blueice87 said:
Unfortunately stock pie is very slow on the V30.
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Maybe for a FEW people. Not all.
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Scrolling smoothness

Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the Sony Xperia XZ1 under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth, even when you're reading a 10,000 word article on "how to kiss a girl".
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Butter

i have some lags when scrolling web.
i have a glass protector so is it the problem ?

Fast and smooth.

So my black one didn't exhibit an issue as far as I could tell. My silver one though on the other hand has an issue.

mrsatan said:
So my black one didn't exhibit an issue as far as I could tell. My silver one though on the other hand has an issue.
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what is that issue? I am own a silver one, too. And have some random lags

hungvip2001 said:
what is that issue? I am own a silver one, too. And have some random lags
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It's not lags, its like random ghost touches. So the phone thinks it was touched and it hops into whatever.
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mrsatan said:
It's not lags, its like random ghost touches. So the phone thinks it was touched and it hops into whatever.
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So I am testing the last Android version to see if that is what it is. I put the latest update on my silver one as soon as I got it but my black one had .145 on it and I did not see the issue. I will report back once I use .145 on the silver.

Ok seems like .145 is much better than .179 in this respect. The weird thing is that on .179 it has problems. It seems to be slow to react at first. It's like it sticks for a second and then it thinks that it was just a tap instead of a glide. Might be the kernel or might be the rom. Who knows? I guess it could be my device too.

Exact like my problem.
I guess it is software issue and will be fix soon

hungvip2001 said:
Exact like my problem.
I guess it is software issue and will be fix soon
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Yeah I'm just curious if anyone with other models have seen the issue on the new firmware or not. I never ran the new firmware on my black on before I returned it for the silver, so I can't say.

I have a silver XZ1, with the newest firmware, and have the same problem. It had this issue on the old firmware too. Sometimes when trying to scroll the phone registers a tap instead of a swipe. It is super annoying but it only happens once every 10 minutes on average.
It would be interesting to see if it also happens using a custom kernel / rom

I am using stock ROM with custom kernel, and it still happen.
Did you experience any random lag or UI's FPS drop?

marianor said:
I have a silver XZ1, with the newest firmware, and have the same problem. It had this issue on the old firmware too. Sometimes when trying to scroll the phone registers a tap instead of a swipe. It is super annoying but it only happens once every 10 minutes on average.
It would be interesting to see if it also happens using a custom kernel / rom
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Interesting it seems to be only for the silver. Can someone with another model chime in? Maybe Ill switch to the blue or black and see.
I didn't see the issue with my black one but I switched to the silver cause I thought black was boring. Maybe I need blue then.

I got my green Xperia in October 2017, and loved it. Now, the battery lasts about 3/4 as long even though I have absolutely babied it. Never charged it in a car. Always used Sony's Smart Charge. Still pitiful longevity. Also, during the 50% power saver mode, it's unusable. Keyboard has. to. be. typed. so. slowly. If I use the software home/back/switch buttons then it is guaranted to get stuck in the Google Now assistant and not let me use my phone. Exit power saving mode, works like new. It didn't initally cripple my phone this much. Must be from installing 20 apps and having used 25/32GB onboard space.

Scrolling smoothness

Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the Samsung Galaxy S10 under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth, even when you're reading a 10,000 word article on "how to kiss a girl".
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As far now, I didn't notice any lags during scrolling and Even when I do Multi-tasking. Phone keeps more apps in memory.

juliusjadey said:
As far now, I didn't notice any lags during scrolling and Even when I do Multi-tasking. Phone keeps more apps in memory.
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Yes the phone performs well and good.

Smoothest Android experience I've ever had yet and I used Huawei EMUI 8 before, which is also extremeley smooth.
Stock Android doesn't run as smooth as EMUI or ONE UI do.
Only iOS runs smoother, but I thinks it's also the touch implementaion into iOS, not only optimized software.
I had an S7 as a work phone until last year and this was so terrible to work with. It lagged everywhere. Samsung made a huge effort with One UI.

The only time I've noticed some stutter is the odd time when swiping down the notification shade on the lock screen. Even then, it's been very rare.

S10 scrolling is okay, iOS still has the great scrolling experience I've had. I hope Android or maybe Samsung can mimic that scrolling behavior.

I used an iPhone X before and with my new S10 the scrolling feels really strange. I also tested it on a S9 of a fried and there it is the same.
It definetily is really smooth, but if you flick scroll for example in Instagram and you want to stop scrolling with tap-holding the screen again, then there is a small delay. Also the scroll speed is very strange in my opinion. Does somebody have the same issue?
The scrolling on my iPhone X definetily feels more natural.

Does somebody also noticed a small stutter when scrolling through the YouTube feed? Same with reddit.

Yes! I did, but on a 10e and only sometimes. Its the same in Nova App Drawer and Whatsapp for instance.

Maybe I'm tripping and also I've read that now every app uses gpu to draw 2D but maybe you should tell me your experience with this option enabled in devs options.
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I'm so glad I found this thread. This problem is driving me nuts.
On Verizon S10.

Mine is doing fine. I think the reason is more ram compared to the samsung S8 I had. More ram maybe indicates we see few years of updates for the S10.

Mine is choppy and laggy. Also kinda freezes sometimes too. I synced data from my s8 when I got it so will try a fresh install not synced

suburbadroid said:
Mine is choppy and laggy. Also kinda freezes sometimes too. I synced data from my s8 when I got it so will try a fresh install not synced
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Mine became laggy after 4-5 months. Still I Iink that to exynos chipset. What's yours ?

Nikola Jovanovic said:
Mine became laggy after 4-5 months. Still I Iink that to exynos chipset. What's yours ?
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Yes mine is exynos too. I have suspected it to be due to this partly possible

Nikola Jovanovic said:
Mine became laggy after 4-5 months. Still I Iink that to exynos chipset. What's yours ?
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Lol I've had mine a week and it's lagging ?

Go to developers option and put all animation option to .5 from 1 & see it fly ... for all 3 setting...i feel the animations are a tad bit slow .75 should had been perfect !

djpry2 said:
Go to developers option and put all animation option to .5 from 1 & see it fly ... for all 3 setting...i feel the animations are a tad bit slow .75 should had been perfect !
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I agree 1 is too slow, and you can set .75 animation speed using adb

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Yes mine is exynos too. I have suspected it to be due to this partly possible
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Ironically exynos isnmuch more optimised as its samsung home grown chipset ; look at snapdragon counter part it laggs much more but its much better at battery !
Problem with exynos is bad battery life and overheating issue !

Scrolling smoothness

Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the ASUS ROG Phone II under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth, even when you're reading a 10,000 word article on "how to kiss a girl".
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Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the ASUS ROG Phone II under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth, even when you're reading a 10,000 word article on "how to kiss a girl".
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Yes it's quite choppy.. and when I turn on the 120hz mode and turn to landscape mode some screen flashes can be seen on the lower part of the screen.. same thing when you turn it back to potrait mode.. does anybody experience this?

han46rossi said:
Yes it's quite choppy.. and when I turn on the 120hz mode and turn to landscape mode some screen flashes can be seen on the lower part of the screen.. same thing when you turn it back to potrait mode.. does anybody experience this?
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Oh I thought it had a good screen ?

han46rossi said:
Yes it's quite choppy.. and when I turn on the 120hz mode and turn to landscape mode some screen flashes can be seen on the lower part of the screen.. same thing when you turn it back to potrait mode.. does anybody experience this?
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I experienced it as well... When switched to 90 its better...i think 120mhz is too fast for a phone and hence the flashes...not a big issue though..

tott2003 said:
I experienced it as well... When switched to 90 its better...i think 120mhz is too fast for a phone and hence the flashes...not a big issue though..
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You can check this if you are on 120 mhz and try to increase the volume in landscape mode, you will see the volume slider flashing and not showing completely. The first time you click you might see it clearly but the following number of times it will flash.
This explains the need for variable flash rate on some apps, otherwise the experience will be lousy. I believe 90 mhz is sufficient for most tasks.
Edit: All of this has been fixed after OTA update or simply my gesture navigation app was the cause of it. Anyway all good now.

When i choosen 120Hz mode, on Display settings, the screen scrolls so fast and so smooth that I could'nt believe my eyes. If I had to see that on a video, I would have thought that video is a fake!! Impressing!!!

anyone can try the "Night Light" feature, once u enable it and at the same time, randomly scroll ur app drawer/pull up and down ur notification bar, there will a slight stuttering happen when u enable night light, im on 120hz RR (refresh rate)

Mine is smooth as butter!!

han46rossi said:
Yes it's quite choppy.. and when I turn on the 120hz mode and turn to landscape mode some screen flashes can be seen on the lower part of the screen.. same thing when you turn it back to potrait mode.. does anybody experience this?
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Bro i have different problem in my display..i see some thik line(shade) in displayed and i can see it clearly in white background..when i scroll across the screen ..it can be seen clearly..i tried to see it in another amoled display.. Samsung m30 there's too some shades but in rog 2 it seen very clear..that is annoying me.btw it goes when i try to search in landscape mode..

I've listened in some youtube review.... just pushing calculator numbers it's not the same feeling/as fast as other top models (I guess iPhone-Samsung).
That's true???

urii13 said:
I've listened in some youtube review.... just pushing calculator numbers it's not the same feeling/as fast as other top models (I guess iPhone-Samsung).
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No, its much faster! ? The iCrap, Samsung, etc. feels slower and laggy in comparison to the ROG phone 2!

First day with this phone and most things are good enough but the navigation gestures are not quite fast as iOS or even P30 Pro which was my previous phone. I hope things get better with Android 10.

urii13 said:
I've listened in some youtube review.... just pushing calculator numbers it's not the same feeling/as fast as other top models (I guess iPhone-Samsung).
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i've used the 11pro and trust me if you compromise a little on color accuracy and brightness range, rog 2 has the smoothest diplay. i hope someone ports a o2 os rom and then itll be cherry on the cake.

Yeah, that's my prob. I want ZenUI software. Semi-stock original software...

It is clear while scrolling ASUS ROG Phone II... It is smooth and clean.. But in some occurrence it is choppy. Recently i visited a tamil font website where the scrolling was not so clear. I even donot know whether it is mobile's bug or website bug. Any experienced it?

I mostly use 90Hz...120Hz is overkill for daily use.

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I don't get any screen flashing on mine.
I tried 120Hz and switched to landscape and then back and got no screen flashing.
Mine is the Elite Rog Phone 2 with 512GB storage and 12GB RAM.

hm, it isn't the smoothest, but anyway I like it. If you something better, try IPhone)