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[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
I'm missing the Z Play a bit already to be honest! Having to charge the iPhone after a work day is a bit dull. (Admittedly it has been used for a lot of gps and is still at 20%) but I'm used to coming home with 70-80% left!

I'm missing the screen when watching YouTube as well.

I'll be honest, I don't think I'm going to be converted! Apart from the slightly smoother performance (only on some apps though. YouTube is way smoother on the Z Play) and better camera software, it was a downgrade.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
I am a month in now and if I wasn't locked into iMessage now, I would probably switch back immediately. The iPhone isn't bad at all, but I much prefer the Z Play. I've put my sim card back into it this week, whipped the case off and it is such a nice phone to use with just a thin style shell on the back. Oh boy have I missed the battery life too!

Performance is negligible between the two overall. Youtube is far smoother on the Z Play though.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
I think I will struggle to take my sim card back out of the Z Play now. Loving it still!

What amazes me is the performance of it, being a fairly old phone now and only 3gb of ram and a 625 processor. It is not slow at all, at least on 8.0.0
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
I've tried to go back to the iPhone a few times now and I just can't! My battery health reads between 101-104% on the Z Play after 2 years, or however old these phones are now! I can't see my iPhone being over 85% after 2 years, let alone still at 100%.

After seeing the launch of the Z4, I am very interested in it, decent size battery, better camera, decent midrange SOC and it still uses the original Moto mods which is a huge plus.

If the UK price is around £450-£500. Used prices will drop to £300 very soon after launch, which makes it a very attractive option! The turbo power mod is a huge reason why I want to stay with the Moto Z line, as it is an unobtrusive way to double battery life. I will be very interested to see the reviews of it when they are released.

(I am still hoping for a Z4 Play though, as that gives the best compromise between price, performance and battery life)

Has anyone else tried a more expensive device and gone back to the Z Play instead?
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] dojmin:
Not an expensive one, but I do have a Samsung Galaxy A50 as my secondary phone. The A50 has an even better battery life than Moto Z Play, which I got last year used and still get 6-7 hrs SOT with 2 days of usage everytime. I mostly use A50 for watching YouTube and browsing pretty heavily. It easily gets 9-10 hrs SOT with such usage. The phone is fast, has a great camera too. The only thing I'm not really a fan of is the under-display fingerprint reader. It's kinda slow and fails to recognize my fingers from time to time. Moto Z Play pretty much never fails at that and unlocks super fast.

Just like you, I simply can't find a replacement for Moto Z Play. I'm probably just gonna wait for Moto Z5 or something.

All in all, if the somewhat slow with maybe 70% accuracy fingerprint reader isn't a dealbreaker for you, you could consider Samsung Galaxy A50. At 350 eur it's a great deal.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
I'm always worried about Samsung's UI as I've only ever had bad experiences with it, being slow and laggy

I find a lot of enjoyment in buying used mint phones off of eBay now. Getting a good phone for a fraction of the new price is a great feeling
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
I can't really imagine a phone with better battery life than my Z Play. I'm sure there is, but I've never killed this phone in 24 hours, without any sort of mod attached. With the turbo power mod, I can't kill it in 36 hours, no matter how much I use it.

There seems to be lots of newer phones out that have battery like a stock Z Play does. Like the Pixel 3a XL, Moto g7 power (although that one seems to be miles better, somehow)

I can't see how anyone would actually need 10 hours of SOT from a phone every day!
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] dojmin:
Well I certainly wouldn't mind getting a 10 hrs SOT. But yeah, Moto Z Play checks all the boxes for me (great battery, stock Android, fast UI, headphone jack on the bottom, fast fingerprint reader on the front, great design, feel and build quality). I suspect I might either get a Moto Z3 Play at some point (if I tell myself no headphone jack is fine) or wait for Moto Z4 to drop in price, or Moto Z5 to come out next year.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] djdelarosa25:
I also retired my Z Play as a secondary phone (thanks for the awesome times, buddy!). My main one is now a Poco and man am I happy with my purchase.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
I've been going back and forth with my iPhone again and the Z Play is so much smoother, has a much better screen and has a lot better battery, so I never use the iPhone for long... I can't justify spending much on a replacement when this Z Play isn't giving me any issues still. It runs everything I need, pretty well
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
Battery health has settled now since installing the app. I am at 99% health still after 2.5 years. Most iPhones drop to 90% or less within a year. Pretty impressive really.

I honestly think this will last me at least another year, if not longer. I've never kept a phone for so long, especially not a lower spec one!
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
My iPhone is now up for sale. Should sell it for the same as I paid for it, so no harm done.

I'm tempted to give OnePlus another go with a 5 or 5T. The 6 was underwhelming and I like the physical buttons on the 5.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] nosiobadx:
Give pocophone one chance, you won't regret :svetius:
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
Pocophone isn't stock android is it? I don't like custom skins that most manufacturers put on their phones. Ever since the days of laggy Samsung phones, I haven't used anything but fully stock
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] nosiobadx:
Poco comes with miui, nothing fancy nor awful, but you have more than 10 aosp custom ROMs to choose
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
My partner had an oldish OnePlus 3T lying around, so I decided to chuck my sim card in that and give it a go. I was shocked at how similar it was to the Z Play for performance. If anything the Z play felt faster overall. Given the 6gb of ram and the Snapdragon 821, I am shocked! The battery was diabolical as well, 3 hours SOT was my best. I have decided to send it off to get a new battery so I can give it a fair test though.

It amazes me how well the Z play performs with an old cpu

Another interesting observation I made was that the 3T had very servere burn in of the notification bar as it was used on high brightness. My Z Play is a similar age and has been used on fairly high brightness and has absolutely no burn in at all yet. I suppose that shows the difference of quality?
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
Bad news today. My trusty Moto Turbo power mod has broken. It seems to go from 70-80% charge to 0% instantly and seems to be intermittent when recharging. May just be a dodgy charger I'm using, so I'll hold off getting a new one just yet... Shame if it is broken as their value has gone up a lot since I got mine.

Update - after using the original Moto charger, it is now working! Phew!
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] irekj:
I think a good replacement would be Pixel 3a XL. I used it in a store once. It has similar battery life, or maybe even better once full out black them arrives. It has a very nice bright screen, headphone jack and it should be updated for a lot longer than the Z Play was. I say it's with the extra $100 or so. I think this will be my replacement. I keep seeing used ones pop up for $450 CAD, which is around $340 USD? That's a good deal. Now, the only thing is the eMMC storage on the 3a models, not sure but is that worse or better than Z Play? Because in the store, the Pixel 3a did not feel snappy, actually my Z Play LOS16 seems to be faster going through menus and settings...hmm. What do you guys think? I am too not sure 100% what device is going to replace the trusty Z Play.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
Another update on this... I'm at over 2 years with this Z Play now. It isn't my main device currently as I needed WiFi calling due to no signal where I live, so my main phone is now an iPhone (sadly...) But the Moto is used for YouTube and other tasks when I'm at home. The battery is still pretty great, although I haven't used it heavily for a while, so I can't comment on that again.

I will be putting my SIM card back into it soon to use it again, so I'll reupdate this then.

The Moto g8 plus that was just released seems like a very good option and cheaper than a 3a XL too. So if that gets WiFi calling, I'll give one of them a go next.

I still don't have any performance issues with my Z Play after 2 years, it is still quick and mostly smooth. Multitasking is the main thing that it struggles with.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] sebx_g1:
Anyone after switch to Samsung A70 or Motorola Zoom ? I am looking for replacement for my Moto ,but it is hard to find better phone which is not ~700 usd flagship model .

Well I got A70 from my operator on 2 year contract ... so far so good :D ... mostly worried about inscreen fingerprint scanner -but it works very well - got two OTAs already - security is on September level .
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
Another update on my Z Play - just put my sim card back into it after using an iPhone for a little while. The battery life of the iPhone became too much of an issue. Still no issues with it, battery is still good. Still quick enough.

Seems daft to spend a fortune changing phone when this one works so well!
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
Every time I consider a permanent replacement for the Z Play, it seems to get slightly faster and the battery seems to last just a bit longer!!!

I've been looking at iPhone X, Pixel 2xl, OnePlus 6, Pixel 3a XL. But I don't see any huge reason, other than the camera, to spend £100s on a new one...! None of them will have as good battery life as my Z play, which is the biggest thing for me, that and decent performance.

For a phone that is almost 3 and a half years old, it is still like new. No screen burn in and I use my phone on full brightness most days, unlike most Pixels, no battery degradation, no performance issues (other than the odd stutter). Maybe I have just got lucky? It just astounds me how well this phone has aged. Paired with the Turbo Power moto mod, it lasts me days.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
I even this past week tried a Pixel 2XL and the battery life and mobile reception was pretty poor, so this has killed that idea off! Luckily I only paid £90 for it, so I can just resell it at some point.

I think I may be better off with another Moto as they seem to work best for me. Perhaps a G8 Plus or G7 Plus? Or there is talk of a G8 Power soon
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
G8 Power looks very promising, when the price drops from £219 to closer to £150, I'll grab one.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] NoriSilverrage:
Been reading your posts in this thread and chuckling a bit. Trying new phones just to go back to the Z Play. But I can't blame you. I'm at 3 years with mine and I have no plans to switch. Screen is in good shape and I've always liked it. It's plenty fast, I will not buy a phone without a headphone jack, the battery life is still solid and I have a SDcard slot. My only complaint is the camera is so-so and always has been. I don't take pics that often however, so it's fine for me.

I've looked at the lineup of phones and I see nothing in the $400 range that comes close to this phone.. Really crazy I think..
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
For the record, my battery life is still insane... This charge I'm at 50% left and I have 4hours and 45 minutes SOT. On a 3 year old battery, on 4G + WiFi with mixed usage.

It is crazy really
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] dachau:
gman, which ROM are you using?
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
Fully stock. I've never rooted my Z Play. I really have never needed to. It's fairly fast still, but the battery is the main reason I can't replace it easily.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
Replaced the battery in my Pixel 2 XL just now to see if that helped and I could switch to that... Didn't work out so well, it worked fine, but then I remembered I forgot to put one of the plastic caps back on the display connector and somehow wrecked the connector doing so!!!! First time I've wrecked a phone when fixing it.

Off to eBay it goes! Typical.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
Update - A week ago I got a Pixel 3a as it was on sale for £299 with a £50 gift card with it, so making it £249. So far, so good! I went with the standard size model as I wanted to stay below the £300 range as I don't tax my phone heavily enough to justify much more than that.

Performance has been good, better than the Z Play. Micro stutters here and there, but overall it is as smooth as any other Pixel I have used has been.

Battery life has been surprisingly good, I can get 2 days on a charge with 5.5 hours of SOT, or fairly easily 7 Hours of SOT over a day if I need to. I have no reception at home as well and currently very patchy wifi, so I think the battery life I have been getting is good. Given it is only a 3000mAh battery, I can't complain.

It seems like a reasonable upgrade to the Z Play. When I got that, I paid £235 for a second hand one, so I am not paying much more for a brand new 3a, which is nice. I haven't felt the need to use my Z Play for anything yet, which must be a record..!

I'd have preferred the stay with Motorola, but their lack of updates really put me off.

Edit - I was tempted to hold fire until the 4a comes out, but the price difference will be at least £150, which is over 50% of the price I paid for my 3a, I just can't see how a slightly faster processor and more modern design justify that. Maybe i'll regret it and get one anyway after a few months though? Who knows.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] Yousvel:
I have a new Moto Z Play for basic internet use and phone calls and it's working great!

This Phone with the up to date Lineage OS 15.1 is flying!
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
The Moto Z Play is a cracking phone. Had I not wanted the latest security updates without tweaking, I'd have kept using it for longer. Just shows you that most people really don't need flagship phones, most of the power is wasted on the average user.

I've never kept a phone for as long as I have with the Z Play!
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] Yousvel:
Yes. The only downside of the Moto Z Play is the Camera
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] gman88667733:
Definitely. In perfect lighting, it is adequate, but on the whole, the app is too slow and it is not great. Like most Moto cameras really
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] plath:
hi ihr

ich bin in englisch leider net so super also starte ich in deutsch, denke es sind ein paar hier die mich verstehen =o)

also ich habe ein mda vario 3 (kaiser) dort habe ich das htc keypad instaliert und bin voll zufrieden. aaaaber wenn ich nun mit der festen schreiben will gehen einige buchstaben nicht. also thema gegooglet paar sachen gefunden wie mit costumizer einstellungen ändern, aber nichts ging. wer weis da noch etwas? oder evtl ein ähnliches programm? habe sonst nur "normal pc" erfahrungen, hab den kaiser auch erst paar tage, also habt nachsicht. freue mich auch über vorschläge sonstiger sinnvollen sachen.

in diesem sinne

greeetz

rene
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] P1Tater:
all i got out of that was vario 3 (kaiser). Good luck with whatever.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] kidnamedAlbert:
translated..i think:

I am in English unfortunately net so super also run in German, I think there are a few here understand me = o)

So I have a mda vario 3 (kaiser) there, I have the htc keypad installed and I am fully satisfied. Aaaaber if I now with the firm will go write some letters. So topic gegooglet found some things like costumizer ratings change, but nothing came. Who knows as yet? Or hire a similar program? Otherwise have only "normal pc 'experience, the emperor did not until few days, so try nachsicht. I also welcome suggestions about other meaningful things.

In this sense
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] flushbeer:
which means if he's writing with the keyboard some characters don't work.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] P1Tater:
LOL, I got just about as much out of that. Nothing meant by that but somehow I think something has been lost in translation.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Samson711:
He is basically saying, that he installed the HTC Keypad and now, when he is using the hardware keyboard, some character just don't work. He googled a little bit but came up with virtually nothing so he is asking if anyone has any ideas, because he is new to the whole pocket pc universe. And last but not least, his english is not that good, that's why he posted in german and hopes that some people around here understand him =) Which i do, but i don't have any suggestion, except uninstalling the keypad and test if the hardware keyboard will work again...Soo that's the whole meaning of his post.

I'll translate again ;):

Probier doch mal aus das HTC Keypad wieder zu deinstallieren, geht das Hardware Keyboard dann wieder normal? Vielleicht liegt es ja garnicht am Keypad, ansonsten mal einen hardreset probieren.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] P1Tater:
Thank you. Now I understand. Unfortunately, the only suggestion I have is the same one you have.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] plath:
ja wenn ich es wieder runter werfe geht die tastatur wieder. ist aber ein nettes teil deshalb suche ich ne lösung!

greetz

rene
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] carnivalrejectq:
Is there a working gcam, possibly with hdr+ for the 2015 j7?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Questions & Answers] Cojarvis:
Hi guys, i'm Cojarvis and i have mi5s plus from two years.

I have V9.6.2.0.NBGMIFD (MIUI9)Global.

Now i have changed my display, the seller sent me a video proof that the display work.

And it's fine. I have mounted the display, it goes on but the touch won't work. So i have reassembled the old display for use it (i have changet it for a scartch, before disassembly it worked fine) and now don't work the touch even in this.

Any suggestion ? what i have wrong?

Sorry for my english.

Thanks at all.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Questions & Answers] samuk190:
obviously you damaged the flat cable, its fragile, you need a replacement
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Questions & Answers] Cojarvis:
Hello samuk190, thanks for your answer.

You mean that i have broken both the flat cable of both display?

I have placed the connector with attention and with the tweezers more slow.

If i post the photos you can recognize if the pins are compromised?

Thanks a lot
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Questions & Answers] samuk190:
Yes, obviously its not 100% sure, but if the digitalizer is not working its because it doesnt have contact with the phone, maybe it broke internal of the mainboard or only the digitalizer it self, send photos :)
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Questions & Answers] Cojarvis:
I have to reach at least 10 post for attach link of the images :rolleyes: fan send You a PM?

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Questions & Answers] samuk190:
just reply 10 times lol
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Questions & Answers] Cojarvis:
I cannot spam :D
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] magnumtripod:
Can't figure it out.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] mertbba:
The status bar is showing 2 signal bars with LTE icons on my phone. I only have one Verizon sim card inserted. See top right on the screenshot.

Is there any way to disable the 2nd signal bar?
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] chrisliphart:
Did you use the dialer code and put your phone into LTE only mode? That caused the double signal bars for me to. Putting it back to TD-SCDMA/CDMA/UTMS fixed it.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] mertbba:
that worked. Thanks
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] Jep56:
Love the phone. One issue. Just got the phone last week. Used Skipsoft Toolkit to initially unlock bootloaders and root the phone. No big deal. Loaded Liquid Remix and Gapps, flashed. No problems. Downloaded Magisk, went to TWRP....cannot see anything I loaded. Can't flash. Tried to wipe and got error messages. I eventually used Skipsoft to sideload Magisk and obtained root, but TWRP cannot see ant zip files I've loaded. Nor can I wipe my device.

Suggestions?

TWRP 3.2.1.1
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] OhioYJ:
That's a really old version of TWRP. Don't use the official TWRP. Use either codeworkx TWRP or Bluespark TWRP. Codeworkx will have problems with the vendor parition, so there are two different versions for 8.0 or 9.0. For this reason I would go with the Bluespark TWRP at the moment.

Thread here:

[KERNEL] [blu_spark r136 unified OP5/5T] [OOS 5.1.* / 8.1 custom ROMs]

Download section here.

Not sure if this link will work, twrp-3.2.3-x_blu_spark_v9.85_treble-op5_op5t.img

You can flash different TWRP versions from your current TWRP install. Try this, and see what you get.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] Jep56:
Awesome! Thanks...worked great. Flashed from the TWRP app.
[Lenovo K6 / K6 Power / K6 Note Themes, Apps, and M] Himanshu.Shukla:
Hello Guys...!

I am on Latest build of "RR Oreo" and i have tried Arnova8G2 "GCam_Pixel3Mod_1_build.6.1.013.apk" which working good in this rom NIGHT MODE, Portrait Mode, HDR+ is working fine so if gou guy's wanna use Pixel 3 Camera use that app...

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-arnova8G2/

☺️

"""Video Mode Is Not Working"""
[Lenovo K6 / K6 Power / K6 Note Themes, Apps, and M] debmaj2:
camera api2 and gcam enabler required?

let me know if the above two mods are required
[Lenovo K6 / K6 Power / K6 Note Themes, Apps, and M] Himanshu.Shukla:
Yes you have to Enable Camera2API
[Lenovo K6 / K6 Power / K6 Note Themes, Apps, and M] Okutue:
Do you need to change any settings before it works fine?. I am on July Security Build and the app crashes whenever I take pictures in portrait and normal mode but works fine in night mode.

I don't want to update to September security patch because i don't need my device to be encrypted so I can successfully run some magisk modules
[Honor 8X Questions & Answers] Istal:
Last week my friend buy a Honor 8x mobile form Vmall Huawei online store in china, and after come back to USA, he gift me the phone. but here i face some problem. i can not install google play store. Please help me and give me a solution how could i do that.
[Honor 8X Questions & Answers] Mikey_AK:
First you need to get and run the GMS installer:

https://xdaforums.com/mate-10/themes/gms-installer-google-play-100-huawei-t3809447

Then get the Google installer, it's all in Chinese, just run it and approve all the installs:

https://itechify.com/2016/11/10/download-google-installer-apk-chinese-phones/

Make sure you grant Google Play Services and the Play Store permissions.

Finally you will probably need to update Play Services and the Play Store, and these can be a little buggy when it comes to updating themselves, so use the Yalp store instead:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.yeriomin.yalpstore/

This worked for me, hope it works for you too!
[Honor 8X Questions & Answers] Matteo Mit.:
Hi, I found a solution here: https://youtu.be/FubclG3t-3A

(important was the answer of ED KAN user: he made my day!)

Hope this help! (I was able to install everything on my Chinese JSN-AL00a device).
[Honor 8X Questions & Answers] Lissandragaren3:
Use anothers website

use another website to download apk file then install directly. top1apk is a choicee
[Honor 8X Questions & Answers] ds47x:
Need an updated way