Galaxy S7 Thoughts and Bottlenecking

[Tink-GB]

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Had the said phone for a few weeks. Really pleased considering its not an htc (been with htc for 6 years) having never liked the Sammy trait of copying the iPhone in so many ways....but hell i do like this phones case...all gorilla glass back and front....hang on..just like the iPhone..!.Shame about the tinny mono speaker....really miss the m8 for that.

Can't seem to get the Smart Stay functionality to work at all...bloody thing is switching off even when held with the light behind it and on my face...the s5 works flawlessly on my mother in laws phone.

Anyway to the main point...after realising that there is no stock video or music player i downloaded the so called Samsung Music app.
Boy was i in for a shock.

Firstly the ratings said it was brilliant best in class etc...all i can say it what a load of clap trap...the worst music app ever..no filterin, repeat track, random or way to update the album art..
(there is no way of authorising the app to use the interent stupidly...like it needs to).

Anyhow uninstalled and popped on playerpro...works the way a plyer should with all the options includong gapless. Way way better.

Until...funny thing after a few tracks my sound disappeared...all of it.. including system sounds vibration keyboard clicks and all....and then the phone bottlenecked...

I had to hard reset and luckily all was back to normal.

Anyway the next day today in fact i was dowloading a few google music streams and whilst using this to preview tracks, the thing did it again. Soundless and completely slowed..to the point that typing caught up 20 seconds later and each screen switch took nearly 10 seconds. Reset number 2.

So I installed a cpu veiwer to try to watch whether it was memory or cpu...on cue i managed to create it again this time after 9 mins of playing and switching tracks (worryingly i seem to be able to recreate it) and the memory was fine with 1.5gb free. However 6 of the cpus were stuck at 1546ghz, two were idle...so seems to be cpu related.

I have phoned it in but its not looking good as they suggested to return the phone for a repair..!
Is there something we are not aware of Samsung!?!?

Anyone else experienced anything..?
Tink-GB

[BandOfBrothers]

Hello @Tink-GB

As I'm also personally interested in the Samsung Galaxy s7 Edge being my next phone if the next iPhone brings nothing new to the table that ticks my wants and needs boxes (I'm currently using the iPhone 6 Plus) I've been watching a few forums very closely. 

Now to add balance its typical that we do not see posts from very happy people who have not experienced issues, but I have seen quite a few posts about various experienced issues which looks to be mainly software related. It's almost like the phones hardware is  not working seamlessly with Marshmallow like it should. Lots of discussion between the two chips (Qualcomm Snapdragon and Exynos variants) that used which depends on where you are in the world. 

I have read that Samsung have released software updates to improve issues such as touchscreen sensitivity for the Edge version etc. 

Just to note : A person has 30 days from owning it to have it swapped out for a new phone , not a repair if it's faulty. 

[gideon]

Yes, a firmware update for the edge with some sensitivity fixes is out in the UK today for non branded phones. Insert usual caveats about length of time for Vodafone to pass the update on and their utter unwillingness to say anything about the process here,as that's a rant that's been happening for years without notable success.

[BandOfBrothers]

This is one of the reasons iPhones have always appealed to me. iOS is pushed out by Apple untouched by the Network.

I always buy any phone sim free for this reason and also that no network bloat ware is applied either. 

I can understand why the networks refrain from giving a timeframe as if they did give one and then delayed it for any reason the backlash could be far reaching. 

Maybe you've seen the Vodafone Firmware Statement.

[Tink-GB]

I knew i should have bought a Nexus. My bad.

[BandOfBrothers]

Both phones have their pro's and con's I'm sure. 

However I'd personally lean towards the s7. 

I'm keeping an eye on a few s7 /s7 edge forums and the posts do seem to point towards hiccups related to software. The hardware appears sound. 

Hopefully Samsung will react and push out applicable updates. 

For me Samsung has until around September 16 {Apples Keynote} to show improvement. :smileywink:

[Tink-GB]

Moving from an iphone 3 to htc I never really looked back...mainly because it was storage wars back then and carrying your data was the thing, so when sd cards came to the fore in phones greater than iPhone capacities, I was hooked to android and discovered all the freedom of choice they entailed.

I now love having the choice and having the freedom. Not saying i would use it at all but if i could i can. That's true freedom to me even in life.

I never liked Samsung phones particularly, due to the copycat-gate that even today is so obvious in all of their (especially the S7) designs and software but all said I finally succumbed due to contract timing and good 'ol storage for my files.

"But there is cloud storage now" i hear you say...yes i like others do have the free capacities which is more than enough...but like a vicious circle, that access depends on your tariff and signal and therefore where you live and work in the country...None of which allows me access... 3g is ridiculous around here even on 3.

As it happens i do like my S7. It's a very smart and well built phone even though it copies the GGlass front and back of the iphone 6's...I am impressed with the hardware. The camera and its app has really impressed particularly.

Do I like the way Samsung won't give you the option to stop updating or removing their own pre installed apps? Not at all...Hell even the bootloader is locked (for now)...
...but the keyboard being an iphone copy is way better than HTC's monstrosity for my fat finger splodgers.

Finaly one major attraction of Android is the ability to install custom ROMs...so have I ever unlocked a phone and rooted it?...actually yes...but it was my old iphone3 ironically.

For now though until the next nexus in two years time...
I'm happy...sort of.

[BandOfBrothers · Accepted solution]

My opinion is that the iPhone is without a SD Card helps keep it sandboxed away from potential threats.

I've always bought the 16gb versions as that's enough for my usage pattern. I use Dropbox for storing data and an iPod Touch for listening to my tunes while commuting. 

I'm fortunate to be in an area with good signal with 4G and speeds touching 40-50mpbs and upload speeds of 10+mpbs. 

Like you I have jailbroken my iPhone's and like how that can show the true potential of the phone.

Being able to apply themes and various tweaks has been a good experience for me.

The only issue is if a person uses ssh and do not change the default password.

It's quite funny how Apple implement a new iOS feature which has clearly been borrowed from a known tweak. 

The Samsung Galaxy s7 edge has certainly caught my eye and will be making my final decision September to buy that sim free or not. 

[gideon]

If it helps, my S7 Edge is lovely.

My only gripe is the spat between Samsung and FB that meant that synching contacts between the two is an enormous faff.

[BandOfBrothers]

Definitely helps. 

All opinions welcome. 👍🏻👍🏻

I choose not to sync contacts between my contacts app and Facebook as it introduces way too much unnecessary information for me into my app.