Oneplus 3 Owners

Wanderer41

DanC90 wrote: »

I won't comment on the HTC phones because I don't know which ones your taking about and I haven't used any of them anyways but I have my OnePlus 3 since two weeks after it launched and I can say I'm very happy with it.
As far as Customer service goes I can say they we're a bit useless at launch with trying to track my phone and a delayed shipment but they gave me and the others a €20 voucher to spend with OP so can't complain there.
The battery life on mine has been great, I'm admittedly not a heavy user but I get around 2 - 2 1/2 days out of it with 4-5 hours of screen on time so if your only using it like me you'll be fine and even if you don't you'll still be fine.
The screen protector that comes with it is just the cheap plastic flimsy ones. Most people are buying tempered glass screen protectors to make sure if it drops it's not the actual screen that cracks.
The warranty should be fine if there's any fault with the phone but I don't know about accidental damage and how that goes.
For everything else I've had no problems, it's really quick, the camera is very good (not S7 good but close enough considering the phone costs almost half an S7 does), the screen is nice and crisp with great colour reproduction but I would have liked it to be a bit brighter, speaker is loud with good sound quality but it's not front facing, fingerprint scanner is lightning quick, Dash charge is a godsend! I use to charge my old phone overnight which I never liked doing but with dash charge if my battery is low in the morning I just pop it on charge, have my breakfast, shower and get dressed and by the time I'm done its full. The software atm is great but OP are supposedly going to introduce some new features from they're Chinese variant ROM that might ruin the stock Android feel it has now but we'll just have to wait and see with that but I don't think it will be a big deal tbh.

Honestly you can't go wrong with this phone so I wouldn't worry about buying one, if you don't like how any of the above sounds there's another phone called the ZTE Axon 7 that's the same price and similarly spec'd but with front facing speakers, a slightly better screen and a high quality DAC for better audio from wired speakers, just another option for you to consider.

Hope that all helps.

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

See answers in bold

Another OP3 thread
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057598658

Thank you both for your replies, I'm about 90% sure I'm going to buy one. I'll probably get a new screen protector as everyone else seems to, and I'll look for a case on ebay or amazon. Thanks again!

youcancallmeal

I'm pretty sure the answer to this is no but I'll ask anyway. Can you have fingerprint enabled to unlock the phone at the same time as having double tap to unlock? I just hate that if you have fingerprint enabled when you double tap to unlock you only get to the lock screen and then still have to put in passcode or use your finger to unlock. I guess it makes sense security wise but would be cool if you could configure it that way if you weren't too bothered about security

listermint

youcancallmeal wrote: »

I'm pretty sure the answer to this is no but I'll ask anyway. Can you have fingerprint enabled to unlock the phone at the same time as having double tap to unlock? I just hate that if you have fingerprint enabled when you double tap to unlock you only get to the lock screen and then still have to put in passcode or use your finger to unlock. I guess it makes sense security wise but would be cool if you could configure it that way if you weren't too bothered about security

Sorry but what you are asking makes no sense.

With FP enabled you scan finger once it opens the screen in milliseconds.

Why would you need double tap which takes longer 2 taps.

Second with FP enabled why would you want someone able to double tap to bypass?


Bit ridiculous question tbh.

youcancallmeal

listermint wrote: »

Sorry but what you are asking makes no sense.

With FP enabled you scan finger once it opens the screen in milliseconds.

Why would you need double tap which takes longer 2 taps.

Second with FP enabled why would you want someone able to double tap to bypass?


Bit ridiculous question tbh.

Like I said I understand why it works the way it does and then explained I would have it work differently if I could because I'm not overly concerned about security

listermint

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Like I said I understand why it works the way it does and then explained I would have it work differently if I could because I'm not overly concerned about security

Then remove the fingerprint.... And just use double tap.


Its not rocket science.

EagererBeaver

Did double tap ever unlock the phone rather than just wake it?

Pac1Man

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Like I said I understand why it works the way it does and then explained I would have it work differently if I could because I'm not overly concerned about security

So you would rather perform a longer action to unlock the phone rather than using the current quick (instantaneous) action which also offers a security benefit with no extra effort?

youcancallmeal

Pac1Man wrote: »

So you would rather perform a longer action to unlock the phone rather than using the current quick (instantaneous) action which also offers a security benefit with no extra effort?

I'd simply like to have what is an admittedly odd configuration open to me. It's no big deal, will be picking the phone up soon anyway, can't wait

EagererBeaver

Have just received notification to download Oxygen 3.2.6. Anyone installed it yet and, if so, any thoughts?

god's toy

Was waiting for it auto download but ended up using the VPN trick and it's downloading now.

deadanonymau5

god's toy wrote: »

Was waiting for it auto download but ended up using the VPN trick and it's downloading now.

What country did you connect to?

I tried the Netherlands, Germany, US, France, Canada, India, Singapore and none of them got me the update!

EDIT: got it on a second attempt on Germany's server

god's toy

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

What country did you connect to?

I tried the Netherlands, Germany, US, France, Canada, India, Singapore and none of them got me the update!

Germany but only worked with SurfEasy VPN this time . Once the download started i disconnected and it continued on its own.

NikoTopps

In regards to buying the phone, have any of you taken out the insurance with it? If so, what's it like? Has anyone had to make a claim yet and if so what was that like? It's €75 for 2yrs so a bit less than €3.15/month which is very good value imo. Also, is theft covered? Can't see it listed on the OP site but on the SimpleSurance site it does mention it.

Sorry for the million and one questions btw!

Fitz*

I have the OPO and this phone appeals to me again, so gonna take the plunge at the next paycheque maybe.

I know that is dual-SIM, but how exactly does this work? Can I make certain actions on 1 sim, and others on another freely?
Also, is there any country where I can not use this, as I am planning to go travelling in the new year and would like to take it with me easily, and use it as my phone.

dahat

Is rooting the OP3 fairly straightforward? Want to install ad blockers etc when it arrives this week.

GustavoFring

dahat wrote: »

Is rooting the OP3 fairly straightforward? Want to install ad blockers etc when it arrives this week.

Very straightforward. This is the guide I used.

https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/guide-oneplus-3-how-to-unlock-bootloader-flash-twrp-root-nandroid-efs-backup-and-more.448149/

Mr Velo

Anyone have any GPS issues with their Oneplus 3?
I notice mine can be really slow to pick up my location... and loses the connection at times also.
Opening Pokemon Go when on data connection (3G or LTE) can take a long time - and fails more often than not.
However, my son can open it on his iPod Touch (tethered to my oneplus 3) absolutely no problem. So this leads me to believe it's not a problem with the network - but something with the hardware in the phone.

Using Google Hangouts - again when on data connection and i send a message to someone, it waits "Sending" for a long time before it actually does send. Using my iPhone it's instantaneous.

Anyways - said i'd throw it out there to see if it's a thing with the phone - or maybe just i got a defective unit.

adocholiday

Serious question: what is the benefit to rooting the phone? Is it just that you can run stock android on it? I've never been bothered rooting my phones, and I've had multiple android devices because the various OS's were grand for me. I've just installed the Nova launcher on top of the Oxygen 3.2.6 OS and it's fine.

I'm less than impressed with the battery life on the One Plus 3 though, having come from a Samsung S7 that I was getting 2+ days from, and I'm wondering if there are any technical/hardware improvements from rooting the device?

28064212

adocholiday wrote: »

Serious question: what is the benefit to rooting the phone?

My main reasons are AdAway, Titanium Backup and Root Explorer. Also the Xposed framework, which gives you a hell of a lot more customisation options

In terms of battery life, Xposed modules Amplify and Greenify are supposed to give great benefits, but I don't use them myself

Legend_Steph

Hey,

I'm hoping to get the OnePlus 3 for my birthday and have done extensive research on it through this thread, Reddit and online reviews.

Summary wise though, would you recommend it? I'd mainly be using it for photography and internet/social media if it makes any difference. I've read comments about the battery actually not lasting and a few glitches with the notifications not vibrating etc. Is this a frequent issue or would it happen to one in every so people? Also, with the 64gb storage, do you find this sufficient enough? (Not having any storage problems or not enough storage to download any apps or update the apps?)

Many thanks in advance for any replies.

TBoneMurphy

Registered an account just to reply here because I'm an unimaginative bastard too lazy to visit a shop. I'm getting an issue where it tells me I'm roaming and haven't turned my roaming data on, doesn't matter where I am, it just happens. Had it two days. I never got asked to accept 3's settings when I turned on data. I'm using the same sim from my last phone where I could use 4G. The APN is there and when I tried clicking use recommend settings in 'Choose your network' it tells me "already registered on network". Not sure what to do but it interrupts my use of data occasionally and is an annoying notification. Anything I can do?

The Wolverine

Anyway turn off vibrate when you use the home, back or recent apps buttons? Getting annoying

jacksie66

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god's toy

TBoneMurphy wrote: »

Registered an account just to reply here because I'm an unimaginative bastard too lazy to visit a shop. I'm getting an issue where it tells me I'm roaming and haven't turned my roaming data on, doesn't matter where I am, it just happens. Had it two days. I never got asked to accept 3's settings when I turned on data. I'm using the same sim from my last phone where I could use 4G. The APN is there and when I tried clicking use recommend settings in 'Choose your network' it tells me "already registered on network". Not sure what to do but it interrupts my use of data occasionally and is an annoying notification. Anything I can do?

If your on the Three network then its perfectly ok to be roaming, in fact, turn it ON for data roaming in your settings! What is happening is you are roaming onto the o2 network for voice/data but as three own this network too its fine and it wont cost you anything.

TBoneMurphy

god's toy wrote: »

If your on the Three network then its perfectly ok to be roaming, in fact, turn it ON for data roaming in your settings! What is happening is you are roaming onto the o2 network for voice/data but as three own this network too its fine and it wont cost you anything.

Thank you very much. That's awesome

digitaldr

NikoTopps wrote: »

In regards to buying the phone, have any of you taken out the insurance with it? If so, what's it like? Has anyone had to make a claim yet and if so what was that like? It's €75 for 2yrs so a bit less than €3.15/month which is very good value imo. Also, is theft covered? Can't see it listed on the OP site but on the SimpleSurance site it does mention it.

Sorry for the million and one questions btw!

I took out the insurance for 2 years. Theft is NOT covered. Not sure what they're like to deal with but there's a few threads on the oneplus forum. Seems like the pick up the phone quickly but there's a shortage of parts at the moment.

digitaldr

FitzShane wrote: »

I have the OPO and this phone appeals to me again, so gonna take the plunge at the next paycheque maybe.

I know that is dual-SIM, but how exactly does this work? Can I make certain actions on 1 sim, and others on another freely?
Also, is there any country where I can not use this, as I am planning to go travelling in the new year and would like to take it with me easily, and use it as my phone.

I've used the dual SIM twice - kept my Irish SIM for calls and texts and bought one at my destination for data. You can choose which sim you want to use for data and as far as I know can also choose which sim to make calls from when dialing and also when texting. I think it should work in most countries - you could always check here http://willmyphonework.net/

digitaldr

jacksie66 wrote: »

How's the audio quality on the Oneplus 3? How would it compare to my LG V10?

If by audio quality you mean the speaker it's surprisingly good and much better than my wife's S7 Edge. Loud and a pretty full sound. Not sure how it would compare to your V10

god's toy

jacksie66 wrote: »

How's the audio quality on the Oneplus 3? How would it compare to my LG V10?

As other poster said, for the bottom speaker its just fine, in fact it sounds better than any phone Ive had to date. Proable not as good a the HTC speakers however

If your talking headphone connected/DAC than the v10 is king in loudness but not that much more than the OPO3. (note, according to reports, the V20 blows both phones out of the water... but that's probably not coming here any time soon)

NikoTopps

digitaldr wrote: »

I took out the insurance for 2 years. Theft is NOT covered. Not sure what they're like to deal with but there's a few threads on the oneplus forum. Seems like the pick up the phone quickly but there's a shortage of parts at the moment.

Cheers for the response! Do you think it's worth it to have?