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

Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG (2014)
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  • Released 2014, April
    145g, 10.3mm thickness
    Android 4.3, up to 5.0.2
    8GB/16GB/32GB storage, microSDXC
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  • 5.0"
    720x1280 pixels
  • 8MP
    1080p
  • 2GB RAM
    Intel Atom Z2580
  • 2110mAh
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  • Subha
  • U@H
  • 08 Oct 2014

AnonD-316937, 08 Oct 2014Thanx!! And what abt mx player it is not showing me the video files and not playing high defin... morephone's original file explorer can write or modify ext/int sd card contains..
For mx player you have to download custom cedec under settings _ decoder_ custom codec.

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    • AnonD-313233
    • tuf
    • 08 Oct 2014

    Tomaz, I bought this phone with V1.14 system update, then I update to V1.18.40.9, now I update to V1.18.40.10 that release before Asus cancel this update. Can I update my zenfone 5 to V2.19.40.18? Can this update make my phone to broken? I want to upgrade my zenfone 5 to kitkat please. Help me.

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      • kunal
      • rKk
      • 08 Oct 2014

      I currently have version V1.18.40.9 on my zenfone 5. I purposely didn’t upgrade it to kitkat as i came to know about the various bugs it has, but today when i tried to check for a upgrade it was showing me as “No new upgrade available”
      Being still on jellybean it should show me the kitkat upgrade as it did 2 days ago but now there is no kitkat update available. I later checked on their website to do a manual update but i couldn’t find any kitkat firmware.
      So my question is, is ASUS discontinuing the kitkat update due to a lot of bugs that it has?

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        • AnonD-316937
        • utY
        • 08 Oct 2014

        umesh, 08 Oct 2014where can we go for its service. do we need to return it to the company for fixing any fault ??There are authorized zenfone service centres in chennai one at kilpauk and the other at egmore.

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          • AnonD-316937
          • utY
          • 08 Oct 2014

          AnonD-279813, 08 Oct 2014Yes, to some. But not to writing to SD card or pendrive. you need to do full restore fro... moreThanx!! And what abt mx player it is not showing me the video files and not playing high definition mkv files..

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            • Abinash
            • rA%
            • 08 Oct 2014

            Hi Tomazz,

            I am using s-view flip cover. When I close my flipcover,on the 3rd page ther is a question mark saying"touch or shake", what is that??

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              • umesh
              • vGd
              • 08 Oct 2014

              where can we go for its service. do we need to return it to the company for fixing any fault ??

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                • AnonD-314939
                • uu0
                • 08 Oct 2014

                Hi tomazz finally motherboard has changed and my phone is new again. i am getting update 1.18.40.9 of 60 mb should i update this.kindly note that my phone is out of box status now

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                  • AnonD-279813
                  • sGx
                  • 08 Oct 2014

                  Pravin, 08 Oct 2014I can't receives anything through Bluetooth, have problem with mx player it is not showing the... moreYes, to some.

                  But not to writing to SD card or pendrive.

                  you need to do full restore from recovery partition and most of your problems will go away.

                  However on writing to SD - sorry, KitKat no longer allows that unless you root the phone and make apps to run under superuser.

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                    • AnonD-313233
                    • tuf
                    • 08 Oct 2014

                    AnonD-279813, 08 Oct 2014It is battery fix.It is stable or not? Can I update it now?

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                      • AnonD-279813
                      • sGx
                      • 08 Oct 2014

                      krish, 08 Oct 2014hi sir, i already installed 1.18.40.10 directly from 1.14 with ur clear support. not tried 2... more1.18.40.10 is having a different recovery partition and readies the system for the KitKat update whenever you choose to do it, if ever.

                      As it was specifically made to allow update to KitKat, which was later scrapped, they have scrapped this update as well.

                      If you do KitKat update, since it's a different OS, I recommend you do it by loading the complete firmware and not any OTA.

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                        • AnonD-279813
                        • sGx
                        • 08 Oct 2014

                        AnonD-316937, 08 Oct 2014Is esfile explorer and mx player is working well? I can't move data from internal to sdcard us... moreKitKat no longer supports any 3rd party file managers.

                        That is KitKat limitation and you can read about "KitKat broke my SD card" etc. articles all over the internet.

                        In a gist - applications can read from anywhere. But they can only write to the folders they created themselves on SD card. They can't write to folders of other applications.

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                          • neozen
                          • 7qL
                          • 08 Oct 2014

                          AnonD-316937, 08 Oct 2014Is esfile explorer and mx player is working well? I can't move data from internal to sdcard us... moreSame problems here.. hey tamazz can you help this issue...

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                            • AnonD-279813
                            • sGx
                            • 08 Oct 2014

                            AnonD-313233, 08 Oct 2014Asus release update 2.19.40.18. Is this new update for android kitkat? Stable or not? Or same ... moreIt is battery fix.

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                              • Boh
                              • 0NK
                              • 08 Oct 2014

                              I would like to see the audio quality test..

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                                • AnonD-316937
                                • utY
                                • 08 Oct 2014

                                Is esfile explorer and mx player is working well? I can't move data from internal to sdcard using es explorer and media files are not shown in mx player

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                                  • akitski24
                                  • t7r
                                  • 08 Oct 2014

                                  hello people, i would like to ask how to remove the message not sent notification, it always popping out in my system notification. but i am not sending any msg nor pending message.

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                                    • alex
                                    • ibg
                                    • 08 Oct 2014

                                    why the batery vary shot to low???

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                                      • hildlind
                                      • tVq
                                      • 08 Oct 2014

                                      Hi Tomazz,have question here...i'm using link2sd and create an ext partition on my external sdcard..so all my apps are link to the external sd card (more free space to my internal memory)so if i want to update to kitkat,and backup all my apps using titanium backup,can the apps restore back all the backup to my external sdcard(the ext partition)or restore back all the apps to internal memory..thanks

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                                        • Chimax
                                        • Hkt
                                        • 08 Oct 2014

                                        AnonD-279813, 08 Oct 2014Which is about the same as mine did normally… the standby in KitKat has been drastically impro... moreAndroid System was the culprit in my case... 63.2% battery usage was shown by it... From 11:00 pm to 7:00 am... Consumed 30%

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