alcatel Pop Star

  • Released 2015, Q4
    8.6mm thickness
    Android 5.0
    8GB storage, microSD slot
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  • 5.0"
    720x1280 pixels
  • 8MP
    1080p
  • 1GB RAM
    MT6580
  • 2000mAh
    Li-Ion

alcatel Pop Star - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
Speed HSPA
Launch Announced 2015, September
Status Available. Released 2015, Q4
Body Dimensions 141 x 71.5 x 8.6 mm (5.55 x 2.81 x 0.34 in)
Weight -
SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~68.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~294 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
Chipset Mediatek MT6580 (28 nm)
CPU Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Mali-400MP2
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 8GB 1GB RAM
Main Camera Single 8 MP, AF
Features LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps
Selfie camera Single 5 MP
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 566 h (2G) / Up to 500 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 12 h (2G) / Up to 10 h (3G)
Misc Colors Black, White, Silver, Gold
Models 5022D

alcatel Pop Star - User Reviews

  • Worst battery ever!

  • Have another of these from cex 2nd hand. Rooted with Kingroot easily, debloated, 4.41G available out of 4.67G. Edited build.prop to limit wifi scanning & dalvik heap, and get a little bit better battery. Use a lockscreen too as phone may not sleep properly without...

  • Hw did u unroot ur phone?

  • Honestly the worst phone in existence, ive had three of these so far (due to being stuck on a lousy contract) and everytime the same problem occurs which is that the charging port becomes loose and broken and the battery life drains in about 5-6 hours. Not to mention how glitchy and laggy this phone is. Can't wait to get a new contract aha

  • This has to be one of the worst phones I've ever had... I got it no for a year and a half, the phone started bugging after having it maybe for 2 months, started lagging badly, did 10 factory resets by now but that doesn't do the deal either, I don't even download games, all the cache is cleared and it's still lagging like crazy...The camera is really bad even tho if it has 8mp, if anyone thinks about buying this phone, skip it and find a better phone!

  • factory data reset

  • Hi guys i been having this phone for like 1 year and i got many problems with them.Phone bagging so much many app stop working can someone tell me how can i fix it?

  • SIM card has "golden side" - that is contact side - let's say down side. Well, on up side paste some small pieces of tape (tape for boxes etc)... That could help to improve contact between SIM (contact side) and phone because tape can fullfill tiny, empty space (I saw this advice on Gsmarena - here, for another phone). Good luck.

  • Hi all I've had this phone for a while and its doing its job pretty dam good 1 bit of advice for people to keep the phone running fast and sweet 1st thing is to root and remove bloat and unessential apps BUT do not use root apps to improve the phones performance I.e lspeed seeder etc after you have removed bloat etc remove root and go into developer options set animation scale to off on all 3 options and turn on force GPU rendering and that's it the pop star will fly.I did use a couple of root apps to try and make some improvements but it did more harm then good so I fully unrooted with all the bloat gone and the pop star is doing great NO LAG what so ever just hope my post will help others

  • The Sim card slot is not functioning is there any way u can help. Sylla

  • Did you forget about the system itself? That probably takes arround 3 gigs in average...

  • Android 5.0 (ignoring the SD card) consists of the following partitions: 1. mmcblk0p23, for System, 2.9GB 2. mmcblk0p24, for Cache, 1.0GB 3. Swap, 1.2GB (equivalent to the Windows "virtual memory" file, for instance)

  • How much internal memory does this phone have? It says 8 gb, but after I did factory reset it had like 3,5 - 4 gb of memory? I know that Andoid system and bloatware take memory, but 4 gb really??

  • Battery life very poor, even after rooting & cpu controlling. Juice Defender extreme settings bricked it. Good specs for money, but needed charging after every surf...poor 6580 configuration by mediatek, perhaps.

  • I honestly regret buying this phone..battery is not reliable and heats up really badly..and the touchscreen becomes less responsive after a while..the phone cannot withstand pressure..buy this phone at your own peril

  • which is the best silicone protection?

  • i have still got this phone it is great but really need an update to marshmellow or nougat because it has all the specs but just runs lollipop i belive this phone ha pottential

  • Square edges...as wide as a motoG, but not as heavy...still dead fingers after half an hour. Snappy tho', quicker than the Jokerola. ROOTABLE (Kingo/King)...\o/...took all crap off it.

  • 1. I can't view documents (pdf) downloaded. It comes up with a comment ' file corrupted' or 'cannot generate PDF, format is invalid' ...change default write disk to phone? In storage settings.. 2.can't view pictures transferred to my phone. I get this error message 'cannot generate thumbnail'. Pictures on WhatsApp chat get blurred after some time. ...check they have a .gif/.jpeg / .png suffix....some are downloaded as a string, just add a suffix to the end in 'rename'...copy them to phone storage? 3. Every file or folder I copied on SD card from my PC disappears once the SD card is inserted back to the phone. ...wrong format for android...download them with the phone thru ESfilebrowser?

  • I still can't believe this: 1. I can't view documents (pdf) downloaded. It comes up with a comment ' file corrupted' or 'cannot generate PDF, format is invalid' 2.can't view pictures transferred to my phone. I get this error message 'cannot generate thumbnail'. Pictures on WhatsApp chat get blurred after some time. 3. Every file or folder I copied on SD card from my PC disappears once the SD card is inserted back to the phone. Please I need your help. Many thanks

  • I still can't believe this: 1. I can't view documents (pdf) downloaded. It comes up with an error message ' file corrupted' or 'cannot display PDF, invalid format' 2.can't view pictures transferred to my phone. I get this error message 'cannot generate thumbnail' 3. Every file or folder I copied on SD card from my PC disappears once the SD card is inserted back to the phone. Please can someone help. Many thanks

  • HELP needed please: i can't find USB driver for this phone to install on my Win8 64bit, and thus, i can't use i, cannot manipulate with data in order to move from phone to my PC and vice versa. Please answer if you have solution!

  • I've always used alcatel bt there only 1 problem with it,the camera.its fine at first bt after sometime its blurring, does this has the same problem?

  • Square cut, a bit of a pain if you surf long time. Rooted with kingo, removed all the usual suspects. Has side swipe screen with weather from accu, may disappear if I use another launcher. Don't want to mess with it too much as lots have bootlooped them(probably taking orig launcher off). Now v.fast & nippy. Small aosp browser good, but went with nakedbrowser in the end. Webview chrome 39.0. Gallery good, but swapped it out for quickpic. Removing swype keyboard & lang 'touchtype' pack removed 100Mb!

  • Some devices are not Bluetooth compatible each other, with WiFi direct you transfer much faster any data and the application WiFi file sender make most devices compatible.

  • Cons: Viewing angle not so good. Lag is evident.

  • No..only two sims and 1 memory card dear

  • Ram available ?

  • when send to someone via bluetooth you should accept PAIR one another but also should be visible to all and not only for the chosen , that same need you to make a on their phone, setting , bluetooth , on , and select ''visiable for all nearby Bluetooth devices'' ( not Only visable to paired devices ) then search for devices and pair it. when escorted picture or other, recipient needs to confirm once again.

  • this is because you deleted folder thumbnails , it happened to me, now switch images in the pc so it comes back and it'll work but with a ; ''cat'' - (not copy) ''paste'' Then return them to copy - paste and will make a new folder thumbnails.

  • 2.8 GB is reserved for android system remained 5GB is for user now clear

  • The only but the biggest problem of this phone is the battery. Even when idle,with very few apps installed, it still drains a lot ! Other than that, for it's price it's pretty decent.

  • is 4000mAh battery for this phone is available?

  • Bluetooth does not connect to anything saying "Couldn't pair with device because of incorrect pin or passcode"

  • Can't view pictures and videos storedvin the gallery. The message is no thumbnails. Very frustrating.

  • This Phone have just 5 gb, i have this phone

  • Seems O.K. If only they would print instructions in a larger font size, also the little symbols are to small to see.

  • can i use a free sim card and would it allow a morroco sim card

  • Will this phone take a 3 sim

  • Just got this phone 3 days ago, replaced my LG Spirit with this. So far, very satisfied with it! Pros: -> Great 5" HD screen with punchy colors, not a washed out lcd like other budget phones! -> Stock 5.1.1 lollipop with a pinch of alcatel's addons, very light skin! -> Quite smooth, considering the chipset and ram. -> Audio quality -> Camera quality is great in daylight (lowlight however shouldn't be mentioned, it's a budget phone) -> Very customizable with extra back covers you get in the packaging! -> Build quality Cons: -> Battery life isn't the best (although it could get better with a software update) -> Will probably stay on lollipop (Alcatel is known for "abandoning" their devices) -> 8 GB of storage (can be expanded with a micro SD card though...)

  • Did this.Brilliant sound now especially on external speaker. Is this only for Alcatel-Lucent, or can it be used on any phone?

  • This is a lot of phone for the money. It took me a while to get it set up, not everything is particularly intuitive, but for the price I really can't fault it.

  • just got one.will it take 3sim

  • Can you tell me how can i fix the microphone problem? I was able to fix the speaker at the engineering settings. How can I fix and the microphone? Thanks.

  • Can I change a picture in menu, and can I move the icons ?

  • Nice but what about its compass sensor ?

  • HOW TO INCREASE CALL VOLUME 1) Go to Engineering Mode by dialing *#*#3646633#*#* 2) Swipe left to HARDWARE TESTING 3) Go to AUDIO 4) Go to NORMAL MODE and change max vol to 160 5) Go to HEADSET and change both max headset volume and Max speaker volumes to 160 each That's all.

  • Just got mine, hope i enjoy using my first android

  • During duration of the call press volume up, that's the only thing I c an think of. I f that don't work maybe the speaker is broken

  • Good phone, can be quite and not heard when ring. Phone cokes with 3 battery covers. Seem to not be able to source a case for it or even find out where I can buy other colour battery covers.

  • this mob is great, but i have one little problem, when someone call me i cant hear him very well, voice is low, how can i increase , i already put to the max everything in "sound" settings, if someone can help thx.

  • this mob is great, but i have one little problem, when someone call me i cant hear him very well, voice is low, how can i increase , i already put to the max everything in "sound" settings, if someone can help thx.

  • uninstal; facebook,instagram, and yiu have 30-40% more battery power , log via browser and over night put in airplane mode

  • does anyone have some informations about batery problems? or some ways to improve it?

  • Just got the phone and I love it

  • please replace the battery with higher 4000 mAh. Alcatel is my brand, I trust alcatel.I have Alcatel tablet has good battery life.

  • I have the device for two weeks. I also had a problem with the microphone, which i have repaired in engineering mode. camera i had improved with the help of the app Camera FV-5. While the battery life is miserable and unpredictable ...

  • yeah the phone is good but camera not nice

  • Anyone know where I can buy a hard case for alcatel onetouch star pop 5.0 good phone for money but cannot find case to fit

  • Same here, but mine stays at like 60% for hour-two :).

  • I was able to fix my issue with the microphone trough the Engineering mode settings. If anyone has similar issue, I would suggest to search the forums on how to increase your speaker volume, its pretty much the same with the mic.

  • I think the phone is very good in terms of display and design, but i have a serious issue with the microphone. It is very hard for the rest of the people to understand what I am talking especially if there is a background noise or lower coverage. Does anyone else share this experience ?

  • I have this phone and I have it for a week and I think that this phone is great the only issue is the battery life it runs out fast but it stays on for example 45% and just won't move for like 2 hours the screen quality is great I didn't have any games lag the sound is great and everything seems smooth so yeah for this price i would recommend it and the phone looks alot more expensive than it is it is great

  • Pros: Great price, nice size, thin, changable backs that come in the box, silver, white and gold. Great value for money. Cons: locks up and crashes easy, slower end of the quad core processors and is noticably slower when it comes to loading games and multitasking. All in All...an average phone for a great price. I'd give it the following scores: Screen Quality : 6/10 Processing power: 6/10 Design: 7/10 Value for Money: 9/10

  • I think it's a good phone i am going to buy it and then give you my opinion and tell if it is worth to buy or not

  • It looks quite good i am going to buy it and i will give you the review after