Hello,
i am thinking about buying a Xiaomi mi a1 but currently i heard a lot of bad things:
- Excess battery drain
- GPS issues
- Sound and calling issues
- Crashing Apps
- Fingerprint bugs
- Mobile data freezing issue
- Ambient display iusses
And a few more.
What is the current situation ? Can you guys still recommend this phone ?
Or maybe do you know a better alternative device ?
Whitcomb said:
Hello,
i am thinking about buying a Xiaomi mi a1 but currently i heard a lot of bad things:
- Excess battery drain
- GPS issues
- Sound and calling issues
- Crashing Apps
- Fingerprint bugs
- Mobile data freezing issue
- Ambient display iusses
And a few more.
What is the current situation ? Can you guys still recommend this phone ?
Or maybe do you know a better alternative device ?
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I agree with battery drain issue, but everything except battery works perfectly for me, gps ok, sound and calling good, no crashing, fingerprint fast as lightning, mobile data never freezes for me and ambient display works fine. Im using stock april ROM.
Edit: talking about battery, I just dont know, I have a feeling that sometimes it drains and sometimes Its just okay, im a medium user, actually if I use my phone only for calling and some chatting - I have 40% left with 5,5 hours of SOT.
Posting my battery stats.
I get around 7hs of screen on time from a single charge. Not everyday I spend such much time with phone but on weekends I get around 7 or 7.5 hours.
The phone works well.. .it's not a top of the line phone, it's not a flagship (I came from a Galaxy S7, it burned itself). The camera app has to be changed to GCam if you want decent pictures.
So far, after the this month update, the one that provided April Security Patch Level, the only issue I'm facing is the Fingerprint bugs... half of the times that I want to unlock my phone it doesn't read correctly my finger and I end up using PIN to unlock it.
This wasn't an issue until this update, the fingerprint sensor and unlock was 100% accurate, never a miss... but Xiaomi fuc**d up with this month update.
Regards,
100% stock with April update.
No Battery issue, no fingerprint issue, in fact.... no issues at all, amazing phone.
kudos1uk said:
100% stock with April update.
No Battery issue, no fingerprint issue, in fact.... no issues at all, amazing phone.
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I agree, but the battery could be a bit better, but it is 3000 mAh battery, not the 4000 like Redmi 4x and others.
I love my Mi A1 mate no issues whatsoever
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I only had issues with idle drain which is now solved with April update for me at least. If I clear all apps from recents before sleep then I get 0% drain at night otherwise 1%. And fingerprint bugs? What does that even mean?
Whitcomb said:
- Excess battery drain
- GPS issues
- Sound and calling issues
- Crashing Apps
- Fingerprint bugs
- Mobile data freezing issue
- Ambient display iusses
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I have no idea where You got that list from as I don't recognize any of the issues at all!
I'v been using this phone since mid Nov -17 and travelling across Europe and Northern Africa several times without any hassle what so ever.
Of course there are "better" phones but as such, absolutely nothing to complain about.
There will always be people crying, whining, yelling and demanding for fixes, features and "issues" but quite many of those people "forget" to mention what they did before the "issues" started...
Unlocking, rooting, forcing updates and so on.
I don't get panic is a patch/update/fix is delayed a week or two or if I don't have the latest OS at same time as Nokia or Pixel phones...
This is my first "China phone" (6-7 earlier of various brands) I decided to let be original as long as ever possible and it just works.
Mobile data keeps falling away to the wrong frequencies. No real fix for it yet...
https://c.mi.com/thread-413908-1-1.html
I have no issues from the above list.
battery drain is very normal and and better than expected with my heavy use and it lasts from the time i disconnect from the charger in the morning until i get back to the charger late at night. camera is way better than expected (specially after enabling HRD+ using google camera) finger print never failed me and did not notice any mobile data drops that annoys me. sound is very clear during calls and the speaker is loud.
There's a larger amount of overnight battery drain than with my other phone (Essential PH-1) but the SOT is more than respectable and the fingerprint sensor is a lot more responsive than the one on my PH-1. The camera is only average which actually seems to be by design. Xiaomi phones normally take very good pictures but Google didn't enable the camera 2 api on this phone. Maybe Google doesn't want an Android One device to become competition for Google branded phones. I'm in the USA (which is not an official market for this phone) and pretty much the only issue I have encountered is that the MI A1 works way better on T-Mobile than AT&T. This is a really solid device for the price but at $200 it isn't intended as competition for flagship phones. But it is both fast and smooth and has pretty impressive build quality so I have no complaints.
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there are significant bug fixes and performance enhancements in the latest version of Lollipop.
Will our phone see this upgrade which imo is highly required as it has been subpar since the move from Kitkat. I've noticed overheating and increased battery consumption in day to day use on lollipop.
With the American launch cancelled. Yota moving to sailfish and the poor sales, I feel doubtful.
All Day On XDA said:
there are significant bug fixes and performance enhancements in the latest version of Lollipop.
Will our phone see this upgrade which imo is highly required as it has been subpar since the move from Kitkat. I've noticed overheating and increased battery consumption in day to day use on lollipop.
With the American launch cancelled. Yota moving to sailfish and the poor sales, I feel doubtful.
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I thought the sailfish rumour was just that: a rumour. Also, they might have cancelled the NA launch, but that doesn't mean that they stopped their development department. Yota has akwnoledged that the current Lollipop is far from optimal. So I am quite confident that Yotaphone 2 will get some version of Android 5.1.
Dev - Community for Yotaphone 2
Is there anyone working on an custom rom for the yotaphone 2?
I would like to participate, if possible,
thx
I was remaining confident for updates, especially as we know they're working on the yota 3. Sadly the facebook page replied to me the other day saying there were no plans to update to 5.1 or 6.0 . Hopefully thats not true or we at least get some build updates.
I bought this phone recently. As lovely as it is, it goes crazy hot for whatever reason and my battery just drains by lunchtime. What's the point of the e-ink screen if the battery is faulty anyway!
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I bought this phone recently. As lovely as it is, it goes crazy hot for whatever reason and my battery just drains by lunchtime. What's the point of the e-ink screen if the battery is faulty anyway!
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It is not the battery, it is some misbehaving app and/or system. I sometimes experience terrible battery life, but usually the battery lasts as advertised, up to 5 days. I personally keep the battery meter on the EPD which tells how much battery is left in days & hours. If it tells the battery will run dry in hours while you still have plenty of juice left, something is draining the battery. In this case I usually just reboot the device. Sometimes this helps, sometimes it doesn't...
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It is not the battery, it is some misbehaving app and/or system. I sometimes experience terrible battery life, but usually the battery lasts as advertised, up to 5 days. I personally keep the battery meter on the EPD which tells how much battery is left in days & hours. If it tells the battery will run dry in hours while you still have plenty of juice left, something is draining the battery. In this case I usually just reboot the device. Sometimes this helps, sometimes it doesn't...
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Same here. Sometimes wither of my two YotaPhones (2) are getting burning hot. I noticed that GPS (for instance google maps navigation) running in the background is a reason for heat. In particular if arrive indoors and forgot to end the navigation. 5 day battery I only get in standby without GPS or WiFi. Certainly not the main selling point for me.
I don't have a Yotaphone 2 but looking at a pre-owned.
Have you try to clear cache and uninstall "Google Play Service" and reinstall. This usually solves the battery issue.
The answer is: will you ever be happy with any phone?
Jeopardy style,
Seriously, if you're curious enough to post here, why not email yotaphone; ask them and report back.
Indeed Lollipop sucks battery.
YotaPhone 2 Android Lollipop really is not well optimized, but it's a known problem of all the Android running Lollipop, and I am not sure if the issue is addressed on the latest Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. Yota has an open beta phase running at this moment with that version. Until it's released, Doze app and Greenify can greatly reduce the battery drain on Lollipop. Lollipop also wastes too much battery with WiFi, at least compared to KitKat, black colors on OLED screen also helps.
Someone know from where to download YOTA apps? on my phone yotahub is just to select what to appear on second display.
queser.info said:
Someone know from where to download YOTA apps? on my phone yotahub is just to select what to appear on second display.
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full wipe and reinstall rom!
I have android 4.4 Y206, HK, so that is the reason.
I read many reviews about OPT they all said that OPT had following issues:
Heating Much. - Do you feel like you can't hold on hand?
Fingerprint reader not working properly.
Battery life sucks. - How many hours it will long?
Some OPT owner saying that these issues has been solved in latest update.
Is that true?
Hi !
I got my OPT last 2 weeks and I found that it don't heats a lot. Fingerprint works properly with OxygenOS 2.1 (like 90% of the time it works), and battery life is about a 2 days with a standard use (data or wifi enable all the time).
Sorry for my bad english, I hope you understand.
The op2 heats, and some would say a lot, but it definitely doesn't reach a point where you can't hold it. After intense gaming the upper part of a screen is hotter then lower but its not that bug deal. On 2.0.1 I reached 82C on one sensor for a second but didn't manage to do it on 2.1.
Fingerprint scanner is kinda weird, it is a good one but needs improving on the software side. Mine works almost every time but sometimes it just won't read and I either have to clean it with some material or reconfigure the finger and it works again.
As for the battery, I get almost 5 hours on screen (stock). With powerbank I don't have to care about saving battery at all. It will probably get even better when we get more efficient kernels and ROMs.
The battery life seems comparable to the OPO.
As far as heating, I haven't noticed anything alarming. Never more than my OPO did.
Fingerprint works great on Oxygen. So far there aren't any User ROMS that have it working.
In the last 45 days, I've had:
HTC One M9
Galaxy S6
Moto X Pure
OnePlus 2
They all got hot when excessive use... But more specifically, the OPT got pretty warm during initial setup, which in-turn caused the battery to drain a little faster... But It also cooled down a lot faster than the others in the list........And, no it doesn't get too hot to hold. My M9 would get so hot, I'd stick it in the refrigerator when doing a backup or downloading a lot of updates.
As for the finger print sensor, I played around with it and had no problems. It actually worked better than the Galaxy S6 (which I had to re-input my finger print a few times) ....But, in general, I don't really like using my fingerprint to unlock my phone so I disabled it.
Battery life......Is about on par with all these devices as well. I think it's better than the S6 and Moto X Pure, the M9 had a little better standby time.
You can see from my screenshot that I've got 57% battery left with 2hrs of SOT and just over 11hrs off the charger. Not really too bad?
I noticed my OPT heats up a LOT when running nandroid backups creation or restore on TWRP, but never with normal phone operations.
My fingerprint scanner works great
Battery life is about 24h with my normal use.
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Mine heats but not more than an Samsung s4
Finger print works 95%+ of the time
Battery last 4 to 5 hours screen on
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A2003
- heats up even during setup, more if playing a game. Reminds me of my old LG G3.
- I removed the screen protector and glad to know that the glass feels to have an oleophobic coating (which I feared to be similar to the my old Xperia Z Ultra that removing the screen protector unmasked the basic non-coated glass)
- battery is bad like all the current Android phones. My Mi 4i can last me up to 10pm everyday on heavy reading, listening to spotify, surfing, and some random youtube videos. My iPhone 6 plus can last me 2 days with the same usage - so I can say 4hrs screen on time is PRETY BAD FOR ANY FLAGSHIP However my screen on time is 2hrs 50mins to 3 hrs only so yeah its pretty bad.
- fingerprint scanner works similar to my iPhone 6 plus - in that is sometimes works flawlessly and sometime you have to tap your finger multiple times. Avarage.
- charging the damn phone takes about 3hrs to 100%
It heats less than my Iphone 5s, Battery is 4 times my Iphone 5s and Figure prict is better than iphone 5s...can't say after it become old till now it is very good ...
1. Heating issue is a NON issue. it gets warm but nothing so noticeable
2. Finger print sensor works fine. you have to press it like a button
3. Battery life is good, the wakelocks are gone post 2.10
svprm said:
I read many reviews about OPT they all said that OPT had following issues:
Heating Much. - Do you feel like you can't hold on hand?
Fingerprint reader not working properly.
Battery life sucks. - How many hours it will long?
Some OPT owner saying that these issues has been solved in latest update.
Is that true?
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I'm using A2001.
Heating - it doesn't heat as bad as my S4 IF you're one stock. When I flashed a custom kernel a week ago, it heated pretty fast and the buttons were really hot as well that i could feel a minor burn.. But that's prolly because the kernel was still buggy like the op2 never sleeps, they've got an update now but i didn't flash it, gonna wait till it's stable and all.
Fingerprint scanner - the fp scanner for me is better than the iphone 6.
Battery life - it doesn't suck. I uninstalled those useless pre-installed apps. Made sure to greenify any apps that may run when the screen is off. I could get 3 days with my normal usage- texting and internet browsing.
I hope this helpsm
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Thank you all for your information.
I saw this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m02uL3YTdo
I think heating issue is there only on heavy usage.
After waiting years for a new Windows Mobile device I jumped at the chance to grab a 950 on AT&T. So far, my experience has been a mixed bag.
The phone gets extremely hot after only about 10-minutes of light web browsing on my home WiFi and will drop 20%. At this rate, it wont' last half a day. It stays nice and cool and will only drop a couple of percent over several hours in standby so I don't suspect a rogue background app.
Anyone else experiencing something similar?
***UPDATE*** After 3-days I decided to exchange the phone for a new one and so far the difference is night and day. The new phone is already proving to be better on the battery. I'm cautiously optimistic and will reserve judgement until the end of this week.
You may need to wait charge battery couple circle times. Then see how is battery life
Haven't seen that myself. Battery has been great and no heat issues when using. I did do one factory reset after having it one day. Seemed a little sluggish at first, but after resetting and installing apps, it runs pretty smooth now.
I've had the same issues, and I agree it seems to be worst with web browsing. Not sure if that's an app problem (with Edge) or the device... Everybody says the over heating and battery drain issue should resolve itself over the first week or so. I hope they're right...
Had my phone 4 days. 2 good days/2 bad days with the battery. Seemed to be good after a full discharge and full charge. I've noticed the issues of heat and fast drain after partial charges. I'm not familiar with these issues. Never had the problem with 920. I'm not sure how a battery 'conditions' itself across normal use. Does anyone have knowledge of this? Would really hate to return this phone. Its quite elegant in function despite its bland design.
My phone has been so much better since getting it exchanged at AT&T. I'm inclined to think that it's really an app issue. I follow a handful of tech blogs and I use their own apps to view their sites. I noticed that when I use the WMPoweruser app my phones heats up and starts draining the battery. This also happens with one or two other apps and I suspect that it's because they're not optimized for Windows Mobile 10.
When on the Fast Ring for the Lumia 1020 I was getting awful battery drain. Ended up being the messaging app. I believe because Skype was linked in with it. I had to discover this by using the Settings...System...Battery Saver...Battery use...section in the Settings. Since I upgraded to the 950, even with Skype on the problem doesn't exist. Weird. Glad you worked out your specific issue.
Hi, I also experience the same issue. Got recieved unlocked 950 two days back at USA. So far, 3 to 4 cycle got done. I'm facing phone heat problem and battery drain. If I browse in edge for 15 mins in Wifi, I cannot even hold phone in hand coz of heat liberate on phone. I will see this phone performance for one more week, if it continues I will exchange it.
I'm entertaining the thought of getting a Nexus 6P this 2017. I understand updates will still be that quick and supported by 2018 but I have some questions:
1. Is it true the 6P has some water-resistant powers that it's considered safe to use during light rain or a spill of water or soda?
2. I heard that a "bug" causes the phone to crash or turn off unexpectedly when the battery dips below 10%?
3. Is it also true the wifi and bluetooth can sometimes be erratic?
Need your comments please. Cheers.
I have the 6P Since 20th July..
And non of these issues had with me.
Get the one plus 3.. N6P is too old now
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Gino76ph said:
I'm entertaining the thought of getting a Nexus 6P this 2017. I understand updates will still be that quick and supported by 2018 but I have some questions:
1. Is it true the 6P has some water-resistant powers that it's considered safe to use during light rain or a spill of water or soda?
2. I heard that a "bug" causes the phone to crash or turn off unexpectedly when the battery dips below 10%?
3. Is it also true the wifi and bluetooth can sometimes be erratic?
Need your comments please. Cheers.
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I just sold mine on eBay.. I liked the phone allot but it was just too big for me to carry at work. I never had any problems with mine the entire time I had it.
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No problems since launch. There exceptions for some....
Abdulaziz6p said:
I have the 6P Since 20th July..
And non of these issues had with me.
Get the one plus 3.. N6P is too old now
So, no issues with water damage or phone dying when battery goes under 15%?
I'm reluctant to get a OnePlus phone. I have heard many great things about their phones but company it seems has a poor track record when it comes to Customer Support and after sales service.
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Gino76ph said:
Abdulaziz6p said:
I have the 6P Since 20th July..
And non of these issues had with me.
Get the one plus 3.. N6P is too old now
So, no issues with water damage or phone dying when battery goes under 15%?
I'm reluctant to get a OnePlus phone. I have heard many great things about their phones but company it seems has a poor track record when it comes to Customer Support and after sales service.
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Yes sir. Nothing had on mine
And you're right about OnePlus...
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Gino76ph said:
I'm entertaining the thought of getting a Nexus 6P this 2017. I understand updates will still be that quick and supported by 2018 but I have some questions:
1. Is it true the 6P has some water-resistant powers that it's considered safe to use during light rain or a spill of water or soda?
2. I heard that a "bug" causes the phone to crash or turn off unexpectedly when the battery dips below 10%?
3. Is it also true the wifi and bluetooth can sometimes be erratic?
Need your comments please. Cheers.
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I bought the Nexus6P back in December because it was a great open box deal, and I couldn't be happier.
I've never encountered any of the issues you mentioned at all, and I find it to still be super snappy under normal use, plus the battery is great.
I can't comment on the water-resistance because I try not to allow it to get wet at all; that said, I'm sure you can just youtube people stress testing their poor 6p phones.
I will agree with others here though in saying that it is a bit large - I did want to pixel (not the XL) as it's size is much better, but the price was too high.
So, in 2017 what old flagship would you choose in terms of battery life, overall speed & performance and an excellent camera...a Nexus 6P, OnePlus 3T or Galaxy S7?
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So, in 2017 what old flagship would you choose in terms of battery life, overall speed & performance and an excellent camera...a Nexus 6P, OnePlus 3T or Galaxy S7?
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Nexus 6P, hands down. Mine consistently lasts all day (about 18 hours) with moderate to heavy usage (browsing XDA with Tapatalk, social media, etc), takes amazing pictures, and is very fast/responsive.
I have no experience with the OnePlus 3T, but my mom's Galaxy S7 was awful. It had horrible battery life, ugly software, and performance was very janky. The cameras were pretty good, though.
You can't go wrong with a Nexus phone. The amazing developers here on XDA keep them alive long after Google drops support.
Problem is I'm not into rooting and I only depend on software updates via OTA.
I also heard about the device freezing, radios (such as bluetooth, wifi, etc.) kept playing up and phone dies after only 15% (or below) battery life.
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Problem is I'm not into rooting and I only depend on software updates via OTA.
I also heard about the device freezing, radios (such as bluetooth, wifi, etc.) kept playing up and phone dies after only 15% (or below) battery life.
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Even if you're not into rooting, you'll still get OTA updates with the latest security patches/bug fixes months before any other phone. The 6P should be supported up until Android 9.0, so you'd be good for another 14 months or so.
If you do decide to take a walk on the wild side and root after Google drops support, Nexus phones are very easy to unlock, root, and customize.
As for the freezing, I've never experienced this while stock. The only time my device has ever frozen/crashed was due to something stupid I did, like changing the file system, or risky kernel settings.
I don't use Bluetooth, so I can't provide any feedback there, but I can vouch for WiFi being very stable.
The shutdown/battery issues are caused by degraded batteries. There's no avoiding it, batteries are rated for a certain number of charge cycles and wear out over time, but there are things you can do to extend the life of your battery:
1. Don't expose your phone to extreme hot/cold temperatures. Using it in the summer or winter is ok, but don't put it in the freezer to run benchmarks or to keep it cool while installing updates. If you must keep it cool, take it out of its case (if you have one) and place it in front of a fan. I always place my phone in front of a fan when installing a new ROM or anything CPU intensive to keep it cool.
2. Don't use fast charging unless absolutely necessary, such as you're heading out for a hot date in 20 minutes but you only have 15% left. If you're charging your phone overnight, there's no need to use the fast charger. I've been using the 1 amp wall adapter from my Galaxy Nexus to charge my 6P overnight and the battery is just as good as day one with no random shutdowns.
3. Don't play games, install updates, or anything that may cause the phone/battery to heat up while the phone is charging. Browsing the web, listening to music, texting, or other light tasks are fine, but playing Asphalt 8, installing the latest OTA, or whatever while charging will cause your battery to heat up and wear it out faster.
4. Charge the phone while off if possible. The reason for this is when powered on and the battery reaches 100% it stops charging (obviously). When the battery drops to 98% it starts charging again. If you charge overnight with the phone on the 2% drop/recharge will happen multiple times, causing unnecessary charge cycles and wearing out the battery.
5. Try to avoid letting the battery go below 15-20%. Discharging the battery too far too often wears it out faster.
6. If you want to get really anal about this, charge the battery when it reaches 20% and unplug it when it reaches 80%. This counts as only half of a charge cycle, thus extending the life of your battery. There's an app on XDA that stops charging at whatever limit you decide, but I believe it requires root.
I recommend buying your 6P new (if you decide to go with it and if you can find one). When you buy a used phone you have no idea how badly the battery was abused.
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Abdulaziz6p said:
I have the 6P Since 20th July..
And non of these issues had with me.
Get the one plus 3.. N6P is too old now
So, no issues with water damage or phone dying when battery goes under 15%?
I'm reluctant to get a OnePlus phone. I have heard many great things about their phones but company it seems has a poor track record when it comes to Customer Support and after sales service.
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I just sold my OnePlus 3T, it was a great phone, the only thing that disappointed me was the camera. If camera was as good as the 6P I would of kept it for another year. It is very poor in low light and bad focus on the simplest shots. I think the OnePlus 5 will be the phone to look to next for a mid priced beast.
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It's too old and you may fell angry with the hot 810 SOC
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It's too old and you may fell angry with the hot 810 SOC
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It's not too old. I have one and it is better than many phones years newer than it imo. I have no lag or stutters and it never heats up or has any problems. I'd definitely recommend this phone any day as it is just so good for its age.
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It's too old and you may fell angry with the hot 810 SOC
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My 6P doesn't get hot, even when playing CPU/GPU intensive games like Asphalt 8. The 810 has been tamed on the 6P.
The only good thing 6P has going for it is it's front speakers and the camera performance. Android 8/O wont fix it's short battery life, nor its laughable audio and call quality along with the random wifi connection issues...
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The only good thing 6P has going for it is it's front speakers and the camera performance. Android 8/O wont fix it's short battery life, nor its laughable audio and call quality along with the random wifi connection issues...
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Those issues are some most users including myself never have had. Those kind of issues are not device specific either and the battery is actually pretty good for the phones age. The camera is amazing with 4k quality so I don't know what you're smoking and the audio quite actually is pretty decent and doesn't have crackling or tinny sounds. The call quality is actually amazing and very clear even compared to newer phones and my home phone. At times it can be quite but there are mods for that but for general users the audio is good enough. Keep in mind that many issues you may have heard are a small percentage and are usually reports from devices with an old degraded battery and maybe a buggy custom rom. Should I assume you don't have a nexus 6p? Before talking about a phone you don't have try researching about it.
I've been lurking for a few in this part of the forum. I currently own the Nexus 6 and they have reached EOL and was considering a jump to this one. Do you guys recommend it, I'm leery about the bootloop issues and early shut down of the phone but from what I've seen around the forums if you don't have those you guys are pretty happy with the device.
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I've been lurking for a few in this part of the forum. I currently own the Nexus 6 and they have reached EOL and was considering a jump to this one. Do you guys recommend it, I'm leery about the bootloop issues and early shut down of the phone but from what I've seen around the forums if you don't have those you guys are pretty happy with the device.
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It is one of if not the best phones that came out at that time and is a fairly good price. The bootloop issues are not software related but occur when someone's battery degrades due to having it a long time or not taking care of it and how it is charged. Also the development on this phone including roms and kernels etc is some of the best. It is an amazing phone with no lags or bootloop issues and aslong as you aren't an idiot with your charging you shouldn't need to worry about any issues.
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It is one of if not the best phones that came out at that time and is a fairly good price. The bootloop issues are not software related but occur when someone's battery degrades due to having it a long time or not taking care of it and how it is charged. Also the development on this phone including roms and kernels etc is some of the best. It is an amazing phone with no lags or bootloop issues and aslong as you aren't an idiot with your charging you shouldn't need to worry about any issues.
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Plus I get to stick with Beans Roms, nothing against other developers as I'm sure they are good too but I've been a user of Beans roms for quite some time. Thanks, I loved my Nexus 6 but since it's only 32 bit it's time is coming to an end.
Hello,
I dont really found centralized information about Oreo and feedbacks regarding battery life.
So please, people from Korea and North America, can you provide some feedback about Oreo update, especially about the battery life ?
I heard some negative opinion from this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5hH0TQY6Jg
Before he was at 5-6h SoT, after update 3-4h
Thanks !
It was entirely predictable and expected that there would be no improvement in battery life or performance with Oreo despite all the anticipation.
I have literally NEVER seen a major operating system upgrade actually speed up performance of identical apps on the same device. Sometimes there might be a non-significant decline, but never an improvement.
Each Android upgrade promises some new trick to improve battery life like wakelocks etc, but it's only theoretical and perhaps applies only to brand new hardware.
Otherwise the progressive process of bloating in updated apps and system software use more power and more resources which more than compensate for the supposed improvements in efficiency
I think the few reports that have mentioned improvement are just the random variation that people get, even with Nougat, or even day to day on the same device.
Sometimes I get 1% standby drain per hour and sometimes 3% with no change in use or settings. I have found no consistent way to control this, including trying all of the tips mentioned (except for wiping my phone and starting from scratch).
So far the video reviews that I have seen of Oreo on the G6 are pointedly unexciting and confirm my predictions. As far as I am concerned the only reason to update is for the security patches. I am hesitant to update given that going backwards is difficult on a unrooted device.
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It was entirely predictable and expected that there would be no improvement in battery life or performance with Oreo despite all the anticipation.
I have literally NEVER seen a major operating system upgrade actually speed up performance of identical apps on the same device. Sometimes there might be a non-significant decline, but never an improvement.
Each Android upgrade promises some new trick to improve battery life like wakelocks etc, but it's only theoretical and perhaps applies only to brand new hardware.
Otherwise the progressive process of bloating in updated apps and system software use more power and more resources which more than compensate for the supposed improvements in efficiency
I think the few reports that have mentioned improvement are just the random variation that people get, even with Nougat, or even day to day on the same device.
Sometimes I get 1% standby drain per hour and sometimes 3% with no change in use or settings. I have found no consistent way to control this, including trying all of the tips mentioned (except for wiping my phone and starting from scratch).
So far the video reviews that I have seen of Oreo on the G6 are pointedly unexciting and confirm my predictions. As far as I am concerned the only reason to update is for the security patches. I am hesitant to update given that going backwards is difficult on a unrooted device.
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maybe some little improvements are made, sure, nothing big to say its a major update, NO!
is almost only a Android version bump and a security patch. PERIOD...
The features this new version introduced is low and people who update the phone dont will see a big change, i already see some videos of update in youtube and didnt see too much difference.
Of course is a good thing LG doing it but isnt night and day,is more like some hours of difference.
Lets see with time to time the Doze mode and power savings features step in and see some change in battery life, i trust LG make something to improve it, again nothing special but for me that already make a difference.
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I have literally NEVER seen a major operating system upgrade actually speed up performance of identical apps on the same device. Sometimes there might be a non-significant decline, but never an improvement.
Sometimes I get 1% standby drain per hour and sometimes 3% with no change in use or settings. I have found no consistent way to control this, including trying all of the tips mentioned (except for wiping my phone and starting from scratch).
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From my experience, I never saw an android update improve battery life too. But that was a long time ago, with "cheap" phones (expect nexus 4, so disappointed). But recently, a friend bought a Nokia 8, and after the Oreo update, the battery has become so amazing, I was really really suprised and so jealous! So now I still have a little hope ...
However concerning standby drain, for me it's pretty ok. In airplane mode lost 0 or 1% for all night, and with data or wifi, it stays "normal".
You guys have something else going on.like the first post said it depends on day to day and other factors like many apps running in back ground.My phone and battery have 0 issues.on full charge it stays at 100 for about 10min on heavy internet use and then drops about 2percent per hour.I only charge my phone every 3 days.I also found phone much faster after oreo and less studder.I suppose because part of the update is to have less apps running in background.I wouldnt really listen to some users because the change log for oreo is huge.Soooooo many changes under the hood.people should read the change log before giving false facts(and they are false)Always gonna have some dude complaing about something
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You guys have something else going on.like the first post said it depends on day to day and other factors like many apps running in back ground.My phone and battery have 0 issues.on full charge it stays at 100 for about 10min on heavy internet use and then drops about 2percent per hour.I only charge my phone every 3 days.I also found phone much faster after oreo and less studder.I suppose because part of the update is to have less apps running in background.I wouldnt really listen to some users because the change log for oreo is huge.Soooooo many changes under the hood.people should read the change log before giving false facts(and they are false)Always gonna have some dude complaing about something
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Did you make some improvements like disabling logs and reducing resolution ? Any reset after oreo ?
I disabled event logs yes.kept screen on large size and no resolution change.Yes I did a factory reset immediately after.I think alot of people are having issues with battery because they dont calibrate it first when new out of the box.As a rule of thumb no matter what electronics i buy i always charge to 100 percent and literally let it drain to 0 percent then full chage again.Do this step twice in a row and i can pretty much guarantee you wont have issues with battery that are out of the ordinary.LOVE MY G6
Tag49 said:
Hello,
I dont really found centralized information about Oreo and feedbacks regarding battery life.
So please, people from Korea and North America, can you provide some feedback about Oreo update, especially about the battery life ?
I heard some negative opinion from this video :
Before he was at 5-6h SoT, after update 3-4h
Thanks !
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I just got the upgrade on my g6+ batterie Went bad. .....I started to analyse battery usage and i found that chrome browser was one of the cause ..So i change it for Microsoft edge browser. ..now my battery is draining less. ....So i hope that did the trick. .......and i also cancel all other apps that i did not use
Almost 6h of SoT with heavy gaming. Doesn't sound bad to me. ?View attachment 4508939View attachment 4508940
It's strange that there is so much different experiences between people. This is not reassuring!
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It's strange that there is so much different experiences between people. This is not reassuring!
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There are people that mainly use the phone under a wifi connection, and others that use it under a mobile network, this is just an example to give you an idea of why there is much difference between users
Y kllua but people are complaining regardless of wifi or mobile network. My package includes 6gb of network per month every month i spend 4gb etc...
And lots of people i see have bluetooth, nfc ( if they even thats in or what it even is. ) and then comes some1 like you and says ooo wifi on. What im gonna use at home ? Data ? To consump battery and empty my month data, and what im gonna use on streets, work, free time outside house etc. Mobile fking data. You think wifi is all around us
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Y kllua but people are complaining regardless of wifi or mobile network. My package includes 6gb of network per month every month i spend 4gb etc...
And lots of people i see have bluetooth, nfc ( if they even thats in or what it even is. ) and then comes some1 like you and says ooo wifi on. What im gonna use at home ? Data ? To consump battery and empty my month data, and what im gonna use on streets, work, free time outside house etc. Mobile fking data. You think wifi is all around us
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Well, my G6's battery sucks because at work the phone switches every couple of minutes to all the networks, and so I'm not able to reach home after 9-10 hours with 1-2 of SOT without charging a 20-30% during lunch, besides in weekends where I'm almost everyday under a wifi connection I easily reach 4-5 hours of SOT with gaming in a full day usage.
Also yes, there are many other parameters, like BT, NFC, GPS, Apps ecc...
So finally got Oreo thanks to LG Brigde.
The battery stock app seems really... broken ? Please see screenshots.
The message says : "2 days ago , 1h27min left the conversation."
PS : I made a factory reset after the oreo update.
Mine has actually improved! I'm getting like 30 minutes more (the improvement came after I drained the battery almost completely and charged it back like 3 times and after a factory reset). Not much but I can't complain. I'm actually happy for the improvements in fast charge speed, it's even faster now.
Third day with Oreo now.
Battery life is great, at least as good as before. I have 3.5h of screen on time right now and I'm at 43% battery at the end of a full work day with traveling etc.
And that's with Nova Launcher, Gesture Control [root], Always on Display and Pixel live wallpaper enabled.
Very happy with the G6 at the moment. Of course battery life always depends on your personal use and different phones provide better battery life for different people... G6 seems to work well for me and definitely better than the Huawei P9 I had before.
For people with battery life issues I suggest this: Battery life guide (I keep resolution at max because it messes with AOD and camera)
and also if you don't use google voice assistant try disabling the google app and use the chrome search widget instead. And keep location services on battery saving mode if you don't need GPS all the time.
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I just got the upgrade on my g6+ batterie Went bad. .....I started to analyse battery usage and i found that chrome browser was one of the cause ..So i change it for Microsoft edge browser. ..now my battery is draining less. ....So i hope that did the trick. .......and i also cancel all other apps that i did not use
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can i ask where you got the browser? ive been trying to find it in play store with no success, thanks