Without being to inflammatory, is it possible to get a pros and cons breakdown of each ROM. Personally key issues for me are Battery life, smoothness/speed & SRS functionality. However, to be of maximum benefit any further info would be good.
Please don't turn this into the typical rant. (I had a C64, it was better than a spectrum, mac vs pc and so on ad infinitum.)
Both are great Roms and now optimized very well after a good number of releases.
In terms of speed and battery life, I didn't find any difference to be honest, both of them are smooth and tend to stay for 18-20 hours on single charge (I am a heavy user mind you).
SRS is fully implemented in Kingdom and partially in Virtuous at present, but hey who cares about the speaker output. If I am listening to music, I will be plugging some earphones.
So my 2 cents are... Try both and see what is more appealing to your taste.
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does anyone know which rom is best for battery life?
i dont think anyone has a side by side benchmark comparison between roms for this subject. i think it just comes down to user usage, for the most part.
That's tough to respond to because no two people use the phone the same way.
I use one of JD's Hybrid stripped rom. I get 4 hours of nonstop internet streaming with bluetooth headphones on the stock battery and 7 hours on Seidio big battery. That's the most efficient one I've tried.
Rate the phone 1-5 on-
Battery Life
Speed
Performence
Build quality
Overall
And tell pros and cons
Battery Life - 4
Speed -5
Performance - 4.5
Build quality - 6
Overall - 4.5
jallenashley: Same here. Ditto
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Battery Life 4
Speed 5
Performence 5
Build quality 4
Overall 4.5
Battery Life - I gave this a four even though the phone is perfect for my needs and it does something I couldn't get out of any android phone, battery life that is proportionate to my usage... e.g. light usage = long life vs heavy usage = short life - this operation makes sense to me yet any android phone I had seemed to start like this but shortly afterward (even after a reset and removal of "unneeded" apps) it would never be the same. So I gave it a four because it could always be better .
Speed - this is a five for me but it's all relative to the OS, much why I think it's pointless to compare hardware specs of WP to Android/iOS, this same phone with Android on it would suck.
Build Quality - Overall I'm satisfied with the build quality, there are little tiny things that are way to small to pick on especially when you factor in the price, can't be beat.
Overall - if you aren't someone to get caught up in raw numbers but instead actual functionality and it's reaction to real world usage you can't go wrong with the Lumia 900. I will say, however, that I think in order to fully appreciate what Microsoft is attempting with their OS you really need to give yourself over to their ecosystem.
I have long been riding the Google train and the only thing I didn't give up was the mail mainly because I have wayyy wayyy way to much connected to it, but I did move to Live services where I could to get the most seamless experience.
A lot of people will be unwilling to give a seamless Microsoft ecosystem experience a chance but it's a very nice, the calendar, twitter/facebook integration, unified mailbox & contacts, local scout, skydrive, office, games, music (Zune Pass ftw) and one of my favorite unhyped aspects... Podcasts!!
As an HTC&Android pair fanboy, (I'll admit it), I always loved the functionality of Sense but I hated the space it used up on my brand new hardware and I hated how it slowed down the phone after I've added my own personal app collection into the mix... with WP Microsoft has somehow managed to add in all of my favorite HTC Sense functionality and absolutely zero of the slowness.
Ok enough praise and onto my cons list...
1) I love and hate it, single volume control for the whole phone. The funniest part about this is I hated volume control on Android... too many options and half the time when listening music with headphones and I'd get a call, unplug my phones, talk and then hang up and then BOOM music on full blast through the speakphone ... not the best thing a the work environment.
2) No Pure silent mode, not vibrate only... nothing... no noise (I need this Microsoft!)
3) Calender functionality is lacking, I don't like having to resort to using live.calendar.com on my home pc to input a tricking re-occuring scheduled item on my calendar... the one on my phone should have all the pulldown options for re-occuring schedules. Although I will mention that this is the only thing I've found I have to use a home pc for.
4) No custom wallpaper (non-lockscreen), this isn't a biggie for me but would be nice to have the option, I know that black is better for AMOLED screens but that should be a choice I can make (they do allow pure white afterall).
Sorry for the long post, hope this was an entertaining/good read for some/all... I know some of this blurs the line of actual phone and the OS on the phone, but I think some of the things Nokia could've helped with.
xyexz said:
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2) No Pure silent mode, not vibrate only... nothing... no noise (I need this Microsoft!)
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If you turn off Vibrate in teh settings, the option will not be available when touch the Volume button then touch ring. Instead of Vibrate, it will say, Silent.
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Good to know, thanks!
EclipzeRemix said:
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Battery Life
Speed
Performence
Build quality
Overall
And tell pros and cons
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Battery Life - 4/5
Speed - 4/5
Performance - 5/5
Build quality -4.5/5
Overall - 4.5/5
Good overall phone. Can tell its single core once in a while (came from a Tegra2 device), but overall very responsive, GREAT GREAT GREAT camera & screen, great OS, a few bugs here & there. Oh and the battery life was much better than my Atrix 4G.
All the Members, and XDA members,
I am new on this forum.
I am willing to buy Canvas A1.
Canvas A1 users please tell me how is this phone?
How is the sound quality, batery performed & camera quality?
Thx in advance.
kunalwap said:
All the Members, and XDA members,
I am new on this forum.
I am willing to buy Canvas A1.
Canvas A1 users please tell me how is this phone?
How is the sound quality, batery performed & camera quality?
Thx in advance.
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I have been using this device for almost more than a month now, and I am very much satisfied.
The phone performs smooth, with almost no lag at all. Runs on completely stock android and will get guaranteed updates from Google for 2 years. Like we are supposed to get the Lollipop starting by mid-December. But yes, Google is not so energetic with Android One, so don't expect the device to be all sparkling at the top of the devices charts with other nexus and flagships in any news. We had to wait for a lot of time just to get a news of Lollipop for our device. But nevertheless we will get it for sure so no worry there.
Sound quality on loudspeakers is just fine, not great but still satisfactory, on the other hand, sound quality in headphones is pretty good. In-call volume and clarity could have been better, it's a tad bit on the lower side, however, it doesn't bother much.
Camera is strictly "Satisfactory". You can click decent pictures with the rear camera during daytime, however, during night just don't depend on it for any important events. Front camera is okayish too. Does the work, but nothing out of the ordinary.
Battery is a mixed bag. For me it's perfectly fine. I use my device in 2 ways, when I am out (completely on 2G/3G the whole day) and when I am at home (completely on WiFi).
I get an average of 18 hours or so in the first case, with mild-medium usage, i.e continuous shuffling between 2G/3G, 10-15 mins of browsing, half n hour of songs, half n hour of calls, about an hour of whatsapp, 10-15 mins of gaming. Definitely lasts me from morning to evening till I get home.
In the second case, I easily get over a day of battery life (and yes, by day I mean 24 hours) with almost the same usage (perhaps a bit more that the former, with more chatting on whatsapp) as above except for that its connected to WiFi all the time. The longest I was able to run it till date was about for 51 hours I guess on WiFi with minimal use.
Ultimately it all depends on user to user for battery life, some people find it too less, some find it just sufficient, I personally fall somewhere in between those 2 categories. Battery capacity should have been a bit more, I would have used a few extra mins in gaming.
So to get it straight, if you are going to using it for heavy use, like gaming and continuous 3G then you are going to be terribly disappointed with the battery life.
Another thing is that please remember that price point at which we are viewing this, at this price point you can't really complain.
Xadus said:
I have been using this device for almost more than a month now, and I am very much satisfied.
The phone performs smooth, with almost no lag at all. Runs on completely stock android and will get guaranteed updates from Google for 2 years. Like we are supposed to get the Lollipop starting by mid-December. But yes, Google is not so energetic with Android One, so don't expect the device to be all sparkling at the top of the devices charts with other nexus and flagships in any news. We had to wait for a lot of time just to get a news of Lollipop for our device. But nevertheless we will get it for sure so no worry there.
Sound quality on loudspeakers is just fine, not great but still satisfactory, on the other hand, sound quality in headphones is pretty good. In-call volume and clarity could have been better, it's a tad bit on the lower side, however, it doesn't bother much.
Camera is strictly "Satisfactory". You can click decent pictures with the rear camera during daytime, however, during night just don't depend on it for any important events. Front camera is okayish too. Does the work, but nothing out of the ordinary.
Battery is a mixed bag. For me it's perfectly fine. I use my device in 2 ways, when I am out (completely on 2G/3G the whole day) and when I am at home (completely on WiFi).
I get an average of 18 hours or so in the first case, with mild-medium usage, i.e continuous shuffling between 2G/3G, 10-15 mins of browsing, half n hour of songs, half n hour of calls, about an hour of whatsapp, 10-15 mins of gaming. Definitely lasts me from morning to evening till I get home.
In the second case, I easily get over a day of battery life (and yes, by day I mean 24 hours) with almost the same usage (perhaps a bit more that the former, with more chatting on whatsapp) as above except for that its connected to WiFi all the time. The longest I was able to run it till date was about for 51 hours I guess on WiFi with minimal use.
Ultimately it all depends on user to user for battery life, some people find it too less, some find it just sufficient, I personally fall somewhere in between those 2 categories. Battery capacity should have been a bit more, I would have used a few extra mins in gaming.
So to get it straight, if you are going to using it for heavy use, like gaming and continuous 3G then you are going to be terribly disappointed with the battery life.
Another thing is that please remember that price point at which we are viewing this, at this price point you can't really complain.
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thx so much...
Hello, I've been thinking of switching to an AOSP-based ROM. However, I want to know if the battery life will be better or worse, and I need opinion from people who have tried an AOSP-based ROM.
I've heard that they give better battery life on other devices.
I'm not asking for "which ROM is the best", but I am asking what your experience is like with battery life, so I have full confidence that this kind of thread should be allowed. Thanks.
I personally haven't noticed a difference between the two. I'm currently running Candy5 and set the IO Scheduler to 'row'. It lasts me throughout the day. But to be fair, I don't use my phone very heavily. With heavy gaming, I'll go about 2-3 hours from a full charge to about 25% charge. I don't know if this is something that is universal or not, but the phone gets REALLY hot after about 5 min. of gaming.
Hi all,
I'm in the market for a new phone and was weighing the pros and cons between the Yureka Plus and Micromax Canvas 5.
The Micromax is slightly more expensive but has more RAM (3GB), a bigger battery (3000mAh), a smaller but sharper screen (5.2"), a LED flash for the front camera, nearly stock Android Lollipop, and possibly better gaming performance (Mali T720 GPU)
Also the Micromax camera appears to do better in reviews compared to the Yureka Plus.
In the Yureka's favor the massive development work in these forums seems to be eliminating and mitigating many of the shortcomings including battery life.
To me a fast action and decent camera is important. GPS reception is also important but no information is available on this. Moderate gaming is nice to have (MMR racing).
Between the two if you were buying now which one would you go for and why? Would the lack of custom ROM development (so far) be a deal breaker?
If you're proficient in flashing ROMs, kernels and whatnot, and understand the risks involved with it, go with the Yureka Plus. Out of the box, put plainly, Yureka Plus right now is what it is, a budget phone for 9k. You have stock KitKat, no news of any update, broken LED calibration, broken SD card support *at times*, decent battery, decent performance.
So what you get is basically what you would expect out of a 10-12k phone, for a lesser cost. The Canvas would give you much better performance ON PAPER, because it has more RAM, has better battery and also that it comes bundled with Lollipop.
However, like I said, if you're not scared about being careful, getting your hands dirty and flashing ROMs, I would go for the Yureka.
Personally, I haven't regretted buying this phone. I currently run an unofficial build of CM 13. Battery easily lasts 24 hours for me on a single charge and normal usage i.e 2-3 hours SoT, data/wifi connection for the entirety of discharge. My phone hardly lags. I don't game, so I don't know about the gaming performance/heating issues.
Previously, I had CM 12.1 and a custom kernel. Heating was controlled by thermal throttling. As far as the stock Cyanogen experience is concerned, yes, you will have terrible heating at times and weird battery drain akin to the early Lollipop days. But from experience, again, 75% of the time, the battery drain is due to something *you* installed or something *you* didn't uninstall properly. And custom kernels helped me get 1-2 days of battery life with normal usage from my phone, with excellent normal and gaming performance.
So, yes, if you're not too scared to go ahead and flash ROMS, or learn how to if you don't know how yet, then go for the Yureka.