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Hi dear Nexus 5 community.
I am in process of getting Nexus5 and i would like to ask is there some desing flaws in this phone, or anything else i would need to pay atention for?
Any informations would be awesome.
Thank you guys
Biggest flaw of nexus 5 is search function on xda is invisible.
Search "defect"
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Well it depends on if you are a picky person that just picks apart every flaw in a device. I, for one, love the Nexus 5 and dont see any issues with it. Others will say the screen sucks or the battery isnt that great or the speaker is too low or the power button rattles (yes, thats a things here). It depends on the type of person you are. Maybe even what phone you are coming from, because chances are you will be comparing the two.
jsgraphicart said:
Well it depends on if you are a picky person that just picks apart every flaw in a device. I, for one, love the Nexus 5 and dont see any issues with it. Others will say the screen sucks or the battery isnt that great or the speaker is too low or the power button rattles (yes, thats a things here). It depends on the type of person you are. Maybe even what phone you are coming from, because chances are you will be comparing the two.
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Thank you mate. I know "Perfect" phone dosent exist and i dont looking for it. My phone in moment is Xperia S (nexus 5 is a huge step in upgrade).
I just want to know more about it, what could i expect and etc.
There is no major problem with nexus 5?
And p.s.
Guys above you, dont spam "seach for it", help if you can, if you cannot or dont want to help, keep your mouth shut. Thank you )
electrash said:
Thank you mate. I know "Perfect" phone dosent exist and i dont looking for it. My phone in moment is Xperia S (nexus 5 is a huge step in upgrade).
I just want to know more about it, what could i expect and etc.
There is no major problem with nexus 5?
And p.s.
Guys above you, dont spam "seach for it", help if you can, if you cannot or dont want to help, keep your mouth shut. Thank you )
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No real issues, just some quarks that can be fixed with a good custom kernel and Xposed framework. I`am very satisfied with the N5 personaly.
And as allready mentioned, we promote search and Google
electrash said:
Thank you mate. I know "Perfect" phone dosent exist and i dont looking for it. My phone in moment is Xperia S (nexus 5 is a huge step in upgrade).
I just want to know more about it, what could i expect and etc.
There is no major problem with nexus 5?
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Not unless you think you would have a problem with one of the things I mentioned.
electrash said:
And p.s.
Guys above you, dont spam "seach for it", help if you can, if you cannot or dont want to help, keep your mouth shut. Thank you )
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I wouldn't make things worse.
This phone blows a sorry ass Touchwiz based phone out of the water like the Samsung Galaxy S4 carrier branded models.love this phone
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electrash said:
And p.s.
Guys above you, dont spam "seach for it", help if you can, if you cannot or dont want to help, keep your mouth shut. Thank you )
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FYI, people here like to help people who first try to help themselves. Just some food for thought.
rootSU said:
Biggest flaw of nexus 5 is search function on xda is invisible.
Search "defect"
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If you searched defect, some of the threads would leave you to believe that the nexus 5 is practically a ticking time bomb ready to blow up, maybe 1 in 20 is a perfect model, and the defects are endless.
mistahseller said:
If you searched defect, some of the threads would leave you to believe that the nexus 5 is practically a ticking time bomb ready to blow up, maybe 1 in 20 is a perfect model, and the defects are endless.
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So?
If he searches "defect" he will see all the potential defects of this phone, which is what he asked for.
If he then doesn't have the intelligence to work out not all nexus 5 phones are like that, well nothing I can do there. ...and nothing I care about. I'm not here to sell the Nexus 5 to him. I couldn't care less if he got a nexus 5 or not.
Edit > actually, given his blase attitude towards forum rules, i'd probably rather he got an iPhone
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rootSU said:
...i'd probably rather he got an iPhone
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Oooh, that's harsh, man.
PhilipTD said:
Oooh, that's harsh, man.
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Ha ha.
Nah, i'm sure the op is sorry, even if he hasn't said it in this thread
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rootSU said:
Ha ha.
Nah, i'm sure the op is sorry, even if he hasn't said it in this thread
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No one should be punished with an iPhone, no matter what he did or said
Looking at getting an N5
What's up N5 forum?
I'm wanting to get a new phone and I'm looking at a couple different devices. The N5 is on the top of my list though. I think for the price and the device you're getting, I just can't go wrong.
I've been reading through the N5 threads to get familiar with the device. Looks really nice, has some great hardware specs and has a lot of development, overall seems like a great device.
So how's everyone liking the device so far?
The only things that really concern me about the device is that it doesn't have a external sd card slot and doesn't have a removable battery. Anyone having issues with this?
Is the 16gb version enough or should I just go for the 32gb. I'm leaning towards the 32gb for the extra storage.
Anyone done a tear down on the device and know if the internal SD card is accessible and can be replaced with a larger SD card? I did this with my HTC HD7 and swapped the original internal 16gb SD card for a 32gb card.
I'm on metro pcs service, so is there any perks to either the Google play edition or the T-Mobile?
Either way I plan on unlocking the bootloader, rooting and flashing a custom rom.
Any feedback is appreciated
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What's up N5 forum?
I'm wanting to get a new phone and I'm looking at a couple different devices. The N5 is on the top of my list though. I think for the price and the device you're getting, I just can't go wrong.
I've been reading through the N5 threads to get familiar with the device. Looks really nice, has some great hardware specs and has a lot of development, overall seems like a great device.
So how's everyone liking the device so far?
The only things that really concern me about the device is that it doesn't have a external sd card slot and doesn't have a removable battery. Anyone having issues with this?
Is the 16gb version enough or should I just go for the 32gb. I'm leaning towards the 32gb for the extra storage.
Anyone done a tear down on the device and know if the internal SD card is accessible and can be replaced with a larger SD card? I did this with my HTC HD7 and swapped the original internal 16gb SD card for a 32gb card.
I'm on metro pcs service, so is there any perks to either the Google play edition or the T-Mobile?
Either way I plan on unlocking the bootloader, rooting and flashing a custom rom.
Any feedback is appreciated
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Get 32 GB
The only things that really concern me about the device is that it doesn't have a external sd card slot and doesn't have a removable battery. Anyone having issues with this?
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why does everyone always want this
The Google play store and Tmobile are the same phone. There's only two models United States and rest of the world.
Never heard of anyone opening up a nexus 5 to put a larger SD card in there
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Get 32 GB
why does everyone always want this
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Well my concern was if the battery goes out there's no way to replace it... right? So the device is rendered useless and then your left with buying a new device. It's not like this is a deal breaker for me, I was just wondering if anyone has had any problems. I know it's a relatively new device and no one should have any problems with the battery yet.
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Well my concern was if the battery goes out there's no way to replace it... right? So the device is rendered useless and then your left with buying a new device. It's not like this is a deal breaker for me, I was just wondering if anyone has had any problems. I know it's a relatively new device and no one should have any problems with the battery yet.
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Afaik, the battery is not that hard to replace
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See how easy it is to open the nexus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wq0choeCdU#t=93
storage not upgrade-able http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-RWgjtEwQYQ#t=628
GUGUITOMTG4 said:
See how easy it is to open the nexus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wq0choeCdU#t=93
storage not upgrade-able http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-RWgjtEwQYQ#t=628
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Thanks for the tear-down links.... They were very informative. I feel better knowing that the battery is pretty easily replaceable if needed.
The N5 has an integrated memory so there is not actual SD card in the device, but either way the 16gb or 32gb will be plenty of storage.
Do you think Google will add SD Slot on the new nexus line or will they keep it without it so people can use more "cloud" ????
Trying to think if I should wait or not to buy a new phone
BruKnowsBest said:
Do you think Google will add SD Slot on the new nexus line or will they keep it without it so people can use more "cloud" ????
Trying to think if I should wait or not to buy a new phone
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Not adding a SD card slot is part of Google's policy for many years.
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Do you think Google will add SD Slot on the new nexus line or will they keep it without it so people can use more "cloud" ????
Trying to think if I should wait or not to buy a new phone
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SD card or not? I don't think is a problem, with a 32GB phone you have plenty of space. Now, if you like having a lot of music, photos, videos and movies it might not be enough. The SD card option is always welcome, after reading all of google reasons not to include a SD card on the nexus line up, I still don't get it. Is always nice to have some extra space.
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SD card or not? I don't think is a problem, with a 32GB phone you have plenty of space. Now, if you like having a lot of music, photos, videos and movies it might not be enough. The SD card option is always welcome, after reading all of google reasons not to include a SD card on the nexus line up, I still don't get it. Is always nice to have some extra space.
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Primokorn said:
Not adding a SD card slot is part of Google's policy for many years.
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That sucks
A nexus device with a SD Slot would be perfect
BruKnowsBest said:
That sucks
A nexus device with a SD Slot would be perfect
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I had a Galaxy S II and a Note II and I'm now more than happy to not have sd card issues or difficulties to reverse internal/external memory and so on...
32GB is enough on my end even if we can expect a 64GB model.
Primokorn said:
I had a Galaxy S II and a Note II and I'm now more than happy to not have sd card issues or difficulties to reverse internal/external memory and so on...
32GB is enough on my end even if we can expect a 64GB model.
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I had an S3. I didn't have too many issues with /extSdCard. It was nice having the extra memory but in this day and age, I no longer see the need for one as long as I have sufficient onboard space. That said, I bought the 16 GB N5 and it turned out it was not enough for me.
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I had an S3. I didn't have too many issues with /extSdCard. It was nice having the extra memory but in this day and age, I no longer see the need for one as long as I have sufficient onboard space. That said, I bought the 16 GB N5 and it turned out it was not enough for me.
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Actually I didn't have any issue with my Note II but I saw a LOT of users who were complaining about this or were wondering about how to apply such mod or how to return to a regular setup... It was a pain. We do not have this on the N5 and that's a good thing.
Primokorn said:
Actually I didn't have any issue with my Note II but I saw a LOT of users who were complaining about this or were wondering about how to apply such mod or how to return to a regular setup... It was a pain. We do not have this on the N5 and that's a good thing.
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Yep I agree.
Primokorn said:
Actually I didn't have any issue with my Note II but I saw a LOT of users who were complaining about this or were wondering about how to apply such mod or how to return to a regular setup... It was a pain. We do not have this on the N5 and that's a good thing.
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Yep I agree.
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I had an S4 and it was great having extra space and never had problems, the reason why I would like to have one is because last week I had a situation with my nexus 5, I tried to install the SNAPSHOT M10 (CM11) OTA and I had a Nightly version installed so it messed up my phone and I had to push another ROM thru ADB .... if I had the SD slot I could've just plugged in an SD card on the computer and copied to the card
yea, and I got the 16GB N5 too, doesn't seem to be enough
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I had an S4 and it was great having extra space and never had problems, the reason why I would like to have one is because last week I had a situation with my nexus 5, I tried to install the SNAPSHOT M10 (CM11) OTA and I had a Nightly version installed so it messed up my phone and I had to push another ROM thru ADB .... if I had the SD slot I could've just plugged in an SD card on the computer and copied to the card
yea, and I got the 16GB N5 too, doesn't seem to be enough
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You wouldn't have had to remove the sdcard. Just mount USB mass storage from recovery
adb push is only a minor inconvenience. You should be able to do it in your sleep.
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None of my phones have had one, so while I may not know what I'm missing it seems I'm fine without it. Last phone was 16GB and currently at 32GB. I only ever keep a few albums of music on at one time, and I delete most videos or games when I'm done with them.
If I did use one I would make sure to buy the fastest SD card avaiable that cost 3x as much, as I would not want it to become a bottleneck.
rootSU said:
You wouldn't have had to remove the sdcard. Just mount USB mass storage from recovery
adb push is only a minor inconvenience. You should be able to do it in your sleep.
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I just recently learned ADB and stuff ....I'm a noob when it comes to things like this, but that's why I love nexus devices so much, it's easier to learn, I almost bricked my Galaxy S4 trying to root it
BruKnowsBest said:
I just recently learned ADB and stuff ....I'm a noob when it comes to things like this, but that's why I love nexus devices so much, it's easier to learn, I almost bricked my Galaxy S4 trying to root it
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I'll never own a sammy again. Such a volatile device
Did you read my adb and fastboot thread?
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rootSU said:
I'll never own a sammy again. Such a volatile device
Did you read my adb and fastboot thread?
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Você tem o link da thread?
Oh damn my bad I wrote that in portuguese...
Do you have the link to the thread?
BruKnowsBest said:
Você tem o link da thread?
Oh damn my bad I wrote that in portuguese...
Do you have the link to the thread?
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You can get it from my signature
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rootSU said:
You can get it from my signature
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Cool, I'll check once I am back at the office, tapatalk doesn't show signatures
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Cool, I'll check once I am back at the office, tapatalk doesn't show signatures
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Nope it doesn't.
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zcucurullo said:
SD card or not? I don't think is a problem, with a 32GB phone you have plenty of space. Now, if you like having a lot of music, photos, videos and movies it might not be enough. The SD card option is always welcome, after reading all of google reasons not to include a SD card on the nexus line up, I still don't get it. Is always nice to have some extra space.
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32gb is definitely not enough. I need that amount of space just for my apps, and AT LEAST another 32gb for my music. That's one of the main reasons why I always have an iPhone as well- more storage space. I had the 64gb iPhone 5s and it was maxed. My 32gb N5 is maxed, and I don't have a single song on it. I can't stand streaming music.
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32gb is definitely not enough. I need that amount of space just for my apps, and AT LEAST another 32gb for my music. That's one of the main reasons why I always have an iPhone as well- more storage space. I had the 64gb iPhone 5s and it was maxed. My 32gb N5 is maxed, and I don't have a single song on it. I can't stand streaming music.
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I hear you, but Google Play Music is not bad, the problem is that you need to have internet to listen to your songs... but i wanted more space for my music, I have over 80gb of music on my PC and I wanna be able to play them on my phone without having to stream it thru Play Music
I have an old iPod Video (1st gen) that I se for my music, it has 120GB and it's almost maxed with videos and music
For me, Play music just doesn't cut it. Every file I've ever listened to from Play has had horrible compression artifacts. Spotify extreme quality is passable in a pinch, but I like my lossless files. ALAC on iPod/iPhone, FLAC on everything else.
Hi everyone,
I recently bought a Mi 4 with a antutu rating of 33k in a hurry only to find out that it was a fake Mi 4
Now I am stuck with this phone as I do not have money to buy it and no one seems to want to buy this from me when I specify that it is not an original..
So I thought maybe you guys could help me make the most of my ****ty situation and help me get this phone running at a better level by rooting or some other method. I would say I am an average male phone user and would really appreciate your help in this matter.
Below are all the information I got from antutu on the phone.
I cant seem to post the link as I am new here so I am going to break it up maybe a kind admin will help me out here
dropbox .com/sh/orltaaxohuquhe2/AAC4ljoi4kr4Ypt3IOdBf1zfa?dl=0
Phone stats aside...
The phone feels sluggish not what I would expect an octa core phone to be like.
The rear cam feels like its around 5mp and not 13.
Front cam might be around 2mp but definitely not 5mp
Phone is not rooted.
Came with a chinese market (not mi market) and a browser named "Baidu Browser"
So far I have tried to install google play using the google play apk and also by using the google installer but each time it does not let me sign into google with my gmail account saying that there was a connection problem and the google play services crashes around the same time... sigh. somehow google play seems to work when going through a browser. but it is very slow and a bit of a process.
I dont really know what else I could post that is useful but please let me know and I will share it ASAP.
I hope you guys can help me or I would have completely wasted around USD 120.
(i know it might not seem much to some of you but its a big amount in my country)
Thanks for taking the time to read my post, I hope I will find the help I need here.
Regards,
Mark
You realized you bought a clone May I ask where you bought it? Your phone is based on a MTK6589 chip and it should be possible to root it. Just installing the play store won't work as you also need the google play services to use the play store. By the way Antutu shows that your phone has already root access. In my opinion best way was to have a look for a custom recovery and flash a google apps bundle. Otherwise you can try to download gapps bundle for your android version, extract the apks and install it manually.
LS.xD said:
You realized you bought a clone May I ask where you bought it? Your phone is based on a MTK6589 chip and it should be possible to root it. Just installing the play store won't work as you also need the google play services to use the play store. By the way Antutu shows that your phone has already root access. In my opinion best way was to have a look for a custom recovery and flash a google apps bundle. Otherwise you can try to download gapps bundle for your android version, extract the apks and install it manually.
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I bought it from a buyer through a local ebay like site in my country (sri lanka)
I did try installing google play services along with google play as well as some other google stuff...
I checked the phone with a root checker app and it said it was not rooted, antutu got so many things wrong so i bet its not really rooted as well.
I also thought I would be able to flash the phone with a different rom or set up the phone with a google apps bundle and stuff but it looks crazy complicated and I cant really understand which gapps version to download even
Would you happen to know a guide for someone like me?
MarkJaya6275 said:
I bought it from a buyer through a local ebay like site in my country (sri lanka)
I did try installing google play services along with google play as well as some other google stuff...
I checked the phone with a root checker app and it said it was not rooted, antutu got so many things wrong so i bet its not really rooted as well.
I also thought I would be able to flash the phone with a different rom or set up the phone with a google apps bundle and stuff but it looks crazy complicated and I cant really understand which gapps version to download even
Would you happen to know a guide for someone like me?
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Could be kinda hard You will ned at least root acces to make google play work. The point is that i'm not sure which clone you got as there are different Mi4 Clones on the market. Could you at least check "settings->phone info->software" which android rom is installed?
LS.xD said:
Could be kinda hard You will ned at least root acces to make google play work. The point is that i'm not sure which clone you got as there are different Mi4 Clones on the market. Could you at least check "settings->phone info->software" which android rom is installed?
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took a few more screen shots.
please have a look.
dropbox .com/sh/n71boj9534b79ha/AAALYmO-fgjZ52MWNbfkjlMoa?dl=0
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took a few more screen shots.
please have a look.
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Had a look. And not a valid solution for you. Its really weird as the MTK 6589 chip is a quad core cpu not a octa core. Have you tried to contact thze person sold it to you?
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Had a look. And not a valid solution for you. Its really weird as the MTK 6589 chip is a quad core cpu not a octa core. Have you tried to contact thze person sold it to you?
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I have but he is refusing to refund my money, we have no buyer protection here yet so I cant really hold the seller responsible legally...
do you think there is anything I can try without seriously risking bricking my phone?
Ok, so this was a huge problem on the Mediapad X1. Where huawei's memory manager kills apps in the background. Why do we need task killers today Huawei? Please stop
On the Mediapad X1 there were a bunch of apps like Google Hangouts that would get killed even though you tell it not to get killed via "Protected Apps", having your texting app not run in the background is bad as you can imagine. So now I have an X2 and it seems like this Protected App thing actually works better, however I noticed today that the bluetooth services were getting killed in the background as it would not pair with my car until I turned on the screen. Because these are built in services you can't "Protect" them.
Just posting this here so hopefully Huawei can see it and fix it
But seriously, they should just use the memory manager built into android and not try to monkey around with, we don't need task killers any more.
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Ok, so this was a huge problem on the Mediapad X1. Where huawei's memory manager kills apps in the background. Why do we need task killers today Huawei? Please stop
On the Mediapad X1 there were a bunch of apps like Google Hangouts that would get killed even though you tell it not to get killed via "Protected Apps", having your texting app not run in the background is bad as you can imagine. So now I have an X2 and it seems like this Protected App thing actually works better, however I noticed today that the bluetooth services were getting killed in the background as it would not pair with my car until I turned on the screen. Because these are built in services you can't "Protect" them.
Just posting this here so hopefully Huawei can see it and fix it
But seriously, they should just use the memory manager built into android and not try to monkey around with, we don't need task killers any more.
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So your texting app is working fine without any android-genius tweaks required? What app are you using? I NEED that!
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VillaRegina said:
So your texting app is working fine without any android-genius tweaks required? What app are you using? I NEED that!
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I am on an X2 now and yes, it appears to be working so far (Using SimplyText), I've only had the phone for 2 days however so I am still testing, but this was the main reason I almost didn't buy and X2 because of apps shutting down all the time on my X1 in the background.
What tweaks are normally required?
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I am on an X2 now and yes, it appears to be working so far (Using SimplyText), I've only had the phone for 2 days however so I am still testing, but this was the main reason I almost didn't buy and X2 because of apps shutting down all the time on my X1 in the background.
What tweaks are normally required?
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I have had Textra recommended to me as a work-around for MMS texting glitches. I am used to that now and will try it but if I have problems I will try your app. By tweaks I just meant that so much of what most of you do is not what a "regular" cell phone user would know. I had no idea there were memory manager things I might need to address. (I haven't done that before). That is why I am here. To learn about new things and to be prepared as much as possible for when (at this point it is "if") my 702L gets here!
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I have had Textra recommended to me as a work-around for MMS texting glitches. I am used to that now and will try it but if I have problems I will try your app. By tweaks I just meant that so much of what most of you do is not what a "regular" cell phone user would know. I had no idea there were memory manager things I might need to address. (I haven't done that before). That is why I am here. To learn about new things and to be prepared as much as possible for when (at this point it is "if") my 702L gets here!
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You have to go into startup manager and check each app, protected apps and trust each application, add it to startup, and in permission manager you have to trust each application. I agree though, I wish this didn't exist as there's no need for it. If you're rooted you can take it out but you'll lose the Do Not Disturb mode as it is baked into it.
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You have to go into startup manager and check each app, protected apps and trust each application, add it to startup, and in permission manager you have to trust each application. I agree though, I wish this didn't exist as there's no need for it. If you're rooted you can take it out but you'll lose the Do Not Disturb mode as it is baked into it.
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I was rooted on the X1 and getting rid of the Power Manager still made stuff die in the background, it was pretty irritating. So far with the X2 it mostly works. As far as I can tell only bluetooth dies (Which I can't add to any of those apps as its a system app)
The X2 is such a better phone than the X1. I hope Huawei keeps on top of bug fixes. With a generic android memory manager this phone would be truly awesome.
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You have to go into startup manager and check each app, protected apps and trust each application, add it to startup, and in permission manager you have to trust each application. I agree though, I wish this didn't exist as there's no need for it. If you're rooted you can take it out but you'll lose the Do Not Disturb mode as it is baked into it.
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Thanks for the help, aj... just something else I have learned. I learn something new every day! Now if the shipper would only prove it has actually been shipped! Lol!
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VillaRegina said:
Thanks for the help, aj... just something else I have learned. I learn something new every day! Now if the shipper would only prove it has actually been shipped! Lol!
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I got my X2 today from fashioncoconuts on eBay and everything is good. It even came unlocked. I'm liking these eBay sellers.
Edit: after I did a factory reset it said the bootloader was locked. Now when I use Google Maps it tells me I must update my Google Play Services. When I do my Google Account Disappears and my Play Store doesn't open. I'm beginning to dislike Huawei's implementation of their apps. Blocking certain apps from being installed is totally lame on Huawei's part. Now the waiting game begins for my unlock code. I'm giving them three days. If not both phones are going on eBay and I'm done with Huawei. Rant over.
ajsmsg78 said:
I got my X2 today from fashioncoconuts on eBay and everything is good. It even came unlocked. I'm liking these eBay sellers.
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Good Ole fashioncoconuts. They raised the price big time by the time I was trying to jump in and also told me when they answered my message that they were temporarily out of stock. You got a GREAT deal on that one! Worth the wait!
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VillaRegina said:
Good Ole fashioncoconuts. They raised the price big time by the time I was trying to jump in and also told me when they answered my message that they were temporarily out of stock. You got a GREAT deal on that one! Worth the wait!
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Yeah. They told me they shipped it out on the 5th and didn't until the 15th. Now I know why. They raised the price too right after I bought it. A lot of these eBay sellers jack the price up way too high. No one should pay more than $399 for it. I'm just glad it came already unlocked. It seems Huawei is no longer sending emails to people with the unlock codes anymore.
I use bluetooth in car, and it connects automatically without turing screen on. There must be some other issue.
bark1234 said:
I use bluetooth in car, and it connects automatically without turing screen on. There must be some other issue.
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Which build are you running?
omniphil said:
Which build are you running?
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It worked in B106 and is working on B108sp01
bark1234 said:
It worked in B106 and is working on B108sp01
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Ok, this morning bluetooth connect up fine (I'm on B108)
But I noticed the Lux (screen brightness app) had stopped in the background.
Services shutting down in the background was a huge issue on the X1 and for the most part seems to work on the X2 but it seems some things still get killed in the background once in a while even though they are "Protected Apps"
I'll keep monitoring and see if I notice anything else...
I bought an S8+ from online ended up getting incorrect phone. It has following issues with current software
1. Though phone is has 128 GB storage when it is connected its shows as 2.2 GB
2. Not sure what is actual version and model of this.
3. Bixby won't work
4. Navigation settings bar won't work
5. No other settings available
6. Currently it is stocked with T-mobile software and its not getting updates from T-mobile
refer the attached screen shot more details of software and kernel etc
imgur.com/a/72Cmu
(Removed https as new user can't post external links)
Due to the above problems taught of installing new software using Odin as instructions shared in our forums . It has Chinese boot loader and by selection "Wipe/Clear eMMC" its never stays in download mode to install the software. Odin is also not detecting the phone.
Could you please help me installing new OS and solving the above problems ?
sounds you got a knock off version of a s8 plus
Still image is "broken"
Seems to me like a clone
eddiemc12 said:
sounds you got a knock off version of a s8 plus
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t-shock said:
Still image is "broken"
Seems to me like a clone
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Knock off for sure, T-Mobile doesn't offer a 128Gb model. A knock off of the Hong Kong model?
t-shock said:
Still image is "broken"
Seems to me like a clone
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Thanks you.. I tried to post a shared image URL (image sharing service), its not loading here . Could you please share how to post an image
You may need to reinstall the correct ROM, including correct CSC. I had same problem with my 64GB, but showed 8GB.
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How much did you pay for it ? for image select"more" option.
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Thanks you.. I tried to post a shared image URL (image sharing service), its not loading here . Could you please share how to post an image
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http://imgur.com/upload
S8Plus said:
Thanks you.. I tried to post a shared image URL (image sharing service), its not loading here . Could you please share how to post an image
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I don't think you have enough post to upload images. I found them and here they are.
The kernel version and build are kind of sketchy.
Mediatek??? Its a Clone bro
https://www.fastcardtech.com/hdc-space-s8-pro.html
Use the app "phone info samsung"
Enviado desde mi S8+ mediante Tapatalk
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I bought an S8+ from online ended up getting incorrect phone. It has following issues with current software
1. Though phone is has 128 GB storage when it is connected its shows as 2.2 GB
2. Not sure what is actual version and model of this.
3. Bixby won't work
4. Navigation settings bar won't work
5. No other settings available
6. Currently it is stocked with T-mobile software and its not getting updates from T-mobile
refer the attached screen shot more details of software and kernel etc
imgur.com/a/72Cmu
(Removed https as new user can't post external links)
Due to the above problems taught of installing new software using Odin as instructions shared in our forums . It has Chinese boot loader and by selection "Wipe/Clear eMMC" its never stays in download mode to install the software. Odin is also not detecting the phone.
Could you please help me installing new OS and solving the above problems ?
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This is NOT rpt NOT an OFFICIAL Samsung phone (at least the FW is not)
Yep definitely a knockoff with the Mediatek CPU. Samsung use either Qualcom Snapdragon or Exynos CPU. You won't find a Mediatek CPU in Samsung device...
You've been ripped off, hope you didn't pay too much...
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Yep definitely a knockoff with the Mediatek CPU. Samsung use either Qualcom Snapdragon or Exynos CPU. You won't find a Mediatek CPU in Samsung device...
You've been ripped off, hope you didn't pay too much...
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Thank you . I am confused by storage total space shows as "128GB" and Phone storage shows as <4GB
They use an app to trick the phone into showing more storage than it has. I had one from Thailand that said 64gb internal storage but after a factory reset the story was VERY different.
It's like the sd cards you can get that are supposedly more than what they really are.
Usually once you exceed the storage limit you loose data or corrupt everything.
You have a novelty toy, nothing more....
I really hope yuou didn't pay $50USD If you paid via Paypal, bite the bullet , put in a for this (and even that seems a bit high for what your showing)as you have been ripped off BIUG time if you paid any more...
If you used Paypal, put in a dispute and send the item back to get your money back. The dispute is the item is a fake. You didn't get what you paid for...
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They use an app to trick the phone into showing more storage than it has. I had one from Thailand that said 64gb internal storage but after a factory reset the story was VERY different.
It's like the sd cards you can get that are supposedly more than what they really are.
Usually once you exceed the storage limit you loose data or corrupt everything.
You have a novelty toy, nothing more....
I really hope yuou didn't pay $50USD If you paid via Paypal, bite the bullet , put in a for this (and even that seems a bit high for what your showing)as you have been ripped off BIUG time if you paid any more...
If you used Paypal, put in a dispute and send the item back to get your money back. The dispute is the item is a fake. You didn't get what you paid for...
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Thanks for your reply .. I paid $350. seems i lost the money . Lesson learned for buying carrier unlocked
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Thanks for your reply .. I paid $350. seems i lost the money . Lesson learned for buying carrier unlocked
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Where did you buy it?
Mr. Orange 645 said:
Where did you buy it?
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https://raleigh.craigslist.org/mob/d/galaxy-t-mobile/6189012325.html
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https://raleigh.craigslist.org/mob/d/galaxy-t-mobile/6189012325.html
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This is a good, safe place to buy an S8+. Samsung had a BOGO so there are some pretty good prices now.
https://swappa.com/
https://swappa.com/buy/samsung-galaxy-s8-plus-tmobile
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https://raleigh.craigslist.org/mob/d/galaxy-t-mobile/6189012325.html
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Just some.advice, cause that listing looks shady as sh1t...if you're going to buy off Craigslist have the seller meet you at T-Mobile so they can verify its a genuine T-Mo device. If they're not willing to do that, then run, run, run from that listing.
This is low quality fake S8+, you won't able to install Samsung firmware and it will only break it if you do so.
For price of $350, definitely impossible is a real one.