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[APP] WhatsApp - Discussion Thread

WhatsApp is now available on Android Market:
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This video-review shows the main functions (of a former beta version).

I installed it and getting the authorization error. Will try again later. Thanks for the link.

At the risk of sounding stupid, what does this do?

donald-c said:
At the risk of sounding stupid, what does this do?
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A ping messenger similar to PingChat! but far better, with a lot more sharing options. A musthave-app for every iPhone owner and available for BB and Symbian in near future (multiplatform)
here's a Review

hatim said:
I installed it and getting the authorization error. Will try again later. Thanks for the link.
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Hi!
I installed it yesterday afternoon, tried to log-in for a couple of hours but it only worked this morning. I have already chatted with a friend using whatsapp on iphone! Cgorki, thx for sharing.
I've been running and using it for almost 6 hours now with mobile internet always on and listening to music but when I go into battery usage this doesn't show up. Does this mean that it doesn't use battery or is there something else? It doesn't seem to drain a lot of battery because I still have about 85% left.
Thank you..

...well they obviously developed an app which charges your battery instead of draining it
I also have no problems communicating with iPhone users, also able to attach maps links, voice messages, pictures and videos

Uh, is this supposed to be distributed? I thought it's still a close beta.

Vulpix said:
Uh, is this supposed to be distributed? I thought it's still a close beta.
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When the owner provides a direct Link to the apk on his own servers, it doesn't really look like a closed beta.

Loving it. Thanks so much

Still random disconnects when sleeping. It only works after app and service are restarted.
Had it on the iphone, works great. I have been waiting for this for months and months now, but they still don't want to make it final. Either they are slow, it is just too hard to work with without the push thingy á la iphone.

Still random disconnects when sleeping. It only works after app and service are restarted.
Had it on the iphone, works great. I have been waiting for this for months and months now, but they still don't want to make it final. Either they are slow, it is just too hard to work with without the push thingy á la iphone.

well if you develop for android, you develop for more than only one device like for iphone, thats why it takes longer... btw. I can not confirm disconnects while phone is in sleep mode...
Update was released today, you can update the app via the built-in updater

cgorki said:
well if you develop for android, you develop for more than only one device like for iphone, thats why it takes longer... btw. I can not confirm disconnects while phone is in sleep mode...
Update was released today, you can update the app via the built-in updater
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Yes I noticed the update. I am using wifi only for this week. From next week on, I have a new contract with mobile data. Maybe there is a problem connecting after a while of disconnecting.

djind said:
Still random disconnects when sleeping. It only works after app and service are restarted.
Had it on the iphone, works great. I have been waiting for this for months and months now, but they still don't want to make it final. Either they are slow, it is just too hard to work with without the push thingy á la iphone.
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That's weird, I receive messages without ever opening it first, straight after booting and completely leaving the phone alone.
Under settings it always says service has started right on the minute that I booted my phone
*edit* Sorry I think I misread you, last night it gave me the option to install the latest version, and the change log said it fixed many random crashes, so far running great. But I'm sure you've upgraded

so far i can NOT use it, says auth failed.. any tips?

if you want the auth to run, email the support (even if the app says do not!) I did that and I got my access about 2-3 days.

r47z said:
if you want the auth to run, email the support (even if the app says do not!) I did that and I got my access about 2-3 days.
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mailing them will do nothing, I'm pretty sure they didn't put you on any "beta list"
you get your access just by trying to contact their servers, after hours/days your phone is successfully registered, thats what me and many other users have experienced.

I must have sent 14 messages untill I got through. Dont try it more than once, keep trying every couple of hours. Or even the next day. Once you get the auth, all reinstalls will be good to go.

Has anybody read the EULA?
It's talking about a "free trial period", and then a subscription fee per year.
Is that the same with the iPhone-app?

NeidRider said:
Has anybody read the EULA?
It's talking about a "free trial period", and then a subscription fee per year.
Is that the same with the iPhone-app?
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we'll see when the full version come out... there's also a "Purchase Now!" button in the "Account Info" menu.

Galaxy S3 "Android OS" Battery Usage and Drain - Research and Potential Fixes

Galaxy S3 "Android OS" Battery Usage and Drain - Research and Potential Fixes
Many users have reported of Android OS taking up much of the battery. This thread is dedicated to fixing the issue.
I've gathered this information from using stock touchwiz (no non-google apps, custom roms, anything like) with Google Sync on.
This problem is specific to Touchwiz.
What is it?
The issue seems to be when your phone starts to get warm and lose battery quickly. It can happen randomly. Going to settings>battery will show that Android OS is taking up the most battery and accounts for much of this drain and warmth.
Is there a fix?
There is a temporary fix which is rebooting the phone. Rebooting may or may not make the problem go away. If you reboot, however, the problem can come back later.
What part of the Android OS is doing this?
This is what the goal of the thread is to find out. Once we know this, a developer or user could come up with a fix.
From one instance when this happened, I was able to gather:
Partial Wakelocks:
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*The phone has been in deep sleep for 5 of the 7 hours too
As you can see, it seems like gTalk and Android Talk are the issue. Clearly they shouldn't take up so much battery.
I encourage every to download betterbatterystats and show us data when this happens to you. Any information that you know about this or can gather will help with trying to find the cause and fix. Remove betterbatterystats after you collect the data since the app itself causes battery drain.

It seems to me that the firmware allows certain apps to go rogue and eat up large amounts of the cpu usage, for me it hasnt been google talk

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Many users have reported of Android OS taking up much of the battery. This thread is dedicated to fixing the issue.
I've gathered this information from using stock touchwiz (no non-google apps, custom roms, anything like) with Google Sync on.
This problem is specific to Touchwiz.
What is it?
The issue seems to be when your phone starts to get warm and lose battery quickly. It can happen randomly. Going to settings>battery will show that Android OS is taking up the most battery and accounts for much of this drain and warmth.
Is there a fix?
There is a temporary fix which is rebooting the phone. Rebooting may or may not make the problem go away. If you reboot, however, the problem can come back later.
What part of the Android OS is doing this?
This is what the goal of the thread is to find out. Once we know this, a developer or user could come up with a fix.
From one instance when this happened, I was able to gather:
Partial Wakelocks:
Kernel Wakelocks:
*The phone has been in deep sleep for 5 of the 7 hours too
As you can see, it seems like gTalk and Android Talk are the issue. Clearly they shouldn't take up so much battery.
I encourage every to download betterbatterystats and show us data when this happens to you. Any information that you know about this or can gather will help with trying to find the cause and fix.
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So if you use a different launcher and freeze touchwiz its fine?

Andrew_han said:
It seems to me that the firmware allows certain apps to go rogue and eat up large amounts of the cpu usage, for me it hasnt been google talk
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Yes, have had this happen multiple times. One time with Maps another with Facebook then another with nothing in particular. Reboot or going into application manager and stopping them fixes it too.

I find that the Gallery app has a partial wake lock once a day. It tries to sync pictures once a day, and it stays awake until I manually force it to stop.

Elite49 said:
So if you use a different launcher and freeze touchwiz its fine?
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Nah, that's wouldn't work because touchwiz isn't just the launcher - It's being used throughout the whole system. Install a ROM like Cyanogenmod which is (almost) pure google. Then compare it to a touchwiz ROM. You'll see how much they changed.

Vdubtx said:
Yes, have had this happen multiple times. One time with Maps another with Facebook then another with nothing in particular. Reboot or going into application manager and stopping them fixes it too.
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Yeah, I've noticed it happen with Maps once, so I stopped maps. Then it happened with gtalk so I freezed gtalk. One time it happened with Audio_out1 which wasn't even an app so I had to reboot.
I'm thinking here that it isn't the fault of any app but instead the OS doing something to the apps?

yousefak said:
I encourage every to download betterbatterystats and show us data when this happens to you. Any information that you know about this or can gather will help with trying to find the cause and fix.
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If they download it, uninstall it the second they're done because betterbatterystats itself causes a huge battery drain as well. There's a post the Epic CM team talked about the app doing so.
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy S III

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If they download it, uninstall it the second they're done because betterbatterystats itself causes a huge battery drain as well. There's a post the Epic CM team talked about the app doing so.
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy S III
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Hmmm, thanks for informing me. At first I was also concerned if the app itself would use a bunch of battery but reassured myself it wouldn't since it's an app to help battery. Thanks for informing me that this isn't the case.

I've had an issue with a wakelock titled "bam_dmux_wakelock". I've posted in a few battery threads and found nothing. It is very random. I'll un-install better battery stats to see if my Android system drain drops.
Sent from my Galaxy S3

yousefak said:
Hmmm, thanks for informing me. At first I was also concerned if the app itself would use a bunch of battery but reassured myself it wouldn't since it's an app to help battery. Thanks for informing me that this isn't the case.
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No prob! This is the post in case anyone was interested:
http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/03/battery-optimization-guide.html
Just scroll down until you see the red text.

Android L Bugs Collection

Figured it might be a good idea to start a thread about various bugs people find in Android L.
11/11 Some of the bugs ppl have mentioned in the thread:
1. Bluetooth playback stutters and is overall inconsistent. **
2. Some report calls unable to patch through.
3. The Device randomly picks an app and said app drains the battery with extreme prejudice (personally it has occurred twice for me with Gmail soaking it up once and the other was Motorola connect).
4. Battery is not being managed properly
5. Ram is also buggy?
6. Google Now launcher working Incorrectly.
7. attentive display isn't working properly in all apps.

Android l final realease is out ?
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For some reason I cant find the silent mode. Not sure if it's a feature or a bug..

edwardgtxy said:
For some reason I cant find the silent mode. Not sure if it's a feature or a bug..
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When using the volume rocker, there will be a "none" option. That silences the phone
sent from my Nexus 7

I would love others to confirm this. My music playback on the L soak test build is too fast. It speeds up the music just a half beat or so. Everything is just a little bit faster than it should be, and in some cases it's hard to discern. But I have tested multiple tracks and gotten others to listen and confirm too. Music playback through Play Music is not timing the songs correctly.

tebower said:
I would love others to confirm this. My music playback on the L soak test build is too fast. It speeds up the music just a half beat or so. Everything is just a little bit faster than it should be, and in some cases it's hard to discern. But I have tested multiple tracks and gotten others to listen and confirm too. Music playback through Play Music is not timing the songs correctly.
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Nope. Google Music on my desktop and Google Music on my phone play the same song in absolute perfect sync.

I'm having a pretty major problem where apps like hangouts and gmail seemingly randomly decide to stop syncing in the background. I'll get a message, and it will either not notify me at all, or wait up to several minutes to do so, where it used to be nearly instant.

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When using the volume rocker, there will be a "none" option. That silences the phone
sent from my Nexus 7
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Great. Thanks!
I just tried encrypt phone and it just reboots and did nothing... Wondering if anyone else has the same problem.

fortinj1354 said:
I'm having a pretty major problem where apps like hangouts and gmail seemingly randomly decide to stop syncing in the background. I'll get a message, and it will either not notify me at all, or wait up to several minutes to do so, where it used to be nearly instant.
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Maybe you can try deleting and then adding your google account again.

edwardgtxy said:
Maybe you can try deleting and then adding your google account again.
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I've tried that, I've cleared data on play services and google framework, cleared data and cache in hangouts, rebooted multiple times, etc. I've done everything short of factory reset it.

fortinj1354 said:
I've tried that, I've cleared data on play services and google framework, cleared data and cache in hangouts, rebooted multiple times, etc. I've done everything short of factory reset it.
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Hmm, interesting. Maybe you need to factory reset. Did you happen to flash the system.IMG from the toolbox?

edwardgtxy said:
Hmm, interesting. Maybe you need to factory reset. Did you happen to flash the system.IMG from the toolbox?
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Yeah, my method for updating since I was rooted before was the toolbox system.img, then supersu into safe mode, then at&t modem, then update. I factory reset first thing after applying the update, but that doesn't seem to have fixed it. What's weird is that I'm having very similar issues on my nexus 7, which is running the 5.0 developer preview.
Edit- I factory reset it again. Lets see what happens.

Don't know if its Google Wallet or Lollipop but overnight my battery went from 90% to 15% with the screen off the entire time. And Google wallet was responsible for 41% of the usage.
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Bluetooth seems unstable on my Honda Civic. Music was kind of skipping / jumping but the second time it was OK. Also, connection time seems to take much longer than it did on kk.

Sorry, should have clarified that my music speed issue is happening when I'm playing through my car on bluetooth. Ford Sync with MFT. Can anyone try playing through a Bluetooth device and see if playback is sped up?
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Nope. Google Music on my desktop and Google Music on my phone play the same song in absolute perfect sync.
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androidoholic said:
Don't know if its Google Wallet or Lollipop but overnight my battery went from 90% to 15% with the screen off the entire time. And Google wallet was responsible for 41% of the usage.
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Definitely did not see that here.

androidoholic said:
Don't know if its Google Wallet or Lollipop but overnight my battery went from 90% to 15% with the screen off the entire time. And Google wallet was responsible for 41% of the usage.
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That's a huge wake lock. Can you share the screenshot of the app that was causing it?

edwardgtxy said:
Great. Thanks!
I just tried encrypt phone and it just reboots and did nothing... Wondering if anyone else has the same problem.
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I had to put my phone in safe mode https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/94932/p/30,6720,8696/kw/safe%20mode.
Once I went into safe mode tried encryption and the phone rebooted, encrypted then rebooted again and I was good to go. Please note you must have a fully charged battery and it plugged in for it to encrypt.
Hope this helps and good luck

No browser tabs in Chrome. Anyone else?

Sdobron said:
No browser tabs in Chrome. Anyone else?
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Yes I also notice that.
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[APP][ROOT] Scheduler for Whatsapp v2.1

ROOT PERMISSION NEEDED, 4.1 or above
Hello everyone, some days back I was searching an app to program some whatsapp messages, and I found 1 or 2 apps, but are so hard to use and takes so much time so, I made this app thinking that to create a new messages not takes a lot of time.
The app is very easy to use, you only need to pick your contact, write the message and select when you want to send the message. Take care, because the app is a BETA version for now, but I need some feedback on other phones, obviusly, you need ROOT PERMISSIONS.
Link from google play
Scheduler for whatsapp ROOT
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P.D: Only works 100% for now on 5.0 and above, in the future I will add full compatibility with previous versions, sorry.

I need some feedback mates
Thanks!

not compatible with android 4.3 ?can't instal it . .
im using sony xperia tx

fchaster said:
not compatible with android 4.3 ?can't instal it . .
im using sony xperia tx
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Yes mate, for now is only compatible from 5.0 and above, but when it works okey in 5.0 I will make it compatible with below versions, anyway thanks for try the app
Edit: The app works okey from 4.0 and above I think, but not works always. The problem is that this app needs to reconect from internet to force whatsapp to update the messages and I can only do that from 5.0 (using internet data, not wifi).

Version 1.21, compatibility from Jelly Bean
In this new version must work from android 4.1, but take care, if at the moment to send the message you are not connected to wifi, the message will be delayed. I will fix this problem as soon as possible.
Regards!

Miniprepumen said:
In this new version must work from android 4.1, but take care, if at the moment to send the message you are not connected to wifi, the message will be delayed. I will fix this problem as soon as possible.
Regards!
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Will give feedback and see how it runs on my device.

kirito9 said:
Will give feedback and see how it runs on my device.
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Download it from Google play, because this version is old and not works, I will update now here.
Thanks for support

Miniprepumen said:
Download it from Google play, because this version is old and not works, I will update now here.
Thanks for support
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Gotcha :good:

kirito9 said:
Gotcha :good:
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Ohhh god... incredible, the version of google play is corrupt, I added here the new version, cause google play don't upload the file after 3 hours :S
Sorry

Miniprepumen said:
Ohhh god... incredible, the version of google play is corrupt, I added here the new version, cause google play don't upload the file after 3 hours :S
Sorry
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lol was just gonna tell you

kirito9 said:
lol was just gonna tell you
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Yes, I know, the version 1.3 from here is ok.
Thanks mate

New feature?
Would you like to send whatsapps to groups?, it's a little bit hard, but is possible to make it.
Regards!

Miniprepumen said:
....this app needs to reconect from internet to force whatsapp.... (using internet data, not wifi).
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Miniprepumen said:
....like to send whatsapps to groups?, it's a little bit hard, but is possible to make it.....
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case 1: i have data enabled and i connect to wifi without disabling data.
case 2: i have data connection disabled and i am connected to wifi only.
case 3: i haven't subscribed to a data plan, only wifi is available & connected to.
will this app work in such scenarios? or, is a running data connectivity a must? please clarify.
and, please make this facility available for sending msgs to groups also. thank you.

m0han said:
case 1: i have data enabled and i connect to wifi without disabling data.
case 2: i have data connection disabled and i am connected to wifi only.
case 3: i haven't subscribed to a data plan, only wifi is available & connected to.
will this app work in such scenarios? or, is a running data connectivity a must? please clarify.
and, please make this facility available for sending msgs to groups also. thank you.
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Thanks for this questions are very interesting.
I gonna explain the conditions, are very easy:
If you are connected to WIFI, the app turn off the wifi and reconect again in 5 seconds.
If the WIFI is off then turn off data and reconect in 5 seconds.
I think with this two conditions I maneged the comun scenarios.
I will work to add group messages.
You have any other idea to add to app?
Thanks!

Version 2.0
Hi, I'm here again, I uploaded a new version to google play solving the most popular error.
- Now if you have not the sqlite3 file, the app will automatically add it to your xbin folder.
- New design.
- Solved problem with some country phone number.
- Now you can modify manually the phone number.
If you see any error contact with me please.
Thanks!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alicantedevelopers.whatsappscheduler

I need some testers, some people is reporting that not works :S, but I don't know why...

New version
I found the main error with the sqlite3 file, so now must be working on all rooted phones, I hope.
Is very important to download the new version if before was not working.
Thanks.

UI interface looks nice.. Got FC on selecting contact, so haven't really got to test actual scheduled message. Running CM13 on LG G3.. Good luck with your app

Liberr said:
UI interface looks nice.. Got FC on selecting contact, so haven't really got to test actual scheduled message. Running CM13 on LG G3.. Good luck with your app
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Wow really helpful feedback, there are a problem with 6.0 permission. Sorry but I don't tried the app on andorid 6.0.
Thanks again !
Regards!

Possible Quality Control issues with ZTE Axon 7

Pros:
beautiful screen and overall a nice phone, got headphones with pre order. and am excited about the prospects of a new flagship phone.
Cons:
Camera stopped functioning today, it was delivered at 4:10pm July 27th, it is now 5:05am July 28th as i write this. Customer service is closed and i've already gone through wiping the cache, formatting and factory resetting the phone. removing my sim card and SD card.
formatting again, clearing the cache on the camera app
then resetting the phone and clearing the cache and reinstalling.
i even went so far as to stop google from recovering my downloads from the playstore to be on the safe side and insure that the phone was completely stock out of the box.
and i got "Unable to connect to camera,Camera has been disabled because of security policies or is being used by other apps" the phone and the flashlight are not functioning. and installing 3rd party camera apps doesn't fix the issue.
Will follow up if ZTE is able to give repair steps that don't result in mailing my phone back to newegg.
Other Thoughts:
Would not recommend to anyone at this current time, as this same issue plagued another phone of ZTE's called the ZTE max and seems to have followed to their newest flagship
if anyone has a fix for this sort of issue please let me know otherwise ill do a write up based on what ZTE provides to me later on today

Hey bud. Make sure you post on here: https://community.zteusa.com/community/forums/axon
Some of the community members may be able to help you or a ZTE moderator. Its more active there than here.

aknotts415 said:
Hey bud. Make sure you post on here: https://community.zteusa.com/community/forums/axon
Some of the community members may be able to help you or a ZTE moderator. Its more active there than here.
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most definitely! though i hope that changes when BL is unlocked

Bakurei said:
most definitely! though i hope that changes when BL is unlocked
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me too lol :good:

Do you think it's possible that you revoked its permission to use the camera? I would check the app manager.
Other possible solutions I found:
* Turn off OK Google detection from any app
* If you can boot into a recovery mode, wipe the cache partition
* Turn off face detection smart lock
* Make sure camera shortcut on the lock screen is enabled
* Remove any Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account you might have setup

dennis96411 said:
Do you think it's possible that you revoked its permission to use the camera? I would check the app manager.
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I haven't revoked permissions although i did check again. i formatted the phone a total of 6 times and had it bare bones. however when the camera doesn't work neither does the flashlight. so a tail tail sign in the past has been if both dont work. an RMA is needed. hopefully ZTE will be able to help sort this out so i can amend the post content to reflect their customer service.

Bakurei said:
I haven't revoked permissions although i did check again. i formatted the phone a total of 6 times and had it bare bones. however when the camera doesn't work neither does the flashlight. so a tail tail sign in the past has been if both dont work. an RMA is needed. hopefully ZTE will be able to help sort this out so i can amend the post content to reflect their customer service.
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See my edited reply for other things to try.

dennis96411 said:
See my edited reply for other things to try.
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I've done all of those things with the exception of Turn off face detection smart lock as the phone didn't have any locks enable at all. ill enable and disable just to see if any of it sticks, worst case ill update post with ZTE/Newegg results
I appreciate your help !

Bakurei said:
I've done all of those things with the exception of Turn off face detection smart lock as the phone didn't have any locks enable at all. ill enable and disable just to see if any of it sticks, worst case ill update post with ZTE/Newegg results
I appreciate your help !
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One last thing to try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lrodlor.camless
I looked up the error message and it seems to have something to do with device policy. This app should be able to change the camera policy.

dennis96411 said:
One last thing to try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lrodlor.camless
I looked up the error message and it seems to have something to do with device policy. This app should be able to change the camera policy.
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I'll give that a shot, i rebooted the phone into safe mode and camera and flashlight still didn't work. im on hold with newegg now so. here's hoping camless fixes it!

Bakurei said:
I'll give that a shot, i rebooted the phone into safe mode and camera and flashlight still didn't work. im on hold with newegg now so. here's hoping camless fixes it!
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Let me know how that goes.

It didn't work but.
I hope its resolved relatively soon as well.. i wanted to post pictures so people knew i wasn't just slandering the phone or anything. i have tried different camera apps. but they dont work. nor does the Flashlight feature in the quick launch. i looked up old threads on similar issues and saw people doing things from disabling security certificates (all of them manually because the clear option was greyed out.) and i spent about 20 minutes doing that while on hold with newegg since ZTE was closed. hopefully this issue will be a fluke and it wont be the same with the second and third phone i have coming.... one tomorrow and one tuesday because that would be disheartening.
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Gee, read the ZTE USA forum and it seems there are several random issues plaguing some users, and not small issues, hopefully software based and will be remedied with updates. I will do a wait and see approach before I order, I'm in Australia and will have to use a post shipping house, as not being released here, so quick if any warranty maybe problematic. Will want to make sure everything is honky Dory before committing to a purchase. Maybe back to opo3 if not resolved.
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bedubie said:
Gee, read the ZTE USA forum and it seems there are several random issues plaguing some users, and not small issues, hopefully software based and will be remedied with updates. I will do a wait and see approach before I order, I'm in Australia and will have to use a post shipping house, as not being released here, so quick if any warranty maybe problematic. Will want to make sure everything is honky Dory before committing to a purchase. Maybe back to opo3 if not resolved.
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Was the camera/flashlight error ever resolved? I just bought an Axon 7 and it has same problem. My phone is not rooted, just stock.
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Bakurei said:
It didn't work but.
I hope its resolved relatively soon as well.. i wanted to post pictures so people knew i wasn't just slandering the phone or anything. i have tried different camera apps. but they dont work. nor does the Flashlight feature in the quick launch. i looked up old threads on similar issues and saw people doing things from disabling security certificates (all of them manually because the clear option was greyed out.) and i spent about 20 minutes doing that while on hold with newegg since ZTE was closed. hopefully this issue will be a fluke and it wont be the same with the second and third phone i have coming.... one tomorrow and one tuesday because that would be disheartening.
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Did you get the problem camera/flashlight resolved?
Thank you

The only issue with this phone I've read about is the dust inside the camera lens. I have some particles there but I don't think it affects the picture quality yet.

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The only issue with this phone I've read about is the dust inside the camera lens. I have some particles there but I don't think it affects the picture quality yet.
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And the broken OIS (incredibly common) and the lack of an antibricking measure in place and the screen dying because it didn't like your hand's humidity... ZTE replaces the phone with all of these problems luckily. But when they have stock.