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[Q] Orange swappables UK

Has anyone managed to get the game one to work on their handset?

The game swappables are now available to use, although as a bit of advice don't bother choosing it as the selection is awful. Next month i will be swapping to a different one.

sebbo90 said:
The game swappables are now available to use, although as a bit of advice don't bother choosing it as the selection is awful. Next month i will be swapping to a different one.
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Could you take some screenshots or something of the selection?
The web page suggests things like Fifa 12, but doesn't actually state it (so I assumed they were using that as some crap Marketing Pull)..
http://pantherplan.orange.co.uk/swapable/7 - You see?

I shall try and get a screenshot up in a bit, but it lists games for the one x and atm there are not many at all. I tried the who wants to be a millionaire and it is shocking.

Sky the best one rest are pants to be honest
Mod or Die

I am really liking Deezer tbf and rate it quite high

sebbo90 said:
I am really liking Deezer tbf and rate it quite high
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Deezer is definitely one I will get - can't decide on n2 atm though. Mind you, when I looked on the 5th of APril when I got the phone the only one I could get was astrology :S

DomCowell said:
Deezer is definitely one I will get - can't decide on n2 atm though. Mind you, when I looked on the 5th of APril when I got the phone the only one I could get was astrology :S
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Yeah that happened to me, it happens if you connect with wifi. Tried through the network and they come up.

sebbo90 said:
Yeah that happened to me, it happens if you connect with wifi. Tried through the network and they come up.
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Tried and still didn't work

What browser are you using?
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Overheating?

I am planning on buying this phone in the future for gaming purposes and was wondering if it was suffering from overheating. I heard many cases of the older MI 5 model overheating and was wondering if this new MI 5S model fixed this issue or is suffering from it just the same. I really don't want to be holding a burning brick when trying to play some games. I would appreciate as many answers as possible. Also for how long have you been using it at a time? Did you ever play games on it for a few hours continuously?

Wow really!? No one!
Just a comment saying it's cool as ice or not or something.

no overheating while playing game...(test on Marvel future fight game)
now im using mi 5s plus 6gb
previous phone S7 edge got heat although have cooling system but still got hot...
maybe chipset snapdragon 821 much better now.
best gameplay on this 5s plus.. n no more worry on battery drain anymore...

During benchmarking or gaming the phone just gets a bit warmer than usual. I haven't experienced any throttling after playing for over 30 minutes.

Thanks allot for the reply guys. More comments are still welcomed. This might help other people make a better decision as well.

I haven't noticed any overheating, however if you tell me which game you are trying to play, I may give it a go and provide feedback

jimmyss04 said:
I haven't noticed any overheating, however if you tell me which game you are trying to play, I may give it a go and provide feedback
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I want to mainly use it for emulation but, if you can, try out some 3D demanding game for and hour or so and see how it goes. I heard this one is pretty demanding: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixelherogames.xenos
If you have time please go ahead.

MightyJo said:
I want to mainly use it for emulation but, if you can, try out some 3D demanding game for and hour or so and see how it goes. I heard this one is pretty demanding: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixelherogames.xenos
If you have time please go ahead.
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Well, I will see if I can try one, but I won't try one that is not free, sorry.

jimmyss04 said:
Well, I will see if I can try one, but I won't try one that is not free, sorry.
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You can if you have the know how...
But yea, any free but demanding 3D game should do.

MightyJo said:
You can if you have the know how...
But yea, any free but demanding 3D game should do.
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Probably I know the know how, but don't want to cross some lines?? :laugh:
Anyways, I've tried Modern COmbat Blackout 5, and I've not felt any overheating...

jimmyss04 said:
Probably I know the know how, but don't want to cross some lines?? :laugh:
Anyways, I've tried Modern COmbat Blackout 5, and I've not felt any overheating...
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Thanks allot mate! That should do.

MightyJo said:
Thanks allot mate! That should do.
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You are welcome!

Should i buy the honor 8 pro?

Hello,
i currently had the nexus 5 32gig, before it broke.
I pretty much like everything about this phone
Battery, Camera, Build.
I assume i can get up to 9-10 hours? im mostly on wifi, and if i use my phone its mostly whatsapp or im reading something.
How well has the phone survied drop tests? waist height etc?
the thing with me is i use my phones without a CASE, ill apply a temparted glass OFC.
How well will it perform?
The only thing thats holding me back is that what if i break my display? i will go apply it in a my local market, but im not sure if they would have the parts?
my nexus 5 broke multiple times and now its broken.
i did check one link on ebay.in it should me the cost of 9k for the display.
Thus im hesitating, please advise.
LINK ebay.in/itm/New-Original-LCD-Display-Touch-Screen-Digitizer-Assembly-Huawei-Honor-8-Pro-/112493722161?var=&hash=item1a3125fa31:m:m8sjoS1Qjj5s08plYRHBvrg[/url]

I'm not sure about replacing the screen but, you should be good with tempered glass, since it's made of aluminium unlike honor 8 which is from glass.

rocketbeast said:
Hello,
i currently had the nexus 5 32gig, before it broke.
I pretty much like everything about this phone
Battery, Camera, Build.
I assume i can get up to 9-10 hours? im mostly on wifi, and if i use my phone its mostly whatsapp or im reading something.
How well has the phone survied drop tests? waist height etc?
the thing with me is i use my phones without a CASE, ill apply a temparted glass OFC.
How well will it perform?
The only thing thats holding me back is that what if i break my display? i will go apply it in a my local market, but im not sure if they would have the parts?
my nexus 5 broke multiple times and now its broken.
i did check one link on ebay.in it should me the cost of 9k for the display.
Thus im hesitating, please advise.
LINK ebay.in/itm/New-Original-LCD-Display-Touch-Screen-Digitizer-Assembly-Huawei-Honor-8-Pro-/112493722161?var=&hash=item1a3125fa31:m:m8sjoS1Qjj5s08plYRHBvrg[/url]
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If it falls on screen side, it may or may not break. Depends on your luck.
If it falls on the back side, it surely won't break down although it's aluminum back may get dents.
The screen replacement is gonna cost less than 10k.
If you are mostly on WiFi and use single sim, it would easily last you more than a day on moderate usage.
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hmmm
ok
thanks everyone

All the best Buddy

PalakMi said:
All the best Buddy
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guys how is the offical software support been so far?
bug fixes? how frequent have they been?
thats a deal breaker for me right now
[i dont plan to root, yet]

rocketbeast said:
guys how is the offical software support been so far?
bug fixes? how frequent have they been?
thats a deal breaker for me right now
[i dont plan to root, yet]
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I'll give it 6/10 for updates.
Like once in 2-3 months

PalakMi said:
All the best Buddy
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PalakMi said:
I'll give it 6/10 for updates.
Like once in 2-3 months
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Any chance it'll get 9.0
I konw its too far off, but im sure some one might have an idea?
i know we have custom roms, but i just feel they aren't stable in the long run.
I would use alot on my nexus, but overtime i would notice it slow down, and i dont iwsh to keep formating my phone every 6months.

rocketbeast said:
Any chance it'll get 9.0
I konw its too far off, but im sure some one might have an idea?
i know we have custom roms, but i just feel they aren't stable in the long run.
I would use alot on my nexus, but overtime i would notice it slow down, and i dont iwsh to keep formating my phone every 6months.
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There's a 80% chance to get it, however, you'll get it through custom ROM 100%

hmmm
thanks.
Im all good with the phone, im just worried about being able to drop it and then the display would cost a bomb and i wont find it in the local market :/
My orignal plans were to get the iphone but its not on No cost emi.
thought i would try iphone after using a nexus 5 for 3-4 years

You should be good, just buy a tempered glass and you should be good to go

Yup, a screen protector and a back cover and they should provide enough protection so it would not break so easily. Though bad luck is always possible.

PalakMi said:
There's a 80% chance to get it, however, you'll get it through custom ROM 100%
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PalakMi said:
You should be good, just buy a tempered glass and you should be good to go
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I think i might do that, lets see what happens!

rocketbeast said:
I think i might do that, lets see what happens!
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All the best

If you are on a budget then the Honor 8 Pro is a excellent alternative to other devices in the same price range.

Good Performance+ good battery life + dual cameras go for this .
In this price range there is a alternative too , oneplus 5->excellent performance+amazing development+decent battery life.
If you are flashoic then go for oneplus 5.

You should buy this gem right away.

My thought is nexus users are quite flashoic , may be he better to go for OP5.

venugopalu007 said:
My thought is nexus users are quite flashoic , may be he better to go for OP5.
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He wasn't talking about custom roms so maybe he doesn't care about it.

sniperlife:D said:
He wasn't talking about custom roms so maybe he doesn't care about it.
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I said "my thought ", he will tell me that he will care or not , Not U .

Razer Phone / Project Linda

Looks pretty niffy and although in concept stage and the working prototype looks amazing would it appeal to some of the Razer users here? i for one would find this something that i have a need for and would buy if at the right price.
https://www.razerzone.com/projectlinda
a dock for the phone on the go in a laptop form is perfect, I dont need a windows laptop and sometimes i just need a keyboard or bigger screen but dont want a android tablet as its a tethering nightmare and android is such a pain to update unless its googles own products. The laptop works as a extension of the phone so no messing around with tethering when on the go slap your phone into the dock and your browsing the net straight away. perfect for those on an unlimited data plan.

Wont work with any case on the phone though.....

Take my money!
This is what I need for night work, films and gaming on a larger screen.

kdogguk said:
Take my money!
This is what I need for night work, films and gaming on a larger screen.
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^^^^
What he said.
I think the only things left is something to help keep heat dissipate. imo

How about releasing system images before more gimmicks??

kirschdog1 said:
How about releasing system images before more gimmicks??
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Man that is just a project don't even know if it will be released.

CptClubs said:
Wont work with any case on the phone though.....
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yeah i took mine off though as the llip on the hrugged bugged the heck out of me

Does Android Auto work for you?

I've heard Android Auto usually doesn't work on Huawei phones and unfortunately its one of the few things I do need working on my phone. (Not just the App running, but more that is connects to my car successfully)
I'm in the US and will want to make sure Android Auto is functional before I pull the trigger. It looks like it has good LTE band support for AT&T so that i usually the other concern but I'm sure that is going to work fine.
If any of you US folks can confirm Android Auto is working I would really appreciate it, Thanks!

Would be very interested to know this too.

If no one chimes in, I'll be happy to tell you next week when I receive mine, I'll connect to my Maxima SR and test it.

antiochasylum said:
If no one chimes in, I'll be happy to tell you next week when I receive mine, I'll connect to my Maxima SR and test it.
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Thank you, really appreciate it.
What carrier are you going to be putting it on?

omniphil said:
Thank you, really appreciate it.
What carrier are you going to be putting it on?
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ATT.
I'm also going to test VoLTE. And spoofing the imei on ATT in an attempt to get VoLTE. See which one works.

antiochasylum said:
ATT.
I'm also going to test VoLTE. And spoofing the imei on ATT in an attempt to get VoLTE. See which one works.
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Excellent, I'm sitting on AT&T as well.

I answered in another thread but yeah works perfectly for me. So does ok Google when using Android auto but ok Google doesn't work properly if not using Android auto. China version

I need this to work or I'll get my ass lost within a week [emoji23][emoji23]
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Jerky_san said:
I answered in another thread but yeah works perfectly for me. So does ok Google when using Android auto but ok Google doesn't work properly if not using Android auto. China version
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Does it connect to the car right away when you first plug in the cable?
I have a Xiaomi Mi Max 3 now and the connection to the car sometimes takes like 5 -10 minutes..

omniphil said:
Does it connect to the car right away when you first plug in the cable?
I have a Xiaomi Mi Max 3 now and the connection to the car sometimes takes like 5 -10 minutes..
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Mine is pretty instant.. Both my cars have a little thing that plays in the beginning so it gives the phone about a 5 head start but its usually there by the time the animation finishes.

Jerky_san said:
Mine is pretty instant.. Both my cars have a little thing that plays in the beginning so it gives the phone about a 5 head start but its usually there by the time the animation finishes.
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And your on the Chinese version?, so you had to manually install all the Play Services?
I think i would just end up going with the Global version, so I think that's already all baked in.

omniphil said:
And your on the Chinese version?, so you had to manually install all the Play Services?
I think i would just end up going with the Global version, so I think that's already all baked in.
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There is a ton of misinformation floating around. Chinese version comes with services baked in. All its missing is google play store and certain google apps like gmail, android auto, hangouts, calender, and others. Its like you installed pico gapps for a rom. Just the basics included. But services and calendar sync and such were already baked in.

Jerky_san said:
There is a ton of misinformation floating around. Chinese version comes with services baked in. All its missing is google play store and certain google apps like gmail, android auto, hangouts, calender, and others. Its like you installed pico gapps for a rom. Just the basics included. But services and calendar sync and such were already baked in.
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Oh that's good to know thank you. Certainly not normal for Chinese phones.
If i'm getting one shortly tho, I'm guessing I should just get the Global version anyways?

omniphil said:
Oh that's good to know thank you. Certainly not normal for Chinese phones.
If i'm getting one shortly tho, I'm guessing I should just get the Global version anyways?
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If the price is the same and such I'd just grab the global. If its not that's up to you then whether you can stand the differences. I got mine the day of release from a lady who I know that came back from Shanghai that day. She grabbed my phone on the way to the airport for me from a Huawei Shop in Shanghai so I paid release day price of $880 w the case. For me that was worth it given the vendors are charging more on top of that. So I "deal" with the china problems. Notification are delayed but I found a setting that lets you tell it to not kill the background work so as long as I don't accidentally close it myself my apps that are important run in the back ground. You "can't change the launcher". You'll have people say BUT YOU CAN JUST USE GESTURES! but that isn't changing the launcher to me. They will be releasing a fix for that but I believe that affects global and china. Biggest thing for me past that is the notification stuff which I believe I've fixed as so far it's responsive.

Jerky_san said:
If the price is the same and such I'd just grab the global. If its not that's up to you then whether you can stand the differences. I got mine the day of release from a lady who I know that came back from Shanghai that day. She grabbed my phone on the way to the airport for me from a Huawei Shop in Shanghai so I paid release day price of $880 w the case. For me that was worth it given the vendors are charging more on top of that. So I "deal" with the china problems. Notification are delayed but I found a setting that lets you tell it to not kill the background work so as long as I don't accidentally close it myself my apps that are important run in the back ground. You "can't change the launcher". You'll have people say BUT YOU CAN JUST USE GESTURES! but that isn't changing the launcher to me. They will be releasing a fix for that but I believe that affects global and china. Biggest thing for me past that is the notification stuff which I believe I've fixed as so far it's responsive.
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I've had a few Xiaomi and Huawei phones in the past so I am fairly familiar with the hoops you have to jump through to disable the weird task killer stuff and get notifications working. But yes, I'd certainly want notifications from apps other than the build in ones to be pretty real time. So I think I'm ok with that.
Can't change the launcher? they block installing of any third party launcher? While not a deal breaker, I am certainly accustomed to using Nova launcher. But if It's being fixed I guess that's ok too.
The only other major issue for me I've had on the Mi Max 3 is Video Chat apps. I use Line and Skype and the other person cannot hear me consistently. Audio keeps dropping in volume and breaks up, makes video chatting unusable. I am able to get around it by using WhatsApp (No idea why that works and the others don't)
Have you done any video chatting on the phone by chance?
How are you making out with the LTE bands in the US? It seems like the band list for this phone covers most of AT&T...
Thank you for all the help.

omniphil said:
I've had a few Xiaomi and Huawei phones in the past so I am fairly familiar with the hoops you have to jump through to disable the weird task killer stuff and get notifications working. But yes, I'd certainly want notifications from apps other than the build in ones to be pretty real time. So I think I'm ok with that.
Can't change the launcher? they block installing of any third party launcher? While not a deal breaker, I am certainly accustomed to using Nova launcher. But if It's being fixed I guess that's ok too.
The only other major issue for me I've had on the Mi Max 3 is Video Chat apps. I use Line and Skype and the other person cannot hear me consistently. Audio keeps dropping in volume and breaks up, makes video chatting unusable. I am able to get around it by using WhatsApp (No idea why that works and the others don't)
Have you done any video chatting on the phone by chance?
How are you making out with the LTE bands in the US? It seems like the band list for this phone covers most of AT&T...
Thank you for all the help.
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You can install them and run them you simply can't make them default. I've not done video chatting but honestly I don't like to do it but I'll say if the other cameras are anything to look up to your going to be 100% fine. I get full 4g lte its just missing band 30 but my phone seems to sit on band 2 all the time.

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You can install them and run them you simply can't make them default. I've not done video chatting but honestly I don't like to do it but I'll say if the other cameras are anything to look up to your going to be 100% fine. I get full 4g lte its just missing band 30 but my phone seems to sit on band 2 all the time.
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Sounds like I can deal with the launcher issue for now until it's patched.
It's people like you that make this forum a good place to be and learn about these phones so I really appreciate it. Sounds like I need to order this phone give it a whirl as my Mi Max 3 is just too buggy for daily use.

omniphil said:
Sounds like I can deal with the launcher issue for now until it's patched.
It's people like you that make this forum a good place to be and learn about these phones so I really appreciate it. Sounds like I need to order this phone give it a whirl as my Mi Max 3 is just too buggy for daily use.
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Thanks for the compliment.. I've mostly ever been a lurker but since I was one of the first to get this phone figured I'd help as much as I could.

Jerky_san said:
Thanks for the compliment.. I've mostly ever been a lurker but since I was one of the first to get this phone figured I'd help as much as I could.
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Thank you for answering those questions! I am also interesting on this phone and your input is valuable!
May I know if you were able to watch Youtube, Netflix, etc with high resolution such as 720p?

torr310 said:
Thank you for answering those questions! I am also interesting on this phone and your input is valuable!
May I know if you were able to watch Youtube, Netflix, etc with high resolution such as 720p?
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So I don't have netflix as I use plex and such. Youtube lets me watch videos at 1080p60fps and I've actually tried doing 4k ones and it does seem to handle them well. Though you need to be closer to an AP since the transfer is a lot of data. I assume though you mean some paid youtube service or like amazon video which appears to stay low quality. The global is level 1 and china is level 3 for the drm security crap.