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Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 4?

I need your advice, is it better to buy Galaxy Nexus for 200 euros or Nexus 4 for 300 euros? Is it worth 100 euros of difference? Which has better autonomy?
I dont need such a powerful device like N4 and I am not really fan of glass. But again, N4 is newer,performing much better, personally looks better too.
What do you think?
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I think n4 for many year..

Well I would have to say that if you have the money the Nexus 4 definitly, I'm saving up for the N4, eaven if for me the Galaxy Nexus is is the phone that I fell in love with so it's heartbraking not to have it...if you only want a new phone but don't want to spend a whole lot of money on one then the GNex is the best thing (for me it's the most wonderful, most sexy device)

Thank you.
Are these two devices has some obscure hardware bugs, or maybe annoyances?
I mean, for ex. I hate NS low power wifi.
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Ted Mosby said:
Thank you.
Are these two devices has some obscure hardware bugs, or maybe annoyances?
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The N4 has a glass back which is shatter resistent (meaning if you brake it it will burst in to little pieces of glass in order not to you, get in your eyes, cut your hand, stuf like that), but its not gorilla glass! Some argue that the screen (LCD IPS full HD) is better than the GNex (super Amoled) but some state that the stock android looks better on S-amoled screans with that infinite back contrast. For the GNex its the fact that like the Nexus S it has a curved screan meaning that they couldent put gorilla glass in it so they covered it up with oleofobic cloating (between the GNex not having gorilla on the front and the N4 having glass on the back the GNex wins case you don't put the phone with the screen on a surface ofton but the back is always in contact with the place you sit it on). Like you the fact that the N4 has quad core and the Nex has dual core isn't a big deal as I do not care for that, but what really makes me want the N4 over it's older brother is the 2GB of RAM over the 1GB of he GNex (if you have the Nexus S you probably saw that the singlecore device does pretty well when using 4.2 or 4.3 roms, but its he 512mb RAM that kills it - kowing Google they will probably suport the GNex for al lest the next 2years case it's still a kickass phone, but the N4 will have a longer life). The N4 is well known for heating up because of the all glass design if you use it too muck. My final advice to you is that you should buy a N4 and 3 seconds after that a good silicone case (not a bumper case the back will be left exposed and you want to look after the glass back not after the rubber sides of the phone)

Nexus 4 no doubt about it.
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Save your money and wait for nexus 5.

Ted Mosby said:
I need your advice, is it better to buy Galaxy Nexus for 200 euros or Nexus 4 for 300 euros? Is it worth 100 euros of difference? Which has better autonomy?
I dont need such a powerful device like N4 and I am not really fan of glass. But again, N4 is newer,performing much better, personally looks better too.
What do you think?
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must be nexus4

Wait till the next nexus is released and decide then! i'm wanting to buy the n4 but i'm hoping the n5 is not going to habe a glass back... If thats the case i'll save for the n5!
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4I-I said:
Wait till the next nexus is released and decide then! i'm wanting to buy the n4 but i'm hoping the n5 is not going to habe a glass back... If thats the case i'll save for the n5!
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If this was last year I would say gnex, but since the next Nexus is just around the corner I say nexus 4 as it is guaranteed to be Supported longer and have functionalluly fast ROMs for a while. The Nexus S has many 4.3 ROMs but they are really slow unless you do some tweaking. The main thing limiting the gnex in the future is the 1gb of ram.
That being said gnex is a solid phone which runs 4.3 beautifully smooth. I suspect that the gnex has a year of official support. I mean the Nexus s was supported up until 4.1.2 and possibly look longer than it should as Google Now in my experience doesn't do so well with low memory device.
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I don't live in the right place for buying Nexuses, I have hard time finding Nexus 4 with valid warranty and right price (almost 3 weeks now). Gnex is another story, but I also realized that I don't want Gnex
Now I'm thinking about Galaxy S4 mini also. I like the size, there is official Cyanogenmod support, very snappy device, good battery life, FM radio. But it's kinda overpriced, about 300€...
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at this point just wait for nexus 5... leaked FCC documents show it's supposed to be smaller than n4/gn...going to be a massive upgrade from nexus s...

After another 2 weeks of search, bought a Nexus 4 for 302 euros, used for a month. Mint condition and warranty
As for the Galaxy S4 mini, it's ok device but I don't like display format. Reminds me of a iPhone 5 which is too tall.
Nexus 4 is awesome for now, I need to get used to this big screen.
Thank you all for the help.
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Ted Mosby said:
After another 2 weeks of search, bought a Nexus 4 for 302 euros, used for a month. Mint condition and warranty
As for the Galaxy S4 mini, it's ok device but I don't like display format. Reminds me of a iPhone 5 which is too tall.
Nexus 4 is awesome for now, I need to get used to this big screen.
Thank you all for the help.
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what is mint condition??

Mint condition - phrase, is as good as new without any scratches or other damage
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thank you very much (i thought it was a "problem" on the device or something )

SAMSUNG NEXUS it is KOREAN Cor NOT? help
hey
MODEL NUMBER = NEXUS S
ANDROID VERSION = 4.1.1
Baseband version = M200KRKC1
Kernel Version = 3.0.31-g3b0c5d2 [email protected] #1 PREEMPT fri Jul 13 11:51:48 PDT 2012
Build number = JRO03E
can anyone tell me
it is korean or what? i really dont have any idea please help

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Ted Mosby said:
After another 2 weeks of search, bought a Nexus 4 for 302 euros, used for a month. Mint condition and warranty
As for the Galaxy S4 mini, it's ok device but I don't like display format. Reminds me of a iPhone 5 which is too tall.
Nexus 4 is awesome for now, I need to get used to this big screen.
Thank you all for the help.
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Can i ask you where did you buy it (ebay, amazon...)?
BTW. Vidim da si iz Zagreba. Drago mi je da nas ima još iz Hrvatske.

S4 or Note 3

Hello
I have a question which i would like your oppinion
I have a note 3 using a galaxy note 10.1 2014 edition. My note 3 is used for about 30min hotspot, 2h30 screen on, 1h call duration , many hangouts messages and a 14h Bluetooth connection to galaxy gear.
This is my usage every day. I've ended with about 50%of battery.
However, i feel i didnt need such a big device because I have a big tablet too. And after 4 weeks I didnt get tottaly used to the big size of note 3.
Do you think if i trade for a s4 o would do regret? Do you think the battery life of the s4 it would be enough for no usage, using a my connection to the gear?
Many many thanks for your oppinion
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taita said:
Hello
I have a question which i would like your oppinion
I have a note 3 using a galaxy note 10.1 2014 edition. My note 3 is used for about 30min hotspot, 2h30 screen on, 1h call duration , many hangouts messages and a 14h Bluetooth connection to galaxy gear.
This is my usage every day. I've ended with about 50%of battery.
However, i feel i didnt need such a big device because I have a big tablet too. And after 4 weeks I didnt get tottaly used to the big size of note 3.
Do you think if i trade for a s4 o would do regret? Do you think the battery life of the s4 it would be enough for no usage, using a my connection to the gear?
Many many thanks for your oppinion
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I have both devices and s4 was my primary device. Now I have note 3 and I use it like I did with s4.
In my opiniom note 3 has better battery life than s4.
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Im pretty sure that you would lose money downgrading from the note 3 to a new s4. Something i would never consider.
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Yes i know that
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I think S4 is better. becuase Note 3 is too big to use it as a phone

YPG70 said:
I think S4 is better. becuase Note 3 is too big to use it as a phone
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I disagree, it's an amazing phone. Way better than the S4.

d4c said:
I disagree, it's an amazing phone. Way better than the S4.
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+1 the s4 doesnt even compare to the n9005. Two completely different devices. But i have big hands so the note 3 suits me better.
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I had a Note 2 and swapped it with a S4 because it was big and I couldn't always put it on my jeans pocket. Now I want to buy a Note 3. I "think" the Note 3 is way better.

celderic said:
+1 the s4 doesnt even compare to the n9005. Two completely different devices. But i have big hands so the note 3 suits me better.
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I've got average size hands and at first I thought how am I going to handle this beast. After a while I got used to it

And do You think the s4 battery could handle the kind of my usage with the note?
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taita said:
And do You think the s4 battery could handle the kind of my usage with the note?
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Obviously the note will have better battery, well from my experience it is much better.
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Idol 3 5.5 DS scroll delay

Does anyone else experience delay or lag scrolling apps like Facebook and Instagram?
It seems some problems loading pictures and make it delay the scroll...
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I sure do, but I don't think it's the hardware. Might just be 5.02, hopefully the i3 will get a real update soon but I doubt it. I think they'll likely update to M as we're so close to it's release or this will be my last Alcatel phone, EVER.

In general I'm happy with the phone, according the price he cost.
But my previous was a Zenfone 2 and there are a few things I'm missing.
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About Facebook, just got an update and solve it. Awesome! Going to try instagram now.
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migueli2 said:
In general I'm happy with the phone, according the price he cost.
But my previous was a Zenfone 2 and there are a few things I'm missing.
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For what I paid I'm not complaining either, hell of a phone for the price. I had a zf2 as well but I prefer the i3.

Probably you didn't had same version as I did. The 4gig ram.
One thing I thought I would complain was the battery. But actually the I3 have a nice one too.
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migueli2 said:
Probably you didn't had same version as I did. The 4gig ram.
One thing I thought I would complain was the battery. But actually the I3 have a nice one too.
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No, I had the 4gb version but the screen isn't as good as the one on the idol, the front facing speakers are better, the I3 is lighter, imho the I3 is the better looker between the 2 phones, the Android skin on the idol is closer to vanilla android (which I prefer) and the the battery life on the I3 is better.
Without a doubt things were more fluid on the zf2 and benchmarks were better but after using both phones in the real world I rather use the I3. Yes the I3 is slower than the zf2 but not by much in real world situations.

I like I3.
On Zenfone 2 I miss camera quality.
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Don't want to start a new thread or tack on to one that pretty much has died.
Where the heck did everyone go anyways. Reviewing threads back when the discussions had been going pretty good.
I picked one up with some reservations but with a return policy in tow and for the price I figured since I'm a junkie then why not.
In brief the display is very good, same with the sound quality and there is virtually no lag and I am using stock launcher. I turned the animations off and limited background processes to two.
Folks can hunt around but unless they got one that is not functioning properly they are not going to get an unlocked smartphone better than this and performs the way mine has for this price.
Great job, Alcatel!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/development/idol-3-source-code-available-t3180369

3dupunk said:
No, I had the 4gb version but the screen isn't as good as the one on the idol, the front facing speakers are better, the I3 is lighter, imho the I3 is the better looker between the 2 phones, the Android skin on the idol is closer to vanilla android (which I prefer) and the the battery life on the I3 is better.
Without a doubt things were more fluid on the zf2 and benchmarks were better but after using both phones in the real world I rather use the I3. Yes the I3 is slower than the zf2 but not by much in real world situations.
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I Just switched to Sony C4 and... Wow! What a performance disparity over Idol 3 and just for more 70€
Just don't worth the Idol 3 after testing this C4!
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migueli2 said:
I Just switched to Sony C4 and... Wow! What a performance disparity over Idol 3 and just for more 70€
Just don't worth the Idol 3 after testing this C4!
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Go troll somewhere else.

Why and how was that troll?
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migueli2 said:
Why and how was that troll?
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All the issues with the Idol 3 are solved, that's why. 99% of the users aren't complaining anymore.

gideonMorrison said:
All the issues with the Idol 3 are solved, that's why. 99% of the users aren't complaining anymore.
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The delay and drop frames are aolved?
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robertc88 said:
Don't want to start a new thread or tack on to one that pretty much has died.
Where the heck did everyone go anyways. Reviewing threads back when the discussions had been going pretty good.
I picked one up with some reservations but with a return policy in tow and for the price I figured since I'm a junkie then why not.
In brief the display is very good, same with the sound quality and there is virtually no lag and I am using stock launcher. I turned the animations off and limited background processes to two.
Folks can hunt around but unless they got one that is not functioning properly they are not going to get an unlocked smartphone better than this and performs the way mine has for this price.
Great job, Alcatel!
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I agree fully, if they could release a follow up with a 801/805 (or the 810 if it gets a price drop) and OIS on the camera (or new sensor) for a small bump in price, it would be damn near the perfect phone.

migueli2 said:
The delay and drop frames are aolved?
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Yes, it is solved. My Idol 3 now runs like my Nexus 5 outside of heavy gaming.

Karly Johnston said:
Yes, it is solved. My Idol 3 now runs like my Nexus 5 outside of heavy gaming.
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Really? My Idol 3 is nothing like that. What version are you running? I love the device but it stutters quite often.

migueli2 said:
I Just switched to Sony C4 and... Wow! What a performance disparity over Idol 3 and just for more 70€
Just don't worth the Idol 3 after testing this C4!
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Yep - I just switched to the Moto E 2015 LTE as a backup phone (bricked the Idol 3 by having root during the Stagefright update, but thats another story) and the Moto E has no lagging or stutters where it was noticeable on the Idol 3. Apps such as Instagram and Facebook have no lag whatsoever - and this is on a phone with a lower-end Snapdragon 410 chip! Granted the phone has lower screen res and and Lollipop 5.1, but it definitely tells me its either severe software optimization issues with the Idol 3 or the SD615 is a dog like it has been suspected.
I'm really curious to hear how the performance is on the Moto X Play that was just released (also with SD615, but with Motorola software optimization and 5.1.1). Should be a more direct comparison to the Idol 3 spec-wise.

I personally don't use Facebook, Instagram, etc. So I can't comment on those, but the stock browser has a terrible scroll delay. So bad to the point where it just freezes completely. I prefer chrome though which runs pretty smooth for me so it's not too much of a big deal.
Chrome does seem to drain more battery than anything else though. I still get more than a 24hr cycle of battery with my use though if I stretch it. And at least 4 hours of screen on time usually though so again, not complaining at all about this device. Just minor annoyances that seem like a software update/optimization should take care of. Fingers crossed that we get good official and unofficial support.

Note 4 or Note 5?

Hello every happy note owner... I am planning to buy a new smartphone.. i have two smartphone in my mind.. 1) note 4 or 2) note 5.
I saw a thread about the zerolemon for the note 4 10000mah and 500gb sd card.. For me is the battery important.. does the note 5 have good battery or would you buy note 4 with the zerolemon? i need honest opinion.. And does the note 4 can handle every app and game fluid? i love heavy games.. Modern combat and nfs no limit and so on.. Thx in advance
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Get the Note 4. Note 5 is junk.
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I had the option to choose either, but I chose Note 4. It has removable back and SD Card which makes it a real Note. You can say the camera on the Note 5 is %30 better. I already have NFS No Limits, and going through tabs in game is laggy, but I think it is the game's problem, because the gameplay (when racing) has %0 lags. There are also Note 5 ports if you are willing to ROOT it.
I am really happy with it.

In my opinion the note 5 is a fashion tool much more expensive, no ext sd card, no removable battery, but very pretty a few better things than the note 4 but not much. The Note 4, removable battery, ext sd card, ir blaster and has a professional look, performance is excelent on the note 4 and if for you battery is the most import, get the note 4 and buy a zerolemon thing. This is my personal opinion!
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aloush5592 said:
Hello every happy note owner... I am planning to buy a new smartphone.. i have two smartphone in my mind.. 1) note 4 or 2) note 5.
I saw a thread about the zerolemon for the note 4 10000mah and 500gb sd card.. For me is the battery important.. does the note 5 have good battery or would you buy note 4 with the zerolemon? i need honest opinion.. And does the note 4 can handle every app and game fluid? i love heavy games.. Modern combat and nfs no limit and so on.. Thx in advance
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The Note 5 has the better hardware no question about that, you just have to ask yourself if better performance is worth giving up a swappable battery and external sd-slot for? Personally I would pick the Note 5 over the Note 4 at this point as it is bound to get Marshmellow faster.

Look at this and make your own decision. It all depends on your personal preference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAzdMgQFx8w

aloush5592 said:
Hello every happy note owner... I am planning to buy a new smartphone.. i have two smartphone in my mind.. 1) note 4 or 2) note 5.
I saw a thread about the zerolemon for the note 4 10000mah and 500gb sd card.. For me is the battery important.. does the note 5 have good battery or would you buy note 4 with the zerolemon? i need honest opinion.. And does the note 4 can handle every app and game fluid? i love heavy games.. Modern combat and nfs no limit and so on.. Thx in advance
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I have played around with the Note 5. I'm keeping my Note 4. I personally do t feel the Note 5 is worth upgrading to.
Note 4 using Taptalk

Fact is that note 4 does support.. sd card.. Removable battery.. ir blaser.. These 3 things are very important to me.. my question was that if the note 5 is really faster alot. I am talking about real life performance and not stupid antutu benchmarks. thx for everyone who replied to help me out
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aloush5592 said:
Fact is that note 4 does support.. sd card.. Removable battery.. ir blaser.. These 3 things are very important to me.. my question was that if the note 5 is really faster alot. I am talking about real life performance and not stupid antutu benchmarks. thx for everyone who replied to help me out
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The Note 5 is the newer phone, so naturally it's faster. BUT, we are basically at a point where the performance in flagships is a none issue in real life. The Note 4 does not lag as does the Note 5. I have yet to find a game which the N4 under clocked to 1496 Mhz won't handle.
Plus the development for N4 is quiet a bit further, so you are able to get overclockable kernels, CM, MIUI and all the N5 Software Features. For me Battery and SD are not that important and i chose the N4 none the less. I like to let devices mature a bit concerning Development. That way you get all the fixes from devs for things Sammy screwed up :good:

Note 5 is junk
Note 5 is junk, why must remove IR blaser in note 5?
For me Removable battery and IR blaser is very important and isn't important benchmarks for me when Note 4 is fast enough.

domsch1988 said:
The Note 5 is the newer phone, so naturally it's faster. BUT, we are basically at a point where the performance in flagships is a none issue in real life. The Note 4 does not lag as does the Note 5. I have yet to find a game which the N4 under clocked to 1496 Mhz won't handle.
Plus the development for N4 is quiet a bit further, so you are able to get overclockable kernels, CM, MIUI and all the N5 Software Features. For me Battery and SD are not that important and i chose the N4 none the less. I like to let devices mature a bit concerning Development. That way you get all the fixes from devs for things Sammy screwed up :good:
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Note 4 still the best for me

Well i dont use my phone for 2-3 years but i always buy a phone that i "could" use for that long ...after all i am spending heck lot of money on it recently i had the option to buy a note 5 or 4...i went for note 4 because of 1)REMOVEABLE BATTERY it does not have a built in expiry date like note 5 or galaxy s6...and its not easy to replace the battery on these phones 2) SD CARD i suggest you go for a NOTE 4 its called Android King for a reason !

wireless reverse charging of QI devices not working

Hello everyone.
The Oneplus 8 pro is sensible is compatible with wireless reverse charging of QI devices.
However, I have never been able to get a wireless QI device to work on the back of my Oneplus 8 pro.
- Galaxy watch
- Airpods
- Iphone XS .......
I tried with two other oneplus 8 pro from colleagues. It never worked.
I've read lots of threads on the web from owners like me of a Oneplus 8 pro who have never been able to get reverse charging to work.
So my question did you manage to get reverse wireless charging to work on your Oneplus 8 pro?
Thank you in advance for your replies.
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I have, but I need to take my case off and it seems to be a pretty small patch to get the charging right
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Zayatoshi said:
Hello everyone.
The Oneplus 8 pro is sensible is compatible with wireless reverse charging of QI devices.
However, I have never been able to get a wireless QI device to work on the back of my Oneplus 8 pro.
- Galaxy watch
- Airpods
- Iphone XS .......
I tried with two other oneplus 8 pro from colleagues. It never worked.
I've read lots of threads on the web from owners like me of a Oneplus 8 pro who have never been able to get reverse charging to work.
So my question did you manage to get reverse wireless charging to work on your Oneplus 8 pro?
Thank you in advance for your replies.
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hm...I tried with my wife's iFon XS, no issues at all, it went from 15% to 25% in like 20mins...both phones warmed up only a little bit....

Hi. well in the end this reverse charge seems to never work for most owners of oneplus 8 pro .. not great for such an expensive phone ..
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/oneplus-8-pro-reverse-charging.1216460/
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Zayatoshi said:
Hi. well in the end this reverse charge seems to never work for most owners of oneplus 8 pro .. not great for such an expensive phone ..
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/oneplus-8-pro-reverse-charging.1216460/
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I have the galaxy buds+ n 8 pro
So far no issues with reverse charge. Charged buds+ few times via reverse charge. You just need to place it in right position to work.

I'm having issues trying to charge my pixel buds.