Help S5 quite slow

[steveohim]

I've just come over from an iPhone 5s to a galaxy s5 and the Samsung doesn't seem as responsive, I find myself pressing twice or just waiting for stuff to open, the gallery app for example takes about 10 seconds to open, and apps constantly stopped running etc, trouble is I don't remember my old s3 being that bad, I loved that phone. Is there something I should be doing with my s5?

 

[AZgl1500]

You need to give us the Carrier you are with, and the software version.
There is a lot of differences in the mix. Not all S5s perform equally well, especially if you were unfortunate enough to have gotten Lollipop from Verizon.

I'm still on 4.4.4 and my S5 performs fairly snappily. Not "instant", not even my desktop geewhiz computer is "instant"... it takes a bit of time to load stuff.

Once loaded though, you should be able to use Recent Tasks to return to where you were in an app "instantly".

Gallery is slower than other stuff, yup.
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[steveohim]

my carrier is 02 in the uk but I'm pretty sure the phone is unlocked

 

[ironass]

I've just come over from an iPhone 5s to a galaxy s5 and the Samsung doesn't seem as responsive, I find myself pressing twice or just waiting for stuff to open, the gallery app for example takes about 10 seconds to open, and apps constantly stopped running etc, trouble is I don't remember my old s3 being that bad, I loved that phone. Is there something I should be doing with my s5?

Clear your cache partition and speed up your animations as per #1.3 and #1.8 of S5 Lollipop Update Problems - Dummies Guide