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[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] paatha13:
Seems ZTE has screw up completely and don't know even what kind software version is who's.

Unbelievable.

B03-B04-B05 it's all the same version with different number case.

You either go account and choose return item and at final step mark replacement and print the return label and returned it.

Amazon will sent you replacement unit.

Or just contact them via email and have mentioned with details the issue having and amazon de will manage after answering back to you and sent you brand new replacement unit and you should print the return label and return it.

That's how you return and get replacement.

Third option you can choose return and click refund once again print the return label and return it and when Amazon de receive the package we will get the refund and you could just order it again as new order.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] obladi64:
These are definitely not the same.

I tried B05 and compared to B03.

I could not turn flashlight on by shaking phone in case of b03 but I could with B05.

The Music Player and hi-fi itself is awful in case of b05.

At thit point I stopped checking B05 and I returned to B03 but differences really exist between two.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] paatha13:
Not having neither of that issue you mention with B03 on 2 of my device(both gold and gray 1.5 month I'm having it)

Now I'm having B05 and don't see any kind of differences

Same behavior,same performance,same battery life,same WiFi/LTE reception,same audio quality.

Everything identical.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] obladi64:
I mentiend on issue for B03 and other for B05. I have flashlight issue with B03. It doesn't turn on if shake the phone with lighting lock screen, while it does in B05. For me. Otherwise I can turn it on in usual way.

Sound issue is experienced with B05. This is why I was back to B03.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] paatha13:
In your device and in your case you had issue.

That doesn't mean is generic issue.

I didn't heard other person having the issue you described.

My flashlight always worked with both version while shaking.

Well since you find solution in your case that's matter at the end and good for you.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] obladi64:
Issues themselves is not important now. I reply to what you said: "B03-B04-B05 it's all the same version with different number case". I just say that these are different.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] paatha13:
To my experience not.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] joergwrage:
Hi all,

a little bit of digging brinmgs out the following differences in build.prop (B05 vs B03)

ro.com.google.gmsversion=6.0_r7 to ro.com.google.gmsversion=6.0_r6

ro.build.date=Mon Sep 19 19:16:35 CST 2016 to ro.build.date=Mon Sep 5 17:59:17 CST 2016

ro.build.sw_internal_version=P996A04V1.0.0B18 to ro.build.sw_internal_version=P996A04V1.0.0B16_MR

ro.build.overseas=1 to ---

persist.radio.phone.matchnum=7 to persist.radio.phone.matchnum=11

I like B05 as it fixed the smart lock issue with location based smart lock. (did not work in B03 - always triggered a google play error)

So far like the phone quite well (hat a cyanogen note 3 before)

CU

Joerg
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] razorsbk:
The B05 OTA update is live in Europe. I just checked a few minutes ago. I'm not yet sure if i will install it because i'm thinking about rooting my phone.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] deseandr:
What about users with B04 ? Does any1 have OTA available to B05 ?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bonk3rzzz:
That's strange, it appears from the change log that this build has way more fixes than the previous EU B05 that was floating without the official announcement or OTA. I'm assuming this build has the same fixes as the new US version B29 build. We might have to compare both change logs. It this is indeed same as the B29 build then I'm a happy camper . I was really starting to think that the EU is getting ignored and not having an official EU forum really sucks.

I also think ZTE did a mini update with the "unofficial" B05 to solve the 3g/4g flicking icon and did not announce it on purpose to save face, since they already claimed that issue was resolved in B03.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nupi:
Do we have any reason to believe this might prevent bootloader unlock?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DeJe63:
Unfortunately, it is not. At least "bell" still not optional and patch version is July.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Googhga:
I've received the update today too. My OTA failed though, anybody knows why? I attached an image of the error. I tried it twice and got the same error.

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[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] razorsbk:
I'm downloading right now and i hope it won't fail.

So the update just completed, now is optimizing apps. It might take a while :)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] kodrnusa:
I'm already on b05 for 14 days, does this new (over the air 05) has any new updates. Can anyone confirm?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bonk3rzzz:
I really think this one is the official B05 not the previous one as there was no change log on that one. So I assume there are actually more fixes on this.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] razorsbk:
Compare your change log with mine that's posted above (previous page).
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] keessonnema:
It's the same.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bonk3rzzz:
[MENTION=2749160]razorsbk[/MENTION] I notice you are using vpn, can I know which country is the OTA available in?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] keessonnema:
I'm from Netherlands and just checked. It was there. Rebooting now.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bonk3rzzz:
Thanks, I'm trying from outside EU so can't find it yet. VPN ought to help but it hasn't worked yet. Oh well I'll keep trying. Thanks!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] razorsbk:
I'm in Europe. The update was successful.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] earl.grey:
seems like nothing changed with the B05 Update. Not even the security patch level. still July 2016. What a shame.

my Info in the other american MR03 Post was Wrong. The notification bell is still active.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] razorsbk:
The notification bell option is just for the US version. Their changelog is different.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lupedro:
i don't know why, the phone should be the same..
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] EliteS0dlier:
im so pissed off at this point, what the hell is the european team doing? just copy and paste the american team work, change something to make it work on the A2017G and give us the goddamn update
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] keessonnema:
Two different teams working on two different 'variants' of MiFavor. That's just how it works. US and EU should be the exact same tho. It's strange to see two different ones for almost a similar phone (2 modembands different or something)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] sa1105:
I got today B05 OTA.

Not changed, the same ****.

No Snapdragon patch, some app closed, settings app always closes
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] LeKeiser:
hello,

What do you mean? Some apps crash now?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] sa1105:
they crashed at B03 too

---------- Post added at 04:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:45 PM ----------

they crashed at B03 too
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Googhga:
So I just talked to the German ZTE support and asked them about further updates. They said there are no plans at the moment for another update. So it seems quite unlikely that we get the bootloader unlock and the notification bell removed soon. They said it isn't even sure that we get nougat. I'm very angry now!

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[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] LeKeiser:
which one are your refering to? My A7 has been rock stable so far, after two weeks using it...

scared to do the update now

but it's not available here yet, I'm in France...
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] sa1105:
if you haven't any problem ,you don't need the update

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zte are liar

Zte said Axon 7 is Daydream ready and now they said we dont now .

since monthes the Snapdragon quadro root still open , they do nothing.

i have many Problem und i wait since 2 week for Support

Never buy ZTE again.

.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jpde:
Before I update to B05.. just to be sure.. can you still do the unofficial bootloader unlock etc after the update? I haven't done that so far and I really don't want to be stuck on B05 if it's actually true that no further updates are planned (which I still doubt, but who knows..)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] kodrnusa:
Yes you can, but you will need to downgrade to b03 first.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] razorsbk:
There are much bigger security issues than that Snapdragon quad rooter vulnerability. Zte encrypts the phone using the default password/keyword instead of using your own defined password. So anybody could access your data knowing this.

Later edit: guys do you think with his latest update the audio volume has decreased? I have this feeling that is not as loud as with B03.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] tron1:
The only difference in mixer_path.xmls is an additional line with following content:

<ctl name="MultiMedia1 Mixer SLIM_0_TX" value="0" />
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] BergischNRW:
OTA Link from logcat:

http://dl1.ztems.com:80/zxmdmp/down...es/HK/ZTE/ZTE A2017G/372555/fota_B16MR_B18.up
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] smilertoo:
Is there any way to put the USA updates onto an EU Axon7?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] thefiqs:
I don't think there is a chance without an unlocked bootloader.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nupi:
It's fairly clear you would need bootloader to be unlocked. I'd be willing to do that (just haven't found the time) but I am wary of bricking the phone trying to do it. I think for now cm13 is a better hope...
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mart Son:
How to downgrade without unlocked bootloader? I tried to apply update.zip but got an error...

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[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] kodrnusa:
Download image b03 and put it on internal sd card then go and check for updates. I think this should do the trick...
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] thefiqs:
No I'm a little bit confused. There is a way but unoficcial? No one tried to unlock it so far with that method?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] paatha13:
This is ridiculous.

Total madness.

What ZTE is thinking.

Seems to Chinese we European customers are B/C class users and don't need the same attention and treatment as US.

Well this is my first and and the last ZTE device.

I'm not gone deal this discrimination of them.

Total unacceptable.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] thefiqs:
Happy to bought from amazon.de and I'm free to send it back.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] paatha13:
Unfortunately 30 days of returning has over to me.

But I will give a try.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] LeKeiser:
this is weird, I really doubt that the A7 doesn't get Nougat. This is ZTE flagshipt killer, they can't let it lie like that. It would be commercially so bad, nobody would buy ZTE phones ever again...

They already have this bad reputation with the battery now, they have to stay afloat at all cost.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bonk3rzzz:
The issue is having no place to voice our opinions or for that matter, convey the popularity of the phone among the EU/Global users. If ZTE does not know about us, they will surely not care for us. There has to be a support forum for EU users. I am very tempted to voice myself on the US forum but its gonna be pointless as they are not the team accountable to answer the EU users. Lets hope for the best.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] keessonnema:
Exactly. This is the problem. We need a community just like the US community.

I could help you on the US community because they have contacts with EU so maybe they can help us if we create a riot or something >.<
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bonk3rzzz:
I've seen your active participation on the ZTE US forum. And another user called axon7hype. Its commendable. And yes, I agree with you on the idea of creating a riot on those forums to get noticed. That's the only way out it seems. We need most of the EU folks replying on XDA to do the same there. ZTE probably never checks XDA anyway :P

Worst case scenario, even if we get our backsides moderated off there, we will create enough negative vibes that will make the US folks wary of ZTE :P #evilplans
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Googhga:
I'm with you guys. We need to draw some attention to us.

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[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] LeKeiser:
Seems many of you are almost ready to drop the A7...

I'm still very satisfied with it. The only thing is that Nougat question, but I really really don't think that ZTE is going to let it die and not offer the update for the A7. It would be their downfall for sure. Who would ever buy a ZTE product after that??
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] paatha13:
Something must be done from all of us.

This behavior from ZTE is not acceptable.

We are not B/C' class citizen.

What kind of policy is that huge different between support on both model.

ALL other companies support all regions device.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rikin93:
Sorry I don't want to read 15 pages at the moment, if there are issues please let me know and I will forward it to the contacts at ZTE. Apparently a root is coming for all at request with the next version. Email the Chinese support, or the email on their uk site if you want unlocked bootloader. I have it and it's awesome and I'm on an eu phone. The bell removal is coming and you guys should be happy that you are still getting updates every month.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] paatha13:
Hello rikin93 as you already know all that issue we've been discussed 1 month ego.

We deserve better attention and software support just like US version.

We are stick at July security patches and besides B03 that get earlier September all that period we didn't get any other software update with improvements just like US version getting.

Within 1.5 month US get 2 major update.

To European we are Zero point.

I've already sent 2 email 1 month ego to ZTE Germany and the email you provided but until now no action from ZTE.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bonk3rzzz:
It's great to see [MENTION=7558918]rikin93[/MENTION] response here. Welcome back mate.

Rikin, however I don't think it's fair to expect the EU users to be happy or even satisfied with minor updates when the US model have major builds. The main pain point is the complete lack of transparency regarding updates/development for the EU model, while at the same time the ZTE US forum has ZTE devs/employees wholeheartedly involved with the community. I'm sure the EU folks have paid similar if not higher prices to buy the phone, so the discrimination isn't very encouraging.

I understand the models are different and the EU regulations maybe forces the development to stay differed from the US models. It's still not good enough to provide the "bells" (pun intended) and whistles for one model and not the other. Just my 2 cents.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jpde:
Amazon's customer support is excellent and I think you have a decent chance of being able to return your device. Though you might want to get some sort of official source (or maybe a screenshot) for the "no further updates" thing. Add that you have issues with the device and were giving ZTE some time to fix them. Maybe mention the battery capacity thing (not sure if that's actually a problem with the device, but hey). Best case scenario would be finding someone in the advertized specs that the phone does not have. That pretty much automatically entitles you to a refund. Happened with my Samsung i7500 Galaxy some 7 years ago. Many people were extremely dissatisfied with the device and because Samsung had advertized 32bit color depth and the phone only had 16bit (because of android limitations), people could return it for the original purchase price even months later.

edit: another thing to add would be that some youtube videos (1440p ones) are pretty much unwatchable (both on B03 and B05) because most of the time it'll just show a still image, while sound is fine.

I'm not sure if I'll go that far, mostly because it might negatively impact your amazon account's internal reputation rating, but... man, unless Rikin is actually right AND we get a decent CM rom, things aren't looking all that great for this "flagship".
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] sunrise3500:
I'm on A2017G B05 (same issue on B03) and since getting the phone, any app in the background gets closed. Especially annoying when using google maps, I look up directions, take the first bus, and then maps restarts and the directions are lost. Same on browser downloads - large downloads get force closed, so impossible to download large files.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] iceraum:
Dissapointed

Another User on 2017G B05 Out of Box.. verry dissapointed camera load verry slowly, YouTube 1040p Not Working correctly,

Does not work correctly with my Car Bluetooth. Didnt Show contacts picture. Batery calibration is somewhat crap. 45 min. Sot on 100% and then Drops like a Basejumper.

Not to mention the Lack of Updates compared with the US Model... My First and my Last ZTE...
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lupedro:
i don't have any problems with b05 at all, but i would like to see nougat update on our device. This device is great! I don't know why EU customers are not considered..
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] EliteS0dlier:
i hope that they are working hard on nougat and thats the reason why we dont have the same update as US version
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] sa1105:
what is that? for which phone? how to instal?

thx
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] BergischNRW:
It's the OTA Update package for the A2017G.

Rename it from "up" to "zip", put it on the main directory of your phone and you're able to flash it with the Update setting.

Edit: You have to call the file "update.zip".
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] kirky2k2:
Can confirm I was getting the same issues other have reported re: updating to b05 from b03 it said the package did not match the phone, so I downloaded it from ZTE's site and put it on my SD card I had to wipe cache memory and then it worked! Also still getting 1440p youtube bug in B05 where the picture will freeze but the audio still works, changing down to 1080p makes it unfreeze. I want the notification bell removed ASAP. I can't believe US versions get more attention than EU versions talk about discrimination.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] EliteS0dlier:
can i put it on the internal memory or i need an external sd card? and also how do you clear cache?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] FATPunisher:
Can you give a link to such a video?

Disable "Smart power-save", that caused trouble with high resolution videos for me. The impact on the battery doesn't seem to be that big.

Couldn't find 1440p videos with problems though, just tested it.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] e-note-icon:
https://youtu.be/xDMP3i36naA

Disable Smartpower is Not Working for me

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Edit: when I watch over the Link its playing fine but when in YouTube App I got Picture Show..[emoji15]
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] kirky2k2:
Wow thanks disabling smart power save worked a treat I can now watch 1440p videos without the image freezing 10 seconds in or so the video posted above is a really good example
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] vizzze:
yes, i upgraded to B05 downloading the zip file and placing it into the root of internal memory
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] deseandr:
So support doesn't assist in BL unlock for us , G -users

Dear valued ZTE customer,

Thanks for your patience.

We have confirmed with the reference department about your request. Sorry to tell you that there is no A2017G unlock bootloader available now.

However, our reference department has noticed about this request, and discussed about it recently.

And thanks for all your support to our A2017G.We will try our best to offer better service in the future!

Should you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best Regards!

That's all i got from SUP after a BL unlock request .
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mygoldkenn:
Please, just fix all the bugs in EU/Global Version!

Dont care about Nougat
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] raystef66:
Today the OTA (A2017G) B05 which was available on my phone for a week (but which i didn't run because of the "no improvements @ all !!!") is gone...

Perhaps ZTE has recalled this "update" which in fact wasn't one !?!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] razorsbk:
Can anyone else confirm this ?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Frank Bearson:
Yesterday I asked for a bootloader unlock in the US. I've got a A210G and my hope was to get the unlock. They wrote me, that I should transfer the IMEI a.s.o. and today I reveived the same Information that is it not possible for now...

What a shame... for this sinking flagship...
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] keessonnema:
Ofcourse it's not gone. It's still available here: http://www.ztedevice.com/support/detail?id=9824F5AD299B49D8A2EE4227CFB0DB8A

And everyone got it. It's even over a month old.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] raystef66:
Ofcourse this link is NOT gone...I just mean the normal OTA on my phone. Not the open market.

An OTA update on A phone always remains there untill the user uses it. Doesn't go like that...

Mine disappeared, this all my friend :cyclops:

Btw, my OTA update (in this case B05) was just a week there.

Something to think about.

Perhaps a new, betterone is coming (wishfull thinking) :D:D:D
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] iNaruX:
Not that wishful in my opinion:

Had a little chat with the German ZTE Facebook team today:

Translation:

"We are currently working on an update with a newer security patch. It has already been tested internally successfully."
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] zukers:
for my B05 is step back in terms of battery life, was much better on B03
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] keessonnema:
It's the same for me.

I sent a message to the Benelux ZTE fb, and the ZTE device fb, but no message back. they've read it.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nupi:
You have to admire the logic of having a tested update with security patches available but releasing one that is unpatched

Me I am still hoping for cm13..
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DeJe63:
Yes, same for me. I just reflashed stock B03 to test something about root for B05. But I do not get OTA update B05 now. The information was there for some time, but now it's gone.

As of now the phone reports B03 as newest version. ;)

I am a bit confused. Should I take the offline update or wait for B05+x in short time...? :confused:
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nupi:
Looks like they really did recall B05, it's no longer showing up for me either (definitely did yesterday)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] raystef66:
As i said before IMO ZTE definitely recalled the B05 because of the lack of improvement. Furthermore I always wondered why there was no B04. Logic no? Perhaps this sounds stupid but i think the B05 never should been out there in the first place...

That's why i never installed it.

Let's be patient waiting for a better one.

This phone apart from having some minor bugs is good...very good !