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8megapixel photo average file size on high quality

When I was running 2.1 I would get 3 to 4know picture file size. Now I have the official its .6 with stock kernel and I only get 1 to 2know photo file size on 8megapixel and high quality. Does this mean I'm still stuck on 3megapixels like what would happen if I used the netarchy 3.7.6c kernel. Please give me somebfeed back
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I also just noticed this after reading your post. I don't know if its a leaked firmware problem or a root problem (i used unrevoked 3). The few pictures I took when I first got the evo had a file size of at least 2MB. In comparison my 5mp iphone had file sizes of 2MB plus. I didn't take any pics after using unrevoked as all I wanted was the wireless tether option. I updated to the leaked 2.2 now I only get file sizes of 1MB or less when I take pics at the 8mp level.
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File size is determined by compression.
If the resolution is the same as before, don't worry about it.

Thanks brian. Just took another pic outdoors and it gave me a 1.98mb size. Had a buddy with an evo tata never been rooted or updated to Froyo take the same shot and his was 1.87. Made me feel better knowing there wasn't an issue with the cam.
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Oh thats a releif. Thanks guys
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Getting used to CM10...Some problems and questions.

Is it me or is the auto brightness on the screen quite poor compared to stock? With stock, I remember I could see the screen change all the time.
Also, the notification color LED looks....off. Blue is much lighter, red looks different. But blue isn't nearly at blue nor as bright.
Also the network status thing seems to change a lot...I can go from LTE to H+ to H to 3G all in the same spot within 10 minutes. While in stock it was always on 4g or LTE anywhere I went.
The notification for voicemail is un-deletable for some reason....
The call quality on CM10 is quite poor compared to touchwiz, It isn't bad, but it isn't nearly as good. It seems CM10 lacks the last settings for this kind of stuff. I am not sure if anyone else thinks so. If not, how can I fix this?
Last thing, Is there a good alternative to the Touchwiz camera? I'd love to have HDR, all the filters, and modes back from the Touchwiz camera. I believe HDR is coming in 4.2. There are a lot of camera apps, but very few have HDR AND other features. They have one or the other. Isn't 4.2 bringing HDR?
Thanks guys. So far I am loving CM10. Everything runs far smoother and looks prettier. Best of all, I'll probably have 4.2 by the time the OTA updates comes out for AT&T.

Can't answer all your questions but with regards to the camera app every one I've tried is garbage. You're better off forgetting that your phone can take pictures until 4.2 comes out.
Edit: actually every one isn't garbage, but like you said they're all missing 1 feature or another or they're unintuitive or slow.
Pro capture is decent but lacks HDR and the panorama mode is a pain to use (not as bad as stock android but it doesn't make sense the way it works). Give that one a shot.
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The reason your service is changing frequeantly isn't actually a problem or anything wrong. With CM10 it is reporting the actual signal your phone is getting. With touchwiz it's reporting what you could be connected to. Basically on your stock TW the actual signal will change from LTE to H+ and 3G to save your battery from constantly staying on the LTE connection. Your service doesn't indicate this change because that would annoy most users. On CM10 this change is reported. It's actually the same behavior of your internal radio but you are just seeing it fluctuate more as it is doing it's job to save your battery.
Glad you asked about the camera though. It's the only thing holding me back from flashing because I like to take lots of pictures and the quality just isn't there.

Anyone have some help on the other questions

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Can't answer all your questions but with regards to the camera app every one I've tried is garbage. You're better off forgetting that your phone can take pictures until 4.2 comes out.
Edit: actually every one isn't garbage, but like you said they're all missing 1 feature or another or they're unintuitive or slow.
Pro capture is decent but lacks HDR and the panorama mode is a pain to use (not as bad as stock android but it doesn't make sense the way it works). Give that one a shot.
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So turns out that this app does in fact have HDR but it's called 'reduced noise'. So that's taken care of. The only other annoying thing is the constant popups telling you to buy the full version, but I think it's on sale for 99 cents now. Or at least it was yesterday
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No Secure LTE or WIFI
i've had CM 10on my gs3 for almost a month. now i can't login to any app that requires a secure connection. anyone know why and is there a way to fix without wiping?

nubreed000 said:
So turns out that this app does in fact have HDR but it's called 'reduced noise'. So that's taken care of. The only other annoying thing is the constant popups telling you to buy the full version, but I think it's on sale for 99 cents now. Or at least it was yesterday
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Interesting. How did you figure out that "reduced noise" is the same as HDR? Does it actually merge two exposures? If not, it may help scenes that would otherwise be over/underexposed, but it's not really HDR...

goodtimes50 said:
Interesting. How did you figure out that "reduced noise" is the same as HDR? Does it actually merge two exposures? If not, it may help scenes that would otherwise be over/underexposed, but it's not really HDR...
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I was doing some research into the app and in 1 of the reviews that I found the reviewer said that. It does take 2 pictures and then merges them.... but I haven't had a chance to test it out properly
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nubreed000 said:
I was doing some research into the app and in 1 of the reviews that I found the reviewer said that. It does take 2 pictures and then merges them.... but I haven't had a chance to test it out properly
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That is what HDR does. It over exposes and under exposed the picture at different ISO settings. It would take one picture at 200 ISO and the other at 800 ISO. This allows you take a picture where it is light where is is normally dark and dark where it is normally light. This prevents a picture from being too dark in some parts and washed out it others.

nubreed000 said:
I was doing some research into the app and in 1 of the reviews that I found the reviewer said that. It does take 2 pictures and then merges them.... but I haven't had a chance to test it out properly
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If true, that's very cool!

Awful. Shutter speed

I've just been on a night out. Taken some pics , some good, some bad, I expect that. However!...... The god damn shutter speed is shocking, and when I say shocking I mean awful. I'd like to be able to point and shoot. Its simply not happening. Tried snap camera premium, HTC stock, Google camera, lenovo, it is down to the hardware, what the hell are they doing with this thing?
Taking a pic of people dancing is impossible, something I've never had a problem with before, even in the same venue with the same people doing the same crap dances, its woeful to be honest.
Does anyone know how to speed it up or avoid blur?

dladz said:
I've just been on a night out. Taken some pics , some good, some bad, I expect that. However!...... The god damn shutter speed is shocking, and when I say shocking I mean awful. I'd like to be able to point and shoot. Its simply not happening. Tried snap camera premium, HTC stock, Google camera, lenovo, it is down to the hardware, what the hell are they doing with this thing?
Taking a pic of people dancing is impossible, something I've never had a problem with before, even in the same venue with the same people doing the same crap dances, its woeful to be honest.
Does anyone know how to speed it up or avoid blur?
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A night out like that for me means drinking, low light, and dancing means moving action. Not even my wife's Note 4 takes that good of pics in those scenarios. It has already been posted numerous times to use manual settings. Why would you ask how to control shutter speed when you are using auto? Do a little reading.

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A night out like that for me means drinking, low light, and dancing means moving action. Not even my wife's Note 4 takes that good of pics in those scenarios. It has already been posted numerous times to use manual settings. Why would you ask how to control shutter speed when you are using auto? Do a little reading.
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First of all I didn't say I was using auto. I said I was pointing and shooting.
Take a look at these pics. Decent light and believe me, the s5 took them perfectly.

Utterly stupid shutter speed. Unless HTC make a better camera next time.

The light was good don't assume things, secondly I only had three drinks.
Also I was not dancing, i tried manual and auto. Raw etc, all the same. Crap camera. Thought it wasn't but it doesn't compete with its competition. Poor

This is front and back cameras too, both awful.

If like to be able to control shutter speed, auto or manual

Those do look really bad, but they are nowhere near the pics I take and see others post. Those aren't even action shots. I know you have had your M9 for a bit because I have seen you posting. Has it always taken pics that bad or did you update and it borked it?
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You previously posted this:
What ROM are you running? What firmware do you have? On 1.32 the camera was a bit crap with over exposure but since the 1.40 update its been improved. You can edit settings to get the most out of the sensor which in all fairness is superb once you've edited the settings.
What happened? Also, I see you have been flashing custom roms. What rom are you on now? I would try flashing back to stock to see if that fixes your issues.

There is official 2.10.401 firmware that was released recently
What firmware do you use
I suggest checking that before you get your panties in a knot
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Did you cap ISO at 400 or 800? If you have low light and you want to use fast shutter speed ,which you need for fast moving objects ,u need a high ISO.....
Select high ISO and try again.
Good luck.
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matthewstice said:
There is official 2.10.401 firmware that was released recently
What firmware do you use
I suggest checking that before you get your panties in a knot
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I'm using the newest one, 401, and panties aren't in a knot, i'm just annoyed at this bloody camera.
Help would be appreciated without the sarcasm if you don't mind.

dannylow79 said:
Did you cap ISO at 400 or 800? If you have low light and you want to use fast shutter speed ,which you need for fast moving objects ,u need a high ISO.....
Select high ISO and try again.
Good luck.
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Cheers mate i'll try that, I hadn't changed a thing.
Just point and shoot, maybe the light was a bit dull.

fernandezhjr said:
Those do look really bad, but they are nowhere near the pics I take and see others post. Those aren't even action shots. I know you have had your M9 for a bit because I have seen you posting. Has it always taken pics that bad or did you update and it borked it?
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What ROM are you running? What firmware do you have? On 1.32 the camera was a bit crap with over exposure but since the 1.40 update its been improved. You can edit settings to get the most out of the sensor which in all fairness is superb once you've edited the settings.
What happened? Also, I see you have been flashing custom roms. What rom are you on now? I would try flashing back to stock to see if that fixes your issues.
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Nothings messed up, if i'm in a normal environment, good lighting etc, pics are superb, just when the light fades a bit the pics come out a bit pants.
I'm fully aware of the quote i've written before, however this is not about clarity it's about the shutter speed and the camera blurring shots, granted some people were moving however people were blurring from the slightest of movements, this is down to shutter speed.
I'll look into it myself today.
Thanks for your input all.

HTC 10 the bad stuff

So I have the 10 for about a week now. Awesome phone, but I really dislike the speakers and video camera
Speakers sucks with both boomsoud mods. Hope it's gets better with updates and Audio mods.
Video cam focus is slow and why it's not 60 FPS like my 2 years old iPhone. Common HTC.
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Stutter and lag: yes I am shocked. I have about 80% of my typical apps installed and the phone has slowed exhibiting jank.
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markwebb said:
Stutter and lag: yes I am shocked. I have about 80% of my typical apps installed and the phone has slowed exhibiting jank.
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Maybe you have a dud. That certainly doesn't seem to be the norm.

hosmsdos said:
So I have the 10 for about a week now. Awesome phone, but I really dislike the speakers and video camera
Speakers sucks with both boomsoud mods. Hope it's gets better with updates and Audio mods.
Video cam focus is slow and why it's not 60 FPS like my 2 years old iPhone. Common HTC.
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I haven't tested a lot of video, but I thought I read the video would be 60 fps at 1080p and 30 at 4k.
For me the biggest drawback so far has been the screen quality. The resolution is nice, but it has this weird shine effect that is bugging me. You can only see it when it's text on white, and it is more pronounced when you tilt slightly, but it is also there when you're looking straight on.
Didn't see it at first but now I can't look without seeing it and it's killing me.

tekkneke said:
I haven't tested a lot of video, but I thought I read the video would be 60 fps at 1080p and 30 at 4k.
For me the biggest drawback so far has been the screen quality. The resolution is nice, but it has this weird shine effect that is bugging me. You can only see it when it's text on white, and it is more pronounced when you tilt slightly, but it is also there when you're looking straight on.
Didn't see it at first but now I can't look without seeing it and it's killing me.
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I've noticed a bit of red tint here. Hopefully this can be calibrated by software in the future(like sony). But the viewing angle is pretty average though.

markwebb said:
Stutter and lag: yes I am shocked. I have about 80% of my typical apps installed and the phone has slowed exhibiting jank.
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Hmm I'm also experiencing alot of stutter in apps and even in settings (did several wipes, always the same). It's not that bad but it is definitely not 100% smooth. But nobody mentions it in the forums. You're the first one.
I'm comparing it to my M8, which is nexus-like smooth, with almost no stutter at all. The only app where 10 is smoother is chrome.
I think we have to wait till custom kernels pop up. I was hoping the stock experience would be 100% smooth like the nexus phones.

gusoldier said:
Hmm I'm also experiencing alot of stutter in apps and even in settings (did several wipes, always the same). It's not that bad but it is definitely not 100% smooth. But nobody mentions it in the forums. You're the first one.
I'm comparing it to my M8, which is nexus-like smooth, with almost no stutter at all. The only app where 10 is smoother is chrome.
I think we have to wait till custom kernels pop up. I was hoping the stock experience would be 100% smooth like the nexus phones.
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According to all the reviewers, it is.

Baldilocks said:
According to all the reviewers, it is.
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According to reviewers Galaxy S6 and S7 are also stutter-free. Main reason I returned my S7 is because it was so laggy. But I guess most people really don't care. Doing a little search on google I only see people who used a nexus phone complaining about stutters on devices like S6, S7, etc.
Btw I did a little test here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66729920&postcount=226

Odd: my S7 Edge is very fast and barely has any stutter etc which has surprised me. I was expecting the opposite go figure.
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markwebb said:
Odd: my S7 Edge is very fast and barely has any stutter etc which has surprised me. I was expecting the opposite go figure.
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Really? Could you do a test with your s7 with the graphical bars option turned on from dev options.
Btw my S7 was indeed very fast, but just stuttery in chrome (with ads blocked) and apps like YouTube.

markwebb said:
Odd: my S7 Edge is very fast and barely has any stutter etc which has surprised me. I was expecting the opposite go figure.
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Are you keeping both the edge and 10?

I noticed that by default Boost+ will "automatically clear memory in the background", which I had disabled since day one. Perhaps it causes stutter?
Boost+ -> Settings -> Smart Boost

barondebxl said:
Are you keeping both the edge and 10?
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Probably give up the 10: the edge is the better phone for me and I don't mind not having root believe it or not. It does what I want it to do quite well.
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gusoldier said:
Hmm I'm also experiencing alot of stutter in apps and even in settings (did several wipes, always the same). It's not that bad but it is definitely not 100% smooth. But nobody mentions it in the forums. You're the first one.
I'm comparing it to my M8, which is nexus-like smooth, with almost no stutter at all. The only app where 10 is smoother is chrome.
I think we have to wait till custom kernels pop up. I was hoping the stock experience would be 100% smooth like the nexus phones.
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It's pretty strange more than one people report this problem since my HTC 10 is very smooth in settings(most of time it's 60 fps by looking at GPU profiling). Would you like to upload a screenshot of settings with GPU profiling turned on?

TeroZ said:
It's pretty strange more than one people report this problem since my HTC 10 is very smooth in settings(most of time it's 60 fps by looking at GPU profiling). Would you like to upload a screenshot of settings with GPU profiling turned on?
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Could you do similar tests with settings, YouTube, twitter, playstore

gusoldier said:
Could you do similar tests with settings, YouTube, twitter, playstore
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This is my result. In settings and youtube, the stutter is less often than yours (it happens), however Play Store is a lagging hell(sometimes worse than the screenshot below).
Not sure if it's a hardware fault or what.
As far as I know htc got their own cpu scheduling implementation, maybe that's the problem.

chong81 said:
I noticed that by default Boost+ will "automatically clear memory in the background", which I had disabled since day one. Perhaps it causes stutter?
Boost+ -> Settings -> Smart Boost
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For what it's worth, my phone came out of the box with Smart Boost disabled.

I played with one today and im not impressed. felt semi slow and i dont like the capacitive buttons. ill keep my nexus 5x and wait to see if and what the htc nexus is all about in the fall.

TeroZ said:
This is my result. In settings and youtube, the stutter is less often than yours (it happens), however Play Store is a lagging hell(sometimes worse than the screenshot below).
Not sure if it's a hardware fault or what.
As far as I know htc got their own cpu scheduling implementation, maybe that's the problem.
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Yep it's definitely not stutter free. Once you've used a device where the bars stay below the line, these micro stutters are very noticeable.
I hope custom kernels gonna fix it.

gusoldier said:
Yep it's definitely not stutter free. Once you've used a device where the bars stay below the line, these micro stutters are very noticeable.
I hope custom kernels gonna fix it.
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Considering I couldn't find any reason that this phone will perform worse than the competition, with same SoC and same DDR4 memory, the only logical explanation is that htc have a stricter frequency control (persumbly GPU) for a better battery life.

Good Upgrade?

I am on a nexus 5, and I am fed up of 2h sot. Is it worth getting this? Getting it for 6k(refurbished)
I don't mind rooting and flashing custom ROMs. I just want good SoT and good (atleast OK) camera.

GopalKaul said:
I am on a nexus 5, and I am fed up of 2h sot. Is it worth getting this? Getting it for 6k(refurbished)
I don't mind rooting and flashing custom ROMs. I just want good SoT and good (atleast OK) camera.
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This one has a bigger battery 3500mah, most of us easily get 5-6hrs SOT on custom ROM's, some get even more

visheshjain25 said:
This one has a bigger battery 3500mah, most of us easily get 5-6hrs SOT on custom ROM's, some get even more
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Camera? And custom ROM development?

GopalKaul said:
Camera? And custom ROM development?
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There are about 15-20 Oreo ROM's out there, I'm using AEX Oreo & the camera's pretty decent

GopalKaul said:
Camera? And custom ROM development?
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If you're Nexus user, you will describe that camera as awful.

Firmware_Addicted said:
If you're Nexus user, you will describe that camera as awful.
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Why? Even with GCam? The nexus 5 isn't that good in camera, but isnt crappy. It has the same aperture as Zuk Z2...
So, worth it?

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GopalKaul said:
Why? Even with GCam? The nexus 5 isn't that good in camera, but isnt crappy. It has the same aperture as Zuk Z2...
So, worth it?
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With GCam it's better, but not so good even as Nexus 5. The camera is the weakest part of this smartphone. Forget about low light shots, daylight shots are ok, no more. For this phone, Lenovo uses bad budget lenses, that ruins all.

Firmware_Addicted said:
With GCam it's better, but not so good even as Nexus 5. The camera is the weakest part of this smartphone. Forget about low light shots, daylight shots are ok, no more. For this phone, Lenovo uses bad budget lenses, that ruins all.
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The nexus 5 is believed to have a very bad camera. Are you sure it's worst? What about selfie cam?

Yes, I'm sure. There are many awesome ROM's for this phone, but it's not about camera. Battery life is good. Selfie camera is ok. If you want to make shots in daylight, get it.

Firmware_Addicted said:
Yes, I'm sure. There are many awesome ROM's for this phone, but it's not about camera. Battery life is good. Selfie camera is ok. If you want to make shots in daylight, get it.
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Yeah. Only daylight shots. Sure? And the 4Gig version.

Any one?

Since you are really desperate to buy this Phone then go ahead, it will be 4 times better then Nexus 5 (specs). However, if u are ready to sacrifice form factor, then Le Max2 also has SD820 and hopefully a better camera. It was 10K on flipkart sale.

camera is weak, actually. not garbage, but weak...
and about SoT, you can reach amazing results with roms such as crDroid, like 7-8+ hours with moderate usage
anyway, since this is a budget phone, its hardware is quite amazing (very good performance), even with a not so good camera

luws said:
camera is weak, actually. Not garbage, but weak...
And about sot, you can reach amazing results with roms such as crdroid, like 7-8+ hours with moderate usage
anyway, since this is a budget phone, its hardware is quite amazing (very good performance), even with a not so good camera
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why is the camera weak?

GopalKaul said:
why is the camera weak?
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Because it's not so good

luws said:
Because it's not so good
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Still no idea. Is it the software part of hardware?

luws said:
camera is weak, actually. not garbage, but weak...
and about SoT, you can reach amazing results with roms such as crDroid, like 7-8+ hours with moderate usage
anyway, since this is a budget phone, its hardware is quite amazing (very good performance), even with a not so good camera
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Bro can you tell me which rom you are talking about .....
'crDroid' ...... Is this only the name of it

GopalKaul said:
Still no idea. Is it the software part of hardware?
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First and second. For this price you can find a phone with better camera, but not better performance.

I upgraded from a LG G2 to this phone, and it's been a good time so far. The nexus 5 was released the same year and manufactured by LG as well, so I hope many thing would translate across, including
- A better camera. Not a very good or outstanding one comparing to the standard, it lacks OIS and the numbers are not great nor the software, but it's usable in most cases, and certainl better than what I had to deal with when running aosp roms on the G2
- Miles ahead in terms of performance. No questioning it, once I was trying so hard to get 2.8 or 2.9ghz overclock on my badly binned sd800 just so the geekbench score would touch 1100/3000 but not very successful, now I can breeze through almost any task with the most powersaving tweaks applied to the interactive governor. Although didnt help me much in terms of battery life (as I will demonstate in the next point), it's still very impressive nontherless
- Somewhat better batterylife (with potential to be more?? I dont know). I usually got 2-3 hours SoT max on the G2, and on the korean variant with 2600mah battery. Throw in some games and that got reduced to 90mins or so, which is painfully poor. Now, a lot of people with different usages had reported that they can get to 5-6 hours SoT easily, with 7-8 hours being the higher end and 8-9 hours max, but I never personally got anything over 4 hours max on a regular basis. Maybe that just me with my bunch of "Facebook" apps but it's disappointing to say the least. Still an upgrade though
In the end, it would come down to what other choices you can have and your own preference. Wonderful software can only save bad hardware as much, and this phone while having ridiculus hardware for the price, the price is so low that other parts become mediocre as well.