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Hi all,
I've looked at recent threads and searched also, but the threads are either all dead or were outdated, so please go easy!
I'm due to go to America this summer, and was looking to buy a few batteries to switch while I take pictures and videos (My Note is the best camera I have), and I really am in need of good batteries, but they MUST be stock sized. I've been looking everywhere, but I'm worried some may be fake, and I don't know whether the ones with high capacities are any different to the stock capacity ones.
Could anyone recommend me any good batteries that will fit the phone and last a long time, but don't cost an arm and a leg to buy?
Thanks in advance!
http://www.amazon.com/Batteries-SGH...80805&sr=8-2&keywords=galaxy+note+n7000+anker
I have those and they work great
To give some back round I first bought the Galaxy S6 Edge 128 gb Black Sapphire from ATT direct.
As you can see from my posts no matter what I did I could not get the batter life under control.
Another thing was the screen had a pink cast (the whole screen). I returned the phone back to ATT.
I then continued to read these forums as saw that there was a good majority of people getting
very good battery life. I decided to give the SGS6 another shot but this time I bought the
regular version NOT the Edge. Ordered from the same source ATT online. 128 GB Black Sapphire but the regular version.
Received phone and I can say that there is a night and day difference. First off the screen is perfect.
NO pink cast or banding. Now this phone was set up exactly like the one I returned. Both phones had the
latest Google Services in case you were wondering. The battery life on this phone is amazing! I could
not be happier.
I have to think that there are some phones out there that are defective. I cannot believe the difference
from this phone to the Edge version. I do not think its an Edge problem as just phone by phone basis
but it would be interesting to see if the majority complaints on battery life are from Edge users?
All in all I can say this phone is absolutely amazing, I love it. Thanks to all the posters who made me see the light
and give the S6 another chance.
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I had a similar situation. First bought an S6 Edge 32GB from AT&T. Used it for a week...battery life was horrible even after doing the things recommended on XDA to improve it. Phone was very sluggish, apps crashed a lot...and my palm would accidentally touch the edge screen sometimes, which irritated me so I exchanged it for a non-Edge 32GB from AT&T.
COMPLETELY different phone, it's nice and fast, no lag...I get at least 4x the battery life out of this one as I did the Edge. It surprised me, actually. So yes, I'm pretty sure there ARE defective ones out there.
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iiNFAMOUS CHRiS said:
I had a similar situation. First bought an S6 Edge 32GB from AT&T. Used it for a week...battery life was horrible even after doing the things recommended on XDA to improve it. Phone was very sluggish, apps crashed a lot...and my palm would accidentally touch the edge screen sometimes, which irritated me so I exchanged it for a non-Edge 32GB from AT&T.
COMPLETELY different phone, it's nice and fast, no lag...I get at least 4x the battery life out of this one as I did the Edge. It surprised me, actually. So yes, I'm pretty sure there ARE defective ones out there.
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As a side note my new unit is made in Korea. That may also be a factor. I really believe the Korean made
units are better quality. My screen is flawless, the Edge I returned was pink as hell.
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cc999 said:
As a side note my new unit is made in Korea. That may also be a factor. I really believe the Korean made
units are better quality. My screen is flawless, the Edge I returned was pink as hell.
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Don't get me wrong but I thought they were all made in Korea since Samsung is a Korean company could be wrong.
There are definantly more regular S6 that had the Pink screen problem than edge variants. But mostly it seems the S6s in general that came out of Vietnam were problematic to say the least and the US got alot of those expecially poor T-mobile. and speaking I have a Gold s6 Edge and its flawless, I get about days use out of it and achieve somewhere around 3-4 hours playing video games on it off charger. The only problem that really been edge exclusive is the Fast charging Frying the Oriantation sensors. but even then I really wouldn't use the fast charger out of absolutely needing it like on the move or at work where your not gonna leave it on the charger... ie use a slow charger to charge it up when you sleep. < you'll be doing the longevity of your battery a favor.
plaxy said:
There are definantly more regular S6 that had the Pink screen problem than edge variants. But mostly it seems the S6s in general that came out of Vietnam were problematic to say the least and the US got alot of those expecially poor T-mobile. and speaking I have a Gold s6 Edge and its flawless, I get about days use out of it and achieve somewhere around 3-4 hours playing video games on it off charger. The only problem that really been edge exclusive is the Fast charging Frying the Oriantation sensors. but even then I really wouldn't use the fast charger out of absolutely needing it like on the move or at work where your not gonna leave it on the charger... ie use a slow charger to charge it up when you sleep. < you'll be doing the longevity of your battery a favor.
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I got the 128GB S6 (white) for AT&T via Best Buy -- seems to have been manufactured in Korea. No screen issues -- battery life is OK (could be better it feels like) -- I'd concur that I generally get about 1 day worth of use out of it. This seems like one of those things that generally get improved after a couple of firmware releases -- though, I could be wrong, time will tell. So far -- after about 2-3 weeks of use -- it's showing about 14 hours of (estimated) life, on average.
Of course -- once power save mode kicks in and those cores cut off, general responsiveness / app switching seems to take a significant hit.
I bought two from AT&T yesterday. Both had perfect screens and buttons. No issues whatsoever so I guess I was lucky. Both units were made in Korea as well.
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Red5 said:
I bought two from AT&T yesterday. Both had perfect screens and buttons. No issues whatsoever so I guess I was lucky. Both units were made in Korea as well.
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I am very confident to say the Korean made phones are the best for screen quality and overall
build. Its just the luck of the draw what phone you receive. Allot of Vietnamese phones
are having problems.......
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cc999 said:
I am very confident to say the Korean made phones are the best for screen quality and overall
build. Its just the luck of the draw what phone you receive. Allot of Vietnamese phones
are having problems.......
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True that. My At&t one is korean made and is perfect beside Att bloatware Tried and returned two 920i from eBay both made in vietnam and both having problems and poorly made. First one had his front camera not exactly in the middle of the opening and also after restart screen was with really dark colors until you hit the power button and then its fine. The second one had issue with its home button making clicking noises without really pressing it, but just touching it (really annoying).
I have a Korean made black 128gb model purchased from ATT online. Screen is beautiful. Battery life is about what I expected - typically get around 16 hours off charger with 3 hours screen on and some phone calls.
Its just the luck of the draw what phone you receive.
Silly question. How do you guys know point of origin? Im sure somewhere on the box it says, however if I did a warranty claim and they sent the phone only is there something in the model number or about phone list that would indicate?
Hi All
I am located in Vietnam. We seem to get dumped with a lot of phones that are returned by US customers. Currently there a lot of second hand S6 Active's on the market, selling for the equivalent of $350 USD. Phones looks in perfect condition. Question(s) I have is, what are the common reasons why these phones were returned by the customers? How do I identify these problems? Any comments on wifi issues? (having some problems with my LG with this), and lastly, what storage is available (32gb) after the system software?
Cheers.
AdamV1972 said:
Hi All
I am located in Vietnam. We seem to get dumped with a lot of phones that are returned by US customers. Currently there a lot of second hand S6 Active's on the market, selling for the equivalent of $350 USD. Phones looks in perfect condition. Question(s) I have is, what are the common reasons why these phones were returned by the customers? How do I identify these problems? Any comments on wifi issues? (having some problems with my LG with this), and lastly, what storage is available (32gb) after the system software?
Cheers.
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Hi, I am from Pakistan and I purchased an S6 Active 2 months ago. I purchaed it at almost the same price you mentioned. The phone was in top notch condition, I purchased the blue camo version.
As to answer your questions,
1. There are multiple reasons the phones are returned by the customers, like lack of expendable storage, only 32 GB storage out of the box, a lot of which is used by the OS and apps, people find it unattractive compared to the regular S6 and Edge, phone is a bit bulky, some people may have bought it just to see the differences from regular S6 and Edge, people may have gotten bored of it, and more importantly, tech savvy people may have found that it has no working ROOT yet.
2. Wi Fi on my device seems to be working quite fine, although there is a weird signal fluctuation with the cellular network (I am on Telenor 3G).
3. As for the storage, out of 32 GB, almost 7 GB is used by the system and another 1 GB by the pre-installed apps, so you get approximately or a little more than 24 GB out of the box.
Xa33M said:
Hi, I am from Pakistan and I purchased an S6 Active 2 months ago. I purchaed it at almost the same price you mentioned. The phone was in top notch condition, I purchased the blue camo version.
As to answer your questions,
1. There are multiple reasons the phones are returned by the customers, like lack of expendable storage, only 32 GB storage out of the box, a lot of which is used by the OS and apps, people find it unattractive compared to the regular S6 and Edge, phone is a bit bulky, some people may have bought it just to see the differences from regular S6 and Edge, people may have gotten bored of it, and more importantly, tech savvy people may have found that it has no working ROOT yet.
2. Wi Fi on my device seems to be working quite fine, although there is a weird signal fluctuation with the cellular network (I am on Telenor 3G).
3. As for the storage, out of 32 GB, almost 7 GB is used by the system and another 1 GB by the pre-installed apps, so you get approximately or a little more than 24 GB out of the box.
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Thanks for you comments. My main concern was storage, 20 odd GB is good enough for me.
No problem
In my opinion is the best phone so far besides S7 and S7 Edge and S6 Active has vey close specs compared to them. I guess people are dumping them because of the appearance (not the most attractive phone on the market) but everyone has different tastes, I love the S6 Active. And of course the lack of ROOT seems to be a drawback.
Prior to the 5.1.1 upgrade my S6 Active had a strange speaker issue where sound would be distorted occasionally. After the upgrade the issue is scarce. The hardware buttons I'm not a fan of and one of them (back) is sticky without any feedback. The battery is great (up to 24 hours), although when bloated down with apps I was getting 8-10 hours.
no problems since now
Just bought one, totally new appeareance, 390 euro with shipping. The batt it's not at his full capabilities... i supose it needs a few more full charges...
wifi works perfect.
some issues with the speaker using the hands free...
I' afraif of testing it under the water. Some tests here friends?
hello,
I have some questions before buying the Z2 plus,
1. in a youtube video I saw one reviewer pointing out that this device is having screen unresponsive issue while charging ? is it true ?
2. is QC3 working with this device ? I've seen some people pointing out even with Qualcomm certified QC3 charger, they couldn't get the qc3 speeds ?
3. Is the device having overheating issues ?
4. How is the screen quality ? I've seen some people complaining colors of the Z2 are muted.
appsmarsterx said:
hello,
I have some questions before buying the Z2 plus,
1. in a youtube video I saw one reviewer pointing out that this device is having screen unresponsive issue while charging ? is it true ?
2. is QC3 working with this device ? I've seen some people pointing out even with Qualcomm certified QC3 charger, they couldn't get the qc3 speeds ?
3. Is the device having overheating issues ?
4. How is the screen quality ? I've seen some people complaining colors of the Z2 are muted.
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1. Yes , it is true. But it's not that disturbing. The screen will not go totally unresponsive. But a little bit. You hardly find it irritating.
2. Never tried QC3 but some says it works. Whereas some says it dont. Maybe QC not enabled in the firmware.
3. Yes there is little bit overheating issue. Not a big problem as my friends xperia top of line premium smartphone also overheats . In Zuk z2 plus....Maybe it is because of the Plastic body. And the supplied back cover in the box will not let you notice the heating that much.
4. The colors are very sharp and quality is great as expected. I hardly notice any major muted color. But in comparison to AMOLED , yeah you can say a little bit difference is there. But overall its upto the mark.
cyBeRdUdE-9 said:
1. Yes , it is true. But it's not that disturbing. The screen will not go totally unresponsive. But a little bit. You hardly find it irritating.
2. Never tried QC3 but some says it works. Whereas some says it dont. Maybe QC not enabled in the firmware.
3. Yes there is little bit overheating issue. Not a big problem as my friends xperia top of line premium smartphone also overheats . In Zuk z2 plus....Maybe it is because of the Plastic body. And the supplied back cover in the box will not let you notice the heating that much.
4. The colors are very sharp and quality is great as expected. I hardly notice any major muted color. But in comparison to AMOLED , yeah you can say a little bit difference is there. But overall its upto the mark.
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To add my own experience:
1. Screen is a tiny bit unresponsive (has ghosting issues) and it's a bit noticeable if you're playing games that require multitouch, however I've never noticed it in regular usage, it really doesn't bother me. My old Nexus 5 has this issue x20. Battery life is really good though, I'm a medium-heavy user and I still get through the day with ~15% left over at the end of the day so you shouldn't need to use your phone whilst charging very often.
2. QC3 definitely doesn't work. Tried it on the 2.0.093 ST ZUI that came from Banggood and tried it on the Resurrection Remix ROM that I'm currently using (all MM based, haven't tried it on a Nougat based ROM). Theoretically the hardware should be able to do it, but it might be disabled in the kernel. Not sure why they still advertise as QC3 compliant, perhaps they intend on adding the feature with software updates but I wouldn't hold my breath.
3. The phone gets a bit warm during heavy usage and it might be due to the glass back which won't aid cooling as much as a metal one does, but it's never been uncomfortable to hold.
4. The colours problem might be due to ZUI. I found the color choices... uninspired and somewhat bland. I'm on RR now and I've set it to my preference and I really like it. Admittedly it's no Samsung SuperAMOLED, but the screen is not bad at all. Crisp and pleasant. I also think that material design looks really good on it in a way that it never did on my Nexus 5 (can't really explain it).
All in all, I'm really happy with the phone. Its only real competition is the mi5 and mi5s which besides being significantly more expensive, have that hideous black border that hides the side bezels. It's disingenuous and really spoils the look of the white version and it really put me off. I don't want a black phone. Though NFC would have been nice. *sigh*
I think most of the questions have been answered, but I'd like to also add that QC2/3 is not supported, but it does have fast charging of some kind. I did some research and testing, posted results here: http://zukfans.eu/community/threads/info-z2-quick-charge-speed-testing-discussion.3132/
Have a question before purchasing
Does the 3GB variant perform well enough just like the 4GB one does? Any lags or other issues in 3GB variant?
AlstonGomez said:
Does the 3GB variant perform well enough just like the 4GB one does? Any lags or other issues in 3GB variant?
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I assume that you're in India since the 3GB variant seems to be an option (I can't find anywhere that ships it worldwide). If you're not that bothered about warranty and such, you should buy it from a chinese reseller, you can snag the 4GB variant significantly cheaper than the 3GB variant in India (14,999 INR vs ~11,200 INR), check out the info here. That's where I got mine from, but I'm in the UK and there's no official channels here.
You can even put the official Indian ROM on it and you'll get OTA updates and have a phone that's in every way identical to what amazon is selling.
That being said, I don't think that I've ever seen the available RAM drop under 1GB in the entire time I've had the phone so I don't think that the extra 1GB RAM would make any difference in your day to day. The extra 32GB of storage is nice to have, but my previous phone was a Nexus 5 with 16GB storage and I never had any significant issues with that.
All in all, I doubt that you'll notice any significant difference between the 3GB and the 4GB variant and the extra storage will only come in handy if you're downloading entire movies on your phone or have tons of giant games.
PS: The 4GB variant is selling on ebay.in for ~17-20,000 INR, one enterprising fella could buy the 4GB from China for ~11,200 INR, flash the official Indian ROM and sell it on ebay for 16,000 INR undercutting everyone else and making a healthy +4,000 INR profit per phone. If only I was living in India.
Uivalf39 said:
I assume that you're in India since the 3GB variant seems to be an option (I can't find anywhere that ships it worldwide). If you're not that bothered about warranty and such, you should buy it from a chinese reseller, you can snag the 4GB variant significantly cheaper than the 3GB variant in India (14,999 INR vs ~11,200 INR), check out the info here. That's where I got mine from, but I'm in the UK and there's no official channels here.
You can even put the official Indian ROM on it and you'll get OTA updates and have a phone that's in every way identical to what amazon is selling.
That being said, I don't think that I've ever seen the available RAM drop under 1GB in the entire time I've had the phone so I don't think that the extra 1GB RAM would make any difference in your day to day. The extra 32GB of storage is nice to have, but my previous phone was a Nexus 5 with 16GB storage and I never had any significant issues with that.
All in all, I doubt that you'll notice any significant difference between the 3GB and the 4GB variant and the extra storage will only come in handy if you're downloading entire movies on your phone or have tons of giant games.
PS: The 4GB variant is selling on ebay.in for ~17-20,000 INR, one enterprising fella could buy the 4GB from China for ~11,200 INR, flash the official Indian ROM and sell it on ebay for 16,000 INR undercutting everyone else and making a healthy +4,000 INR profit per phone. If only I was living in India.
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Thanks for this reply mate! Did really helped me a lot
I just got one for 175 euros and I think its a steal. I just want a smaller phone. I hope to receive it as soon as possible.
I mainly want a tablet with a high-res screen (currently have a HP Touchpad!). My main worry is that the battery life on an older tablet might not hold.
Any thoughts on why I should / shouldn't get a second hand S2 or if there is an alternative in the ~ £200 area?
Ehh... it depends. If the price got that low for new units in the UK, then go for it. I have the older 2015 8 incher and it's wonderful for manga, some internet browsing and the occasional document work (spreadsheets mostly). The 2016 model has a SD 652, which is similar in performance to the older one (should be much more thermally efficient), but the most important difference is that the 2016 model has a much better custom ROM support.
There aren't many alternatives at a similar pricepoint, most of them being chinese tablets with pretty much no software support of any kind (neither official nor unofficial).
LE: somehow I glossed over the part about it being second hand. The price for new units over here isn't all that much higher here. And battery life shouldn't have been affected by too much even after a year of use, just look for any possible issues with the plastic back, as it kind of gets scratched easily (+ the screen to not be broken, that's the most expensive part).
Dariusdd said:
Ehh... it depends. If the price got that low for new units in the UK, then go for it. I have the older 2015 8 incher and it's wonderful for manga, some internet browsing and the occasional document work (spreadsheets mostly). The 2016 model has a SD 652, which is similar in performance to the older one (should be much more thermally efficient), but the most important difference is that the 2016 model has a much better custom ROM support.
There aren't many alternatives at a similar pricepoint, most of them being chinese tablets with pretty much no software support of any kind (neither official nor unofficial).
LE: somehow I glossed over the part about it being second hand. The price for new units over here isn't all that much higher here. And battery life shouldn't have been affected by too much even after a year of use, just look for any possible issues with the plastic back, as it kind of gets scratched easily (+ the screen to not be broken, that's the most expensive part).
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Thanks this is helpful. The 652 9.7" model is down to 300 new but I wasn't planning to spend so much on a tablet. I'm going to watch a few ebay listings and hope I get lucky