Well,
I expected a lot more from a phone that costed over 1000 $ when released.
Although I did purchased it used,many things frustrate me a lot so lets go by order:
1. Yellowish tint on screen which makes white color not so white,like the night filter option is ON,screen is not changed on this phone,so only thing I could do is go to vivid settings decrease red channel all the way and set colors to more cooler tone,but just setting to Natural display settings yellow tone is more then noticeable..
Dunno is it just my phone or any others experience this issue.
2.Battery is terrible.I noticed last night drop of 4 % while only GSM in 4 hours so I suppose while in stanby it looses 1 % per hour,my Ulefone Power 5S doesn't loose any battery capacity while ON though it has 13 000 mAh battery.
This issue I couldn't resolve,I suppose it is like that way,because I had same issue before with Note 8 which was bought used,though phone was not used that much because I was frustrated with battery lasting at most 1 day of mediocre usage.
While this phone is on WiFi battery loses capacity drastically.
I even switched it to power saving mode ON,turned off all gestures,turned black theme on,every possible way to save battery but still loosing capacity with simple GSM signal.
3 Wifi quality signal is pretty bad,even my good old S7 edge beats the 1000 $ phone,it usually is droping signal from other networks id there are many outdoors but indoors it has good quality signal.
I figured out for unknown reason that when I turn OFF power saving signal I do get better Wifi quality/strength signal,dunno why,is it just me phone or what the f..k.
4. Very bad sound quality from caller ovet network,while outdoors I can barely hear someone talking while making calls.
Dunno what else,if I remember I will post in same topic,don't think it's just my phone because I see many comlaining about this on this very own forum.
I can't tell anything positive for a phone that costed 1000 $ and I can't get over these things,so Samsung what where you thinking when you released this phone.
No more Samsung phones for me,next I will try Huawei.
Well, I sincerely do not recognize what you describe as a note 10+, not a single issue you mention has happened to me, if you are so frustrated, sell it
have no ideia what phone you're speaking of. Mine's over 2 years old already since I got it. Screen still crisp, battery is day and a half, I don't charge it at night, I just charge it at work from 43% almost everytime, so it's the full day, the night and charge it in the morning with around 43 ish.
I keep BT/WIF/4G/gestures ... all bell and whistles on at all times...
I think that phone was already fixed and badly, that's the only thing I can think of. Maybe abused AF but still...
Happy camper here ...
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have no ideia what phone you're speaking of. Mine's over 2 years old already since I got it. Screen still crisp, battery is day and a half, I don't charge it at night, I just charge it at work from 43% almost everytime, so it's the full day, the night and charge it in the morning with around 43 ish.
I keep BT/WIF/4G/gestures ... all bell and whistles on at all times...
I think that phone was already fixed and badly, that's the only thing I can think of. Maybe abused AF but still...
Happy camper here ...
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Like you I got my 10+ 2 years ago. It's still running on Pie. Current OS load is over a year old, still fast and stable. One battery replacement so far. Zero display pixels are damaged or showing any signs of deterioration.
The display's color gamut is damn near spot on.
Its still one of the best displays out there.
This phone looks and runs like it was new.
Picked up another new 10+ 3 days ago. Been testing it. The display is perfect. No damaged pixels. This one is running on Android 10 though. It seems as snappy as my Pie variant and it appears scoped storage isn't active unlike 11. Camera improvements came with 10 too as well as better dark mode support. That said the settings section is noticeably worse especially apps.
The only major issue is it killed Karma Firewall's valuable logging feature. I will find a work around hopefully.
Bottom line, I'll take the 10+ over all the phones Samsung has released after it including the 20 Ultra. The 10+'s display has slightly better color rendering than the 20U although it's limited at 60hz. Which isn't all bad as it has better battery life.
The phone is built rock solid and with a good case/screen protector will give years of trouble free premium performance. With 12 gb of ram it's performance is only slightly less then the newest phones. With no Android 11, 5G or variable refresh rate to bog it down it's not lagging far behind the newest phones in speed.
The last thing you want is an Android running on 11. This OS is a dog.
OP, some of your issues are settings and configuration. A poorly coded 3rd party app, like a book reading app, may have alter hidden settings for the display. Adjust in that app to eliminate it. If you uninstalled the app, you will need to reinstall that app to toggle off the night filter... been there, done that.
Otherwise a factory reset will purge it.
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Like you I got my 10+ 2 years ago. It's still running on Pie. Current OS load is over a year old, still fast and stable. One battery replacement so far. Zero display pixels are damaged or showing any signs of deterioration.
The display's color gamut is damn near spot on.
Its still one of the best displays out there.
This phone looks and runs like it was new.
Picked up another new 10+ 3 days ago. Been testing it. The display is perfect. No damaged pixels. This one is running on Android 10 though. It seems as snappy as my Pie variant and it appears scoped storage isn't active unlike 11. Camera improvements came with 10 too as well as better dark mode support. That said the settings section is noticeably worse especially apps.
The only major issue is it killed Karma Firewall's valuable logging feature. I will find a work around hopefully.
Bottom line, I'll take the 10+ over all the phones Samsung has released after it including the 20 Ultra. The 10+'s display has slightly better color rendering than the 20U although it's limited at 60hz. Which isn't all bad as it has better battery life.
The phone is built rock solid and with a good case/screen protector will give years of trouble free premium performance. With 12 gb of ram it's performance is only slightly less then the newest phones. With no Android 11, 5G or variable refresh rate to bog it down it's not lagging far behind the newest phones in speed.
The last thing you want is an Android running on 11. This OS is a dog.
OP, some of your issues are settings and configuration. A poorly coded 3rd party app, like a book reading app, may have alter hidden settings for the display. Adjust in that app to eliminate it. If you uninstalled the app, you will need to reinstall that app to toggle off the night filter... been there, done that.
Otherwise a factory reset will purge it.
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Here 20 Ultra is like 250 euros more expensive?
Do you think it's 250 euros better phone?
I mean I get 120 HZ display and 108 MPX camera and stronger CPU (I'm not planing to render videos).
But don't think at all that is worth giving 10 plus and extra 250 e for it.
I meant on used phones.
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Here 20 Ultra is like 250 euros more expensive?
Do you think it's 250 euros better phone?
I mean I get 120 HZ display and 108 MPX camera and stronger CPU (I'm not planing to render videos).
But don't think at all that is worth giving 10 plus and extra 250 e for it.
I meant on used phones.
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The 10+ has slightly better display color accuracy and better battery life.
The new one I got is loaded with Android 10 and seems to run strong.
More than likely the 20U's will come with 11, no way I'm touching that OS version. 11 will eat into the increase in CPU speed of the 20U.
Android 11 is the biggest strike against the 20U and Samsung version of it is especially not a charm.
I like the laser focus on the 20U but the cam hump is a burden. Like the faster spen response as well. The 5G be nice but not needed.
Many of the sellers stateside aren't showing full specs ie the variant of the 20U they are selling. A lot of seedy crap going on with both models but it's worse with the 20U.
It became a major headache to the point where it simply wasn't worth the risk. Getting a factory sealed new unit is important to me as is getting exactly what I want. The 10+ still had one surprise Q instead of Pie, but it turned out not to be a ball breaker. May even update my older one to that version.
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Picked up an Atrix March 17th and have been having issues with it, not really sure what the best option is as far as replacement vs exchange vs return
Replacement would be fine if it's just a defective unit, but how would I know until AFTER It's replaced?
Exchange would also be great but what else is currently out that can compare? I only see LG Thrill and GS2, neither of which will be available by my April 17th return/exchange cutoff date.
Return would also work, but won't ATT insist on charging a restock fee? Would I retain my upgrade eligibility after a straight return?
Anyway, heres the issues I have been having
AT&T - Rooted .26 updated to .57, not re-rooted, not unlocked
Launcher Pro, no other major mods. No Auto sync'ing, no background data. Auto brightness outside, darkest setting indoors (8hrs a day indoors), BT off, Wifi off, GPS off.
1. Battery life - It is much lower than expected even with relatively light use, Drains 10-20% in 1st hour of use typically, Down to 30-40% by lunchtime typically.
2. Overheating - The device get abnormally hot on the bottom, typically within 1minute of use. Abnormal battery drain seems to be associated with the heat, but it only happens about 1/2 the time
3. Lockups/reboots - It locks up pretty regular and totally shut off a few times.
4. Wifi - It's terrible! Doesn't maintain connection and has very poor range vs other phones/devices on the same networks. I lose connection from LR to Bathroom, it's only about 15ft away with 1 sheet rock wall in between
5. "4G" Capping to 3G speeds is VERY annoying. What am I paying for getting a 4G device if theres actually no 4G? (And yes I know they are rolling out update to "Fix" this in April...Doesn't change the fact that they sold me a vette and I got a civic)
6. Colors - Am I the only one that's noticed the terrible hue's in the yellow/brown/orange color range? Maps roads seriously look like baby puke green on my device. I've compared with SGS, Iphone 4, Iphone 3gs and blackberry's...The colors are definately WAYYY off.
Outside those issues It's been a pretty solid device, very fast and responsive with Launcher Pro loaded. Love the fingerprint scanner, resolution, HDMI + media player. I'm leaning towards straight return, use old phone till SGS2 releases, or maybe Iphone4. Ideas/suggestions?
your performance issues are something is running out of control. Rapid battery drain and warmth indicate someting is running.
My phone never locks up, never reboots, and battery lasts all day with heavy use.
I returned my Atrix as well. I think there will definitely be a bit of a wait before any of the phones you mentioned come out. I am using an old phone at the moment and am biding my time until the next batch of phones come out.
Patience is key.
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your performance issues are something is running out of control. Rapid battery drain and warmth indicate someting is running.
My phone never locks up, never reboots, and battery lasts all day with heavy use.
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Yea I had the same thought but couldn't figure it out. Looking at task manager/process explorer didn't show anything actively doing anything, or at least not to the point of extreme battery drain and heating.
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I returned my Atrix as well. I think there will definitely be a bit of a wait before any of the phones you mentioned come out. I am using an old phone at the moment and am biding my time until the next batch of phones come out.
Patience is key.
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Yea I still have the 3Gs and work also has 7 Dell Streaks laying around still, may try to grab one as a temp till something better is released.
Hello all,
I'm currently a Samsung galaxy s2 user, just switched from using the iphone 4 because of all the rumors about the galaxy s2. And till now im impressed by everything it has to offer except its battery life.
I love my galaxy s2, but the only problem is battery life, and thats the main reason im being pulled over to buy the iphone 4s!!..
getting that isnt the problem..
I tried way too many custom ROMS, different kernels etc, but ended up with an average 6-7 hr battery life with heavy usage and that doesnt even involve listening to music while commuting. If i did that as well, im sure my battery wud barely last 5 hrs... which isnt ideal at all, im sure everyone feels the same way... Right now im on stock KI3 firmware, rooted. KI3 is slightly better than what bell gave me as stock - KG2.
now i want some strong points of why i shouldn't move back. I've been an iphone user since the 2g iphone and it was amazing!
Only if i could improve my battery life on galaxy s2 i wouldnt have these temptations to move to iphone again.
Should I move back to the iPhone?
no, galaxy s2 is the best !xD
my battery is very good so i don't care just try some kernels or roms
iPhone 4s is much better than SGS2 IMO.
Better size, better display (imo SAMOLED+'s colours are too cartoony), better resolution, better camera, better audio, much better battery and a much faster processor.
Also, iOS has proper dual core optimizations and actually makes good use of the A5 chip, wheras with SGS2, you'll have to wait for a stable ICS rom comes out.
Despite the negativity of the i4s, I personally think it'll be one of the most underrated phones this year.
But that's just my opinion.
My s2 often gives me 16+ hrs of heavy usage (my phone is from the first batch) my other half got a white s2 a few weeks ago and he has dreadful battery life. Both same firmware ect. Although mine is made in korea both battery and handset. His is made in china. Different colour mainboards too. Mines blue his is green.
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Well just to make the point clear, you will never get your sgs 2 to have as much of a battery life as the IP4S. iOS is simply much better at handling battery life than android.
Now it depends on what you want really. Do you value battery life over functionality/choice?
Personally what do you expect of a phone with a dual core 1.2ghz processor? If you expect 12 hrs now that is simply idiocy. You have a laptop that can do that? I don't cuz mine lasts 2 hrs with heavy usage. I haven't read of any laptop being able to last 12 hrs of heavy usage either. No I don't expect a laptop to have a battery life like that either. Now this is a phone with a processor better than most if not all netbooks, it is not going to have a 8hr+ battery life with heavy usage just like a laptop.
I feel your pain with battery life. Also, screen burn in isshowing its face on mine too. But threw iphone is waaaaaay too locked down to make it an easy choice.
Sounds like you dont have things set up correctly to me or your using some resource hogging apps.
Im on wifi all day, send between 40-70 sms a day, couple of phone calls, tweetdeck auto updating, around 20mins of music (well, podcast, but it is an audio file), auto updating of all my apps enabled in the market and the obvious hour or so web browsing and 10mins or so of minecraft when I sneak off for a break in the toilets and I get home with around 30%
Dont forget, your also comparing a closed up OS which has been around for a fair old while to an open one which is still reasonably new which each phone manufacturer has his way with before chucking the phones out
Im not going to fight the android corner as you admitted yourself you are 'looking for reasons to not move back'. Which sounds as though you have already made up your mind.
If you want to go get a shiny fragile phone with a half eaten apple on it by all means do Glad you've at least tried Android though, your light years ahead of 90% of Iphone owners who live around here lol.
must be something thats killing your battery in the background. I quite easily get over a day and between 5-6 hours screen on time. Longest ive had was 6hr 38 mins screen on.
Download better battery stats and see whats running in the background.
Lawl you all are missing a very important statement in his post. "HEAVY USAGE"
What is heavy usage? Web browsing, playing a 3d game, watching a video, recording a video, taking pictures, etc. So of course he is going to get 6-7hrs of battery life.
I agree with the above post. find out whats draining your battery. Shouldn't be that low...unless you are just sitting on your sofa browsing constantly because your so excited about a new phone like i was.
Also you can buy a dock charger and extra batteries set for cheap together (ankhers set) so you never have to plug your phone into a charger again
But it sounds like you have alot of money to burn...then why not...being in a locked system isnt so bad when your willing to just buy every app and media at premium prices and your happy with the interface
Thanks for the quick reply guys, and yes, i m loving my galaxy s2 as i mentioned earlier. And yes, im a heavy user, around 100 texts, playing 3d games (sandstorm, brothers in arms etc). I barely keep wifi on as i haf 6gb of data which is almost unlimited. and im getting 7 hrs, which apparently seems to be good. If thats the case then I have nothing to complain about...
And in terms of money, lol i dont have any... its just i could get an iphone if i sold this one... no way i could afford to keep both!
Stick to the SGS2 and wait for the SGS3 till then.
Hmm, If were I, I would like the iPhone 4S. The iOS 5's new feature iCloud and iMessenge really attracted me.
And can get many apps for it:
http://www.enolsoft.com/blog/best-free-iphone-4s-apps/
SGS2! iPhone4S is inferior in many many ways. It's a ****ty phone.
/ownership bias
u should wait untill the ICS rom is out. that should improve the battery life, because it will be customized to a dual core processor.
Iphone 4S is quite a good phone, but I'm personally against Apple's politics regarding software and price. I don't want Itunes, no format support like FLAC or MKV, no Flash. Also Android has more customization abilities in themes and menues.
I like the big screen and weight on the GS2. Well, the battery life could be better on SGS 2. But there's a Samsung 2000mah battery available at the moment and you can easily replace the battery.
I have been in the same boat in fact I have swapped my Iphone 4 for a SGS2 three times, until finally I realise that the SGS2 really is a SuperPhone.
The reason you will find battery life not quite as good as the Iphone4, is basically down to the fact the Iphone is not actually doing a lot.
I waited until iOs5 before swapping back to this truly, greatest phone since the HD2, iOs5 really is a disappointment to say the least, you get a pull down bar that kinda copies Android to a point, but fails in the fact with its Iphone basic-ness yet again, the weather links to the most basic of weather apps, the notification animations appear at the top all very nicely, but the top bar doesn't state that notifications are listed within, they tried to match the Androids version but in true Iphone style, didn't leave in the design to allow users to feel its their notifications.
One thing you will never get away from even jailbroken is the fact you are not free to choose...you will never own your Iphone, it owns you, Android on the other hand is the opposite and with the SGS2, its power and freedom is far more adaptable than the iphone4.
Hello, i'm looking to buy a new phone and the nokia lumia has caught my attention.
I've been reading about it and understand that we'll be seeing 2 major updates this year.
Will the lumia 800 support the new windows mobile 8 platform?
I expect it to support Tango, but what about Apollo?
Or should i just wait for next generation nokia?
No one knows the answer to that question yet. But if any current wp7 device is going to get that update, the Lumia 800 is probably it. It is almost a wp7 equivalent of a nexus device.
But if you don't want this phone as it is now, don't buy it ;-)
I'm just waiting for nokia to start pushing out the current firmware update to my Cyan... Still only got the 7740 firmware with 8107.79 OS.
What are your experiences with the phone?
Do the phones that sell here in Denmark also have issues with batterylife, random reboots etc.?
I'm experiencing pretty bad battery time now. Yesterday I had to charge it twice to get through a full day. That is unacceptable! My old X10 holds battery for a day and half easily doing the same tasks.
I hope Nokia is very very aware of these issues and is working their asses off to get it solved.
I bought mine in Germany back in November. Kept it on 2G here in Denmark until the update that fixed the battery issues (last update).
After that update I have kept it on 3G and gotten about one and a half or two days of battery life from it.
I don't know about the status of the battery fix in Denmark. They may very well be on the phones in store (go check ). I found the demo fw for Denmark on the fw site Nokia has.
BUT if you want the phone look outside Denmark.. They are horribly overpriced here.. Some places twice the price of the same phone in Germany or England.
Regarding update to Apollo.. I see no technical reason for lumia 800 not to receive the update.
Hahah slap af en dansker tråd
Translation: "For danes only"
Roughly the same story as jlor except I bought mine in Denmark. Like arkedk, I had very poor battery life on my first phone so I returned it. The new one has up to around one and a half day of battery life with normal use. Roughly the same as with the old iPhone 3GS. I think there is a very high error rate on this battery type.
And yeah, it must be pretty popular here in Denmark
Although I'm not so sure that I should have bought this phone.
Microsoft have confirmed that all current wp7 handsets will get apollo in a response to Eldar (aka the spaz idiot who sould be shot). Tango int going to be that big really just about adding more languages and cheaper hansets to get a wider market. Apollo on the other hand looks to be even bigger than mango
Thanks for them answers.
Definatly gonna get me a winphone one day. But i'll wait a bit longer until either a new version of Lumia 800 comes out or nokia/ms whichever it is releases a firmware that fixes all these issues. Battery and camera in particular.
I'll stick to my damaged htc hero for now
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Although I'm not so sure that I should have bought this phone.
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Ok, I'm going to elaborate this a bit.
Why I am disappointed:
This phone is supposed to be Microsofts and Nokias big gamble to reclaim the mobile phone market. Nokia economic situation isn't very good to say the least but they are still the largest manufacturer of mobile phones world wide. However Apple is close behind and so is HTC and Samsung and they are gaining market shares.
So I had expected this phone to be Microsofts version of a nexus phone. A showcase phone if you like to benchmark other Windows phones against. In my oppionion they failed to do this by rushing it to the market. There are just too many flaws for me to be completely happy with it.
I read a lot of good reviews of WP7 devices regarding their battery life. It is supposed to lightweight and without the pletora of third party battery draining services running in the background. And it is. Many WP7 devices get great battery life. But this phone does not have good battery life. Hands down, you are not going anywhere over night with this phone without a charger. Even if you dont use it at all, you will still be cutting it very close. Even with my SGS 2 running overclocked at 1600 MHz I could easily go up to 3 days if I was mindful of battery my usage.
The camera is usable. It's not great but good enough if the motive is more important than the quality of the picture. But it's not going to wow anyone. I had expected more from Nokia though. I am used to Nokia cameras beeing the best on the market from previous experience.
Sound quality in the jack stick is an insult. It's horrible even if you have very low standards and it will hurt your ears. If you buy this phone, go to a Telenor store and get the black BH-111 bluetooth headset for 199 kr. It has a decent sound output if you throw away the earbuds that come with it and get some better ones. (The tranciever is detachable and has a mini-jack output and a build in microphone)
But there are some good things about the phone too:
WP7 is an absolute joy to use. I love it. I come from the SGS 2 and I did a lot of modding, exceeding 2 GB of custom firmware downloads each month. But I don't miss that at all with this phone, because everything just runs smoothly. I have had a few app crashes, mainly starting settings and the browser, but I can live with that.
I like the design and the build quality is pretty good although the buttons do feel flimsy on some devices. I am not too fussed about that though. The curves makes the phone nice to hold, but the 4 corners aren't that comfortable when you hold it for longer periods of time like 5 minutes plus. The curved glass is great though and it sits close to flush with the rest of the phone. The plastic feels nice when you hold it and looks pretty good too.
Call quality is pretty good in my oppinion and so is the antenna. I get better signal strength with this phone than I did with the SGS 2.
Bottom line: I expected a better device from Nokia. There is no way in h*** this phone will last for two weeks on stand by which is in fact what they claim on their web site and even if you call Nokia Care.
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Good idea ;-)
The batter is bad compared to other devices yes. My Xperia Play I could easily get two days out of. Even three. Even so I charged every single night because I want full juice at the start of every day. So the worse battery life does not really affect me even though I know it's there. The camera and audio is confirmed by Nokia to be adressed on future seperate updates that hopefully will fix the issues.
But whats the point really if the majority of the userbase are still complaining about bad batterylife.
I'd say camera/audio comes in second until the phone can last more than 24hours on whats supposed to be regular usage. I hope its faulty software and not hardware.
For all 3 parts, battery/audio/camera
Amen.
I'm not too optimistic about the battery issue being software related.
I agree the battery is very bad. I'm coming from a phone that used 1% battery in 3 hours standby time. With very minimal use I could use that phone for a week without charge but I charged it every night anyway. Coming to this is a world of difference.
I'm just saying that I can live with it.
With light to medium use I am getting one and a half days use on 3G. My LG 900 struggled to last 10 hours.
got this phone 3 days ago and experiencing absolutely retarded battery life. not getting more than 6-7 hours with MINIMAL usage and all chats logged off. WTF Nokia?
PS: My other phone is the Galaxy Note which has phenomenal battery life.
Im not from Denmark...but I am close enough
I bought the NL800 a few days ago with fw 11501, and have no problems with battery at all, and I am on 3g all the time, I play music, surf, update for email every 1 hour, and my battery last aprox. 1 and a half day..And that is what I would expect from this device with my use.
Only thing bugging me right now, is of course the brightness bug and the poor quality in music playback. But those are scheduled to be fixed, so if that don't take forever, then the NL800 is a keeper for me.
But on another side..the screen is a tad small, but I will get used to it...if not, I will probably get the NL900/910 or w/e they decide to call it in europe
Same as above, i have firmware 11501, and at first battery was bad. But the more i use the phone let it go right down and charge it seems to have been last longer. So far i have been using it for 15 hours. Listening to music, facebook, emails as soon as they come in. 3G, texts, facebook chat. I am a really heavy user just now as its the honeymoon period. But anyway, the only thing that is really annoying me is the camera and the audio. I listen to my audio with headphones on (Dr. Dre Beats) so i get the base im after. But it shouldn't take a £80 pair of headphones to get the audio quality im after. Nokia get an update out now!
my lumia will arrive tomorrow, and then i will test the battery life agains my radar and my titan, my titan's battery last for atleast two days with minimal usage. same goes for the radar.
Hello all,
I got the T-mobile LGV10, I have been using it for the past 15 days, I have noticed that the battery life is pretty bad, doesn't even last a day, every time I turn the screen on I would see it dropping 1 or 2 percent. I have installed cleanMaster app and been noticing the RAM usage being at 80-87% all the time. I think it is unusual to be utilizing that much RAM. Apart from these two, the camera is awesome and I'm in love with the second screen.
However, I have decided to turn the phone in and get the Note 5. I have already claimed the LG V10 promo and my status says "approved". Do you think it is bad on part of me to return the phone to T-mobile since I have already claimed the promo? I'm feeling bit guilty to do so. Anyway T-mobile would charge me restocking fee of $50, however I'm getting the card and battery for free right. Is it immoral to do that. What do you guys think?
Whats your usage?
I no longer trust CM. Have you disabled the bloatware?
No need to feel guilty because you can't use the battery or the sd card in your note 5 LOL.
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No need to feel guilty because you can't use the battery or the sd card in your note 5 LOL.
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Lmfao...
. Sounds like there is something wrong. I get over 5 hours SOT. Either way, enjoy the N5, looks like an amazing phone.
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Just switched from the V10 to the Note 5, the V10 was a great phone, but I was used to Samsung after having the Note 3 and 4, word of advice, get a case with your note 5. Both phones are great, but I like the AMOLED and the S-Pen.
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SOT. a little over 4hrs for me and good enough and liking the phone
Lol. Wait til you get the note5 and ram useage is always 100%. No joke. Samsung is having a hell of a time with memory management on their exynos 7420 devices. I had the S6 and Note5 and you'll regret making the switch.
Funny, I'm trading my Note 5 in for either the V10 or the G4 tomorrow. Haven't we all agreed by now that Clean Master and any of that Cheetah Mobile cesspool of **** is basically malware? Plus who cares if ram is at 85% or 15%? Unused ram is wasted ram. If it's not affecting your multitasking, then who cares?
Factory reset it and do not install any apps, see if it makes a difference before you eat the restocking fee
I had the same issue. I ended up doing a Factory reset, and let Google restore my apps. This fixed my horrible battery life.
I came from the note 5. I didn't think it was what it was all cracked up to be. It was nice, snappy at first but lag after a few days. Battery was so so. It constantly had issues of not pushing notifications, such as emails, until I unlocked the screen. I had multiple replacements and they all had the same issues.
They all would freeze when I would open an excel attachment, sometimes for a minute, sometime it would never recover unless I rebooted. I replicated this over and over.
The note is slippery as snot. I will slide of flat surfaces lol
Don't get me wrong though, I liked the note 5. It's is a good phone, but its buggy still and has its flaws.
As far as the promo, if you gave the v10 back, you should probably give those back as well. It's the right thing to do. ?
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I came from a Note Edge to my V10 and I LOVE the V10. Battery is WAY better on this phone for sure. I get about 4-5 hours SOT and blast all day before plugging it in. And with the promo battery replacement, who cares if it dies. Flip the battery and roll on. Debloat and greenify and that'll make a difference. I'm running stock ROM with Greenify and I've got no complaints. Can't wait to see how a more slimmed down ROM will treat my battery.
srini88 said:
Hello all,
I got the T-mobile LGV10, I have been using it for the past 15 days, I have noticed that the battery life is pretty bad, doesn't even last a day, every time I turn the screen on I would see it dropping 1 or 2 percent. I have installed cleanMaster app and been noticing the RAM usage being at 80-87% all the time. I think it is unusual to be utilizing that much RAM. Apart from these two, the camera is awesome and I'm in love with the second screen.
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Don't be so quick to do so. I was having a rough first week or two with the V10. I rooted it, installed Xposed with a few modules, and now the phone is just about perfect.
First week or two I was getting insane wakelocks. Bluetooth would drain battery when left on (for no damn reason - no phone should do that when not connected to a device, but my Note5 did it too). I would have to plug it in at least once during the day for the most part (not a big issue since I only have quickchargers). Once I got root and Xposed, I was able to use Greenify and take control of a lot of apps making the phone use practically nothing when not in use. Over 9 hours last night I only lost about 8% which isn't bad at all in my eyes (second screen on too). The V10 handles multitasking a lot better than the Note5 because apps will stay in memory longer. Using 85% of 4GB sounds like you have something wrong with your apps, but unless you hit 100% you don't have anything to worry about. I never, ever look at RAM usage on my Android devices - there is no point, it's supposed to be a high % utilized! Was also able to set the phone to a more usable DPI of 540 for most apps (excluding system).
The V10 just has a lot more useful features in my eyes. The Note5 is a great phone for someone who just wants something easy to use. The only thing I wish the V10 had was an AMOLED screen, especially with the secondary display. Apart from that, I don't miss the S-pen, and I certainly don't miss Samsung's UI. I might actually start downloading some games on my V10 since I have so much storage I don't know what to do with it all, and that might leave me desiring the SD 810 instead of the 808, but maybe the G5 will be everything we want and more... haha.
mikeyinid said:
Lol. Wait til you get the note5 and ram useage is always 100%. No joke. Samsung is having a hell of a time with memory management on their exynos 7420 devices. I had the S6 and Note5 and you'll regret making the switch.
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Not going to happen. His RAM usage will be fairly low actually because Samsung kills apps way too frequently. That's the RAM management issue - multitasking sucks because apps always have to reload. It has nothing to do with a lack of available RAM.
I wouldn't feel bad about keeping the promo stuff. The stuff in now technically used, so they can't resell it. Plus, the logistics of them processing the return would probably be more effort than it's worth to them. I bet if you tried, they'd refuse anyway.
When I returned my Note Edge, they told me to keep the charger and cable.
FWIW, my AT&T V10, stock out of the box, is giving me better battery life than any other phone I've owned. I haven't bothered checking the stats, but I was able to just barely get 2 days use out of it, which is a first for me without resorting to a zerolemon battery.
One thing to consider, T-Mobile bloatware drains battery. I found out when I had the g4, that there is an app that is always checking if you rooted your phone. You can see it pop up if you are rooted as it is constantly requesting root access (com.tmobile.PR.adapt or something like that). I removed it with Titanium Backup (along with all the other TMo apps) and battery life greatly improved.
There are two rules in life for being successful:
1. Never reveal everything you know;
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Disable bloatware, turn off VoLTE and you will see a huge difference in battery life.
I was concerned about my battery life, but after a few days I'm getting 4-5 hours of SOT. I would keep the device and the promos.
First day playing with the phone outside in Florida Sun, auto brightness, stock, no bloat diabled. The last 21% kept on going 'til I went to sleep. Comparing to my G4, the v10 has been slightly better. YMMV
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V10 v Note5 (exynos cpu)
Nitemare3219 said:
Don't be so quick to do so. I was having a rough first week or two with the V10. I rooted it, installed Xposed with a few modules, and now the phone is just about perfect.
First week or two I was getting insane wakelocks. Bluetooth would drain battery when left on (for no damn reason - no phone should do that when not connected to a device, but my Note5 did it too). I would have to plug it in at least once during the day for the most part (not a big issue since I only have quickchargers). Once I got root and Xposed, I was able to use Greenify and take control of a lot of apps making the phone use practically nothing when not in use. Over 9 hours last night I only lost about 8% which isn't bad at all in my eyes (second screen on too). The V10 handles multitasking a lot better than the Note5 because apps will stay in memory longer. Using 85% of 4GB sounds like you have something wrong with your apps, but unless you hit 100% you don't have anything to worry about. I never, ever look at RAM usage on my Android devices - there is no point, it's supposed to be a high % utilized! Was also able to set the phone to a more usable DPI of 540 for most apps (excluding system).
The V10 just has a lot more useful features in my eyes. The Note5 is a great phone for someone who just wants something easy to use. The only thing I wish the V10 had was an AMOLED screen, especially with the secondary display. Apart from that, I don't miss the S-pen, and I certainly don't miss Samsung's UI. I might actually start downloading some games on my V10 since I have so much storage I don't know what to do with it all, and that might leave me desiring the SD 810 instead of the 808, but maybe the G5 will be everything we want and more... haha.
Not going to happen. His RAM usage will be fairly low actually because Samsung kills apps way too frequently. That's the RAM management issue - multitasking sucks because apps always have to reload. It has nothing to do with a lack of available RAM.
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I know all about Samsung's memory management. They're killing user apps but not system. Ram useage on that device is always maxed even with stock settings. That's why when you edit your build.prop the device always becomes slow and laggy after a while. Forcing it to keep user apps plus all the system services...
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I know all about Samsung's memory management. They're killing user apps but not system. Ram useage on that device is always maxed even with stock settings. That's why when you edit your build.prop the device always becomes slow and laggy after a while. Forcing it to keep user apps plus all the system services...
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I never had that problem with my Note 4, S6 Edge, or Note5. Plenty of RAM was always available. It just killed user apps for no reason.
Having come from a Note 5 I can promise you you'll be getting comparable battery life and similar performance without the ability to battery swap.
So, I have some Nexus and Pixels phones in the past, and went to OnePlus, 3, 5, 6 and 7 (Pro).
I still have the 7 Pro with 12GB RAM and 256 GB memory, I bought this due the pop up camera (privacy) and stock ROM experience.
Fine, now I'm consedering buying the 6 or 6 Pro, but what I find weird is, why is this nice Tensor chipped phone named a "Flagship"?
Like, some competitors have 65W, 100W, 125W battery charge possibilities and this phone is still stuck on 30W, what even isn't maybe 100 true.
Still try to find a reason, because all the rest is nice...
Because OnePlus has effectively become a trash version of Samsung, releasing phones without OIS on their cameras that cost $900, abandoning Oxygen (the cleanest skin there is) in favor of ColorOS, throttling performance without telling owners, and overall just abandoning the user base that had loved them for years and made them who they are.
The Pixel 6 is 600 bucks, has superior photos regardless of hardware, promised software and security updates, a smooth user experience, some very unique features that other phones just don't have. At that price, it's an incredible steal.
If you're burning through your battery in a day, I dunno what to say. But my hardest day I've had 30% left after 17 hours of use.
I have owned several OnePlus phones - 6, 7T and Nord - and now on the Pixel 6.
I am perfectly happy with the charge speed of the P6- sure it might take a little bit longer - but certainly not caused me inconvenience or unreasonable wait.
I was using the OnePlus Dash chargers most of the time with my OnePlus..
The one thing I do miss from the OnePlus is the excellent fingerprint scanner/face recognition - worked 95% of the time.
The Pixel is being a pain - but just installing the latest December update - which is supposed to improve the FP functionality...so we shall see.
harryw66 said:
but just installing the latest December update - which is supposed to improve the FP functionality...so we shall see.
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No improvement to the FP scanner at all with the latest update. In fact mine got slightly worse!
sshariff said:
No improvement to the FP scanner at all with the latest update. In fact mine got slightly worse!
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Just rebooted min after the update a few minutes ago - still getting mixed results.
YourTheBest said:
So, I have some Nexus and Pixels phones in the past, and went to OnePlus, 3, 5, 6 and 7 (Pro).
I still have the 7 Pro with 12GB RAM and 256 GB memory, I bought this due the pop up camera (privacy) and stock ROM experience.
Fine, now I'm consedering buying the 6 or 6 Pro, but what I find weird is, why is this nice Tensor chipped phone named a "Flagship"?
Like, some competitors have 65W, 100W, 125W battery charge possibilities and this phone is still stuck on 30W, what even isn't maybe 100 true.
Still try to find a reason, because all the rest is nice...
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Same reason Apple doesn't go all in on that. Having faster charging speeds means more money spend on charger controllers, smaller battery capacity, higher degradation over time, etc. Faster is not better all the time, if you want the phone to last is better to avoid using fast charging as much as possible. Asus which doesn't go much by this trend is one of the OEM with biggest battery in their devices for a reason. Everything is about compromises, if charging the phone completely in 30-45 minutes is such a most have this is not the phone for you.