As someone who has tried (and failed) to switch from iOS to Android in the past, I feel I should share this with other who maybe have the same problem.
I have tried some many android devices, HTC, Galaxy S, S2 then S3. Galaxy Note, you name it I've gave it a go.
Problem I always had was that it was too laggy or had too many things missing for me that I loved about iOS
I have once again taken the plunge with the Nexus 4.
I LOVE this phone. LOVE. It is everything a phone should be, to a point. It's the best android phone i've ever owned. I hate the look of touchwiz, never a massive fan of sense, the sheer beauty of the "people" app, should be enough to tell you that google has ARRIVED.
My only bug bears are the obvious lack of storage, which i'm actually doing suprisngly well with, like I have an N7 which I watch films / tv shows on, so the N4 is basically for music, along with spotify it's working like a dream (also have google play with 16,000 songs, which is working well, although download speeds are awful)
The other biggy, and this is the one is the battery life, I've tried franco kernel, cm10, stock kernel, etc etc. There's no two ways about it, with the screen turned on and using 3G it EATS the battery and that saddens me a lot. I'm lucky that I can charge it at work, but lordy lordy lord does it eat a lot. It's a shame, I'm hoping in the future they'll be a fix for this, I mean it's not a show stopper, but it's more annoying than anything else, seeing the battery go down as you use it for browsing and listening to music etc
Other than that, I think I've finally done it, I've finally broken the iOS spell and made the move. I'm delighted, the phone is lovely to look at, lovely to hold and use (and actually works unlike my f*cking iphone which dropped calls left right and centre)
I'm chuffed
Congrats man. It's pretty normal for a new phone to have horrible battery life at first, but then to get a big improvement with software updates.
Suprised that Franco's kernel isn't helping you though.
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Congrats man. It's pretty normal for a new phone to have horrible battery life at first, but then to get a big improvement with software updates.
Suprised that Franco's kernel isn't helping you though.
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Am wondering if maybe it's something im doing wrong. I may well try and do anything wipe and re-install from scratch etc
Appreciate the reply.
Just switched from galaxy nexus running 4.2 to the iPhone 5. Not sure what to do, spent a bunch on the phone missing android big time.
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How long would u say the nexus 4 is lasting u? Full day?
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Just switched from galaxy nexus running 4.2 to the iPhone 5. Not sure what to do, spent a bunch on the phone missing android big time.
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How long would u say the nexus 4 is lasting u? Full day?
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yeah im getting a full day probably, but it's obviously dependant on use.
try faux kernel. undervolt by -100mv on all frequencies, lower your max frequency to 1134, and change governor to intellidemand. you should see better battery life then:thumbup:
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try faux kernel. undervolt by -100mv on all frequencies, lower your max frequency to 1134, and change governor to intellidemand. you should see better battery life then:thumbup:
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okay .... i'll give it a go, dont suppose you have a link to faux kernel app do you?
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okay .... i'll give it a go, dont suppose you have a link to faux kernel app do you?
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faux kernel app is a paid app on the play store. i use trickster mod to change frequency/governor, and system tuner to change voltages. both are free from the play store. just remember to hit the"apply" button if you use trickster mod. also use one of faux's latest beta kernels. I think its up to 003b10
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faux kernel app is a paid app on the play store. i use trickster mod to change frequency/governor, and system tuner to change voltages. both are free from the play store. just remember to hit the"apply" button if you use trickster mod
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ahh thanks man, appreciate the help
I cant help but think though, that phone manufacturers should stop worrying about siz and weight and just stick a slightly better battery in. I mean a couple off mm and a few grams is hardly gonna put people off buying a phone.
I know for me the first thing i look at is "Battery Life" not size and weight.
I mean look at the iphone 5, it's too ****ing thin, make it the same size as 4s and stick a bigger battery in ffs
Definitely I know for myself that I'm happy with anything below 1.5cm which we know would give a lot more battery life,shame we are stuck with manufacturer's going for thinner phones and the only company to buck the trend is Motorola however their phones currently suck .
Battery life is improving for me I have narrowed it down to the radio, it seems mobile data destroys it much more than ant other phone I have used...WiFi performance is amazing and idle well I can say its the best. This was on the matr1x 4.0 kernel, not stock however.
Not sure why mobile data kills this device but WiFi efficiency is through the roof at least
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faux kernel app is a paid app on the play store. i use trickster mod to change frequency/governor, and system tuner to change voltages. both are free from the play store. just remember to hit the"apply" button if you use trickster mod. also use one of faux's latest beta kernels. I think its up to 003b10
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hi
have installed faux kernel changed the first couple in trickster but am unsure of how and what to change voltage wise in system tuner ???
any advice ?
Battery life is definitely a problem when using a phone with mobile data on. That's Google's mistake with android 4.2 and hopefully be fixed on 4.2.2.
Also congrats on moving to Android. I also moved from iPhone to android. To nexus s to be exact. The experience wasn't lag free but it did what I needed to and I loved the customization that android brought. Since then, been using android, but only nexus devices as I love pure android look
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I cant help but think though, that phone manufacturers should stop worrying about siz and weight and just stick a slightly better battery in. I mean a couple off mm and a few grams is hardly gonna put people off buying a phone.
I know for me the first thing i look at is "Battery Life" not size and weight.
I mean look at the iphone 5, it's too ****ing thin, make it the same size as 4s and stick a bigger battery in ffs
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you realize that the iPhone's battery is about 1400 mAh right? the secret here is an efficient yet limited software.
that's not to say that the 2100 mAh is not big enough for an Android device. it should do just as good if not better than the S3, which has a similar sized battery. something certainly is not working as intended. some say a buggy radio, others speak of the 4.2 and hardware not optimized. whatever it is, i am hopeful that a software update will take care of it.
i generally agree with the OP, i don't see myself using skinned Android anymore. stock android>IOS>skinned android.
Vanilla android >jail broken iOS>90" TV's
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have installed faux kernel changed the first couple in trickster but am unsure of how and what to change voltage wise in system tuner ???
any advice ?
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open system tuner, press the voltage button, the first voltage (384) should be 900mv. press the -12.5mv a few times until that first one says 800mv, now they're all lowered by 100 you can go further if you want, some chips can handle -150 no problem. but in my experience 100 is pretty safe and enough to notice a difference in battery
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Android is already better than iOS in terms of users anyway, I would like to just pick at the part of Jobs making the touchscreen...he didnt it was infact HTC that made the first capacitive touchscreen device, Apple just put together all the same hardware 5 years later and marketed the crap out of it which is great its typical apple and now we have an amazing market where Android exists and these high end smartphones are popular and back in the market .
That's apple all over though really isnt it
I mean archos brought out an Mp3 player with video about 3 years before apple did it on the ipod, apple then claimed they invented that, along with the wheel, dinosaurs, and the earth
If you guys are worried about the battery I highly recommend an external battery pack. I know they look sorta gimmicky like that stocking stuffer present you get and never use but there are some sleek looking ones that match the beauty of the nexus 4 and are easy to use. Its sorta like carrying another phone around in terms of weight/size.
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The op said he has access to a charger so what is the problem? It is not like we are in the woods.
You are using a personal computer. If you sit down and listen to music and have the screen on how long do you expect it to last?
I also listen to podcasts bit I know of I do this I will not get an entire day.
When I use the phone normally I get great battery life. Just go into your apps in the panel and look under running. Use titanium backup to freezing what you don't need.
Good luck..
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People have been saying that the Galaxy S actually come close to be an iPhone killer. Or it already has that I'm not sure of. But after using the SGS for almost a year now, I do feel that it is slow. Much much slower than iPhones.
However, it is okay if they aren't many apps. Everytime my SGS slows down, I would resort to factory reset and it would be okay until I start spamming downloads again.
This is totally contradictory to the iPhone. The lags I experience isn't major though. But it is annoying for sure and comparing to iPhones, I always feel like my phone is somehow underpowered. Anyone has the same experience? By the way, I'm using stock 2.3.4 JVQ.
You are right and wrong.
Sgs is not slow.
Based on your descrioption it appears that your problem only apears after you have installed lot of apps. I would bet this is because a lot of these apps have services running and auto load at startup.
The android platform's implementation of true multitasking does inherently introduce issues like lags when when critical resources like memory is depleted. Sgs only has 512mb ram. So when lots of services run in the background, it slows down and although it tries to free up ram, it can overwhelmed when all those apps tries to restart itself.
Task killers / autostarts app / kernel and tunings can only do so much based on my experience.
Best option is to be more selective with app download and what you really want to keep on the phone.
IPhone doesn't have true multitasking thus don't havr the same issue and appears faster. Of course the UI is GPU accelerated which helps.
So really depends how much you yourself multitask at then of the day and whether you need it. Many don't and thus find iPhone ideal.
Ice cream sandwich will bring gpu acceleration mainstream to android.
Still loving my sgs. I have an ipad2 which I also love but squirm when I wanted it to multitask.
My 2 cents sharing
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I started answering OP's question, but I it's pretty much the same thing you said...
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I started answering OP's question, but I it's pretty much the same thing you said...
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LOL same here
Personal opinion - I enjoy customizing the phone, flashing and changing things, right now I'm on MIUI Mint Berry Edition 1.10.28 and it's fast, behaves very well and I really can´t complain.
If you don't like customizing and "owning" your phone, that way I believe you would prefer the Iphone because in terms of sock stuff it behaves very well.
Those are different phones, people have different taste you have pros and cons on both sides
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Personal opinion - I enjoy customizing the phone, flashing and changing things, right now I'm on MIUI Mint Berry Edition 1.10.28 and it's fast, behaves very well and I really can´t complain.
If you don't like customizing and "owning" your phone, that way I believe you would prefer the Iphone because in terms of sock stuff it behaves very well.
Those are different phones, people have different taste you have pros and cons on both sides
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This man knows his stuff.
Apple clock their processors very high but Samsung don't. That's why many people report their iPod touch or their iPhone getting very hot and then starts smoking. I read on a tech site nearly 10 months ago that a Guy bought a iPod touch and some days later while listening music it started smoking then he went to apple store aand they gave him a new one , this happened to that Guy 4 Times and he got a new i pod touch everytime and had loose his data again and again everytime they gave him a new one. You can call that Guy unlucky but still it happened to him, so apple just wants to get the best out of their devices even though they start burning and you can cook food on them. I use doctorz rom and haven't faced even a single lag on the latest v8.1
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Apple clock their processors very high but Samsung don't. That's why many people report their iPod touch or their iPhone getting very hot and then starts smoking. I read on a tech site nearly 10 months ago that a Guy bought a iPod touch and some days later while listening music it started smoking then he went to apple store aand they gave him a new one , this happened to that Guy 4 Times and he got a new i pod touch everytime and had loose his data again and again everytime they gave him a new one. You can call that Guy unlucky but still it happened to him, so apple just wants to get the best out of their devices even though they start burning and you can cook food on them. I use doctorz rom and haven't faced even a single lag on the latest v8.1
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Whoa.
I'm pretty sure Apple underclocks more than overclocks the majority of their devices. I read that the iPhone 4S, for example, was underclocked to 800MHz (from 1000MHz, I'm assuming).
I don't think so it maybe different for iPhone 4s. As its dual core also has more ram.
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I don't think so it maybe different for iPhone 4s. As its dual core also has more ram.
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I don't know if Wikipedia is a good enough source for you, but it says so right under the Wikipedia article for Underclocking.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underclocking
"Most smartphones and PDAs, such as the Motorola Droid, Palm Pre, and Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s, use the "underclocking" of a more powerful processor, rather than the full clocking of a less powerful processor, to maximize battery life. The designers for such mobile devices often discover that a slower processor gives worse battery life than a more powerful processor at a lower clock rate. They select a processor on the basis of the performance per watt of the processor."
I'm sure you could find more credible sources if you googled it.
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People have been saying that the Galaxy S actually come close to be an iPhone killer. Or it already has that I'm not sure of. But after using the SGS for almost a year now, I do feel that it is slow. Much much slower than iPhones.
However, it is okay if they aren't many apps. Everytime my SGS slows down, I would resort to factory reset and it would be okay until I start spamming downloads again.
This is totally contradictory to the iPhone. The lags I experience isn't major though. But it is annoying for sure and comparing to iPhones, I always feel like my phone is somehow underpowered. Anyone has the same experience? By the way, I'm using stock 2.3.4 JVQ.
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If you want smoothness and no lag, just flash froyo 2.2.1.
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If you want smoothness and no lag, just flash froyo 2.2.1.
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I keep hearing this and i want to try it for myself which froyo rom would you recommend?
I heard that a lot too. But I have friends running on 2.2.1 asked me to help them to get their device to 2.3.3/2.3.4. The reason they gave me was that their phones are much laggier than mine.
So, i have been secretly venturing deep inside P970. So this is what i have found:
These are two phones specs:
Optimus Black
1GHz ARMv7 Rev71 Proccessor
Two Types
FOP CM9 SUPERCHARGED
CM7 SUPERCHARGED, KICKEDASS KERNELISED & 3G SUPERCHARGED
iPhone 4S
1GHz Dual Core A5 chip (UV To 800MHz)
iOS 6 Beta 3
These reviews will be against Apple iPhone. (Apple will be the hit ratio)
GRAPHICS
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The Optimus black's Graphics rendering is the same as iPhone 4.
After bringing it to CM7, It renders thrice as fast, almost reaching the 4S
9/10 = So after ICS(FOP) it surpassed the 4S. But you will need to Supercharge.
SPEED
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The TI OMAP 3630 Is our hatred. It has caused many problems for us but was the best of its kind a year ago. What renders it useless in ICS?? The styroscopic Driver, which has caused Camera issues. But in overall, it is fast with a maximum 1GHz of speed
The iPhone 4S' Dual Core A5 Chip, Renders itself the fastest of its kind. But sadly, it is reduced of its maximum performance to 800MHz from 1GHz to conserve battery life. In overall, the OB has an advantage of 200MHz. But in reality, A5 Chip has something unknown inside to render its speed much faster than a 800MHz capable Chip. Making the 4S a tie with OB.
10/10 = At CM7 SUPERCHARGED
NETWORKING
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OB, Like any other phone, is capable of CDMA and GSM. But is so common. Therefore it shall lose in this comparison.
The 4S has 2 antennaes that can intelligently switch between each other for downloads, reaching a 4G capable phone speed. This makes OB Lose upside down. BUT. THE 4S GETS OWNED THIS TIME BY 3G SUPERCHARGER. Bringing OB up to 32MBps and winning an LTE Speed.
12/10 = CM7 3G SUPERCHARGED.
More will be up!! Suggest whatever category you want and i will stage a test immediately!
Next up:
RAM
BOOT SPEED
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I wanna know how to supercharge.... ive tried so hard, someone should just include it in their roms or someone should work on an easy package so we can have SOMETHING to look forward to while camera is being impossible
Dude... what is this? Everyone knows the iPhone 4s is better than the LG OB, example: gaming and performance and the screen. The iPhone can run all games very smooth and iOS is just simply smooth. So why compare them? If you had the choise everyone, who has brains, would choose the 4s over the LG OB..
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Dude... what is this? Everyone knows the iPhone 4s is better than the LG OB, example: gaming and performance and the screen. The iPhone can run all games very smooth and iOS is just simply smooth. So why compare them? If you had the choise everyone, who has brains, would choose the 4s over the LG OB..
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I wouldn't
And the 4s plays the games smooth becasue it is made for that specific device.
Not like android that has several 100 or even tousands devices.
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I wouldn't
And the 4s plays the games smooth becasue it is made for that specific device.
Not like android that has several 100 or even tousands devices.
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You're crazy if you would choose a OB over a 4s.
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You're crazy if you would choose a OB over a 4s.
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You're crazy to consider iPhone better than OB.
Games on iPhone/iPad are made specifically for these devices and, when you run a today game on an older iDevice, look closely at it, it will lag. A lot.
Games on Android are made for Resolutions (MDPI, HDPI, XHDPI, ...) and not for each specs (except for some CPUs, but again, not for specific devices) so it will run perfect on a SGS(hit) III, and will lag on OB, because of the lower specs (and in some case, because of the constructor firmware). Don't blame OB, blame Android. (But I love Android, I'm not saying here that it is a bad platform, it is by far the best one, far ahead iOS, WP, webOS, and other ones.)
I had the choice between an iPhone 4 and OB, and as every geek would do, I chose OB, not because of the specs, but because of Android.
That's the point.
Nobody is crazy or wrong, everyone is different.
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You're crazy to consider iPhone better than OB.
Games on iPhone/iPad are made specifically for these devices and, when you run a today game on an older iDevice, look closely at it, it will lag. A lot.
Games on Android are made for Resolutions (MDPI, HDPI, XHDPI, ...) and not for each specs (except for some CPUs, but again, not for specific devices) so it will run perfect on a SGS(hit) III, and will lag on OB, because of the lower specs (and in some case, because of the constructor firmware). Don't blame OB, blame Android. (But I love Android, I'm not saying here that it is a bad platform, it is by far the best one, far ahead iOS, WP, webOS, and other ones.)
I had the choice between an iPhone 4 and OB, and as every geek would do, I chose OB, not because of the specs, but because of Android.
That's the point.
Nobody is crazy or wrong, everyone is different.
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I'd have taken the 4s, sold it and bought a better android phone. :bbb
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You're crazy to consider iPhone better than OB.
Games on iPhone/iPad are made specifically for these devices and, when you run a today game on an older iDevice, look closely at it, it will lag. A lot.
Games on Android are made for Resolutions (MDPI, HDPI, XHDPI, ...) and not for each specs (except for some CPUs, but again, not for specific devices) so it will run perfect on a SGS(hit) III, and will lag on OB, because of the lower specs (and in some case, because of the constructor firmware). Don't blame OB, blame Android. (But I love Android, I'm not saying here that it is a bad platform, it is by far the best one, far ahead iOS, WP, webOS, and other ones.)
I had the choice between an iPhone 4 and OB, and as every geek would do, I chose OB, not because of the specs, but because of Android.
That's the point.
Nobody is crazy or wrong, everyone is different.
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So your choosing lag, slow updates and less games over smoothness, fast updates, more games, better camera and screen etc? Don't get me wrong, i love Android aswell but you gotta be real. If it was between an GS3 and a 4s the decision was way more difficult.
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So your choosing lag, slow updates and less games over smoothness, fast updates, more games, better camera and screen etc? Don't get me wrong, i love Android aswell but you gotta be real. If it was between an GS3 and a 4s the decision was way more difficult.
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Let me ask you a simple question. Do you like to mod your phone to your preference and to whatever you like?? If yes, then Android is the choice. iOS Can only do stupid repos you cant even change much of its looks. Unlike android. I can even change it to look 99% like WP7.5
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Choosing between GS3 and 4s is not too difficult, GS3 way better than 4s
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Let me ask you a simple question. Do you like to mod your phone to your preference and to whatever you like?? If yes, then Android is the choice. iOS Can only do stupid repos you cant even change much of its looks. Unlike android. I can even change it to look 99% like WP7.5
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Hey! Did you know that you can set a custom wallpaper on the lockscreen and desktop on iPhones? hahaha ok just trolling.
on topic: iPhones are stupid. I can't stand the fact that most of my friends have an iPhone and everytime we meet they're waiting for my phone's new look while they are stuck with one look. Expensive useless crap Compared OB with my pal's iphone 4 and the iPhone couldn't keep up with the OB. just sayin'
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Hey! Did you know that you can set a custom wallpaper on the lockscreen and desktop on iPhones? hahaha ok just trolling.
on topic: iPhones are stupid. I can't stand the fact that most of my friends have an iPhone and everytime we meet they're waiting for my phone's new look while they are stuck with one look. Expensive useless crap Compared OB with my pal's iphone 4 and the iPhone couldn't keep up with the OB. just sayin'
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I used to have an iDevice, and i so much modded it that I ended up making it dual booting Android
It looked so minimal and so sleek, but that was the good times of Installer4 and iPhone OS 2.2.1
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I just want to say one thing that I love Android...
And the fact is that any open source OS will provide much customization in future also.
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I'd have taken the 4s, sold it and bought a better android phone. :bbb
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That was i i was thinking about right now
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That was i i was thinking about right now
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iPhone is bad as its iOS is only for iProducts. Android is widespread having many more customisations than iOS. So, thats why Android is booming now. And why did i get OB?? I was intrigue of the 700 nits NOVA. And of course, our cute mascots of the OS. iOS Doesent even have a mascot. -_- boring.
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iPhone is bad as its iOS is only for iProducts. Android is widespread having many more customisations than iOS. So, thats why Android is booming now. And why did i get OB?? I was intrigue of the 700 nits NOVA. And of course, our cute mascots of the OS. iOS Doesent even have a mascot. -_- boring.
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As far as I remember SoulExertz, you wanted to port Jelly Bean to OB. Then you were looking for developers to help you with the kernel stuff.
Then you wanted to make a light ROM based on android 1.6 for OB. Then you said that you're going to fix the camera to help FOP team finish their CM9 project. Now you keep spamming the forums with your bull**** worthless threads.
Just quit trolling.
He's just a thanks meter whore.
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As far as I remember SoulExertz, you wanted to port Jelly Bean to OB. Then you were looking for developers to help you with the kernel stuff.
Then you wanted to make a light ROM based on android 1.6 for OB. Then you said that you're going to fix the camera to help FOP team finish their CM9 project. Now you keep spamming the forums with your bull**** worthless threads.
Just quit trolling.
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I can prove it to you. Im gonna release ALL three things in November. WITH NO BUGS
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He's just a thanks meter *****.
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Get a life. If you are working, you will understand how busy it is.
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Hi guys,im new to xda dev.So guide me throughout my life here..Okay erm,so my question is how do i make my galaxy ace run faster in ways like the speed of booting,loading games and stuffs like that.Please answer my question.
Thanks in advance seniors:good:
buy a S2.
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read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493377
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768181
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655823
Not a ton. The ace isn't the fastest phone (800mhz processor stock). If you want a faster phone, I suggest a new one.
Anyway, first is overclocking the processor. The highest stable I think I've seen is 921mhz. This however ends up killing your battery (works the other way around too). For this you need an overclockable kernal (I don't know how to do it or where to get it lol). Another thing you can do is remove useless apps (so thinks like email, Gmail, maps and things that aren't usually used). This will free up some RAM and make sure that you don't have many apps running in the background at the same time. Speaking of RAM, get an app to manage that as well. Don't know how effective it truly is, but its something to do. Get rid of a few things like live wallpapers and FM radio as well as that's a lot of ram and CPU usage right there. Just look for key words in the title such as "light" (for useless apps being removed) and "OC kernal" (for the overclock) and hopefully you'll get what you are looking for.
Oye... I dunno.... I'm no pro at this (I'm not even a dev), but I'm just throwing out suggestions.
Anyway, use search, Google it, and experiment. Hopefully you can get some good performance from this cool little mid range device, but remember, its that, a midrange device. Not gonna beat the S3 anytime soon
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sell it and buy a nexus!
Buy a s3:|
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I own the Galaxy Ace, and there is no way you can make it faster.
I tried so much: Switching Custom ROMs, Uninstalling apps, Overclocking etc.
But they all don't work.
The Ace is cheap, you can't get something as fast as a Galaxy SIII or HTC One X for that price.
The thing is, it is faster or we think it is faster?
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Overclocking is very useful and as others have said, works in a ratio with battery. Once you have rooted your phone, find a custom ROM you like ( I recommend Apocalypse by Itsoulas - it is very, very fast and best for games) because they are brilliant at helping you do what you normally cannot on the stock rom.
Good luck and welcome to Xda! :beer:
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What Ace said is true, but my phone's battery life is already poor without overclocking.
First thing
Since when does the ace has legs ?
It cant run
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Its so easy
1. He wants the best performance right??yes.
So i would prefer the official stable cyanogenmod rom with some tweaks. And maybe not so usefull at all but also overclocking, like many of you said it before.
2. Come on guys we have an almost 2 years old ARMV6 device which was from the first release date since today a midrange or maybe lowend device. So please. Its natural that we cant compare it with quad core or dual core phones, in some cases even not with singlecore armv7 devices.
All in all its a sexy phone with iphone look and acceptable performance at all. AND its still cheap
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Hi I have recently purchased a 32gb nexus 7 and I have been having some issues with the battery since the 4.2.1 update, before this update I would get around a day on the battery no problem now I can't seem to get more than 16 hours at the most. My usage includes facebook at night for roughly 2 hours, moderate gaming during the day, and some web browsing in my spare time. All this was never a problem on 4.1 but in 4.2, the battery just seems redundant. I would like to hear your thoughts on your battery life on your nexus 7's thank you.
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How much gaming is moderate?
I noticed my governor was on interactive tonight, which was maxing the CPU even just by touching the screen, I thought my battery life seemed quite good though.
Anyway, I changed my governor to ondemand, and noticed that simply touching the screen only moves the CPU freq to 3-500mhz.. Which is fine for browsing etc... I have also played games, and I haven't noticed any lags... yet... But if there is a really hungry game that I do start to notice a lag in, I'll just put it back to interactive for that game, and meantime I should have better battery life.
Like I said, I only just changed this, so I'm yet to see how much better my battery does, but just from looking at CPU freqs I'd say there's gotta be a decent difference.
There's an idea for an app for some dev... Per app governer setting...
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I always had excellent battery life, no matter which android version.....
Do you use Google Currents? If not, stop the service and disable it completely.
Furthermore, please post a screenshot of your battery usage.
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dalanik said:
I always had excellent battery life, no matter which android version.....
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That's pretty damn impressive. How much screen on time is that?
On my second charge I got ~2.5d with about 4-5 hours of screen on (stock). More than satisfactory!
jasopan said:
That's pretty damn impressive. How much screen on time is that?
On my second charge I got ~2.5d with about 4-5 hours of screen on (stock). More than satisfactory!
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Looks like 0 screen on to me, device is sitting idle. Mine would last weeks from what I've seen in standby, but yeah, I use my Nexus 7...
knuckles1978 said:
How much gaming is moderate?
I noticed my governor was on interactive tonight, which was maxing the CPU even just by touching the screen, I thought my battery life seemed quite good though.
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Default governor is intended to max the CPU when you touch the screen, in fact it's an advertised feature for the Nexus 7. There could perhaps be a step up to a higher CPU then higher yet if needed, but the problem with that is you get jumpiness if you switch CPU speeds around when things are going on, like launcher swipes, games, etc.
Per-app governor is already easily done today in Tasker.
Aw man
MatDrOiD said:
Do you use Google Currents? If not, stop the service and disable it completely.
Furthermore, please post a screenshot of your battery usage.
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Hell naw, just set it to only sink on charge
That means I update my articles in the morning and evening only, and whenever else I plug it in.
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Thanks for that, I'll check it out. There is no performance loss when web browsing or similar tasks with the on demand, so I'll just use interactive for intensive games, and extend my battery a bit in that case.
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No I do not use Google currents at all, I can't understand how people get so much battery from it whereas I get hardly anything
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khaytsus said:
Looks like 0 screen on to me, device is sitting idle. Mine would last weeks from what I've seen in standby, but yeah, I use my Nexus 7...
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I was like 2 hours usage total. I used it only to check my mail and write some replies, check news and such...
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Well, I'm now a happy guy.
Downloaded tasker. I now have my pad set on ondemand for browsing and light duties only with a 1ghz cap which I cannot tell any difference from stock clock,, and then when I launch any intensive games I have tasker automatically overclocking to 1.5Ghz, changing governor to interactive and closing some stuff letting my pad concentrate on the job in hand without me having to do a single thing. Then when I exit my game, tasker automatically clocks back down again and puts the governor back to ondemand.
I also have it automatically only use Sync if the battery is above 40%. I'm liking tasker, and these are only very simple uses for it, some of the example ones are really cool. @khaytsus Thanks again for telling me about it, wouldn't have known otherwise. Now I want to get more into it and seeing what it can really do using the variables etc, and the appmaker.
Another thing about battery. I got my n7 as a US import to the UK, and just noticed today that the charger they supplied me was 700mA instead of 2A,, so I went and bought a UK to US adaptor so I could use the ASUS OEM one, and its charging loads faster, should be nearly 3 times and so far it does seem it. If I was playing a game while charging, say Vice City, before I was able to actually make my N7 lose charge. Not now. So anyone with the slow charge problem please just double check your charger, just in case,, there's probably someone else out there like me that just didn't bother looking and is using a 700mA one.
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Timed from 0% with the 2A charger. 2 hours from empty tank. That's more like it
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Wow! That was fast! Mine is 3 hours on the stock 4.2 rom and kernel..
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This is my battery life running latest CM 10.1 nightly and latest Franco kernel.
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Nice. I'm assuming there wasn't much gaming in your 8hrs of screen time. Still great battery life though. As long as I can do anything I like in the space of a day and be sure that I'm not going to run out then I'm happy.
I am still thinking of investing in one of those 10 or 12,000mAh battery packs though, just for times where I have to leave the house and haven't had the time to give it a full charge.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/EasyAcc-12000mAh-Portable-External-Battery/dp/B008YRG5JQ/ref=pd_sim_sbs_ce_2
http://www.amazon.co.uk/RAVPower®-D...Smartphones/dp/B00974FC2G/ref=pd_sim_sbs_ce_5
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I do not do a lot of gaming. Mostly browsing the web and reading forums. I am very satisfied with life like that for my uses.
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Stock 4.2.1, m-kernel' cpu1.3; gpu526; LP666. 6 hours of screen on time minimum. Just daily use, with light gaming ( safari ski, etc).
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ajrich80 said:
I do not do a lot of gaming. Mostly browsing the web and reading forums. I am very satisfied with life like that for my uses.
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what's your Franco kernel setup?
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My n7 with franco kernel r38 I get around 10-11 hours screen on time if I can keep off gta3
I am very disappointed with this device. Since I bought this phone always had problems.
Starting from overheating when I'm playing something.
Then the side of the device begins to peel.
Then mold spots appear on the screen.
Then this whole bootloader, rom buggy, etc.
If this device was really good, I do not feel the need to change rom and make the machine go through so many updates. The handset comes with manufacturing a critical bug in the camera. Among other problems. Now I finally got my braces bad time. If I can not fix it I have to leave for Samsung.
I'm no novice user. I've had three devices of Lg.
Lg Optimus One Phone = Bug Phone.
Lg Optimus 2x = Bug Phone.
And now the Lg Optimus 4x = Hd Bug Phone.
I am seriously evaluating getting a Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Visit the forum of this device in Xda. Hardly find complaints about it.
Lg P880 I bought this because it is cheaper, but now I find that cheap actually ends up costing too high.
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Mold spots? If that's true you can't really blame the phone 'cause moisture = mold.
Also, try playing games on any phone and it will get hot. This goes for literally any device on the planet.
Yes, it i was like to say.
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archie87 said:
Mold spots? If that's true you can't really blame the phone 'cause moisture = mold.
Also, try playing games on any phone and it will get hot. This goes for literally any device on the planet.
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But it isnt normal. The phone heats too much!
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Peeeling chrome.
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Yep same here the "quad core+1" tegra 3 "blazing fast" cpu is one real bad cpu to start with, it sucks for real tasks and overheats for that matter. the screen isn't like the other hd ips screens it has a yellow temperature tint unlike the others the blues look desaturated the most out of all the colors and it feels cheaply made.
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But it isnt normal. The phone heats too much!
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please define your "overheating"
overheating is when your device powers off, due to 90°C processor temperature...
the tegra 3 default throttle temp is 85°C, LG's is 71°C... i changed the value in my custom kernel to 80°C, so we can get a better performance also with high temps...
and have you ever been thinking what's working in your device? you've got 4 CPU cores and 1 GPU core... now think of a normal PC, what does a normal PC have, what a phone doesn't? right, a fan. or cooling in general. so the higher temps are completely normal...
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please define your "overheating"
overheating is when your device powers off, due to 90°C processor temperature...
the tegra 3 default throttle temp is 85°C, LG's is 71°C... i changed the value in my custom kernel to 80°C, so we can get a better performance also with high temps...
and have you ever been thinking what's working in your device? you've got 4 CPU cores and 1 GPU core... now think of a normal PC, what does a normal PC have, what a phone doesn't? right, a fan. or cooling in general. so the higher temps are completely normal...
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Yes, but it burn my fingers!
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Yes, but it burn my fingers!
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that's impossible... the phone shuts itself down before that...
Somewhere is problem. I have same phone, only problem is with the bubbles under screen but chrome line still like new, no overheating (max temp about 50° when playing games) and the screen for me much better then samoled (yes, i have s3 and change it - hate design and display absolutly unreadable outside).
And stock rom? Buggy? I havent any stopped aplication since i have this phone, lg launcher is really good.
For me, only bad is camera and sound output with stock player (so im using poweramp )
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S.M-A-RT said:
Somewhere is problem. I have same phone, only problem is with the bubbles under screen but chrome line still like new, no overheating (max temp about 50° when playing games) and the screen for me much better then samoled (yes, i have s3 and change it - hate design and display absolutly unreadable outside).
And stock rom? Buggy? I havent any stopped aplication since i have this phone, lg launcher is really good.
For me, only bad is camera and sound output with stock player (so im using poweramp )
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i've got these bubbles, too... but i don't care
but be careful with the temp, the temp you see is the battery temp, not the processor temp
Meh, another complaining thread.. Personally, I don't even care about and i predict i'm not alone with that.
If u don't like the phone, just sell it, what's the problem?
And i don't see any overheating problems, what are You launching, Crysis from PC?
I think this is the best phone for this price.many phones is the same like ours but cost too much.desighn is verry cool,we dont have many roms and kernels because we just unlocked ours bootloaders and i think we have to wait little more for more stuf.
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Play your games in the fridge! All quad cores get hot! The Samsung amoled screens are horrible! I fancy an s3 because I am a mobile gamer, but if kholks new kernel can give me the performance I was expecting then no way! Everything else about this phone is so much better than Samsung!
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If you have any problems like bubbles under the screen or excessive-myfingersareburning-overheating you should probably use your warranty and get this device checked by authorized personel. Personally, I had none of these problems you mentioned. Phone is rooted, bootloader is unlocked, CyanogenMod is happily running "under the hood". Stock ROM was pretty good for me, but CM is CM. You can't say 'no' to CM. If you don't like this phone, then sell it. Note 2 is indeed a powerful device, I'm sure that you'll be happy with it. But! This phone has yet to show its true power through custom ROMs and kernels. My old 2010 flagship - HTC Desire - got ROM with JB and Touchwiz5 powered by awesome custom kernel, so I really have no doubts that our O4X, which is 10 times stronger than Desire, will get some sick modifications sooner or later (starting with EternityProject kernel and CM 10.1). Cheers! :highfive:
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Meh, another complaining thread.. Personally, I don't even care about and i predict i'm not alone with that.
If u don't like the phone, just sell it, what's the problem?
And i don't see any overheating problems, what are You launching, Crysis from PC?
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yeah another one i think we been through a lot right reas0n
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I can't speak much of comparing the 4X to other phones as my last phone was some crappy chinese knock-off of a htc sensation. But my 4X is built very well (id like to see what you guys mention as 'bubbles' under your screen, was it like that since you brought it?) the phone does get ridiculously hot (you might have seen my thread about my screen suffering major distortion for a few hours, due to overheating while on ac charge ), but again well within tegra 3 specs (this this is stock clocked at 1.5ghz which is 200mhz higher than my tf300t tablet which has much more room to dissipate heat)
Im in love with the design of the phone, only issue i have is i feel the back button is on the wrong side but i use LMT launcher anyway(if you don't know what it is i suggest you look it up). The stock firmware was fine(no issues) other than feeling bloated, stock jellybean was slightly smoother and a bit lighter, CM10.1 is absolutely amazing and in my opinion increases the value of the phone drastically.
Just my take on it.....
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i've got these bubbles, too... but i don't care
but be careful with the temp, the temp you see is the battery temp, not the processor temp
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I know, I look at temperature shown in hidden menu > cpu usage.
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My last phone was a One X and this is on a par at least with that, except in gaming until I at least hope custom kernels will change that.
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JoinTheRealms said:
I can't speak much of comparing the 4X to other phones as my last phone was some crappy chinese knock-off of a htc sensation. But my 4X is built very well (id like to see what you guys mention as 'bubbles' under your screen, was it like that since you brought it?) the phone does get ridiculously hot (you might have seen my thread about my screen suffering major distortion for a few hours, due to overheating while on ac charge ), but again well within tegra 3 specs (this this is stock clocked at 1.5ghz which is 200mhz higher than my tf300t tablet which has much more room to dissipate heat)
Im in love with the design of the phone, only issue i have is i feel the back button is on the wrong side but i use LMT launcher anyway(if you don't know what it is i suggest you look it up). The stock firmware was fine(no issues) other than feeling bloated, stock jellybean was slightly smoother and a bit lighter, CM10.1 is absolutely amazing and in my opinion increases the value of the phone drastically.
Just my take on it.....
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the bubbles are like a user posted in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246826