New Firmware update available (6.Dec.2016) - Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Guides, News, & Discussion

https://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=120244&extra=page=1&mobile=2

It should take some time to update, still talking to asus though on the bootloader for the 5.7, still awaiting that answer. However yay finally.

Darkdragontc said:
It should take some time to update, still talking to asus though on the bootloader for the 5.7, still awaiting that answer. However yay finally.
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Only real difference I've found so far is the always on backlight and the allways on screen, though if you have a case that turns screen on/off it kills that function...
Haven't made any calls so can't comment on that.
The update is around 200mb... It's not Android 7...

ultramag69 said:
Only real difference I've found so far is the always on backlight and the allways on screen, though if you have a case that turns screen on/off it kills that function...
Haven't made any calls so can't comment on that.
The update is around 200mb... It's not Android 7...
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It would have been nice if there was also an always off for the backlight. I guess they skipped my request I can't imagine someone would want the backlight keys on all the time. To each their own I guess. They said there were camera improvements, but I haven't tested that out yet.

pacattack81 said:
It would have been nice if there was also an always off for the backlight. I guess they skipped my request I can't imagine someone would want the backlight keys on all the time. To each their own I guess. They said there were camera improvements, but I haven't tested that out yet.
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The Always On back light for the keys for me is quite useful when operating the phone in the dark. It it the same as a computer keyboard with back light. I'm glad they added this feature, otherwise it's as good as not having any back light at all for the keys.

I also see a definite improvement in the audio quality. Earlier while playing tracks with silence, there was a slight hissing sound (using audiophile headphones) and I had reported this to Asus. I checked this now with a few tracks and it seems like this is fixed. I hear absolutely no hissing and the audio is crisp and clear even at high volumes. !

rynaus said:
The Always On back light for the keys for me is quite useful when operating the phone in the dark. It it the same as a computer keyboard with back light. I'm glad they added this feature, otherwise it's as good as not having any back light at all for the keys.
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That's interesting. At night is when the backlight annoys me. I'd prefer they don't ligh up. Glad they made someone happy though. I'll still wait and hope for an always off feature.

pacattack81 said:
That's interesting. At night is when the backlight annoys me. I'd prefer they don't ligh up. Glad they made someone happy though. I'll still wait and hope for an always off feature.
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Definitely put in your requests through email and at the zentalk forum. Could be coincidence, but I almost feel like the 'always on backlit' was done at a specific person's request (seen here) because it was early on and they were so vocal on the forum for this issue. Also the forum's audience isn't that big - so more of a chance to be heard.

The Simple said:
Definitely put in your requests through email and at the zentalk forum. Could be coincidence, but I almost feel like the 'always on backlit' was done at a specific person's request (seen here) because it was early on and they were so vocal on the forum for this issue. Also the forum's audience isn't that big - so more of a chance to be heard.
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Thanks for the idea. I signed in, but unfortunately it won't let me post to that board. I wonder why?

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Help needed with Audio Hack for the Nexus!

I guess this is development, so here goes:
Ok, some people have repoted success with my Audio Hack on the Nexus whilst some people have reported no change at all.
If my app or the manual hack works for you can you please let me know what ROM you're running, and which version of my hack you used, it would be very helpful
Cheers!
Meltus said:
I guess this is development, so here goes:
Ok, some people have repoted success with my Audio Hack on the Nexus whilst some people have reported no change at all.
If my app or the manual hack works for you can you please let me know what ROM you're running, and which version of my hack you used, it would be very helpful
Cheers!
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I'll help ...
I'll give her a test whirl in a little bit and report back some solid testing results for you as soon as I can.
~enom~
i tried every possible combo with the options this morning and i still have nothing. oddly, i get a double screen option on the headphone boost screen. 2 yes and 2 no's. one pair is white the other yes is green and the other no is red.
my results and some information
Meltus,
Do you have a N1 to play with? or are you shooting in the dark (and thus need help)?
Anyhow ...
Some details ...
I implemented via manually pushing the AudioPara4.csv, AudioFilter.csv, & AudioPreProcess.csv files to /system/etc and then rebooting.
I tried both G7_v3r2 and G7_v2r2. Both resulted in (from what I can tell) no change. I did not witness any volume gain or decrease. No distortion. No nothin'. Literally everything appeared unchanged.
Some interesting things I found for you ...
The stock (or shipping) AudioPara4.csv in the Nexus1 (ERD79) is the exact match for all Stock-sapphire-32B(MT3G) ROM's/devices.
Also, AudioPreProcess.csv and AudioFilter.csv are not present on the Nexus1.
Also, the Nexus1 is shipping with a couple new .csv files in the /system/etc directory ... AdieHWCodecSetting.csv & AudioBTID.csv.
That's the results I obtained and the relevant detail I observed. If you need anything else from me in way of producing an audio mod. I'd be happy to assist.
~enom~
simms22 said:
i tried every possible combo with the options this morning and i still have nothing. oddly, i get a double screen option on the headphone boost screen. 2 yes and 2 no's. one pair is white the other yes is green and the other no is red.
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Hmm that's odd, not sure why that happens. could be something to do with the screen resolution.
i'll look into it
enomther said:
Meltus,
Do you have a N1 to play with? or are you shooting in the dark (and thus need help)?
Anyhow ...
Some details ...
I implemented via manually pushing the AudioPara4.csv, AudioFilter.csv, & AudioPreProcess.csv files to /system/etc and then rebooting.
I tried both G7_v3r2 and G7_v2r2. Both resulted in (from what I can tell) no change. I did not witness any volume gain or decrease. No distortion. No nothin'. Literally everything appeared unchanged.
Some interesting things I found for you ...
The stock (or shipping) AudioPara4.csv in the Nexus1 (ERD79) is the exact match for all Stock-sapphire-32B(MT3G) ROM's/devices.
Also, AudioPreProcess.csv and AudioFilter.csv are not present on the Nexus1.
Also, the Nexus1 is shipping with a couple new .csv files in the /system/etc directory ... AdieHWCodecSetting.csv & AudioBTID.csv.
That's the results I obtained and the relevant detail I observed. If you need anything else from me in way of producing an audio mod. I'd be happy to assist.
~enom~
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Yeah, i'm pretty much guessing at the moment, with help from simms22, but we've still not been able to get the volume hack to work.
It's strange though, some people have reported success whilst most others haven't. And, from checking the logcat when the mediaserver restarts, it loads the AudioPara4.csv fine, so my files should make a difference and the headset boost option should work fine, but it doesn't ><
So far, we've established that the AudioFilter.csv and AudioPreProcess.csv aren't used by the Nexus, but the strange thing is, some of the Nexus firmware dumps which people provided for me include these files and some don't. It seems as if there's 2 versions of the nexus, either that or people added the files in when they sent me the dump.
So, it seems that the nexus loads the AudioPara file, but i'm not sure why as it doesn't do anything. The other 2 files seem to be bluetooth related, so i'm not sure they'll make a difference.
God, this phone's more trouble than it's worth
could it be that the nexus for google employees and the nexus for the public are that different. ive asked around also, no one has that app working on their nexus that i know of. could it be that some people are lying and just saying that it works(to be cool).
simms22 said:
could it be that the nexus for google employees and the nexus for the public are that different. ive asked around also, no one has that app working on their nexus that i know of. could it be that some people are lying and just saying that it works(to be cool).
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Good point, and them lying is a possibility (albeit a strange one ).
This doesn't make much sense to me, i'm gonna speak to some ROM devs and see if they have an answer
Cheers for your help guys!
simms22 said:
could it be that the nexus for google employees and the nexus for the public are that different. ive asked around also, no one has that app working on their nexus that i know of. could it be that some people are lying and just saying that it works(to be cool).
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yea I dunno ... it would certainly be hard to believe that this type of issue would be "intermittent".
This seems to me like an all or nothing affair, in which it really should either work or not. I could be wrong, I've seen stranger things happen, but I really don't see how this would be working for a "select few".
~enom~
enomther said:
yea I dunno ... it would certainly be hard to believe that this type of issue would be "intermittent".
This seems to me like an all or nothing affair, in which it really should either work or not. I could be wrong, I've seen stranger things happen, but I really don't see how this would be working for a "select few".
~enom~
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Very true, unless there are 2 different versions (like simms said, maybe one for google employee's), but even if there was, i don't see why they would make it different. (unless they made it different for the public, specifically to stop me doing this, which i highly doubt lol)
Meltus said:
Very true, unless there are 2 different versions (like simms said, maybe one for google employee's), but even if there was, i don't see why they would make it different. (unless they made it different for the public, specifically to stop me doing this, which i highly doubt lol)
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hahahahah...! theres always a conspiracy somewhere. but, me being more science minded than programming, the simplest answer is usually the correct one.
Meltus said:
Very true, unless there are 2 different versions (like simms said, maybe one for google employee's), but even if there was, i don't see why they would make it different. (unless they made it different for the public, specifically to stop me doing this, which i highly doubt lol)
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My money's on a placebo effect. They get the new file on there, so they're under the impression it sounds better/louder.
Mi|enko said:
My money's on a placebo effect. They get the new file on there, so they're under the impression it sounds better/louder.
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Probably. I remember a while ago, quite a few people (myself included) thought that the EQ was affecting the headset but it turned out to be making no difference at all. I would have put money on it too ><
Meltus said:
Hmm that's odd, not sure why that happens. could be something to do with the screen resolution.
i'll look into it
It's strange though, some people have reported success whilst most others haven't.
I have 3 N1's in my home. we all have your app and it doesnt seem to work. their most likely lying!!! btw, we all are getting the double screen too.
keep up the good work!!!!
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[email protected] said:
Meltus said:
Hmm that's odd, not sure why that happens. could be something to do with the screen resolution.
i'll look into it
It's strange though, some people have reported success whilst most others haven't.
I have 3 N1's in my home. we all have your app and it doesnt seem to work. their most likely lying!!! btw, we all are getting the double screen too.
keep up the good work!!!!
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yeah, i may have to add compatibility for higher resolution devices. Either that or there's an image i forgot to delete underneath. I'll have a look either later or tomorrow night, got a busy day tomorrow.
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Meltus said:
Probably. I remember a while ago, quite a few people (myself included) thought that the EQ was affecting the headset but it turned out to be making no difference at all. I would have put money on it too ><
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lol..I wanted an EQ so bad I think I convinced myself something was actually happening.
I am not getting the double screen at all. I saw no difference in the volume either with the external speaker or the headphones after installation and setting up V2r2.
Volume Hack
I have the double icons on the headset screen. I haven't had a change in the volume.
Now I could have sworn when I tried it that the volume got worse and then I tried the files on your site the stock ones and it got better but after playing with it continuously for about 3 days I have come to the conclusion it is a placebo effect and nothing more.
EDIT: Im dumb xD
Driskol said:
EDIT: Im dumb xD
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hahaha....! one of my top 5 favorite posts of all time! but this statement isnt nexus one development. lol, wrong section

Smart Stay?

I've noticed that the smart stay feature does not work at all on my phone. I'm talking to the point where it's like the feature is turned off but is actually on. I never see that little eye icon flashing up top and my phone is always locking on me when I'm trying to use it. Does anyone else have this problem? Is there a fix for this or do I need a software update? It's really a shame because this was one of the features I thought wasn't too gimicky and actually useful.
I purchased the phone through AT&T's pre-order online.
Death&co said:
I've noticed that the smart stay feature does not work at all on my phone. I'm talking to the point where it's like the feature is turned off but is actually on. I never see that little eye icon flashing up top and my phone is always locking on me when I'm trying to use it. Does anyone else have this problem? Is there a fix for this or do I need a software update? It's really a shame because this was one of the features I thought wasn't too gimicky and actually useful.
I purchased the phone through AT&T's pre-order online.
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Just to be sure, you do have the setting turned on? I haven't used the feature very much myself, I'm on CM10, but on my girlfriends I had to manually go in settings and turn it on for it to work on hers.
Yep, have the featured turned on in the settings.
Yeah, like id_twin posted are you sure it is checked?
For me the feature never worked all that great anyways. I just knew when an eye flashed in my status bar it was time to touch the screen because it would be going to sleep. lol.
Edit: Never mind you already answered while I was typing. You didn't change any other settings that could have conflicted with the smart stay feature perhaps? Not sure there is any just throwing it out there.
flonker said:
Yeah, like id_twin posted are you sure it is checked?
For me the feature never worked all that great anyways. I just knew when an eye flashed in my status bar it was time to touch the screen because it would be going to sleep. lol.
Edit: Never mind you already answered while I was typing. You didn't change any other settings that could have conflicted with the smart stay feature perhaps? Not sure there is any just throwing it out there.
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It needs good lighting and even then it's not that great.
m4r10 said:
It needs good lighting and even then it's not that great.
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I was starting to guess that. I wear glasses a lot too so I was guessing maybe it had a hard time picking my eyes up from that?
Are you holding the phone in landscape...and possibly covering the front cam?
The light is the key for me.
In my bedroom, may be 10% working. In Living room (plenty of lights) works every time :good:

screen turn off when dialiing

hi,
i have this issue, everytime i make a call, once i press the call button, screen goes black, and i need to press the main button in the back to get it back, but sometimes it stay black and i can t hangup wich is a pain.
do you also have this? any idea how to adjust or remove that?
thxx for your time
I also have this priblem, Don't know how to fix it
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glad to know i am not the only one!
even it s no fun to have this bug...
Do you have a full screen protector? A case that covers or youre covering the light sensor next to the speaker?
yes i do, you think that can be the cause?
clockcycle said:
Do you have a full screen protector? A case that covers or youre covering the light sensor next to the speaker?
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actually it s not a full screen protection, it s the film that was on the screen when i bought it.
light sensor works fine
I got mine fixed by calibrating the motion sensor in display settings.
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Just did it but when i make a call, once i press the dial button, screen turns off
Sounds like your proximity sensor is covered up or not working. Do you have a screen protector or anything on the phone which might interfere with it? If so maybe remove it and retry. Also I'm sure you could find an app that would check it.
nocomp said:
hi,
i have this issue, everytime i make a call, once i press the call button, screen goes black, and i need to press the main button in the back to get it back, but sometimes it stay black and i can t hangup wich is a pain.
do you also have this? any idea how to adjust or remove that?
thxx for your time
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The Software is buggy and LG is not doing anything about it . I tweeted to them so many times and i thought HTC was bad.. they were amazing .. my first and last LG device .. however i am just confirming its not always proximity sensor issue .. Its the buggy software implementation.
i quite agree with you.... any idea when we get 6.0 ?
Would it be software? If we all have the same phone with the same software then we would all have the same problem, but we don't?
It's a software bug... Rebooting the phone fixed the problem, but then it starts acting the same way after few calls.
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You could try( if you haven't already), wiping your sensors. They sometimes get dirty & don't work properly.
I have same issue and have no protectors or covers or nothing just the stock phone. I think it's got to be some stupid software issue and it is very irritating. Went from one ridiculous phone into another headache...
warriorvibhu said:
The Software is buggy and LG is not doing anything about it . I tweeted to them so many times and i thought HTC was bad.. they were amazing .. my first and last LG device .. however i am just confirming its not always proximity sensor issue .. Its the buggy software implementation.
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Drama much? The phone has been out for barely more than a month... and not every phone is having this issue.
Process: Collect as many bug reports as possible, recreate and fix issues, release a patch.
LG is not going to release a patch just for your particular problem because you tweeted really hard.
carbon12 said:
Drama much? The phone has been out for barely more than a month... and not every phone is having this issue.
Process: Collect as many bug reports as possible, recreate and fix issues, release a patch.
LG is not going to release a patch just for your particular problem because you tweeted really hard.
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Retarded much ? I did not tweet to them about this problem, many people did. I tweeted then wrt their update roadmap and yes the phone should not be out in the first place if it has such obvious bugs you are clearly not aware how responsible companies work. I rest my case. If you are happy then enjoy.
warriorvibhu said:
Retarded much ? I did not tweet to them about this problem, many people did. I tweeted then wrt their update roadmap and yes the phone should not be out in the first place if it has such obvious bugs you are clearly not aware how responsible companies work. I rest my case. If you are happy then enjoy.
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My phone doesn't exhibit this behavior. I just get tired of all the worst phone ever, LG how could you?? posts in this group. It's ridiculous. Get over yourself.
carbon12 said:
My phone doesn't exhibit this behavior. I just get tired of all the worst phone ever, LG how could you?? posts in this group. It's ridiculous. Get over yourself.
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Well people value their money and thats why when they feel they have inferior product the will complain. Like micro scratches on the screen, bleed on second screen, back peeling off .. and if you dont have this issue does not mean these issues dont matter and it also means serious quality control issues at LG. You for one needs to get over yourself and respect other people's problems, i have none of the above problems except the software bugs, i still feel compassionate towards fellow community members who might have recieved inferior quality devices. I clearly understand your personality type, "I dont care if the whole world goes to hell if i dont have a problem i am good." You should try to be less selfish and i am sure i am not the first one in your life to call you selfish. Think about why those people think you are selfish.
nocomp said:
hi,
i have this issue, everytime i make a call, once i press the call button, screen goes black, and i need to press the main button in the back to get it back, but sometimes it stay black and i can t hangup wich is a pain.
do you also have this? any idea how to adjust or remove that?
thxx for your time
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Firstly, Take a chill pill all
All u need to do is adjust the timeout time [emoji6]
Search within settings for "timeout"
Or go to Display settings
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Vibration noise

I set the vibrate keys while I write with SwiftKey and I noticed that when I type from the vibrate it feels like a "noise-click" Every now and then. Not always. I would like to see if it is just the kind of crappy vibe they have mounted or it's just my problem.
trxjam said:
I set the vibrate keys while I write with SwiftKey and I noticed that when I type from the vibrate it feels like a "noise-click" Every now and then. Not always. I would like to see if it is just the kind of crappy vibe they have mounted or it's just my problem.
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I have just bought the phantom green version and have the same problem. Weirdly enough, after I updated the firmware, everything vibration related like the swift keyboard got disabled by default via firmware. Maybe Honor is aware of the ****ty vibration motor and tries to cover things up?
Please tell me if u managed to fix yours or just accepted it? Cause I sure won't for 400€.
snealster said:
I have just bought the phantom green version and have the same problem. Weirdly enough, after I updated the firmware, everything vibration related like the swift keyboard got disabled by default via firmware. Maybe Honor is aware of the ****ty vibration motor and tries to cover things up?
Please tell me if u managed to fix yours or just accepted it? Cause I sure won't for 400€.
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Unfortunately I also noticed this thing to have disabled the vibration of the keyboard after the upgrade. I have accepted so, I set the vibration on 45 ms and so you feel less annoying noise
trxjam said:
Unfortunately I also noticed this thing to have disabled the vibration of the keyboard after the upgrade. I have accepted so, I set the vibration on 45 ms and so you feel less annoying noise
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Could you be so kind and tell me how to change the vibration to 45ms. Also, do you think if we contact their support, they might be able to fix this problem via a firmware update?
I don't know where you are from but if more people contact them, they might see the necessity to change it via software or even hardware.
Which firmware are you currently on and more importantly do you also have the phantom green version? Maybe it's a whole production batch that has faulty components build in. I try to reach out to their support.
snealster said:
Could you be so kind and tell me how to change the vibration to 45ms. Also, do you think if we contact their support, they might be able to fix this problem via a firmware update?
I don't know where you are from but if more people contact them, they might see the necessity to change it via software or even hardware.
Which firmware are you currently on and more importantly do you also have the phantom green version? Maybe it's a whole production batch that has faulty components build in. I try to reach out to their support.
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In SwiftKey Settings There is the voice sound and vibration from there you can change it, at least for the keyboard. For the system, I don't think you can do that. Anyway I have the black version and I write from Italy, I think the problem is in the engine of vibration and will hardly solve it. Let's try to report it anyway
Just a quick heads up, I started a survey on the Huawei subreddit and posted a link to this forum. So far 5 people have voted in this survey and said that they don't have any issues with the vibration motor. I unfortunately cannot post any links here.
However, assuming all 5 people voted honestly I can only come to the conclusion that we indeed are among a very few people who have this issue. I therefore decided to contact my seller and initiated a RMA.
If everything goes well, the new phone should arrive early next week. I will come back here with the results.

Force 18:5 aspect ratio for unoptimized games

As the title says: Is there a way to force games into a 18:5 ratio? Most games don't work properly yet and have visual issues or are simply unplayable. I added 2 less extreme example.
PS: I'm talking about something like Samsungs app scaling settings. This phone is missing this option which is one of the biggest problems right now. Apps are obviously not always optimized for 21:9 yet so this is a neccesity. I hope Sony reacts to it as fast as possible.
Got a typo in the title. Can some moderator change this? That's a thing xda-developers needs to improve.
did you enable developer options and see if you can make any changes in there?
wase4711 said:
did you enable developer options and see if you can make any changes in there?
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Yeah, couldn't find anything there. Can't check it again right now though, had to send my device in. Can check it again once it's back which will probably take 4-5 days. My speaker crackled a lot, probably a hardware issue.
so, it was defective right out of the box?
wase4711 said:
so, it was defective right out of the box?
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Yeah. They got it today so i guess i should have a new (hopefully) working one in 2-3 days max. It's really weird to not have a phone :')
actually, its a good feeling to not be annoyed for a few days with endless meaningless texts/spam phone calls..
wase4711 said:
actually, its a good feeling to not be annoyed for a few days with endless meaningless texts/spam phone calls..
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Yeah, it just sucks that i'm unable to make some important calls/ hear music/ keep contact with a friend of mine. Makes everyday things much harder. Definitly happy once it's back
xPandamon said:
Yeah, couldn't find anything there. Can't check it again right now though, had to send my device in. Can check it again once it's back which will probably take 4-5 days. My speaker crackled a lot, probably a hardware issue.
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There's a software update coming 3/15 that could fix that.
elzeus said:
There's a software update coming 3/15 that could fix that.
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I hope so. Currently waiting for them to either send it back (or to send me a new device). It only occurs in third party apps after all. Maybe my device helped them to find the problem?
didnt get anything on 3-15..anyone else?

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