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Upgrade time for me, currently have a S5 so looking to for the first time probably by an S7 outright... any good places or deals going at the moment? Is it worth buying on outright?
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mobilephonesdirect seem to have a good price simfree on black/gold
Buy it outright, high end phone contracts have been getting stupidly expensive over the past few years.
Soldato
can anyone share their good lock set up, trying to get a feel for what looks good
So as it looks like Sky will be launching with SIM only to begin with, I'm considering an S7. So the thought still remains. Edge or not? Coming from an S4 which seems to need rebooting every few weeks and the battery dies when it still says 20% left. It's falling apart and is basically kept together by a case.
I'm tempted to go for this but after seeing a certain graph showing the running processes (bloatware) on the S7 compared to other phones I've recoiled a bit.
Is there anyway to disable all the bloatware including touchwhiz or does it need a custom rom to do this as as I understand there isn't much chance of custom roms taking off for the S7?
Is there anyway to disable all the bloatware including touchwhiz or does it need a custom rom to do this as as I understand there isn't much chance of custom roms taking off for the S7?
Soldato
So after a couple people stating they don't mind the battery life on this....
How do I check to see if my battery is ok?
100% last night at midnight, woke up at around 60% (nothing running etc). Then couple hours later it's at 40%. Quick recharge up to 60% before I head out, 4-5 hours later down to 40%.
How do I check to see if my battery is ok?
100% last night at midnight, woke up at around 60% (nothing running etc). Then couple hours later it's at 40%. Quick recharge up to 60% before I head out, 4-5 hours later down to 40%.
Soldato
Something is gobbling up your battery. Have a look at the battery usage charts to see where it is going. I suspect a dodgy app.
Soldato
That's what I thought, but checking:
Android System 35%
Android OS 18%
Screen 9%
Mustcam 8%
etc
Android System 35%
Android OS 18%
Screen 9%
Mustcam 8%
etc
Care to share this certain graph? Bloatware has been as minimal as ever with the S7 to the point I have not even noticed it to hinder the performance of the phone whatsoever, but I'm curious to see how many bloatware processes are actually running.
Soldato
Just had a small update on my s7 flat, any ideas? Now on
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Soldato
do you have an European S7? still on June 2016 Security Patch ?
I haven't noticed any slow-down at all on mine.
To those asking for the 'graph', it's not really a graph and it's for the S6 but I wouldn't expect the S7 to be much different if not worse.
Can't help but feel that all that processing power is compensating for all the bloat running in the background.
http://imgur.com/yYQQaTt
Can't help but feel that all that processing power is compensating for all the bloat running in the background.
http://imgur.com/yYQQaTt
Soldato
BTU not been released yet, seems XEU has though
Man of Honour
Got this from Tronsmart today, it's the "Chocolate" fast wireless charger. After long term testing, I've found that both Samsung fast wireless chargers only work properly with the Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge wall plug. They not work with standard QC2.0 or QC3.0 chargers powering them.
The Tronsmart one appears to work with them all as it's QC2.0 compliant and takes a 9V 1.67A input (or 5V 2A for slow charging).
Might be a worthwhile alternative to those wanting to spend less but still get fast wireless charging in a smaller pad.