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Buy the galaxy s2?

Hi, I was looking at phones because my upgrade is due soon, and I was wodering weather I should get the Galaxy S2, but it seems that many people have trouble with overheating.
I just wanted to ask how many people have had overheating problems?
Please comment if you have or have not.
Thanks!

Who are many how many out of the ten million users .
I never had a problem but i dont play games .
jje

Nilesh1 said:
Hi, I was looking at phones because my upgrade is due soon, and I was wodering weather I should get the Galaxy S2, but it seems that many people have trouble with overheating.
I just wanted to ask how many people have had overheating problems?
Please comment if you have or have not.
Thanks!
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I have been using SII version, for quite a time now.Also, I am a heavy gamer. But, I haven't experienced, so much of overheating problem. In my opinion, phone gets heated just like iphone 4, after playing hd games, for some time.
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Crappiest phone i had... Constant downers - battery, malfunctions (replaced camera, vibro-motor, battery in 3m of usage), stupid glitchy android, users are not very fun crowd (all they do is try to defend this piece of c), firmwares are always buggy.
I just got 4S and i'm back in happy land.
If you insist on being tortured by linux-based android - look at Galaxy Nexus. It's still crap, but it looks great at least.

lynzoid said:
Crappiest phone i had... bla bla bla
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No overheating issues whatsoever. Get it!

Wait a couple months for sgs 3. What do you need a sgs 2 or new phone now for? You can still do it all on your old android right?

Best phone ever. I'm happiest ever since i found this phone. Its the phone I've always wanted. Hardcore gamer, no overheating ever experienced.thank you
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Over heating is an issue for most phones when under heavy load , all you should worry is if it heats up in normal use. Which GS2 does not.
Source: bunch of my friend's s2s which I seem to use more than their owners these days
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Sgs2 Best phone I've owned , done the tedious iPhone 4s thing, can't believe people still go on about these crusty old apples...

lynzoid said:
Crappiest phone i had... Constant downers - battery, malfunctions (replaced camera, vibro-motor, battery in 3m of usage), stupid glitchy android, users are not very fun crowd (all they do is try to defend this piece of c), firmwares are always buggy.
I just got 4S and i'm back in happy land.
If you insist on being tortured by linux-based android - look at Galaxy Nexus. It's still crap, but it looks great at least.
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stupid apple fan troll......
on the topic, i have overheating problems while i play hd games but it isnt a problem for me ;D

yes it does have overheat proplem some times of specific hd games
and some people have also yellow tint proplem
for me i had blue tint issue ...
i had two sgs2 befor and both of them over heated when playing specific games like ashpalt
imo galaxy s2 have a bad hardware ...

eee ashphlt6 will be heated. but i think it's acceptable
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a67543210 said:
Best phone ever. I'm happiest ever since i found this phone. Its the phone I've always wanted. Hardcore gamer, no overheating ever experienced.thank you
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same here, the overheat problem, never has been an issue
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http://www.xda-developers.com/announcements/poll-vote-for-the-best-phone-of-2011/
Nuff' Said...
although i would REALLY encourage you to wait for the galaxy s3, PLEASE if you have even the tiniest bit of patience use it now.. Next year is going to be awsome in my opinion (unless samsung decides to screw up all of a sudden like apple did with 4s hope that doesn't happen)

Get SGS2 .. you won't regret it .. best phone ever

does he not know about the galaxy nexus
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only had overheating playing ashault6 and nova 2
it seems every update reduces the heating
from 2.3.3 to 2.3.6

Had lg 2x samsung omnia 7 iphone 3gs this is the phone s2 super phone! Get it u won't regret
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Just got the phone, upgrading from galaxy s, in my opinion is AMAZING was going to get the galaxy nexus but maybe its a little too big for me, the s2 will be just as good if not better when it receives ICS

Hi, I was looking at phones because my upgrade is due soon, and I was wodering weather I should get the Galaxy S2, but it seems that many people have trouble with overheating.
I just wanted to ask how many people have had overheating problems?
Please comment if you have or have not.
Thanks!
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People think overheating is an issue, every smartphone, pc, electrical device produces more heat the more you use it; it becomes an issue if you make it one.
Overall, I would recommend buying an Samsung Galaxy S 2; there a reason why it has been crowned phone of the year...

Note 2 vs. Note 1 in terms of temperature

Hi guys,
I currently own a Galaxy Note N7000, but am planning an upgrade. To the Note 2. Yay!
My Note gets really hot when playing games like Arcane Legends, especially if I plug in the charger (of course). Some times, it gets so hot that the top side of the screen burns my thumb!!! And that even when playing Arcane Legends alone, not charging at the same time!
I wanna know. Are there people who have owned the original Note and switched to the Note 2? If yes... those are the people I want to talk to. They know best how to compare the two.

Never had the N7000 but I can tell you that the N7100 never gets that hot. A little warm yes, hot no.
Sent from the mighty Note II

Just upgraded to the N7100 and temp wise ot's no different from the N7000...
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I wouldn't say it gets too hot, but if you play the right games it can get toasty. Not too shabby though. Any mobile device these days can get up there in temps. It is the nature of the beast. Getting smaller and more robust and trying to keep the temperature down is all part of the challenge. I wonder how well the a15/mod'ed a9's will run in the next year or two. Eager to see how well Samsung's exynos CPU pairs together with imagination technologies GPU. Exciting times for the android gamers as they might see more games and many of those ported from iOS or more time put into them. I really would like science to take advantage of our smartphone gpu's much like distributed networking on PC's.
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I'm not gonna sit around and wait another year. I'll get the Note 2, as soon as I sell this Note. My alternatives are... the HTC One, which I doubt will shine development-wise, the Xperia Z which has poor speaker performance and cr*ppy screen and the S4, which will also suck development-wise.
Yeah, definetly not gonna sit around to wait for the A15-powered devices.
I hate my Note right now for the following :
- poor battery performance (despite its 2500 mAh battery)
- screen sucks so bad (plus, black clipping)
- overheating like hell
At least the first two are better on the Note 2 . Enough for me to upgrade.

dr.m0x said:
Never had the N7000 but I can tell you that the N7100 never gets that hot. A little warm yes, hot no.
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If I play Arcane Legends over 3G for half an hour and both CPU cores are clocked at 1.4 GHz (maximum), my left thumb is gonna be prone to burns. No joke.
keenan316 said:
Just upgraded to the N7100 and temp wise ot's no different from the N7000...
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Depends on what you're doing on it, I guess. Care to elaborate?

Formhault said:
I'm not gonna sit around and wait another year. I'll get the Note 2, as soon as I sell this Note. My alternatives are... the HTC One, which I doubt will shine development-wise, the Xperia Z which has poor speaker performance and cr*ppy screen and the S4, which will also suck development-wise.
Yeah, definetly not gonna sit around to wait for the A15-powered devices.
I hate my Note right now for the following :
- poor battery performance (despite its 2500 mAh battery)
- screen sucks so bad (plus, black clipping)
- overheating like hell
At least the first two are better on the Note 2 . Enough for me to upgrade.
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I am sure that the HTC One will get great dev development seeing as how that codeworx is getting the device, as for S4, it should also get great development as it is going to be a very popular device and most of the S4's are going to be Qualcomm not Exynos.

Formhault said:
Hi guys,
I currently own a Galaxy Note N7000, but am planning an upgrade. To the Note 2. Yay!
My Note gets really hot when playing games like Arcane Legends, especially if I plug in the charger (of course). Some times, it gets so hot that the top side of the screen burns my thumb!!! And that even when playing Arcane Legends alone, not charging at the same time!
I wanna know. Are there people who have owned the original Note and switched to the Note 2? If yes... those are the people I want to talk to. They know best how to compare the two.
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I had the Note 1 and now have the Note 2 and they are 2 different phones. The cpu on the Note 2 is much more powerfull and battery friendly than the one on the GN1. Temperatures are very good and haven`t experienced any heat issues. Switching over to the GN2 will only bring you advantages.

darkgoon3r96 said:
I am sure that the HTC One will get great dev development seeing as how that codeworx is getting the device
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He is? That's good to know.
Well, since the One isn't really available everywhere just yet... Guess time will tell wether it will get some love or not.
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as for S4, it should also get great development as it is going to be a very popular device and most of the S4's are going to be Qualcomm not Exynos.
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Oh yeah. At least the Qualcomm variant will definetly receive some love. Too bad Krait 300 is Cortex-A9, not Cortex-A15. But it's powerful enough. Way powerful than the cores in the Note 1, that's for sure.
*reconsidering options*
Won't have enough money for neither the One nor the S4. So, it's gonna be the Note 2. It's a powerful enough little tiny beast, anyway
gee2012 said:
I had the Note 1 and now have the Note 2 and they are 2 different phones. The cpu on the Note 2 is much more powerfull and battery friendly than the one on the GN1. Temperatures are very good and haven`t experienced any heat issues. Switching over to the GN2 will only bring you advantages.
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Thank you for your input.
Battery life and power is exactly why I was considering the Note 2. Otherwise I could go for the S3, which has the same ammount of RAM (not really good for long term) and pretty much the same battery life as my Note. Not really worth paying 150 extra bucks for that... Better pay 200 extra bucks for a Note 2 :silly:
The screen is also an important factor for which I am considering the Note 2 over the S3. Screw pentile. RGB for the win!
Also, I know the Note 2 comes with a 2 amp charger. That's awesome! I will be able to play AND charge at the same time :silly:

Just had my N7100 for a few days and running CM @ the moment,...
Internet connection great!
Speakers :thumbup:
Battery :thumbup:
Speed & smoothness :thumbup:
So far I'm feeling good... In fact, better!
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fr3ker said:
Just had my N7100 for a few days and running CM @ the moment,...
Internet connection great!
Speakers :thumbup:
Battery :thumbup:
Speed & smoothness :thumbup:
So far I'm feeling good... In fact, better!
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How is that related to what is being discussed here?

Well, i had an n7100 which is on my mothers hands right now and i switched to the n7100.
The note 2 NEVER gets hot, like ever.. compared to the note1 which does get considerably hot when gaming.
Rest assured that you wont burn your thumb ever again with newer generation phones. Also, battery life on n7100 is brutal.

eliterox said:
Well, i had an n7100 which is on my mothers hands right now and i switched to the n7100.
The note 2 NEVER gets hot, like ever.. compared to the note1 which does get considerably hot when gaming.
Rest assured that you wont burn your thumb ever again with newer generation phones. Also, battery life on n7100 is brutal.
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I know. :crying:
I might sell it today or tomorrow. Then, Note 2 Titan Gray, here I effing come

And you are welcome here mate!
U will not be dissapointed!
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Formhault said:
How is that related to what is being discussed here?
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Sorry, missed the point where I wanted to tell everything it's way better with this device. No heating issues whenever ,.. Wherever , whatsoever ,... The only thing it's missing it's the progress on how Chas is keeping his night lies.
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fr3ker said:
Sorry, missed the point where I wanted to tell everything it's way better with this device. No heating issues whenever ,.. Wherever , whatsoever ,... The only thing it's missing it's the progress on how Chas is keeping his night lies.
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Oh please don't make me crave for Note 2 more...
Note : the b*stard who was supposed to buy my phone today seems to have changed his mind. Hopefully he'll answer 'till tomorrow :/

Formhault said:
Oh please don't make me crave for Note 2 more...
Note : the b*stard who was supposed to buy my phone today seems to have changed his mind. Hopefully he'll answer 'till tomorrow :/
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You should feel the speed, battery consumption and smoothness in the palm of your hands...
I really hope that b4stard buy your phone so you can join us
It's just awesome man!
... Just can't resist
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I did join the Note 2 club last week
I have to admit I was tempted to go for the cold metal beauty of the One, but delayed deliveries to Polish carriers took that option away. And wasn't that impressed by the Z. Not regret it much. That large screen is just beautifull. Who needs FullHD when it's already so sharp and amazing. Seems to be the perfect size too. Well, put it in a case and it gets too big for me. But having the extra screen estate over the lesser phones really is great!
Was initially put off by the horrible look of TouchWiz (have been using CM on my Galaxy S for a long time), but after customizing it a bit (inspired by coldfustion YouTube videos), I'm pretty happy with the results. I now mostly only see the ugliness of TouchWiz during calls and sometimes in the dialer (when it appears from a system call, rather then is brought up manually). Guess I'll proably eventually get rid of that too with a custom ROM, but I'm not in a hurry.
Coming from Galaxy S, I can really appreciate the GPS speed and accuracy. The volume of the loudspeaker is also very nice, even if clarity is nothing to write home about. Browsing and reading/writing e-mails is a real pleasure on this beast!
It does get a bit warm during gaming sessions, but it doesn't seem very hot and I hope its nothing that can cause an actual burn!
The smoothness is not that amazing too me though. I guess partially because I use MultiPicture Live Wallpaper and it always reloads the wallpaper during switching landscape/portrait mode. The default lockscreen was laggy as hell too (tried various fixes suggested here). But I turned that off and am now using the lockscreen from Go Launcher Ex, which is much faster (well, actually that and some icon packs are the only functionalities of that launcher I use... otherwise it's way too laggy, especially compared with Nova). But I'm sure the speed can easily be fixed with a custom ROM.
Just wish I could scale the keyboard down, cause it wastes too much screen estate (using Swype). And Multiwindow... the menus take way too much space... it should scale the content down as well, because as things are, very little actual content is displayed in each window.

^ A little off topic, but just wanted to say that all your wishes can be fulfilled with a rooted stock rom and simplistic and or xposed frameworks, including theming and dpi change, when you're ready for it
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Formhault said:
Note : the b*stard who was supposed to buy my phone today seems to have changed his mind. Hopefully he'll answer 'till tomorrow :/
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He probably read on some forum that the Note 1 can burn your finger...
sent on the move from my Note2

So, are you happy with the I9505?

The general consensus on here is still that the I9500 is the phone to get. That it's somehow the 'proper' S4 and the I9505 is a pretender of some sort. Well I'll be honest, and unusually for me, I did little to no research on the S4 prior to purchasing one so was unaware there were numerous models. So when I upgraded from my two-year-old Galaxy S2 to my Galaxy S4 I decided to do it on the basis of having a play with it in the shop for ten minutes and liking what I saw.
Then a few hours after getting it home and checking out XDA Devs I realised I didn't have the model with the Exynos chipset in it and I can't lie, I was disappointed and felt a little cheated. But then over the next few weeks I started seeing the advantages, despite there being disadvantages too. The support out there for the Qualcomm Snapdragon being the obvious one. It's an open source chipset, and as a result the transfer of Android builds like CM, AOSP, AOKP and Paranoid Android are easy to get working. This is shown by the first working builds of CM and AOKP (albeit with a few bugs) being built by someone who didn't at the time even own the phone, and within a couple of weeks of the phone's release. At the opposite end of the spectrum the Exynos has little to no documentation which leaves developers fumbling around in the dark for months as shown by what happened in the past with the S2 and S3, the latter of which I believe still doesn't have a proper stable CM build despite being over 12 months old now. I get the distinct impression you won't see a proper working I9500 CM build for months, where as there are half a dozen non-stock builds on the I9505 already. For people who will be sticking with stock this doesn't mean much, but I have read the disappointment of enough I9500 owners to know there are a lot of people out there who are annoyed about this -- there are a lot of people who don't like TW and, if they own a I9500, they're currently screwed. Also, in terms of chipsets, you have the recent articles about the issues with the Octacore and how Samsung themselves aren't even using Exynos on their upcoming models and are going with Qualcomm. And when it comes to support in Android, Qualcomm is the better option simply because far more devices use it.
Another advantage is provided by Google themselves. It's now common knowledge that they're releasing a Nexus version of the S4 based on the I9505, this means a proper stock-stable AOSP build will be available for the I9505 as soon as that phone is released. Sure, it might not work 'out of the box' so to speak, as there are bound to be differences. But nothing the boffins on this forum won't overcome in quick fashion I'm sure. I imagine this will also result in much more stability in CM and AOKP builds.
Then you have LTE. While it's an advantage, personally, I can take or leave this as 4G coverage in the UK is s**t and currently only one network supports it and people have to pay through the nose. My network (O2-UK) won't have it until the end of the year and even then it will undoubtedly cost a fortune. I'm happy with 3G speed myself. I certainly didn't buy an S4 on the basis of it.
Of course, there are a couple of disadvantages, namely the lack of a Wolfsen chipset and what looks to be a slightly lesser camera sensor. I'd like both of these of course but can live without them as it's not as if what you get on the I9505 is rubbish in comparison. Also, you have a slight performance advantage with the I9500 but nothing you would see outside of a benchmark application. Do people think the extra 13% performance on Quadrant will translate into real world use? Of course not.
So to sum up with a few questions would I be disappointed to own a I9500 instead? Definitely not, it's clearly a fantastic phone and I don't find TW too bad an option. But would I swap my I9505 for an I9500 looking at all the available facts at this moment in time? No, and I'm not just saying that because I own one.

I'm very happy with my i9505, same as you I didn't do much research prior to purchase. The lack of the octacore doesn't bother me in the slightest: firstly, it doesn't even work as advertised. Secondly, Samsung are the worst for releasing source code (refer to the galaxy s2) and the Snapdragon will have more open source support. LTE will be available here soon, and the lack of a Wolfson DAC doesn't bother me either, it's a phone, not a Linn HiFi system.
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my story is completely opposite of yours. :\
I did tons of research before getting the S4. was totally sure that the advantages of the Qualcomm is miles ahead of the exynos one. The custom ROM support is a deciding facto for me, but then again, I just couldn't get hold of one 9505 in India. Now am cramped with TW and the phones heats up like hell. Even the air view and other "useable" gestures are lagging like hell. stutters, jitters, heat, am disappointed. and the main pinch in the shoe is still to come. Since I have flashed a kernel, my binary now reads custom and Triangle away counter reset is not coming (at least in near future) for the S4 Octa.
I regret getting the S4 now. should have taken the ONE or the Xp. Z

I was happy until I came across the sound distortion problem. Now I feel I have bought a poor excuse for a flagship phone. Having something you can't use decent earphones with is hopeless.
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spencer_uk said:
I was happy until I came across the sound distortion problem. Now I feel I have bought a poor excuse for a flagship phone. Having something you can't use decent earphones with is hopeless.
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I must be lucky (touch wood). There have been many different complaints about both variants and that the i9505 suffers from heating problems, sound distortion and screen problems. No such problems for me, and I reckon Samsung will iron out some issues in due course (still doesn't excuse the fact there have been many faulty phones!)
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spencer_uk said:
I was happy until I came across the sound distortion problem. Now I feel I have bought a poor excuse for a flagship phone. Having something you can't use decent earphones with is hopeless.
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It is annoying if it happens with good earphones you already own. However, it's easily resolved by using earphones above a certain impedance, of which there are a plethora of choices.
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Pagnell said:
It is annoying if it happens with good earphones you already own. However, it's easily resolved by using earphones above a certain impedance, of which there are a plethora of choices.
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I use klipsch S4i. Will it work crackleless with i9505?

It's always the same with Samsung. They will release every month new firmware and it will get better and better. You know that when you buy one of the first phones, it will have some small issues. That's where the difference is with htc. Samsung will fix the software issues, where htc does next to nothing.
And I can't wait for the Google version.
Btw. If you root and remove all the S crap the phone is fast as hell
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thekoRngear said:
I use klipsch S4i. Will it work crackleless with i9505?
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They're 18ohms so its possible. Best asking in the thread about this problem.
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I did only a little research and as soon as I saw:
1) no LTE
2) octocore doesn't REALLY function the way one would think it does
3) snapdragon is opensource
The decision became quite clear and quite easy for me to make.
I'm a bit sad to lose some of the functionality by going to CM on my I9505 but the speed, cleanliness, and similar look/feel as my SGS2 made it worth it.
Can I just say... I turned on my SGS2 the other day to look at some old settings and looking at the screen made me wonder how I dealt with that resolution for so long?

Happy?
I'm pretty disappointed in respects to the camera software. I relied on my good experiences with Samsung phones since 2000 and
the recently happy time with the Galaxy S 2 and S3.
But this one takes me apart from Samsung.
If there will not come out a good camera software for my GT-I9505 in a very quick time - I sell our two phones and step back to the S3 for my wife and me.

Pagnell said:
It is annoying if it happens with good earphones you already own. However, it's easily resolved by using earphones above a certain impedance, of which there are a plethora of choices.
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I don't feel that it is right that I spend 400gbp on a set of headphones and 500gbp on a phone that aren't compatible. I like quality products and don't mind spending good money... Only one of these is a quality product though.
I know I can plug a set of old earphones into it but that isn't good enough. I want to use my decent headphones. In a similar fashion I wouldnt want to spend hundreds on a bluray player to be told my TV is too good for it and I need to watch things through a rubbish TV so why should I expect the same here.
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spencer_uk said:
I don't feel that it is right that I spend 400gbp on a set of headphones and 500gbp on a phone that aren't compatible. I like quality products and don't mind spending good money... Only one of these is a quality product though.
I know I can plug a set of old earphones into it but that isn't good enough. I want to use my decent headphones. In a similar fashion I wouldnt want to spend hundreds on a bluray player to be told my TV is too good for it and I need to watch things through a rubbish TV so why should I expect the same here.
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I agree, although to be fair if I owned a pair of £400 headphones I wouldn't be using them on a mobile phone (I have a iRiver H340 running Rockbox myself and have never bothered using a phone as my MP3 player). However, I can imagine purchasing the phone if you already owned them before finding out they display the incompatibility would be annoying as hell. But for people who buy the phone before purchasing good headphones for it, there are numerous choices out there which are both high quality and compatible.
On a side note I do like how the thread seems to have picked up a 1 star rating. From an annoyed I9500 owner no doubt. :good:

After the getting the I9505 i was really concerned about the heating problem, the phone literally could boil an egg after 15 min of a phone call.
Then i went to 3 store and explained the whole thing and they exchanged it for me.
Now i can say my phone is running very smoothly heat free for sure.

Never had a heat issue with mine from day one.
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Pagnell said:
Never had a heat issue with mine from day one.
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what is the highest tempreture ur phone reached ?
mine after a while of gaming was 41.5
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cyrexking said:
After the getting the I9505 i was really concerned about the heating problem, the phone literally could boil an egg after 15 min of a phone call.
Then i went to 3 store and explained the whole thing and they exchanged it for me.
Now i can say my phone is running very smoothly heat free for sure.
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again may i ask how high did ur device heat

mightyillidan said:
what is the highest tempreture ur phone reached ?
mine after a while of gaming was 41.5
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again may i ask how high did ur device heat
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Internal or external you mean ?
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Internal or external you mean ?
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Anyway i checked and rechecked now, my ideal temp right now is 28.5 c with facebook messenger active and few other application running like whats app and others.

Pagnell said:
I agree, although to be fair if I owned a pair of £400 headphones I wouldn't be using them on a mobile phone (I have a iRiver H340 running Rockbox myself and have never bothered using a phone as my MP3 player). However, I can imagine purchasing the phone if you already owned them before finding out they display the incompatibility would be annoying as hell. But for people who buy the phone before purchasing good headphones for it, there are numerous choices out there which are both high quality and compatible.
On a side note I do like how the thread seems to have picked up a 1 star rating. From an annoyed I9500 owner no doubt. :good:
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Not everyone wants to carry two devices. And shouldn't have to when the s4 is advertised at being able to play music with no mention of special headphones being required.

I agree, carrying one device would be ideal and it should work with all earphones/headphones. But I'm a bit of a fussy bugger when it come to sound quality and I have yet to hear a mobile that comes up to scratch when compared to a proper dedicated device running Rockbox, especially when the volume is upped.
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Galaxy S5 Overheat?

I'm due to get an S5 on the UK release date next Friday. One of the issues with the Snapdragon 600 powered S4 is overheating. I can barely do anything with my current S4 without it ending up uncomfortable to hold in a matter of minutes, especially 3D games like Minecraft. Even underclocking and undervolting doesn't appear to make a difference.
Can anyone confirm the Snapdragon 801 on the S5 improves on this?

i'd like to know as well. my GS4 got pretty damn hot up near the camera and ear piece...would get hot doing random stuff that wasn't even games (i don't game on phones) and using the camera.

Did the S4 really get that hot?. After like 20 minutes of web browsing on my Xperia Z, the back becomes almost too hot to touch.
I used my friend's S4 for like an hour, doing the stuff i usually do with my Z, and i found that it didn't even get warm :S

Pagnell said:
I'm due to get an S5 on the UK release date next Friday. One of the issues with the Snapdragon 600 powered S4 is overheating. I can barely do anything with my current S4 without it ending up uncomfortable to hold in a matter of minutes, especially 3D games like Minecraft. Even underclocking and undervolting doesn't appear to make a difference.
Can anyone confirm the Snapdragon 801 on the S5 improves on this?
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801 is cool right out of the box ( except for 1st run unfortunately as it updates quite a lot of shjt stuff)
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So there are no issues with the phone heating with activities like game playing, browsing and movie playback etc?
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Pagnell said:
So there are no issues with the phone heating with activities like game playing, browsing and movie playback etc?
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Nope, not a big 1. Phone just warm, thats all. I will try an intense game 2mo then ill report How about doing Antutu like 10 times in a row ( same as playing 30 mins game ). Let see how it goes. Haha. My fone will die before new S5 is delivered to your house due to heavy testing lol
By the way if the fone is hot, u can put it under the water tap to cool it down. I tested it ( seriously). It worked lol.
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Pagnell said:
I'm due to get an S5 on the UK release date next Friday. One of the issues with the Snapdragon 600 powered S4 is overheating. I can barely do anything with my current S4 without it ending up uncomfortable to hold in a matter of minutes, especially 3D games like Minecraft. Even underclocking and undervolting doesn't appear to make a difference.
Can anyone confirm the Snapdragon 801 on the S5 improves on this?
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I think, this has been one of the main problems of the new smartphones that has been released nowadays.

leoaudio13 said:
801 is cool right out of the box ( except for 1st run unfortunately as it updates quite a lot of shjt stuff)
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i second on that..
first run got hot from upgrading..
using the same SM-G900F

LG Have Released This Phone Too Early

They have given us a phone that struggles to power the QHD screen. I played with the new Galaxy Tab yesterday and its the same,stutters and lags because of the crazy high resolution.
They have given us a phone that shutsdown I've no doubt because of component failure due to high temperatures and had the cheek to say its fixed with a reboot instead!
We get a phone with the old Xperia Z1 camera sensor rather than the new Z2 sensor.
In the UK we get a 2gb version so we get redraws all the time and apps shutting down in the background.
And what causes most of the of the problems?? A QHD screen which is barely any different to an HD screen is poorly calibrated and has a visible digitizer.
No amount of software updates will help this thing, most of the problems are hardware related.
Thanks LG,I'm now stuck with this pig phone for 2 years!

Updates and unlock bootloader will help us ...
desde un Lg g3

I somehow agree with you, good thing is, I returned my G3... ??

I only agree with the heat-issue, and thus I conclude, that it's very unprofessional of LG not to have applied any thermal-grease on the chipset. (From what I've read, there isn't any) hence this issue appears.
hate or love the qhd display now, in some months/years it will probably be standard on phones. And people will ask in that time,
"Hey which phone was the first to ship with qhd display? and did that go okay" you know looking back.
2gb vs 3gb performance is on pair.
Remember android o/s works wonder with 2 and 3 gb ram.
if you experience something sluggish on 2gb, chances are it's equally sluggish on 3gb

I experience only minor lag and it is not much just randomly.
I think the phone is great. Hey Moto X could root but wasn't permanent unless bootloader was unlocked or was able to see the write permission flag off so be happy with the root.
I feel people don't allow proper variance to smart phones.
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I'd agree with most of the original post except the digitizer which I really couldnt see.
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moblaw said:
I only agree with the heat-issue, and thus I conclude, that it's very unprofessional of LG not to have applied any thermal-grease on the chipset. (From what I've read, there isn't any) hence this issue appears.
hate or love the qhd display now, in some months/years it will probably be standard on phones. And people will ask in that time,
"Hey which phone was the first to ship with qhd display? and did that go okay" you know looking back.
2gb vs 3gb performance is on pair.
Remember android o/s works wonder with 2 and 3 gb ram.
if you experience something sluggish on 2gb, chances are it's equally sluggish on 3gb
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PS. The QHD display uses more RAM for video RAM 300mb HD Vs 600mb QHD so you need the extra RAM for QHD.

Lol at the G3 lagging. The Tab S lags because of Touchwiz.

Anything will have lag in it. Damn. Overheat issue... So no problems here with mine. Overall an awesome phone that does everything I want it to. Some of you guys expect holograms to pop out the phone lmao.

ACR_Manny said:
Anything will have lag in it. Damn. Overheat issue... So no problems here with mine. Overall an awesome phone that does everything I want it to. Some of you guys expect holograms to pop out the phone lmao.
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Use the 1080 flagships for a week or so and you'll see the difference. The G3 is a slow pig because its underpowered for a QHD.Even the new S805 G3 review says that smooths out the lag and stutter issues.

I haven't had any issues as most people complain about. Lag or excessive heat. I haven't experience any issues as of yet and i've had my phone for 2 weeks now.

D855 3/32gb
Lags: nothing annoying or particularly noticeable for me. Definitely no worse than my S4.
Shutdowns: I haven't had one. Had the phone for about 3 weeks.
Camera: Honestly, I don't use the camera much so I can't say too much. But it had been good for me.
Screen: looks good to me and no visible digitizer. Although, I must admit that I can't help but think it would be a slightly better phone with 1080p.
Overall I'm very happy with the phone. I was expecting to send it back after a trial, going from a lot of comments from here.but I've found most of the stated problems are non existent for myself. Very good phone imo

itsalexaye90 said:
Lol at the G3 lagging. The Tab S lags because of Touchwiz.
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digitallure said:
I haven't had any issues as most people complain about. Lag or excessive heat. I haven't experience any issues as of yet and i've had my phone for 2 weeks now.
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+1 on that. Had mine over a month now without a single issue.

This.

Are you sure that you people are not buying Chinese fake phones? I too have never experienced any lag, any heat (not more than any smartphone I've ever own and the s4 used to get really HOT) battery life around 6 hours SOT.
Jokes aside if you people are experiencing all these problems you should take your phone back for exchange or repair. It's definitely not normal.
To be honest it's the best android phone I've ever owned. I had the galaxy s, s3 and s4 .... I my original idea was to get the one plus one but it's impossible to get. After that one I don't think there's a better phone these days.
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digitallure said:
I haven't had any issues as most people complain about. Lag or excessive heat. I haven't experience any issues as of yet and i've had my phone for 2 weeks now.
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Same here. Always get these hate posts when new devices are released. Why don't people like the OP just return their devices? My G3 is fantastic and have had the Note 3 and M8.

It's funny watch people repeat like parrots that the 801/330 combo wasn't ready for qhd. Now the 805/440 is out and the benchmarks and performance is nearly identical to the 801/330. What now guys?

hawkswind1 said:
It's funny watch people repeat like parrots that the 801/330 combo wasn't ready for qhd. Now the 805/440 is out and the benchmarks and performance is nearly identical to the 801/330. What now guys?
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To be honest,benchmarks don't mean much. The review I posted yesterday said after a week of use the 805 as smoother and faster than the 801 although battery was the same.
http://m.androidcentral.com/lg-g3-cat-6-snapdragon-805-review

I don't have any problems either on my G3 D855 32gb...
I don't experience those lags, screen problems and others...
We know it comes with QHD, we know the specs before buying it... I find it really funny that people complains about the QHD display after buying the G3, while they could have chosen to buy other phone without it.

I have many lags with my g3.

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This.
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Lmao....It's funny if the G3 came out months later people would ***** about that. It's always something...Maybe LG did rush the G3 out but all manufactures are doing it. I guess I'm really lucky with my G3...I really don't have any issues with it other then a little heat when I first got it since I never put it down. lol
Samsung desperately rushing Galaxy Note 4 to market before the iPhone 6 hits
http://bgr.com/2014/07/31/galaxy-note-4-release-date-2/