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daouddajani

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Hi,
I got my first android Device a galaxt tab 10.1 3G and as i have been working for more than 2 years on Apple ipad and iphone. i find out that my device is so so so slow compaired to even IPAD 1. Scrolling betwwen pages is so slow. the response of the touch screen is very slow. for example when i try to draw on the setch book app my fingure is way ahead the drawings.

also the memery is always arround 523MB/724MB. even if am not doing any thing or running apps.

is it my device or what ? i was so excitied about getting the device now i wish i got an IPAD 2 instead of it.

please advice if i can speed up my device ?????
 
Welcome to the forum daouddajani.

I'm going to move your thread to the galaxy tab forum.

There will be other tab users there who will be able to answer your questions, and probably anything else you can throw at them.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 - Android Forums

Thanks for joining our community and I hope you find the answers you're looking for.
 
daouddajani said:
Hi,
I got my first android Device a galaxt tab 10.1 3G and as i have been working for more than 2 years on Apple ipad and iphone. i find out that my device is so so so slow compaired to even IPAD 1. Scrolling betwwen pages is so slow. the response of the touch screen is very slow. for example when i try to draw on the setch book app my fingure is way ahead the drawings.

also the memery is always arround 523MB/724MB. even if am not doing any thing or running apps.

is it my device or what ? i was so excitied about getting the device now i wish i got an IPAD 2 instead of it.

please advice if i can speed up my device ?????
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The laggieness of the Tab is an issue. There is an app in the market which inproves the responsiveness of the touch screen, but it requires you root (jailbreak) the Tab. Rooting can/will void your warranty, but it does open your Tab up to a better user experience. It isn't something everyone wants to do, so if screen is an issue and you don't want to root, you might not want to keep it.

RAM shows less than maximum because things are running in RAM. Even when you think nothing is running, something is... processes, etc. Also, apps you run may stay resident in RAM, though not running, keyboard, internet, etc... for quicker startup the next time. Android manages RAM very well. When more RAM is needed for whatever, Android will clear RAM.
 
I had noticed some of the slowness too and a lot of it was fixed by stopping my usage of live wallpapers. Other users on this forum have made this sugestion as well. Try using one of the static wallpapers that came with the tab and see if you notice an improvement.

Good luck.
 
Buddha64 said:
The laggieness of the Tab is an issue. There is an app in the market which inproves the responsiveness of the touch screen, but it requires you root (jailbreak) the Tab. Rooting can/will void your warranty, but it does open your Tab up to a better user experience. It isn't something everyone wants to do, so if screen is an issue and you don't want to root, you might not want to keep it.
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I notice a lot of people like to toss these two lines out there, but I would like to offer a different perspective.

1. In my experience (we have two Galaxy Tab 10.1's in this household), lag only occurs when you load up the homescreens with interactive widgets or use live wallpapaer. Even then, it goes away in many cases when you use a different launcher than the TouchWiz that comes stock. With Zeam launcher, there is no lag. I'm sure there are other choices out there that work just as well.

2. RE warranty: Citizens of the United States are protected under the Magnussen-Moss Warranty Act, which states in effect, that warranty denial can only occur if it can be proved that the consumer's actions caused (not "might have caused") the problem for which warranty coverage is attempting to be claimed. That's pretty strong language in the consumer's favor. I'm not saying I'd want to be the test case, but it's something to think about. We have five Android devices in this household, and every one of them got rooted on day-1. I have no concerns about warranty.

For the OP, I highly recommend the TouchScreen Tune app. It works great, and the latest update even offers something that iPad2 can't do... palm rejection.
 
Rooting voids the warranty. Read the Samsung warranty. You are purposfully altering the device other than the manufacturer intended. And you're just hiding behind ledalize with all that other crap.

As for lag, I was referring to the touch screen's responsiveness when writing/drawing.
 
LMAO! Samsung sells in many countries... not just the U.S. They can say anything they want in their owner manual, but they can't violate U.S. law. Laws exist to protect the innocent. Why do you think that's "hiding"?

BTW, don't take my comments personally. You are entitled to your opinion, but I just don't believe that that "automatic warranty voiding" is necessarily true.
 
Mr. Lucky said:
LMAO! Samsung sells in many countries... not just the U.S. They can say anything they want in their owner manual, but they can't violate U.S. law. Laws exist to protect the innocent. Why do you think that's "hiding"?

BTW, don't take my comments personally. You are entitled to your opinion, but I just don't believe that that "automatic warranty voiding" is necessarily true.
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Innocent? We're talking about rooting the device here. You've violated the terms of the warranty. You're NOT innocent. You've modified the device other than how the manufacturer intended. The manufacturer has the right to refuse to service your device under the terms of the warranty. You can still pay to get it serviced, of course.

It's hiding when you knowingly altered your device, then try to claim this "protection" when you try to get service. And that means unrooting it before hand.

A bud here had a rooted device - not Samsung granted - which he unrooted to get serviced. He got a bill, had to pay it to get his phone back. Reason? Evidence he altered the phone resident in some register in the phone.
 
LMAO x2! You must work for Samsung, because you sure are good at quoting their party line. This isn't the same as buying software from Microsoft. In that case, you are buying a license to use, not the actual (proprietory) software. Android is open-source software, which by definition, is not restricted for use (Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system). I don't care what a manufacturer's silly warranty terms say. If it violates the law, it's illegal and unenforceable! OF COURSE manufacturers aren't going to volunteer this info... it's not in their best interest to do so. Just to be clear, I'm not saying that the manufacturer is powerless, or that the consumer has free reign to do anything they want. The law states that the manufacturer must prove cause and effect. The fact that the device is rooted does not establish their case. For example, if a consumer roots their device and then uses their newfound root powers to delete vital system files, which then renders the device unusable... tough luck for them. The manufacturer has every right to deny warranty coverage. If however, a consumer roots their device and does nothing else, and then two days later the screen dies, there is no cause and effect, and therefore warranty is still in effect.

Let's just drop this. We've both made our points, and I can see I'm not going to change your mind (nor was it my intention to do so). For some reason, you seem to be taking this personally. I guess we will have to agree to disagree.
 
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