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I am trying to decide whether I should buy an Archos 80 G9 ( with 16 gb) , or the Nexus 7 .
I heard there are touch screen issues with A80G9 , and also reports of frequent applications crashing/freezing. Have those issues been resolved with software updates from Archos ( or a custom rom ) ? Are A80G9 flimsy so that users can damage them even under normal usage ?
To me the selling point of the A80G9 is its size and the 3G via usb option.
Do A80G9 comes with the 3g USB dongle (that accept a SIM card) ?
xyzdan said:
I am trying to decide whether I should buy an Archos 80 G9 ( with 16 gb) , or the Nexus 7 .
I heard there are touch screen issues with A80G9 , and also reports of frequent applications crashing/freezing. Have those issues been resolved with software updates from Archos ( or a custom rom ) ? Are A80G9 flimsy so that users can damage them even under normal usage ?
To me the selling point of the A80G9 is its size and the 3G via usb option.
Do A80G9 comes with the 3g USB dongle (that accept a SIM card) ?
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I have an 101G9, generally satisfied with it, especially after installing CM9 on it. AFAIK 3G usb sticks are sold separately, Archos ones (natively supported by the G9 on stock ROMs) go for about 50 euro i guess, but trevd has managed to get full support for other 3G sticks (mostly Huawei ones if i'm not mistaken, could be others too) in CM9. So if you have one laying around, it'd be worth it i guess.
Otherwise, a Google tablet, quad core, 1 GB ram, with full support by Google, for 200-250 USD/EUR? Hard to beat, if it was available before i got the G9, i'd have gone the Nexus route. Besides, you can always tether the tablet to your phone.
Oh, and about the touchscreen: since i installed CM9 i didn't notice any such problems. Occasionally when the tablet wakes up it takes a while to register touches, but it goes away and is only present on the lockscreen. I've read that this is caused by the lockscreen and that by disabling the locksreen it doesn't happen, but i haven't tried it yet. On Archos ROMs i had "ghost" touches, regardless if the ROM was stock Archos or one of the excellent ones by Surdu_Petru. Touchscreen calibration/reboot fixed those. Apparently Surdu_Petru also succeeded to fix this in his latest ROMs.
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I have an 101G9, generally satisfied with it, especially after installing CM9 on it. AFAIK 3G usb sticks are sold separately, Archos ones (natively supported by the G9 on stock ROMs) go for about 50 euro i guess, but trevd has managed to get full support for other 3G sticks (mostly Huawei ones if i'm not mistaken, could be others too) in CM9. So if you have one laying around, it'd be worth it i guess.
Otherwise, a Google tablet, quad core, 1 GB ram, with full support by Google, for 200-250 USD/EUR? Hard to beat, if it was available before i got the G9, i'd have gone the Nexus route. Besides, you can always tether the tablet to your phone.
Oh, and about the touchscreen: since i installed CM9 i didn't notice any such problems. Occasionally when the tablet wakes up it takes a while to register touches, but it goes away and is only present on the lockscreen. I've read that this is caused by the lockscreen and that by disabling the locksreen it doesn't happen, but i haven't tried it yet. On Archos ROMs i had "ghost" touches, regardless if the ROM was stock Archos or one of the excellent ones by Surdu_Petru. Touchscreen calibration/reboot fixed those. Apparently Surdu_Petru also succeeded to fix this in his latest ROMs.
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How to install CM9 ? I went to cyanogenmod website but archos G9 products are not listed on their devices section.
Where can I find surdu_petru download and instruction ?
I am under the impression that none of the tablets can survive a 1 meter fall. I had a HP touchpad and someone drop it on the carpet. The case cracked and the speakers are not working. Do you think the g9 can be dressed up to absorb a 1 meter fall.
I am considering A80G9 which has a smaller screen than the 101, but bigger than 7" devices.
I have had both and prefer nexus 7. However I had no use for the 3g stick (they don't work on american carriers)
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xyzdan said:
How to install CM9 ? I went to cyanogenmod website but archos G9 products are not listed on their devices section.
Where can I find surdu_petru download and instruction ?
I am under the impression that none of the tablets can survive a 1 meter fall. I had a HP touchpad and someone drop it on the carpet. The case cracked and the speakers are not working. Do you think the g9 can be dressed up to absorb a 1 meter fall.
I am considering A80G9 which has a smaller screen than the 101, but bigger than 7" devices.
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I have no idea if they'd survive a 1 meter fall. It depends on your luck i guess. You'll forgive me for not testing that in practice
About CM9: The G9 isn't officially supported/mentioned on the CyanogenMod website. JackpotClavin made a fully working CM9, you can look here:
Anybody interested in testing a CM9 super-alpha build in a week or so?
All of Surdu_petru's ROMs ([email protected], Root only, Overclock Edition, Root deodex & busybox...) are in the Gen9 development section, have a look.
All ROMs require you to enable SDE (Special Developer Edition) on the Archos, see here how to do it: [TUT] How to Install Official SDE menu and rooted firmware (updated 15 June 2012)
omegaRED7 said:
I have no idea if they'd survive a 1 meter fall. It depends on your luck i guess. You'll forgive me for not testing that in practice
About CM9: The G9 isn't officially supported/mentioned on the CyanogenMod website. JackpotClavin made a fully working CM9, you can look here:
Anybody interested in testing a CM9 super-alpha build in a week or so?
All of Surdu_petru's ROMs ([email protected], Root only, Overclock Edition, Root deodex & busybox...) are in the Gen9 development section, have a look.
All ROMs require you to enable SDE (Special Developer Edition) on the Archos, see here how to do it: [TUT] How to Install Official SDE menu and rooted firmware (updated 15 June 2012)
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The 80g9 is tough. I bought two. One for me one for my 5 yo son who has autism. His has been dropped, bumped, made its way down a flight of hardwood stairs and just snap it back together and away we go. I'm very surprised as the tablet feels cheap. Ha ha. I'm going to get a tuff-luv silicone case for them for an added bit of protection.
I don't have a nexus. I cannot comment on its build. I know one thing, no expandable storage, is a big no no in my book. I use SD on my tablet all the time.
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steve adams said:
The 80g9 is tough. I bought two. One for me one for my 5 yo son who has autism. His has been dropped, bumped, made its way down a flight of hardwood stairs and just snap it back together and away we go. I'm very surprised as the tablet feels cheap. Ha ha. I'm going to get a tuff-luv silicone case for them for an added bit of protection.
I don't have a nexus. I cannot comment on its build. I know one thing, no expandable storage, is a big no no in my book. I use SD on my tablet all the time.
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Yeah, the non-expandable storage could be a deal breaker for some. I don't need really need more than 8/16 GB, but it depends on what you do with it, i guess. I mostly use it for surfing and movies/music, but at home i just stream everything from my main computer.
It's a nice to hear the Archos tabs are durable and can withstand some abuse
Hah, actually my problem with the G9...it broke after a 3 foot (almost a meter) drop on carpet. Granted, it was charging, and the dc jack snapped right off the motherboard. These things are cheaply soldered on. I did drop my nexus 7 on accident from aroud 6 feet, and it survived, not a scratch on it, but it was not charging.
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Hah, actually my problem with the G9...it broke after a 3 foot (almost a meter) drop on carpet. Granted, it was charging, and the dc jack snapped right off the motherboard. These things are cheaply soldered on. I did drop my nexus 7 on accident from aroud 6 feet, and it survived, not a scratch on it, but it was not charging.
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Do the same thing with an iPad and see what happens. No matter what you have a fall on the plugged in charging cable can do damage. Not an Archie defect.
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steve adams said:
Do the same thing with an iPad and see what happens. No matter what you have a fall on the plugged in charging cable can do damage. Not an Archie defect.
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Yes but look at the teardown by scholbert, you will see these dc jacks are cheaply soldered onto the motherboard, they break very easy even when not dropped, they have failed on many people.
i can only share my experience after one day. bear in mind i have hardly used it... mainly because i dont really have a need to as yet. i bought it to use as a media player (replace my wdtv live) and torrent downloader but havent had the time to set it up. obviously the bonus is it has a screen and a fair few apps that may possibly come in useful. it might even get used to read in bed but i have a kindle...enough said.
so at the moment my useage has been mainly downloading a few android hardware id apps because i was scratching my head wondering where the rest of my ram had got to. i honestly thought all 1.5ghz turbo models shipped with 1gb ram. my device proves that theory to be a myth. i have also called tech support who said they would get back to me today... i am still waiting.
CONS
thje touchscreen stopped responding to touches last night. sometimes it would work sometimes it wouldnt. gets very frustrating when you have to keep tapping at something in order for the tablet to do what you want.
not the fastest beast ever. i started browsing and opened about ten tabs and it ground to a halt. this may have caused the touchscreen to become unresponsive as above?
even though i have the omap 4460 running at 1.5ghz and yet i still only have 512mb ram. be very careful about which model you buy and i mean this. the 512mb ram version is obviously a lesser model and i think contributed to the above issue wihen surfing the net. if you can therefore have a look in the menu to see what you are actually buying.
terrible viewing angles.
cheap build quality - if you put slight pressure on the screen it will distort badly.
i have read that one must be very careful with the usb port because it can break very easily. makes me nervous any time i need to actually plug a cable in there.
as per the norm no ac3 support in videos.
tech support is pretty shoddy (this is simply my experience after the call i made yesterday and the fact that the promised call back never arrived).
it has a locked bootloader and development is pretty thin on the ground. it lacks a real community of modders mainly hampered by the locked bootloader. basically it aint that popular in the grand shceme of things and that means we wont get much in the way of custom roms. now before anyone starts...dont get me wrong the devs here are i am sure doing a fine job and i aint putting any of the work down (i havent even tested it yet although i will). what i am saying is that compared to any of the popular devices the modding scene is pretty threadbare.
PROS
Good media player with the ultra bonus that it can browse network shares as well as connect to upnp servers
i see it has an inbuilt media server... this is nice as it saves me having to download an app to do the job
it has an inbuilt remote control app so one can use the phone to navigate menus (havent tested this yet and i probably wont ever use it because i have a hdmi right next to where i sit but hey ho it is there)
apart from the build issue cons above the quality when it is sat in the hand is overall not bad at all. however it does feel a tad flimsy and i would hate to drop it or even have it fall off my sofa.
it is cheap i mean i got mine for about 110 quid brand new but without a box.
archos have pretty much left ics alone. there are a few apps that are pre installed and most of them are useful. there is also no skin on top which makes for a nicer experience in use.
the battery is a surprising. i charged it yesterday and it is still on 69 per cent left. granted i have used it for less than hour mainly jjust looking at my settings trying to figure out what had happened to the ram but hey... i am still quite impressed. lets put it this way it is a major step up from the 70it that i owned for a week or so. the battery in that was truely diabolical.
i think and this is a personal thing that the form factor is the best there is. it makes more sense to me to have a 4:3 format in such a small device but if it cant output at 1080p widescreen then i will be bitterly disappointed (i will therefore reserve judgement on this theory).
it has a kick stand which feels quite weak and one will have to be careful not to topple it over but for watching videos it will come in handy. it can also be used to simply prop it up and leave it as a dedicated digital picture frame.
i will say the audio from the inbuilt speakers aint that bad. it aint good though so dont be expecting hifi but then again i dont think any of the competition is any better.
so that is my experience of the tablet over the last 24 hours. i am going to spend some time with it tomorrow rooting the thing setting it up customising it and trying out some of the roms the devs have worked so hard to produce. hopefully they will go a long way towards making the machine an all round nicer experience. i will also be testing the hdmi output to me tv and seeing how it fares with torrents and media. if it can handle my media, download torrents and work as a digital picture frame then it will be money well spent. if it cant then i will be selling it on.
i will finish with this. it isnt exactly the coolest kid on the block so if style is more your thing go with the nexus. the nexus will also be quite a bit faster and the screen will be far better. however the screen on the nexus is also smaller, there is no way to expand the memory and there is no hdmi port.
pigs and troughs i say. for the price i paid at 100 quid the archos is pretty good value. however i wouldnt pay a penny more. if you can get it cheap then i say buy it (with some hesitation... dont come blaming me when you aint happy) but if you have to pay rrp then i would seriously look elsewhere.
EDIT: Doh i have made silly boo boo. its funny but it is only after i have bought the tablet did i think about the screen size format. obviously me telly is widescreen and the tablet isnt. so while it mirrors everything perfectly it is the same 4:3 format meaning major black bars down the dies. silly really i dont know why i didnt think of this before. it is the final nail in the coffin. so after owning it for about 2 days i have already put my 80 g9 turbo up for sale. OP think long and hard about what you want from a tablet before buying one and then ask yourself will it do all i need it to do. that way you may save yourself the same hassle i now find i have.
Does anyone have a problem with the power button not going on or off unless you plug it in? Mine seems to be doing it. Have a 101 g9 Turbo rooted with ics blue by surdu (thanks to him)
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Does anyone have a problem with the power button not going on or off unless you plug it in? Mine seems to be doing it. Have a 101 g9 Turbo rooted with ics blue by surdu (thanks to him)
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I don't have. Sounds like it's broken.
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even though i have the omap 4460 running at 1.5ghz and yet i still only have 512mb ram...
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Did you update to I.C.S ?
Apparently after doing this the 'missing' RAM will magically appear.
omegaRED7 said:
I have no idea if they'd survive a 1 meter fall. It depends on your luck i guess. You'll forgive me for not testing that in practice
About CM9: The G9 isn't officially supported/mentioned on the CyanogenMod website. JackpotClavin made a fully working CM9, you can look here:
Anybody interested in testing a CM9 super-alpha build in a week or so?
All of Surdu_petru's ROMs ([email protected], Root only, Overclock Edition, Root deodex & busybox...) are in the Gen9 development section, have a look.
All ROMs require you to enable SDE (Special Developer Edition) on the Archos, see here how to do it: [TUT] How to Install Official SDE menu and rooted firmware (updated 15 June 2012)
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one year ago, I bought two 80g9 tablets. One for me and one for my four year old son. Tablets are great for children with autism. Anyways, his tablet has been down the stairs, off tables, dropped from my jeep to the pavement. Scratches and nothing else happened. I have mine rooted with ice blue and it works really well now. I can only recommend the tablet if rooted with custom rom.
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Did you update to I.C.S ?
Apparently after doing this the 'missing' RAM will magically appear.
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yes this only happens to the g9s that have ice cream sandwich label on the bottom left hand corner of the box. if your box has a honeycomb type bee icon then you are stuck with 512mb regardless of whether or not they are turbo models!
the rough guesstimate archos tech support gave me was any sold after march 2012 should have 1gb of ram but that the ice cream sandwich must be on the box if not say goodbye to the idea of having a decent amount of memory.
i returned mine as faulty anyway after a few days and thankfully got my money back. on top of all the other issues mine would randomly reboot when it was sleeping. i caught it a few times simply booting back to life after it had decided to shut down and restart. glad to be rid and wont ever buy archos again. burn me once i may try again but burn me twice and i will learn my lesson for life.
Thank you for sharing.I also have.:good::good::good:
rockmonkey1973 said:
yes this only happens to the g9s that have ice cream sandwich label on the bottom left hand corner of the box. if your box has a honeycomb type bee icon then you are stuck with 512mb regardless of whether or not they are turbo models!
the rough guesstimate archos tech support gave me was any sold after march 2012 should have 1gb of ram but that the ice cream sandwich must be on the box if not say goodbye to the idea of having a decent amount of memory.
i returned mine as faulty anyway after a few days and thankfully got my money back. on top of all the other issues mine would randomly reboot when it was sleeping. i caught it a few times simply booting back to life after it had decided to shut down and restart. glad to be rid and wont ever buy archos again. burn me once i may try again but burn me twice and i will learn my lesson for life.
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Mine did this too while running honeycomb. On ics, both work great. Made a huge difference. And with serdu's rom, its smooth sailing now. Just have to reboot once every couple of days. No big deal.
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Im trying to get rid of mine, I havent used it in a while, I would like to sell it.
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Another thing about the Archos is the size is way more appealing than a nexus. And expandable storage is great.
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I was at best buy yesterday, and the new line of g pads is out! The ui has been updated (looks like the ui from the g3), and has many features built in that we dont have on our g pad (including split window and hide nav buttons on a per app basis)!
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I was at best buy yesterday, and the new line of g pads is out! The ui has been updated (looks like the ui from the g3), and has many features built in that we dont have on our g pad (including split window and hide nav buttons on a per app basis)!
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which one? 7.0, 8.0 or 10.1
7.0 is on their website
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-g-pad-7-0-tablet-8gb-black/7059003.p?
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which one? 7.0, 8.0 or 10.1
7.0 is on their website
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-g-pad-7-0-tablet-8gb-black/7059003.p?
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They had the 7.0 and 10.1 in stock. They haven't received the 8.0 yet. But they all have the same software.
xallinvaynex said:
I was at best buy yesterday, and the new line of g pads is out! The ui has been updated (looks like the ui from the g3), and has many features built in that we dont have on our g pad (including split window and hide nav buttons on a per app basis)!
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hmm... split window feature? from the sound of it looks like another knockoff from Samsung, not that there's anything wrong with that. here's to hoping they minimize their bloat and not follow Sammy's foot steps. Been using the Note 3 for almost a year now, and I can really feel the bloat is affecting my performance (seeing in Antutu the note 3 averages on 30+k mark, but I only get a measly 18-21k (even when it was new). Would have rooted it if not for that darned knox counter.
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hmm... split window feature? from the sound of it looks like another knockoff from Samsung, not that there's anything wrong with that. here's to hoping they minimize their bloat and not follow Sammy's foot steps. Been using the Note 3 for almost a year now, and I can really feel the bloat is affecting my performance (seeing in Antutu the note 3 averages on 30+k mark, but I only get a measly 18-21k (even when it was new). Would have rooted it if not for that darned knox counter.
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Its only considered bloatware if its features you don't use, which is why we root! Benchmark scores don't mean crap to me, how the phone feels is what matters. If after time a device starts feeling slow to me , i do a factory reset and start over.
I hope this happens as well. I'm going to downgrade due to LG breaking Google play music. The g3 rom fixed this on my g2 so hopeful this new firmware will for the GPad...
I'm looking for a new phone to replace my ageing P990. I've been using my P990 for the last 4 years... 3 of which has been an exercise in frustration and suffering. Much of which seems focused around it's lack of RAM and nvidia's binary blobs... which require a series of work-around to get some-sort of functionality.
If I purchase a ZenFone 2... I'd like to use it for another 4 years. This doesn't mean it needs to run the latest and greatest version of CM for that length of time (but I wouldn't complain either)... but it does mean if I upgrade an app (or more specifically, when google pushes yet-another update to google play, which just stucks up more resources)... I'd like my phone to still work (this is my current problem with the P990 paltry RAM... after google play and all the other stock services start, I've got 50 megs of "usable" ram.).
So my questions for you ZF2 owners:
1) Does the ZF2 require some binary blobs? If so, how much of a difficulty will there be in re-using the BB's in future version of CM? (ie: are the BB's tied to a specific version of libc? a specific kernel?)
2) What can I not do with this phone? I *must* to be able to run XPrivacy and *a* version of CyanogenMod... which I believe is possible today. However, I'm concerned about not being able to install certain apps (ie CSIPSimple) due to the intel architecture ...and no-one really developing against it (at-least this is my perception).
3) How frequently are you restricted in your app selection due to the intel architecture not being supported?
My other option is the ZenFone Selfie... but it hasn't been released yet (so there are many unknowns: unlocked bootloaders, BB's, etc). Plus, I believe the ZF2's extra gig of RAM would give me another year or so of life from this phone .
Thank you for your help -- opinions are welcomed!
Don't worry, almost all apps run, even CSIPSimple (just installed and opend)
csipsimple working 4 me too.
CSipSimple works for me too.
There's x86 version.
http://nightlies.csipsimple.com/x86
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Overall build quality of this phone is garbage. Got one for my wife and for the money it seemed like a great buy. After a month the phone will no longer charge past 40%. Sometimes doesn't want to turn on at all. It's completely stock. Asus's answer is send it to us and we should have it back to you within 2 weeks. I guess you get what you pay for. Asus is trying real hard to be relevant here in the US but this isn't going to get it done.
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. Asus's answer is send it to us and we should have it back to you within 2 weeks.
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That sounds like the right answer. What else would you want in that situation?
I guess I'm just used to buying phones from the carriers. It breaks and they send you a refurbished one and you send old one back. If the phone was 9 months old I could understand. Just not to happy about a phone lasting a month and the inconvenience of the whole thing.
Had mine for 5 months with no complaints. It performs better than expected at this price point.
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I don't know how well I can describe, the phone freezes sometimes when having multiple apps running on background. Would it be the phone specs that I have only 3GB and 32GB storage? After freezing a while, the phone shows system ui not responding.
What should I do for that?
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I don't know how well I can describe, the phone freezes sometimes when having multiple apps running on background. Would it be the phone specs that I have only 3GB and 32GB storage? After freezing a while, the phone shows system ui not responding.
What should I do for that?
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I think this is just lack of Nokia optimising the software on the phone. I'm just waiting for someone to make a room for this thing cuz it pretty sucks right now.
Hi there. I bought my girlfriend this phone about a month ago due to a nearly glowing review on The Wirecutter. She's having the same problem, but she's not familiar with XDA so I offered to post here for her.
Is this an uncommon problem? I am not seeing any thread about intermittent System UI crashes on Nokia 6.1.
I think it depends on what apps you use on it. Hardware specs on this phone cannot handle everything. If you only use the camera in Whatsapp it allready csn hang. That's my main issue the camera. For the rest its ok.. maybe you need a high end phone.
jtull89 said:
Hi there. I bought my girlfriend this phone about a month ago due to a nearly glowing review on The Wirecutter. She's having the same problem, but she's not familiar with XDA so I offered to post here for her.
Is this an uncommon problem? I am not seeing any thread about intermittent System UI crashes on Nokia 6.1.
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I don't have any lagging, hanging issues with the phone, but take my opinion with a grain of salt since i have the 4GB/64GB version.
It seems like August patch is somewhat more optimized than previous version. I was stuck in June security patch then jumped to august, so i can tell that there were improvements..
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I don't have any lagging, hanging issues with the phone, but take my opinion with a grain of salt since i have the 4GB/64GB version.
It seems like August patch is somewhat more optimized than previous version. I was stuck in June security patch then jumped to august, so i can tell that there were improvements..
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Thank you for the information. I confirmed last night that she's running the latest update.
you could monitor your apks
fcukcompany said:
I don't know how well I can describe, the phone freezes sometimes when having multiple apps running on background. Would it be the phone specs that I have only 3GB and 32GB storage? After freezing a while, the phone shows system ui not responding.
What should I do for that?
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with a task mgmt apk and close those that use a big amount of ram like those that continuously update like FB. Also reboot your phone very once and a while to refresh the OS
I run into this issue pretty often on TA-1045. Not sure what's causing it, but its to the point where the phone is almost unusable as a daily driver if you use your phone for important calls/messages .. I'm hoping the September update will address some of this, but I had a more reliable experience with my very old Nexus 5X running Android 8 compared to this
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Also, I run into this issue with 1GB RAM free
Hello guys ! Same issue here , 3/32 gb. I can honestly say at this point that because of the lack of optimization the phone is a piece of sh*t. Literally, I cannot use it as a daily driver , I only have installed FB and messenger, what's app and 9 gag. I don't need use anything else. I don't use the camera . The phone just freezes and it's unusable for a minute or two. It freezes randomly , when unlocking when trying to make a call or when opening a ****ty app. TBH I wouldn't buy a device like this again .. my GF has the p20 lite , not bright at all but far far better then my 6.1 . If pie won't fix this I will just hammer the phone and throw it to garbage.
I think to say that this phone runs this way due to limited hardware is just coming up with excuses. My 2015 Moto g runs Oreo and everything else better than this phone and was $80 cheaper. My 10" tablet with a Snapdragon 400 series with 2gb of ram has none of these issues either. It has to be something not working correctly in the ROM. I really hope that pie fixes things, if not then eBay will be. To be fair lagging/freezing happens about 25% of the time. Camera freezing happens 90%, no system UI crash. Whats really ****ed up is how no review says how much this phone sucks.
The same freezes on my Nokia (TA-1043) waiting for custom roms... Nokia software is crap
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I think to say that this phone runs this way due to limited hardware is just coming up with excuses. My 2015 Moto g runs Oreo and everything else better than this phone and was $80 cheaper. My 10" tablet with a Snapdragon 400 series with 2gb of ram has none of these issues either. It has to be something not working correctly in the ROM. I really hope that pie fixes things, if not then eBay will be. To be fair lagging/freezing happens about 25% of the time. Camera freezing happens 90%, no system UI crash. Whats really ****ed up is how no review says how much this phone sucks.
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Did you have contact with Nokia support about this?
Because if everybody is complaining. They Will maybe do something.
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Did you have contact with Nokia support about this?
Because if everybody is complaining. They Will maybe do something.
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I did contact nokia customer support, they told me to patiently wait for the next update and just restart my phone using the hardware keys when it freezes. When I asked about sending it to warranty they said again to wait for the next update . I said ok will do that . Now if pie doesn't fix this , I will make sure to let everyone know not to buy a nokia again .
EricH7001 said:
Did you have contact with Nokia support about this?
Because if everybody is complaining. They Will maybe do something.
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Oh yes I have contacted them at least 5 times and they always say to do the same crap. Last one told me to send it in for warranty but I know they won't do anything since it's not only me with the issue and I don't want to be without a phone or them to open it up for nothing.
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Oh yes I have contacted them at least 5 times and they always say to do the same crap. Last one told me to send it in for warranty but I know they won't do anything since it's not only me with the issue and I don't want to be without a phone or them to open it up for nothing.
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I agree they dont seem to offer real solutions. My main problem is the laggy camera. But if indeed android pie does not help. I am selling it to.
If it IS the ROM an "update" can only do so much and cant reverse system flaws inherent from the manufacturing process. It also doesnt help that the OS uses 2 Gs of RAM. Anyone know if the X6 has the same problem?
I have a TA-1045 (bought in USA) manufactured July 2018 that came pre-installed with Oreo 8.1 and I do not have any of the freeze or lag or whatever. If yours was updated from Nougat maybe you can factory reset it so it will clean everything in data and system/application preferences?
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I have a TA-1045 (bought in USA) manufactured July 2018 that came pre-installed with Oreo 8.1 and I do not have any of the freeze or lag or whatever. If yours was updated from Nougat maybe you can factory reset it so it will clean everything in data and system/application preferences?
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Do you have the 4GB with 64GB then? And maybe you dont have a lot of apps installed
To fix camera freezing try turning off location for camera in app settings and also in the camera settings.
The freezing has become unbearable. I can't believe how bad this phone is now. Such a shame, may need a new phone if not resolved soon.
Advice & expertise needed,
Few questions & hope someone can advise, & help.
Ok, I have had a Note 10+ in the box for awhile & decided to use it, as I forgot about it, actually I thought I lost it during a move a year ago. It has no updates, no security updates & still running Android 11. I took a screenshot of current update info from software updates page in settings.
I noticed during past year updates were released to 12, & T-Mobile platform for note 10+ within last 4 months. Twas hoping I would get an ota update within last 7 weeks, as that is when I turned my device on. I'm more concerned about getting security updates then a UI 12 update. I'm on the T-Mobile platform, SM-N975U1. I took the sim card from my T-Mobile S9 Note & installed it into my UNLOCKED Note 10+ & is working on TMobile without any issues. Splash screen is still splashing the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ not T-Mobile platform if that helps with anything. When I try software updates I get the popup below in SS. Was hoping I would get an OTA update. Any ideas on how to get security updates, or Update to 12 with security? Or am I going to have to flash using SmartSwitch? Or should I just root, or too soon, as I read the note 10+ may be on the list for one or even maybe two more updates? If for sure no chance for updates I would most likely root, but what are your thoughts? I want a secure device, & I don't want to pay $1500 for a $600, then a $800, then a $1000, $1500000 for a inflatisanity device when This note 10+ running max memory, is immaculate, not a scratch & runs fantastic I'd would have been using it 1.5yrs ago if I wouldn't have lost it. Please give me (us) good news as it sleeps with me under my pillow
Thanks guys.. as I'm always grateful
BliTzer
Congratulations. The N10+ is Samsung flagship's at their zenith.
I run 2 N10+'s still loaded with 9 and 10 by choice. Updates/upgrades can and do break things. This one in my hand will be 3 yo in October. It looks and runs like new.
Current OS load is over 2 yo, security is not an issue. Anything from Pie or above is relatively secure if you don't do stupid things.
I recommend you stay on 11.
I see no great benefits to scoped storage and 12 is a mess. I prefer Android 9; more functionality with trusted 3rd party apps.
blackhawk said:
Congratulations. The N10+ is Samsung flagship's at their zenith.
I run 2 N10+'s still loaded with 9 and 10 by choice. Updates/upgrades can and do break things. This one in my hand will be 3 yo in October. It looks and runs like new.
Current OS load is over 2 yo, security is not an issue. Anything from Pie or above is relatively secure if you don't do stupid things.
I recommend you stay on 11.
I see no great benefits to scoped storage and 12 is a mess. I prefer Android 9; more functionality with trusted 3rd party apps.
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Your the 2nd person to tell me slowly backup then run from anything above 11. Ok, well I'll stay as is. I run SD maid pro to clean & keep storage out of a mess, & I don't download anything, & don't open emails if not on contact list. I also have note 9 & a Samsung S8 which has a 570 PPI 4k capabilities truly amazing device. I wish my 50" TV looked that clean..I'm so done with LG TVs btw, huge problem with their Chinese WiFi cards, same TV with 6 cards changed out.
Thanks for the advice.. very grateful..
Later BliTzer
Try this settings mod, blocks adware globally and some blacklisted sites...
I had a scripted malicious jpeg I downloaded about 2 years ago. It damaged files in the download folder but not folders or the files in them when I opened it.
Spotted it right away and deleted it. Some files were repairable and the rest I deleted. No real damage. However if that got into my database on the SD card it wouldn't have been pretty.
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Try this settings mod, blocks adware globally and some blacklisted sites...
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I have been using Adguard for ad blocking and tracking on android and also widnows for a long time. It even blocks ads on youtube. The software is very good, but remember that it is Russian soft. Hell can see what data and where it can send it.