Samsung Galaxy S5 mini - user opinions and reviews
- AnonD-55262
- RnT
DTEG, 28 Apr 2017Yes, it was Marshmallow, and it's working well. The "Doze" deep sleep function is very effecti... moreFor anyone else struggling with the buggy auto-brightness on this phone, the fix is simple! This is what I shared on my review website about the issue:
"I've diagnosed the problem with the auto-brightness, which was not resolved in the long-awaited Marshmallow update. Very little chance, from what I gather, of any bug report making it to anyone useful at Samsung, but I'll explain a little here in the hope it might help anyone else having trouble with the display appearing too dim or even dead upon waking. In short it looks like it's a bug with the "super brightness" that is engaged when the ambient light is very high, typically direct sunlight, which is why the problem only ever manifests on bright sunny days. It seems that if "super brightness" is required immediately upon waking (i.e. at the lockscreen) the basic brightness is never set from zero, and the screen appears very dark or even non-functional. The work-around is very simple, though. If the screen does not wake and the ambient light is bright, suggesting this might be the cause of the issue, immediately place your finger over the ambient light sensor (next to the earpiece speaker) and a couple of seconds later the display should activate, and you can carry on as usual. Hope this advice saves some frustration or wasted trips to the repair shop."
- AnonD-737853
- MkX
John, 28 Feb 2018Get the mini, it's a really good phone and I've been using it ever since it came out. Never ha... moreThanks for the advice John, really appreciate it - I am in the UK though, so would have to get the European model. Best Regards, John.
- John
- sb3
AnonD-737853, 15 Feb 2018Hi,
I currently own a Samsung Galaxy S (yes no trailing number)!!!!
I am looking to replac... moreGet the mini, it's a really good phone and I've been using it ever since it came out. Never had any issues with it.
This company is selling it for pretty cheap on eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/112842286259
- AnonD-737853
- MkX
Hi,
I currently own a Samsung Galaxy S (yes no trailing number)!!!!
I am looking to replace it with either a Galaxy S5 Mini or a Galaxy S5 Neo, I'm not really sure which one to go for and I hope someone here can give me some advice as to which one is the best phone, from a reliability / performance / ease of use / battery life perspective.
Thanks in advance!!!
- josphat
- CAS
Android 6.0.1 is awesome. the only problm its drains ch.arge. otherwise performance is great
- Lal
- yZy
This is my 3rd year with S5 mini locked to Telstra Australia. After Android 6 update I had to update all apps as well to prevent system restarting. Now everything ok. Still using original battery. Not planning to upgrade to a new phone until this one slows.
- S Mini andg ??!!!
- M%T
My S5Mini, is not receiving 4g in France anymore since 2017-1july (with SFR Red product). The operators change something on frequencies as, since july , it's impossible on my phone to get 4g anymore (only 2g is supported). I guess they changed some support or some frequency and I can not anymore get the frequency wich I used before without problems. This problem arrived suddenly, without that I change something on my phone. Not fair from the operators to make these change secretly, thinking that people will have the idea that phone is broken!!! Obliged to change phone.
- Bob
- nx1
T_bag, 26 Dec 2017my s5 mini G800A 4.42 isnt upgradable to 5.0 ..its telling me i already have the recent updat... moreits strange, i have android 6.0.1
- T_bag
- Nu7
my s5 mini G800A 4.42 isnt upgradable to 5.0 ..its telling me i already have the recent update ...can anyone help me out.
- AnonD-710454
- 3H7
AnonD-634028, 03 Oct 2017Nougat or notThere is a Lineage OS 15 custom ROM based on the Oreo UI. It is currently in development mode so not everything is working yet. I don't think they are officially releasing an update tbh.
- Flapkac
- Nnu
Teddy, 17 May 2017I dont know why my s5 mini is slow in gaming performance. modern combat 3, modern combat 4 , r... moreModern Combat 3 & 4 works fine on mine. Not perfect but not bad at all. Performance 8/10
- Mio
- KgW
vrssss, 04 Sep 2017How to downgrade marshmallow to lollipop any problemshttps://youtu.be/6EsxHEMMr7o kindly follow this link.. its really working...i had a problem with marshmallow then i decided to downgrade it to lollipop...just follow the instructions carefully...thanks!
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