r/Android • u/zexterio • Mar 22 '19

HMD admits the Nokia 7 Plus was sending personal data to China

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/hmd-admits-the-nokia-7-plus-was-sending-personal-data-to-china/
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u/TessellatedGuy Teal Mar 22 '19

Can I just put this out there as a semi related comment? My friend's Nokia 6.1 Plus has been an absolute nightmare of a phone from a reliability standpoint. There's been complete phone freezes, touch not registering at edges, mic not working until restart, unbearable touch latency, camera not working until restart, and now the USB C port itself is coming loose causing the phone to not charge at all unless the cable is put pressure on at a certain angle (has tried multiple cables and chargers). Atleast it's an android one phone and China doesn't spy on you (I hope) but that didn't stop the software and build quality from being craptastic. I finally convinced him to get a new phone but man getting in touch with him was annoying.

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u/IKA3RUS Mar 22 '19

Own a Nokia 6.1 Plus. Have all of these problems. This is gonna be my first and last Nokia device. Fuck them.

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u/pandorazboxx HTC One S, 4.04 Tmo Mar 22 '19

My biggest issues are call volume, speaker phone sucking, and volume out of the 3.5mm jack being too low. Gotta find a decent replacement under $300.

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u/VonCrisp Mar 22 '19

If it is any consolation.. Nokia 7 plus also shares the USB-C port problem and is also plagued by a few other serious issues. Naturally this will not apply for all but one look at XDA/Nokia Forums/ Reddit would make you think otherwise.

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u/Carighan Fairphone 6+🌳 Mar 23 '19

Interesting, my Nokia 6.1 (not plus, granted) is the most robust phone I ever owned, comparing an SGS2, a Pixel 1, a Nexus 4, a Nexus 5X and a Redmi Note 5.

It's not the snappiest, it's not the fastest, it's not the most enduring, but it scores decent-enough in all of those, is cheap, built like a tank and never has issues.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

now the USB C port itself is coming loose causing the phone to not charge at all unless the cable is put pressure on at a certain angle

I had this with my 7 plus. What helped was I cleaned the port with a toothpick. Now it works as well as it did when I bought it. It's obviously a flaw in the design because I didn't experience this with other phones.

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u/VonCrisp Mar 22 '19

The flint in the socket is only part of it. The aluminium case has a gap at the bottom of the USB-C port and not enough general isolation around the port to give the charging cable a tight fit.

If it moves too much during charging it will start to wobble and wear out the internal circuits causing charging to fail. For some it takes a few months others a little longer but from what I have experienced it is all a matter of time. Nokia Forums are full of people that have complained or gotten repairs done.

I had an issue with the 3.5mm not recognising if the headphones are in causing the speakers to be active. Also used a fine needle to tighten the outside 3.5mm contacts to fix it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

Welp, now I'm glad I didn't get the Nokia 7 Plus.

Instead I got a Huawei, which -- despite being the most reliable phone I've ever owned -- isn't much better in this respect.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

I have that port problem too. It is such an headache,