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[General Topics] mrnamster:
I paid top dollar for both which cost me over $1000 plus the cost of accessories! My loss is your gain.

I'm just trying to help out our community here!
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Asus Zenfone 5V stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] DarkM@tter:
Playing Pubg everyday, phone manages to keep heat in control even on highest settings (Pubgfx tool, XDA version, 60fps HDR) even if I play for more than an hour. No lags after device heats up.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] bijixda:
Hi did you play pubg in room temperature? No air conditioner, is it still smooth?

Thanks
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the Asus Zenfone 5V's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Asus Zenfone 5V come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Morak75:
Bokeh is great and the best is the second camera being a wide angle lens. This is amazing for landscape!

Score to dxomark= 90 so very good APN.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] tecnicopascoal:
How do you bought that device? I do not find it, its not released yet.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Morak75:
I'm talking about ZF5 normal version. You can find it everywhere almost ;)
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] EMJI79:
It is available on Amazon.fr
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] DaDDe95X:
Gcam for zenfone 5Z?

Hi guys! I find that the stock camera is ok in the daylight. During the night or without much lights there is a lot of distortion (which is, of course, quite popular for every smartphone). So I want to try Gcamera for the 5Z. :cool:
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Ashenphoenix:
Well, with Gcam you can take awesome pictures in daylight and low light conditions, but during night ASUS camera is better (especially awesome if you have a tripod).

View attachment 4528158

You need this gcam: GCam from BSG v. 5.2.022_1.0

Unfortunately you can't use the wide angle camera with GCam.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] EMJI79:
Do you have absolutely no oeobleb from your GCam?

I get random force closes.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Ashenphoenix:
I had force closes with other GCam versions, but no problems with this one.

Direct link: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/MGC_5.2.022_FINAL_1.0.apk
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] EMJI79:
I have force closes with this version too. :(
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] DaDDe95X:
Do I need root or unlocked bootloader?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] EMJI79:
No.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] visualmagnitude:
The main camera is okay. The wide angle lens is quite poor in quality. I tried both. The wide angle lens has noticeable pixelation on the sides like it's a photo quality from a 2012 flagship. Kinda disappointed with it actually.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] SUHIT1:
Wide angle one is also good in quality...not like the primary camera but still wide angle camera held it's own

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Potrait mode producing picture with absurd hue
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] HAADII_:
Anyone notice the zf5 front camera doesn't have AF feature ? or is it just mine ? and it's super over exposure makes it quite laggy

Previously I was iPhone user, if i compare the camera ZF5 have too much artificial intelegent smoothing retouch on human skin even when I'm not using beauty mode and it's kinda fake in compare to my iPhone 6 :(
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Rock-Ace:
Go to camera settings and verify that 'continuous AF' option is checked.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Rock-Ace:
I have tried almost every G cam available but all gives tint-blue/purple colour. I have also tried Gcams for OP6 with tint fixes but they force close in my asus zenfone 5z. Any help ?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] EMJI79:
Same for me.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] fathuzzaman:
Any noticable change after the latest update few days ago?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] bhs2x:
Can we have a thread where we can share the photos amongst us? :confused:

Mods?

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I haven't noticed anything in camera after the recent update (build ww_80.11.37.95.20180727), it was just a 65mb OTA. Everything still same except battery life. Battery backup seems to be screwed, not sure if there was some bug.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] fusioncoast:
Camera quality is really bad even compared to oneplus 3 cam which i was using previously, i think they need to unlock camera api2 fully to utilise its true potential
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] EMJI79:
I like it.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] ucguy:
Back camera is awesome, front is good but not great. Camera 2 API would be nice to have.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Divyansh1211:
Am i the only one who is having weird iso levels and

Vertical lines while shooting in low light?

How to resolve this?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] fracama87:
We have full level camera2 api with Android Pie
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] SajidShareef:
Yes same happening with me
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Abhijith2048:
what i think is that if know the whereabouts of pro photography like shooting in raw and editing things in post then the rear camera is a great for the price but as of the auto mode well its good enough. And as of the front camera its okish ti say the least i was using a lenovo Zuk z2 plus before and i can say that it had a better selfie camera than this phone.I really liked the inclusion of a wide angle camera its great for capturing landscape photography even tho the quality is just ok.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] domsotv:
Hello. I have Zenfone 5Z 8/256GB and i have a problem. There is SD845 on board, but camera performance in low light is crap. Looking like have 10 fps on preview, i can't do smallest move cuz photo will be blured.

At day with good light condition it perform really well. But not in dark/low light.

Same situation while using snapchat or other app with camera.

Can someone help me please?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Your friends are never going to believe what you did. The only way to prove it to them is with that video you took. Rate this thread to express how videos shot on the Asus Zenfone 5V come out. A higher rating indicates that videos are smooth (and not choppy) and that auto-focus works very well, and that the camera adjusts quickly to different lighting conditions while recording.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're beautiful and everyone knows it. That's why you take selfies. Rate this thread to express how the front-facing camera of the Asus Zenfone 5V performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Morak75:
Very good bokeh effect.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
There! Something just happened! Did you take a picture of it? Rate this thread to express how fast the Asus Zenfone 5V can go from "zero to picture". A higher rating indicates that launching the camera app and taking a photo is extremely fast such that you never miss an important moment, like when your cat attacks the couch again.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you hand your phone to granny to take a photo of you, can she get the job done? Rate this thread to express how you deem the Asus Zenfone 5V's camera software. A higher rating indicates that the software is easy to use, fast, uncluttered, and inclusive of advanced features for when you need them.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Morak75:
I said excellent because we are very close to stock Android but with a very nice modded interface (I like white and blue style and ergonomics).

Some options are great as the gaming mode or ai for charge or several mode options.

Some few little icons bugs wih smaller UI but nothing too annoying.

It lacks better community forum (Zentalk is so disgusting compared to OnePlus Community).
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
To power up, you consume Red Bull. But your phone just needs its adaptive fast charger. Rate this thread to express how quickly the Asus Zenfone 5V can charge. A higher rating indicates that it charges extremely fast.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Asus Zenfone 5V before depleting the battery.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] DogeLordTR:
It goes OK for now. I guess I will use it for 2 more hours. AI boost off, gps off, wifi and cellular data on, Bluetooth off, auto brightness.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] DogeLordTR:
Wifi always on.

forgot to write: I listened music so much from spotify but not stream, I've downloaded them before.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] EdHaku:
Is the battery life still good? And on that note, how good is the standby drain (asking here because no one seems to have posted on that topic).

I'm worried about battery life because I'm seriously thinking about getting this over the OP6, but there aren't many reviews out there.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] DogeLordTR:
After 12 June update, sot has decreased. Now I get about 6~7 hrs BUT my brother (he uses this phone too) still gets 8 hrs. I'm on 20 June update but there's 22 June update (I didn't understand why ASUS gave this update very early. Also it is 410MB but the others were about 200~300 MB so I'm hopeful about this update) So I can't talk about the latest update (I didn't update)

About standby drain: When I was on 1 June update, only 4% gone whole night (11pm~7am) but I can't say anything about the other updates.

I will test sot and standby drain when I update.

Oh btw I want to write today's sot:

Last full (and last) charge: 16hrs 45 mins ago

Sot: 6 hrs 46 mins

5% left

Edit: I didn't see that my battery is 4% on screenshot. I'm sorry

Edit 2: I updated and not changed much. I got 7h25min max (used till 2%). I still couldn't test standby drain but if you want to know something, I can share my latest battery stats. 5h4min sot 15h23min total (so about 10 hrs idle) and 29% left. I guess I will get 2 more hours sot. According to me standby drain is good enough.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] EdHaku:
Looks decent. Could've been better, but I guess it's because of that IPS screen. Wish the battery could've been a bit bigger than the standard Zenfone 5.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] ferez:
I'm getting around 5:30 hours (on a Zenfone 5, not 5z), how do you manage to get 7:25?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] ferez:
UPDATE:

6:25 of mostly youtube and chrome browsing, bluetooth is always on paired to my smartwatch, as well as wifi and 4G.

(Zenfone 5 SD636). Overall im happy with that, think i can squeeze even more, i have APKpure taking 5% for some unknown reason.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] DogeLordTR:
How about your cellular signal, brightness, gps, Bluetooth and firmware?

About cellular signal: Do you get less than 5? Less signal causes phone to use SO MUCH battery and heat.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] ferez:
Actually the other day i was doing 6:25 SOT, which I'm quite happy with. 4G and WIFI are on all the time, and my phone is constantly connected by BT to my Amazfit Bip watch.

location is also always on, and I'm on the latest firmware (.19).
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] clavicle:
I am deeply impressed by the battery life of this phone. In first recharge I got close to 7h 43 min SOT, later in second recharge it went up to 8'36". Both cycles took considerable usage of roaming, bluetooth on for at least 4-5 hours, some streaming over bluetooth, wifi was used partially maybe not more than a couple of hours, google maps was used and finally the second recharge includes live streaming WC Final Match too. Both SIMs were occupied with primary on VoLTE and always data on.

Brightness was kept on comfortable 30-40% level except for while watching match, when it was close to 55%. :D
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] kelly66:
That's very good. I am getting about 7 hrs SOT. I am losing 8-10% overnight with wifi and data off with single SIM on 4G. Any suggestions how to improve standby drain?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Xebeck:
.

Learn how to use mobile manager.

There stop apps from auto starting.

Close apps from recents menu when you go to sleep.

WiFi/data off.

Check WiFi settings where it does not keep looking for signals.

My standby drain over 8 hours is 1%, sometimes barely touching 2...
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] muthu32629:
Am getting 4+ Hrs SOt only...Device idle has more drain in my mobile ..can any1 help to get more SOT...
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] froyoguy:
Check if your area has constantly signal fluctuation. I remember my friend constantly had signals switching between 3G & 4G on his 3T and his battery drain was worse, but only at his home. Otherwise it was good.

If signal strength is good, it might be something else.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] kelly66:
Thanks. Last night I kept it in 2G after taking care of above steps and lost 3% in 7 hrs, which is reasonable. However, on 4G still losing around 7-8%. Not sure if AI is consuming battery.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] muthu32629:
Yes, There is lot of signal fluctuation in my home.. might be the reason for draining . Thanks
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Jiyeon90:
I'm quite happy with the battery life on this device, constantly getting over 7h SOT with everything on [emoji108]View attachment 4585641
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] vtsl:
Around 4.5 hour with 30 minutes of pubg and switching between social media apps

Hope it gets improved in pue update
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Teddy_G:
Initially got 3h43m sot with dual sim in 4G. Switched it to 2G/3G mode and sot increased to 5h45. So guess it was the constant fluctuations from 4G to 3G that was causing the low sot. But the last update a few weeks back and my sot has dropped to 5h, no change in my daily usage. Still in 2G/3G mode. Don’t know why the loss in almost an hour of sot :(

Hoping for good optimizations on pie.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you sleep, does your phone sleep, or does it stay up all night and crunch 1s and 0s? Rate this thread to express how you deem the speed at which the Asus Zenfone 5V's battery drains under standby conditions. A higher rating indicates that when the phone is not in use, the battery drains minimally.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] atishaymodi:
Drains a lot when phone is idle.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] amitevs:
yes Zenfone 5 z is drianing almost 15 - 20 percemnty battery in stand by
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] donkey007:
This is work for me. 8 hours standby take 10% from battery

zenfone-battery-drain.com
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Mustajab Is'haq:
If I have an alarm On in the morning, the phone will eat through about 5-6% of battery percentage in about 9 hours. However if there is no alarm the battery drain is somewhat reduced to about 3-4%.

Anyhow, Asus needs to fix the idle battery drain in the Pie update.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] ujangns:
Same here. Battery drain when idle.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] winter_legacy:
The battery drain issue for zenfone 5z can be minimized by doing the following:

- Make sure you are not using any Live Wallpapers or any application that can run on background while your phone is idle;

- Turn off Bluetooth, Mobile Data, and/or WiFi since you wont be needing them when your phone is in idle mode;

- Turn off Location Services or atleast set it to Battery Saving Mode if you insist on having it turned on;

- Go to Settings > Sound & Vibration > Vibration intensity, and lower all vibrations or turn them off altogether;

- Go to Battery Settings > Battery optimizations, and check that all your Apps are being optimized;

- Still in Battery Settings, set the phone to Sleep in 1 minute or less when idle;

- In Battery Settings, click PowerMaster > Battery Saving options, enable "Clean up in suspend" and "Auto deny apps from auto-starting";

- Inside PowerMaster, click "Auto Start manager" and disable background apps from auto-starting;

- Go to Settings > Display, Turn off Screen Saver and LED indicator;

- Go to Settings > Security & lock screen, disable Wallpaper animation and Weather animation;

- Go to Settings > Advanced > AI features, and turn off AI ringtone (this makes your phone listen on the background noise of your environment which consumes battery in the background);

- Go to Settings > Advanced , enable Pocket Mode, this helps your device not to accidentally wake up on idle mode;

**You can also use third-party apps like Greenify (dont need root) to help you save battery when you are not using your phone**
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the Asus Zenfone 5V's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Once in a while, when your significant other yells at you, you might use your phone a bit less. Rate this thread to express how the Asus Zenfone 5V's battery performs under light use. A higher rating indicates that the device goes a long time when you're using the phone sparingly: no gaming or video/audio streaming, light web browsing, some calling and texts, etc.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Morak75:
After first charge and clean install (just few apps installe) I got for two days in light use. Seems nice.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Is the Asus Zenfone 5V as good-looking as you are (despite your receding hairline, adult-onset acne, and massive weight gain)? Rate this thread to express whether you think the Asus Zenfone 5V is attractive. A higher rating indicates that you would even go as far to say that the Asus Zenfone 5V is a beautiful phone.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] Morak75:
Coming from OnePlus 5, the phone looks excellent. Far bigger screen in the same dimensions.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] apad:
Only to be mistaken by curious user asking me, "is that an iPhone X?"
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] gekyfela:
The meteor silver is drop dead gorgeous! Go for it without a second thought.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how you think the Asus Zenfone 5V feels in terms of quality. A higher rating indicates that it feels premium and high-quality (attention to detail is high, manufacturing defects don't exist, etc).

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Please, no "that's what she said" jokes. Rate this thread to express how you think the Asus Zenfone 5V feels in-hand. A higher rating indicates that it's comfortable to hold for long periods of time, even in one hand. Resist the urge to say "TWSS" just now. Seriously.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Are you comfortable in your own skin? Is your phone comfortable in its skin? Rate this thread to express how you deem the skin on the Asus Zenfone 5V. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it adds just the right amount of features, it's visually pleasing, and overall it's additive to the experience. If this is a Nexus phone (you didn't think we hand-wrote all of these prompts, did you?) then use this rating to indicate how the latest version of Android looks to you.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Asus Zenfone 5V's display outdoors. In case you've been playing Minecraft for 18 months straight, you might not known how to get outside anymore. Well, find the door and walk through it. A higher rating indicates that it has very high maximum brightness and thus fantastic outdoor visibility in direct sunlight.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] M4r10 22:
How this 5z screen performe under direct sunlight? Better than honor 10?

Tks
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] makimo2989:
IMO, quantifiably better than OnePlus 3...
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
How well do you know your fifty shades of grey? Rate this thread to express how good the Asus Zenfone 5V's display contrast is. A higher rating indicates that black is true black, rather than a very dark gray.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
If you're colorblind, please disregard this thread. Rate this thread to express how you deem the color saturation and accuracy of the Asus Zenfone 5V's display. A higher rating indicates that you think that color accuracy is very high and saturation is excellent.

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[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
The Asus Zenfone 5V has a crazy crisp display. Just kidding, this is automated text so who knows if this screen is any good. So, you be the judge! A higher rating indicates that it's extremely sharp and clear, and that you cannot see pixels with your naked eye.

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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Doodle:
Like probably a lot of people I am perfectly happy with a stock ROM as I will add all the stuff I personally like anyhow. So despite the great efforts of all the ROM makers around I will stick to an "original" ROM until I cannot do this anymore from a functionality point of view.

On my Tytn II I am happily using WM6.1: 3.03.405.0 with Radio 1.64.06.04

EXCEPT: We all know there is a reboot bug that makes using the pen necessary for a soft reset. Normally not an issue, but when you make frequent back-ups with Sprite it becomes bothersome, as it will try to reset twice during a back-up.

Could I ask all of you geniuses whether it would be possible to write a small fix for this reboot issue. Is fixing this at all possible? Or do I need to go to a ROM like Dutty's an forget about my upgrade policy?