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[Q] No sound from earpiece on successive calls, one after another!

I am accustomed to premium (or we think so!) galaxy S range devices for a long time. I had bought my first S1 in december 2010, Then I kept buying S2, S3 after that. Now I have bought Note 3 Neo, and I love it except for one major problem. This problem was also there in all the earlier phones I owned, but it happened rarely, so it was bearable.
When I talk to anyone and disconnect the call, I immediately call someone else (or the same guy if I forgot something to say) within 2 seconds of disconnecting. But, the call is connected, and I can't hear any sound in both earpiece and speaker. If I disconnect it and call again within 5 seconds, same thing keeps happening! I can produce this error as many times I want. To overcome it, I turn off the screen, and wait for around 1 minute before making another call, the sound is back, as if nothing ever happened. And I have made sure that this is not a network fault, since I used the same sim card and number in the Sony Xperia Z earlier. I also put my sim in other phones for a week, like chinese ones, nokia etc, but no such error at all.
The device is only 6 months old, no rooting at all, never connected to odin etc. Just used Kies for making backups initially. I keep power saving on always, use automatic brightness, sync and motions are disabled. In the extended notification panel, there are only 4 active features, sound, mobile data, power saving and screen rotation. I have only activated palm motion for screenshots, rest motions are deactivated.
In november 2013, I had bought a sony Xperia Z. I hated it a lot, especially for the on screen buttons and the insensitive touch screen, I have developed light touch habit, and a lot of text was skipped while typing in Xperia Z. I had to tap harder for typing faster without skipping alphabets! Within 4 months, I got pissed off and sold the Xperia Z. The touch sensitivity in Sony phones is too less compared to any Samsung phone! But, the present problem (of no sound on successive calls) was not there at all. I have a habit of making successive calls without even a few seconds in between, and I don't think that should be a problem for any modern device!
Then I bought the Note 3 Neo in may this year. I am glad to have the old samsung features back, like super sensitive touch, no on-screen buttons, the list goes on! I am totally satisfied with it, except for this particular problem.
My queries for fellow Note 3 Neo owners:
1. Does it happen with you as well? Have you seen this problem in any other Samsung phones?
2. Should I claim for handset replacement under warranty? I can easily reproduce this error in front of the SVC guys, and I am sure that updating etc won't resolve this issue. I have already updated the OS to the latest one through Kies.
NOTE: This is a genuine query, I am not here for bashing Sony. If you guys are happy with Sony Xperia, then good for you.

1. I haven't ever experienced this issue at all with my Neo
2. It seems to be microphone/loudspeaker hardware issue you should definitely get it repaired/replaced.
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[REVIEW] Mi Band with Moto G

So after the launch of mi band in china i was really excited as Xiaomi was entering the Indian market with its products but they didn't lauch it back then in december 2013. So I had to order it from Aliexpress which was a risk because it was my first purchase. I received the product and it was packed well. I believe we all know the feautres so I’ll skip it to make this thread short.
now coming to the review part.
Moto G has BT LE which is the only HW requirement needed to for this device to work and you need Android Lollipop to make the screen unlock feature to work. I downloaded the app from playstore and after several attempts i could not sign up so i opened the Xiaomi website and registered there first and then signed into the app which worked like a charm.
Now coming to the performance the battery really lasts for more than 30days, once i got 41days battery life, YES 41DAYS!!! The sensor works very well and it's *almost* accurate, now you ask why "almost" It’s because it sometime counts steps when I'm polishing shoes, cutting vegetables etc. so the solution I found to this issue was to wear it on my less active arm(left).
The app is very basic, you can see the number of steps and the time you slept with deep sleep time but doesn’t count if you take a nap in the day or evening. I found a very good feature that is if you raise your hand (like to see the time on your watch) it shows your progress with the LEDs that is 3 for goal reached, 2 for more than 50% and 1 for less than 50%. At times you won’t be able to update the content on your app and it will show not connected, the solution is turn off/on the BT and it works. The smart lock feature works 9/10 times. I have washed it and it's still working but obviously don't do it everyday.
Now if you need some extra features like checking weight, BMI and scoreboard which requires wechat as of now. I have requested the developer to inbuilt the scoreboard feature within the app. You can download the latest version from here
http://en.miui.com/thread-110066-1-1.html
After 7months of usage the band has got lots of scratches on it (not the sensor) and a change is required.
Conclusion:
I find the Mi Band a great companion for any fitness freak and it works very well with Moto G 2013. After using it for so long I can say that it’s completely a VALUE FOR MONEY PRODUCT. Just remember no product is perfect even the great nexus6 & iphone 6 has its pros and cons. If you are looking for a fitness tracker you can give it a try it won’t disappoint you.
You can buy it from here (India)
http://dl.flipkart.com/dl/mi-band/p/itme86bfkxhzqcbv?pid=SBNE86BFAZT6GPGP&affid=ab23may94
If you have any questions you can ask!

I look forward to seeing the next generation of this band and how accuracy improves.

Question Refurbished Oneplus 7t or Xiaomi Poco F3?

I had a Oneplus 7t, but I dropped my phone and the screen went black and purple. Oneplus wanted $240 to fix it, but there was 9.9//10 refurbished oneplus 7ts on eBay, so I was thinking of getting that for $325 CDN., I can get the Poco F3 for $442 CAD.
I don't rly know what phone to go with. I mainly just use my phone for browsing reddit, web and youtube.
If I were to get the Poco F3, I think I would put lineage on it eventually. I really enjoy oxgyen os and don't know what phone to go with.
I guess I am also concerned about Xiaomi and the UI because the phones are not banned in Canada, but you cannot sell them on eBay for some reason. I think it has to do with an act that Trumped passed, but I am not too sure.
What would you suggest I get? 7t or the F3?
Thanks!

CoolGuyOnTheInternet said:
I had a Oneplus 7t, but I dropped my phone and the screen went black and purple. Oneplus wanted $240 to fix it, but there was 9.9//10 refurbished oneplus 7ts on eBay, so I was thinking of getting that for $325 CDN., I can get the Poco F3 for $442 CAD.
I don't rly know what phone to go with. I mainly just use my phone for browsing reddit, web and youtube.
If I were to get the Poco F3, I think I would put lineage on it eventually. I really enjoy oxgyen os and don't know what phone to go with.
I guess I am also concerned about Xiaomi and the UI because the phones are not banned in Canada, but you cannot sell them on eBay for some reason. I think it has to do with an act that Trumped passed, but I am not too sure.
What would you suggest I get? 7t or the F3?
Thanks!
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Avoid mistake! GO F3 without question!!!

poco f3!
I had oneplus nord before and I don't regret switching. go for POCO

Poco F3 all the way. I love OnePlus but 7T can by no means be justified over F3. If you can find a brand new 8T, then I'd recommend 8T over F3.

Have you seen deals for the 8T? After buying my F3 I have seen them (8T) as low as 370€ (543 CAD). I paid 250€ (367 CAD) for the F3, but I would have seriously considered the 8T if the deal was before the F3 (which I got with a double deal for launch price + 50€ discount for 300€+ in shop).
I'd say over the 7T the screen will be way better, probably better speakers and battery, so F3 sounds better than 7T for your usage.

Its obvious go for POCO F3 you won't regret.

I tried the POCO X3 NFC and it was a very bad experience. I just didn't like the UI at all. It was full of tiny little problems that made my life miserable. I returned the X3 and went with a OP8, and even though I paid almost twice the price, I am way happier with the OP8 (I am stingy as it gets). But that's the X3 and not the F3.
I just couldn't get along with the POCO. One of the problems that annoyed me a lot is that notifications would show only once on the lock screen. If you receive a notification and you check the lock screen once, then you check the lock screen again, all of the notifications would have vanished. It is like each notification is allowed to show up only once on the lockscreen. I tried my best and browsed several forums to fix this issue but couldn't. I used timers a lot and would always control them without unlocking the phone, this phone wouldn't allow it. Some notifications would also never show up at all (the phone does ring though).
The earpiece on the POCO was worse than my Nokia's 5130 Xpress Music. It is too low but everyone around you can hear very clearly (if you do). I had to press it against my ear at several occasions to hear clearly (was actually irritating after a 3 minutes call in a slightly noisy environment).
When I listened to anything using the loudspeakers, the phones vibrated like insane and I thought it was very engaging, but got tired of it really fast after 5 minutes. It was like holding a phone that's ringing on vibrate mode for 10 minutes. More sound escaped from the back of the phone for some reason, it must be a problem with insulating the back of the phone.
I remember there were tiny little OS-related problems here and there like the phone not locking with double taps on many occasions, these add up and ruin the whole experience. I can't remember all of them though.
Now all of these are about the X3 NFC and not the F3. But my friend switched from Huawei to Xiaomi and had a similar "I regret getting this" experience and isn't really satisfied.
The F3 looks like a beast phone but I myself would hesitate using Xiaomi again. They are extremely cheap so I might consider trying one again in the future. I also never faced any issues with the ads that everyone talked about. They only popped after installing apps from the playstore, they can be skipped immediately so you won't be forced to wait for the ad, they are definitely less annoying than YT ads, which I can tolerate. Some said that the built in apps did show ads, like their gallery app and so on. I didn't use these as I usually preferred other apps over them.

MapzOr said:
I tried the POCO X3 NFC and it was a very bad experience. I just didn't like the UI at all. It was full of tiny little problems that made my life miserable. I returned the X3 and went with a OP8, and even though I paid almost twice the price, I am way happier with the OP8 (I am stingy as it gets). But that's the X3 and not the F3.
I just couldn't get along with the POCO. One of the problems that annoyed me a lot is that notifications would show only once on the lock screen. If you receive a notification and you check the lock screen once, then you check the lock screen again, all of the notifications would have vanished. It is like each notification is allowed to show up only once on the lockscreen. I tried my best and browsed several forums to fix this issue but couldn't. I used timers a lot and would always control them without unlocking the phone, this phone wouldn't allow it. Some notifications would also never show up at all (the phone does ring though).
The earpiece on the POCO was worse than my Nokia's 5130 Xpress Music. It is too low but everyone around you can hear very clearly (if you do). I had to press it against my ear at several occasions to hear clearly (was actually irritating after a 3 minutes call in a slightly noisy environment).
When I listened to anything using the loudspeakers, the phones vibrated like insane and I thought it was very engaging, but got tired of it really fast after 5 minutes. It was like holding a phone that's ringing on vibrate mode for 10 minutes. More sound escaped from the back of the phone for some reason, it must be a problem with insulating the back of the phone.
I remember there were tiny little OS-related problems here and there like the phone not locking with double taps on many occasions, these add up and ruin the whole experience. I can't remember all of them though.
Now all of these are about the X3 NFC and not the F3. But my friend switched from Huawei to Xiaomi and had a similar "I regret getting this" experience and isn't really satisfied.
The F3 looks like a beast phone but I myself would hesitate using Xiaomi again. They are extremely cheap so I might consider trying one again in the future. I also never faced any issues with the ads that everyone talked about. They only popped after installing apps from the playstore, they can be skipped immediately so you won't be forced to wait for the ad, they are definitely less annoying than YT ads, which I can tolerate. Some said that the built in apps did show ads, like their gallery app and so on. I didn't use these as I usually preferred other apps over them.
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Awesome, thanks for your mini review!
I was also thinking of the X3 Pro because it's $100 less than the F3, but it sucks ordering from Aliexpress and not Amazon because I probably could not return the F3 or X3 Pro.

Nagasaky2x said:
Have you seen deals for the 8T? After buying my F3 I have seen them (8T) as low as 370€ (543 CAD). I paid 250€ (367 CAD) for the F3, but I would have seriously considered the 8T if the deal was before the F3 (which I got with a double deal for launch price + 50€ discount for 300€+ in shop).
I'd say over the 7T the screen will be way better, probably better speakers and battery, so F3 sounds better than 7T for your usage.
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Where are these deals? On the Oneplus website or just in general?

CoolGuyOnTheInternet said:
Where are these deals? On the Oneplus website or just in general?
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I am from Spain so I follow a couple of telegram channels who post those deals. For example this was "recent" from Aliexpress:
[Reenviado de Chollometro]
CHOLLO COMPARTIDO❗️#AliExpress
OnePlus 8T 8+128GB [Desde España] 395.9€ ❗️(PVP: 500€)
https://chollo.to/pijdh
Más chollos: @chollos / @descuentos
From the Oneplus site the latest deael here in Spain was 449€ (8/128GB)
If you want to see those kind of deals (although they are usually centered for Spain), you can see their website (https://www.chollometro.com/) or any of a couple of telegram channels (https://t.me/latabernadeloschollos, https://t.me/Descuentox, https://t.me/Chollos, https://t.me/canalwolfvvi, https://t.me/chollometro)

Question Pixel 6 pro or another ?

Hello I have a question whether google pixel 6 pro is the best choice when it comes to modification options? Are there other phones that give more options on the subject of modification I am thinking about samsung note 20 ultra which is better and why?

I have both & the Note20 Ultra model that I have is not rootable.
Even with that limitation, if I had to choose between the two, I'd go with the Note 20 Ultra.
I like the overall physical footprint of the Pixel 6 Pro better, but, for overall use, my preference is the Note20 Ultra.
The things that tilt it to the Note 20 Ultra (for my preference) are the brighter display, SD Card & S-Pen.

I am waiting for more opinions On the plus side, there is a sd card reader on the minus, for sure, there will be no such modification options as the pixel will have, I do not know what to take until tomorrow, museum to make a decision

You've yet to define the modifications you want to do.

I think about testing various roms, unlocking blocked functions etc.

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thieftime1980 said:
I think about testing various roms, unlocking blocked functions etc.
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In that case, it's easiest to do on a factory unlocked Google Pixel of any type, at least in the United States. Outside the United States, at least some Exynos CPU-based Samsung phones can have their bootloader unlocked, but even then you void your warranty and it trips Samsung's "Knox" permanently, and you can never set that back to untripped.
On a Pixel, it's very easy to set the phone back to the way you got it if you ever need to, and there's no permanent indicator that the phone was ever rooted if you take the proper steps.

is the pixel screen much worse than the note 20 ultra screen? I still do not know which to choose the price is the same almost pixel 6 pro 550 € Note 20 Ultra 500 € of course we are talking about used phones

for display screens, it is always going to be Samsung phones. But pixel's screen doesn't look bad at all. Not as bright and not as vibrant as samsung phones but it is there

is there a problem with the green screen on pixel 6 pro?

General Realme GT Master Edition review - don’t buy it.

Here is a quick story about my experience with the Realme GT ME. You can call it a review, i guess.
So i’ve been using a Honor 8x since it’s release in 2018 and it was all working fine. After 3.5 years it became kinda laggy and slow-ish so it was a time for upgrade. After some research etc. i choose the Realme GT ME (8GB ram 256GB rom model) and i bought it in december 2021 as a christmas gift for myself. It all started fine, the phone was amazing and all of that. After around 8 months i started to experience sound issues. System sounds (touch sound, camera shutter, lock/unlock sound etc.) sometimes were on big delay, they would play after 5 minutes or more (software issue/bug? Audio IC issue?), multimedia sounds worked fine tho. I ignored it and used the phone. Almost 10 months after i bought it i started experiencing weird graphical glitches, usually while scrolling (CPU/GPU issue?). That got me a little mad but i decided to ignore that too. 10 months after another issue appeared. There were no sound during call and i couldn’t hang up. That got me ultra mad. I said **** it and bought myself a Honor 70. Let’s hope the quality of this brand didn’t go down since 2018. So far it’s good, im typing from it. About realme, what i am trying to say is that they have tendency to break. Mine broke, my friend’s C11 broke 2 times already, another friend’s 50 pro completly broke after 5 months. As a conclusion, don’t buy a realme phone if you wanna use it for longer than a year.
Thats all from me, bye.

Why didn't you benefit of warranty?

mattia.b89 said:
Why didn't you benefit of warranty?
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Looking at other people experiences i think it would be a waste of time because it can break again. It's laying in my phone drawer, im proabably going to fix it on warranty and sell it.

RealmeUI is a piece of **** without a name. So we can wonder about the quality of firmwares... But the components are of good quality. I recommend to install a custom rom based on AOSP.

i don't think this is a review, it's a unit failure and it should be repaired by warranty. Units fail here and there, it has nothing to do with the model or the brand

barcode99 said:
i don't think this is a review, it's a unit failure and it should be repaired by warranty. Units fail here and there, it has nothing to do with the model or the brand
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I'm totally agree with that. "Don't buy Realme GT ME !". Lol. Unnecessary comment on XDA.

Gabiblocks said:
Looking at other people experiences i think it would be a waste of time because it can break again. It's laying in my phone drawer, im proabably going to fix it on warranty and sell it.
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I own this phone and its working as it should. charging only with original cable , keeping it away from water and dont flex-it . maybe there is something that you guys do wrong with your phones . i'm not shure , what do you expect from cheapest mid-range phones on the market to do ? gt master's equiped with same hardware as samsung phones and the software pack is from google so it should be just fine with normal usage

Hardware 4.5 stars.
Camera 4 stars.
Realme OS: Negative 5 stars.
I have posted about the weird in pocket behavior when using wired headphones where skin touch on the screen registers even when the phone is in pocket triggering mute, hold, record etc.
I have this once a month super slowdown issue where screen starts flickering which is only fixed with a reboot.
Not to mention unremovable apps (except via adb)
The bluetooth sound dampening issue after android 12 update is also noticeable. (audio suddenly drops to about 80% and looses clarity a bit, feels dampened. )