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My captivate has been working like a champ for better than two years now, aside from possible phoneco problems and the smershingly infuriating wth speaker problem. I was pretty conservative with the apps I installed for most of that time, but have been less so more recently. I did program a simple app to see if I could, and was just starting to think about trying rooting it with the freedom to renew the contract and get a better fone too, but recently it has been rebooting repeatedly, giving erroneous battery condition info, and having problems connecting to the voice and data nets. So my question is going to be do I need a new handset or is it the battery needing replacement and I can use the money to get a laptop that I need instead.
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My first suspicion towards the battery was the erroneous battery condition info, specifically that it was showing a battery level of 0% but able to work. The phone did seem to boot more normally instead of rebooting to airplane mode with a cheaper Chinese replacement battery, but then starting having the same rebooting/radio problems. Before booting the replacement battery, I noticed the original battery oddly bulged where the replacement was not. After booting the replacement battery, the replacement battery bulged oddly in a similar manner. I don't know to handle bulging batteries for heat or not. I have 2 more unbulging replacement batteries from an ebay auction package, but I was not happy with their charge life when I tried using one of them before.
Now the phone seems to work ok on usb power.
Some of the recently non-conservative apps installed recently were AnkiDroid, Gunsmith (didn't work and I uninstalled it), Sudoku something, Mind Games, and mind calculator. Some of the other apps that were champing it up along with the phone no problem 100% were AskPhil, US Army Survival Guide, Brain Genius Deluxe, Google Goggles and Sky, jjReader, a ton of music related apps, and the update to Android2.1. I was planning to update to 2.2 soon, but the update to 2.1 was a little bit of a hassle so I didn't take the time.
So the questions really:
should I be able to get away with uninstalling my recent app installs and installing 2.2 or should I start planning a weekend for a more drastic reset and rooting procedure? I am somewhat versed in unix style systems, but prefer windows, and am not very knowledgeable about kernels of either, will I need more than a weekend to figure out the root and wipe out?
can batteries go bad from a bad app or does the phone maybe have a more serious problem?
Have people been noticing 4G as usefully faster, I use maybe 1Gb of data a month, should I go for a new phone and thaw my 897 later?
What do people think about the programmability and functionality of the newer windows phones? App programming for Android is maybe twice as messy a my experience in .net desktop frameworks, should I figure to get a windows phone?
That is a lot, thanks for reading and any answers or suggestions you have.
riantic
- Your problem is not app related. Try replacing battery with original Samsung one, don't rely on cheap Chinese batteries.
- Check your charger, may be going bad and bugging phone's charging circuit.
- Install CyanogenMod CM10.1 Stable Android 4.2.2 and see if the problem persists.
- IMHO, no future in Windows phone OS, they hold <3% of mobile phones market.
- A new faster phone is always better, but first try to resurrect Captivate, it's still not a bad phone.
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Thanks, I guess it would be better that the apps can't fry the battery, although that means my case is more something hardware malfunction. The Chinese replacement battery is working ok but doesn't hold a charge as long as the original.
Do you know if the batteries have a built in voltage sensor or if the phone was possibly doing the error voltage sensing?
I don't necessarily think to trust the AT&T+Samsung/Samsung approved android build more than one in widespread use from the internet, besides the consideration that they would want to keep my business. Is the CyanogenMod you mention more or less observation intrusive than the stock? Is it worth the risk for any specific 4.2.2 features?
- Yes, batteries have their own charging protection circuit with voltage control
- Android 4.2.2 is better in any way - speed, compatibility and features
- No risk with CM ROM, it is very stable and you can always go back to stock in case you don't like CM
I have same problems ever since I don't use stock kernel .. I replace the battery but problem persist even with a brand new battery.. I blame the kernels and almost every 4.2 kernel out there is based on semaphore .. The problem is killing slowly the new batt
gado45 said:
I have same problems ever since I don't use stock kernel .. I replace the battery but problem persist even with a brand new battery.. I blame the kernels and almost every 4.2 kernel out there is based on semaphore .. The problem is killing slowly the new batt
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Millions of Captivate phones use Semaphore based kernel with no battery issues. The problem you guys have is hardware related.
Yup.. I think so.. And Will not get fix by buying new battery , so if you have this kind of problem trash your cappy
gado45 said:
Yup.. I think so.. And Will not get fix by buying new battery , so if you have this kind of problem trash your cappy
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Or get in touch with Josh at mobiletechvideos.com to see if he can fix it.
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Hey, all, thanks so much so far, very helpful. Here is my situation latests. I have updated the A.OS from the official stock 2.2 to the os 2.3, which basically confirmed that there is something wrong wrong with the handset. It consistently freezes and reboots in under an hour of operation, but seemingly without patterned trigger. So I have to get a new handset, and it will not be a samsung or at&t unless a salesperson at the store can give me a replacement not a captivate.
My next questions are, if I can keep the malfunctioning captivate, is there a somewhat human understandable log of operations somewhere on the phone that might give a clue as to the activity that is loop locking the phone? I seem to recall something about extensive key-wise logging system a while back, am I totally out of the ball park to try something like that? At my current knowledge of mobile phoneology, the other thing I can think to try is a factory reset/wipe, then maybe the firmware loaders available here.
anecdotally, one of the Chinese batteries got 'crunchy' after it got bulgy, definitely not an endorsement for that brand
I am considering a Motorola or an htc next, options and opinions tentively welcome thanks again
Hi. I recently changed the stock digitizer of my x8 with this one. Didn't need multitouch or anything more, just a new unscratched screen.
But when I turned my phone back on and tested it with Mulititouch Visualizer just to see if its ok, I saw that it recognized my touch very nicely but when I slide my finger, it reacts like if I was trying to pinch with two fingers. And thats a huge problem cause I can't do almost anything except single touching.
I entered the comands that shows what chipset your digitizer has and it turned out to be Synaptics.
I had alfs kernel with GingerDX v031b, flashed the stock kernel with the stock rom and it was a little better (not perfect). It didn't do the pinch by itself but there were some regions on the screen that wanted too much pressure or not responding at all while some others was fine. Now I have stock kernel with GingerDX and the problem is the same. Anyway that this can be fixed?
edit: OK. I flashed the stock kernel again with the stock rom and it's much better. But please... I mean PLEASE don't tell me I have to stay on stock rom... PLEASE! There must be a way.
After 3 hours of smooth working touch screen now the single touch and the slide touch on the upper 1/5 of the screen isn't working. The continuous pressing is working though. I am so tired of this.
so do I dude
many people said that X8 and W8 had a horrible touch bugs
I dont know why..
but sometimes it work :
1. flash to stock firmware
or
2. dont use your x8 for 1 week (it work for me)
I flashed the stock firmware this morning and it was perfectly working until 30 minutes ago. I am crying for the 15$ I paid for that digitizer. Scratches are much better than this.
Maybe the solution is to throw it away and buy a new cell phone. I am sure it will work for me.
Toumpeki said:
I flashed the stock firmware this morning and it was perfectly working until 30 minutes ago. I am crying for the 15$ I paid for that digitizer. Scratches are much better than this.
Maybe the solution is to throw it away and buy a new cell phone. I am sure it will work for me.
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ahahaha LOL :highfive:
yeah
many threads in xda and google report this problem for X8 and W8 dude
Please use this thread for upgrade and or other other devices discussion.
Be respectful of others in doing so. Thanks
Aaa... I didnt saw this one. So I post my post here:
So Samsung made their S5 water resistant. Is Samsung going to release S5 Active?
I hope there will be S5 Active and future Actives toi. I really like hardware buttons and LCD screen. No typical AMOLED burned pixels.
What do you think? Will you move to S5? Me not. I like my S4 Active.
Are ee becomming new ui? I hope so, I saw small improvement s that helps uu and it looks less ugly. I want slow montion live hdr and focus change for oyr S4A.
Wysłane z mojego GT-I9295 przy użyciu Tapatalka
ewa12321 said:
So Samsung made their S5 water resistant. Is Samsung going to release S5 Active?
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Doubt it, why would they?
ewa12321 said:
What do you think? Will you move to S5? Me not. I like my S4 Active.
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No, for the following reasons:
My phone's already water resistant and dust resistant.
I already have a 3000mah (zero lemon) battery (200mah larger than S5).
I don't want a finger scanner or heart rate sensor.
While the processing power would be nice, my phone (with CM10.2 and other tweaks) already benches higher on AnTuTu than any other devices average (except phablets). Should last me a while.
While I would really like a better camera, I usually have a DSLR on me anyway, and this wasn't my main concern last time either.
No real design changes?
Is there any other hardware changes at all?
I will miss the updates and wider support that it would achieve though, but I'm willing to wait for a Note 4 for that.
tiskael said:
Doubt it, why would they?
No, for the following reasons:
My phone's already water resistant and dust resistant.
I already have a 3000mah (zero lemon) battery (200mah larger than S5).
I don't want a finger scanner or heart rate sensor.
While the processing power would be nice, my phone (with CM10.2 and other tweaks) already benches higher on AnTuTu than any other devices average (except phablets). Should last me a while.
While I would really like a better camera, I usually have a DSLR on me anyway, and this wasn't my main concern last time either.
No real design changes?
Is there any other hardware changes at all?
I will miss the updates and wider support that it would achieve though, but I'm willing to wait for a Note 4 for that.
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S5 is like an inch upgrade of S4 Active, of course, with all the high end AMOLED, camera MP.. Basically that's it. S4 is cheaper and works well, especially coupled with some nice custom roms. BTW.. the 3000mah battery, the brand name is zero lemon??? Samsung doesn't have a larger capacity battery for S4 active. :crying:
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S5 is like an inch upgrade of S4 Active, of course, with all the high end AMOLED, camera MP.. Basically that's it. S4 is cheaper and works well, especially coupled with some nice custom roms. BTW.. the 3000mah battery, the brand name is zero lemon??? Samsung doesn't have a larger capacity battery for S4 active. :crying:
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Yes, the brand name is Zerolemon
Maybe?
The lack of development for this phone hampers it. My old SGS3 was better. It still works, but when it fell a year ago, it was cheaper to upgrade then to get the screen replaced.
I like the active, but the recent upgrade has broken more things than it fixed. I miss having changing out roms and being able to customize.
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is cyanogen mod working for s4?
Ive ported the at&t 4.3 stock rom to the i9295 but 3 things not working :crying:
WIFI and Ril (calls ,messages,etc)
Camera
hope i can upload a test build soon !
I had every top model from top manifacturers.Note 2/3,S 3/4,Mega 6.3,Nexus 4/5,XPZ,Padfone 2,One...and now return to Active for second time.For me its perfect.Top phone with no scare from BBQ,home and care repairs... I can use it with dirty hands and finaly both washed,its so easy!
Not Likely
After the appalling support the S4A has received from Samsung I will be changing to a Google nexus device or HTC. If it weren't for the likes of Spelgelius / Mythi / LeJay I'd be throwing the active in a deep dark river....
I'm lucky in that I get an upgrade every 8 months or so by passing down my phone to my lad, who then passes his to my wife.... Everyone gets a NEW phone... just mines the newest!!
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After the appalling support the S4A has received from Samsung I will be changing to a Google nexus device or HTC. If it weren't for the likes of Spelgelius / Mythi / LeJay I'd be throwing the active in a deep dark river....
I'm lucky in that I get an upgrade every 8 months or so by passing down my phone to my lad, who then passes his to my wife.... Everyone gets a NEW phone... just mines the newest!!
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Are you talking support accessory-wise? I mean, it shares many things with the s4 like the battery, and the software just upgraded to 4.4.2, so I'm not sure how that is appalling. The only one "official" accessory I wanted to see was a wireless charging back. Le sigh.
I've sent my S4a off to Samsung warranty repair twice now since last June. I purchased the phone the first day it came out at ATT. I also put it on T-Mobile the first day it came out.
Twice now I've had to send mine off to Samsung for the back button that stops working. First they gave me a new replacement phone, and recently they replaced everything but the main circuit board (new screen, bezel, buttons, charge port, etc).
I have less than 2 months left of warranty, so I'm not sure what I'm doing past June. Probably getting an S5 (AKA = S4 Active version 2.0).
I will NOT own this S4 Active without a warranty, it's proven to be a POS.
I have a question, (I'm sort of a noob) but, I upgraded to Stock 4.4.2 TW XXUCUNE5 and I want to get the custom rom Ressurection Remix 4.4.2, will this brick my device?
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TwoStroker37 said:
I've sent my S4a off to Samsung warranty repair twice now since last June. I purchased the phone the first day it came out at ATT. I also put it on T-Mobile the first day it came out.
Twice now I've had to send mine off to Samsung for the back button that stops working. First they gave me a new replacement phone, and recently they replaced everything but the main circuit board (new screen, bezel, buttons, charge port, etc).
I have less than 2 months left of warranty, so I'm not sure what I'm doing past June. Probably getting an S5 (AKA = S4 Active version 2.0).
I will NOT own this S4 Active without a warranty, it's proven to be a POS.
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I'm on my 4th Active, had a problem with echoes during calls, and that was on the 1st day. Probably going to the G3 or M8....watching the G3 thread for bootloader unlock.
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I have a question, (I'm sort of a noob) but, I upgraded to Stock 4.4.2 TW XXUCUNE5 and I want to get the custom rom Ressurection Remix 4.4.2, will this brick my device?
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Ressurection Remix rom do not officially support S4 Active.
See resurrectionremix.com under list of Devices.
A correct installation of a supported custom rom for your device will not brick your device.
Forcing or installing a custom rom that is not supported for your device can brick your phone.
Since you upgraded to stock 4.4.2 you have now when in download mode Knox flag 0x0.
Any installation of a custom rom on your device will set the Knox flag to 0x1 and is irreversible meaning warranty will be void.
I bought mine off ebay, and tbh, I thought I was getting a regular S4. I'm kind of surprised at the lack of support for this phone too for as much as they hyped it as being super awesome. I do like it, though I'd rather have the regular S4. What I *really* want is to be able to run BeanStalk on it (it runs on the other S4 Active, not sure what the distinction is), but I'm holding on to this phone until it dies, hoping to buy a PhoneBloks style phone next.
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I bought mine off ebay, and tbh, I thought I was getting a regular S4. I'm kind of surprised at the lack of support for this phone too for as much as they hyped it as being super awesome. I do like it, though I'd rather have the regular S4. What I *really* want is to be able to run BeanStalk on it (it runs on the other S4 Active, not sure what the distinction is), but I'm holding on to this phone until it dies, hoping to buy a PhoneBloks style phone next.
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The i537, which you have has a locked bootloader and the i9295 does not. What this means is that the bootloader with verify the signature of every zip file that you try to flash, the i9295 does not have this restriction. This means that they are able to flash custom kernels and custom recovery while us on the i537's cannot.
The i537 can flash custom ROMs that are based on the TouchWiz kernel through SafeStrap, however BeanStalk uses a custom kernel which means it cannot be installed you can flash it through SafeStrap and the phone will not boot. The ROM will be looking for a custom kernel and when it cannot find it, it will bootloop.
Hello,
I've just rooted my S4 Active i9295 with stock firmware 4.4.2 and managed to delete 27 apps that came preinstalled that I've never used such as ChatOn, Samsung apps etc. Are there any other tweaks that can improve my phone's performance? Is there something that especially needs to be deleted or what else should I do next to improve its performances?
Thank you
Games lag alot like subway surfer, and even sometimes keyboard too. It has 2GB ram, still dnt understand why. I hve very less apps installed. Reply is theres any solutions
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Current state of custom ROMs on S4 Active?
Hello,
I have an AT&T S4 Active, SGH-I537. I have been able to root it, but haven't gone on to put on a custom ROM because the last I heard, the jackwagons at AT&T locked the phone down. But it looks like it is possible to do this now, but I am not sure because the forum posts are not clear. Is this possible?
If so, I am looking for something very fast, light and clean and for all the hardware to work. Is this available?
Thanks for any help!
Hiya everyone,
I've been looking to replace my old Nokia Lumia 630 for some time now, for something a little better this time. Recently I discovered the OEM Chinese phone market quite recently and I found the Xiaomi Mi 5, which looks amazing.
From what I've seen it offers flagship-like specs (Snapdragon 820, 3GB RAM and a fairly decent looking camera) for a ridiculously cheap price, which is great but is also worrying too. Does this mean Xiaomi has compromised the build quality of the phone, the software or even the internals to keep the device as cheap as possible?
In the end you get what you pay for, but do you get that little bit better with the Mi 5???
Thanks,
Roberto
RobertoFarrington said:
Hiya everyone,
I've been looking to replace my old Nokia Lumia 630 for some time now, for something a little better this time. Recently I discovered the OEM Chinese phone market quite recently and I found the Xiaomi Mi 5, which looks amazing.
From what I've seen it offers flagship-like specs (Snapdragon 820, 3GB RAM and a fairly decent looking camera) for a ridiculously cheap price, which is great but is also worrying too. Does this mean Xiaomi has compromised the build quality of the phone, the software or even the internals to keep the device as cheap as possible?
In the end you get what you pay for, but do you get that little bit better with the Mi 5???
Thanks,
Roberto
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There are lots of reviews out there. I think the phone is great especially now cm 13 is available
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There are lots of reviews out there. I think the phone is great especially now cm 13 is available
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Reviewers only tend to use the phone for a couple of days to a week unfortunately, so online reviews aren't always the best to look at if you want to know the long term performance of a phone.
Also is CM13 working well? I'd be worried to try it out as it would void the warranty with the seller I'm looking at and since its only recently just been released, it would be bound to have bugs.
I've been using the MI 5 for about a month now and I really like it. I was coming from a Samsung S6 and I think that the MI 5 is every bit as good. The things that I really like about it are the bright screen, one of the most visible outside that I have seen, and the slim body and the light weight. I say go for it, I don't think that you will be disappointed.,
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I've been using the MI 5 for about a month now and I really like it. I was coming from a Samsung S6 and I think that the MI 5 is every bit as good. The things that I really like about it are the bright screen, one of the most visible outside that I have seen, and the slim body and the light weight. I say go for it, I don't think that you will be disappointed.,
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Is there anything worth noting before buying the Mi 5 such as bad connectivity, buggy OS etc??
Mi5 is innocent one but it's packed with crappy global ROM.
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Mi5 is innocent one but it's packed with crappy global ROM.
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Have you tried any of the other ROMs such as the Chinese ROM, the xiaomi.eu ROM, or even CM13 ? I think the supplier I'm looking at ships the phone with the Chinese ROM, and to avoid voiding any warranty I'd probably have to stick with that.
RobertoFarrington said:
Have you tried any of the other ROMs such as the Chinese ROM, the xiaomi.eu ROM, or even CM13 ? I think the supplier I'm looking at ships the phone with the Chinese ROM, and to avoid voiding any warranty I'd probably have to stick with that.
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I tried every ROM except CM13. I have downloaded but still not flashed. Still not getting interested until it reaches a reasonable stability. But I am seeing good progress with that dev As yesterday also an updated version released.
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I tried every ROM except CM13. I have downloaded but still not flashed. Still not getting interested until it reaches a reasonable stability. But I am seeing good progress with that dev As yesterday also an updated version released.
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That's cool, but I would also be a bit uneasy on flashing a custom ROM onto the device. Just out of interest whats xiaomi.eu like? I hear a lot of good reviews on it so, if I do get it, I'd ask the reseller if they would flash that ROM.
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That's cool, but I would also be a bit uneasy on flashing a custom ROM onto the device. Just out of interest whats xiaomi.eu like? I hear a lot of good reviews on it so, if I do get it, I'd ask the reseller if they would flash that ROM.
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I am wondering why you are quite rigid for installing custom ROM. As long as you are outside China, I wonder how will you claim warranty.
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That's cool, but I would also be a bit uneasy on flashing a custom ROM onto the device. Just out of interest whats xiaomi.eu like? I hear a lot of good reviews on it so, if I do get it, I'd ask the reseller if they would flash that ROM.
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You won't void the guarantee by unlocking the bootloader / flashing custom rom / flashing TWRP or whatever. You can always flash an official MIUI rom with flash_all_lock.bat script and it will lock your phone and return to factory settings. Nobody will be able to see that you modified your device's firmware.
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I am wondering why you are quite rigid for installing custom ROM. As long as you are outside China, I wonder how will you claim warranty.
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I live in the UK, so Xiaomi's warranty would be completely useless. I meant the 12 month warranty I'd get of the reseller (which would probably be eglobalcentral.co.uk)
proag said:
You won't void the guarantee by unlocking the bootloader / flashing custom rom / flashing TWRP or whatever. You can always flash an official MIUI rom with flash_all_lock.bat script and it will lock your phone and return to factory settings. Nobody will be able to see that you modified your device's firmware.
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I don't really know how to flash a ROM at the moment, never-mind changing scripts inside of the phone. Knowing my luck I will probably break it xD.
But thanks for letting me know anyway
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Is there anything worth noting before buying the Mi 5 such as bad connectivity, buggy OS etc??
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No, I live behind a hill that doesn't have the best signal and that's the main reason that I bought the phone, I think that the Snapdragon chip has a much better phone radio than Samsung's Exynos chip that we get in Samsung phones in Asia. With the MI 5 my dropped call problem disappeared. Mine has the global ROM on it and I'm very satisfied with it. I didn't care for the keyboard so I changed that but all of my apps work perfectly as well as notification LEDs, etc.
Do your homework, research the phone, read other peoples comments/experience and decide on your own. Don't end up like the losers on this thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-5/how-to/xiaomi-mi5-how-dream-phone-mi5-nightmare-t3365799, They got fished in because of all the hype going around and only to find out that you get what you pay for.
I got the phone because of the cost and I might say its a good phone for the price.
I have run all the roms on my mi5. I too came from a galaxy s6 and I love the mi5. The Chinese Rom works great but obviously there are parts of it in Chinese. I briefly tried the global Rom but had issues with it (can't remember what they were). I am now using cm13 and in my opinion it's currently the best Rom available. Battery life is phenomenal. As for the thread about people having problems with build quality etc, I haven't seen any of that. As with all forums it tends to only be the people with problems that post. As for warranties I think you may have problems claiming no matter who the seller is.
In my opinion you won't regret getting an mi5 and you should put cm13 on it (it's extremely easy to flash roms). Apply for your unlocked boot loader right now (you don't need to have the phone to apply) so you have it if you need it.
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Do your homework, research the phone, read other peoples comments/experience and decide on your own. Don't end up like the losers on this thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-5/how-to/xiaomi-mi5-how-dream-phone-mi5-nightmare-t3365799, They got fished in because of all the hype going around and only to find out that you get what you pay for.
I got the phone because of the cost and I might say its a good phone for the price.
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I've done a bit of research but everyone has really strong mixed opinions on the phone, its almost as if its a gamble whether you get a good phone or a bad one .
Thanks for letting me know though, has your experience with the phone been good though?
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I have run all the roms on my mi5. I too came from a galaxy s6 and I love the mi5. The Chinese Rom works great but obviously there are parts of it in Chinese. I briefly tried the global Rom but had issues with it (can't remember what they were). I am now using cm13 and in my opinion it's currently the best Rom available. Battery life is phenomenal. As for the thread about people having problems with build quality etc, I haven't seen any of that. As with all forums it tends to only be the people with problems that post. As for warranties I think you may have problems claiming no matter who the seller is.
In my opinion you won't regret getting an mi5 and you should put cm13 on it (it's extremely easy to flash roms). Apply for your unlocked boot loader right now (you don't need to have the phone to apply) so you have it if you need it.
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Thanks for letting me know and would you say its risky to flash a custom ROM such as CM13 onto a phone? Do all functions (or most of the important ones) work atm??
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Thanks for letting me know and would you say its risky to flash a custom ROM such as CM13 onto a phone? Do all functions (or most of the important ones) work atm??
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There is always a risk when flashing any electronic device whether its a phone or not but the risk is minimal. I have done loads of phones over the years and never had an issue. I havent noticed any functions not working with cm13. There have been some posts about soft home button not working but I never used it anyway (not even sure what it is they are talking about TBH) so as far as my use is concerned everything works perfectly. The battery life on cm13 is better than any of the official roms and everything is very smooth. Remember you need to get the bootloader unlocked by requesting it from xioami (think it took about a week if i remember correctly).
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I've done a bit of research but everyone has really strong mixed opinions on the phone, its almost as if its a gamble whether you get a good phone or a bad one .
Thanks for letting me know though, has your experience with the phone been good though?
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After two weeks of normal usage, I would say no. I originally got the phone with Global Rom pre-installed and have since then installed China Rom (non dev version) and recently flashed it with the latest stable EU Rom. I also have the latest TWRP recovery and SuperSU.
The main reason why I got this phone is because of the ability of flashing other Roms.
Cheers!:good:
Hey guys, so I've just recently gotten a Note 5 (W8) for pretty cheap. At first, the lack of expandable memory was really hard to handle, because I'm used to backing up everything daily. However, I've come to like the phone, because I really missed Samsung and all it's awesome features.
I purchased the phone with the caveat that it didn't respond to touch, and I was pleasantly surprised when it arrived and I saw that only a small portion of the screen was affected. Basically from a little above the dock area and below. The home, back, and recent buttons aren't affected, and I'm able to use the S-Pen on the area that doesn't respond to touches.
Before I bought the phone, I read online that the issue may be related to a bad digitizer or maybe the touch software just needed to be updated through the dialer. Well, I've completed the touch update several times and the issue still persists, so now I'm at the point where I think that this might be hardware related and I just wanted to get some opinions and expertise from you guys.
quinciebee said:
Hey guys, so I've just recently gotten a Note 5 (W8) for pretty cheap. At first, the lack of expandable memory was really hard to handle, because I'm used to backing up everything daily. However, I've come to like the phone, because I really missed Samsung and all it's awesome features.
I purchased the phone with the caveat that it didn't respond to touch, and I was pleasantly surprised when it arrived and I saw that only a small portion of the screen was affected. Basically from a little above the dock area and below. The home, back, and recent buttons aren't affected, and I'm able to use the S-Pen on the area that doesn't respond to touches.
Before I bought the phone, I read online that the issue may be related to a bad digitizer or maybe the touch software just needed to be updated through the dialer. Well, I've completed the touch update several times and the issue still persists, so now I'm at the point where I think that this might be hardware related and I just wanted to get some opinions and expertise from you guys.
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Back when I had mine I never had any issues I had a bad uSB port and swapped mother boards a couple times but the screen and digi where the best of the whole thing lol
TheMadScientist said:
Back when I had mine I never had any issues I had a bad uSB port and swapped mother boards a couple times but the screen and digi where the best of the whole thing lol
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I wish mine was like that, it's perfect except for that one issue. At first, I was going to attempt opening the phone and swapping out the digitizer, but after watching a few videos on the dismantle, I've decided I'm not brave enough for that. It's on the same level as opening up an S8 or a Note 8. I miss the days of the removable battery.
quinciebee said:
I wish mine was like that, it's perfect except for that one issue. At first, I was going to attempt opening the phone and swapping out the digitizer, but after watching a few videos on the dismantle, I've decided I'm not brave enough for that. It's on the same level as opening up an S8 or a Note 8. I miss the days of the removable battery.
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Yea had to remove digi to change usb I wasn't doin it