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Hey everyone,
Just received my Transformer today. Overall the hardware/software quality of the unit is pretty good.
HOWEVER, I'm a bit bugged by the issue with the sound/speakers where the audio is louder on the right speaker than the left. The sound balance is quite off.
Anybody else experiencing this issue? I've read a review a month ago regarding this and the reviewer references this problem as well, just wanted to see how many other people (if any) are exeperiencing this.
Thanks!
I actually noticed the same thing today, but thought it was the song I was listening to. Probably will be resolved with software update.
speaker only or does this happen with earphones too?
shabs52 said:
speaker only or does this happen with earphones too?
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Just ran a test and its only an issue with the speakers.
Wasn't this fixed with the latest update? Or am I thinking something else? :/
It seems most people have this issue and I'm hoping it will get dealt with in a future firmware update.
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Wasn't this fixed with the latest update? Or am I thinking something else? :/
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To my knowledge it wasn't.
I think I really lucked out with my unit. I received it yesterday and after reading the reports from other lucky owners throughout the week I was really worried. However both my speakers play perfectly. And the screen has very little lightbleed on LCD test at max brightness.
I was considering buying the Galaxy Note, but after I read the Note subforum carefully, I discovered few (major) issues with the device, which made me reconsider my choice.
Now I have the same situation with Galaxy S3. Before I purchase it, I want to know about all the potential problems that are known for this device. Maybe it has bad battary performance, maybe it has bad sound quality, maybe... ?
Please shortly list all the common problems (if any) that happen to be associated with this device.
not just building it up, but i can not say that i have noticed any big flaws with this device.
i have the Note right now as well, and i would pick the S3 hands down over my note, its faster, the screen is better, the battery is great compared to what i was getting on my Note and Skyrocket. and now with Jelly Bean/cm10 here this thing flys.
Gps is decent, Sound is much better than any other phone that i have had, and thats without Supercurio's Voodoo sound which should be dropped here soon.
Its a S3 forum, so yes you will get alot of people saying exactly what i am saying....its a great device. and if you HAVE to choose between the Note and S3 the S3 is a no brainer....
now the Note2 thats a different story when it drops......
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I was considering buying the Galaxy Note, but after I read the Note subforum carefully, I discovered few (major) issues with the device, which made me reconsider my choice.
Now I have the same situation with Galaxy S3. Before I purchase it, I want to know about all the potential problems that are known for this device. Maybe it has bad battary performance, maybe it has bad sound quality, maybe... ?
Please shortly list all the common problems (if any) that happen to be associated with this device.
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I had a lot of issues and ended up having 4 replacement handsets and have just got a full refund today. Issues I experienced were; large gaps between the screen and bezel which allowed dust to settle on the edges of the screen, pink blotch issues when using the front camera, volume button and home button that stuck in when pressed, and all AMOLED screens suffer from ink marks on a black screen to varying degrees.
I think the initial production batches have suffered from poor build quality and I do think I will purchase the phone again in a month or so when the factories won't be over stretched to cope with demand. The pebble blue version which I had seems to suffer from a lot of issues which I put down to rushed production.
Good luck
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not just building it up, but i can not say that i have noticed any big flaws with this device.
i have the Note right now as well, and i would pick the S3 hands down over my note, its faster, the screen is better, the battery is great compared to what i was getting on my Note and Skyrocket. and now with Jelly Bean/cm10 here this thing flys.
Gps is decent, Sound is much better than any other phone that i have had, and thats without Supercurio's Voodoo sound which should be dropped here soon.
Its a S3 forum, so yes you will get alot of people saying exactly what i am saying....its a great device. and if you HAVE to choose between the Note and S3 the S3 is a no brainer....
now the Note2 thats a different story when it drops......
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I agree with everything you've said, except for the GPS part.
I don't find it decent, it's exceptional imho.
It seems to be able to get a solid signal within 5 seconds on a cold start.
It uses both GPS and Glonass together, which explains why it's so fast, but it's still impressive to see.
But back on the subject, I've always chosen devices I was pretty sure I'd be happy with (I'm doing lots of research and reading a lot of reviews on them before buying), but it's the first time that I really don't have any complaints at all (besides minor problems with easy fixes/tweaks, but the phone is really stable and fast out of the box).
Even the only thing I thought I'd be disappointed about, coming from an HTC HD2 (the build quality and design), I was pleasantly surprised about the build quality, and I love the look of the phone, even if it's plastic.
Of course that's only my opinion, but I don't regret buying it one bit
These threads are a common problem in the S3 General section....if you look down I'm pretty sure you'll find threads already created, discussing the problems you've just mentioned
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I was considering buying the Galaxy Note, but after I read the Note subforum carefully, I discovered few (major) issues with the device, which made me reconsider my choice.
Now I have the same situation with Galaxy S3. Before I purchase it, I want to know about all the potential problems that are known for this device. Maybe it has bad battary performance, maybe it has bad sound quality, maybe... ?
Please shortly list all the common problems (if any) that happen to be associated with this device.
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I have been using Note for last 5 months . I bought it from Ebay . Till now I didn't face any problems with the device.
It depends on the device you get, some device may have manufacture defects and that's rare.
Worst case if you get such device you can get it replaced as you have warranty.
So stop thinking about odds and go for the device you love
The GS3 has had an unusually bug-free (relative to most other smartphone releases) launch.
Hardware Problems:
Crackling in audio output when phone display is off (phone is in idle mode). Can be fixed in software by setting sleep mode to Idle Only from Idle + LPA.
Some screens are faulty and have pink areas
Some cameras are faulty and cause pink blotches in images
Software problems:
Cell standby battery usage is misreported and over-inflated
Creating an SMS longer than 3 messages converts it into an MMS. No way to disable this unless modding.
Email client (not gmail) mail body field text selection is bugged. Text gets deleted randomly when moving the text selection handles.
Music player sometimes plays the wrong song (one from a previous playlist) when you click on a song.
Music player also has some problems with organising songs into albums, creating duplicate albums with the same name.
The quick scroll alphabet column (in contacts and music lists) has a delay when sliding finger on it for the first time after app load
That's all I can think of right now.
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The GS3 has had an unusually bug-free (relative to most other smartphone releases) launch.
Hardware Problems:
Crackling in audio output when phone display is off (phone is in idle mode). Can be fixed in software by setting sleep mode to Idle Only from Idle + LPA.
Some screens are faulty and have pink areas
Some cameras are faulty and cause pink blotches in images
Software problems:
Cell standby battery usage is misreported and over-inflated
Creating an SMS longer than 3 messages converts it into an MMS. No way to disable this unless modding.
Email client (not gmail) mail body field text selection is bugged. Text gets deleted randomly when moving the text selection handles.
Music player sometimes plays the wrong song (one from a previous playlist) when you click on a song.
Music player also has some problems with organising songs into albums, creating duplicate albums with the same name.
The quick scroll alphabet column (in contacts and music lists) has a delay when sliding finger on it for the first time after app load
That's all I can think of right now.
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I'd say the marble white version was relatively bug-free as a launch handset but the pebble blue version probably has just as many launch defects as any other handset. For example, I ended up going through four faulty pebble blue handsets until finally giving up and getting my money back.
Physical home button - hard to reach, hard to press, looks stupid, feels stupid
Wake up lag - Push the power button and wait 1.500 ms for the screen to appear
Only 1 GB RAM - Not enough for a top phone in 2012... This is not 2011 anymore, Samsung!
Nothing else.. Everything else is top class..
Yea that lag is sooooooooo long I fall asleep! And I have to get a long stick to push that dam home button! And the battery it last way to long! Why can't it just die after 14hours like the rest? If you didn't know I was being sarcastic!
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but the pebble blue version probably has just as many launch defects as any other handset.
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Same device, other color. Other batch though since it was produced after the white one due to quality control issues with the color.
Wake up lag - Push the power button and wait 1.500 ms for the screen to appear
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Siyah-Kernel greatly fixes that issue. CM9/CM10 even more, it's probably well below 0.5sec
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I'd say the marble white version was relatively bug-free as a launch handset but the pebble blue version probably has just as many launch defects as any other handset. For example, I ended up going through four faulty pebble blue handsets until finally giving up and getting my money back.
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I think you are just too picky about the phone being built perfect it's not going to happen for any phone. The chances of getting a perfectly built phone with no defects at all is lower than getting some minor defect such as "the gap being too big between the bezel and letting in dust" I can't believe they even let you return it for that reason. Good luck on your quest of finding the perfect phone.
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I think you are just too picky about the phone being built perfect it's not going to happen for any phone. The chances of getting a perfectly built phone with no defects at all is lower than getting some minor defect such as "the gap being too big between the bezel and letting in dust" I can't believe they even let you return it for that reason. Good luck on your quest of finding the perfect phone.
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My returns were all due to pink blotch issues with the front camera which is unacceptable. I've never had a phone that takes pictures with a pink blotch. In addition to that pink blotch two of my devices also had large gaps. Bits of dust actually got stuck under the screen which, again, is unacceptable for a £500 phone. Samsung must ensure the bezel and screen are correctly sealed so that dust does not build up in inaccessible areas. I've also never had a phone where I could see black dots and whirls on the screen when viewing YouTube videos at night. I'd rather have blacks that are not so deep but are consistent in colour.
Thing is, general build quality of phones is going down whilst prices are going up. It's inevitable.
Love the phone, not noticed any bugs or faults at all. No crackling when playing back audio via headphones
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Siyah-Kernel greatly fixes that issue. CM9/CM10 even more, it's probably well below 0.5sec
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No kernel fixes it. I've tried every single one available on the development section. They are all the same. 1.5 seconds wasted every time you turn on the screen.
Measure it yourself: http://online-stopwatch.chronme.com/
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No kernel fixes it. I've tried every single one available on the development section. They are all the same. 1.5 seconds wasted every time you turn on the screen.
Measure it yourself: http://online-stopwatch.chronme.com/
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I must be very lucky my phone not even a half of a second, maybe because I'm running a live wallpaper? Or maybe my phone not rooted? But is that 1.5 that important to you? Then you need to change phones,
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I must be very lucky my phone not even a half of a second, maybe because I'm running a live wallpaper? Or maybe my phone not rooted? But is that 1.5 that important to you? Then you need to change phones,
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You seem to be trying so hard to start a conversation with me, but sorry, I don't talk to noobs. Especially ones who think live wallpapers change time Exynos SOC waits for the modem to go out of deep sleep.
I don't need our want you as a friend sorry, just get another phone if it's that bad for you
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You seem to be trying so hard to start a conversation with me, but sorry, I don't talk to noobs. Especially ones who think live wallpapers change time Exynos SOC waits for the modem to go out of deep sleep.
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I know how to solve your problem! Get another phone! It's simple if your gong to lose asleep about 1.5 it's not worth it
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Poker gypsy said:
I know how to solve your problem! Get another phone! It's simple if your gong to lose asleep about 1.5 it's not worth it
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I didn't know that you was that famous! Please send me your autograph lol
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My story is much and boring , but please endeavour to read and suggest solutions for me. Here goes the story: As a longtime iOS user, I decided to take android os on a spin, and after watching several reviews and much of info seeking, I decided to try out the sony coz I believe its the only android that has a quality build next to iPhones. I also considered other brands like samsung and htc,bt none suited my need(besides I hate samsung and touchwiz with passion?)
Anyways I decided to buy the xperia z3 but the its waaaay too expensive here in my country, so I traded-in my one-year old iPhone 5 and a samsung galaxy tab 3 8.0 that was given to me as a gift just to get xperia z2,coz i came to learn that it has no much difference with the z3, besides the z2 has a larger battery. And so I did, got the xperia z2 last week and I must admit, it looks gorgeous. The screen is awesome!! However, I'm still facing some issues that frustrates me all the time about this phone to an extent of making me regret buying the phone, but I'm hoping that I can get solutions to the problems so as to enjoy the phone to the fullest!! ?
1. Call quality issues: This is undoubtedly the most annoying one. My girlfriend always complain that she cant hear me well whenever we are talking on the phone,and that breaks my heart alot! I mean a buying such an adorable phone with a premium price tag and yet cant even enjoy a good call quality is a miss!! I did some research on the problem and learnt that its quite a common problem with the z2, and as a user on the forum suggested, I flashed the .314 (4.4.2) firmware on it and the problem has reduced a little bit, not completely thou. Its even worse on 4.4.4(which it came out with out of the box).
Q]Could it be a software related problem? Or perhaps hardware? Is there any workaround about it? Will the lollipop update fix this issue??
2. Camera: "xperia 2 has one of the best camera out there" as stated by many reviewers, but thats not true as far as I'm concerned. Yes it has a massive 20.7 mp but honestly I still miss the camera on iphone. The images z2 takes are somewhat blurry and has lots of noise, they aren't as crispy sharp as that taken by an iphone. Could have tempered with the manual mode, bt im not a photograph expert. Can someone walk me through? ☺
3. Battery: Well, I can't complain much about this coz z2 has the best battery on any smartphone iv ever owned. That said, when I got it the first few days, the power management estimated about 2 days of usage and I was super happy about that, now after few days it only shows 1 day at most. Could something have gone wrong?
4.Heating issues: Seems like this is one of the most complained about issue regarding the xperia z2. Even though I have not experienced any severe overheating case that will hinder its usage, the device still get warm on average usage and that feels abit uncomfortable to the palm. Although I understand it has a glass back panel so it will conduct much heat. Iv already ordered for a case, hopefully that will solve my heating problem.
Thats pretty much it guys. I hope I will get some solutions from you. Thanks
(PS: 1.Sorry about my english 2. I can't return the device back to place of purchase coz I got it from a local retailer. 3. And oh! Its the D6502 model running 4.4.2 .314)
Thanks
upgrade the firmware, there are lots of improvements
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upgrade the firmware, there are lots of improvements
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Like I mentioned above, it came with the latest firmware out of the box which has the worst call quality problem. So I had to downgrade to find ease. Reccomend any ftf specifically?
I think its an old update 4.4.4 is the latest
And by the way iphone is a different species compared to android so i think the hardware components is much more different thats why you can't find what iphone's cam to a xperia
On calls maybe it about the network
1. Call quality issues: Yes, this problem is there since the microfon is at the bottom of the phone. Its not a software problem, i also having the problem when talking with someone. The solution i made, talking with my hand covering the microfon OR i had to use a handsfree. This is Sony mistake of the build Z2(bottom microphone). Sad, theres no other solution.
2. Camera: Dont have much problem about the camera. Yeah, we have some people reported that the camera was abit lag from the previous sofware version, but the camera is still good and i dont have much problem about it. About the noise, i also dont hv so much problem. I can take picture well and ive compare my picture with my brother's iPhone 5s, and yet he said my picture taken from my Z2 is more better then his iphone.
3. Battery: Depend how u use your phone, but for me this device has the best battery life ever! Im also a heavy type user, but 1-2 days is already enough for me.
4.Heating issues: This is normal when u always playing games or multitasking with non-stop usage of ur phone. I dont experience this problem coz im not playing game with my phone.
I hope this will help you a little. :fingers-crossed:
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1. Call quality issues: Yes, this problem is there since the microfon is at the bottom of the phone. Its not a software problem, i also having the problem when talking with someone. The solution i made, talking with my hand covering the microfon OR i had to use a handsfree. This is Sony mistake of the build Z2(bottom microphone). Sad, theres no other solution.
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Really?? Never knew there could be another location for microphone apart from the bottom, except for the one above which is used for video recording. Pardon my noobness. So is bottom not the ideal location for a microphone?
With the call quality, I have experienced a lot of problems. Some say turning off noise suppression helps. Personally the best fix I have found is using a custom ROM (eXistenZ) as niaboc79 provided a fix what works (Sony, you could learn a lot from the community).
Re: Mic location. With how big the phone is it is stupid how low down Sony positioned the mic. A better place would have been next to the bottom speaker (the sides) or just above the bottom speaker. It really needs to be higher up and on the front side (like the low price phones they make)
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Really?? Never knew there could be another location for microphone apart from the bottom, except for the one above which is used for video recording. Pardon my noobness. So is bottom not the ideal location for a microphone?
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Sorry, i think u missunderstood what i mean actually. I cant explain it clearly to u, my english is so bad. Look at the Z3 main mic, at the front-bottom instead the Z2(bottom-bottom). The Z3 mic more closer to our mouth when we speak. So when talking on the phone, voice from the Z3 is more easily to be hear then the Z2. I hope this will explain, otherwise i need someone to help me. Sorry for my bad english. :fingers-crossed:
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Sorry, i think u missunderstood what i mean actually. I cant explain it clearly to u, my english is so bad. Look at the Z3 main mic, at the front-bottom instead the Z2(bottom-bottom). The Z3 mic more closer to our mouth when we speak. So when talking on the phone, voice from the Z3 is more easily to be hear then the Z2. I hope this will explain, otherwise i need someone to help me. Sorry for my bad english. :fingers-crossed:
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I think you explained it perfectly. I didn't realise the Z3 had this and that is what I was describing in my post before yours
gamer649 said:
I think you explained it perfectly. I didn't realise the Z3 had this and that is what I was describing in my post before yours
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That microphone location on the Z3 likely due to complaints from the Z2 users. I think everyone including me didnt expect this the day we bought it. Right?
I had to turn off the noise suppression on my z2 as the volume is low as well.
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gamer649 said:
With the call quality, I have experienced a lot of problems. Some say turning off noise suppression helps. Personally the best fix I have found is using a custom ROM (eXistenZ) as niaboc79 provided a fix what works (Sony, you could learn a lot from the community).
Re: Mic location. With how big the phone is it is stupid how low down Sony positioned the mic. A better place would have been next to the bottom speaker (the sides) or just above the bottom speaker. It really needs to be higher up and on the front side (like the low price phones they make)
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Wow! i never thought anything will make me flash a custom rom on a snappy and fast ui like that of xperias(its fast and responsive ui is actually one of the reasons why i went for the sony)....but if doing so will bring an end to my nightmares then im all in.
Ok i have a few questions for you please coz i want to be sure im doing the right thing before i proceed....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...m-existenz-ultimate-1-0-5-light-dark-t2835196 this is the link to the right existenz rom right?
And the fix you were talking about,is it based on your personal experience or it was stated in the changelog?
If it happens im going to flash the rom,i will definitely need a backup,can you please suggest any automated way of doing so? coz i have lots of apps and apps data on the internal storage. I would prefer a general backup and restore that will return the phone contents to their former places like nothing has happened,
Thanks alot
Abdl said:
Wow! i never thought anything will make me flash a custom rom on a snappy and fast ui like that of xperias(its fast and responsive ui is actually one of the reasons why i went for the sony)....but if doing so will bring an end to my nightmares then im all in.
Ok i have a few questions for you please coz i want to be sure im doing the right thing before i proceed....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...m-existenz-ultimate-1-0-5-light-dark-t2835196 this is the link to the right existenz rom right?
And the fix you were talking about,is it based on your personal experience or it was stated in the changelog?
If it happens im going to flash the rom,i will definitely need a backup,can you please suggest any automated way of doing so? coz i have lots of apps and apps data on the internal storage. I would prefer a general backup and restore that will return the phone contents to their former places like nothing has happened,
Thanks alot
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That's the right ROM. The fix was first provided by niaboc79 in v3.1.0 (I think) or maybe it was an add on. Either way I flashed the file what contained the fix as people kept complaining they couldn't hear me. From then on I have had no problems at all, I think the fix was also included in every version since the fix was provided.
Titanium backup is by far the easiest way to backup your data. Back it all up to the external SD card (this can be done in tb. Menu>Preferences>Backup Folder Location>Navigate to the external SD card and create a new tb folder. Upon installation of the ROM you can install tb and then restore your backups (you may need to re-navigate to the tb backup folder in tb).
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That's the right ROM. The fix was first provided by niaboc79 in v3.1.0 (I think) or maybe it was an add on. Either way I flashed the file what contained the fix as people kept complaining they couldn't hear me. From then on I have had no problems at all, I think the fix was also included in every version since the fix was provided.
Titanium backup is by far the easiest way to backup your data. Back it all up to the external SD card (this can be done in tb. Menu>Preferences>Backup Folder Location>Navigate to the external SD card and create a new tb folder. Upon installation of the ROM you can install tb and then restore your backups (you may need to re-navigate to the tb backup folder in tb).
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Woow this is great. Thanks alot mate. I will flash at my leisure and report back.:good:
About the other caller not hearing you, if it doesn't work you should replace your phone, if you bought it new. I read that call quality was a problem in some earlier models,, the same problem that you and I experienced.
When I went to buy mine in the store, they had 2 available. I got one, put my sim card in it, and called someone, who told me that they can't hear me very well. Without leaving the store, because I wanted to return it right away, I tried disabling noise suppression, playing with the volumes, but nothing worked. I got the other available Z2, made a call, the other person said they could hear me fine, so I got that one. Unfortunately, this one also has problems, the lower speaker is distorting a bit at higher volumes (no sound mods), but I only found that out at home. I may replace it again someday.
So I say it's just poor build quality, and if the existenz rom doesn't work for you, you should try to get it replaced by the shop or Sony. We shouldn't be the ones trying to repair mistakes that Sony made. Nonetheless, I really love this phone.
sandulea said:
About the other caller not hearing you, if it doesn't work you should replace your phone, if you bought it new. I read that call quality was a problem in some earlier models,, the same problem that you and I experienced.
When I went to buy mine in the store, they had 2 available. I got one, put my sim card in it, and called someone, who told me that they can't hear me very well. Without leaving the store, because I wanted to return it right away, I tried disabling noise suppression, playing with the volumes, but nothing worked. I got the other available Z2, made a call, the other person said they could hear me fine, so I got that one. Unfortunately, this one also has problems, the lower speaker is distorting a bit at higher volumes (no sound mods), but I only found that out at home. I may replace it again someday.
So I say it's just poor build quality, and if the existenz rom doesn't work for you, you should try to get it replaced by the shop or Sony. We shouldn't be the ones trying to repair mistakes that Sony made. Nonetheless, I really love this phone.
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The thing is people can hear me talking but not can not get what im saying so they are always asking me to repeat myself and its super annoying ?. Just finished making a call with a friend and I had to yell before she could hear me, and that actually provoked me!!! I really regret buying this phone!!!!
As for returning it, I can't do that hear, no any sony store. Once bought its yours forever! What a piece of crap arrrghh!!!
PS. I dont think mine is the earlier model coz it shipped with 4.4.4 Not sure though
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The thing is people can hear me talking but not can not get what im saying so they are always asking me to repeat myself and its super annoying . Just finished making a call with a friend and I had to yell before she could hear me, and that actually provoked me!!! I really regret buying this phone!!!!
As for returning it, I can't do that hear, no any sony store. Once bought its yours forever! What a piece of crap arrrghh!!!
PS. I dont think mine is the earlier model coz it shipped with 4.4.4 Not sure though
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Several things you can try in order to understand the problem better:
Try a headset, just to see whether the problem is to do with the mic (software or hardware).
Try a recording software to see what it sounds like for yourself. Try different environments, noisy and quiet.
Try talking over Hangouts for example to see if the quality is any different.
There's a setting for the amount of noise suppression applied, try the quiet environment setting or turning it off completely.
I guess you are probably unlucky, as I've never had people complaining to me about the voice quality.
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Several things you can try in order to understand the problem better:
Try a headset, just to see whether the problem is to do with the mic (software or hardware).
Try a recording software to see what it sounds like for yourself. Try different environments, noisy and quiet.
Try talking over Hangouts for example to see if the quality is any different.
There's a setting for the amount of noise suppression applied, try the quiet environment setting or turning it off completely.
I guess you are probably unlucky, as I've never had people complaining to me about the voice quality.
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If tried recording with an app and it was superb so I suppose its not a hardware issue.
Anyways I have flashed the existenz rom and I'll be testing for the next couple days, although so far so good. I really hope lollipop update will bring a fix to this, sometimes I prefer to remain stock.
Call quality... I've never had anyone complain about not hearing me properly on mine so I can't help you. It could just be that you have a small head and so the mic placement at the very bottom doesn't help you at all lol.
Camera.... The superior auto mode is notoriously poor. It usually cranks up the iso and exposure producing very noisy photos. To get the best results, use it with manual controls. It's not difficult. You have the basic settings. Exposure, white balance or colour temperature, and iso.
For exposure, you can leave it at default most of the time only adjusting when really needed.
White balance has five options. Auto which I strongly recommend not using in daylight. Use the sunny or cloudy options.
The key really is ISO, this is where the auto mode does most of its damage by cranking the value way to high.
Under daylight and florescent lighting, use the lowest value of 50 mostly but no higher than 100. For incandescent lighting say coming from a bulb or lamp, use iso 200. ISO is basically the sensors sensitivity to light, the higher this value the more luminescent noise is present. In general, never go above 400 unless you're in a really dark room and don't want to use the flash. And when you use 400 it's advisable to drop the exposure value down a notch or two or three lol
Its really simple, just play around with the settings. In order words adjust them until what you see in the viewfinder closely resembles the scene you're trying to take.
Unfortunately the Sony auto software doesn't come anywhere close to that on the iPhone but with manual controls, it spanks the iPhone. It's a great camera especially on 4.4.4 which I recommend you return to. Maybe hold the phone higher up when calling so your mouth is closer to the mic.
Overheating hasn't been a problem for me for a while especially after 4.4.4. There was the 4k problem but that's largely resolved. I can shoot 10 min videos no problem now.
Battery life as you said is excellent even though worse on 4.4.4 but I believe that's because of the increased brightness. On older firmware, it maxed out at 420 nits but now it goes up to 520 nits. Also the z2 unlike the z3 has a very warm and colourful panel. Probably the most colourful lcd panel ever produced and that takes it toll on battery as well. That's probably why Sony toned things down considerable with the z3 series to make good their 2 day promise but I hate cold displays and one of the main reasons I'd always recommend the z2 over its newer sibling. Well that and the fact that it's camera is also more consistent at focusing in lower light and the fact that it's much cheaper.
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Call quality... I've never had anyone complain about not hearing me properly on mine so I can't help you. It could just be that you have a small head and so the mic placement at the very bottom doesn't help you at all lol.
Camera.... The superior auto mode is notoriously poor. It usually cranks up the iso and exposure producing very noisy photos. To get the best results, use it with manual controls. It's not difficult. You have the basic settings. Exposure, white balance or colour temperature, and iso.
For exposure, you can leave it at default most of the time only adjusting when really needed.
White balance has five options. Auto which I strongly recommend not using in daylight. Use the sunny or cloudy options.
The key really is ISO, this is where the auto mode does most of its damage by cranking the value way to high.
Under daylight and florescent lighting, use the lowest value of 50 mostly but no higher than 100. For incandescent lighting say coming from a bulb or lamp, use iso 200. ISO is basically the sensors sensitivity to light, the higher this value the more luminescent noise is present. In general, never go above 400 unless you're in a really dark room and don't want to use the flash. And when you use 400 it's advisable to drop the exposure value down a notch or two or three lol
Its really simple, just play around with the settings. In order words adjust them until what you see in the viewfinder closely resembles the scene you're trying to take.
Unfortunately the Sony auto software doesn't come anywhere close to that on the iPhone but with manual controls, it spanks the iPhone. It's a great camera especially on 4.4.4 which I recommend you return to. Maybe hold the phone higher up when calling so your mouth is closer to the mic.
Overheating hasn't been a problem for me for a while especially after 4.4.4. There was the 4k problem but that's largely resolved. I can shoot 10 min videos no problem now.
Battery life as you said is excellent even though worse on 4.4.4 but I believe that's because of the increased brightness. On older firmware, it maxed out at 420 nits but now it goes up to 520 nits. Also the z2 unlike the z3 has a very warm and colourful panel. Probably the most colourful lcd panel ever produced and that takes it toll on battery as well. That's probably why Sony toned things down considerable with the z3 series to make good their 2 day promise but I hate cold displays and one of the main reasons I'd always recommend the z2 over its newer sibling. Well that and the fact that it's camera is also more consistent at focusing in lower light and the fact that it's much cheaper.
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Well said. I would surely play with the manual settings. Thanks
Hi, I have looked through the threads but haven't found info, wanted to see what fellow Canadian owners have done in regards to the touchscreen issue. Also wanted to add this thread as to show another variant having issues, Rogers was unaware until I called them and they saw xda threads. They were helpful but unfortunately advised have to wait for LG to send an update. I have tried all of the suggestions for the other variant phones including installing SGS touchscreen booster and unfortunately nothing helped. Have the Rogers variant and was wondering if others have found a solution temporarily. Rogers hasn't received the lg keyboard update yet. Thanks all.
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Hi, I have looked through the threads but haven't found info, wanted to see what fellow Canadian owners have done in regards to the touchscreen issue. Also wanted to add this thread as to show another variant having issues, Rogers was unaware until I called them and they saw xda threads. They were helpful but unfortunately advised have to wait for LG to send an update. I have tried all of the suggestions for the other variant phones including installing SGS touchscreen booster and unfortunately nothing helped. Have the Rogers variant and was wondering if others have found a solution temporarily. Rogers hasn't received the lg keyboard update yet. Thanks all.
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I'm on Rogers, and SGS fixed my issues. All the US carriers are releasing updates as we speak, so I can only assume the Canadian carriers will follow soon. LG is getting returns because of this issue, so you can bet they will be all over a fix.
As for Rogers being unaware of the issue...that's bull. They always say that. Rogers knows.
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Thanks for the reply. Awesome to hear SGS worked for you. Did you do anything else, developer options etc? I will perform another factory reset and try again. Hope I can get it working, pain in the arse having the missing touches. Hopefully rogers does it sooner than later.
OP, there's another post for CDN models here. LINK
I am also experience pretty annoying touch screen issues, and I can't even exchange with WIND since they claim they're out of stock.
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Thanks for the reply. Awesome to hear SGS worked for you. Did you do anything else, developer options etc? I will perform another factory reset and try again. Hope I can get it working, pain in the arse having the missing touches. Hopefully rogers does it sooner than later.
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I didn't change anything in my developer options (other than disabling all animations). My Touchscreen issues weren't bad to begin with, and I DO NOT use the stock keyboard. Both of those are most likely why SGS helped me.
Thx for the info guys, I will read through the cdn section and start using swift key with sgs.
I think this whole issue is overrated. Yes, I get the occasional miss but so what? Same thing has happened with every smart phone I've owned. Maybe I didn't tap hard enough, maybe I did. But why does the occasional miss get people's knickers in such knots. It has virtually no effect on the user experience with this great phone.
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I think this whole issue is overrated. Yes, I get the occasional miss but so what? Same thing has happened with every smart phone I've owned. Maybe I didn't tap hard enough, maybe I did. But why does the occasional miss get people's knickers in such knots. It has virtually no effect on the user experience with this great phone.
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I wouldn't say that. You might not be getting the issue as others are. Apparently it's pretty bad with some phones.
If you didn't know, the LG G2 had a huge issue with its touchscreen where the top portion of the screen stopped working, edge to edge, so people couldn't tap on anything in that portion of the screen.
The G3 also had its issues and now G4. LG clearly needs to change their touchscreen/digitizers and use someone else's if they're incapable of reliability.
Anyways, I was coming here to start a new thread and ask if someone tried the version from Wind to see if it has the touchscreen issue before I buy the phone. Thank you to the person who mentioned it !!
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I think this whole issue is overrated. Yes, I get the occasional miss but so what? Same thing has happened with every smart phone I've owned. Maybe I didn't tap hard enough, maybe I did. But why does the occasional miss get people's knickers in such knots. It has virtually no effect on the user experience with this great phone.
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It might not be too apparent for other people, but on mine it's been getting worse. Someone mentioned before that it actually seems issues get worse as the phone gets hotter.
Not sure how much of that is true, but it kills the experience for me.
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I wouldn't say that. You might not be getting the issue as others are. Apparently it's pretty bad with some phones.
If you didn't know, the LG G2 had a huge issue with its touchscreen where the top portion of the screen stopped working, edge to edge, so people couldn't tap on anything in that portion of the screen.
The G3 also had its issues and now G4. LG clearly needs to change their touchscreen/digitizers and use someone else's if they're incapable of reliability.
Anyways, I was coming here to start a new thread and ask if someone tried the version from Wind to see if it has the touchscreen issue before I buy the phone. Thank you to the person who mentioned it !!
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I have WIND one, and the issue is there.
It started off being hardly noticed now and could seem to be my mistake. Now it's much worse and every other swipe registers as a type, taps are missing around 50 - 60%. Can't get it exchanged either since WIND claims their sold out of G4's in the GTA region, with an exception of one return for an S6.
Not entirely sure I will keep my G4 as much as I love it.
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It might not be too apparent for other people, but on mine it's been getting worse. Someone mentioned before that it actually seems issues get worse as the phone gets hotter.
Not sure how much of that is true, but it kills the experience for me.
I have WIND one, and the issue is there.
It started off being hardly noticed now and could seem to be my mistake. Now it's much worse and every other swipe registers as a type, taps are missing around 50 - 60%. Can't get it exchanged either since WIND claims their sold out of G4's in the GTA region, with an exception of one return for an S6.
Not entirely sure I will keep my G4 as much as I love it.
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I think going for the S6 is the best choice. I'm considering the 3 phones, M9, g4, s6. S6 seems to be the least buggy, as usual. M9 has its hardware issues or I'd get it.
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I think going for the S6 is the best choice. I'm considering the 3 phones, M9, g4, s6. S6 seems to be the least buggy, as usual. M9 has its hardware issues or I'd get it.
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Honestly every phone has it's quirks, by no means will your S6 have no chance of issues. You can check out the S6 forum on XDA for more info.
Even with that being said, this LG G4 touch screen issue seems pretty big IMO in comparison to the number of issues on the S6.
Apart from Touchscreen issues, are you guys getting the Wi-fi issue?
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Apart from Touchscreen issues, are you guys getting the Wi-fi issue?
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I am. I find it pretty weak. The phone is useless with using Dnset app.
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Check the S6 forums at Android Central. The S6 is a train wreck of issues compared to the G4.
Overheating, dead gyroscope, lagging, front camera purple dots, horrid battery life....
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Check the S6 forums at Android Central. The S6 is a train wreck of issues compared to the G4.
Overheating, dead gyroscope, lagging, front camera purple dots, horrid battery life....
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To be fair, some of those aren't real issues that ONLY affect the S6.
"Overheating" seems like almost a loose term as people complain about their phones getting hot, but it happens to nearly every android phone.
Lagging "issue" seems to be something people will always complain about with every new phone for some reason, heck there's even post about it here.
"Horrid battery life" isn't really that bad. Yes the G4 is better, but even then people still complain about having a issues with it.
I still think having touch screen issues is the worse, especially since the updates for the US seemed to have fixed it for some while others are still plagued by it.
It leaves me in a state indecisiveness where I love this phone and want to believe it can be fixed via software or I should just cut my losses and exchange to an S6 while I can.
I agree with you. Overheating is going to be an issue for any high end phone going forward, because processors keep getting more powerful (with no active cooling), and phones keep getting thinner. Overheating is also subjective. Most people feel their phone getting warm and assume it's overheating. If it doesn't warn you and start throttling, it's not overheating.
Battery life is totally subjective as no two users are the same. Screen on time is the worst way to measure battery life. Someone surfing the net is going to get a lot more screen on time than someone gaming and watching 4k videos.
LG G4 Touch screen issue is present in Canada as well
I am reposting my reply on this Canadian thread:
To all Canadian LG G4 buyers, the touch screen problem is alive and present in Canada as well. I bought a Wind Mobile LG G4, everything was fine at first but once I plugged it into the charger, it started to to miss touches and being unresponsive (the touches won’t register on the first try) the good test is when you double tap to wake or sleep OR when you go to phone’s setting and touch “about phone” or something else and it misses the first touch. It SHOULD NOT miss any touches, period. I put it next it to my LG G3 and on my LG G3 double tap to wake and sleep worked every time and no missed touches in the phone setting either, when it was plugged into the charger.. but it didn’t work on LG G4 which is unacceptable for $700 phone, once again it only happens when you PLUGGED IT in to the charger, if its disconnected it works fine. I returned that phone
I've had my Mocha Mate 9 4gb 64gb since Thursday so been playing quite heavily all weekend.
I'd say I'm a heavy user BTW!
Battery - its on 80% today after 7 hours, and last night was 40% when I retired. As the battery will get stronger on the next few days this will be a killer battery and easily last 1 day plus. Charges very quickly.
Size - Its HUGE! I have big hands and you need to juggle it on occasion. However it makes it so much more usable.
Screen - lovely. Great colours and detail.
Camera - WOW. Just wow. I am now selling my Sony digital. Just wish there were some obvious settings to set where the pics get saved to etc.
Speakers - not bad but I don't believe there are 2 in the bottom...
Fingerprint sensor - rocket fast! I use my phone in my left hand so its easy to set up, but in trying to set up for right handed use I kept hitting the power button by mistake and eventually gave up. This might be a problem for lefties who use the phone in their right hand.
A couple of times I've opened apps and the on screen menu buttons have not appeared. This makes it quite difficult to switch between apps with this bug.
Also plugging in a USB cable to transfer in pics from my laptop has resulted in the connection hanging. Its fine on my Oneplus3 so assume a bug. Good job it has a removable SD card!!
Phone manager keeps popping up (in the notification area) referring to power hungry apps but it doesn't seem to let me cancel these notifications permanently.
Another gripe is the notifications (as mentioned elsewhere). It gives you a total number but not the actual app icons to show what the notifications are! This is probably the worst thing about the mate 9.
Smart lock Trusted Places/location isn't available as Huawei in their wisdom decided to remove one of the great android features!
Google Play Music appears to have lost the equaliser in android 7! I've reverted to Captune and Poweramp.
A few tweaks to fw would make this awesome. I'm loving it - shame theres no s pen (ex note 7 user still in mourning).
I bought it in the UK from MYGSM.ME and had it from dubai on 4th day. Pretty good. I also like the included snap on case.
Hope this helps with anyone thinking of buying.
Only one speaker (right) works but you'll find some audio via the top earpiece too. But it's very quiet in comparison.
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Only one speaker (right) works but you'll find some audio via the top earpiece too. But it's very quiet in comparison.
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True, i hope they crank the volume up a tad in the next update
Notifications should be fixed on the final build. It's still pre-release software on retail devices for some reason.
Hopefully improvements to camera and audio as well.
hey mate did you get a tracking code from mygsm? I also bought from them last Thurs and haven't received one. Can't wait to get my hands on mine , also got the same colour
thanks
Defo agree with all the things you've mentioned. Can't wait for the notification and other bugs to be fixed.
Really liking this phone so far!
Btw I'm on Build B110. Is this a pre-release build?
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hey mate did you get a tracking code from mygsm? I also bought from them last Thurs and haven't received one. Can't wait to get my hands on mine , also got the same colour
thanks
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yeah DHL I think it was. Maybe the weekend caught them out.
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Defo agree with all the things you've mentioned. Can't wait for the notification and other bugs to be fixed.
Really liking this phone so far!
Btw I'm on Build B110. Is this a pre-release build?
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Me too.
Loving every bit of this phone. Have 2 major issues:
1. Notifications are a disaster! Why Huawei tried to reinvent notifications in android is beyond me. This is my first Huawei phone so not sure if its been like this always or mate 9 is special. I have to enable each app individually to show notifcations in the lock screen and even then its very unpredictable. The top notification bar only shows the number of notifications rather than showing the apps icons. Anyway, i hope this gets fixed soon.
2. This one I haven't seen anyone else complaining but maybe its not serious enough for others. When i am using the phones, it sometimes does not register my tap and i have to tap again. I see the problem gets worse when tapping something close to the edges of the display. Not sure if its some sort of Huawei technology to avoid accidental taps by your palm when holding the phone in one hand and try to reach far ends of the display, but its driving me insane.
Anybody else with these issues?
Apart from these, its the best Android phone I've ever used. My last one was galaxy s7 edge, just to give everyone a perspective.
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Hi, I recognize the taping problem and it's very annoying. Clearly software related; lets hope it's fixed now with the new firmware.
Yes same problem here, but I think it's a software problem. I can draw with my knuckles in the edge areas with low sensibility.
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have you tried enabling touches on the dev settings? Might be worth doing that to see whether the screen is responding as it might indicate a screen problem over a software problem.
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have you tried enabling touches on the dev settings? Might be worth doing that to see whether the screen is responding as it might indicate a screen problem over a software problem.
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Good point. Let me try that.
Cheers,
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Loving every bit of this phone. Have 2 major issues:
1. Notifications are a disaster! Why Huawei tried to reinvent notifications in android is beyond me. This is my first Huawei phone so not sure if its been like this always or mate 9 is special. I have to enable each app individually to show notifcations in the lock screen and even then its very unpredictable. The top notification bar only shows the number of notifications rather than showing the apps icons. Anyway, i hope this gets fixed soon.
2. This one I haven't seen anyone else complaining but maybe its not serious enough for others. When i am using the phones, it sometimes does not register my tap and i have to tap again. I see the problem gets worse when tapping something close to the edges of the display. Not sure if its some sort of Huawei technology to avoid accidental taps by your palm when holding the phone in one hand and try to reach far ends of the display, but its driving me insane.
Anybody else with these issues?
Apart from these, its the best Android phone I've ever used. My last one was galaxy s7 edge, just to give everyone a perspective.
Cheers,
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Sounds like palm rejection so u don't accidentally hit something
malikons said:
Loving every bit of this phone. Have 2 major issues:
2. This one I haven't seen anyone else complaining but maybe its not serious enough for others. When i am using the phones, it sometimes does not register my tap and i have to tap again. I see the problem gets worse when tapping something close to the edges of the display. Not sure if its some sort of Huawei technology to avoid accidental taps by your palm when holding the phone in one hand and try to reach far ends of the display, but its driving me insane.
Anybody else with these issues?
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Absolutely! And it drives me insane too! X( I am barely able to write a text. I also tried few different keyboards, just in case. But the problem seems to be the touchscreen itself This and the okayish battery life (with Huawei Watch and Gear Fit2 connected) are major deal breakers for me. It's just not worth that much money... To make matters worse, one could buy a S7 Edge for the same price! And that is one of the best phones I ever had -_-
Coming from a S7 Edge and iPhone 7 Plus.
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Absolutely! And it drives me insane too! X( I am barely able to write a text. I also tried few different keyboards, just in case. But the problem seems to be the touchscreen itself This and the okayish battery life (with Huawei Watch and Gear Fit2 connected) are major deal breakers for me. It's just not worth that much money... To make matters worse, one could buy a S7 Edge for the same price! And that is one of the best phones I ever had -_-
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I already now have OnePlus 3T in my other pocket and using them side by side. I might just switch over to Oneplus if Huawei keeps on delaying the release of a GA firmware. That'd be pity because i really really liked the phone and its camera.
Im also facing a similar problem with touch response and im wondering if a replacement will fix the issue...
My main problem is it's nearly impossible to touch icons or arrows on the top right corner right under the notification bar
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Im also facing a similar problem with touch response and im wondering if a replacement will fix the issue...
My main problem is it's nearly impossible to touch icons or arrows on the top right corner right under the notification bar
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Try to touch a little more to the left of the icon.
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Try to touch a little more to the left of the icon.
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Do you feel its a software issue (some icons don't have proper touch mapping) or digitizer is faulty?
yes i am also having trouble registering key press specifically on the number 1 or alphabet q on the keyboard.
if this is unfixable by firmware update I might sell and go back to samsung