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[Q] Questions about LG G2

Hi to all ,so guys i'm interested to buy the G2 but first i have some questions for those who already have them ,reviewers are too biased and hit or miss always with any phone ,firstly i'm huge in gaming so i heard the G2 has great battery life but no one seems to make a battery test based on on gaming purely ,second thing is i'm curious about the buttons from the back ,volume and power ones , are they sturdy enough ? they don't fall down after some time or something right? the way they're placed just seem like the volume buttons might get unglued , and a big concern is about the Li Po battery which is said to be prone to explosions and catching fire if overcharged or damaged what about that anyone heard anything about G2's taking that route ? thanks .

Battery life is great, better than my RAZR maxx HD but not as good as my wife's droid Maxx. I have the Verizon version and no problems with the back buttons, actually like that combo with that and knock on. Speed is fastest phone I have used now and faster than my wife maxx, tho I'm not a huge gamer.
The only knock I have on this phone is the fingerprint magnet of the back. I prefer the carbon that the droid maxx has.

I really love the phone. No major complaints and it runs like a beast.
The biggest issue for me was that when paired with my car bluetooth, I could not get Pandora to stream at all. I disabled default music apps and got it to play (with no song title/artist text) but it would still pause ever so often, even multiple times during the same song. So I had to either root the phone or take it back as Pandora is my friend for about an hour each way to/from work.
Really, otherwise I had no issues with the phone. I don't think the battery is a problem for normal use. It lasts much longer then my Droid RAZR previously, and I can make it through waking up, taking it off charger, to work, normal work usage, screen brightness normal and wifi/BT/LTE all on throughout, and back home with still around 30-50% roughly. I don't know what the best battery app to benchmark would be. I do know playing Plants vs Zombies in the morning to wake up eats the battery.
Another odd thing is it gets really hot when it's flat, even though I don't see any vents or anything on the back. But again, that's during heavy PvZ action, otherwise no difference at all.
Also, I hate the Verizon typical bloatware and some of the apps/settings like QSlide are neat, but not really worth it for my usage. QuickMemo is awesome, love the knock on and knock off, which is great for meetings., and really liked the slide up menu. Also had some easy options for changing look and feel to some degree of the nav buttons.
One last thing, I still can't get used to the back buttons. It's not a major problem, I dont really use them all that much, but I still find myself struggling to feel for them or hit them. Not a worry enough to take the phone back.

I'm using the G2 for a bit more than two weeks now, and so far I am reall impressed by the battery life.
With my old One X I wasn't really a fan of playing, because you could literally watch the battery drain, but with the G2 I came back to playing Real Racing 3 and Angry Birds Go.
My experience is that battery life while gaming also depends on the game (of course) and the screen brightness - battery drains faster while playing Real Racing 3, but playing for an hour or so doesn't drain the battery more than 15-17%, with Angry Birds Go it's even less (approx 10%).
This leaves me with Screen-On times of 5-6 hrs > 60-90 mins of playing, emails, FB, internet, photographing, GPS tracking,... (settings: WIFI on, brightness > Auto, Data on, GPS on)
The back buttons look solid and I don't really think that they will cause a problem or fall out. But I guess that also pretty much depends on how what you're doing with your phone and how you treat it

I'll give another perspective
15 minutes of Asphalt 8 drained about 8%.
There is microstutter when playing asphalt 8 but it is also occurring when playing the game on medium visual quality, so it could very well be the game.
The phone gets warm quite quickly, but I've never experienced it getting burning hot. CPU reached 70 C and battery reached 40 C.
My two cents
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Best and most Stable ROM
Hey Everyone,
I am new to the LG G2 forums and will be getting an LG G2 soon. (Coming from Epic 4g Touch) I was just wondering, what ROM would you guys recommend? I want a ROM that provides really good battery life and some nice features. It doesn't need to have a plethora of features, just a few here and there. My biggest concern factors are stability and battery life. What would you guys recommend?

Great phone

So I just picked up a Nexus 6 and so far I am loving it.. But what bothers me is looking at all the negative stuff people are saying about it. Battery life, size, stuttering/ lag and so on. As of this message I have 2:10 screen on time with 56% battery left since I took it off the charger around 3 this morning..Clean ROM and Faux kernel is my setup. Coming from an M8 this is acceptable.. Front speakers are loud and clear.. Lag?? What lag.. In my eyes this phone is damn near perfect.. Does anybody feel the same way?

The only time I experience lag is with battery saver mode (obviously) and sometimes when I plug the phone in when the battery is at around 20% or less. The phone is extremely fast for me, and I love it so far. I normally get at least 3 hours of screen time, and it can last me 2 full days. One time I turned battery saver on when I had about 70% battery, and it lasted 5 hours of screen time. That was with me using GPS and data like crazy to get around New York (visited my bro in NY). I've compared the screen and speakers to a friends M8 and he likes my screen more. My speakers go louder but his are a bit clearer. The camera is amazing, especially with HDR!

I am with you. I am happy with size, performance, and battery. Awesome phone, in my opinion. Not sure how it could be better.

I think its a great phone also... Completely stock, no root... I can easily get 2 days on 1 charge and over 2 hours on screen time. Real world performance is more important to me then how long the screen is on....
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Some say they get stutter on unlock and recents on custom kernels.

No complaints here, love it and happy with the size. No issues thus far from my usage.

This IS a big phone. I thought the Note 3 was big when I had it but this one takes the cake..lol

I need to try stock for a while. The first thing I did was start flashing custom stuff. Didn't even give ole google a chance.

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Some say they get stutter on unlock and recents on custom kernels.
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I'd say that depends on the kernel. Lean and Franco never get me any stutter on unlock, personally.

eggydrums said:
I'd say that depends on the kernel. Lean and Franco never get me any stutter on unlock, personally.
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I'm on leankernel and it stutters every unlock, no issue with recent though.

I think the battery life is awesome on this phone. Currently at 75% after 12 hrs off charge & 1.5 hrs on screen. Usually, by the time I put it back on charge at 11pm, I'm at about 25% & 5.5-6hrs on screen. Can't complain about that.

ggmask said:
I'm on leankernel and it stutters every unlock, no issue with recent though.
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That's my main issue on every custom kernel I've tried. They can be smoother than stock kernel in other areas, but all exhibit that damn unlock stutter.
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stumpy352 said:
I think the battery life is awesome on this phone. Currently at 75% after 12 hrs off charge & 1.5 hrs on screen. Usually, by the time I put it back on charge at 11pm, I'm at about 25% & 5.5-6hrs on screen. Can't complain about that.
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Are you running stock ROM and kernel? I only got 5 hours screen time with battery saver on

chris23445 said:
Are you running stock ROM and kernel? I only got 5 hours screen time with battery saver on
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No, I'm using cm12 & elementalx. But there's no real difference from stock for me as far as battery. I ran it bone stock for 3 weeks.

I've had the phone for almost 2 weeks now and am very happy with the performance of the phone. The phone is large and takes getting used to, but now every other phone seems like a toy compared to the nexus 6. I'm rooted on stock 5.0.1. Battery life is 4-5 on screen time, around 15-17 hours off the charger. Coming from a s4, camera is a big let down and that's about the only gripe I have with the Nexus 6. Overall still the best phone I've had in terms of the Android experience. Looking forward to future updates.

Coming from the Verizon Note 3 all I miss is the camera. The screen is not as good as the Note 4 but its not bad either. This is my first nexus device. The big screen and stock Android is what made me choose this device over the Note 4. I haven't encountered any issues. Loving the phone and all the Roms available. Its a flashaholics dream ☺

Quick question... OK.. This is my first Nexus device but I've been around since the froyo days with my Vibrant but I'm confused with the ROM choices... Aosp based and stock lollipop.. I thought stock android was Aosp. Just got the phone Monday so I really haven't had time to try out all the Roms seeing that is so many to choose from.

I'm happy with mine too. I was unsure about stepping up to a phone this large, but I've come to love the larger screen. I fractured my left wrist in October and even with the Nexus 5 certain operations proved difficult to complete one handed when it becomes mandatory. I knew going in this would be a two handed phone and I've adapted just fine. My only real complaint is ambient display needs work. I really like the concept, but after the first day I managed to place calls, perform searches and open web sites all without taking it out of my pocket. I don't particularly care for the placement of the buttons and the gradually increasing volume is a bit annoying. Battery life has been better than my Nexus 5 and worlds ahead of my 4. I love the speakers. The more serious complaints I've read I haven't personally experienced.

Best phone I've owned hands down.

stumpy352 said:
I think the battery life is awesome on this phone. Currently at 75% after 12 hrs off charge & 1.5 hrs on screen. Usually, by the time I put it back on charge at 11pm, I'm at about 25% & 5.5-6hrs on screen. Can't complain about that.
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Can we see some screen shots of your battery stats and settings on how u got that

Worst Device Ive Ever Owned (Returned)

This is my opinion. I'm a long time Android user.
I purchased this device with the excitement of it being a mixture of my 2 favorite interfaces.
The phone itself is nice looking. The screen is curved leaving it difficult to install a screen protector.
The back is extremely 'grippy' but feels loose towards the middle.
The software is buggy and i think they should have definately spent more time with it. Had a couple of random reboots and freezes within the 1st day.
The phone was randomly getting hot to touch, even after i stopped running background app's, and when it was doing this the battery life would drop quick, very quick.....
The phone does get warm fast, no matter what other people tell you. Simply browsing chrome or facebook i could feel the heat within 3-4 minutes.
The battery life i experienced was abysmal! After 5 charging cycles it didnt get any better, i averaged just on 3.5 hrs screen on time, for a 3400mah battery thats pretty bad. Especially for a so called business device thats even worse.
The sound through the bottom speaker grill was average.
The only thing i thought was realy good was the actual phone calls, sound was loud and clear.
The price of this phone is absolutely ridiculous!!! Its not worth what there asking.
The phone is a big let down for me. I was shocked.
If you want true blackberry, save your money and get a Passport.
My opinions.

I am planning to get the silver passport...
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Just about everyone reported good battery life with this thing. Ya sure you weren't running a lot of junk apps in the background?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not buying it. The keyboard is trash. But still.

Did you update anything? For some reason the Blackberry apps don't say they need updates, you have to visit their store page and update there. Also, unlinking and relinking your email account in the hub may help with your heat issues. There's also the chance you just got a lemon.

I updated all my apps i made sure i had nothing running in the background. Im pretty good with Android. No my way round somewhat.
If you get one just make sure you have the ability to return it easily enough.
I returned mine to the store and got a LG G4 instead which is an unbelievably good phone.

You can try out these steps to make sure you have the latest Blackberry apps on your Priv: http://crackberry.com/get-latest-app-updates-your-blackberry-priv-automatically

I have 0 battery issues. yes it gets warm, but that's probably as much as my oneplus 2. I'm easily getting 5 - 6hrs SOT over 18 hrs.

So far i am liking this device. I have an s6 edge, passport original (sold now), passport silver, which is the only device i have ever went back to after getting rid of. Now a Priv. So after getting it all set up with gmail, hub, twitter, facebook, corporate email, and some other random apps and charged up to 100% i went to bed with it unplugged. Woke up 7 hours later battery was at 96. Not bad for overnight. The productivity edge compared to the people edge on the s6 is a grand slam, its almost like having google now launcher after all primed up. Double tap to wake is flawless so far. I must say i am impressed. being able to hotkey all the keyboard keys just like my passport is great. I have not seen a single glitch yet. This device, for launchday software on a new platform for Blackberry is quite polished. I am not a blackberry loyalist by any means, but the subtle customizations and natively being able to set the flashing LED colour to different alerts is all baked in. I think im going to sell my Edge.

markdexter said:
I updated all my apps i made sure i had nothing running in the background. Im pretty good with Android. No my way round somewhat.
If you get one just make sure you have the ability to return it easily enough.
I returned mine to the store and got a LG G4 instead which is an unbelievably good phone.
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The G4 is a great phone. I want to try the Priv but can't justify dropping my G4 for it!

Can someone please tell me if it is possible to remove battery percentage from status bar??? Please.....
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Battery is awesome!! No complains!

Totally disagree with OP. My experience is very different. Great business device with good replication of the best of BB10.

Aside from the heating thing, everything else seems to be your device only. You might have gotten a faulty device.
I've been using the Priv for a week now, neither a single random reboot nor a freeze happened. The phone is fluid, and no lags. It does get warm quite quickly, but not to the extent you're describing here ("hot to touch"). It gets as warm as other devices, but quicker.
I wouldn't go as far as returning the device only for these issues, I'd get it replaced instead. But then again, that's just me, and I have been excited about it since its rumours and renders. If you weren't excited about it, or just looking for a "new device" to test, I'd understand why you were eager to return it.

I also wasn't pleased with the battery life. I own a moto x play, has a 3,600 mah battery, I average 6.5- 7 hrs screen on time, the priv have me about 3hrs with a similar size battery??!!

Mine is back in the box ready to be returned also same issue. So hot almost too hot to touch. Constant fc on chrome and hanging battery life absolute ****e and worst of all how the sharp corner sticks into your hand on obe handed use. ..so disappointed as I was waiting since release day..total pants if you ask me

Heat issues may be dependent upon your network as I found in the UK that on EE very little warming but a bit more warming on Vodafone.

Yeah mine was on voda

I'm actually pretty happy with the priv - mine only gets slightly warm under load, doesn't randomly reboot or crash, the screen doesn't click, the front and rear cameras both work flawlessly...
however, I'm on the verge of returning it due to the physical keyboard. People complain that it's cramped and small, but I have no issue with that either. My main issue is that it drops keys randomly and can't keep up with the typing - it happens most frequently when typing double letters ("google" -> "gogle", or "good"->"god"), but it also randomly drops keys elsewhere too. I'm pretty sure it's not me as I intentionally type very deliberately to see, and I hear/feel the key click down - but nothing registers on the screen.
For a company that built its reputation on having the best in class keyboard... this is pretty disappointing.

jah said:
Heat issues may be dependent upon your network as I found in the UK that on EE very little warming but a bit more warming on Vodafone.
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If this is the case what a major flaw, if your on a certain network you could potentially Cook an egg on the back of your priv with the heat!!

Give it a couple of full drain/charge cycles and you'll be fine. Software is a bit buggy yes. But since this such an important phone for BB, you can be assured constant software updates will make this into a monster.
Give it a real chance before you dismiss it.
Here's my SOT after 1 week of use. Here with 34% left. This will get you up to 6 hours SOT.
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Thoughts.on compare to Note 5

IMHO Generally... smaller, heavier, better updated software, similar speed, shinier (and more fingerprints), edges collect dust on my silver version, and the only slight negative is that the sound is slightly worse on the loudspeaker on the 7 (or is that just me).
It's more refined and a more mature product. Each note iteration has felt less and less different. But its pretty fantastic.
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My initial thoughts:
-Much better GUI.
-I like they have "clean up tools" built in.
-Feels much better in hand.
-External speakers leave a lot to be desired (wasn't that happy with Note 5 speakers, but these seem worse).
-The iris unlock is neat, but I will be sticking with finger print unless I am showing people how quick the iris scanner actually is.
-First day I was worried about performance as I was experience a lot of lag and stuttering. But, that has completely cleared up after updating everything and getting all my settings settled in. It is actually snappier feeling than my Note 5.
-Loving the silver. This is my first Non dark colored phone, but it does collect finger prints and dust as already mentioned. Dbrand incoming.
-I always thought the "edge" stuff was gimicky, but having my home screen decluttered with all of my most used apps hiding in the Edge is wonderful.
-5ghz wireless is performing very poorly. Is 4x4 MIMO enabled by default? I'm getting much slower 5ghz speed on the Note 7 than on the Note 5. I would get well over 300Mbps on Note 5 and barely get 200Mbps on Note 7. Ill start another thread discussing wireless performance to see what everyone is getting.
-Battery is improved, for me, over Note 5 (of course I have only had it one day, so time will tell). I installed Package Disabler (paid version) to disable bloat. I did the same on my Note 5. I charged my phone before I went to sleep and lost less than 1% per hour over night. It went from 100% to 94% in 7 hours (not in any kind of power saving mode). My Note 5 would easily lose 2% or more per hour when on standby in a similar scenario (same sync setting with my emails and not in any power saving mode). I will need more time to judge drain during use, but it does seem to drain quickly while in use. I am down to 63% with only 1.5 hours of on screen time. Screen is set to adjust automatically for brightness-adaptive.
-More refined all around and I am 100% happy I chose to upgrade from Note 5.
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Even with the bigger battery in at 10% per hour, like my note 5
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the1stSecond said:
My initial thoughts:
-Much better GUI.
-I like they have "clean up tools" built in.
-Feels much better in hand.
-External speakers leave a lot to be desired (wasn't that happy with Note 5 speakers, but these seem worse).
-The iris unlock is neat, but I will be sticking with finger print unless I am showing people how quick the iris scanner actually is.
-First day I was worried about performance as I was experience a lot of lag and stuttering. But, that has completely cleared up after updating everything and getting all my settings settled in. It is actually snappier feeling than my Note 5.
-Loving the silver. This is my first Non dark colored phone, but it does collect finger prints and dust as already mentioned. Dbrand incoming.
-I always thought the "edge" stuff was gimicky, but having my home screen decluttered with all of my most used apps hiding in the Edge is wonderful.
-5ghz wireless is performing very poorly. Is 4x4 MIMO enabled by default? I'm getting much slower 5ghz speed on the Note 7 than on the Note 5. I would get well over 300Mbps on Note 5 and barely get 200Mbps on Note 7. Ill start another thread discussing wireless performance to see what everyone is getting.
-Battery is improved, for me, over Note 5 (of course I have only had it one day, so time will tell). I installed Package Disabler (paid version) to disable bloat. I did the same on my Note 5. I charged my phone before I went to sleep and lost less than 1% per hour over night. It went from 100% to 94% in 7 hours (not in any kind of power saving mode). My Note 5 would easily lose 2% or more per hour when on standby in a similar scenario (same sync setting with my emails and not in any power saving mode). I will need more time to judge drain during use, but it does seem to drain quickly while in use. I am down to 63% with only 1.5 hours of on screen time. Screen is set to adjust automatically for brightness-adaptive.
-More refined all around and I am 100% happy I chose to upgrade from Note 5.
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Mind sharing the debloat script?
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Mind sharing the debloat script?
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_9rGonTG1m2Z0MwZFd2SVgwcTA/view?usp=drivesdk
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Current Problems ?

Hello,
i am thinking about buying a Xiaomi mi a1 but currently i heard a lot of bad things:
- Excess battery drain
- GPS issues
- Sound and calling issues
- Crashing Apps
- Fingerprint bugs
- Mobile data freezing issue
- Ambient display iusses
And a few more.
What is the current situation ? Can you guys still recommend this phone ?
Or maybe do you know a better alternative device ?

Whitcomb said:
Hello,
i am thinking about buying a Xiaomi mi a1 but currently i heard a lot of bad things:
- Excess battery drain
- GPS issues
- Sound and calling issues
- Crashing Apps
- Fingerprint bugs
- Mobile data freezing issue
- Ambient display iusses
And a few more.
What is the current situation ? Can you guys still recommend this phone ?
Or maybe do you know a better alternative device ?
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I agree with battery drain issue, but everything except battery works perfectly for me, gps ok, sound and calling good, no crashing, fingerprint fast as lightning, mobile data never freezes for me and ambient display works fine. Im using stock april ROM.
Edit: talking about battery, I just dont know, I have a feeling that sometimes it drains and sometimes Its just okay, im a medium user, actually if I use my phone only for calling and some chatting - I have 40% left with 5,5 hours of SOT.

Posting my battery stats.

I get around 7hs of screen on time from a single charge. Not everyday I spend such much time with phone but on weekends I get around 7 or 7.5 hours.
The phone works well.. .it's not a top of the line phone, it's not a flagship (I came from a Galaxy S7, it burned itself). The camera app has to be changed to GCam if you want decent pictures.
So far, after the this month update, the one that provided April Security Patch Level, the only issue I'm facing is the Fingerprint bugs... half of the times that I want to unlock my phone it doesn't read correctly my finger and I end up using PIN to unlock it.
This wasn't an issue until this update, the fingerprint sensor and unlock was 100% accurate, never a miss... but Xiaomi fuc**d up with this month update.
Regards,

100% stock with April update.
No Battery issue, no fingerprint issue, in fact.... no issues at all, amazing phone.

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100% stock with April update.
No Battery issue, no fingerprint issue, in fact.... no issues at all, amazing phone.
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I agree, but the battery could be a bit better, but it is 3000 mAh battery, not the 4000 like Redmi 4x and others.

I love my Mi A1 mate no issues whatsoever
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I only had issues with idle drain which is now solved with April update for me at least. If I clear all apps from recents before sleep then I get 0% drain at night otherwise 1%. And fingerprint bugs? What does that even mean?

Whitcomb said:
- Excess battery drain
- GPS issues
- Sound and calling issues
- Crashing Apps
- Fingerprint bugs
- Mobile data freezing issue
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I have no idea where You got that list from as I don't recognize any of the issues at all!
I'v been using this phone since mid Nov -17 and travelling across Europe and Northern Africa several times without any hassle what so ever.
Of course there are "better" phones but as such, absolutely nothing to complain about.
There will always be people crying, whining, yelling and demanding for fixes, features and "issues" but quite many of those people "forget" to mention what they did before the "issues" started...
Unlocking, rooting, forcing updates and so on.
I don't get panic is a patch/update/fix is delayed a week or two or if I don't have the latest OS at same time as Nokia or Pixel phones...
This is my first "China phone" (6-7 earlier of various brands) I decided to let be original as long as ever possible and it just works.

Mobile data keeps falling away to the wrong frequencies. No real fix for it yet...
https://c.mi.com/thread-413908-1-1.html

I have no issues from the above list.
battery drain is very normal and and better than expected with my heavy use and it lasts from the time i disconnect from the charger in the morning until i get back to the charger late at night. camera is way better than expected (specially after enabling HRD+ using google camera) finger print never failed me and did not notice any mobile data drops that annoys me. sound is very clear during calls and the speaker is loud.

There's a larger amount of overnight battery drain than with my other phone (Essential PH-1) but the SOT is more than respectable and the fingerprint sensor is a lot more responsive than the one on my PH-1. The camera is only average which actually seems to be by design. Xiaomi phones normally take very good pictures but Google didn't enable the camera 2 api on this phone. Maybe Google doesn't want an Android One device to become competition for Google branded phones. I'm in the USA (which is not an official market for this phone) and pretty much the only issue I have encountered is that the MI A1 works way better on T-Mobile than AT&T. This is a really solid device for the price but at $200 it isn't intended as competition for flagship phones. But it is both fast and smooth and has pretty impressive build quality so I have no complaints.