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Played with blaze 5.0 for five days. Here's my experience with it. Seller: Not very responsive to phone calls. One of three handsets came locked to MTS network. Mailed him for resolution and waiting for his response (24 hours have passed). Good that he is based in Delhi only. Packaging & Shipping: No extra protective packaging was done. All boxes were covered in ebay brand packets and shipped through Aramex. Faced delivery issues with one of shipments. The phone box is a plain white box with a logo of MTS and import label. No other printing. I liked it Accessories: 1Amp Charger, micro-USB cable, ordinary 3.5mm headset, 100GB SIM. Phone Appearance: Not cheap looking; but MTS logo at the back destroys it. Thankfully, on this phone the MTS logo is not red but silver colored. Build quality: Better than samsung Stellar (I have used only one samsung phone). This Blaze has survived a three feet free fall without any signs. But not comparable to any HTC/Moto android handset. Display: Ordinary TFT with 480x854 pixels resolution. Looks too ordinary. Camera: MTS is lying about camera. Its actually a 5MPx camera, not 8MPx. Performance: you will hate it, but you will use it. I dont' play games. so can't tell how it performs while using heavy apps. Pros: Dual SIM Low SAR value. (I am always worried about it) Tethering/Hotspot without issues. Widget switch for turning data on/off. Clear sound through earpiece. Earpiece doesn't leak sound. Good Loud speaker. Good Signal reception for both GSM/CDMA. Uses microSD as default storage for all purposes (installations/data/etc), so you won't feel bugged for low internal storage space. Battery survives the day. Don't forget to charge it for the next day. Doesn't get heated while charging. Takes about 2.5 hours to charge to 99% from 10%. Its Got FM!!! Cons: Not Dual Active. You loose one network while using the other. Ugliest interface I have ever seen, no uniformity across apps (SMS/Dialer/Calender). Senseless choice of colors for SMS app. Can't use different dialer/sms apps, as this phone needs dual-network aware apps. Quad-core is waste as it lags sometimes (this is first time, I am using an android phone that lags). Default BT status is 'visible forever'. Its heavily modified AOSP. Xposed framework doesn't work comfortably. Few options in Gravity module make it slow. You need to experiment here. Whatsapp crashes often. very often. See 3.5mm audio-jack has issues (perhaps reversed pins). Generic wired handsfree do not work. I am using BT handsfree. Gets heated during data usage even on 1x. Bad camera. more cons: google hindi input app doesn't work. google voice input doesn't work. google now launcher doesn't work. See TIPS: Disable MTS apps through apps_info. Though they are not intrusive/hogs. Install a different launcher. Create shortcut to activity: com.zte.emode.NetworkType for switching between 1x/EVDO/Hybrid. Root it with SRS-Root (If you have the itch). To get rid of always discoverable state edit build.prop: debug.bt.discoverable_time=5. It will keep BT discoverable only for 5 seconds, but it will be discoverable for 5 seconds each time you turn BT on. I couldn't find a way to keep it hidden state by default. A matte screen-guard is recommended for this low-res screen. You have to live with a custom-cut piece I have to leave the office now. Let me know if you have any questions. And, this handset is still available at: http://www.thinkofus.in/index.php?route=product/product&path=61_62&product_id=657 update: thinkofus.in lets you add to cart, but when you checkout, it tells you that the item is out of stock o_O Its the same seller, selling it on ebay.

finally found a 2 way call recording app which works on many phones https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boldbeast.recorder xda thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-boldbeast-call-recorder-galaxy-htc-t2923904

finally found a 2 way call recording app which works on this phone works on the following HTC phones HTC One M8 don't need root, just install and go. This app is the only solution in the world for following HTC phones without root, it records calls perfectly in two directions. - HTC One dual sim (HTC 802t, 802w, 802d) - HTC Desire 816t, 816w, 816d - HTC Desire 610 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boldbeast.recorder xda thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-boldbeast-call-recorder-galaxy-htc-t2923904

On 1st nov I visited mumbai. I was getting rev b network in my htc desire 816 and speed upto 5-6 mbps. Here in bangalore I am getting 8-10 mbps.. Sameer, I bought a HTC One E8 recently. I'm not able to get the connections rightly. The data gets connected and keeps dropping in sometime and it says - "Disconnected because service is unavailable". Also, connection is always on 1X and EV symbol shows up, but without connectivity. Could you please be able to help me rectifying the connection issue? Would highly appreciate your help. Thanks, Vinay Hi vinay, 1. Have you activated EVDO on your sim? if not then please get it activated first by creating a request through reliance insta care app. This is the best way to get it activated within 48 hrs. Rev b is here in bangalore, so go to setting--About--network--mobile network type and check network, it should be type of EvDo-rev A or EvDo-rev B. if it is there then your area is covered under EvDo. 2. If EvDo is already activated then please check your sim type. in bangalore, reliance web world is providing old pattern type sim, which is not compatible for smartphones. please replace your sim card with new pattern. Thanks a ton Sameer for your reply, On point 1, EvDo services are active on my SIM, and I checked the Mobile Network Type in the About section. It is EvDo-rev.B. On point 2, I will now have to check the SIM type; as you rightly mentioned, it is a very old SIM which I started using from my older phone (cut into nano size). Will get it replaced asap and get back to you with the results. But, as you also mentioned - Would reliance web world issue the new pattern sim card to me? Or how do I go about it? Many thanks, Vinay Hi vinay, It means problem is with your sim card. Just replace with new one. last year in bangalore, reliance world provided even micro sim. But since 6 months they are providing only old pattern sim which does not work in any smartphone for data. only one excuse, "they have some supply issue in bangalore". Even i thought to port my no. but one of my friend from chandigarh provide me new blank micro sim card and I am enjoying best data speed. Hey Sameer, My phone now works like a gun! Many thanks to you to have guided me towards the SIM change. Yep, I got myself an OMH nano-sim, there was no problem with the supply too. And one last thing that I did was - Sent the message "HSD" to 55444, and I no more see 1X speed nor the 1X symbol on my phone... It's only Ev now. Couple of best things that I observed: Speed - no doubt I second your speed tests posted in the below post. I turn off data during nights... The next morning when I turn it on, the data is connected within fraction of a second and I have all my incoming items flowing in. This never happens to me with Airtel 3G. I'm gonna have my Airtel 3G disconnected. - Thanks again!

Below listed handsets support Evdo-rev. B:- 1. Htc desire 816 dual sim. 2. Htc one e8. 3. Htc one 802d dual sim. I am using Htc desire 816 and have attached speed test screen shot. I have never experienced such a great speed even in airtel 4g in bangalore. Airtel 4g gives max speed upto 10 mbps.Reliance cdma rev B is giving max upto 12.36 mbps.I have recharged with 4999 plan and downloaded more than 200 gb till date, no fup truely unlimited. Thanks to reliance.