Hi everyone!
I am new on the forums and I hope I got the right forum to ask this question
I have a chance to purchase Leeco Le Max 2 X820 for 180 euros. This phone is 1 month old and sold by someone over the internet. So not buying it from the shop.
These are the quick specs but I am sure you already know them:
5.7 inch 2560*1440 Pixel 2K screen
CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, quad core, 2.15GHz, 64bit, GPU Adreno 530
4GB LPDDR4 RAM + 32GB ROM UFS 2.0
Metal unibody,3100 mAh battery with fast charge
What I need the phone for?
I need the phone to run my websites, use WordPress, google analytics, google webmasters and bunch of other browser-based apps. I also need it to use bunch of online storages such as google drive, onelive and dropbox.
Besides this, I need it to run excel and word and to access like 10 email accounts.
On top of all that I need to run bunch of social media apps and to use multi logins with them. Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook etc.
This is to be a work phone for me to run my social media and website presence because I am not always on my laptop.
Until now I was using my poor 5 years old Huawei G620s and he barely survives 20% of what I need from him but he scores 12000 on antutu so thats understandable. This LeEco can score up to 140K on antutu which makes him more than 10x stronger.
Will I be able to use this LeEco phone without any lag while jumping between emails, google chrome and social media apps?
I have no intention of playing games with it, even thou I would love to but no time for that sadly.
Also did you ever experience a problem with this phone in terms of any part of it dying? I will not get any warranty so I was wondering if the phone is easy to die.
Thank you in advance!
That guy sell because the phone got problem. If you are ok with non-working fingerprint and also glitchy screen, go ahead and buy it.
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That guy sell because the phone got problem. If you are ok with non-working fingerprint and also glitchy screen, go ahead and buy it.
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What makes you say that? Are those problems common with this phone?
I would check everything before buying it
Toshiiro said:
Hi everyone!
I am new on the forums and I hope I got the right forum to ask this question
I have a chance to purchase Leeco Le Max 2 X820 for 180 euros. This phone is 1 month old and sold by someone over the internet. So not buying it from the shop.
These are the quick specs but I am sure you already know them:
5.7 inch 2560*1440 Pixel 2K screen
CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, quad core, 2.15GHz, 64bit, GPU Adreno 530
4GB LPDDR4 RAM + 32GB ROM UFS 2.0
Metal unibody,3100 mAh battery with fast charge
What I need the phone for?
I need the phone to run my websites, use WordPress, google analytics, google webmasters and bunch of other browser-based apps. I also need it to use bunch of online storages such as google drive, onelive and dropbox.
Besides this, I need it to run excel and word and to access like 10 email accounts.
On top of all that I need to run bunch of social media apps and to use multi logins with them. Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook etc.
This is to be a work phone for me to run my social media and website presence because I am not always on my laptop.
Until now I was using my poor 5 years old Huawei G620s and he barely survives 20% of what I need from him but he scores 12000 on antutu so thats understandable. This LeEco can score up to 140K on antutu which makes him more than 10x stronger.
Will I be able to use this LeEco phone without any lag while jumping between emails, google chrome and social media apps?
I have no intention of playing games with it, even thou I would love to but no time for that sadly.
Also did you ever experience a problem with this phone in terms of any part of it dying? I will not get any warranty so I was wondering if the phone is easy to die.
Thank you in advance!
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It sounds like you need a lot of battery. The 2K Screen will drain your battery but it's not too bad. If you really need that battery you would be able to get out more with le pro 3 elite. The elite version has also the same chipset but it has only 1080p screen and 4000 mAh battery. But still the le max 2 is really good for it's value but sometimes people get some defect fingerprint sensors or screen glitches (I was lucky to get neither of those issues) and I'm not sure if it's the same case with le pro 3. And don't buy it from another person, you would most likely need that warranty.
In the end I bought xiaomi note 4 which is a bit weaker than this leeco but I bought it with less money in the store and I got warranty so that's a big plus.
So far works amazing. Thank you for your help though
I faced only finger print problem.
and for your daily work, I recommend you to buy it.
it is super fast with SD 820
Toshiiro said:
What makes you say that? Are those problems common with this phone?
I would check everything before buying it
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Definitely check the fingerprint sensor. It's a chronic and established problem with this phone.
Also, don't forget to check the IMEI blacklist! FOR BOTH SIMS!
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I have a chance to purchase Leeco Le Max 2 X820 for 180 euros. This phone is 1 month old and sold by someone over the internet. So not buying it from the shop.
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For that price you get the 4GB / 64GB version from an online shop with 1 ~ 12 months warranty.
hjoreis said:
For that price you get the 4GB / 64GB version from an online shop with 1 ~ 12 months warranty.
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I wouldn't oversell the warranty - but he's not wrong about the price. Might as well get it new if you're going to buy it.
I know from banggood I bought mine several months ago at $270 Canadian Pesos, so I mean, Euros probably stack up pretty well against its current price.
I bought mine for ~300 euros . I use 6GB ram / 64GB storage version and here is the list of things i know that tend to glich ( at least for me):
- fingerprint sensor is dead. period. It worked well and REALLY FAST for like 4-5 months, after that, nothing.
- screen gliches out sometimes, like half of wallpaper is out of screen area, no idea why, some apps have same problem. It looks like bottom right corner of the app is moved to the middle of the screen and rest moves somewhere outside.
- app sync. some apps like what's app sync with no problem, you got message? instant beep. other apps like meesenger sometimes does not. you have to go to app, and do manual refresh.
- Battery life - sometimes it's so good phone lasts 3 days and sometimes, process like "system service" that runs most of things in your phone, (gps, messages etc.) gliches out and drains your entire battery dry in 5 hours ( not mentioning phone temperature hits 43 degree) even when iddle in your pocket, with no apps in background.
- battery life again, sometimes phone charges max to 95%, sometimes to 98% and sometimes to 100% no idea why again.
most of the issues above, is caused but stock rom, so if you don't change it, all of these above will happen to you.
Overall, this phone is amazing for doing all you need and more but the issues above just kill the fun of using it so don't bother geting into this mess, really, not worth it.
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Hi xda-Members,
I have a simple question:
Is the Cube U9GT-2 compatible with CyanogenMod?
I've got Gingerbread on my tablet, but I'm not really satisfied with this OS, maybe because it's developed for smartphones and not tablets.
Greets Meldamos
Hi.
Unfortunately I cannot help with your question. All I know is that some people are experimentinig with ICS (Android 4.0) on the U9GT-2, and there is a beta firmware for it if you would like to give it a try.
I am also thinking of buying one of these tablets. I found it for 230 Euros (=290 USD, =190 GBP). I was just about to press the "Add to cart" button when I saw your post.
What do you thing about this tablet? Do you have it long? Are you happy?
Also can you please PM me with the information of where you bought it from and if you were happy with the transaction (if it was an online buy)?
Thanks
Little review of U9GT-2
Well I have this tablet for 2-3 Weeks now and I don't regret it. I bought this tablet over an online-shop called cect-shop, because the support is in german and it has a warranty of 1 year. And there it costs 200€ with 25€ express shipment (there in 3 days from china to germany ^^) and 25€ toll. All in all I paid around 250€, much cheaper than here in germany where it starts at 350€ up to 700€ and not almost on a level of the capacity this tablet has. By the way if you ask cect-shop, they'll send you a stylus pen with your tablet for free.
The tablet uses Android 2.3 with Honeycomb style, not bad but could be better. The OS seems not to be build for battery saving, because the power runs of after 2-3 days in standby.
I asked the manufacturer about ICS and got the answer that they're working on it, but still need time to finish the compatibility with U9GT-2. They'll publish it on their homepage I think.
On the look it get often mistaken with an Apple iPad but it's not exactly like one. The capacitive display works fine, it discerns up to 10 fingers but you are not using 10 finger actually ^^
The sound is pretty good I think, even if I don't really know how the standard quality of tablets are. The big trouble is like I said the OS. But it's a thing you can change and does not affect the quality of this tablet.
If anyone has precise questions feel free to ask. I'm not good at writing a review.
Thanks for the valuable info.
Few questions more if you are kind enough:
1. Can you confirm the manufacturer's site? I have found one web address in China and never managed to connect
2. Can you confirm the thickness of it? Is it realy less than 10mm? Does it actually feel like an i-pad when you are carrying it around?
3. The material on the back side is it realy aluminium?
4. I have noticed that on different sites they give slightly different specs from cect.Ie pandawill gives a CPU of 1Ghz, thickness of 7mm and battery capacity 8000mAh, though cect gives 1.2Ghz, 9.7mm and 7600MAh. This is a problem with the Chinese sites / products / clones I guess... Nevertheless, since you are in Germany, you must have heard or seen an Easypix Easypad, have you? I am between the cube and the Easypad 970 (at easypix.eu). They look very similar. Do you have any personal feedback on that ?
5. Finally, does the screen look and feel like being IPS or not?
Sorry if I bother you too much, but it's the first time I buy a gadget withut actually testing or seeing one, so I am a bit concerned. Thanks
christis said:
Thanks for the valuable info.
Few questions more if you are kind enough:
1. Can you confirm the manufacturer's site? I have found one web address in China and never managed to connect
2. Can you confirm the thickness of it? Is it realy less than 10mm? Does it actually feel like an i-pad when you are carrying it around?
3. The material on the back side is it realy aluminium?
4. I have noticed that on different sites they give slightly different specs from cect.Ie pandawill gives a CPU of 1Ghz, thickness of 7mm and battery capacity 8000mAh, though cect gives 1.2Ghz, 9.7mm and 7600MAh. This is a problem with the Chinese sites / products / clones I guess... Nevertheless, since you are in Germany, you must have heard or seen an Easypix Easypad, have you? I am between the cube and the Easypad 970 (at easypix.eu). They look very similar. Do you have any personal feedback on that ?
5. Finally, does the screen look and feel like being IPS or not?
Sorry if I bother you too much, but it's the first time I buy a gadget withut actually testing or seeing one, so I am a bit concerned. Thanks
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Okay let's start:
1. Yes the manufacturer is available. There are also 2 supporter for questions available via skype. They're on workdays online so you can ask them directly. But there english seems not to be very good so better you keep your questions simple
2. I measured it now, I don't warrant than my results are exactly but they're 243mm x 190mm x 10,5mm (length x width x height). I have never had an iPad (too expensive for a tablet) but it feel very comfortable if I carry it around and it's not very heavy. I don't have a balance here but I think it's around 500-700 gram. Well it doesn't feel heavy for me that's all I can say actually.
3. YES it is aluminium and what a luck it is, because on the 3. day it got pushed against a aluminium pole and has only a really small dent left. A plastic hull would have cracked I think.
4. Don't look at the GHZ, many sellers push or fake them, maybe caused by stupidness or advertising. The U9GT-2 has a Rockchip 2918 CPU. Look for the specs on google. The battery is an advertising medium. I doesn't has 8000 mhA or even 7600 mhA. I has 2 x 4000 mhA batteries but they just sum them what they shouldn't do. Like I said the OS is not optimized for tablets and it really takes too much power in stand by. When playing you don't recognize the power loss. I played 3 hours a game called "deadly dungeon" (a dungeon crawler) and the battery has got from 63% to 49%. Well I've not saw the easypad, but they're exactly the same. They've got the same capacities and even the same OS. Throw a dice from 1-3 easypad and from 4-6 U9GT-2, that would be my solution ^^... Well I don't know if easypix is working on a ICS for easypad, just know that cube is working on it.
5. Well I don't know what you understand of a "feeling" for IPS. It looks like a monitor how you see it everywhere today. Don't know if you still have a cathode ray tube (I have one), but there is a difference. Of course, the games are sucking because they're not build for 9,7" displays . Some games are smoother with the resizing, others are bad. But the quality of the display is very good. Of course, not standard on notebooks over 15,6" (which I prefer) but for 9,7" it's high resolution.
Hope my answer could help you and other people who struggle on buying a china-tablet
PS: I've got many friends who look suspect at the tablet, like it could break every second, and I'm just smiling and laughing about their prejudices.
Fantastic answers.
Thank you very much for your effort.
I will follow your advice with the dice after the holidays
Happy Christmas
christis said:
Fantastic answers.
Thank you very much for your effort.
I will follow your advice with the dice after the holidays
Happy Christmas
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STOP!!! xD... Hope you did not buy it.
Forgot to mention that the EasyPad 970 can only use 8GB Flash HDD. U9GT-2 use 16GB! You get the double storage for the same price.
Sorry for my late answer, did not recognize the difference in the first place.
Sh*t. I bought one a few days ago
I generally know what NAND flash is, but not sure about its' importance. Mine still says 5.9 Gb free, after fully loaded with apps (I know they've got nothing to do with the NAND, but I can't seem to find a way how to run out of space in NAND). In any case, it is better to have double the capacity with the same cost, no matter what.
By the way, that NAND is some soldered microchip, or it can be a micro SD card on the motherboard so that it can "easily" be upgraded in the future if the need arises?
Nevertheless, I am happy with the tablet. Already rooted and experimenting. A couple of snags though, but I will find my way around them hopefully.
By the way, is there a way to hard - reset the tablet by hardware (since there is not a pin-hole or something)? Any combination of buttons pressed during power on?
The internal flash memory is installed in form of chips. Two in the Cube, as can be seen at tabletrepublic.com/forum/android-tablet-reviews/disassembling-cube-u9gt2-414.html, presumably one in the easypad. Apparently the 8GB of the easypad are partitioned in 0,5GB for apps and the rest for data while the 16GB in the Cube are partioned in 1GB for apps and the rest for data. I have read that by installing the cube firmware on the easypad 970, one can get 1 GB for apps, too. Personally, I think 8GB internally is plenty because media files (movies etc.) usually are stored on external SDHC cards anyway for fast swapping.
My 2 cents...
I recently bought one while I was in Beijing on holiday and was really amazed with the battery life with Android 2.3, considering I was streaming movies non-stop for 14 hours straight (in comparison with and iPad 2). The multi-touch keyboard sometimes has a lag although most the UI seems to be relatively smooth.
The camera located at the back also took decent pictures during day and night.
Overall this is a neat unit under $350.00 AUD considering most other units requiring a stylus or long fingernails to operate. I will be looking at rooting the device in a few weeks after I do a bit more research.
Let me know if you have modded your unit and your thoughts.
Thanks
Cube U9GT2 USB host controller issues
Hello everyone,
I'm hoping to solve a problem here, I just purchased a Cube U9GT2 Tablet 9.7
running: Android ICS 4.0.3 with a Kernel Version:3.0.8+.
With a build number: rk29sdk-eng4.03 IML74K eng-yangyun.20120108.124417 test-keys.
It came with an OTG/USB Cable and has both a USB and a USB/OTG port.
Let me just state this, I have tested all cables, ports and jump drives and have reformatted them to fat32, they were Fat32 also.
The problem I'm having is ICS can't see any jump drives I hook up to it. I installed a program from the Market called, USB Host Ctrlr. It ran a info check after install, and here is what it said:USB Host Controller Version Number:0.42 S3C USB Host Driver NOT Found! Root Hub Present. USB Host Mode is active.
I'm no developer or even a decent novas, but with decent instructions I can execute. Any ideas how to fix this, The price was Killer, when one is buying from a Chinese Company, the support is pretty limiting when you only speak English.
That's why the great price, I'm not complaining, I just want to get this resolved if possible.
In regards to the Tablet, I really like it a lot! pretty fast, smooth interface, easy to navigate, decent keyboard, (but I'm use to a smartphone).
It plays movies very nice, screen is plenty bright, It can use a Micro-sd card up to 32 gigs. Have not had any crashes yet, had it about 2 weeks. They have raised the prices about $13.00 I had to try one at that price, plus shipping was Free! I ordered it late on a Sunday night in USA, got it in 3 days DHL shipping, Hard to beat. Anyhow if anyone can help here, it sure be very appreciated. I would even be willing to pay something if reasonable.
If anyone is interested i can provide brand new AUTHENTIC CUBE U9GT2 at the price of euro 240.00.
The price include express shipping to all around the world (4-5 business days).
I am sending from European country so residents of EU will not pay additional taxes or VAT !!!
Let me know.
pashiamas said:
If anyone is interested i can provide brand new AUTHENTIC CUBE U9GT2 at the price of euro 240.00.
The price include express shipping to all around the world (4-5 business days).
I am sending from European country so residents of EU will not pay additional taxes or VAT !!!
Let me know.
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Pls check your PM
I was a bit worried, coming from a Nexus 5, that this phone would be laggy and that I wouldn't be satisfied with the screen resolution. Also about getting JUST a 16 GB phone in late 2014 when 32 GB should be the minimum standard.
I slapped a 64gb SD card in - it worked perfectly. Although I almost have it filled and just ordered a 128 GB card.
I actually use a LOT of apps as I have very diverse interests. After loading the apps I use weekly if not daily, I have about 2.5 GB left on internal storage - bottom line is that this phone meets my app needs.
The screen is absolutely beautiful. I have no problems with it - in fact it is fine and I like it.
There is NO lag on anything I have thrown at it.
Battery. Goodness! THERE IS NOTHING ELSE OUT THERE THAT WILL GET THIS TYPE OF USAGE ON A BATTERY CHARGE. I was injured and had to lay up on the couch and I got 3 days of use on a single charge. 3 days! AND still had 23% battery left! And this was heavy usage browsing, email, movies, read a book, etc. Coming from a Nexus 5 when you had to recharge every time you used it, this is a breath of fresh air and makes the phone well worth what I paid for it. Simply amazing! And I had gps, wi-fi, bluetooth all turned on the whole time and good screen brightness.
I also set it up as a wi-fi phone and data phone with Google Hangups and Dialer - works well.
To sum it up, don't hesitate to get this phone if you want a stable, large really nice screen, longest lasting battery, GREAT user experience phone.
edit: Just found out that this phone is no longer supported by the manufacturer. With this in mind my suggestion is, even though it could have been an awesome device, with no support it is a dead end. I think they just kicked themselves out of the USA market.
I too felt the same way about my mate 2 when i got it three weeks ago. Perfect in so many ways, flaunting it to everybody. But now this.
I agree, for a new owner of this device the news that it won't receive upgrades is total rage bait.
On the other hand, what exactly are we missing out on by not getting kit Kat? With a device lasting me an average two years (OK months, who am I kidding?) How drastically will android change from jelly bean in that time? Should I just toss the phone out now? Is that what owners of other admittedly higher specced and priced devices did when their supposedly more reliable manufacturer announced an upgrade dead end (or said nothing at all). Pretty much every phone manufacturer is guilty of this, and we haven't seen the end of it.
I'm going to use the living s#!+ out of this phone, squeeze every last drop of utility out of it. But when I'm done with it I will not be going back to huawei. Nope, nope, nope. Never again.
Is there any other option?
I just ordered an ascend mate. 2. It just arrived and haven't even opened it... Now, obviously I am pissed that there will be no software update, but I still don't see any other option for 299 dollars! Do you think I should return it? Do you advise a different device?
Yonimarcus said:
I just ordered an ascend mate. 2. It just arrived and haven't even opened it... Now, obviously I am pissed that there will be no software update, but I still don't see any other option for 299 dollars! Do you think I should return it? Do you advise a different device?
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I returned mine.
It depends what you are using it for. As a phone and apps device it is awesome. But if you want to do the things the newer operating system brings - like Google Wear devices, return it. IMO it is atrocious that a manufacturer would abandon a same year device and I spoke my dissatisfaction by returning it.
I agree that it is shameful that huawei would abandon a same year device... But can you think of any other device for that price? I can return it but for what other phone? And plus, assuming I root the phone and put the cm10.1 on it, what is the difference if they offer a software update?
Yonimarcus said:
I agree that it is shameful that huawei would abandon a same year device... But can you think of any other device for that price? I can return it but for what other phone? And plus, assuming I root the phone and put the cm10.1 on it, what is the difference if they offer a software update?
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I've done some research and I'm thinking if you are looking for a phone with the same specs and screen size or slightly better at the same price pretty much your only option is buying something like the HTC one max from Swappa. It's well supported by both by updates and 3rd party development. It will get Lollipop in March according to HTC.
I'm holding out for a Nexus 6.
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[HELP] Goophone i6 Plus - Very slow !
Hello my friends, I made a purchase on Dhgate.com a Goophone i6 Plus, the seller said the device was MTK6582 Quad Core and RAM of 1GB. Now he arrived, he found it very slow and downloaded CPU-Z to check, I came across this, MT6572 4 cores and 512MB RAM (Screenshots). I do not quite understand processor, as do, to enable the two nuclei that are "stopped"? As for RAM, the device is consuming almost it all, which is causing crashes on, is there any solution? Help me please, I spent a lot from this unit.
If you have to do root, I do, no problem, except that I can not activate the USB debug option because it use Apple's Settings application.
Screenshots in the comment below.
Sorry, but the Goophone is a very poor iPhone clone, and the spec CPU-Z is giving you correctly matches the i6 Plus model.
The 2 stopped cores merely means they're not being used currently. the 512mb of RAM -will- leave your device almost unusable as it's just not enough. Rooting will not improve the device performance at all.
When buying a lemon, one should not be surprised if the experience leaves a sour taste in the mouth, sorry. If I were you, I'd try to return it for your money back and steer clear of those junk devices in future. Always research your purchases.
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Sorry, but the Goophone is a very poor iPhone clone, and the spec CPU-Z is giving you correctly matches the i6 Plus model.
The 2 stopped cores merely means they're not being used currently. the 512mb of RAM -will- leave your device almost unusable as it's just not enough. Rooting will not improve the device performance at all.
When buying a lemon, one should not be surprised if the experience leaves a sour taste in the mouth, sorry. If I were you, I'd try to return it for your money back and steer clear of those junk devices in future. Always research your purchases.
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Thank you for answering me, what device do you recommend I buy?
I like a lot of iPhone clones, and I see some that are Octa-core, 2GB RAM, TouchID, is it good? One of these costs about 250 USD. But the mine was 120 USD.
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Thank you for answering me, what device do you recommend I buy?
I like a lot of iPhone clones, and I see some that are Octa-core, 2GB RAM, TouchID, is it good? One of these costs about 250 USD. But the mine was 120 USD.
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Most clones do not really have the hardware they claim to and to be honest your best bet would be to avoid them all together.
Not to mention you will find almost 0 development for them
medina656 said:
Hello my friends, I made a purchase on Dhgate.com a Goophone i6 Plus, the seller said the device was MTK6582 Quad Core and RAM of 1GB. Now he arrived, he found it very slow and downloaded CPU-Z to check, I came across this, MT6572 4 cores and 512MB RAM (Screenshots). I do not quite understand processor, as do, to enable the two nuclei that are "stopped"? As for RAM, the device is consuming almost it all, which is causing crashes on, is there any solution? Help me please, I spent a lot from this unit.
If you have to do root, I do, no problem, except that I can not activate the USB debug option because it use Apple's Settings application.
Screenshots in the comment below.
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Hi! I just bought a Goophone i6 plus V3. Everything works fine: sensors, touch ID, Wifi, bluetooth, calls, data and GPS. But as this devices comes from China, Google is banned there, the main issue I have with my phone is GPS Location. It is default China and I can't re-assign it to my country (my ignorance I guess). I can use Maps (this even tracks very fine my route), FB, Whatsapp, Line, Instagram, etc. it runs smoothly, but I am not able to use apps that requiere full location services as Google+, Snapchat or We Heart it, p.e. Since the phone is going crazy trying to lock to China satellites, battery consuption is level God.
Hi guys, fine?
I'm really disappointed with Zenfone 2. Yeah, it's a great phone, with a powerful Atom. But it has some issues that is terrible for me:
- The battery drains like hell (no matter the ROM)
- Custom ROMs aren't stable and there is bugs related to Intel HW decoder
- (same above) There is no much sources available from Intel and Asus, it makes custom ROMs difficult to develop.
- Sleep of Death (sometimes the phone doesn't wake up after deep sleep, and power off by itself after a while)
But there is some good resources developed from community. NetHunter is working on LineageOS, good kernels. But I'm suffering with battery and the SoD (sleep of death). I have a Redmi 2 as backup phone, and i like it. Clean, fast (for a 1GB RAM SD410), and has many custom stable roms.
I'm looking the Redmi Note 3 Pro for a while to be my main phone, and I think when I sell Zenfone 2 I will buy one (or a Zuk Z2, maybe). But I have some doubts about this phone, I want to ask you:
- The Snapdragon 650 has power to bring good performance and no lags? Even in games? (I don't play too much, only Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links and Digimon Heroes. Maybe Bully with X360 controller)
- 3GB is capable to run Android 7.1 and heavy apps?
- I use two SIMs and a microSD card (16GB). Will I have problems to manage it?
- Is the battery good as claimed? What's the SOT and endurance with moderate use?
- I like NetHunter. I have a $10 wifi dongle (J-Link 6100, ralink 3070 chipset) and I use it in Zenfone2. I saw some threads about NH, but nothing official. Is there some developer with interst to prepare a NH kernel? (the Chroot packages are available in NH page)
- Is there the SoD (sleep of death) issue in this phone?
Thanks a lot!
Coming from ZE551ML (z3560 2gb ram variant) here too
- The Snapdragon 650 has power to bring good performance and no lags? Even in games? (I don't play too much, only Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links and Digimon Heroes. Maybe Bully with X360 controller)
~Yes, and also it doesn't heat much compared to my Zenfone 2.
- 3GB is capable to run Android 7.1 and heavy apps?
~Not so sure, but I've had a good experience running 7.1.1 here and I'm using the 2gb/16 kenzo device. And I can also manage to do multitasking like in my Zenfone 2.
- I use two SIMs and a microSD card (16GB). Will I have problems to manage it?
~Redmi Note 3 uses hybrid sim. Use 2nd sim w/o SD or use SD without 2nd sim.
- Is the battery good as claimed? What's the SOT and endurance with moderate use?
~Yes! Definitely worth the switch! I'm barely getting ~3hrs SoT in my Zenfone 2 and I can easily get ~10hrs SoT in my Redmi Note 3 when I'm watching 1080p HEVC videos.
- I like NetHunter. I have a $10 wifi dongle (J-Link 6100, ralink 3070 chipset) and I use it in Zenfone2. I saw some threads about NH, but nothing official. Is there some developer with interst to prepare a NH kernel? (the Chroot packages are available in NH page)
~No answer. haha
- Is there the SoD (sleep of death) issue in this phone?
~I'm not experiencing any in my ZF2 (running jrior's cm14.1) and also not any SoD issue here in my Redmi Note 3
I came from the ZF2 Deluxe SE and the only thing I have an issue with is the fact that this thing is a pain in the balls to unlock. You request an unlock does, they send it to you within 1 week or two, then you try to unlock and get constant errors later to find out that Xiaomi has to have your device info and MIUI info current on their server before it will work.
I gave up 128GB internal storage and 4GB of RAM for 32GB internal and 3GB of RAM in the switch but I'm getting a solid 1.5 to 2 days on the battery compared to my ZF2's half day at best. I use a 256GB Micro SD so I don't have storage issues. Just waiting to unlock, root and get rid of some junk. Oh and the video camera's slow motion mode is incredible on the RN3
MikeyLee said:
I came from the ZF2 Deluxe SE and the only thing I have an issue with is the fact that this thing is a pain in the balls to unlock. You request an unlock does, they send it to you within 1 week or two, then you try to unlock and get constant errors later to find out that Xiaomi has to have your device info and MIUI info current on their server before it will work.
I gave up 128GB internal storage and 4GB of RAM for 32GB internal and 3GB of RAM in the switch but I'm getting a solid 1.5 to 2 days on the battery compared to my ZF2's half day at best. I use a 256GB Micro SD so I don't have storage issues. Just waiting to unlock, root and get rid of some junk. Oh and the video camera's slow motion mode is incredible on the RN3
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Well you gotta be little open minded about that unlocking...i too agree that is stupid that they are locking bootloaders if it can be easily unlocked anyway...official or unofficial.
But I suggest you to go with official, because its the easiest one...and no issues later on.
Request for unlock with your Mi account (same as logged on phone), check whether Mi account is showing correct version you have installed atm... Then if you dont get approved you can open a thread on mi forum so they will manually unlock it...
I requested for unlock, waited a day...no sms confirmation...then I tried logging in MiUnlock and it did go through...and I never received sms...
So its not as painful as you guys think...you just have to open a thread if you have waited more then a week like you are saying
hello, so I'm looking to buy redmi note 4 snapdragon 625 for eu market but still not sure about the amount of RAM, I'm not into any kind of social media, no fb,snapchat etc. so this apps won't work in background 24/7 like on other phones, I'm gonna use it mostly for browser, some reddit, news apps, google maps, youtube, and other utility apps like office suit for pdf, some basic logic games maybe some rts if I find any but none of this shooters or racing games such as asphalt the other thing is android I think about 7.0 and MIUI 8 but not sure about that because I didn't do any reserch about that yet, so which one you recommend 3/32 or 4/64?
4/64 and yes the latest version of miui 8 is 7.o
copykate said:
hello, so I'm looking to buy redmi note 4 snapdragon 625 for eu market but still not sure about the amount of RAM, I'm not into any kind of social media, no fb,snapchat etc. so this apps won't work in background 24/7 like on other phones, I'm gonna use it mostly for browser, some reddit, news apps, google maps, youtube, and other utility apps like office suit for pdf, some basic logic games maybe some rts if I find any but none of this shooters or racing games such as asphalt the other thing is android I think about 7.0 and MIUI 8 but not sure about that because I didn't do any reserch about that yet, so which one you recommend 3/32 or 4/64?
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noting different between 3gb/4gb work like champ ....
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Well, if you have extra bucks for 4/64, just go for it, why not, right?
I used 3/32 version, just for social media, browsing, streaming (youtube/twitch), some games (not heavy games though), its served me very well.
Wait for xiaomi redmi note 5.
If you eager to use note 4x, choose 4gb/64gb
If you want to save money choose 3g/32gb
Stay away from 2gb/16gb and 3g/16gb
4gb/64gb ?
jack_hunter97 said:
Wait for xiaomi redmi note 5.
If you eager to use note 4x, choose 4gb/64gb
If you want to save money choose 3g/32gb
Stay away from 2gb/16gb and 3g/16gb
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can't wait fo note 5 and it's propably going to be much more expensive than note 4, can't afford a phone that is more than 200-250$, university lyfe
arshy said:
Well, if you have extra bucks for 4/64, just go for it, why not, right?
I used 3/32 version, just for social media, browsing, streaming (youtube/twitch), some games (not heavy games though), its served me very well.
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theoretically I could buy 4/64 but in reality it's 50$ difference and with 0 social media working in the background, without all these notifications and stuff it's just not efficient to go for 4/64 in my opinion, that one gb of ram will just sit there doing nothing since snapdragon 625 won't utilize it, my concern is more around how will it perform on android 7.0 and MIUI 9 and after all I have 50$ more for a student that's a lot,especially from my country, for that 50$ I could buy a nice case like for 7 dollars and some decent headphones and maybe I would still have some money left, I'm gonna use this phone for at least 4 years tho and with time that one gigabyte might find some usage, I'm completely lost tbh
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theoretically I could buy 4/64 but in reality it's 50$ difference and with 0 social media working in the background, without all these notifications and stuff it's just not efficient to go for 4/64 in my opinion, that one gb of ram will just sit there doing nothing since snapdragon 625 won't utilize it, my concern is more around how will it perform on android 7.0 and MIUI 9 and after all I have 50$ more for a student that's a lot,especially from my country, for that 50$ I could buy a nice case like for 7 dollars and some decent headphones and maybe I would still have some money left, I'm gonna use this phone for at least 4 years tho and with time that one gigabyte might find some usage, I'm completely lost tbh
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Yeah i'm a collage student too
My first phone is redmj note 3 pro with 2gb ram, i bought it with 150 USD 1 years ago.
I thought it would be great for social app, but it keep loading app and hanging. I try custom rom and AOSP rom but no luck and that time, i regret if i bought 3gb ram it could be different.
And lucky for me, 1 weeks ago, i accidentally saw redmi note 4x with 4gb ram just only 175 USD ( it's old modern with 11 months warranty left ) i buy it and very happy.
So i sale note 3 pro with 80 Usd.
If you not have enough money just go for 3gb ram, but if you want to use in long term, consider to choose 4gb ram ( just my opinion and experience)
There is no difference of 3gb and 4gb....
Its more 32/64gb
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theoretically I could buy 4/64 but in reality it's 50$ difference and with 0 social media working in the background, without all these notifications and stuff it's just not efficient to go for 4/64 in my opinion, that one gb of ram will just sit there doing nothing since snapdragon 625 won't utilize it, my concern is more around how will it perform on android 7.0 and MIUI 9 and after all I have 50$ more for a student that's a lot,especially from my country, for that 50$ I could buy a nice case like for 7 dollars and some decent headphones and maybe I would still have some money left, I'm gonna use this phone for at least 4 years tho and with time that one gigabyte might find some usage, I'm completely lost tbh
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Well, I am fully understand that. But since you intended for long term uses, go for 4/64. That's just my suggestion though.
Right now, 3 gigs ram its very enough. But 2-3 years later who knows?
3GB ram still perform amazingly, especially just for normal daily uses. Don't you worry about it, not kind of big different.
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Well, I am fully understand that. But since you intended for long term uses, go for 4/64. That's just my suggestion though.
Right now, 3 gigs ram its very enough. But 2-3 years later who knows?
3GB ram still perform amazingly, especially just for normal daily uses. Don't you worry about it, not kind of big different.
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after a lot of reserch not only here but at least 6 other forums I'm getting closer towards 4/64 version, I'm buying it for a long time and that 30-40$ is not worth a **** up
copykate said:
after a lot of reserch not only here but at least 6 other forums I'm getting closer towards 4/64 version, I'm buying it for a long time and that 30-40$ is not worth a **** up
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Yeah, everyone just go big or go home right?
But, don't listen to the others tho, if you think 4/64 not worth it and over killed for your daily uses, buy 3/32 version. Don't worry about performances, its the same with 4/64, except for heavy games. Cheers.