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This is why the Iconia trumps the iPad

This is my Iconia, charging my HTC HD7S (WP7) while tethered to my iPhone 4 (work phone).
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Try that with an iPad!
Remember, this is not meant to stir up any flames. I just wanted to point out one of the best features of the Iconia (in my opinion anyway).

buy any usb>30pin connector and u can charge just lake that. And whats the point of topic?

You should've upped it a notch and had an external hard drive in the usb port while playing a high def video on a big screen through the HDMI port. But point well made.

Glebaka said:
buy any usb>30pin connector and u can charge just lake that. And whats the point of topic?
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I didn't have to BUY anything, just plugged in my USB cable into the USB port on the Iconia. THAT is the point.
This happened while I was stuck in an airport with no charger for my phone!

naplesbill said:
I didn't have to BUY anything, just plugged in my USB cable into the USB port on the Iconia. THAT is the point.
This happened while I was stuck in an airport with no charger for my phone!
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BOOM!!!!!!

naplesbill said:
This is my Iconia, charging my HTC HD7S (WP7) while tethered to my iPhone 4 (work phone).
Try that with an iPad!
Remember, this is not meant to stir up any flames. I just wanted to point out one of the best features of the Iconia (in my opinion anyway).
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Only problem is, it stops charging if you turn off the screen. Otherwise it would make a great portable charger for my phone.

Sorry, but I'm not really seeing the point of this thread, as an Etch A Sketch beats an IPad hands down as well. So what's your point?
http://www.etch-a-sketch.com

As a proof of concept I get it, but my Iconia can barely keep itself charged, that last thing I'd be doing is sharing that precious power with another device... Though, since WinPhone devices are bacisally the Oliver Twists of the smartphone world, I can see how you couldn't resist when it's sad, needy touchscreen looks up at you and says "Please sir can I have some more? "

You people who are being negative really need to get a clue. In this case my WP7 lasts more than a day per charge typically. Because I was traveling, I didn't have the opportunity to charge the phone for two days. It was the end of day two when I used the Iconia to recharge.
Also, I easily get several days per charge on the Iconia. It is all about being smart with apps. The biggest problem with Android is the same as a Windows laptop. One rogue app can create havoc with battery and performance.
So, scoff as you may, the iPad does not provide the above service, with or without the screen turned on. If you don't see the point here, you don't really see one of the biggest advantages of the Iconia vs MOST other Android tablets.
I apologize for introducing an advantage of the Iconia. I also apologize for trying to create a thread that shows a positive side to this device vs just simply nitpicking and complaining.
Finally, if you don't appreciate what is being shown here, you don't appreciate the fact that the Iconia offers some unique functionality. Also, if you paid any attention, you would realize that I have an iOS, Android, and a WP7 device and I do not have any significant bias toward any of these systems.

tazm0n said:
As a proof of concept I get it, but my Iconia can barely keep itself charged, that last thing I'd be doing is sharing that precious power with another device... Though, since WinPhone devices are bacisally the Oliver Twists of the smartphone world, I can see how you couldn't resist when it's sad, needy touchscreen looks up at you and says "Please sir can I have some more? "
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say what? with steady use i get atleast 26 hours bare minimum

I am obviously in the minority, but that pic made me laugh. I think its great. Of course I do like to hate on some Apple. Seriously though, impressive demonstration of the versatility of our Acers.
I don't get the cracks about battery life though...I'm totally happy with my battery life. Heavy use with wifi always on gets me about 10 hours or so...Good enough for me.

skullzaflare said:
say what? with steady use i get atleast 26 hours bare minimum
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Completely agreed here. This thing has amazing battery life.

dgsmith90 said:
Completely agreed here. This thing has amazing battery life.
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My thing is on for 3rd day in the row, WIFI on 24/7, and it's still got over 50% battery left. That's pretty great to be honest.

In my Ranger with an dash dock, Iconia charging my Atrix, mobile hotspot to my Iconia, AUX in to my stereo for Iconia tunes and flix, and Atrix Bluetooth to the deck for not missing a single call no matter what building I am shaking.... yeah...

skullzaflare said:
say what? with steady use i get atleast 26 hours bare minimum
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This. My device is at day 7 now and the battery is at 45%. That's with reading mails, games and updates. Wifi always on.
So the battery lasts more than any device I ever owned. Actually it probably lasts more than all of my other devices together.

bpivk said:
This. My device is at day 7 now and the battery is at 45%. That's with reading mails, games and updates. Wifi always on.
So the battery lasts more than any device I ever owned. Actually it probably lasts more than all of my other devices together.
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Quite amazing! Are you on stock 3.1 or do you use one of the other ROMs?

fincan said:
Only problem is, it stops charging if you turn off the screen. Otherwise it would make a great portable charger for my phone.
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Mine charges when the screen is off.
naplesbill said:
You people who are being negative really need to get a clue. In this case my WP7 lasts more than a day per charge typically. Because I was traveling, I didn't have the opportunity to charge the phone for two days. It was the end of day two when I used the Iconia to recharge.
Also, I easily get several days per charge on the Iconia. It is all about being smart with apps. The biggest problem with Android is the same as a Windows laptop. One rogue app can create havoc with battery and performance.
So, scoff as you may, the iPad does not provide the above service, with or without the screen turned on. If you don't see the point here, you don't really see one of the biggest advantages of the Iconia vs MOST other Android tablets.
I apologize for introducing an advantage of the Iconia. I also apologize for trying to create a thread that shows a positive side to this device vs just simply nitpicking and complaining.
Finally, if you don't appreciate what is being shown here, you don't appreciate the fact that the Iconia offers some unique functionality. Also, if you paid any attention, you would realize that I have an iOS, Android, and a WP7 device and I do not have any significant bias toward any of these systems.
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I agree. Recently on a trip I forgot my phone charger. Plugged the phone into the Iconia with a USB cable and I was good to go. One less charger I have to carry around now.

naplesbill said:
You people who are being negative really need to get a clue. In this case my WP7 lasts more than a day per charge typically. Because I was traveling, I didn't have the opportunity to charge the phone for two days. It was the end of day two when I used the Iconia to recharge.
Also, I easily get several days per charge on the Iconia. It is all about being smart with apps. The biggest problem with Android is the same as a Windows laptop. One rogue app can create havoc with battery and performance.
So, scoff as you may, the iPad does not provide the above service, with or without the screen turned on. If you don't see the point here, you don't really see one of the biggest advantages of the Iconia vs MOST other Android tablets.
I apologize for introducing an advantage of the Iconia. I also apologize for trying to create a thread that shows a positive side to this device vs just simply nitpicking and complaining.
Finally, if you don't appreciate what is being shown here, you don't appreciate the fact that the Iconia offers some unique functionality. Also, if you paid any attention, you would realize that I have an iOS, Android, and a WP7 device and I do not have any significant bias toward any of these systems.
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I know bro you should have complained about something, people want to sound elite about their knowledge of consumer electronics

kjy2010 said:
Sorry, but I'm not really seeing the point of this thread, as an Etch A Sketch beats an IPad hands down as well. So what's your point?
http://www.etch-a-sketch.com
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I think OP is trying to say that unlike the Ipad his Iconia can work with apple products but the reverse is not true. Which is a very good point.

he's just saying that.. out of the box without any add-ons.. the Iconia can charge a usb related device.. I guess if it really came down to it, it could be quite useful to have that option as a last resort..

Yet another mini Nexus 4 review

I know there have already been a million reviews of this device, but in case anybody wants a million and one, here's my 2 cents. If not, carry on.
This is my first Nexus device, coming from SGS2 and before that the original HTC EVO. I'm on T-Mobile USA.
After one week with the Nexus 4 my verdict so far is: good with potential to become great. Here are a few quick thoughts in pro/con format:
PROS:
- Super fast and fluid, I've noticed no lag whatsoever. Haven't played any 3D games yet though
- The N4 is definitely a sexy device and feels great in the hand
- I do like the smoothness of the glass and the curved screen edges.
- Painless unlocking / rooting
- Best phone for the price, by far
- Love having a notification light again, hallelujah
CONS:
- Have to say I am a little disappointed in the screen. It's not terrible but I guess I've been spoiled by the saturated screen of my SGS2. The N4 was just.....underwhelming. Sharpness is fine but the first thing I noticed is how dull the colors seemed compared to my SGS2. I'm sure I'll get used to it but I'm not able to call it an "upgrade".
- Surprised at the bugginess of Jelly Bean, I'd say I get one random reboot per day, maybe two. There are also other random oddities such as the bluetooth toggle not working properly, force closes, etc.
- I've had trouble with connectivity/connection speeds on both WiFi and cellular data, if I can't get them resolved it may end up being a dealbreaker.
- Battery is....meh so far. I've done all the recommended tips of disabling/removing this & that, and I generally make it through my day of low to moderate usage, barely. I have yet to have screen time of more than 2-2.5 hours. If I upped my usage by even just a bit I'd need a top-off during the day.
- The device seems quick to warm up. Even when I'm doing something like light web browsing it's surprising to feel the device warm up in my hands.
- Gotta admit there are a couple of niceties I miss about Touchwiz such as the quick toggles in the notification drop down.
- Given the numerous reports of glass breakage / scratches makes me super careful about handling my headset. Almost paranoid, really. Luckily I have no visible wear so far but it would be nice to not have to worry so much about this. I do like my phones naked though so I'm probably asking for trouble.
- Some of my apps are buggy with 4.2, guess that's the price you pay for being on the cutting edge.
- Ringer / notifications are really, really, really quiet when the phone is laying flat on my desk.
- I'm not a huge fan of the growing amount of "Google Bloatware". One reason I like having a Nexus device is to not have to deal with all the carrier installed apps / services. But I dislike having to disable Google Magazines, Google Plus, location stuff, Google Talk, etc. etc. Maybe if the battery was at least up to the task of supporting all these things I wouldn't mind as much.
Admittedly most of the above "gripes" are minor, but it's surprising because on my old SGS2 I didn't really have any gripes at all. If I can clean up a few of the above items I'll be very, very happy. Overall I think I'll like the N4 better than my SGS2, but it's far from the landslide I thought it would be.

I really don't get this random reboot issue. I can honestly say I haven't had it reboot once and if had it for over a week ...
And for me the battery life is great ...
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Also about the heat ... I'm hearing a lot of talk that the voltages are set very high on stock and lowering them has helped the heat and not caused instability.. So may be worth checking it out
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italia0101 said:
I really don't get this random reboot issue. I can honestly say I haven't had it reboot once and if had it for over a week ...
And for me the battery life is great ...
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Haven't decided yet if getting a good battery is just a lottery or if it comes down to usage habits. Probably some of both. As for rebooting I just got another one upon uninstalling HD Widgets. Clicked uninstall and *poof* there it went

Strange ... Could it be a rouge app ? Iv got 30-40 apps installed and not had a reboot ... Its really strange ...
And yea totally. Its probably down to my usage . I do a lot of browsing and xda
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hfuizo said:
Haven't decided yet if getting a good battery is just a lottery or if it comes down do usage habits. Probably some of both. As for rebooting I just got another one upon uninstalling HD Widgets. Clicked uninstall and *poof*
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my battery life was terrible during the first week; I was so disappointed. After two weeks the battery life has improved so much that I easily get 4hrs of screen time. When on idle it only drops 3%/hour

sampy14 said:
my battery life was terrible during the first week; I was so disappointed. After two weeks the battery life has improved so much that I easily get 4hrs of screen time. When on idle it only drops 3%/hour
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Have a hard time believing it will get better but I'll cross my fingers. I have heard multiple reports of this, so maybe there's hope.

I have just now ticked over to 4 hours screen on time .. 15% left
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italia0101 said:
I have just now ticked over to 4 hours screen on time .. 15% left
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So jealous.... :crying:
I'm at 56% battery remaining with a screen time of 54 minutes, won't even break 2 hours on this charge.

hfuizo said:
So jealous.... :crying:
I'm at 56% battery remaining with a screen time of 54 minutes, won't even break 2 hours on this charge.
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Damn that does suck ... You doing alot of gaming and stuff like that
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italia0101 said:
Damn that does suck ... You doing alot of gaming and stuff like that
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No gaming at all, today some light web browsing, 20 minutes of podcasts, a few texts, and a couple minutes of phone calls, that's it.

sampy14 said:
When on idle it only drops 3%/hour
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You say that as if it's good. Many phones will drop 3% in 10 hours on idle.. 3% per hour while sleeping is downright bad dood.
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Note 12.2 Battery Life

Hi,
Now that the Note Pro 12.2 has been out for a while now, what kind of battery life are you getting?
How much Stand By and On-Screen Time are you getting?

charge time
I would also appreciate if people can share how long it's taking to charge from 0-100%. Thanks.

I used mine quite heavily on Friday night and Saturday. Probably 8 hours in total. I still had 65% battery left. I did root and removed a lot of bloatware.

From my usage so far, looks to be about 6-8hrs screen on time.

This isn't very specific I realize but battery life seems considerably better than my old nexus 10 and recharging is also much faster.
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What about charging it?
It is time for my old original LTE tab to go.I want an LTE, but like my old tab, Verizon is picking it up, and development on the verizon version might be sparse.My factory Tab, will only charge with a certain voltage. The Devs wrote a script to override that on it.
Does it charge in the car? If so, what amp is it? Do you have to have special charger or will it work on one of the 2 amp chargers, say for an Iphone? Have you tried it?
Thanks

standby is fantastic; as is video watching (dont' have exact total time but I think 3 hours of video watching used approx 30% battery).
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however this game I was playing, symphony of eternity, really kills the battery. 2 hours used approx 45% (wish I had exact figures). Mind you the game has gotten old but I want to finish it (I play a few hours on trips - so started it approx 1.5 years ago; but finally near the end).
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TTboy404 said:
What about charging it?
It is time for my old original LTE tab to go.I want an LTE, but like my old tab, Verizon is picking it up, and development on the verizon version might be sparse.My factory Tab, will only charge with a certain voltage. The Devs wrote a script to override that on it.
Does it charge in the car? If so, what amp is it? Do you have to have special charger or will it work on one of the 2 amp chargers, say for an Iphone? Have you tried it?
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Battery life is getting better and better. 6 hours screen time with 60% charge left.
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I think it may be better to specify which version of the device you are using before mentioning the hours. I think I heard that the LTE version has better battery management?

Sm-p900 =12.2 Wifi
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So far very impressed with the battery
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I have the sm-p905 LTE version and i’m very impressed with the battery life so far.
on time screen that the tablet actually was on is right now 9h59m and battery still on 20%
watched in the 10 hours about 4h15m video's
transferred about 6 gb files with wifi direct
transferred about 19 gb files from my portable hd to the tablet with usb 3.0
then browsing, facebook, chat, ....
i must say all the apps i don’t use i have turned out permently.
4G was always turned on during the session, total time off the ac now is 1 day an 1h
my device isn’t rooted.
when the battery is completely empty, i’ll charge it and let you know how long it takes. First time i charge it .

I'm also very impressed with my Note 12.2 battery... I would say it can do 1 hour screen time per 10% of battery. I replace my third generation Ipad with this tablet... I the only thing iPad is better right now is battery life on stanby... Apple has done an excellent job on this side because it's way better on the iPad, even if I keep the sync on all the time for emails, contacts, calendar and other apps.
On the Notepro 12.2, if I keep the wifi off while on stanby, it's good (not excellent)... but if I keep it on all the time, I have to charge my tablet every 2 days. While it's off, I can get 3-4 easily when my regular weekday usage.
I've watched a complete film of 2 hours film on my tablet a few days ago... streamed from my Plex server to the Android Plex app on the tablet... and I lost around 20% of battery only... which is excellent.
By the way, I have the wifi only version (Exynos CPU).
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zadigre said:
I'm also very impressed with my Note 12.2 battery... I would say it can do 1 hour screen time per 10% of battery. I replace my third generation Ipad with this tablet... I the only thing iPad is better right now is battery life on stanby... Apple has done an excellent job on this side because it's way better on the iPad, even if I keep the sync on all the time for emails, contacts, calendar and other apps.
On the Notepro 12.2, if I keep the wifi off while on stanby, it's good (not excellent)... but if I keep it on all the time, I have to charge my tablet every 2 days. While it's off, I can get 3-4 easily when my regular weekday usage.
I've watched a complete film of 2 hours film on my tablet a few days ago... streamed from my Plex server to the Android Plex app on the tablet... and I lost around 20% of battery only... which is excellent.
By the way, I have the wifi only version (Exynos CPU).
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That's a bit odd. I am not using mine much at all at the moment, maybe half an hour a day and it's now on day 8 and still 30% left. My Wi-Fi is off when in sleep and I don't turn it off when not using it.
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bmad7136 said:
That's a bit odd. I am not using mine much at all at the moment, maybe half an hour a day and it's now on day 8 and still 30% left. My Wi-Fi is off when in sleep and I don't turn it off when not using it.
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What is your screen time right now?
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zadigre said:
What is your screen time right now?
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Hi. Sorry only just got this. Annoyingly I put it on charge overnight as I'm back to work today. Battery stats have reset. No idea what the screen time was.
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TTboy404 said:
What about charging it?
The Devs wrote a script to override that on it.
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ICan you give me a link? I can´t find it.
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Why music app takes too much battery even when not used. ..I have not even played music for one time but it has eaten up 8 % battery..? Is there any way to stop it from running in the background?
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navjot singh said:
Why music app takes too much battery even when not used. ..I have not even played music for one time but it has eaten up 8 % battery..? Is there any way to stop it from running in the background?
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Rom toolbox. You can set autorun permissions. Keep things from starting themselves
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The battery is good, if I dont use it, I just turn off to save battery. Otherwise i need to charge everyday (wifi on, sync, games, web, no sleep mode), now I can use few days in a row on single charge, depends on what I'm doing on it. This is not a smartphone/cellphone, so he dont need to be everytime on

Happy but Disappointed :(

I ordered the ZF2 from NewEgg when it released in the US.
I now had it for 4 days and generally feel good about the upgrade from a Nexus 5, but there are some things that really bother me with this phone:
1. Heat. This phone seems to heat up pretty bad when charging and doing something on the phone. When I just got it and was doing updates connected to power it actually gave out an error saying it overheated and needs to shut down.
2. Capacitive buttons are laggy. It takes about a second to register the press of the home button along with back and recent buttons. The Nexus 5 onscreen buttons so much faster.
3. The Zen Keyboard is laggy. Had to download and install the stock google keyboard.
4. Benchmarks are weak. Highest I got was 45k on Antutu. I have seen others getting over 48k. Its a minor gripe as the general performance is really good.
5. The plastic ridge that surrounds the screen seems to be very weak. It already has dings in it. Very sad about this.
6. Camera is not compatible with Hypwrlapse or ManualCamera app. I hope that those apps get updated and start supporting ZF2.
7. I don't know what's going on with this battery. Maybe its the apps that I have. But it feels weak. Woke up today at 8am. Its 5:30 now. I'm at 38% with 2 hours and 30 minutes screen on time.
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coolmaster121 said:
I ordered the ZF2 from NewEgg when it released in the US.
I now had it for 4 days and generally feel good about the upgrade from a Nexus 5, but there are some things that really bother me with this phone:
1. Heat. This phone seems to heat up pretty bad when charging and doing something on the phone. When I just got it and was doing updates connected to power it actually gave out an error saying it overheated and needs to shut down.
2. Capacitive buttons are laggy. It takes about a second to register the press of the home button along with back and recent buttons. The Nexus 5 onscreen buttons so much faster.
3. The Zen Keyboard is laggy. Had to download and install the stock google keyboard.
4. Benchmarks are weak. Highest I got was 45k on Antutu. I have seen others getting over 48k. Its a minor gripe as the general performance is really good.
5. The plastic ridge that surrounds the screen seems to be very weak. It already has dings in it. Very sad about this.
6. Camera is not compatible with Hypwrlapse or ManualCamera app. I hope that those apps get updated and start supporting ZF2.
7. I don't know what's going on with this battery. Maybe its the apps that I have. But it feels weak. Woke up today at 8am. Its 5:30 now. I'm at 38% with 2 hours and 30 minutes screen on time.
If anyone else has any thoughts about the phone, please chime in.
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1. Mine barely gets warm, and I have yet to see it get as warm as my G2 yet. It gets warm during charge but every device heats up during that process. Temps jump between 3x-4x℃.
2. I'm not having this issue, so not sure what the cause is.
3. The keyboard is smooth like the LG keyboard, and seems just as responsive as my N9 was.
4. I have the 2GB, so 42K seems to be the ceiling in antutu.
5. I've had mine for roughly a week and there aren't any signs of use on it, such as dings.
7. With my 2GB variant I reach ~2.5-3hrs for SOT at roughly 65-50%. I charge the battery to 85/80% and end up with 4-5hrs for SOT consistently. For me Android OS is really hurting battery performance.
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Something is seriously wrong with the battery of Zenfone 2, 550 ml. It automatically comes down to around 30% in 8-10 hours, even without any active use at all!

i was one who got early units of 550 ml...mines is performing very well......i dont have any issues too what so ever based on your reports above...standby time for 7 hours only reduce to 4 % batterry consumption for me....return your unit if its got warranty so you can sleep better

The battery and 5.0 are a problem. I've had wifi turned off for the past 3 days and the battery app is still reporting that wif is using 20-25% of the battery. The saving grace is standby which is outstanding. Left it off charge all night and it lost 8% in 11 hours. Once I start to use the phone the battery dies very quickly.

Do the rom upgrade

coolmaster121 said:
I ordered the ZF2 from NewEgg when it released in the US.
I now had it for 4 days and generally feel good about the upgrade from a Nexus 5, but there are some things that really bother me with this phone:
1. Heat. This phone seems to heat up pretty bad when charging and doing something on the phone. When I just got it and was doing updates connected to power it actually gave out an error saying it overheated and needs to shut down.
2. Capacitive buttons are laggy. It takes about a second to register the press of the home button along with back and recent buttons. The Nexus 5 onscreen buttons so much faster.
3. The Zen Keyboard is laggy. Had to download and install the stock google keyboard.
4. Benchmarks are weak. Highest I got was 45k on Antutu. I have seen others getting over 48k. Its a minor gripe as the general performance is really good.
5. The plastic ridge that surrounds the screen seems to be very weak. It already has dings in it. Very sad about this.
6. Camera is not compatible with Hypwrlapse or ManualCamera app. I hope that those apps get updated and start supporting ZF2.
7. I don't know what's going on with this battery. Maybe its the apps that I have. But it feels weak. Woke up today at 8am. Its 5:30 now. I'm at 38% with 2 hours and 30 minutes screen on time.
If anyone else has any thoughts about the phone, please chime in.
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I have the ZF2 which I bought at initial launch from ASUS France. I can tell that I don't have all the issues you are reporting.
1. The phone does heat when charging or making lengthy calls but it doesn't bother me since while charging it's normal and I don't make as many long calls but this has not happened since the last FW update.
2. The buttons are working alright. I haven't noticed any lags. If anything they are more sensitive for me. Takes a screenshot every now and then if I hold my recent app key for a fraction of a second.
3. I always used Google KB on all my android devices so again can't tell but initially I was using the ASUS KB and didn't face any major issues.
4. I haven't done any benchmarks so can't report on that yet.
5. No dings whatsoever. I am also using a case so I barely touch the device.
6. The device has to be supported by devs. I know that the beta Microsoft Hyperlapse does not support it right now but it should do once they add support for it.
7. Well battery has been a concern for most on this forum but with the last FW I am getting 5 hours of SOT with 4G enabled all day. That's not bad at all compared to 2.5 or ~3 hours when I first started using the phone so it has been optimized and if ASUS is serious about this device (I hope they are) then it should only get better.

whynottoday said:
Do the rom upgrade
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I'm on the latest firmware.?

iancjc said:
I'm on the latest firmware.?
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i am on last firmware and do not have any issue

coolmaster121 said:
I ordered the ZF2 from NewEgg when it released in the US.
2. Capacitive buttons are laggy. It takes about a second to register the press of the home button along with back and recent buttons. The Nexus 5 onscreen buttons so much faster.
If anyone else has any thoughts about the phone, please chime in.
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Had the same issue with the capacitive buttons, did a factory reset and cleared the cache and they are now pretty much instantaneous when you press them.

iancjc said:
The battery and 5.0 are a problem. I've had wifi turned off for the past 3 days and the battery app is still reporting that wif is using 20-25% of the battery. The saving grace is standby which is outstanding. Left it off charge all night and it lost 8% in 11 hours. Once I start to use the phone the battery dies very quickly.
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turn off the allow wifi scanning when off option .. its probably google play location services killing your battery

Thanks never thought of that. Will let you know how it goes tomorrow.

iancjc said:
The battery and 5.0 are a problem. I've had wifi turned off for the past 3 days and the battery app is still reporting that wif is using 20-25% of the battery. The saving grace is standby which is outstanding. Left it off charge all night and it lost 8% in 11 hours. Once I start to use the phone the battery dies very quickly.
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Go to Wi-Fi Advanced Settings and turn off "scanning always available". That will fix the Wi-Fi consistently on even when turned 'off'.

There's at least a few threads similar to this one already going in this device section. Like this one...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/zenfone-2-worth-buy-t3113954
Don't need more the same. It just clutters the section and spreads the talk on the subject out between threads. Join the discussion in the one above, or another. :good:
Thanks! Thread closed.
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LG G6 T-Mobile USA Owners Thread

Finally got my LG G6 T-Mobile USA yesterday 3/23/2017. Was really excited waiting to get my hands on it since there was no models to view even at the store. All we had were Youtube video's of reviews given to people by LG for free.
My initial impression out of the box was WOW, what a sweet looking device with the glass back, and all around hot look. But once powering it up I was blown back of how narrow the screen was compared to my 5.5" G4. It took a day to get use to this somewhat smaller screen though it suppose to be a 5.7". Aside from that is where it gets good.
LG's 7.0 UI is freaken amazing. You have to use it to appreciate it. I've always been an LG UI fanboy, but this is a whole new level of awesomeness.
Next is finally out of the box wireless charging. No more cheap Chinese sticker mod to use like on my G4. It works flawlessly on my wireless charger. A nice big notification comes on screen when wireless charging starts.
Love also the camera app as it goes in and out of regular mode and wide angle mode on the fly.
There's more to write, but just wanted to put a few notes here of what I though on day 2 of using the G6.
I got it unlocked already really easily. Look in the development section on how to do it.
Any TWRP dev around? Please help us get this to our device please, please, please!!! )))
Edit.....
After a week of usage I decided to return it as I could'nt get used to the smaller narrow screen size. Getting the S8+
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@MicroMod777, How's your battery life so far?
For me I was 58% by the end of the day with 2 hours 45 minutes SOT.

matteosaeed said:
@MicroMod777, How's your battery life so far?
For me I was 58% by the end of the day with 2 hours 45 minutes SOT.
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It was really good. Doesn't drain as fast as my G4 did. I have a bad habit of plugging in my phones when they hit 90% at work. lol
Btw, loving this bigger vibrate feedback when typing.
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MicroMod777 said:
It was really good. Doesn't drain as fast as my G4 did. I have a bad habit of plugging in my phones when they hit 90% at work. lol
Btw, loving this bigger vibrate feedback when typing.
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Nice. Well, make sure to do a full battery drain and recharge to calibrate. I did that and my battery reading improves.

matteosaeed said:
Nice. Well, make sure to do a full battery drain and recharge to calibrate. I did that and my battery reading improves.
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I though the newer battery technology didn't need that anymore like back in the day. Could be wrong.
Btw, its day 3 now and I've gotten use to the narrower 5.7" display. I also noticed that reading Google News articles seemed loaded up with tons of more news clips when scrolling down. Maybe they just updated the app? lol
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MicroMod777 said:
I though the newer battery technology didn't need that anymore like back in the day. Could be wrong.
Btw, its day 3 now and I've gotten use to the narrower 5.7" display. I also noticed that reading Google News articles seemed loaded up with tons of more news clips when scrolling down. Maybe they just updated the app? lol
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As far as the battery technology, yes, they say that, but because the Android OS still needs to calibrate itself, so the battery is not going to calibrate so much, but the Android OS would need that, just like the cache process.
I changed my text size to small, kind of like a smaller dpi and I get tons more stuff on the screen. I am getting used to it that it feels like my OnePlus 3t is awkward.

matteosaeed said:
As far as the battery technology, yes, they say that, but because the Android OS still needs to calibrate itself, so the battery is not going to calibrate so much, but the Android OS would need that, just like the cache process.
I changed my text size to small, kind of like a smaller dpi and I get tons more stuff on the screen. I am getting used to it that it feels like my OnePlus 3t is awkward.
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Ahh that makes sense. I'll see if I can break my bad habbit today of plugging it in at 90%.
Btw, finally no wifi issues like I had on my G4. Everything loads fast with no lag.
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matteosaeed said:
@MicroMod777, How's your battery life so far?
For me I was 58% by the end of the day with 2 hours 45 minutes SOT.
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Hah - I don't even think I got 3 hours sot total. I am pretty let down by the battery life so far, especially in a world with the mate 9 and mi mix doing 7 hours without breaking a sweat.

loudog3114 said:
Hah - I don't even think I got 3 hours sot total. I am pretty let down by the battery life so far, especially in a world with the mate 9 and mi mix doing 7 hours without breaking a sweat.
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Interesting. What I can tell you is that it depends on a lot of things from cellular network, wifi, running apps , and usage generally. I think this phone has 3300 mAh which is not bad compared to most phones. I agree that the software needs to be optimized. I am waiting for root and I'll do greenify and see stuff. With my usage, I'll probably get like 5 hours SOT

matteosaeed said:
Interesting. What I can tell you is that it depends on a lot of things from cellular network, wifi, running apps , and usage generally. I think this phone has 3300 mAh which is not bad compared to most phones. I agree that the software needs to be optimized. I am waiting for root and I'll do greenify and see stuff. With my usage, I'll probably get like 5 hours SOT
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Indeed it does, but the way I use my phone isn't changing. I got 7-8 hours easy on the mate, but 2 on the Nexus 6p. What build are you on?

loudog3114 said:
Indeed it does, but the way I use my phone isn't changing. I got 7-8 hours easy on the mate, but 2 on the Nexus 6p. What build are you on?
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As far as the build, I am stock out of the box. Disabled updates so I didn't take any ota as of yet. not sure if there is even an update! What about you!

i got mine yesterday the 24th of march.
the battery life is good, i used it since i got it without charging it for about 3 for hours downloading apps setting everything up and wasnt draining fast.
i dont really like the front camera, the color is just not to good in my own opinion. back camera is good i like it, no problem.
it does feel narrow comparing it to my g3 yes i upgraded from g3.
i like the features, like fingerprint, etc.
screen look crisp. good, yes.
so thats my day and a half review for now..

Wireless charging
Does the tmobile ver of the lg g6 use a new type of wireless charger? or will my QI charger from my Nexus 5 still work with it?

RoxAbout said:
Does the tmobile ver of the lg g6 use a new type of wireless charger? or will my QI charger from my Nexus 5 still work with it?
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As far as I'm aware any qi with charger will work but none will do fast charging.
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Awesome!
I like the wireless charging because you don’t have to fuss with plug unplug just set it down like normal and it just charges. Mind you with the proper ROM and kernel you can get faster charging [at least on my N5].
Thank you

I've never actually liked LG UI, but I have to say, I really like it this time around. Its just overall very clean looking. It may seem that way to me seeing as I came from an S7 edge and even on Nougat, it was so sloooooow.

wingzfan said:
As far as I'm aware any qi with charger will work but none will do fast charging.
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My fast charger that I used with my Note 7 works. Fast charging and all.

charlieb620 said:
My fast charger that I used with my Note 7 works. Fast charging and all.
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Do you have the samsung branded fast charger? The stand or the puck? Ive got a Satachi from Microcenter that does fast charging for the S7 but not the LG. It tells me also to put the phone vertical for faster charging but its a puck so thats not possible.

wingzfan said:
Do you have the samsung branded fast charger? The stand or the puck? Ive got a Satachi from Microcenter that does fast charging for the S7 but not the LG. It tells me also to put the phone vertical for faster charging but its a puck so thats not possible.
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I have the puck

charlieb620 said:
I have the puck
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Thank you, guess I'm headed to Best Buy.
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