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Is there any cure to this S5 lag without rooting?


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Old 02-02-2015, 17:14
happy-camper
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I got this phone a month ago now and really wish I hadn't. I did noticed from day 1 it was slower than my Moto G but its at the point now I want rid of it, This lag is really doing my head end.

What I mean by lag is today I was showing my work colleague the camera as he is thinking of buying one. We took a photo and hit the gallery button to view, we sat I counted 7 seconds damn all happened, I hit the back button and the entire thing crashed, I got a black screen. We went back into the gallery took 5 seconds to open. Needless to say he was not impressed and neither am I. He has an S3 mini, he took a photo and opened the gallery it was instant.

Everything stutters. So far I have turned off animations, I have switched to Nova, I upgraded to Lollipop and factory reset, I downgraded to Kitkat and factory reset and to be honest damn all has helped, How can a phone with these specs run so poor? If you've been a long time Samsung user you may be used to this, I am coming from stock android where its buttery smooth.

Any advice?
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Old 04-02-2015, 08:27
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Just wondering if you have a memory card with the photos on that and also how full the card is along with the speed of the card?
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Old 04-02-2015, 09:16
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I'm using nova on mine with lollipop. Taking a picture and then going to gallery it took just over a second. Without taking a picture opening gallery was instant.
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Old 04-02-2015, 11:53
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I have come to a conclusion that some phones just don't work well with certain apps. Some apps use more data and battery than others, and can cause random crashes. After trial and error I just don't use some apps because of this.

Try removing some apps you don't necessarily need. I keep my phones as clean as possible with only essential apps installed.

I am not sure if there is any hard evidence or truth to what I have said but, for me, it is something that has helped my phones perform better (both Galaxy S4 and Nexus 5).
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Old 04-02-2015, 18:19
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Give Greenify a go if you haven't already. It'll hibernate the apps you want so the phone frees up RAM and it'll stop those apps waking up the device unnecessarily if they're guilty of that too.
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