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Well the screen on my streak finally bought it, the PDMI port had broken last year around october time and had been stuck on same baseband with issues since that time, so its onwards and upwards!
I am moving to the Galaxy Note 2, have a N7105 coming.
Thank you to all developers, rom and kernel, you guys rock, and made the device have a shelf life far longer than I ever expected.
Things I resented towards the end, almost everytime someone called me, I would answer and they could not hear me, and had to hang up and call again!!! What a pain. The sheer fragility and pointlessness of using a PDMI port and the poor battery life on the rom I was stuck on.
Too all those who carry on using the device, good luck to you and enjoy, Dell never really appreciated the hardware they had created, and never really understood how flexible it could have been, ie, HD over the port, and access to the internal sd from the beginning.
Too all of you who haven't done it, gain access to the internal sd and put the fastest microsd card you can in there, 8gb is a good size, its well worth it I promise you.
Thanks to all and maybe I will see you in the note 2 forums.
Hello,
My galaxy note 4 started to give me a lot of problems so i decide to search for a new phone.
I cannot spend more than $400 dollars so i was thinking in getting Moto X Pure.
Do you think right now is a good choose or i should look for another one??
For me a key factor is to have the micro sd slot.
Thanks in advance.
Regards!!
I personally think it is a great phone for the price range. It has a micro SD slot. Aside from that I recommend looking around for your options.
I'd go OP3 if you aren't on Verizon.
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I'd go OP3 if you aren't on Verizon.
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He said he needs a microsd slot which the One Plus 3 does not have. I bought this phone and I am enjoying.
I'm selling a moto x pure for 300 in mint condition bought in January this year
I wouldn't buy it again. Battery life is really crappy. Go for a nexus 6p or 5x. Hell, for the first time in years I'm actually considering an iPhone again after having this phone. I mean, it's not particularly bad as a phone, it's pretty fast, has microSD, QHD screen, thin bezels, but my god, 2.5 hours of screen-on time has me glued to the charger. I can only make it through a day if I don't use it much.
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I wouldn't buy it again. Battery life is really crappy. Go for a nexus 6p or 5x. Hell, for the first time in years I'm actually considering an iPhone again after having this phone. I mean, it's not particularly bad as a phone, it's pretty fast, has microSD, QHD screen, thin bezels, but my god, 2.5 hours of screen-on time has me glued to the charger. I can only make it through a day if I don't use it much.
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i can easily get 5+ hours lol what are u talking about
Also finding battery very good. Just got this phone and came from an lg g4 and find them very similar in battery performance. I would definitely consider a g4 in the uk you can get them on eBay for £150
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i can easily get 5+ hours lol what are u talking about
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You must have a lighter usage than us, I also have between 2h30 to 3h30 SOT before it gets below 30% and I charge it.
But all the rest has been a great experience so far, it is just bugging me that I have to plan ahead charging the phone (which is a non-problem if you have access easy access to a wall charger or external battery). If it had removable battery it would be perfect!
I would not buy. I love the styling of the phone but in the US, LenovoMoto has forgotten us. No security updates since February and if you decide to install a custom rom, your warranty is voided. I unlocked my bootloader and my front facing camera failed after having the phone for less than six months. LenovoMoto won't repair it.
For me I need two of three things to buy a phone: unlockable for custom roms, microsd slot, removable battery. The Pure has two of the three but again, since they won't support hardware defects the fact that the phone is unlockable really doesn't matter. I'm on Verizon, which makes it even tougher since they are pretty hostile towards developer phones.
I like this phone alot except for the audio jack. That is the only reason I will be getting something else soon.
Turn Back Now!!!
Moto x pure is a great phone and is built very well. Feels great in hand due to curved back, SD slot, camera is solid, radios in Motorola are the best. The IPS screen is welcomed change, you get more real colors...then those over saturated coloring books you call Samsung, I switched from S7 edge, if that says anything. Moto X Pure is really snappy with Pure Android on it. I was more than happy with this phone from consumer point...that being said....turn back if you want ROMS and Dev support. There are couple Stock ROMs and few custom ROMs...but its dead in alot of the threads and Devs never respond to you. I personally would go with Nexus 6p. I own it and there is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more ROMs and Dev support. Not to mention it has up to date support and it has android N already. Best buy has gd deal on Nexus6p, believe in your price range, but no sd card slot....so its trade off but Nexus has best support for updates n dev community. Gd luck!!! May the Root be with you!
Appreciate your help guys!! at the end i decided to buy it!! i spend last night installing everything.
Let's see how good is the change from Samsung (i had s3, s4 and note 4) to Motorola.
The only reason why i didn't buy the Nexus was the external memory slot, for me that's critical.
Regards!!
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Appreciate your help guys!! at the end i decided to buy it!! i spend last night installing everything.
Let's see how good is the change from Samsung (i had s3, s4 and note 4) to Motorola.
The only reason why i didn't buy the Nexus was the external memory slot, for me that's critical.
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How is it? I'm considering buying it! I'll be upgrading from a Moto G1
it's a very good phone, the build quality, the screen, the sound (i love it!!) it's a safe buy right now.
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Moto x pure is a great phone and is built very well. Feels great in hand due to curved back, SD slot, camera is solid, radios in Motorola are the best. The IPS screen is welcomed change, you get more real colors...then those over saturated coloring books you call Samsung, I switched from S7 edge, if that says anything. Moto X Pure is really snappy with Pure Android on it. I was more than happy with this phone from consumer point...that being said....turn back if you want ROMS and Dev support. There are couple Stock ROMs and few custom ROMs...but its dead in alot of the threads and Devs never respond to you. I personally would go with Nexus 6p. I own it and there is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more ROMs and Dev support. Not to mention it has up to date support and it has android N already. Best buy has gd deal on Nexus6p, believe in your price range, but no sd card slot....so its trade off but Nexus has best support for updates n dev community. Gd luck!!! May the Root be with you!
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Nexus will always get support and I have checked the dev threads and I do developers there helping. I have this running a deoxed/rooted/exposed and I am trying to determine if adding CM or anything else is worth it or not because everything works.
My stereo bluetooth loves this phone because it actually sounds like real music not washed out music from the Note 4.
Moto X Pure
Moto X Pure is on sale right now, only $239 plus free SD Card..http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...-discounted-319-99-64gb-239-99-16gb-bh-today/
I love it so far. My only complaint is the battery life. However, the awesome screen, camera, and speakers make up for it. Seriously though, the battery is bad. I get about 3.5 hours of SOT a day max. Coming from an LG G2 where 5 hours was the norm.... well....
The battery is about the only trade off, but with the specs and price range, i don't complain. The turbo charging is great to offset the issue of battery. For me one of the selling points was the radio hardware. Of all the devices my wife and I have owned, only Motorola and Nokia devices have manned to hold signal reliably in weak signal areas.
So somewhat concerned right now (I mean not reallly if its a bad phone It gets returned) First off the ringtones weren't working never had this happen on any android Ive ever had. So I did I reset and this seemed to fix this, however now my 32gb microsd card isn't recognized. Frustrated
confirmed my 32gb card got someone damaged while in this phone. Granted I've had the card a while and maybe it just gave up the ghost but still. Got a 128gb black friday card for 24 bucks (actuallly two). So hopefully this was a one time deal
Hope your troubles are over. My Sprint V20 has been flawless and I'm in love with my phone again. Was a huge Samsung Note 3, 4 & 7 fan. The 4 gps died. Known issue with gps antenna contacts. The 3 went up in smoke and the 7 got returned because of recall.
I would give your v20 one more shot. Strike 3 and I would exchange it.
SD card now isn't recognized did you encrypt the SD storage?
Had issue with V20 and i bought off Ebay thinking it was factory. 2 memory cards were giving me problems. Take photos, save to SD card and if i rebooted, pics were corrupted. Formatted each card again, didn't matter. I finally did a factory reset of the phone. No issues since, kinda extreme measure but it worked. No further issues with SD cards.
I've had an SD card suddenly go corrupted and break unexpectedly. Once it happened while booting up my G4 for the first time. On using new phone always try to enable it in settings/storage first. If that doesn't help format it via Android or on PC. I had to wipe/format my SD card before this phone would detect it.
I've tried opening the SD card on other phones and my computer it is not recognized. I got a pop up while it was in the V20 saying sdcard not ejected properly or something. I"m guessing this is when it quit (thats what I get for not backing the pictures up right). I have a huawei watch and one of the settings between the phone and watch was causing my ringtone not to work (fixed). So far rapid recharge works great, finding usb c cords a little hard to come by and I just missed the [email protected] earbud promotion by like 3 days. I'd love to root this for wifi hotspot but other than that this phone is really nice.
I'm on Sprint. Got the V20. Worked well for a bit, then kept freezing on me requiring daily battery pulls. After exhausting all troubleshooting, I finally exchanged the phone for another one. So far this new one is smooth as butter.
When I re-installed apps, I did the painstaking effort of downloading directly from the Play store instead of transferring from the old phone.
My old phone was a lemon. Get a new one if you can. It is a good one when it works.
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Hope your troubles are over. My Sprint V20 has been flawless and I'm in love with my phone again. Was a huge Samsung Note 3, 4 & 7 fan. The 4 gps died. Known issue with gps antenna contacts. The 3 went up in smoke and the 7 got returned because of recall.
I would give your v20 one more shot. Strike 3 and I would exchange it.
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Same here, I was on the Samsung wagon for the past several years (Since the first Note), and I just got rid of my Note 5 to go with the Sprint LG V20 and it's amazing.. The only thing I have a gripe about, is that in my house I don't get LTE throughout my home and in my living room my phone goes into 3G mode.. :/ my Note never did that with AT&T but I guess that's a Sprint thing I'll have to deal with for now..
I have the S7 Edge a year now and still am pretty much satisfied with overall performance, camera, GPS during navigation etc. Sometimes the external sd card isn't recognized, which kinda sucks (it is then recognized again after some time without doing anything), but this is actually throwing me off a bit from the S7 Edge and I was looking around what to get as my next phone, probably without external SD card and with bigger internal storage (128 GB preferable). I always rooted but haven't done it with the S7-edge, as I didn't felt I needed it anymore (performance is great and battery life also, even without flashing any different kernel).
I was looking into different phones to dump the S7 Edge:
Oneplus 5: camera seems not to be so good, compared to the S7 Edge (no OIS on the Oneplus 5). And camera is very important to me.
The S8 plus was also an option, but seems not much of an upgrade.
The Note 8 still only has 64GB storage.
Not to sure how the HTC u11 is, never had an HTC phone, only Samsung (Galaxy S1, S2, S4 and now the S7-edge).
Also had some Google Nexus phones, so maybe the next Pixel phone might be an option (unfortunately they are really pricey).
What are you guys are planning to get after the S7 Edge?
one plus 5 is really good it has insane charging speed and overall in speed tests beats galaxy s8 and all other phones its a powerhouse. pixel 2 will be probabyl good but super expensive. LG V30 idk yet, note 8 is too big for me. The Essential phone is pretty insane but $699 and its not out yet.
but at this point i cant live without AOD and wireless charging so I will probably get S8 next
I plan on keeping mine for quite a bit longer. Honestly, at this point buying anything else would be for aesthetics only, as processors and ram are not really moving anywhere that much better.
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I plan on keeping mine for quite a bit longer. Honestly, at this point buying anything else would be for aesthetics only, as processors and ram are not really moving anywhere that much better.
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Unfortunately I think your right, not much of an improvement, except for the Oneplus 5. The Pixel 2 is rumored to be the first phone to have the next snapdragon processor, which might be the next step in terms of speed / performance, also having pure Android is nice and the modder community usually is great. But the price might be insane (look at the current Pixel price, it's still very high).
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Unfortunately I think your right, not much of an improvement, except for the Oneplus 5. The Pixel 2 is rumored to be the first phone to have the next snapdragon processor, which might be the next step in terms of speed / performance, also having pure Android is nice and the modder community usually is great. But the price might be insane (look at the current Pixel price, it's still very high).
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The trade offs to owning a oneplus 5 for me are not worth the minimal speed gains imo.
Probably wait for the S9 plus. I really love my S7E.
Probably switching things up. Im looking at the new nokia 8 but its camera isnt as good as it could be.
Ill see the nokia 9 ever comes. Otherwise ill wait for something better.
I would love a Pixel 2 but price will be too high for me. And also a bezel-less phone ..like the essential!
No idea. I tend to keep my phone's for a long time. I don't get the upgrade every year thing. I just upgraded from a Nexus 5 a few months ago, and that was only because the camera sucks too bad and I needed more storage. If not for that I would probably have still kept it. It's still plenty fast enough. I expect I'll be using my s7 edge for at least another 3 years.
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No idea. I tend to keep my phone's for a long time. I don't get the upgrade every year thing. I just upgraded from a Nexus 5 a few months ago, and that was only because the camera sucks too bad and I needed more storage. If not for that I would probably have still kept it. It's still plenty fast enough. I expect I'll be using my s7 edge for at least another 3 years.
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Wow, must admit I got a new phone every year for the last 3 or 4 years, but with the S7 Edge I am to satisfied to get a new phone or let's say I am to unimpressed by everything which came out since then. Just feel that there isn't any real step up from there, especially regarding camera, battery life and even performance. Also stuff like the HTC u11 squeeze thing isn't anything interesting imho.
At first the Note 8 didn't impress me like I thought it would. But after I ran through what I want in a phone, and what's on the market. The Note 8 is really the only device that truly does everything.
Large hi-res OLED display
External Storage
Headphone jack
Waterproof
Wireless Charging
True Dual Camera (OIS on both sensors)
The Note 8 checks all of those boxes and to my knowledge is the only phone that does currently. The S7 and S8 cameras are already fantastic so having a dual setup is a perfect upgrade. And the extra 2GB of RAM is a really good bonus too. Honestly love my S7E but I just couldn't pass up the offer to trade it in and only pay $2 more a month with ATT Next.
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At first the Note 8 didn't impress me like I thought it would. But after I ran through what I want in a phone, and what's on the market. The Note 8 is really the only device that truly does everything.
Large hi-res OLED display
External Storage
Headphone jack
Waterproof
Wireless Charging
True Dual Camera (OIS on both sensors)
The Note 8 checks all of those boxes and to my knowledge is the only phone that does currently. The S7 and S8 cameras are already fantastic so having a dual setup is a perfect upgrade. And the extra 2GB of RAM is a really good bonus too. Honestly love my S7E but I just couldn't pass up the offer to trade it in and only pay $2 more a month with ATT Next.
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That's an awesome deal, I would too if I were you tbh
iPhone 8. No, I'm not kidding.
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iPhone 8. No, I'm not kidding.
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You had an iPhone before? I always had android, except for an MacBook (worst idea ever to get one, I am running windows since forever). Really couldn't see me getting an iPhone ever.
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You had an iPhone before? I always had android, except for an MacBook (worst idea ever to get one, I am running windows since forever). Really couldn't see me getting an iPhone ever.
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Yes. Quite some time ago. I'm simply sick of notification issues. Sick of things not working the way they are supposed to. Sick of 2 exact same model phones not working the same. Sick of not getting calls or even notifications. Sick of antenna issues. Sick of not getting updates forever. I just want a phone that works. One that is supported and one that isn't forgotten the second a new phone comes out.
I know this is the wrong forum to be talking about this, so that's all I have to say about that. The new iPhone looks awesome. Yes, it's not Android and you can't root it or load ROM's, meh...I just want my phone to work and get updates as soon as they are available. My 6P had major battery issues and now I have numerous issues with this S7 Edge. Just time for a phone to work like it's supposed to and if it doesn't, then I can simply walk into a store and get it fixed or replaced on the spot.
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Yes. Quite some time ago. I'm simply sick of notification issues. Sick of things not working the way they are supposed to. Sick of 2 exact same model phones not working the same. Sick of not getting calls or even notifications. Sick of antenna issues. Sick of not getting updates forever. I just want a phone that works. One that is supported and one that isn't forgotten the second a new phone comes out.
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I hear you, man. But with the S7 Edge everything is running really fine for me since day 1 (maybe because I didn't root or flash any custom ROM /Kernel und / mod etc. as I did with every previous phone) . Just the external SD card is acting up all of a sudden (could be the sd card, not the phone itself).
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Yes. Quite some time ago. I'm simply sick of notification issues. Sick of things not working the way they are supposed to. Sick of 2 exact same model phones not working the same. Sick of not getting calls or even notifications. Sick of antenna issues. Sick of not getting updates forever. I just want a phone that works. One that is supported and one that isn't forgotten the second a new phone comes out.
I know this is the wrong forum to be talking about this, so that's all I have to say about that. The new iPhone looks awesome. Yes, it's not Android and you can't root it or load ROM's, meh...I just want my phone to work and get updates as soon as they are available. My 6P had major battery issues and now I have numerous issues with this S7 Edge. Just time for a phone to work like it's supposed to and if it doesn't, then I can simply walk into a store and get it fixed or replaced on the spot.
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you got broken phone. period. that is not reason for changing brand, but everyone is doing with money what they want, right..
mine is working with 0 problems from day 1. actualy newer had any phone that works perfect like this one.. never rooted, flashed.. everything stock
and yes, i had iphone too.
i dont know what to get next, i feel sorry to sell this one, and dont see any realy worth buying something newer..
actualy i changing devices often, but stuck on this one
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you got broken phone. period. that is not reason for changing brand, but everyone is doing with money what they want, right..
mine is working with 0 problems from day 1. actualy newer had any phone that works perfect like this one.. never rooted, flashed.. everything stock
and yes, i had iphone too.
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The improper behavior is completely sporadic. A "broken" phone would always perform incorrectly.
Note 8 exynos south east variant need a unlocked bootloader.
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The improper behavior is completely sporadic. A "broken" phone would always perform incorrectly.
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it can be because of bad sd card or bad sim card..
seen that with my eyes, bad sd card was making whole bunch of unusual behavor, slowdowns, freezing, etc... and the best part; it was only somethimes.. just random..
if that is not the case, go to repair shop. problem must be found and solved. dont think that is default behavior for all units of s7edge.. it's not! and if you got some problem someone must solve it, obviously you want, it's better moan on forums about that, right?
This has become my worst phone purchase... development is pretty much dead, Samsung Knox is a pain (no selinux permissive allowed), stock TouchWiz rom is bloated. It's otherwise a decent phone with a lot of bells and whistles. and good build quality.
The G860P is quite neglected... no much can be done with the phone. Whatever roms we have are unstable, and there are no custom kernels.
I'm thinking of getting an S8 but those are expensive and I just now hate Samsung.
What I want in a phone... Snapdragon 835, 8gb ram, minimum 64 GB internal storage, 5" 1080p ips screen, a headphone jack, microSD card slot, fm radio, stereo front facing speakers, water resistance, large heat pipe, and good developer support.
I had the sport a few yrs back. Went to Verizon and got a Note 4.. Left Verizon came back to Sprint had a S7 Edge, got rid of it because root was ok, but made the phone to slow.. Went a bought a regular S5 came with MM, downgraded to LL have MOAR 7.1 and very happy.. The newer phones are becoming a pain, because 1) the cost do dam much 2) US phone lock bootloader and make it harder to root.. This phone works just fine.. Ya I wish there was some custom kernel but the ones I have found the links are dead.. But over all this phone will be the last I purchase for a long time.. It never gets hot, I have 2 spare batteries, only have maybe 1-2 drop calls a day, and never have my data throttled back, and I use a awful lot of data.
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This has become my worst phone purchase... development is pretty much dead, Samsung Knox is a pain (no selinux permissive allowed), stock TouchWiz rom is bloated. It's otherwise a decent phone with a lot of bells and whistles. and good build quality.
The G860P is quite neglected... no much can be done with the phone. Whatever roms we have are unstable, and there are no custom kernels.
I'm thinking of getting an S8 but those are expensive and I just now hate Samsung.
What I want in a phone... Snapdragon 835, 8gb ram, minimum 64 GB internal storage, 5" 1080p ips screen, a headphone jack, microSD card slot, fm radio, stereo front facing speakers, water resistance, large heat pipe, and good developer support.
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I would recommend the one plus but it doesn't work for sprint. Have you looked into Pixel? it doesn't have the headphone jack and no qi. I know people who have the S8 and they like it. Plus from what I have saw in the past you can root and rom the device. I think if you wait for the s9 to come out, the s8 will go down in price real quick.
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I would recommend the one plus but it doesn't work for sprint. Have you looked into Pixel? it doesn't have the headphone jack and no qi. I know people who have the S8 and they like it. Plus from what I have saw in the past you can root and rom the device. I think if you wait for the s9 to come out, the s8 will go down in price real quick.
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The Pixel and the 1+ 5T are instantly disqualified for lack of a microSD card slot.
The Razer Phone seems to be my best option.
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I had the sport a few yrs back. Went to Verizon and got a Note 4.. Left Verizon came back to Sprint had a S7 Edge, got rid of it because root was ok, but made the phone to slow.. Went a bought a regular S5 came with MM, downgraded to LL have MOAR 7.1 and very happy.. The newer phones are becoming a pain, because 1) the cost do dam much 2) US phone lock bootloader and make it harder to root.. This phone works just fine.. Ya I wish there was some custom kernel but the ones I have found the links are dead.. But over all this phone will be the last I purchase for a long time.. It never gets hot, I have 2 spare batteries, only have maybe 1-2 drop calls a day, and never have my data throttled back, and I use a awful lot of data.
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The so called root for the S7 isn't really root since the bootloader is locked.