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Replace Google for duckduckgo? UI responsiveness? Using anysoftkeyboard? It's an S5... And old... That's the problem.
by navjack27 8y ago
Replace Google for duckduckgo? UI responsiveness? Using anysoftkeyboard?
It's an S5... And old... That's the problem.
- larkeith 8y agoComponents do not degrade significantly in the lifespan of a phone. Websites are generally no more intensive than when the S5 came out, and there's no reason for apps to be either. "It's old" is a worthless excuse for poor software design - as evidenced by the fact that using FOSS restores full performance.
- ravenstine 8y agoUh, yeah... if I don't have to spend money on a new phone when I can just install better software, that's my preference.
- Izkata 8y agoMy guess is that they were getting updates from their carrier. Back when the original Galaxy S was new, one of AT&T's minor updates bricked some peoples' phones and caused many more to run slowly. I'd already rooted mine and afterwards disabled some of the offending apps that they installed, so in terms of performance it still runs today as well as it did in 2010. I just never did a carrier update again.