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Anyone actually got the SGN3 yet? Please post here!

First person to get one wins!
Post a link to a video of you with your SGN3 and you win
ALSO: State your country!

I played with one for half the weekend just gone...

NZtechfreak said:
I played with one for half the weekend just gone...
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Thoughts? Stand-out positives? Shameful negatives? Camera comments? I value your opinion from your pre-launch SGS4 commentary.

BarryH_GEG said:
Thoughts? Stand-out positives? Shameful negatives? Camera comments? I value your opinion from your pre-launch SGS4 commentary.
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Just composing a post with some info now

I received mine this week. So far, I am blown away. Waiting on my Galaxy Gear to arrive.
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BarryH_GEG said:
Thoughts? Stand-out positives? Shameful negatives? Camera comments? I value your opinion from your pre-launch SGS4 commentary.
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Feel is definitely premium. It is super thin and feels great in the hand.
No negatives yet. Truthfully, it is hard to find any.
Camera shoots great in the dark (flash is amazing). Burst shot and and few new modes, 360 (on other unlocked versions of s4 but not US) and golf shot.
Battery is great. I go all day with it. I train on it, so it gets used and abused.
The display is the best Ive ever seen on a phone. 1080p is amazing!
The new S Pen menu is fast and smooth. Much more improved over Note 2.
The Speaker is now at the bottom, so music and movies are much much louder.
KNOX security is on board and offers dual modes. Personal and work separated
So far everything is seamless.

pikapp168 said:
I received mine this week. So far, I am blown away. Waiting on my Galaxy Gear to arrive.
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Feel is definitely premium. It is super thin and feels great in the hand.
No negatives yet. Truthfully, it is hard to find any.
Camera shoots great in the dark (flash is amazing). Burst shot and and few new modes, 360 (on other unlocked versions of s4 but not US) and golf shot.
Battery is great. I go all day with it. I train on it, so it gets used and abused.
The display is the best Ive ever seen on a phone. 1080p is amazing!
The new S Pen menu is fast and smooth. Much more improved over Note 2.
The Speaker is now at the bottom, so music and movies are much much louder.
KNOX security is on board and offers dual modes. Personal and work separated
So far everything is seamless.
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Can you confirm if touchwiz is less laggy? Cuz even with Note 2's good specs, touchwiz still lags in certain areas/applications.

pikapp168 said:
I received mine this week. So far, I am blown away. Waiting on my Galaxy Gear to arrive.
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Could those who received their note please post where they ordered? A 'thanks' would definitely be in order.

I wasn't aware that it's been released in any markets yet.

Step backward from the LG G2

I bought the 32gb, 3gb ram version from Amazon DE. I watched a lot of review sites and they generally praised the phone and said the performance was good. Here my initial thoughts:
-- the screen is too warm and makes everything look dull when compared to LG G2
-- Performance is very poor compared to the LG G2, G2 is snappy in comparison
-- animations, scrolling etc are running at 10-15fps or it seems. Compared to the LG G2, its buttery on the G2. Im a sucker for smooth animations
-- launching app - for some reasons there is a noticeable delay - that was rare on the G2
-- battery poor compared to the LG G2
-- games suffer from low frame rates compared to the LG G2.
-- youtube chrome cast bug - not a problem on G2 - means I'm unable to use me chromecast now. Bugger..
-- and the phone gets too hot..
-- hissing when using AUX output in car.
Antutu show the G3 as having lower performance them the G2.
I sold my G2 and feel like have just been robbed by LG. Yes, i loved the G2 and was expecting more of the same.
All this at the cost of having a quad hd screen - a marketing spec stunt, processor is marginally better then G2 on paper and GPU is the same as the G2. In real terms a massive step backwards in almost all regards.
I feel ****...

I have to agree in part.
I love this phone but it is clear that there are some steps backward.
The battery and slickness are my two main concerns.
However I LOVE the camera which is a substantial improvement.
I love the screen at 100% but it only takes about 3mins use before this gets throttled to 90%
The removable battery is a great idea in theory but I cannot find anywhere to buy a spare so what's the point?
The sd card is important to me and is probably the main reason I upgraded. If the G2 had a card slot I doubt I would have changed.
I am hoping many problems can be resolved in an update but I am getting the impression that LG are not the quickest with firmware updates - fingers crossed!

I have been reading too that it takes a week for the g3 to learn you use and battery life improves and I just hope the us models are better or they release a update to fix this issues
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You should return it and get your $
Purity Nexus 5

I have had mine over a week now and sot has maybe improved from 2hrs to 2hrs 30mins. Not enough of an improvement. I really want sot to last at least 3hrs 30 mins to see me through a full day of my usage.
I have read that to disable the permissions for the McAfee App will give significant improvements. I have just done this tonight so I will report back tomorrow if there is any improvement.

Spewy1 said:
I have had mine over a week now and sot has maybe improved from 2hrs to 2hrs 30mins. Not enough of an improvement. I really want sot to last at least 3hrs 30 mins to see me through a full day of my usage.
I have read that to disable the permissions for the McAfee App will give significant improvements. I have just done this tonight so I will report back tomorrow if there is any improvement.
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How have you done this?

Settings - security - phone administrators
Then you can force stop in apps.

Spewy1 said:
Settings - security - phone administrators
Then you can force stop in apps.
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I cant do that. Mcafee is greyed out. Was your that as well?

It was greyed out until I unticked the permissions in security , then when I returned to the app I was able to force stop.

vimto25 said:
How have you done this?
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my screen on time sits at nearly 4 hours, what are you doing?

LBTaylor1984 said:
my screen on time sits at nearly 4 hours, what are you doing?
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Nothing special, web browsing mainly. About 30 mins music. A bit of tweeting.
Screen set to 90% brightness.
WiFi and Bluetooth always on.

zeddys said:
I bought the 32gb, 3gb ram version from Amazon DE. I watched a lot of review sites and they generally praised the phone and said the performance was good. Here my initial thoughts:
-- the screen is too warm and makes everything look dull when compared to LG G2
-- Performance is very poor compared to the LG G2, G2 is snappy in comparison
-- animations, scrolling etc are running at 10-15fps or it seems. Compared to the LG G2, its buttery on the G2. Im a sucker for smooth animations
-- launching app - for some reasons there is a noticeable delay - that was rare on the G2
-- battery extremely poor compared to the LG G2
-- games suffer from low frame rates compared to the LG G2.
-- youtube chrome cast bug - not a problem on G2 - means I'm unable to use me chromecast now. Bugger..
-- and the phone gets too hot..
Antutu show the G3 as having lower performance them the G2.
I sold my G2 and feel like have just been robbed by LG. Yes, i loved the G2 and was expecting more of the same.
All this at the cost of having a quad hd screen - a marketing spec stunt, processor is marginally better then G2 on paper and GPU is the same as the G2. In real terms a massive step backwards in almost all regards.
I feel ****...
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The good news is, you can sell the G3 and buy two G2's to replace it.

Semantics said:
The good news is, you can sell the G3 and buy two G2's to replace it.
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Yup. That's for sure.

If its that bad download nomone and reduce the resolution. Personally i don't think its that bad, with a few tweaks and a custom launcher the phone is fine. I do think the S801 isn't really suitable for QHD though.
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Hopefully someone from LG will read it. This phone is the biggest shi..... I have ever had. It cannot be ompared to Lg G2- why i sold it!!!??? Now awaiting iPhone 6 then goodbye lg. They should fire every person who is responsible for this laggy brick!!!

Batfink33 said:
If its that bad download nomone and reduce the resolution. Personally i don't think its that bad, with a few tweaks and a custom launcher the phone is fine. I do think the S801 isn't really suitable for QHD though.
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You say that every single thread. We get it.
Anyways if you don't like the phone, return it.
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prfraczek said:
Hopefully someone from LG will read it. This phone is the biggest shi..... I have ever had. I can't compare to Lg G2- why i sold it!!!??? Now awaiting iPhone 6 then goodbye lg. They should fire every person who is responsible for this laggy brick!!!
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You obviously never had Samsung phones. Much worse.

prfraczek said:
Hopefully someone from LG will read it. This phone is the biggest shi..... I have ever had. It cannot be ompared to Lg G2- why i sold it!!!??? Now awaiting iPhone 6 then goodbye lg. They should fire every person who is responsible for this laggy brick!!!
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Now this, this is the type of compelling review that is sure to skew the masses from buying a G3. Just an all around well thought out, and worded review. Kudos!

I've had s3 few years ago... Yup u right both are useless.
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Btw yesterday i was setting up iphone 4- few years old with 'sluggish' ios 7 and this mobile is just flying campared to g3

Spewy1 said:
I have had mine over a week now and sot has maybe improved from 2hrs to 2hrs 30mins. Not enough of an improvement. I really want sot to last at least 3hrs 30 mins to see me through a full day of my usage.
I have read that to disable the permissions for the McAfee App will give significant improvements. I have just done this tonight so I will report back tomorrow if there is any improvement.
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My SOT in the first few days was over 5Hrs...
EDIT: I see you had brightness at 90%, I keep mine at 50% with auto on
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prfraczek said:
I've had s3 few years ago... Yup u right both are useless.
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Btw yesterday i was setting up iphone 4- few years old with 'sluggish' ios 7 and this mobile is just flying campared to g3
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The lag goes away using a third party launcher such as nova. The phone hardware is fantastic, it's the software that lets it down in some things. With iPhones it is the complete opposite

Lostatsea23 said:
You say that every single thread. We get it.
Anyways if you don't like the phone, return it.
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You obviously never had Samsung phones. Much worse.
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Yeah, I have said that a bit too much lol. I'll stop now.
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Observations after a couple of weeks

After using the Idol 3 for a couple of weeks, I have the following observations.
Pros:
1) It is a very nice phone, especially considering the price.
2) Battery life is on par with most flagship phones if not better. I can get 5 hours SOT without turning anything off or down. (Considering most people on other phones are complaining about battery drain on Android 5.01/2 and everyone is hoping that 5.1 will fix this, our battery life may only get better)
3) The camera is quick taking shots and straight forward to use. (quality not so much)
4) The OS is simple with very little bloat ware.
5) Very good sound with the front facing speakers.
6) The phone is thin and light for a having a 2910 mAh battery in it.
7) The screen is very bright in direct sunlight. I use it outside a lot and enjoy using it without trying to find some shade.
Cons:
1) The camera is fast but only takes decent pictures. Although for this price one can't complain to much as it is on par of flagship phones a couple years old.
2) Double tap to wake seems to be a constant issue for many (myself included).
3) Only 1 update in the last 14 days. I was hoping for Alcatel to push out some updates quicker but only time will tell how well they do.
4) The phone isn't blazing fast but doesn't lag too much either so this is kind of neutral. Clearly the recent apps is choppy and slow but most performance is decent.
5) Very little in the way of accessories. I bought an ipad screen protector and cut it down to fit.(I can get 3 out of 1).
6) Development isn't there. Not sure if it will be as maybe the phone isn't popular enough or the root/boatloader issue my be part of that as well.
I had the Zenfone 2 and LG G3 and sold them both in favour of this phone. I have had almost every flag phone out there and thought I would play around with some lower priced devices and have been pleasantly surprised with this phone so far. 3 things for me to keep the phone as a daily driver for a little would be, the DTTW issue resolved, some development so I can have some fun flashing some roms, and update to Android M (or at least to 5.1 for some software improvements and extra battery life, but 5 hours of OST is good for me. I most likely will be keeping this phone as my backup once I do move on and will certainly keep an eye on Alcatel for future phones.

I agree 100% with what you said. Just waiting for an update to 5.1 (with some bug fixing) and I'd be very happy.
As for the camera, I'm coming from a Nexus 4. So this is a huge upgrade. I actually find that it takes pretty decent pictures in sunlight.

bryanbreguet said:
I agree 100% with what you said. Just waiting for an update to 5.1 (with some bug fixing) and I'd be very happy.
As for the camera, I'm coming from a Nexus 4. So this is a huge upgrade. I actually find that it takes pretty decent pictures in sunlight.
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I watched a review that stated the Zenfone 2 camera blew the idol 3 away.
My personal experience is completely the opposite. The Zenfone 2 camera was slow at focusing and unless you picked a shooting mode the auto setting was the worse choice.
I was spoiled with the note 4 and G3 cameras.

maddog497 said:
I watched a review that stated the Zenfone 2 camera blew the idol 3 away.
My personal experience is completely the opposite. The Zenfone 2 camera was slow at focusing and unless you picked a shooting mode the auto setting was the worse choice.
I was spoiled with the note 4 and G3 cameras.
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Completely agree with all you have written on your posts[emoji2] . I have the phone and love it, double tap works very well, apex launcher + Deactivated animations in dev menu is a must!
And to screen off the device apex + screen off app is fantastic!
Oh and I have tried the laggy g3, its sad screen and its bad battery life [emoji6] ..
I own the m8 because the m9 hasn't convinced me, vs the m8..
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I like it too. if somehow development are started I don't really care if Alcatel updates. hardware wise I'm sure this phone can do better than it is now.
therefore I'm only praying for everything to come together for developments of custom roms before everyone got fed up of Alcatel and leave this boat.
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maddog497 said:
After using the Idol 3 for a couple of weeks, I have the following observations.
Cons:
5) Very little in the way of accessories. I bought an ipad screen protector and cut it down to fit.(I can get 3 out of 1).
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There is a 3-pack of Mr Shield screen protectors on Amazon that fit the phone perfectly. They aren't the best quality (shows scratches pretty easily) but they have the cutout for the camera/light sensor.

mswguitar said:
There is a 3-pack of Mr Shield screen protectors on Amazon that fit the phone perfectly. They aren't the best quality (shows scratches pretty easily) but they have the cutout for the camera/light sensor.
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I ordered a glass screen protector a few days ago. I was notified yesterday that they are out so they are sending me 2 cheap ones for now and when the glass one comes in they will send it.

maddog497 said:
I ordered a glass screen protector a few days ago. I was notified yesterday that they are out so they are sending me 2 cheap ones for now and when the glass one comes in they will send it.
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Which glass one did you pick and how much?

famewolf said:
Which glass one did you pick and how much?
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I'll look it up and get back to you.

famewolf said:
Which glass one did you pick and how much?
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this one here
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/151705198907...49&var=450907160802&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Maddog, tell us how it is when you get them.
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thanks for listing all the cons and pros.
I read lots of people are waiting for updates . Hope Alcatel reacts fast.

1 update in 14 days is actually really good
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barondebxl said:
1 update in 14 days is actually really good
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I don't disagree but the update was on start up. Nothing after that. This is a budget phone and a great one at that. If they address a could issue this good be a decent daily driver.
I lost patients and moved on but still check the forum as it was an underdog and I was mostly pleased with it.
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maddog497 said:
I don't disagree but the update was on start up. Nothing after that. This is a budget phone and a great one at that. If they address a could issue this good be a decent daily driver.
I lost patients and moved on but still check the forum as it was an underdog and I was mostly pleased with it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/general/performance-update-t3154635

Ive had this since yesterday. Phone has great potential with custom roms. My biggest complaint is the serious lag issues. Id assume this is from 5.0.2 and the memory leak. The animations are choppy as hell. Otherwise great device.

fix-this! said:
Ive had this since yesterday. Phone has great potential with custom roms. My biggest complaint is the serious lag issues. Id assume this is from 5.0.2 and the memory leak. The animations are choppy as hell. Otherwise great device.
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5.0.2 is full of bugs, yeah. Not sure why phones would ship with that in the first place but meh. To have a smoother experience, enable dev options and set all animation scales to off or .5x.

In europe evertything runs just fine animations, app clearing, everything even in 5.0.2, what's your build number?

The design is what sold me. Super light weight and very good battery life. Speakers are very good and the lcd is better than my nexus 5 was. The only downside is the lag which im thinking is from the gpu drivers and 5.0.2. Custom roms could fix this.
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Enissay7 said:
In europe evertything runs just fine animations, app clearing, everything even in 5.0.2, what's your build number?
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Id say most users on here agree the animations lag like hell. You must be running some super seceret version of 5.0.2.

what is the phone charging time ? wonder if its Lion battery needs to be replaced faster than others' Lipo ?

I just ordered this phone....

Just ordered it from B&H. For the normal price of $229.00 including free accessories:
JBL Synchros E40BT
Spieltek VR-M2 Virtual Reality Headset
ASUS ZenPower Pro 10050mAh Portable Battery Pack
Free overnight shipping
Not bad for free items. The battery pack alone is worth it. Gotta love B&H

I'm liking this phone as well........ but the forums here are dead, which means no support
I would want atleast root

Well it did just come out a few days ago. So im willing to give it some time for the forum to populate
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Honor 6x was announced at the same time...................... The forums are very active over there

Honor 6x came out in October. This phone was 2 days ago.... Give it time. These forums probably just got put up too. Who knows. It will pickup.... Hopefully
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Phone is awesome. Just got mine yesterday from B&H. Screen time is crazy and I have experienced zero lag. My only issue is that settings crashes when I try to setup a schedule for do not disturb.

Got it as well. Looking forward to the forum opening up more. Shouldn't be too difficult, it comes with unlocked bootloader. So just need TWRP ported, which shouldn't be too difficult and I assume it won't take long.

arampapaz said:
Phone is awesome. Just got mine yesterday from B&H. Screen time is crazy and I have experienced zero lag. My only issue is that settings crashes when I try to setup a schedule for do not disturb.
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Thanks for this and any further info. Mine should arrive tomorrow. I'm curious to see and compare screen on times. Good battery life is the number one reason I jumped on this, also through the B&H deal. Seemed too good for the price to pass up.
I'm hoping the relatively poor speaker (coming from a Nexus 6) won't be too much of a let down. If sound quality is good through the headphone jack, I'll live with it. Love the Nexus 6 but battery life has just gotten too poor. From what I've researched, the Snapdragon 625 should perform pretty much equal to the 805 (N6), but I'm hoping to get 3x the battery life. Only issue I'm concerned about is touch latency. It is much worse on my Moto G4 vs the Nexus 6 or other older flagships, making fast response games (Super Hexagon) basically unplayable.

Overall, I like the phone. Even though we don't have root yet (hopefully we get it eventually). Seems quick, good screen, good battery. I haven't found any big downsides yet.

Anyone else having issues with their speaker? It seems the bottom left speaker of my phone is not outputting any sound (if I cover with my thumb, you can tell only the bottom right works).

yodaddyleo said:
Anyone else having issues with their speaker? It seems the bottom left speaker of my phone is not outputting any sound (if I cover with my thumb, you can tell only the bottom right works).
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:laugh:Sir.the bottom left corner is the microphone and right is the speaker there is no speaker on the left side the grills is just for looks there is a microphone on top the phone also next to the headphone jack :laugh:

yodaddyleo said:
Anyone else having issues with their speaker? It seems the bottom left speaker of my phone is not outputting any sound (if I cover with my thumb, you can tell only the bottom right works).
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Mine does that too. Unsure if intentional or not.

Mine arrived last Friday. This is the first Android phone I haven't planned to root.
Compared to my LG G Stylo, the Blade V8 Pro is much snappier, battery life seems a little worse (snappier processor & higher-res screen), camera is less noisy but doesn't focus quite as well, and build quality is much more solid. Reception was a little better with the G Stylo; I could get T-Mobile Band 4 LTE if I held it up by my apartment window but the Blade V8 Pro won't quite pick it up.
I keep feeling for the power and volume buttons on the back, and to answer a call on the G Stylo I'd swipe up and to the right but to answer calls on the Blade V8 Pro I have to swipe downward--so far I have accidentally rejected 2 calls... but now I know.

im loving my phone also the battery is crazy 9 and ahalf hours of screen on time

kamildouglas31 said:
im loving my phone also the battery is crazy 9 and ahalf hours of screen on time
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have anyone hear get any OTA updates from ZTE to fix the streaming apps closing after 15 mins bug I returned mine to Newegg for refund I will buy again when the bugs get fixed it was a great budget phone:laugh:

matthewtech770 said:
have anyone hear get any OTA updates from ZTE to fix the streaming apps closing after 15 mins bug I returned mine to Newegg for refund I will buy again when the bugs get fixed it was a great budget phone:laugh:
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I'm pretty sure you could just disable all the battery saving features for the specific app and it should work fine. That's what works in my case at least.

Well guys i gave up on this phone. With the lack of updates and no root, i moved on. Shame too because it was a decent phone.
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Reiyer said:
I'm pretty sure you could just disable all the battery saving features for the specific app and it should work fine. That's what works in my case at least.
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Plus bro in March the latest update fixed that **** it still needs to be updated more. 1 update since first purchased is rediculous as they continue rolling out phones they forget the one that was launched with marshmallow but they were supposedly waiting til the could optimize the device for 7.0. I would keep bugging ZTE about it if you still use this phone as daily driver or a secondary device
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matthewtech770 said:
have anyone hear get any OTA updates from ZTE to fix the streaming apps closing after 15 mins bug I returned mine to Newegg for refund I will buy again when the bugs get fixed it was a great budget phone:laugh:
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With the 1st ota update
The music bug got squashed as well as som3 other bugs as I now get about 10 1/2 hrs screen on time but they promised nougat on this device as they keep rolling out devices which are cheaper but have 7.0-7.1.

Ditto, great phone potential but without rooting and having linage, its DEAD. They also have not released any additional patches, its now Sept 17 and the android patch level is Jan 17. Stuck on MM as well.
They did however release a NEW version of this phone, cleverly named the exact same f'n name.... and it has all the updated software.
Never again ZTE, never again.
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Ditto, great phone potential but without rooting and having linage, its DEAD. They also have not released any additional patches, its now Sept 17 and the android patch level is Jan 17. Stuck on MM as well.
They did however release a NEW version of this phone, cleverly named the exact same f'n name.... and it has all the updated software.
Never again ZTE, never again.

jollymonsa said:
ditto, great phone potential but without rooting and having linage, its dead. They also have not released any additional patches, its now sept 17 and the android patch level is jan 17. Stuck on mm as well.
They did however release a new version of this phone, cleverly named the exact same f'n name.... And it has all the updated software.
Never again zte, never again.
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ditto, great phone potential but without rooting and having linage, its dead. They also have not released any additional patches, its now sept 17 and the android patch level is jan 17. Stuck on mm as well.
They did however release a new version of this phone, cleverly named the exact same f'n name.... And it has all the updated software.
Never again zte, never again.
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zte is the greatest!
I can't believe you paid so much for the blade. They were only available here first via metro pcs... $179.00 but i have an unlocked axon 7 at the time, with them. It was in texas for repair - 2 year warranty - $79 fixes everything the second year - 1st is completely free.
So - i bought locked blade and used it for a week. Metro wouldn't unlock it. Texas did!
Boom - moved both accounts to a competitor.
Yesterday 10/20 there were plans for the blade to get oreo very soon.

Will new Snapdragon 765G phone be an improvement on my laggy V20?

I'm getting fed up with the general laggy performance of my H990DS. It always gets much warmer than it should (with all of the three batteries that I have - two of which are < 6 months old), which may be causing some of it. I do also have a very large number of apps installed, which doesn't help.
I'm looking at current mid-range handsets as a replacement (don't want to shell out >£500 for a new flagship), and am looking at the Moto G 5G Plus, which runs the Snapdragon 765G processor, has 4GB of RAM and a huge 5000mAh battery. Is this likely to resolve the extreme lagginess that I've got used to with the V20?

Same problem here. Let me know what you find.
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Could be a starting point:
https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=10307&idPhone2=8238
The Moro G5 is one inch bigger...
Not sure if the battery is exchangeable. No seperate sd card slot. Either Sim Card or sd card.
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my gf got a free motorola g7 play and it's way faster than the V20. take that as you will lol

dandu3 said:
my gf got a free motorola g7 play and it's way faster than the V20. take that as you will lol
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oh ... snapdragon 632 like in the fairphone 3 ... maybe I am going to consider it ...
PS : fairphone has a 5E coupon now if you subscribe to their mailing-list

Mine was very laggy about a month ago, i saved everything to a hdd. Used lg backup to save all important info. Did a factory reset. But also then i went in settings apps and uninstalled/disabled or force stopped everything that it didnt absokutely need. 1 by 1.i also disabled all animations. I plan on repasting thermal goop on inside heatsink
My 2 gripes. I hate the auto briggtness of the display when the screen is off. Meaning, when you have the phone pff the top of the screen shows the time abttery life etc... it gets dark or bright according to what brightness light it sits in. Annoying as feck and woupd prefer to just have it at its brightest level and be done with it
And 2, again, with the screen off, swiping the 2nd screen to get to shortcuts doesnt work many times. Some issue there. I swipe once, it doesnt register, then swipe again and it will act like i swiped it twice and goto media player
Other issues i absolutely hate with the phone. The camera rear glass broke so many effing times. Camera gets ruined as well. I use a bumper case but it just breaks for no specific reason when i have the phone in my right pocket all the time with nothing in it but the phone.
And whos the idiot who didnt add a battery percent number to the top edge as stabdard default? U have to use an external app for that.
Also, i used 3rd party batteries and out of no where it would just bootloop. Im not sure if others have the same issue. Basically, only oem batteries work well. For me now
Not happy with the overall of the phone and will not be buying another lg phone. They made a mistake not continuing battery swapping in v30 onwards so never continued with them.

OK so I took the plunge and received my Moto G 5G yesterday. Restored everything from the old phone. The new phone is MUCH more responsive.

Battery % may be enabeld in battery setting. No other software required.
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Auto brightness may be easuiky switched off by unchecking the tick in autobox
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Why don't you just get a refurb flagship from last year? For even cheaper and way better specs.

Because the battery will be a year old. Rather have a brand new 5000mAh battery from the start, than a used battery which will not hold the same amount of charge, and is probably no more than a year from needing to be replaced.
Plus the Moto G 5G has all the performance that I need, so I don't feel I need a flagship phone.