biker74

Has anyone found the following:

My Note was great for the first few weeks, but then it's like it knows that after 2 weeks you can't return it.

The lag is starting to do my head in. Even sending a small text message, God forbid I send a large one, it just seems to take ages. I recall on the iphone or the Sensation, it would just send straight away, as soon as you pressed send, but the Note seems to have to think about it.

Waking the thing up, it's like it wants a lie in.

Opening up some applications is a joke. Twitter, what a nightmare, I have seen myself tap the twitter app 8 times before it will open. It's not dead area as I have tried other things.

I still think the phone is a great device and recommend it all the time. It just needs some sort of boost. Really hoping that there is some sort of fix in ICS.

Incidentally, tried rebooting, battery pull etc etc. Makes no difference.

enduser2941

Thats very odd, perhaps it's an app or a new launcher you installed causing it? I have the Note and have had it for over a month now and it's just as speedy today as the day I purchased it and I have a ton of apps I installed and the GO Launcher EX added. Though I will say that the GO Launcher EX has slowed it down a little bit, but not enough to cause me worry yet. Also that return policy of two weeks must be that of where you purchased it. I got mine at the AT&T store and AT&T gives you 30 days to return any device for any reason, even if you just don't like it, or if you just want to exchange it for a different one. No questions asked. I did this with my old Blackberry that's how I got into the Droids and will never turn back. I had gotten the new BB Torch their first touchscreen device, but the OS was so buggy and the hardware was so under powered, it ran horrendously slow. I returned it 29 days after purchasing it and got the HTC Inspire, my first Droid OS device, and now I have the Samsung Galaxy Note. Droid all the way. So check with where you bought it, maybe you could yell at them and let you trade it in for a new one? If not, go through and see what you installed, I would bet it's something you installed thats killing your resources as I have not heard of this occurring.

biker74

Funnily enough, did the same thing with the Blackberry 9900, that was just plain awful.

No, nothing new on the device. I know a few folk have mentioned the same issue, could be an issue with the international version.

I'll wait and see if ICS improves it. After that I'll root it and then after that dump it and go back to HTC or Apple.

yegon

I've had the international version for months and haven't experienced what you say. I use go launcher too, which is fine and doesn't mar the speed.

biker74

Clearly I have duff phone.

Zenstrive

international version here, and have installed tons of apps and put thousands of ebooks in it. No slowing down except after here and there (probably once or twice a week, especially after heavy gaming or long video recording).

salla43

somethings up. I had those problems you mentioned really prominently on the N900 i had before the note. But not had it with the note. Occasionally it blocks up with certain applications, but usually an app takes about a second or 2 to load.

If it worked fine for 2 weeks, then it's probably something you installed or corrupted it along the way.

I would suggest you enter recovery mode (power, upvolume and home button pressed simultaneously until the SAMSUNG reboot appears), clear the caches and do a factory reset. Backup any important data first (ie contacts)

Like with any computer, a good clean out and reformat does wonders. And be careful not to install ANYTHING unless you really think you need it. Installing apps, like with a pc, can lead to memory conflicts and the like (i am assuming here, anyhow!)

biker74

Been onto Samsung. Apparently my issues are quite widespread. The ICS update will fix the current glitches.

They didn't admit the issue but read between the lines.