yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] apd:
What utter nonsense. The modular G5 was plainly a stupid idea. The G4, V10 and V20 were much better. I suspect Samsung will also start adopting decent DACs as well.

Battery life? Also nonsense. My Note 5 has a 5.7" screen and a 3200 battery and lasts as long as, if not longer than, the Axon.

As to signal, I have tested the two side by side and the Axon always loses signal much more quickly. I am not alone in this - loads of reports of it. Bluetooth? Pathetic.

Low light performance ? What about average or high light performance. By modern standards, the camera really is appalling.

And top level performance? Really? Mine (and many others) has never upgraded itself. I have always had to download the updates and apply them. Each upgrade has brought major bugs and the OS skin is appalling (let's not even discuss the notification bell) and buggy. I am not being subjective here - put it next to a Note 5 (which has a much older processor and awful, slow touchwiz) and you will see how the axon is so much less smooth and really struggles when you put it through its paces.

I am not trolling - I have just been around for a long time and seen what is possible in the evolution of phones. Other than the sound quality (which is phenomenal, even if the Bluetooth strength is absolutely crap compared to other phones) the Axon 7 just does not stack up. It wouldn't be an issue if it had been a really cheap phone....

Yes, it is ahead of the OP3 (but probably not the 3T) but that is hardly a good benchmark, not least given the prices

Just my two cents. Not expecting agreement in an Axon 7 forum!!!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] paatha13:
Don't compared AMOLED with LCD particularly LG worst among all other manufacturer using LCD technology.

The first one is much more battery friendly that's why you get good battery life at Note 5.

Also Exynos SOC is known for better battery efficiency than Qualcomm SOC.

Yes the camera performance is bad at low light but this thing was mentioned day one and as you know all Chinese OEM straggling at that category.

From the other hand I've personally criticized many times ZTE for the software update especially delay for A2017G version but as all other parameters I'm very pleased so far.

I'm using both 12-14 hours per day connected smartwatch(Zenwatch 3) and several Bluetooth headset(Sony SBH20/80 and LG Tone Platinum) and everything works flawlessly all that time.

No disconnection no low quality volume.

And got mine from Amazon De earlier September 2016 and with the exception of B06(that do it manually) all other updates got it normally via OTA same day released by ZTE.

Being 1.5 month with latest B10 the stability and smoothness of OS is magnificent.

Battery life solid( I'm getting 5 hours SOT with 50-50 WiFi /data)

And all that time never had signal issues(if I had I would have returned it right away back to amazon as I got 30 days returned policy)

Maybe you unit it's not as good and being faulty from beginning but as I said with the exception of poor quality at low light photo from all other parameters of the device I'm very pleased.

This is my first Chinese OEM device and I was skeptical at beginning with software issue many Chinese is having but fortunately Axon 7 meets my expectations at very good level.

That doesn't mean that ZTE should not perform even better(I've criticized many time at Axon 7 thread) but general not having any big complain from the device.

For 445 euro that I paid I get many top level performance at 80-90% of total parameters on high end smartphone.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rikin93:
Root is coming very soon, there will be a form you have to fill in which states the official root WILL void your warranty.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] dodo34:
Not soon. It will come in April. You told 2 month ago that it will come soon !!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] aLexzkter:
Root voids your warranty. Unless you unroot it, right?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rikin93:
If you fill in the form, which they will send you, they will have logged evidence you rooted.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] apd:
Even better - rather than just crap support, ZTE now seeking to breach European law. Bravo guys. Outrageous.

So even if the phone dies for completely unrelated reasons, you are stuck. It's like being back in the 1970s
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rolfey83:
I have to say, my battery life is insane, and the charging time is the best I've ever seen, its unbelievable. On the down side the camera is the worst I've ever seen, probably even worse than a phone I had 5 years ago. MyFavour is appalling and the EU volume issue is a joke.

If the software issues were resolved and the Dolby Atmos software sorted out along with the volume I could live with the camera to a degree, but my god its bad.

Mike
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] aLexzkter:
Worse than a phone you had 5 years ago ?

How much is the ticket to use that time machine you used?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] apd:
I agree with him. I had an iPhone 5 in 2012. And it's photos were better. So no need for a time machine, after all.....
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] aLexzkter:
Yes, the rear camera on the iPhone 5 is better than the front facing camera on the Axon :p

How about you guys post some pics showing that?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] 0Kajuna0:
The camera software is pretty bad. The hardware is there, as usual, but even in manual mode noise reduction and sharpening ruin the shots. The raw option from the Nougat camera should take care of that, even if auto still sucks.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rolfey83:
Its the image processing, all around the edges in a wide screen shot for instance.

When you zoom in, its so distorted it's shocking, and yes of course if your zooming in it will show more imperfections, but not like this.

Mike
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rikin93:
EU volume has been fixed since B10 onwards.

It is not a joke anymore.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] trasheris:
so future updates will have volume fixed? I am on B10, and sometimes I have a feeling it was better on B08.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rolfey83:
Yes I'm still on B08, I guess B10 is Nougat?

Glad to hear the volume is fixed at last anyway.

God knows when I'll get the update.

Mike
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ГАСООП:
and how does it compare to us rom? is it EQUAL? or still a little bit worse?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] SebStatiq:
B10 is still Android 6, and I can blow my ears off when put on max volume. I can't compare it to b08 unfortunately since I didn't use my phone for music back then.

With my (limited) testing it's still a bit lower, but it's more than powerful enough to drive 100 ohm headphones. Can't say anything about higher resistance headphones, since I don't have access to those.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rolfey83:
I'm still on b08, was b10 an OTA update?

I've not had that if so....

Mike
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ГАСООП:
apparently it was ota update, since month or two. i didn't receive it even though my phone is from open market.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rolfey83:
Hmm me either, its nice to know I'm not even getting the updates that have already passed lol, let alone Nougat.

Mike
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] danct2005:
Install the b10 update manually by copying IT to sd card
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bustr85:
I've had to upgrade to b08 and b10 manually so I feel you pain.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] paatha13:
Any new sign regarding Android Nougat at G version.

Any change of getting it earlier of March or shall wait till end of the month or worst scenario April released.

Totally silence from ZTE latest weeks.

US version got android 7.0 one month ego and Chinese version got last week even newer 7.1.1 version.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rolfey83:
Bad news, sort of...

I got the impression that one of the reasons we had been waiting for N so long, was because it looked like ZTE had been working on a 7.1 release like the Chinese version, and we would probably get that.

However I've just seen on ZTE DE, in the forum post from ZTE themselves stating people have it wrong and they will be releasing 7 only, and 7.1 was just a rumour, and totally incorrect.

Shame....

Mike
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] apd:
Why is this just not surprising from ZTE
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ridicule80:
Can you make a screenshot of the statement?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] deridesign:
I posted the Source earlier: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=71066833&postcount=13
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rolfey83:
Yup, that's the exact statement I saw too.

Mike
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ALeX850:
If I get it correctly, it means they are planning to release an update to 7.1 after having released 7.0. I know they started working on 7.0 first but considering those 2 versions aren't leagues apart like 6.0 and 7.0 were for instance, it really seems like more work than needed... the only thing we can hope for is at least having a well-tuned and not an half assed software like we've get until now, months after the device's release. I admit I'm not optimist but one can only hope.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rolfey83:
I can't see us getting 7.1 anytime soon, I think we'll get 7, and if the wait time for that is anything yo go by 7.1 will be months away.

I mean its a joke that the Chinese 7.1 is release while we are stuck on 6 still.

God ZTE hate EU don't they..

Mike
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ГАСООП:
The world is so sick about racism and crap, so why won't we just accuse ZTE of racism? Dividing consumers to those worthy and worse ones just because they live in different areas? It's an encyclopedic example. I'd have no problem to whine on their forums, Facebook etc.. I hate consumerism and constant lies of companies..

I bet that the nougat we will get will be crap made just to get rid of unhappy customers..
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] marc.bret.87:
So still no news on the Nougat update for us punny Europeans?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] paatha13:
Unfortunately no any time soon.

I'm afraid at best end of March or even worse April released.

Hope whenever eventually released to be much polished and optimized than baggy US Nougat version without any serious bugs.

ZTE will NOT have any excuse not giving us the BEST possible final version since over 2-3 months having plenty of time for preparation.

Finger crossed!!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] marc.bret.87:
Thanks a lot. Shame for the wait, was hoping to be able to use the Daydream VR by the end of January/start of February...
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] deridesign:
Just a few Minutes ago the ZTE-Team announced that the Beta-Test just finished.

Source: ztemobile.de/forums/topic/zte-sucht-axon-7-android-nougat-beta-tester/page/16/#post-4796
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] aLexzkter:
7.0 not 7.1.1 :/
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] deridesign:
of course ;) they mentioned that earlier
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] aLexzkter:
But I won't install a buggy version of Android. It's like telling me..."hey you have kitkat and it runs just fine however we're preparing Lollibug-memory-leak 5.0.2 instead of 5.1.1 for you even though 7.1.1 has been out for months now."
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ГАСООП:
I get you and agree but for them we are nothing. We already have bought the phone so why would they now lose money to give us something new? I hate how nowadays companies are treating their customers. I am afraid that at some point all we will have left will be homemade lineage OS...
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] deridesign:
Nougat released!!!!!!!!!

Finally :D

http://www.ztemobile.de/forums/topic/android-7-0-nougat/page/6/#post-4847

Download at http://www.ztemobile.de/support/downloads/?product_id=2100#
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hårdi91:
I can't get it to download.. Clicked nougat update, checked the agreement box, but nothing happens from the download button.. HELP!!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ГАСООП:
strange, the download button becomes active only on microsoft edge for me.. couldn't click it on any other browser than that.. downloading, will report my thoughts later.

also, the download link says its beta, from 24.01. so they apparently released a beta as a final just to get rid off people asking about nougat? well, that was quite obvious.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hårdi91:
Thanks, tried with Edge and started to download. Let's see if the nougat and finally daydream works :fingers-crossed:
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ГАСООП:
well its not mentioned in the changelog so i guess it doesnt or barely does. also it says for me the estimated download time is 5 hours.. as i said i guess its beta, the same one which has been released for testers..
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] apd:
I have tried in Chrome and Edge with no success. When you tick the box, in Chrome you get asked for FTP login details; in Edge nothing happens
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] joaste:
Try the mirrors available in this thread.

I think ZTE Germany acknowledged that there was an issue with the download. It'll probably be fixed today.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] apd:
Thanks. One has failed a few times. I'm trying the others now
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] marc.bret.87:
This is dissapointing, the main reason why I wanted the Nougat update was for the Daydream support.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] VoidrayX:
[MENTION=7558918]rikin93[/MENTION] Any updates on that unlock and 7.11 since we only got 7.0?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lfsbtfl:
Same here... :(
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bonk3rzzz:
I've given up as far as expecting updates goes. No matter what anyone has to say in defence of ZTE, if other companies can do it, they should have been able to. It's mid March now and we were told nougat was expected in Jan. Most OEMs already have their flagships on Nougat. We have been held back with the promise of a bug free version. It's just been one too many promises. Pretty appalling.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Ahmed elmorsy:
My device info :

Product Code: SM-G850FHSEEGY

PDA: G850FXXU2BNK3

CSC: G850FOJV2BNK5

Baseband: G850FXXU1BNK1

Bootloader: G850FXXU2BNK3

Changelist: 3271345

Buildnumber: KTU84P.G850FXXU2BNK3

Build date: Wed Nov 12 16:00:42 KST 2014

Build fingerprint: samsung/sltexx/slte:4.4.4/KTU84P/G850FXXU2BNK3:user/release-keys

Build description: sltexx-user 4.4.4 KTU84P G850FXXU2BNK3 release-keys

Android version: 4.4.4

Kernel version: 3.10.9-3271345

Can I update to android 5

And if I can witch firmware I should install
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Ahmed elmorsy:
Please help
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] janhann09:
Is there a way to revert it to "Yes"? I mean, it was originally "Yes" but after flashing some ROMs and a few bricks it displays "No". I'm not sure when did it exactly happen. I tried flashing the stock ROM(C6603_10.5.1.A.0.292_Generic_NCB) and using the Xperia Companion(10.7.A.0.228) but still no luck. :(

If i check with flashtool by clicking the BLU button it says "your phone cannot be officially unlock". Thanks..

OOpppss..... I think I'm the one who messed up. I just realized it was really locked. Please disregard thread. Sorry..
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] ^^rac:
Guys!

PointUI is released. Works perfectly on HIMA! Im really impressed with this application.

Go see for yourselves!

www.pointui.com

Great!!

Cheers from SA
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] Ather:
i have been using it too ..im really impressed..hope there is a configurator for it
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] ^^rac:
Yes! Its awesome! Hope we can configure it soon!!!!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] newquaymarc:
wish cube launcher was config the same
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] basentv:
I installed this .. Nice application but it is eating up my device memory it is showing almost 7.5MB in my task manager. Is this normal ? Or is it a problem in my setting:(
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] Nokser:
Greate.....

I install for my Hima...;)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] ferdiebaq:
Yes it is normal that is one of the main complaints of PointUI. I used it when i was still using WM6.1 simply for the scrolling effect however ever since I installed 6.5 I don't see any reason to have it anymore because it does use too much memory.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] basentv:
Thanks for the reply Ferdiebaq. Then I think, I need to find out someother app which does the job of a good Toiday screen UI. :(
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] ferdiebaq:
Don't get me wrong basentv. PoiuntUI is a great program that's better than some other commercial products and it's free. You should give some time to try it out before removing it.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] rev800x:
I've been running Home2 for a bit now and all I can say is WOW! I love it! It is soooo customizable. It kicks the sh*t out of TF3D2, IMO. The only thing it's missing is a Weatherpanel like applet. If someone can figure that out, that'd be tits!!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] Ather:
there are user-made widgets, check out there site
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] pasha.pamungkas:
Running Great on My HIMA too..
[XDA Assist] :
Hello,

i'm goin to buy a new phone but it should be able to run Lineage OS. So i wanted to ask: can someone recommend me a phone?

- changeable Accu, 4.7" display or more, big community with plenty roms and devs, price up to 600€/$

thank you very much, i appreciate every suggestion.
[XDA Assist] Razvan:
Hi there and welcome to Assist,

Here is all official and unofficial buids for devices:

[W.I.P][INDEX]Lineage Operating System

And for device suggestions please read/ask here:

**DEVICE SUGGESTION THREAD** -- Not sure what device to buy? Ask here!

You'll have to create an account to post in the main forums if you have any other questions.

Good luck
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kimocoder:
Hi there!

Im not an expert on Kernel (compiling) and adding upstream/mainline patches and that stuff, but I've found good Readings @ http://developer.sonymobile.com/open-devices/how-to-build-and-flash-a-linux-kernel/how-to-build-mainline-linux-for-xperia-devices/

My Z5 is running kernel 3.10.84, but on kernel.org there is 3.10.105 available.. My question is pretty simple, can someone explain me how i do upgrade to this in someway? Will try do more reading myself too but.. I know XDA peeps got this covered :)

Thanks!
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YasuHamed:
use flashtool to flash any stock rom

download 3.10.105 using flashtool / xperifirm and flash it.

take backups!

no boot unlocking required!
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alok Bajaj:
I wish this device had a better GPU. More likely a custom Mali T880 MP8 or MP12. This phone is what Huawei calls their flagship phone. Only GPU has let it down. Mali T880 MP4 can't just handle everything so smoothly in full HD.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jkccl9:
they are slowly getting better
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] JF-GINO:
What we need is proper kernel sources so there can be a custom kernel built with GPU improvements, governors and overclock. I just wont count on that any time soon for this phone..
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alok Bajaj:
Overclocking just doesn't help much. All the GPU power is needed for gaming. Overclocking causes heating which throttles down CPU freqs. And over clocking really doesn't help much other than first 10-15 minutes.

My suggestion was just that they should have added more GPU clusters. This GPU is found in low budget devices. :(
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] xontec:
Sorry, but for real gaming get a PC :p and even there U could use a Emulator for Android games :D
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sikica133:
i actually disagree with this. this mali quad cluster is on par, if not better than adreno 510 found in what is pretty much considered the best bang for the buck cpu out there, snap 650/2. not only is 650 a upper midrange/flasghsip material SoC, it performs generally quite well and runs everything. kirin beats it's gpu, or at least matches it, and wipes the floor with it when it comes to cpu power. sure, gpu is not 530 or mali mp12, but then again we paid a midrange price and got a flagship phone. it's a compromise. despite that, it still runs everything ok so its an acceptable gpu. not rly sure you'd see a huge difference between this gpu and mp12 on s7 since one on s7 has to push double the pixels, so real difference should be 50ish% tops. most gpu benches run the screen @ 1080P and sure, in that case it beats our cluster, but that's not s7's native resolution is it.

in the end, imo its worth it since the entire package simply performs great. i've had my share of phones, and this lil monster simply kills it, even without a custom rom. its just that well optimized.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alok Bajaj:
I have a PC and not all games work well with emulators. And it's completely a different experience. I can't put my pc in my pocket ?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alok Bajaj:
This is not a flagship GPU. Chinese phone generally offer more at this price. LeEco Le2 has this same GPU and costs ~⅓ of this phone's price. Xiaomi MI5 has an adreno 530 and it costs lesser than this phone. I would say a custom MP8 MALI GPU could have taken this phone to a different class. And yeah benchmark scores doesn't make any sense to me. They have just show some score based on 2 mins of testing. We can't conclude real life use with benchmark scores
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sikica133:
xiaomi / letv phones might offer better specs for price, in china or india. there are some major issues when buying those, especially for ppl in europe/US. chinese brands are hard to come by, and even if you buy them for cheap/order from china you're pretty much stuck with a phone and no warranty. shipping to china is usually not worth considering the price. if you actually find a retailer that will sell lets say mi5 and provide a 2yr warranty, phone tends to cost a lot more than honor, at least thats the case where I'm at (EU). not to mention you can get honor8 for cheap when signing a contract. good luck doing that with chinese brands.

this is not a rant about chinese brands (myb rant bout xiaomi cause their open source policy is crap), i still use my rn3p and its been mostly satisfying esp. with CM13. however its been less then a year and it already started behaving badly. quality & control simply isnt on par. it was cheap sure, but it dies fast too, and there is no way for me to repair it. it is what it is, a compromise. cheap and you risk it, lil more expensive, but at least you're safe.

oh and in regards to mi5, unless you buy that premium version, phone is actually quite disappointing. build quality is meh, performance might be decent, but miui8 performs worse than EMUI so day to day usage is kinda pain. wish they did smth with that crapware os they ship. debloating is first step
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alok Bajaj:
I agree to what you say, but I won't include Mali T880 MP4 to a flagship hardware.