Ever since i got the zenfone 2 i have had problems, over the past 2 months they have been good, but recently, I've hardly been able to use it. Now, not at all. I've start problems the same day I got it. Now, this stupid problem I have is not booting, sometimes it does but it's hard to boot up (have to spam the power button). If i get it on I can't press the power button or it shuts off and reboots, there's no vibration or sound, I can't factory reset it, update it, or plug it into my computer and for it to recognize. I didn't even do anything to it. I was just playing Pokemon go, it died, and the problems occurred from there. All in all, 4/10, because still a great phone. I've tried everything there is to try, googled anything i can google, nothing has helped, and I need a replacement phone from Asus but doubtful they will give it to me. Sigh...
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Friday, 5 August 2016
Sunday, 24 July 2016
i've messed it up
hi folks!
i was looking for solutions for my problem for days now - with no working result.
i know, there are many threads out there, but - as said - none of em helped to fix it.
I deleted the complete system with twrp by mistake.
I'm glad that i got twrp and bootloader unlock back working and i also managed it,
to put a system back on.
but this is only booting into lockscreen and when i'm going to unlock - it turns on a
white screen with htc-logo.
strange thing is: power-off menu is alive (turn off, flight modus, restart...).... but that's all.
Anyone dare to help me out?
I'd really appreciate it :)
i was looking for solutions for my problem for days now - with no working result.
i know, there are many threads out there, but - as said - none of em helped to fix it.
I deleted the complete system with twrp by mistake.
I'm glad that i got twrp and bootloader unlock back working and i also managed it,
to put a system back on.
but this is only booting into lockscreen and when i'm going to unlock - it turns on a
white screen with htc-logo.
strange thing is: power-off menu is alive (turn off, flight modus, restart...).... but that's all.
Anyone dare to help me out?
I'd really appreciate it :)
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
All of a sudden I've lost 4G reception! HELP!!
Hi All,
First time poster with an unusual problem. I live in Australia and have a Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F which is the European model. Up and till recently I was getting Telstra 4G reception. Now all of a sudden I'm only getting constant 3G reception. I have confirmed that there are no 4G network repair/maintenance/upgrade issues in my area. It was only in the last week that I noticed the constant 3G reception so I can't really pinpoint a specific incident or exact date as to when it actually started happening. Here is what I have tried thus far:
Phone restarts, changing network settings and switching to flight mode.
I've confirmed that the phone network is set to LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect).
I have done numerous hard resets, cache wipes, Dalvik cache wipes, drive wipes, etc.
I have rooted and unrooted the phone numerous times.
I have tried several different stock and custom ROMS.
I have tried a 4G SIM cards from other phones.
Tried numerous network switching apps.
NOTHING WORKS!
I always love to tinker with my phone so I'm always looking for ways to improve the phone's performance. It may be that an app (battery improvement/tweaking type apps) I installed somehow changed the network settings but I would have thought a million hard resets would have sorted that all out but apparently not. At the moment I'm running a rooted stock Android 5.1 ROM. I've tried stock Android 4 and 6 as well with no joy.
Here is the unusual thing. When I put in another 4G SIM card into my phone the network still remains on 3G but as soon as I put my SIM card back in 4G magically reappears. It's bizarre. At least I know my phone can still get 4G. You would think that would solve the problem but it doesn't. When I am in an area where the 4G signal is weak the stronger 3G signal kicks in as it is supposed to. When I get back into an area with strong 4G reception the phone remains stuck on 3G and no matter what I do it won't go back to 4G unless I go through the convoluted process described above.
I am all out of ideas. I think I have tried everything possible. I've trawled the web and I appear to be the only person in the world with this problem. I don't know if it is a software or hardware problem with my phone. My SIM card works in other 4G phones so I don't think it is part of the problem. At the end of the day it's not a big deal as 3G is fine but I'm just one of these people that has to fix a problem. Worst case scenario I'll probably upgrade the phone in the next 6 months.
Any suggestions or tips other than what I have listed above would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Bulky :D:D:D
First time poster with an unusual problem. I live in Australia and have a Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F which is the European model. Up and till recently I was getting Telstra 4G reception. Now all of a sudden I'm only getting constant 3G reception. I have confirmed that there are no 4G network repair/maintenance/upgrade issues in my area. It was only in the last week that I noticed the constant 3G reception so I can't really pinpoint a specific incident or exact date as to when it actually started happening. Here is what I have tried thus far:
Phone restarts, changing network settings and switching to flight mode.
I've confirmed that the phone network is set to LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect).
I have done numerous hard resets, cache wipes, Dalvik cache wipes, drive wipes, etc.
I have rooted and unrooted the phone numerous times.
I have tried several different stock and custom ROMS.
I have tried a 4G SIM cards from other phones.
Tried numerous network switching apps.
NOTHING WORKS!
I always love to tinker with my phone so I'm always looking for ways to improve the phone's performance. It may be that an app (battery improvement/tweaking type apps) I installed somehow changed the network settings but I would have thought a million hard resets would have sorted that all out but apparently not. At the moment I'm running a rooted stock Android 5.1 ROM. I've tried stock Android 4 and 6 as well with no joy.
Here is the unusual thing. When I put in another 4G SIM card into my phone the network still remains on 3G but as soon as I put my SIM card back in 4G magically reappears. It's bizarre. At least I know my phone can still get 4G. You would think that would solve the problem but it doesn't. When I am in an area where the 4G signal is weak the stronger 3G signal kicks in as it is supposed to. When I get back into an area with strong 4G reception the phone remains stuck on 3G and no matter what I do it won't go back to 4G unless I go through the convoluted process described above.
I am all out of ideas. I think I have tried everything possible. I've trawled the web and I appear to be the only person in the world with this problem. I don't know if it is a software or hardware problem with my phone. My SIM card works in other 4G phones so I don't think it is part of the problem. At the end of the day it's not a big deal as 3G is fine but I'm just one of these people that has to fix a problem. Worst case scenario I'll probably upgrade the phone in the next 6 months.
Any suggestions or tips other than what I have listed above would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Bulky :D:D:D
Sunday, 10 July 2016
Xperia Z3 compact, the most disappointing Sony phone I've ever used.
Hey guys, I just wanted to share my experience with this device with you.
So, I bought this phone in January and it was the most excellent phone I've ever used, fast processor, good camera, a nice community backing it up, good audio, you know the rest.
But it wasn't until, like, three or four months after that and I began to have troubles with it. I'll try to list them up:
1. While using it for reading before going to sleep, it would lock itself as if I pressed the power button (and no, it wasn't because of the screen timeout because I have a very high timeout and whenever it locked itself it made the locking sound it normally does when you press the lock button). I guess it has to do with the position I usually hold it when I'm on my bed and about to sleep.
2. Vibration motor issues, the phone used to stop vibrating at random times, I had to give it a shake to start vibrating again, how can you explain that? How is that even possible? God, I just can't understand what was wrong, but I learned to live with it
3. Video playblack issues, it stopped playing any kind of video at random times and I had to reboot it so it could do it. For example, YouTube showed that there was a problem loading the video, Instagram videos would glitch and go black, Snapchat videos won't play, you open the video and it exits as if it has finished, Album app says "Cannot play video", Facebook videos would just show the preview and the loading would remain at zero, and so on... However, this got fixed when I updated to Marshmallow but had to live with it for at least two months until MM released.
4. Audio jack issues (first issue), when I plugged my headphones everything was okay, but when I twisted the headphones plug it would stop playing the music (twist the headphone plug, obviously not disconnecting it; let's say that you have a sort of L shaped earphones plug, you are going to watch a YouTube video so you put your phone in landscape, you rotate the earphones plug so you can hold the phone in landscape properly, phone detects as it was disconnected and stops the video).
And, finally...
5. Audio jack issues (second issue), the headphones would disconnect no matter what I do, even the slightest movement would disconnect it, this frustrates me because I listen to music A LOT, and I couldn't do that on my phone anymore. When trying to disconnect and reconnect the headphones the audio jack cracked and the plastic frame of the phone got unglued, and now I have the chrome audio jack and the plastic frame in my hands because I can't glue it back because it won't fit again.
The last issue just happened a couple of hours ago.
I am so disappointed of this phone, just when I though I have found the perfect phone for me, guess I have to try again with another brand... (not to mention I have seen in a lot of forums that this phone has a lot of issues in terms of hardware and software).
What do you think? Have you had any problems like this? Do you think I have bad luck?
What do you think I should do now?
Leave the comments, I will read them.
So, I bought this phone in January and it was the most excellent phone I've ever used, fast processor, good camera, a nice community backing it up, good audio, you know the rest.
But it wasn't until, like, three or four months after that and I began to have troubles with it. I'll try to list them up:
1. While using it for reading before going to sleep, it would lock itself as if I pressed the power button (and no, it wasn't because of the screen timeout because I have a very high timeout and whenever it locked itself it made the locking sound it normally does when you press the lock button). I guess it has to do with the position I usually hold it when I'm on my bed and about to sleep.
2. Vibration motor issues, the phone used to stop vibrating at random times, I had to give it a shake to start vibrating again, how can you explain that? How is that even possible? God, I just can't understand what was wrong, but I learned to live with it
3. Video playblack issues, it stopped playing any kind of video at random times and I had to reboot it so it could do it. For example, YouTube showed that there was a problem loading the video, Instagram videos would glitch and go black, Snapchat videos won't play, you open the video and it exits as if it has finished, Album app says "Cannot play video", Facebook videos would just show the preview and the loading would remain at zero, and so on... However, this got fixed when I updated to Marshmallow but had to live with it for at least two months until MM released.
4. Audio jack issues (first issue), when I plugged my headphones everything was okay, but when I twisted the headphones plug it would stop playing the music (twist the headphone plug, obviously not disconnecting it; let's say that you have a sort of L shaped earphones plug, you are going to watch a YouTube video so you put your phone in landscape, you rotate the earphones plug so you can hold the phone in landscape properly, phone detects as it was disconnected and stops the video).
And, finally...
5. Audio jack issues (second issue), the headphones would disconnect no matter what I do, even the slightest movement would disconnect it, this frustrates me because I listen to music A LOT, and I couldn't do that on my phone anymore. When trying to disconnect and reconnect the headphones the audio jack cracked and the plastic frame of the phone got unglued, and now I have the chrome audio jack and the plastic frame in my hands because I can't glue it back because it won't fit again.
The last issue just happened a couple of hours ago.
I am so disappointed of this phone, just when I though I have found the perfect phone for me, guess I have to try again with another brand... (not to mention I have seen in a lot of forums that this phone has a lot of issues in terms of hardware and software).
What do you think? Have you had any problems like this? Do you think I have bad luck?
What do you think I should do now?
Leave the comments, I will read them.
Sunday, 3 July 2016
Moto XP vs Nexus 6P - I've had both, my thoughts
I had a Moto X Pure when they were first released, kept it for 29 days and returned it as soon as the Nexus 6P was released for pre-order, and before my return window closed.
A little over a month ago, I sold my Nexus 6P, that I've had since November, in anticipation of getting a newly announced phone (ZTE Axon 7) and went to my old OnePlus One backup phone....That phone died about 2 weeks ago (my fault). Luckily, I found a 16g Moto X Pure for a great price on my local Craigslist, so I bought it. It's a little dinged up, but nothing a case won't hide.
So.......It's been about 2 weeks with the MXP and I can honestly say, I don't miss my N6P at all and the Axon 7 can take as long as it needs to get here, I'm pretty content with the MXP. About the only thing I REALLY miss is the notification light.......and I miss it a lot. I know the MXP has the Moto display, but when it's across the room you have to walk over to it to see if you have any notifications...With the N6P, and OPO, you can see from across the room whether you have a text, missed call, VM, Twitter, FB, or other notification waiting. So, that's my ONLY gripe. But on the same hand, I do like just being able to wave my hand over my phone to activate it.
As for the speakers, the MXP is better all around. Louder, clearer, more bass and more evenly distributed. The N6P was pretty thin, but still MUCH better than any bottom firing phone. The ear piece was also much louder and fuller than the bottom speaker, making it sound un-balanced. The MXP is really good and even.
As for custom ROM....the N6P has many more. The OPO actually has more, almost too many to choose from. But the MXP is about right. It has several custom/stock ROMs, some AOSP, some CM and other selections available.
As for battery life, the N6P is the best. I could get through all of work and still have about 80-85% battery left. the MXP is around 65-75% with exact same settings and apps.
As for the camera.....People praise the N6P, but I personally like the MXP's camera better. N6P was really good, but the MXP is crisper and seems to capture more detail. I haven't tried in low light yet.
I do miss the fingerprint scanner and USB-C, because I upgraded every cable in the house, car, and my work.....So I had to go pick up a few more cables.
Just a few things I've noticed over the past couple weeks.
A little over a month ago, I sold my Nexus 6P, that I've had since November, in anticipation of getting a newly announced phone (ZTE Axon 7) and went to my old OnePlus One backup phone....That phone died about 2 weeks ago (my fault). Luckily, I found a 16g Moto X Pure for a great price on my local Craigslist, so I bought it. It's a little dinged up, but nothing a case won't hide.
So.......It's been about 2 weeks with the MXP and I can honestly say, I don't miss my N6P at all and the Axon 7 can take as long as it needs to get here, I'm pretty content with the MXP. About the only thing I REALLY miss is the notification light.......and I miss it a lot. I know the MXP has the Moto display, but when it's across the room you have to walk over to it to see if you have any notifications...With the N6P, and OPO, you can see from across the room whether you have a text, missed call, VM, Twitter, FB, or other notification waiting. So, that's my ONLY gripe. But on the same hand, I do like just being able to wave my hand over my phone to activate it.
As for the speakers, the MXP is better all around. Louder, clearer, more bass and more evenly distributed. The N6P was pretty thin, but still MUCH better than any bottom firing phone. The ear piece was also much louder and fuller than the bottom speaker, making it sound un-balanced. The MXP is really good and even.
As for custom ROM....the N6P has many more. The OPO actually has more, almost too many to choose from. But the MXP is about right. It has several custom/stock ROMs, some AOSP, some CM and other selections available.
As for battery life, the N6P is the best. I could get through all of work and still have about 80-85% battery left. the MXP is around 65-75% with exact same settings and apps.
As for the camera.....People praise the N6P, but I personally like the MXP's camera better. N6P was really good, but the MXP is crisper and seems to capture more detail. I haven't tried in low light yet.
I do miss the fingerprint scanner and USB-C, because I upgraded every cable in the house, car, and my work.....So I had to go pick up a few more cables.
Just a few things I've noticed over the past couple weeks.
Thursday, 30 June 2016
I've had at least 15 random reboots TODAY ALONE.
I've had the phone since mid-March. I've had maybe a handful of random reboots over the course of the last three months. Beginning last Friday, I've been having some really annoying random reboots and freezes. I've tried formatting my sd card, using the phone without an sd card, factory resetting my phone but it's still acting up. I even did the whole reinitialisation process on smart switch TWICE, but it still freezes. When I reset I set it up as a new phone and don't restore anything except Whatsapp from google back up and my contacts.
http://imgur.com/ugcj5Z6 I can't seem to put pictures so I'm only putting links
I'm putting here a link to an imgur album that's a bunch of screenshots from Gsam and you can clearly see when it reboots. This is all just from today.
http://imgur.com/a/9Wkbm
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz...k1WQUVfQVVzSEU Here is a picture of it having frozen with weird miscolored lines near the bottom quarter of the screen. This disappears after I reboot. This happens quite often and where the lines are changes almost every time. It is completely unresponsive and button - volume down button combination to get it to restart.
Here is a video of it being unresponsive and eventually rebooting by itself
http://imgur.com/ugcj5Z6 I can't seem to put pictures so I'm only putting links
I'm putting here a link to an imgur album that's a bunch of screenshots from Gsam and you can clearly see when it reboots. This is all just from today.
http://imgur.com/a/9Wkbm
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz...k1WQUVfQVVzSEU Here is a picture of it having frozen with weird miscolored lines near the bottom quarter of the screen. This disappears after I reboot. This happens quite often and where the lines are changes almost every time. It is completely unresponsive and button - volume down button combination to get it to restart.
Here is a video of it being unresponsive and eventually rebooting by itself
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