I have some questions regarding the note 5 SM-N920C (international version) 64gb in black sapphire for people who bought it and use it as daily driver:
1. Are there any hardware and/or software issues to be aware of to check when going to the store before i buy? should i wait until some issues are fixed with newer revisions or software updates?
2. Regarding the ram management issue, how many apps should be opened before the phone restarts apps when revisiting them? When it happens, is progress lost? Does rooting the device completely solve this issue?
3. Would it be possible to change the samsung android version to stock android or near stock, something like nexus 6p or z5? Would i have to install a rom for it or is it doable without installing a rom? Will i loose the s-pen functions?
4. Are all note 5's equipped with sony's imx240 sensor for the rear camera? I hope so.
Hello
I've got problem with my P9.
I can't send anything with NFC
I tried with various smartphones. Wit P9 Lite, Galaxy S7...
It's not working. Have I set it somehow, except of turn it on?
I got Official B182 Rom from huawei.
Anyone, anything?
Hi,
I used it a couple of times to pair with earphones...
It worked fine for me both times...when I eventually managed to find the places on the phone and earphones that needed to be close.
The NFC on the P9 is located on top of the back (the part not aluminium, opposite of the 2 cameras)
limduldk said:
The NFC on the P9 is located on top of the back (the part not aluminium, opposite of the 2 cameras)
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Works fine on my phone. Just paid on android pay about 20 minutes ago.
Note that only some single sim p9 have nfc, not all p9 have it.
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monoxian said:
Note that only some single sim p9 have nfc, not all p9 have it.
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Yes this is true, I forgot about that from my research when I got this phone.
GSM Arena lists below in the specs:
NFC Yes (EVA-L09 only)
And is confirmed on official website here (press show technical specs) :
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/mobile-phones/p9/index.html
Yes true, but I have a 32 GB single sim version which support NFC.
Hello, I am new into huawei since I came from samsung devices. I bought this Huawei P9 Plus model VIE-L09 at my local phone store and carrier las 3 weeks, the phone came with android 6.0 and it was amazing and no bugs, all problems came when I update to android 7.0 via phone update... Half screen like 1centimeter in the exact half of the screen stopped working, I can type and all but scrolling down is pretty horrible... I think that downgrading its android version would fix the issue because the phonr has obly 3 weeks of use snd in any moment it fell from my hands or make something bad to the touch... please say if some of you have the same issue and if you know hou to downgrade this model can you provide me a guide please? I will definitely appreciate that. Thanks in advance
Try to reset device to factory. Android 7 for my p9 plus is perfect.
Warren_Orange said:
Try to reset device to factory. Android 7 for my p9 plus is perfect.
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I already did and nothing. It stills the same. I think that downgrading and update from 0 will solve this problem. Can you provide me a guide on how to downgrade this model? Is the VIE-L09
Hi!
I want to buy a Samsung S10+ but I have to decide between exynos or snapdragon.
Any advice?
I would like to unlock and root the phone.
I come from Italy so would be easier to find an exynos one.
Thanks a lot!
If you had the HK Snap you'd have a slightly faster/better battery/cam/DAC phone but much less support from XDA.
The Exynos would be a bit slower/harder on battery but with much more modding support from XDA.
Pick your poison.
How slightly? :laugh:
thank you for the response.
I think I'll problaby go with the exynos at this point...
I need root but I still ordered an unlocked Snapdragon although in my country (Germany) it's not available. I was lucky that at the arrival root was also available for Snappys (Honk Kong / China).
Snapdragon is basically more widely optimized in certain apps. Exynos is more likely to get more ROMs in the near future and at the moment it already has an early version TWRP.
My reasons for Snappy:
- Better camera processing
- Better headphone DAC
- GPU is like 30% faster
- In some reviews the Exynos throttles quite a lot compared to Snappy
- Emulators run bad on Exynos compared to Snapdragons (It was important for me)
- The CPU part is more up to date (7nm process etc.) The exynos is still produced in 8nm process
- As a result the Snapdragon will uses less power on equal terms (physics)
- You have a rare phone...
- I was aware that ROMs will be rare but the S10 is sooo god out of the box anyway and with root you can customize necessary settings
- Samsung kinda fools the consumers by using the inferior Exynos but they got more equal since the last Exynos
I fogot one downside which could be significant for some.
You will get a restricted warranty if at all. you won't be able to buy that phone with a contract in "Exynos" countries.
thank you very much for all the infos
but is it already possible to root with snapdragon?
Guagno_ said:
thank you very much for all the infos
but is it already possible to root with snapdragon?
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yes but it's important to have an unlocked bootloader. As far as I know only China/HK devices have an unlocked BL.
The name is SM-G9700 (s10e), SM-G9730 (s10), SM-G9750(s10+)
Snapdragon for the heavy 3d gamers, exynos for the others in Europe/Middle East.
You won't find a difference but in games as already said the exynos will get warmer and battery will deplete faster.
In another hand once custom kernels and roms will be unleashed, cpu/gpu control will improve on exynos, same will go with the camera which can be modded to lowering noise removal and why not give raw to the telephoto and wide angle cameras
I've also heard that the Hong Kong/ TGY variant (i.e. G9730 on the S10 and G9700 on the S10e) may have some issues with connecting on some 4G bands in Europe (but especially in the US). For what I read on the other threads, it seems that they are not set-up correctly for doing carrier aggregation (CA) which, if I understood it correctly, will influence your downlink speed and may affect some features like Voice over LTE (VoLTE). Am I correct? Do you guys know how bad this will affect user experience?
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I need root but I still ordered an unlocked Snapdragon although in my country (Germany) it's not available. I was lucky that at the arrival root was also available for Snappys (Honk Kong / China).
Snapdragon is basically more widely optimized in certain apps. Exynos is more likely to get more ROMs in the near future and at the moment it already has an early version TWRP.
My reasons for Snappy:
- Better camera processing
- Better headphone DAC
- GPU is like 30% faster
- In some reviews the Exynos throttles quite a lot compared to Snappy
- Emulators run bad on Exynos compared to Snapdragons (It was important for me)
- The CPU part is more up to date (7nm process etc.) The exynos is still produced in 8nm process
- As a result the Snapdragon will uses less power on equal terms (physics)
- You have a rare phone...
- I was aware that ROMs will be rare but the S10 is sooo god out of the box anyway and with root you can customize necessary settings
- Samsung kinda fools the consumers by using the inferior Exynos but they got more equal since the last Exynos
I fogot one downside which could be significant for some.
You will get a restricted warranty if at all. you won't be able to buy that phone with a contract in "Exynos" countries.
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And another downside is the price... About 80-90€ more in Europe than Exynos one.
Is rooting and custom ROM's be available to the snapdragon version of China? The G9730?
I can buy the exynos version for 600€ and the G9730 for 630€
Is it worth the extra 30€?
I just want a functional GCam and rooting is a must for me, if it can't be rooted I might just go for the exynos version
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Is rooting and custom ROM's be available to the snapdragon version of China?
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I also wanted to change my phone to s10, but then checked xda devices pages of s7, s8, s9 and understood that there is no point in taking Samsung. Even though S7 just got properly working LOS16, other devices are still way behind with dying threads as devices don't have developers left.
vegetaleb said:
Snapdragon for the heavy 3d gamers, exynos for the others in Europe/Middle East.
You won't find a difference but in games as already said the exynos will get warmer and battery will deplete faster.
In another hand once custom kernels and roms will be unleashed, cpu/gpu control will improve on exynos, same will go with the camera which can be modded to lowering noise removal and why not give raw to the telephoto and wide angle cameras
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But only partly. Overclocking is bad for battery and harms stability. Also you cannot improve an inferior Mali-GPU to perform better or equal to the good Adreno.
Also Exynos is sometimes not optimized well, for example on emulators, so a Snapdragon will always be a lot faster even without any optimization.
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And another downside is the price... About 80-90€ more in Europe than Exynos one.
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Mine was like 40-50€ cheaper when I've bought it.
BraiinDust said:
Is rooting and custom ROM's be available to the snapdragon version of China? The G9730?
I can buy the exynos version for 600€ and the G9730 for 630€
Is it worth the extra 30€?
I just want a functional GCam and rooting is a must for me, if it can't be rooted I might just go for the exynos version
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I've rooted my Chinese phone for quite a while. Installing the HongKong firmware allows everything.
No custom recovery though but I don't miss it honestly.
Roms are possible (when custome recov. is there) but will likely come for the Exynos mostly.
Honestly on my Exynos Galaxy S6 there haven't been many advantages with a custom rom.
On Lineage Roms the camera and other things didn't work well which was absolutely not acceptable for me.
Expect even less customizations for the (Exynos) Galaxy S10s, also because with Pie new barriers appear for developers. Let alone future Android versions...
I would say it is worth it. Read my advantage list which was mostly reviewed and approved.
thanks everyone for giving an opinion.
I would like to know, for the chinese version, if it's available also Magisk.
Also, where can I buy online a chinese version with warranty? any link to share?
thanks again
The only reason I'd get an Exynos (for use here in the US) is for root. That's it. That's why I'm buying an Exynos Note 10 (maybe) next spring. Prices will drop steadily by then. Currently using a SD S10.
Hi!
So, I bought myself a Note 9 (6/128GB) as I was in love with the device when it was released but had no money. Presently, got some spare money and bought myself a refurnished one for about $180. The device looks and works well apart from some scratches at the back which I will put a cover on.
I see that the device name is SM-960F. I searched the net and in most of the places it shows that this model, 960F is the Exynos version. I installed CPUZ and got the result that it has Snapdragon 845! I'm attaching the screenshot here. The bootloader of the phone is unlocked. I am not planning to run any banking/financial app on it. I will just use it with my secondary SIM. The doubt I have is that is it really a Snapdragon version or some sort of trickery (extremally sorry for sounding so noob)
Please help if possible and thanks in advance!
Boot into download mode and show us what's on the screen.
I think this is what you said.... Please see!
And, thanks for the reply!