[Q] Buying S5 - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I'm thinking of buying S5, so I'll need your tips. Is it still worth to buy? The phone has been out for half a year so... I want to ask you.
I'm planning to buy it through my carrier, (I'm new to Samsung), is it sim locked/region locked?
Regards
Aswell, if you want to tell your experience so far, feel free to write. Thanks

shtreber said:
Hi guys,
I'm thinking of buying S5, so I'll need your tips. Is it still worth to buy? The phone has been out for half a year so... I want to ask you.
I'm planning to buy it through my carrier, (I'm new to Samsung), is it sim locked/region locked?
Regards
Aswell, if you want to tell your experience so far, feel free to write. Thanks
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The phone itself is still top notch atm, its fast ,fluid and almost without lag. If you tweak it a bit its blazing fast even out of the box, look here for some usefull tips http://phandroid.com/2014/04/25/samsung-galaxy-s5-first-14-things-to-do/. The speakers are descent, the screen is great and the cpu/gpu are great for gaming. I`am sure you will enjoy the phone. I installed Nova laucher though for more custumisation of the UI and icons and for the handy shortcuts and gesture control.
There is a region lock but it can be lifted and dependng on the carrier some have simlock but mostly in the US afaik..

shtreber said:
Hi guys,
I'm thinking of buying S5, so I'll need your tips. Is it still worth to buy? The phone has been out for half a year so... I want to ask you.
I'm planning to buy it through my carrier, (I'm new to Samsung), is it sim locked/region locked?
Regards
Aswell, if you want to tell your experience so far, feel free to write. Thanks
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Not sure where you are getting hafe a year from the s5 was Released on 2014-04-13 so its olny been 3 moths or so so its still a vary new phone I have one and I love it this is all so my main computer has I dont like windows android all the way for me

shtreber said:
Hi guys,
I'm thinking of buying S5, so I'll need your tips. Is it still worth to buy? The phone has been out for half a year so... I want to ask you.
I'm planning to buy it through my carrier, (I'm new to Samsung), is it sim locked/region locked?
Regards
Aswell, if you want to tell your experience so far, feel free to write. Thanks
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Buying Galaxy S5 is really a good deal.The in-hand feel is better.It has a rather unusual, slightly soft-touch textured and pitted finish. This ensures you won't mistake the Galaxy S5 for any other phone one the market.

shtreber said:
Hi guys,
I'm thinking of buying S5, so I'll need your tips. Is it still worth to buy? The phone has been out for half a year so... I want to ask you.
I'm planning to buy it through my carrier, (I'm new to Samsung), is it sim locked/region locked?
Regards
Aswell, if you want to tell your experience so far, feel free to write. Thanks
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It is the best deal you will find at this time... heaven... heaven... it is even worth voiding the warranty by rooting it.... mine was void within 2 minutes I bought it... even before they prepared the bill in the store.... ..

Chaitanyapatel8880 said:
It is the best deal you will find at this time... heaven... heaven... it is even worth voiding the warranty by rooting it.... mine was void within 2 minutes I bought it... even before they prepared the bill in the store.... ..
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I see you all wrote the best for it, do you get some laggs, or heating problems or any stuff like that?

shtreber said:
I see you all wrote the best for it, do you get some laggs, or heating problems or any stuff like that?
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No heating or lag or any problem.....
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anyone wanting to sell their hermes?

Hi all
Just wondering if theres anybody in here who is going to be upgrading to the kaiser and may be selling their old hermes?!
I am interested in purchasing to put it simply! looking for a quick and easy upgrade from my wizard.
Thank you
yea i got two heremes pm me if your interested both are nib
alleyezondisromo said:
yea i got two heremes pm me if your interested both are nib
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You're offering to sell him your stolen one? Not the nicest or honest thing to be doing.
uppity
surely someone?!
preferably in the uk
seel you mines?
duke_stix said:
Hi all
Just wondering if theres anybody in here who is going to be upgrading to the kaiser and may be selling their old hermes?!
I am interested in purchasing to put it simply! looking for a quick and easy upgrade from my wizard.
Thank you
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and it is not stolen came directly from att a month ago let me know
I'm thinking of selling mine. I'm on Tmobile and I miss my Sidekick... Message me
youve got a message!
come on all you people who have upgraded to the kaiser!
there are a lot on ebay, if you want in person that is a diff thing.
But even i found a lot of buyers in person
i would have jumped on the kaiser as well if tmobile had there 3g act together, but im going to be skiping it i guess, until 3g is set in stone and something like the kaiser comes out with vga, reason for vga is that its really great for browsering from what i saw qvga vs vga... it does likee pretty damn cool, i also want some more beef on the cpu and esp gpu, i feel that kaiser is just a little bit of a step up and not worth the upgrade, for that price tag, if doing a contract and getting a great deal then yes or if having a lot of money burning in your pocket that or if your job req the use of pocketPC/pda heavily then ya of course you want the latest and greatest
Also interested
Also interested , even more if it already has Elf's Crackberry. New employer insists on BES .
(I'm a noob who's been lurking for a few weeks. Tinkered with Unix kernel 20+ years ago and admire good engineering work, but I've been on the business side for so long now that I know just enough to be dangerous. )
An easy capability to take the box vanilla would also be useful.
Best regards,
i also used craigslist.org great site for local buy/sell etc... you can also use some other forums... im not sure if were allowed to post other PPC/PDA forums here? but there is a big popular one as well that has a buy/sell forum... which i think is a must... because you get to know ppl here and would trust a times them more so then a random person on ebay or so.

FREE: my old Universal as i've upgraded.

Yes i'm giving away my old Universal.
i'll even help with shipping
i've upgraded to the TOUCH HD, and want to leave my Uni to someone that could benefit.
the way i figure it, i've loved it since i had 3 years ago and if it wasn't for the hard work of the cookers who cracked the updates and even WinMo6, i would have been a lot less happy.
they're very responsible for a lot of the productivity and fun i've had along the way, which i've payed forward. now this is a little direct payback .
The forum members have been great support too, and this community has been a constant source that fuels the evolution of our Uni's.
Included is :
1) HTC Universal G3 (very good condition)
2) 2gb SD card
3) USB to Mini-USB (for data and charging)
4) Tomal's 8.2 ROM (excellent)
5) 2 stylus' (replacement for the original i wore out!)
6) replacement battery (bought 2008, 1600MaH. original wore out)
*pics upon request*
I'd like it to go to one of the cookers that may need an new/extra Uni for testing, so that it can help with their efforts in supporting the rest of the Uni lovers here.
if there are no takers from any of the cookers, i will happily leave it to anyone else that wants it
now, how do you get it? simple.
for ONE WEEK i invite any cookers to PM me or post here their interest here in a free Uni.
if no cookers want it, then i'll accept interest from anyone else that cares to have ask for it.
p.s.
my partner upgraded to a Samsung Omnia, if anyone wants a free Nokia 7710 give me a prod
I'll take both, cover shipping, and give you something for your troubles if you u have them.
-Mc
I am very interested!
Hope you consider this request
%Thanks in advance
some people already PM'ing and posting here.
i'll keep the option open for a single week to let more prospective people get a chance as i want the devices to go to the best person for the greater good.
all people responding are automatically "on the list" to be chosen.
happy bidding (wait, wrong website)
greeting from hong kong
looking for replacement for my uni. my uni RIP need to rewrite boot loader
first i have to say that you must be the kindest soul in the human race to want to give your handsets FOR FREE and not sell them on ebay..
and second becouse i loved it,becouse i admired it and becouse i cant live without a touch screen and i want it like mad.. PLEASE SEND ME THE NOKIA
cheers.
ps
i live in london
well i believe the small amount of money i could sell it for on Ebay (a few hundred dollars AU) and how i could invest that much money, compared to some that can actually use a free device for the greater good is no comparison for me.
there's an Ebay sale HERE where the person has a great offer for a complete Uni with accessories, for a reasonable price.
seriously the value of a few hundred bucks means little to me compared to the value of the device in the best hands.
think of it like:
*giving $300 to a starving stranded man on an island.....or giving him a $50 picnic hamper.
*or, a wealthy person giving $10 to someone in need, compared to a poor person giving $10 to someone even more in need.
there are many energy forms of value, depends who you're relating to and how. that much money in my life isn't worth much, those devices in other lives could mean a lot.
So there's no loss for me, i've already gained enormously from the device and i already have a replacement. i have an efficient upgrade.
someone can benefit a free device/s and gain enormously. an efficient upgrade too.
just sharing the energy
singer12 said:
first i have to say that you must be the kindest soul in the human race to want to give your handsets FOR FREE and not sell them on ebay..
and second becouse i loved it,becouse i admired it and becouse i cant live without a touch screen and i want it like mad.. PLEASE SEND ME THE NOKIA
cheers.
ps
i live in london
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well consider yourself on the list simply by your interest
i'm glad there are people wanting the Nokia, i thought it would be difficult to find interest as it is a phone that not many people liked when it came out.
i'm happy these devices will goto good homes
Sent you a message, No matter who you pick you're doing something that deserves respect, so you have mine.
I resent just now, let me know if you received it properly.
User665 said:
Sent you a message, No matter who you pick you're doing something that deserves respect, so you have mine.
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hmm....haven't received any PM, but no matter as your interest here is noted. just let me know which device/s your were interested in
try PM again, if no success just post here.
Hello, that's a very generous thing from you, there should be more people like you out there
I would like to have your UNI, but reading the forums here I saw theseas's posts about being scammed by shakal007, so it seems he lost his UNI. I don't know, but maybe he could get a replacement by you If he wanted, of course....
gottfroa said:
Hello, that's a very generous thing from you, there should be more people like you out there
I would like to have your UNI, but reading the forums here I saw theseas's posts about being scammed by shakal007, so it seems he lost his UNI. I don't know, but maybe he could get a replacement by you If he wanted, of course....
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I think this is a very good idea as well, it must be bad to loose something this way in good faith!
regards
Jay
User665 said:
Sent you a message, No matter who you pick you're doing something that deserves respect, so you have mine.
I resent just now, let me know if you received it properly.
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received and replied
Wow! I agree with the person that said you have to be the kindest soul. You're a shining example of niceness and I hope it rubs off on all of us. Thanks for your shining presence.
Is it G4 or G3?
Cotulla said:
Is it G4 or G3?
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hmm... been a while since i knew, remind me what the easiest way to check is?
p3ngwin said:
hmm... been a while since i knew, remind me what the easiest way to check is?
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Put it in bootloader mode. You can see small note at the bottom of the screen, if it starts from 1, then its G3. If it starts from 2, then its G4.
satanisme said:
Put it in bootloader mode. You can see small note at the bottom of the screen, if it starts from 1, then its G3. If it starts from 2, then its G4.
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ah, yes that rings a bell
The Uni a G3.
info added to main post.​
Hi
Any news on the winner?
Please let me be me to win the nokia

Ordered my Nexus One Today

I'm so excited I just ordered mine today, I also have a Cliq made my Motorola...I wouldn't advise anyone to buy one...Motorola can't even update the thing until 3 months later, it still has major issues...Can't answer calls, constantly droping calls and all that crapola Blur integrated with it..So I order my nexus today.. I feel like i just bought a Lexus....lol but I'm happy any comments on the phone? bugs? anything i should know when getting it? Because I did some research and haven't found anything crazy, seems google is keeping it updated and fixing everything it can on the spot.
Congrats, you're gonna' LOVE the phone.
I ordered mine on day one and haven't had any problems with it at all.
I installed 'Better Keyboard' because the only thing lacking, for me, on this phone was the keyboard.. although it's not THAT bad.
Over the past year I've had the Palm Pre, HTC Hero, iPhone 3Gs and the Nexus One.
The Nexus One is by FAR my favorite device.
Enjoy.
its the best phone ive ever had outta 13 devices by far.. you're gonna love it
Phone is fantastic.
Keyboard wise:
Install HTC IME (available on this forum) or Swype(also availbale on here). Both are free and far better then stock. Neither requires root or shouldnt.
So there isn't any lagging when using the nexus? Such as when you click a button it takes about 10 seconds for it to respond, or when you type fast it doesn't catch anything?
10 seconds? You gotta be kidding This monster doesn't know what lag is.
I've had my Nexus One for about a month already. I'm very very pleased.
I recommend reading this thread for tips and tricks http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624033&highlight=tips+tricks
my Wifes cliq is such a piece of sh!t. U will LOVE the n1 congratz
Is it really necessary to start a whole new thread to tell us that you ordered a nexus? I know its exciting and all getting the phone but it's adds more clutter to the boards that isn't needed.
mgorman said:
Is it really necessary to start a whole new thread to tell us that you ordered a nexus? I know its exciting and all getting the phone but it's adds more clutter to the boards that isn't needed.
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that's how boards work. please take it easy.
mgorman said:
Is it really necessary to start a whole new thread to tell us that you ordered a nexus? I know its exciting and all getting the phone but it's adds more clutter to the boards that isn't needed.
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No seriously what is not needed is your remark. This is a board it thrives on the amount of posts/threads created.
wikipedia message boards/online communities and you will maybe gain some knowledge about how this kind of stuff works.
To the O.P you will love this phone. I went from iphone 3g to the g1, to palm pre, mytouch 3g to this and it is by far the best phone I have ever had the pleasure in dealing with.
Congratz on your exciting new phone...it fly's first class!
hey guys, for those who have got their new nexus one recently, can you tell me if the touchscreen of the new batch is behaving well? I had mine on the third day after it was released. it had the touchscreen problem. and now i have sent it back for a refund. however, i REALLY love this phone, and am considering ordering a new one again. so, here comes my concern.
Thanks in advance.
w00yee said:
hey guys, for those who have got their new nexus one recently, can you tell me if the touchscreen of the new batch is behaving well? I had mine on the third day after it was released. it had the touchscreen problem. and now i have sent it back for a refund. however, i REALLY love this phone, and am considering ordering a new one again. so, here comes my concern.
Thanks in advance.
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Yes I'll report back to you tommorrow when i get off work, I have to go pick it up from fed ex.. ...I feel like a kid that can't go to sleep because they are going to disney world....
Congrats...I took the plunge and ordered one today too.
In the UK, after import duty, import VAT and DHL's charge for the privilege of them submitting your N1 to customs (yeah they charge for that too!) the N1 costs ~£490 (~$760US) ...a little too steep for me!
I pre-ordered my HTC Desire 2 days ago from clove.co.uk for £430. Roll on April!

Please advise...

I have a Desire HD in mint condition! Only used for 5 months!
Now in my country it costs 440$ new without warranty!
I bought it used for 4 months (i.e. a month ago) only with warranty for 440$, so now there remains 7 months of warranty!
I have an opportunity to sell it with the warranty and it's cover and screen protection for 480$!
Now A new SGS2 here in my country costs now 650$ without warranty!
I have an opportunity to buy a used one for 1 week only, still in mint condition for 580$!
So should i sell the DHD for 480$ and pay 100$ to get that SGS2!?!?
What would you do?!?
PS: I'm a bit hesitant only about the user interface... I like and i'm used to the Sense and Touchwiz doesn't have a good feedback...
Please help me!
You're not restricted to TouchWiz. I'm not keen on that myself and have both the SGS2 and a Galaxy Tab. Have a play with some of the other launchers available on the market to see if you'd be happy to move from Sense to them. In fairness, there's not much in it except the widgets that each launcher specifically has.
I'd strongly recommend trying Go Launcher, Launcher Pro and ADW Launcher. They're just my recommendations - there's others available.
If you decide you can work with one of the other launchers then DEFINITELY get the phone. You really won't regret it!
The DHD is a great phone, but the SGS2 is the greatest*!
*at the time of writing
go for the SGS2,,,,there is no other handset that can be compared to this beast,yet,,,and if u dont like touchwiz,,get some other launcher,,,,Launcher Pro is my fav...but of course u have alot of other choices.....just check the handset before buying if it is in a good condition and that it has no dead pixels,,,,
u can check that by Samsung's test menu(*#1234#) cuz i dont know why would some1 want to sell this phone...
johncmolyneux said:
You're not restricted to TouchWiz. I'm not keen on that myself and have both the SGS2 and a Galaxy Tab. Have a play with some of the other launchers available on the market to see if you'd be happy to move from Sense to them. In fairness, there's not much in it except the widgets that each launcher specifically has.
I'd strongly recommend trying Go Launcher, Launcher Pro and ADW Launcher. They're just my recommendations - there's others available.
If you decide you can work with one of the other launchers then DEFINITELY get the phone. You really won't regret it!
The DHD is a great phone, but the SGS2 is the greatest*!
*at the time of writing
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Thanks bro! (I still remember ur name, maybe you had someday the HD2 like i did?!?)
Yes i think i can live with Launcher pro plus coz i used to use it on the HD2 with non-sense rom!
Let me ask you some questions about the SGS2/touchwiz, these are my main concerns:
-What about facebook and twitter integration in the contacts, sms and all the system... Is it close to what sense gives you?!
-Does it have smart dialing?!?
-Can you "colorize" a bit the user interface?! I mean contacts and the call screen look so colorless, like black only... I know that sense is not that big issue but it gives u effects and colors along with some beautiful widgets and apps (friendstream, HTC hub...)
guitarmafia said:
go for the SGS2,,,,there is no other handset that can be compared to this beast,yet,,,and if u dont like touchwiz,,get some other launcher,,,,Launcher Pro is my fav...but of course u have alot of other choices.....just check the handset before buying if it is in a good condition and that it has no dead pixels,,,,
u can check that by Samsung's test menu(*#1234#) cuz i dont know why would some1 want to sell this phone...
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Yes you're right thanks bro!
He said that he has a MAC at home and that SGS2 doesn't have a good connection features with MAC (sync or other...) and he showed me his iPhone 4 to prove me that he just bought it instead of the SGS2 and he wants to sell it!
Life Engineer said:
Thanks bro! (I still remember ur name, maybe you had someday the HD2 like i did?!?)
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Yes mate - I had a HD2 as well and was quite active on the forums because they were so busy!
Life Engineer said:
Yes i think i can live with Launcher pro plus coz i used to use it on the HD2 with non-sense rom!
Let me ask you some questions about the SGS2/touchwiz, these are my main concerns:
-What about facebook and twitter integration in the contacts, sms and all the system... Is it close to what sense gives you?!
-Does it have smart dialing?!?
-Can you "colorize" a bit the user interface?! I mean contacts and the call screen look so colorless, like black only... I know that sense is not that big issue but it gives u effects and colors along with some beautiful widgets and apps (friendstream, HTC hub...)
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I've got full integration of Facebook and Twitter into my contacts list, so I really can't complain there.
Smart dialing works about 90% as well as any smart dialing I've seen. The only difference is that if you type "john" then it will bring up all the people who's name begins with "john". Other dialers I've seen would also bring up names that contain "john". That's the only negative thing I've seen about it though.
To change the user interface, you can either go off the modding threads here or use one of the launchers that has themeing (theming?) or skinning included. I use Go Launcher and there's tons of themes available for that. You just download them and apply them in the launcher preferences.
I'd say that most launchers are more configurable than Sense, so I really don't think you're going to miss much. With the extra speed and loveliness that comes with the SGS2 I can't see any reason not to do it!
Why are you wasting time again. Go to SGS2. You will regret why you delayed so much, eating time with HD2. I'm a shop owner.The number of people that bought this phone because they saw it with me is incredible. They are now asking themselves how possible is it that they never knew about the SGS2. One even refused to let people touch his phone because he was afraid others may not handle it carefully. Thats the love we found with this beast. Get going mate....
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Life Engineer said:
I have a Desire HD in mint condition! Only used for 5 months!
Now in my country it costs 440$ new without warranty!
I bought it used for 4 months (i.e. a month ago) only with warranty for 440$, so now there remains 7 months of warranty!
I have an opportunity to sell it with the warranty and it's cover and screen protection for 480$!
Now A new SGS2 here in my country costs now 650$ without warranty!
I have an opportunity to buy a used one for 1 week only, still in mint condition for 580$!
So should i sell the DHD for 480$ and pay 100$ to get that SGS2!?!?
What would you do?!?
PS: I'm a bit hesitant only about the user interface... I like and i'm used to the Sense and Touchwiz doesn't have a good feedback...
Please help me!
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Get the s2 my fellow countryman..
kled54 said:
Get the s2 my fellow countryman..
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Ok sadi2e
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Ok sadi2e
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btw the new touchwiz on the s2 is not bad, in fact it's very good, you will not love it, but it will do what it is supposed to do without the lag.
Problem is as posted on this forum multiple times HTC owners buy a phone without Sense then repeatedly ask for Sense on the forum .
Might be that as a Sense user you have difficulty with another like TW .
I would check the phone out in your hand first as to how you would cope if you where Senseless .
jje
Ok guys so i'very checked the S2 that I'm willing to buy and found out that I can live with some minor issues like yellowish tints and such stuff.
After that I cleared ny mind about hardware issues, software issues pop again!
I've been reading a bit about battery performance and the Android OS battery consumption issue!
Is it bad on all devices?! I've read that it might be related to WiFi and that is critical to me!
I am connected to WiFi always at home!
Please guys I need some feedback!
10x
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should i get a 6p?

Hi I'm from the 5x forums and would like some advice from 6p owners.ive got the chance to get a 6p in immaculate condition boxed 32gb model it did suffer from blod but it's had its battery and motherboard replaced under warranty so it's new inside.would you buy it for £150 or should I put my money to a different device
ttocs99 said:
Hi I'm from the 5x forums and would like some advice from 6p owners.ive got the chance to get a 6p in immaculate condition boxed 32gb model it did suffer from blod but it's had its battery and motherboard replaced under warranty so it's new inside.would you buy it for £150 or should I put my money to a different device
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For that money i would get 6p, without too much thinking..
scrin378 said:
For that money i would get 6p, without too much thinking..
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Cheers fella if anyone else would like to contribute,it would be appreciated thanks
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Cheers fella if anyone else would like to contribute,it would be appreciated thanks
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A new heart and brain. In immaculate condition. 150 quid. What are you waiting for?
For the price now so worth it. Maybe look for one that was recently refurbished by Google.
Thanks I'll get it will be on here when it arrives
Best phone i ever had.
I just love my 6p. It's not perfect (butperfect phone doesn't exist). I had very small issue with battery (but after almost 2 years and it was replaced for free). But except that... it's a great phone.
Camera is veeery good. My GF has iPhone 6 and she always ask me to make a photo, cause my camera is just much better. Size is great. You need to used to it, but for gaming, videos, web browsing = great.
It's very fast, and for me, it looks great. Also pure android and quick updates, but you know that, since you're 5x user.
I recommend it for sure.
get it , best phone imo.
Well I've just bought it on eBay should be here in a few days with abit of luck can't wait and should I keep it stock or go all out custom?
ttocs99 said:
Well I've just bought it on eBay should be here in a few days with abit of luck can't wait and should I keep it stock or go all out custom?
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Stock is always best. No bugs. You can mod to your heart's content after unlocking and rooting. I have sense 9.5 launcher mod, viper and Dolby Atmos and a bunch of Xposed modules running and always on display. There's a face unlock Xposed module that works amazingly fast. All phones in one. That's how I'd describe my 6p. Lol.
Using it for 2 years and I still don't see a reason to upgrade.
The only thing that bothered me is the battery but after replacing it I enjoy every bit of the device.

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