Actual Verizon S7 Edge usage questions - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers

I want to pick up the S7 Edge but I'm waiting to hear from you guys how it is. I've read the other forums but Verizon always screws with the phone so I wanted to make sure it wasn't laggy and the battery was just as good as the other carriers and if all the apps are there before I buy. Anyone who grabbed one from best buy or had theirs delivered yet have any real usage with it? Thanks!

I just received mine tonight so take my impressions with a grain of salt.
As I was seeing it up it got hot, like real hot, hotter than I remember my S6 ever getting which is odd given the whole liquid cooling shpeal that Samsung pitched to is. After everything was done downloading and selling in its cooled down and hasn't gotten anywhere near that hot since... But again, remember I've only had it for a few hours.
Bloat was pretty minimal compared to the S6 when I first got it but total system was just over 9 gigs of space, then add another few gigs of apps and my internal storage has already been cut in half. I have an SD card on the way so if things get too tight I'll probably end up moving some things to the SD card.
The smoothness was something I wasn't expecting. I've been very skeptical of all the reviews coming out talking about how smooth the S7E is but I've been pleasantly surprised so far. Compared to my S6 it's like night and day and I don't say that lightly as a previous Nexus 6P owner as well. Over the course of the next few days I'm going to enable the GPU rendering profile to see how consistent it is and compare more to my S6 as another user here on XDA had pointed out that function that I had never seen before and now I'm going to surrender to my ocd and run that thing like crazy to keep an eye on how smooth this guy stays...or not as Samsung is known to have performance degrade over time.
Battery life is obviously something that I can't comment on yet but I'm pretty heavy handed when it comes to disabling Samsung add ons so my usage might not necessarily reflect what a normal user would experience.
So yeah, so far, after just a few hours of use I'm very happy with the phone and in awe of the difference in the fluidity between this and my old S6.

Thanks for the reply. I bought an S6 on launch day to replace my G4 which was very laggy and had subpar battery life. The S6 was awful. It was even laggier than the G4 and the battery was terrible. I gave it to my wife and then the camera stopped focusing so we got rid of it for a turbo2. I also plan on getting rid of anything Samsung that I can except Samsung pay and all Verizon bloat. I'm hoping that one day they will update it so the SD card ca n become part of the phone storage as well. If you can update tomorrow evening on battery so we can all see how it does. I saw a lot of people in the TMobile forum with 5-6 hours of screen on time which is pretty impressive for a phone without root.

Will do!
One caveat to the smoothness that I'm just now seeing is in chrome on heavy Java filled sites, it's losing some frames/stuttering a little which is a little disappointing but still nowhere near as bad as on the S6. Hopefully when the Samsung browser is updated and works on the Verizon version of the phone we'll see a better browser experience.

How do you think the smoothness compares to the 6P?

It's almost on the same level in most areas of the UI but can't handle chrome like the Nexus 6P can. Zooming in and out of maps is sort of like that too, smoother than the S6 but just not quite there like the nexus.

Thanks for all the help!

1st Charge
So I'm still on my first charge where I unplugged yesterday morning and took some screen caps at, more or less, the same time this morning. Not mind-blowing results but I imagine it will only get better after settling in for a week. The only reason I post this at all (my opinion is that any reports on battery in the first week are bogus) is because of the doze that kicked in last night which didn't even drop 1%
Edit: My screen caps didn't seem to grab my notification bar....my battery was at 36%...still need to figure out these dang fangled internetz and how to put up screenshots and such...
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Chrome performance was very disappointing. I switched to lightning + and all is well. Plus the amoled mode and inverted grayscale rendering saves a ton of battery. Chrome was using 24% of battery, lightning + with these settings is only using 5%.

I am returning my Edge for a Note 5.
The edges are messing with me bad. My palms and other fingers are making inputs while holding the phone. Emails and meassges are being sent half completed, messanger chat heads are being opened/closed. Shift, backspace, and side numbers and letters being pressed. Also sometimes the number of inputs prevents additional touches. A few times i had to reposition the phone to continue typing.
I just got it yesterday and haven't purchased a case. But being a work phone, I think it's going to be a constant annoyance.
Super sexy phone otherwise.
It does seem to "freeze" occasionally. Right out of the box I was disabling apps and it locked up. Toggled the screen to refresh but its been randomly freezing occasionally. Probably a software bug. Nothing really noticeable but I've been on it constantly. Could be with the multiple inputs as stated above.
The phone is super slippery.
Bottom line, this requires a case.

player911 said:
I am returning my Edge for a Note 5.
The edges are messing with me bad. My palms and other fingers are making inputs while holding the phone. Emails and meassges are being sent half completed, messanger chat heads are being opened/closed. Shift, backspace, and side numbers and letters being pressed. Also sometimes the number of inputs prevents additional touches. A few times i had to reposition the phone to continue typing.
I just got it yesterday and haven't purchased a case. But being a work phone, I think it's going to be a constant annoyance.
Super sexy phone otherwise.
It does seem to "freeze" occasionally. Right out of the box I was disabling apps and it locked up. Toggled the screen to refresh but its been randomly freezing occasionally. Probably a software bug. Nothing really noticeable but I've been on it constantly. Could be with the multiple inputs as stated above.
The phone is super slippery.
Bottom line, this requires a case.
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I agree. I made the mistake of not getting a case first. I dropped it at work after having it less than 12 hours. I have 4 tiny tiny marks where the metal meets back glass. I would have taken it back within a couple days if not for that.
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The HTC EVO 4g is....

F###ING AMAZING. Despite the problems i'm not leaving this phone, I love it.
It seems like every post is about something wrong, lets get a thread going on how much you love your evo!
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It seems like every post is about something wrong, lets get a thread going on how much you love your evo!
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Well... every other post is about Evo 4g love affair, so lets not
my only gripe is no voice & data at the sametime, other than that i am enjoying the EVO (atleast within my 30 day window haha). i am recently enjoying the linking of contacts to social networks and other items as well linking Qik to facebook to provide links to videos i posted without having to do it manually.
very cool phone, walk around in the airport listening to music, get the ok from pilot for electronics, switch to a movie, read the usatoday, send my wife a msg on gtalk, flip back to movie, etc etc etc
I love my EVO too which is why I am so sad that HTC put a cap on the graphics and I may have to return it...
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my only gripe is no voice & data at the sametime, other than that i am enjoying the EVO (atleast within my 30 day window haha). i am recently enjoying the linking of contacts to social networks and other items as well linking Qik to facebook to provide links to videos i posted without having to do it manually.
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Well, if you are in a 4G zone, you can do voice and data at the same time...
i want it!!!!
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+1 for this topic! I love mine as well. Amazing phone despite the negative reports (which I only experience a few of personally).
Good thread. I love my EVO too. The problems worry me but I still prefer it to the iPhone 3GS I just left, and to the iPhone 4 that is coming out. So far I haven't noticed touch screen issues or screen seperation. But this phone is still awesome. I would replace it though if there was a 4.3"-5" nexus one though
I am coming from a mogul, so things are night and day.
I am very happy with the evo...
yes I have seen wifi slowdown: max 5000kbps down, 1000 up with a only the dot as an indication; Performance degrades significantly if hand is placed over the kickstand area. Battery life is as expected for heavy use (12hrs, blue tooth & 3g data all day, 20% screen brightness). I see the screen lifting ever so slightly and can barely see light creeping though at night, but I got a seidio case which seems to keep everything snug, if it gets worse I'll do the black silicone trick. Barring the fact that I haven't found a file encryption package, or a way to easily back everything up (as i could with sprite backup on wm)......that is ...yet.
I love this thing and use it all day. The speech to text is awesome (I laught to think that I was worried about a keyboard!)
the wifee got one too. she is happy as she has never had a smartphone or anything that could do email/internet. I showed her the problem with the display(slight lifting & setting on a table-top slider), and she gave me a dumb look and said "so, whats the problem? " .... I left it at that.
you will never have a perfect production run, there will always be software bugs, lets home that HTC will improve their processes, make current customers happy (returns & repair and or replacements), and will get together with sprint for an action plan including the release with fixes to the current problems with a easy to root, android 2.2 update.
qu1nn
It's the way people have been conditioned lately...for instance...when was the last time you heard of a happy marriage? but I bet you heard of a **** ton of divorces and unhappy marriages...no one goes out singing high praises anymore, it's always complaints and *****ing.
On a brighter note, yes, the phone has it's problems...it wouldn't be a consumer grade electronic device if it didn't. I personally LOVE it.
No issues here. Coming from an AT&T Tilt, so consider my world rocked at the moment.
No issues here. Coming from an AT&T Tilt, so consider my world rocked at the moment.
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You and me both, and I was running android on it, so even with the fps cap, the EVO is faster I can't think of another phone I would rather have right now despite the issues. Have had zero hardware issues and can fairly easily get 20+ hours of battery life with moderate usage. Quite happy...
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F###ING AMAZING. Despite the problems i'm not leaving this phone, I love it.
It seems like every post is about something wrong, lets get a thread going on how much you love your evo!
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100% with you, i just want to replace mine because of the screen issue but i love it anyways! it's imposible to have a device without any issue.
Let me just say I'm on my EVO so much that my Macbook Pro is getting jealous
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Let me just say I'm on my EVO so much that my Macbook Pro is getting jealous
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Too funny...
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Let me just say I'm on my EVO so much that my Macbook Pro is getting jealous
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In all seriousness, I don't know that I have turned on my laptop more than once or twice since I got my EVO, I think that it hits the perfect balance of screen size and pocketability for light internet surfing/email/blog reading/Facebook/etc. such that it makes a full sized computer almost irrelevant. Just MHO.
Yeah... i'm loving my evo! rooted and unlocked nand!
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In all seriousness, I don't know that I have turned on my laptop more than once or twice since I got my EVO, I think that it hits the perfect balance of screen size and pocketability for light internet surfing/email/blog reading/Facebook/etc. such that it makes a full sized computer almost irrelevant. Just MHO.
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Yeah once the Evo gets working bluetooth keyboard support the netbook manufacturers are gonna be running for the hills!

OnePlus One Review: 5 months later

I know there has been a lot of these but maybe I can help with someone's decision, so here we go.
The OPO has served me great for the past couple months and it's almost a perfect phone. :fingers-crossed:
Background:
One of the things I liked most about this phone was the unboxing experience. It was just simply amazing, amazing quality. As soon as I unboxed it, I installed adb drivers and unlocked the bootloader. I flashed twrp and rooted. Then I installed some of my favorite root apps such as greenify, AdBlockPlus, xposed framework (Boot-manager, App Settings, YouTube AdAway etc.), Avast (Firewall Features), Orbot (For using the TOR network), and SuperSU, and ADBD Insecure. I also made a custom boot animation and changed it, as well as the boot logo. I made a few changes to the file system and installed a few binaries.
My device has about 6 pages of apps from over the months. I use a lot of them and some of them I just have because "it might be helpful". One more thing to mention, I also installed the Amazon App store so I can get some apps from there. Now lets talk about themes: I have about 6 different themes each applied to a certain part of the ui and honestly it looks amazing. I'm spending too much time at the intro so lets cut to the chase...
Performance:
The snapdragon 801 makes everything liquid smooth and I have had no issues with performance what so ever. One thing I should mention is that my AnTuTu benchmark score dropped from when I first got it to now, this was expected as I am running a couple heavy apps in the background (ex. Xposed, Avast, Greenify, 5 messaging apps, Sync, Smart news etc.). The performance dropped a little over the months but the UI is still liquid smooth.
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Battery:
The battery performance is very, very good and I have had no issues with it. I usually get about 2-3 days on a single charge with medium to heavy use. That being said, I turn off my phone at night... which probably has a major impact on screen-on time. Charging takes about 1-2 hours for me using the stock cable and power brick which is pretty average for any smartphone. The device battery is good and it is enough to power the beast inside.
Display and Touch:
The OPO display is good but nowhere as amazing as OLED. The 401 PPI makes everything look really sharp and I have had no issues with clarity. Also to mention, my device does not have the yellow tint problem although the colors look a bit warm. This is expected of course as it is an IPS LCD screen. The viewing angles are amazing and the ability to change between software and hardware keys is great. The touch is probably one of the most disappointing parts of this phone. Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. The screen is over sensitive and it leaves ghost touches behind making it very hard to type fast. But the auto-correct works like a charm and balances out the effects. Hopefully in CM12 this will be improved.
Software:
Just the plain ol' cyanogenmod experience which is one of the main reasons I bought this phone. I'm just hoping I can get the CM12 ota before the partnership completely fades away. :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
Camera:
It sucks. Just really really bad. Now that said, I believe it is a software fault rather than a hardware one. The Color OS camera app is much much better and that might solve the issues for some of you. Granted I have been able to get some amazing shots when I applied medium-heavy post processing they turned out just like one from a DSLR. (Will be uploading examples soon)
Design:
The design is nice especially the sandstone textured back, It provides a lot of grip as well as "looks". The metal ring around the display gives it a more premium feel, but I would not have minded paying more for an all metal phone. The bamboo back cover looks promising and I am looking into getting one.
Will be adding more in the near future... Ran out of ideas
I have been using it for a month now. Its an amazing phone considering the price. No lags or anything. Additionally the camera is quite good and very fast. The build quality is also very good. One thing I particularly like - how short the charging time is (less than 2 hours from empty to full).
The only thing that I am worried about the future of official software support. I certainly hope that the OxygenOS from OnePlus will be a clean iteration (like AOSP), not something like FlymeOS or MIUI; and that OnePlus will continue to provide essential updates till the end of 2015 (assuming that CM will stop supporting it after CM12s).
I agree!
i just ordered one 64gb for my wife, her Galaxy S2 just died (almost died, i must find her efs backup, then repair it), can't wait to receive and play with it
i hope the +1 will be too big for her little hands, so i can give her my Nexus 5
many thanks for the review

Are you planning to 'keep' your G4?

Seeing as the G4 was released days ago I'm sure a lot of us are still within the 'buyers remorse' period, which leads me to the question, myself included.
Are you planning on keeping yours even if say root won't be available?
I'm on Tmobile, and used my jump (1) coming from the Note 4 and still trying to decide whether or not to keep the G4. To me it definitely feels better in hand and more compact. Plenty fast, camera is great but I am hoping for root as I'd want to disable some crap.
What's everyone else thinking?
I'm on those that don't care about root, so yeah i bought G4 to keep it as my 2015 phone and next year let's see what's up for me .
And i'm loving this phone in all ways so yeah, i'm not even thinking a bit about returning it.
I'm keeping it no matter what happens! Best phone ever 100000%!
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I'm thinking I'll return it. If not for the fact that I'm on Verizon and most likely the BL will remain locked, then because the WiFi load speeds suck. I get 40mb down on my 5ghz router yet the load times on Web pages are horrible. There is definitely something wrong with WiFi.
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I'm keeping it no matter what happens! Best first ever 100000%!
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This is everything I could ask for in a phone. I don't see myself even upgrading next year. I don't know what I could even want extra. I only text my gf and family and browse the web and take pictures for self pleasure. I don't feel the need to spend another 600 on a phone. Keeping my g3 as a backup phone and possibly selling it if the price is right.
Love the phone. Only slightly better than the G3 in my opinion but thats still pretty darn good. Camera is amazing though and the rear speaker is loud and powerful. I'll be keeping it.
Love the phone since turning off fast dormancy fixed my battery problems, it's superior to my s5 in all respects now the s6 was just that one step too much like an iPhone for me and HTC pissed me off when they used to promise device updates and not deliver by uturning at the last moment. Only thing I'm waiting on its a decent gen 3 Android wear watch to launch. And root is no good to me as my banking app will not install to a rooted device due to security issues.
Even though this thing was totally an impulse buy (stopped at Best Buy Thursday to check out a floor model and ended up buying), I'm actually extremely satisfied. I think a lot of keeping or returning depends on the device you're coming from. For me, this screen blows the Nexus 6's out of the water in terms of brightness, color, and clarity. The size is more manageable and I'm not dealing with random app crashes (especially the google play services issues for the past couple weeks).
For the past few years, I've never had a preference between AMOLED or LCD, but I think this finally did it. I can't think of too many screens I've looked at days after purchase and still thought it was an absolute joy to look at.
I'm on AT&T and I can't say that root or no root bothers me too much. It's fun to tinker with new roms, but I don't have any real reason for root. I couldn't stand not having a notification light on the Nexus 6, so I needed root for that. The only thing I miss is being able to change my emojis to match my wife's S5. Another reason I enjoy root and unlocked bootloader is in case poor updates come out, then I can usually revert.
For reference, I've owned many phone in the past year and a half. Some short that got returned or sold and some for longer periods. Moto X 2013, Note 3, Nexus 5, Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy S5, G3, Galaxy S6, Nexus 6, and finally the G4.
I am getting it swapped out with Tmobile. Heat, lag, etc. Hope 2nd time's the charm...
I think im gonna keep it. I just ordered a bunch of stuff for it like quick charger, cases....
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I'm pretty much set for another year. G3 before this and i avoided all the other temptations that came out before the G4 got here. I feel like i can do the same until next year.
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Love the phone since turning off fast dormancy fixed my battery problems, it's superior to my s5 in all respects now the s6 was just that one step too much like an iPhone for me and HTC pissed me off when they used to promise device updates and not deliver by uturning at the last moment. Only thing I'm waiting on its a decent gen 3 Android wear watch to launch. And root is no good to me as my banking app will not install to a rooted device due to security issues.
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Isn't fast dormancy beneficial to have on?
When I checked mine it's status was unknown, disabled it for now to see what happens.
Was told or read it's only beneficial if your carrier supports it else it generates Wake locks
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that Was My g4 with it on no real use pretty much standby.
After I switched it off I'm calling my carrier on Monday to confirm if they support FD.
Who's your carrier?
I'm probably swapping for another G4 with Tmobile on Monday. Outside chance I get something else instead, but I really want the G4 to work out. I'm having touchscreen issues and my battery life isn't great.
The reviews wowed me much more than the actual phone, which isn't that but of an upgrade. Yeah, the camera is amazing but I barely use them. The screen is really nice and it is pretty quick though.
I'm keeping it but there are a few things I wish were changed, mostly small annoyances like having to swipe to unlock the phone after clicking a notification or the swipe to unlock message altogether.
How do you disable fast dormancy?
My carrier is 3UK.
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Go to dialer, and push in: 277634#*#
Then find fast dormancy and disable.
I'm really on the fence. I've been waiting for the G4 for a while, but discovered at the last minute that Best Buy didn't offer the leather cases for Verizon. I bought the gray one anyhow ($100 gift card), THEN discovered that Verizon had removed several software features such as Themes and Smart Settings. Finally, I was originally concerned about the size of the phone, since I felt that the G3 was the maximum size I would want. The G4 isn't much longer, but it is wider (so wide that it doesn't fit into my car clip). It didn't seem that big in the store, but once I put a case on it, it seemed to fall into the "phablet" category. Throw in a battery life that's not as impressive as advertised, and buyer's remorse starts creeping in.
It's a nice phone, but it's not that much of an improvement over my G3 to completely win me over. I'll give it another week and a half, but at this point I doubt I'll keep it.

Z5p after 1 month

well after a month and a z5p change (camera fault) this i my experiece
battery:for me i very good. my z5p is paired with a pebble time steel and a fitbit hr and when i'm in car with my garmin by smatphonelink. i power up at 8.00 am and the battery have 10/15 % at 2.00 am.considering i'm coming from a note edge that
i had to charge in the afternoon with the same usage and non wearable connect i'm realy happy.
screen: excellent , apart the the angle view, but not a great problem
camera:i expect more from the camera, i't a good camera but not great
look and fell: for me the most beatifull device in his catergory, and materials are great
now the bad:
heat: omg it's a fire...
sd: i've got sd problem ,like some photos become unusable some i can see only in album but i cannot share or copy on pc, and some kind of flaac are unredable, but dunno if it's realy the phone or the sd
last some consideration about two sony accessories
the original cover with window: the worst cover i've ever seen.... no magneti clip on the front so if the phone fall down the screen is full expose, the window is a magnet for fingerprint
original craddle: not bad the materials are not great but it works good
Grazie Luca!
Idc if its hot XDDDD its winter here so u know good to have em hands warm!!
you should replace and buy a new 1sd card. i use 64gig sd card and no issues for me, didnt try the flaac though. but for the pictures no problem at all.
I also came from a note edge and I so far am missing:
Download booster, that thing came in handy.
Lack of decent cases and stands there is nothing for it really and even tho I had a z2 with no issues I am worried about all the glass
for a very good case look here http://www.tetded.com/home/en/339-xperia-z5-premium-e6853-z5-premium-dual-e6833-e6883 no magnetic flip but excellente materials and great look i bought the Dijon II (Venus: Black Croc/Toffee ) version and with my gold z5p is a pleasure to see.
for stand and charge i've bought the original sony dock and it works well.
for glass i never use a protection don't like nothing over the screen but some kind of glass protection sure come
The Sony dock is portrait tho, I need landscape shame the magnetic charger was left off
After One Month Z5P
MY Battery Performance on my Old Z2 is b better than Z5 Premium.
luca73n said:
well after a month and a z5p change (camera fault) this i my experiece
battery:for me i very good. my z5p is paired with a pebble time steel
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Do you get random disconnects with your Pebble Time Steel? I've been getting them inconsistently but enough to throw me off cause sometimes it will disconnect and stay that way, and sometimes it just stays connected. Other times it will disconnect and reconnect. Also, have you ever faced the Android OS battery drain? I used to have it. Not sure if it's gone but it's getting less and less now.
yes i've got random disconect but i think it's a bluettoh problem cause i've got random issue with other bluetooth device.
And yes sometimes, luckly only few time, i've got some strange battery drain and phone become hot as hell.
hope with 6.0 sony correct the problem
Here mine after a month:
- camera is not better compared with my previous phone - sg note 4. I compared and still comparing (with another stock 5.1.1 note 4 in my family). Sony just is far behind with focus speed and accuracy, photos sharpness, lack of burst with just clicking on the shoot buton.. I am disappointed from Sony and dxomark.
- generic screen backlight is again far behind sami.. I feel like my old days with nexus 4.
- loud speaker/s are not loud enough. Yes they are two in stereo mod which is great but..
- fingerprint scaner/sensor is not accurate enough even after registering multiple slots with the same finger using different angles/positions. Around 10-15% I need to unlock with code. Yes I like it but this is not a finished product. IPhones handle this much better.
Now the good things:
I am fokin love this phone! It is perfectly looking (well a centimeter smaller boarders on top and bottom will be 100% satisfaction but ..)
This almost pure Android is a beast! Can't even compare it with Samsung tw (even on their last flagships where it is still unpolished and woody). Perfect memory management, simplicity with some Sony's features. I managed to remove 99% of the bloatware, and the rest 3 apps which are protected I just disabled.
4k vids are so detailed and beautiful that I started to think someone upgraded my eyes! Stunning!
Buttons (vol rockers,cam,power) are perfectly positioned by my opinion (well cam start speed must be improved for sure)
I managed to overheat the SOC only with wot blitz and hd recording, but still the heating pipes are perfectly set. Excellent work from Sony!
Battery performing much better compared with note 4.. It is so durable!
At the end, I can say - the perfect phone for me. I totally love it.
I received it today, so happy!
I will come back here after a few days of use (even if the discussion says "after a month"
First disappointment: if you register your fingerprint it forces you to to unlock the device only that way. I just want to register my fingerprint for security purposes, for example paying on google play store or logging in apps like paypal.
If you want a simple double tap to unlock your device with no passwords, fingerprints, patterns ecc. you have to DELETE your fingerprints. Yes, you have to DELETE them. But why?? It's really stupid.
And, by the way, this is another really stupid thing:
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theskig said:
I received it today, so happy!
I will come back here after a few days of use (even if the discussion says "after a month"
First disappointment: if you register your fingerprint it forces you to to unlock the device only that way. I just want to register my fingerprint for security purposes, for example paying on google play store or logging in apps like paypal.
If you want a simple double tap to unlock your device with no passwords, fingerprints, patterns ecc. you have to DELETE your fingerprints. Yes, you have to DELETE them. But why?? It's really stupid.
And, by the way, this is another really stupid thing:
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If you want to unlock with code, just double tap and swipe up to unlock

Is anyone else as happy with their Pure as I am?

Granted I've only had it for a week now, but I'm pretty happy with it overall. I've unlocked and rooted it and installed Xposed, frozen what I don't need with Titanium Backup, and I'm using the latest version of CameraFX instead of the (seems to me) kind of primitive camera software provided. The battery life seems great, at least it is compared to my last phone (galaxy s5). I've enabled adaptive brightness, turned off Bluetooth and NFC. I don't have battery saver on. Comments from other owners?
I like mine very much. Keeping it stock at the moment, wanting to see what Motorola's official 6.0.1 does for it (if we ever see it). Down the line I will likely root and tweak the thermal-engine config file, that has been my only complaint so far...
Not really. On top of slow updates, I'm getting blue spots near the bottom of my display, and don't want to risk their warranty program due to people being delayed a replacement. I just hope the spots won't become even more prominent before the next Nexus releases, which I will be going back to.
This is not my post, but see some photos here for what I am talking about with the spots: https://reddit.com/r/MotoX/comments/4gf3lj/has_anyone_had_this_kind_of_effect_on_their/
Yes...Until I shattered my screen the other day
kettir said:
Granted I've only had it for a week now, but I'm pretty happy with it overall. I've unlocked and rooted it and installed Xposed, frozen what I don't need with Titanium Backup, and I'm using the latest version of CameraFX instead of the (seems to me) kind of primitive camera software provided. The battery life seems great, at least it is compared to my last phone (galaxy s5). I've enabled adaptive brightness, turned off Bluetooth and NFC. I don't have battery saver on. Comments from other owners?
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I get killer battery life, but I do a billion things to get there. I'm very happy with mine, had it almost since release. Since Lenovo took over Moto, I'm skeptical about the update rate. I had an original Moto X (the only phone made in the USA) before this one, and the updates were on par with Nexus updates. So things have changed.
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Not really. On top of slow updates, I'm getting blue spots near the bottom of my display, and don't want to risk their warranty program due to people being delayed a replacement. I just hope the spots won't become even more prominent before the next Nexus releases, which I will be going back to.
This is not my post, but see some photos here for what I am talking about with the spots: https://reddit.com/r/MotoX/comments/4gf3lj/has_anyone_had_this_kind_of_effect_on_their/
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Funny you mention this. I noticed a small red dot in the middle of my screen (only in the dark) while in bootloader mode testing my last firmwares. Thought it was something with my screen protector. I haven't pulled mine off to check if it is the protector or not. I too am holding back because of the time it has taken for others repairs/replacements to come back. Even though I spent all that extra money on the warranty.
@kettir @quakeaz @Spasticdroid
Running 6.0.1 here and no dots on the screen, only a small light bleed on the bottom left.
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Although happy with moto x pure. Good chance I will opt for oneplus3 in coming months.. Pure requires extensive modification to ensure best optimal performance n battery life. And in development, it's definitely on the slow side. Price was alright for the phone given this phone is identical to LG V10. I am having call quality issue but dealt with it. But another reason I will be jumping ship.
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I like the phone, only one thing is holding me back from loving it. My hotspot(straight talk AT&T) dosent work like it did with my nesus 5. wish motorola would bypassed the network check for this after all it is an unlock phone.
Honestly I love the phone. Sure, battery could be better, but it gets me a full day while I'm at work. So there's that which is nice.
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Honestly I love the phone. Sure, battery could be better, but it gets me a full day while I'm at work. So there's that which is nice.
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Agree... it give me way beyond a days worth ( I havent turned on the Moto features out of fear that it would drain my battery.)
I don't have moto features enabled either. Totally stock too. Sure, there's a very few minor bugs I have. Like sometimes opening a text doesn't load and I just have to back out and go back in...but that's about the only bug I have encountered with the device.
I mean I gave up my note 4 for it. That should say something about it right?
I am loving it. Compared to LG and Samsung, I have experienced very little lag and love the fact that Motorola didn't load it down with bloat.
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My wife's current device is an LG G4, and her last was a S5. Too many problems with them both. And the G4 is on par with the Moto hardware wise, but it aside from that it doesn't compare.
I like it. Only things I don't like are
- non-AMOLED screen (kinda kills the purpose of the motodisplay
- no fingerprint scanner (although it's not a big issue)
- no camera 2.0 natively supported (can be modded in though)
- moto voice doesn't work where I live, which is all the more ridiculous that while Google's Voice allows me to use in english even though my main isn't, Moto Voice won't
- no ability to use the "Ok Google" phrase to wake my phone - kinda defeats the purpose of the voice control if I still have to wake the phone manually
- not much ROM development is going on for the phone and the custom roms can't make use of the IR sensors
I was tossing it up between getting a Moto X Style, Nexus 5x or LG G4 and came down on the side of the Moto X Style. Nice phone, just about the right size, and I actually like the Motorola stuff included in the rom. Charges in the blink of an eye, which is pretty sweet.
Custom Rom support is never going to be as good as a Nexus device, however, we have a fair few to choose from and the major players appear to support the device quite well. The main area of development that this device seems to be lacking is with Kernel support. I can see that there are a couple available, however, it's always nice to have a wide selection.
I must admit I'm falling out of love with my Moto X Style more everyday.
Seems so slow. Slower then my OPO. And downloading some files direct the SD card makes the phone unusable have to turn the phone off. Might have to try return to stock and sell it on.
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