Drop the samsung widgets

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Prior to purchasing my Captivate I was concerned about the lag I keep hearing about. After playing with the phone for a couple days I have been assured it is not a hardware problem. The only way I am able to get the phone to lag or slow is when there are Samsung Widgets loaded. If you remove all the widgets provided by Samsung the phone is as smooth as butter. I have several market apps/widgets running and I can not get it to stutter. I even have an older version of Fancy Widget on the home screen.

If some other people could double check this and see if they get the same result it would be appreciated. If this is the case then, the fact that the phone comes crammed with AT&T and Samsung software and cut down android widgets is just appalling.

I'm using LauncherPro with the stock Samsung widgets removed (obviously), Beautiful Home widget, and a live wallpaper. This device as fast as heck with those 3 things.

Originally Posted by uberamd

I'm using LauncherPro with the stock Samsung widgets removed (obviously), Beautiful Home widget, and a live wallpaper. This device as fast as heck with those 3 things.

Did you uninstall the samsung widgets or just removed them from the home screen?

I have uninstalled the AT&T apps but was unsure about ditching the Samsung apps as I was concerned that they may be required for some function of the phone...

Originally Posted by Shovelhead84

Did you uninstall the samsung widgets or just removed them from the home screen?

I have uninstalled the AT&T apps but was unsure about ditching the Samsung apps as I was concerned that they may be required for some function of the phone...

I didn't uninstall them, I don't think its necessary.

Originally Posted by uberamd

I didn't uninstall them, I don't think its necessary.

im running launcherpro + fancy widget. No samsung widgets (im not even sure how you run them without touchwiz) but mine runs smooth as butter. My only lag experience is when i open up the gallery because it is somehow connected to my picasa account and there is a slight lag when connecting.

same thing here... how can you disconnect picasa so it doesnt show your album uploaded?

Come to think of it, the very first thing I did was erase all the junk on the homescreen and install my own stuff. And I've never had any slowdown problems. Except when I did install the samsung widget that added the rolodex buddy thing. It would occasionally stutter when swiping over that homescreen page. I uninstalled it. Maybe that's the problem everyone is having.

I'm using Touchwiz without the default widgets and have experienced no lag.

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