My main concern is the gps accuracy and overheating issues. Which is better?
s6 without a doubt if you can get the z5 that would a good phone but overal still not as good as the s6 because it has an amoled screen
there is no comparison...the S6....better screen, camera, UI, cpu, gpu.....the only thing better in the sony is the battery life.....also i don't like sony's phones because they look like a cube...it's like no beauty...just sharp edges....
bloodhaund said:
My main concern is the gps accuracy and overheating issues. Which is better?
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i have had the z3+ . it HOT like fire. don't purchase.
Just get the S6.
I had the sony z1, z ultra , z3+ . The z3+ was worst . Bad notification light (unlike z1 where you get a bar of light that you can actually seee in daylight) plus it overheats and throttles like hell. I now have LG G3 (same **** with overheating but the speaker is way way louder and the screen much nices and crisper than z3/z3+) and a S6 920F .
What about the z5?
Just get the S6, the Z5 fingerprint scanner is also trashy according to reviews. The screen is not super amoled, and that Exynoss will just crush the Z5 SnapDragon, not to mention the S6 is pretty cool and the Z5 gets hot very usually.
Without a doubt get the S6, if you need water protection get the S6 Active.
O.K, the Samsung Galaxy A20 is a budget phone (I bought mine for AU$239) so I do not expect any "flagship" performance but the initial attraction was the Amoled display that has some degree of daylight readability, reasonable camera performance, the relatively big battery capacity for SoC size and the glimmer of hope in rooting this device.
After a little while, some things becomes apparent which I would like to share:
There is no light sensor so screen brightness cannot adapt to ambient light....a strange and disappointing omission
The phone is made in Vietnam not South Korea...just an observation
The heavily embedded bloat from Samsung and Google is chronic in magnitude and its primary purpose is for harvesting personal information and pushing ads
Fingerprint lock works efficiently but the rear sensor is hard to locate
WiFi reception range is poor.
The Android One UI is pleasingly clean but the Settings menus are a bit disorganized
Root can be achieved relatively easily but is "precarious" to say the least.
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O.K, the Samsung Galaxy A20 is a budget phone (I bought mine for AU$239) so I do not expect any "flagship" performance but the initial attraction was the Amoled display that has some degree of daylight readability, reasonable camera performance, the relatively big battery capacity for SoC size and the glimmer of hope in rooting this device.
After a little while, some things becomes apparent which I would like to share:
There is no light sensor so screen brightness cannot adapt to ambient light....a strange and disappointing omission
The phone is made in Vietnam not South Korea...just an observation
The heavily embedded bloat from Samsung and Google is chronic in magnitude and its primary purpose is for harvesting personal information and pushing ads
Fingerprint lock works efficiently but the rear sensor is hard to locate
WiFi reception range is poor.
The Android One UI is pleasingly clean but the Settings menus are a bit disorganized
Root can be achieved relatively easily but is "precarious" to say the least.
Show me your good and bad list
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It had no light sensor but somehow it uses the cameras to adjust to ambient light.
Update after using for some time.....
I really miss not having a notification LED - a backwards step to delete it for the notched display fad. An edge LED would have been great but that would cost 3c to include.....
Mobile reception is noticeably weaker than my old Moto G 2013 and Xiaomi Redmi Note2 - another backwards step!
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Update after using for some time.....
I really miss not having a notification LED - a backwards step to delete it
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I agree. I came from a Nexus 6P and found the notification light very handy. It's not a deal breaker for me though.
Does anyone know if the A20 has an oleophobic layer on the screen?
This might be stupid question but why does my A20 SM-A205G not have NFC there is no options under settings or on status bar to activate it but I see some SM-A205U have it and other 205g have enabled, do I have the chip in phone already? Just need to flash other firmware to use it? Has anyone else had any luck activating NFC?
I've had the phone about a month now and coming from an LG V30 before this I can say that despite all the cons I'm overall happier with this phone over that garbage. Barely.
Pros:
The A20 camera is much better with low light
Apps seem to crash less
I also like the Samsung UI more than I expected
The samsung keyboard is so much better than any other keyboard I've been able to find in the app store
I like how the lock button is on the side instead of the back like on the V30
Cons:
The camera is still pretty grainy even in sunlight
The auto screen brightness sucks balls. I can't even count how many times the screen dimmed & brightened just in the last few mins while I'm sitting in one spot
I also very much notice the lack of ram. It feels really laggy at times, like a 5 second delay when I'm just typing or sometimes I'll tap and it'll register as a hold
I can easily see the downgrade in screen resolution when watching videos
The proximity sensor. I'll be in a call and occasionally my face will mute the call or dial numbers
Or when I had the feature activated to double tap to turn on the screen, it would turn on in my pocket all the time and mess with buttons or sliders. On numerous occasions my phone would be ringing and I'd pull it out to find out my leg was messing with the volume slider. Not once did the LG do that
And finally I should've looked into the ability to root this phone before I got it. I have the A205U sadly and didn't make sure it's even unlockable with all the extensive research I was doing while I was looking to replace my LG
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This might be stupid question but why does my A20 SM-A205G not have NFC there is no options under settings or on status bar to activate it but I see some SM-A205U have it and other 205g have enabled, do I have the chip in phone already? Just need to flash other firmware to use it? Has anyone else had any luck activating NFC?
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I have the same question.... I've seen through the internet many sites saying the a20 has nfc, and even give instructions for activating it , but i couldn't.... Wether it has or not, I'm not certain at all.
Any way to activate nfc using root or something else of the sort?
I recently bought Vivo S1 smartphone on my friends recommendation. Every thing is fine in S1 but the fingerprint scanner is so lazy. I just wana know that this error is only in Vivo S1 or every smartphone with In-screen fingerprint is same to it?
I also have vivo s1 and it's fingerprint scanner is slower then conventional back side scanner because it's embedded in the display ,
In Screen Finger Print Issue
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I also have vivo s1 and it's fingerprint scanner is slower then conventional back side scanner because it's embedded in the display ,
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But I recently experienced Samsung a30s and its fingerprint is normal even it is also under display embedded.
I waited a moment before posting this thread, but now I am really annoyed with this problem.
In the lock screen, often it takes a few times to unlock device with my fingerprint. Let me say that I have already 2 phones with fingerprint unlock : a OnePlus 5t and a Xiaomi Mi Max 3.
On both of them, no problem with any of the 5 fingers registered.
On the Poco and its "cool" on screen fingerprint, it's a pain to get unlocked quickly. Most of the time, I need to smash my finger over one second or two to unlock. If it get unlocked!
Miui 12 didn't improve nothing: same problem.
It's a fault of a bad software? The decision to use software instead of the old hardware fingerprint sensor seems to be not so good. It is my first phone which use the screen sensor to unlock, maybe other phones make it better.
Another problem: why I can't set up a wallpaper on the lock screen other than those offered by Miui - Xiaomi? It's impossible to set up one of my own photos - wallpapers on the lock screen.
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I waited a moment before posting this thread, but now I am really annoyed with this problem.
In the lock screen, often it takes a few times to unlock device with my fingerprint. Let me say that I have already 2 phones with fingerprint unlock : a OnePlus 5t and a Xiaomi Mi Max 3.
On both of them, no problem with any of the 5 fingers registered.
On the Poco and its "cool" on screen fingerprint, it's a pain to get unlocked quickly. Most of the time, I need to smash my finger over one second or two to unlock. If it get unlocked!
Miui 12 didn't improve nothing: same problem.
It's a fault of a bad software? The decision to use software instead of the old hardware fingerprint sensor seems to be not so good. It is my first phone which use the screen sensor to unlock, maybe other phones make it better.
Another problem: why I can't set up a wallpaper on the lock screen other than those offered by Miui - Xiaomi? It's impossible to set up one of my own photos - wallpapers on the lock screen.
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You can set any photo, go the gallery, select a photo, click on three dots, select the wallpaper option and set it.
I hope this helps.
Yeah, using stock Gallery it works, thanks!
But, if I use instead Simple Gallery (my favourite), it does not work.
With Nova lchr, it doesn't work indeed. I'm talking only about lock screen wallpaper.
On the fingerprint front, it seems that the new update 12.0.3 doesn't change the things too much for me. Almost same unresponsiveness for me.
Honestly I don't face any real difference compared to my gf's Galaxy S9 with rear fingerprint scanner.
Did you try to delete them and let the phone learn them again?
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Honestly I don't face any real difference compared to my gf's Galaxy S9 with rear fingerprint scanner.
Did you try to delete them and let the phone learn them again?
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Yes, I've registered again the fingerprints.
I don't think about a hardware failure, as I suppose the hardware is the screen itself, and it seems to work well.
Mostly it is the response delay. The OnePlus is almost instantaneous, far far away from the Poco.
I can definitely say fingerprint sensor on k30 pro/poco f2 pro sucks.
until the latest stable, 12.0.8.0, there is no noticeable improvement.
I am using a glass screen protector as we all should do.
I have the same problem with my fingerprint to unlock the device. I even have a big problem adding the fingerprint to the device.
are you using some kind of thick glass protector?
Most of them on the market are 0.33mm thick, and fingerprint sensors are only rated for 0.15mm, so if you put one of those will work, but not flawless and slow
Yes, I use a screen protector, I understand that this can lead to delays.
I have now deleted my current fingerprint again and created it again. This time I put a lot of pressure on the display and lo and behold, unlocking is now possible without delay.
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I have the same problem with my fingerprint to unlock the device. I even have a big problem adding the fingerprint to the device.
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DDz_1888 said:
I can definitely say fingerprint sensor on k30 pro/poco f2 pro sucks.
until the latest stable, 12.0.8.0, there is no noticeable improvement.
I am using a glass screen protector as we all should do.
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are you using some kind of thick glass protector?
Most of them on the market are 0.33mm thick, and fingerprint sensors are only rated for 0.15mm, so if you put one of those will work, but not flawless and slow
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In the beginning, my F2 came with original sc protector, I had registered the first fingerprints with it.
Then, I registered new ones without it. That's when I decided to write here some days after.
I don't know if it sucks or not this device detection, because it is my first one with on screen hype.
But I'm sure that it is far slower than my "old" OnePlus and my middle - low specs (on processor) Mi Max 3.
And I have same problem than someone adding the fingerprints, same need for big pressure to register the right way.
Curious, i just received my F2 Pro a few hours ago, and the fingerprint scanner works really fine, takes about half a second to unlock, just very slightly slower than my OnePlus 7 Pro (but by 0.2 sec i would say)
aftnoon2 said:
I waited a moment before posting this thread, but now I am really annoyed with this problem.
In the lock screen, often it takes a few times to unlock device with my fingerprint. Let me say that I have already 2 phones with fingerprint unlock : a OnePlus 5t and a Xiaomi Mi Max 3.
On both of them, no problem with any of the 5 fingers registered.
On the Poco and its "cool" on screen fingerprint, it's a pain to get unlocked quickly. Most of the time, I need to smash my finger over one second or two to unlock. If it get unlocked!
Miui 12 didn't improve nothing: same problem.
It's a fault of a bad software? The decision to use software instead of the old hardware fingerprint sensor seems to be not so good. It is my first phone which use the screen sensor to unlock, maybe other phones make it better.
Another problem: why I can't set up a wallpaper on the lock screen other than those offered by Miui - Xiaomi? It's impossible to set up one of my own photos - wallpapers on the lock screen.
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my fingerprint sensor is not working for some reason. Did factory reset, format data from recovery, flashed back to stock rom and re-lock (from stock global poco F2 ver. to latest xiaomi.eu stable back to stock) still not working. kindly see the attached file
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my fingerprint sensor is not working for some reason. Did factory reset, format data from recovery, flashed back to stock rom and re-lock (from stock global poco F2 ver. to latest xiaomi.eu stable back to stock) still not working. kindly see the attached file
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Where do you get this test?
I must add, to my others posts, that I had activated the "Show Taps" option in the Developer settings. Once I deactivated it again, things were working better with the fingerprint recognition, both on registration and unlocking.
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Where do you get this test?
I must add, to my others posts, that I had activated the "Show Taps" option in the Developer settings. Once I deactivated it again, things were working better with the fingerprint recognition, both on registration and unlocking.
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just tap the kernel version to enter CIT menu.
My K30 Pro Zoom with Poco rom works fine for me with screen protector on. It sometimes misread but that's not very common. Yes it seems a bit slower than the back fingerprint but I don't really mind that much as it's not that much of a difference.
Had been pretty disappointed with the N20U fingerprint sensor over the Note 9 until trying this hack found last night on Sakitech's YouTube channel while searching for a solution. It originally pertained to the S20 / Note 10 but continues to make a huge improvement on my N20U. Link is below in case you're not aware of this.
My only disappointment with N20U is the fingerprint sensor. I tend to prefer physical fingerprint sensor especially on the side or back (and I still do). This actually improves the fingerprint sensor a lot. Thanks!