[Q] Is it worth buying the phone now? - Samsung Captivate Glide

So I searched for a partner for my nexus 7(2013) , all I wanted is a cheap small smartphone with a keyboard and an oled display mainly for chatting and listening to music.
Are there any good custom roms with active display(and locksreen notifications) ? It doesn't matter if the android version is a bit older...
And how long does the battery last?
Thanks in advance!

I recommend a Samsung galaxy relay 4g if you want a smartphone with qwerty...
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Here's a comparison: http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4071&idPhone2=4914

I guess the galaxy relay is an option too ...
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Anyone from Germany(/Europe) who has this phone?
Or anyone who knows where to buy a phone only sold in USA?
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Don't know something about galaxy relay, but captivate glide is solid phone. There are Android 4.4 roms that support active display and lockscreen notifications (PAC and gtsarav's CM 11 edition). Very stable, minimum issues (Bluetooth headset is not working, Skype calls too, but there's workaround for second). Battery life is 5-6 hours of active web surfing, 3-4 hours of active gaming. In other words, it will last a day. I have spare battery for emergencies. OLED screen is a battery eater though.
I'm from Ukraine, bought this phone a bit used for a 1/4 price of galaxy S4 and totally satisfied.

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Makshow said:
Don't know something about galaxy relay, but captivate glide is solid phone. There are Android 4.4 roms that support active display and lockscreen notifications (PAC and gtsarav's CM 11 edition). Very stable, minimum issues (Bluetooth headset is not working, Skype calls too, but there's workaround for second). Battery life is 5-6 hours of active web surfing, 3-4 hours of active gaming. In other words, it will last a day. I have spare battery for emergencies. OLED screen is a battery eater though.
I'm from Ukraine, bought this phone a bit used for a 1/4 price of galaxy S4 and totally satisfied.
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Where did you buy it? how expensive was shipping?
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As I said, I bought it used, so it was from the auction-type market like ebay (in Ukraine it called aukro.ua ). Shipping cost was minimal (2$) because the phone was already in my country. The previous user travelled with the phone from USA, it seems. Maybe, I just was lucky.

Makshow said:
Don't know something about galaxy relay, but captivate glide is solid phone. There are Android 4.4 roms that support active display and lockscreen notifications (PAC and gtsarav's CM 11 edition). Very stable, minimum issues (Bluetooth headset is not working, Skype calls too, but there's workaround for second). Battery life is 5-6 hours of active web surfing, 3-4 hours of active gaming. In other words, it will last a day. I have spare battery for emergencies. OLED screen is a battery eater though.
I'm from Ukraine, bought this phone a bit used for a 1/4 price of galaxy S4 and totally satisfied.
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And what about missed calls problem? What baseband and rom are you using?
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Where did you buy it? how expensive was shipping?
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You can buy i927 on polish analog of eBay - allegro.pl, but I'm not sure if they ship to other countries, you would have to ask. Price is about 200$ + 10$ shipping (might be expensive to ship abroad)
EDIT: At least one of sellers agrees to ship abroad and BTW allegro and aukro have same owner.
EDIT2: after reading comments i think they are shipping from china so it might take up to 2-months to ship it to you, so you should search for another shop.
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Never had a problem with missed calls. Currently used latest CM 11 by bubor. Never flashed baseband specifically, so assume it's default one.
BTW, I bought it for 175$ a year ago. Of course, it was bit used one, but 200$ for this phone now is overpriced, I guess. Just looked at aukro and found a new captivate glide for 150$ with free shipping to Ukraine from China.

JohnTheHero said:
And what about missed calls problem? What baseband and rom are you using?
You can buy i927 on polish analog of eBay - allegro.pl, but I'm not sure if they ship to other countries, you would have to ask. Price is about 200$ + 10$ shipping (might be expensive to ship abroad)
EDIT: At least one of sellers agrees to ship abroad and BTW allegro and aukro have same owner.
EDIT2: after reading comments i think they are shipping from china so it might take up to 2-months to ship it to you, so you should search for another shop.
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maybe http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale...glide&catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20140604113249 cheaper.

bubor said:
maybe http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale...glide&catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20140604113249 cheaper.
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I don't trust this site ... there are reviews of it that say the products which were bought from there didn't arrive at all..
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I don't trust this site ... there are reviews of it that say the products which were bought from there didn't arrive at all..
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There are negative feedback on ebay too, so dont you trust ebay either?
You pay to aliexpress, and it releases your money to seller, when you click "received item".

bubor said:
There are negative feedback on ebay too, so dont you trust ebay either?
You pay to aliexpress, and it releases your money to seller, when you click "received item".
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it's not actually the site I have a problem with. The sellers don't have good ratings and reviews, and I didn't say ebay is trustworthy either... I just dont understand why they are all coming from china, and there are many people who didn't get refunds or even the products from the site
Maybe I'll wait until I or a friend of mine are in the Usa, I just don't wanna get ripped
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Turmnippel said:
Anyone from Germany(/Europe) who has this phone?
Or anyone who knows where to buy a phone only sold in USA?
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Yes.. I live in Germany and have and can recommend the Glide
Works like a charme for me (based on sediROM v1.0)
I bought it on eBay in the US. Well even it is a risc but paid via PayPal and choosed the fastest shipment to get it in paypal protection time.
I do not know this seller here (I bought from another one) but you could take a look on this (eypecially the user rating ):
hxxp://ebay.com/itm/Samsung-SGH-I927-Captivate-Glide-8MP-Black-AT-T-Android-4G-Keyboard-Smartphone-/301011731256?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item4615b28338 (replace the hxxp with http - sorry for that but XDA does not allow links for me)
if the above do not work search for the eBay item# 301011731256
You have other options like that of course when the seller do not deliver to Germany (the above does). You can use a import company which is very easy and not so expensive as one may thought. I haven't used that one here yet but I may need it in the next weeks to import a LG Optimus F3Q (nice phone but that is for my wife - I'm happy with the Glide). Take a look on them - again without any warranty but they seem to be trustworthy: borderlinx (as said sorry cannot paste direct URL)
You only need to ensure(!) that the package has a correct invoice available on the outer site(!) because otherwise it will get complicated at the duty!!!!
I bought it for 150 US $ plus 60 US $ delivery costs (sigh) plus (I believe) 20-30 € for duty
If you want to have a current Android phone with physical keyboard and you can live without special Umlauts keys that phone is the best IMO.
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Getting it in the UK

Hi all,
From all that I have seen it doesn't look like the ZL will be officially available in the UK. As such the options for buying a C6503 model are:
Import from Europe
It's quite expensive at the moment, and the retailer which should have no problems shipping abroad (Amazon) had the highest price of them all last time I checked. I can definitely see this working fine, with the German version having en_GB locale support and playing nicely with the operators.
Import from Asia (ie HK)
From Expansys (http://www.expansys.com.hk/sony-xperia-zl-lte-c6503-unlocked-16gb-black-247249) the total works out cheaper by about £60, with the shipping not being much slower. The other positives are that in HK they use the same power plugs as in the UK (no need to mess with power adaptors), and en_GB would definitely come preloaded as a locale. The only worry is that the manufacturer model quoted is 'AP_C6503_BLK', where the 'AP' stands for the Asia-Pacific version. I'm wondering whether this could have any implications on the hardware and software. I suppose as software goes it should always be possible to reflash it to a German firmware, but I can't help but think that something could be different.
Also found this: http://www.simplyelectronics.net/mainproduct.php?pid=21943
Despite coming up on Google Shopping with good reviews, I found other review websites which seemed to suggest the opposite. They also claimed to have had it in stock two or three weeks ago (I've been following this page for a while), when it wasn't even released in Europe. Both of these make me think that this website is a bit dodgy, and make me wonder where the device originally comes from (HK, Germany, Russia?).
I'm seriously inclining towards the second option, but I'm wondering whether anyone around here has previous experience or some information that might be able to help make the best choice.
Thanks.
Amazon Germany and Amazon Italy now have it for circa €560.
Nooo!! do not buy from simply electronics! I had an awful experience and a quick Google will give you the same feedback.
I am in the UK. Love the phone.
I bought mine from eBay from a seller in HK. Took 2 days to arrive via FedEx $599
Seller: jetcodigital
Expect to pay import tax although they did send as a gift with value of $100 so you might be lucky.
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trickyhenry said:
Nooo!! do not buy from simply electronics! I had an awful experience and a quick Google will give you the same feedback.
I am in the UK. Love the phone.
I bought mine from eBay from a seller in HK. Took 2 days to arrive via FedEx $599
Seller: jetcodigital
Expect to pay import tax although they did send as a gift with value of $100 so you might be lucky.
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Yeah, that's kind of what I figured about Simply Electronics.
So presumably the device you have is an Asia-Pacific version. Did you notice any differences or oddities when it came to the software/hardware?
Thanks for the feedback, I haven't actually checked eBay yet but will give it a quick look.
Hi I haven't noticed anything strange yet. Seems like the right version for me. No odd software or anything. I'm using it on three UK. Everything has worked great right out of the box. Very pleased.
Now I can sell my htc ONE. ( ZL camera is better )
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trickyhenry said:
Hi I haven't noticed anything strange yet. Seems like the right version for me. No odd software or anything. I'm using it on three UK. Everything has worked great right out of the box. Very pleased.
Now I can sell my htc ONE. ( ZL camera is better )
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Another 3 uk user here, got my 6503 for ~£500 after shipping and tax from the states seller: never-msrp.
Even works on 3's secret LTE
Only issue is the US AC adapter.
I am gonna buy a white 6503 version from the German site; Cyberport.de
They can send it to several countries and the prices for that aren't that high.
The phone itself will cost you €550,00 and the shipping to the Netherlands (where I live) are only €13,00.
They've got the black version in stock, and the white version (that I want) is gonna be there in several days.
If you want to check out other stores in Germany:
Geizhals.de: black Sony Xperia ZL
Geizhals.de: white Sony Xperia ZL
Geizhals.de: red Sony Xperia ZL
Well, I ended up buying it from Amazon.de, which worked out to pretty much £500 after shipping and currency conversion. While Expansys.com.hk would have been cheaper, I felt that the European warranty was worth the additional price.
The funny thing is that I ordered yesterday and I should get it tomorrow. Ordering a device which isn't available in the UK, from Amazon.de, and guess what? The device was in the Milton Keynes distribution centre! Seems almost ridiculous, really.
Let us know how you get on.
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CLB-NL said:
I am gonna buy a white 6503 version from the German site; Cyberport.de
They can send it to several countries and the prices for that aren't that high.
The phone itself will cost you €550,00 and the shipping to the Netherlands (where I live) are only €13,00.
They've got the black version in stock, and the white version (that I want) is gonna be there in several days.
If you want to check out other stores in Germany:
Geizhals.de: black Sony Xperia ZL
Geizhals.de: white Sony Xperia ZL
Geizhals.de: red Sony Xperia ZL
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I would like a white one but love the black one anyway now I have it. I couldn't wait like you...
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trickyhenry said:
I would like a white one but love the black one anyway now I have it. I couldn't wait like you...
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Yeah it will be white for me, only little thing is that the notification led is better to see on the black one I think...
But I don't like the shiny sides of the black one, and when I first saw the white version I fell in love, so that's why.
And I think the notificationbar and bar with the buttons will look better on the white, on the black ZL it looks so greyish.
I got mine today, and man... it sure looks good and feels nice. It feels a bit heavy, compared to my S3, but I'll get used to that. The screen also looks good when looking at it directly, but gets worse as soon as the viewing angle increases. Although I suppose this is a good thing, as other people trying to look at my device shouldn't see as much as on my S3! The bezel on the side looks a bit bigger than on the pictures, but it's not a big deal. Overall when looking at video or pictures fullscreen it looks stunning, since there is so little bezel.
Now, since I'm a power user, I'm wondering whether I want to unlock the bootloader or just root. I actually don't mind Sony's customisations that much (barring Chrome instead of the stock browser, and the standard Gallery app), however if CM becomes stable enough I might put it on. Perhaps just the root for locked bootloaders will be good enough for now.
Nice to know some others in the uk have one. It's an exclusive club!)
Great phone so far for me. No regrets and no disappointment. I feel the same about the viewing angles. I'm stock all the way for once so will enjoy the factory experience.
I'm trialing the battery saving features at the moment. So far today I have had some good results. I'm not one for these features normally but I thought a the phone has had them I would give it a go.
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[Q] Release of Oppo find 7

Hey guys,
Is the date already published for the release of the find 7 (premium version) ?
I mean the 7a is already available so it should not take so much more time.
Any news or website which is up to date and can inform me directly in the case of release
Thx
I think I read late April, but I can't remember where I saw it!
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DaveHTC200 said:
I think I read late April, but I can't remember where I saw it!
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Ok. Thanks.
But isn't it a little bit strange that there are no information about a release ?!
I mean if you are right and it will be released at the end of this month there should be anything official or not ?
They keep it secret because they want to sell some 7a's first I guess. If you ask me I don't even know why they made a Find 7a in the first place.
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I think the QHD screen still needs some tuning/calibration work from various rumors I've heard.
The 7 doesn't have enough extra CPU power/battery to drive the extra resolution without performance/battery life compromises anyway, so it's going to be for the "spec epeeners" - the 7a will be a superior day-to-day device.
The 7's screen will require almost 2x the memory bandwidth and GPU power to drive its display compared to the 7a.
@Entropy512 Thanks now I am convinced that I made the right decision to order the 7a and not wait for the 7.
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Entropy512 said:
I think the QHD screen still needs some tuning/calibration work from various rumors I've heard.
The 7 doesn't have enough extra CPU power/battery to drive the extra resolution without performance/battery life compromises anyway, so it's going to be for the "spec epeeners" - the 7a will be a superior day-to-day device.
The 7's screen will require almost 2x the memory bandwidth and GPU power to drive its display compared to the 7a.
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while what you said is true, I'm still having some difficulties accepting that since even the weakest integrated graphics from 2010 desktop PC can manage to handle daily PC operation even with UHD displays, I don't play heavy games on my phone, so is it absolutely true that the 801 will struggle with QHD display even just for average phone usage???
battery life is another matter though, true.
It's twice the pixels but not power since each one uses significantly less. Still it's going to be more, xactly how much more power won't be known into they can be compared. The screen isn't the only thing pulling more power, the extra ram will be a user as well. I would be looking to the a for sure if I was a 3d gamer but I'm not. I'm taking a wait and see approach.
While the extra resolution may be worthless to some it is not useless. It allows you to blow up the screen more. When you whipper snappers get older you will appreciate that more than you do now.
I thought so too. Thats the reason why I have pre-ordered a find 7a today
And like it seems many guys in different popular forum are doing it like this.
I mean the 3gb of RAM would be nice, but like everyone say it is not needed. Also the 32gb internal storage, because you have a sd-slot.
A further thing is that the bigger battery also fits in the 7a (epic)
And if the 7 is published I am going to buy the backside, which hides the battery, because I like the carbon or carbon-style of it
The only thing which is worth to think twice is for me the fact that my HTC One M7 has a PPI of 461 and the 7a has a lower ppi (401) with the same resolution :/
Any opinions/ recommendation ?
Quick question... for those of you that preordered...did u get charged right away or will u be charged when it ships??? I'm ready to pre order this but wanting to know if I'll be charged now or later...
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nelonez said:
Quick question... for those of you that preordered...did u get charged right away or will u be charged when it ships??? I'm ready to pre order this but wanting to know if I'll be charged now or later...
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What do u exactly mean with "charged" ?
That you have to pay tax or that the money will transfered of your bank account ?
I have payed with paypal and I received a message that its transfered immediatly
But I am not worrieing....its Paypal so I am able to get my money back
I guess u just answered my question... I meant as in the money being taken out of my account.... I'll be paying through PayPal as well so at least I know it's gonna be withdrawn immediately.... thanks for the input...
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HTCCT said:
I thought so too. Thats the reason why I have pre-ordered a find 7a today
And like it seems many guys in different popular forum are doing it like this.
I mean the 3gb of RAM would be nice, but like everyone say it is not needed. Also the 32gb internal storage, because you have a sd-slot.
A further thing is that the bigger battery also fits in the 7a (epic)
And if the 7 is published I am going to buy the backside, which hides the battery, because I like the carbon or carbon-style of it
The only thing which is worth to think twice is for me the fact that my HTC One M7 has a PPI of 461 and the 7a has a lower ppi (401) with the same resolution :/
Any opinions/ recommendation ?
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Do you know when it will be shipping ?
jodvova said:
Do you know when it will be shipping ?
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I heard something of end of April or beginning of may
kishd said:
@Entropy512 Thanks now I am convinced that I made the right decision to order the 7a and not wait for the 7.
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Life is always trade-offs. I was used to carry an extra higher capacity battery for the Note 3. On my current HTC One (M8), it is hard to believe how much better it manages battery, even not using the stock power saving settings. (not missing that extra battery when on travel.
As to the shipping date Oppo responded to an email stating that it would likely be at least early June before product shipped. Since the screen supplier just now has started production of the screens we know those are not in hand yet implying April is certainly out. Oppo has their own forum where there is a little more information available than here for the moment, some of you might be interested in taking a gander. http://www.oppoforums.com/forums/find-7-product-discussion.111/
Oppo Find 7a - end of April/early May
Oppo Find 7 - June (OppoStyle)
HTCCT said:
What do u exactly mean with "charged" ?
That you have to pay tax or that the money will transfered of your bank account ?
I have payed with paypal and I received a message that its transfered immediatly
But I am not worrieing....its Paypal so I am able to get my money back
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Is there tax? I live in Canada so I am wondering how does the tax work for that product.
Do you think there will be import charges?
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Is there tax? I live in Canada so I am wondering how does the tax work for that product.
Do you think there will be import charges?
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I preordered by oppo style europe. They are in the UK so in this case I Do not have to Pay tax. But if you are ordering directly from China you have to Pay.
HTCCT said:
I preordered by oppo style europe. They are in the UK so in this case I Do not have to Pay tax. But if you are ordering directly from China you have to Pay.
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You pay tax if you order in the EU. It's just included in the price already.
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Ramsey said:
Is there tax? I live in Canada so I am wondering how does the tax work for that product.
Do you think there will be import charges?
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If you order from outside of Canada, you're going to pay canadian import tax.

Has anyone gotten a new Nokia N1 running Lollipop yet?

Although for the Chinese market, I would love to get my hands on one here in NYC to see how it turned out compared to their Winblows based devices.
I got it ... Its nice in look ... But I just found that the headset is not working ... I just tried to use iPhone headset but doesn't !
i got one.
@ran816 the headset is working after an update (a couple of updates ago)
Does anyone know where to import one from? I really want one but I don't want to pay $450 off ebay for one.
Pilz said:
Does anyone know where to import one from? I really want one but I don't want to pay $450 off ebay for one.
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I agree...I'd like to get one as well but buying it on eBay would be a ripoff. Anyone have any good info on how to get one in the US for closer to cost?
I'd like to get rid of my Nexus 7....it's just too small....
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I agree...I'd like to get one as well but buying it on eBay would be a ripoff. Anyone have any good info on how to get one in the US for closer to cost?
I'd like to get rid of my Nexus 7....it's just too small....
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Yeah, I tried asking all of the sellers if they would accept any offers but they all said no. I'm willing to pay 300+ shipping which is reasonable considering that's a 20% profit for them give or take. I just can't justify that much of a markup for something without a good reason. It should he released in Spain/UK soon anyway.
I had a Nexus 9 but I wasn't a big fan. I liked my Nexus 7 2013 more than the 9 by far. I used to also have a LG GPad 8.3 and I loved it until I broke it. I'm hoping this will be a good tablet to fill the Gpads slot now that I'm tablet less (unless my Nexus 6 is a tablet )
Another post in N1 general referred to tinydeal:
http://m.tinydeal.com/es/product/NO...Z3580-2GB-32GB-Tablet-PC-w-Bluetooth-p-144488
Price is $329.99. People in forum bought it from there.
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Another post in N1 general referred to tinydeal:
http://m.tinydeal.com/es/product/NO...Z3580-2GB-32GB-Tablet-PC-w-Bluetooth-p-144488
Price is $329.99. People in forum bought it from there.
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Where do they ship from? Are they a reputable vendor? I realize other members have bought one from them but I'd rather be on the safe side
I bought a Nokia N1 about a week ago from China. Already got 4 system updates. Out of the box was 5.0.2. Latest build number is A5CN410.
The build quality is unbelievable for the price range. Not to mention the screen. Only one issue, no Google Play Services, yet.
I bought the nokia n1 on this site: smartophone.com
it works very well, but still not google apps !
Nokia N1 ,Chinese Edition.
I've got one ,but it sucks by now,'cause it ships without google service,a lot of apps works incorrectly on it .
I bought mine on Amazon...Google Play Store right out of the box. Be sure you get the Taiwan version!
Loving it so far!

Spare battery

Somebody found on stores a spare original battery? I bought this phone since I can swap batteries, but I can't find them
I know it could be early, but in USA they are giving them away and samsung has spare batteries same day they relesed the phones :-/
Thank you
My experieince with a ton of Samsung phones is that I have to wait a month or even more to order a spare battery kit (Note4, Note3, etc). Thats if I buy one at release.
Have you tried a Verizon store? My local VZ store had them in stock. If you arent US, ebay has them for around 30$ USD with cradle, but they are shipped from Korea.
Diomorgan said:
Somebody found on stores a spare original battery? I bought this phone since I can swap batteries, but I can't find them
I know it could be early, but in USA they are giving them away and samsung has spare batteries same day they relesed the phones :-/
Thank you
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I ordered a spare battery and cradle on ebay coming from south Korea, itll be here from next week to 3 weeks after that. Yea its a long time but hey, its coming. $49 bucks total.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/141671530929?nav=SEARCH
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$49 *_*
A samsung battery bought with S5 the same release week was $15.Maybe we didn't need to wait in italy since the official store release was later than USA and we can find the battery at the same time time of the other.
Anyhow it's alittle bit that the phone was released!
Diomorgan said:
$49 *_*
A samsung battery bought with S5 the same release week was $15.Maybe we didn't need to wait in italy since the official store release was later than USA and we can find the battery at the same time time of the other.
Anyhow it's alittle bit that the phone was released!
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Its not just the battery, it comes with the cradle as well.
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barondebxl said:
I ordered a spare battery and cradle on ebay coming from south Korea, itll be here from next week to 3 weeks after that. Yea its a long time but hey, its coming. $49 bucks total.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/141671530929?nav=SEARCH
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Mate, it doesn't seems to be original... it doesn't have the original blister...
hmoroni said:
Mate, it doesn't seems to be original... idoesn't havehave the original blister...
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What do you mean?
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What do you mean?
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It doesn't have it's original package. It seems it is not legit since it is not packed properly. It is only wrapped with an ordinary plastic. What do you think about it? Can we trust them? Thanks!
hmoroni said:
It doesn't have it's original package. It seems it is not legit since it is not packed properly. It is only wrapped with an ordinary plastic. What do you think about it? Can we trust them? Thanks!
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The seller has excellent feedback. Also this is coming from Korea and the battery is LG branded. I dont think the lack of original packaging makes this fake.
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a cradle is a piece of plastic you can buy for ..mmm...$5?
barondebxl said:
The seller has excellent feedback. Also this is coming from Korea and the battery is LG branded. I dont think the lack of original packaging makes this fake.
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Cool. I'm concerned with that. I've never bought spare battery without its original package. But I'll try this. Thanks for the input.
hmoroni said:
Cool. I'm concerned with that. I've never bought spare battery without its original package. But I'll try this. Thanks for the input.
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Youre welcome. I have bought phones on ebay that were not in their original packaging but still the phones were the real deal.
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Diomorgan said:
a cradle is a piece of plastic you can buy for ..mmm...$5?
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Thats great
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the non OEM original name is "LG G4 Power Pack" and comes with package, you can find an auction about it, but it's still something like €59 euros: you can buy almost 5 original LG G3 battery or 6 non original battery for the same price today, so it's just a question of time, I won't waste money till they are officially sold in Europe since I don't even need a cradle... :-/

G4 battery in Europe

Anyone satisfied with a G4 battery purchase in Europe?
Been reading the battery threads here in xda, seems you can get some good batteries but only in the US.
Getting a non fake battery is not as easy as it seems, so, is there anyone who got a good battery (via e-shopping, eBay preferably) in Europe? By good I mean either true original or performing at least like the stock one.
If you go to My Thread look at the bottom of First Post and I have listed Batteries there
I have bougth this one on aliexpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/0.html?orderId=82125088041602&productId=32664650213
I am from austria and had it in 2 weeks. Batter works really good.
popy2006 said:
I have bougth this one on aliexpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/0.html?orderId=82125088041602&productId=32664650213
I am from austria and had it in 2 weeks. Batter works really good.
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Your Link just points to the Sign-in page
WAIDroid said:
If you go to My Thread look at the bottom of First Post and I have listed Batteries there
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Yes, your thread is well known, but there's one more thing I should have mentioned: I have the black leather back which I love and don't want to change.
So that rules out most of the batteries in that thread since they need custom covers.
The few that are labeled slim do not ship to Europe (links from the 1st post, don't know if there's more links later in the thread which is quite big)
Thanks anyway.
EPa said:
Yes, your thread is well known, but there's one more thing I should have mentioned: I have the black leather back which I love and don't want to change.
So that rules out most of the batteries in that thread since they need custom covers.
The few that are labeled slim do not ship to Europe (links from the 1st post, don't know if there's more links later in the thread which is quite big)
Thanks anyway.
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Hmm sad they don't ship there. How much you think it'd cost to ship?
A few cases I've seen with batteries that are already available in both Europe and US (mostly fake ones typically marked as original in bulk form) the shipping varies from $10 onwards.
Maybe I would pay that shipping cost for a battery like the TQTHL for which many say is very good, but the problem is noone ships to Europe.
EPa said:
A few cases I've seen with batteries that are already available in both Europe and US (mostly fake ones typically marked as original in bulk form) the shipping varies from $10 onwards.
Maybe I would pay that shipping cost for a battery like the TQTHL for which many say is very good, but the problem is none ships to Europe.
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What i could do is buy a battery and send it to you. Shipping+Battery included
popy2006 said:
I have bougth this one on aliexpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/0.html?orderId=82125088041602&productId=32664650213
I am from austria and had it in 2 weeks. Batter works really good.
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popy2006
the link points to the sign-in page for me also..
WAIDroid said:
What i could do is buy a battery and send it to you. Shipping+Battery included
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Wow thanks man, but what if the battery is problematic or something? I mean, I would have to send it back to you, effectively paying shipping back and forth, which would probably cost me more than the battery itself, and that is IF you would invest the time in such a situation.
For now I just thank you for your gesture. I will search a bit more, and if I find nothing promising maybe I'll ask you if you would still do it. In any case thank you!
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popy2006
the link points to the sign-in page for me also..
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Sorry, had a closer look and it states that the item is currently not available to purchase.
did not found another in aliexpress.
That was the case also for me, but someday it was available. Maybe you have to wait and search sometimes...
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Yeah just notice. Sad it is
Look at this ONE
Edit: just notice it was a 2pcs set. Just look for a 1pcs
https://www.meintrendyhandy.de/shop/lg-g4-akku-174827p.html
Seems to be original, if you need it.
Yes it seems so (as one reviewer also says), but reviews after some time after purchase would be good. The net is full of 'original' batteries and people reviewing them the day they bought them, yet I still strive to find a battery I won't be returning as totally useless even for other phones of mine.
I am starting to think it's some kind of worldwide quality cells shortage ?
Try Polarcell battery on ebay.de from Wannsee-Electronic GmbH !
Using it for 3 months getting maybe 10% more juice from it .
Buy one of those charging kits that LG gave out
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Buy one of those charging kits that LG gave out
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That's a good I idea cause I seem to get 2HRs more of SOT with my default batteries.
I got mine from https://batterionline.no/batteri-til-bl-a-lg-g4-originalt
They have 12 moths guarantee and insurance for malfunctioning batteries (they actually takes responsibility if your device is broken from one of their batteries)
Might be Norway only tho
I never considerd the origins of the battery made any difference. I use this and I'm happy with it. http://www.ebay.com/itm/3800mAh-Ers...Mbuynow-Neu-/272619540846?hash=item3f7964116e
I know it's for the 818 but it fits well and works flawlessly.
thETImo said:
I never considerd the origins of the battery made any difference. I use this and I'm happy with it. http://www.ebay.com/itm/3800mAh-Ers...Mbuynow-Neu-/272619540846?hash=item3f7964116e
I know it's for the 818 but it fits well and works flawlessly.
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It's not the origin, it's the destination. What good is a battery that the seller won't ship to the potential buyer's country?
Thanks for the feedback.
How long have you been using this battery? Does it last the same as the original when it was new ?
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