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I'm on my second prime. first one had nasty reboot/boot loop problem, see here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462704.
The second one started good, no reboots and seems to work ok for me. although GPS doesn't work at all in any conditions. I knew that and couldn't blame others. wifi is weak but in my smaller home, I can manage to use it.
then the thing broke again after .13 update. blackscreen/reboots about 3 times a charge. Battery drain is about 2-3% per hour while sleeping. one of the most important reason I wanted the prime was good battery life. I guess now I have no reason to keep it. some other company may have my 500 bucks when they release their tegra 3 tab.
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I'm on my second prime. first one had nasty reboot/boot loop problem, see here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462704.
The second one started good, no reboots and seems to work ok for me. although GPS doesn't work at all in any conditions. I knew that and couldn't blame others. wifi is weak but in my smaller home, I can manage to use it.
then the thing broke again after .13 update. blackscreen/reboots about 3 times a charge. Battery drain is about 2-3% per hour while sleeping. one of the most important reason I wanted the prime was good battery life. I guess now I have no reason to keep it. some other company may have my 500 bucks when they release their tegra 3 tab.
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Sorry bro! Seems like the latest update did bonk some primes, especially that sleep bug. Hope you have better luck with your next purchase.
Are you claiming the .13 update gave you problems? Because that is news to me and I have not heard anything about it. There certainly aren't 5 threads on the first page alone full of people complaining about it
I just got a new one from BB and I recommend not doing the update if you get a new one.
If you exchange it again wait and check the forums for future updates that completely squashes all known bugs.
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I'm on my second prime. first one had nasty reboot/boot loop problem, see here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462704.
The second one started good, no reboots and seems to work ok for me. although GPS doesn't work at all in any conditions. I knew that and couldn't blame others. wifi is weak but in my smaller home, I can manage to use it.
then the thing broke again after .13 update. blackscreen/reboots about 3 times a charge. Battery drain is about 2-3% per hour while sleeping. one of the most important reason I wanted the prime was good battery life. I guess now I have no reason to keep it. some other company may have my 500 bucks when they release their tegra 3 tab.
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You know you can go back to the .11 update, right? I did, even though my only issue was slightly reduced battery life on .13.
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Sorry to hear that. Besides HW acceleration I have not seen enough to make me upgrade. I'm still on HC 3.2.1 and don't have any issue besides the known gps. I'm gonna wait till everything settles down.
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I'm on my second prime. first one had nasty reboot/boot loop problem, see here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462704.
The second one started good, no reboots and seems to work ok for me. although GPS doesn't work at all in any conditions. I knew that and couldn't blame others. wifi is weak but in my smaller home, I can manage to use it.
then the thing broke again after .13 update. blackscreen/reboots about 3 times a charge. Battery drain is about 2-3% per hour while sleeping. one of the most important reason I wanted the prime was good battery life. I guess now I have no reason to keep it. some other company may have my 500 bucks when they release their tegra 3 tab.
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Good luck and I can't wait to see your post about that next "flawless " tablet that you believe you will buy. Not to mention that lack of updates that would surely not come to fruitation. But you are making a good decision for yourself and again good luck.
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My opinion: if you return and stop using a device just because of some software issues caused by a patch in the early stages of a device's lifespan, you dont really need/want that device. EVERY product with software will have some software related issues at one time.
And this is android. Bootloader gonna be unlocked any day now. Custom roms usually are better than stock roms. And they'll be coming. So chill
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Besides HW acceleration I have not seen enough to make me upgrade.
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Dianne Hackborn from Google's already said here that the h/w acceleration in ICS is the same as HC. The low-level code from HC was the base for ICS and changes were mostly UI based. ICS is a much bigger deal coming from GB than HC.
There you go..lol. you love you some Dianne she does make great points n her article though.
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Dianne Hackborn from Google's already said here that the h/w acceleration in ICS is the same as HC. The low-level code from HC was the base for ICS and changes were mostly UI based. ICS is a much bigger deal coming from GB than HC.
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Thanks for the info. Even more reason for me not to upgrade =). When I did upgrade my 2nd Prime the browser and some apps were smoother and the overall usage was smoother. But either way I'm happy with HC for now.
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Has anybody yet attempted to compile the 4.3 Kernel from Source Provided yet (device probably use some slight overclocking and light undervolting)? This device has amazing battery life and runs great. This is coming from somebody who has had 5 qualcomm 800 processor phones and no less than 400 phones (yes Really). Most people that i see with higher end phones use facebook and some other social apps, most of the processors are sitting idle for most people. I guess marketing is good now a days. Millions of people with 600-700 dollar phones with most processor cores times at idle and have no clue.
My wife got a Note 4 and I told her not to since most people have no clue of power/price to actual use/needs on a phone. Well yesterday, we kept running into each other in the house and I kept asking her about her battery percentage until at 3pm she started charging her phone and I told her Im at 70% (while laughing). Well she just ordered a HAM2 today. Yes I know you can get a 10,000Mah brick extension for the "high" end phones but damn. I guess I am getting older and seeing behind the hoopla.
Anyways rant off, but seriously any one look at the code yet. Im downloading it now.
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Has anybody yet attempted to compile the 4.3 Kernel from Source Provided yet (device probably use some slight overclocking and light undervolting)? This device has amazing battery life and runs great. This is coming from somebody who has had 5 qualcomm 800 processor phones and no less than 400 phones (yes Really). Most people that i see with higher end phones use facebook and some other social apps, most of the processors are sitting idle for most people. I guess marketing is good now a days. Millions of people with 600-700 dollar phones with most processor cores times at idle and have no clue.
My wife got a Note 4 and I told her not to since most people have no clue of power/price to actual use/needs on a phone. Well yesterday, we kept running into each other in the house and I kept asking her about her battery percentage until at 3pm she started charging her phone and I told her Im at 70% (while laughing). Well she just ordered a HAM2 today. Yes I know you can get a 10,000Mah brick extension for the "high" end phones but damn. I guess I am getting older and seeing behind the hoopla.
Anyways rant off, but seriously any one look at the code yet. Im downloading it now.
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I use to be one of those "gotta have the latest", until I got tired of rooting, flashing (getting older). I just want to turn it on and USE it.
The mate2, WORKS. As long as the OS is stable, and none of the apps I use requires a newer OS, I'm leaving mine alone.
Coworker went from a LG G2, to a Nexus6 (since sent it back, it was "too big), we set the screen brightness to the same level, installed
the same apps on both devices, then ran them side by side. The N6 "might" have been just a hair quicker at launching apps, but NOT
for more than 2 times the price of the Mate2, not to mention the #2 thing I look for in a device (#1 being STABLE), the HUGE battery life.
His N6, would "just" make it through the day with maybe 5-6% battery left over. My mate2 might "just" make it through THREE days of
battery. The value for money, for the mate2, can't be beat.
Nobody has attempted to because 1) some people, like p51, prefer to leave the phone as is, and 2) the people who do want to modify the phone don't know how.
Supposedly there is a 5.0 update later on, but I'd prefer stock Android. But none of us on here know how to create a ROM.
I believe the rom is a pretty good and stable base. I believe that a kernel will provide the most bang for the buck. Ive ran lollipop on a couple of devices already and unfortunately im not impressed much. What they have rewritten for 5.0 is more centered on tightening up the Google ecosystem, (to make them more reliant on and integrated on google). Google is at a point where they are trying to follow in apples footsteps a bit because it makes sense for them. People have adopted one of two ecosystems and now that they are vested they can simplify and get very accurate metrics from users to sell forwards.
Anyways I may see if i can compile this thing, or i may not depending on boredom level and how bad the original code is.
yah what @scobiSTI said.. You put the piece there and the file over there and take out the 0 over there and boom I end up with a calculator program or something.
Lol let's not forget we are posting on XDA... Which is here FOR developing android for devices...
I can only comment on what people like hashcode did for the kindle fire. I'm glad that leaving well enough was not settled for. Because of development with the kindle fire I still use my first gen to this day. So I have no reason to settle for a phone that just works. Oh, one last thing... For the people commenting here. How many of you are boot loader unlocked and rooted? Just saying.
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I've been unlocked since the release of the phone and Rooted before this thread was made. then @modding.MyMind came around and gave us TWRP! love that guy still!
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I can only comment on what people like hashcode did for the kindle fire. I'm glad that leaving well enough was not settled for. Because of development with the kindle fire I still use my first gen to this day. So I have no reason to settle for a phone that just works. Oh, one last thing... For the people commenting here. How many of you are boot loader unlocked and rooted? Just saying.
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Been bootloader unlocked and rooted since the beginning of this year...and I'm loving it!!
Building the kernel isn't really necessary giving the already seen performance from this device. Could easily be done if you understand how to build from source and know a bit about C. Though typically seen with most custom kernels is a decrease in the battery life due to the more common or favorable features such as juicing up the CPU as a mere example. Plenty of tutorials on how to build from source. Once you get the hang of that you can check out other devs works on github to see what kind of patches they implemented for the purpose of learning, understanding, and applying. I personally find favor in writing scripts more than anything else, or playing around with the TWRP source.
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Has anybody yet attempted to compile the 4.3 Kernel from Source Provided yet (device probably use some slight overclocking and light undervolting)? This device has amazing battery life and runs great. This is coming from somebody who has had 5 qualcomm 800 processor phones and no less than 400 phones (yes Really). Most people that i see with higher end phones use facebook and some other social apps, most of the processors are sitting idle for most people. I guess marketing is good now a days. Millions of people with 600-700 dollar phones with most processor cores times at idle and have no clue.
My wife got a Note 4 and I told her not to since most people have no clue of power/price to actual use/needs on a phone. Well yesterday, we kept running into each other in the house and I kept asking her about her battery percentage until at 3pm she started charging her phone and I told her Im at 70% (while laughing). Well she just ordered a HAM2 today. Yes I know you can get a 10,000Mah brick extension for the "high" end phones but damn. I guess I am getting older and seeing behind the hoopla.
Anyways rant off, but seriously any one look at the code yet. Im downloading it now.
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Exactly. Tired of $100 extra month because of four lines with contracts. Bought my wife note 3 for Xmas. Found one new in box for 450 on swappa. I tend to jump manufacturers each new phone. I plan to stay in the midrange market for the foreseeable future. Only lag I've seen is a little of keyboard lag. Other than that, no bugs or issues yet. And that battery life... First time I haven't charged phone at work in months. I like that it tells me when apps are wasting battery in the background. Great way to eliminate those apps if possible. On my G2 android services was always eating battery.
Looking forward to root just for a couple of specific things. No time these days for ROM flashing.
To fix the keyboard lag, put powersavings to normal instead of smart... 5 minutes projected off battery life was worth it to be able to write faster
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To fix the keyboard lag, put powersavings to normal instead of smart... 5 minutes projected off battery life was worth it to be able to write faster
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Or use Fleksy keyboard which is a super fast tapping keyboard. It works without lag on endurance mode.
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Or use Fleksy keyboard which is a super fast tapping keyboard. It works without lag on endurance mode.
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ok, I'll give that a try... I tried swipe and it was also laggy... will try Flesky.
Hey guys. Just saw this article stating that the G3 has less battery life with lollipop: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/3...alaxy-s5-htc-one-m8-nexus-5-lg-g3-results.htm
Are you guys running LP seeing a drop in battery like the article??
Im not on stock but I am on Lollipop and the battery life for me has been about the same. I feel like Google really dropped the ball with Lollipop as far as battery life is concerned... like they were talking up project volta and how it was supposed to make battery life 36% better on lollipop for certain devices. Yet most devices seem to be struggling to keep the battery life they had before the lollipop update. I know there is a lot of factors and development isn't necessarily going to be perfect with such a new release but still...
I get at least the same if not better battery use, for me typically 80+ hours before charging, my record, 124 hours.
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I get at least the same if not better battery use, for me typically 80+ hours before charging, my record, 124 hours.
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good god man. how are you getting 80 hrs? is it on standby the entire time??
I dont much difference until i tryed to talk on the phone browse facebook or the internet at the same time im stock lollipop
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Im not on stock but I am on Lollipop and the battery life for me has been about the same. I feel like Google really dropped the ball with Lollipop as far as battery life is concerned... like they were talking up project volta and how it was supposed to make battery life 36% better on lollipop for certain devices. Yet most devices seem to be struggling to keep the battery life they had before the lollipop update. I know there is a lot of factors and development isn't necessarily going to be perfect with such a new release but still...
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One thing everyone must remember. Not all apps have been upgraded to utilize any new programming APIs, etc based on Lollipop. Lollipop under the hood is a different environment. No longer is Dalvik around. It's now ART. Some apps still do things that are only available under Dalvik, hence they do not work under LP.
Also, APIs go out of date, also known as deprecated, as OS'es mature. Apps that continue to use old, out-dated API calls, or were improperly programmed from the beginning but could get away with it in older versions of the Android OS, are now showing their issues. This can result in either the app not working at all, or the app could drain the battery.
Android apps are a different beast from your normal PC Windows application/program. They should not run in the background if minimized/when a user switches out. They usually go into a suspended mode so that they are not consuming resources. Out of the box, when an app is written, all of that handling is set up automatically. However, it can be circumvented due to someone not understanding the Android app life-cycle, or they know it and don't care, and just do poor programming. Either way can result in an app that misbehaves and drains the battery, as well as consuming resources (memory, CPU, etc). That also leads to battery drain.
So, I think part of this is Google, but I also believe that most of it is due to apps that are not optimized for Lollipop. I would like to see, or know, if these tests were run on straight stock with NO user downloaded apps. That would give us a clearer picture as to whether or not LP truly does gain better battery life for certain devices (I read that as newer devices).
No battery life difference for me.
Only difference I've noticed would be the stock LP gives better battery life than AOSP
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One thing everyone must remember. Not all apps have been upgraded to utilize any new programming APIs, etc based on Lollipop. Lollipop under the hood is a different environment. No longer is Dalvik around. It's now ART. Some apps still do things that are only available under Dalvik, hence they do not work under LP.
Also, APIs go out of date, also known as deprecated, as OS'es mature. Apps that continue to use old, out-dated API calls, or were improperly programmed from the beginning but could get away with it in older versions of the Android OS, are now showing their issues. This can result in either the app not working at all, or the app could drain the battery..
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Yeah I keep forgetting about the out of date API's but I practically use only Google Apps, I pretty much have everything I need on Google's platform. I only have a handful of apps that aren't google but I rarely use them. Still haven't noticed a change in battery. Not that the battery is bad per say my battery is actually pretty good especially compared to my S3 back in the day. Ive just been seeing other people complain in different forums. But you're right they are probably not using fully optimized apps for lollipop if they are having battery issues.
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good god man. how are you getting 80 hrs? is it on standby the entire time??
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My wife and I aren't that popular, so we don't talk on the phone much. She does use hers a LOT for games. When we got our G3s, I picked up a Verizon LG G Tab 8.3 VK810.4G as well, so now I spare my phone battery a lot for music in the car, GPS, some gaming and quite a bit of TapaTalk or other web browsing. About the only time I do any of those on my phone is when I'm at work killing time sitting on the toilet, or waiting for my lunch to heat up in the microwave.
gosh one of the main reason i was going to upgrade to LP and reading this it doesn't seem worthwhile anymore. are there any reasons to upgrade to LP other than maybe material design? it seems sort to just be a ui makeover now...
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gosh one of the main reason i was going to upgrade to LP and reading this it doesn't seem worthwhile anymore. are there any reasons to upgrade to LP other than maybe material design? it seems sort to just be a ui makeover now...
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ART instead of Dalvik. It's much smoother now.
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Another thing to do is give it a few days after upgrading. At first, you might see poorer battery life but give it a few days and it might stabilize after that and you might see better battery life.
Also, once you've done this, start monitoring the battery section to see which apps are consuming the most battery life. This should give you an idea as to what is going on. That can help you pin point better misbehaving apps.
Also, I use the Snap Dragon Battery Guru app. That can also help pinpoint apps that might not be behaving correctly, plus it can do some managing of things to help preserve battery life. Not sure how much it helps, but it hasn't hurt, so I continue to use it.
Just some helpful hints that I've observed with this phone. I used to use Greenify, but I have found that I can get just about the same battery life without it as I did with it (at least on this phone), so I've since removed it. But, it's still an option to look at it, and it doesn't require root any more, which is nice for those that don't wish to root. And it has helped me in the past with other phones. I just haven't found that it helps that much with this phone.
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Also, I use the Snap Dragon Battery Guru app. That can also help pinpoint apps that might not be behaving correctly, plus it can do some managing of things to help preserve battery life. Not sure how much it helps, but it hasn't hurt, so I continue to use it.
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Note that stock LG Lollipop builds 23A & 23B result in the SnapDragon Battery Guru app claiming it's incompatible when you go to it's Play Store page, although I haven't tried sideloading/restoring it from Titanium Backup.
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Note that stock LG Lollipop builds 23A & 23B result in the SnapDragon Battery Guru app claiming it's incompatible when you go to it's Play Store page, although I haven't tried sideloading/restoring it from Titanium Backup.
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Ahh. Since I haven't upgrade to LP (still on stock and happy as a clam), this is good to know.
Battery life does not change whatsoever. The display is always the culprit. Can get 5hrs of screen time sometimes 6 per stock battery.
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jfriend33 said:
Battery life does not change whatsoever. The display is always the culprit. Can get 5hrs of screen time sometimes 6 per stock battery.
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Which is why I believe, as I stated earlier, this points to misbehaving apps that are not "tuned" correctly for LP. It's always better to just wipe clean (FDR) and then start restoring apps one by one to see what might be causing it. But also, give it a few days to settle down too.
I'm still waiting for the "official" release and then, will wait to see if either root can carry forward or else, the latest root still works on the official release.
T-Mobile users can now upgrade via the software tool on their Windows machines (not available as an OTA yet for them). Seeing how the G2 is getting it already, I have to imagine the G3 is not far behind. I'd much rather they just give us 5.1 to fix the memory leak.
I have noticed much better battery life on 23B Lollipop. I'm not rooted or anything, but for example I can listen to Audible for my daily drive into work that takes me 1.5 hours and the battery will only drop to 99%. I got 23B following another thread here, but my wife got a replacement G3 and it offered the update to 23b before the SIM card or SD card had been put in the phone. My son has a G2 that got the official Lollipop and it actually required two updates to get there. 1 just installed some system prereqs.
I'm in stock 23c and battery life is the same as it was under kk which for me is a good thing as I got excellent battery life under 12b. I'm not rooted because I want to wait and see if/when another ota comes out to fix the Wi-Fi sync issue.
I just finally updated to 23c. Seems wifi works fine for me thus far. I'll see how battery life is tomorrow after a full charge /discharge. Everything seems pretty snappy so far. I didn't even do a factory reset. Hopefully I won't have too.
So i got my s8 a few days ago (yay) and noticed some of its horrendous issues within an hour of usage, so i started looking around for fixes and stumbled upon Eragon (Rom) and have been attempting to get that on to my phone with no luck. I have little to no experience messing around with phones. I followed the guide per Skeleton1911 and can't even get the Vcom driver's working properly. Pretty frustrated and confused at this point and decided to reach out for help/advice. Or any possible alternatives.
What issues are you experiencing that you hope will be solved by this ROM?
I only ask because it might be a hardware issue and therefore a sign to return the phone for a replacement from your vendor while that's still an option.
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What issues are you experiencing that you hope will be solved by this ROM?
I only ask because it might be a hardware issue and therefore a sign to return the phone for a replacement from your vendor while that's still an option.
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4g connectivity seems to be pretty bad/unstable. Battery life is pretty meh. Most if not all of the issue with this phone is pretty much fixed by the Eragon rom hence why I'm trying so hard to get it installed.
the 4g connectivity along with the battery life a very lack luster, which are some of the fixes that come with Eragon.
OK, fair enough. I do understand battery life is improved under Eragon, and OS RAM usage is reduced.
I just read 'horrendous issues' and wondered what that meant exactly, as I've found the battery life on stock to be reasonably OK. The only 'horrendous' issues, in my experience, are the camera and the GPS, neither of which are changed or improved on Eragon. But we all have our personal measurements for such things.
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OK, fair enough. I do understand battery life is improved under Eragon, and OS RAM usage is reduced.
I just read 'horrendous issues' and wondered what that meant exactly, as I've found the battery life on stock to be reasonably OK. The only 'horrendous' issues, in my experience, are the camera and the GPS, neither of which are changed or improved on Eragon. But we all have our personal measurements for such things.
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I can't confirm battery improvement with eragon rom. After a few weeks I had a massive battery drain of about 15% per hour without any heavy usage. The phone was in my pocket with wifi and bluetooth active. I didn't install any new apps and I already I flashed cache and dalvik. The only thing that helped was getting back to stock. Now battery is back to normal and I don't experience any major differences in performance, multitasking or ram usage.
A good example of just how different people's experiences can be, depending on their usage patterns and which set of apps they have installed. Thanks for sharing your experience, Steve.
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A good example of just how different people's experiences can be, depending on their usage patterns and which set of apps they have installed. Thanks for sharing your experience, Steve.
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It seems a matter of luck if you get a full working s8 or not. Maybe there are different builds, depending on where ist was made.
I am using gps from the first day without any problems, no matter if on stock or eragon rom. My s8 just gets warm when playing games but not hot. I think the perfomance is good (no matter which rom) but I would have expected a much higher antutu score from a deca-core chipset and 4gb ram. The battery performance is not better or worse (on stock rom) compared to my earlier smartphones like the oneplus one. I expected the lack of support from the elephone company just as it is, so I am not disappopinted at this point.
I think it's also worth keeping in mind that people are more likely to post when something goes wrong than when something goes as expected, so folks with a defective item are more likely to post complaints than someone who's phone just works.
That being said, I do expect quality control at a third-tier device manufacturer will not be as good as at one of the major players.
And yeah, the big battery is just there to provide adequate battery life despite the huge screen. In my usage, even with the brightness turned down, the screen accounts for 75% of my battery usage on average.
It's a great screen for a cheap phone like this, but it is a trade-off. No such thing as a free lunch.
Finally! Some people are talking sense here and not just complaining about their devices.
For me, I think it's pointless to compare this phone with flagship devices. You can't just say that "on my one plus/galaxy..." because you paid better bucks for those so they got to be damn better!
I have not got any complaints on my device because as I have read on another post here, "You sound set your expectations".
When you bought this, you have a certain use case and if the phone fulfills that, then the phone has already served its purpose.
Please don't expect our units to be top notch as the price won't allow that.
What kind of 4G issue was resolved by this ROM?
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the 4g connectivity along with the battery life a very lack luster, which are some of the fixes that come with Eragon.
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Can you explain what kind of 4G issues it resolves
After doing some research I found out that the ROM will NOT fix network issues.
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For what it is worth, from the Elephone forum today.
ashish replied at 2018-2-17 03:58 AM
"Plz update the android as almost every compay providing android oreo update but elephone s8 still ha ...
got this on Facebook .
(we do our best to release an oreo update for the S8 as fast as possible. Did you know, that our biggest competitor, that charges 3-4x the price of our S8, just canceled their release of Android 8.0 for their newest device? Google the news Why? Because their update was rushed and released way to early, causing a lot of trouble to many users. Do you want that to happen? We don't. That's why our update will only be released when it's done and can deliver a flawless experience to ALL users of the S8. Therefore we kindly ask for your patience. Have a nice day, your ELEPHONE Team)"
It is true many of the big players have pulled or cancelled their Oreo updates in the last few weeks. Be nice if Ele would try another 7.x update with another attempt to fix the camera though.
I suspect that their dev team has its hands full trying to get everything they got wrong on 7.x right on 8. And I doubt they have the resources to have two teams working on S8 firmware development.
Just my edjumakated guess, mind you. ?
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the camera and the GPS, neither of which are changed or improved on Eragon. But we all have our personal measurements for such things.
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so it's normal thing that GPS do't work and camera makes meh photos?
Also, is there an option that phone screen will turn on for a while when I'm receiving a notification? I know there is something like that in android but I couldn't find it. Sorry It's my first android phone and I just feel lost
I did not say the GPS did not work. If your GPS does not work at all, you should return your phone to the shop where you bought it. It's defective.
What I did say is that the GPS isn't great, as is par for the course on Mediatek based phones. If you need great GPS, this is not the phone for you.
Spend more money and buy something better, maybe with a Qualcomm chipset. Or buy a used last-gen flagship phone with good GPS performance.
As for the camera, it's crappy. All the reviews I've seen have pointed out the focus hunting. It's sub par and mostly a problem with the software.
That being said, yes, sub par cameras on cheap Chinese third tier OEM phones do tend to be sub par in one way or another. This one's just notably bad at the moment. Maybe always, if they don't eventually release another firmware for it.
And if this is your first Android phone, I can understand the confusion. Especally if you're coming from fruit phones, where everything just works on pretty much all of them.
This is a terrible first phone for most people. This is a pretty bad device for a novice, it's more of a hobbyist phone. But XDA is a place for that kind of crowd, so my comments were framed accordingly.
I really like it, but I knew what I was buying. I don't use the camera and only make occasional use of the GPS. And I make heavy use of the screen for watching videos and I am not a fan of 18:9. The S8 is a big win for me there.
You probably would have been better served, in this price range, by a Motorola phone, to be honest. If you're still within your exchange window, I would recommend swapping it for something more mainstream.
Best of luck!
matizo said:
... is there an option that phone screen will turn on for a while when I'm receiving a notification? I know there is something like that in android but I couldn't find it. Sorry It's my first android phone and I just feel lost
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.nullgrad.glimpse
Install this and the screen will wake for notifications. You can also disable individual apps, like I did with Spotify, to prevent the screen from waking when listening to music on my Mac.
PRGS3 said:
Install this and the screen will wake for notifications. You can also disable individual apps, like I did with Spotify, to prevent the screen from waking when listening to music on my Mac.
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Thank you
map002 said:
And if this is your first Android phone, I can understand the confusion. Especally if you're coming from fruit phones, where everything just works on pretty much all of them.
Best of luck!
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I'm not even from apple family. I'm one of old guard of Windows phone, and everyday I'm more and more surprised that android won this competition.
I have no chance for fully refund, since I already own it few months, but I see I need to contact a seller. But I think they'll reject it because I dropped it once, and I have beautiful spider web at back -.- (It's not very sturdy). I think I need to revive my lumia for gps usage.
New to elephone s8 but not new to Chinese smart phones. I was hoping this ROM fixed some issues but hasn't thus far. Phone constantly drops signal to point where i can't receive or make calls. Still trying to figure out if that is due to phone not support on my network or not. Which is odd cause at times phone is fine, flying speed full coverage others its the complete opposite. One other bug I was hoping it fixed was screen being unresponsive. Like i try to swipe up to unlock or use fingerprint but it just vibrates to acknowledge I touched it and does nothing. I am looking for work around before i get fed up and sell it or something. I really love the feel of phone physically and how software works when its working.
So here is the XDA article about the feature drop
June Feature Drop for Google Pixels includes At a Glance improvements, Pocket Operator, and more
The June feature drop for Google Pixel devices is now available, and you can install it on your smartphone. It has a ton of new features.
www.xda-developers.com
And it really does look kind of..... underwhelming? like nothing there is very useful or important at large.
But the update actually brought nice stuff.
Check this article for the main take on the feature drop
June Feature Drop appears to cure most of what ailed Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro units
Most Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro users have seen a big improvement in their handsets' cellular connectivity after installing the June Feature Drop.
www.phonearena.com
I myself have noticed improvements in the time to fingerprint unlock, network seems to be faster and more stable in comparison to March, and my network battery usage went down from being around 30% to around 5%!
So all in all I'm happy with this update even though it didn't seem meaningful at the beginning. It makes this phone more fine tuned and worth.
Have you-all noticed any improvements?
Are you feeling it's better then before?
Yes much better. One day in only but noticeable for sure.
The OTA update isn't showing up yet for me.
wilceaux said:
The OTA update isn't showing up yet for me.
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weird.. i suppose you also checked manually through the settings?
bobby janow said:
Yes much better. One day in only but noticeable for sure.
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I used the android flash tool it factory reset my phone but that's not big deal for me I restored my backup from Google one.
I have noticed the fingerprint sensor is working better my phone seems to not get as good reception but the network is also not using 30% anymore it more like 10 or 15 which is still high but where I'm at now doesn't really have great reception to begin with
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weird.. i suppose you also checked manually through the settings?
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Yeah, that's what I'm referring to. I'm manually checking for the update, and it's not showing up. I'll try restarting.
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Yeah, that's what I'm referring to. I'm manually checking for the update, and it's not showing up. I'll try restarting.
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I usually wait for the update notification upon checking updates available. This time it didn't seem it was forthcoming anytime soon since my wife's P5 didn't get it either. So I sideloaded it yesterday. It took all of 7 - 10 min from recovery to reboot. Not sure what the delay is but I just didn't feel like waiting for them to do whatever the eff they need to do to release it.
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Yeah, that's what I'm referring to. I'm manually checking for the update, and it's not showing up. I'll try restarting.
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go to google ota images https://developers.google.com/android/ota
i got my phone yesterday ....love it
I've definitely noticed an improvement in the fingerprint reader. I haven't noticed any different in network - but more so because I am usually on WiFi and generally don't have network issues when I am not.
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go to google ota images https://developers.google.com/android/ota
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Yeah, I ended up sideloading it. No issues, and everything feels a little snappier
I sideloaded it Monday afternoon. Wasn't having any issues before and am not having any issues after.
It's a little early to tell, but I think battery life has improved. I ended the day both Monday and Tuesday with a battery that was about 10%-15% higher than usual.
Being able to use music player like neutron working again is brilliant I had the update on Monday about 11pm I'm in uk
i installed June update 2 days ago. not sure if it is the update or battery guru which was installed at the same time, but now my phone ACTUALLY goes into deep sleep (as reported by battery guru)!!
Its always in deep sleep now for around 15/16hrs between charges and battery drain is down to as little as 1% per hr when screen off. Before I could lose around 20/30% from around 10pm (last phone use) until 6.30am when i pick my phone up the following morning.
One thing i am having issue with SINCE the June update is pixel launcher. Im getting errors saying it has stopped working. I Use Lawnchair anyway, but thats not the point. Just before I get the error about pixel launcher, the phone goes really slow.
A restart of the phone hasn't solved the issues and i have also cleared data/cache from the launcher to no avail.
I NEED TO CONNECT MULTIPLE BLUETOOTH DEVICES AT ONCE!
one weird error I have since updating. If I pull down the notification tab as soon as i click a notification, instead of opening it it will lock the screen
Noticed much improved battery life as well. A 2% drop in active usage and much better standby battery drain. Took my phone out of the charger at 1pm yesterday and I'm at 48% as of writing this message the net day at 6:35pm. Moderate active usage between then and now.
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Forgot to mention that my phone doesn't seem to randomly overheat anymore while casually browsing the web.
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Phone finally shut down today at 4pm, with around 50hours of total battery life and 6ish hours of screen time. This is probably the single biggest overall battery life improvement I've ever experienced just from installing an update alone on any phone I've owned.
NVM, I found the setting.
Definitely not better here battery or network wise after the June patch.