Sharp Aquos R5G
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- KId
- 30 Jun 2023
imabouttoregret, 27 Jun 2023My sharp aquos r5g are android 12 already do I need to worry ?When i updated it to Android 12 ,i was ecstatic (i updated using japan vpn)
But man after 2 weeks
There was hell waiting for me
Anyway,guys i sold the device back to shop keeper (20% loss) bought a simple phone from ZTE ,and man it's the best Device i ever use
Full display,from camera is indisplay ,so you can watch videos in full screen ,not even a single dot .
Thankfully i got rid of aquos
Good riddance.
Anyone else using it
Boy sell it as soon as you can ,before your touch stop working
And buy a decent device
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- Milad
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- 28 Jun 2023
Screen problem , 27 Jun 2023Men if you ask 10 people about why aquos display problems o... moreOh, so this phone screen problem is also related to this. I keep the phone cool so that the screen problem does not occur and I do not update its Android from 10 to 11 or 12 because many people have this problem with new updates.
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- 27 Jun 2023
fast charging, 25 Jun 2023charging has nothing to do with android update its a hardw... moreIs it okay to downgrade it to 10? currently android 12
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- imabouttoregret
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- 27 Jun 2023
Screen problem , 27 Jun 2023Men if you ask 10 people about why aquos display problems o... moreMy sharp aquos r5g are android 12 already do I need to worry ?
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- Screen problem
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- 27 Jun 2023
Milad , 26 Jun 2023Thank you, my Android phone is now 10, so I should not upda... moreMen if you ask 10 people about why aquos display problems occur each person will give you a separate answer
But here is what happening, Most aquos phones are sold carrier locked which mean if a device is 700$ you pay 250$ upfront,rest you pay by signing a contract with your carrier (softbank , au) you will use thier sim card for 1 year or 2 year and each month they will deduct some amount from your balance until you pay them 700$ the real mobile price
After you pay them full price in 2 year's they will provide you with a Code that will unlock your device . now what's happening is that people buy these phones pay 250$ but after that they are sold in black market and smuggle to other 3rd world countries, this is happening extensively.
In some countries there are 80% kit phones (smuggle from japan) and 20% real , so when companies realize that they are in Loss they introduced update that soft brick your device.
If you want to confirm this thing
Just reset the mobile whose touch is not working,after reset don't connect to WiFi or sim card ,after reset the mobile will work fine but as soon as you connect to internet the touch will stop working
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- Thamir Ak
- S2S
- 26 Jun 2023
Does anyone know how to root this phone? Or flash custom ROMs? Battery is terrible in this phone.
Also my r5g's speakers are very low, any way of increasing the sound?
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- Milad
- XNP
- 26 Jun 2023
fast charging, 25 Jun 2023charging has nothing to do with android update its a hardw... moreThank you, my Android phone is now 10, so I should not update it, and what is the cause of the problem on the phone screen
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- Anonymous
- S2S
- 26 Jun 2023
Audio is so low in my R5G, do you guys have the same problem ? If so, any solution ?
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- Anonymous
- S2S
- 26 Jun 2023
Custom ROM for this phone? Because the battery is terrible in this phone in my case
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- fast charging
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- 25 Jun 2023
Milad, 25 Jun 2023Hi brother, I don't update my Android 10S, so I wanted... morecharging has nothing to do with android update
its a hardware function , there are a lot of android 14 devices that doesn't support fast charging .
if you want to fast charge aquos r5g you will need a fast charger , i mean 12*2.25 = 27 watt minimum , this type of charger is called charging brick , buy a decent one , don't buy fake Chinese charger that have fast charging written on them , buy a proper fast charger ,
then your charging problem will be solved .
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- Milad
- XNP
- 25 Jun 2023
Dead touch , 04 Jun 202330% of my touch is dead ,rest is dying 0.5% each day especi... moreHi brother, I don't update my Android 10S, so I wanted to update it to 12 and now the phone is fully charged in 3 hours. Is this normal or is it a problem? Is it fast charging?
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- 04 Jun 2023
After update to Android 12 my touch is dead at the bottom
can anyone help me downgrade to Android 10
model : 908sh
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- Dead touch
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- 04 Jun 2023
30% of my touch is dead ,rest is dying 0.5% each day especially if play any game or if the device heat up.
in my opinion Most devices in which dead touch issue happens are Carrier lock so i think the person who bought the device (along with Carrier commitment) didn't fullfil his dues so the company Soft brick the device using Update
because before updating my device (which i legally bought as Kit phone) was working Okay ,now everyday it's dying.
i lost 40000 , i save this money harshly.
i know a simple solution To cut the screen using ADB but after doing it the device look funny like half screen is always black
every day i have to change resolution because one more pixel is dead each day.
kindly please please do not update this device,no matter how much Tech guy you're, I'm in tech industry for 10 years and See Everyday one more pixel is dead and I can't do anything
2 month of my salary gone in this device
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- Anonymous
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- 28 May 2023
SomebodyInterested, 28 May 2023Ye, that's our best bet if we are aiming for something... moreyeah same here. i'm interest with this phone since the specs and the price for used on are quite attractive, should be fine for at least another 3 years from now with that kind of specs. especially since my aim is for running emulator. me too! thanks for sharing your findings, good luck!
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- SomebodyInterested
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- 28 May 2023
Anonymous, 28 May 2023so just stick to android 10?Ye, that's our best bet if we are aiming for something so cheap and quite the specs, we gotta sacrifice for something ...…. personally I am not that big of a software or a UI guy, if if works for the next 5-7 years I am down for it, pleasure having had the moment to talk with you!
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- Anonymous
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- 28 May 2023
SomebodyInterested, 28 May 2023Bingo! I found it! The reason behind the screens failing ou... moreso just stick to android 10?
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- Anonymous
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- 28 May 2023
SomebodyInterested, 27 May 2023You're a God sent!
Thank you so much for sharing info... moreno. i haven't try r5g, it was very expensive and not globally available, when the price for used one became attractive,i noticed those touch problem when i was browsing at online shop, the amount of affected devices really give me hard time not to have some kind of concern, still need more time to investigate i guess
i'm not sure about the definitive answer to that question since i'm not really clear about the consumerism culture in japan but in my opinion, the japanese market in smartphone really dominated by apple, so i guess when they want to to buy older phones they probably looking for iphones and not to mention pretty much all japanese android phones don't have a good record on software support in the past. this year with newest products they have like 3 years at least guarantee software updates.in the past you're pretty much very lucky if they gave you 2 software updates and most of japanese using their phones for social media and media consumption so maybe they're not really looking for specs, not sure about current market but in the past, the sharp aquos really have some kind of targeted audiences,whether female/otaku/business person/etc hence their design was really unique and feature wise also attractive. personally i prefer the sense 6 design to r5g, aquos zero 6 was a beauty also but all of them are nothing when compared to r7/sense 7 design
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- SomebodyInterested
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- 28 May 2023
Bingo! I found it! The reason behind the screens failing out are that the displays weren't made for supporting the newer versions of android; the company Sharp is well reputed for its magnificent screens, but upon launching the r5g, they made a newer and better screen one for their flagship, hence they didn't think it through and made it incapable for the newer versions like 11 and 12, 11 causes about 10 percent to go bad and if you upgrade it further it reduces to about 3-4 percent.
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- SomebodyInterested
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- 27 May 2023
Anonymous, 25 May 2023from what i've understand this model wasn't reall... moreYou're a God sent!
Thank you so much for sharing information regarding the phone, I just wanna ask one more small thing, have you ever has a r5g, and why do people buy the newer but the mid-ranger sense 6 rather than the older but better r5g? Would be greatly appreciated if your share your opinions as well,
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- Anonymous
- y$6
- 25 May 2023
Somebodyinterested, 24 May 2023Well, it seems that I have heard a lot about the phone and ... morefrom what i've understand this model wasn't really that popular in aquos r series, not sure why, my guess is this phone probably was unlucky being released when the pandemic officially declared, and i think people in japan more attractive to aquos sense 5g. and their next phones released were aquos r6,zero 6,and sense 6 which get more attentions so people kinda forget about this phone i guess.
yeah, even japanese youtuber rarely discuss this aquos r5g
about the rooted stuff, as far as i know japanese providers really strict about their stuff, they really are that protective and since sharp smartphones also fell in niche market globally, so not many people really put efforts into it and probably not plenty of diy community providing tools, however some seller able to root japanese phones but only limited to uninstall the providers apps. for the UI it's been like that like forever, like pretty much all japanese phones, they tend to use stock android only added few of their own features. before the R series, back in the day with android 4 up to 5, sharp smartphones in zeta series have two type of UI, stock android and the provider UI mainly docomo UI.
for the display, no idea.still big question for me but i've seen plenty of aquos r5g have problem with their display mainly the touch problem, few in r3,not sure about r6 and r7.r2 seems fine