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By now, some of us probably have an extra EVO sitting unused on a shelf somewhere in our homes, and that is such a waste for a great little device it was (and still is). I have one that I left untouched for months. After being pestered daily by my kids to let them play games and listen to music on my phone, I thought why don’t I turn the inactive EVO into a mini tablet and let them play with instead.
Aimed with that thought and a search engine, here are what I did.
1. Downloaded a latest Sense ROM (I used MikG 2.60). I tried CM7 but couldn’t get anywhere after removing Phone.apk and Telephony.apk
2. Opened the ROM in WinRAR (you could use your favorite zip archive software)
3. Removed the following APKs from \system\app folder
a. HtcDialer.apk, HtcDialer.odex
b. HtcSprintService.apk, HtcSprintService.odex
c. Phone.apk, Phone.odex
d. TelephonyProvider.apk, TelephonyProvider.odex
e. VoiceDialer.apk, VoiceDialer.odex
4. Copied the modified ROM to sdcard, wiped phone then flashed as usual
That’s it! Wifi worked… Market worked… everything else except the phone functionality worked. My kids are thrilled to have their own device to play games, listen to music, take pictures, etc…
Good stuffs! I'll do same for my little one if I ever let go of mine.
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This is awesome! I've been wondering how best to turn my phone into a functional device when i upgrade to the next phone. Thank you!
Or you could have just turned Airplane Mode on...
sitlet said:
Or you could have just turned Airplane Mode on...
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He must not trust his kids, lol just joking. That is actually a really neat idea, teaches kids how to use smartphones while saving money on buying another gadget for them
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+1 for green thinking and recycling!
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Well if anyone has an extra EVO lying around...I'll take one?
I shattered my screen and I ordered a screen replacement kit. Wish me luck!
I just re-purposed my old Evo into cash. Glad someone else was excited to purchase the old guy and will put him to good use.
This is essentially what we have done with the old Hero. I did not remove the dialer or anything. Just installed CM7 and we keep it in Airplane mode but with Wifi turned on. The kid loves it for playing games.
Lol I repurposed my evo to my original phone, giving my brother my 3d. Something about to 4g keeps calling me back. I think it's the endless tinkering with it fuels my curiosity on how much I can push that phone
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sitlet said:
Or you could have just turned Airplane Mode on...
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True. I thought about that but then I'm sure my kids could turn it back on without knowing it. Didn't want to take any chances of them dialing 911 so I that why I choose to disable the phone functionality completely.
Also, Airplane Mode turned off Wifi as well. They need Wifi to use Pandora and Google Music. Disney-type of songs of course.
You know you just turned your extra Evo into a ipod touch, right? Ha Ha!
I laugh because I did the same thing.
It's actually a hell of a lot nicer than the ipod.
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True. I thought about that but then I'm sure my kids could turn it back on without knowing it.
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As long as you dont put a widget out for that, the toggle for airplane mode is pretty buried in the menu.
Didn't want to take any chances of them dialing 911 so I that why I choose to disable the phone functionality completely.
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Absolutely no offense here, but if you teach your kids the right way to use 911, it could save yours or their lives someday. Even a de-activated phone can be used to call 911 in case of emergency, however you obviously would have to turn airplane mode back off to use it. It's something to think about, if your kids will always have this evo to use as a "toy", maybe they should know how to use it to call 911 in case something happens. By removing the dialer and other things that you did, they now might be confused if they try to use it in an emergency and cant dial out with it.
Also, Airplane Mode turned off Wifi as well. They need Wifi to use Pandora and Google Music.
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Yes, airplane mode will turn wifi off when you activate it. However, once you are in airplane mode, you can toggle wifi back on, and it should stay on until you turn it off.
Great inputs, sitlet! I'm going to re-flash the full, unmodified ROM and try the Airplane Mode ON, Wifi ON to see how it goes. Probably will use CM7 to keep everything a bit cleaner.
Thanks!
tiato said:
Didn't want to take any chances of them dialing 911 so I that why I choose to disable the phone functionality completely.
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I was wondering why you went through the trouble of getting rid of the phone functionality. I didn't even think about the 911 issue. I'm glad you posted that, as now I have some ideas for a different smartphone I have around here. Thanks!
I would have left the phone apk on, you can never have too many ways to dial 911 around the house.
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FYI - put it in airplane mode, then turn on Wifi - I get about 20 days use out of my EVO in standby that way. Cell radio drains the crap out of the EVO.
My 4G is my home phone now.. grooveip.
mildlydisturbed said:
FYI - put it in airplane mode, then turn on Wifi - I get about 20 days use out of my EVO in standby that way. Cell radio drains the crap out of the EVO.
My 4G is my home phone now.. grooveip.
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This was my question. I have been looking at ipods for the kid, and can't seem to justify the price. I am thinking of going with the sgs2 and giving the kid my evo as a mp3/camera/ game gadget. I was just curious of battery life without the cell radio.
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This was my question. I have been looking at ipods for the kid, and can't seem to justify the price. I am thinking of going with the sgs2 and giving the kid my evo as a mp3/camera/ game gadget. I was just curious of battery life without the cell radio.
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I'm wondering about the battery life also. I'm thinking about buying a used Evo for my son instead of a Nintendo DS. I think the cost of the game justifies it. Will the phone always be searching for signal? or does Airplane mode take care of that?
buddywiser said:
I'm wondering about the battery life also. I'm thinking about buying a used Evo for my son instead of a Nintendo DS. I think the cost of the game justifies it. Will the phone always be searching for signal? or does Airplane mode take care of that?
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Airplane mode disables all wireless connections so it won't scan for signal what so ever
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I think I saw some discussion on this but I can't find it. Looking for a rom which has no phone features, so the Evo can be used purely on wifi for media playback, browsing etc. I am planning to use it to make calls via SIP/Google Voice on wifi only, and the primary use will be for media.
If the cell radios are disabled, battery life should go up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850220
[ROM][For inactive devices]Ubersonic RC1
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You mean this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850220
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850220
[ROM][For inactive devices]Ubersonic RC1
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Thanks, that looks great.
I was excited for ubersonic and my decommissioned Evo. I flashed it and was disappointed, so then I removed it. The concept is good, the rom I didn't think much of.
One thing to remember is that Netflix doesn't work on ICS and that's something I'm using the device for still, lol.
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I was excited for ubersonic and my decommissioned Evo. I flashed it and was disappointed, so then I removed it. The concept is good, the rom I didn't think much of.
One thing to remember is that Netflix doesn't work on ICS and that's something I'm using the device for still, lol.
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That's a good point. So would a GB rom in airplane mode be just as good?
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That's a good point. So would a GB rom in airplane mode be just as good?
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Sure
Shouldn't be too hard to make a updater script to remove the phone parts. Ill see what I can do.
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That's a good point. So would a GB rom in airplane mode be just as good?
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That's what I'm doing now
I ordered myself a long HDMI cable for it too. The phone is actually going to be a dedicated Netflix and gaming device for my bedroom TV. Now with an AOSP rom on there I can finally use my bluetooth gamepad.
Any stable GB rom is good for using it for primarily media device with HDMI use. I carry a wifi hotspot device with me so I just run my devices off of that and keep them in airplane mode. I combo Google voice and talkatone for free calls and texting. I've also synced my wiimote to the EVO via Bluetooth so that I can just control it from my couch to play videos and games on my big screen.
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ECrispy said:
That's a good point. So would a GB rom in airplane mode be just as good?
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No bluetooth when in airplane mode or has that issue been sorted out? Great idea gutting all the phone software and turning this into a HDMI netflix streaming tool.
Pre-dawn raid said:
No bluetooth when in airplane mode or has that issue been sorted out? Great idea gutting all the phone software and turning this into a HDMI netflix streaming tool.
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Was that an issue? I don't think I've ever had trouble turning individual radios like wifi and bluetooth back on when airplane mode is enabled.
I logged some serious time last night with the OG in airplane mode playing SNES with a bluetooth controller.
deathsled said:
Was that an issue? I don't think I've ever had trouble turning individual radios like wifi and bluetooth back on when airplane mode is enabled.
I logged some serious time last night with the OG in airplane mode playing SNES with a bluetooth controller.
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Nevermind, just tried it on my current rom and it works fine. I distinctly remember bluetooth being disabled when airplane mode was turned on but that might have been on a stock rom or something.
Pre-dawn raid said:
Nevermind, just tried it on my current rom and it works fine. I distinctly remember bluetooth being disabled when airplane mode was turned on but that might have been on a stock rom or something.
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Well when you turn on Airplane mode it shuts down all radios (mobile network, wifi, and bluetooth) but then you can turn back on the ones you want (maybe not mobile network since that would totally defeat the purpose of Airplane mode)
I'm looking to use my Evo as a music player (through bluetooth) and offline GPS in my car when I get an Evo LTE in a couple of weeks. What version of Android would be the most efficeint for this? I'm still using 2.3.5 now. Would there be a benefit to going to ICS?
I will try out Ubersonic first and see how that works for me.
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I'm looking to use my Evo as a music player (through bluetooth) and offline GPS in my car when I get an Evo LTE in a couple of weeks. What version of Android would be the most efficeint for this? I'm still using 2.3.5 now. Would there be a benefit to going to ICS?
I will try out Ubersonic first and see how that works for me.
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Hi I am looking for something similar. Did you have any luck with Ubersonic? How did it work for you?
johnsonjf said:
Hi I am looking for something similar. Did you have any luck with Ubersonic? How did it work for you?
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I sold my Evo before I got around to using it.
johnsonjf said:
Hi I am looking for something similar. Did you have any luck with Ubersonic? How did it work for you?
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I just installed Ubersonic, I'll let you know what I think about it after rolling with it for a few days.
It pretty much looks like what I am after so far though.
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I just installed Ubersonic, I'll let you know what I think about it after rolling with it for a few days.
It pretty much looks like what I am after so far though.
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I ended up taking the plunge with Ubersonic too. I tried Thundershock but found that Ubersonic was smoother and more responsive. Only downside is that I don't have that ability to make emergency calls (I want to keep the phone in my car).
However, other than that, Ubersonic is pretty trim and fast.
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Thanks for the review, however I can't watch the video because my workplace has blocked youtube. What is the overall verdict? Good or Bad? Also, is it waterproof?
I love the look of this watch.
thank you very much for the review, the truth that I like, you know any way I can upgrade to 4.3 to work with smarthpone.
thank you very much
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Video review of S5 smart watch / ZGPAX. Purchased from TechDirect @ ecrater.com - $177 shipped
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgHMAffmk9w&feature=youtu.be
Used Framaroot.apk to root... No computer necessary.
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Well its gotten wet in the rain so far withou any adverse effect... Not going to submerge in water tho lol..
Its lacking tru call handling and notifications support at the moment. Doesnt quite 'integrate' with my note 2 just yet (running 4.3)... But i can seemlessly send pictures, apps, video via Bluetooth consistently without any issues. Wifi works 110% perfect.
As a watch its great... Just added GO locker for more variety. Its def for those gadget geeks who are really good with this kind of stuff
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have you tried paring bluetooth headset to it?
by "Its lacking tru call handling" do you mean that it is not capable of receiving and making calls?
Well the watch itself is a phone.. And this is how its recognized via bluetooth. U can do file transfer and stuff but it doesnt really interface with your primary smart phone.... I believe they are still working on the application to make this possible. They appear to be doing things a little backwards
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BigBison420 said:
Well the watch itself is a phone.. And this is how its recognized via bluetooth. U can do file transfer and stuff but it doesnt really interface with your primary smart phone.... I believe they are still working on the application to make this possible. They appear to be doing things a little backwards
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Nice! Have you tried using the app tablet talk? I'm ordering one very soon. Also did yours come with the play store? If not I may have an idea to get it working.
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Well the watch itself is a phone.. And this is how its recognized via bluetooth. U can do file transfer and stuff but it doesnt really interface with your primary smart phone.... I believe they are still working on the application to make this possible. They appear to be doing things a little backwards
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Please take some shot with phone's camera and upload! I'd like to see the camera quality. Maybe video if it is possible. THX!
Can you tether it to a phone so you can use the phone's internet connection? This is something most smartwatches seem to be lacking, even though it should be included if the manufacturer doesn't mess with the software (i.e. removing that option intentionally)
irkan said:
have you tried paring bluetooth headset to it?
by "Its lacking tru call handling" do you mean that it is not capable of receiving and making calls?
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I meant that it is lacking phone pair connectivity. Such as ; if you get a text the phone cannot notify you, or if you have a call coming in the watch will not notify you... this software doesn't exist yet. I have tried numerous apps on play store but no luck as of yet.
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Nice! Have you tried using the app tablet talk? I'm ordering one very soon. Also did yours come with the play store? If not I may have an idea to get it working.
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yes, came with play store... downloaded and installed plenty of apps...
haven't tried tablet talk yet.
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Please take some shot with phone's camera and upload! I'd like to see the camera quality. Maybe video if it is possible. THX!
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It's a 2 mega pixel camera... the quality isn't too bad overall... video quality is actually Very Good... i sent a video from the watch to my galaxy note 2 and the resolution was very surprising..... it was good. not too much distortion - The only thing is that the frame rate is less so you will noticing a little skipping vs a high quality galaxy note or s4 camera would take.. this is expected though.
Hey ,
Can you tell us if the watch has vibration?
Does it vibrate when you get a call or a sms/email?
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It's a 2 mega pixel camera... the quality isn't too bad overall... video quality is actually Very Good... i sent a video from the watch to my galaxy note 2 and the resolution was very surprising..... it was good. not too much distortion - The only thing is that the frame rate is less so you will noticing a little skipping vs a high quality galaxy note or s4 camera would take.. this is expected though.
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Can you upload some sample images or videos please?
I really appreciate the effort of this watch's Chinese manufacturer. IMO, this watch is even better than all of the so-called "smart watch" on the market at the moment :good: (edit: especially the Galaxy Gear)
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Hey ,
Can you tell us if the watch has vibration?
Does it vibrate when you get a call or a sms/email?
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I can't tell you about the call as I have not put a sim card in it yet, but It does have vibration capabilities as it vibrates when you turn off the watch. The vibration is nice and strong.
thank you very much , you just made my day
I have just ordered it from chinavasion and got me to 179 including dhl shipping
My next question is about the battery , how much would it last for a wifi video call for example?
luigiwidmore said:
thank you very much , you just made my day
I have just ordered it from chinavasion and got me to 179 including dhl shipping
My next question is about the battery , how much would it last for a wifi video call for example?
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On my watch, The battery does drain pretty fast and it runs very hot. I am not sure if others here have the same problem, but I am about to play around with a Governor app too see if I can improve battery life/cool it down.
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On my watch, The battery does drain pretty fast and it runs very hot. I am not sure if others here have the same problem, but I am about to play around with a Governor app too see if I can improve battery life/cool it down.
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I thing i haven't tried is changing the governor to POWERSAVE while running the STOCK LAUNCHER.
Of course i'm on ADW EX launcher so it would be stupid to run powersave...
Does the ZGPAX S5 support 3G?
Sometimes I read is does, sometimes it does`nt has anybody test it by now?
CYberdog11 said:
Does the ZGPAX S5 support 3G?
Sometimes I read is does, sometimes it does`nt has anybody test it by now?
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Good question. If it does have 3G, anyone tried hotspoting it yet? Would be great to be able to have a wrist hotspot.
Be nice to know if this chip set has a GPS bc navigation would be great if it is supported too.
Hi all,
it seems as if I'm the first on XDA to own an Axon 7 Mini. Therefore a first set of Information:
Region: EU (D)
Model: B2017G
Color: Gold
Software Version: V1.0.0B01
Baseband: MPSS.TA.2.1.c1-00101-897_GEN_
Please let me know if I can suppert the developers in any weay.
Cheers!
Any review... What's your take on the device.... Tq...
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Well probably not a complete review. First of all it's a great phone.
- Display Full HD with great colors, who needs more?
- Overall performance, not playing game so not much to say here. Definitly a better feel then the OnePlus Two I was useing before. Can't really pinpoint why...
- Camera is good for everyday use. Nothing to exciting here.
- QuickCharge 2 is great, though I miss Qi charging (why is that not a thing anymore? Even Ikea sells qi chargers now...)
- Sound is probably the best I ever heard on a mobile
Just two annoyances:
1. You have press the freaking bell on the lockscreen.
2. A builtin task killer!? Why? Killed my alarm clock twice before I found out what was going on.
what about audio chip? the same as greater?
Yeah Audio is by far the best I had on a mobile. This is true for loudspeaker, calls and headphones.
Chipset here is supposed to be the sames as with the normal Axon 7.
I just encountered the first real issue:
Problem: When speakerphone is enabled the other party can not hear you.
Solution: Disable "OK Google" detection.
can you make few photos in day and night? and video for example street view to check the sensitivity of the microphone- full HD, give link to mega.nz
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2. A builtin task killer!? Why? Killed my alarm clock twice before I found out what was going on.
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Can you elaborate on that? How can I configure the task killer / keep the alarm from getting killed?
Well, the Task Killer is hiding under Energy Settings. You can select not to kill it there. But still it took me two days to figure out why it was happening.
About the Fotos. Let's see how the weather is outside the next couple of days. I'm pretty sure there are already a couple of youtube Videos out there, which already tested the camera thouroghly.
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Well, the Task Killer is hiding under Energy Settings. You can select not to kill it there.
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Are you using the built in clock for alarm or a third party app? The built in clock does not show up in the app list in the energy settings for me.
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Are you using the built in clock for alarm or a third party app? The built in clock does not show up in the app list in the energy settings for me.
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Oh I was using Google Clock when this happened. Stock worked fine Out of the box
Hi guys, I received my Axon 7 Mini yesterday. From all the information on the internet I was under the impression that the device supports 802.11 ac (5Ghz) but now it doesn't seem to find my network. Do I have a defective unit or can you guys confirm that?
Thanks,
rien
How is the battery life?.. What SOT can u get... Tq
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As for me battery life is fine. It's about 2 days in average use.
Can't confirm about AC-wifi. I'm still using old N-standart router.
Hi,
I am using the Axon 7 mini now for a few days.
First of all, I'm very happy with this phone. But I have some problems.
When I tap on top of the screen the phone moves my apps and the are sorted another way I want them.
Next thing, all of the movies I receive in Whatsapp stop after a few seconds. But the sound goes on. So you have to wait and at some point (video ends) the sound is killed, then the video starts running again but without sound. Is anyone else here with a similar problem? I just hoped to receive a custom rom or something else for the phone because I think there is much potential in this thing.
I was looking at this phone to recommend to a friend, but I'm distressed that there isn't much of a community here. Should I be worried about recommending this phone? It really looks like a good deal for someone with a budget of $300.
Look at axon mini thread here on XDA. Locked bootloader, root after a few months and only by some Chinese stuff, not working on updates by manufacturer, lack of custom roms... That's the major thing you should consider before buy. I think that's not worth $300 +/-.
Maybe if phone would not have SW issues, but I don't believe ZTE could do it.
Nevertheless, axon mini had major price drop after several months on market - from more than $300 to $180.
Hey all. I've had an Axon 7 Mini for a few weeks now and have been writing pros, cons, etc. about it on the ZTE USA community forums -- I can't post a link because I'm new here
I'm in the UK, and shipped mine in from Germany. I have the same model as the OP, but the grey version, with V1.0.0B02 software. It hasn't had any software updates since I've had it, but I'm hoping the Mini will also get an update to make the notification bell optional (and the LED customisable if possible).
I consistently get around 5.5hrs screen on time, but this drops if the location settings are on. It has great coverage on the UK giffgaff network, and I didn't have to edit any APN settings for 4G and MMS to work.
Thanks to all who have posted. Any info about RF reception? Many complained the Axon 7 has poor RF and WiFi reception.
Also, how's the sound on headphones? Can you tell us if it has WiFi AC (5 GHz)? This is still unclear to me.
A bit disheartened to see a complete lack of support for this thing so far, as I was looking for something a bit smaller to replace my LG V10--but I like my root.
It will get updates, probably Android 7.0 pretty soon, the thing is you guys have gotten the phone so fast, lol. You'll have updates during these months don't worry.
Hello, I like to share you this feature in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, it's really helped me to get faster internet cause it combines WiFi with Data.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoEZM4hMH7E
but it will surely drain your battery
Sleep04 said:
but it will surely drain your battery
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you can enable/disable when you need , for example if you in need to get faster internet to download you enable, then disable after using, i found it useful on my phone.
The only notice to take into consideration, if your Wifi is very slow (some countries having limited quota for ADSL internet then drop speed to 512 Kb ) and you enable download booster, in this case will not help, you better need to disable Wifi and use only data.
link is not playing at my side
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link is not playing at my side
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Same for me. But I think he's referring to download booster in settings.
I have tried it before but didn't really make much difference to me.
asadnow2k said:
link is not playing at my side
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CHECK THAT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoEZM4hMH7E
callumbr1 said:
Same for me. But I think he's referring to download booster in settings.
I have tried it before but didn't really make much difference to me.
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exactly, here is video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoEZM4hMH7E
Complete [email protected]!t.
The comments speak for themselves.
Don't give this guy a click, he's turning on mobile data while being next to his (probably neighbours) wifi <-- logic!?!
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this guy is using 4g and wifi together. BAD idea. drains battery and uses your mobile data. huge charges anyone? i suspect troll thread
Nemesis2k12 said:
this guy is using 4g and wifi together. BAD idea. drains battery and uses your mobile data. huge charges anyone? i suspect troll thread
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Samsung put this option and rarely who tried. In my case was useful. But of course drains battery faster. But you get more speed. Everything has a cost.
alrakie said:
Samsung put this option and rarely who tried. In my case was useful. But of course drains battery faster. But you get more speed. Everything has a cost.
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thank you for stating the obvious.