Having updated the phone for a few days for now,it's time to review this latest update from Sony,so let's get going
First of all,
THE GOOD
- update came sooner than we all
expected
- transparent navbar/notification bar and improvised quick settings look beautiful
- Lockscreen now has customizable screens(pre configured)
- Task manager now looks more like the stock jellybean, but now small apps can be customized as per one's need also uninstalled from task manager itself,also widgets can now be converted into small apps
- Display now changes brightness more quickly resulting in better contrast in all lighting conditions (Sony changed the algorithms)
- Camera now gives better performance,that is it focuses more easily and quickly at the subjects,also the camera app now launches in less than a couple of seconds rather than 3-4 secs taken by previous firmwares (no mention of quality here)
- Messaging UI is tweaked a lil bit
- My Xperia, is added incase the handset gets lost,support for dualshock3
- 64gb SD card is now supported
- Stamina mode now works brilliantly and can save some serious juice for the device, overall the battery now lasts a little longer.
New feature,named magnification gestures is added for magnifying anything on the screen by tripple-tapping the screen,daydream is added
- UI for Movies is tweaked
- Wi-Fi connectivity issue is now fixed and does not loose signal at its will
- More options are added in smart connect app
And now,,,ofcourse
THE BAD(includes known bugs)
- Update came with more bugs then we expected
- Though the lockscreen is meant to be customizable,,it has a limited number of screens to choose from and we can't have screen of our choice(customizable,huh?)
- The keypad tones are still inaudible,& hands-free volume can still be annoying
- The swipe up/down to unlock message does not disappear on touching the screen and is annoying as it spoils the beautiful lockscreen
- Camera quality is not improved overall( I mentioned about performance earlier not quality,remember?),,though the camera now takes some decent shots(better than burst mode,now),,it still does not do justice to the hardware provided.. The photos look good in the mobile because of the Bravia engine but once viewed on other devices or computers,the shortcomings are clearly evident...noise is less here but photos come with too much softness for everyone's liking,,in low light and indoors this becomes worse..HDR needs some serious improvement,also photos are over-compressed resulting in a mere 2-2.5 mb/photo which is ridiculous for a 13mp camera.same can be said for capturing videos, which still allows us to take a 1mp photo while recording
- My Xperia can find your handset if it's lost.but it requires both GPS and mobile network to work simultaneously,, and there's no provision for doing it remotely,,meaning it's pretty much useless at this point.
- Though stamina mode now works more effectively,,there is a serious bug which makes the battery die almost suddenly making it reboot the device, and once it's rebooted it gains 15-20% battery,,which can make any layman laugh at your ZL :-S
- Also once a photo is taken from the camera app,,and you preview it from the thumbnail provided there,,doing a pinch to zoom will result in a bad lag(last for 10-12 seconds)
- And talking about lag,,the device now laggs in homescreen swipes(though mere,it's quite evident) and also in applications,and while browsing webpages.The device now scores less than the previous firmwares in almost every benchmark(some suggest benchmarks don't tell anything,but they can surely tell the difference due to the firmwares on the same device)
- Through systemcontrol app I found out that the first core now works more harder in standby mode(12-15% now,from the previous 2-5%) this suggests that the New firmware is more heavier on the hardware then the previous one's,transparent navbar and other visual tweaks can be the culprit here..this overall gives us an idea of the lag faced during homescreen swipes.
-More bugs to be found out soon
In all we can say that Sony did do a great job getting this firmware ready early as promised,but they could've done a better job, if they released it a little late(- the bugs)..
But we can be sure about one thing that there are a hell lot of firmware updates coming soon for us,,hope that'll get us rid of these serious bugs.
These were compiled over a set period of time and bugs mentioned here have been reported by multiple users.If you find anything inappropriate here kindly let me know
If you feel that I've helped you in any way,,please hit the thanks button
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so will you stay on 4.2.2 instead of 4.1.2?
Also the scrool is so much laggy now.... In 4.1 it was very much smooth.
The lockscreen is much worst both in look and performance.
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Hmmm, I'm on 4.2.2 and I'm not having any lag issues on my home screen, lock screen, camera pinch and zoom, and as well my scrolling xD but I am rooted so I made some modifications battery wise removing similar bloat ware and wake locks from 4.1.2 and my battery lasts 7% = 25-30 minutes as well I've been keeping intense watches on partial wakelocks and other apps that disturb deep sleep. Anyways nice post though, I've been seeing these problems everywhere but I haven't encountered one other than Apollo freaking out on my lock screen when I went to change songs and unlock quickly.
Oh a quick fix to your battery dying then restarting with 15-20% is to download batterycalibrator wait for 100% then calibrate, in better battery stats make a custom ref and use your phone regularly after your battery is almost dead check out wakelock detector and betterbatterystats to be aware of your battery drainers. As well the only lag I get is when I try making a long word and the phone keeps trying to suggest what I'm writing and if I write a huge 1 word it lags a bit. Otherwise I'm happy as hell froze a ton of apps in titanium backup btw to avoid drain xD also Greenify/hibernate now is a glorious app.
Edit 2: if anybody knows how to insert a personal dictionary for the Xperia keyboard I'd be a happy camper xD
I also don't have any lag issues. Guys, what are you doing with your phones. You can't load every apps from play stores. Not every app is a good app. A lot of them cause lags, slow performance, battery drains, etc. Be smart, less is more!
is there a way to wipe cache? like on samsung devices by pressing some keys it enter to the android menu ?
danieldp1990 said:
is there a way to wipe cache? like on samsung devices by pressing some keys it enter to the android menu ?
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Clean Master (cleaner) from KS Mobile is a really good app and it's free !
sarobi said:
Clean Master (cleaner) from KS Mobile is a really good app and it's free !
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but i mean not to clean internet and all that stuff, I mean to clean dalvic cache and errors on sistem and all that. :good:
danieldp1990 said:
but i mean not to clean internet and all that stuff, I mean to clean dalvic cache and errors on sistem and all that. :good:
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Sorry, my misunderstanding
This is a pretty good list, but something tells me it is not complete. I've noticed a lot of things that make me scratch my head.
No any lag issues on mine at all. But I gotta face to the bug of time without signal always more 20%, never ever been on previous 4.1.2. anyone else on c6502 got this? except that, 4.2.2 is a deserved choice still.
Some UI things I didn't like at all...
This "platform" is really strange...
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Color of semi-transparency is terrible.
Should be as the app drawer...
Terrible white... Should be black or semi-transparency though, with smaller size and smaller icons, closer with each other...
What the hell is this blue strip at the top when selecting things...
Nevertheless, the scroll overall is terrible. Using Tapatalk, for example, scrolling in a 20 post page with some pictures or YT videos, it gaps as hell.
The wifi here is the same ****. Already dropped sometimes and the signal is the same... Terrible (comparing with S3, for example).
Battery is the same.
Sony lacks on UI friendly. Even though they want to do as close as possible to stock, with lots of things calling stock pop-ups, different from Samsung, they lack on unifying the theme, colors, animations,...
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Almost forgot, the backlight shortcut on notification drawer have a bug. It doesn't go back to the previous brightness that you set, before active it to full brightness.
I just noticed something for the first time after the 4.2.2 upgrade. My screen flickers, I can see it very clearly when viewing pictures/apps that are dominated by medium to dark gray background. It's so annoying.
After running into this, and getting fed up with the new lockscreen (hated it on my Galaxy Nexus), I just said screw it and flashed back to 253. Phone is smoother and no flickr issue. I'll wait until Sony releases an update to address all these issues before updating again.
Now is a new update via OTA??I hope they fix the problems
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For me I am using Xposed framework with Xperia V mods module and have changed nav bar fpi to 36 and there is an option to improve scrolling. Which worked and itd awesome now ultra smooth
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Easy. Back up your phone completely, then download the appropriate 253 stock FTF for your specific model (e.g. C6506 US Generic). Search the forum, users posted them back in May. Then flash the FTF with Flashtool (version 0.9.10.2beta6).
Worth noting you don't need an unlocked bootloader (and will obviously remain locked).
reynan29 said:
how to downgrade back to 4.1? haha
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It's the same number as the one released last week via PCC, so same update, same issues
nutzuTo said:
Now is a new update via OTA??I hope they fix the problems
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Easy. Back up your phone completely, then download the appropriate 253 stock FTF for your specific model (e.g. C6506 US Generic). Search the forum, users posted them back in May. Then flash the FTF with Flashtool (version 0.9.10.2beta6).
Worth noting you don't need an unlocked bootloader (and will obviously remain locked).
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It's the same number as the one released last week via PCC, so same update, same issues
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Ok how can it be the same??last week I got 253 over OTA today 423 hmmm
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The 253 update (Android 4.1.2) has been available since the middle of May, where as the 423 (Android 4.2.2) started rolling out via PCC/SUS last week, and generally takes about 5-7 days before being made available via OTA, which happened to be today So, the problems that everyone is reporting are related to the 423 update they have been installing since last week.
nutzuTo said:
Ok how can it be the same??last week I got 253 over OTA today 423 hmmm
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The 253 update (Android 4.1.2) has been available since the middle of May, where as the 423 (Android 4.2.2) started rolling out via PCC/SUS last week, and generally takes about a 5-7 days before being made available via OTA, which happened to be today So, the problems that everyone is reporting are related to the 423 update they have been installing since last week.
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My bad wow I have to stay away from it wow no way I will update
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No worries, but yeah, hold off on the update, the cons definitely outweigh the pros.
nutzuTo said:
My bad wow I have to stay away from it wow no way I will update
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So our wait for the latest Firmware is over and hope that everyone successfully updated to Firmware 6.1.A.2.45.
Don't you friends think that it is the perfect time to write a review of the latest Xperia S ICS Firmware 6.1.A.2.45 ?
What all improvements or bugs that you came across when compared to previous GB / ICS Firmwares.
Lets see ...
i will do this as soon as i got time as its really crap for me ..
smooth but quick launch camera bug is still there.
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So our wait for the latest Firmware is over and hope that everyone successfully updated to Firmware 6.1.A.2.45.
Don't you friends think that it is the perfect time to write a review of the latest Xperia S ICS Firmware 6.1.A.2.45 ?
What all improvements or bugs that you came across when compared to previous GB / ICS Firmwares.
Lets see ...
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Well I updated mine successfully in the UK. my first impressions are as follows. First installed without wiping data and the screen awake bug was there. phone would not sleep. always kept awake with screen turned off. reinstalled software with wiping data and although the issue is still there, its not as bad. Battery life has definitely improved. Handset and user experience is a lot smoother. Quite impressed actually. There is a wifi bug. Connection is fine but signal strength is not there so wifi will disconnect every few minutes. was fine before update. Quick launch button is okay. its a hit and miss affair. works 2 out of 3 times. Widgets load a lot faster. No new apps apart from Wisepilot is now called Wisepilot for Xperia. No other noticeable improvements. Will give it a few days to see if there are any more bugs or if anything else has improved. Really annoyed as I don't understand what is keeping the phone awake. I've done everything to sort this out but clearly its a bug that Sony has not been successful in resolving. This eats up irrelevant battery. Although its not as bad as it was on the previous fw I was on. Any help would be greatly appreciated in rectifying this problem. One more thing, camera focus has improved vastly as has face recognition and auto scene recognition. Focusing is a lot quicker and better
In Depth - Xperia S Firmware 6.1.A.2.45
Got time to fully check this firmware ...
Starting from Startup to Standby ...
I am not a developer or a software expert ...
Still !!!
StartUp time is improved
Quick Network Registration
Internal Storage Preparation The Same
Phone app still lags but Contact app loading Improved
Album app improvements are excellent - Very Very Smooth - Scrolling feels like a Flow - Thumbnail generation also fast
Films app - Very Very Smooth - Scrolling feels like a Flow - FastThumbnail generation - Video loading time Better
Screen Shot key combination (Power + Vol Down) registers fast - so very easy to take a screen shot
Ear piece volume is better
Noise Suppression works better
More To Follow ...
how many ram do you have FREE when you start the Smartphone ?
Ok ok ...
meyourchum said:
Got time to fully check this firmware ...
Starting from Startup to Standby ...
I am not a developer or a software expert ...
Still !!!
StartUp time is improved
Quick Network Registration
Internal Storage Preparation The Same
Phone app still lags but Contact app loading Improved
Album app improvements are excellent - Very Very Smooth - Scrolling feels like a Flow - Thumbnail generation also fast
Films app - Very Very Smooth - Scrolling feels like a Flow - FastThumbnail generation - Video loading time Better
Screen Shot key combination (Power + Vol Down) registers fast - so very easy to take a screen shot
Ear piece volume is better
Noise Suppression works better
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I agree with you meyourchum.
StartUp, Phone, Album, Films, Ear Piece Volume but Noise Suppression ???
I tried taking a screenshot but only volume is decreasing while pressing (Power + Vol Down)
Free Ram ...
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how many ram do you have FREE when you start the Smartphone ?
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Just After StartUp i could see 350MB free Ram ...
On an average i am getting 300MB Free ...
ScreenShot ...
dr_athul said:
I agree with you meyourchum.
StartUp, Phone, Album, Films, Ear Piece Volume but Noise Suppression ???
I tried taking a screenshot but only volume is decreasing while pressing (Power + Vol Down)
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Hello friend ...
Dont press one after the other ...
Press (Power + Vol Down) TOGETHER ...
Widget setup screen loads faster, almost half the time it took on .452
Oh Great ...
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Hello friend ...
Dont press one after the other ...
Press (Power + Vol Down) TOGETHER ...
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Press (Power + Vol Down) TOGETHER
Iglesias21 said:
Well I updated mine successfully in the UK.
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Is your ph UK generic? Did u flash it or update via pcc?
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Flashed the .45 cz rom yesterday with complete wipe & factory reset. Everything works smoother/faster on this new firmware wrt previous ICS versions. But my biggest concern i.e quicklaunch bug is still there (although it seems improved than before). Bravia engine still doesn't work for me on any ICS rom. Still checking the battery backup on this one. I wonder why many still face these two issues on ICS (and not on any GB roms) .
how to install ?? like with flash tool s ?
Flash Tool ...
nemer12 said:
how to install ?? like with flash tool s ?
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Check this forum and you can Flash Firmwares ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928343
meyourchum said:
So our wait for the latest Firmware is over and hope that everyone successfully updated to Firmware 6.1.A.2.45.
Don't you friends think that it is the perfect time to write a review of the latest Xperia S ICS Firmware 6.1.A.2.45 ?
What all improvements or bugs that you came across when compared to previous GB / ICS Firmwares.
Lets see ...
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you mean Home launcher supports landscape mode?
Anybody got root access to the latest firmware yet?
home launcher was also able to be used in landscape mode since GB. Usually this is only possible when connected to HDMI. But I also recognized that it also works without HDMI connected sometimes. Might be a bug that sometimes it is also possible to use it in landscape without hdmi connected.
At the moment i recognize a shorter battery life yesterday. Today it already seems to get better.
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Anybody got root access to the latest firmware yet?
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yes.. there is a thread in the general section about preserving root. And I think there is a zip Rom in the development section for those with unlocked boot loaders
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Iglesias21 said:
Well I updated mine successfully in the UK. my first impressions are as follows. First installed without wiping data and the screen awake bug was there. phone would not sleep. always kept awake with screen turned off. reinstalled software with wiping data and although the issue is still there, its not as bad. Battery life has definitely improved. Handset and user experience is a lot smoother. Quite impressed actually. There is a wifi bug. Connection is fine but signal strength is not there so wifi will disconnect every few minutes. was fine before update. Quick launch button is okay. its a hit and miss affair. works 2 out of 3 times. Widgets load a lot faster. No new apps apart from Wisepilot is now called Wisepilot for Xperia. No other noticeable improvements. Will give it a few days to see if there are any more bugs or if anything else has improved. Really annoyed as I don't understand what is keeping the phone awake. I've done everything to sort this out but clearly its a bug that Sony has not been successful in resolving. This eats up irrelevant battery. Although its not as bad as it was on the previous fw I was on. Any help would be greatly appreciated in rectifying this problem. One more thing, camera focus has improved vastly as has face recognition and auto scene recognition. Focusing is a lot quicker and better
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Did you update officially because there's nothing available for me yet through pcc or seus. I'm on generic UK firmware
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Hi there i have open this thread for the new firmware so we can discuss it.
So far I´m really disappointed with overall rom speed and its lags here and there. Another thing is battery drain by google apps wakelocks.
On screen time is not impresive either. I know it is still early to judge this rom, but this is my opinion from using this rom for more than day.
How are you people happy with this update?
Krashtan said:
Hi there i have open this thread for the new firmware so we can discuss it.
So far I´m really disappointed with overall rom speed and its lags here and there. Another thing is battery drain by google apps wakelocks.
On screen time is not impresive either. I know it is still early to judge this rom, but this is my opinion from using this rom for more than day.
How are you people happy with this update?
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Really need update to version 4.4.2 this. It's quite a lag when in settings
Krashtan said:
Hi there i have open this thread for the new firmware so we can discuss it.
So far I´m really disappointed with overall rom speed and its lags here and there. Another thing is battery drain by google apps wakelocks.
On screen time is not impresive either. I know it is still early to judge this rom, but this is my opinion from using this rom for more than day.
How are you people happy with this update?
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That didn't make any sense.
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What the F that was the wrong quote
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maybe ill just wait the fix for this before I update my ZL , maybe ill stay in 4.3 until they release the fix
So... Basically, it looks great..
But, there's a lag issue... When u pull the notification bar, and on app drawer (can be fix by hard reset)...
I flash c6506 on my c6502 and still looks great !
My score: 8.8/10
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Some say that it's necessary to reset the phone after the update to fix the screen lag issue, also, try to activate the GPU acceleration.
hmmm.....
i did not face any problem u all mention....weird....
As i told, i'm having a high consumption of memory.
Two album app, two Walkman.apk
Yeah, it's laggy in when scrolling in settings, forcing GPU rendering fixed that. Also it seems to charge much slower than 4.3. I had the same issue (slow charging) when I was on AOSP. Not sure if I will revert yet...
VenQWish said:
Yeah, it's laggy in when scrolling in settings, forcing GPU rendering fixed that. Also it seems to charge much slower than 4.3. I had the same issue (slow charging) when I was on AOSP. Not sure if I will revert yet...
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Mine is still laggy....
Already reset, and forcing GPU rendering....
I haven't actually performed a reset - mine was a 101 4.3 upgrade... and I need to try doing a full reset...
I've noticed a lag at times with turning the screen back on... (sometimes it takes longer to turn back on...), I've had issues with the "acore" process crashing... but from what I've read that's likely another application... probably something that would be resolved with a reset/wipe, I've also had issues with spontaneous reboots... and I know yesterday was having it show that I'd been on "battery " for ~ 2 minutes when I'd been at my kid's soccer game for an hour or so and on battery the entire time... could be a bbs issue, could be a wipe issue... I had also experienced lag in some parts of settings...
Most everything else seemed ok... but at this point, I've rolled back to an asop 4.4.2... (I found that I had to roll my baseband back to 101 to have an asop 4.4.2 rom get cellular connectivity again...)
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Mine got many many bugs, but the Brazillian rom is known for this kind of bugs such as:
Lockscreen got no wallpaper and get FC all the time
so much battery drain
No bootanimation
very laggy
Mobile data always on status bar, even if i am at Wifi
Didn't see the option to change for ART (idk if it's a bug)
Laggy on some games like DH 4 and Injustice
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Mine got many many bugs, but the Brazillian rom is known for this kind of bugs such as:
Lockscreen got no wallpaper and get FC all the time
so much battery drain
No bootanimation
very laggy
Mobile data always on status bar, even if i am at Wifi
Didn't see the option to change for ART (idk if it's a bug)
Laggy on some games like DH 4 and Injustice
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I think the data icon is normal. it doens't show traffic. try switch between data-wifi to see the change.
but here, those other things works. It's only slow when backing from lock screen to main screen
gabrielmop said:
Mine got many many bugs, but the Brazillian rom is known for this kind of bugs such as:
Lockscreen got no wallpaper and get FC all the time
so much battery drain
No bootanimation
very laggy
Mobile data always on status bar, even if i am at Wifi
Didn't see the option to change for ART (idk if it's a bug)
Laggy on some games like DH 4 and Injustice
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Have u tried wiping data .. Lag and battery drain due to Google app wakelocks is a known issue but the rest not heard of
I'm using generic us for my c6502...the battery was pretty great...I got 3hr screen on time and still have 25% battery left...I only face the setting lag problem...
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Have u tried wiping data .. Lag and battery drain due to Google app wakelocks is a known issue but the rest not heard of
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i still not wipe 'cause i can't backup my apps since i got no Root for 4.4, i'm thinking about flashing a nordic rom over mine now, just to get see if get better performance, my rom is TIM carried, so got many bloatware and craps i will never use
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I think the data icon is normal. it doens't show traffic. try switch between data-wifi to see the change.
but here, those other things works. It's only slow when backing from lock screen to main screen
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But on 4.3 the data icon do not apear when i'm on wifi or with data trafic disabled, it starts to happen when i'm on KK, i see this on 4.3 update on Xperia M. maybe gets normal for new updates?
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i still not wipe 'cause i can't backup my apps since i got no Root for 4.4, i'm thinking about flashing a nordic rom over mine now, just to get see if get better performance, my rom is TIM carried, so got many bloatware and craps i will never use
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Why not use the built in backup and restore? For me it works perfectly...
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AndreIrawan97 said:
Mine is still laggy....
Already reset, and forcing GPU rendering....
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You need to kill the settings from the task manager after forcing the GPU rendering to make it apply correctly.
Does anyone else have a huge battery drain?
I had to charge my phone twice today with a screen on time of one and a half hours. That's almost half of what I got before. No mather if it was Cm11 or Stock Rom 4.3!
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Battery drain
Notarzt23 said:
Does anyone else have a huge battery drain?
I had to charge my phone twice today with a screen on time of one and a half hours. That's almost half of what I got before. No mather if it was Cm11 or Stock Rom 4.3!
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Me too, I have the 4.4 Stock Rom of Generic USA and Google Services are using 73% of my phone's battery. My phone now needs around 4 hours to have 100% of charge
Any idea of how to fix this?
DavOmar05 said:
Me too, I have the 4.4 Stock Rom of Generic USA and Google Services are using 73% of my phone's battery. My phone now needs around 4 hours to have 100% of charge
Any idea of how to fix this?
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Same thing for me... I think I might have to downgrade. What device version do you have? Where are you from?
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Hi there.
I've just updated my z1c from 4.4 to 5.1.1 and everything is fine with it...
I just have few things to ask for:
1) it seems that app icons on home are bigger than in KK. Isn't it? If yes, is there a way to make them smaller, with gravity box or other mods?
2) while watching videos or photos in full screen mode on facebook, chrome and other apps, status and navigation bars don't disappear. I remember that before updating they did, but i don't remember if it was due to some function of GB or other mods. What do you think about it? Is there anything i could do to make it happen?
3) which sound mod could you advise for a volume increse with minimum quality loss?
Thank you so much, hope my english isn't too bad.
dario2510 said:
Hi there.
I've just updated my z1c from 4.4 to 5.1.1 and everything is fine with it...
I just have few things to ask for:
1) it seems that app icons on home are bigger than in KK. Isn't it? If yes, is there a way to make them smaller, with gravity box or other mods?
2) while watching videos or photos in full screen mode on facebook, chrome and other apps, status and navigation bars don't disappear. I remember that before updating they did, but i don't remember if it was due to some function of GB or other mods. What do you think about it? Is there anything i could do to make it happen?
3) which sound mod could you advise for a volume increse with minimum quality loss?
Thank you so much, hope my english isn't too bad.
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1) Serajr Xperia Xposed has an icon size adjustment, (maybe GB too, not sure). See screenshot- I set it to 50.
2) Mess around with 'immersive mode' in GB > display.
3) not sure about sound mods...
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1) Serajr Xperia Xposed has an icon size adjustment, (maybe GB too, not sure). See screenshot- I set it to 50.
2) Mess around with 'immersive mode' in GB > display.
3) not sure about sound mods...
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Thank you for the answer. I tried to modify "expanded desktop mode" in GB but nothing happened...
dario2510 said:
Thank you for the answer. I tried to modify "expanded desktop mode" in GB but nothing happened...
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Just tried it, and you're right. I don't typically use it, so I didn't realize it wasn't working. Funny, all other GB tweaks I've used are working. I'll search some...
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dario2510 said:
Thank you for the answer. I tried to modify "expanded desktop mode" in GB but nothing happened...
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Testing out 'force immersive mode' from Xposed. Working so far. You can enable in each app. Try it out.
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Just tried it, and you're right. I don't typically use it, so I didn't realize it wasn't working. Funny, all other GB tweaks I've used are working. I'll search some...
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Testing out 'force immersive mode' from Xposed. Working so far. You can enable in each app. Try it out.
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Yes, it works, but for example in Facebook Just when i open a photo or a video, it stop working and status and Navigation bars appear again
dario2510 said:
Yes, it works, but for example in Facebook Just when i open a photo or a video, it stop working and status and Navigation bars appear again
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I wouldn't be surprised if it's not perfect across all apps. Another option is called 'app settings'. It's similar, but has more options to set per app. I don't use FB, so I couldn't help w that...
Is it worth to update from KK to LP? I mean did you see some improvements in performance aside to UI and other LP's releated things? I need a suggestion bc I'm very attempted to update but I don't wanna end as a my friend who saw her G3s inexorably die after the update.
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Is it worth to update from KK to LP? I mean did you see some improvements in performance aside to UI and other LP's releated things? I need a suggestion bc I'm very attempted to update but I don't wanna end as a my friend who saw her G3s inexorably die after the update.
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Stagefright fix, ultra stamina mode.
Probably other things, but this is what's new IMHO.
If you update, be ready to deal with less battery (but the gap isn't that huge).
Z1C is very snappy with this update, it won't die now for sure !
Jackhass said:
Stagefright fix, ultra stamina mode.
Probably other things, but this is what's new IMHO.
If you update, be ready to deal with less battery (but the gap isn't that huge).
Z1C is very snappy with this update, it won't die now for sure !
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Wtf: Ultra Stamina Mode with less battery?!
Stragefright doesn't scare me so much because I generally don't download any MMS that I receive LOL
So, in the end, I guess I'll stay with this wonderful KK.
Thank you for your feedback though buddy!
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Wtf: Ultra Stamina Mode with less battery?!
Stragefright doesn't scare me so much because I generally don't download any MMS that I receive LOL
So, in the end, I guess I'll stay with this wonderful KK.
Thank you for your feedback though buddy!
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I meant less battery life in normal mode of course
I guess it should be at least one week with USM enabled, this could be an interesting test btw !
About Stagefright, I don't think you even need to downoad it, only to receive it !
https://youtu.be/PxQc5gOHnKs
Yep man, you're completely right!
But it's enough disabling "auto-retrieve MMS option" (that is in every reliable messaging app, like Google's Messenger) to make stragefright bug completely harmless
As regards USM... well, if it actually extends battery life to one week, maybe I have to revalue the update. Has anyone tested it? I guess there's no porting on KK because it relies on "Ultra power safe mode" introduced with LP, am I right?
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Is it worth to update from KK to LP? I mean did you see some improvements in performance aside to UI and other LP's releated things? I need a suggestion bc I'm very attempted to update but I don't wanna end as a my friend who saw her G3s inexorably die after the update.
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Hard to say... I don't see nothing really better.
Maybe i like layouts and some aspect of lp more then in kk, but for others is exactly the opposite.
The system seems faster, but it's still hard to say because i was on the same rom since One year and now i've a total wipe. Battery life is worst, but not too much. USM is fantastic, but I use it only if i have low battery without the possibility of charging for long time, because you can use only few functions with it.
Maybe i'd do the update again if i could come back (surely with root), but without any strong reason.
Hope This helped you.
I just stumbled upon AOKP's website to see that they have a build for the robin. I flashed it with gapps and used magisk for root, i can confirm that it works. I am surprised to see that this is nowhere to be found on the xda forums (even though there is a thread for aokp its for marshmallow, and the nougat links that are for download on the build page are quite outdated), as far as i can tell everything is working (wifi, lte, bluetooth, nfc, camera)
Go to that link and press nextbit, and it will take you to the ether download page
Here is a screenshot of the settings page
http://aokp.co/devices/
I already flashed the rom a few weeks ago and it was quite laggy especially in the settings menu. You could easily see the lags by closing windows in the menu. Are these lags gone now?
And how about the typical LOS bugs like notification light and static screen, could you notice them in the aokp rom?
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I already flashed the rom a few weeks ago and it was quite laggy especially in the settings menu. You could easily see the lags by closing windows in the menu. Are these lags gone now?
And how about the typical LOS bugs like notification light and static screen, could you notice them in the aokp rom?
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static screen is still indeed there, the notification light seems fine but i have only had it for about 3 hours now so it may act up later, to be frank this rom is exactly like aicp but with everything working. To me it seems smooth but ill run some benchmarks to test it out. But to answer your question i dont notice any huge lags in the settings, its just as snappy as it is on lineage or pa
The geekbench score is a bit low for single core at only 774, multi core is on par at 2213
Just flashed the rom and the lag in settings menu is still there. You should see it if you switch from a sub menu back to main settings. The window is not vanishing instantly it's more like dragging.
Qohor said:
Just flashed the rom and the lag in settings menu is still there. You should see it if you switch from a sub menu back to main settings. The window is not vanishing instantly it's more like dragging.
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oh i think i see what you are saying, i dont necessarily think thats lag, it could just be the animation, if you turn down the animation speed its faster too
Yes maybe lag is not the right description . Is there an option in aokp to change the animation speed?
Edit: Found the option and now the problem is gone. If the notification light was also working this rom would be really nice.
Qohor said:
Yes maybe lag is not the right description . Is there an option in aokp to change the animation speed?
Edit: Found the option and now the problem is gone. If the notification light was also working this rom would be really nice.
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well thats a bummer after about 8 hours on the rom the notification light stayed on permenantly
This is the best LOS based ROM out of the ones for this device in my honest opinion.
It's got the right amount of needed features and feels really stock los (plus the features). Speedy and reliable which is just how I like it. Not to mention the feeling you get when you use a ROM that's provided by a team who's been around for many android releases. Great work if you ask me and I'm excited to see where it will go.
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This is the best LOS based ROM out of the ones for this device in my honest opinion.
It's got the right amount of needed features and feels really stock los (plus the features). Speedy and reliable which is just how I like it. Not to mention the feeling you get when you use a ROM that's provided by a team who's been around for many android releases. Great work if you ask me and I'm excited to see where it will go.
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And the static screen bug is fixed in latest release!
Ahh that means I was right xD I saw the commit that fixed it this morning on los cmx log. Aokp Builds every two days so I should've known they'd be the first to merge.
AnierinB said:
Ahh that means I was right xD I saw the commit that fixed it this morning on los cmx log. Aokp Builds every two days so I should've known they'd be the first to merge.
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Yeah, great eye haha! Only issue in this ROM is that the brightness slider is a bit jumpy when sliding up/down (because of the icon next to the slider when adjusting it)
Sparubens said:
Yeah, great eye haha! Only issue in this ROM is that the brightness slider is a bit jumpy when sliding up/down (because of the icon next to the slider when adjusting it)
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Seems to be working pretty well over here on my end but I haven't updated to the latest build yet. Did you clean flash?
AnierinB said:
Seems to be working pretty well over here on my end but I haven't updated to the latest build yet. Did you clean flash?
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Yeah, did clean flash. It only happens when you slide the brightness slider, not tapping. When sliding, only a box with the slider in it appears with a icon next to it (to show if adaptive brightness is on or off), however because in the preview box the slider is a bit shorter, the slider icon acts a bit jumpy. Just nitpicking tho!
Thus rom is fast, fluid, lag free and the battery life is amazing. Take a look at the images.
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This rom is fast, fluid, lag free and battery life is amazing. Take a look at the images.
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I'm happy with this rom. I have absolutely no issues and have even flashed the pixel experience and the Dolby audio mod.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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How about the notification led? Is it fixed now?
Qohor said:
How about the notification led? Is it fixed now?
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Notification led has always worked for me.
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AnierinB said:
Seems to be working pretty well over here on my end but I haven't updated to the latest build yet. Did you clean flash?
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Hi, are you still running aokp? Could you check if the auto brightness next to slider toggle works ( rom control - navigation drawer ? When i enable it nothing happens
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Hi, are you still running aokp? Could you check if the auto brightness next to slider toggle works ( rom control - navigation drawer ? When i enable it nothing happens
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No, sorry. Sometimes I frequently flash my device to give feedback to different maintainers although the last time I checked it was working (3 days tops). It's possible a new change in the latest build could have broke it. Either that, a broken proximity sensor, or a new commit from LOS broke it.
Take a sys log while giving auto brightness a few clicks with time in between each click.
Sparubens said:
Hi, are you still running aokp? Could you check if the auto brightness next to slider toggle works ( rom control - navigation drawer ? When i enable it nothing happens
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Yes the brightness slider works properly.http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/59ad5e0d3a2a3/SCR_20170904_090513.mp4
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My bad, you asked if the Auto brightness worked. Yes. I'll post a video.
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Yes the brightness slider works properly.http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/59ad5e0d3a2a3/SCR_20170904_090513.mp4
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My bad, you asked if the Auto brightness worked. Yes. I'll post a video.
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Here you go sir.http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/59ad5e442cd39/SCR_20170904_090901.mp4
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Yes the brightness slider works properly.http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/59ad5e0d3a2a3/SCR_20170904_090513.mp4
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My bad, you asked if the Auto brightness worked. Yes. I'll post a video.
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Here you go sir.http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/59ad5e442cd39/SCR_20170904_090901.mp4
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I see there is a brightness delay in the video and only I can see the change. But yes it does work.
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So in the Samsung official s9 forum there are thread after threads of people complaining about the new 'downgrade' to Pie One Ui mainly about the camera features being removed,
Shutter button zoom removed
Separate Video and shutter buttons removed
Pro video settings removed
Selective focus is now useless (s9)
Selfie Camera default view is too close so effects all apps that use selfie camera.
The ugly iPhone look of the overall camera software.
Battery life is down quite a bit although I've been told that the may update fixes this at last.
There are a few other features missing or changed that i personally don't use.
I personally love the new ONEui especially combined with Samsungs one handed operation + app using gestures.
The weird thing is I'm not hearing any complaints in the s9 xda forums about the upgrade/downgrade to Pie.
Are you all happy with your phone's from Oreo to Pie ?
Personally I think they have lowered the quality of the camera to make their S10 phones look superior but that probs me having a tin hat moment
I had my S9 for all of about 2 hours - about the time it took to transfer from a screen-busted S8 to the replacement S9 a couple months ago - before the update to Pie occurred.
I've had no problems or issues with it. And I've had the S8 for just under a year and half so I went through its update from Nougat to Oreo.
I don't know what issues there are with "selective focus". It seems to work fine for me.
Now, I have disabled as much of Bixby as I can (deleted the Google app and removed that search bar too - completely useless for me). Changed the launcher to Nova Launcher which can remove those goofy rounded icon frames, using the BlackBerry Hub Suite of apps for all the IM stuff, even using the BlackBerry Virtual keyboard which I like better than the stock or any SwiftKey keyboard.
I honestly don't understand the complaints towards Pie. It's not all that different from Oreo, and I love the native dark theme.
I personally don't like the update to pie. Battery life is definitely worse, the wifi signal is worse (I tested it between the S5 and S7 and the S9 was the worst). I don't like the UI at all, reminds me of an iPhone. About the only thing I do like is the My files app. It's cleaner and easier to use and navigate.
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I had my S9 for all of about 2 hours - about the time it took to transfer from a screen-busted S8 to the replacement S9 a couple months ago - before the update to Pie occurred.
I've had no problems or issues with it. And I've had the S8 for just under a year and half so I went through its update from Nougat to Oreo.
I don't know what issues there are with "selective focus". It seems to work fine for me.
Now, I have disabled as much of Bixby as I can (deleted the Google app and removed that search bar too - completely useless for me). Changed the launcher to Nova Launcher which can remove those goofy rounded icon frames, using the BlackBerry Hub Suite of apps for all the IM stuff, even using the BlackBerry Virtual keyboard which I like better than the stock or any SwiftKey keyboard.
I honestly don't understand the complaints towards Pie. It's not all that different from Oreo, and I love the native dark theme.
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You have nothing to compare it to then, Oreo was 100x better which is why people are a bit disappointed. And I have to say your setup sounds absolutely awful ?
BackDaws said:
You have nothing to compare it to then, Oreo was 100x better which is why people are a bit disappointed. And I have to say your setup sounds absolutely awful ?
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You missed my line about having the S8 for almost a year and a half, during which time it updated from Nougat to Oreo. So, yes, I can definitely compare with Oreo, since I had it for about a year.
And, except for some shifting around of elements, I find it to be basically the same. I had no problems finding what I need anywhere within the revamped UI.
And, my setup works perfect for me and is absolutely wonderful. You can't say otherwise without trying it yourself
I know that features in camera like pro video, zoom using the shutter button, taking 3 pictures when setting a timer, motion panorama... are removed, but the ui isn't ugly, I actually liked it better than oreo.
Selective focus is a bit improved after software updates, but the blur effect isn't as stong as in oreo.
Battery life isn't too much worse, I think the first month I upgraded to one UI, it was very bad, but it has improved after learning my usage patterns...
Heat is noticeably improved since when I was on oreo my phone was a little too warm all the time, but now it's normal, even available RAM is higher, I have 1.4~1.6 GB free now, compared to 1~1.2 GB in oreo.
When it comes to animations, I find less frame drops with one UI. And I didn't experience any kind of major lag since I got the phone so no worries here.
The whole UI looks better for me, it's cleaner and easier to use, I've not changed any launcher, keyboard, or even themes, everything is stock. And I can safely say that one UI is overall better than oreo, unless you care about the missing camera features.
I am absolutely gutted about the camera software, but I do love the one UI and I just got the May update which is supposed to fix the battery problems.
I hate it that they removed the recent long press to multitask, i mean why would samsung remove such simple usefull feature?
bokilz said:
I hate it that they removed the recent long press to multitask, i mean why would samsung remove such simple usefull feature?
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I don't know why they did, let's hope samsung will fix all these mistakes soon...
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BackDaws said:
I am absolutely gutted about the camera software, but I do love the one UI and I just got the May update which is supposed to fix the battery problems.
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Still on april, I hope may update will improve battery life, can you tell us if you have noticed any difference?
bokilz said:
I hate it that they removed the recent long press to multitask, i mean why would samsung remove such simple usefull feature?
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Try double tapping the recent button.
jamil aboudaher said:
I don't know why they did, let's hope samsung will fix all these mistakes soon...
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Still on april, I hope may update will improve battery life, can you tell us if you have noticed any difference?
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Just doing full 100% to 0% today, I'll let you know, I usually get around 4h30mins SOT since updating to Pie, I used to get about 5h30mins on Oreo.
BackDaws said:
Just doing full 100% to 0% today, I'll let you know, I usually get around 4h30mins SOT since updating to Pie, I used to get about 5h30mins on Oreo.
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I usually get 3 to 4 hours in pie while I used to get 4 to 5 hours on oreo... Waiting for your report... Thanks in advance.
jamil aboudaher said:
I usually get 3 to 4 hours in pie while I used to get 4 to 5 hours on oreo... Waiting for your report... Thanks in advance.
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No difference off the 1st full charge to 0.
See how it goes over the next few days and I'll post back.
I tell you what is annoying since the update, the adaptive brightness is just messing up constantly, so irritating.
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I tell you what is annoying since the update, the adaptive brightness is just messing up constantly, so irritating.
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Just go to settings>display>adaptive brightness and reset usage patterns. Then adjust it the way you want in each situation so it adapts to your adjustments...
This is the problem, it keeps cocking up, I reset usage and it's alright for a bit then it's drops to 0 brighteners so I move it to how I would like it and it'll be ok but then I go outside and the brightness doesn't increase so I adjust again for that and on we go because now auto brightness isn't doing anything and I'm constantly changing the brightness in the same brightness I've already set up, I reset again and all is ok for a while and then it starts again.
I'm going to wipe cache partition and reset brightness patterns and see how it goes.
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This is the problem, it keeps cocking up, I reset usage and it's alright for a bit then it's drops to 0 brighteners so I move it to how I would like it and it'll be ok but then I go outside and the brightness doesn't increase so I adjust again for that and on we go because now auto brightness isn't doing anything and I'm constantly changing the brightness in the same brightness I've already set up, I reset again and all is ok for a while and then it starts again.
I'm going to wipe cache partition and reset brightness patterns and see how it goes.
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Yes wiping cache might help, I personally enabled show control on top so I can quickly adjust the brightness manually to my liking.
Just got 5h35mins sot this time and brightness has sorted itself out, just need the original camera app back and I'll be happy ?
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Just got 5h35mins sot this time and brightness has sorted itself out, just need the original camera app back and I'll be happy ?
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Sounds good. I hope May update will fix my battery life issues... Thanks for your answer.
My battery is just the same after may update. Absolute garbage