Nubia Z7 (nx506J), Android 5 or 4? - ZTE Z7, Z7 Max, Z7 Mini

Hi guys, I have a brand new and awesome Nubia Z7. Ive beel lurking around this forum and found that is possible to upgrade to lollipop, but I dont really know the benefits... Can you share your opinions on this topic? And...have you had prpblems upgrading or is straightforward? how much time did you spend? Is the performance better or just cosmetics?

I did not spend any time with KitKat, went straight to 5.0 so can't really compare.

Personally I return to my old kitkat 4.4.2
On Lollipop the 4G signal was weaker and a little unstable (V.2.05)
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But it is better to test it yourself, and if you don't like it, you can easily return to kitkat (it will reformat your sdcard, you will lose everything!)

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[Q]Beats tour by dr.dre

Recently i was planning on buying Beats Tour by dr.dre.
I wanted to know if they worked properly on android and if the control talk edition works in Galaxy s2, since the normal edition is more cheaper than the controltalk edition.
Anyone has tested them? Thanks you in advance.
Don't buy them. They're garbage (like everything Beats make). Remember Beat's corporate motto:- Beats -'Sono surdus enim stolidi, fatui a sono surdus' (for tone deaf idiots, by tone deaf idiots').
Before i use custom ROM, i need to use high volume to make the sound better.. If i use low volume, it sounds like damaged..
Send from my cute phone GT-i9100
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I would suggest you buy another earphone but Beats.. A lot of my friends regret after they use Beats..
Send from my cute phone GT-i9100
mmysia.ms said:
Before i use custom ROM, i need to use high volume to make the sound better.. If i use low volume, it sounds like damaged..
Send from my cute phone GT-i9100
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I would suggest you buy another earphone but Beats.. A lot of my friends regret after they use Beats..
Send from my cute phone GT-i9100
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Thanks you, do u suggest me a model/brand?. I want some earphones with good bass and good sound quality
Well there are many well known brands like ATH, senheisser, hippo, dbe, sony, etc. You should check out those brands and audition the earphones/iem that match your taste.
Currently I'm using Jays..
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Don't use Beats...it does nothing...Maybe the AC!D sound mod.

How is this phone, considering it

I'm considering this phone through Wind in Canada as an upgrade from my Galaxy S 4G. I like my Sammy, but I like have a later Android too and we got officially left in the 2.3.6 land with that phone, Other ROMs up to ICS were good, everything worked, but since then with 4.1.2, 4.2, 4.2.2, 4.3, Dev's just keep cranking out ROM's with all the same missing features like no GPS, inline headphones, and other features and I want to upgrade.
Wind is pretty limited it what they offer and in my range they have they have the LG Optmius L9 or the new Sony Xperia L. Spec wise both phones are pretty close with both having a few pro's and con's.
So for the L9, how is it? I've read a ton of reviews online that either like or don't like the phone. I think the Wind model is the 769 which seems to have the least amount of ROM's and support on here. What's the latest stock FW that comes from Wind or how is the dev status on it?
I'm not a big gamer, but like a good solid GPS, decent camera and decent battery life. Opinions on this phone for that purposes?
I would suggest you go for Sony Xperia L.
I just swapped my bride from sgs4g to this model. She loves it. She's not a huge gamer, but, is happy with the gps (this time!).
She won't let me take a whack at the bootloader yet (though). The T-Mobile has lots of bloat. When she gets tired of that, that's when I'll give that bootloader a whirl.
mrmathematica said:
I would suggest you go for Sony Xperia L.
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No way, L9 is better
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Definitely go for L9 man

[Q] Can not root my phone

Hi everyone! I recently bought a new phone, the Orange nura, that seems to be a version of China mobile m812. I have tried many programs to root my phone (framaroot,Vroot, king root, iroot...) without success and I don't know what more to do.
The specs are: snapdragon 400, Android 4.4.2, 1 gb RAM, 12 GB ROM, 5.5"
someone can help me with root? Thanks.
terminal model
TCL Orange Nura 4.4.2 KVT49L
we are many stakeholders in the root of this terminal
up!
The latest KingRoot did the job on my Orange Nura 4.4.2, can now delete system apps via AppMaster which I couldn't do before.
I wanted to ask owners of Orange Nura, if anyone considers it to be a better choice than P8lite from Huawei? I have to chose one of the two, and I lean towards chosing Nura because it seems to have a better screen, and Hdvoice, both of which p8 lacks.
marc-andre said:
The latest KingRoot did the job on my Orange Nura 4.4.2, can now delete system apps via AppMaster which I couldn't do before.
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Kingroot does the job perfectly. Thank you very much, dude. :highfive:
skerry2006aj said:
I wanted to ask owners of Orange Nura, if anyone considers it to be a better choice than P8lite from Huawei? I have to chose one of the two, and I lean towards chosing Nura because it seems to have a better screen, and Hdvoice, both of which p8 lacks.
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I didn't really had a choice, I had to take the Nura from Orange (would have taken any HTC or Motorola instead).
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Now if someone more advised then me could compile the TWRP recovery for the Nura (and the OmniRom while at it)
Thanks for the input!
I think that overall Orange Nura is a killer deal at it's price point. It costs less than all of it's competitor phablets, and has a bigger screen, because the buttons are not on screen.
From this perspective it is a very good phone.
On the other hand, if you can and would spend more, there are alternatives that are very good! Like Idol3, which is slowly coming. But buying on a contract, I think that people could be happy with either.
The htc, while is very good in hardware specs, it has got less battery, which will be felt. Also the usable screen is less, because of on screen buttons, and the screen to body ratio is smaller.
But, again, it is a very fine smartphone too!
Hi guys,
I have just one question for this device (Orange Nura). Do you know a custom rom for this device ? Or how to install the last version of CyanogenMod ?
Someone can help me ?
Thanks
Pyjou
Hello
I seek the Orange official ROM for the smartphone Orange Nura
TCL Orange Nura 4.4.2 KVT49L
thank you and have a nice day
Lollipop 5.0 no?

Overclockable?

Will this at some time be overclockable and also be able to adjust temp limit?
Im just thinking since the chip is msm8974aa it is quite unusual. Googled and only found zte nubia z7 mini with the same chip.
If it will not be possible i will sell this and just buy nexus 5 and hard mod a new back and put a fatter battery there.
Now i see that oneplus 2 does not even have undervolting. Propably selling the phone once i get it.
Its MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 Processor
No, it's a AA. Helen confirmed it yesterday.
Kéno40 said:
No, it's a AA. Helen confirmed it yesterday.
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so its 1st version of s801 damn
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Kéno40 said:
No, it's a AA. Helen confirmed it yesterday.
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Could u plz provide the link
You can see reliables info here.
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/...g-reports-suggestions-for-new-updates.403586/
Some of them are lost in that long thread :
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oxygenos-q-a-with-helen.403960/
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so its 1st version of s801 damn
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Could u plz provide the link
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See below:
riccardoro said:
@Helen I collected all OPX user reports and all is around the question of the processor, can you tell us exactly if this 801 is the version AA or AB? Especially lagging in games and videos are software problems? Can we hope for the future?
Thank you very much for your time, is not easy to answer at all, I see...
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Helen said:
AA, but that's no reason gaming should lag under *normal* circumstances. Which game are you playing? And obviously we'll be iteratively improving performance.
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https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oxygenos-q-a-with-helen.403960/page-11
Once we get kernel source and custom kernels anything is possible.
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Once we get kernel source and custom kernels anything is possible.
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Except turning a $250 phone with an old SoC into a ragin' gamin' machine. Some people (not you Gek) need to keep their expectations realistic. Sure, we want to get all we can out of it, but it has its limits.
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Except turning a $250 phone with an old SoC into a ragin' gamin' machine. Some people (not you Gek) need to keep their expectations realistic. Sure, we want to get all we can out of it, but it has its limits.
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Hmmm.... If my old N4 can be a raging gamin machine so should this.
I have noticed that the little stutter is consistent not only in gaming but throughout the whole system. I even turned asphalt 8 to medium and still it lags like hell. Asphalt 8 is my only casual game that i play.
I have location, sync etc. Turned off and still it's pretty consistent.
Im sorry if im offending someone. That is not my point. Im just sceptical and i tend rant little when im sceptical so it is my fault.
Hoping to see custom roms and kernels soon + hoping oneplus is fast at releasing sources.
Fatsodonkey said:
I have noticed that the little stutter is consistent not only in gaming but throughout the whole system. I even turned asphalt 8 to medium and still it lags like hell.
I have location, sync etc. Turned off and still it's pretty consistent.
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It's software issue and OP is aware of it. This should be fixed with one of the future updates.

NEW Samsung Tab S5e 10.5inch AMOLED with Android 9 Pie

Finally, something to upgrade from my original Android 6 Tab S 10.5! I'm guessing this quick Tab S5e release so soon after the Tab S4 is probably because the Tab S4 hasn't been a big hit. I also believe the inclusion of a fingerprint sensor is definitely an upgrade from the Tab S4 anyway. I just don't see where they put the fingerprint sensor. Is it in the same place as the Tab S1 10.5, or is it in the place where the Tab S2 and Tab S3 have it. Anyway, I'm standing by for this one to be available.
https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung...2057&cjevent=5cf141ec312a11e983ae00ef0a1c0e14
Update: Apparently the fingerprint sensor in in the side power button. Interesting...
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DaWeav said:
Finally, something to upgrade from my original Android 6 Tab S 10.5! I'm guessing this quick Tab S5e release so soon after the Tab S4 is probably because the Tab S4 hasn't been a big hit. I also believe the inclusion of a fingerprint sensor is definitely an upgrade from the Tab S4 anyway. I just don't see where they put the fingerprint sensor. Is it in the same place as the Tab S1 10.5, or is it in the place where the Tab S2 and Tab S3 have it. Anyway, I'm standing by for this one to be available.
https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung...2057&cjevent=5cf141ec312a11e983ae00ef0a1c0e14
Update: Apparently the fingerprint sensor in in the side power button. Interesting...
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If it were not for the provision of cameras in vertical format it would be a good option.
This looks to be on my list. Have been looking at the S4 but at odds with the price. Fingers crossed it ticks all the boxes (camera position not an issue for me) and can get a keyboard for it and i will probably go for it.
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But it has no headphone jack. Blah. I'd rather wait and buy a used Tab S4 than reward Samsung bean counters for such stupid behavior.
I am happy with my tabs t800, the motherboard is starting to fail but for $ 40 on AliExpress I have a tablet for 4 more years ?
I have to admit, i have had my T800 since pretty much launch. Its been used daily and took everything i have thrown at it (and it still does). Makes me wonder if a brand new S4 would offer the same?. Its one of those products that never really gets matched, so a good replacement is probably pie in the sky. Nothing lasts forever.
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Does the Tab S5e have UFS or eMMC storage?
I have the Tab S 8.4"; and I was looking for a larger device: Tab S4 is too expensive for 4G ram. I was wondering if I should wait for this to come out or get a refurbished Tab S 10.5 from Amazon.
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I have to admit, i have had my T800 since pretty much launch. Its been used daily and took everything i have thrown at it (and it still does). Makes me wonder if a brand new S4 would offer the same?. Its one of those products that never really gets matched, so a good replacement is probably pie in the sky. Nothing lasts forever.
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In my case I do not plan to change it, if one day I die I change the motherboard .. it is easy to change and cheap ($ 40), also when the developers fix the camera failure lineageos we will have 15.1 and 16. I now have RRemix 7.1.2 and I'm perfect.
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Shubhamkar said:
Does the Tab S5e have UFS or eMMC storage?
I have the Tab S 8.4"; and I was looking for a larger device: Tab S4 is too expensive for 4G ram. I was wondering if I should wait for this to come out or get a refurbished Tab S 10.5 from Amazon.
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I should have UFS .. But I would not even think about it ... precisely the big problem with the tabs is the failure in the EMMC.
The only real issue i have with my Tab S is performance. Still running everything as stock, would you recommend Rooting and a custom Rom?. stick to what i have if i can make it a bit sharper, just seems a bit tired.
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lytoh said:
In my case I do not plan to change it, if one day I die I change the motherboard .. it is easy to change and cheap ($ 40), also when the developers fix the camera failure lineageos we will have 15.1 and 16. I now have RRemix 7.1.2 and I'm perfect.
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I should have UFS .. But I would not even think about it ... precisely the big problem with the tabs is the failure in the EMMC.
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Sorry for the repost, just curious as to what you think?
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stigslim said:
The only real issue i have with my Tab S is performance. Still running everything as stock, would you recommend Rooting and a custom Rom?. stick to what i have if i can make it a bit sharper, just seems a bit tired.
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My performance issues stemmed from Firefox. I replaced it with a Chromium-based browser - Brave Browser specifically - and I'm good with interactive-1.3GHz.
You can try rooting, uninstalling the bloat (Knox, Hancom, Kids Mode and some more), tweak your Low Memory Killer (the default LMK for Marshmallow keeps a significant ram unused). When you occasionally need high performance, you can change the cpu governer to performance, or userspace with 900Hz as low. Note that both of these will consume a ton of battery when the device is idle.
In my experience, I tried Nougat custom ROM, but still preferred the stability (Xodo in particular) and camera of the stock ROM, besides the fact that the stock rom rotates the screen in under 2 sec, while custom ROMs require about 3 sec for screen rotation.
I also discovered that if you have the exynos chipset with BIG.little, then the per-clock performance (and overall power consumption) of the BIG cores is about 50% more than the little cores. And I am currently happy with the little cores alone! It's also the case, that I keep the device plugged in like a laptop. So, the device isn't going to get out-dated any time in the next 2 years either, for the basic use cases of reading and browsing!
Shubhamkar said:
My performance issues stemmed from Firefox. I replaced it with a Chromium-based browser - Brave Browser specifically - and I'm good with interactive-1.3GHz.
You can try rooting, uninstalling the bloat (Knox, Hancom, Kids Mode and some more), tweak your Low Memory Killer (the default LMK for Marshmallow keeps a significant ram unused). When you occasionally need high performance, you can change the cpu governer to performance, or userspace with 900Hz as low. Note that both of these will consume a ton of battery when the device is idle.
In my experience, I tried Nougat custom ROM, but still preferred the stability (Xodo in particular) and camera of the stock ROM, besides the fact that the stock rom rotates the screen in under 2 sec, while custom ROMs require about 3 sec for screen rotation.
I also discovered that if you have the exynos chipset with BIG.little, then the per-clock performance (and overall power consumption) of the BIG cores is about 50% more than the little cores. And I am currently happy with the little cores alone! It's also the case, that I keep the device plugged in like a laptop. So, the device isn't going to get out-dated any time in the next 2 years either, for the basic use cases of reading and browsing!
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I do not have any problem with the rotation in nougat .. and I use the Gcam for the photos I do not return to the stock ROM to me it goes better to me nougat in every way .. battery, performance etc.
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stigslim said:
The only real issue i have with my Tab S is performance. Still running everything as stock, would you recommend Rooting and a custom Rom?. stick to what i have if i can make it a bit sharper, just seems a bit tired.
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Sorry for the repost, just curious as to what you think?
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What do I think about lineage 15 and 16? has been said by the developers that are working on it (darkexistance)
lytoh said:
I do not have any problem with the rotation in nougat .. and I use the Gcam for the photos I do not return to the stock ROM to me it goes better to me nougat in every way .. battery, performance etc.
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What do I think about lineage 15 and 16? has been said by the developers that are working on it (darkexistance)
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Yes lineage is what I was thinking of. Cleaner Rom better performance is what I figured, is there anything in particular you would recommend?
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Yes lineage is what I was thinking of. Cleaner Rom better performance is what I figured, is there anything in particular you would recommend?
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I use RRemix which is based on lineage 7.1.2 but with more customization, to improve the sound use dolby atmos since it is a bit lower than the stock, for the camera I use Gcam, as Launcher I use Nova and I have the animations deactivated in options of developer, and the keyboard I use the Gboard in black. The gapps use the peak version without Google assistant that only consumes RAM .. This way I am very fluid and with more than 1.5gb free of RAM, in summary it is fluid with little battery consumption and without heating. Perfect.
Remix is ​​updated every 2 days with the improvements that come in lineageos and always has the latest security patch.
ROM:https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...om-resurrection-remix-n-sm-t800-wifi-t3606243
Extra to improve the sound of RR I recommend flashing for twrp dolby atmos, automatically disables the Audiofx and it shows a lot the improvement in quality and volume.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/zap18pcsu1c1zfd/dap_r6.5.zip
I also recommend using GCam has better quality than the RR stock.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/dl7p89wbr74tmp4/com.google.android.GoogleCamera-2.7.008.apk
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lytoh said:
I use RRemix which is based on lineage 7.1.2 but with more customization, to improve the sound use dolby atmos since it is a bit lower than the stock, for the camera I use Gcam, as Launcher I use Nova and I have the animations deactivated in options of developer, and the keyboard I use the Gboard in black. The gapps use the peak version without Google assistant that only consumes RAM .. This way I am very fluid and with more than 1.5gb free of RAM, in summary it is fluid with little battery consumption and without heating. Perfect.
Remix is ​​updated every 2 days with the improvements that come in lineageos and always has the latest security patch.
ROM:https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...om-resurrection-remix-n-sm-t800-wifi-t3606243
Extra to improve the sound of RR I recommend flashing for twrp dolby atmos, automatically disables the Audiofx and it shows a lot the improvement in quality and volume.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/zap18pcsu1c1zfd/dap_r6.5.zip
I also recommend using GCam has better quality than the RR stock.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/dl7p89wbr74tmp4/com.google.android.GoogleCamera-2.7.008.apk
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I leave a clip for you to see fluency ... logically in screen recording it does not look as good as in reality.
https://youtu.be/8r2_RJ-npck
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Yes that's more like it. Much snappier than my stock, thanks for the links. Will definitely be rooting and loading a better Rom.
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stigslim said:
Yes that's more like it. Much snappier than my stock, thanks for the links. Will definitely be rooting and loading a better Rom.
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you will not regret ?
lytoh said:
you will not regret [emoji6]
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Can you help me out with Gapps?. Have rooted and flashed TRWP, downloaded the Rom to flash but not sure on the Gapps i need. Any helps good help, cheers.
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I am waiting for a tablet from Samsung with a bigger display than 10.5". They pioneered 12" tablets (I am still sorely missing my Note Pro) and they have left this segment to Apple...
I liked the S4 (after the stupid 4:3 aspect ratio of the S2 and the S3) but the virtual buttons (which I don't mind at all by themselves) in the same 10.5" display size mean that the actual usable real estate is most of the times actually smaller than my Tab S 10.5 LTE.
About the S5e, I *hate* the metal back. Glass is OK, soft/rubberized polycarbonate (like in the S1) is the ideal, both in tablets and smartphones.
All in all, the S5e is a quite good tablet (good specs and features, great display and weight etc) at a pretty good price (especially in a few months) but due to its size and the metal back I am not getting it.
I am just glad that the S1 is unbelievably still going strong (acceptable performance, which were never really great anyway, and SOT still a tad over 4 hours after more than 4.5 years!).
If I were forced to replace it before something really suitable finally comes along I would most probably get an S4 or S5e, depending on their price at the moment.
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Can you help me out with Gapps?. Have rooted and flashed TRWP, downloaded the Rom to flash but not sure on the Gapps i need. Any helps good help, cheers.
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I use the gapps arm 7.1 micro.
Root for Galaxy Tab S5e?
I haven't had a Samsung Android device since I got my Google Nexus 10 in what, 2012 I think. Is there any chance there will be a forum page created and development started for my newly acquired Galaxy Tab S5e?
I'm really not used to having a non-rooted device! The bundled crapware alone makes me a bit crazy...
Thanks!
I just saw an S5e at Best Buy. The form factor is excellent. It sucks it doesn't have a headphone jack though. I can see myself buying one of these tablets if they work fine (someone already reported issues with WiFi antenna). It's about time. The Tab S is just too slow for anything but streaming video.

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