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[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] worhello:
Hi guys,

I've written up a device review of the OPPO Find 7a. I hope you guys enjoy it, and find it helpful or informative.

Thanks,

worhello

http://singlehandedtechie.blogspot.com/2014/07/quick-review-oppo-find-7a.html
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] iFalcon:
I'm getting a page not found.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] VeryCoolAlan:
Here's my unboxing!

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[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] azeem40:
It works for me.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] iBuzman:
My 7s is in transit :excited:
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] barondebxl:
I know this is for the find 7 but I just received the find 7a and my first impressions are super positive. This thing has exceeded my expectations so far.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] azeem40:
Since this is the find 7a forum, you're in the right place.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] 4tune:
Yet your sig tells us ur going to switch to 1+1. Why?
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] barondebxl:
Wanna try it. I love the Find 7a though, absolutely awesome phone.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] ZhenWan:
Oppo Find 7 - (x9076)

+ Really nice packaging (inc. the cardboard incasing)

+ Solid built phone

+ Stunning Display (No yellow tint)

+ Fast Charging

+ Ringtones and Notification Sounds

- Battery Drainage

- ColorOS lack of customisation of icons and the homepage (Changing the number of columns + icon packs)
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] azeem40:
Strange. Because I only get 1 to 2 percent drain per night (8 hrs).
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] ZhenWan:
Apologies, I wasn't clear, battery drainage quite high when on-screen.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] musicmadmac:
Finally received my Find 7 QHD today after waiting a week due to the first one being lost in transit and I have to say it was worth the wait.

I agree with most of what you said, the fast charge is required for such fast battery drain when using the phone. I don't mind ColorOS which is good because I'm not interested in rooting the device or using custom ROM's (respect to those that do).

I took the screen protector off, the top right corner of it didn't sit right. Just waiting for the case to turn up so I can take the phone out with me. I'm not bothered about screen protection but a case is a must after dropping my LG G Pro 2.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] Patofet:
only 1 word: cool
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] Darian_A:
Received the Oppo Find 7a, despite the screen being a bit larger than I'm used to I'm enjoying the phone. I'm coming from the HTC Amaze so this is a significant leap specs wise. Couple issues though-

1) Faint yellow tint near bottom of screen, not that noticeable though. I've read that others have this issue so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

2) The 7a was not able to read my Sandisk 16gb SD card, the phone wouldn't even turn on with it inside! Take it out however and the phone boots right up. Went to the store to buy another brand of SD card and all is well now.

Looking forward to using this phone on a daily basis. :)
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] azeem40:
That is strange. I use SanDisk sd cards for all my phones and both of the ones I have work on my Oppo Find 7a.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] Darian_A:
Yeah it didn't make any sense, I even put the card back in my old phone and used an adapter to make it read in my laptop and both were able to recognize and access the SD disk without any issues. Guess my particular Oppo hates SanDisk. :eek:
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] fabripav:
I won my Find 7 through an Oppo contest. What happens with the warranty if I sell the device?
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] raddish2:
find 7

at 1st the phone was great for about 2 hours before i noticed one of the wrost QA on a device i have ever seen. out of the box is has a stuck/dead pixel. granted there are alot of positive stuff about the phone but the main thing, the screen, the thing you look and interact with has something like that right off the bat... makes me just want to throw this thing at the wall and kick myself for giving oppo my money for this device. i cant even resell it for half the money i paid for it! its been about a week now and i think im stuck with this device, as there is no resolution in sight.

when i contacted oppo they refused to sent me a test unit that works. and said that it doesnt effect "user experience" i guess at the end of the day i have myself to blame. i should of done more research in how shabby thier QA was. well fool my once shame on you fool me twice... na they wont get me twice. i doubt ill ever buy an oppo device again. i feel like despite all the good about the device buying one is like playing russian roulette. if you are lucky you might get a good one... but there are soo many folks i found who had issues with thier devices, that i cant help but feel bad for.

bottom line.. its a good phone. but the warranty is ****. and the company behind the phone isnt much help.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] Chris Hansen:
Exaggerate much?

One dead pixel isn't the 'wrost' QA on a device. Unfortunately, it happens. It's happened on tons of phones, TVs, monitors, and basically anything with an LCD display. Some companies will offer a replacement if there are more than x dead pixels on the device, but it varies.

Technically, they are correct that it doesn't affect the user experience, though that it is a rough way to address the issue. I don't see why you couldn't sell it for nearly what you paid for it, let alone half. Someone out there wouldn't mind a dead pixel as much as you. I just bought a Nexus 5 to replace my Find 7a (it's a great device, but too big for me) and I knew it was coming with a stuck pixel on the screen. I paid $10 less than the going rate for similar-condition devices because it's not that big of a deal. You can also look on the Play Store for a few free apps that may actually fix your dead pixel, which I will be trying once my N5 comes in.

No idea where you found so many people with issues. I've seen a small user base here and there, but that's to be expected. Most reviews I've seen have loved the phone, and only wish that OPPO was better about supporting their devices after release.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] raddish2:
geeze, sorry if i stepped on a fan boy nerve. this was a 1st impressions, and those are mine. yes there is a margin of fault with LCDs. but if you look at how many device are floating around... i can imagine its more then 8000 as my invoice was at 7800 something. and out of those devices the ammount of devices with issues that i see on the web is about average... you are right. but compared to what? samsung sells 100s of thousands of devices. with low manufacturing faults. oppo sells 10000 if we round up. and have the same faulty devices... the ratio in that case is horrible. which is what i was talking about. now its only again my impression. so take what i write with a grain of salt.

about selling a device, have you ever tried to sell anything faulty? and believe me 1 dead pixel is faulty in anyone's eyes, and they will always try to fleece you for as much as they can. maybe saying half is a bit extreme. but if i want to sell the device in a prompt manner, it sounds about right to me.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] Yakobus:
Hi everyone :)

Maybe you have read my posts and questions concerning this device I have recently posted to this thread.

I can tell you, that I really WANTED this phone and that I was willed to like and enjoy it!

I finally got a Find 7a from eBay for a very good price but I shipped it back after two days of usage because I couldn't live with the yellow tint at the bottom of the screen. It really disturbed me although it was only visible when the screen was showing something that was white or gray.

In my opinion it is a shame that they are able to design such a premium device (the rather loose hardware buttons and poor lighting of the capacitive keys left out) and then fail with ALMOST ALL of the displays so hard.

My impression after using it for about two days:

Gorgeous design, premium build quality except the hardware buttons as mentioned above. Capacitive buttons were poorly lighted and hardly visible under bright daylight, unfortunately.

I only did a few shots but the camera impressed me due to its speed and sharpness.

The phone operated fast as hell. ColorOS 2.0.1 lacks some features/settings here and there but I still enjoyed it for being different and much more innovative than many UIs out there! Good concept that needs some more love when it comes to the details - and KitKat, of course.

I felt that the battery life was not better than average but it should be alright with fast charging (which worked and was simply stunning, I will miss it).

The vibration intensity felt rather weak to me - maybe just a minor thing but it made the device feeling a little less premium for sure.

Conclusion: The faulty display was definitely the one and only dealbreaker for me. The buttons could have been better, as well as the vibration intensity and battery life. Software was not perfect yet but promising.

Everything else was absolutely top-notch - not to forget that this phone is almost a gift compared to other high-end devices!

Enjoy your Find 7s, I wish you good look with the software support! Hopefully you will get KitKat and further updates.

If they fix the display issue then I can imagine to buy one again because it is a strong device that does the important things right (if not better then some of its more expensive competitors) - otherwise I am out. It's a real bummer, OPPO. Stop wasting potential.

Cheers, Yakobus :cowboy:
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] Chris Hansen:
I'm hardly a fan boy... I bought the device a month ago and I'm already selling it. I was just pointing out how irrational some of your statements are. Sure, it sucks that it happened to you, but you're blowing things out of proportion. If I were you, I would persist on bugging OPPO about it, search the Play Store for the dead pixel-fixers, and if all else fails, sell it to somebody that doesn't think it's as big a deal as you.

As I said in my previous post, I just purchased a Nexus 5 with a dead pixel. The guy selling it was very up front about it, it doesn't bug me, and I got a decent deal on it, so I don't mind. I've sold TVs and monitors with dead pixels, and was the same way with my buyers. They knew what they were buying, and they didn't find have a problem with it. One of the TVs I sold had it fairly centered on the screen too.

I haven't seen many people with complaints about dead pixels, so I don't know where you're getting your numbers from. I've seen maybe a dozen people mention it, so out of those 8,000 devices, that's not a bad ratio, and rather acceptable by QA terms (less than .2% of your overall stock). And comparing to Samsung is a little hard to do in terms of dead pixels. AMOLED screens are much less likely to have this occur. Look at Apple, LG, etc. You'll see they have the same problem.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] p42:
nice phone, don't like Coloros but CyanogenMod is sweet

I won this find7 at xda:devcon yesterday:laugh:

I've already given this feedback to oppo staffers here.

The hardware is nice, lovely display and nice fast CPU etc. Fast charge i've not tried yet (EU plug on charger) but I would have preferred a pair of microusbs rather than the wacky plug.

ColorOS well, sorry but it's a pain, I got CyanogenMod on.

Why was Coloros a pain:

MTP didn't work to Linux (CyanogenMod worked fine), they have some custom drivers for windows which is always alarm bells.

ADB didn't work (again fine on CyanogenMod so my host is fine)

The fonts are screwy - connectbot gets given a proportional font which is very screwy for a terminal.

Getting cyanogenmod: to work:

It was no easier than any other device.

Watch out for the key sequence for fastboot - it took me about half an hour before I got it.

You still need to download recovery builds from dodgy sites - why couldn't the standard recovery do backup?

remember the fastboot OEM unlock

Dave

---------- Post added at 11:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:38 AM ----------

I won this find7 at xda:devcon yesterday:laugh:

I've already given this feedback to oppo staffers here.

The hardware is nice, lovely display and nice fast CPU etc. Fast charge i've not tried yet (EU plug on charger) but I would have preferred a pair of microusbs rather than the wacky plug.

ColorOS well, sorry but it's a pain, I got CyanogenMod on.

Why was Coloros a pain:

MTP didn't work to Linux (CyanogenMod worked fine), they have some custom drivers for windows which is always alarm bells.

ADB didn't work (again fine on CyanogenMod so my host is fine)

The fonts are screwy - connectbot gets given a proportional font which is very screwy for a terminal.

Getting cyanogenmod: to work:

It was no easier than any other device.

Watch out for the key sequence for fastboot - it took me about half an hour before I got it.

You still need to download recovery builds from dodgy sites - why couldn't the standard recovery do backup?

remember the fastboot OEM unlock

Dave
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] flightmd:
I just got one from a friend. I love the phone, especially the led notification light on the bottom. The screen is beautiful and feels good in hand.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] mac231us:
I just got this used (like brand new)..awesome call quality..great camera..great screen...latches on to us frequencies very well (ATT)...mms is incredibly fast...NO issues...rooted already twrp aroma..backed up..running super fast (am used to bigger screens-yes like 7 and above so this was a big step down in that sense but loving it...battery life is great so far hardly any drain on standby)

what can I say..wish they made a 6.5 or 7 variant..i'd be first to buy their stuff..my first Oppo ....extremely impressed (their much-criticized Color OS..usual "laggy" bs buzzwords (seems like some folks know nothing else) is great..does the job with gestures (screenshot etc).) just wish someone would de-odex this (JB latest 1.2.6 for X9076 12_140829) and could get one more (yes just one more) icon in dock (first brush with color os on this 7 inch Chinese phablet that had color os ported to it)..great work..their N3 should be outstanding am sure coming Oct 29
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] lagunabad:
find 7a = battery suxks. regret but em
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] mac231us:
Update

..yes yes sending from my tablet..however the kitkat deodexed ROM works great...few chinese apps big deal...been there lived with it on lenovo k900....on idle the power drain is almost nothing...even in use the battery does an awesome job...CALLING,SMS,MMS everything is a breeze..and I have like 175 apps on this {just because}..did I forget the awesome audio sound?..never had a phone this loud without much distortion
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] benzso63:
Sorry to hear that but to be honest. You should have bought the Oneplus One instead. Cheaper and one of the best Android phone on market. Tons of ROMs and support here at XDA.

The sandstone back texture just amazing! The only thing I like about this Oppo 7 is the notification light on the bottom that was it LOL. Nothing else ! I don't care the fast charging.....etc. The onePlus one has more than enough juice for the whole day.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] darrenpauli:
My Find 7 was a freebie of a mate would you bloody believe. I came from an iPhone 3gs!

First impressions: Wow.

Shortly after: ColorOS stinks!

I used to root and mod droids aggges ago before having iPhones thrown at me. Anyway, I'm now on Nameless Rom and can't wait for Lollipop!!
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] Lord Childe:
The thing is slim, elegant and beautiful (unlike the plastic-looking OnePlus One)... and I didn't expect to get a superb audio player as well.

I flashed Nightly ROM - got the infamous screen of death whenever I locked the screen, so I ditched cyan and flashed colorOS v2 but found it impossible to get permanent root, so I came back to 1.2.7. No issues. I like the elegant, smart UI of colorOS.

Being an audiophile I was disappointed that viper4andriod is incompatible with colorOS. But MaxxAudio gives a fantastic sound - limited options, maybe, but listening with a pair of Monster Turbine Pro Coppers and it impresses much.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] mikey_sk:
bye bye oppo

gave up with oppo's awful roms, you guys have made such a great effort polishing it up here, and the dev's have made a great contribution to this device, particularly the DU and Omni teams.

got a nexus 6, runnind de-enctypted stock Lollipop and FRANCO KERNAL, and this thing literally FLIES. Massive difference to the Find 7 no matter how much i loved that phone.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] puma99dk|:
my first impression of my Find 7a when i got it in my big hands was like hmm, this here is actually a good size phone for me and the quality for the prices is really good, and i fell in love with the skyline notification light when i first saw a pic of it. (I came from a LG Optimus G E975 running stock Cyanogenmod)

bcs i didn't have much money last summer and i purchased my Find 7a i purchased it second handed from the phones first owner.

I most admit that Oppo has done a good just with the ColourOS and it's gestures bcs this is the first manufacture rom i have kept for so long, normally after a day or two i flash Cyanogenmod on to my phones bcs the stock rom just drives me crazy with their overlay or has many things I don't like about it and i always been a lover of getting as pure android as possible, but with a few tweaks here and there.

Only thing that's a bomber with the Find 7a is it was released with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and not Android 4.4 KitKat, but Oppo Finally last year released ColourOS 2.0 in Beta running Android 4.4.2 KitKat which i felt was the only thing missing from the start.

Right now i am running KaKulayOS v1.1 but the ColourOS' need to love memory is my biggest con here, bcs this is the first manufacture rom i have seen using like 1,5~1,8gb of ram on my devices only running a few apps, disabled a lot of running a app killer and using Oppo's Task Manager to clean with but it stills like after less then a day from a reboot or shut down going to like 5xx mb to 3xx mb free ram and it starts out with 1,xx gb free it's just how can all the extra use soo much and i come from LG and i haven't seen that in their roms that also got a lot of features :eek:

But i am thinking about going Cyanogenmod or maybe Namelessrom to get back to about pure android but i don't wanna miss tap2wake bcs it's the thing i use to wake my devices op 99,9% of the time.

So if anyone got some good things to say about CM or Namelessrom then do it, bcs i want to know what's not working before i flash anything :fingers-crossed:
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] Irwenzhao:
CM 12 Nightlies just got releases today, haven't tried it yet (and not planning to), but it's CM, what could go wrong?

I'm currently using Nameless 5.0.2. So far it's awesome. No major bugs so far, but some other users have reported issues. But nothing major should happen provided you follow the correct steps.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] GTCC:
It could and has bricked a lot of phones!
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] Irwenzhao:
Posted that before people bricked their devices. Sorry for wrong info. Nameless for KitKat, one of the most stable 5.0.x releases so far.

I thought that CM had already fixed their builds. Seems that CM causing SystemUI to crash.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] GTCC:
Yeah I knew you posted it before people started reporting bricking. Even if they do brick there phone they can get it back by using your expert guide on the Oppo forums.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] Chevyguy85:
Yeah I've been reading that too. I didn't have a problem for the first day or so after installing 2.0b though so I was hoping it was just a software issue as I'd much rather have a 32gb vs my 16. Both are the same other than the size so I'll also be able to find out if the Find 7 just doesn't like Sandisk. Others however have stated the micro cards that didn't come with the phone have been working fine. I guess I'll have to email oppostyle and see what they say about it being a faulty card. Plus I'll run some tests on it while I'm at work and see what those say as well.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] MrColdbird:
I just had to format the sdcard to NTFS on a windows computer. Works great ever since.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] betold:
I just got my Find 7a yesterday.

Positive

overall quality, really impressed. Its a very well crafted phone.

screen is really good

good feeling in the hand

super fast

great camera

fast charging

nice software features like permission monitor for apps and some gestures

Negative

ColorOS Beta, some errors but its OK

Battery Drain (probably because of the beta)

lack of custom roms ;)

captive buttons are lit to weak, you can´t really see them.

Over all I´m enjoying this phone a lot.

Probably I´m also purchasing a OnePlus One as well, but if CM11S gets ported to the F7a I would be more than happy.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] projectvirtue:
If you're using a pin unlock, you can try turning that off. People on the oppo forums have reported that it prevents the phone from going into deep sleep. Battery drain is fine for me, leaving wifi on, it drains 2-3% overnight when i sleep, and more or less the same during the day. Yesterday I had 3.5 hours of screen on time and i dropped from 92 - 39% after 25 hours, and this includes watching 2 episodes of gin no saji at full brightness and leaving wifi on all day so i can use hangouts on campus.

As for CM11S, that would be awesome. I'm guessing most of the drivers will be the same given the hardware similarities and hopefully maxxaudio can be ported to future F7a roms.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] CollinFX45:
I agree with everything you said, especially the beta part. I'll add to that.

Color OS Beta 2.0 is both lovely and disappointing for me. The visuals are nice (very iOS 7-like) and it is very smooth. My issue, however, is that they broke some things. I cannot for the LIFE of me figure out how to sort my apps alphabetically now. It was easy on Color OS 1.x, but now in 2.0 that feature seems to be gone. So my apps are all over the place in no particular order and I usually spend a long time trying to find something.

Also, I don't know if it's just my phone, but Google Now voice search pops up completely randomly, at least ten times a day. I don't know what I pressed, or what I hit, but it happens and is very frustrating.

Last issue: they broke the wallpaper-changing process. Can someone else try this for me?

*Go to settings

*Go to "Display" tab

*Touch "Wallpaper and screenlock style"

*Touch "Wallpaper*

---after this, it tries to load wallpaper and then crashes back to the previous screen. I have rebooted, tried it repeatedly and cannot get it to work. Disappointing.

I agree that the buttons are very dim and hard to see. Wish we could change that. Overall, I love the phone, but I truly feel that custom ROM support will either make or break this. I like what they've done with Color OS, but it's just WAY too skinned for me. Even if they made it stable, it's not my favorite ROM by a long shot. I'll keep holding my breath for CM or something else.

I rooted and installed TWRP, by the way, which was simple and easy.

Cheers,

-Collin-
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] betold:
Thanks, I have a unlock pattern not a pin, but its worth a try. Probably the same issue.

EDIT: It did the job, I also saw the "keyguard" as a partial wakelock. I changed it to the standard lock screen and the phone started to deepsleep