Asus ROG Phone 5

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Balasid
rx2
07 Nov 2023

MeALot, 05 Sep 2023Changed the thermal paste in this rog phone 5 2 years back ... moreYo.. I got a bent middle frame Rog 5 and I wanted to order a new one but some have airtrigger cable on them and some don't can I peel off old airtrigger from my bent phone and replace it on a new one?

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Anonymous
XBn
28 Oct 2023

Lookwhat, 20 Mar 2021Dude, don't go around spreading false info please. You... moreDon't shame the mi 11 too much bro, true the power efficiency of the SD 888 CPU and GPU is worse than the predecessor 865 but don't forget mi 11 is one of the very few, SD 888 whose cooling system is efficiency enough to run the 888 at 89% GPU stability, I know only one other gaming phone that tries to get close the Vivo X70 pro +. That A+ grade cooling system allows the phones to deliver a higher sustained power to the 888 CPU and GPU while in normal mobile games. True, due to the Chip's power inefficiency, overall gaming performance just matches the mi 10 ultra from year before but still no other SD 888 non gaming phone get to that performance, none, 1 phone that gets better is the X70 pro +, the One plus 9RT , S21 ultra, e.t.c all fail miserably. It is not as bad as you make it seem

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MeALot
3T6
05 Sep 2023

Changed the thermal paste in this rog phone 5 2 years back with much better stuff and downgraded to android 11 for full speed and no overheating problems ever since. Asus uses trash thermal paste. My youngest daughter has rog phone 2 which stopped working after 3.5 years and worked again after i blasted the snapdragon chip with 235 degrees for 2 minutes with a heatgun, reballing the chip. My oldest daughter has rog phone 3 for the last 3 years which stopped having wifi. I needed to clean the round connectors of the wifi antenna cable after which it worked fine again. These phones need some work sometimes.

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Sagar Modi
CbE
30 Aug 2023

Asus ROG 5 is most dengerous phone for your Pocket. ASUS has bad software update experience in my all phone. It's Dubble dekar Motherboard is Deteriorate in 1 Year & No chance of External repairing. I facing this problem with my 2 Rog phone 5 & Leptop too.

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Fallenhero
u{E
13 Aug 2023

True story. Bought the phone (5s pro 888+ chipset) in 01/21. Fast forward 08/23, both air triggers are good as dead. Thought by replacing the air triggers components, should do the trick, was told by store, the motherboard is slowly dying. This will be the beginning of many more problems to come in due course. Reason by store? Overheating that caused damage to motherboard. From? Playing intensive/demanding games downloaded from playstore (games meant to be played on a smartphone) . On? A so called GAMING smartphone that apparently cant handle gaming. The IRONY. My Huawei Mate 20x (2018) handles gaming better eventhough external controllers are needed (to compensate for the air triggers) and running at 60fps. And cost half of what this "gamers" phone pricetag. And yes. 5yrs of abuse, its still well and alive.

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Push
xjH
15 Jul 2023

This phone was GOAT but it's processor and motherboard ruined the experience. SD 888 was the worst chipset of all time and it gave me a heart break when this phone died exactly after 1 year. Had taken to ASUS service centre and they said it will cost same amount of money as the price of new phone just to replace the motherboard. What a waste of money. I also took to 3rd partie repair centre but they said there is problem with CPU and need to be replaced. Since ASUS does not sell parts like these, there was no chance to repair it. It's been on my Shelf of Shame for the worst phone of the year after my Samsung E7 (2014 model) and LG Wing. Never gonna buy any ASUS products ever.

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Anonymous
7kn
26 Jun 2023

BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK

Worked well while it lasted. Bought it back in 2021, fast forward to 2023, after Android 13 update. The phone started showing its true colours. First the phone would randomly turn off, somehow it stopped. I thought it was the end of it. Then few months later, Sim slot 1 stopped recognising sim but same sim can be used via sim slot 2.
Fast forward another few weeks later, loud speaker stopped working. Went to repair shop, they said it's issue with motherboard and not guaranteed it will fix the problem.

1months later 26th June 2023, outgoing and incoming calls stopped working, but sim is recognised via sim slot 2. Same sim tested on other phone, outgoing and incoming calls working.

Waiting patiently for nex thing to break. I wanna see to what lengths ASUS can drop their standards. Never buying any of their products ever again.

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Tj
p6$
16 Jun 2023

Terrible phone. Overheating, air triggers not working properly, Game Genie proprietary app constantly crashing, weird vibrations on touch, dynamics go off by themselves and on and on and on. ROG 3 was a perfect phone, ROG 5 is a piece of shit

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Anonymous
thb
31 May 2023

Just sold my ROG 5 after a year and half because it won't connect to the wifi anymore. I tried to inquire how much would cost me to fix it and found out that it's pretty expensive to have it fixed with no guarantee that it would work like before. I was so happy and excited when I got it but I was extremely disappointed when this happened. Hate to say this but it wasn't worth it. Good specs but bad hardware.

PS: They told me to try to wait for a system update and see if it'll fix my phone's issue but I didn't. BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK

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Jollsg
XMr
27 May 2023

Went for repair twice within 1 year warranty.

Issue: NFC stopped working. Sim 2 stopped working. Nfc never came back resolved despite being replaced. Service centre claims it's working. Never got my Google paywave wallet to work ever again.

Fast fwd past 1 year warranty period. Sim 1 also died. Tested the tray of another ROG5 and still didn't work so def hardware issue on motherboard.

Using it PURELY on wifi. Wifi starts connecting and disconnecting randomly on both bands.

While it worked it was great, gaming wise work wise. I will not buy another. Google pixel will serve a greater purpose

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Anonymous
PAA
24 May 2023

dotaenjoyer, 03 May 2023I got my phone at 2021 and honestly when i bought it i frea... moreSame been using for 2 years alrd and love it

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Anonymous
fmg
13 May 2023

Rog 5 just received android 13 update and it's time the admins of GSM arena update it on the specs

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dotaenjoyer
B3Y
03 May 2023

I got my phone at 2021 and honestly when i bought it i freaked out cos everyone is saying it'll die, wifi don't work and stuff like that and i was rly scared at the time but ive been using it for 2 years and nothing has broke, my battery is doing great with 5-6 hours of screentime (with the 30-40 mins charge thats a huge + for me) no wifi problems, no dying problem. Its a good phone and the people who has it and its fine usually dont write anything, to you guys that bought this phone and is now scared just chill most of the people that bought this phone is chilling and honestly its a great phone with great performance. i do have a tip doe, in armoury crate just set your battery setting to advanced and make it so that the gpu and cpu works with the lowest they got, i find this very good since playing games like hearthstone and mobile legends gets barely over 32° in an air conditioned room and also dont run the battery till it dies. sometimes it bugged and it seems dead but just try charging it for a while its fine. hope this review helps you

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Anonymous
tZk
30 Apr 2023

Been using this phone for almost 2 years and it has many problems. One of it is hardware problem. Not worth to spend my money on this phone

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Mao
XWx
20 Apr 2023

Jayden, 11 Mar 2023Is there anything that can help you? that's the case w... moreMotherboard is not good at first, need to replace it

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AnoM
bJb
16 Apr 2023

Push, 11 Mar 2023Sell your phone before it's too late. Same issues had ... moreSomeone did a research and found out new regulation need to use lead free solder that cannot withstand heat, blame the environment friendly regulation then, don't buy any new smartphone as those are made for not lasting long, we all should stop buying smartphone so that these smartphone manufacturer know what they have done wrong.

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Push
xjH
11 Mar 2023

Jayden, 11 Mar 2023Is there anything that can help you? that's the case w... moreSell your phone before it's too late. Same issues had happened with me before it died because the Snapdragon 888 chipset is the worst chipset of all time. It heats up so fast it kills your motherboard. That's why all ROG 5 series phones are dieing quickly. Don't use Asus phones anymore. They will disappoint you.

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Jayden
XWP
11 Mar 2023

Is there anything that can help you? that's the case with ROG 5. I'm going to go with that chronology. Before I left, the wifi was still working, the data was still working. When I was there I only used data. When making the data smoothly, there are no problems. When I was there, I didn't use wifi, I only used data. So, when I got home, the wifi couldn't be turned on (when I turned it on, the wifi immediately turned off again). Can anyone help me or not? The cellphone every time there is an update, I always update it, it's never been in arrears. Before leaving until I got home I didn't update my cellphone at all because it had been updated a long time ago. But, the cellphone can use data, it can't just wifi. Please help.

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Hgy
33I
08 Feb 2023

I have this phone since August 2021. I have never encountered the type of problems mentioned by other users. My phone works just fine like 1st day. But now reading all this bad reviews I'm thinking about getting rid of it. Don't want to suddenly die on me

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Push
xjH
30 Jan 2023

biri, 30 Jan 2023great colors at 144hz, excellent sound, I particularly like... moreJust sell it before you regret it. All models of 5 series are deffective due to SnapDragon 888. Soon even your phone will die.

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