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Is this Phone worth for 60$ , used but without a scratch on the screen , i want to get it to try out new rooms since i can use them in my old exhibit 4G , im also thinking of rooting this , is the battery bad as i think it is ??

Worth $60 if in perfect working order. need check all buttons especially volume & Radio/Wifi reception
If digitizer been replaced/device opened (broken void sticker on screw head) then needs good looking at.
Also need check no rebooting issues when cpu gets warm (BGA issues)
These devices are old & many been worked hard & flashed close to death so generally hard buy a worthwhile one but hopefully you have ...

Mister B said:
Worth $60 if in perfect working order. need check all buttons especially volume & Radio/Wifi reception
If digitizer been replaced/device opened (broken void sticker on screw head) then needs good looking at.
Also need check no rebooting issues when cpu gets warm (BGA issues)
These devices are old & many been worked hard & flashed close to death so generally hard buy a worthwhile one but hopefully you have ...
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The phone was never rooted nor flashed with a rom so it is 100% stock , i checked everything and it works fine , im only worried about battery , if i flash android (and i know android battery sucks) with better battery management would i be able to get 1 day with medium usage ???

If choose ROM & kernal wisely I would of thought so, power management in the Android custom rom's improved hugely.
May also be worth getting quality new battery as if original battery it maybe well below its best capacity ...
My original battery is starting show signs of age now & after 4 years I would expect capacity to be well below 1,000mAh.

Stable Firmware with less battery drain

Hello,
Please help , I 'm new in this forum .
My English is not good and therefore it is for me very laboriously to search the points all the posts .
I bought a new Yotaphone . 2
It is installed following firmware: the build number is : KTU84L.4.4.3 - S01-003 - VIT.0.3.50a
There is no automatic firmware update .
Yotaphone informed me that this is a Vodafone firmware and therefore there is no update .
I want to use the Yotaphone to 90 % of GPS navigation with the E - Ink display on my mountain bike .
Therefore is important for me, that is the ROM stable and has little battery drain .
What Firmware version can you recommend me .
I live in Germany and the menu language should be in German .
I have read that is to be flashing with the tool YotaPhoneFlasher .
Where there is a detailed guide , so that nothing 's wrong when flashing and the unit is then scrap .
(wrote with Google Translate)
Thanks
Dieter

There is no one to help me?

Can you go into settings then tap about phone and tell me what android version you are running? Are you running android 4.4.3?
A lot of people have said that KitKat (android version 4.4.3) is better then other firmwares for battery life. So if your running 4.4.3 then stay there for now.
I haven't used KitKat on yotaphone (android version 4.4.3) but I can tell you don't update to lollipop (android version 5.0) if you need good battery life.

Use RU ROM they are updating very frequently.

Battery life on Marshmallow Beta seems quite good to me, so that's something to try

evilracer123 said:
Battery life on Marshmallow Beta seems quite good to me, so that's something to try
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I just upgraded to RU 1.31. How much SOT do you get? And, whats the idle drain per hour I can expect?
Is it better or worser than 4.4.3?

prasathvishnu said:
I just upgraded to RU 1.31. How much SOT do you get? And, whats the idle drain per hour I can expect?
Is it better or worser than 4.4.3?
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Currently battery is at 60% and sot is at 2h30min, which is more than enough for me. Idle drain I don't know about.

evilracer123 said:
Currently battery is at 60% and sot is at 2h30min, which is more than enough for me. Idle drain I don't know about.
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2.5 hours with 60% Battery Left - That is very good.
I upgraded only today early morning with literally no extra applications installed except WhatsApp. In fact, with Titanium Backup, I uninstalled few Google and Yota Apps which I never use. Waiting to evaluate the battery life in few days.

Hi there,
EPD + GPS for sunlight-navigation sounds like a good idea with the yotaphone 2. Especially in direct sunlight.
I had great experiences with that phone regarding battery life using EPD only.
BUT you should keep in mind that yotaphone has a rather small battery (2500mAh) compared to similar phones on the market at the moment.
GPS navigation uses alot of power for GPS itself and CPU power for navigation. So a normal screen would only cause 30-40% on normal displays with full brightness in summary.
If you compare pure battery power with other cheap phones like xiaomi redmi 4 pro/prime (4200mAh) and a decent LCD IPS this could also work out for you + better bad light/night time usability.
€dit: would still go with the yotaphone since it has a galaxy S5 grade AMOLED display

LG Spirit H440AR's short lasting battery

Hey everybody.
I got this phone from my father who got himself a Samsung J1 Ace from my mother, and I must say it's really good, fast and reliable. However, I am noticing a very bad battery life on it that I'm not sure may be of normal reasons, (Wi-Fi and having apps open almost all the time, though I close all non-active) was not fully charged when the battery was new, (I asked my father about it, he said he did to 100% but then the other day he said my mother pulled the plug) or the battery is screwed up.
My normal battery life duration at 100% in the Battery panel says about +5 hours of battery life. This opens me a question, because I had a LG Optimus L2 with a 1540 mAh battery and this phone is a 2100 mAh one, and the LG Optimus lasted me about a day non-stop.
There was also one time where the battery was about of 88% and it said 12+ hours, but then it went back to say +5 when I was charging it.
Should I get a new battery? Is this normal at all? My routines are: YouTube videos, Wi-Fi, Battery Saver (built-in, not those shabby apps) and brightness to 0%.

After a year of use, mine last for about a full day (Much less nowadays with PokemonGO T.T )
If it has LP (as you are from Argentina) you could do a Factory Reset, root it (Kingroot) and install Greenify. If you fell safe enough you can upgrade it to MM [but there is no root for MM], there are many tutorials here on how to do it, that could improve your battery life in case that the problem isn't the battery itself.
Getting a fairly good quality battery in Argentina, from my experience, it's quite difficult so I would stick to the original one.

Thanks for your answer . Have you been able to update this phone to Marshmallow without rooting methods? If so, how? I check every day in the LG Updating Center but I never catch the update.

Hoozang said:
Thanks for your answer . Have you been able to update this phone to Marshmallow without rooting methods? If so, how? I check every day in the LG Updating Center but I never catch the update.
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Cause MM fota update isn't available for all regions. i. e. I'm from Argentina and the last update for me is LL v10d. So, to get MM I had to do it via LGUP
In this forum there is a complete guide about how to do it.

Is Downgrade Possible on N910C?

Hello,
So I've been wanting to downgrade back to android 4.4.4 mainly for better battery performance, because ever since it went 5.0.1 and up the battery went downhill fast. However, I've been reading that the N910C got a locked bootloader after android 5.1.1, is there anyway to downgrade the bootloader so I could downgrade to android 4.4.4?
Thank you in advance!

Rimv911 said:
Hello,
So I've been wanting to downgrade back to android 4.4.4 mainly for better battery performance, because ever since it went 5.0.1 and up the battery went downhill fast. However, I've been reading that the N910C got a locked bootloader after android 5.1.1, is there anyway to downgrade the bootloader so I could downgrade to android 4.4.4?
Thank you in advance!
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Downgrade is impossible lower that 5.1.1

Maybe it's just time for a new battery?

Kinsman-UK said:
Maybe it's just time for a new battery?
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Yes that's true i was also frustrated from battery life on marshmallow but since i bought new battery everything is good and even better.

Trex888 said:
Yes that's true i was also frustrated from battery life on marshmallow but since i bought new battery everything is good and even better.
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My battery is 2 months old, nothing has changed since I replaced my 2 year old original battery with the new one, except the phone doesn't turn off randomly at 30% now.

Rimv911 said:
My battery is 2 months old, nothing has changed since I replaced my 2 year old original battery with the new one, except the phone doesn't turn off randomly at 30% now.
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You got powersaving mode,ultra powersaving mode,USE THEM dude while your device in pocket or on idle.
I got 5+ hours screen on time .
Disable touch vibration
Disable keypad light.
Reduce brightness manually.
Turnoff gps,wifi,mobile data, when you are not using phone.
Use dark black wallpaper.
Remove widgets from homescreen.
Use greenify to hibernate apps.
Uninstall/disable apps you dont use.
Your battery is perfect just you have to be smart how to save.

Rimv911 said:
My battery is 2 months old, nothing has changed since I replaced my 2 year old original battery with the new one, except the phone doesn't turn off randomly at 30% now.
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Make sure the new battery is purchased direct from Samsung or a reputable carrier, or get a Powerbear or Anker. Lots of fakes/cheap rubbish about.
I'm on Marshmallow and get 5-6 hours screen on time with WiFi and Bluetooth on all day. 6 month old battery from Samsung UK.

Trex888 said:
Yes that's true i was also frustrated from battery life on marshmallow but since i bought new battery everything is good and even better.
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Trex888 said:
You got powersaving mode,ultra powersaving mode,USE THEM dude while your device in pocket or on idle.
I got 5+ hours screen on time .
Disable touch vibration
Disable keypad light.
Reduce brightness manually.
Turnoff gps,wifi,mobile data, when you are not using phone.
Use dark black wallpaper.
Remove widgets from homescreen.
Use greenify to hibernate apps.
Uninstall/disable apps you dont use.
Your battery is perfect just you have to be smart how to save.
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Brand new OEM battery and believe me when I say I tried tu use the damn phone in a most efficient way possible, even airplane mode when not in use, same crap, terrible battery life. When I bought it couple months after release, with 4.4.4 the battery was just amazing, like 10-12 hours of screen on time, now I barely get 2 hours with EVERYTHING on power saving mode and MAX EFFICIENCY use battery wise...

Rimv911 said:
Brand new OEM battery and believe me when I say I tried tu use the damn phone in a most efficient way possible, even airplane mode when not in use, same crap, terrible battery life. When I bought it couple months after release, with 4.4.4 the battery was just amazing, like 10-12 hours of screen on time, now I barely get 2 hours with EVERYTHING on power saving mode and MAX EFFICIENCY use battery wise...
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I donno about n910c but i have n910t and i tried every single rom kk lollipop mm maximum screen on time i get 5 hours on kitkat and mm 4.5 hours and the worse is lollipop 3 hours.

I went all the way from 4.4.4 to 6.0.1 update by update as they were rolled out, every single update it got worse and worse, 5.0.1 was just obnoxiously terrible, then 5.1.1 kinda bit better compared to 5.0.1 but still crap, 6.0.1 brought in Doze, but that didn't seem to affect anything too much, so pretty much from 5.0.1 forward, battery is just stupidly terrible, I charge the phone 3 times a day on average...

Nexus 6p stand by battery life on pure nexus

Hello everyone , hope y'all doin good.
I got a question. I got my 6p a new rom , purenexus... Flashed a new kernel (elementalx). I did it yesterday , but today morning , I woke up , on 100% , unplug my phone , put it on my pocket and 2 hours latter , I had like 96%. This is a massive decrease over stock Android when it came outta the box. Can someone tell me if this is normal or not , or what shall I do to get the impressive 1 month on stand by that I had (phone was on 70% , broke the screen , didn't touch it , repaired it , when I turned it back on , it was on 37% , for a whole month+). What shall I do to get the best outta stand by time ?

Get pure nexus Jan 21st build flash Franco then apply wingoku profile 2.1 with ex kernel manager and you'll be flying with the best battery life

DavidSantos said:
Hello everyone , hope y'all doin good. I got a question. I got my 6p a new rom , purenexus... Flashed a new kernel (elementalx). I did it yesterday , but today morning , I woke up , on 100% , unplug my phone , put it on my pocket and 2 hours latter , I had like 96%. This is a massive decrease over stock Android when it came outta the box. Can someone tell me if this is normal or not , or what shall I do to get the impressive 1 month on stand by that I had (phone was on 70% , broke the screen , didn't touch it , repaired it , when I turned it back on , it was on 37% , for a whole month+). What shall I do to get the best outta stand by time ?
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Check your battery capacity with Accubattery. Run it a few times. Your battery may be degraded like many other ppl out there. To rule out the ROM itself, flash stock and compare.

v12xke said:
Check your battery capacity with Accubattery. Run it a few times. Your battery may be degraded like many other ppl out there. To rule out the ROM itself, flash stock and compare.
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Everything with the battery is ok , just got to get a good standby time , does anyone has any tips ?

Well, how many apps have you installed I the last 24 hours? Maybe all your apps are optimizing possibly?
What do you have running?
Any chance you were playing music?
Did the phone have a y heat to it when you took it out your pocket?
Also... I always felt that the first 1-5% goes really fast.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

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Everything with the battery is ok , just got to get a good standby time , does anyone has any tips ?
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Ha Ha, what is your measured capacity with Accubattery? Probably thousands of ppl are having degraded battery problems. If you are looking for a limited PN fanboy response, why not just post in the dedicated PN sub-forum? You have a battery drain problem but apparently don't want to run a battery diagnostic to find out where the problem really lies, or flash to stock and find out if your custom ROM is the cause. A "tip" is not going to cure your problem. It requires homework.
Edit: Another issue is that the 6P is inaccurate at reporting 100% charging. Your device may charge for up to an hour longer to actually be full on the stock charger after showing 100%. What you see as fully charged may not be.

I left Pure Nexus because battery life was very poor compared to stock and Cortex. I thought it might stabilize after a couple days but the poor battery life was a constant and I was not the only person having that issue. I was running PN with Flash Kernel and Flash's profile. You will get better battery life with Franco Kernel but with noticable negative effect on the performance of your phone. You could always try Francos Naptime app which puts your phone into deep doze as soon as the screen goes off but I didn't personally care for the app. You might want to consider a different Rom if battery life is very concerning to you. I'm currently on Dirty Unicorns with Flash Kernel and I'm getting better battery life than Pure Nexus but not as good as Cortex. The problem with Cortex is that you have to use Flash Kernel to get good battery life and there is no OMS support. When Substratum stopped working in Legacy Mode (again) I decided to switch to a Rom with OMS support.