Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)
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- maudlin
- pH1
- 18 Nov 2022
What a rollercoaster of a phone. My gf had this phone as daily use and I was suffering for her cause the phone was literally always full, like you couldn't install any new app. There was like 100MB free space in it.
One day I decided to root her phone, but I messed up somehow and I had to give her my phone and I took an old one.
Since the root, battery drained like crazy which I don't understand why since everybody tells you that if you root you get better battery especially if you remove bloatware apps.
I installed every app that could help with battery drain. Magisk, AccA (+ ACC Magisk module), LSPosed, ForceDoze, SuperFreezZ, AdAway, BetterBatteryStas (BBS). I gave up and I was so sorry with my failure cause I was convinced I could resolve that stupid 'not enough space' problem.
A month ago I researched again in xda and I downloaded hadesRom Pie which is the latest that have radio FM working (which my gf wants) and also has dark mode.
I degoogled and removed everything from the rom, from Google Services to Samsung bloatware, I just wanted a clean and light rom.
Flashed rom + Magisk and battery was still draining like crazy 3%+ /hour with screen off and basically few apps installed (it was draining over 40% during nights.. crazy). I thought I had to replace the battery but still I was not convinced, because before the root battery was perfect.
But then out of nowhere a Magisk module called LSPosed needed to be upgraded to v1.8.5, I did, it rebooted and battery now is great.
At the end I managed to have 21GB of free space out of 32GB with few apps installed, not bad at all.
With AccuBattery I can see it drains about 27 - 80 mA when screen is off. Also battery health is 2070 mAh out of 3000 mAh which is undestandable after 5 years, so with a new good battery would last longer.
Real phone use might tell another story of course.
If I knew I had to sweat like this, I wouldn't had touched anything. But now I might take back my phone :D
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- Pedro
- m}9
- 15 Nov 2022
The best phone I ever had!
Had to let it go, after I took a swim with it and realized that the IP68 are not that safe. At least, not after 3 years of use.
Until his last day, it worked like it was his first. Beautiful shell, amazing screen, good cameras, fast, the battery was not bad and the best part, I could use it with one hand!
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- Sam Sam
- s8H
- 15 Nov 2022
one of the most well built long lasted mobile. Comparing to this, today's mobiles are low quality and high priced.
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- Maggog The Ogre
- pu8
- 08 Oct 2022
this is perfect phone
today's a53 a52 is cheaper material built
full of plastic, but this a5 2017 is fully back front glass and metal frame
i liked the smooth glass back
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- Anonymous
- i2Y
- 30 Sep 2022
brkekz, 03 Sep 2022samsung stopped these kind of phones since the a7 2017 (it ... moreI agree wish they’d come back to this designs quality
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- Jack90
- iLH
- 11 Sep 2022
Best phone ever,best procesor,awesone screen,batery great,samsung great work 2017 year...
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- brkekz
- 3MI
- 03 Sep 2022
Anonymous, 02 Sep 2022That was and still is a perfect phone. Why samsung doesnt d... moresamsung stopped these kind of phones since the a7 2017 (it was the top of the a series) now a series are bunch of junk with nothing inside the box, some phones in 2018-2019 even had micro usb instead of type c with a crap screen quality and a bad battery life. 2017 was the best year for a series. still using a a5 2017 and if you think about it its qualitier than a a53 these days
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- Anonymous
- 3@9
- 02 Sep 2022
That was and still is a perfect phone. Why samsung doesnt do the phones like A5 any more?!
Every single phone is biger than previous.
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- Tom.m
- 3Lp
- 30 Aug 2022
my grandmother uses this phone, she doesn’t annoy anything, despite the fact that she bought her grandmother in 2017, everything is outdated for her
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- 6cG
- 24 Aug 2022
back in the day this was a flagship of display. super amoleds looks so good compared to iphones that uses IPS
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- Camke08
- sr$
- 17 Aug 2022
A5 for life, 11 Aug 2022try ebay. many availableOr even more and cheaper on Aliexpress. I did, and I don't regret.
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- FoxTailedCritter
- sE{
- 16 Aug 2022
As of 16th/August/2022 it's a pretty good phone for something brought out in 2017.
*Pros are
+A high quality camera for photos & filming HD videos
(Has extra's like adding stickers cool lil things for photos, making GIFS, ect.)
+High Storage (Even without the microSD) I had hundred's of songs, pictures, Apps, vids, it worked well.
+Fast Charging Supported, link youtube to your tv, Android isn't too outdated still runs Twitter, Grindr, Reddit, FB, (All my necessary apps), Nice Glass screen dosn't feel plastic, Great display when viewing videos.
+If you're an android nerd like me well great news you can R00T this phone like i did eaisly so you can run special apps, run custom OS, remove factory apps, ect. (Lovely).
The CON
-The major flaw is like most "Newer" or "SmartPhones" they make the battery In built.
Since I bought mine secondhand the battery would randomly drain super fast 90 to 5 in 2 mins. I had a damaged battery. Called Samsung those mob told me "You Can't replace the battery we won't repair this either even if you paid us it's built in we simply cant" that's a LIE! I went to a random mobile repair store (Third party unrelated to Samsung) they replaced the battery for 79 AUD in 20 mins. The battery is now lasting for many hours no issues.
Not just Samsung but ALL of them just want us to buy more expensive phones, throw out older ones out as soon as the battery gets damaged or runs out of it's very short life cycle. Don't listen to em go to a random no brand name repair shop, they'll fix your battery cheaper then buying a new phone. Big company's only make these battery's inbuilt, the lifecycle so short so they can profit while you go broke. Also as said be careful with smartphone battery's they damage so eaisly if you do basic things like leave them on over night or overcharging. Man miss older gen phones.. all in all great phone for 100AUD but pet pev is the battery easily damaging.
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- Dan
- 3Z5
- 14 Aug 2022
Still runs great. I bought Xiaomi Mi lite NE 5G but sold it and return to this.
It has so much better display, I can't believe what they put into newer phones...
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- A5 4 life
- keT
- 11 Aug 2022
Uzairrr, 07 Apr 2022Should i buy it.? How's the performance It's runs great in Maximum Battery Saving mode with Flight mode/Airplane mode on, WiFi off, BT off, Mobile Data off, Location off. My favourite settings for this phone. Estimated 48 hours of battery life with these settings.
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- A5 4life
- keT
- 11 Aug 2022
Andrej, 04 Jul 2022I have this phone for 5 years and it works very good. It dr... moreHi, the phone should support fast charging. Try using the official Samsung fast charging block and cord.
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- A5 for life
- keT
- 11 Aug 2022
Yusuf, 01 Aug 2022We want to buy covertry ebay. many available
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- Yusuf
- X5u
- 01 Aug 2022
Anonymous, 18 Jul 2022Now use this phone continuouslyWe want to buy cover
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- Anonymous
- 7km
- 18 Jul 2022
Now use this phone continuously
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- Rubel
- XT}
- 17 Jul 2022
Huzaifah, 05 Jul 2022Got this early 2021, love it as a spare phone.I always started using this phone as a basic phone for official calls....