Im buying a pocophone today, what should i check before buying?
Multi touch issues, keyboard issues, input lag and screen bleeding.
Call someone with and without speakers.
HD streaming on Netflix or Prime.
Also try to play PUBG or other resource intensive games.
karpacha said:
Multi touch issues, keyboard issues, input lag and screen bleeding.
Call someone with and without speakers.
HD streaming on Netflix or Prime.
Also try to play PUBG or other resource intensive games.
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thanks, appreciate it.
Demitha said:
Im buying a pocophone today, what should i check before buying?
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Dont think u can check anything before buying , all sales are online. So take a call after reading here on XDA.
TBH there are issues but none that interfere with normal usage of a phone, check what unuse most and see if u r affected.
For me touch issue is a non issue for surfing, social media , texting and emails but if u play pubg or the likes , it may be a problem.
Similarly hd videos on phone is just a resource drain, i can't figure out the difference from a 540p and hd or fhd.
Screen bleed is there in few cases which hampers video watching but majority of users are just curious and also it doesn't degrade.
I can go on and on but u take a call...
Can I ask, which phone are U using now?
mejgs said:
Can I ask, which phone are U using now?
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non, my galaxy s7 screen stopped working, repair shop asked 270$ to fix it. i rather buy this.
Does this has the so called screen bleeding issues?
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appreciate a quick reply, Anyone?
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appreciate a quick reply, Anyone?
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It's there, but nearly as bad as I've seen on some devices.
Had the same amount of bleed on both the A2 Lite and the A2. It's an LCD issue.
This kind of bleeding you have wouldn't bother me at all.
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It's there, but nearly as bad as I've seen on some devices.
Had the same amount of bleed on both the A2 Lite and the A2. It's an LCD issue.
This kind of bleeding you have wouldn't bother me at all.
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it wont get worse?
It will stay like that.
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it wont get worse?
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No.
sanjay0501 said:
Dont think u can check anything before buying , all sales are online. So take a call after reading here on XDA.
TBH there are issues but none that interfere with normal usage of a phone, check what unuse most and see if u r affected.
For me touch issue is a non issue for surfing, social media , texting and emails but if u play pubg or the likes , it may be a problem.
Similarly hd videos on phone is just a resource drain, i can't figure out the difference from a 540p and hd or fhd.
Screen bleed is there in few cases which hampers video watching but majority of users are just curious and also it doesn't degrade.
I can go on and on but u take a call...
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I gues if u gonna just social media, don't get this phone, get honor play or may b nokia 6.1 plus as its got excellent display, the display on this is below avg
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I gues if u gonna just social media, don't get this phone, get honor play or may b nokia 6.1 plus as its got excellent display, the display on this is below avg
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Lol screen is below average, really?
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Lol screen is below average, really?
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i mean i might sound a bit rude here, but i bought this phone in the first sale itself, that's how crazy i was abt its launch when i saw sd 845, 6gb lpddr4x ram, 64 gb storage that too ufs 2.1, everything seemed so compelling, i bought this with the sole purpose of gaming, and now due to its touch issues, while typing, general social media scrolling, and esp. gaming where it requires muilple touches simultaneously, this ph sucks man, i rrally wanna love this ph, I don't care abt premium feel, widevine **** or even camera, all i wanted was to game properly on this ph but it has failed to deliver
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i mean i might sound a bit rude here, but i bought this phone in the first sale itself, that's how crazy i was abt its launch when i saw sd 845, 6gb lpddr4x ram, 64 gb storage that too ufs 2.1, everything seemed so compelling, i bought this with the sole purpose of gaming, and now due to its touch issues, while typing, general social media scrolling, and esp. gaming where it requires muilple touches simultaneously, this ph sucks man, i rrally wanna love this ph, I don't care abt premium feel, widevine **** or even camera, all i wanted was to game properly on this ph but it has failed to deliver
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That sucks indeed I havent got any issues for playing games, what games did you try? Seems you might had a defect one. Everything else is supersmooth here too :/
Did you use a custom rom?
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That sucks indeed I havent got any issues for playing games, what games did you try? Seems you might had a defect one. Everything else is supersmooth here too :/
Did you use a custom rom?
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i mostly play pubg, world of tanks and esp in pubg you just can't aim properly, the aim won't stop where u want it to stop and sometimes ghost touches makes it unplayable, I have an Indian unit and a lot of em have same complaints, ppl have evne replaced but same issue persists, i guess dey hav used cheap display on most of the Indian units, what unit r u using?
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i mostly play pubg, world of tanks and esp in pubg you just can't aim properly, the aim won't stop where u want it to stop and sometimes ghost touches makes it unplayable, I have an Indian unit and a lot of em have same complaints, ppl have evne replaced but same issue persists, i guess dey hav used cheap display on most of the Indian units, what unit r u using?
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Ahh yes pubg doesnt run very smooth indeed: the touching on screen doesnt work very price always indeed. in that case i'm pretty sure its an software issue i hope they should fix this in next big update. Pretty sure they will because there have been many complaints
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Ahh yes pubg doesnt run very smooth indeed: the touching on screen doesnt work very price always indeed. in that case i'm pretty sure its an software issue i hope they should fix this in next big update. Pretty sure they will because there have been many complaints
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yes hoping its a software and they fix it else we gamers r doomed
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i mostly play pubg, world of tanks and esp in pubg you just can't aim properly, the aim won't stop where u want it to stop and sometimes ghost touches makes it unplayable, I have an Indian unit and a lot of em have same complaints, ppl have evne replaced but same issue persists, i guess dey hav used cheap display on most of the Indian units, what unit r u using?
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every pocophone has this issues?
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I'm a huge fan of illusion labs games for the iPhone and I was dissopointed to learn there were no games like TouchGrind or Sway for android, so I emailed illusion labs to see if they had any plans to port these games or something similar to android. This is the response I received:
Hello,
I'm glad you like our games. We have no plans at the moment to port those games to android at the moment. One of the reasons is that the performance is much lower on Android.
Best Regards
Marcus
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Low performance seems like a lame excuse to me coming from an owner of a beastly Samsung Vibrant. Also, my iPhone 3G under-performs most android phones by a long shot and plays these games perfectly fine. I think performance is a poor excuse with some of the top selling android devices having GPU's capable of pushing more pixels then the iPhone, like the Galaxy S line.
I think illusion labs is seriously underestimating android and the demand for high quality android games on the platform. My proposal? Show them there is damand! Download labyrinth (illusion labs only android port) rate it and leave comments demanding they port the other games! And email illusion labs at: [email protected]
Tell them how badly android needs quality games and how perfectly capable android is at games.
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Low performance? lol
I did my part. Sent an email. Please do the same and keep it civil.
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I did my part. Sent an email. Please do the same and keep it civil.
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Same Here.
"If Gameloft can do it, you can too."
Hardware fragmentation is going to be a major issue with Android for gaming. Look what happened with angry birds. They have to develop a light edition for low and mid range phones. When there is no hardware standard this is bound to happen. Sadly I may end up buying a win7 phone in place of my vibrant because of this one problem....which sucks balls. I like good games...not tile puzzles, bejeweled knockoffs and the like. What is the benefit of having the fastest gpu on the market when there's sh*t for games....other than Gameloft.
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Hardware fragmentation is going to be a major issue with Android for gaming. Look what happened with angry birds. They have to develop a light edition for low and mid range phones. When there is no hardware standard this is bound to happen. Sadly I may end up buying a win7 phone in place of my vibrant because of this one problem....which sucks balls. I like good games...not tile puzzles, bejeweled knockoffs and the like. What is the benefit of having the fastest gpu on the market when there's sh*t for games....other than Gameloft.
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You don't need to move on to WinMo7, I'm sure you and Illusion Labs are un-aware of the new Hardware requirement list of Gingerbread and the new Gaming API introduced with it for high-end 3D Games. Since this is now going to be a standard requirement for all Android phones, the gaming scenario is soon going to change and be at par or exceeding to that of iOS 4 platform.
gatesmarch123 said:
Hardware fragmentation is going to be a major issue with Android for gaming. Look what happened with angry birds. They have to develop a light edition for low and mid range phones. When there is no hardware standard this is bound to happen. Sadly I may end up buying a win7 phone in place of my vibrant because of this one problem....which sucks balls. I like good games...not tile puzzles, bejeweled knockoffs and the like. What is the benefit of having the fastest gpu on the market when there's sh*t for games....other than Gameloft.
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They don't have to make games compatible with every android device. Newer idevice games don't work on older idevices, yet there are still 10's of millions of older iwhatevers in use. Android game devs could just target newer devices the same way. Fragmentation is a lame excuse.
I read an interview with John Carmack the other day and he said the lack of commitment to android was mainly do to market issues. Limited download size plus lack of built-in DRM means a lot of back end work. Building and supporting a drm system and servers to deliver the games. Not fun stuff. Makes more sence then fragmentation and hardware limits. Hopefully gingerbread fixes this.
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They don't have to make games compatible with every android device. Newer idevice games don't work on older idevices, yet there are still 10's of millions of older iwhatevers in use. Android game devs could just target newer devices the same way. Fragmentation is a lame excuse.
I read an interview with John Carmack the other day and he said the lack of commitment to android was mainly do to market issues. Limited download size plus lack of built-in DRM means a lot of back end work. Building and supporting a drm system and servers to deliver the games. Not fun stuff. Makes more sence then fragmentation and hardware limits. Hopefully gingerbread fixes this.
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Well said, I think looking at Market 2.2.6 and its later upgrades this will be resolved. Google is moving really fast on everything "ITS HIGH TIME".
Jibreil said:
Well said, I think looking at Market 2.2.6 and its later upgrades this will be resolved. Google is moving really fast on everything "ITS HIGH TIME".
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Yeah Google is really good. Unfortunately the goodness of Google is useless because of T-mobile/Samsung.
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Yeah Google is really good. Unfortunately the goodness of Google is useless because of T-mobile/Samsung.
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Yea it seems HTC has lost its flare against the awesomeness of Samsung.
I got a reply to the email I sent and thought I should share it here.
Let me explain a bit further what I meant in the mail on the forum.
First of all I think the title of the thread is a bit misguiding. All I wrote in the mail was that we have no plans at moment for those two games. That doesn't mean that we don't have other plans for Android.
The comment on performance may have been a bit short formulated on my part. I know that there are many high performance Android devices that can run any high performance game. But there is also a lot of low end phones that have less performance. The problem is that we can't single out one group and have to release our games on all devices. We always try to get our games to run smooth on all devices they are intended for.
I hope my answer was helpful.
Best Regards
Marcus
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Very simple, they make games for the high end and low end just like other developers. That is their loss if they choose not to.
So I came across this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAs3ZiPQl-U&feature=youtu.be&t=21m49s
It shows the sgs3 playing a video and running shadowgun at the same time seemingly flawlessly. I've always been pro-HTC, I went from the Touch Pro to the Evo and now I plan to get the EVO LTE. But despite my fanboyism, I have realized that HTC products usually don't perform as well as their samsung rivals in real world usage despite what the numbers and processors should theoretically be doing. I figured the Evo LTE and just about any high-end phone released in the past year can run everything on the market, who cares? Then I see something like this and it blows my mind. I'm almost tempted to jump ship.. but we'll see. What are your thoughts?
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So I came across this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAs3ZiPQl-U&feature=youtu.be&t=21m49s
It shows the sgs3 playing a video and running shadowgun at the same time seemingly flawlessly. I've always been pro-HTC, I went from the Touch Pro to the Evo and now I plan to get the EVO LTE. But despite my fanboyism, I have realized that HTC products usually don't perform as well as their samsung rivals in real world usage despite what the numbers and processors should theoretically be doing. I figured the Evo LTE and just about any high-end phone released in the past year can run everything on the market, who cares? Then I see something like this and it blows my mind. I'm almost tempted to jump ship.. but we'll see. What are your thoughts?
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thats neat how did he play the video on top of the game, ???
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thats neat how did he play the video on top of the game, ???
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It's a new feature of the sgs3. It's a cool, novel feature I suppose. Maybe if you're playing a game and wanna watch a video of someone else doing it or something. But I'm more impressed with how well it did it all at once!
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thats neat how did he play the video on top of the game, ???
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click the link and you'll see. lol
thats honestly kinda cool there...not sure how often id use it but it brings PIP back in play but now on mobile phones.....though I hate TouchWiz with a passion so no way im going that route...
whats the real worl application for that function. i think its a pointless feature
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whats the real worl application for that function. i think its a pointless feature
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Agreed. At least for mobile phones... Could have some usage on tablets like taking a timed class and watching a video to pass the time.
The 24nm Krait S4 Snapdragon is a very capable chip. It should have no problems doing what you're video is doing or even running 2 HD movies simultaneously while running background tasks all simultaneously even on a screen as demanding as the new Evo's.
Samsung has done alot on the software side of things ..to me its more of a wow factor than something that I would ever use. If your in a store and stuck between two phones ..they show a gs3 doing pip and your sold ..not for me ..a cool but useless feature as well as the s talk or whatever it is ..I just don't imagine using it ..its a good phone tho ..you don't have to iuse those features ..to me the new evo is more desirable..and I believe the s4 is 28nm
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Samsung has done alot on the software side of things ..to me its more of a wow factor than something that I would ever use. If your in a store and stuck between two phones ..they show a gs3 doing pip and your sold ..not for me ..a cool but useless feature as well as the s talk or whatever it is ..I just don't imagine using it ..its a good phone tho ..you don't have to iuse those features ..to me the new evo is more desirable..and I believe the s4 is 28nm
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You sir are correct, apologies for the typo. The Krait s4 snapdragons are indeed 28nm.
I have no doubt the EVO 4G LTE could do this, and probably the galaxy s2 as well. What I really don't know is why you would need or want to do this other than to showoff.
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whats the real worl application for that function. i think its a pointless feature
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You could write notes, respond to a text, make an appointment, send an email, etc, without having to pause and back out of the video you are watching.
I think its far from pointless. People seem to assign the words "pointless" "useless" and "gimmick" to any feature that doesn't fit their personal lifestyle. Keep an open mind
Samsung says this is something new and groundbreaking that just came out with. BS!!! There is already an app in the Play Store that can do this on the phone in your hand right now. Check out app developers MBFG, I believe they may even be a XDA member. They have an app called OverSkreen that allows you to have a webpage on top of any other screen on your device. I use OverSkreen on my tablet and love it! They have another app that plays videos on top of any other screen just like the Galaxy S3, it's called Stick It! (and yes the "!" is part of the app's name, lol). Check it out. Funny Samsung lies saying how they created the idea an that the GS3 is the only phone that can do this, when in fact any Android phone with the app Stick It!! can do it!!!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myboyfriendisageek.stickit
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The PIP function on the SG3 is not new. There is an app in the market called stick it, for $1.49 that does the same thing. I bought it a couple weeks ago, and it works very well, even though honestly, there isnt really any practical use for it. Many of the software tweaks that samsung is bui8ldin ginto the SG3 are impressive, but not original. You can duplicate just about every functionality they bragged about at the announcement with apps found in the market, or on custom roms readily available for most phones. Ultimately, because the US version will not have the quad core processor, and because i have always found samsung phones to feel cheap in my hand, im going with HTC, whose build quality is usually very good. Oh yeah, that and the pen tile screen on the SG3.... thats a deal breaker for me too
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The PIP function on the SG3 is not new. There is an app in the market called stick it, for $1.49 that does the same thing. I bought it a couple weeks ago, and it works very well, even though honestly, there isnt really any practical use for it. Many of the software tweaks that samsung is bui8ldin ginto the SG3 are impressive, but not original. You can duplicate just about every functionality they bragged about at the announcement with apps found in the market, or on custom roms readily available for most phones. Ultimately, because the US version will not have the quad core processor, and because i have always found samsung phones to feel cheap in my hand, im going with HTC, whose build quality is usually very good. Oh yeah, that and the pen tile screen on the SG3.... thats a deal breaker for me too
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What an awesome app. Thanks for that!
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Theoretically, probably. In reality, probably not, if the EVO LTE has the multitasking issue that the ONE X has, which it probably will as HTC customized the multitasking to be so aggressive/ineffective. Really bummed about this. I hope all this is not the case. Show me wrong, HTC.
This concerns me.
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What an awesome app. Thanks for that!
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Check out my post above the one you quoted. I mentioned that app as well, but commenting because you should also try out the web browser I aso mentioned. It's by the same dev as the floating video app. OverSkreen is the browsers name and it's awesome!!
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Back to the topic at hand...
Theoretically, probably. In reality, probably not, if the EVO LTE has the multitasking issue that the ONE X has, which it probably will as HTC customized the multitasking to be so aggressive/ineffective. Really bummed about this. I hope all this is not the case. Show me wrong, HTC.
This concerns me.
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Regardless of HTC botching the multi-tasking of Android, our EVOs will still be able to do this easily. Did you forget what website you're on??
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Regardless of HTC botching the multi-tasking of Android, our EVOs will still be able to do this easily. Did you forget what website you're on??
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After custom rom kernel whatevers, sure. Out of the box, might not be able to. Dunno yet
I can Skype and surf the web!
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What an awesome app. Thanks for that!
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my first thanks! welcome!
Hello . So I've wanted a smart device for a while, and It looks like the galaxy Player 4.0 will be able to fill that gap quite nicely, when I have enough money to get one in a couple of months. Anyway, what I was wondering is if you guys have any tips for me about buying, or just about using the player. I'm thinking about buying from amazon, along with an invisible shield for the screen and a case by Ringke. Also, I've set up a Google voice account to use with GrooveIP to get a sort of WiFi phone thing going on. I'll have to test it, but I think it will work. Suggestions / tips / warnings?
-Thanks!
P.S. I'm hoping by the time I get the player, team SuperNova will have a daily usable version of their ICS port (Right now it has no deep sleep, so low on battery life).
(After seeing custom themes, I've been making a mock up in GIMP, but I can't post the link as I have less than 10 posts)
Go on ebay and u can find lots of cheaper cases for sale around 3-7USD.
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Just be sure its already a 2.3.6 version. Mine stucks at 2.2.2 nd git problem on connecting kies
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Just be sure its already a 2.3.6 version. Mine stucks at 2.2.2 nd git problem on connecting kies
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Interesting. Amazon lists it as 2.3.5
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Just be sure its already a 2.3.6 version. Mine stucks at 2.2.2 nd git problem on connecting kies
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Like the poster above me, i thought the SGP 4.0 came with at least 2.3.5? Mine did. Also, can't you use the OTA update via settings=>About Deviice=>software update?
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Like the poster above me, i thought the SGP 4.0 came with at least 2.3.5? Mine did. Also, can't you use the OTA update via settings=>About Deviice=>software update?
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It depends of the device variant. His is an internationnal one so it came with 2.2.2 or 2.2.1. He needs to use odin or heimdall to update his player.
The groove ip app looks good. I haven't tried it because google voice isn't available in my country.
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Hello . So I've wanted a smart device for a while, and It looks like the galaxy Player 4.0 will be able to fill that gap quite nicely, when I have enough money to get one in a couple of months. Anyway, what I was wondering is if you guys have any tips for me about buying, or just about using the player. I'm thinking about buying from amazon, along with an invisible shield for the screen and a case by Ringke. Also, I've set up a Google voice account to use with GrooveIP to get a sort of WiFi phone thing going on. I'll have to test it, but I think it will work. Suggestions / tips / warnings?
-Thanks!
P.S. I'm hoping by the time I get the player, team SuperNova will have a daily usable version of their ICS port (Right now it has no deep sleep, so low on battery life).
(After seeing custom themes, I've been making a mock up in GIMP, but I can't post the link as I have less than 10 posts)
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All I have to say is don't buy a Ringke case. I had mine for exactly 3 months, and on the upper left and right hand corners it ripped lol. I suggest getting a TPU gel case or HIGHLY recommend getting a Nillkin case seen here http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nillkin-Sof...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item3a79b544cb. They both cost about half the price of the Ringke case and are way better in terms of durability. All I have to say is make sure that the screen protector you choose fits. Mines I had to trim a bit off lol, but it is reusable (water install) so that is fine.
I can vouch that GrooveIP and Google Voice work very well on this device. I use it as a wifi phone all the time. At college it connects to the internet easily and calls are clear and loud. I can text using the Google Voice app too so it is all good. My only issue with this device is the limited ram. So if you have too many apps open be prepared to deal with some extreme lag. So I suggest having like 1-3 open at a time, and going to task manager and closing out the ones you are not using.
guys help i tried odin nd kies but it doesnt detect my sgs player even i installed usb driver.. whats the possible problem?
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Don't get the 4.0
My advice get the 5.0 more deb support and a ton more real estate for games and movies, I know youll say it's only for music but you WILL use it for more, just do yourself a great favor and get the 5.0
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On weather to get the 4.0 or 5.0
Reventon319 said:
My advice get the 5.0 more deb support and a ton more real estate for games and movies, I know youll say it's only for music but you WILL use it for more, just do yourself a great favor and get the 5.0
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My main concern about the 5.0 is the larger screen is the same resolution as the 4.0. Does the DPI/pixel resolution look good on it?
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My main concern about the 5.0 is the larger screen is the same resolution as the 4.0. Does the DPI/pixel resolution look good on it?
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I can't exactly remember how it looked, but it wasn't really bad. If you're used to some of the newer Amoled displays on the high end Samsung devices, you might not think it's very good, but I do know that the 4.0 screen IMO looks great, I loved it. I own a Galaxy S2, and I honestly couldn't tell any real difference from just glancing at them.
Well, I guess I'll wait till I buy to decide whether to get the 4.0 or the 5.0. If hanthesolo's build is far enough along. (HW acceleration/Deep sleep)
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My main concern about the 5.0 is the larger screen is the same resolution as the 4.0. Does the DPI/pixel resolution look good on it?
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the galaxy player 5.0 has the same resolution and stock build.prop dpi setting as the 4.0 but the 5.0 has a lower physical ppi.
I've got the 5.0, and you can see the pixels if you look for them, but it's not bad. If you plan on using the micro sd card slot a lot, the 5.0 has easier access I think (I Belle the 4.0 has to go through the battery panel). The screen size is great for sharing text and video, letting two or more people see it with ease. My wife has regularly preferred top read off my player than her Samsung Stratosphere.
As far as a case, I'm not sure you need one. I've had mine since February, and while it's taken some heavy falls, the worst it has to show is a little marring of the plastic where it hit the concrete and a hairline crack in that corner. (You really have to squint to see the crack).
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I can vouch that GrooveIP and Google Voice work very well on this device. I use it as a wifi phone all the time. At college it connects to the internet easily and calls are clear and loud. I can text using the Google Voice app too so it is all good. My only issue with this device is the limited ram. So if you have too many apps open be prepared to deal with some extreme lag. So I suggest having like 1-3 open at a time, and going to task manager and closing out the ones you are not using.
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Just piggybacking off what Obscuresword said. Google Voice is fantastic on the Galaxy Player. GrooveIP sounds better on my end than my cell phone, but I have heard some callers complain that I echo and no amount of playing with the settings has changed that. Also, he is spot on when mentioning the multi-tasking. For a device that no one really cares about it can do some pretty amazing stuff...but when it gets bogged down don't expect any amount of snappiness whatsoever. It was sold as a media player and has barebones hardware to match that description. This is no SGIII.
Knocks on the hardware aside the end result is this: I leave a dumb phone in my car(for emergencies) and take my 4.0 with me wherever I go.
I have a 5.0 and my dad has a 4.0 and here are the differences.
5.0 has more battery life than the 4.0 and usually lasts longer.
The sound chip on the 4.0 is much nicer than the one of the 5.0.
Both of them can do the same job, although I would suggest using LCD Resolution to make it look better.
You have two speakers on the 5.0 rather than the 4.0.
That aside, the main difference is the form factor which can turn some people off. My local best buy has the 4.2 and 5.0 on display so I would suggest going there to see how big they are. The 4.2 is like the 4.0 only with a newer Android OS 2.3.7?. That adds docking features and updates some of the Google Apps but nothing big.
I would suggest getting case and screen protector when you can get it. They help a lot. Also check out the roms and kernels and see what you like. That might persuade you one way or another. I wouldn't suggest the 3.5 as its screen resolution is bad but its very small.
Apps
Groove IP/Google Voice (You can make calls on your tablet)
HeyWire (txting app)
With these two you have mostly a phone, except it can't get on 3g networks and the like.
Titanium Backup Very useful since you can downgrade your apps, make backups of your apps and freeze system ones that you don't really use without uninstalling them.
PowerAMP Great music app that I use. I love it but try it before you buy it.
Hope this helps.
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If you plan on using the micro sd card slot a lot, the 5.0 has easier access I think (I Belle the 4.0 has to go through the battery panel).
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Hi,
I am a Classic Desire owner and also author of several roms for bravo. I was planning to upgrade to Desire X as it looks pretty good to me.
I know the compromises:
1. Camera video = 480p limit
2. No compass
3. No front camera
But the only thing which concerns me is, i have a collection of 720p videos, and i want to transfer it to desire x once i get it, so do i have to convert all of them to 480p via some convertor/? OR i can use MX Player or other market app to atleast RUN the 720p videos ???
Please i need feedback. I know playing 720p on 480p display is serving no additional purpose, but still i dont wanna convert all videos which i download on my pc.
Thanks
Yasir
Yasir Javed Ansari said:
Hi,
I am a Classic Desire owner and also author of several roms for bravo. I was planning to upgrade to Desire X as it looks pretty good to me.
I know the compromises:
1. Camera video = 480p limit
2. No compass
3. No front camera
But the only thing which concerns me is, i have a collection of 720p videos, and i want to transfer it to desire x once i get it, so do i have to convert all of them to 480p via some convertor/? OR i can use MX Player or other market app to atleast RUN the 720p videos ???
Please i need feedback. I know playing 720p on 480p display is serving no additional purpose, but still i dont wanna convert all videos which i download on my pc.
Thanks
Yasir
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Tested it out for you, got a 720p clip from youtube on my sdcard and used mxplayer to play it...no problems whatsoever, no lagging or hickups*
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Tested it out for you, got a 720p clip from youtube on my sdcard and used mxplayer to play it...no problems whatsoever, no lagging or hickups*
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Just what I needed to know. Hope to be on your forum soon. If proto device and vendor are properly created by some one, then I promise Aokp cm9/10 and PA etc.
Anyways.
Regards
Yasir
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I did try 720P mkv and those do tend to lag,but maybe with time when we get some custom rom aka optimization the performance will improve.
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I did try 720P mkv and those do tend to lag,but maybe with time when we get some custom rom aka optimization the performance will improve.
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I think as far as the DX's hardware goes, it's perfectly capable of playing 720p and up. I tested 480x352, 480x360, 720p and 1080p clips in different formats and both streaming and from storage. Streaming, in Youtube app, I havent seen any problems like out of sync audio/video, lagging or hickups. From storage, a lot depends on the media player and on the clip format. MXPlayer will play a 720p (and higher res) clip in FLV format perfect.
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I think as far as the DX's hardware goes, it's perfectly capable of playing 720p and up. I tested 480x352, 480x360, 720p and 1080p clips in different formats and both streaming and from storage. Streaming, in Youtube app, I havent seen any problems like out of sync audio/video, lagging or hickups. From storage, a lot depends on the media player and on the clip format. MXPlayer will play a 720p (and higher res) clip in FLV format perfect.
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Classic desire wasn't able to record natively at 720p but some kernel Dev found a way to do it. I'm just surprised DX Dev hasn't kicked in properly as its a great device ( not flagship of course).
Anyways What about people complaining of random reboots? Is it only rare or many have noticed?
Reviews are generally very positive and I don't care about NFC and front camera. The s4 play dual core is among the lowest performer in its class, but if it beats a gnex, that's fine by me.
Compass is a compromise I have to make though. Other than that it's all fine.
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Yasir Javed Ansari said:
Classic desire wasn't able to record natively at 720p but some kernel Dev found a way to do it. I'm just surprised DX Dev hasn't kicked in properly as its a great device ( not flagship of course).
Anyways What about people complaining of random reboots? Is it only rare or many have noticed?
Reviews are generally very positive and I don't care about NFC and front camera. The s4 play dual core is among the lowest performer in its class, but if it beats a gnex, that's fine by me.
Compass is a compromise I have to make though. Other than that it's all fine.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app
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Yea, more so because you can pretty much count on the Desire X getting updates to JB and full sense. The NFC and front camera are no problem for me either, I don't see myself doing video conference calls on my phone lol. Some people have said their phone rebooted randomly, but I don't think it's a general problem when you get the rooting right from scratch, use the right apps and don't try to freeze essential system apps. If you root just unlocking the bootloader, flashing the CWM 6.1.0.5 that's available, then busybox and SuperUser 3.1.3, you're good. No reboots here.
As to the performance, I think these Quadrant tests I just did, say enough.
Without vsync, I/O stats and enhanced sysctl (pimpmyrom) :
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Yasir Javed Ansari said:
Anyways What about people complaining of random reboots? Is it only rare or many have noticed?
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I own Desire X for about two weeks, and I haven't had a single reboot. The device is unrooted with official ROM though...
Yasir Javed Ansari said:
Compass is a compromise I have to make though. Other than that it's all fine.
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Unfortunately, compass is a huge drawback for me. Yesterday for example, I had to use the GPS while I was driving, and it took me a couple of secs to understand my direction on the road...
Other than that, I have to say that I like this device, and as a Desire user (for the past two years), I have to say that it was an upgrade that worth every single Euro...
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hi
panos_ts said:
I own Desire X for about two weeks, and I haven't had a single reboot. The device is unrooted with official ROM though...
Unfortunately, compass is a huge drawback for me. Yesterday for example, I had to use the GPS while I was driving, and it took me a couple of secs to understand my direction on the road...
Other than that, I have to say that I like this device, and as a Desire user (for the past two years), I have to say that it was an upgrade that worth every single Euro...
Sent from my HTC Desire X using xda app-developers app
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There is no Google Nav yet in our country, so i can live with just having directions atm.
I read through the forums and SuperSU was suspected to cause random reboots. My decision is final. Buying this device :good::good::good:
Hope to have a good time with you guys here.
Regards
Yasir
Yasir Javed Ansari said:
My decision is final. Buying this device :good::good::good:
Hope to have a good time with you guys here.
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Welcome to the club Yasir!
I hope you'll enjoy your new phone!
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infernal77 said:
Tested it out for you, got a 720p clip from youtube on my sdcard and used mxplayer to play it...no problems whatsoever, no lagging or hickups*
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hi i have treid all the video players mrom marketplace including mx player not able to play 720p videos(Imkv or otherwise) without stuttering or out of sync,,i liked this phone very much however not able to play videos is rendiering it useless as multimedia player..even my blackberry cud play these videos..wht seems to be problem dual core not sufficient enough ?
any sloultion
dheerpat said:
:crying:
hi i have treid all the video players mrom marketplace including mx player not able to play 720p videos(Imkv or otherwise) without stuttering or out of sync,,i liked this phone very much however not able to play videos is rendiering it useless as multimedia player..even my blackberry cud play these videos..wht seems to be problem dual core not sufficient enough ?
any sloultion
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From my own tests, a lot depends on the format and the media player. I have to say I'm not very impressed by most of the media players for Android out there. Even the beta VLC for my old iPhone 3GS was better. Hardware wise the Desire X is good enough to play them, like you say.
Tell me if you find a way to watch the 720p videos without any delays or slowdowns thank you all !
nikolai4os said:
Tell me if you find a way to watch the 720p videos without any delays or slowdowns thank you all !
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Just watched 720p mp4 video of Superbad movie with mx player. Works perfect and no delays slowdowns whatsoever. I'm 99% sure other 720p videos will work too.
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720p videos lag in my dx too... How did u guys get it working..?
The lag is due to a bad sdcard, if you buy a new one I think it'll work flawlessly.
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MaartenXDA said:
The lag is due to a bad sdcard, if you buy a new one I think it'll work flawlessly.
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I have a god sd card (Transcend 16bg class 10) and it lags, simply goes out of sync.
Lag is definitely there..Even a simple Video song do not play properly.
I have to convert them to see it.
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I have a god sd card (Transcend 16bg class 10) and it lags, simply goes out of sync.
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That's weird, I can play LOTR full HD without any lag with MX Player. But I just got a new sdcard, something like SanDisk class something, I don't know.
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I think the Desire X is perfectly able to play 720p, it just depends on the clip, your own setup (background apps,..) and the media player apps out there. I just watched a 720p clip in mkv format without problem. I run V6 Supercharger which speeds up my phone a lot though
Hi,
I just ordered THL W8S from a online shopping site. I just want to know whether it is a good bargain or not. I mean is phone good enough (Not good as Samsung and iphone obviously), but does it has a standard configuration to popular. I will appreciate your thoughts and feedbacks. Thank you
Lindsay02 said:
Hi,
I just ordered THL W8S from a online shopping site. I just want to know whether it is a good bargain or not. I mean is phone good enough (Not good as Samsung and iphone obviously), but does it has a standard configuration to popular. I will appreciate your thoughts and feedbacks. Thank you
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I own a THL W8s because I would like to test a dual sim device. I used to utilize a Samsung S4 and an iPhone 5 but I think the W8s is very good value for money as you pay less than half the price for the other devices. The only thing is when you want to flash another ROM, you will have to spend some time for finding one.
Lindsay02 said:
Hi,
I just ordered THL W8S from a online shopping site. I just want to know whether it is a good bargain or not. I mean is phone good enough (Not good as Samsung and iphone obviously), but does it has a standard configuration to popular. I will appreciate your thoughts and feedbacks. Thank you
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I'll second the vote of confidence for this phone. The MTK6589T 1.5Ghz SoC is a good chip set that is pretty snappy and has good mltimedia capabilities. It also provides for great browsing ability too. This is one of my faves for the Mediatek SoC and the kernel version has been fairly stable on the devices that I have tested as well. I think you will be satisfied with your purchase providing you understand that Chinese goods can be qwerky at times. Good luck with her and enjoy!
Zetvier said:
I own a THL W8s because I would like to test a dual sim device. I used to utilize a Samsung S4 and an iPhone 5 but I think the W8s is very good value for money as you pay less than half the price for the other devices. The only thing is when you want to flash another ROM, you will have to spend some time for finding one.
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I saw a website published a THL W8S ROM. Here: http://www.thlmobilestore.com/news/thl-w8s-firmware/
I don't know this firmware can or not be used.
I am using one.
First if you don't root it, than your GPS is useless.
Second: if you use for development, the logcat will be full of warning messages, bug to an Android 4.2.1 bug.
Third: it is not for games, has low performance there.
It is good for:
browsing
stand by mode
basic, utility apps
The intermal memory is formatted as the aps has only 3.5Gb available.
Flashing a new ROM can lead to loose the NVRam content: serial number, imeis, mac address an so on.
We have different needs. For me the worse is the Android bug and they don't upgrade to 4.2.2 ... when 4.4 released already...
Using without root: no GPs and ads... is not for me
matheszabi said:
I am using one.
First if you don't root it, than your GPS is useless.
Second: if you use for development, the logcat will be full of warning messages, bug to an Android 4.2.1 bug.
Third: it is not for games, has low performance there.
It is good for:
browsing
stand by mode
basic, utility apps
The intermal memory is formatted as the aps has only 3.5Gb available.
Flashing a new ROM can lead to loose the NVRam content: serial number, imeis, mac address an so on.
We have different needs. For me the worse is the Android bug and they don't upgrade to 4.2.2 ... when 4.4 released already...
Using without root: no GPs and ads... is not for me
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Thanks for your advice, I'm not using GPS, There are other disadvantages?
Lindsay02 said:
Thanks for your advice, I'm not using GPS, There are other disadvantages?
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"Second: if you use for development, the logcat will be full of warning messages, bug to an Android 4.2.1 bug.
Third: it is not for games, has low performance there."
3.5Gb for apps. For me is enough now but the other 24 GB is used like the SD card, so the 32GB is like 4GB + 24GB SDCard...good or not, this is.
If you don't need GPS and not need Logcat for development, and don't wan to play 3D games at full resolution, speed, than is the best phone for his price.
Very nice screen, very high resolution.
Utility apps are working
Easy to root with Framaroot. Than set the EPO + gps.conf and you have a resonable gps first fix time too, still weak hardware and work work indoor, just out.
Photos: make with a special photo device with optical zoom and not with this phones, especially on low ligh conditions.
It has whatever Megapixel, but that is for resolution and not for quality.
At daily, sunny weather you can use it to post a picture to Facebook posting, but by far not the photograph quality. I don't use the camera, just tested 3 times. At night with street light full of noise the picture( low light condition)
matheszabi said:
"Second: if you use for development, the logcat will be full of warning messages, bug to an Android 4.2.1 bug.
Third: it is not for games, has low performance there."
3.5Gb for apps. For me is enough now but the other 24 GB is used like the SD card, so the 32GB is like 4GB + 24GB SDCard...good or not, this is.
If you don't need GPS and not need Logcat for development, and don't wan to play 3D games at full resolution, speed, than is the best phone for his price.
Very nice screen, very high resolution.
Utility apps are working
Easy to root with Framaroot. Than set the EPO + gps.conf and you have a resonable gps first fix time too, still weak hardware and work work indoor, just out.
Photos: make with a special photo device with optical zoom and not with this phones, especially on low ligh conditions.
It has whatever Megapixel, but that is for resolution and not for quality.
At daily, sunny weather you can use it to post a picture to Facebook posting, but by far not the photograph quality. I don't use the camera, just tested 3 times. At night with street light full of noise the picture( low light condition)
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So many shortcomings, without any advantage? In fact, I want to have a reason to buy this phone.
For the price is the best what you get!
It can be routed.
It is a nwverlocked.
Oh it is a dial sim: one to have free 3g internet . other sim to be unused - at lest for me
matheszabi said:
For the price is the best what you get!
It can be routed.
It is a nwverlocked.
Oh it is a dial sim: one to have free 3g internet . other sim to be unused - at lest for me
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I'm still waiting for one week, THL will launch THL T100 eight-core phone. But the price has not been determined.
Lindsay02 said:
I'm still waiting for one week, THL will launch THL T100 eight-core phone. But the price has not been determined.
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From 4 core on this phone 2 is sleeping, almost always.
THIS PHONE ARE NOT FOR GAMES.
from 8 core you will have 6-7 sleeping, but you must pay the price for 8.
Smart idea to buyt a 32 core phone, to have 30 core sleeping
So many money thrown away why don't buy an Original S4? !
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From 4 core on this phone 2 is sleeping, almost always.
THIS PHONE ARE NOT FOR GAMES.
from 8 core you will have 6-7 sleeping, but you must pay the price for 8.
Smart idea to buyt a 32 core phone, to have 30 core sleeping
So many money thrown away why don't buy an Original S4? !
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Because I want to buy a cheap phone.
There are other cheaper phones recommend?
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There are other cheaper phones recommend?
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Actually, when I bought I was looking for " Samsung galaxy S4 alternative"
Now if you want you can search for "Samsung Galaxy note 3 alternative".
I would recommend this as a cheap phone, if you don't mind routing to have the GPS ( believe me you will need it at least twice in a year and never say "never". The gorila glass 3 is really nice. The Android 4..2.1 will be changed once and at 4.2.2 it isn't that bug, you can find here a custom rom with "... sony ericcson heart" for this phone. I have checked and that has other nice features for developers: GUI debugging.
For gaming take an original Note 3!
Usually it is used only 1 core at at around 500 MHz. The 4 core or 32 core is just an extra price, still lower than S4, but still unused.
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Actually, when I bought I was looking for " Samsung galaxy S4 alternative"
Now if you want you can search for "Samsung Galaxy note 3 alternative".
I would recommend this as a cheap phone, if you don't mind routing to have the GPS ( believe me you will need it at least twice in a year and never say "never". The gorila glass 3 is really nice. The Android 4..2.1 will be changed once and at 4.2.2 it isn't that bug, you can find here a custom rom with "... sony ericcson heart" for this phone. I have checked and that has other nice features for developers: GUI debugging.
For gaming take an original Note 3!
Usually it is used only 1 core at at around 500 MHz. The 4 core or 32 core is just an extra price, still lower than S4, but still unused.
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I checked on the Internet for more information about this phone, the phone is very good, but size is a little big, samsung has a small size cheap mobile phone? (4.3 to 4.7 Inch)
I didn't find the right phone.
Great phone! Using it for 4 months and i love it!!!
fire2blade said:
Great phone! Using it for 4 months and i love it!!!
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hi, i would like to ask, have you tried the set ringtone to specific contacts? I bought w8s 2 days ago, and my contact ringtone won't work. The default ringtone is still the one that "ring/play". I also tried using Ringo app, but only the text tone is successful. Ringing tone is still default ringing tone.. Another thing is the profile picture of the contacts does not show when they are calling.. but it shows on messaging.
Im just wondering if i might have missed something, or the phone's calling feature is defective.
thank you in advance...