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really bad battery performance

Hi,
I bought my Nexus a week ago. During the first day the battery life seemed to be ok but since 2 oder 3 days it is really bad.
I didn´t really use the phone today (checked some emails and used for 2 or 3 really short calls) and the battery is emtpy after 11 hours...
Phone is rooted stock rom (CF) 4.4.2 since the first day. Any ideas?

Need much more information to get an idea what you do with your phone and how its setup. What features are running and stuff like that.
Rooted?
And do yourself a favor and get Gsam from play store, as well as gsam root companion after, if you're rooted. It has much more detailed information. The stock battery usage screen says very little to help find an issue.
Also, read through some of the following thread...start on last page and go back a bit. Tonnes of good info and tips there. A better place to discuss issues as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509132
Good luck!!
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topaza said:
Hi,
I bought my Nexus a week ago. During the first day the battery life seemed to be ok but since 2 oder 3 days it is really bad.
I didn´t really use the phone today (checked some emails and used for 2 or 3 really short calls) and the battery is emtpy after 11 hours...
Phone is rooted stock rom (CF) 4.4.2 since the first day. Any ideas?
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Same story of mine, you are lucky enough that your phone battery empty after 11 hours in my case it was around 8 hrs its gone.
Nexus 5 not smart enough regarding its battery backup. It is very normal problem in smartphones but N5 performance is worst among them.
Go through this , may it will help you out as we both are in the same ship.
http://www.ibtimes.com/google-nexus...ips-tricks-lg-android-kitkat-flagship-1543865
Thanks

joannn said:
Same story of mine, you are lucky enough that your phone battery empty after 11 hours in my case it was around 8 hrs its gone.
Nexus 5 not smart enough regarding its battery backup. It is very normal problem in smartphones but N5 performance is worst among them.
Go through this , may it will help you out as we both are in the same ship.
http://www.ibtimes.com/google-nexus...ips-tricks-lg-android-kitkat-flagship-1543865
Thanks
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All battery issues can be solved. Just takes a bit of work sometimes.
See my post above.

Download a battery management app it will help
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joannn said:
Same story of mine, you are lucky enough that your phone battery empty after 11 hours in my case it was around 8 hrs its gone.
Nexus 5 not smart enough regarding its battery backup. It is very normal problem in smartphones but N5 performance is worst among them.
Go through this , may it will help you out as we both are in the same ship.
http://www.ibtimes.com/google-nexus...ips-tricks-lg-android-kitkat-flagship-1543865
Thanks
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Sorry but that is not true. It's been proven time and again that the N5 is one of the more battery efficient phones to date. Just because you're having issues with it doesn't mean we all are, there are many things for you to try but complaining won't help.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7517/google-nexus-5-review/3

bblzd said:
Sorry but that is not true. It's been proven time and again that the N5 is one of the more battery efficient phones to date. Just because you're having issues with it doesn't mean we all are, there are many things for you to try but complaining won't help.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7517/google-nexus-5-review/3
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Some people just don't seem to want to spend the time troubleshooting, unfortunately.
And they just live with it, unhappily.

kj2112 said:
Some people just don't seem to want to spend the time troubleshooting, unfortunately.
And they just live with it, unhappily.
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thats because most people are clueless(even though there is lots of info available).

simms22 said:
thats because most people are clueless(even though there is lots of info available).
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Yup. And many feel things should just work, without any tweaking or fixing.....so they just leave things as is and are resentful.
But what can ya do. Lol

kj2112 said:
..so they just leave things as is and are resentful.
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i see this too often, but not as much on xda, more here in real life.

OP...there are threads about the possible battery issues with the N5 and how they can be fixed all over the N5 forum. Perhaps you could've checked those out first before opening a thread. However, I do agree with the assessment that it takes a bit more investigating on your part to figure out why you're having battery drain issues.
The picture you posted is just a microcosm of what things could also be draining your battery. Do you have apps running in the background? Are your apps syncing too frequently? Are Google apps running or syncing too often?
What fixed my drain issues was going into my Accounts settings and ticking only the Google apps I used on a regular basis (Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts) and unticking the others.

Seems just another post a question, then don't bother to return to see responses....or at least not comment on any of it...kinda thread. Lol
You can lead a horse to water, but can't make it drink.

Hi, I didn't have any more issues so far. Right after creating this thread the issue disappeared without any changes except installing the battery app mentioned in the first reply (and maybe a reboot).
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[Q] Battery Consumption Gear 2 and S4

I have had my Gear 2 for about 7 days now and i barely get 24hrs on a single charge.
What are people seeing for battery consumption?
Am i missing something?
I thought it was the newness and that i might have been using a lot so i planned to reset the watch and not use it that much as a test. So yesterday i reinitialized my G2 and reinstalled the Gear Manager on my phone. I planned for a day of limited use. I turned off the screen motion sensor. Then this morning i took the G2 off charge at 8:30am. I checked the time today maybe about 10 times received 2 notifications and at 8:50PM i am at 49% WTF?
This is terrible performance and sadly i am contemplating returning my G2 to best buy and waiting to see what else comes out in later this year. I also can't seem to get notifications to pop up on the screen. I get vibration and beeps but i still have to open the notification section to read the msgs from my messaging app Invi.
The battery is really going to be the deal breaker for me unless someone has some insight to what might be causing this massive drain.

I've had mine for a little longer than yourself. I have mine hooked up to a note 3 and I have been getting great battery life, in the 3+ days range. I turned off the motion sensor and the battery has gotten even better, sitting at 69% after pulling it off the charger yesterday morning, I am not a heavy user of it however, I use it mainly at work, since I can't have my phone on vibrate, only silence it allows me to know when my phone receives things in a discrete manner. You probably received a defective unit as to the battery life and the notification issues. I would take it back to best buy and trade it for another. My 2 cents.

It is now 12:45AM the G2 has been off charge for 16hr 15min and i am at 20% I have only checked the time about 5 times since my original post.
I don't think it will make it to 24hrs.

homicidalspoon said:
I've had mine for a little longer than yourself. I have mine hooked up to a note 3 and I have been getting great battery life, in the 3+ days range. I turned off the motion sensor and the battery has gotten even better, sitting at 69% after pulling it off the charger yesterday morning, I am not a heavy user of it however, I use it mainly at work, since I can't have my phone on vibrate, only silence it allows me to know when my phone receives things in a discrete manner. You probably received a defective unit as to the battery life and the notification issues. I would take it back to best buy and trade it for another. My 2 cents.
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That is the kind of performance i was hoping for.
Maybe i will return it for another but i don't have a good feeling. Maybe it is something related to my S4 and the G2 combination.

You need to remember that although the screen is off its still working. Mine is working fine on S4 and I have everything on and brightest it can go and use it a lot .anything over 24 hours is fine to me. Currently been off charge for 10 hours and still 83%. We all use devices differently so it's either defective or something isn't set right.
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No probs at all with my Gear 2:
Battery-life Gear 2 icw Note 3

jeffnz said:
You need to remember that although the screen is off its still working. Mine is working fine on S4 and I have everything on and brightest it can go and use it a lot .anything over 24 hours is fine to me. Currently been off charge for 10 hours and still 83%. We all use devices differently so it's either defective or something isn't set right.
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As i stated in my post i refrained from using the G2 aside from checking the time throughout the day. I completely agree with you. The question is what could possibly be set wrong to cause this,

When the G2 reached 15% at around 2AM (~17hrs off charge) i turned off the bluetooth on the G2 and after 2 hours it was at 14%. So it seems that it is related to the bluetooth and S4.

Which android version do you run on you your S4?
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Hielko said:
Which android version do you run on you your S4?
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I am rooted running Hyperdrive Rom (Android 4.3)

Could it be the rom version? There are more battery problems reported with roms that are not samsung stock roms. Good luck!
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okrk said:
i have had my gear 2 for about 7 days now and i barely get 24hrs on a single charge.
What are people seeing for battery consumption?
Am i missing something?
I thought it was the newness and that i might have been using a lot so i planned to reset the watch and not use it that much as a test. So yesterday i reinitialized my g2 and reinstalled the gear manager on my phone. I planned for a day of limited use. I turned off the screen motion sensor. Then this morning i took the g2 off charge at 8:30am. I checked the time today maybe about 10 times received 2 notifications and at 8:50pm i am at 49% wtf?
This is terrible performance and sadly i am contemplating returning my g2 to best buy and waiting to see what else comes out in later this year. I also can't seem to get notifications to pop up on the screen. I get vibration and beeps but i still have to open the notification section to read the msgs from my messaging app invi.
The battery is really going to be the deal breaker for me unless someone has some insight to what might be causing this massive drain.
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may be it is a defective one.

okrk said:
I am rooted running Hyperdrive Rom (Android 4.3)
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I'm on sac's v3 kit kat . Runs great except when downloading apps fails. I went back to stock and apps worked fine. I playing around with different kernels and will post my findings
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primo523 said:
I'm on sac's v3 kit kat . Runs great except when downloading apps fails. I went back to stock and apps worked fine. I playing around with different kernels and will post my findings
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Interesting. Thanks - maybe i'll try KK and see if it changes. Then i can at least determine that the watch is ok.

okrk said:
I am rooted running Hyperdrive Rom (Android 4.3)
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I thought Gear 2 only work with 4.4?

No they work with 4.3. My note 3 was 4.3 due to Verizon being slow to update. But the gear worked great with 4.3. Works better with 4.4 though. I see better battery life on both devices, it seems to not drain as much.
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The same
Bought mine a couple of days ago. Wonderful device, however, the battery last for only 1 day. Running with Note II Android 4.3 . If Android 4.4.2 doesn't solve a problem, I'll head for Service. Fortunately, here is Taiwan there is no problem with that.

Mate 9 : overheating and battery drain on 1st day

Good evening
I Buy the phone 2 days ago on Amazon USA - yesterday arrived at night and has been an absolute disaster.
1. It overheats on the back side - top right
2. The battery does NOT last for 2 days. Today on its first day of actual use disconnect it at 6am and it's 1.26pm at 10% battery life
3. The LEICA camera is ... basic and normal nothing surprising in the quality of photos
3. 30 mins ago I asked Amazon today, to replace it with a new one, I hope it is a hardware problem and that it is not a global problem in the device s
4. Huawei my first experience with the Brand has been Fatal a real #EPICFAIL
5. I will continue to tell you my experience ... I hope I can say something good
Any Advice ? Any tweaks? To get a 2 day battery and superb performance as they promised!

Day 3 for me and I had serious battery drain issues today. I was constantly notified of the power hogging apps, something I never experienced the previous 2 days. Not sure what happened but I was extremely happy the first 2 days.
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I can't comment on the US edition, but with international versions, sometimes doing a factory reset helps a lot.

Anyone have a little yellowish darkness at the bottom of the screen? That's my only beef. My god this thing charges fast.

Yeah I have the international version but the included Facebook app(3 total) were killing my battery.
No issues after that and disabling wifi scan in location settings. Getting a solid 7hrs of sot. Was almost 10hrs sot before I updated to newer firmware but I couldn't deal with the number notification thingy.
Like any phone I don't expect perfect without some tweaks.

intruda119 said:
Yeah I have the international version but the included Facebook app(3 total) were killing my battery.
No issues after that and disabling wifi scan in location settings. Getting a solid 7hrs of sot. Was almost 10hrs sot before I updated to newer firmware but I couldn't deal with the number notification thingy.
Like any phone I don't expect perfect without some tweaks.
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Let's hope a new update comes out soon to get us the 10 hours again.

duraaraa said:
Let's hope a new update comes out soon to get us the 10 hours again.
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But it is supposed to have a 2 day battery . Why expect only 10h

HectorL_U_co said:
But it is supposed to have a 2 day battery . Why expect only 10h
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He was talking about SOT not standby time.

HectorL_U_co said:
But it is supposed to have a 2 day battery . Why expect only 10h
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You need to sell your phone immediately

intruda119 said:
You need to sell your phone immediately
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lol wut?
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Governa said:
lol wut?
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I got a good feeling he wasnt being sarcastic about the 2 day battery life.
If he wasnt, thats the reason im no dev.

victorlht88 said:
The Facebook and messenger app have been reported to cause overheating and battery drainage.
Do try to uninstall them and see if it fixes the problem. Had a similar problem on my phone and deleted both of these junks after monitoring what's causing it
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Yep. This has hit Reddit: "Is there something mysterious about FB Messenger using a ton of background data lately?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/androidapp...here_something_mysterious_about_fb_messenger/
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Did you insert a MicroSD on the phone ?

Just goto app settings and activate 'close when sleep' option for all the suspected app. Its like an inbuilt version of Greenify app

HectorL_U_co said:
Good evening
I Buy the phone 2 days ago on Amazon USA - yesterday arrived at night and has been an absolute disaster.
1. It overheats on the back side - top right
2. The battery does NOT last for 2 days. Today on its first day of actual use disconnect it at 6am and it's 1.26pm at 10% battery life
3. The LEICA camera is ... basic and normal nothing surprising in the quality of photos
3. 30 mins ago I asked Amazon today, to replace it with a new one, I hope it is a hardware problem and that it is not a global problem in the device s
4. Huawei my first experience with the Brand has been Fatal a real #EPICFAIL
5. I will continue to tell you my experience ... I hope I can say something good
Any Advice ? Any tweaks? To get a 2 day battery and superb performance as they promised!
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Everytime your phone gets hot ( and it's the same for all brands) you should turn off your phone and then back on. An app is keeping your processor at 100%. Two days ago I had the same problem with facebook and messenger.
The camera it's on top of all available phones. I have the latest firmware available and it's capable of very very good results, even better then S7/edge.
All the android phones, at first use are scanning all the files. It's ususal that first charge or two to last less.
Huawei has this prompt for apps runnng in backgroud. It's annoying but at least we know witch apps are more power hungry.
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No overheating at all. My Note 4 often got a little warm/hot, but this phone is just cold most of the time. I use it with dual sim, work and private, lot of sync actions, working fine. No Facebook or FB Messenger
The power consumption warning can be turned off for apps that you trust.

Uninstall Facebook and Messenger
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This phone has the best battery life and SOT of any Android or iPhone that I've used. The control over individual apps is great.
And the camera is pretty damn good too.
Sounds like the OP has been sent a dud.

RR-99 said:
Sounds like the OP has been sent a dud.
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Nah I bet it's just a rogue app. Also he seems to be confusing SOT with standby time.
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intruda119 said:
You need to sell your phone immediately
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Cleverness ALERT

Pixel 2 Freeze

Is it just me or the Pixel 2 freezes after 4hours of intense gaming?
I was playing Lineage 2 while this happened, had to long press power and volume down to get it to restart.

atifaslam7 said:
Is it just me or the Pixel 2 freezes after 4hours of intense gaming?
I was playing Lineage 2 while this happened, had to long press power and volume down to get it to restart.
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I've had freezes and reboots after regular use always while using preinstalled apps, and even in safe mode doing nothing. First time occurred after a couple of hours of non-stop use, but subsequent reboots occur randomly, sometimes immediately after rebooting, sometimes while in my pocket. Happens a few times each day. My replacement unit is on its way.
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pete2bec2 said:
I've had freezes and reboots after regular use always while using preinstalled apps, and even in safe mode doing nothing. First time occurred after a couple of hours of non-stop use, but subsequent reboots occur randomly, sometimes immediately after rebooting, sometimes while in my pocket. Happens a few times each day. My replacement unit is on its way.
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Thanks for replying. As far as it goes, it only happened once out of my 10 days of usage. You must have really received a defective product.
But still though, this phone produces too much heat, it feels like the xda reviews were made by people paid by google. Will unfortunately have to report these guys for misleading.

atifaslam7 said:
But still though, this phone produces too much heat/QUOTE]
Hmm, I have not experience the phone getting overly warm and that's even after long gaming sessions with and without the case. Perhaps it's more your use case, or you have a bum unit
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pete2bec2 said:
I've had freezes and reboots after regular use always while using preinstalled apps, and even in safe mode doing nothing. First time occurred after a couple of hours of non-stop use, but subsequent reboots occur randomly, sometimes immediately after rebooting, sometimes while in my pocket. Happens a few times each day. My replacement unit is on its way.
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Yeah, crashes in safe mode with pre installed apps (and maybe just 1 app like whatsapp) is definitely a reason for RMA.
I haven't got a reboot in the Pixel 2 since purchase (1 month usage so far), but I've been using 8.1 DP since then.

thesebastian said:
Yeah, crashes in safe mode with pre installed apps (and maybe just 1 app like whatsapp) is definitely a reason for RMA.
I haven't got a reboot in the Pixel 2 since purchase (1 month usage so far), but I've been using 8.1 DP since then.
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There seems to be a strong correlation between this problem and AT&T users in South Florida where the LTE signal is weak. I've switched my device to 3G while in the areas I know have a problem. It's a bit of a pain to switch back and forth. I might have to change providers.
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flakmunkey said:
atifaslam7 said:
But still though, this phone produces too much heat/QUOTE]
Hmm, I have not experience the phone getting overly warm and that's even after long gaming sessions with and without the case. Perhaps it's more your use case, or you have a bum unit
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You're probably playing some trash games, try Lineage 2 you will see, I have 5-6 friends who own the pixel 2 and telling me the same heat problem is occuring, 4 of them already asked for replacement from google, 2 obtained and same problem again so yeah..
And nobviously I tried it without a case to check.
I would also advise no one to use the pixel 2 without case in regular usage though, cause it bends afaik.
P.s: It's not the game that's the problem, other phones run it well without crash
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pete2bec2 said:
There seems to be a strong correlation between this problem and AT&T users in South Florida where the LTE signal is weak. I've switched my device to 3G while in the areas I know have a problem. It's a bit of a pain to switch back and forth. I might have to change providers.
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/1...y-rebooting-lte-likely-due-kernel-panic-modem
might be related to your issue (i spent most of my time on WiFi, however, I've spent some days in LTE without issues in Prague, Berlin, Barcelona mostly).

thesebastian said:
Yeah, crashes in safe mode with pre installed apps (and maybe just 1 app like whatsapp) is definitely a reason for RMA.
I haven't got a reboot in the Pixel 2 since purchase (1 month usage so far), but I've been using 8.1 DP since then.
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Do you use AT&T or Verizon? I think it's only happening to AT&T users.
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pete2bec2 said:
Do you use AT&T or Verizon? I think it's only happening to AT&T users.
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No Im located in Europe. I've used different carriers with roaming here, but no ATT.
Sent from my Pixel 2

Reading reports elsewhere that it's related to poor signal strength on 4G. Others have proved the 4G aspect by temporarily forcing to 3G, and then the issue goes away. The latest 8.1 beta apparently improves the situation by temporarily switching to 3G and back to 4G when it, presumably, detects an impending crash!? See here:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/phone-by-google/RDQlJ36ODog

This is happening on my OG Pixel XL as well. It's not just a Pixel 2 problem.

where the heck can I buy this?

Greetings everyone!
For the past 2 weeks or so I've been dragging my hairs out as I couldn't find any decent phone to replace my current one and satisfy all my needs. That is until few hours ago when I somehow managed to come across this Nokia 7 gem. But I have one little issue, I seem to be unable to find any place online to buy it, it keeps showing me the 7+, 7.1 and so on versions. Not gonna lie, I'd take the 7+ version for the extra 800mah battery juice but I'm so sick of all these big ass screen phones, I just want something good and small like the 7

xXmahriXx said:
Greetings everyone!
For the past 2 weeks or so I've been dragging my hairs out as I couldn't find any decent phone to replace my current one and satisfy all my needs. That is until few hours ago when I somehow managed to come across this Nokia 7 gem. But I have one little issue, I seem to be unable to find any place online to buy it, it keeps showing me the 7+, 7.1 and so on versions. Not gonna lie, I'd take the 7+ version for the extra 800mah battery juice but I'm so sick of all these big ass screen phones, I just want something good and small like the 7
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I bought mine on Light in the Box a few months ago but I don't know if is available today...

PaideLis said:
I bought mine on Light in the Box a few months ago but I don't know if is available today...
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How do you feel with it? Couldn't find (m)any reviews :-/

PaideLis said:
I bought mine on Light in the Box a few months ago but I don't know if is available today...
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encountered any big or significant issues? also does the battery last a day?

xXmahriXx said:
How do you feel with it? Couldn't find (m)any reviews :-/
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Very nice phone but I had to unlock bootloader to install Official firmware and now it's on Android Pie with July patch I don't think if will receive updates anymore.
In fact with 4/64gb it's fine for my moderate use and a few more years.

xXmahriXx said:
encountered any big or significant issues? also does the battery last a day?
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Battery is ok for a day maybe two with my use. Bug only with Google backup doesn't sync SMS, call hystory...
Edit: My network phone operator doesn't work on sim slot 1

PaideLis said:
Battery is ok for a day maybe two with my use. Bug only with Google backup doesn't sync SMS, call hystory...
Edit: My network phone operator doesn't work on sim slot 1
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awesome, thanks for your input
managed to find a copy on aliexpress, might get it

just ordered it haha can't wait