I am really tempted by the Find 7a, it looks decent on paper but I am reading a lot of things that are putting me off, can owners comment on their severity or if they are indeed problems?
Bluetooth - lots of reports that it is flaky. I can't live with this. I need a solid handsfree connection in the car, and preferably solid audio out too. Is this a software problem or did they put crappy hardware in it?
Battery - plenty saying the battery drains like 30% overnight in standby. This is not good. Is it resolved in Color OS 2.x beta? Any better in CM?
Storage - oh man. Why did they do that? Way to cripple a phone.
ROMs - I know they are pretty open with an unlocked bootloader but I am not seeing much in the way of ROM development. It's pretty quiet over here and their forums aren't exactly buzzing with developers.
How is the state of CM11 on the 7a? Does it fix any of the issues mentioned above?
Any general comments on the handset? Is it worth the punt or in that price range better to go for something more established like a Nexus 5 or LG G2?
Thanks
C
I think I can answer all your questions as I'm involved with parts of the 7a third party development myself.
First off, the hardware is fine and top notch, all the things you read about are in software and resolved by installing nameless ROM (all of the things you mentioned).
The battery depletion overnight (8 hours) is about 3 to 4 percent on nameless ROM with Wi-Fi and 3g permanently on and NFC off.
The storage issue can be resolved by executing my partition tool which you can find on the official oppo forums together with the nameless ROM download.
As for your intention of using cm11, I would stay away from it, it takes forever to get things fixed on that and some things are still glitched on it.
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I think I can answer all your questions as I'm involved with parts of the 7a third party development myself.
First off, the hardware is fine and top notch, all the things you read about are in software and resolved by installing nameless ROM (all of the things you mentioned).
The battery depletion overnight (8 hours) is about 3 to 4 percent on nameless ROM with Wi-Fi and 3g permanently on and NFC off.
The storage issue can be resolved by executing my partition tool which you can find on the official oppo forums together with the nameless ROM download.
As for your intention of using cm11, I would stay away from it, it takes forever to get things fixed on that and some things are still glitched on it.
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Thanks @MrColdbird that is really useful info. Good to know the hardware isn't at fault.
Nameless ROM looks great and good to see some solutions to the crazy partitioning scheme. I assume you guys will be releasing Nameless for the OnePlus One too?! The One seems to have a minor hardware upgrade compared to the Find 7.
One last thing, I know it is personal preference but how do you find the size of the device, there is no getting away from the fact that it is pretty huge...?
Agreed about CM11 - they seem really slow at fixing things these days, perhaps they are trying to support too many devices and spreading themselves too thinly. They seem to fix one thing and break about a dozen more with each M release.
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I picked up a brand new S3 yesterday. While battery life has been okay before, I was wondering if this is normal. Every other android phone I have had, the screen took up the most battery. On the S3, the cell standby has uses the most... by a lot. Thanks in advance!
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Hi!
I don't know if you searched the forums or not before posting but there are a ton of threads about this.
It is a VERY common bug for the S3 with this 'Cell Standby' taking most of the battery life even when you are in full signal range. I read somewhere that Samsung made a mistake when programming the phones that Cell Standby takes 34mA instead of 3.4mA. Not sure how true this is, but there is a fix available but does require root.
After trying Jelly Bean leaked versions for a bit, I noticed that this bug seems to have fixed.
Another thing you might want to try, is DISABLE LTE! It takes a ton of power even when not in use! Use HSPA or GSM instead depending on your carrier!
Other than that, enjoying your phone so far?
Michael
I was trying to rush to work when I made the thread, but now that I'm looking through this section of the forums, I'm find out it's common. If you could point me in the right direction for the fix, I would really appreciate it! Only thing I'm scared of is having an issue with the new phone and not being able to have it fixed after I root it...
The phone is great so far. I'm coming from 3 different One X's. The camera and screen on the One X definitely destroy the S3, but everything else the S3 seems to hold it's own or have a slight edge over the HTC
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I was trying to rush to work when I made the thread, but now that I'm looking through this section of the forums, I'm find out it's common. If you could point me in the right direction for the fix, I would really appreciate it! Only thing I'm scared of is having an issue with the new phone and not being able to have it fixed after I root it...
The phone is great so far. I'm coming from 3 different One X's. The camera and screen on the One X definitely destroy the S3, but everything else the S3 seems to hold it's own or have a slight edge over the HTC
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Good job picking the S3 then!
The only fix I found was for root, and just put the cell standby lower down on the list, or not on the list at all. I'm not sure if it made the battery drain slower but definitely changed the %s in the battery settings.
Here's the link just make sure you have the UVALH2 or UVALEM version of ICS first though and download the correct zip!
It uses CWM by the way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1810382
Hi, I'm new to posting thread. So, I had battery drain problem and I was one of those people who is surfing through the internet trying to find solutions for battery drain problem on Note 4. Yesterday, I took out the cases and battery to clean out the dust. Later, when I put back the battery and turned on my phone, that's when the magic happened. My battery problem was fixed and I was surprised and now when my screen is off it takes about 1-2hrs or MORE to decrease %'s. When I use my phone constantly, it takes 5-9 mins for each % to decrease (WHICH never happened for me.) I charged my phone last night @ 11 PM (04/05/2015) and I still have 68% through moderate use. I still have 1 DAY and 22 hrs left on my battery according to my phone. (Screen time on: 1h 14m 16s). I'm very happy with my phone right now.
Here is my question: Can anyone give me explanation to this? How can just taking out the battery and put it back in can make huge difference?
NOTE: I'm not complaining; in fact, I'm really happy. I'm just curious and a lot of you smart people probably has the answer to my question.
Thank you for reading!
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Is my question stupid or something? lmao
When you post to any forum, it's courteous to use an informative subject line. That way, others can tell at a glance whether your topic is one they're interested in learning about or sharing their knowledge of. The subject line you used conveys no information about your subject, so most readers will skip it entirely.
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Is my question stupid or something? lmao [emoji14]
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No lol. I literally read it and thought about it, and that picture was what I did. Lol
It's weird to me that pulling the battery would magically improve the battery life. To me, it's normally placebo effect, but if it fixed things, then it's just... odd to me.
Simplest answer; Because pulling the battery can clear some info being retained in memory somewhere. Or it may not have been discharging fast, but the %indicator was not functioning correctly and pulling the battery reset it. Pulling the battery is not exactly the same as a reset.
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No lol. I literally read it and thought about it, and that picture was what I did. Lol
It's weird to me that pulling the battery would magically improve the battery life. To me, it's normally placebo effect, but if it fixed things, then it's just... odd to me.
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It's really odd to me as well and that's why I created this thread, which is for explanation. I checked my phone this morning and it said, I had 13 days left according to my phone (Which is freaking crazy and never happened to me in my life.)
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Roger that! Thank you for the tip.
I'm writing this as my unofficial first post here at XDA, as a current M9 user who's faced a popular issue with this device, plus a new, hopefully worthless issue aswell.
I've had an M7 for roughly two years. Used to think it was the best smartphone I've ever held. I found it incredibly good looking and the performance was(is) amazing. Never had a problem I couldn't solve by reading threads here at XDA about issues, typically software related, that other people shared. The only hardware issue that really bugged me was the pink tint in the camera, and even that got fixed in the end.
Following this, I'm really upset that I've now sent my 4 months old M9 for repair, again, in less than a month.
First, I had the vibration issue many other users faced. With a turnaround window of about 3 weeks, I got the same device back, with vibration properly working. This was about a week ago.
Yesterday, I had to take it back to the carrier store(Vodafone Portugal) because the power button ceased function. I have no idea how that happens and I hope it's something minimal, because truly, I don't understand how a premium phone like this ends up with such bogus issues.
Here's to hoping the turnaround window is smaller this time, seeing as the problem seems tiny this time around.
Hi there!
If you are in Portugal I recommend heading to tecmagnet.com. They have this section specifically for repair services (only electronic devices) and there are some there who repair a lot of HTC's phones
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I'm writing this as my unofficial first post here at XDA, as a current M9 user who's faced a popular issue with this device, plus a new, hopefully worthless issue aswell.
I've had an M7 for roughly two years. Used to think it was the best smartphone I've ever held. I found it incredibly good looking and the performance was(is) amazing. Never had a problem I couldn't solve by reading threads here at XDA about issues, typically software related, that other people shared. The only hardware issue that really bugged me was the pink tint in the camera, and even that got fixed in the end.
Following this, I'm really upset that I've now sent my 4 months old M9 for repair, again, in less than a month.
First, I had the vibration issue many other users faced. With a turnaround window of about 3 weeks, I got the same device back, with vibration properly working. This was about a week ago.
Yesterday, I had to take it back to the carrier store(Vodafone Portugal) because the power button ceased function. I have no idea how that happens and I hope it's something minimal, because truly, I don't understand how a premium phone like this ends up with such bogus issues.
Here's to hoping the turnaround window is smaller this time, seeing as the problem seems tiny this time around.
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You will need to purchase a new part for your HTC
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You can purchase it at diymobilerepair search for the "HTC One M9 Power/Volume Buttons Cable and microSD Card Slot"
good luck
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My redmi note 5 pro was running on 9.2.4 (which is the most stable version in my opinion, u guys may have other opinions) . Yesterday n8, i put my phone on charging, when i checked today mrng, i found that, my redmi note 5 pro got updated to 9.2.13 automatically. I am 100% sure that i disabled automatic update in settings . Anyone know how does it happened?. My phone is connected to wifi network 24×7.
After that I again rolled back to 9.2.4, but again it's auto updating.
Anyone know, how to disable it??
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Everybody knows this such a bad manufacturer tendency to force auto updates on their devices. Im sure if many people asks Xiaomi about this, they will tell that this is a bug, but my opinion is that they did it purposely. And nothing we can do here.
My humble advice is to use latest version because its really better, many bugs fixed there.
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Everybody knows this such a bad manufacturer tendency to force auto updates on their devices. Im sure if many people asks Xiaomi about this, they will tell that this is a bug, but my opinion is that they did it purposely. And nothing we can do here.
My humble advice is to use latest version because its really better, many bugs fixed there.
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If it was any other OEM, i would surely update my phone. But unfortunately it's xiomi. They will only release buggy updates.
For redmi note 5 pro Indian version , xiomi released more than 5 updates , none of them are bug Free (9.2.13 was somewhat bug free, but its not as good as 9.2.4)
One thing i noticed that, these automatic update was not taking place before 1 week. My phone was running on 9.2.4 for past 2-3 months without auto updates like these.
Update your phone to 9.5.19 and you wont regret it (most stable ROM with better battery life) and be happy that xiaomi is rolloing out software updates quickly
Yeah xiaomi seems to do at least some work with software, compared to other manufactorers
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Yeah xiaomi seems to do at least some work with software, compared to other manufactorers
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Absolutely true.
They are ruining there own image with these kind of buggy updates
As you may know android source code consists of many many lines of code, and it is only increasing. As you also may know, adding some features leads to increase in code lines, which may (and in long run will) introduce some bugs. This is a rule. (I am not talking about bricking, introduced by a reasoned decision of company, to force people have a latest software, to cut costs and ease being)
Debugging is a hard work, and needs resources. Different manufactorers apply different amounts of resources to debugging, and it is a big off topic subject.
Right now I can compare latest Sony phone with Xiaomi phone, and see that Xiaomi did a much bigger work in latest years with software than Sony, which stuck in 3 years old software.
For any active Nextbit Robin users running the latest LineageOS (any other up-to-date Android distribution is welcome too), what issues are you experiencing with your device?
Any random freezes or reboots?
Little less activity here so I decided to write. It's not my daily driver, rather its my backup. I'm using /e/ Foundation on it and it's great! Obviously the battery is deteriorating, but for its uses (emergencies), its doing great. Hopefully, whoever is still out there using this device, its going great as well! Looking like its a solid EOL from its developers as well.
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Little less activity here so I decided to write. It's not my daily driver, rather its my backup. I'm using /e/ Foundation on it and it's great! Obviously the battery is deteriorating, but for its uses (emergencies), its doing great. Hopefully, whoever is still out there using this device, its going great as well! Looking like its a solid EOL from its developers as well.
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You made me turn it on once again. My battery is still in a bad state, but for a few minutes I got to re-live memories I had with this phone.
Running the stock ROM, last update
Happy to see some people still use their Robin from time to time !
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You made me turn it on once again. My battery is still in a bad state, but for a few minutes I got to re-live memories I had with this phone.
Running the stock ROM, last update
Happy to see some people still use their Robin from time to time !
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Stock ROM! damn! With the slim chance we get Android 12 from developers, this device has lived its life!
Yep, still use them. I solved the problem with battery from powerbank. I'm using unofficial pixel exp os on 9 android, but it's very laggy and throttly phone.
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Hello. I continue to use the Nextbit Robin in 2022 and 2023. I managed to completely restore 3 smartphones out of 4. Everything has been restored to perfect condition. I also printed out a full copy of the conceptual case "in holes-grid" using the original drawings. It seems there were once sold on Ozone. At the moment I have mint and midnight at my disposal
What is included in the package:
-Original box
-Documentation
-Original, mint, flat charging cable
-The key for the SIM card
-Protective film for the display
-Improved battery, high capacity
-New Display
-Improved fast charging device
-New case
-Android 11 or 9
Rom :
Lineage 11 Mokee 11 Pixel 9
For my part I'm using robin nexbit with last lineage os ROM possible cause now no more update out the device seems to be too old to get a newer lineageos rom
The sharp corners and stiff edges still provide just as challenging of a buttplug alternative as the day I first keistered it.