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I'm seeing nothing but complaint topics, but my G2x is perfect. I've actually had two G2x's since launch and both were perfect. No rebooting, no freezing, no sluggishness, very minimal screen bleeding etc.
I dont have any issues people are talking about here. Here's a list:
Screen bleeding: none
Rebooting: only once
Battery: yeah a bit... but not BAD like some describe
BlueTooth: Doesn't like my Ford SYNC and one other user has reported same
Touch Problems: none, works like a champ
Data / WiFi issues: No not really, seems to be ok
Not having any issues. My biggest issue is battery life. Everyone wants to play with my phone so the battery dies! Lol
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Not me, had for 9 days and I love this. Had a n1, hd2, and vibrant still, and this blows them away...
Nope to be honest blast my other phones away. MT3G, MT4G, Nexus 1, n Nexus S. Its amazing with
No screen bleeds.
Battery running optimally - Pulled out bloatware and other battery consuming apps. PS read - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054420
Graphics are great
Speeds are good.
Reception is good too.
ave of 5.1mb down 2mb up
Runs like a champ.
best so far
Nope this is the android phone i have had so far... g1>mytouch>n1>g2>nS>g2x...
Battery life last 1 day as with any other smart phone. Bleedling backlight hard to notice... I probably would have never noticed until everyone started complaning.
Some issues with the 4G dying after Wifi, so I just killed Wifi altogether (Tmo 4G is pretty much just as fast anyhow) and haven't had an issue. Battery life is about on par with what is expected (around 24 hours), Gingerbread should help out there.
All the problems seem fixable via software (sans the bleeding. Of which I have very little)
for those of you that claim to not have any screen bleed. please prove with name in the picture. thanks.
I have minimal screen bleed but to be honest I usually dont spend time in my closet with a black screen and brightness all the way up so I don't notice it at all. As for the other issues I have not had any myself.
My first G2x had random reboots, screen bleed and eventually the screen starting flickering on and off constantly.
I promptly exchanged it for a new G2x and since then I haven't had a single problem. Not even 1 reboot!
Thing is lighting fast. Chews through HD video, awesome build quality and I really enjoy the crystal clear display. All in all, a great phone.
As far as the battery drain goes, I'm noticing that the cell standby is eating up tons of battery but I imagine that is a software issue that will be fixed once CM7 comes out.
Very happy with the phone! I'm coming from a Mytouch Slide.
Arcadia310 said:
I'm seeing nothing but complaint topics, but my G2x is perfect. I've actually had two G2x's since launch and both were perfect. No rebooting, no freezing, no sluggishness, very minimal screen bleeding etc.
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Everything is great on mine. The only complaint I have is the cell reception and I think the update will solve that. Its not a hardware issue.
With all the complaining about this phone flooding the forums, I thought I would post something positive that I found improves the phone. When I purchased this phone I knew nothing about it other then it had a nvidia dual core...I had to have it. 2 hours later while in the market it froze. Removed battery and never turned on again. So back to store to get another. :-( Needless to say phone has been fine since. However I had too had some of the ever popular issues. Decided to root it using one click root and installed nvflash. Backed up stock rom and flashed the gingerbread leaked rom. No more problems. I had a problem with the phone lagging bad while trying to type. Reinstalled Rom and ok now. I use antutu CPU master. I have setup the profiles to my like. I basically turned it down to 608mhz Max and while it is charging it is normal. Phone is not as snappy, but is still fast enough for normal use. This gave me a instant battery gain. Before I couldn't go more then 4 hours without a charger (pretty lame) now I have gone 12 hours of what I consider normal use. So...there is nothing more to complain about other then LG and Google need to get there sh__ together and give us some updates. Pretty bad when you have to do all this to get this phone to work.
Sick of heari.g about the sensation... i am thinking that before the g2x came out everyone thought it was going to solve the world. I think some people just need excuses to have the latest and greatest phones. Come on people the grass isn't always greener.
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With all the complaining about this phone flooding the forums, I thought I would post something positive that I found improves the phone. When I purchased this phone I knew nothing about it other then it had a nvidia dual core...I had to have it. 2 hours later while in the market it froze. Removed battery and never turned on again. So back to store to get another. :-( Needless to say phone has been fine since. However I had too had some of the ever popular issues. Decided to root it using one click root and installed nvflash. Backed up stock rom and flashed the gingerbread leaked rom. No more problems. I had a problem with the phone lagging bad while trying to type. Reinstalled Rom and ok now. I use antutu CPU master. I have setup the profiles to my like. I basically turned it down to 608mhz Max and while it is charging it is normal. Phone is not as snappy, but is still fast enough for normal use. This gave me a instant battery gain. Before I couldn't go more then 4 hours without a charger (pretty lame) now I have gone 12 hours of what I consider normal use. So...there is nothing more to complain about other then LG and Google need to get there sh__ together and give us some updates. Pretty bad when you have to do all this to get this phone to work.
Sick of heari.g about the sensation... i am thinking that before the g2x came out everyone thought it was going to solve the world. I think some people just need excuses to have the latest and greatest phones. Come on people the grass isn't always greener.
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Not to rain on your parade, but I'd hardly call having to run a leaked buggy rom and then underclock your processor by about 40% just to get it to work properly positive news. That's just more information that confirms how substantial the current problems are. To underclock your phone almost 40% pretty much defeats the purpose of having a dual core phone. If you're going to do that you might as well have gotten a G2 or Nexus S or something. Also to have done all that and have still only gotten 12 hours of battery life isn't really that impressive. I'm not trying to be controversial, I'm just offering a bit of perspective. To lose almost half of your processing power just to match the battery life that other phones (ex. Sensation) can get out of the box using the full processor is definitely not a positive. Quite frankly I find that to be quite the opposite...meaning it's very negative. The grass may not always be greener on the other side, but at least for me, in my opinion...after having tried both sides of the grass..it's definitely greener. While that may change in the future after the cure-all update (the one everyone is praying actually fixes the phone), as of right now the reality of the situation is the G2X needs fixing before its ready for prime time. Until then it's just merely a phone with potential.
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Not to rain on your parade, but I'd hardly call having to run a leaked buggy rom and then underclock your processor by about 40% just to get it to work properly positive news. That's just more information that confirms how substantial the current problems are. To underclock your phone almost 40% pretty much defeats the purpose of having a dual core phone. If you're going to do that you might as well have gotten a G2 or Nexus S or something. Also to have done all that and have still only gotten 12 hours of battery life isn't really that impressive. I'm not trying to be controversial, I'm just offering a bit of perspective. To lose almost half of your processing power just to match the battery life that other phones (ex. Sensation) can get out of the box using the full processor is definitely not a positive. Quite frankly I find that to be quite the opposite...meaning it's very negative. The grass may not always be greener on the other side, but at least for me, in my opinion...after having tried both sides of the grass..it's definitely greener. While that may change in the future after the cure-all update (the one everyone is praying actually fixes the phone), as of right now the reality of the situation is the G2X needs fixing before its ready for prime time. Until then it's just merely a phone with potential.
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I tried both and the sensation just pissed me off. Damn girly phone...lol
G2x is better imo... Stable for me..
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I tried both and the sensation just pissed me off. Damn girly phone...lol
G2x is better imo... Stable for me..
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so very eloquently put...well I'll play along...then I guess that makes the G2X schizophrenic then huh? lol Nah but seriously though I'm not trying to hijack his thread into a "phone a is better than phone b" thread. My thing was I'm just pointing out that his "positive news", really isn't a positive at all..and quite frankly I find it to be an indictment of the device more than anything. So though his intent may have been positive news, it really delivered negative news.
+1.
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With all the complaining about this phone flooding the forums, I thought I would post something positive that I found improves the phone. When I purchased this phone I knew nothing about it other then it had a nvidia dual core...I had to have it. 2 hours later while in the market it froze. Removed battery and never turned on again. So back to store to get another. :-( Needless to say phone has been fine since. However I had too had some of the ever popular issues. Decided to root it using one click root and installed nvflash. Backed up stock rom and flashed the gingerbread leaked rom. No more problems. I had a problem with the phone lagging bad while trying to type. Reinstalled Rom and ok now. I use antutu CPU master. I have setup the profiles to my like. I basically turned it down to 608mhz Max and while it is charging it is normal. Phone is not as snappy, but is still fast enough for normal use. This gave me a instant battery gain. Before I couldn't go more then 4 hours without a charger (pretty lame) now I have gone 12 hours of what I consider normal use. So...there is nothing more to complain about other then LG and Google need to get there sh__ together and give us some updates. Pretty bad when you have to do all this to get this phone to work.
Sick of heari.g about the sensation... i am thinking that before the g2x came out everyone thought it was going to solve the world. I think some people just need excuses to have the latest and greatest phones. Come on people the grass isn't always greener.
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There are no greatest and latest fone. Sensation will have its own problems. My g2x with EB1.04 GB, together with setcpu runs flawless, not a single problem. Thanks to the EB developer(s).
I unplug my phone at 8am and throw it on the charger at midnight. I use it pretty heavily throughout the day. I'm always sending corporate exchange emails, personal emails, SMS, twitter news links, and facebook.. along with wordfeud and kingdoms live a few times a day plus whatever game I find throughout the day.
Pretty happy with battery life. I'm running CM7 and stock kernel. Custom Kernels OC/UV typically have much better battery life. I also don't use SetCPU or anything special. Just stock CM7.
I've only had the G2X for a few days, but so far I've had no problems whatsoever. I checked for the backlight bleeding and luckily my phone doesn't have that issue. Everything else is working great and the phone is amazingly fast. If it helps the date on the box is 5/09/11
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I unplug my phone at 8am and throw it on the charger at midnight. I use it pretty heavily throughout the day. I'm always sending corporate exchange emails, personal emails, SMS, twitter news links, and facebook.. along with wordfeud and kingdoms live a few times a day plus whatever game I find throughout the day.
Pretty happy with battery life. I'm running CM7 and stock kernel. Custom Kernels OC/UV typically have much better battery life. I also don't use SetCPU or anything special. Just stock CM7.
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Ya I use my phone heavily and I go to sleep around 2am and I have around 30 percent by the end of the day. I'm running stock and I just froze all the T-Mobile apps.
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If you download SetCPU or something else that can underclock with profiles, set it so it underclocks to the minimum when the screen is off. Your battery life will go through the roof.
I can go an entire day without a charge.
Something is wrong if you're only getting 4 hours at stock clocks.
Try using the battery calibration app, and then if you can swing the ~$3, get JuiceDefender.
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Not to rain on your parade, but I'd hardly call having to run a leaked buggy rom and then underclock your processor by about 40% just to get it to work properly positive news. That's just more information that confirms how substantial the current problems are. To underclock your phone almost 40% pretty much defeats the purpose of having a dual core phone. If you're going to do that you might as well have gotten a G2 or Nexus S or something. Also to have done all that and have still only gotten 12 hours of battery life isn't really that impressive. I'm not trying to be controversial, I'm just offering a bit of perspective. To lose almost half of your processing power just to match the battery life that other phones (ex. Sensation) can get out of the box using the full processor is definitely not a positive. Quite frankly I find that to be quite the opposite...meaning it's very negative. The grass may not always be greener on the other side, but at least for me, in my opinion...after having tried both sides of the grass..it's definitely greener. While that may change in the future after the cure-all update (the one everyone is praying actually fixes the phone), as of right now the reality of the situation is the G2X needs fixing before its ready for prime time. Until then it's just merely a phone with potential.
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You know your right. I am highly pissed with T-Mobile for not doing a _____ thing about this pos. It is ashame, because I swapped the galaxy s for this one. I have had many android phones and this is by far the worse case I've had. Really just trying to be patient and hope the update will solve issues. I wanted to post something that would possibly help someone else till this infamous update is released. In the phones defense, it is running two 1 gig cores, pretty impressive. There is no battery technology that would allow the capacity needed for this phone and maintain the slim form factor. I can understand that to a degree. I have seen the big battery for this phone and plan on purchasing it. I actually will like the fact that I'll have something to hold on too. My other point was "the latest and greatest phone" is not always the solution. On another note, T-Mobile has absolutely the worse customer service! Very displeased that I am going to be supporting them for 1yr and 11 months yet!
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As I've experienced with every phone I've ever had, the device gradually slows down and becomes unstable. I noticed it gets worse with each OTA update I install, to the point where I'm ready to not accept Verizon's updates in the future.
Is anyone else having the same experience?
My device was completely flawless until the first update, and gets worse with each update.
Does a Factory Data Reset not fix those issues? You might consider giving it a try. I've had a number of the same phones as you and I have not experienced the problems you've had. But I have done fairly frequent FDR's.
Good luck!!
I updated to the newest update. I know it said security but I no longer have the battery drain bug. I'm getting up to 5 hrs SOT. No other issues at all.
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Does a Factory Data Reset not fix those issues? You might consider giving it a try. I've had a number of the same phones as you and I have not experienced the problems you've had. But I have done fairly frequent FDR's.
Good luck!!
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I thought about doing one, but would rather not. If it gets bad enough, yeah. So far I'm only experiencing lag and temporary freezing.
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I updated to the newest update. I know it said security but I no longer have the battery drain bug. I'm getting up to 5 hrs SOT. No other issues at all.
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Didn't even know there was a battery drain bug, but my battery [has] been lasting longer.
Hi guys. I have had the G4 XT1625 since September 2016. Bought it unlocked at best buy. The screen on my G3 shattered so I thought I would upgrade.
First off it was an upgrade in terms of speed and resolution. I would pretty much say it stops there. I have had every Moto G since first gen. My Verizon G is still up on the shelf as an emergency backup. Hated the second gen. Loved the G3. I expected the G4 to be a great improvement I was mistaken.
Here's where the rant starts.
My major issue straight up is the size. Why so large? It doesn't even fit in the cup holders in my car. But that's a personal opinion.
Next issue I have experienced is it's just straight up NOT reliable. I use my phone for everything, work and play. It gets so hot it bogs down. Random reboots and sometimes just doesn't do what I want it to do. Nothing on Android but it's just not as good as the G3 was.
The phone just has problems. Ghost touch is dumb. I had to get the battery replaced because it wouldn't hold a charge. Apparently according to support don't use the supplied turbo charger. WTF right? It comes back in a couple days for repair for the power button breaking. That's horrible after only a couple months. I feel like the phone isn't made for people who use it all the time.
So now I have a Galaxy S5 and it's good with more support on XDA. I appreciate everyone's opinions if you wish to comment but I am just giving my real life review.
Keep up the good work XDA.
I had nearly the same bad experience with my zuk z1. Bad fp sensor, Bad digitizer, very bad support from manufacturer. Now I'm on g4 plus and totally happy.
Sounds like the OP bought a lemon. No such issues with mine, it's a great phone.
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Love this phone, but have to be honest.. first one had DOA fingerprint reader. Hoping no trouble with this one, as always root. Super value, and my first with a FPR, which is really convenient.
I upgraded from a Nexus 5, I haven't noticed any such issues that the OP had, the only issue I had was trying to update to Nougat without unlocking my bootloader, but when the Fastboot flashable files were released I resolved that issue, compared to any other Moto G I've had, I've noticed huge improvements in both speed and reliability, I enjoy the larger screen and speed improvements even vs the Nexus 5, same amount of RAM between the two, only real difference I can see is the processor.
I am on stock rom and i get only 3-3.5 hr sot a day , on lineage os i got only 2 hr a day
i dont get how people say the battry life is great
if it werent for the turbo charger id kill myself
anyone feel me !?
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I am on stock rom and i get only 3-3.5 hr sot a day , on lineage os i got only 2 hr a day
i dont get how people say the battry life is great
if it werent for the turbo charger id kill myself
anyone feel me !?
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Single problem, can't confirm.
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Single problem, can't confirm.
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Good stats , which rom ?
maybe its due to 4g!?
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Good stats , which rom ?
maybe its due to 4g!?
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LineageOS OMS 20170124, official build has not a modified kernel, so I can't reach 6h.
What do you mean with 4g?
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LineageOS OMS 20170124, official build has not a modified kernel, so I can't reach 6h.
What do you mean with 4g?
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4g network (VOLTE)
i tried your rom , felt some choppiness in ui so installed the official lineage
where i had a bad standby drain
Muzam said:
4g network (VOLTE)
i tried your rom , felt some choppiness in ui so installed the official lineage
where i had a bad standby drain
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I set animations to 0 without any ui lag. I use Nova Launcher. I'm using 4g too, but not for volte calls(Germany isn't a volte friendly country )
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I set animations to 0 without any ui lag. I use Nova Launcher. I'm using 4g too, but not for volte calls(Germany isn't a volte friendly country )
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I thought the default anim speed is 1
Or did you turn off the anim
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I thought the default anim speed is 1
Or did you turn off the anim
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Yeah I mean off, I don't have time to watch or wait for animations
I think the comments in the thread got off topic. I used the phone much more screen on time than most people. Upwards of 4-5 hours or more a day. On LTE and I commute. So for comparison most people don't push a phone like I do.
Moto decided to not repair my device. Actually gave me a new one. Side note on that...my old one had been bootloader unlocked and they replaced it instead of repair. Gave it to the GF since it's better than her old phone and she doesnt use it near as much as me.
So far GS5 has been working fine lasting longer than the G did and was the same price with more stuff.
Thank you everyone for your opinion.
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I think the comments in the thread got off topic. I used the phone much more screen on time than most people. Upwards of 4-5 hours or more a day. On LTE and I commute. So for comparison most people don't push a phone like I do.
Moto decided to not repair my device. Actually gave me a new one. Side note on that...my old one had been bootloader unlocked and they replaced it instead of repair. Gave it to the GF since it's better than her old phone and she doesnt use it near as much as me.
So far GS5 has been working fine lasting longer than the G did and was the same price with more stuff.
Thank you everyone for your opinion.
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You're not the only one using the phone more the 5h sot https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4Zy8uoEfFKLZ0lKNTVYaVowRG8 you should have a look in the other rom threads too
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You're not the only one using the phone more the 5h sot https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4Zy8uoEfFKLZ0lKNTVYaVowRG8 you should have a look in the other rom threads too
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There is a difference between screen on time and actively using it during that time. I have tried multiple Roms. Lineage was definitely the best but kept going back to stock because they just aren't stable enough to be used constantly in the business environment. I have also looked through multiple threads and articles. Seems common issues with the battery and overall issues with the phone itself.
I still stand by my review of Moto could have done a lot better with the device.
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There is a difference between screen on time and actively using it during that time.
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Of course, I don't use it 7h permanent. It's also dependent what you're doing while screen on. Gaming sucks more then surfing for example. That should be clear. That's what most people don't understand. It's like driving a car and want to reach the nedc. Everybody gets different consumption values. And therefore you must be careful with comparing different devices, rom and software for sot. @1chrome said it today also.
Everybody should accept everybodys opinion. I do it too. Your review is OK, but keep in mind that it seems you're a minority with your mentiond problems on this device
This device can give me atleast 4hrs of sot based on my usage which is not good but not bad either, I feel more let down by "ghost touch" and that easily scratch able camera glass than the battery life. Apart from that this is a decent performer and I like how it looks, 3 things I love about this device is,
1. The display, it's awesome
2. The front firing speaker, it has more depth compared to any other speaker I have used and I love speakers that have more depth than noise.
3. The fingerprint scanner's position, it's really where it needs to be, again a personal preference.
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It's bring reported in news that Samsung is working on Oreo for Galaxy S8 and S8+, and that the software version is BQI1.
Well, that is nice. But hey? Did you know OnePlus is already testing the OnePlus 3 Oreo under beta, closed beta actually that is not available to the public.
OnePlus is also targeting a September-end release of public beta of its Oreo for OP5, OP3/3T.
Hell, THAT IS FAST. No?
And what we have on Samsung?
The build nos. of Oreo update under the works.
Well, every OEM has Oreo update under the works. HTC, Motorola, Sony, LG, all of them. Even though they do not put out their Oreo build nos. out, chances are that they will still beat Samsung in the race to Oreo rollout.
So, Samsung, making a news via your unofficial source about Oreo update's supposed build nos that won't make to rollout is really not gonna make Galaxy S fans happy. Availability of a beta build of S8, before or just after OnePlus releases one of its own, would be something that would cheer Samsung's fans.
What do you guys think?
8 generations of beating a dead horse...
I rather have a later release which works more stable than a first-of-the-brands-release which is buggy as hell. Just my 2 cents.
The final release will be in January or February. Deal with it or get another phone.
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I rather have a later release which works more stable than a first-of-the-brands-release which is buggy as hell. Just my 2 cents.
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HTC and LG release new software among the first ones and it was never buggy. Still 5 months after S8 release, battery drain is here, not fixed with 7.0, not even 7.1.1.
#justsayin
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HTC and LG release new software among the first ones and it was never buggy. Still 5 months after S8 release, battery drain is here, not fixed with 7.0, not even 7.1.1.
#justsayin
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donno what battery drain you're talking about. I have none.
Had LG G2 before. Lollipop update was really BAD (performance and battery) and BUGGY, and never fully fixed with official updates from LG. Kitkat update was much better, although still worse than the original 4.2.2
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HTC and LG release new software among the first ones and it was never buggy. Still 5 months after S8 release, battery drain is here, not fixed with 7.0, not even 7.1.1.
#justsayin
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donno what battery drain you're talking about. I have none.
Had LG G2 before. Lollipop update was really BAD (performance and battery) and BUGGY, and never fully fixed with official updates from LG. Kitkat update was much better, although still worse than the original 4.2.2
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Same here, 0 battery drain at all. I can do days with 1 charge. And yes I do use it daily all day long.
The Root said:
8 generations of beating a dead horse...
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Like most of us won't wind up installing the first bleeding edge alpha build that gets leaked here...
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donno what battery drain you're talking about. I have none.
Had LG G2 before. Lollipop update was really BAD (performance and battery) and BUGGY, and never fully fixed with official updates from LG. Kitkat update was much better, although still worse than the original 4.2.2
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Same here, 0 battery drain at all. I can do days with 1 charge. And yes I do use it daily all day long.
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Well, with HTC 10 I still get around 2-3 days of use, my GF with my old G5 gets 2 days. With Crapsung, if I get full day it is a miracle. And overheating is terrible. You dont have to convince me that this is good battery life because I'm not a child. I know how battery should behave.
But, It was my fault to be a victim of Crapsung marketing. And for sure, this is my first and last Samsung device.
What the hell did you expect! Or is this your 1st Samsung device.
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Well, with HTC 10 I still get around 2-3 days of use, my GF with my old G5 gets 2 days. With Crapsung, if I get full day it is a miracle. And overheating is terrible. You dont have to convince me that this is good battery life because I'm not a child. I know how battery should behave.
But, It was my fault to be a victim of Crapsung marketing. And for sure, this is my first and last Samsung device.
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I could easily get 4 or 5 days use out my s8+ if I used my phone a certain way. Here's my batter life and screen on time with heavy use, video, 3d gaming, calls, WhatsApp, telegram, Skype and on top of all that half the time I was on 4g! Care to show any proof of your supposed HTC 10 battery life
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The moment someone has different opinion he’s trolling. ? well natural response from someone whose IQ is equal to the room temperature in celsius.
Anyway, I said this was my first Samsung device. And it is gonna be my last one. I get that Exynos is better than Snapdragon, camera is great, Sound is poor before adding Arya Sound mod but after it, it is great. Display was the reason why I took this device.
But... battery is really bad. After posting on Samsung community Moderator replied me that 17 hours is pretty great! Wtf? Since when is that the case? iPhones can do better that that. When I use YT or recording for loger than 5-6 minutes, phone gets unbearably hot and starts to be buggy. This also cannot be normal. I red some forums and found out that a lot of people are experiencing this kind of behavior. Custom rom (BatStock 1.4) fixed it partially.
So, don’t be blinded like iPhone freaks, I just think there is a lot of room for improvements.
Also, I am selling it, and it takes a time.
Cheers!
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You can't just generalise the whole handset because of your experience you're one person and I just showed you evidence earlier of my battery life. Going by my own evidence i could just say it's an amazing device, I'm not even running custom roms or kernels, which I do plan to do at some point.
Yeah I suspect we won't have it till December or January. Now will they have an open beta again?
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Yeah I suspect we won't have it till December or January. Now will they have an open beta again?
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I think so but only for the BTU users.. starting in November?? Time to download the BTU firmware again
What's BTU firmware?
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Also, I am selling it, and it takes a time.
Cheers!
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Apparently you have a defective device. I've had my S8 since the middle of April and I have great battery life and it never once overheated. Would it be fair for you to pass your problem off on someone else? If do, at least inform them of your phones issues so they would be making an informed decision purchasing it.
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Bart3n said:
I think so but only for the BTU users.. starting in November?? Time to download the BTU firmware again
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The S7 got the Nougat Beta in November because of the Note 7 failure. I guess the Note 8 will get Oreo Beta in November but we'll see.
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Gaps between the housing and the glass of the screen were huge (compared to now) and the screen itself had problems
with red tint all across it and issues with burn in after less than a week of use . Since then I dropped it and cracked the screen.
They replaced the whole metal housing of the phone and the screen.
I had overheating issues also if the ambient temperature was more than 35 degrees Celsius and I haven't used more than
one app at a time, even in the background...
Also regarding battery drain. Had this issue with the July update plus my home button started trippin' and auto-brightness stopped working completely.
On the other hand my brother who also has an S8 didn't have any of this issues so I'm willing to bet that it's all up to the batch of device you got. Few of
my friends that got the phone just after the release reported problems from screen to bricked devices!
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Please show respect to all members. There is no need to disrespect each other.
Cheers
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sofir786 said:
You can't just generalise the whole handset because of your experience you're one person and I just showed you evidence earlier of my battery life. Going by my own evidence i could just say it's an amazing device, I'm not even running custom roms or kernels, which I do plan to do at some point.
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Exactly. I live in The Netherlands and have never heard of bad battery life with an Samsung. The thing is, a Samsung lasts the longest with high brightness. An LCD-device (iPhone for instance) lasts longer with low brightness (0-30%). In general, with the brightness maxed out and mixed usage on pure 4G+ I get about 4-5.5 hours of display on time on a single charge. If you'd do the same on an LCD-device (iPhone 7 Plus) you can expect about 2-2.5 hours of display on time. The story does change completely when using 0-30% brightness, then the iPhone 7 Plus outruns the S8 by quite a few hours (no video watching). I'm on fully stock and liking the device a lot. No lag, fast and reliable just like the S7 Edge which I had before this.
Absolute standby drain is the best on Galaxy A-series phones from my experience. 5-7H of SOT with 100% brightness over 4-5 days is a normal occurance for the A5 2016 which my mom owns (with lots of streaming included, phone calls & skype). Can't do that on my S8 and the iPhone 7 would die within the first 3 hours under the same use-case...
Android Oreo isn't necessary imho. It's nice that we do get the update but nearly all introduced features are features we already have had for many years on the Galaxy S-series. While other manufacturers benefit massively with Android Oreo...Samsung simply doesn't.