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Help On the verge of calling it a day with the Note

Just wondering if there is some similarity is app use among those phones that are locking up? My GN has locked but it only does so when I am running the Rhapsody Android App (Rhapsody says that several/many users have complained about this). But there have been no lockups/freezes otherwise.
 
biker74 said:
Have you tried taking out your SDCard and using say, a 16gb?
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I haven't tried a smaller card but did run without one for two days. It made no difference to the speed of the phone and I still had the phone lock up once.

I'm probably tempting fate now but I finally did a factory reset two days ago and so far things have been running fine. There's still the same amount of lag but no lock ups. Every time I wake the phone from standby I'm expecting it to lock up but so far so good.
 
biker74 said:
Have you tried taking out your SDCard and using say, a 16gb?
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I have a 16Gb class 6 card in the Note. The only thing I have installed on it are mp3s and some xvid files. I have also had lockups (but none in the last few weeks). I would therefore doubt it has something to do with the specific SD card that is installed.

Regards,
Eric Ritchie.
 
GiggityGiggity said:
I haven't tried a smaller card but did run without one for two days. It made no difference to the speed of the phone and I still had the phone lock up once.

I'm probably tempting fate now but I finally did a factory reset two days ago and so far things have been running fine. There's still the same amount of lag but no lock ups. Every time I wake the phone from standby I'm expecting it to lock up but so far so good.
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Just a thought. I had heard that can be an issue on occasion. The lag though, that would do my head in. Have you passed the 14 day exchange option? If not, I would chance my arm on that and hope they exchange it. My device settings are the same as yours.
 
biker74 said:
Just a thought. I had heard that can be an issue on occasion. The lag though, that would do my head in. Have you passed the 14 day exchange option? If not, I would chance my arm on that and hope they exchange it. My device settings are the same as yours.
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I'm long past the 14 day period. As it stands I'm happy with it. Well, happier than I was three days ago. ;) Since the reset there have been no lock ups. And I have to be honest I've noticed that the reset has altered the speed of the phone. There is still definite lag but the more I'm using it the more I'm noticing that it has definitely lessened. Go Launcher is a little smoother but still stutters with the fancier screen transitions. Scrolling through contacts or long lists is also a little smoother. It's not Galaxy S2 standard yet but it has definitely improved. I'm just waiting for (and dreading) the next time I press the home or power button and it doesn't respond.
 
I normally use TW. Tried the Go Launcher and one of the widgets borked my phone. The screen would not come on for more than 1 second ... and in that one second, nothing would respond to touch. Did a hard reset and it settled down. So have decided to put up with TW. Otherwise I have no issues whatever with the Note.
 
krishrao said:
I normally use TW. Tried the Go Launcher and one of the widgets borked my phone. The screen would not come on for more than 1 second ... and in that one second, nothing would respond to touch. Did a hard reset and it settled down. So have decided to put up with TW. Otherwise I have no issues whatever with the Note.
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Yeah I stopped using Go Launcher initially because I thought it was the cause, then the phone locked up again when it wasn't even installed so I knew it wasn't. I like the ability to rename apps and change their icons with GL, plus the use of gestures is handy.
 
I was about to purchase the Note, (I currently have the iPhone 4s) but after reading this post and several others, I've decided to wait to see in Apple will come out with a larger form factor phone. I don't have any problems with the iPhone except the screen size.
 
James4455 said:
I was about to purchase the Note, (I currently have the iPhone 4s) but after reading this post and several others, I've decided to wait to see in Apple will come out with a larger form factor phone. I don't have any problems with the iPhone except the screen size.
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Well I switched from an iPhone 4 to the Galaxy S2 and then the Note. Biggest mistake I made was switching from the S2. I had zero problems with it, it was smoother than the note and it never locked up. I liked the size of the Note though as I watch a lot of videos and figured I'd be getting a bigger and better version of the S2 when I got it. Nope, it's been nothing but trouble and as it stands with these lock ups happening again it's right on the verge of being binned.

There are plenty of people out there who haven't had a single problem with their Note and I'm pleased for them but I think it's vital to make potential new owners aware that not everyone has had such an easy or enjoyable time with theirs.
 
I sympathize with the OP, I've been in the exact same position a thousand times where it seems like "it can't just be me that's having problems". But in all honesty, my Note has no lag, has never frozen and is quite simply the most amazing smartphone I've ever owned. And I've owned them all (progression: Palm>Blackberry(various models)>iphone 3GS>Blackberry Torch>Galaxy Nexus>Galaxy Note. And that's where I aim to stay after a good month of testing.

The Note has some flaws, but the positives outweigh the negatives by an order of magnitude and I'm absolutely not seeing any lag or freezing. I don't have any suggestions why you have issues and I don't. I've installed tons of stuff (no loaders though). I haven't rooted and I'm on Rogers in Canada if that info helps. I hope you sort this out.
 
i haven't really had the problems of lag or freezing as well, though i see that it doesn't perform as smoothly as, say, the 4S or my brother's S2. but otherwise, i'm pretty much happy with it. haven't rooted and all...
 
The Note with the stock Gingerbread is pure crap. I even done some quadrant tests and I get much lower results than the S2. Though since I upgraded to a custom ICS all problems vanished. I have no lag, no force closes and everything is just perfect. I'd never go back.
 
FFS. Had my Note for a little over 2 weeks now and it crashed for the first time last night. Absolutely no reason for it. It just died. It eventually sprang into life of its own accord, but for about 1 minute it would do nothing. No new apps, full battery, it just went. Worried. Hoping it was just a fluke.
 
Switching to the Note from an iPhone was really stressful for me (I am a creature of habit, and have hit the age where new tech is starting to become more difficult to pick right up), but I have to say honestly that after the learning curve, I have really had no problems. My Note works just fine - ocassionally the email program will crash, but it's always been when I am bouncing between email account so I just re-open without an issue. I have never had the phone lock up on me, and I am not noticing any sluggishness.

Just wanted to toss my two cents in. Hope everyone issues get worked out ok!
 
For what it's worth, I think people are comparing their phone problems with 2 different phones. I may be wrong but maybe the international Note and the AT&T Note have different problems? Like someone else noted, there is 2 forums. One for international Notes and one for LTE Notes. Something to think about???
 
ItalianHunk said:
For what it's worth, I think people are comparing their phone problems with 2 different phones. I may be wrong but maybe the international Note and the AT&T Note have different problems? Like someone else noted, there is 2 forums. One for international Notes and one for LTE Notes. Something to think about???
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Brilliant. :laugh:
 
Indeed I am! Apart from the one random lock-up last week it's been running ok. I will be absolutely honest though, I am still disappointed with the Note. I was hoping for a bigger version of the Galaxy S2 and the Note definitely isn't that. I honestly don't think the phone is powerful enough to push so many pixels around and that's part of the reason why it lags so often. But, having said all that it is still a very capable device. And there is no way I could go back to a phone with a screen under 4.5" now. I saw a friend's iPhone4 and it looked like a toy. And of course, once ICS arrives it will be like having a totally new device. So I'm sticking with it..... for now. ;)
 
I really hope ICS will increase the speed of the Note a little. I have the international version, did not have lock ups yet but it could be just that little faster in scrolling and start ups. Also the screen is very scratch sensitive, probably it is not really Gorilla glass as mentioned in the spec.
 
I've used an alpha build of ICS on my current device, and I'd daresay its as smooth as iOS. Still not quite as flashy but I think that will come with time as more app developers take advantage of the HW acceleration.
 
odessadream said:
I really hope ICS will increase the speed of the Note a little. I have the international version, did not have lock ups yet but it could be just that little faster in scrolling and start ups. Also the screen is very scratch sensitive, probably it is not really Gorilla glass as mentioned in the spec.
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I think you must have one of those notes with a screen made of butter!! :D I have no screen protector and I have the phone with me all day every day. Not a mark on it :D

Maybe you should stop keeping it in your pocket with your keys and that gravel ;) :vroam:
 
Good to see giggity giggity is sticking with the phone.

One SLIGHT annoyance, and I exaggerate the word slight because it is, but it bothers me because I'm like that with stuff I own. But when I get a notification, for example, a text message, the grey envelope to the left of it has a slight tint of blue to it. Same when I rotate the phone, the last digit of the clock has the same tint. I can just about handle it for now lol, but I'll be majorly pissed if the tint spreads.
 
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