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[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) 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 Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018)'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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[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
Haha, I actually already tried that - I gave it to my grandma and she did well. She is 80 years old and all these technological advances makes her very frustrated at times.

Back at the main topic, yes, the ease of use is there. Although sometimes switching between the options is jerky and you tap not exactly what you want.

I would like to see little more options in "Pro" mode, as for example in S8 there are like 10 times more. But in practicality 99% of the time auto or scene optimizer is better for the current camera quality anyway.

I`m curious as the time goes whether the updates fix the processing at least a little bit.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] nagibo00000:
please any way can i use Samsung Galaxy s6 or s7 or s8 camera software in my Mobil Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018)

be cause the pro mode in camera software is very low
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) 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 Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) can charge. A higher rating indicates that it charges extremely fast.

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[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] carlosray01:
From 8% to 100% mine takes an hour more or less
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
Now this is interesting.

I am using usb power meter alongside the supplied charger and cable in the box and I found that even after the phone showed 100% charge it continued to draw current (~300mAh) for another 20 minutes until stopped entirely.

So my total charge time from 0-100% was 2 hours and 44 minutes.

Also for the first ~60% charge the phone draw the full 1.55 amperes and after that gradually dropped down to 0.50 amperes.

While the charger runs little bit hot the phone was cold the entire time.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Na na:
2 hours to charge from 15% to 42 %

too long
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
This is way too much. You have probably got defective charger/cable.

But! If you are trying to charge it from a pc then is normal as regular usb ports supply only 0.5A instead of the 1.55A from the original charger.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Na na:
I just realize charger is defective

Should i fix it or buy new one

Idk if its the cable or adapter
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
Nowadays chargers are basic inverters with few more stuff.

They have very few components inside but sometimes, usually after hard hitting/dropping on hard surfaces the soldering can get damaged with varying consequence between simply stopping working to working abnormally as lowering voltage, current, overloading and many other things.

For example I had a strange case with fully working charger with healthy components and solder joints but was working on random intervals. It was caused by solder whiskers touching nearby naked track and causing shorts. If it was cheaper charger it would blow, but in this one the overvolt protection was able to save it.

And this is why you can just buy usb power tester like this one

or even simpler like this one so that you can check what kind of power your phone actually receive from charger/power bank/pc etc.

Our phone does not have fast charge. As such it will not charge faster no matter how powerful charger and cable you can equip it with. For example I have one with 2x2.4 Amperes supporting QC charger mods and etc. - it will draw only up to 1.55 Amperes within 5 Volts range.

The normal USB 2.0 port can supply with max 0.5 Amperes, USB 3.0 within the basic implementation can supply under 1 Ampere.

In simple language this means with usb 2 it would take up to 8 hours to charge from 0 to 100%, with usb 3 it would take about 4 hours and half from 0 to 100% battery.

Of course depending on the manufacturers you can find usb 3 and 3.1 ports that are able to supply way more current, even values like 3 Amperes and higher.

This is why the best way to charge your phone is to use the supplied charger. The cable is also very important because of the current depending on the used wire gauge.

With cheap cable (using thin wires) you would not only be unable to use the available current, you can find yourself in the middle of fire.

But there is a big problem, the price sometimes doesn`t represent the needed quality.

Notice I`m not talking about durability. I can show you cables strong enough to endure 10 kilograms but with so thin wires that can`t carry over 0,5A trough them.

Put your trust only on products that are widely commented and tested by the buyers.

Now, I have tested the cable supplied with the phone. Although it easily handles the 1.55A current used by the phone if you put over 2A it will get really, really warm. This means the wires are big enough but are not expected to handle high current. In simple words don`t use this cable for other things than charging this phone, just to be safe. ;)

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TLDR;

If you don`t have the necessary skills don`t try to repair it. Any repair error can easily make it burst in flames. Better try with another charger but make sure it can get you at least 1.5A otherwise it would take really long time to charge.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] blake .l:
Is there a fast charger available for this phone??
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] icodix:
yes, I recommend oppo charger. In just 2hrs the batt will be full.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] kamil79123:
Is there a way to charge faster? In my case I can charge my phone maximally at 5.19V / 1.42A. Charging from 0% to 100% phone with such parameters takes more than 3 hours, because amperage is adaptive.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] icodix:
try to use oppo chargers :)
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) 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 Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) before depleting the battery.

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[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
My current record is 8 hours and 45 minutes SoT from 100% to 0% battery in one take, this is with screen brightness at 50% at all time.

I don`t like the automatic light change. It`s good for the day but when you go in very dark rooms or it`s just night it goes way too dim for my taste.

My average battery time is about 45 hours with around 5 hours of SoT.

This is with constant 50% screen brightness, mobile data always on;;; wi-fi, location, bluetooth, nfc, always on display turned off. Most of that time I`m actively using internet with calls for average 30 minutes per day.

I use it with 2 sim cards, one for calls, one for 4G internet. I have VoLTE active on one of the cards but it`s the internet one, haha. My main mobile operator have still not turned on this service for us.

So I think the battery performance is very good. I come from my old HTC E9+ which had 2 hours and 40 minutes SoT at best so for me this is extremely big jump in the freedom to do things with the device.

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I have managed to bring up my average SoT with disabling some things.

The only thing I still don`t know why the battery stat does not show every program I have used but only the ones with usage over 15 minutes. I would understand it for external apps, but I have used also google maps for at least 10 minutes today and I don`t see it in the list. Or this is just the way Oreo works?
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
I think I managed to get to peak optimization. Over 2 days of use with 8 hours of screen time.

I love this phone. :good:

The screens are from few days ago but I only got to have time and post them today.

This result is with 50% constant brightness. Yesterday I learned that I can actually train the automatic brightness to my desire so I expect to get even more from the battery life.

If only the camera were not so horrendous this phone would be truly ideal. Oh well, I don`t use it as main source for making photos anyway, heh.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] dennikali:
Im getting About 10-11 hours of SoT. Im gonna add some Screenshots soon
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
I`m more inclined to get the battery to last for more days than SoT, currently this is what I can get with maximum optimizations.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] _soulfly:
Guys, You are showing some unreal results for me. My battery lasts only for 1 day. In order to rich 3 days of batt life, I have to activate airplane mod and do not use the device.?
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
Well, if you give as much as I of my time to do optimizations may be you will also be able to feel the pleasure of long lasting battery.

I have disabled over 60 apps and services. I have uninstalled some stuff, I did some things with adb shell. Took me days of tuning and removing all of the bloatware.

Also my worst SoT for now, just little over 5 hours. I guess voice calling (40 min.) and viber calls(over 1 hour) really suck battery juice.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] _soulfly:
I've made a lot of optimizations and tricks, debloats, have been messing around with governors and kernels, tried greenify in all my previous devices and can tell that 11 hours ToS is impossible for me and most of the users. It should be something like ultra power saving mode with disabled most of the functions. You can share here how to make battary last for eternity , by the way?.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
[MENTION=8636159]dennikali[/MENTION] It is Jajanken from envy~ (I`m using envJajanken_proper.apk)

Here is how it looks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eDJyTI5Xyw

I love it because it manages to make my notifications dark while many other themes can`t do that.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] kamil79123:
[MENTION=6541854]Belgarionbg[/MENTION]

I see you use YT Vanced. Do you have root?
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
No, I don`t have root.

I have installed XDA Laps app and I have download it from their app store. Everything work normally.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
And this is what I have achieved using half my normal SoT (4 hours instead of 8)

This is on one full charge from 0% to 100% battery.

In this 4 days I have not connected the phone to pc nor any other kind of charger just to see how far it would go.

I made a video just in case someone try to accuse me in using photoshop. video in the folder<<

After 2 months of use the only thing I`m not satisfied is the camera, but with such good battery life I really don`t care anymore. :D
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Na na:
The first day after i buy the phone i lost 1 % overnight

After that the phone loses 5 yo 8% battery overnight although i do nothing. Why
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] atsaw:
Can you give a link to gcam ?

Please share the gcam link if possible!

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] midzan21:
So, my average of SoT with almost 2 full days of use is about 5 hours, can get it to 6.5 hours sometimes if use youtube for a while for listening music while away from PC.

Here is one of screencaps from yesterday, friend asked for SoT and I got it.

Screen is on Auto, WiFi, Mobile, Location, NFC, AoD are always on and lately connect phone to BT Speaker while listening music, so this is for me pretty much good SoT (after P9 Lite which had sometimes abominable SoT with less then 2 hours).
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Iván Concepción:
That's nice! You're getting a great battery life.

Unfortunately I'm in Oreo but I've still had a good battery life and it surprises me compared to my old devices. Definitely the best battery life I've had!

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I already received Android Pie two days ago and I'm getting better battery life!
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Iván Concepción:
Amazing battery life with Android Pie (9.0) on my SM-A750G. Still dont believing how can i get those results with a short battery capacity in 2019, 3300 mAh. Beautifully amazing! :eek: :D
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] marcin111177:
How???

Wysłane z mojego SM-A750FN przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Iván Concepción:
-Power saving mode: Adaptive

-Bluetooth: Off

-Wi-Fi: All the time (just that day. Im using 4G+ every day now)

-Location: Off

-Brightness: Adaptive (40, 45, 55% <---> 60% as much)

-Screen resolution: Default FHD+ (1080x2220 (i'd like to find an option to change it lower or higher without root))

That's all. Almost every cell phone i've had has had good battery life because of the custom settings i add.

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What about your battery life? I'd like to know.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Iván Concepción:
Yesterday. Medium usage.

No games.

4G+ 30%

Wi-Fi 69%

Adaptive brightness (some minutes outside with red line of full brightness).

Web browsing (doin' school homeworks).

Installing few apps.

Social networks (WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, Fyuse, Wattpad).

Netflix (just adding a new account and browsing. No movies. No series watched).

Adaptive power saving (Optimized and Medium power saving).

Really happy with battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] kraken77:
A very nice SoT here still got a little juice. Heavy usage web browsing using chrome and movies. But i dont know why chrome was not on top of 5 list. Maybe because i rebooted my phone as you can see a gap there. But who cares. Pie got the job done on the battery life and im happy with it. Cant believe 3300mah battery can beat my mi max 3. By the way im using Quantum kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) 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 Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018)'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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[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
I currently have 144 apps installed.

I have put most of them to deep sleep through the advance battery settings. I have disabled every sync setting and I have forbid background data traffic for almost all apps. I have also disabled automatic refreshing of the weather app.

I go to sleep in 23:00 and wake up in 08:00 in the morning and the average drain for these hours is about 3 to 4%.

If it`s for use to someone I`ll add that I`m using Next Launcher 3D. (version 3.20.2) It have some quirks but after setting it up works wonders. As my average full charge sustain about 2 days this app use less than 300mАh which is just few % from the charge. And although it is really old version is stable. I prefer it more than the stock launcher because of the many custom options.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] animus1997:
My phone usually consumes 16% with all apps closed in 8 hours and 35% with all apps closed but with activated Sync :/. My old Lumia 535 only consumed 2-3% at night. (Sorry for my bad english, sir).
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] icodix:
It's because there are a lots of apps that are running in the background. If it is useful then uninstall it. :)
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) 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 Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018)'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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[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
My current record is 8 hours and 45 minutes SoT from 100% to 0% battery in one take, this is with screen brightness at 50% at all time.

It was mostly watching full HD videos with heavy browsing. I was using mobile data the entire time. The phone barely got warm.

It`s my first phone with samoled screen and I was lost within the beauty of it. I came to my senses only when I got the warning for low battery but then decided to continue and see how long it will endure. My eyes got little f* up after that. I had to rest for long time so I don`t plan to repeat it any time soon.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] sofla_ball3r:
hey guys im kind of new to modding my phone and i have a couple of questions.Any help will be greatly appreciated.thanks in advance.

1. i have the htc home on my today screen but i cant get it in black, i have the same blue at&t background.where can i find the file download for that theme?

2.I have tried installing the htc cube a couple of times but i cant get it right. which version is somewhat easy to install and performs great.i have put the files on my phone but idk what to do afterwards.All files tell me that i cant open them unless i run the app....which application is this?Most posts just give me a dl link here but not many instructions...step by step instructions would be awesome.thank you
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mchapman007:
Giving Wise Educational Noob Instructions

Please read all the stickys and wiki's

Start here;

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=383904
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] sofla_ball3r:
thx took a look... got some knowledge but most i like chinese to me....
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] kyphur:
You have been pointed in the right direction...

The path to enlightenment contains many many words, enjoy the read..

Thread closed.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) 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 Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018)'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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[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Is the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) 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 Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) is attractive. A higher rating indicates that you would even go as far to say that the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) is a beautiful phone.

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[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
Some people would describe it as ordinary, some as crazy beautiful. I`m sitting closer to the first group. The design really simple but I didn`t buy it for that anyway.

I like my phones in protective shells and this one is no exception. With this glass back I was in fear of dropping and breaking it for the whole week waiting my new shell. And this is the one I chose >

I have already managed to make few involuntary drop tests, haha, but with this shell everything was ok.

Also although in many places stands "Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version)" I have found that apparently the front glass of the screen is version 3, but for the back Samsung used 2.5D.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Dark8812:
Amazing

this phone looks amazing for its price the back is made out of glass and honestly the default blue one (the one I have) is really nice to look at my friends also think that the phone is gorgeous to look at sammy did a good job with this one
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) 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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[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
Maybe it`s too soon for this post but after month of use I think I can tell some info. I have used it naked for the first 10 days after I bought it and I didn`t experienced any problems.

But because of the glass back I got hard shell for it so the only thing I care about now is the state of everything but the outside frame and the glass back.

And I`m happy to report that the phone works perfect.

I love the tactile feel of the physical buttons.

The touchscreen is perfect and works precisely with my super dry skin as many other phones doesn`t even detect my fingers. My skin is so dry that I don`t left fingerprints on the screen for 99% of the time I`m using it.

With that being said I have read numerous comments about quality of the frame - specifically for the paint. It`s polycarbonate and apparently get easily scratched.

This was the reason why I chose black color. But with my hard shell on top of it doesn`t matter anymore for me so yeah. :)
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Please, no "that's what she said" jokes. Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) 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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[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Real Life Review] Belgarionbg:
I have big palm but short fingers and it`s barely a match for me. Few millimeters more and I would not be able to hold and use it comfortably with one hand. The screen ratio being 18.5:9 is also helping for easier holding.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) 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 Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018). 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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