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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] milfonfilm:
Just picked up the SD636 Zenfone 5 (ZE620KL) and I must say, the notification bar on this device is horrible. It hides the notification icons the way Huawei used to do until a lot of people complained.

The left of the notch only displays the WiFi, signal strength bar, and one other icon. As soon as more than one app notification comes in, the icon changes to an ellipse (...) So, to see any other notification icon, you must swipe down the shade. This is extremely idiotic with apps that display important information in their notification icon.

The icons are also not centered and some are larger and wider than others.

I wish Asus had just stuck with the default Oreo icons instead of trying to make such stupid looking ones. But the notifications problem is one that needs to be fixed.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] ssgg007:
Just tap on the notification bar instead of swiping to see full notification bar

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asus camera app auto exposure setting can't really handle bright sunny day well.

I personally just focus on a spot and then just reduce the exposure slightly.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Ace42:
It's now June and info on a solid release date for NA/EU is nowhere to be found. Seriously Asus? I know the phone can be imported, but it's missing vital bands, especially for US telecoms.

The 5Q received a date of July 31st, whereas the 5/5z are unknown. This is a terrible business strategy. Not to mention, Asus is positioning themselves to compete with the Moto G6, Z3 Play, Honor 10, OP6, PH1, and other devices in this price segment. With the 5Q being $300 I assume the 5 will be $399/449, with the 5z near $499/599. And it might not reach the US till Aug/Sept... :(

https://m.androidcentral.com/asus-zenfone-5q-pre-order-us-price-299
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] sedp23:
I thought they said the 5z would be released in June?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] temporarium:
That's why I went for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 dual camera. No notch and aluminum back, plus bigger battery. Slower processor, true, but good enough, and _much_ cheaper.

Plus, tons of development ??
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] bushies:
I agree, it's frustrating.

I almost made the mistake on pulling the trigger on a Taiwanese version which wouldn't have matched my carrier's LTE band.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Ace42:
Redmis always have good development, but poor or nonexistent band support for western markets. Sadly that phone is useless on my carrier.

I want a phone with B66 and B71. Band 4 is so congested here. I get maybe 20kbps when downloading anything. Thankfully Network guru lets me force other bands...

There seem to be many treble ROMs here.

https://xdaforums.com/project-treble/trebleenabled-device-development

https://m.gsmarena.com/asus_zenfone_5z_launching_later_this_week-amp-31640.php

https://m.gsmarena.com/asus_zenfone...ts_the_cheapest_phone_with_s845-amp-31655.php

Maybe we're getting closer! At least I hope. :fingers-crossed:

With their ROG phone announcement I'm a little tempted to skip this. Asus has been a little too silent, even though competitors are releasing phones left and right.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Wulung:
They already sell zenfone 5 for $300 in lazada.co.id, jd.id, and dinomarket. I am not sure for delivery outside indonesia. Anyway, there is a problem on delivery between Asus, lazada and jd.id to buyer. People complaining very hard on Asus indonesia FP. Not a good strategy to beat xiaomi, while 5/5Z/5Q has potential to beat other brands.

5Z is not for sell yet, waiting for about another 3 weeks. Hope it will be arrive on time. Also, the Z5 is not yet available in traditional offline store, which is very wierd as Asus have 2 manufacturing partners in Indonesia. And it takes long time from launch to sell it. Seems they prioritized other market.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Morak75:
It is really a weird marketing strategy that Asus is doing...

And it is so hard to find cases or cover for this phone.

When I bought it, I thought there would be a big community behind it due to the quality of the product.

Waiting for custom rom..
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Ashenphoenix:
Sorry, I haven't answered for awhile, but I'm not gonna make selfies. :P

I'll answer any question about Zenfone 5/5Z, except if you ask selfies.

Something weird is going on, at least in Hungary. The Zenfone 5 was released here about 3 weeks ago, but after about 3 days all stores removed the Zenfone 5. Now I know the reason why. ASUS Hungary suspended the distribution of the Zenfone 5 at least until mid July.

I don't know why, maybe something wrong, but it's definietely weird.

About the 5Z: It can be ordered in Italy and France now for extremely low price (449 Euro, the cheapest device with Snapdragon 845 now), but in other countries it'll be released on June 30th in Europe and Asia.

I have no knowledge about US release any time soon.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] EMJI79:
There are already Custom roms based on treble for the Zenfone 5 if that's the one you have.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Morak75:
Where are these custom romS ? I was talking about XDA dev custom rom :)
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Saktis_STi:
It's a GSI ROM for Treble Devices. Which is not perfect for now.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] flat7:
I am typing on my zf5z that is available in sweden right now. I got the 64gb blue version. It's fast and light and I am overall impressed of the quality of this device.

I mean it's flagship soc sd845 and 6gb of ram for 499eur. I am looking forward to see what the community will bring to the the table with custom roms!
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] ferez:
Iv'e just got the Zenfone 5 (ZE620KL) a few days ago, really nice phone but it have some very annoying delays that make it feel less fluid that i would imagine. I cannot say it lags per se, but when you press the Home button, or other shortcuts, there is an annoying delay of like half a second between pressing something, and until it shows up. Add to that some UI graphic inconsistencies, and it really mess up a phone with great potential. I hope it can be fixed, since as far as i know the SD636 should be capable enough to handle android without delays or lags.

Anyone else experience these?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] EMJI79:
I am afraid an SD836 will have stutters.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] olive23:
The signal is not very good if you live in the US. I'm talking about the Zenfone 5
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] ferez:
Really? I'm coming from a Xiaomi mi note 3 (sd660), which was buttery smooth and fast, and to my understanding the sd636 is just a slightly underclocked sd660, I would expect it to be capable of smooth day to day operation....I think it's software optimization...
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] flat7:
That delay is also present on the 5z. I think it's because lack of animation. The phone is fast.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] ferez:
That's disappointing, but on the other hand it just proves it's a matter of software optimization, I hope they are working on fixing it.

There's a new update started rolling yesterday, any one got it here? (15.2016.1805.316)
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] EMJI79:
You can always try the "boost" feature in the quick settings tiles.

Plus you could use 0.5 animations scale.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] ferez:
It doesnt change anything that iv'e noticed in the UI (AI Boost)

First thing iv'e done is to change the animation speeds but again, it doesn't help since the delay is between clicking something and until the animation starts.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] olive23:
The boost feature uses more battery.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] EMJI79:
On another thread someone said Resurrection Remix GSI ROM is a lot smoother.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] ferez:
Just got an OTA update yesterday, UI feels a lot snappier to me, not perfect yet but I'm pleased with it :)
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] pokevitek:
So there are my 2 cents on the device. I come from LG G3, which was way ahead of the time when released becouse of very slim top and bottom bezels and nice 5,5" screen. I would still have it if it wasn´t terribly slow. I had many custom roms, even tried AOSP based but it just didn´t cut it. So I was looking for a new phone for about a year. Then SD 845 came out with about 4x the performance and I knew it is the time to switch. First I bought OP 6, this was a no brainer to me, and a great phone. Until I noticed I cannot look and the display at dark bacouse of PWM flicker under 25% brighteness. I learned basically all AMOLED phones use this so I was looking for a replacement. Than Xiaomi Mi 2s got my attention (similar specs, IPS screen) so i bought it. As soon as I started it I noticed visible yellow tint on the bottom half of the display so I returned it. Actually it seems many units have this defect. Also the phone was very heavy and lacked 3,5mm jack.. I was desperate, but found out about 5z, which started to selll in my coutry recently at very affordable price. Met my requirements so I gave it a try. And I must say I like this phone a lot. It has a powerfull CPU, very decent loud speakers (much better than OP 6), very nice IPS screen, with best blacks I have ever seen on IPS, great outdoor visibility and is pretty snappy. I must say OP 6 did feel a bit smoother, but I guess this is due to animation speed and maybe more aggressive governor. Still very smooth phone. I am using Nova launcher so that might help a bit. Overall very decent phone for the money. I read about few problems reported here, to address them - yes I have a very, very slight shadowing on the display around the notch and bottom, but nothing to bother me (and I am very picky). OS is smooth without any lags, but that might be because of Nova launcher, did not stuck with stock for a long time. Only thing that stutters almost every time is when I open settings from the quicksettings toolbar, I guess this is some bug but nothing too bad. And yes it is a Essential / iPhone / Sharp(?) clone, whatever you want to call it. But then many phones are, I personally thought I would hate the notch but I dont mind it at all, better to use some extra space for a few notifications / status then just black bezel. I think this is a great phone for anyone looking into affordable powerhouse phone with an IPS display.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Micheal86:
Thanks OP for opening this thread.

Excellent device (at least to me) and I really love this one.

1. SD 845

2. Excellent Display

3. Excellent Build Quality With A Beautiful Design (doesn`t matter to me whether it`s an Iphone clone or not)

4. Good Camera

5. Stereo Speakers

6. Good Audio Quality (through headphone)

7. 3.5mm Audio Jack

8. SD Card Support

9. Well-Polished New Zen-UI (far better than previous)

10. The Zen ear pro headsets

And the most important is - Pricing.

I`m happy with this baby. :)

BTW, come from OP6.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Ascertion:
I am considering jumping from OP6 because I prefer LCD. How is battery and signal performance in comparison?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] makimo2989:
Managed to pre-order this Zenfone 5z in my country on 31 July 2018 and received it on 2 Aug 2018.

The version that was offered in my country was the 6Gb+128Gb model, and pre-order special pricing was around USD418 (depends on the USD-MYR exchange rate).

After the latest firmware update, the UI is buttery smooth and no lag/stutter (I replace the launcher to the Pixel 2 launcher), gaming is smooth, camera so far is satisfactory (given that I came from the Oneplus 3).

With the Oneplus 6 pricing of at least USD150 more expensive (in my country), this phone is a no brainer given the pricing/performance.

And wifi and GPS is much faster and more stable compared to Oneplus 3.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Micheal86:
Battery - As you know it`s got the same battery (3300mAh) as OP6, it`s good (according to my usages). I`m not a power/heavy user. I`ve got 5 - 6hrs. of SOT and stand-by drain is almost as same as OP6.

I generally use my device for web-browsing, with Whatsapp, Instagram, youtube, 2 email accounts(though not with auto sync). Listening music/songs, watching some movies(occasionally). Sometimes play Hitman Sniper game.

Signal - In my area I`m using 4G Volte with data on (when outside) with Wifi (when at home).

And there is no single issue regarding signal performance.

In my opinion, it`s more or less the same as OP6 in both fields.

BTW, FYI the latest update makes this device more smooth with huge camera improvements. And I don`t have any regret for switching from OP6 to Z5Z.

Hope this will help you.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] XblackdemonX:
Dude, you cannot call ALL the phones with a notch an "iPhone clone". The iPhone has no headphone jack, no microSD slot, no fingerprint scanner in the back... and more. It's not even close to an "iPhone clone".
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] PzykoSkillz:
The iPhone X is a clone of Essential and a Sharp phone that both had a notch before it ever came out.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Rahul 2007:
Am i the only one with very low volume through headphone jack?

Yes, i do agree that the sound is much cleaner compared to my previous one plus 3T, but what's the use if 5Z can't even drive headphones.

Anyone is facing the same? Found any solution?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Micheal86:
Strange, here is no such headphone/jack issue.

The volume through headphone is absolutely fine (as it should be).

Check with different headphones. If the issue persists, then I think you should contact with SC.

FYI, I`m using Sony headphone.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Rahul 2007:
I saw on the phonearena benchmark that this phone's output voltage through the headphone jack is only .25 V compared to .75V of galaxy so and .74V of Asus Zenfone Q.

Is this a hardware limitation? Or this can be changed through kernel parameters?

I am using ath M20x, which worked fine with OP3T
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Micheal86:
Yap, I too have read.

This may be changed through custom kernel, but we don`t have any custom kernel yet. I think Devs or experts can explain your question more precisely.

But I`ve just shared my personal experience mate. And it`s true that I don`t have any headphone issue yet.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Mustajab Is'haq:
I too have noticed this. My old phones with the same headphones are louder. Yes the 5Z gives clearer and better sound but the volume just isn't there. We should inform asus and let them know hopefully they'll be able to fix it in the next update.

Edit: Fixed in latest update. Headphone and speaker performance is much better now.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] apad:
My only disappointment is it does not support usb c to hdmi
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] DarkM@tter:
Using phone since 2 months, haven't seen any lags in ZenUI yet. I hope developers will make great ROMs for this like my previous devices had. Bought this phone because I thought there will be lot of development for this phone, no development yet. :(
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Sammae7:
My two issues are, for some reason when exiting the messaging app, the keyboard flashes and stutters for a second. Looks very sloppy.

The other is when applying a theme, a dark theme in particular, when you clear your recent apps and go into anything that is themed the screen flashes white before changing to the dark themed color. Once again, looks sloppy. I don't even bother to change the theme due to that.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] stardomains:
Love this phone. Photos are great. Speakers are excellent. Lightweight. Nice display. LDAC. 3.5 headset jack. Cool software features. Just need some volte, vowifi and Android Pie and we will be perfect.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] DiegoMarcondes:
I'm coming from a Zenfone Zoom S.

I was expecting more in camera aspect.

Much more to be sincere.

Selfies are worse than my latest phone.

Also the screen is another thing I didn't like it all. Seems like the quality is arose than my latest phone too
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] ajbash007:
Dude its decent for 8 mega pixel camera... What can you xpect more from an 8 mega pixel camera anyway.. with micron pixel 1.12..
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Starburst76:
I am coming from a Galaxy s7, some of the annoying issues i have with this phone:

1. Display is too bright in the lowest setting and very directional IPS glow, i,e, if you look at it in a slight angle the light level and glow varies a lot. installed a dimming app but i dont want to rely on an app.

2. the scroll speed and feel is the worst thing in this phone, it doesn't feel natural , and the kinetic feel is not realistic, it requires 2 times the speed and finger travel to make the page move and you can go as fast or as slow in control as the galaxy s7 , this is killing the enjoyment of this device, otherwise the phone is super fast and snappy in opening apps switching between apps etc.. has anyone else noticed this ?

3.Camera is good but Asus doesn't know how to get the best out of this sensor , image processing is not the greatest. already using Gcam and getting better results.

The rest is all positive:

1. Good battery life , i get 6 to 8 hours SOT

2. wide angle camera

3. fast charg

4. beautiful materiel and design

5. dual sim

6 .SD card slot

7. good audio quality from speakers and headphone jack.

8. good vibration alert

9. nice additional features under AI settings

10, love the tap screen to wake and sleep , no need to use buttons.

11, face unlock works super fast and accurate in most lighting conditions
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitsu855:
Device: Xoom LTE MZ602 [STINGRAY]

ROM: OmniROM 4.4.4

Problem: No support/function for video calling and some other apps

Attempted resolution: Read below

So it seems that Android no longer supports the Tegra2 after 4.1.2 due to not having the NEON instructions set. I am currently running OmniROM 4.4.4 and am unable to get certain apps that I presume require NEON support.

The thing is, even attempting to use older versions of apps, Duo for instance (which originally supported 4.1), does not work. I believe that there are non-NEON hardware libraries that are not compiled into 4.4.4 ROMs available for the Xoom. Not sure what would be required to provide full compatibility.

OmniROM for this Acer device (https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2705989) claims to have support for Tegra2. I have previously tried to place the non-NEON libraries from a 4.1.2 Xoom ROM into the one I'm using to no success (I'm no developer). I'm guessing the ROM either needs to have these baked in or there are other dependencies that are less obvious.

I just want apps like Messenger and Duo to work for video calling. At this point, I may just go to 4.1.2 even though I don't want to.

Thanks
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxyninja66:
You might as well just roll back. Its sad how bad tegra2 support is, but I guess thats what we get for using a motorola xoom in 2018. I for one am not giving up, this tablet is ****ing awesome, I am definitely getting a Xoom 2 Next.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitsu855:
Well I rolled back to 4.1.2 stock ROM w/ root. Still have the same issues with the app functionality. I will say it seems JB runs smoother than KK. Even Chrome Beta still doesn’t work. It doesn’t even open.
[General Accessories] Billy Mays Insurance:
Hello.

I would like to know where I can find a brand new digitizer for the Coolpad Arise 5560S?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] gforceriders:
Anybody know if any Roms that are not pre rooted? I ahev to use AirWatch MDM on my device and can't with a rooted rom. I have tried unwatch and rootcloak already and they don't work. Thanks all.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
I do believe most of the roms for the P2XL are not inherently rooted. You have to go back to recovery to install magisk to achieve root after you have initially installed the rom. Have you tried to hide magisk from your AirWatch using magisk manager??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] gforceriders:
Yep tried that as well. I will test another rom and test.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JagXK8:
Magisk hide works on airwatch but it stopped working on the last update of airwatch. So i just installed the prior version and disabled auto update.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] CyberpodS2:
Actually most roms seem to need to be booted once BEFORE rooting them or they loop... So I'm guessing most or none are pre rooted as of yet.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] gforceriders:
Magisk looks to be working for Airwatch this time around. Thanks for the help all.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] DenisEhm:
I checked all pre-orders available... No freaking black anywhere in Canada?!? Lilac and grey only??? Did I miss something here?

Who the hell does that Samsung....... :silly:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Deathman20:
That's messed up. I personally would of gone grey but black will do for me at least here in the states.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] mrnovanova:
Yup. I wanted the grey one so it turned out perfect but more color options would have been nice. As far as why Samsung? They've always treated Canada like a 3rd world country tbh. It terms of revenue we sort of are. We're more or less Apple country if you look at the numbers. That's why they stopped giving us the Exynos variant after the s7. Why ship different variants to the same continent. We just don't buy enough to matter. Why bother giving us the color that sells the most...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] kdjs:
if you want the black colour for s9, you can get it from pdaplaza.ca ...the have it in black but the price is about 100 more, but the internal memory is 128gb, unlike the standard 64g...who knows, maybe samsung will release the black colour after the preorder phase........i know, its so stupid how samsung wont offer standard black colour........
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] icemankent:
I emailed Samsung about this also. One issue is warranty. If you buy from the USA (they have midnight black), then good luck getting warranty if you are in Canada. I sure hope Samsung makes the black version available to Canada - soon.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Josh LaCelle:
Samsung doesn't treat the USA any better... Yes - we get three colors. But where is 128GB or 256GB options for the USA?!?! And no preorder bonus gifts? Come on Sammy! You can do better!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] DenisEhm:
I agree we are a small market by any metric, but wouldn't black make a hell of a lot more sense? It's neutral, common and easy to sell off IMO. That being said, I thought I saw the S9 was going back to Exynos for W8..? Did I goof up? If not then my decision is getting easier.

Thanks I'll look it up but I was hoping to get it on my tab to save some cash this time around. Plus there's the issues that come with getting an international version...

Like I said above, thought I read W8 was going back to Exynos, so US models would have SD. But you're bang on about the warranty; I've had a Duos S6 and it went kaput, never got any kind of support from Sam, which is totally messed up, against most Consumer Protection Acts in the Country and is just horrible business. Look at how easy it is to get Apple to cover their devices...

They know Apple is still too strong I think...

Edit: I guess it is a Snapdragon in Canada according to Rogers anyway. But every other source I've seen lists it as Exynos... weird.