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[Q] Good pedometer app?

I've tried several free pedometer apps from the Market, including Pedometer by Appstone Corp and Pedometer Widget Free. They either didn't bother to calculate the distance I had walked, or were grossly inaccurate.
Can anyone recommend, based on personal experience, a pedometer app (free or paid doesn't matter) that measures simply how many miles I've walked, as opposed to how many steps I've taken, calories I've burned, etc.?
Thank you.

silverfang77 said:
I've tried several free pedometer apps from the Market, including Pedometer by Appstone Corp and Pedometer Widget Free. They either didn't bother to calculate the distance I had walked, or were grossly inaccurate.
Can anyone recommend, based on personal experience, a pedometer app (free or paid doesn't matter) that measures simply how many miles I've walked, as opposed to how many steps I've taken, calories I've burned, etc.?
Thank you.
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maybe not exactly a pedometer but google has 'my tracks' out which using gps calculates distance and elevation and speed so it maybe overkill but I think it's accurate within 20' in areas with a sky view. I've used it for unicycle rides and plan on using it for snowboarding when I get the chance.

Downloaded and will try it when next I walk.
Thank you.

silverfang77 said:
I've tried several free pedometer apps from the Market, including Pedometer by Appstone Corp and Pedometer Widget Free. They either didn't bother to calculate the distance I had walked, or were grossly inaccurate.
Can anyone recommend, based on personal experience, a pedometer app (free or paid doesn't matter) that measures simply how many miles I've walked, as opposed to how many steps I've taken, calories I've burned, etc.?
Thank you.
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I like CardioTrainer. It has all the bells and whistles of a. GPS as well as a nice little pedometer built it. I have used it just on my treadmill and on a few walks outdoors. Works quite well for distance traveled.

Runkeeper Pro is the best walk tracking app out there. Very cool online logging, etc. Try that out.
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Thanks for the app suggestions, will definitely give these a shot!

I use Handy Runner. It uploads everything to runningahead.com A great site!

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I use Handy Runner. It uploads everything to runningahead.com A great site!
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Is it GPS based?

Endomondo
Endomondo shows you exactly where you have gone via gps and calculates distance and speed

For now I've settled on Google Tracks. I was able to use it yesterday to measure my walk up to McD's.
I'll definitely keep the other suggestions in mind should Google Tracks ever let me down.

ZGPAX Smart Watch

I found this model can be purchased for aliexpress.
what think?
http://armdevices.net/2013/10/14/zgpax-smart-watch-mt6577-95-bulk/

adonleice said:
I found this model can be purchased for aliexpress.
what think?
http://armdevices.net/2013/10/14/zgpax-smart-watch-mt6577-95-bulk/
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I'm actually going to purchase one here shortly.... curious to see if it can run 3rd party launchers well with smaller homescreen grids. They need to create a seperate thread for this !

hi you can do a review thanks

looks interesting, would like to know if it's a good companion watch, with a decent amount of watch faces

adonleice said:
hi you can do a review thanks
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JarlSX said:
looks interesting, would like to know if it's a good companion watch, with a decent amount of watch faces
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Just got it in... trying to root and all that.. but it's AWESOME! 100% Cool as hell. trying to find a comptible launcher and such.
***EDIT UPDATE*** so ADW i have working VERY smooth... eats up a little more memory though so loooking around for launcherpro and other small ram users
***EDIT UPDATE 2 **** have rooted the device using Framaroot... superuser works... already using root tools great

hi BigBison420
oh it looks nice, where did you buy it? hot time the shipping?the battery works well?a lot of thanks

adonleice said:
hi BigBison420
oh it looks nice, where did you buy it? hot time the shipping?the battery works well?a lot of thanks
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get it from eCrater.com from Tech Direct i believe it's called... it will be $177 total (including shipping) but i got mine in 3 days.... I ordered Thursday of last week Very good seller
I have been emailing manufacturer's because they are apparently working on software to use with the device to pair to the phones. There are no current apps that utilize call handling from Phone to Watch so the device is more of a standalone device for now. Plays videos, good camera, touch functionality is good, it got a little bit hot while i was runing ADW launcher so i uninstalled that... stock launcher runs fine. Charges fast - FM radio feature is pretty damn cool however you have to use stock headphone it comes with as antenna, they plug in via micro usb. Overall great build quality... Looks like an HTC One LOL

Looks good
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hi how many hours work the battery thanks

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hi how many hours work the battery thanks
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In the video, the person said that the battery will last 1 and 1/2 days. (Not a China dude but I still understand their Singlish)
Btw the battery life is probably the same for other similar smart watches unless they have battery tweaks like the Qualcomm toq and the pebble smart watch which reduces or fully disables touchscreen and colour

Well the battery life i don't know because i haven't killed it yet..... The battery meter goes up and down QUITE a bit though so i can't get a real good read on the battery gauge, which is kind of frustrating...
So far i've rooted and changed the boot animation with rom toolbox pro. I cannot get the stock lock screen clock and launcher to go away tho, even after changing the filenames in /System/App which leaves me boggled. I am running ADW and a large digital clock on my homescreen and would rather unlock to that then the analog clock.

If you guys are interested, i did a quick review of the watch i will upload to youtube tonight and make new thread with video

BigBison420 said:
Well the battery life i don't know because i haven't killed it yet..... The battery meter goes up and down QUITE a bit though so i can't get a real good read on the battery gauge, which is kind of frustrating...
So far i've rooted and changed the boot animation with rom toolbox pro. I cannot get the stock lock screen clock and launcher to go away tho, even after changing the filenames in /System/App which leaves me boggled. I am running ADW and a large digital clock on my homescreen and would rather unlock to that then the analog clock.
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Thinking of buying this at Chinavasion for £92, Is it worth it and did you manage to do a review, Many thanks

Here ya go
http://youtu.be/NgHMAffmk9w
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BigBison420 said:
Here ya go
http://youtu.be/NgHMAffmk9w
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What are its capabilities as far as connecting to a phone

Short review
I just received mine in the mail and must say, I'm pleasantly surprised. Build quality is excellent. The screen is bright and hires enough to be able to read everything. Wifi is stable and quite good, in contrary top most other China devices I have (mostly JXD). Of course the keyboard is a bit cramped and hitting the right letter is a gamble but the screen is sensitive and it doesn't take a strong touch.The interface is very smooth and responsive. I have installed a few apps which work well. The only thing that keeps crashing is Skype, which is weird as it came with the watch. There seems no way to use Google Now either (it keeps crashing) which is a pity as I don't want to even think about searching with the on-screen keyboard. The loudspeaker is okay (not great). I haven't tried using it to call anyone yet, that will be next on my list. I just noticed that the watch doesn't take micro sim cards. That quite surprising for such a small device. Now I'll have to go out and buy a regular sim card. I'm not a big fan of adapters.

singapura said:
I just received mine in the mail and must say, I'm pleasantly surprised. Build quality is excellent. The screen is bright and hires enough to be able to read everything. Wifi is stable and quite good, in contrary top most other China devices I have (mostly JXD). Of course the keyboard is a bit cramped and hitting the right letter is a gamble but the screen is sensitive and it doesn't take a strong touch.The interface is very smooth and responsive. I have installed a few apps which work well. The only thing that keeps crashing is Skype, which is weird as it came with the watch. There seems no way to use Google Now either (it keeps crashing) which is a pity as I don't want to even think about searching with the on-screen keyboard. The loudspeaker is okay (not great). I haven't tried using it to call anyone yet, that will be next on my list. I just noticed that the watch doesn't take micro sim cards. That quite surprising for such a small device. Now I'll have to go out and buy a regular sim card. I'm not a big fan of adapters.
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It looks like a nice device I'm torn between buying this watch or just waiting around for the kickstart project Neptune Pine. Which seems to be a much more polished product

I'm also thinking about getting this or the neptune but the Pine looks so big it will make my already small wrists tiny!
I like the idea of the Pine but think I might go for the ZGPAX....

ShawnnKushh said:
What are its capabilities as far as connecting to a phone
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The thing is that its recognized by bluetooth as a phone so there is file transfer capability but not call handling or notification handling until the manufacturer releases an app to provide support for this... I would advise anyone who purchases to try and contact the manufacturer and get this info. Ive been looking a week now for an app in the store but have found nothing.
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hi bigbison
wait news thanks

Activity Trackers?

Hi there,
As the Nexus 5 includes a Step counter and since I always liked devices like the fitbit - I wondered
about the "best" activity/fitness tracker out there. Basically to just track the daily activity in the background..
I found so far:
Moves
Runtastic Pedometer
Sensorfit
What do you think? Which one do you like the most?
Thanks,
Christoph

chbla said:
Hi there,
As the Nexus 5 includes a Step counter and since I always liked devices like the fitbit - I wondered
about the "best" activity/fitness tracker out there. Basically to just track the daily activity in the background..
I found so far:
Moves
Runtastic Pedometer
Sensorfit
What do you think? Which one do you like the most?
Thanks,
Christoph
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I like runkeeper. It keeps track of not only distance covered but also routes. I use it to view my past routes and change it up a bit for future runs.

I'd like to have something that runs in the background, not only for workouts
Moves seems to record far too much I think, runtastic seems to be accurate but you can use it only for workouts

chbla said:
I'd like to have something that runs in the background, not only for workouts
Moves seems to record far too much I think, runtastic seems to be accurate but you can use it only for workouts
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ya i was looking for the same type of thing.. very minimal, maybe gps logging not sure... just a simple counter, i dont care how many calories i burnt/etc i just want data logged daily/hourly in a chart maybe.

Moves uses WAY too much battery even with all the N5 optimizations. Anyone know of any good ones that don't hog battery? BTW, this thread should go in Q&A.

I thought google now was supposed to keep track and give you a report at the beginning of every month???

i use endomondo for all my activity. according to endomondo, it has options to use pedometer as well.

Noom Walk
I use Noom Walk. Works well in the background with minimal battery usage.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noom.walk

njakobs said:
I use Noom Walk. Works well in the background with minimal battery usage.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noom.walk
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Works great in terms of accuracy so definitely recommended. One issue on kit Kat is the counter doesn't always reset at midnight.
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pedxing said:
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Works great in terms of accuracy so definitely recommended. One issue on kit Kat is the counter doesn't always reset at midnight.
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from what ive read i got the impression the counter resets at boot.

Another Endomondo user here. Surely worth a try, and a very mature app at this point.

will also try nomwalk I think, Moves eats your battery, not suitable with a N5 in my opinion as it has a small battery anyway
are there any apps that actually use the N5 built-in step counter yet? I suppose that's more accurate than the algorithms most apps use?
and it's "always on" anyway

Zgpax - thread moved

Thread has been moved
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575556

Thanks for the review, however I can't watch the video because my workplace has blocked youtube. What is the overall verdict? Good or Bad? Also, is it waterproof?
I love the look of this watch.

thank you very much for the review, the truth that I like, you know any way I can upgrade to 4.3 to work with smarthpone.
thank you very much

BigBison420 said:
Video review of S5 smart watch / ZGPAX. Purchased from TechDirect @ ecrater.com - $177 shipped
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgHMAffmk9w&feature=youtu.be
Used Framaroot.apk to root... No computer necessary.
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Well its gotten wet in the rain so far withou any adverse effect... Not going to submerge in water tho lol..
Its lacking tru call handling and notifications support at the moment. Doesnt quite 'integrate' with my note 2 just yet (running 4.3)... But i can seemlessly send pictures, apps, video via Bluetooth consistently without any issues. Wifi works 110% perfect.
As a watch its great... Just added GO locker for more variety. Its def for those gadget geeks who are really good with this kind of stuff
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have you tried paring bluetooth headset to it?
by "Its lacking tru call handling" do you mean that it is not capable of receiving and making calls?

Well the watch itself is a phone.. And this is how its recognized via bluetooth. U can do file transfer and stuff but it doesnt really interface with your primary smart phone.... I believe they are still working on the application to make this possible. They appear to be doing things a little backwards
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BigBison420 said:
Well the watch itself is a phone.. And this is how its recognized via bluetooth. U can do file transfer and stuff but it doesnt really interface with your primary smart phone.... I believe they are still working on the application to make this possible. They appear to be doing things a little backwards
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Nice! Have you tried using the app tablet talk? I'm ordering one very soon. Also did yours come with the play store? If not I may have an idea to get it working.

BigBison420 said:
Well the watch itself is a phone.. And this is how its recognized via bluetooth. U can do file transfer and stuff but it doesnt really interface with your primary smart phone.... I believe they are still working on the application to make this possible. They appear to be doing things a little backwards
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Please take some shot with phone's camera and upload! I'd like to see the camera quality. Maybe video if it is possible. THX!

Can you tether it to a phone so you can use the phone's internet connection? This is something most smartwatches seem to be lacking, even though it should be included if the manufacturer doesn't mess with the software (i.e. removing that option intentionally)

irkan said:
have you tried paring bluetooth headset to it?
by "Its lacking tru call handling" do you mean that it is not capable of receiving and making calls?
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I meant that it is lacking phone pair connectivity. Such as ; if you get a text the phone cannot notify you, or if you have a call coming in the watch will not notify you... this software doesn't exist yet. I have tried numerous apps on play store but no luck as of yet.

m34n1ng said:
Nice! Have you tried using the app tablet talk? I'm ordering one very soon. Also did yours come with the play store? If not I may have an idea to get it working.
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yes, came with play store... downloaded and installed plenty of apps...
haven't tried tablet talk yet.

janek69 said:
Please take some shot with phone's camera and upload! I'd like to see the camera quality. Maybe video if it is possible. THX!
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It's a 2 mega pixel camera... the quality isn't too bad overall... video quality is actually Very Good... i sent a video from the watch to my galaxy note 2 and the resolution was very surprising..... it was good. not too much distortion - The only thing is that the frame rate is less so you will noticing a little skipping vs a high quality galaxy note or s4 camera would take.. this is expected though.

Hey ,
Can you tell us if the watch has vibration?
Does it vibrate when you get a call or a sms/email?

BigBison420 said:
It's a 2 mega pixel camera... the quality isn't too bad overall... video quality is actually Very Good... i sent a video from the watch to my galaxy note 2 and the resolution was very surprising..... it was good. not too much distortion - The only thing is that the frame rate is less so you will noticing a little skipping vs a high quality galaxy note or s4 camera would take.. this is expected though.
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Can you upload some sample images or videos please?
I really appreciate the effort of this watch's Chinese manufacturer. IMO, this watch is even better than all of the so-called "smart watch" on the market at the moment :good: (edit: especially the Galaxy Gear)

luigiwidmore said:
Hey ,
Can you tell us if the watch has vibration?
Does it vibrate when you get a call or a sms/email?
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I can't tell you about the call as I have not put a sim card in it yet, but It does have vibration capabilities as it vibrates when you turn off the watch. The vibration is nice and strong.

thank you very much , you just made my day
I have just ordered it from chinavasion and got me to 179 including dhl shipping
My next question is about the battery , how much would it last for a wifi video call for example?

luigiwidmore said:
thank you very much , you just made my day
I have just ordered it from chinavasion and got me to 179 including dhl shipping
My next question is about the battery , how much would it last for a wifi video call for example?
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On my watch, The battery does drain pretty fast and it runs very hot. I am not sure if others here have the same problem, but I am about to play around with a Governor app too see if I can improve battery life/cool it down.

fibroman said:
On my watch, The battery does drain pretty fast and it runs very hot. I am not sure if others here have the same problem, but I am about to play around with a Governor app too see if I can improve battery life/cool it down.
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I thing i haven't tried is changing the governor to POWERSAVE while running the STOCK LAUNCHER.
Of course i'm on ADW EX launcher so it would be stupid to run powersave...

Does the ZGPAX S5 support 3G?
Sometimes I read is does, sometimes it does`nt has anybody test it by now?

CYberdog11 said:
Does the ZGPAX S5 support 3G?
Sometimes I read is does, sometimes it does`nt has anybody test it by now?
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Good question. If it does have 3G, anyone tried hotspoting it yet? Would be great to be able to have a wrist hotspot.
Be nice to know if this chip set has a GPS bc navigation would be great if it is supported too.

FASTER 6P at Best Buy? Can it really be?

In total, my family of four has four 6Ps.
Yesterday browsing through best buy, I got the golden Nexus 6P in my hands to play with, and gosh, it felt twice as fast and snappier. I proceed to put my phone down and test it app by app at the same time, like the speed test videos on youtube, and I am jealous... it was SOOOOO much faster. I wish I had another phone to record it. Drawer opening was 3 times as fast. Opening the store, google search, brownser, it was close to twice as fast.
Then I proceeded to test the other 6Ps at home... and they were just like mine.
Very intrigued, I thought... well... my phone is full... so let me hard reset it...
Still, not even close to what I experienced at the store. Could it be that these phones at best buy are overcloked or not underclocked? It was a BIG difference!
All my phones were purchased from google... have anyone experienced this?
Thanks!

karikian said:
In total, my family of four has four 6Ps.
Yesterday browsing through best buy, I got the golden Nexus 6P in my hands to play with, and gosh, it felt twice as fast and snappier. I proceed to put my phone down and test it app by app at the same time, like the speed test videos on youtube, and I am jealous... it was SOOOOO much faster. I wish I had another phone to record it. Drawer opening was 3 times as fast. Opening the store, google search, brownser, it was close to twice as fast.
Then I proceeded to test the other 6Ps at home... and they were just like mine.
Very intrigued, I thought... well... my phone is full... so let me hard reset it...
Still, not even close to what I experienced at the store. Could it be that these phones at best buy are overcloked or not underclocked? It was a BIG difference!
All my phones were purchased from google... have anyone experienced this?
Thanks!
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I'm actually a lead manager for Best Buy Mobile and I can tell you that the 6Ps we have out on display are the exact same 6Ps that you would get from the Google Store. However, they do have an application loaded on them that keeps the device awake. This application also keeps the CPU running at close to max speed which is why it feels so much faster than a 6P running stock.
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Othoric said:
I'm actually a lead manager for Best Buy Mobile and I can tell you that the 6Ps we have out on display are the exact same 6Ps that you would get from the Google Store. However, they do have an application loaded on them that keeps the device awake. This application also keeps the CPU running at close to max speed which is why it feels so much faster than a 6P running stock.
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Thanks. Man... I want an app like that that will make it that fast whenever I am using the phone. It is SOOOOO much faster.

karikian said:
Thanks. Man... I want an app like that that will make it that fast whenever I am using the phone. It is SOOOOO much faster.
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While it does make the phone run a lot faster it is essentially the same as going into a kernel management app and setting your minimum CPU frequency a lot higher than normal. If these phones weren't plugged in they would most definitely be dead within an hour. [emoji1]
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karikian said:
Thanks. Man... I want an app like that that will make it that fast whenever I am using the phone. It is SOOOOO much faster.
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Flash custom kernel, set all CPU's to performance governors\end thread.
Bye bye battery life. Loljk

Othoric said:
I'm actually a lead manager for Best Buy Mobile
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Unrelated to OP, but can we maybe PM about some tips for getting my team more tech-savvy? I'm not a lead, but I work in the mobile department and I've taken on some additional responsibilities including keeping the team up to date on specs, etc.

gmap516 said:
Unrelated to OP, but can we maybe PM about some tips for getting my team more tech-savvy? I'm not a lead, but I work in the mobile department and I've taken on some additional responsibilities including keeping the team up to date on specs, etc.
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Yeah not a problem! [emoji1]
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gmap516 said:
Unrelated to OP, but can we maybe PM about some tips for getting my team more tech-savvy? I'm not a lead, but I work in the mobile department and I've taken on some additional responsibilities including keeping the team up to date on specs, etc.
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Keep the store clean and the phones always on, running demo and secure. Once everyone is taking pride it'll help [emoji6]
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I have an idea, flash them all with a custom kernel and then say its stock!

DespairFactor said:
I have an idea, flash them all with a custom kernel and then say its stock!
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I should do that one day, just for the hell of it. I'll be sure to take a picture of it too. Our beautiful 6P running Kylo Kernel, they'd all be flying out of the store then!!! [emoji23]
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Othoric said:
I should do that one day, just for the hell of it. I'll be sure to take a picture of it too. Our beautiful 6P running Kylo Kernel, they'd all be flying out of the store then!!! [emoji23]
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For flashing demo content and apks for demo, make a batch script then just take a laptop round and adb install onto it. Saves time.
Sony used to have one built in, can't for the life of me remember what it is, on the dialer, its a number then the same number backwards.
I think the Sammy ones are 5433, its been a while though, could have changed.
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I think I know what you might be feeling as far as that dramatic speed difference. One can change the animation speed in developer settings to make the phone feel waayyyyy faster. Have you tinkered with that yet?

eregev said:
I think I know what you might be feeling as far as that dramatic speed difference. One can change the animation speed in developer settings to make the phone feel waayyyyy faster. Have you tinkered with that yet?
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It's what I was thinking too...
Turn off you animation speed to see if it's the same
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karikian said:
Thanks. Man... I want an app like that that will make it that fast whenever I am using the phone. It is SOOOOO much faster.
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Grab a custom kernel and set the minimum clock speed faster ? It will eat your battery lol

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Othoric said:
I'm actually a lead manager for Best Buy Mobile and I can tell you that the 6Ps we have out on display are the exact same 6Ps that you would get from the Google Store. However, they do have an application loaded on them that keeps the device awake. This application also keeps the CPU running at close to max speed which is why it feels so much faster than a 6P running stock.
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ROFL... Ahhh best post I read on a while. Good laugh, thanks!

I hate going to look at phones, and EVERY single one has serious screen burn in! Makes the device look like crap, and gives it a cheap feeling. Shouldn't have them with their screens always on. It might look flashy from a sales perspective, but to a customer it's actually a turnoff.