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DarkBahamut · 11 May 2015 at 10:36

Chris344 said:
I only have chrome open and using 77% memory. Also, closing all apps I'm using 67% memory. I don't think it's been fixed.

What are you using to check memory usage? Not everything reports 'used' memory is a very good way, leading to misreported figures.

IvanDobskey · 11 May 2015 at 10:51

Had a play with an s6 in a car phone warehouse over the weekend. Very underwhelmed indeed. It really didn't feel much better than my s4 surprisingly.

Jabbs · 11 May 2015 at 11:21

uscool said:
got a software update on my sim free s6 edge 64gb, was on 5.0.2 and still is, the update did mention performance/ stability update / better fingerprint recognition

Android Version
5.0.2

Version
G925FXXU1AOE3

its not fixed the ram issue, apps still reload, which does irritate me as i do use some apps that i wanna go back to at a certain point , still get redraw issue when looking at the edge clock and flicking it over then going back into home screen, also with flipboard on then scrolling back to homescreen the whole screen like flickers

Just checked mine and have a update 150 Meg same as yours. I ditched touchwiz straight away so can't comment on some things.

Mattus · 11 May 2015 at 12:20

uscool said:
still get redraw issue when looking at the edge clock and flicking it over then going back into home screen, also with flipboard on then scrolling back to homescreen the whole screen like flickers

That's just TouchWiz being rubbish. Ditching it for the Nova or Google Play launcher improves the phone fairly dramatically.

uscool · 11 May 2015 at 12:36

Mattus said:
That's just TouchWiz being rubbish. Ditching it for the Nova or Google Play launcher improves the phone fairly dramatically.

hi, yeah i know that, but why does that need to be the case, for such a high end high spec , expensive device should just work , there are cheaper devices out there which run smoother,

at the presentation was told lag stutter free which it aint, i love the device its got some amazing spec and features, but this always gets me

smokedog · 11 May 2015 at 12:49

Mattus said:
That's just TouchWiz being rubbish. Ditching it for the Nova or Google Play launcher improves the phone fairly dramatically.

Agreed, there is no reason to use the Touchwiz launcher when there is so much choice. The Touchwiz launcher has poor performance and no features, not even basic app sorting.

kona786 · 11 May 2015 at 12:50

Why you'd keep using the TW launcher is a mystery. It's garbage.

Mattus · 11 May 2015 at 12:58

Samsung should license Nova Launcher and deploy it as a replacement for TouchWiz (probably after hiding away some of the more advanced features). It's sufficiently customisable that they could adapt it to whichever brand identity they wanted.

Chris344 · 11 May 2015 at 12:58

I've tried Nova. Anyother recommendations?

kona786 · 11 May 2015 at 13:01

Chris344 said:
I've tried Nova. Anyother recommendations?

IMO Nova is all you need. The level of customization is epic. On the paid version anyway.

Chris344 · 11 May 2015 at 13:07

kona786 said:
IMO Nova is all you need. The level of customization is epic. On the paid version anyway.

I paid £2.50 for it. There's that much customisation it's difficult to make a fantastic layout.

uscool · 11 May 2015 at 13:09

just tried Nova, the bbc news widget just comes up as 1 column with touchwiz it had 2 columns of news ,

is there anyway to use the same weather time as the touchwiz one ? also guess flipboard doesnt work i mean the proper one

Thanks

kona786 · 11 May 2015 at 13:12

uscool said:
just tried Nova, the bbc news widget just comes up as 1 column with touchwiz it had 2 columns of news ,

is there anyway to use the same weather time as the touchwiz one ? also guess flipboard doesnt work i mean the proper one

Thanks

Widgets are adjustable in nova, expand the grid size. It's will take time to learn all the features. It's the most downloaded launcher for a reason.

Chris344 said:
I paid £2.50 for it. There's that much customisation it's difficult to make a fantastic layout.

It becomes second nature after you've used it as long as I have. Stick with it, just takes time.

Maybe watch a few youtube guides on Nova. One of my fav features is overlappable widgets and icons.

Jabbs · 11 May 2015 at 13:17

Tried Nova and Apex but like KK launcher out of them all. Gives you the stock Android look when you press on the screen to get widgets/wallpapers. If the others have it I missed it.

kona786 · 11 May 2015 at 13:18

Nova is about to get a massive UI overhaul. It's in beta at the moment.

uscool · 11 May 2015 at 13:18

kona786 said:
Widgets are adjustable in nova, expand the grid size. It's will take time to learn all the features. It's the most downloaded launcher for a reason.

It becomes second nature after you've used it as long as I have. Stick with it, just takes time.

Maybe watch a few youtube guides on Nova. One of my fav features is overlappable widgets and icons.

cant find the expend grid, other then keeping held the widget to expand size but it still doesnt give the 2 columns

Mattus · 11 May 2015 at 13:18

Well worth spending half an hour tweaking the settings to get a layout you like, IMO.

kona786 · 11 May 2015 at 13:21

uscool said:
cant find the expend grid, other then keeping held the widget to expand size but it still doesnt give the 2 columns

Expand the desktop grid size a few notches. See if that helps.

smokedog · 11 May 2015 at 13:28

uscool said:
is there anyway to use the same weather time as the touchwiz one ? also guess flipboard doesnt work i mean the proper one

Unfortunately Samsung widgets don't work on anything but Touchwiz. Not sure what you mean about Flipboard, I don't use it.

uscool said:
cant find the expend grid, other then keeping held the widget to expand size but it still doesnt give the 2 columns

Go into the Nova settings > Desktop > Desktop grid

Jabbs said:
Tried Nova and Apex but like KK launcher out of them all. Gives you the stock Android look when you press on the screen to get widgets/wallpapers. If the others have it I missed it.

I've been using Nova for years. The new Nova Beta material version is the best looking yet

IvanDobskey · 11 May 2015 at 13:38

I use google play launcher currently. So much better than the awful touchwiz.

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