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i have my g2x rooted and running great the only problem is battery life i went from a full charge to 65 percent in about 2 and a half hrs! with just sending a few texts and chatting on skype for about 10 min, i called tmobile and here are my options i can wait till may 5th and they can just send me a battery or i can take it back and risk getting a defective one! I have never had any random reboots or freezing so far! except when i deleted some tmobile bloatware i got a couple fc's and had to restart then everything was fine! what should i do?
What processes are running in the background? Which task killer app are you running with what kill frequency?
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why may 5th
danz8509 said:
i have my g2x rooted and running great the only problem is battery life i went from a full charge to 65 percent in about 2 and a half hrs! with just sending a few texts and chatting on skype for about 10 min, i called tmobile and here are my options i can wait till may 5th and they can just send me a battery or i can take it back and risk getting a defective one! I have never had any random reboots or freezing so far! except when i deleted some tmobile bloatware i got a couple fc's and had to restart then everything was fine! what should i do?
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why would you have to wait until may 5th for a replacement of a defective item. and it is defective if you do the right thing with it let it drain all the way than fully charge a couple times.
I have an up time off charger for 22 hours now some texting , some messing with phone a couple calls. and still at 67% intentially testing to see how it did. in mainly standby with minimal use. when i get my hdmi cord tommorow ill start pushing it . want to make sure it doesnt over heat or burn up like some report.
But by may 5th the 2 weeks will be up and if its something other than the battery it will be more difficult to get replaced. a year warrenty at least and if you have insurance with tmobile it covers everything that is a phone defect with no deductable(i was told) so just more of a pain.
keep doing what ever your doing run that puppy until it dies and recharge leave on for 2 hours after it says its charged and see if its any better. if not id look more into why you have to wait for may 5th to get a replacement.
After clearing all the crap off the phone, I left mine on most of the day. After eight hours comprised of about and hour talking, a fair mount of browsing the web, etc, and most of it with wifi calling active, I'm at 50%.
nothing really i use auto killer memory to close what ever i open
i have tried the drain the battery all the way down and they still didnt work! i tried the reset the phone as well i guess i will take it back, one question tho do i have to unroot and return the tmobile apps for them to take it back?
eagle1967 said:
I have an up time off charger for 22 hours now some texting , some messing with phone a couple calls. and still at 67% intentially testing to see how it did. in mainly standby with minimal use. when i get my hdmi cord tommorow ill start pushing it . want to make sure it doesnt over heat or burn up like some report.
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I would love to be able to get that kind of battery life lol...are you doing anything special for that?
I think the top part goes really fast and it will take a long time to get from 50% to 0. Also, it's just in the first few days I think it will act a little differently after a few charges.
edit: why are you guys using taskkillers or autokiller?
worker1 said:
I think the top part goes really fast and it will take a long time to get from 50% to 0. Also, it's just in the first few days I think it will act a little differently after a few charges.
edit: why are you guys using taskkillers or autokiller?
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I was going to ask the same thing. Wouldn't this make the battery worse, if anything?
do i have to unroot and return the tmobile apps for them to take it back? please let me know
I'm also considering returning it but first I will wait for few days and see if it gets better. However I was wondering, what is tmobile's return policy for off contract phones? Is it true that you can return it anytime within a month?
danz8509 said:
do i have to unroot and return the tmobile apps for them to take it back? please let me know
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Yes you do. Rooting voids any warranty you have on the device.
i was told 14 days buyers remorse period is what the tmobile said when i called today
danz8509 said:
i was told 14 days buyers remorse period is what the tmobile said when i called today
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That's correct but I would still imagine that rooting your phone could void this in the same way it voids any warranty.
My fiance is having problems with her phone randomly rebooting. I just updated it to the most recent firmware update, so that shouldn't be the problem, but something obviously is. She wasn't getting much out of her battery life either, usually only a couple hours or so.
What can I do about it to keep her from spending money we don't have on a new phone, other than root it? She won't let me root it and set it up like mine, mostly because she's stubborn.
tatonka_hero said:
My fiance is having problems with her phone randomly rebooting. I just updated it to the most recent firmware update, so that shouldn't be the problem, but something obviously is. She wasn't getting much out of her battery life either, usually only a couple hours or so.
What can I do about it to keep her from spending money we don't have on a new phone, other than root it? She won't let me root it and set it up like mine, mostly because she's stubborn.
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root it when shes asleep or explain the firmware update broke her phone blame it on the software and youre never at fault
JKILO said:
root it when shes asleep or explain the firmware update broke her phone blame it on the software and youre never at fault
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haha, i wish that would work.
Trade her phones tell her you unrooted your phone so she could have it and the root hers. Just an Idea
It looks like she's even got to pull the battery to get the thing to start back up when it shuts down. The charging port seems loose to me, but it charges the battery just fine so I'm not sure that's part of the problem.
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It looks like she's even got to pull the battery to get the thing to start back up when it shuts down. The charging port seems loose to me, but it charges the battery just fine so I'm not sure that's part of the problem.
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Try a different micro usb cable.
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Try a different micro usb cable.
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I did. It still felt loose even using my cable, which doesn't feel loose in my phone.
She won't want to go through the hassle of talking to tech support to get a new phone, and they'll try to make her take it to a repair center
I put her battery in my phone for the day, and it just shut down, so that was part of the problem.
She said her phone was still dead in like 4 hours today, and that was using my battery which I've had very good luck with.
I think she uses her phone a LOT for facebook and texting, but 4 hours still seems awfully short for battery life
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I put her battery in my phone for the day, and it just shut down, so that was part of the problem.
She said her phone was still dead in like 4 hours today, and that was using my battery which I've had very good luck with.
I think she uses her phone a LOT for facebook and texting, but 4 hours still seems awfully short for battery life
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Buy these:
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Buy these:
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now she says she didn't use her phone at all this morning and it only got 4 hours (on my good battery). I think she's got a rogue app or something using a ton of battery, but it doesn't ever show up in the battery stats. there's no way she'd let me do a factory reset on it again lol.
I'll send her the link on the batteries, but she won't buy them I'm sure. She wants a new phone too badly now.
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now she says she didn't use her phone at all this morning and it only got 4 hours (on my good battery). I think she's got a rogue app or something using a ton of battery, but it doesn't ever show up in the battery stats. there's no way she'd let me do a factory reset on it again lol.
I'll send her the link on the batteries, but she won't buy them I'm sure. She wants a new phone too badly now.
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Possibly, or your batteries might be a year old and starting to go.
Trust me buy those batteries. They're great. And only $7.
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Possibly, or your batteries might be a year old and starting to go.
Trust me buy those batteries. They're great. And only $7.
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I figured out what I think was wrong with her other battery. The contacts were set too deep inside the battery casing, so any bump at the wrong angle caused them to lose connection. That's why I don't trust second hand batteries, no matter how good other people say they are.
Both her original battery and my original battery work perfectly fine in my phone, both give me a day and a half. So I know it's not the batteries, it's something wrong with her phone.
Heck, I even offered to switch phones with her, and she said she didn't want mine even though it's exactly the same phone and even newer.
women, just can't please them.
Try
Backup
Factory reset
Take the newest update.
My wife has a stock shift huge battery improvement
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women, just can't please them.
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I know all too well. Take it in to a sprint repair center and have it repaired, if they cannot repair it they will order you a replacement phone.
Make sure you have TEP on your plan before you go in.
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I know all too well. Take it in to a sprint repair center and have it repaired, if they cannot repair it they will order you a replacement phone.
Make sure you have TEP on your plan before you go in.
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She's a sprint employee so she's got somewhat different rules on that mess. I'd rather they just send her a new phone since we're too far from a repair center, or so I told Sprint the last 4 times I had to replace my Shift lol.
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She's a sprint employee so she's got somewhat different rules on that mess. I'd rather they just send her a new phone since we're too far from a repair center, or so I told Sprint the last 4 times I had to replace my Shift lol.
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If she's a sprint employee she should get the benefits of the Sprint wireless advantage club and so should you.
Details here:
http://www.sprint.com/landings/advantage_club/?ECID=vanity:advantageclub
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If she's a sprint employee she should get the benefits of the Sprint wireless advantage club and so should you.
Details here:
http://www.sprint.com/landings/advantage_club/?ECID=vanity:advantageclub
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yeah, I know. Doesn't change much when it comes to problem phones other than the fact that you absolutely have to go to a Sprint owned repair center and not a store run by another company. That's where the distance factor comes in and the working with tech support to convince them it's too far to drive lol
Okay, not sure if this is even possible to do but I'm hoping the XDA'ers might be able to assist. I purchased a new battery for my Nexus S. I plugged the bad-boy in and try turning it on and nothing. I plug it into the wall and try turning it on-- nothing. I try putting the old battery back in.........nothing.....
I then noticed the new battery I purchased is a 1440 mAh and the old battery is 1500 mAh. This is probably something I should have checked before I bought it, and something that now makes me feel like a total idiot. What I'm wondering is could this have a hand in bricking my phone? Is there any way of fixing it? Luckily I have a Nexus 4 on the way (eventually ¬.¬) but I was planning on giving the Nexus S to my girlfriend.
Thanks in advance, guys.
No. This is totally tolerable. +-5% is the least that might cause trouble. Well within tolerances. Charge overnight and if no good then return for replacement.
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No. This is totally tolerable. +-5% is the least that might cause trouble. Well within tolerances. Charge overnight and if no good then return for replacement.
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Thanks for the quick reply. The issue is that even the old battery which was at ~75% life isn't even working, even while plugged in.
Can't help much, but just so you can be at ease, mah stands for milli-amp hours, and is a measure of capacity, not power put forth. You want to match the voltage to prevent damage.
At least I've got a Nexus 4 on the way. It just sucks that I can't give this Nexus S to my girlfriend, she's stuck with an iPhone 3G =/
As an update, I had it plugged in overnight and still nothing. I had the original battery in.
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As an update, I had it plugged in overnight and still nothing. I had the original battery in.
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I'm just thinking you shorted it. It seems to be happening a lot lately in the Nexus S forums when people pull their battery. Haven't seen anyone able to fix it themselves, they usually send it for repair to Samsung. :/
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I'm just thinking you shorted it. It seems to be happening a lot lately in the Nexus S forums when people pull their battery. Haven't seen anyone able to fix it themselves, they usually send it for repair to Samsung. :/
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That's unfortunate because mine is out of warranty now. Thanks for the help, hopefully I can dispute it with Amazon and at least get the cost of the battery back.
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That's unfortunate because mine is out of warranty now. Thanks for the help, hopefully I can dispute it with Amazon and at least get the cost of the battery back.
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Get in touch with Samsung or even your phone company. You could be surprised at what they have to offer. I've heard of some people getting absolutely free fixing from Samsung (albeit not specifically the Nexus S) when out of warranty.
Greetings all! I need a bit of help regarding my device - Moto G3/Moto G 2015 (Osprey - XT1550) 2gb Indian version. The device has been running flawlessly on Stock Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow since I got it in January 2016. However since yesterday, the dual led flash isnt working properly. Only the bottom (white) led lights up when I turn on the torch or use the flash. The top one doesnt light up. However, when I press at the back near or around the LED, the top one also lights up. It turns off again as soon as I remove my hand. I think some internal connection may have gotten loose and I dont think its a software issue, but I would like someone to tell me if its so. Also, any fix to solve this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Greetings all! I need a bit of help regarding my device - Moto G3/Moto G 2015 (Osprey - XT1550) 2gb Indian version. The device has been running flawlessly on Stock Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow since I got it in January 2016. However since yesterday, the dual led flash isnt working properly. Only the bottom (white) led lights up when I turn on the torch or use the flash. The top one doesnt light up. However, when I press at the back near or around the LED, the top one also lights up. It turns off again as soon as I remove my hand. I think some internal connection may have gotten loose and I dont think its a software issue, but I would like someone to tell me if its so. Also, any fix to solve this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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It's high time to replace the device's battery. The battery bulges gradually and as the flashlight connectors are just above the battery they lose contact with the terminals, so I would suggest you to go to a Motorola service center and ask them to show your battery to you, if in case it looks bulged to you get it replaced. After the battery replacement the device will function normally.
3 years is a good time that the battery needs replacement. Go ahead and consult a Motorola service advisor.
Happy to help, The9464guy.
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It's high time to replace the device's battery. The battery bulges gradually and as the flashlight connectors are just above the battery they lose contact with the terminals, so I would suggest you to go to a Motorola service center and ask them to show your battery to you, if in case it looks bulged to you get it replaced. After the battery replacement the device will function normally.
3 years is a good time that the battery needs replacement. Go ahead and consult a Motorola service advisor.
Happy to help, The9464guy.
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Thanks for the quick response. I wasnt expecting the battery to be the cause of this though, as it seems to function just fine. I'll have it checked though, just to be sure so I can replace it if that's the cause. Thanks once again.
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Thanks for the quick response. I wasnt expecting the battery to be the cause of this though, as it seems to function just fine. I'll have it checked though, just to be sure so I can replace it if that's the cause. Thanks once again.
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I insist you to consult only a Motorola service center. Local chaps mess up the device. So just informing you beforehand.
Happy to help, The9464guy
The9464guy said:
I insist you to consult only a Motorola service center. Local chaps mess up the device. So just informing you beforehand.
Happy to help, The9464guy
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Yeah there's a Motorola centre near where live so I took the device to them. The guy there told me that in most cases if the battery goes bad, falling battery backup would be a major indication. He also said that if that were the case, the battery would have become bloated and would be easily detected. To find out the problem, he said he would have to open up the device, and this being my daily driver device, I cant afford that right now. Any suggestions as to what should I do next?
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Yeah there's a Motorola centre near where live so I took the device to them. The guy there told me that in most cases if the battery goes bad, falling battery backup would be a major indication. He also said that if that were the case, the battery would have become bloated and would be easily detected. To find out the problem, he said he would have to open up the device, and this being my daily driver device, I cant afford that right now. Any suggestions as to what should I do next?
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The process takes mostly an hour to complete. If the battery goes bad it would cost you around 1500 rupees or so. Go ahead and get the battery inspected and replaced if necessary. My friend also faced the same problem a month ago, so I doubt the battery is the cause of the problem.
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The process takes mostly an hour to complete. If the battery goes bad it would cost you around 1500 rupees or so. Go ahead and get the battery inspected and replaced if necessary. My friend also faced the same problem a month ago, so I doubt the battery is the cause of the problem.
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So, in the case of your friend, did replacing the battery solve the LED flash issue? Now, do both the LEDs light up when using the flash or torch?
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So, in the case of your friend, did replacing the battery solve the LED flash issue? Now, do both the LEDs light up when using the flash or torch?
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Yes, replacing the battery solved the problem of the dual flashlight.
I assure you that replacing the battery will solve your problem for sure.
Happy to help, The9464guy.
Dude, just yesterday I had the same problem and I was really worried, thank you for making this post.
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Yes, replacing the battery solved the problem of the dual flashlight.
I assure you that replacing the battery will solve your problem for sure.
Happy to help, The9464guy.
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Thanks a lot man. Will get the battery replaced then.
Psicovirus said:
Dude, just yesterday I had the same problem and I was really worried, thank you for making this post.
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No probs mate! Its a good device and I want to keep it working for as long as I can.
I had this happen to my phone, I solved it by sort of 'massaging' the camera and flash area with my thumb until the amber LED stopped turning off without applied pressure.
Just got the phone for 2 days and I have experienced probably 30 instances of the UI freezing, display still on, then after about 30 seconds the screen refreshes and a popup notice along the bottom saying System UI crashed.
A little disappointed and starting to be annoyed
i am on currently latest firmware with kernel date 3rd of June.
Wondering if anyone else is experiencing this?
so the system ui freeze became more frequent and by the end of day 2 (literally an hour ago) it started to boot loop. not happy.
anyone else have had issue with their zenfone 6 zs630?
i havent any issues w/ the ZenFone6. id say if anything try and reach out to ASUS or get it exchanged for another
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so the system ui freeze became more frequent and by the end of day 2 (literally an hour ago) it started to boot loop. not happy.
anyone else have had issue with their zenfone 6 zs630?
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Nothing like that at all. Tried a full reset?
it won't boot up now so no way to reset it. waiting on DOA claim with Gearbest/support ticket logged with Asus.
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it won't boot up now so no way to reset it. waiting on DOA claim with Gearbest/support ticket logged with Asus.
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This issue has been happening to my one, also bought through Gearbest. I dismissed the first time it happened, but that was the first hour into using it. Now one week later, my phone is freezing, bluescreening, and unexpected resetting on itself (even some bootloop issues).
If you get anywhere with yours, I'd like to hear more, it's very inconvenient.
i am posting to asus talk forums and trying to reach support in asus Taiwan for assistance. Asus share firmware and bootloader etc on their website...but I need help to even try and reflash it.
at the moment it boot looped so much it is completely out of power now and in protection state that I can't even charge it anymore.
very disappointed.
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i am posting to asus talk forums and trying to reach support in asus Taiwan for assistance. Asus share firmware and bootloader etc on their website...but I need help to even try and reflash it.
at the moment it boot looped so much it is completely out of power now and in protection state that I can't even charge it anymore.
very disappointed.
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Try turn on animations: Accesibility-> Remove Animation
support reply from Asus was no help
Ok heard back from Asus Taiwan support and they are no help.
Did not suggest any steps to actually troubleshoot or rectify, just suggested to bring to service centre, and as my order was from GearBest they won't fix it in Taiwan under warranty.
Gearbest has offered refund or replacement under DOA warranty tho. Have to go with refund I think. very disappointed with Asus, was hoping to use a Taiwanese brand phone like back in the days of HTC, but I guess Asus isn't there yet.
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Try turn on animations: Accesibility-> Remove Animation
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not useful, which part of phone is dead will allow me to set that? PS I had already set animation to x0. so your suggestion was already tried.
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Ok heard back from Asus Taiwan support and they are no help.
Did not suggest any steps to actually troubleshoot or rectify, just suggested to bring to service centre, and as my order was from GearBest they won't fix it in Taiwan under warranty.
Gearbest has offered refund or replacement under DOA warranty tho. Have to go with refund I think. very disappointed with Asus, was hoping to use a Taiwanese brand phone like back in the days of HTC, but I guess Asus isn't there yet.
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Thank you, you've been a big help. I've put in my ticket with GearBest, hoping they'll honour the DOA warranty for it.
Current status of my phone is that I hard shutdown the phone with Vol Down + Power every time I run into freezes, and now my phone is locked into recovery mode in loop. Can't even go into my phone system anymore
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not useful, which part of phone is dead will allow me to set that? PS I had already set animation to x0. so your suggestion was already tried.
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My UI was crashed when I turn OFF animation using Accessibility-> Remove Animation. Then I turned ON animation back and set animation in developers mode to 0.5x and UI seems to be OK.
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My UI was crashed when I turn OFF animation using Accessibility-> Remove Animation. Then I turned ON animation back and set animation in developers mode to 0.5x and UI seems to be OK.
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ah..i see what you are saying. doesn't help me as I am already past that tho.
Thank you anyway.
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Thank you, you've been a big help. I've put in my ticket with GearBest, hoping they'll honour the DOA warranty for it.
Current status of my phone is that I hard shutdown the phone with Vol Down + Power every time I run into freezes, and now my phone is locked into recovery mode in loop. Can't even go into my phone system anymore
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Sounds like me...it will eventually bootloop itself to be completely drained of battery and you can't even get into recovery!
Gearbest is good enough to offer replacement or refund of product (I will be out of pocket 10% for GST paid plus original delivery). Expensive for 2 days of playing with a phone...
Are you going to ask for replacement? or refund?
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Sounds like me...it will eventually bootloop itself to be completely drained of battery and you can't even get into recovery!
Gearbest is good enough to offer replacement or refund of product (I will be out of pocket 10% for GST paid plus original delivery). Expensive for 2 days of playing with a phone...
Are you going to ask for replacement? or refund?
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That's good to hear! I'm still working out the issue with their customer service team, I can only demonstrate that the phone is stuck in Recovery Mode Menu.
I'll probably ask for a refund. As much as I was excited to have this phone and I do want a working version of this phone, I think the risk of getting another is too much to deal with.
I have the same problem. I get a blue screen, then it crashes. I also turned Animations on and to 0.5x but it keeps happening. I just contacted Asus.
Thanks for chiming in, my guess is it's a quality issue. My personal experience was i had just done a batch of installing apps, copying over data from USB-C and setting up games, got that system ui not responding msg the whole time I was pushing the phone, the. upon running my first game...that's when it restarted itself a d bootlooped, I could only get into recovery (fast boot) menu, or let it boot loop. Hence my guess is overheating...
i am looking for reports in Asia too where the phone is released. I suspect most ppl just take it back to place of purchase and they swap it out quickly and easily so not much complains yet.
I wonder if some area of the world got a bad batch? There cannot be that many out in the wild at this point and the complaints are really piling up. If this is a problem with the design in general then why did not one reviewer say anything about this? I wonder how much testing goes into any of these things before they are released??
Think I may also have a bad batch phone - this moring it was unresponsive after being on the charger overnight. As in bricked. I've been in touch with Gearbest who are being quite helpful so far, I'm hoping to be able to return the phone under their 45 day warranty scheme.
Anyway, might be wise for potential buyers to pause for a while until the current batch is sold off.
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I wonder if some area of the world got a bad batch? There cannot be that many out in the wild at this point and the complaints are really piling up. If this is a problem with the design in general then why did not one reviewer say anything about this? I wonder how much testing goes into any of these things before they are released??
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Most online and YouTube reviewers really only use their devices for a day or two so issues might not appear.
Where have you seen/heard of other cases of bootloop/dead battery?