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Hi all,
I'm thinking to buy a new smartphone and im between nexus 5 and lg g2, i saw many issues about the g2 but i just wanted to ask if there are fixed with the last updates for this phone... i love camera and i saw that the camera was better at g2, can someone help me which one to choose?
Thanks.
Which kind of problems did you read about? Tell me so I can help you.
I'm loving this phone but if you're after the latest and greatest then waiting for the s5 will be better for you.
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Weigh out the pros and cons. In the end, it really comes down to what you want. I suggest playing with both of them in a best buy store since they have the Nexus 5 in the Google section.
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Now i got s4 but i dont like it so much dont know why it doesnt fit me, had nexus 4 before it, now im liking the lg g2, nexus 5 seems to have more issues than the g2.
Some issues that i saw in forum: bad voice call, bad gps, and found this one...: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472319
Those issues are not widespread from the post you provided. I don't have most of those issues. IMO, G2 is a step up from Nexus 5. Nexus 5 definitely can't compete with the battery of the G2, or the camera. Also, stock Android is overrated if you ask me. Not every single feature of the G2 is useful, but most of them are. The Nexus 5 hardly has anything special about it.
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Ditbardh said:
Now i got s4 but i dont like it so much dont know why it doesnt fit me, had nexus 4 before it, now im liking the lg g2, nexus 5 seems to have more issues than the g2.
Some issues that i saw in forum: bad voice call, bad gps, and found this one...: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472319
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I'll let you gain insight into my experience with this device.
Bad voice calls are not an issue. My voice calls are really loud and clear and I use quite some time doing calls. Gps usually locks within a few seconds if I'm about the same position and even when I'm not, it takes no longer than 10 seconds to lock my position.
Regarding that post : well you read how the solution to all those problems was to get a replacement because it's simply not normal for the g2. I do have the stuttering issue with xda-developers app. I don't know why this occured, it wasn't there from the beginning.
That said, do NOT expect upgrades for the G2. If you choose to buy it, you acknowledge to stay on 4.4 (once we receive it) because LG are really bad with updating their phones. If you intend on flashing custom ROM then it shouldn't bother you. Stock is awesome though and has a lot of features.
My two cents
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No, it isn't, yes, it is.
Thanks for the answers and suggestions, still dont know what to do will way a bit...
To me, the LG G2 was worth buying. First phone I chose to go back to stock Rom. After the KitKat update, I'll re-root for sure, but probably stay on stock Rom.
Gosh, I love this phone, it has so many features!
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EsmeWeatherwax said:
To me, the LG G2 was worth buying. First phone I chose to go back to stock Rom. After the KitKat update, I'll re-root for sure, but probably stay on stock Rom.
Gosh, I love this phone, it has so many features!
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I have had this device for 2 days coming from an HTC one which died
The htc one is a beautiful device with build quality second to none however, my new G2 has excellent build quality too IMO despite many opinions to the contrary. I intended not to root my device (skygo requires an un-rooted device) but yesterday I went ahead and did so for one reason and one reason only - so that I could use GMD auto hide soft keys pro - an app which enables you to utilise the whole of the screen all of the time.
Now I have a beautiful 5.2 inch screen in a device that is the same size as my previous HTC one which only had 4.7 inches of screen estate. I am very, very happy with my new device in comparison to my previous one which, incidently, cleaned up in the best mobile device awards.
Its down to you lol. I was in the same boat as you but went for the G2. Better battery and bigger screen. Hopefully the 4.4 update will bring a better camera. I think nexus 5 camera is better mainly because it focuses much much quicker. Got my G2 for the same price as a nexus 5
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G2 is definitly worth of buying.
i had the N5 before my G2, and the G2 is far better. The battery life is about double that of the N5, i get on average 6 hrs screen time per day. Also the rear buttons are amazing!:good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
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bobsie41 said:
I have had this device for 2 days coming from an HTC one which died
The htc one is a beautiful device with build quality second to none however, my new G2 has excellent build quality too IMO despite many opinions to the contrary. I intended not to root my device (skygo requires an un-rooted device) but yesterday I went ahead and did so for one reason and one reason only - so that I could use GMD auto hide soft keys pro - an app which enables you to utilise the whole of the screen all of the time.
Now I have a beautiful 5.2 inch screen in a device that is the same size as my previous HTC one which only had 4.7 inches of screen estate. I am very, very happy with my new device in comparison to my previous one which, incidently, cleaned up in the best mobile device awards.
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I had my G2 rooted too (even flashed Hellfire Rom). But first step was to restore stock Rom and finally I flashed stock software to unroot and reset my device to be prepared for the official OTA update. After the KitKat update, I'll root again to optimize this awesome phone with Xposed modules and Romtoolbox Pro.
But this is just for fun. Basically, the LG G2 is so full of features out of the box together with great hardware that rooting let alone flashing is nothing you have to do to make the G2 awesome. Because it's awesome by nature...
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My brother has the 5 and i have the g2. the funny thing - we both love our phones but we do like each others a little more.
Nexus 5 - P/C's: google created and always up to date, no bloatware, feels a bit better in my hand, [IMO] takes better pictures but the UI leaves many things to be desired, lower battery life. If I had the nexus 5, I'd feel like i would no reason to use a custom ROM, just root and xposed
G2 - P/C's: dat screen size, buttons on the back [if you like that], good battery life, stock bloatware isnt that bad, and the UI as a whole isnt bad, you can get ALMOST the exact feel of the n5 with a kit kat rom [but all the rom related issues ]. I like my g2 but just wish we could get kit kat out officially so I can just root and xposed and i like the blinking button on the top rather than bottom
G2... I love this phone. I have yet to root this thing and I have no complaints. Call quality is great, wifi and 4G perform wonderfully, I noticed that the phone switches between the various modes (4g, 2g, etc) really quickly and I rarely have issues surfing the web. The camera is awesome, the speakerphone is adequate, no buttons on the sides of the phone is awesome, and I prefer the G2 location of the headphone jack at the bottom of the phone. Battery life is insane! I've gone two full days with moderate use (down to 2% before I plugged the phone in), and with heavy use I get at least 28 hours before I see the battery get into the 10-20% range. Finally I can hand my daughter my phone so she can keep herself busy for an hour or so and not worry about having enough juice to make it through the rest of the day.
All of the included apps have added useful features and it seems that they have pulled some of the best/favorite tweaks and made them part of their default app suite. For the first time in quite sometime, I have not felt the need to root or modify the phone, save for that Android soft key bar at the bottom of the screen, I hate that thing. I might root just to run an app that removes it.
I'm not a person that likes to root, i will use it as it is, with stock rom, it's enough to have good call quality, to feel productive with it and have no lag, feeling good in hand, and battery life of course , i'm a designer and i need good camera, and i think it has a great one. thanks all for the comments, i'm going with G2.
Like the title says, I changed over to swiftkey keyboard lastnight and after rebooting to get the old keyboard to stop running my phone is now EXTREEEEEEEMLY responsive and the animations are now REAAAAALY smooth!!
It's been 24 hours now and it's still blowing my mind.
Just thought i would share this here incase anyone else wants to give it a go.
EDIT: just to increase the success rate, I decided to post a few simple steps.
1. Download new keyboard of choice.
2. Go into G3 options and set the new keyboard to default.
3. Reboot (important).
4. Hopfully by now you're enjoying some butter smoothness.
I looked through the thread and out of everyone that reported if this helped or not, is about 50% say this helps and 50% say no difference.
The worst that can happen from trying this is wasting 30 seconds from your life.
Here's a quick video i made showing the difference in stutter & response time of my notification bar, it helps in all areas of the phone, not just the notification bar but i just wanted to show an example.
You can easily see the increased response times in my video. But It's really hard to see the stutter difference in the video since it was only recorded with a 30 fps camera, though in real life it's improved a ton too.
For my testing conditions, I have 100% same apps & i shutdown and coldbooted and let the phone sit exactly 10 mins to let the os settle before testing for each test.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AxkRF7vI8M
Woah, i salute you!
Just tried, works like a charm!!!!! Magical!!
Smoothest phone ever!!!!
Thanks!
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Amb669 said:
Like the title says, I changed over to swiftkey keyboard lastnight and after rebooting to get the old keyboard to stop running my phone is now EXTREEEEEEEMLY responsive and the animations are now REAAAAALY smooth!!
It's been 24 hours now and it's still blowing my mind.
Just thought i would share this here incase anyone else wants to give it a go.
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This has always been the first thing I do when I get a new phone or flash a new ROM. No surprises here
I really love the LG keyboard. but gonna try.
veddandekar said:
Woah, i salute you!
Just tried, works like a charm!!!!! Magical!!
Smoothest phone ever!!!!
Thanks!
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Good stuff
It really is THE smoothest phone ever after doing this
lossah said:
I really love the LG keyboard. but gonna try.
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After you download a new keyboard, make sure you set it up as the default keyboard in the G3s options then reboot for it to completly disable the LG keyboard.
I like the LG keyboard too, like i mean i personally think it's the nicest looking keyboard i've used yet, but if it does that to my phone no thanks.
My phone is butter smooth now, But much more importantly is it's sooooo much more responsive :victory:
lossah said:
I really love the LG keyboard. but gonna try.
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I never really used it much. Try the Google keyboard. Since it wasn't available in play store in my country, i had to grab the apk. Apk is lying somewhere on xda......
Hmm, unlike many of the so called tweaks out there this does seem to help. LG stock items do seem rather memory and CPU hungry.
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Hmm, unlike many of the so called tweaks out there this does seem to help. LG stock items do seem rather memory and CPU hungry.
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It's funny you said that, because i thought exactly the same thing haha.
I've done near everything in the book to make my phone faster & more efficent including debloat of more than 130 apps and only having 3 running processes in the end seemed to have little to no effect, and then this happened.
My goal was to save battery life, but enstead i realized i had just REMOVED my stutter which is even better :laugh: if i coulda hoped for ANYTHING for this phone this was it!!
What about battery life after disabling stock keyboard? I mean if its affect so much at performance of the phone its probably affect on battery too...
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What about battery life after disabling stock keyboard? I mean if its affect so much at performance of the phone its probably affect on battery too...
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I'm currently testing that out right now as we speak under extremely controled conditions, I'll post back the results when i'm done.
Well I don't know if it is just placebo or what but to me apps like gallery are opening smoother and it does seem to be a fair bit better so thanks op.
i dont know if i see any difference.
Uninstalling Lg Stock launcher makes it even more smoother!
I used titanium to uninstall it....
Shows how terrible LG software really is!
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First thing I did was download Google keyboard. I personally hate the LG keyboard. For a phone so big, the keys on the keyboard are surprisingly small. I get that you get more keys, but I can't get used to it and the predictive text is almost comical.
it is indeed a bit faster. I have ART enabled, so everything was already running pretty smooth.
Next test: disable ART and install xposed with some app settings, G3 tweaksbox and 'nomoreoverlay'....
Now how does it compare to a Nexus 5 in smoothness?
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EMJI79 said:
Now how does it compare to a Nexus 5 in smoothness?
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I don't think that's a fair comparison. Let's wait for the unlocked bootloader. And a good AOSP rom. Then we can compare those devices...
It mainly the LG apps that are making this phone slow. The LG gallery is killing me, its so slow. I can't even replace it became the camera needs it.
I don't exactly understand what is "unlocking the bootloader", I thought rooting the device made everything possible on the device, but it's probably not the place to ask for the difference between the two.
However I may ask why is it taking so long? The phone has been out for months now.
Did it take so much time for the LG G2?
As I remember I have been adding new ROMs to my Nexus 5 a few months after purchasing it and i bought it on very early January which was two months after it was out.
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jhericurls said:
It mainly the LG apps that are making this phone slow. The LG gallery is killing me, its so slow. I can't even replace it became the camera needs it.
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I am not an expert but I think there's probably a tweak for doing that? Like freezing the lg app and grabbing the kit Kat gallery app then resetting the association in the app settings?
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I don't exactly understand what is "unlocking the bootloader", I thought rooting the device made everything possible on the device, but it's probably not the place to ask for the difference between the two.
However I may ask why is it taking so long? The phone has been out for months now.
Did it take so much time for the LG G2?
As I remember I have been adding new ROMs to my Nexus 5 a few months after purchasing it and i bought it on very early January which was two months after it was out.
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I am not an expert but I think there's probably a tweak for doing that? Like freezing the lg app and grabbing the kit Kat gallery app then resetting the association in the app settings?
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Allows you to flash ROMS. Bootloader unlock policy depends on the manufacturer. LG is infamous for not facilitating this.
i have a lot of problem with lg g3
1-have a worse battery i try all of the custom and stouck rom but not solve this problem
2-have a very lag
3-wifi is very bad becuse can not find weak signal but another phone can find and connect easily
4-have a worse anttena and very weak and lost signal all of the time and i lost my call some time
5-have a worse ir blaster becuse just work near tv and The maximum Length that wotk is a bout 5ft-7ft
i am very upset that trust to a company that starting 1 year
htc and nokia and sony are a best smartphone
abs_khafan_20 said:
i have a lot of problem with lg g3
1-have a worse battery i try all of the custom and stouck rom but not solve this problem
2-have a very lag
3-wifi is very bad becuse can not find weak signal but another phone can find and connect easily
4-have a worse anttena and very weak and lost signal all of the time and i lost my call some time
5-have a worse ir blaster becuse just work near tv and The maximum Length that wotk is a bout 5ft-7ft
i am very upset that trust to a company that starting 1 year
htc and nokia and sony are a best smartphone
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I also have lg g3 16gb with 2gb of ram. It don t have any room. The only problem for me is the brightness ( when it is on auto). For the wifi signal it is almost same like on nexus 5. The signal is awsome and don t have lag. ( sometamis a little on games like modern combat)
abs_khafan_20 said:
i have a lot of problem with lg g3
1-have a worse battery i try all of the custom and stouck rom but not solve this problem
2-have a very lag
3-wifi is very bad becuse can not find weak signal but another phone can find and connect easily
4-have a worse anttena and very weak and lost signal all of the time and i lost my call some time
5-have a worse ir blaster becuse just work near tv and The maximum Length that wotk is a bout 5ft-7ft
i am very upset that trust to a company that starting 1 year
htc and nokia and sony are a best smartphone
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i am agree with you in most parts 1-poor battery life 2-wifi poor signals 3-week antenna signals 4-IR blaster must be near TV
Other wise its a great phone
For me i dont have any issues with stock lollipop rom..i gets 6 hours sot.. And doesnt lag at all everything works fine here
The only problem i have is the weak signal i have great battery no lag and its a great phone and tbh there was no need to start another thread about this just ask someone to help. Battery issues and lag can be solved easily and as for signal strength thats either a phone issue or where you live and its coverage. And the phine has good wifi range get a signal in my room where as with my one s i never did unless i laid on the floor
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I would not take the OP seriously. Sell your G3 and by a HTC. Personally, I never had a better phone.
Im not sure why but this is the first phone i own that gets bashed on the forums so badly...
Cant say i see a reason for it(never had issues - even using stock) but gotta wonder why is that...
I dont khow maybe you are not use wifi or ir blaster or....
Because in my home all of the device need remote and I bought this phone just for remote and search in the web but the remote very poor than samsung s5 I compared two phone and all of the elemnt that used in s5 is very powerfull than lg .
remote in s5 worked far as 30 foot but g3 5 foot dont need to explain all of the problem of this phone becuse you khow it and run it to say
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Jagdish84 said:
Im not sure why but this is the first phone i own that gets bashed on the forums so badly...
Cant say i see a reason for it(never had issues - even using stock) but gotta wonder why is that...
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I dont khow maybe you are not use wifi or ir blaster or....*
Because in my home all of the device need remote and I bought this phone just for remote and search in the web but the remote very poor than samsung s5 I compared two phone and all of the elemnt that used in s5 is very powerfull than lg .
remote in s5 worked far as 30 foot but g3 5 foot dont need to explain all of the problem of this phone becuse you khow it and run it to say
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Kickoff said:
I would not take the OP seriously. Sell your G3 and by a HTC. Personally, I never had a better phone.
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Please prove to me that this phone not worst compared to other phone example s5 or m8 or z3 or z2 or.......
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You want to compare G3 with M8,S5,Z3,Z2 ??? Tell me that this is a joke right? Coz i loled hard on that ...
For me its the best
Ir working just fine as it should
Battery on cloudy v1.2 is. very good
Screen after sharpness fix is awesome
Design and handling idea great.
The only lag i get when i open stock messege app.
Wifi and signal is better than my s5 duos
I have f400s 32gb version
You might just have a bad unit.
abs_khafan_21 said:
Please prove to me that this phone not worst compared to other phone example s5 or m8 or z3 or z2 or.......
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Sorry mate, it is very important to me to communicate with anybody in a kind way but based on your thread and answers you do not deserve that. You have either no clue about mobile phones or you are simply trolling.
There is no point in discussing about the G3 in a G3 forum on that level.
Im sorry, i didnt get the G3 to function as a remote(btw i used it a couple of times with my LG TV and it worked 100% of the times - didnt bother to check for range), of course i use wifi, and its working better than the Nexus 4 i owned previously.
Good luck with your future phone.
Kickoff said:
Sorry mate, it is very important to me to communicate with anybody in a kind way but based on your thread and answers you do not deserve that. You have either no clue about mobile phones or you are simply trolling.
There is no point in discussing about the G3 in a G3 forum on that level.
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Sorry I dont want to snash but I khow and work with phone more than you and I am not a simple user I write kernel to my phone example rin or chupa or ....
I flash all of the rom example asop and cloudy or android hd 4.1 or chupa or pa or liqiud but all of them can not solve this problem becuse this is hardware problem not software
If you can please help or guide me to have a better phone
Thank you so much
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after few tweaks and PA-AOSPA rom , g3 is a freaking beast !
i dunno what you are talking about .
subwoffer13 said:
after few tweaks and PA-AOSPA rom , g3 is a freaking beast !
i dunno what you are talking about .
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Ok but pa have a more bug
Camera not work good
Remote not work
And some apps not install
Example photoshop or ..
Camera not work in whatsup
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Ok but pa have a more bug
Camera not work good
Remote not work
And some apps not install
Example photoshop or ..
Camera not work in whatsup
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My cam is working good , but the quality is lower , i'll wait for the developer to fix this ( or not )
have no idea whats remote prolly unusable function
didnt have an issues with apps for now .
whatsapp cam does have green screen , but if you take a pic it works .
it is all minor bugs that hopefully be fixed soon . if not ... theres a lot to discover in the land of android roms
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My cam is working good , but the quality is lower , i'll wait for the developer to fix this ( or not )
have no idea whats remote prolly unusable function
didnt have an issues with apps for now .
whatsapp cam does have green screen , but if you take a pic it works .
it is all minor bugs that hopefully be fixed soon . if not ... theres a lot to discover in the land of android roms
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What kernel is better for speedand battery for g3
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Dat title tho.
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My d850 is a beast.... I think you don't know how to tweak correctly with kernel settings and hibernation.... You just need to be learned lol.. But oh well have fun with your other device that you more then likely will not like seemingly enough. Good luck in your journey for perfection :beer:
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Hi all,
it seems as if I'm the first on XDA to own an Axon 7 Mini. Therefore a first set of Information:
Region: EU (D)
Model: B2017G
Color: Gold
Software Version: V1.0.0B01
Baseband: MPSS.TA.2.1.c1-00101-897_GEN_
Please let me know if I can suppert the developers in any weay.
Cheers!
Any review... What's your take on the device.... Tq...
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Well probably not a complete review. First of all it's a great phone.
- Display Full HD with great colors, who needs more?
- Overall performance, not playing game so not much to say here. Definitly a better feel then the OnePlus Two I was useing before. Can't really pinpoint why...
- Camera is good for everyday use. Nothing to exciting here.
- QuickCharge 2 is great, though I miss Qi charging (why is that not a thing anymore? Even Ikea sells qi chargers now...)
- Sound is probably the best I ever heard on a mobile
Just two annoyances:
1. You have press the freaking bell on the lockscreen.
2. A builtin task killer!? Why? Killed my alarm clock twice before I found out what was going on.
what about audio chip? the same as greater?
Yeah Audio is by far the best I had on a mobile. This is true for loudspeaker, calls and headphones.
Chipset here is supposed to be the sames as with the normal Axon 7.
I just encountered the first real issue:
Problem: When speakerphone is enabled the other party can not hear you.
Solution: Disable "OK Google" detection.
can you make few photos in day and night? and video for example street view to check the sensitivity of the microphone- full HD, give link to mega.nz
Metatron22 said:
2. A builtin task killer!? Why? Killed my alarm clock twice before I found out what was going on.
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Can you elaborate on that? How can I configure the task killer / keep the alarm from getting killed?
Well, the Task Killer is hiding under Energy Settings. You can select not to kill it there. But still it took me two days to figure out why it was happening.
About the Fotos. Let's see how the weather is outside the next couple of days. I'm pretty sure there are already a couple of youtube Videos out there, which already tested the camera thouroghly.
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Well, the Task Killer is hiding under Energy Settings. You can select not to kill it there.
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Are you using the built in clock for alarm or a third party app? The built in clock does not show up in the app list in the energy settings for me.
d3cay said:
Are you using the built in clock for alarm or a third party app? The built in clock does not show up in the app list in the energy settings for me.
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Oh I was using Google Clock when this happened. Stock worked fine Out of the box
Hi guys, I received my Axon 7 Mini yesterday. From all the information on the internet I was under the impression that the device supports 802.11 ac (5Ghz) but now it doesn't seem to find my network. Do I have a defective unit or can you guys confirm that?
Thanks,
rien
How is the battery life?.. What SOT can u get... Tq
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As for me battery life is fine. It's about 2 days in average use.
Can't confirm about AC-wifi. I'm still using old N-standart router.
Hi,
I am using the Axon 7 mini now for a few days.
First of all, I'm very happy with this phone. But I have some problems.
When I tap on top of the screen the phone moves my apps and the are sorted another way I want them.
Next thing, all of the movies I receive in Whatsapp stop after a few seconds. But the sound goes on. So you have to wait and at some point (video ends) the sound is killed, then the video starts running again but without sound. Is anyone else here with a similar problem? I just hoped to receive a custom rom or something else for the phone because I think there is much potential in this thing.
I was looking at this phone to recommend to a friend, but I'm distressed that there isn't much of a community here. Should I be worried about recommending this phone? It really looks like a good deal for someone with a budget of $300.
Look at axon mini thread here on XDA. Locked bootloader, root after a few months and only by some Chinese stuff, not working on updates by manufacturer, lack of custom roms... That's the major thing you should consider before buy. I think that's not worth $300 +/-.
Maybe if phone would not have SW issues, but I don't believe ZTE could do it.
Nevertheless, axon mini had major price drop after several months on market - from more than $300 to $180.
Hey all. I've had an Axon 7 Mini for a few weeks now and have been writing pros, cons, etc. about it on the ZTE USA community forums -- I can't post a link because I'm new here
I'm in the UK, and shipped mine in from Germany. I have the same model as the OP, but the grey version, with V1.0.0B02 software. It hasn't had any software updates since I've had it, but I'm hoping the Mini will also get an update to make the notification bell optional (and the LED customisable if possible).
I consistently get around 5.5hrs screen on time, but this drops if the location settings are on. It has great coverage on the UK giffgaff network, and I didn't have to edit any APN settings for 4G and MMS to work.
Thanks to all who have posted. Any info about RF reception? Many complained the Axon 7 has poor RF and WiFi reception.
Also, how's the sound on headphones? Can you tell us if it has WiFi AC (5 GHz)? This is still unclear to me.
A bit disheartened to see a complete lack of support for this thing so far, as I was looking for something a bit smaller to replace my LG V10--but I like my root.
It will get updates, probably Android 7.0 pretty soon, the thing is you guys have gotten the phone so fast, lol. You'll have updates during these months don't worry.
I'm planning to buy gm 5 plus very soon
I want your reviews about the device
Battery life
Does it overheat
Camera
What about system smoothness
I know that it's an android one device though
Thanks in advance
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It's good. But it has some software problems.
Only both cameras are not-too-good in hardware.
But you should check the display. It's very good
nhmanas said:
It's good. But it has some software problems.
Only both cameras are not-too-good in hardware.
But you should check the display. It's very good
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By saying software problems
Does it lag a lot?
What if I use custom Rom like CyanogenMod?
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Mouaz Kaadan said:
By saying software problems
Does it lag a lot?
What if I use custom Rom like CyanogenMod?
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I bought this phone 3 days ago. My old phone was Android one 2nd generation (snapdragon 410). I didn't tested any custom ROMs yet. But I know people who flashed cm14 and they said it lags a lot because cm14 is on very early alpha stages. I didn't asked anyone about cm13.
But stock rom is not lagging. It's flawless.
I got these issues since I got my phone:
1. Screen flashes after reboot for 2 minutes (I don't know why but they're gone now)
2. When I change camera rear to front it stucks on Snapchat. Don't use double tap. Use camera change button. It works.
3. Some people don't experience this issue but notification light is only working when it's charging. I don't see any blinks when notification comes up.
4. Google camera is crap. Use manual camera. It's on play store.
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I bought this phone 3 days ago. My old phone was Android one 2nd generation (snapdragon 410). I didn't tested any custom ROMs yet. But I know people who flashed cm14 and they said it lags a lot because cm14 is on very early alpha stages. I didn't asked anyone about cm13.
But stock rom is not lagging. It's flawless.
I got these issues since I got my phone:
1. Screen flashes after reboot for 2 minutes (I don't know why but they're gone now)
2. When I change camera rear to front it stucks on Snapchat. Don't use double tap. Use camera change button. It works.
3. Some people don't experience this issue but notification light is only working when it's charging. I don't see any blinks when notification comes up.
4. Google camera is crap. Use manual camera. It's on play store.
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What about heating and battery life
Sorry for asking too much ?
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Mouaz Kaadan said:
What about heating and battery life
Sorry for asking too much
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It's OK man
It's more overheating than my old Android one phone. But it's definitely less heating than my very old sgs2. It's not uncomfortable. It's meh-normal.
I get 6 hours screen on time on a day.
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Also why do you want to change your j7?
It has almost same specs. And it's better for gaming than this.
Battery life is average... One day for me...
And i don't have overheathing at all...
Phone works fine, no lags, no any problem (android nougat is installed)
nhmanas said:
It's OK man
It's more overheating than my old Android one phone. But it's definitely less heating than my very old sgs2. It's not uncomfortable. It's meh-normal.
I get 6 hours screen on time on a day.
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Also why do you want to change your j7?
It has almost same specs. And it's better for gaming than this.
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I broke my J7's screen last week
Changed it in a local shop and it's not the same as the original one
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GM5 plus
Hi man,
I'm very happy with the device. I have had little to no lag since the nougat 7.0 update. The processor has little difficulty managing the usual task on a smartphone. Perhaps it's a little different for user that actually play graphic intense games. Battery heating isn't a problem but I do find the battery a bit small for the device (I have to load it at least half an hour to get me through a day of intense use.
Hi
I finally bought this phone.
The camera is kinda bad, colors are good but they lack sharpness and details. I had a Zenfone 5 that took way sharper images than this phone.
Battery life is ok. I get 4-5 hours screen-on-time.
Some problems i have with the device : the phone makes a buzzing sound that comes from the back when 4G/GPS is activated, also when i go to Play Store and then Settings and then scroll down i can see "Device certification : Uncertified". Anyone else getting this?
nice phone without battery
Nice overall performance. Cameras are both the same, and perform good. Colors are a bit oversaturated in general, that's not a camera problem. Gets a little hot while managing heavy applications, but nothing to worry about. Battery has improved, it's better than it's predecessors, but still not as good as it should be. Fast charging is quite interesting, but the charger included is only 2.4A, not 3.0 as it supports. In my opinion, 8.5/10. I have this phone from 2 months now.
I have GM5 Plus for 6 months now. Generally, the phone is ok for the price. It does not lag but becomes hot while playing. I think because of the heat issue screen now has some spots on the screen while looking on the white background, other times its not visible. Cameras are normal. Battery life is not super but is ok. Battery life is somehow balanced with super fast charging for me. Overall, I think for the budget phone its very good smartphone.
Very bad device I don't recommend