chmod777

If any Game Pass users already have a Roku, check out the new NFL app - works great.

There is a new NFL app on Roku that works great with the international version of Gamepass.

Live games, NFL Network, Red Zone, and archived games have all streamed flawlessly for me so far.

I finally found a great program guide for Sling TV.

http://streamingtvguides.com/

Picked up a Fire TV on recent trip to the USA,  big improvement over the Roku for this purpose since DNS can be set in the device.

Has anyone here with a Thai Netflix account checked to determine WHERE the content is being streamed from? Have they hosted/mirrored it in country via a CDN, or, it's being pulled from abroad?

Sweden is the what the ip geolocates to, but the latency would suggest it may be closer. I'm a little surprised, it works so well I thought maybe they had one of these bad boys in Bangkok:

http://gizmodo.com/this-box-can-hold-an-entire-netflix-1592590450

So if the GPS issue seems to have been solved with the latest OS update based on various posts here, are there any other downsides/problems associated with this model now?

I have been happy with mine, and the wife loves hers. It performs much better than you would expect for the price.

I've had better cameras in phones, but then again those phones cost three times as much.

No regrets here...

Yes, I was confused about your statement. It is as you describe, when one SIM is on 3G or 4G, the other will be on GSM. Both SIMS can receive and make phone calls and send SMS.

I am still a little confused though. Since you can only use one data connection at a time, what would be the benefit of both SIMs connected to 3G or 4G at the same time?

Very simple. You don't need it for data, but for voice,

When 2G is no longer available on two or more carriers in one country, a Dual SIM phone like those available today would be of no use if you were to use both SIMs for voice. You'd need 3G.

Where I am right now, True has abysmal coverage on 2G but excellent coverage on 3G. So even if True were to continue to provide 2G, 3G is much better.

Thanks for the information, I understand now.

Show me both SIMs conmected to 3G/4G at the same time, and that's what I'm looking for. Not a phone where you can switch the radios between the SIMs without switching places physically.

In other words, I know of no phone where you can connect to two networks that don't have 2G at the same time. One of the networks will have to have a 2G frequency, or you won't be able to receive calls on both SIM's without choosing which one you want to be available on today.

Maybe I'm wrong and it is possible, but I've seen nothing to indicate it yet. I think it's a case of talking about two different features, so it gets confusing and we get an answer that actually answers a question not posed - in this thread.

Yes, I was confused about your statement. It is as you describe, when one SIM is on 3G or 4G, the other will be on GSM. Both SIMS can receive and make phone calls and send SMS.

I am still a little confused though. Since you can only use one data connection at a time, what would be the benefit of both SIMs connected to 3G or 4G at the same time?

Legal Netflix offered in Thailand at a fair price! Great news, Netflix joins a short list of companies that treat us like legitimate customers (NFL, MLB, Steam).

Sure, the catalog is limited - but it just started and is sure to grow. There will always be a place for "alternative" downloads for the latest or less mainstream shows and movies.

The performance is fantastic. I can select a Netflix program on my Roku, and it will start playing faster than Plex can start it from my NAS.

If nothing else, it will minimize my need to maintain a cartoon library for the kids.

Hopefully this will help every expat in Thailand, subscribers or not, as it should take some load off the international links.

I had not found any phone that does this, so was a bit skeptical of the claims the Zenfone does.

I found one comment on gsmarena saying that the version with Snapdragon processor supports 2G/3G/4G on both SIMs. I have not found confirmation of this claim yet. The comment didn't claim concurrent standby on all, so I'm not yet confident about this phone. But it's the only phone I've heard of that might do this. There is a version with an Intel processor that doesn't have this feature.

Yes, there is at least one Snapdragon phone that can do this - the I-Mobile IQ II.

This phone lists for 4, 444 baht, so the OP could buy two and have change left over.

Here is a composite of screenshots showing LTE on either sim:

Those who have had GPS problems with the IQ II, have you tried it after the 6.0.1 upgrade?

Mine seems to be working and navigating fine now, hoping it's not just a temporary fluke.

Tested the AIS 4G trial on the IQ II today, and wow it works. Pretty sweet, fastest speed test results I got were 72.33 Mbs, and that was to Singapore.

I am tempering my hopes BUT it looks like GPS and navigation are now WORKING FINE on my IQ II. I don't know if it was the 6.0.1 update, or a Google Maps app update or what, but it is working as well as any other android device. Hoping that continues.

I understand these are different frequencies than the ones currently used. But I still don't understand the way this news is reported. Like Thailand has no 4G at all currently. While many companies do offer it already, just on higher frequencies. These newly auctioned lower frequencies should give better reception in local countryside and inside buildings. Other than that there is not much difference. As for people who said Thailand doesn't even have propper 3G. I am sure you either never come outside of BKK or don't use a proper provider. I have been with True corp for quite some years now and have enjoyed great 3G pretty much anywhere in the country, and 4G coverage is expanding slowly outside of the cities as well. Once these new networks come online this should improve 4G coverage dramatically. So good news all in all.

The problem is that the 4G networks in Thailand are only 4G by name, as the speeds they achieve are less than a good 3G network

Here's a speed test of DTAC 4G compared to real LTE in Korea.

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When I see speeds like this, then I'll agree; Thailand has a 4G network.

Not holding my breath

You wouldn't have had to hold your breath long.

This is AIS 4G, measured today in Sakaeo City:

I bought this phone as a cheap replacement for a broken S5.

Just a warning to anybody thinking about buying this phone, it is a little slow, that's expected from the spec's it has but its still very use able.

The GPS however is hopeless. Forget about a position lock when in your house or car.

GPS toolbox app agps data download doesn't really help.

Bit of a bugger really because other than that the phone could have been a winner.

Currently running Android 6.0

Sent from my i-mobile IQ II using Tapatalk

I've been needing to replace my crap phone and following this thread. This is first reference to quality of gps. Navigating Thai roads is critical for a phone for me. Anyone else have any gps experience to report??

The GPS performance is poor on this phone in my experience too. If navigation is important, this is probably not the phone you want.

Others have mentioned GPS issues in this thread:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864017-i-mobile-iq-ii/

The IQ II is a great phone for the money, but they cut some corners to get there: GPS is poor, camera fair, no gyro, and no compass.

Thank you chmod777. Nice report.

Quick question: how did you rebooted your phone?

Hope the info helps.

I powered it off and back on to reboot it.

After a few days with Marshmallow I have a couple comments, although I have not had time to go through the features much. It's a nice upgrade with some useful improvements.

1. Battery:

The new options to improve and extend battery life look pretty good. I haven't played with the per-app optimization, but I have turned on "battery saver" before sleeping and it works. I mean you could leave that on all day if you wanted and get some pretty amazing battery life. Of course, if you are actually actively USING your phone you would not want it in that mode.

For example, I charged the IQ II Friday evening, turned on battery saver that night, turned it off Saturday morning, back on at night, off in the morning - and on Sunday at noon I still had 50% battery. Of course, as soon as I started taking photos, using mobile data, etc, I was down to 33% within a few hours.

The Marshmallow battery settings let you get some of the battery advantages of a "dumb phone" with a smart phone. You just tell it to be dumb when you don't need the smarts and you can get DAYS of battery life out of it.

2. SD card:

The best micro card I could find out here in the boondocks is a Sandisk Ultra 32 GB. Marshmallow immediately detected it, and asked what I wanted to do with it - so I picked internal. It warned the card might be too slow, which is not what I wanted to hear - but I proceeded and have not noticed any problems with the card speed. When it is done, it does not tell you to REBOOT your phone, but as noted above YOU NEED TO DO IT.

As far as the internal/portable pros and cons, I think the only reason to choose "portable" is if you are familiar with using an SD card that way and want to remove it sometimes, or mount it like a camera or usb drive when you plug the phone into a PC port or something.

What REALLY is happening is that android has an emulated SD card (storage/emulated/0). If you also have an external SD card, it is sdcard1 (storage/sdcard1) - you had no choice in the past. With Marshmallow you can decide if you want the new card you plug into your phone to be one or the other - it can be sdcard1 in the old style or it can take the place of the old emulated SD and become storage/emulated/0. It is just a change in where the card is mounted in the filesystem.

Marshmallow includes a file explorer (finally) that lets you look at your SD card either way you do it. It is true that this built in explorer will not look at the rest of your phone storage, but ES Explorer and similar apps sure can, even on a non-rooted device. You can even copy files from anywhere in your phone to your SD card whether you have made it "internal" or not.

In my opinion, you do not lose any "seamless access" or "visibility" to your internal storage by selecting "internal", but if you are familiar with how SD cards worked in the past and want to keep using them that way then I suppose "portable" is the way to go.

Performance wise, I shot video and took "burst mode" photos and they were instantly recorded to the card, I didn't notice a difference between that and the IQ II internal memory.

3. Misc:

You can now set default apps for each action without resetting them all. Nice for when you install a new browser then decide you hate it.

You can also modify what shows on the quick settings panel which is pretty slick.

Per app permission settings is nice, and long overdue.

You can swipe left from lock screen to access voice search instead of the dialer, nice for those of us who rarely us our phones as phones.

I bought one at Tesco for less than 800Baht, and it works great, use it all the time.

Don't know how I lived so long without one.

I have been using one of these in the picture for over 2 years. The only problem I have had is the plastic handles on the side crack & brake with the heat.

I would buy another one.

Can be bought at Tesco, Big C, Makro, Home Pro.

Also have had a very similar model by Hanabashi for years and have no problems. No need to spend more on a fancy device or ruin a rice cooker.

Update went fine for me, haven't had time to play with the new features much but looks good so far.

Got the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update this morning on my IQII.

I am on TOT Wi-Net and have experienced the same intermittent problems for the last month. Skype video calls are garbage half the time.

Tempted to do some traceroute research but I am afraid of what I would find.

Depressing that such a giant leap backward is being considered (already started?) after the connectivity improvements of the last few years.

No, wait, it is not depressing - it is infuriating.

Like this one.

http://www.invadeit.co.th/product/computer-accessories/orico/usb-3-0-to-hdmi-external-graphics-du3h-p020057/

Never used this site so can not comment on service.

I have used invadeIT extensively and in my experience, they are the best shop in Thailand when it comes to service.

Never had anything that I ordered take more than 3 days to reach me in Naklua, and if something goes wrong with a product, they are right there in getting it replaced.

+1

+1 for me too.

Here is a link to the other topic on the IQ II:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/846036-android-one-introduced-in-thailand-best-value-for-money/

I ended up replacing my failing Galaxy Nexus with an IQ II. This is a great phone for the price, with only a few drawbacks compared to phones that cost 2 or 3 times as much.

Cons: The camera is adequate for a phone at this price, but a step down from a premium phone. I miss having a better camera.

No gyroscope, no noise cancelling mike, no NFC.

GPS has not worked well in my limited experience, it won't navigate like my old phone would. Trying to find a fix for this.

Pros: Price!

Dual SIMs, and either SIM can be used for 3G data (not at the same time of course). No need to swap them around in the slots.

Charges very quickly with the supplied charger, and battery life has been good.

Card slot to expand storage.

Very responsive in menus and switching between apps, cpu performance is excellent.

Overall, I am happy with it. I was holding out for the new Nexus, but the IQ II beats it with the dual SIMs and storage slot. Hard to justify the higher price just to get a better camera, and then lose those features.

I guess this phone can be considered a "poor man's Nexus". After playing with one I bought for the wife, I think it beats my antique Galaxy Nexus on everything except the camera quality. It also lacks a gyro sensor, so the camera can't take a photosphere shot. I don't think it has a noise cancelling mike either.

Just about everything else seems pretty nice - it charges quickly, battery life seems fine, very responsive opening apps and menus, speaker volume is fine.

I-mobile is not a brand I normally would consider, but this model seems like a winner. Guess we'll see how it holds up over time, and how well Google holds to the upgrade promise.

Nice to be able to watch some college basketball on ESPN. Streaming quality is poor at times, but not much worse than other services with US based content servers.

Has anyone tested any of the Disney channels or the ABC Family channel? I can't get them to load, even using different VPNs and DNS unlockers. The error message leads me to believe there is a more stringent geographical check on just these channels.

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Two Dollar notes?

It's all about the Jeffersons...

Here's another good reason to buy a Kindle that not many people seem to know about. Although I buy Kindle books from time to time, most of the stuff I read originates as PDF files. They could be free books or any kind of document. You can open a PDF on the device but the text will usually be too small because it is formatted and word wrapped for a printed page. When you buy a Kindle you have an account and a personal kindle email address. If you want to read a pdf on your Kindle, you just email the file as an attachment to your Amazon email and write "convert" in the subject line. In a few minutes you will get the file back when you do a sync, properly formatted and word wrapped for the Kindle screen. And it's a free service. You just have to put the sending email address into your preferences in your account as an approved sending address. That's obviously to stop just anyone sending a file to you. You can have as many addresses you want, so it would be possible for a friend to send you a document.

You don't even need to buy a Kindle to do this - it works on the Kindle tablet and phone apps.

There is also a "Send to Kindle" browser extension that let's you put web content into your Kindle library, very useful.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle