ITEMS IN RED HAVE BEEN FIXED THROUGH ROOTING MY PHONE, THE REST ARE STILL A PROBLEM
I have had my Samsung GS5 since day 1 and I came from an Iphone 4 which I despise but I actually feel that the things I used it for, the Iphone 4 does better which is shameful for Samsung. Let me know if you have any fixes for the below problems.
1. The following apps do not send notifications unless I have opened them and closed them at least once: GroupME, Tinder, Microsoft Lync, Facebook Messenger
Explanation of #1: I have just turned my phone off and then back on. I unlock it and have not opened any apps. If someone messages me on any of the above apps, I will NOTTTT get a notification. I have to open each of those apps and then close them and let them run in the background then if someone messages me, only then will I receive a notification.
2. The music player cannot be accessed from the lock screen UNLESS I have pressed play on my music before I locked the phone so it has to be running in the background before i can press play or switch songs from the lock screen. With Iphone4 you can access your music from lock screen at any time.
3. When I shake my phone, something rattles. I have 2 other friends with this SAME problems who has S5.
4. Notifications notifications NOTIFICATIONS!!! They are TERRRIBBLLEEEEEE with android/S5 versus Iphone!! I had to download this Slidelock app, which is decent, but not good enough. When I get emails and then I make the notification go away, it continues to count the emails up so say I get 5 emails, then i close those notifications, the next email will be 6 emails rather than just 1 and I will get up to like 30 something emails when really it is just 1 new email not 30.. that is so ********. That is the Slidelock app doing that, but wish they would fix it, it's annoying. Notifications on Iphone are PERFECT with no apps needed!
5. Lock screen access. with my shitty iphone 4 I can access the calculator, flashlight, camera, and music from the lock screen without any problems. S5 requires me to open the music player and play something previous to me locking the phone to show on the lock screen so I consider that to be a terrible design flaw. I cannot access flashlight or calculator from lock screen, only the camera is available on S5 lock screen.
6. I hate having to press OK to unlock the lock screen after putting in my PIN. With the iphone you can just put in ur 4digit PIN and it unlocks.
7. Calling someone: I hate having to press phone, then press the last person i called, then press the call button, so i have to press 3 times to call someone rather than just twice like the iphone did.
8. App Delay: When I open anything on my phone there is a .5 second delay or so before it actually opens. (no delay on shitty iphone 4). I heard this was some android OS flaw for S5.
I have had my Samsung GS5 since day 1 and I came from an Iphone 4 which I despise but I actually feel that the things I used it for, the Iphone 4 does better which is shameful for Samsung. Let me know if you have any fixes for the below problems.
1. The following apps do not send notifications unless I have opened them and closed them at least once: GroupME, Tinder, Microsoft Lync, Facebook Messenger
Explanation of #1: I have just turned my phone off and then back on. I unlock it and have not opened any apps. If someone messages me on any of the above apps, I will NOTTTT get a notification. I have to open each of those apps and then close them and let them run in the background then if someone messages me, only then will I receive a notification.
2. The music player cannot be accessed from the lock screen UNLESS I have pressed play on my music before I locked the phone so it has to be running in the background before i can press play or switch songs from the lock screen. With Iphone4 you can access your music from lock screen at any time.
3. When I shake my phone, something rattles. I have 2 other friends with this SAME problems who has S5.
4. Notifications notifications NOTIFICATIONS!!! They are TERRRIBBLLEEEEEE with android/S5 versus Iphone!! I had to download this Slidelock app, which is decent, but not good enough. When I get emails and then I make the notification go away, it continues to count the emails up so say I get 5 emails, then i close those notifications, the next email will be 6 emails rather than just 1 and I will get up to like 30 something emails when really it is just 1 new email not 30.. that is so ********. That is the Slidelock app doing that, but wish they would fix it, it's annoying. Notifications on Iphone are PERFECT with no apps needed!
5. Lock screen access. with my shitty iphone 4 I can access the calculator, flashlight, camera, and music from the lock screen without any problems. S5 requires me to open the music player and play something previous to me locking the phone to show on the lock screen so I consider that to be a terrible design flaw. I cannot access flashlight or calculator from lock screen, only the camera is available on S5 lock screen.
6. I hate having to press OK to unlock the lock screen after putting in my PIN. With the iphone you can just put in ur 4digit PIN and it unlocks.
7. Calling someone: I hate having to press phone, then press the last person i called, then press the call button, so i have to press 3 times to call someone rather than just twice like the iphone did.
8. App Delay: When I open anything on my phone there is a .5 second delay or so before it actually opens. (no delay on shitty iphone 4). I heard this was some android OS flaw for S5.
