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Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG (2014) - user opinions and reviews

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Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG (2014)
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  • Released 2014, April
    145g, 10.3mm thickness
    Android 4.3, up to 5.0.2
    8/16/32GB storage, microSD card slot
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  • 5.0"
    720x1280 pixels
  • 8MP
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  • 2GB RAM
    Intel Atom Z2580
  • 2110mAh
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  • AnonD-279813
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  • 01 Nov 2014

Mic, 01 Nov 2014Zenfone 5 model T00J with intel atom are not stable... The processor was not compatible to an... moreI beg to disagree.

It was Lenovo that first experimented with Atom processor on K900, and much of the new Asus series coming out (and also from several other manufacturers) use Atom.

The A501CG and A500KL are not directly comparable. The reason the A500KL is using Snapdragon is because it supports LTE out of the box. Atom does not, which would require an additional Broadcom chip, which would deplete battery even quicker.

If Android did not support Atom CPU, you could not even boot the phone up.

Android supports Atom since 4.0, however it has not been optimised for this architecture. This means that a lot of power and cycles were missed out, where KitKat brought better optimisation for the Atom platform.

What is true, though, is that Atom executes far more commands in the same cycle than the ARM architecture, making it considerably faster (core to core) than ARM, but it is less integrated, for example using external voltage regulator, camera controller, etc. which uses more power as all these additional components burn more than if they were integrated. At the same time they also generally provide better performance.


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  • kumar
  • uvy
  • 01 Nov 2014

Hey hello there......,
yesterday i bought ma zenfone 5 . and now i dont know how to update it to kitkat .. Battery backup is verypoor within 12hours my phone went into 20percent. Some apps like latest uc browser and mx player wont support.
Please,anybody kindly help meabout battery backup and other problems...... My freinds are teasing me about these things....
Reply to my email- subrahmanyakumar252@gmail.com

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  • nik17
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  • 01 Nov 2014

AnonD-316937, 01 Nov 2014Is there any problem in it?!Till now there is no major problem.. battery drain issue raised even after battery fix for 2 or 3 times ... but somehow managed with the help of tomazz sir's procedure of hard reset and app op starter... that is why worried about build number and kernel

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  • AnonD-316937
  • utY
  • 01 Nov 2014

AnonD-325676, 01 Nov 2014dear tomazz sir, my build number was asus_T00J_ww_2.19.40.18_20141003 on 3 oct 2014 Mean... moreIs there any problem in it?!

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  • XMF
  • 01 Nov 2014

Mic, 01 Nov 2014Zenfone 5 model T00J with intel atom are not stable... The processor was not compatible to an... moreDo you know that android l was launched with intel x86 processor.. and very few apps are not supported otherwise it is awesome. And it does not crash at all

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  • sRj
  • 01 Nov 2014

Irate owner, 01 Nov 2014My Asus Zen 5 shuts down on its own. How many of you has experienced this? Even when I am in t... moreZenfone 5 model T00J with intel atom are not stable... The processor was not compatible to android os & apps because it runs @ x86. As a result the os rebut and crashes when it encounter run time error. Same with other adroid apps. The wifi connection and gps are also fulty. When running games the device got very hot and the temperature reach up to 45 dregrees Celsius.

Now asus uses snapdragon for the next generation of zenfone 5.

I wish that asus will replace the the T00J model with A500KL if a consumer will bring the device to an authorized cervive center, with minimal fee.

T00J was a hopeless device for a smart phone... It should be categorized as an essential phone with call & txt, email, and camera.

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  • SANDEEP
  • uv0
  • 01 Nov 2014

no video call

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  • AnonD-325676
  • f}v
  • 01 Nov 2014

dear tomazz sir,

my build number was asus_T00J_ww_2.19.40.18_20141003 on 3 oct 2014

Means I updated my phone on 3 oct 2014
Then asus removed kitkat update and re-uploaded on 8th oct 2014.
Even my kernel is updated on 3 oct 2014.
On 8 oct I only got battery fix OTA update of 13mb.


Now my version is still asus_T00J_ww_2.19.40.18_20141003 instead of asus_T00J_ww_2.19.40.18_(""20141008&qu­ot;")

Now I am waiting for ww_2.20.40.9.
so will it be ok if I download 2.20.40.9 from asus support site which will be approximately of 750mb insted of downloading (2.20.40.9)OTA update which will be of approximately 25-30mb.

Will 2.20.40.9(750 mb) update my kernel as well as build number.

Is it ok ?


Because from now onwards all the OTA updates are not going change my build number till Android L update which is next major update , going to release in april 2015.

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  • AnonD-325676
  • f}v
  • 01 Nov 2014

Dear tomazz sir,

do i need to update my kernel manually ?

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  • AnonD-314847
  • Xu@
  • 01 Nov 2014

johnny , 31 Oct 2014Why is my Z5 got only 12Gb ? Some reserved for operating system.That is around 4.

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  • Pooja
  • v{U
  • 01 Nov 2014

I am having issue playing MP3, sound is very low via headphone since ive bought it, anyone having this issue? i have latest update.

thx

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  • nik17
  • f}v
  • 01 Nov 2014

Dear Tomazzs sir,

Is new update going to change my build number and kernel number.

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  • Irate owner
  • v0q
  • 01 Nov 2014

My Asus Zen 5 shuts down on its own. How many of you has experienced this? Even when I am in the middle of creating email it powers off. I had replaced another unit but its the same thing.

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  • sanket
  • Hkt
  • 01 Nov 2014

dear tomaazz
I am from India.I bought asus zenfone 5.It is very nice phone better than moto g (2nd gn).overall this is very nice phone.But i have issue about usb tethearing.I first time to connect pc via usb show enable tethearing option.now i connect phone to pc via usb show disable tethearing option and phone only charging.some app like mxplayer,ucbrowser not working in my phone.It stop automatically.
pls reply me.

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  • nik17
  • f}v
  • 01 Nov 2014

Are there any improvements after latest update 2.20.40.9

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  • djanko
  • uwT
  • 01 Nov 2014

i got a zenfone 5, but my zenfone 5 shows the phone is up to date...
but it is jelly bean... so i didn't get kitkat update... also battery really sucks...
kindly help...
when i go to >settings>about>system update> it shows " your system is upto date"

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  • koushu
  • rKw
  • 01 Nov 2014

Anonymous, 31 Oct 2014I can't downlod any thing other than google play store?ples helpDownload opera mini than you can be able to download

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  • koushu
  • rKw
  • 01 Nov 2014

Anonymous, 31 Oct 2014I can't downlod any thing other than google play store?ples helpDownload opera mini than you can be able to download

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  • Tanveer
  • Xue
  • 01 Nov 2014

Hey tomazz i hv a question. Why there is no official update of 2.Version for WW sku? When it will be available?

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  • jeff
  • uS{
  • 01 Nov 2014

Very hard to remove back cover. I wish the designer of this product took into consideration that some people like me always cut our nails. Right now, I can't open this damn product's back cover to insert my newly bought SD card. I am very disappointed.

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