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SYNET7LP 7" 16:9 800x480, 1GHz, 256 RAM, 2GB IS / 32GB ES, 1920x1080p HDMI, 802.11b,g, 2x USB, Android OS 2.1
Full on going review.. (note I just got this late last night)

Sears/K-Mart Lowered Price .... Veterans Day Special?
Just picked this up in-store for $149.95 plus tax. So far it has booted extremely fast. Trying to confirm the Android OS version. Website says 512MB of memory (which I took as ram) but the box says 256MB. Was told by telephone support that it had a camera but that is not the case (picture on some sites looks like it has a camera but this model my local Sears had does not have a camera).
Too bad about the camera. It may be going back although I like the HDMI output....
No G-sensor! (at least on mine). Have to pick the orientation by upper menu selection (although had to change the setting from automatic to reveal that feature).

Battery life??? Seriously?
I picked up one of these yesterday and was very impressed at first...
As soon as I remove it from the charger (fully charged) the battery drops to 85%. At first I gave it the benefit of the doubt and chalked it up to a bug...
After less than two hours of heavy web browsing and full screen brightness the battery was dead... I chalked it up to my usage, plugged it into the charger and went to bed.
This morning at work I turned it on and set up my email. I turned the screen brightness down to low, the display time out to a minute, and disabled wifi. I let the screen time out to, what I assumed, was standby mode and went about my work. I came back a hour and a half later and the battery was at 14%!! I clicked on battery usage and something called 'Cell Standby' was taking up 80%... Now its dead with no way to charge it until I get home (won't charge from usb).
I'll search for a why to possibly disable whatever 'Cell Standby' is but this thing is probably going back to sears TONIGHT!

i was thinking of grabbing one of these, so i emailed them and asked if 2.2 was ever gonna be on option for these tablets. Got this response:
Sylvania said:
Hello my name is Josh, and I work for Digital Gadgets Customer Service.
I received your email about the Sylvania 7-inch tablet.
From what I understand you want to know when will the 2.2 update will be available.
At the moment I do not have an ETA on it, but there be a software update for 2.2 sometime this month.
You should received an email letting you know when it is available.
If you have any further questions please email me at [email protected].
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Mine is sitting waiting for UPS to pick it up. with the possibility of 2.2 that gets me hoping more that this one pans out and isn't a defective POS like the Maylong.

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Not too much happening on the Sylvania thread. I got mine today. I will be returning it since I ordered an Archos 70 today, but I will play with it for a few days anyway and comment on my experiences with it here.

FredOak3 said:
Mine is sitting waiting for UPS to pick it up. with the possibility of 2.2 that gets me hoping more that this one pans out and isn't a defective POS like the Maylong.
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EDIT: Oh I see you where you got that from. That is good news.
Fred, did you hear that they may upgrade it to 2.2?

Sylvania
First impressions are that the menu button on the back sucks. There should be one on the front of the device. I did install the Aldiko app the market place without any problem. I just find it annoying that to pull up a table of contents I have to push this small button on the back of the device instead of one on the front.

Should be delivered by the time I get home today.
Yea, I saw that they plan on doing 2.2 (probably get it before I get the official one for my Captivate).
I saw the video about potential upgrade issues. So I' figure I'll load everything up before I do the upgrade.
That Archos 70 looks decent, have to let us know how that one is too.
If I take the Sylvania back I still have a couple under $200 units I might try, If not I guess I move up into the near $300 range.

Sylvania
I spent a few more hours with this thing today. There does seem to be a battery issue with the device. I charged it up for 8 hours last night and within 5 minutes of turning it on I had downloaded the battery booster app, checked the status of the battery, and it showed a remaining charge of 75%. I would say from that point on I got around 2.5 hours of use browsing the internet, reading, and downloading a couple other apps. The lack of a g-sensor/accelerometer was not a big deal for me since I could change the screen orientation using the button provided. Maybe this is more of an issue with some games--I don't know.
Otherwise, I like the weight and balance of the tablet. The screen size is ideal for me to read on and I hold it fairly easily with one hand. The resistive screen works fine with a stylus or a fingernail. It does not work well with the ball of the fingertip, however.
I don't think there is a significant overheating issue. It does get obviously warmer during charging but I am usually holding the edges of the device so it wasn't a big deal.
Assuming an upgrade is forthcoming to 2.2, and assuming it improves the battery life closer to 4 hours, I would say this is a decent tablet. However, assuming the Coby Kyros comes available soon for about the same price, I would check it out first since it has a menu button on the front and because an accelerometer is included.
P.S.
I have stayed away from doing any software updates that may exist to this point. It sounds like they may cause more problems than they resolve.

Got mine last night, yea I have the weird battery meter issue too.
Loaded up a ton of stuff that I had on my Captivate, so far so good.
Did the upgrade and didn't have any issues, was still able to install apps unlike that video that is out indicated.
Also got it rooted with no problem using Z4Root, rooted in about 2 minutes, so I got Titanium Backup on it and CPU Tuner going on it.
So far I'm really liking this and if they keep their promise with the fixes and upgrade this is a sweet little device.

Between rooting it and doing the upgrade the battery issue seems to have resolved itself.
The only thing I have found is certain apps will change the screen orientation for a reason not related to the app and I get the force close warning now and then, but if I click WAIT instead it comes right back.
Funny the only web site that I seem to have a problem loading is XDA, and the XDA app seems to crash every time after I log in.
Other than that, I'm satisfied with this for what I wanted it to be. But I can see myself getting a decent tablet to replace my one netbook once it is out with gingerbread or honeycomb.

Battery
I had charged it 8 hours and it wouldn't turn on. I plugged it in the charger and it wouldn't boot up past the Sylvania logo. I performed a reset and was able to boot-up. I then immediately performed the update mentioned in the Sylvania booklet. It is now charging.
I am beginning to to think that the battery booster app that I downloaded doesn't work properly with this device since the readings are always seem dubious. Anyone have a battery app that they think works for their Sylvania?
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The booklet specifically says to take out the SD card when doing the update or they will be deleted.

Installing apps
After completing the update, everything seemed to be working fine but I just tried to download and install a new app and I am receiving the error message that the SD card can't be found. I have removed and reinserted the SD card a couple of times to verify it is seated properly and the OS is recognizing it since I can use file manager to explore the contents on the card.
At this point it doesn't really matter since I am planning to take it back anyway, but it does seem that the update causes problems.

I got that error immediately after the update, took the SD card out put it back in and it's been fine.
I'm using a 8Gig Kingston card, wonder if the card has anything to do with it?

There are2 usb ports the one is host only.
The other one is non-functioning until they release the net firmware update which they told me is in beta and should be out shorly.

How to reset?
Elmonica - or anyone else who has performed the reset -
How is this done? I see the reset button on the back, but if I press it while the unit is on, the screen goes blank (looks like powering off) and nothing happens.
The documentation online stinks and the manual leaves a lot to be desired. Any feedback is appreciated!

I also stood in line at Toys R Us and picked one of these up for $139.
And I also noticed the battery being chewed up very quickly on what seems like a full charge. For example, used it for 2 hours yesterday and set it down with 61% battery remaining, after about 6 hours of stand by - dead.
Looking at the running processes it appears the dev's didn't disable the cell phone portion of the OS.
aLogCat also reporting loads of fails on the radio buffer:
E/RIL (1957): opening data channel device - /dev/ttyUSB0. retrying...
Also, if you check your running processes and battery usage statistics you'll see the "Dialer" and "Cell" processes running. Not sure why.
I've tried killing these via term but they start back up again.
Maybe killing the WiFi before I set it down will save some juice.

After rooting it I got some battery improvement. But certain apps still time out on occasion and I'll get a run away key stroke while typing that is really annoying.

FredOak3 said:
After rooting it I got some battery improvement. But certain apps still time out on occasion and I'll get a run away key stroke while typing that is really annoying.
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Have you had a chance to load a different launcher? I loaded ADW and got away from that goofy launcher. One press of the home screen gets you all the apps you have installed and press it again for a screen with widgets. Whats the point of having widgets if they are not on the screen full time?
Now I have to figure out how to disable the cell/radio process for good and also kill that silly yahoo api weather widget.
Next step is to solve how get adb working....

New phone. But it keeps crashing?

Hi all,
So I got a Samsung galaxy s7 from o2 yesterday. It's less than 24 hours old, and it seems to run quite hot!
Sometimes it'll be next to me, I'll pick it up, send a few texts and browse the internet and I can feel warmth/heat coming from just near to the camera.
It's also frozen on three occasions where I've been on chrome. The screen and all buttons become completely unresponsive, and even holding the power button down doesn't do anything, for a while at least.
I've read on Google factory resetting can help, but surely that shouldn't apply considering this was fresh as of yesterday? I'm pretty sure my phone shouldn't be crashing and being unresponsive so quickly into its life.
Question is, is this a fault? Or software?

It can sometimes, I would recommend resetting it, giving it some time and if needed taking it back for replacement

sstanton86 said:
Hi all,
So I got a Samsung galaxy s7 from o2 yesterday. It's less than 24 hours old, and it seems to run quite hot!
Sometimes it'll be next to me, I'll pick it up, send a few texts and browse the internet and I can feel warmth/heat coming from just near to the camera.
It's also frozen on three occasions where I've been on chrome. The screen and all buttons become completely unresponsive, and even holding the power button down doesn't do anything, for a while at least.
I've read on Google factory resetting can help, but surely that shouldn't apply considering this was fresh as of yesterday? I'm pretty sure my phone shouldn't be crashing and being unresponsive so quickly into its life.
Question is, is this a fault? Or software?
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Hi. I went through the same issue a few weeks back. Mine was a unlocked uk model brand new.
I did everything from factory resetting, to installing firmware from scratch and nothing helped.
Ultimately for me I believe it was a hardware issue and ended up returning for a full refund.
Also for me I was getting a lot of random reboots.
My model was manufactured in march.
Used the phone info app on Google play to check.
Could you check to see when yours was made.
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hyperthrust said:
Hi. I went through the same issue a few weeks back. Mine was a unlocked uk model brand new.
I did everything from factory resetting, to installing firmware from scratch and nothing helped.
Ultimately for me I believe it was a hardware issue and ended up returning for a full refund.
Also for me I was getting a lot of random reboots.
My model was manufactured in march.
Used the phone info app on Google play to check.
Could you check to see when yours was made. View attachment 3851130
Phone : Samsung s7 G930F
Android: MM 6.0.1
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Hi mate thanks for replying.
Mine was made in April according to that app.
I think I fixed the issue, and it was to do with 'Mediaserver' being the number one thing using my battery up. So I reset the phone, cleared the cache etc and it seems to work fine now with no crashes. It's a shame because the average user would just buy the phone and not even think about doing what I did.
My phone still gets warm though. Did you find that? And if applicable does your new s7 gets warm too?

sstanton86 said:
Hi mate thanks for replying.
Mine was made in April according to that app.
I think I fixed the issue, and it was to do with 'Mediaserver' being the number one thing using my battery up. So I reset the phone, cleared the cache etc and it seems to work fine now with no crashes. It's a shame because the average user would just buy the phone and not even think about doing what I did.
My phone still gets warm though. Did you find that? And if applicable does your new s7 gets warm too?
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Mine gets warm too, so I downloaded GSam to monitor the temperature. After monitoring the temperature for a while I realized that my nexus 5 runs hotter but I don't notice it cause it's made out of plastic instead of metal/glass.

hyperthrust said:
Hi. I went through the same issue a few weeks back. Mine was a unlocked uk model brand new.
I did everything from factory resetting, to installing firmware from scratch and nothing helped.
Ultimately for me I believe it was a hardware issue and ended up returning for a full refund.
Also for me I was getting a lot of random reboots.
My model was manufactured in march.
Used the phone info app on Google play to check.
Could you check to see when yours was made. View attachment 3851130
Phone : Samsung s7 G930F
Android: MM 6.0.1
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Yours is rooted? Why is Knox flipped?

Yes, it is or was. I was having the problems before rooting and after rooting.
Made no difference at all.
Mine was just defective. No software updates made a difference.
Phone : Samsung s7 G930F
Android: MM 6.0.1

I went into o2 store earlier today explained the problem, and because i was in my 14 day period i got it replaced no questions asked. So far even though this phone was manufactured a month prior to the one i returned (March), it seems fine and was only warm downloading the latest updates. Hopefully im on to a winner here!

Hey,
I have the same problem!
I have tried many things but not rooted my phone or did any modificiation.
I found out that I got these problems because of my Spotify App and I am sure the actual version of Spotify causes a big problem deep in the system of the S7.
Have you an idea how I could prove that?
I removed my Spotify App for 2 weeks and had not even one problem. Since I reinstalled Spotify, I get all those issues again

sstanton86 said:
I went into o2 store earlier today explained the problem, and because i was in my 14 day period i got it replaced no questions asked. So far even though this phone was manufactured a month prior to the one i returned (March), it seems fine and was only warm downloading the latest updates. Hopefully im on to a winner here!
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So the new one doesn't get slightly warm after browsing for more than 20 minutes?
Are you using a case?

Travis Bickle said:
So the new one doesn't get slightly warm after browsing for more than 20 minutes?
Are you using a case?
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Slightly warm. Was during downloads etc but not anything abnormal or to worry about. The other handset was clearly faulty.
No case either for now.

Share your uptime records!

How stable is your Moto X Pure Edition? What's the greatest length of time that you've kept your device going without restarting or running the battery to shutdown?
Share your best records and the story behind them!
I just reached mine last night (see attached picture). That equals out to just over 35 days. The reason for the eventual reboot was because I triggered some kind of weird glitch that made everything on the screen go all washed-out. No matter what I did, nothing short of rebooting the device would make it go away, so I had to give up my streak.

This would be a good thread. Mine usually runs fine till 6-7 days then I could notice stuttering or frame drops which gets solved with a reboot.

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I basically never reboot my moto, timer resets only when my battery reaches 0% which is rare ocasion.

iks8 said:
I basically never reboot my moto, timer resets only when my battery reaches 0% which is rare ocasion.
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You definitely rarely reboot.
I have never tried to see how long I could let it go. I reboot once a week just to avoid issues.

Any other records? Why do people reboot their MXPE?
It looks like that 75 day figure is the record so far.
aybarrap1 said:
You definitely rarely reboot.
I have never tried to see how long I could let it go. I reboot once a week just to avoid issues.
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Interesting. What kind of issues do you try to avoid? I'd also be curious to know the main reasons why people reboot. Whether it's the screen glitch, a catastrophic software malfunction, the installation of an Xposed Framework module, or even just because the battery ran down, I would love to hear what "broke" your records as well.

I reboot as many apps get buggy the longer they are up.

Bill720 said:
It looks like that 75 day figure is the record so far.
Interesting. What kind of issues do you try to avoid? I'd also be curious to know the main reasons why people reboot. Whether it's the screen glitch, a catastrophic software malfunction, the installation of an Xposed Framework module, or even just because the battery ran down, I would love to hear what "broke" your records as well.
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I'm just trying to avoid issues in general. I've been doing this from before my Pure days. I've had a few instances of problems with network connectivity after 3 to 5 days off usage on this device with the only way to fix it is by rebooting. This just reinforced my weekly habit.

I hope that the uptime improves for you
aybarrap1 said:
I'm just trying to avoid issues in general. I've been doing this from before my Pure days. I've had a few instances of problems with network connectivity after 3 to 5 days off usage on this device with the only way to fix it is by rebooting. This just reinforced my weekly habit.
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I used to have to reboot rather frequently with the Galaxy Note 2 as well. For some reason, the auto-rotation system would completely stop working within 2-4 days of having used the dialer app. It was weird because, when this happened, the tilt sensor would behave weirdly in applications that made use of it and auto-rotation would only work in the dialer (and a couple of other apps). Even stranger was the fact that it would magically start working again as soon as "auto brightness" was enabled (but fail as soon as this feature was turned back off). It was a known issue with that particular rom, but went on to ultimately never be solved. If it wasn't for that one pesky problem, I could've probably hit a month (or more) of uptime on that phone too.
At any rate, I hope you get the network connectivity issue resolved. You might've seen the long thread on the issue that I posted a few months back, and I never did get to the bottom of it. Hard reset was the only cure. Thankfully, the bug hasn't come back, even though my setup is pretty much the same as it was before.

Endurance record!
Hit another high score! Only reason I shut it down was to replace the battery. Works out to a little more than 50 days.
People have been really *****y about the delayed software release, but I'm glad that they took their time and allowed us to not only achieve this kind of stability, but also multi-window and night mode. The Moto X Pure Edition truly is the ideal smartphone. :good:

Bill720 said:
How stable is your Moto X Pure Edition? What's the greatest length of time that you've kept your device going without restarting or running the battery to shutdown?
Share your best records and the story behind them!
I just reached mine last night (see attached picture). That equals out to just over 35 days. The reason for the eventual reboot was because I triggered some kind of weird glitch that made everything on the screen go all washed-out. No matter what I did, nothing short of rebooting the device would make it go away, so I had to give up my streak.
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My X Pure has that same weird visual glitch every once and a while also. Not sure what it is.

parker.stephens said:
My X Pure has that same weird visual glitch every once and a while also. Not sure what it is.
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This is common bug, my moto x style also has it from time to time

Unusual, but sometimes repeatable
parker.stephens said:
My X Pure has that same weird visual glitch every once and a while also. Not sure what it is.
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iks8 said:
This is common bug, my moto x style also has it from time to time
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Yeah, it's definitely difficult to pin down. I've only seen it 2-3 times in almost a year and a half of ownership, so it's hardly a serious enough issue to raise a fuss about.

My new record. Unfortunately I had to reboot because my localization services stopped working ;\

excellent uptime
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My new record. Unfortunately I had to reboot because my localization services stopped working ;\
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Solid run! That's somewhere short of 3 months, which is very impressive, especially when you consider that some people don't even keep their phones that long .
Good share.

Bill720 said:
Solid run! That's somewhere short of 3 months, which is very impressive, especially when you consider that some people don't even keep their phones that long .
Good share.
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when I rebooted I realised that I forgot my pin code and I've locked my sim card XD I'm not recommending such a long runs if you have short memory xd. Btw phone was running perfectly fine without any slowdows.

Best version on android for Pixel 1?

Hi,
So after smashing up my S7 i have got a Pixel 1 with Android 7.1 installed, the previous owner said he hadnt updated due to possible problems.
I have read quite a bit about people having battery issues with v9 and others saying their battery usage improved, and people saying v8 was best, then v9 has better camera software......
so
1) Should I update to v9
2) Can I manually update to v8 if I want?
Any advice or more websites to read?
Thanks

My only suggestion would be to unlock your bootloader if it isn't already, it will save you some drama if you get bootlooped at any point in the future if you choose to update.
I'm on stock 10 at the moment and can't say battery is any worse than 9, I get a days use out of a charge on calls, texts, bit of browser, messaging, labs and the odd photo.

I did briefly read about the bootloader at some point, if I unlock it it doesnt affect the phone in any other way does it?
And from what I remember I will need an unlocked bootloader to downgrade?
Thanks

I unlocked the bootloader as soon as I got mine, you will have to put up with the brief warning screen on a reboot or boot up and Google pay and banking apps may play you up as it may not pass CTS profile check but as I don't use banking apps etc it don't bother me (there are workarounds for that if you search)
You'll be able to flash what you want with it unlocked, from factory images to custom ROMs etc

slippyjim said:
I did briefly read about the bootloader at some point, if I unlock it it doesnt affect the phone in any other way does it?
And from what I remember I will need an unlocked bootloader to downgrade?
Thanks
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The only way it affects the phone is if lost or stolen it will be easy to just reinstall android OS and use the phone again. Also anyone can get your data which is on the phone. This is the only risk of having unlocked bootloader.
Well if you won't unlock it, at some point you MAY end up with bootlooping device, which you won't be able to use. I recommend to unlock and NEVER relock bootloader!
As to what OS to install. I highly recommend after unlocking bootloader just flash android 10. It works GREAT. I can show you my battery life.
here https://imgur.com/g0zd2M3 https://imgur.com/a7dmx9U
I ALWAYS get more then 4 hours SOT. No matter what i do. Play games, LTE and so on. The only thing i do not do i almost never use GPS.

Best Android version is the latest. This is a Pixel not a Samsung or Huawei. It's made to run the latest.

Thanks for your recomendations.
I've unlocked the bootloader and currently downloading v9 then hopefully 10 and will see what happens
1.5 hours on hill climbing 2 and youtube, that is very impressive!!! My s7 would be close to dead after playing a game for that long

installed v10 and everything seems to be all good so far, no problems at all.
thanks

Android 10 = Best for *any* Pixel (so far)
Flipz77 said:
Best Android version is the latest. This is a Pixel not a Samsung or Huawei. It's made to run the latest.
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The family has Pixels at both ends (Mom has an original; I have a 3a) - the quirk is that I bought mine new, but she bought hers refurbished (after she turned down a new 3a XL for Mother's Day - she complained it costs too much). Both are running dead-stock 10 (in both cases, by choice). In her case, it's definitely because of the Camera (app) - which is why I wanted to buy her a 3a XL; she has ALWAYS been picky about pictures. I have not been - largely because I seldom take ANY pictures; with the Samsung S7 (which I used for a year before replacing it with the 3a) I took twenty pictures. Total. Therefore why would I normally care about either the camera hardware OR the Camera app on the phone? (Hence "#whatcamera".) The $0.64USD (sixty-four cents in US currency) question is how much is the Camera app of the Pixel 4 modified from the 3a series - if at all? (I'm hearing a lot of bragging on the Pixel 4's Camera app - even compared to that of the 3a. However, the same app that is on the 3a is on every Pixel that got stock 10 (which is all of them - unless the owners said NYET); what if the same thing is true with the Pixel 4's Camera app is what is true with the app in all the predecessors - better software, not better hardware? I'll let the technowizards dig; meanwhile I'll simply enjoy the deadliest stock camera (app) on any phone - at darn near any price.
#teampixel #pixelfamily #SmartphoneSanity

slippyjim said:
Thanks for your recomendations.
I've unlocked the bootloader and currently downloading v9 then hopefully 10 and will see what happens
1.5 hours on hill climbing 2 and youtube, that is very impressive!!! My s7 would be close to dead after playing a game for that long
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What percentage was your pixel after 1.5 hour hill climbing 2 and youtube?
Once i played hill climbing for 4 hours in parts throughout the day and my OG Pixel worked great even had some 20% after.
Here is a pic
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I havent played any games or youtube on my pixel yet, but I have been impressed with battery life so no complaints from me so far.
Not a huge fan of the fingerprint on the back as i often use my phone with it on the desk, but apart from that i am very impressed with the phone as a whole

slippyjim said:
I havent played any games or youtube on my pixel yet, but I have been impressed with battery life so no complaints from me so far.
Not a huge fan of the fingerprint on the back as i often use my phone with it on the desk, but apart from that i am very impressed with the phone as a whole
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You don't HAVE to use the fingerprint reader - my mom doesn't (hers is PIN-only). The reason I do is because that is what I am used to (came from the S7 - which was pattern+PIN; my 3a is fingerprint reader+PIN).

Actually battery life worsened on android 10 for me, performance is slightly worse and phone overheats with easy tasks which wasn't the case on android 9. I'll be downgrading pretty soon after I back up my data.

Question Camera Error/Failed

Hello!
Anyone else having this kind of problem? Here is an intermittent error, sometimes it appears when trying to take a picture, sometimes when recording. I've done everything on the internet to solve this problem, but nothing solves. Apparently it resolves for a while but ends up coming back.
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Try clearing system cache.
Clearing cam data.
Disable global power management... destroyer of worlds.
May be a 3rd party app causing this.
When it happens immediately go to Device Care>memory and see what apps just loaded on the top of the list of cache apps. Many times this can lead you to the culprit.

if you haven't yet, reproduce the issue then submit error report to samsung members app > get help > error report.
also, I suggest you try booting to SafeMode and see if the issue reproduces. You noted that it was somewhat random, but give it a few tries and see if it reproduces. If it doesn't the there is a chance that it's caused by 3rd party app.
Lastly, could you share the phone's model number, software version running, and the camera app's version

I am experiencing the same exact issue. It's not consistent which is really annoying. Hard reset helped a little bit. Cleared data and cache and that didn't help. Factory reset didn't help me either. SM-S908U SP1A.210812.016.S908USQU1AVC8 Camera version 12.0.01.50

b00st4ddicted said:
I am experiencing the same exact issue. It's not consistent which is really annoying. Hard reset helped a little bit. Cleared data and cache and that didn't help. Factory reset didn't help me either. SM-S908U SP1A.210812.016.S908USQU1AVC8 Camera version 12.0.01.50
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Return it if you can. It could be a hardware issue.

Eramix3 said:
Hello!
Anyone else having this kind of problem? Here is an intermittent error, sometimes it appears when trying to take a picture, sometimes when recording. I've done everything on the internet to solve this problem, but nothing solves. Apparently it resolves for a while but ends up coming back.
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I actually had this issue about 2 weeks ago on my Verizon S22 Ultra. About 2 weeks ago in the morning, I grabbed my phone to take some pics. I had been walking with it in my pocket for a bit. When I pulled it out, I noticed my phone was a bit hot, I tried taking a few photos of something and I was in direct sunlight and that error popped up. I closed the app, tried again and got the same pop up, I was holding the phone in landscape mode as well when this kept happening in direct sunlight that was behind me.
A few hours later I was taking pics and it worked fine and has been taking pics ever since without issue. Not sure why it happened but it hasn't happened since the 2 times it popped up about 2 weeks ago.

Justinphxaz said:
I actually had this issue about 2 weeks ago on my Verizon S22 Ultra. About 2 weeks ago in the morning, I grabbed my phone to take some pics. I had been walking with it in my pocket for a bit. When I pulled it out, I noticed my phone was a bit hot, I tried taking a few photos of something and I was in direct sunlight and that error popped up. I closed the app, tried again and got the same pop up, I was holding the phone in landscape mode as well when this kept happening in direct sunlight that was behind me.
A few hours later I was taking pics and it worked fine and has been taking pics ever since without issue. Not sure why it happened but it hasn't happened since the 2 times it popped up about 2 weeks ago.
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Exactly same issue here

b00st4ddicted said:
I am experiencing the same exact issue. It's not consistent which is really annoying. Hard reset helped a little bit. Cleared data and cache and that didn't help. Factory reset didn't help me either. SM-S908U SP1A.210812.016.S908USQU1AVC8 Camera version 12.0.01.50
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you are fully updated and even the app is up to date... hence it implies that it's not really a software issue... or even if it is, it's specific to your device or handful of people.
I would assume hardware issue and visit authorized repair center (you can also report the issue to samsung just to cover all grounds and receive confirmation that it's not a software issue).

I have a US Snapdragon 512GB version and been having the same issue since 2 months. It's very annoying. I had few software updates in this period and hoped that it would fix it but no luck.
I don't know if it's a hardware of software issue at this point. I took it to couple of service centers they don't have the parts in stock to replace camera module

It does sound like it is a hardware problem. You may have to either do a warranty replacement, or send it to Samsung for repairs.
In either case, it won't be an immediate fix.

krishkanth787 said:
I have a US Snapdragon 512GB version and been having the same issue since 2 months. It's very annoying. I had few software updates in this period and hoped that it would fix it but no luck.
I don't know if it's a hardware of software issue at this point. I took it to couple of service centers they don't have the parts in stock to replace camera module
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oh snap~ repair centers are running out of parts now???? could it be the supply shortage hitting the repair businesses too