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So Im debating on buying the Galaxy S2 or the Atrix. Iv been a long time Galaxy S user (i9000 since the beginning) and as much as a disaster it was, I still held off and kept with it.
The thing I like about Atrix is gps works, super fast, (I never use GPS except for weather and I CANT see weather on my SGS cuz my gps doesnt work ) size of it, speed,
-Bad things are moto blur im not a fan of, bootloader locked (I have never flashed roms on my galaxy s, but iv done a ton of research and will want to in the future), no gingerbread
The things I like about SGS2 are unlocked BL (just like above), screen looks a bit nicer then motos. Gingerbread.
This I dont like - size is pretty big, and im afraid im going to be settling just like I did with the SGS
My buddy just bought the SG2 and says the wifi sucks, battery sucks, and the GPS still isent the greatest.
Now my question is, is this just a bad batch like the first galaxy S's? or is this going to be the future of the SGS2? To be honest Samsung left a bad taste in my mouth after my SGS
Wifi seems to have some compatability issues with certain routers and there is a bug for some people with battery drainage. So, as I see it, not the end of the world, but annoying for those affected.
GPS works fine for me at least.
Dunno which batch I got but I never had such a perfect phone before. Even get Gps signal indoors in 10 secs.....
Wonder why some folks here have so big probs ........
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Thanks for some of the comments guys, I know its hard to be un bias but im just trying to watch out for bad apples. The SGS was my first Android phone and it was great... for a while. I even went back to my Iphone cuz of the problems on my SGS (And im sooo anti Apple lol) and not to mention the 4 SGS's I had to exchange, what a nasty time in my life.
troed said:
Dunno which batch I got but I never had such a perfect phone before. Even get Gps signal indoors in 10 secs.....
Wonder why some folks here have so big probs ........
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Same here. no problems at all.
Sounds like a troll. The wifi is very fast, with great reception. The GPS takes a reading in seconds and is extremely accurate, and the SGS2 runs all day on a charge - unlike my last phone, I don't need a way to charge this phone at work. Beyond that, it is fast to use, has a camera good enough so that now, I have a usable camera with me wherever I go, it plays games and movies to entertain the kids when needed, gives me full access to the Internet everywhere I go and it has a reasonably good connection to all communications outlets - social networking, IM, and email. Can any of these functions be improved? Sure, but the overall package is probably as good as any phone on the market and better than best-sellers like the iPhone 4. At the moment there is no better phone on the market, and this phone will hopefully remain useful for much longer than the HTC Touch Pro2 that it replaced.
I currently own both the Atrix & Galaxy S 2. I'm currently trying to sell the Atrix. My Galaxy S2 is the best device I ever owned. If I had a 12 year old child, I would give my Atrix to them.....IT IS A PIECE OF OVERRATED CRAP!!!!!
Get the SGS2, I couldn't be happier!!!!
Atrix, don't even think about it. I feel its one of the useless phone out there. I used it for some time. Screen is really awful. I hate to compare this with SGS1. SGS 2 is way up in the sky.
troed said:
Dunno which batch I got but I never had such a perfect phone before. Even get Gps signal indoors in 10 secs.....
Wonder why some folks here have so big probs ........
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Quite simply because Samsung's quality control is terrible. I've had four Galaxy S Captivates and they've all had issues to varying degrees. I'm seeing the same issues with the SGS II as I did with the original: blotchy screens, yellow banding, and GPS issues. I attribute the complaints of poor battery life due to user interaction (read: constantly playing and running benchmarks) so that's more of a wash to me. But the hardware quality control seems to be right next to the original SGS: in the gutter.
Battery life is pretty good, 100% at 8am this morning & its now 10pm at 68%. Used for about 20 mins of calls, a bit of web surfing, downloaded a few apps & some general fiddling about.
I've had no problems with GPS. Initial fix took no more than a couple of minutes & it has performed like a champ.
The wifi though does seem to be quite weak.
I don't care if you get the sgs2 or not but the atrix is a piece of ****. It can't function right without motoblur.
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Pretty tired of these "doomsday" posts with no general processing of the overall picture. This phone is fantastic, even with the minor bugs. This device makes the SGS feel like a beta prototype that should have never even been released.
Screen is gorgeous, web browser NEVER lags even when zooming/panning with flash on screen, GPS/Navigation is flawless, everything is just blazing fast with no hint of slowdown. So, if you think your last-gen Atrix is a keeper, by all means, keep using it.
ronj1986 said:
I currently own both the Atrix & Galaxy S 2. I'm currently trying to sell the Atrix. My Galaxy S2 is the best device I ever owned. If I had a 12 year old child, I would give my Atrix to them.....IT IS A PIECE OF OVERRATED CRAP!!!!!
Get the SGS2, I couldn't be happier!!!!
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I couldn't agree more. The Atrix had a LOT of potential but sadly was bogged down by a piss-poor implementation by Motorola. The big thing to note is: even though the SGS2 has superior hardware, it's not superior by much. Even this being the case, the SGS2's performance completely trounces that of the Atrix simply because of the optimization done by Samsung. I had one and ended up selling it because it just didn't feel like a next-gen phone to me and couldn't be happier w/ my Galaxy S2.
For me battery is great, screen fantastic, call quality spot on. in three weeks, no lag or crashing. Camera is superb, external speaker great. 2 & 3G sensitivity perfectly fine. 1080p video recording amazing. ummm...just trying to think of something negative..
I'll have to come back to you on that one..........
OP:
Many of the problems commonly found in the SGS1 can be cured with a ROM change. Darky's has been great for the GF; wicked good battery life (2 days), FAST and GPS even works!
The update fiasco that was the Galaxy S1 was (imho) due to the US carriers. The GF purchased her SGS1 from Telus Early Jan, and I installed Froyo that night through KIES.
Basically what I'm getting at is the SGS got a bad rap in the states, but I honestly don't believe the majority of the blame lies with the manufacturer in regards to the update issue. The GPS was fixable, but I have a feeling it wasn't fixed due to the difficulty encountered in updating the US versions of the SGS.
In regards to the Atrix, I am biased when it comes to Motorola as I owned a Milestone (non US, non CDMA Droid1). Now that device is a PITA as the bootloader is encrypted and Motorola has truly been atrocious with the updates. I would never buy an encrypted device after that experience, as I can't really update my phone on my own.
Moved to it from a Desire running Ginger Villain. Phone's great, screen's great, no problems with WiFi or GPS.
Chalk me up as another person struggling for a negative.
Just upgraded from the SGS1 to the SGS2, it's sooooo much faster. My GPS locks indoors WITHOUT AGPS (insight of a window maybe 8ft away), I like TW4 and the new apps, a good camera and the build quality is better than the SGS1 but..... it took me a while to get used to the new screen, at first I found the contrast a little odd and the audio is not as good as the SGS1 (with Voodoo) and may never be.
Overall though a great phone and a good upgrade to the SGS1, I think this phone will do well.
Had the GS1, only problems with it. Since I've got this one, no problems at all. Frankly, the only issues are reallyyy minor and the phone's speed makes up for it
I've also upgraded from an original Desire to the SGS2, it's amazing. The wi-fi gets one less bar than my desire but the speed is still 18mbps as it was on the Desire. Can't fault it tbh, awesome phone
I never use GPS except for weather and I CANT see weather on my SGS cuz my gps doesnt work
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Omg lol!!! Is this guy serious?
Go with a normal phone. I can see that you don't have the intelligence to handle a smartphone let alone SGS II. ...Unless you're Superman who fly to different cities every hour.
I had the captivate before and i don't want to go thru the GPS issues again.
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its faster and getting locks almost instantly.
I've seen the S2 and S3 side by side with GPS Test Pro running on them and the S3 blows the S2's GPS away.
Its awesome in the uk, locks in seconds, stays llocked normally accurate to < 10m (often 4 or 6m)
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I'm still using S2 with crappy GPS at the moment. Can't wait till I get my S3 later.
Second that in the UK locking super quick.
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Fast and very accurate. In my experience it is very accurate if I will disable mobile data and use only GPS. :good:
Best GPS in any phone (or even tablet) device I have ever seen.
Sitting next to my Garmin gpsmap 62s the sgs3 is surprising accurate and gps lock is pretty quick, even indoors.
That being said I haven't had a chance to test it in anything other than an urban environment..
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Speedy Gonzales.
Coming from a Vibrant with useless GPS that never locked, this thing is amazing, locks fast and stays accurate even going through mountains and areas covered in trees. I managed to use Mapquest navigation flawlessly. Real good.
The GS3 has a GLONAS compatible chip which almost doubles the available satellites. With the assistance of the sensors and mobile/wifi networks it gives me pretty accurate positioning even indoors, which is quite remarkable.
Insane. Up to 22 satellites and instant. Couldn't ask for more.
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I didn't like the GPS on the S2 until I got the latest official ICS ROM.
Nowadays I simply love the GPS on both my S2 and my S3. Fix is very fast and precise. The latest Samsung ROMs brought a great improvement on GPS.
For the versions of the ROMS I am using, see my sig.
Thank you for all your answers... I hope I can still return my HTC One X and get this.
I really really like the One X and GPS works well as well but i'm on Rogers (canada) and the phone only has 16gb of ram and not expandable.
I can't live with that.
Excellent
super
Its good and works very good, fast.
I'll second what every1has already said, extremely fast to lock and very accurate. Have used the gps recently along with endomondo to track exercise activity. Very happy with it.
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What is it that you love about your new s3?
Im big fan of led Im excited about
s-voice.
Whats yours?
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I like the color, never had a white phone. I also love the screen. Oh , and I like the 3 in GS3, because 3 is better than 2
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My iphone 3GS was on its last legs and I was basically bored with iphones in general. The S3 happened to come out at the perfect time and I got hooked by all of the hype. Other than a few minor annoyances like battery life and wifi connectivity, and of course migrating all my stuff over from the iphone which was somewhat of a pain, I'm glad I switched.
was time for me to upgrade, i was bored with iOS, and have always been very pleased with google. this looked like it was going to be a great phone and i was excited to start using android so i preordered it--so far so good :good:
Well, there are a few things I love that are unique to the gs3 & a lots of things you can find on other phones also..
Unique to gs3
-2gb ram
-First US carrier device that is buttery smooth, so I didn't have to spring premium price for an international variant and suffer slower data speeds
-for my T mobile account, this is the first 720p device that is Tmo branded, so I can take advantage of the 42mbs hspa+, while enjoying tru HD
-The first Android device that is identical across US carriers (this is the greatest advantage in my opinion), so that development may be more unified
This phone is the complete package in my opinion, the only way Samsung could've satisfied me any more, would've been a vanilla OS, but hey, I knew that wasn't going to happen!
My HTC Sensation broke...
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love s3
2gb ram
zero lag for camera
4g-lte on At&t
hd display
2GB RAM, Power Saving mode (only ~5% per hour while idle, could only even get near that on the Epic while running cm7 with some tweaking and the extended 1800mah battery), NFC/Google Wallet - just last night bought a Slurpee on Google's dime, thanks Google! (plus NFC stuff is really fun, I can put the phone in my car and it'll automatically turn off wifi, enable 3g, enable GPS, turn volume up and launch navigation - how fun is that?).
Not super impressed with the GPU and wished it could handle higher bitrate 1080p (esp when output to another device) but that's really just a minor gripe of mine. Battery could of course always be better (when in my lifetime we can have similar performance with 24 hours screen-on time I'll finally shut up about battery life). S Voice doesn't really do it for me, but voice controls for while in the car in general is a good thing. Also not super impressed with the screen protection quality, my girlfriend made one call and her not-even-diamond earrings caused a little pattern of scratches into it - so much for scratch resistant. Hardly the end of the world though.
Mostly? After coming from the Epic and having to jump to custom ROMs almost immediately I'm impressed with Samsung actually putting out a device that seems to be mostly flawless. I almost didn't go with them this time around after the Epic going through GPS issues of varying sorts and requiring custom ROMs to do what should of been stock (the whole team behind cm7/9 development on the epic is fantastic). Everything works well, touchwiz is not all that intrusive or annoying in ICS once customized to my liking.
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2GB RAM, Power Saving mode (only ~5% per hour while idle, could only even get near that on the Epic while running cm7 with some tweaking and the extended 1800mah battery), NFC/Google Wallet - just last night bought a Slurpee on Google's dime, thanks Google! (plus NFC stuff is really fun, I can put the phone in my car and it'll automatically turn off wifi, enable 3g, enable GPS, turn volume up and launch navigation - how fun is that?).
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Unless you've misspoken, will it turn on the 3G once you enable navigation? I'm just about to set up that tectile for my car as well, and I know there isn't an option to toggle 3g like wifi.
Nice profile picture. Zivio general.
Ps I like the screen size
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teh roxxorz said:
Unless you've misspoken, will it turn on the 3G once you enable navigation? I'm just about to set up that tectile for my car as well, and I know there isn't an option to toggle 3g like wifi.
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There is as an option in the NFC Task Launcher but it may just be disabling Wifi and automatically attaching to 3G in that case, I set it up as an action regardless.
I had a GNex on Verizon. I had a few bad experiences with VZW, they put me on a promotion that I was told I could keep if I added another line,....they dropped me from it. They have had lots of data problems with their network this year. The Nexus even with the extended battery would, at the most, with AOKP on it and Franco kernal, gave me 2.5 hours of screen time. A few other times they lied about things.
Got tired of Big Red. So I decided it was worth it to pay the ETF and jump to T-Mo. Now I am saving money on an unlimited plan for me and my wife. No more dealing with LTE radios EATING battery life alive. Im getting 20+mb down on HSPA+ and the GS3 is getting 4-5hours of screen on time over 15+ hours.
Not looking back.
Samungs inovation and continuing improvement in technology. And the fact that its the best Android phone todate.
It does anything other phones can while it does everything other phones cant. I hope that makes sense. In other words, its the best phone on the market.
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Because it's the next big thing.
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There is as an option in the NFC Task Launcher but it may just be disabling Wifi and automatically attaching to 3G in that case, I set it up as an action regardless.
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Hmm, I don't see it; I must be clearly over looking it.
Snook321 said:
My HTC Sensation broke...
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Ahhh... I've still got my Sensation, and I was actually using it primarily while I waited on the GS3! The sensation was one of the most exciting phones to get, it was such a jump up from everything else at that time! I had gotten kinda bored with the GS2, so I was using it for like two months solid. Sadly, I'm thinking I'm finally gonna sell it. I've squeezed every drop of Rom Flashing Goodness from it, and I've got a buddy who just recently asked me if I would sell it. :-(
I bought mine to make all my friends with iPhones jealous and it works
I'd been out of contract and still rocking the S1 for the last year waiting for a phone i really wanted. I went to uni in Seoul (고려대학교) and so i am partial to all things Korean, which leaves Samsung, LG or Pantech... err well... pretty much only Samsung.
I almost got the Galaxy Note but it was just a little too big. So glad i waited for the S3. I cant imagine this phone being obsolete, even by enthusiast standards, anytime too soon.
the gps on this device is nuts. its so fast.
Hey guys, is there anyone among you, who owns both phones? What I expect is simply a fluid experiance (mostly browsing, xda, music, fb, whatsapp,...) and most important: being able to go a full day, with a lot of screen on time, because i really text a lot so which of those 2 phones would you all go for? Oh i gotta add, I can get a L9 for free with my contract and the SII would cost around 100€ (around 130 $).
Thanks in advance
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N00BY0815 said:
Hey guys, is there anyone among you, who owns both phones? What I expect is simply a fluid experiance (mostly browsing, xda, music, fb, whatsapp,...) and most important: being able to go a full day, with a lot of screen on time, because i really text a lot so which of those 2 phones would you all go for? Oh i gotta add, I can get a L9 for free with my contract and the SII would cost around 100€ (around 130 $).
Thanks in advance
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none of them would go through a full day unless u add an extended battery and do some modding and custom kernels Roms etc.... for saving battery
N00BY0815 said:
Hey guys, is there anyone among you, who owns both phones? What I expect is simply a fluid experiance (mostly browsing, xda, music, fb, whatsapp,...) and most important: being able to go a full day, with a lot of screen on time, because i really text a lot
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i can say one thing amoled is good for texting (my experiance) i had a old zte blade amoled version with cm7 and with a black sms app (only 2g and data on) 5% hole from 8h till 12h in class texting at end of day at home whe i go to bed hole evening texting girl friend 70% noting else then sms
so i thing galaxy s2 with amoled and a good black back ground in texting app should last a day.
the lg l9 i text thehole day with some girls. humm on 2g wifi i could hold it till evening. hole day. but yeah i also go on the web. fb. so if i'm awake a 10 am go to bed 12pm it may have 10% left.
but on 2d without wifi it's shorter and 3g veven less.i found out texting eats more battery then internet browsing.i still think amoled is best for texting, but i dont have the sgs2 or any samsung anymore. but a friend had sgs1 i had a custom rom gb with black sms app 5h screen on with some fb. i was shocked. later i installed JB Gamer edition. screen on tim 2-3h mainly because sms app would go in black so was white... and white killes battery on amoled faster then black^^
i wanted the sgs2 but was out of stock... so i toke the l9 wanted to have dual core noting less.
still l9 is a mid end phone, the sgs2 was once a high end phone. so is still better. auto brigness, gorila glass, mhl out, otg, 8mpx. things the L9 hasn't
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if you get a galaxy s2 get the real one not the sgs2 plus. the real 1.2ghz x2 cpu, mali400 gpu, 16BG
u have the other one with same cpu 1ghz x2 and gpu(powervr540) same as the LG L9 (no the best one). or the sgs2 plus has a 1ghz x2 but with a broadcome IV gpu, 8gb. also not the best one. dont know why the [email protected] they made 3 versions guess cheaper. the old one is still better.
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none of them would go through a full day unless u add an extended battery and do some modding and custom kernels Roms etc.... for saving battery
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Well the first I d do would of course be, installing a custom ROM I d never live with the stock ROM, or only with a heavily tweaked one, but I could also make one on my own
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Stock ROM on an l9 should last you a full day. Even with the new jelly bean ROM and with GPS on my phone last all day with moderate use. If you like trying out new Roms with lots of features then go for the s2 it has worse battery life but better development support. The l9 might be dead with support but having jelly bean is nice
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Well the first I d do would of course be, installing a custom ROM I d never live with the stock ROM, or only with a heavily tweaked one, but I could also make one on my own
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Well so far custom ROMs have serious problems which make them quite unusable. It's echo during calls or mute calls. Noone knows why this happens. mikegapinski made MIUI and AOSP on stock kernel with all stock audio files but it still happens. PACMAN by adamz667 and official CM have the same problem (bug reported in jira a month ago but still nothing changed). Some people have kernel panic without a reason too with modded kernels.
I''ve got both (but mine is sgs2 t989) and I think sgs2 is more stable and smooth. I also like l9, but if you have to choose go for sgs2.
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I've had the S2 and moved on to L9. The problem with S2 is its display, which consumes a lot of battery, and even more under direct sunlight (100% brightness). Also, because it is SAMOLED PLUS, the display will most probably get burnt really fast - I've had 2 GS2s, once had like half a year and the display was already slighly burnt, the other one was used for almost 2 years and the display was burnt really, really badly.
On the other side, the battery can last very long, if you don't use your phone at all - just for calls and texting. But who buys GS2 just for calling?
So I got myself an L9 and I am very, very satisfied. The stock firmware is really fast and LG also added some very good features. I've had custom roms on every phone I had to the day, but I really see no reason to flash the L9. It is smooth and has everything that I need. Battery life is also great. I've been abroad the past week and you can imagine, how often did I use my smartphone - GPS, Wifi, browsing the internet, listening to music, playing games, taking pictures, everything with maximum brightness - outdoors. I've had absolutely no problem, or no need to worry about my battery. When I came home after 13-14 hours each day, there was still 30ish percent of battery remaining.
However, there are two cons of the L9: It doesn't have brightness sensor, so you need to tinker with it. It's not a big deal, since LG includes a brightness slider in the notifications. Another one is the GPS. It takes very long to get a fix, and it usually doesn't hold the signal for very long. I think this is repairable, I just need to finally get myself root privileges. Oh yeah, here comes the third one, L9 doesn't root as easily as S2 does.
So overall, I was satisfied with both, but will keep the L9, if I manage to fix the GPS. Otherwise, it seems like maybe S4 Mini for me.
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I've had the S2 and moved on to L9. The problem with S2 is its display, which consumes a lot of battery, and even more under direct sunlight (100% brightness). Also, because it is SAMOLED PLUS, the display will most probably get burnt really fast - I've had 2 GS2s, once had like half a year and the display was already slighly burnt, the other one was used for almost 2 years and the display was burnt really, really badly.
On the other side, the battery can last very long, if you don't use your phone at all - just for calls and texting. But who buys GS2 just for calling?
So I got myself an L9 and I am very, very satisfied. The stock firmware is really fast and LG also added some very good features. I've had custom roms on every phone I had to the day, but I really see no reason to flash the L9. It is smooth and has everything that I need. Battery life is also great. I've been abroad the past week and you can imagine, how often did I use my smartphone - GPS, Wifi, browsing the internet, listening to music, playing games, taking pictures, everything with maximum brightness - outdoors. I've had absolutely no problem, or no need to worry about my battery. When I came home after 13-14 hours each day, there was still 30ish percent of battery remaining.
However, there are two cons of the L9: It doesn't have brightness sensor, so you need to tinker with it. It's not a big deal, since LG includes a brightness slider in the notifications. Another one is the GPS. It takes very long to get a fix, and it usually doesn't hold the signal for very long. I think this is repairable, I just need to finally get myself root privileges. Oh yeah, here comes the third one, L9 doesn't root as easily as S2 does.
So overall, I was satisfied with both, but will keep the L9, if I manage to fix the GPS. Otherwise, it seems like maybe S4 Mini for me.
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Theres what you need. xD I was about to post the screen thing... Thats what i hate about samsung using amoled.
The L9 will get you through a full day no problem, you don't need to tinker with anything.
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My L9 can get a sat fix within a minute in my home with only north windows.
My Huawei tablet won't. My pna surely has the best gps receiver, but without a-gps capability it also fails.
My L9 can get a sat fix within a minute in my home with only north windows.
My Huawei tablet won't. My pna surely has the best gps receiver, but without a-gps capability it also fails.
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About the gps, there are always tweaks for it and i also hardly ever use it... but did you guys already play with the settings in hidden menu? I guess you could see quite an improvement, if you add other gps servers and use lto or whatever it was called but thats too far off for now... well i really start to think, that your community will soon be able to count on me it's simply supercheap, looks good and got a grear battery backup, as far, as I can tell till now and maybe me and some of my friends will even be able to fix some bugs on your custom builds thanks a ton already guys and if there is any more criteria, that comes to your mind, just keep me posted!
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Heys guys,
I bought this phone some days ago and I'm still waiting for it. In the meantime, I've been searching and I did find almost no forums or threads regarding it. Of course it's not the best smartphone out there but still looks something crazy for as less as 150€.
What do you guys think?
Any customs ROM's outhere? They say in the website that Ulefone Power 3S comes with Oreo but it's not true. At least, for now.
The phone is amazing. But I'm bothered by device encryption. Can not be turned off.
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The phone is amazing. But I'm bothered by device encryption. Can not be turned off.
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Is that the reason why there are no customs ROMs?
I'm still waiting for mine to arrive from banggood. There are little reviews on this phone and I'm afraid that I didn't choose the correct phone (I own an Redmi Pro), if you know what I mean.
So I got my hands on this device last Thursday. So far, I'm pretty happy about it but there are a few things that are annoying me:
- My phone is connected to my 5Ghz wi-fi and my bandwith is 200Mbps up&down. On my Ulefone, I can't get more that 60 down and 80 up. Any ideias why? I have my router near my room and so it's not that far. The link speed on the wi-fi settings shows speeds of 135Mb. I tried to switch channels and frequency on my router and still nothing.
I've tried speedtest on my Leeco several times, next to my Ulefone, and the speeds are close to 200Mbps.
- There is no option to turn off quick charging.
- I noticed a litlle bit of lag on some apps but nothing special;
- Secondary cameras look fake. I mean, I've tried and put my finger in front of them and nothings happens. Maybe with the release of Oreo will they work? Hum, don't know...
- So far there are almost no supports forums or custom rom's or whatever but its a new phone.
On the other hand, battery life is amazing so far. Almost 2 days and frequently using apps like youtube, twitch, facebook, maps, etc... I like it.
Altought it's kinda fat, it suits your hand nicely.
The screen bright and colors are amazing...
But I don't know if I bought the wrong phone... I had a Xiaomi Redmi Pro before and I was about to buy Redmi 5 Plus for almost the same price of the Ulefone. (+/- 150€) but... I don't know. I wanted to try something different.
Hope I don't regret it in the future.
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Hey. Got the phone on last friday. There are few minor downsides, but for cheap chinese phone, these are fair.
The LCD is bright and has nice colors, doesn´t lag/stutter much, is compact and sleek, and the battery life is very good. Tortured it with 18:30 ScreenOnTime with mixed usage (Browsing, time measurement, MP3 playing, Youtube vids playing, GPS and more) Wifi most of the time ON, brightness between 20% and 80%, I´d say medium brightness was 33-40% during the test period. If I really tried to squeeze longer time from it, saving power, it would do over 20h. Not bad. Camera seems to do better job when set at native resolution, and is medicore these days. But focusing is quite good and fast. I´m happy for what I got for the price. I only became gradually more and more power hungry, and I would like to see more. Hope you enjoy yours.
//Just measured Geekbencg battery score (3 hours test) at 7469 points. Killer score for what it is. I might do the full test soon. Doesn´t want to upload though.
Unilqadium said:
Hey. Got the phone on last friday. There are few minor downsides, but for cheap chinese phone, these are fair.
The LCD is bright and has nice colors, doesn´t lag/stutter much, is compact and sleek, and the battery life is very good. Tortured it with 18:30 ScreenOnTime with mixed usage (Browsing, time measurement, MP3 playing, Youtube vids playing, GPS and more) Wifi most of the time ON, brightness between 20% and 80%, I´d say medium brightness was 33-40% during the test period. If I really tried to squeeze longer time from it, saving power, it would do over 20h. Not bad. Camera seems to do better job when set at native resolution, and is medicore these days. But focusing is quite good and fast. I´m happy for what I got for the price. I only became gradually more and more power hungry, and I would like to see more. Hope you enjoy yours.
//Just measured Geekbencg battery score (3 hours test) at 7469 points. Killer score for what it is. I might do the full test soon. Doesn´t want to upload though.
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Did you tested your WiFi speeds?
I guess the WiFi range of the phone is not the best too. I got better WiFi reception when connected to my 2,4Ghz network than my 5Ghz and the router is the same.
Happens as well cellular data is turned off when I receive or make a call. I guess it is not normal, is it?
There are a few things that I hope they will fix with the release of Oreo. God knows when they will release it...
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Did you tested your WiFi speeds?
I guess the WiFi range of the phone is not the best too. I got better WiFi reception when connected to my 2,4Ghz network than my 5Ghz and the router is the same.
Happens as well cellular data is turned off when I receive or make a call. I guess it is not normal, is it?
There are a few things that I hope they will fix with the release of Oreo. God knows when they will release it...
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I didn´t, as all I need is that it works. If you want me to test it, sure, I will. How can I do that? I´m also not sure about data when I receive a call. Will give it a try too.
Unilqadium said:
I didn´t, as all I need is that it works. If you want me to test it, sure, I will. How can I do that? I´m also not sure about data when I receive a call. Will give it a try too.
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Pretty simple. Connect your phone to a 5Ghz Wifi network (if you have one), download "speedtest" app from Play Store and then click "Test".
To see the link speed from your phone to your wifi, just go wifi settings, press on top of the network you're connect to and it will show some info including "link speed".
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Pretty simple. Connect your phone to a 5Ghz Wifi network (if you have one), download "speedtest" app from Play Store and then click "Test".
To see the link speed from your phone to your wifi, just go wifi settings, press on top of the network you're connect to and it will show some info including "link speed".
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Well, I don´t have 5GHZ Wi-fi available to me.
Unilqadium said:
Well, I don´t have 5GHZ Wi-fi available to me.
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Nevermind than. You can test it later.
Btw, there is a new update from ulefone (released today) but it's not oreo yet.
joaonctm said:
Nevermind than. You can test it later.
Btw, there is a new update from ulefone (released today) but it's not oreo yet.
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Thanks. I´ll see if I can get to the 5GHz Wi-Fi somewhere. In the meantime I tested this "data drop-out" while GSM call occurs, and it happens to me too.
I wonder if we ever get the Oreo update, and now I´m fingting with thoughts about upgrading to Power 5 model...
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So I got my hands on this device last Thursday. So far, I'm pretty happy about it but there are a few things that are annoying me:
- My phone is connected to my 5Ghz wi-fi and my bandwith is 200Mbps up&down. On my Ulefone, I can't get more that 60 down and 80 up. Any ideias why? I have my router near my room and so it's not that far. The link speed on the wi-fi settings shows speeds of 135Mb. I tried to switch channels and frequency on my router and still nothing.
I've tried speedtest on my Leeco several times, next to my Ulefone, and the speeds are close to 200Mbps.
- There is no option to turn off quick charging.
- I noticed a litlle bit of lag on some apps but nothing special;
- Secondary cameras look fake. I mean, I've tried and put my finger in front of them and nothings happens. Maybe with the release of Oreo will they work? Hum, don't know...
- So far there are almost no supports forums or custom rom's or whatever but its a new phone.
On the other hand, battery life is amazing so far. Almost 2 days and frequently using apps like youtube, twitch, facebook, maps, etc... I like it.
Altought it's kinda fat, it suits your hand nicely.
The screen bright and colors are amazing...
But I don't know if I bought the wrong phone... I had a Xiaomi Redmi Pro before and I was about to buy Redmi 5 Plus for almost the same price of the Ulefone. (+/- 150€) but... I don't know. I wanted to try something different.
Hope I don't regret it in the future.
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I own a Leeco le Pro 3 as my main phone and the Power 3S as a secondary one.
I already bought the Ulefone with that idea in mind. Apart from the battery and the good quality of the screen, it does not stand out especially in anything. In particular, the overall performance is only medium, I expected something better even for a phone of its price.
Another negative aspect is the lack of devs interested in building custom ROMs for this device (not only for its limited market success but mainly for the lack of support from the manufacturer, a problem when you buy a quite exotic brand like Ulefone)
Speaking about WiFi, the reason for buying my Leeco Le Pro 3 was precisely the high quality of the WiFi. I read it in a specialized review. Normally, the reviews are limited to saying that your mobile is compatible with WiFi ac and don't bother making real tests. That's why it struck me that the reviewer insisted so much on the quality of the Leeco WiFi. It turned out to be true. It is possible to get the maximum speed of your connection at 15 meters from the router.
As for the Power 3s, with a connection of 300 Mbs at home I rarely approach 160Mbs. And I usually have speeds of 100-120Mbs (while with the Leeco I even exceed the 300Mbs).
But do not torture yourself thinking that only happens with the Power 3S. I already had a similar poor WiFi experience with brands like Vernee (Mars Pro) and Xiaomi (Redmi note 3 Pro)
I do not know the reason and raising the question in any forum (as I did naively) is useless. What people will tell you is that it depends on the saturation of the channels in the 5Ghz band in your area and ask you to switch channels (as if the WiFi congestion only affected the Power 3S but not the Le Pro 3).
In my opinion, it must be a simple matter of quality of the WiFi circuitry (my Leeco has several WiFi antennas instead of one). Saying that you have WiFi ac phone means apparently nothing given the differences in speed between devices in the same environment and under the same circumstances.
Greetings from Madrid and sorry for any English mistake
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I own a Leeco le Pro 3 as my main phone and the Power 3S as a secondary one.
I already bought the Ulefone with that idea in mind. Apart from the battery and the good quality of the screen, it does not stand out especially in anything. In particular, the overall performance is only medium, I expected something better even for a phone of its price.
Another negative aspect is the lack of devs interested in building custom ROMs for this device (not only for its limited market success but mainly for the lack of support from the manufacturer, a problem when you buy a quite exotic brand like Ulefone)
Speaking about WiFi, the reason for buying my Leeco Le Pro 3 was precisely the high quality of the WiFi. I read it in a specialized review. Normally, the reviews are limited to saying that your mobile is compatible with WiFi ac and don't bother making real tests. That's why it struck me that the reviewer insisted so much on the quality of the Leeco WiFi. It turned out to be true. It is possible to get the maximum speed of your connection at 15 meters from the router.
As for the Power 3s, with a connection of 300 Mbs at home I rarely approach 160Mbs. And I usually have speeds of 100-120Mbs (while with the Leeco I even exceed the 300Mbs).
But do not torture yourself thinking that only happens with the Power 3S. I already had a similar poor WiFi experience with brands like Vernee (Mars Pro) and Xiaomi (Redmi note 3 Pro)
I do not know the reason and raising the question in any forum (as I did naively) is useless. What people will tell you is that it depends on the saturation of the channels in the 5Ghz band in your area and ask you to switch channels (as if the WiFi congestion only affected the Power 3S but not the Le Pro 3).
In my opinion, it must be a simple matter of quality of the WiFi circuitry (my Leeco has several WiFi antennas instead of one). Saying that you have WiFi ac phone means apparently nothing given the differences in speed between devices in the same environment and under the same circumstances.
Greetings from Madrid and sorry for any English mistake
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Well, so far and after a few days of use, I'm pretty content with what I bought. We have to keep in mind that it's a phone with a cost of +- 140€ and, for this value, I think it's pretty good. The battery lasts 2,5 days using twitch, facebook, etc so it's really good. Cameras are ok (i've seen better, i've seen worse) but overall they are good.
Concerning wifi, well... you are right. No need to have 5Ghz if speeds are approximately the same as 2,4Ghz.
The only thing I'm sad it's, as you say, the lack of customs ROM's so far. And from what i can tell, there will be no customs roms in the near future. Maybe with the release of oreo?! But then again, only god knows when ulefone will release it.
Good news on the way.
Saw on Ulefone facebook page today:
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Did you guys paid tax on customs,In India there is. So iam in confusion whether to buy or not.Is it good for daily usage.Is there any theme app.
Currently iam using redmi2prime(very old,i knw)
Unilqadium said:
Thanks. I´ll see if I can get to the 5GHz Wi-Fi somewhere. In the meantime I tested this "data drop-out" while GSM call occurs, and it happens to me too.
I wonder if we ever get the Oreo update, and now I´m fingting with thoughts about upgrading to Power 5 model...
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Do you know if there is a way to get TWRP on Power 5?
Good day to you all
Does anybody have bought replaced battery for Power 3s?
Mine will be dead soon as it does not charge from time to time.
If someone have a replacement experience with this thing, it will really help me if you can share it.
Waiting patiently !
joaonctm said:
Good news on the way.
Saw on Ulefone facebook page today:
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joliv said:
Waiting patiently !
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I already moved on. They said that a problem occurred so they will not release it.
I bought a Xiaomi again. Something i should have done instead of the ulefone cr*p.
Sad. Might as well sell it though I'm quite satisfied quality Vs price . Tks for the info
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I already moved on. They said that a problem occurred so they will not release it.
I bought a Xiaomi again. Something i should have done instead of the ulefone cr*p.
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