Samsung Galaxy A51
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 04 Feb 2024
Some observations after taking it out of storage:
1 I had not used it since November 2021. The weather was last checked in September 2022. That's almost 1.5 years of sitting unused. ChatGPT was not public at the time, what a change, to give an example!
2. AccuBattery reported the battery is 3890 mAh, not 4000 per specs. It has 33 battery cycles (run cat /sys/class/power_supply/battery/battery_cycle in termux).
There's a file in that folder containing the exact battery unit's name, how cool...
AccuBattery could report more details, for example, stating the OS version (a string it reads containing the kernel, if it's custom), the charge polarity, a high value I did not understand, and the refresh rate of 0.4 seconds.
3. When I booted it up it got hot (battery at 32.5C), but later it cooled down, specially after deleting some ancient big apps I no longer use.
4. I had rooted it and flashed a custom kernel (PrishKernel, likely outdated/deprecated by now), to control its CPU and overheating. KernelAdiutor (not a typo) only let me switch to a couple governors, like the `underclocking` one, else it crashed or did nothing. Maybe it's the kernel.
5. Its battery is poor. It lost 7% in 39 minutes just doing nothing, a xmpp app open and little else. When it has +1000 it will be fried and probably need an AOSP ROM to survive.
Charges quickly though.
But what's the point if when it has +1000 cycles it will discharge quickly too...
6. I had disabled google apps, but not GMS (sidenote: if you do so the Google menu in Settings fades away smoothly!). I forgot why, hehe...
7. I downloaded Roblox to test its gaming performance. It lagged in a simple game (most games look very unintensive graphically speaking), but then it stabilized more. It was slighly choppy and there were some lag bursts. I opened a buy item menu, and it had 2 microstutters while drawing the buy robux white bar. That's horrendous. It also got very hot. Its gpu has 3 cores for crying out loud!!
If it lags on Roblox, it can't play anything else. It probably lags on Minecraft too, how terrible...
8. The UI was smooth.
9. Camera was good. Display very nice. Vivid color great. Macro camera is extraordinary, but I say that because I had not actually used it and now I see why it's useful.
All of this on a Vietnamese CSC, one of the first Android 11 stock builds there were for the device. I had flashed a GSI years ago, but I rolled back because I had no CF.Lumen (super screen color app, can make it all red!) support, and the speaker was way quieter.
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 30 Jan 2024
Minu, 14 Jan 2024The manufacturer 👍https://thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=659
>The Galaxy A01 is the third in the Galaxy A lineup for 2020 following the release of the A51 and the A71 in Vietnam. These two were produced by Samsung on its own.
As far as I know Made in Korea and shipped to Vietnam for final box stamp, for lower import fees
My own A51 does say Made in Vietnam. I know that in Canada for example, whether the box says Korea or Vietnam is 50/50.
I recall the A01 Core that did say Made in China. Maybe that one was ODM.
Many LG phones of the past were made in Korea; during its last years, manufacture of the cheapest ones (the ones with terrible specs) was switched to China.
HTC and Asus made/make their phones in Taiwan.
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 30 Jan 2024
Anonymous, 27 Jan 2024You support them for NOT going the extra mile for their loy... moreThis comment got mixed up with the "How about now, 3 years later?" one. Stu.pid site
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 28 Jan 2024
Anonymous, 17 Apr 2022As per usual, the naysayers are just that. All talk, all co... moreSteve Jobs right here😂
Whats ok for you batterywise is not for many others
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 28 Jan 2024
Anonymous, 13 Mar 2022Reason A51 is better than Redmi note 8:
1. A51 has softwar... more1. Updates are useless. Android 10-13 will be fine for YEARS. Even Android 7 runs everything I need just fine.
2. Subjective. Some people hate OLED because it has PWM (it flickers), and because it can burn in.
3. This is a very bland concern. It's just a different form of the camera hole.
4. Yes, but in the home button it's good too.
5. Yes.
6. Quite, but OneUI is bloated and only feels well in flagships.
7. Not everyone cares about that.
8. Xiaomi has more official stores than Samsung in my country. I am not even sure if we have even one fully official Samsung store. I don't know what makes an "experience store" different from a normal one.
9. Bland concern. Caring about societal expectations is sad. You must be your own person.
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 28 Jan 2024
Anonymous, 15 Feb 2022That's a total lie since it's a glossy and smudgy... moreI heard the following:
"A52's back pops out (after some years)"
"A51's back fits better on the hand"
Also A51's back is prettier.
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 28 Jan 2024
Jackhammer , 14 Feb 2022I've à Dutch issued A51 dual sim and using in the UK. ... moreNobody uses 3G in your area, so you get the full tower bandwidth. It's probably already shutdown as of 2024.
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 28 Jan 2024
Anonymous, 29 Dec 2021Motorola is better but it's stuck on Android 10 and wi... moreUpdates are a scam. Android 7 works fine still, Android 10 is super up to date comparatively. Even youtube etc. require 9+, which means you have at least 1 more year.
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 28 Jan 2024
Anonymous, 16 Nov 2021Yes. When your phone's screen is off, fast charging ta... moreCertainly batteries love coolness. When the environment is hot, the phone can unexpectedly heat up a lot, more than if your room had been cool.
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 28 Jan 2024
Be smart, 19 Sep 2021I support samsung for not giving free motherboard (out of g... moreHow about now, 3 years later?
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 27 Jan 2024
Therockfordfiles, 20 Oct 2021This is where a cheaper galaxy a12 is better than an expens... moreYou support them for NOT going the extra mile for their loyal customers?! Some bootlickers, I swear...
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 27 Jan 2024
Therockfordfiles, 20 Oct 2021This is where a cheaper galaxy a12 is better than an expens... moreQuoting bc screen info
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 27 Jan 2024
tarra, 12 Sep 2021I've Googled "exynos 9611" "exynos 9611... morehttps://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/t51mjp/samsung_has_officially_started_an_internal/
https://old.reddit.com/r/samsung/comments/158gdxo/opinion_dont_ever_get_a_phone_with_a_samsung_made/
https://old.reddit.com/r/IndiaSpeaks/comments/x7hph6/samsung_phone_hang_so_much/
https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-a-m-series-phones-mysterious-auto-restart-issue/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z-3Nc3a1Rk
And more
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 27 Jan 2024
heljose, 08 Aug 2021I had the same issue at the same time frame. I bought Samsu... moreWow, terrible.
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 27 Jan 2024
sorryIboughtSGA51, 28 Feb 2021I truly regret buying the Samsung galaxy a51 phone. It has... moreSays A51 is proprietary, yet looks at iPhones which are far more so🤣
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 27 Jan 2024
Oppaidaddy, 09 Mar 2020Soo i recently purchased the A51, its the 4gb variant and i... moreWoah, you have a J7 Prime too. Small world.
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 27 Jan 2024
Tintinfifa, 08 Mar 2020A51 using Gorilla glass 3 but Mi 9T using Gorilla glass 5. ... morePopup cams can fail.
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 27 Jan 2024
emijomo89, 13 Mar 2020Its true that this phone was not the fastest when I first g... moreNice datapoint. Thanks.
- ?
- Anonymous
- Lxm
- 27 Jan 2024
PartTimePhoner, 12 Nov 2019A3 has the display of 2015 J7 which was not even a midrangerThe A3 seems to have an ok display. Not as perfect as a Samsung however.