Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG (2014) - user opinions and reviews
- nik17
- f}v
AnonD-309164, 04 Nov 2014Thanks for replying! So I need to reinstall? By downloading from asus website? Mine is T00J WW... moredear sris,
If you are facing any problems like battery drain , or memory card unmounting and mounting , restart in the middle of call then go for manual update otherwise keep on doing OTA.
I am telling you because you need to take lot of care while doing it manually.
You should know each and every detail of your phone.
because i came to know that when you will google asus zenfone 5 support
- Anonymous
- f}v
amit, 04 Nov 2014guys happy news, i just found out the reason for the pathetic battery life of this phone. it w... moreDear Amit,
but are you still able to access play store ? because once you disable it you will not be able to access any google services which includes your google play store as far as i know .
are u able to access play store ?
if yes then please tell the procedure about how to disable google services.
I also tried once ... but play store was not working after that.
- amit
- 2SA
guys happy news, i just found out the reason for the pathetic battery life of this phone. it was google play services.. for those who updated to kitkat and still have only 10 hours of battery life in normal use, i found out it was google play services which was responsible for this.
after disabling those services , now i got around 20 hours of battery life on moderate use and standby time has greatly improved. battery drains only 3% in 8 hours standby. its great..
- AnonD-309164
- 9Eg
AnonD-325676, 04 Nov 2014OTA means ""over the air"" update which almost all people do for updating ... moreThanks for replying! So I need to reinstall? By downloading from asus website? Mine is T00J WW Version and I updated before 3rd October. Unstable kk means?
- Azzy
- t1$
Plz cud anyone tell me about the battery backup of this phone ...coz I am going to buy it.
- rit
- KAe
omi, 03 Nov 2014I'm using zenfone 5 from 4 August. At first it was the awesomest phone for me. Now it's giving... moreTry audio wizard settings.. :-)
- AnonD-325676
- f}v
AnonD-309164, 04 Nov 2014What is OTA? Updating via phone? Or downloading from asus site, unzipping And then installing?... moreOTA means ""over the air"" update which almost all people do for updating the phone.
In earlier days , if anyone wanted to update the phone , he needed to download the update 1st from support website then had to intall it manually.
But OTA is new technology through which manufacturer provides new updates to users directly.
It reduces lot of efforts of user.
When i installed my kitkat update on 3rd oct , is was unstable.
then asus removed the update.
And again re-updated it on 8th oct.
Some of the users who have updated on 3rd oct still have unstable kitkat like me.
So that's why we are planning to download and install the full update(750 to 800 mb from asus website).
Through ASUS OTA update(approx size 25 to 50 mb which you receive through wifi or net) you only get latest update and not the skipped one which were got released before purchasing your zenfone.
- AnonD-298283
- vLQ
AnonD-279813, 04 Nov 2014I assume that your firmware of the phone is 1.14 or 1.15 JellyBean. You can see it by tappi... moredoes zenfone 5 ww version will get V2.20.40.9 please tell me
- S Asif
- 7qE
AnonD-279813, 04 Nov 2014I assume that your firmware of the phone is 1.14 or 1.15 JellyBean.
You can see it by tappi... moreDear Tomazz
I got my Zen5 a couple of weeks ago, i immediately got a 20mb update and then got the kitkat update through FOTA. I did not face any of the issues mentioned by many of the users except the battery drain. I did a factory reset ( hard) but not much benefit. My request is since i got the kk update over FOTA could it be possible that some of the patches are missing as the size available on the asus support site is almost double than available over FOTA, should i repeat the update using manual procedure after downloading from the asus site
- AnonD-325676
- f}v
AnonD-279813, 04 Nov 2014I assume that your firmware of the phone is 1.14 or 1.15 JellyBean.
You can see it by tappi... moreDear Tomazz sir,
My current version is asus_T00J_ww_2.19.40.18
then I have installed 1 OTA update of battery fix.
So will it be ok to download and install ww_2.20.40.9(750 - 800 mb)(when it will become available) from asus support site.
or do I need to perform any other steps ?
will the battery fix OTA update affect my full installation of kitkat os using ww_2.20.40.9 file(750- 800 mb).
I am confuse because of your following statement in reply to pankaj saini
"""The firmware update to this version will only work in steps described above if you have not performed any OTA update since you got the phone. If you have, please let us know what version you currently have, so we can help further.""""
Because I have done 1 OTA update of battery fix after major kitkat update.
- AnonD-309164
- uvs
What is OTA? Updating via phone? Or downloading from asus site, unzipping And then installing? I have updated from phone only. So will there be any problem?
Please help
- AnonD-314847
- utb
AnonD-279813, 04 Nov 2014I'm sorry, Sir. I do not live in India and apart from using roaming there for a Month, I have ... more:(
Thanks for the reply man
:)
- AnonD-279813
- 2xK
AnonD-314847, 04 Nov 2014Hey tomazz,
I have been using this phone for around 3 months,even after using two different b... moreI'm sorry, Sir. I do not live in India and apart from using roaming there for a Month, I have not had any experience with operators there.
My Zens are above 5mbps all the time, with up to 8-9 mbps over night for downlink and about 3-4 mbps uplink.
That's H+.
200 kbps isn't even the speed of the EDGE, which can reach 384 kbps, and that's 2G.
But sorry that I can't help with more information, except that phone can do a lot more.
- Sris
- uvs
Hi
Can u guys recommend me a good backup app which also stores data of apps on unrooted zenfone 5? I tried many but they fail to backup /restore data.
- Sumit
- vIg
Hello everyone,
APN Problems has been resolved just insert idea sim and left it for 2-3 hour it will automatically saves it's own setting and then create manually for airtel or any other and then remove idea sim and use whatever you want...!
- Ntu
- PMb
siva, 03 Nov 2014We anable to download apps plz helpHopefully you would be able to download apps, but not able to install it. To install apps, go to "Settings -> Security". Then check the box "Unknown Sources. Allow installation of apps from unknown sources." Now try downloading/installing apps.
After the apps download, just uncheck the above option, to avoid automatic installation of other apps, which are unknown to you.
Enjoy your apps..
- AnonD-314847
- utb
Hey tomazz,
I have been using this phone for around 3 months,even after using two different but same ISP providers sim.I have been getting only 200kbps on h with so many 3g recharges.
I have asked my ISP providers to look through the issue but no help at all,
they haven't found anything wrong on their side
But I have come across people saying that,The ISP has issues providing internet to this particular device
Q1)shall I try using alternate ISP'S
Or
Q2)go for service
ISP-AIRCEL
- amit
- 2SA
hi guys i just send a mail to asus team about the camera and how laggy it becomes in low light and this was their response..
Hi Amit,
A video composes of multiple frames, and each frame must get enough light to complete the exposure. The video becomes lagging in dark scenes because the overall frame rate must be slowed down so each frame has enough time to get light in. It’s normal that videos have slower frame rate in dark environment. And in such cases, I’m afraid that stabilizer won’t help because it doesn’t increase input lighting.
As for the camera quality that you feel sometimes it becomes plasticky or oversharpen, we are continuously improving the camera exposure algorithm. However it would also help us a lot in analysis if you could kindly provide such sample photos.
Asus ZenUI Team
- Anonymous
- Hkt
I got this ph abt 3 mnths back, positives: the touch is smooth, grt camera clarity, self cleanup option, ability to hide unwanted apps. Drawbacks: NEVER ENDING updates frm ASUS, PATHETIC speakers, the screen dosent unlock at times, ph hangs when multitasking, not able to download certain filetypes... all in all a gud ph to use but a lot of improvement needed
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