Hi,
I've seen many people making threads out if hardware issues, so I thought about making a roll-up sticky thread (if mods agree with it) about them.
In my case, I'm experiencing 2 really irritating ones that made me contact Razer Support already, currently waiting for an answer.
Whenever my phone hits 100% of battery, the phone stops detecting the charger (probably to avoid killing the battery, which okay, it's nice), but then after just 1 single second, it detects it again. In loop. This is the second time I let my phone charge overnight and I fear my screen will burn because of this, since there's no option to avoid the screen to turn in when charger is plugged in.
Also, in the 4 days I've had it, in a random moment of time whenever I'm just using my phone for WhatsApp, or Chrome, and I transition to another app while the previous app was handling the camera, I can see my screen freezing with a few colourful stripes all over it, on the left hand side most of them. After that happens, 1/4 of the times it happened I managed to get it working again, the rest 3/4 my screen turned off after that and, don't ask how but even though the panel is off, it detects touch input, and the only way to turn it back on is a force reboot pressing all three buttons in the device.
Shall I request an exchange unit? I've had this one for 4 days and idk how normal this is.
NFC hardly ever worked and when it did each terminal said I was trying to use 2 cards at once
Speaker grill at the bottom was lifting off
FP scanner stopped working had to do 5 factory reset and rub the scanner with a wipe constantly to get it to work again
Charger was making very bad buzzing noises when charging (this was completely replaced by razer in have the replacement already)
RMAd to razer (after a fight with Three) was a green one had to get a silver one :/ it's en route to razer ATM so using a Stupid wileyfox phone to get by and it's driving me nuts. I swear if they say the speaker grill was damaged by me and thus the cause I'll freak! Buying the phone was a pain in the ass enough just for it to be a crappy model.
Thinking bout selling it and getting a different phone when it comes back but I'm still torn as everything else was perfect for me.
Roxas598 said:
NFC hardly ever worked and when it did each terminal said I was trying to use 2 cards at once
Speaker grill at the bottom was lifting off
FP scanner stopped working had to do 5 factory reset and rub the scanner with a wipe constantly to get it to work again
Charger was making very bad buzzing noises when charging (this was completely replaced by razer in have the replacement already)
RMAd to razer (after a fight with Three) was a green one had to get a silver one :/ it's en route to razer ATM so using a Stupid wileyfox phone to get by and it's driving me nuts. I swear if they say the speaker grill was damaged by me and thus the cause I'll freak! Buying the phone was a pain in the ass enough just for it to be a crappy model.
Thinking bout selling it and getting a different phone when it comes back but I'm still torn as everything else was perfect for me.
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If you still see NFC issues with the new unit you get, it would be cool if you could drop me a bug report zip, I would take a look.
Alex
TheCrazyLex said:
If you still see NFC issues with the new unit you get, it would be cool if you could drop me a bug report zip, I would take a look.
Alex
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If I decide to keep the device I will indeed Alex :good:
I had these horrible lines in my screen and the bottom speaker was messed up. I RMA'd and they fixed the speaker but the lines are still there just not as obvious.
I'm sending my unit back due to vibration motor issues. Besides that it seems good.
@TheCrazyLex, mind having a look at this (that's 1/2 of my issues):
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Dunno if kernel related due to graphics drivers or actual HW issue. Support team considers it's hardware so I'm currently in terms of RMAing my unit. Want a logcat/dmesg of it? Happens specifically when there's a transition between apps, or when using the camera. Sometimes it happens to hang my phone right after those blue/green stripes appear, on the others hitting the home button restores the device back to it's normal state.
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@TheCrazyLex, mind having a look at this (that's 1/2 of my issues):
Dunno if kernel related due to graphics drivers or actual HW issue. Support team considers it's hardware so I'm currently in terms of RMAing my unit. Want a logcat/dmesg of it? Happens specifically when there's a transition between apps, or when using the camera. Sometimes it happens to hang my phone right after those blue/green stripes appear, on the others hitting the home button restores the device back to it's normal state.
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I think it's a hardware issue because one of the two dsi lane communication failed.
linuxct said:
@TheCrazyLex, mind having a look at this (that's 1/2 of my issues):
Dunno if kernel related due to graphics drivers or actual HW issue. Support team considers it's hardware so I'm currently in terms of RMAing my unit. Want a logcat/dmesg of it? Happens specifically when there's a transition between apps, or when using the camera. Sometimes it happens to hang my phone right after those blue/green stripes appear, on the others hitting the home button restores the device back to it's normal state.
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Yep that looks like a hardware issue, no logs should be needed here.
I hope the RMA process will be quick for you!
Alex
Right now I've had 2 issues.
1. The vibration motor is extremely rattly, especially when the phone is on vibrate or double tap power to open the camera.
2. I've got a stuck pixel at the top of the screen and a dead pixel at the bottom, along Whit what appears the screen ever so faintly flickering. I'm currently in contact with Razer to see what they can do about it.
Edit: I've just had a group of dead pixels form at the bottom of the screen a few days ago. I contacted Razer and they are going to do an RMA on it.
I guess mine is more software but the phone app keeps crashing.
I loved my Razer phone, I really did but had a few critical issues which led me to sell.
Vibration motor was week, kinda like a rattle but I think thats with everyone phone. Couldn't feel it in my pocket.
NFC was terrible, took me 10 attempts at a local Tesco to find the right spot, other places it just wouldn't work.
Screen was a tad too dim while using it as a satnav, probably more of my placement of the phone holder but the sun glare would always hit the screen making the viewing really hard.
I'd still recommend the phone though, great device but just for my usuage I couldn't cope.
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I had a speaker issue with the first razer phone where the bottom speaker was distorted and top speaker was fine, then sent it in got a replacement phone and now the top speaker is having issues. Its not distorted but it is less louder and has less quality then the other speaker. Plus i used a noise generator app to test it and i started to smell a little bit of burning coil from the top speaker. I will send it in and get another one and hopefully its not messed up. The main reason to why i have not yet rooted is because i wanna make sure the speakers are fully functional. In my opinion these speakers shpuld not break under 3 weeks. Can you guys run some tests to see if your phones speakers have the same issue? Thanks. I love the phone btw. So good.
Had the phone 6 days and the speaker grills are lifting, gutted isn't the word
When I use the phone in landscape mode (with volume buttons on the bottom) the sound coming from speakers are inverted. Does anyone have the same issue?
Micro SD card only works in FAT32 file system, I formated to original exfat the SanDisk 400GB came with and phone said "unsupported file system,need format" I'm fine with fat32 but just 4GB file limit I don't like even phone itself uses exfat file system as u loaded 8gb file to phone from PC, I'm talking with customer support about this but no luck they just go around and say "did I reset phone" or did I tried micro sd card as internal storage, I tried, no way to put file then as nor pc nor file manager sees micro sd then, and internal storage is about 250mb read and 100mb write, while micro sd is about 80mb read and 60mb write on SanDisk A1 400gb micro sd ps. Card works on Xperia z and Xperia Z2 with exfat file system just fine
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el4nimal said:
When I use the phone in landscape mode (with volume buttons on the bottom) the sound coming from speakers are inverted. Does anyone have the same issue?
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YouTube -> stereo sound test and top speaker is right bottom is left
sonyzz said:
YouTube -> stereo sound test and top speaker is right bottom is left
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Yes, but when I tried to play Dolby Atmos Demo is inverted, which is ironic
el4nimal said:
Yes, but when I tried to play Dolby Atmos Demo is inverted, which is ironic
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But you don't watch demo everyday lol
sonyzz said:
But you don't watch demo everyday lol
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You never know :-b
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You never know :-b
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No exfat support for micro sd is still bigger issue than stereo reverse since, not deal breaker but can't load 1080p bluray movie which is 16gb in size even I have 400gb micro sd card - limited to 4gb by out dated fat32
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My wife dropped her phone while getting the youngest out the bath.
She brought it to me and I left it in a warm place to extract any water.
The phone now powers, surprisingly but only gets to the HBOOT menu page, I cant select anything like up / down / power etc, so seems stuck.
I suspect the ROM has been fried, at a minimum. Is the phone recoverable?
Thanks
Strip the whole phone down. (There is a tear down guide with pictures somewhere on these forums for it)
Then clean it/ leave it to try for a few hours and then put it back together and see if it boots up.
Thanks. I dont have the tools to open it and it voids any warranty that 'may' still be available.
Ive left it overnight above my PC's exhaust fan which seems to have worked. Will be trying to boot it soon enough.
If its 'stuck' at the HBOOT screen, what are my options? Seems like the hardware still works but the software may be corrupted.
Its the same as before - stuck on the HBOOT screen. The power button works, it switches on, but even once in the menu on the default which is Fastboot, it doesnt allow me to select that. The power button seems not to work in this menu.
was everything completely dry? best thing was probably not to turn it on for a day or 2.
maybe try stick it in a rice bowl or something for a least 8 hrs.. (rice can absorb water very well).
failing that send it back to htc?
dingdong3000 said:
was everything completely dry? best thing was probably not to turn it on for a day or 2.
maybe try stick it in a rice bowl or something for a least 8 hrs.. (rice can absorb water very well).
failing that send it back to htc?
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I think she had powered it when it was still wet, this is probably where damage could have happened.
I believe it to be dry now - there was little sign of water and the vapour around the screen area is now gone too since sitting over my PC's warmish fan.
Question is, almost forgetting about how the damage occurred, what are my options for getting a new BOOT loader or similar loaded, knowing that the phone does not boot. Can I make a gold card and update the phone, anything else?
Many thanks.
The volume up button has started to work, I can scroll through the options - what now?
Seems if I take the memory card and make a gold card, I may be able to recover the phone or am I missing something?
It seems to be working OK again. Im not sure what I did, I tried 'recovery' a few times without much luck, it hung on the O2 flash screen.
I then got frustrated and was pushing the power button a few times, it vibrated and came back to life, complaining of a low battery.
Its charging now, running as a phone - Ill put the Sim Card in later. The only thing is why it seems to go to the HBOOT menu, even if not prompted at the start ...
Perhaps a reflash is still worth looking at, wanted to get 2.2 on anyways.
Edit - I suspect the vol down button is screwed, hence why it goes to boot screen at start and also it doesnt work when the phone is now on. Hopefully it will be fixed as the phone dries out - perhaps Ill venture opening up the phone to sort it.
Unfortunately I had a similar mishap while on vacation, I was carrying my phone while crossing a stream and slipped and fell down, phone got wet...
After a few days phone would power up and "work" but I noticed a few things that I could not fix:
1) Phone runs very hot - always close to 40 degrees celcius where normal phone is around 30.
2) battery will not last for more the 6 to 8 hours with almost no use. High usage / low usage makes no difference anymore.
3) If turned off battery still dies in about 6 to 8 hours.
4) The worst thing for me was the phone thought the headphone was always plugged in even when it wasn't so it was impossible to get sound out of the normal speakers making the phone unusable as a phone without a headset.
It seems if your Desire has the water sensors red under the battery your warranty is void from what I read on the forum and around the net - HTC will not fix or they will charge you the same price as a new one to fix it.
So I decided to buy a new Desire and now use the old one to test custom roms before putting them onto the other phone. I was afraid to Root before but being I had a toy phone I had nothing to lose anymore and now I am addicted
And as a bonus the Headphone / sound issue disappeared when I applied a new Radio and custom rom so that even works now. Only remaining issue is the poor battery life (replacing battery does not fix the issue).
Just thought I would share my story, I hope you have better luck then me...
schalmers said:
Unfortunately I had a similar mishap while on vacation, I was carrying my phone while crossing a stream and slipped and fell down, phone got wet...
After a few days phone would power up and "work" but I noticed a few things that I could not fix:
1) Phone runs very hot - always close to 40 degrees celcius where normal phone is around 30.
2) battery will not last for more the 6 to 8 hours with almost no use. High usage / low usage makes no difference anymore.
3) If turned off battery still dies in about 6 to 8 hours.
4) The worst thing for me was the phone thought the headphone was always plugged in even when it wasn't so it was impossible to get sound out of the normal speakers making the phone unusable as a phone without a headset.
It seems if your Desire has the water sensors red under the battery your warranty is void from what I read on the forum and around the net - HTC will not fix or they will charge you the same price as a new one to fix it.
So I decided to buy a new Desire and now use the old one to test custom roms before putting them onto the other phone. I was afraid to Root before but being I had a toy phone I had nothing to lose anymore and now I am addicted
And as a bonus the Headphone / sound issue disappeared when I applied a new Radio and custom rom so that even works now. Only remaining issue is the poor battery life (replacing battery does not fix the issue).
Just thought I would share my story, I hope you have better luck then me...
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Thanks for the info. I can see a red 'tag' inside the phone but on the battery itself there is a white sticker, is it either of these?
Ive gone ahead and bought a card reader and also a spare card - hopefully I can extract some value from it.
Chazaxl said:
Thanks for the info. I can see a red 'tag' inside the phone but on the battery itself there is a white sticker, is it either of these?
Ive gone ahead and bought a card reader and also a spare card - hopefully I can extract some value from it.
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Both of those are water detectors.
Sounds like your phone has become water damaged but the battery didn't.
Your phone will now not have a warranty as a result and unless you have some sort of insurance that covers water damage (most don't) then there is nothing you can do.
Excuse the crappy pics, taken with iPhone
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Lennyuk said:
Both of those are water detectors.
Sounds like your phone has become water damaged but the battery didn't.
Your phone will now not have a warranty as a result and unless you have some sort of insurance that covers water damage (most don't) then there is nothing you can do.
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Ok, thanks - see pics above :-(
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Ok, thanks - see pics above :-(
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yeah its what I thought, the water obviously got onto the phones tag but not the battery. Your lucky as usually when the battery tag goes the battery stops working.
Phones are often programmed these days to stop working when water is detected even when the phone is actually fine (easy way to get more money I guess). So I would be quite happy its still working if I was you
I need to figure out if its the software thats screwed or if its the volume buttons. They partially worked earlier, now nothing, back to boot screen.
Going to try and create a gold card to allow me to upgrade HBOOT and take it from there.
This is one of the first phones, so should be AMOLED screen, less risk for HBOOT upgrade?
easiest and best way to sort it out would be between the two options:
-buy insurance online, wait a few weeks then claim
- try and fix it, then fail miserably and wish you just bought insurance
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easiest and best way to sort it out would be between the two options:
-buy insurance online, wait a few weeks then claim
- try and fix it, then fail miserably and wish you just bought insurance
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Dont sound like good options - ....
Dont want to curse it but its running again, down volume also working.
Ive got some of the updates on a gold card, got an error with it, not sure why but less tempted to fiddle if the phone works as normal.
I got the same problem about a week ago when i cycled and it started raining really hard. so my desire got half drowned because i didn't have a rain jacket.
At first it appear as if my phone would work normally again, because the power buttons didn't work when i wanted..
However, a week later, it feels as if nothing has happened. so keep on praying ;p
Sounds to me you really should let it dry even longer because of the fact its seems to be still coming back to life. Take off the cover, battery, sim and sd card, stick it in a rice bowl or hang it in your pc fan airflow for 1~2 more days.
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Hello Guys,
I'm experiencing issue with touch screen on my N7 (2013) 32gb, Build number: JSS15R , Unrooted
When I put my N7 on the pillow, or sofa (Not wood or metal surface) , the touch screen NOT responding in some area on screen (on the picture below), otherwise, when I hold my N7 in both hands or just one hand it seems to work just fine!
Do you have this issue or only me ?
Note: I used Multi-Touch test app (by TPYXA software) also for this test, and I did factory reset with no any apps install (only Multi-touch app)
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Hello Guys,
I'm experiencing issue with touch screen on my N7 (2013) 32gb, Build number: JSS15R , Unrooted
When I put my N7 on the pillow, or sofa (Not wood or metal surface) , the touch screen NOT responding in some area on screen (on the picture below), otherwise, when I hold my N7 in both hands or just one hand it seems to work just fine!
Do you have this issue or only me ?
Note: I used Multi-Touch test app (by TPYXA software) also for this test, and I did factory reset with no any apps install (only Multi-touch app)
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I was the first to post this. People think we are crazy. But you are right mine works perfect unless its on a pillow or couch or cloth. On the table it works perfect.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448015&page=13
lespaulman67 said:
I was the first to post this. People think we are crazy. But you are right mine works perfect unless its on a pillow or couch or cloth. On the table it works perfect.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448015&page=13
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Same here. Thought my Nexus 7 was fine for a couple weeks. I have no clue what could cause this but I've tested it a lot and it is definitely fine in my hands or on a hard surface and always really bad on a soft fabric surface. It makes no sense, maybe a hard case on the back would help? Has anyone with this problem tried that, are you using it with or without a case?
lespaulman67 said:
I was the first to post this. People think we are crazy. But you are right mine works perfect unless its on a pillow or couch or cloth. On the table it works perfect.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448015&page=13
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What you think, is that hardware or software problem?
will this be caused by statics on certain fabric? (really wild guess)
roytse said:
will this be caused by statics on certain fabric? (really wild guess)
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I will tell you what I think. I think it has to do with the wireless charging coils in the back of the tablet.
I am using a slimline Moko case. I tried it out of the case and it still did same on couch and pillow. On solid surface works great.Is there anyone out there that has taken the Nexus 7 apart. Unplug the wireless charging see if it fixes the screen issues.
This problem is also known as the grounding issue, although some say that's not an accurate description. Regardless, I had this issue and this thread fixed it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428133
Take a look and see if one of the files will fix your problem.
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This problem is also known as the grounding issue, although some say that's not an accurate description. Regardless, I had this issue and this thread fixed it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428133
Take a look and see if one of the files will fix your problem.
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The ts10 file fixed this issue for me.
fuser-invent said:
Same here. Thought my Nexus 7 was fine for a couple weeks. I have no clue what could cause this but I've tested it a lot and it is definitely fine in my hands or on a hard surface and always really bad on a soft fabric surface. It makes no sense, maybe a hard case on the back would help? Has anyone with this problem tried that, are you using it with or without a case?
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Wow, just tried it and seems like you right.
Screen going nuts when placed on my bed.
When i touching it with all ten fingers, screen automatically turns off and on, endlessly sometimes.
Seems like thats a hardware problem, i dont think any app able to wake up the screen.
Just made a video. Sorry for quality, my dorm roommate havent back yet, so i were filming alone with power of my ankle.
Google or asus or both should begin talking about this and what is the answer/solution they are going to give us. Mine is going to asus tomorrow, let's see what thy do. I know they have change screen, front and gps to another user, and did not even talk about gps problems at all, so they may know something.
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Google or asus or both should begin talking about this and what is the answer/solution they are going to give us. Mine is going to asus tomorrow, let's see what thy do. I know they have change screen, front and gps to another user, and did not even talk about gps problems at all, so they may know something.
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Wireless charging coils. Its causing a magnetic field on the back of the tablet. causing something like a grounding issue but really not.
If you take your USB cable and plug it in to your Nexus 7 and run the cord around the screen it will go nuts. It should not do that. Same with head phone plugged in to Nexus 7 and the head phone wire touches the screen it causes issues. There is a shielding problem. or its the wireless charging coils needing taken out.
Electromagnetic Interference
Large power lines, electric motors, kitchen appliances, and other devices may directly interfere with a display picture. Many devices are not properly shielded and their electromagnetic fields can cause disruption. Most modern display devices have sufficient shielding to prevent interference, but damage to the shielding may allow for signals to penetrate. Older displays and economy brands may have minimal shielding, leaving these devices vulnerable. Cables and audio/video equipment are also vulnerable to electromagnetic interference.
Read this guys
http://www.silabs.com/Support Documents/TechnicalDocs/Minimizing-Touchscreen-EMI.pdf
@ lespaulman67
I agree with you :good:.
For me , when I plug my headphone into my N7 the problem with touch screen disappear even if I put it on Fabric ground.
Also, I have Galaxy Note II with QI wireless charging (QI wireless charger with the coil purchased from ebay 6 months ago), until now I don't have any issue with touch screen or charging itself.
Yes, I think the wireless coil caused touch issue.
Thank you all for the information , hope Google and Asus fix this very soon
Here is a logcat for touchscreen fail and sudden screen off/on turning.
Not sure if i did it right though
Note that NFC turning on/off by itself as well.
I have a couple of other tablets that I do amateur Dev work on, so I decided I can do without the nexus for a while and send it in for "repair" to see what happens. I'm curious to find out if they will change out any hardware or just flash a different firmware version and then send it back. I've tried every stock version if firmware with no luck, it seems to work fine for a couple if hour up to a day and the goes back to sucking. I'll report back in this thread when it gets mailed back and let everyone know what turn around time is like and if it actually helps. I have mentioned the ASUS customer service rep on live chat was excellent and its really easy to RMA it back.
I got my tablet back from he service center. It was a pain, they shipped it to the wrong address and then fedex delivered it to a neighbor, had to retrieve it and re-deliver it. Turnaround time at the service center was only one day but shipping in both directions was about a week total.
Even though I requested it, there was no notes on what they did so I contacted customer service. They looked up the notes and told me they had to open the tablet to re-calibrate the touchscreen and also loaded a "newer driver" to fix the issue. They also said it was safe to update the firmware if a new version is released.
So far the tablet is fine but I'll report back after using it for longer to see if the issue really is fixed. If they had to open the tablet, that sounds like people with this particular issue do have to send it in for repair because no firmware update can fix it.
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They looked up the notes and told me they had to open the tablet to re-calibrate the touchscreen and also loaded a "newer driver" to fix the issue.
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Could you do me a favor?
assuming you are rooted, reboot your tablet
then type
su
dmesg | grep "ektf3k" | grep "firmware"
PM or post the output.
sfhub said:
Could you do me a favor?
assuming you are rooted, reboot your tablet
then type
su
dmesg | grep "ektf3k" | grep "firmware"
PM or post the output.
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What do you need from the output? That command doesn't work together but I can grep them separately. I'm not nearly set-up enough to copy/paste the dmesg, so I'll have to type it out for now. Relevant parts, let me know if you need more:
grep for firmware:
firmware version: 0xa042
firmware id: 0x3029
grep for ektf3k:
x resolution: 0x007e
y resolution: 0x00d2
boot code id: 0x6047
Max X=2239, Max Y=1343
Don't know if you need the rest but I'm guessing not.
Mine got back from asus one week ago, they replaced screen, front and gps. Nothing was fixed, multitouch is still going mad, single touch is a bit improve, as before it works nearly well grounded but over a table or a sofa it works worst.
One friend got it back for a second time, the first time they did the same they have done to mine, now they changed main bd-2g, rear camera, screen, front and gps, 24hrs later he is reporting me that problems are back. Do you know what main bd -2g is? Motherboard?
Where did you type those commands?
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Mine got back from asus one week ago, they replaced screen, front and gps. Nothing was fixed, multitouch is still going mad, single touch is a bit improve, as before it works nearly well grounded but over a table or a sofa it works worst.
One friend got it back for a second time, the first time they did the same they have done to mine, now they changed main bd-2g, rear camera, screen, front and gps, 24hrs later he is reporting me that problems are back. Do you know what main bd -2g is? Motherboard?
Where did you type those commands?
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Just download any terminal emulator from the play store. I use this one.
As for the touch issues, mines obviously still got the multi-touch thing going on when you get several close fingers together. In my opinion that really has nothing to do with the Nexus 7. I've owned 8 tablets, not including the this Nexus and they all do the same thing if you put a bunch of fingers on the screen and then group them in close together. I'm pretty sure if you were to go to a Best Buy or something and play with all their tablets you would be able to reproduce the same thing on every single one.
The whole "only works when I'm holding it" thing was new to me though. It literally didn't work on any surface or even suspended on a stand. I've been playing around with it more since I got it back and putting it on various things, so far it works on every hard and soft surface, it also works whiles charging via USB and wireless charging. Another thing to note is that it came back with JSS15Q loaded. I haven't updated and don't plan on doing that for a while, even though the customer service people "guaranteed" me that it would be fine.
No clue about the bd-2g though.
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firmware version: 0xa042
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Ok, you didn't get any "newer" touchscreen firmware. This is the standard one that came with JSS15Q/R.
So it is possible you have a screen that now behaves best with the latest touchscreen firmware.
So I was on the verge of buying the ZL. When I chanced upon reviews/met people at the Sony Center there to replace their phones due to these issue-
1. Black dots in the lens while clicking pictures.
2. Sound volume is very low when receiving calls.
3. While charging, the phone becomes slow and unresponsive. My brother has the Xperia SP, and I've seen the same problem with his phone. It just becomes weird and laggy. I didn't know a high end phone like the ZL is also going to have this issue.
So I want to ask, do you guys also have these problems? Were they fixed with the latest firmware update. I had finally decided on the ZL, but now I think I'm gonna go back to buy the S4 if these issues are very prominent, as the S4 seems to be an over-all winner, even though I hate it's looks. Any suggestions would be helpful!
yahska.3 said:
So I was on the verge of buying the ZL. When I chanced upon reviews/met people at the Sony Center there to replace their phones due to these issue-
1. Black dots in the lens while clicking pictures.
2. Sound volume is very low when receiving calls.
3. While charging, the phone becomes slow and unresponsive. My brother has the Xperia SP, and I've seen the same problem with his phone. It just becomes weird and laggy. I didn't know a high end phone like the ZL is also going to have this issue.
So I want to ask, do you guys also have these problems? Were they fixed with the latest firmware update. I had finally decided on the ZL, but now I think I'm gonna go back to buy the S4 if these issues are very prominent, as the S4 seems to be an over-all winner, even though I hate it's looks. Any suggestions would be helpful!
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1.u have a bad charger or adapter change it
2.sound volume decreases after 4.3 update
3.chk with another camera app it still probleam is there take it to service centre
bhavstech said:
1.u have a bad charger or adapter change it
2.sound volume decreases after 4.3 update
3.chk with another camera app it still probleam is there take it to service centre
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Sound volume decreases even more after update? That is bad news.
yahska.3 said:
Sound volume decreases even more after update? That is bad news.
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IF ur on 4.1.2?! download soundmeter app from play store on any other device and check your phone ringing level it should be aroung 78 dB
NOTE-(ACTUALLY I DIDNT HAVE A 4.2 UPDATE I DIRECTLY UPDATED TO 4.3 MAY BE SOUND LEVEL DECREASES AFTER 4.2 UPDATE AND I NOTICED IT IN 4.3)
bhavstech said:
IF ur on 4.1.2?! download soundmeter app from play store on any other device and check your phone ringing level it should be aroung 78 dB
NOTE-(ACTUALLY I DIDNT HAVE A 4.2 UPDATE I DIRECTLY UPDATED TO 4.3 MAY BE SOUND LEVEL DECREASES AFTER 4.2 UPDATE AND I NOTICED IT IN 4.3)
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I was talking about In-call volume and quality, not the speaker volume.
yahska.3 said:
So I was on the verge of buying the ZL. When I chanced upon reviews/met people at the Sony Center there to replace their phones due to these issue-
1. Black dots in the lens while clicking pictures.
2. Sound volume is very low when receiving calls.
3. While charging, the phone becomes slow and unresponsive. My brother has the Xperia SP, and I've seen the same problem with his phone. It just becomes weird and laggy. I didn't know a high end phone like the ZL is also going to have this issue.
So I want to ask, do you guys also have these problems? Were they fixed with the latest firmware update. I had finally decided on the ZL, but now I think I'm gonna go back to buy the S4 if these issues are very prominent, as the S4 seems to be an over-all winner, even though I hate it's looks. Any suggestions would be helpful!
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The Black dots in the lens while clicking pictures is a known hardware problem.
I have it to. It's seems a problem with the sensor itself. When you look at you pictures, you will notice that the black dots are sharp and not blurry, so it's impossible that it comes from some dust in the phone, otherwise the dots should be blurry because they are to close to the sensor to focus on.
I also find the sound very low during phone calls, and there is also a noise on the line what makes it even harder to understand some people.
yahska.3 said:
I was talking about In-call volume and quality, not the speaker volume.
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ohh sry, thats normal in zl
yahska.3 said:
So I was on the verge of buying the ZL. When I chanced upon reviews/met people at the Sony Center there to replace their phones due to these issue-
1. Black dots in the lens while clicking pictures.
2. Sound volume is very low when receiving calls.
3. While charging, the phone becomes slow and unresponsive. My brother has the Xperia SP, and I've seen the same problem with his phone. It just becomes weird and laggy. I didn't know a high end phone like the ZL is also going to have this issue.
So I want to ask, do you guys also have these problems? Were they fixed with the latest firmware update. I had finally decided on the ZL, but now I think I'm gonna go back to buy the S4 if these issues are very prominent, as the S4 seems to be an over-all winner, even though I hate it's looks. Any suggestions would be helpful!
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I've never seen any of those issues. But I have had lots of others.
I love what this phone should be. I don't love what it is. On the strength of my experience, I cannot recommend this phone. Others will probably say different.
schnidex said:
I've never seen any of those issues. But I have had lots of others.
I love what this phone should be. I don't love what it is. On the strength of my experience, I cannot recommend this phone. Others will probably say different.
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I never had issues with my phone. May they differ in factory time..
Sent from my C6503 using xda app-developers app
No issues here either.
No black dots, no charging issue. In call volume could be louder but that is not an hardware issue, still its louder than my Galaxy Nexus.
ren2008 said:
No issues here either.
No black dots, no charging issue. In call volume could be louder but that is not an hardware issue, still its louder than my Galaxy Nexus.
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Did you buy your phone recently? And which country, if I may ask?
ThuCommix said:
I never had issues with my phone. May they differ in factory time..
Sent from my C6503 using xda app-developers app
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When did you buy yours, recently?
schnidex said:
I've never seen any of those issues. But I have had lots of others.
I love what this phone should be. I don't love what it is. On the strength of my experience, I cannot recommend this phone. Others will probably say different.
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Exactly man. I really like it. But there were 2-3 people at the shop with these issues. Had it been any other issue, I wouldn't have minded, but if the basic functions such as calls and camera have issues. Then
dmeerpa said:
The Black dots in the lens while clicking pictures is a known hardware problem.
I have it to. It's seems a problem with the sensor itself. When you look at you pictures, you will notice that the black dots are sharp and not blurry, so it's impossible that it comes from some dust in the phone, otherwise the dots should be blurry because they are to close to the sensor to focus on.
I also find the sound very low during phone calls, and there is also a noise on the line what makes it even harder to understand some people.
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Did you try to get it fixed/replaced? How about the earphones, good enough with music?
Also, guys. Is the S4 a good choice. I don't like the looks and the UI. But overall, it looks like a complete phone, complete package. Opinions?
yahska.3 said:
Did you buy your phone recently? And which country, if I may ask?
When did you buy yours, recently?
Exactly man. I really like it. But there were 2-3 people at the shop with these issues. Had it been any other issue, I wouldn't have minded, but if the basic functions such as calls and camera have issues. Then
Did you try to get it fixed/replaced? How about the earphones, good enough with music?
Also, guys. Is the S4 a good choice. I don't like the looks and the UI. But overall, it looks like a complete phone, complete package. Opinions?
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I'm from Belgium and bought it in Germany at the Phone House. I already tried during 3 months to get the IR blaster and a back cover that loses it's skin to be repaired without succes. I was so angry that I'm actually not jumping to go back to Germany ( a trip of 1h45) for again a battle with the Phone House to get my stuff repaired and working. And a couple of months without my phone.
I will never buy at the Phone house again, sometimes I'm thinking of buying a HTC One or the Asus PadPhone 3 and then bring back the Xperia for a new try to repair my Phone.
Hmmm...
So, I bought my 6506 via the bitcoinstore... I don't remember who the back end wholesaler is who fulfills their orders.
Anyway, I haven't had any issues with black spots on the camera, haven't really had any issues with call volume, never really had any problem with my phone being unresponsive or sluggish while charging.
Depending on the activity while it's charging it can get somewhat warm... (performing a nand backup while charging are what I'm mostly thinking of...)
Its a solid phone. But its too old and has too many issues to consider the ZL. The s4 is solid. Has a faster processor, better camera, better screen, and best of all, A REMOVABLE BATTERY!! I am not a Samsung fan by any means. Only had the s2 and galaxy nexus. But they were both solid, except the screen burn in on the galaxy nexus :s
So far my only actual issue with the ZL is the black dots in the camera (screenshot). As for call volume issues, I haven't run stock software since the 4.1.2 JB it came with. I use AOSP based ROMs. And I have no call quality issues or laggy charging problems.
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No such issue.. Volume is very good. way better than XZ.
No camera and charging issues.. Running 4.3 101
4n Is from Ukrain
well i had black dots in my camera... Sony gave me a brand new phone as a replacement
Hi.
I've had the D855 model from 3UK since Thursday I am noticing that the phone gets very hot at the top on the back around the camera and button area. This is not even through particularly heavy use either. I've not ran games or watched any video on it yet. Whilst typing this post for example with no other apps open I can feel this area is really hot.
I've had other phones that have gotten warm after gaming etc. But this is bloody ridiculous
I have also just switched to ART & after the phone rebooted there was 200 apps to optimise & the handset was burning up.
Doesn't seem to be coming from the battery though which seems to be lower down.
Anyone else had this problem?
I haven't had this issue at all, but I haven't loaded it up with a bunch of stuff yet. It sounds like you have a runaway program of some sort. I have used my phone for very long periods of time without interruption and haven't experienced any heat that's more than my Note 3. I'd unload everything and add things one at a time, or check your memory usage and see if you have anything that's taking far more than it should.
My phone gets warm in that area but nothing that has concerned me yet, but it's usually when I have had the screen on for a lengthy period of time.
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brightness set at ?
I've not really loaded it up with apps. Just google stuff, bbci player, Chromecast (not working) Im gonna try removing stuff & see if it makes any diference .Screen brightness is set to 40% auto brightness ticked.
Is there a recommended app to monitor rogue apps or wakelocks?
I've also just had it charging for about 2 hours on the official plug & its red hot again.
jusumgeezer said:
I've not really loaded it up with apps. Just google stuff, bbci player, Chromecast (not working) Im gonna try removing stuff & see if it makes any diference .Screen brightness is set to 40% auto brightness ticked.
Is there a recommended app to monitor rogue apps or wakelocks?
I've also just had it charging for about 2 hours on the official plug & its red hot again.
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BetterBatteryStats is good to monitor wakelocks ect..... debloating you're phone should help a bit too, I made a list of things i've done away with if it helps you
Find it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2800293
sure there will be more than that that can be removed, hopefully others will test and contribute soon It should help you get a good start tho. Good Luck
Same issue but with US T-Mobile version
jusumgeezer said:
Hi.
I've had the D855 model from 3UK since Thursday I am noticing that the phone gets very hot at the top on the back around the camera and button area. This is not even through particularly heavy use either. I've not ran games or watched any video on it yet. Whilst typing this post for example with no other apps open I can feel this area is really hot.
I've had other phones that have gotten warm after gaming etc. But this is bloody ridiculous
I have also just switched to ART & after the phone rebooted there was 200 apps to optimise & the handset was burning up.
Doesn't seem to be coming from the battery though which seems to be lower down.
Anyone else had this problem?
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Hello, I am having exactly the same issues you described. It happens just out of the blue. The phone starts getting superhot until the battery is drained. If I try to charge it, it does not get charged. It has happened to me randomly.
Did you find the cause for your troubles?
jusumgeezer said:
Hi.
I've had the D855 model from 3UK since Thursday I am noticing that the phone gets very hot at the top on the back around the camera and button area. This is not even through particularly heavy use either. I've not ran games or watched any video on it yet. Whilst typing this post for example with no other apps open I can feel this area is really hot.
I've had other phones that have gotten warm after gaming etc. But this is bloody ridiculous
I have also just switched to ART & after the phone rebooted there was 200 apps to optimise & the handset was burning up.
Doesn't seem to be coming from the battery though which seems to be lower down.
Anyone else had this problem?
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I've had this exact issue too ... and for those wondering just how hot it gets, it's in the rough area of "wtf" degrees. I've lost 85% of my battery in 3 hours. It normally happens when I'm not charging and on WiFi, but what I've noticed is that the 3G/4G/LTE (whatever radio connection I have at the time) starts turning on. Now if it was an App misbehaving, I doubt an App would have the ability to bypass WiFi and use the data connection.
I'm about to do a full wipe and see if that fixes it.
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... and as I was writing this post, I noticed the damn thing rebooting itself. LG makes great hardware, but their software just sucks. Why won't they unlock the damn bootloaders so I can put CMMod on it or something that doesn't suck?
Overheating
im having the same issue its getting hot for no reason did you fix this issue
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did you comeup with any fix cause i'm sick and tired of this issue
I've had this twice both caused by different ota updates. A full wipe and install fixed for me. Now I'm in 10m, no over heating and better life is much much better
To further my last comment, if you've hardly got anything installed, then do a quick backup and then install something like 10m (which world perfectly for me) and do a full flash wiping everything.
If I didn't do that, then it got so hot then I couldn't keep the phone in my pocket and had to turn it off !! The heat comes from very close to the volume buttons, and it worried me how hot it was getting.
Mine is burning up in use or on charge, i just checked temps with cpu z and temps were at 81c, 79c, 75,c
81c, etc etcvery warm indeed, yes i have a lot of apps installed and i did have a few running at the time but Jeezz this thing is like a portable radiator, i have a case on it with the quick circle cover but it's the slim model that replaces the rear part of the original case so not packed inside extra plastics, ive never had such a hot phone.
I have tried a few things to try and tackle the problems but with no joy, i'm also constantly running out of space on the internal memory despite moving all the movable apps to Ex SD card, my phone is routed and running fulmics 5.1 rom
Same here, using D855 from Hong Kong, I have already done a factory reset/wipe.
Unmounting the SD card does help a bit in my case, still, it does not solve the problem.
As long as I turn on the screen and make some touches, it will start overheating for no reason.
Same for me. When I watch 3d sbs 180 videos, after around 25 mins the phone has given a warning and then shortly afterwards shut itself down.
I replaced the circle case with a more common style back cover that I bought from aliexpress and put a new battery into it, but the problem remains.
10M is an earlier android built from 2014, right? Will the problem be solved if downgrading? I wouldn´t mind really.
Thanks
jazzl said:
Same for me. When I watch 3d sbs 180 videos, after around 25 mins the phone has given a warning and then shortly afterwards shut itself down.
I replaced the circle case with a more common style back cover that I bought from aliexpress and put a new battery into it, but the problem remains.
10M is an earlier android built from 2014, right? Will the problem be solved if downgrading? I wouldn´t mind really.
Thanks
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So, I´ve been trying to downgrade using LGUP. The new version of this keeps telling me that my phone is unknown, and old version gives an error after 4%.
On some of the pages I found about how to do it, it´s saying that I need to change the LGE port to 41 in Windows. When doing that, my windows (10) freezes and I have to reset the computer.
Any ideas about what I may be doing wrong or suggestions to other methods?
Thanks
jazzl said:
So, I´ve been trying to downgrade using LGUP. The new version of this keeps telling me that my phone is unknown, and old version gives an error after 4%.
On some of the pages I found about how to do it, it´s saying that I need to change the LGE port to 41 in Windows. When doing that, my windows (10) freezes and I have to reset the computer.
Any ideas about what I may be doing wrong or suggestions to other methods?
Thanks
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Allright, I´ve done it!
I used the old 2014 LGupgrader, but instead of running it via a network mounted drive, as I´d done it up till this point, I did it directly from C:/Temp. This was the key to success for me. I had it stuck for a couple of mins at 9 %, but it suddenly continued. This may have to do with the available internal mem. Some ppl say there should be 2 GB free, but I had only 1.51 GB free.
Temp is now 12 C less than before at similar operations.
The excessive heat has been reported as an issue across all models of the G3. The best solution is to use a thermal pad on the SoC. That helps spread the heat to the metal chassis, reducing your temps from 10-15 degrees Celcius. Get any 0.5mm thick thermal pad, cut it down to 14x14mm, clean both the SoC and the surface on the chassis with alcohol, apply pad and be sure to tighten screws as much as possible without stripping. I've been using this mod on both of my G3's for almost 2 years, and it does not void your warranty. Good luck!
AlwaysLucky said:
The excessive heat has been reported as an issue across all models of the G3. The best solution is to use a thermal pad on the SoC. That helps spread the heat to the metal chassis, reducing your temps from 10-15 degrees Celcius. Get any 0.5mm thick thermal pad, cut it down to 14x14mm, clean both the SoC and the surface on the chassis with alcohol, apply pad and be sure to tighten screws as much as possible without stripping. I've been using this mod on both of my G3's for almost 2 years, and it does not void your warranty. Good luck!
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Do you have a link to such a thermal pad and maybe a link to a vid showing how it´s done?
I was a bit too quick saying that my problems are now solved. I still get much nicer temperature, but VR videos skip frames alot, where they´d go smooth before. I´m wondering if Lollipop is throttled so it won´t get too hot, and does not have the power to play the vids, where Marshmallow pushes the hardware to the max, and then it gets hot.
Would anyone disagree with this?
Also, when did the overheating get introduced? If it´s not there in 10m, maybe there´s a build closer to Marshmallow that will let the hardware work a bit more, without heating too much up.
Ok, I found a pretty decent solution:
http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-g3-problems-517832/
The part about amending the High Temperature Property OFF setting seemed to do the trick. Now VR vids play more smoothly and though it - obviously - gets hotter, it won´t get as hot as with Marshmallow.
With Marshmallow I´d get a warning at 57 C, and then it´d shot down a few mins later. Now, after about the same amount of time using the phone with a VR vid, it shows 49 C, which is acceptable.
jazzl said:
Do you have a link to such a thermal pad and maybe a link to a vid showing how it´s done?
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Use this video for disassembly.
And this is an example of a thermal pad you can use.
The heat issue is a hardware design flaw. The issue can be minimized with software, but the only way to truly solve it is a thermal pad or some other way to allow the heat to escape faster. It's easy to do, just take your time and use the right tools.
AlwaysLucky said:
Use this video for disassembly.
And this is an example of a thermal pad you can use.
The heat issue is a hardware design flaw. The issue can be minimized with software, but the only way to truly solve it is a thermal pad or some other way to allow the heat to escape faster. It's easy to do, just take your time and use the right tools.
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Allright, thanks. Maybe a dumb q, but how do I recognize the SoC?
so i am curious ... share your expeience thus far with the zenfone2 as well as tell us what do you guys hate most about it?
i just picked up a new shiny zenfone 2, the 4G/32G model, Z00A/ZE551ML model for $270.
of course right off the bat i unlocked the bootloader, rooted it, and installed TWRP. after which i put on a custom ROM ... i am still messing between BlissPop and Resurrection-Remix. Both are based on Cyanogenmod and are great with customization options. especially the fact that i can change my DPI to 400 and everything looks so beautiful. if you change to one of them make sure you pick a DARK theme. Darker themes charge the battery less.
So now what do i hate about my phone?
Well, this is a tough one. Its nice that we have top of the line hardware and such however the CPU being an Atom/x86 maybe our loved/hated part. ya its quick but the device gets hot quite often.
Then we have a minor issue that i am hating. I wish the capacitive buttons were on-screen instead of being static as they are now. The line separator between the screen and the buttons also tends to pickup dirt quite frequently and you have dirt stuck there.
I also dislike the curvy back although it makes it easy to hold it is not flat when put on a table ...
please share....
I hate camera battery and the design
My hates for this phone (ZE551ML Z00A 4GB/64GB Z3580)
On stock software:
SMS issues, workarounds are unacceptable to me
Still Android 5.0.0
On CM based ROMS:
Bluetooth audio lag and random failures until restart
Hardware:
Camera is useless in anything but bright sunlight.
Power save controls could be more fine-grained.
cylent said:
so i am curious ... share your expeience thus far with the zenfone2 as well as tell us what do you guys hate most about it?
i just picked up a new shiny zenfone 2, the 4G/32G model, Z00A/ZE551ML model for $270.
of course right off the bat i unlocked the bootloader, rooted it, and installed TWRP. after which i put on a custom ROM ... i am still messing between BlissPop and Resurrection-Remix. Both are based on Cyanogenmod and are great with customization options. especially the fact that i can change my DPI to 400 and everything looks so beautiful. if you change to one of them make sure you pick a DARK theme. Darker themes charge the battery less.
So now what do i hate about my phone?
Well, this is a tough one. Its nice that we have top of the line hardware and such however the CPU being an Atom/x86 maybe our loved/hated part. ya its quick but the device gets hot quite often.
Then we have a minor issue that i am hating. I wish the capacitive buttons were on-screen instead of being static as they are now. The line separator between the screen and the buttons also tends to pickup dirt quite frequently and you have dirt stuck there.
I also dislike the curvy back although it makes it easy to hold it is not flat when put on a table ...
please share....
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You can enable on screen buttons. Check in the themes and apps section.
Some cases make the back of the phone flat, check on eBay for those.
cnsngr said:
I hate camera battery and the design
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to be honest i never understand why people rely on the camera in a phone. i never have. i take it for what it is. crap. if it is a good camera then great. if not then oh well.
cmendonc2 said:
You can enable on screen buttons. Check in the themes and apps section.
Some cases make the back of the phone flat, check on eBay for those.
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i dont want to enable them. i know how to do so. it would take up screen space that is needed. its not like this is a 7" inch screen. ...
cylent said:
to be honest i never understand why people rely on the camera in a phone. i never have. i take it for what it is. crap. if it is a good camera then great. if not then oh well.
i dont want to enable them. i know how to do so. it would take up screen space that is needed. its not like this is a 7" inch screen. ...
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what should i rely on taking pictures in my daily life should i buy an dslr instead and use it daily and keep it where ever i go of course people gonna rely on phones for taking pictures, they can fix it and they can start with raw support
cylent said:
to be honest i never understand why people rely on the camera in a phone. i never have. i take it for what it is. crap. if it is a good camera then great. if not then oh well.
i dont want to enable them. i know how to do so. it would take up screen space that is needed. its not like this is a 7" inch screen. ...
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No, its a 5.5" screen the same size as my Note Edge... If it had on screen buttons then they would take up the same real estate that they would on my edge if I wanted them...
Don't know how you can whinge about not having them then saying it would take up prime real real estate on the screen when every other 5.5" screen phone that has these onscreen keys is the same size screen...
cnsngr said:
what should i rely on taking pictures in my daily life should i buy an dslr instead and use it daily and keep it where ever i go of course people gonna rely on phones for taking pictures, they can fix it and they can start with raw support
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i think you're missing the part where it says "Smartphone" not "Smartcamera".
This is primarily a phone with a camera added to it.
if you really want a phone with a good camera you can try the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2
cylent said:
i think you're missing the part where it says "Smartphone" not "Smartcamera".
This is primarily a phone with a camera added to it.
if you really want a phone with a good camera you can try the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2
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Im not missing any part mate, it is a bad camera and i rely on my phone for taking pictures in my daily life its not that hard, im not expecting dslr quality ofc, but i dont white that noisy white dots to
cnsngr said:
what should i rely on taking pictures in my daily life should i buy an dslr instead and use it daily and keep it where ever i go of course people gonna rely on phones for taking pictures, they can fix it and they can start with raw support
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Tips for Taking a Fashion Shot - ZenFone | ASUS
To be honest for the most part I've enjoyed using this phone. I have the 4GB RAM/32GB internal storage North American model and it's been decent so far. I came from a Nexus 4 that I had for about 2.5 years and switched to this phone when it came out in North America in late May. I don't mod a lot, I've only rooted (so I can run stuff like Adaway, Cerberus Anti-Theft, and Xposed Framework) and that's it. I've considered unlocking my bootloader to get a permanent custom recovery (which I did with the Nexus 4) but I can live with a tethered recovery (just so I can flash a zip when needed) if I wanna be able to have an OTA update without issue. Yes, I know you can just flash new firmware updates without just waiting for an OTA update but I'd rather just let the OTA hit.
As others have said, the camera is kinda crappy but I don't really take a lot of photos in general so it's not a big deal breaker for me. Yes there's a lot of bloatware but I've just disabled stuff I don't use either via settings or a 3rd party app. The phone is a tad bit on the heavy side but that's just minor griping. The regular firmware updates have been nice though I'm still waiting for them to push Android version 5.1 even (though they have at least confirmed Marshmallow for the Zenfone2 so that's a good sign).
cylent said:
Tips for Taking a Fashion Shot - ZenFone | ASUS
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Well that 20 second video helped me very well thank you so much its awesome now
great phone
but bad battery life :crying:
horrible battery
I hate missing backlight back/menu/central buttons... And missing support of USB 3&HDMI&h265/HEVC hardware video codec acceleration for decoding/encoding.
If ASUS resolve it on Zenfone 3, he will be mine ! (Except if a equivalent smartphone upcoming with physical Keyboard)
Want this keyboard on Zenfone !!! :
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Or better :
Well... Missing accessory, so native hardware... Dreaming.
you get what you pay for.
i paid $270 dollars for the 32G/3GigRam unit.
you can always use onscreen navigation bar ...
Battery life & screen not bright enough under sunlight (using lux light app helped cranking up the brightness a bit more). Oh, and I HATE where they placed the speaker!
I almost pulled the trigger on a galaxy note 5 dual sim this past weekend, but I've decided to wait a bit and see what's coming in the next few months, the note 5 is missing too many features.
Camera seems fine, I've taking some very nice pictures using manual settings, but I hated this phone when I was in Orlando while shooting video in the afternoon where it was hot outside (late October). The phone kept on recording at a very low framerate and it didn't even save the videos for some reason.
I'd say the things I hate about this device are the small details.
The fact that the led has only 3 colors and cannot be customized;
The horrible audio jack (even for a smartphone standard);
Battery life is an issue, but can be fixed (Project T kernel was a life saver in stock kernel, still looking what I can do in CM based ROMs);
The compatibility issues we have due to the x86 architecture.
I do love this phone, but sometimes these things really annoy me.
After coming from a Xiaomi mi3w I just have to say so far this phone is pretty amazing. I don't ever use the camera so the camera is better than I need it to be for the few times I use it a year. The battery problems I see everybody complaining about baffles me as I own 3 mid range priced phones and this 1 has close to the best battery life with similar usage.
Xiaomi mi3w: 4-5 hrs sot with 1 day uptime
2nd most expensive device
ASUS ZenFone 2: 5.5-6 hrs sot with 1 day uptime
cheapest device
oneplus two: 5.5-6.5 hrs sot with 1 day uptime
most expensive device
The things that annoy me are
1. Asus has poor rom development for keeping you updated.
2. Horrible place to put a speaker.
3. Hardware keys can not be swapped and I'm use to my back button on the right and my menu button I the left.
4. You can't reassign functions to the hardware keys. They should also be backlit.
5. They don't use any type of hotplug to unplug cores with 0 zero load to save to power.
6. Glitches in their keyboard while typing sometimes taking me back to previous paragraphs or the last typed words if I try and correct a mistake made earlier. Just a buggy keyboard in general.
7. Micro stutters in certain apps like browser and tapatalk due to an inefficient kernel or os.
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I only hate the battery and the issue that you can´t change the sms ringhtone.