My Chinese Yotaphone 2, which I flashed with RU firmware 124 last week, is currently downloading a new firmware. The version number is 134 and here is what's new. Information taken from the update screen.
- Yotahelp
Discover your YOTAPHONE - you can find detailed information about system updates, tips and tutorials here
- Maximum Power Save
Power saving mode, which gives access to both displays and basic functions to the phone
- App optimization
Make the battery last longer by disabling background apps that drain it
- Smile for the camera update
Create your own camers shutters and use them during shooting; viewfinder on the always-on display added
- Notification widget
Keep up with the latest happenings by checking new notifications on the always-on display
- Fast contacts
Quick access to your favorite messengers in Contacts widget on the always-on display
- Application switcher
Quick switching between two most recently used apps by tapping recent apps button twice
What else
Now you can set up events' notfications on the always-on display in Events widget settings
The system update includes the Android Security Patch of September 2016
I am currently on the fence about buying one of these. Efox currently have the white version for £108 to the UK.
Only thing putting me off is reports of very bad battery drains. Plus I would love to know if anyone has actually got contactless payments to work with NFC. I read that id did support Android pay but an update killed it. I would use it with Barclays tap and pay if I could.
I have no issues with it being stuck on lollipop at all but would like it to last me all day with light usage and payments work etc.
waj1234 said:
I am currently on the fence about buying one of these. Efox currently have the white version for £108 to the UK.
Only thing putting me off is reports of very bad battery drains. Plus I would love to know if anyone has actually got contactless payments to work with NFC. I read that id did support Android pay but an update killed it. I would use it with Barclays tap and pay if I could.
I have no issues with it being stuck on lollipop at all but would like it to last me all day with light usage and payments work etc.
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I use the Yotaphone (RU firmware 124) as my second phone so I mostly use the second screen and haven't had any issues with the battery life. Easily lasting two days. Can't help you with your contacless payments question as I don't use that.
waj1234 said:
I am currently on the fence about buying one of these. Efox currently have the white version for £108 to the UK.
Only thing putting me off is reports of very bad battery drains. Plus I would love to know if anyone has actually got contactless payments to work with NFC. I read that id did support Android pay but an update killed it. I would use it with Barclays tap and pay if I could.
I have no issues with it being stuck on lollipop at all but would like it to last me all day with light usage and payments work etc.
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I bought mine from Efox and received it last week. Using it a week now, I can recommend it, but with some sidenotes.
When you think of using the phone for two days without charging, that's hardly real life. Android keeps on draining the battery, even when you don't use it.
It does so on all Android-devices by the way, only Apple seems to have that covered waaay better. In one noght my battery level went from 30% to 8, without any usage of the screen.
Also this device sometimes gets really hot when using it. I have high hopes for the firmware it is downloading just as I'm typing this...
The EPD is very cool and a headturner, so if that's what you are looking for, BUY IT!
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I bought mine from Efox and received it last week. Using it a week now, I can recommend it, but with some sidenotes.
When you think of using the phone for two days without charging, that's hardly real life. Android keeps on draining the battery, even when you don't use it.
It does so on all Android-devices by the way, only Apple seems to have that covered waaay better. In one noght my battery level went from 30% to 8, without any usage of the screen.
Also this device sometimes gets really hot when using it. I have high hopes for the firmware it is downloading just as I'm typing this...
The EPD is very cool and a headturner, so if that's what you are looking for, BUY IT!
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I never expect a phone to last more than a day as always charge when I go to bed. But would be nice if it lasted a day with light to normal use.
It will not bother me if it stops getting support but would be good if the get it running smooth with no heating issues and decent battery before they dump it etc. Will see what the update does to it.
If anyone in UK could test either android pay or barclays banking apps built in tap to pay I would appreciate it.
waj1234 said:
I am currently on the fence about buying one of these. Efox currently have the white version for £108 to the UK.
Only thing putting me off is reports of very bad battery drains. Plus I would love to know if anyone has actually got contactless payments to work with NFC. I read that id did support Android pay but an update killed it. I would use it with Barclays tap and pay if I could.
I have no issues with it being stuck on lollipop at all but would like it to last me all day with light usage and payments work etc.
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I ordered mine from tinydeal EU/DE warehouse (~144€) on saturday, just got tracking notification it's waiting me at the post office
I think NFC (payment) is disabled only when you're using power saving mode.
kbal said:
I ordered mine from tinydeal EU/DE warehouse (~144€) on saturday, just got tracking notification it's waiting me at the post office
I think NFC (payment) is disabled only when you're using power saving mode.
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I was tempted to get it from efox eu as its 154 euro delivered to UK or its £103 from Hong Kong for white version. Its £129 from tinydeal to UK since exchange rate is so poor currently.
Just got to decide if I want it quick from Germany or slow from Hong Kong now plus which colour looks best.
i can't get the update installed , it's donwloading then reboot in TWRP but not update.
Any idea ? ^^
waj1234 said:
I was tempted to get it from efox eu as its 154 euro delivered to UK or its £103 from Hong Kong for white version. Its £129 from tinydeal to UK since exchange rate is so poor currently.
Just got to decide if I want it quick from Germany or slow from Hong Kong now plus which colour looks best.
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Don't you have to pay taxes it it's from outside of EU?
And good luck getting a white one, they are rarer than [insert rare thing].
kbal said:
Don't you have to pay taxes it it's from outside of EU?
And good luck getting a white one, they are rarer than [insert rare thing].
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Never paid taxes from china/hong kong to uk especially on low value such as this. All they have is white in hong kong currently and its the international YD201 version where I think the tinydeal one is YD206?
http://en.efox-shop.com/yotaphone-2...dschirm-android-44-4g-l-g-297740?currency=GBP
satsuki_yatoshi said:
i can't get the update installed , it's donwloading then reboot in TWRP but not update.
Any idea ? ^^
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Having soms problems myself as well. My phone tried downloading the update several times today, very slowly (20 kb/s), and cancelled the download every time. Now it's saying there is no new download. while still on version 124.
VirtuaLeech said:
Having soms problems myself as well. My phone tried downloading the update several times today, very slowly (20 kb/s), and cancelled the download every time. Now it's saying there is no new download. while still on version 124.
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Same here, my phone says that system is already updated
Excuse me, i have one question, i have yotaphone 2 and the latest firmware is android 4.4 , maybe because is the international version, how can i upgrade? Please help me
Benja99932 said:
Excuse me, i have one question, i have yotaphone 2 and the latest firmware is android 4.4 , maybe because is the international version, how can i upgrade? Please help me
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If you read through this post you should be able to upgrade to the latest firmware. http://forum.xda-developers.com/yotaphone-one/help/yotaphone-2-yd-206-china-flash-firmware-t3306797
The update finally downloaded and installed and everything looks fine so far. Especially Yotahelp is eh... helpfull in explaning the new options. The new widgets look cool and overall it seems like a nice update.
Benja99932 said:
Excuse me, i have one question, i have yotaphone 2 and the latest firmware is android 4.4 , maybe because is the international version, how can i upgrade? Please help me
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waj1234 said:
I never expect a phone to last more than a day as always charge when I go to bed. But would be nice if it lasted a day with light to normal use.
It will not bother me if it stops getting support but would be good if the get it running smooth with no heating issues and decent battery before they dump it etc. Will see what the update does to it.
If anyone in UK could test either android pay or barclays banking apps built in tap to pay I would appreciate it.
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In the New Power Safe mode in firmware version 134 there is an option to put NFC wallet in Power Safe mode or not. This would suggesties that the NFC wallet is still in there.
Updated after a new try without any bug so far... let's wait and see ^^
The update is about 182MB. So far so good
VirtuaLeech said:
I use the Yotaphone (RU firmware 124) as my second phone so I mostly use the second screen and haven't had any issues with the battery life. Easily lasting two days. Can't help you with your contacless payments question as I don't use that.
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I am on EU 124 and likewise don't have a problem with battery life. Only undertook one test which was not touching the phone 14 hours, the battery deceased by 9 percent.
I haven't actually tried a contactless payment but I have been able to add a credit card to android pay which has been the problem point with other phones I have tried. Also the Barclay's app works perfectly which is a pretty good test of a phones security posture.
I am not sure whether to install RU 134 because everything is working so well and I believe, though I could be wrong, that I did have a problem with android pay on RU 124.
VirtuaLeech said:
Having soms problems myself as well. My phone tried downloading the update several times today, very slowly (20 kb/s), and cancelled the download every time. Now it's saying there is no new download. while still on version 124.
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Downloads are really slow, servers are doing overtime in Russia I guess
I managed to download and install the update yesterday, it has added some more functionality I have briefly tried a bit.
Nice to see there's stil development going on.
Would be a great surprise when they would present us an Android 6.0 update.... but I'm afraid that's really wishful thinking.
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Since updating yesterday, I'm on LRX21M.5.0.0-RU1.1.134 now.
Battery life still isn't great.
At YotaEnergy, there's an extra option called App optimisation. It kills apps when they aren't used for the last 3-5-7-14 days (selectable).
I enabled that option, but I'm not sure if it is on when YotaEnergy is Off. The 'App Optimisation'-option derives a level below YotaEnergy, so disabling YotaEnergy might as well disable every sub-option on lower level.....
Enabling YotaEnergy does put the phone in batterysaving mode (top and low bar in orange), even when I setup the rule that it only might be activated on battery level (Power save mode only when batterylevel is below 15%).
A bit strange behaviour in my opinion.
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Verizoners are you ready ? to get the update tomorrow with including a long change log list expected http://goo.gl/U7h3Jb
molanjami said:
Verizoners are you ready ? to get the update tomorrow with including a long change log list expected http://goo.gl/U7h3Jb
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Hopefully people can report receiving the update and any experiences. I just checked and it hasn't arrived in NC yet. Always good to get security updates even if they are not the latest (are they ever with VZN?).
AliceBToklas said:
Hopefully people can report receiving the update and any experiences. I just checked and it hasn't arrived in NC yet. Always good to get security updates even if they are not the latest (are they ever with VZN?).
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No need to check it will arrive tomorrow
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No need to check it will arrive tomorrow
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Sure, I guess I misinterpreted the title of the thread 'New Update coming tomorrow 6th may' to mean it was to show up on 6-May. Still, no harm in checking and looking forward to hearing the experiences of users.
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No need to check it will arrive tomorrow
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According to Android Police: "Verizon Is Rolling Out An OTA To The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Tomorrow, May 6".
This was posted on May 5.
So, unless my calendar is wrong, the update should be coming today.
Has anyone received the update? I tried and it says the phone is up to date, but still has the Feb security.
I just got it at 10:33am MDT (Utah). I'll report back tomorrow around the same time if I can.
I had HORRIBLE battery life with Wifi turned on (<10h total with maybe 2h screen on time), but I pay for 18GB plan so there wasn't really a need for wifi anyway and that helped my battery life tremendously.
I'll turn wifi on and report back tomorrow.
Have you tried Smart WiFi Toggler? It learns where and when you want to connect.
The update just became available in the KC market. Any reason not to take it?
Psychlone said:
I just got it at 10:33am MDT (Utah). I'll report back tomorrow around the same time if I can.
I had HORRIBLE battery life with Wifi turned on (<10h total with maybe 2h screen on time), but I pay for 18GB plan so there wasn't really a need for wifi anyway and that helped my battery life tremendously.
I'll turn wifi on and report back tomorrow.
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Psychlone? Blue Nissan Titan driving Psychlone?
This is Blue Toyota Tacoma driving PiousInquisitor.
I haven't played Ingress in forever. Is it still fun?
On topic: got the ota notification. Will download and install during my lunch hour.
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Downloading right now. I'm in Maine.
I got the update this morning. Build number is now MMB29M.G930VVRU2APD2
No problems noticed so far...
Airstream25 said:
I got the update this morning. Build number is now MMB29M.G930VVRU2APD2
No problems noticed so far...
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Same here. No problems so far
Count me as surprised and wrong in my assumptions. Security patch level is 1-May. You read that right. I had to check twice to trust my eyes.
AliceBToklas said:
Count me as surprised and wrong in my assumptions. Security patch level is 1-May. You read that right. I had to check twice to trust my eyes.
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So was I. I was expecting March at the latest. Working nicely so far. It'll take me a full cycle to see how battery is behaving, but everything seems good so far.
dtroup64 said:
So was I. I was expecting March at the latest. Working nicely so far. It'll take me a full cycle to see how battery is behaving, but everything seems good so far.
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Yes, can't assess anything on the battery life yet.
The one odd thing I experienced was it copied the calendar icon from My Knox home screen to my normal home screen (left the one in My Knox fine). No idea what that was about but my deleting it might come back to bite me later - will report if it does.
Feels the same after update so far. What the heck is DT ignite? Safe to disable?
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Yay! May security update
lol still doesn't fix what the tmo update fixed, with fixing the choppy video recording and fixing the android system battery drain? still doesn't fix the ****ty front facing camera focus issue and overblurring effect? no thanks.
Does it fix Android system drain? Or false reporting? I'm getting gold battery life but still adroid always says it's draining
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took this update like a fool and wish i didnt!
now the verizon variant has the same damn problem with nova launcher double tap to sleep that every other variant has.
when you use double tap to sleep gesture, and wake it up, it won't let you unlock with your fingerprint anymore. it makes you use the damn pin or pattern too.
god i can't stand verizon and their **** updates
Hi All
I did the latest Samsung update for my S7 edge 3 days ago.
I'm now getting very poor battery life. Full charge down empty before the day is out.
The phone occasionally freezes, at this time it gets warm, and the battery drain increases a huge amount. It does this maybe twice a day.
About ready to conact Samsung about it, but thought id see if anybody has had similar issues.
S7 Edge on Vodephone, Not rooted, running Nova launcher.
As I say it worked fine up till the update
Thanks Steve
What is your current firmware version ? This is the most important thing to post when asking something like this and actually expecting an answer.
Cst79 said:
What is your current firmware version ? This is the most important thing to post when asking something like this and actually expecting an answer.
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Thanks for the reply
I'm feeling a bit like a Noob, after coming from years of HTC and rooting etc.
But where do I find the firmware number. I'm currently looking in to rooting this phone. BUt still learning and reading through stuff
Steve
firmware number
g935fxxu1bph1
Cheers Steve
I'm having the same problem
Hi, I'm also having this problem since updating my phone on September 24. The phone freezes on the "always on" display, or the screen just stays black. I never had this problem before and have had this phone for months. I'm posting so you know this is not an isolated problem.
Samsung Galaxy S7, Android version 6.0.1. I don't know what else you need. Thanks.
Hi,
i just received an OTA update:
V10b-Nov-25-2016
Changelog just stated that usability and functionality of the smartphone has been improved.
Has anybody else already received this? Did anybody notice changes?
Kind regards,
BrowsingMan
received, but nothing to report, works exactly as before
Just updated last night. Seems normal
Received it as well last night. There was a bit of instability for the first hour or so. Lagging etc and one automatic reboot, but I'm guessing that was just due to the OS system settling down.
This morning everything seems normal as before.
Any improvement in auto shots with the camera?
Feemy82 said:
Received it as well last night. There was a bit of instability for the first hour or so. Lagging etc and one automatic reboot, but I'm guessing that was just due to the OS system settling down.
This morning everything seems normal as before.
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Same happened to me. I rebooted a few times which didn't fix it which got me worried, but by the morning it was fine.
I don't mean to derail the thread but is there any custom support for this phone model? I'm mainly only seeing support for the H918. I'd love to root once its available and safe but it seems like this is one of those odd models out that no one really cares about.
Singularity_iOS said:
Same happened to me. I rebooted a few times which didn't fix it which got me worried, but by the morning it was fine.
I don't mean to derail the thread but is there any custom support for this phone model? I'm mainly only seeing support for the H918. I'd love to root once its available and safe but it seems like this is one of those odd models out that no one really cares about.
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Can you guys check/time your fast charge using OEM cable and charger? It doesn't seem to work for me, ot at least not prior to the OTA update on every ocassion. I've had instability issues when the phone gets a little hot/warm, if left in direct sunlight for 15 minutes, etc. I'm going to thoroughly test this out before posting anjy reviews. So far, not impressed with the loudspeaker.
I also don't want to update the phone yet incase the "impending" root solution, if one comes about, happens to be software-version-specific, since we are dealing with a phone on a locked bootloader.
RoOSTA
something i have noticed since the update is a huge improvement in reception... now almost all the time it's 4-5 bars for each sim, on lte and 3g, whereas before i used to pick up my phone and see only 1-2 bars... especially at home.
i must specify that i never had a problem calling or browsing even with 1-2 bars, never lost connection during a call, cristal clear voice. so maybe before it was simply showing less bars than it really was? anyway, just my feedback
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roosta said:
Can you guys check/time your fast charge using OEM cable and charger? It doesn't seem to work for me, ot at least not prior to the OTA update on every ocassion. I've had instability issues when the phone gets a little hot/warm, if left in direct sunlight for 15 minutes, etc. I'm going to thoroughly test this out before posting anjy reviews. So far, not impressed with the loudspeaker.
I also don't want to update the phone yet incase the "impending" root solution, if one comes about, happens to be software-version-specific, since we are dealing with a phone on a locked bootloader.
RoOSTA
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from 5% to 100% it takes about 1 hour and a quarter
Yep , received the update yesterday. No comment on the update work just like normal. ?
Hey guys.
I installed the LG PC Bridge and, among other things, I decided to check for a software update. It informed me one was available, which seemed odd, because I had checked yesterday O.T.A. and had found nothing.
Anyway, I disconnected the phone and checked again and true enough the 10b update was available (still found it weird that it said Nov. 25 though) at approx. 730MB, but I decided to reconnect and use Bridge to update.
I began the process and it said the download size was 2.9GB! That's a huge difference. O.T.A. still shows the update at 730MB. Does anyone know if there any differences??
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Hey guys.
I installed the LG PC Bridge and, among other things, I decided to check for a software update. It informed me one was available, which seemed odd, because I had checked yesterday O.T.A. and had found nothing.
Anyway, I disconnected the phone and checked again and true enough the 10b update was available (still found it weird that it said Nov. 25 though) at approx. 730MB, but I decided to reconnect and use Bridge to update.
I began the process and it said the download size was 2.9GB! That's a huge difference. O.T.A. still shows the update at 730MB. Does anyone know if there any differences??
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i guess bridge is offering you the full package instead of the incremental update, but the outcome should be the same
Does anyone notice any difference?
Mine works great before and after update....
Everything looks really good...I think that the problem with keyboard is a little improved....I'm talking about next word suggestion...
Mine has just been updated to 10b as well. So far everything is working great but I've only just starting using the phone so I can't comment on what was fixed over the last release.
Phone is getting warm and battery drops quicker for me. Anyone has the same problem?
Also, please check your Data usage for Google Docs, Slides and Drive. i don't use it but it still has backgroud data running! Do u have same issue?
Just updated to v10d released December 26 Changelog says performance improvement and improvement to home. Screen but I haven't noticed any changed neither I'm speed nor in options
Did you receive the update via PC Bridge or OTA?
in SEA region, we're still stuck with V10c
I bought mine in Philippines, and since the middle of December (more or less) I am with the 10e version, and still trying to realize how many other versions LG needs to release for the phone have a good usability.
Same for the LG G5, that is in the first Nougat version and it's in the box (both).
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Did you receive the update via PC Bridge or OTA?
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i got it via OTA and i went straight from v10b to v10d i didnt receive any update for v10c
I received the OTA update V10F-IND-xx about a week ago. Talked about performance improvement. Post the update the battery performance has gone to hell. It would easily pump out about 6 hours SOT which has now dropped to about 4 hours. Also, have noticed slight to medium heating under the power key when using apps that access data over wifi.Unrooted. Anyone know if it's possible to roll back the update without rooting? OR any quick fix to this problem.
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I bought essential phone couple of months ago and was thoroughly disappointed because of several reasons, battery drain, call quality issues and very bland software too bare for my liking also it was well overpriced.
Now that price has dropped and have an opportunity for buying for far less. However I would like to ask current buyers if the same issues I mentioned above are still prevalent? Would you recommend buying this over other similar priced phones around £420
Thanks for your help
riz157 said:
I bought essential phone couple of months ago and was thoroughly disappointed because of several reasons, battery drain, call quality issues and very bland software too bare for my liking also it was well overpriced.
Now that price has dropped and have an opportunity for buying for far less. However I would like to ask current buyers if the same issues I mentioned above are still prevalent? Would you recommend buying this over other similar priced phones around £420
Thanks for your help
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I bought mine during the black friday promotion (phone + free camera) for $157 including paid off lease and purchase option from Sprint. I also got a free 360 camera delivered last week. I sideloaded the Oreo beta 2 firmware from Essential website and I can tell you that it is much...much better than before. Try it yourself and find out!
If you're complaining about bland software then you should probably skip it.
It is still essentially stock Android.
(Which is why I bought it)
But everything else is working great for me. Cell reception is equal to my Op5, haven't had any complaints about call quality and battery life is incredible
This battery life is best of any Android I've had
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I bought mine 3 weeks ago, went straight to Oreo beta, and update via OTA to beta 2. Even within those 3 weeks, huge improvements were made. I am absolutely happy with this phone, and I am coming from a Oneplus One (which was my favorite phone ever).
Caltinpla said:
I bought mine during the black friday promotion (phone + free camera) for $157 including paid off lease and purchase option from Sprint. I also got a free 360 camera delivered last week. I sideloaded the Oreo beta 2 firmware from Essential website and I can tell you that it is much...much better than before. Try it yourself and find out!
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Does the signal strength still fluctuate a lot and gets lower reception on Oreo Beta 2?
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Does the signal strength still fluctuate a lot and gets lower reception on Oreo Beta 2?
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I've never encountered those problems, but I believe the Oreo beta fixed those that were Nougat problems. Also on T-Mobile, and it's signal is easily as good if not better than my Oneplus One.
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I've never encountered those problems, but I believe the Oreo beta fixed those that were Nougat problems. Also on T-Mobile, and it's signal is easily as good if not better than my Oneplus One.
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The signal seemed just lower than few of my phone that I compared it with. In a good area there are no issues, in an area with not ideal reception, Essential gets even lower signal. I am thinking about Oreo Beta, but if Essential releases it within a week, then there is no point in getting the beta.
I am VERY happy with my phone.
Call quality has been pretty good on Oreo beta 2. Haven't had any dropped calls or other issues. Battery has improved on Oreo. I can easily go all day and get 5-6 hrs SoT. The software is pretty much the same stock Android experience. It's not for everyone but I usually go for phones with stock or near stock Android (Moto X Pure, Nexus 6, 5x, 6P, OP3T). I've really enjoyed the PH-1 but it still might not be the right phone for you.
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The signal seemed just lower than few of my phone that I compared it with. In a good area there are no issues, in an area with not ideal reception, Essential gets even lower signal. I am thinking about Oreo Beta, but if Essential releases it within a week, then there is no point in getting the beta.
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Did you mean the official Oreo releases within a week? Where did you get that info?
The Oreo beta 2 has been great and stable...no problems at all.
Caltinpla said:
Did you mean the official Oreo releases within a week? Where did you get that info?
The Oreo beta 2 has been great and stable...no problems at all.
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I think he's just guessing. Although Essential did give. January time frame if I'm not mistaken.
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Caltinpla said:
Did you mean the official Oreo releases within a week? Where did you get that info?
The Oreo beta 2 has been great and stable...no problems at all.
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I meant official release. I also wrote "If" essential" releases Oreo to the public soon enough, then there would be no point for me to sideload beta.
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I meant official release. I also wrote "If" essential" releases Oreo to the public soon enough, then there would be no point for me to sideload beta.
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I would side load it. I took the plunge with beta 2 and happy I did just runs smoother and battery life is good. I did have to do a factory reset because of weird issues I was having with my brightness slider and quick settings but the reset fixed everything and u enjoy the UI changes and the fact I can theme my phone without having to root the phone.
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dandan2980 said:
I would side load it. I took the plunge with beta 2 and happy I did just runs smoother and battery life is good. I did have to do a factory reset because of weird issues I was having with my brightness slider and quick settings but the reset fixed everything and u enjoy the UI changes and the fact I can theme my phone without having to root the phone.
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Is it true that you would need to sideload the first beta and then do OTA to get the 2nd?
Charkatak said:
Is it true that you would need to sideload the first beta and then do OTA to get the 2nd?
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I went straight to beta 2 from Nougat
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I went straight to beta 2 from Nougat
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Interesting...good to know.
I have also read many threads where users report that factory reset fixed glitches which were a result of Oreo beta sideload. Do you know which issues could occur from Oreo beta?
riz157 said:
I bought essential phone couple of months ago and was thoroughly disappointed because of several reasons, battery drain, call quality issues and very bland software too bare for my liking also it was well overpriced.
Now that price has dropped and have an opportunity for buying for far less. However I would like to ask current buyers if the same issues I mentioned above are still prevalent? Would you recommend buying this over other similar priced phones around £420
Thanks for your help
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Most of us who chose this phone did so for the stock experience. (bland software) as you put it.
Being thoroughly disappointed and getting it again is like remarrying your ex lol.
I do not have any issues with call quality or battery drain and I paid about 150US. for a new sprint unlocked version.
Knowing this, paying 420 might still make it seem too expensive for you in the end.
Ebay and swappa here in the US are selling these things cheap not sure about the UK though.
With all the sprint phones out there the value on resale will be minimal.
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Interesting...good to know.
I have also read many threads where users report that factory reset fixed glitches which were a result of Oreo beta sideload. Do you know which issues could occur from Oreo beta?
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I was just experiencing issues where I could not swipe my brightness slider and then trying to touch on the side of it would activate one if my quick settings, also my phone's visual voicemail wasn't working but everything was back to normal and haven't had any problems since I factory reset the phone
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dandan2980 said:
I was just experiencing issues where I could not swipe my brightness slider and then trying to touch on the side of it would activate one if my quick settings, also my phone's visual voicemail wasn't working but everything was back to normal and haven't had any problems since I factory reset the phone
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I just sideloaded Oreo 2 beta and when it finished, the phone booted properly. I started to play with it, but after about 10 min, phone rebooted and was in that reboot state(spinning dots) for about 5 min, then booted properly. There is no indication what has caused that, but for now the phone seems normal. I have Pebble app running and notification shade shows "Pebble is running in the background" and I am trying to remove that notification, but haven't found a way to do that just yet.
Hi guys,
I bought a htc u ultra when I was living in Australia but early this year I moved to Sweden. Now my issue is that android 8 is out, but my phone can't find the ota update. How come? I have received other ota updates in Sweden but the oreo update will not be found. Is there a way I can get it pushed to the phone?
I've contacted htc, but they are bloody useless, they just tell me to contact Google which I can't even find a email address or anything for help.
Hoping some bright spark can help me.
No help for you. Your device CID is for Australia and for this region the update is not yet released.
So why couldn't the retard at htc just tell me that? I swear they have the worst customer support ever. Told them this is my last htc mobile
Willan Zar said:
So why couldn't the retard at htc just tell me that? I swear they have the worst customer support ever. Told them this is my last htc mobile
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Like they care about you. Statistically you got yourself a budget phone that is pretending to be of premium level. That means your next purchase will be in 2-3 years.
I'm blunt but that is life. I made my decision of getting this piece knowing there is almost no community and is already forgotten by manufacturer. It was cheap so I didn't care if I brick it by customizing. It the moment I'm working on a dirty port of LineageOS to it so I won't rely on HTC (unless I hit the kernel issues). If succeed I might consider sharing it bit wider.
But anyway - don't get too emotional. There is literally nothing that great with Oreo to get angry over. You could actually flash the LeDroid 2.1. It has been reported to work with Nougat backbone. So you get Oreo with Nougat Radio and Kernel. But then really say bye to HTC direct updates if they ever happen.
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It was cheap so I didn't care if I brick it by customizing. It the moment I'm working on a dirty port of LineageOS to it so I won't rely on HTC (unless I hit the kernel issues). If succeed I might consider sharing it bit wider.
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please:victory:
Oreo 8.0 Released in Australia!
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No help for you. Your device CID is for Australia and for this region the update is not yet released.
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HTC contacted me via social media to inform me that as of today, May 31st, the Android 8.0 Oreo update is available for HTC U Ultra phones purchased outright in Australia! Mine updated to 2.21.710.3 today.
Julian1961 said:
HTC contacted me via social media to inform me that as of today, May 31st, the Android 8.0 Oreo update is available for HTC U Ultra phones purchased outright in Australia! Mine updated to 2.21.710.3 today.
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Then I suggest you to make TWRP copy of the system partition just after upgrade and share it with @LeeDroid so he could update his custom ROM also for Australia.
I just got the upgrade too - I can't believe how laggy it is now.
Haven't performed a reset yet, hoping it will clear up after a few days.
Extremely disappointed...
Battery seems *slightly* better however!
lachlanwilliam said:
I just got the upgrade too - I can't believe how laggy it is now.
Haven't performed a reset yet, hoping it will clear up after a few days.
Extremely disappointed...
Battery seems *slightly* better however!
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I did a factory reset and first few weeks was ok - much better than on nugat. But now after two month of use I see that slowdowns and lags are more common. Especially when the phone gest worm it can literatury stars to crawl.
Actually I'm thinking to upgrade to U11
Update: the battery is absolutely shocking now.
Tested it yesterday, left on a table after charging all night to 100%
Screen turned on twice throughout the day and after 6 hours and 25 minutes it's at 1% and the power off warning is shown.
Spoke to HTC support who have ignored my last 3 messages so won't be getting a HTC phone again.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Was a fantastic phone after first purchasing it (first 3 months) but now after 6 months - shocking
lachlanwilliam said:
Update: the battery is absolutely shocking now.
Tested it yesterday, left on a table after charging all night to 100%
Screen turned on twice throughout the day and after 6 hours and 25 minutes it's at 1% and the power off warning is shown.
Spoke to HTC support who have ignored my last 3 messages so won't be getting a HTC phone again.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Was a fantastic phone after first purchasing it (first 3 months) but now after 6 months - shocking
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Did you try a factory reset?
Or check e.g. gsam batters stats from play store and have a look at doze/active stats or warlocks and so on, mostly there is an app (or system) running in background and consuming battery
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Did you try a factory reset?
Or check e.g. gsam batters stats from play store and have a look at doze/active stats or warlocks and so on, mostly there is an app (or system) running in background and consuming battery
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Yep,
it's been reset 3 times so far.
I did have a look at gsam, what a great application - thanks!
Have a bunch of wakelocks - mainly around Google Fitness (I definitely don't use it) and a bunch of wifi 'wlan rx wakelock' too so currently troubleshooting that,
One thing I did notice however - on attempting to clear the cache partition, I have some notes in the 'recovery mode' screen
"handle_cota_install install cwpkg to /cache/cota/cwpkg.zip
handle_cota_install install cwprop to /cache/cota/cw.prop
E: cant open /sys/class/power_supply/battery/capacity
handle_cota_install: Cant mount /sdcard"
That battery one doesn't sound very promising.... perhaps that is one of the reasons why? The phone doesn't know what size battery is installed because it can't read the capacity configuration file?
I'm not rooted so I can't check to see if it's present myself
zzz
HTC should fix this sort of thing - i'm not sending it away to get looked at/reflashed for 3 weeks
Remove/never update the google app