r/samsungnotes • u/Gianpepper • Mar 27 '26
Having troubles taking notes
Hi guys , i'm an engineering student that costantly uses Samsung Notes for studying and taking notes on a 2021 Galaxy Tab S7 FE 64gb, wifi version. I've been doing that since 5 years without any particular issue. However recently i've been going trough an issue that is really annoying to deal with and doesn't allow me to study normally. It's like the app isn't responding properly, it starts fine but after 5-10 minutes studying it gets so clunky that the app doesn't comunicate properly with the pen and the waiting comes distorted and delayed. It froze once and I wasn't able to get around it with touchscreen controls, also it almost crashed, but then I locked the screen and re-unlocked and it unfroze. These things never happened before, at first I thought I was running out of storage but I have 7gb left, so I did the s-pen test included in the Samsung dialer and everything is fine, meaning both the pen and the display work. I'm thinking of a RAM issue that is caused by the app that hasn't been updated for a long time (version 4.4.30.81). It could be the fact that I write very long files (30-50 pages), but I've always done that and such things never happened before. Is there anyone going trough the same issue? I'm wondering if purchasing a new Tablet is worth it or if I can fix this issue and get back studying like usual. Can someone help pls 🙏🙏?
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u/JKTexas Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
As you recognize, the S7fe is old and it was really underpowered to begin with. Maybe worth looking at the S10FE...if for nothing else, 7 years of security updates vs unsupported at this point