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Hi, I have looked through the threads but haven't found info, wanted to see what fellow Canadian owners have done in regards to the touchscreen issue. Also wanted to add this thread as to show another variant having issues, Rogers was unaware until I called them and they saw xda threads. They were helpful but unfortunately advised have to wait for LG to send an update. I have tried all of the suggestions for the other variant phones including installing SGS touchscreen booster and unfortunately nothing helped. Have the Rogers variant and was wondering if others have found a solution temporarily. Rogers hasn't received the lg keyboard update yet. Thanks all.
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Hi, I have looked through the threads but haven't found info, wanted to see what fellow Canadian owners have done in regards to the touchscreen issue. Also wanted to add this thread as to show another variant having issues, Rogers was unaware until I called them and they saw xda threads. They were helpful but unfortunately advised have to wait for LG to send an update. I have tried all of the suggestions for the other variant phones including installing SGS touchscreen booster and unfortunately nothing helped. Have the Rogers variant and was wondering if others have found a solution temporarily. Rogers hasn't received the lg keyboard update yet. Thanks all.
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I'm on Rogers, and SGS fixed my issues. All the US carriers are releasing updates as we speak, so I can only assume the Canadian carriers will follow soon. LG is getting returns because of this issue, so you can bet they will be all over a fix.
As for Rogers being unaware of the issue...that's bull. They always say that. Rogers knows.
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Thanks for the reply. Awesome to hear SGS worked for you. Did you do anything else, developer options etc? I will perform another factory reset and try again. Hope I can get it working, pain in the arse having the missing touches. Hopefully rogers does it sooner than later.
OP, there's another post for CDN models here. LINK
I am also experience pretty annoying touch screen issues, and I can't even exchange with WIND since they claim they're out of stock.
Cobthaich said:
Thanks for the reply. Awesome to hear SGS worked for you. Did you do anything else, developer options etc? I will perform another factory reset and try again. Hope I can get it working, pain in the arse having the missing touches. Hopefully rogers does it sooner than later.
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I didn't change anything in my developer options (other than disabling all animations). My Touchscreen issues weren't bad to begin with, and I DO NOT use the stock keyboard. Both of those are most likely why SGS helped me.
Thx for the info guys, I will read through the cdn section and start using swift key with sgs.
I think this whole issue is overrated. Yes, I get the occasional miss but so what? Same thing has happened with every smart phone I've owned. Maybe I didn't tap hard enough, maybe I did. But why does the occasional miss get people's knickers in such knots. It has virtually no effect on the user experience with this great phone.
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I think this whole issue is overrated. Yes, I get the occasional miss but so what? Same thing has happened with every smart phone I've owned. Maybe I didn't tap hard enough, maybe I did. But why does the occasional miss get people's knickers in such knots. It has virtually no effect on the user experience with this great phone.
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I wouldn't say that. You might not be getting the issue as others are. Apparently it's pretty bad with some phones.
If you didn't know, the LG G2 had a huge issue with its touchscreen where the top portion of the screen stopped working, edge to edge, so people couldn't tap on anything in that portion of the screen.
The G3 also had its issues and now G4. LG clearly needs to change their touchscreen/digitizers and use someone else's if they're incapable of reliability.
Anyways, I was coming here to start a new thread and ask if someone tried the version from Wind to see if it has the touchscreen issue before I buy the phone. Thank you to the person who mentioned it !!
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I think this whole issue is overrated. Yes, I get the occasional miss but so what? Same thing has happened with every smart phone I've owned. Maybe I didn't tap hard enough, maybe I did. But why does the occasional miss get people's knickers in such knots. It has virtually no effect on the user experience with this great phone.
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It might not be too apparent for other people, but on mine it's been getting worse. Someone mentioned before that it actually seems issues get worse as the phone gets hotter.
Not sure how much of that is true, but it kills the experience for me.
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I wouldn't say that. You might not be getting the issue as others are. Apparently it's pretty bad with some phones.
If you didn't know, the LG G2 had a huge issue with its touchscreen where the top portion of the screen stopped working, edge to edge, so people couldn't tap on anything in that portion of the screen.
The G3 also had its issues and now G4. LG clearly needs to change their touchscreen/digitizers and use someone else's if they're incapable of reliability.
Anyways, I was coming here to start a new thread and ask if someone tried the version from Wind to see if it has the touchscreen issue before I buy the phone. Thank you to the person who mentioned it !!
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I have WIND one, and the issue is there.
It started off being hardly noticed now and could seem to be my mistake. Now it's much worse and every other swipe registers as a type, taps are missing around 50 - 60%. Can't get it exchanged either since WIND claims their sold out of G4's in the GTA region, with an exception of one return for an S6.
Not entirely sure I will keep my G4 as much as I love it.
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It might not be too apparent for other people, but on mine it's been getting worse. Someone mentioned before that it actually seems issues get worse as the phone gets hotter.
Not sure how much of that is true, but it kills the experience for me.
I have WIND one, and the issue is there.
It started off being hardly noticed now and could seem to be my mistake. Now it's much worse and every other swipe registers as a type, taps are missing around 50 - 60%. Can't get it exchanged either since WIND claims their sold out of G4's in the GTA region, with an exception of one return for an S6.
Not entirely sure I will keep my G4 as much as I love it.
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I think going for the S6 is the best choice. I'm considering the 3 phones, M9, g4, s6. S6 seems to be the least buggy, as usual. M9 has its hardware issues or I'd get it.
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I think going for the S6 is the best choice. I'm considering the 3 phones, M9, g4, s6. S6 seems to be the least buggy, as usual. M9 has its hardware issues or I'd get it.
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Honestly every phone has it's quirks, by no means will your S6 have no chance of issues. You can check out the S6 forum on XDA for more info.
Even with that being said, this LG G4 touch screen issue seems pretty big IMO in comparison to the number of issues on the S6.
Apart from Touchscreen issues, are you guys getting the Wi-fi issue?
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Apart from Touchscreen issues, are you guys getting the Wi-fi issue?
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I am. I find it pretty weak. The phone is useless with using Dnset app.
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Check the S6 forums at Android Central. The S6 is a train wreck of issues compared to the G4.
Overheating, dead gyroscope, lagging, front camera purple dots, horrid battery life....
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Check the S6 forums at Android Central. The S6 is a train wreck of issues compared to the G4.
Overheating, dead gyroscope, lagging, front camera purple dots, horrid battery life....
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To be fair, some of those aren't real issues that ONLY affect the S6.
"Overheating" seems like almost a loose term as people complain about their phones getting hot, but it happens to nearly every android phone.
Lagging "issue" seems to be something people will always complain about with every new phone for some reason, heck there's even post about it here.
"Horrid battery life" isn't really that bad. Yes the G4 is better, but even then people still complain about having a issues with it.
I still think having touch screen issues is the worse, especially since the updates for the US seemed to have fixed it for some while others are still plagued by it.
It leaves me in a state indecisiveness where I love this phone and want to believe it can be fixed via software or I should just cut my losses and exchange to an S6 while I can.
I agree with you. Overheating is going to be an issue for any high end phone going forward, because processors keep getting more powerful (with no active cooling), and phones keep getting thinner. Overheating is also subjective. Most people feel their phone getting warm and assume it's overheating. If it doesn't warn you and start throttling, it's not overheating.
Battery life is totally subjective as no two users are the same. Screen on time is the worst way to measure battery life. Someone surfing the net is going to get a lot more screen on time than someone gaming and watching 4k videos.
LG G4 Touch screen issue is present in Canada as well
I am reposting my reply on this Canadian thread:
To all Canadian LG G4 buyers, the touch screen problem is alive and present in Canada as well. I bought a Wind Mobile LG G4, everything was fine at first but once I plugged it into the charger, it started to to miss touches and being unresponsive (the touches won’t register on the first try) the good test is when you double tap to wake or sleep OR when you go to phone’s setting and touch “about phone” or something else and it misses the first touch. It SHOULD NOT miss any touches, period. I put it next it to my LG G3 and on my LG G3 double tap to wake and sleep worked every time and no missed touches in the phone setting either, when it was plugged into the charger.. but it didn’t work on LG G4 which is unacceptable for $700 phone, once again it only happens when you PLUGGED IT in to the charger, if its disconnected it works fine. I returned that phone
So I am trying the Samsung promo for a month and have been using the device for a week now. Here is my initial thoughts- complains/kudos/rants:
1. I still freaking hate Touchwiz. Its ugly, too complex and still has a lot of bloat. I am using touchwiz after 2-3 years now and I still feel its extremely ugly.
2. Samsung has really turned it around with the hardware. It feel premium, battery life is good and screen is stunning. The camera is probably the best out there.
3. I have noticed the small bezzles on the side causes the apps to open when I dont want to use them. This gets really annoying.
4. S-pen as actually not that bad and I use it quite a bit.
5. When the phone is locked and away, I have noticed the notification don't come up right away. I have seen Whatsapp and email notifications come in really late and show up only when I opened the app. Thought it was weird.
6. The finger print unlock works great all the time.
TLDR- Someone please make a Note 5 with Stock Android running.
I had the AT&T variant for a little over a week and took it back to the store. I found that when travelling out of state no one could hear me talk until I rebooted the phone. The same thing happened when I returned home. It also has major issues with 5ghz wifi that my HTC One M7 doesn't have. There were a few other glitches that required a reboot to clear up but I don't remember what they were at this point. It was a blistering fast phone, but I need something more reliable. I feel like if I could have rooted the thing I'd have been able to fix it. Now I'm just waiting for my chance to buy the n920i 64gb model and I'll try it again.
I get black screens sometimes. No button response for a moment. anyone facing the same issue?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/general/note5-user-reviews-opinions-t3190343
Has anyone else had this issue? I got an OTA last night around midnight, and it has rebooted itself in the middle of use twice today.
Nope
Any idea of what the OTA actually installed?
I have no clue
I'm having the same issue. Phone has rebooted 3 times today.
What version did the OTA bring your phone up to? PB4??
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I had sync.me installed as a way to get profile pics in contacts. I uninstalled it yesterday and it hasn't rebooted since. Seemed like it was over working the phone. Carbonad, do you have sync.me?
My Note 5 and S7 Edge reboot itself at least once a day minimum. My Note 5 reboots more than the S7 Edge, though. Also, my S7 Edge likes to vibrate when there's no notifications, button presses, or even screen touches - along with the screen turning on whenever it wants to. Yet the battery still lasts forever. I also get false touches quite a bit (mentioned in another thread by another user).
Samsung FTW. Still not as many problems as I hear all of my family and friends complaining about with their beloved iPhone. But my Samsung is "far from superior"? Lolz.
All phones matter.
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My Note 5 and S7 Edge reboot itself at least once a day minimum. My Note 5 reboots more than the S7 Edge, though. Also, my S7 Edge likes to vibrate when there's no notifications, button presses, or even screen touches
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I never had a smartphone that would randomly and regularly reboot itself. The fact that both of yours do that seems like an odd coincidence to me. You think maybe it's an app you have installed on both devices that could be the culprit? If my phones were doing that I would have them replaced because that's not normal. BTW, I have the overly sensitive screen issue on my S7 Edge but apparantly it's the nature of the beast. I went to both Best Buy and a Verizon store and played around with their display models. They all seem about the same. So I guess it's something you have to adjust to. I'm still looking forward to a fix in a firmware update though.
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I never had a smartphone that would randomly and regularly reboot itself. The fact that both of yours do that seems like an odd coincidence to me. You think maybe it's an app you have installed on both devices that could be the culprit? If my phones were doing that I would have them replaced because that's not normal. BTW, I have the overly sensitive screen issue on my S7 Edge but apparantly it's the nature of the beast. I went to both Best Buy and a Verizon store and played around with their display models. They all seem about the same. So I guess it's something you have to adjust to. I'm still looking forward to a fix in a firmware update though.
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I'm not totally sure what it would be cause by on the Note 5. It started after the first Marshmallow update. I can't do an OTA because it's no longer on a carrier, so I'm not sure if any updates (if released) would fix it or not. I do use Nova Prime on it for a launcher, and the device has a fair amount of apps and is loaded with widgets on 3 screens (including the home screen).
The S7 Edge doesn't do the reboots anymore since the 2nd Marshmallow update, so that's no longer an issue. After today's update, the phone isn't waking randomly anymore, so the screen is turning on randomly. I also haven't been experiencing the vibrate issue either. The device appears to be a lot more stable than previously, too.
I assume its a mixture of updates through firmware and apps that cause the issues I was experiencing, but it's difficult to say.
I only experience an "overly sensitive screen" when I play Clash of Clans and hold my finger in one spot on the screen - it'll start shaking as if I was moving my finger slightly in different directions. I just checked now and it doesn't do that anymore, so that may have been fixed.
I haven't been able to update the Note 5 yet, nor am I to worried about it at this point, so I can't confirm any changes on that device.
However, the S7 Edge of mine is preforming exceptionally today. Much better than it was even preforming this morning pre-update.
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I haven't been able to update the Note 5 yet, nor am I to worried about it at this point, so I can't confirm any changes on that device.
However, the S7 Edge of mine is preforming exceptionally today. Much better than it was even preforming this morning pre-update.
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That's good that your S7 issue is resolved. Maybe Samsung is aware of some of the screen issues and is working on it with updates. As far as your Note 5, you can probably find the latest firmware on Sammobile.
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That's good that your S7 issue is resolved. Maybe Samsung is aware of some of the screen issues and is working on it with updates. As far as your Note 5, you can probably find the latest firmware on Sammobile.
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I spoke too soon as most of the issues came back again.
Not sure what the problem is, but oh well.
There's been a problem with every phone I've purchased - HTC Hero, HTC Evo3D, Galaxy S4, Note 3, Note 4, Note 5, and S7 Edge.
The difference is that I was able to install custom ROM's on those older devices.
It's always something. That's how it goes.
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I spoke too soon as most of the issues came back again.
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I know that feeling. At the suggestion of a Verizon tech, I ran the Verizon repair assistant program in an attempt to fix my over sensitive touch screen issue. When I ran the program my phone was working normal without the screen sensitivity problem. I blabbed it on the forums I found a fix. The following day was screen was back to acting up. I would have returned the phone if I knew the fix was only temporary. By waiting that one more day I was one day past my 14 day return window. I'm getting use to the way it is. I have to be overly cautious to prevent inadvertently opening apps and links.
If someone can show me a forum about an Android device where there is no one talking about their device lags or sucks for a variety of issues, I would like to know. There are always going to people with issues. Some may be user induced, some a design flaw and others just a defective unit.
Eddie Hicks said:
I know that feeling. At the suggestion of a Verizon tech, I ran the Verizon repair assistant program in an attempt to fix my over sensitive touch screen issue. When I ran the program my phone was working normal without the screen sensitivity problem. I blabbed it on the forums I found a fix. The following day was screen was back to acting up. I would have returned the phone if I knew the fix was only temporary. By waiting that one more day I was one day past my 14 day return window. I'm getting use to the way it is. I have to be overly cautious to prevent inadvertently opening apps and links.
If someone can show me a forum about an Android device where there is no one talking about their device lags or sucks for a variety of issues, I would like to know. There are always going to people with issues. Some may be user induced, some a design flaw and others just a defective unit.
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Here's what is causing the random screen-on:
http://androidforums.com/threads/samsung-s7-screen-keeps-turning-on-randomly.1014655/page-2
Turns out to be the Verizon Message+ App.
After disabling that app, I no longer have that issue.
The screen, however, is still pretty... (sensitive?). There are times where the phone will act as if I tapped the screen, but I never even touched it; resulting in a clicked link, webpage moving, etc... A bit irritating, but isn't causing too much of a hassle.
In conclusion, every phone will always have a defect. Lol.
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My notification light no longer works at all. Lol. I give up.
I'm not to sure if I like it.... I am alone thinking this?
denny1970 said:
I'm not to sure if I like it.... I am alone thinking this?
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Probably not, had the S8 too for a few days and for me it was a dissapointing experience. While on paper it should be a blazing fast device, in real life i xperienced stutters/lag/framedrops while gaming/opening apps and animations. The OP5 i have now in raw performance is much faster and smoother then the S8. The Samsung soft-
and bloatware still is too heavy on the cpu/gpu to have a smooth working device. Think the HTC U11/LG G6 are better devices then the S8(+) imo.
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Probably not, had the S8 too for a few days and for me it was a dissapointing experience. While on paper it should be a blazing fast device, in real life i xperienced stutters/lag/framedrops while gaming/opening apps and animations. The OP5 i have now in raw performance is much faster and smoother then the S8. The Samsung soft-
and bloatware still is too heavy on the cpu/gpu to have a smooth working device. Think the HTC U11/LG G6 are better devices then the S8(+) imo.
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He was talking about the OP5, not the S8?!
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He was talking about the OP5, not the S8?!
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Indeed. But as someone who has the S8 and misses the pure Android experience, gee2012's post actually resonated well with me.
For a couple of weeks now, I've been kicking around the idea of giving the S8 to my wife, to replace her busted up S6, and picking up a OnePlus 5. But I just can't seem to pull the trigger for some reason.
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Indeed. But as someone who has the S8 and misses the pure Android experience, gee2012's post actually resonated well with me.
For a couple of weeks now, I've been kicking around the idea of giving the S8 to my wife, to replace her busted up S6, and picking up a OnePlus 5. But I just can't seem to pull the trigger for some reason.
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I have the S8+ and OP5 and IMHO the S8+ is a much better phone. Granted, I have mine rooted with a custom Rom and kernel and it's super fast. I guess everyone looks from their phone but for me there's no competition the S8+ wins every time.
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I have the S8+ and OP5 and IMHO the S8+ is a much better phone. Granted, I have mine rooted with a custom Rom and kernel and it's super fast. I guess everyone looks from their phone but for me there's no competition the S8+ wins every time.
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Yeah, I must say that I absolutely love the screen on the S8. I wasn't previously one to use my phones to watch TV/movies. However, since getting the S8 I now love watching Netflix on this huge screen while doing cardio at the gym.
I installed BK Disabler the first day and set that up to keep all the bloatware disabled. The phone has continued to be blazing fast and I haven't experienced any noticeable hiccups or lagging in daily use.
The one issue I do have is with the fingerprint scanner. It's slow when compared to the Pixel and sometimes it will completely stop working until the phone is rebooted. However, the Iris scanner is extremely reliable and usually gets my phone unlocked before I can even get my finger to the fingerprint scanner. Granted, this is not a solution if you're wearing sun glasses.
I do miss the pure Android experience but don't bother rooting anymore since some of my daily apps, including my banking apps, don't work on rooted phones anymore. Maybe I'll hold off until I see what the Pixel 2 has to offer this fall.
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Yeah, I must say that I absolutely love the screen on the S8. I wasn't previously one to use my phones to watch TV/movies. However, since getting the S8 I now love watching Netflix on this huge screen while doing cardio at the gym.
I installed BK Disabler the first day and set that up to keep all the bloatware disabled. The phone has continued to be blazing fast and I haven't experienced any noticeable hiccups or lagging in daily use.
The one issue I do have is with the fingerprint scanner. It's slow when compared to the Pixel and sometimes it will completely stop working until the phone is rebooted. However, the Iris scanner is extremely reliable and usually gets my phone unlocked before I can even get my finger to the fingerprint scanner. Granted, this is not a solution if you're wearing sun glasses.
I do miss the pure Android experience but don't bother rooting anymore since some of my daily apps, including my banking apps, don't work on rooted phones anymore. Maybe I'll hold off until I see what the Pixel 2 has to offer this fall.
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There are some annoyances with the S8 like you said with the fingerprint reader and another thing that annoyes me is finding a good screen protector! All in all though again IMO it's streets ahead of the OP5 (I know a lot on here will disagree with me) from camera to display to general build quality. Stock I agree again performance it's quite stuttery but as I said rooted etc etc I've got it to be very, very smooth and fast. I'm also waiting on the Pixel 2 to see what that offers next but I've been quite let down by the OP5.
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I have the S8+ and OP5 and IMHO the S8+ is a much better phone. Granted, I have mine rooted with a custom Rom and kernel and it's super fast. I guess everyone looks from their phone but for me there's no competition the S8+ wins every time.
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That's great and all but what about people in the US. I feel like this is something that every time someone brings up the comparison(OP5 to GS8) that gets overlooked. Even if you buy the GS8 Unlocked in the US there is no way to do anything that involves the Kernel, Rom, or any deep modification to the phone. As I understand the OP5 is more popular other countries, though it seems as that no one even brings this up.
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I have the S8+ and OP5 and IMHO the S8+ is a much better phone. Granted, I have mine rooted with a custom Rom and kernel and it's super fast. I guess everyone looks from their phone but for me there's no competition the S8+ wins every time.
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Had the s8+..4 different models with pink screens. I'm sure it's a great phone if you can get one that doesn't have a defective screen. I personally gave up on that goal. Love my OP5
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Had the s8+..4 different models with pink screens. I'm sure it's a great phone if you can get one that doesn't have a defective screen. I personally gave up on that goal. Love my OP5
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Yeah, it happens with AMOLED panels. Took me 3 6Ps to get one with a uniform colour screen. Luckily with the S8 my first one was uniform.
How's yours OP5 screen uniformity ? Mine seems ok.
What's the best way to test it?
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Mine seems ok! Tested at diferent screen intensity with this page: http://www.nullabletype.co.uk/static/styles/blah2.html (scroll down)
I came to 1+5 from LG G2, and I should say that it seems like if I came from stone age
It is really fast.. still I am facing two issues:
1- fingerprint scanner sometimes not responding at all after ideal time.
2- Sometimes it dose not connect to data network at all(which is 3G), I need to switch it manually to 2G and then to automatic mode by hand , then it can see the 3G network, strange.
Everything else in my opinion is superb.
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I came to 1+5 from LG G2, and I should say that it seems like if I came from stone age
It is really fast.. still I am facing two issues:
1- fingerprint scanner sometimes not responding at all after ideal time.
2- Sometimes it dose not connect to data network at all(which is 3G), I need to switch it manually to 2G and then to automatic mode by hand , then it can see the 3G network, strange.
Everything else in my opinion is superb.
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1. What do you mean about "ideal time" ?
2. Probably carrier related, have you checked your apn ( not sure if it's called the same in english )?
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1. What do you mean about "ideal time" ?
2. Probably carrier related, have you checked your apn ( not sure if it's called the same in english )?
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1- sorry for mistype, idle time
2- yeah, it actually working fine, but if I have been on WiFi for a while, then switch to 3G, sometimes it dose not work, this happens randomly.
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1- sorry for mistype, idle time
2- yeah, it actually working fine, but if I have been on WiFi for a while, then switch to 3G, sometimes it dose not work, this happens randomly.
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I remember having this kind of problem with my previous phone (Oneplus One). Don't remember how i fixed it because it suddently disappeared. I change my phone operator during that period so i think it's somehow related. But yeah i agree it's kinda annoying ^^.
It's it just my device or is this fingerprint reader garbage. I tried all the tricks, setting the printer in dark rooms, light rooms, and no matter what, it almost always never unlocks the phone, I mean 1 out of 10 times if I'm lucky. So is it just my device and should I rma or are you guys experiencing the same. Thank God face unlock is beast tho
It's the phone..the fingerprint scanner sucks. Thank God face lock works well..and fast
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After the update it feels faster for some reason....idk what's going on with other people's devices
Not garbage but not perfect. Sometimes we just have to bite the bullet on latest and greatest.
Mine works fine. Maybe not as fast as a physical scanner but well enough. It was somewhat annoying before the update but it's much faster after the update. (TMobile variant)
This finger scanner sucks. I don't even care about it unlocking the phone. I care about all the other apps I use the fingerprint for
I just reset my finger print in a darker room and added both thumbs twice.
It's taking half the time to unlock the phone now.
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I mean, it doesn't even unlock my phone most of the time, I am not talking about speed, I'm saying it doesn't even work
I haven't had any problems beside fingerprint beeing slower that physical one. I use with my bank account and other fingerprint apps that actually works faster than when unlocking the phone. I have unlocked version.
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So it's not as fast, but it seems to work as consistently as my Pixel 2XL. I'm happy with it.
millerd79 said:
I just reset my finger print in a darker room and added both thumbs twice.
It's taking half the time to unlock the phone now.
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I read about the dark room thing somewhere else as well and just tried it. Seems to be working more accurately but we'll have to see if that lasts.
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I read about the dark room thing somewhere else as well and just tried it. Seems to be working more accurately but we'll have to see if that lasts.
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I just don't see why they have concentrated on the fingerprint scanner to be honest. Make the faceunlock more secure.....for me that's the future
It's yours, no problem with mine
Be specific as to what model you have. My scanner has been good right out the box on 9.0.5
Works 9/10 of the time no lag.
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My scanner has easily been 9 outta 10 and barely slower than on my pixel 3. Works way better than I was expecting.
It's all in how you train your prints!!
Same good experience for me. Nearly 100% on first press.
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Mine is in no way as fast as the 3XL was, that one was instant, this one is not. It is however completely reliable so long as I actually put my finger over the print icon. I only miss it on the odd occasion and I will invariably notice that I was off the sweet spot when it happens. Mine is reasonably quick, I touch and give it just a bit of a delay, a hesitation, before I pull off and it goes through fine.
The reason they don't put further work into the face unlock is that it can be defeated with a picture and this cant be fixed unless they embed more tech to get full 3D facial ID. This isn't really the end game though, ultrasonic fingerprint scanning is where everyone is going for now. Even Apple is working on the tech (based on recent patent filings) because no matter how good face gets it cant work off the desk without 360 degree off axis camera coverage which while technically possible isn't going to work any better than ultrasonic because you still have to touch the phone to get it a wake up. Somewhere I read the rumor that Apple will use both to enable 2 factor bio for banking and other secure apps. Presumably either would be good enough to light up the phone? Anyhow it sounds like the ultrasonic is quite a lot better. It's easy to have the entire bottom or even all of the screen hot for authentication, it's faster, more accurate, doesn't require an icon on screen for exactly where you need to touch which removes the screen burn in problem with having the sensor on the AOD.
I think most of you remember when there was no "good" fingerprint scanner. Even the iphone was a cludge when it first hit. I'm thinking it was the S6 where I first had it and I wanted to throw that phone out the window. I'm feeling pretty good about them getting embedded scanners up to snuff and relatively soon. I'm thinking it was the 3T where I first had rock solid 100% working scanning and that wasn't long after the S6. Meanwhile we're leading the charge, pioneers, marching boldy into the future...
Umm for me it works like 95%... Maybe 1 time per day I have to retry...
Its awesome ?
I redid my prints for a 3 time and this time focused more on center then the top of my finger. Seems to be working alot better
99% accurate for me and more than fast enough to not notice a real delay.