Sangutt

Same problem here!

At home, we have Nothing phones. I have the Phone 2, and she has the Phone 1. We charge both with the same charger, and both are running the latest available version. The Phone 2 charges perfectly fine, but with the same charger, the Phone 1 is limited to 260mA—it takes all night to reach 100%, while the Phone 2 charges in no time.

I saw a Reddit post where a user apparently fixed this issue by replacing the battery. I’ve tried factory resetting the Phone 1 and testing it with different chargers. The Phone 2 works fine with all of them, but the Phone 1 won’t charge any faster, either wirelessly or via cable.

Do you know if this is a battery issue or a software problem? We’ve been dealing with this for over a month now, and the experience has been terrible.

When I plug it in to charge, the lights on my Nothing Phone 2 turn on and start blinking as if trying to get my attention. This has been happening since the second update of version 3.0.

I live in Europa, and I’m also experiencing issues with the WiFi connection on this device. I have a Ubiquiti WiFi 7 system, and I understand that the phone only supports WiFi 6E. The problem is that it struggles to connect to the 6 GHz band; it always defaults to the 5 GHz band, even when the 6 GHz band isn’t congested and I’m right next to the access point.

Have you tried forgetting the device on both ends, either on the Android/car system and the Nothing phone, and then reconnecting? Not just on one of them?

I have an Android radio and haven’t had any issues with the Phone (2), and I have it connected via Bluetooth. Are you using CarPlay or Android Auto?

The battery may take a few charge cycles and days to stabilize—or at least, that’s been my experience. If you’ve just updated your phone, this could be the reason. On my Phone 2, that’s exactly what happened. Additionally, to extend your battery’s lifespan (especially if you’re not planning to replace your phone every year), I’d recommend limiting the charge to around 90% to preserve its long-term health.

marchtl No

Yes, the triple-tap gesture to launch an app exists; I’ve had it on another phone, though I don’t remember which one. It featured double-tap, triple-tap, double-tap-and-hold, and long press—basically, like Nothing’s earbuds. In the end, this is just software and can be implemented in almost any interface layer if the development team is interested.

Amazingly, IT WORKS!

I cleaned them with a soft brush made for earbud cleaning, tried using an ultrasonic cleaner (the kind for watches—though I might not have used it properly), and now, while traveling and needing to replace my toothbrush, I decided to give it a try.

I dampened the toothbrush slightly with very hot water and made sure the bristles got into the earbuds. And it works! Honestly, it’s unbelievable, but it works. Give it a try—just don’t overdo it, but apply enough pressure and firmness. My issue was with the left earbud, and now both are working perfectly!

Huge thanks to @marco_CdbTxbuDZP , You’ve saved me from buying a pair of Ear (open), at least for now!

If you have a phone that doesn’t let you lock apps to prevent them from closing, don’t buy it.

I have a Phone (2) and previously had a Phone (1). With the Watch Pro, the issues have been constant, and they haven’t fixed them. Every few hours, when the app closes, the connection is lost. The battery is barely sufficient, and the measurements are terrible on both the Phone (1) and (2). I’m sharing a video where you can see it for yourself.

Any Amazfit or Huawei Band performs 100 times better. I’m speaking from experience. Smartwatches from other brands work better than the one within the same ecosystem—it’s incredible, surreal, but true.

Don’t buy either of these devices. If you do, and you own a Nothing Phone, make sure to buy it on Amazon or somewhere that won’t give you trouble when you need to return it. Here’s a link showing just how inaccurate the measurements are—among the worst on the market.

TRUSTED Watch Pro 2 Accuracy review

I already ranted in a previous post about performance issues, the lack of privacy, security features, and desktop mode—not everything was going to be bad.

Now it’s time for the things I like and find genuinely useful:

I love being able to limit battery charging to 90% to improve its longevity.

The ability to create folders on the home screen is fantastic, especially since tapping the folder’s icon directly opens a specific app instead of the entire folder.

The Bluetooth widget is one of the best I’ve seen, and I also appreciate the option to resize icons, like the flashlight. That said, I’d love a way to assign the flashlight to a physical button—for example, by triple-pressing it—or even assign any app of your choice. This is something a good developer could probably implement in less than a day.

I really enjoy the wallpaper blur effect and the smooth unlock transition.

I also appreciate the integration with GPT. Though, if I may wish for more, I’d love to see support for X’s AI (Grok) as well.

By the way, I’m not a bot! It’s just that I write in Spanish, my native language, and I use GPT to translate and be more efficient while avoiding mistakes.

The problem is that they focus more on design than on quality. It’s like instead of improving the engine and optimization, they give it a mega detailing job, sticking with the automotive analogy.

Nothing is a phone that catches your eye, like that stunning person you see on social media, but when you start a conversation, you realize there’s nothing upstairs. It’s just another layer of customization on top of Android.

It lacks a desktop mode, the battery is mediocre, it uses USB 2.0, and it’s missing critical features like a dedicated Titan-like chip as seen in the Pixel lineup. Nothing remains just another Android skin when it could take advantage of being European-based to focus not only on minimalism but also on privacy and security—areas that feel secondary when they should be front and center.

We’ve been sold Nothing as a company for tech enthusiasts, with its flashy founders and investors. But in reality, it feels more like a business run by savvy marketers—they present a beautiful facade, but the substance underneath is lacking.

I hope future releases prove me wrong. In the audio space, Nothing does well, but their quality and durability leave much to be desired. I’ve owned three of their products, and two had one earbud fail within nine months: the Ear (stick), the CMF Buds Pro (the only ones still holding up), and the Ear (2), which I had to replace under Amazon’s warranty.

For their next phones, I hope they include a dedicated security chip, allow features typical of GrapheneOS, and improve system security overall. They also need to implement desktop mode functionality and upgrade to at least USB 3.0 or, better yet, 4.0—after all, we’re almost in 2025. On the software side, since they’ve introduced their own gallery app, it’d be great if they integrated cloud sync options with your preferred provider—or even better, support for personal NAS setups.

In short, I just want you to prove me wrong. But as things stand, my next phone will either be a Pixel with GrapheneOS or, once again, the usual iPhone.

I sincerely hope Nothing becomes the Android device that bridges the best of both worlds—a company from the old continent that’s both innovative and a global reference point.