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After some hours of googling i finally found a good running app which support the Sensors of our Watch .
-I didnt test it really because it is already dark out there . But tomorrow or on the weekend I will test it.
It seems to be better than Runtastic,
but you need to pay monthly to get all features.
Runtastic allows you to get most features for a one time fee (5$/€)
It looks like Endomondo can record it for free (Be sure to activate it under smartwatch settings) for a detail view of you heart you need to buy premium though.
I did not find any other App that support measuring your heartbeat while making sports.
Play Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.endomondo.android
I hope this thread helped you
I use run.gps full also measures heartbeat with sensor of my G Watch R (after selecting in setup)
Can read all necessary info on your watch during workout.
Best regards,
Niels
last i checked, Endomondo does not support the lg g watch r at all for recording heart rate or anything. only thing i could get it to do is start/stop the run.
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last i checked, Endomondo does not support the lg g watch r at all for recording heart rate or anything. only thing i could get it to do is start/stop the run.
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I thought the same thing too. I use Mapmyrun which just added Android Wear support. Seems to work great with my LG R watch. No heartrate support while running though. I just take at a few times during my run. easy enough..
If you have an LG phone (i.e. G3) the built it app (I think it's LG Fit rather than the LG Health app in the store) does this really well...but like I said, only on LG phones.
I used Strava before, but after seeing this, I started using Endomondo.
yes, it fully supports Android Wear, including the G watch R.
comparing it to Strava, the Endomondo wear UI is much nicer and it has that nice heartbeat tracking. However, the web UI is god awful!! Truly truly terrible!!!
Hope they will update it soon.
Niels78 said:
I use run.gps full also measures heartbeat with sensor of my G Watch R (after selecting in setup)
Can read all necessary info on your watch during workout.
Best regards,
Niels
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run.gps works only in bright mode. ...burn in?
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last i checked, Endomondo does not support the lg g watch r at all for recording heart rate or anything. only thing i could get it to do is start/stop the run.
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Endomondo works great with the "R" and has full heartbeat support when used during workouts. You just need to make sure you enable it in settings. It is not enabled by default. I used it daily and have for months. We have old threads here talking about Endomondo.
Endomondo and the LG G WATCH R
The watch has its own PGG based heart rate sensor (which doesn't work continuosly) and I want to purchase an external heart rate monitor like a Polar Bluetooth, which monitor will Endomondo use? Will Endomondo use the watch's monitor or the external (Polar)? Is there a way to override the watch's monitor because I prefer the external (Polar) and have a continuos heart reading? Would the watch display the external monitor's heart rate?
Thanks a Lot!!
Endomondo and the LG G WATCH R
_Beni_ said:
After some hours of googling i finally found a good running app which support the Sensors of our Watch .
-I didnt test it really because it is already dark out there . But tomorrow or on the weekend I will test it.
It seems to be better than Runtastic,
but you need to pay monthly to get all features.
Runtastic allows you to get most features for a one time fee (5$/€)
It looks like Endomondo can record it for free (Be sure to activate it under smartwatch settings) for a detail view of you heart you need to buy premium though.
I did not find any other App that support measuring your heartbeat while making sports.
I hope this thread helped you
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The watch has its own PGG based heart rate sensor (which doesn't work continuosly) and I want to purchase an external heart rate monitor like a Polar Bluetooth, which monitor will Endomondo use? Will Endomondo use the watch's monitor or the external (Polar)? Is there a way to override the watch's monitor because I prefer the external (Polar) and have a continuos heart reading? Would the watch display the external monitor's heart rate?
Thanks a Lot!!
I use the free version of Endomondo for cycling and it recognises and logs my heart rate all the time. It can be a bit laggy at times but works perfectly.
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Well, I am not sure about Android gear, but FITSO is the best fitness app i have ever seen.
I have basically tried every fitness app out there, and they are all feeding wrong data (distance) as I am quite sure when I run for 900 mtrs, Strava, Google fit and all the rest shows 1 km whereas only FITSO shows 900 mtr. I know it was 900 mtr as its a measured distance and written on milestone. Similar case has been there multiple times.
Also, most of awesome features are locked behind premium version of all other apps except fitso which offers all the training plans and workout plans free with virtual voice coach.
In short, you guys should try FITSO app.
What about RunnerUp?
Hearbeat works great with endomondo and gwatch r.
I recommend a very flexible silicone watchband for sports because its more accurate when tightly attached to your arm. Silicone band makes it still comfortable and easy to clean.
BTW: If you setup endomondo you have to wait for the watch to download the app and start/update once before you can toggle the heartrate sensor function
1st of all the device performance is not smooth at all, even in the simplest tasks, swiping pics in gallery for example is not 60hz smooth, I can see the stuttering.
2nd, for all the phones/tablets Ive ever owned I usually use about 50% screen brightness, for this tablet I needed to go for almost 90% to have the same brightness, 50% is simply too dark.
3rd, this one is my fav, because its beyond ridiculous, different apps have different screen brightness, for example, home screen is bright/normal then when I go to firefox it goes dimmer!!!
4th, unlocking the boatloader is a nightmare with the "The Huawei ID used to apply for the unlock code has not been used on the device for more than 14 days." error.
5th, battery charging is slow.
6th, since my screen is 90% all the time, well, battery life is gonna terrible, I think.
Go to power saving features and switch from smart to performance. Huawei still has the annoying method of changing display brightness depending on the app on the lower energy profiles. Especially annoying since Chrome is one of the apps that use a lower brightness. That should also fix some other performance issues you have.
Hey, thanks for the tips, I turned power saving off and ROG on and I am quite happy. I wasn't disappointed before (I was just replacing a Kindle HDX 7in.) but I am happier now. I just use it for books and streaming video no games.
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I never understood that power saving gimmick. It doesn't add much to the battery life and instantly sucks. I once send back a Huawei P7 because of the aggressive screen dimming and learned later that it can be turned off. I mean nowadays Chrome should be the most used app on any phone, why dimm the screen there?
Hope you enjoy your tablet now; one of the last things I dislike is the responsiveness of the screen and in another thread they just wrote about an incoming update to fix this. Yay
thanks for these remark, I think I will not buy this finally
the boatloader problem scare me
umibuzu said:
thanks for these remark, I think I will not buy this finally
the boatloader problem scare me
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@umibuzu For what it is worth, I got my unlock code right away. I did not encounter the 2 week message at all and the unlocking was a simple adb command.
"Huawei still has the annoying method of changing display brightness depending on the app on the lower energy profiles."
Thank you, this was really messing with my head.
I found that most android tablets take a couple of days to settle in. Although the power savings are okay, turning them off during this period will speed up the settling period. You may be able to turn the power savings back on after a couple of days. Good Luck! I'm waiting on mine from HK (wanted the international version with the phone capability).
The tablet is crap. I don't know why it's praised in reviews. No development - automatically utter useless crap. I think everyone on >XDA< will agree. Tablet for noobs.
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The tablet is crap. I don't know why it's praised in reviews. No development - automatically utter useless crap. I think everyone on >XDA< will agree. Tablet for noobs.
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Wow, you're such a cool guy...
Why not start developing yourself?
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Wow, you're such a cool guy...
Why not start developing yourself?
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but do i sound like crazy? I may as well start fighting with air.
If no one started, then it doesn't worth it.
Extreemator said:
The tablet is crap. I don't know why it's praised in reviews. No development - automatically utter useless crap. I think everyone on >XDA< will agree. Tablet for noobs.
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You don't see much development for devices that don't have a snapdragon cpu. I knew before I bought the Mediapad M3 not to expect much more than an unlocked bootloader and root. If you want custom roms you need to do some research on XDA BEFORE you buy and look for a device with active development. If you had checked this forum before you bought the Mediapad you would have seen there is no current rom development.
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ncguy68 said:
You don't see much development for devices that don't have a snapdragon cpu. I knew before I bought the Mediapad M3 not to expect much more than an unlocked bootloader and root. If you want custom roms you need to do some research on XDA BEFORE you buy and look for a device with active development. If you had checked this forum before you bought the Mediapad you would have seen there is no current rom development.
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I didn't. I looked for a replacement of nexus 7 ii. But cannot find it for more than a year. I just can't imagine being stuck with manufactures unterstock forever. Why anyone ever buy this. If you don't need development or this is for your granny that's knows how to push two buttons why bother just buy ipad
Just my 2 pence:
The price performance is good compared to other tablets especially compared to Samsung Galaxy tablets. The housing etc. is well crafted. It´s also perfect for (mobile) movie consumption, really good internal speakers (very impressive what Harman Kardon did here) and a bright 16:10/16:9 high resolution display. Most other tablets do use the 4:3 aspect ratio for their displays which is inconvenient and annoying for movie playback due to letterboxing. The 8" size is also perfect for mobile use, not as small as 7" but also not too big like a 10" Display. The tablet supports also HEVC/H265 playback which is not standard for most android tablets.
The original ROM is already on Android 6 and Nougat is in pipe so the tablet is not going to be outdated so soon. EMUI is probably not everyone´s favorite but in that case there should be enough alternative launchers available.
The tablet can be easily rooted, kernel sources and a TWRP are also available, so the base for an original android development is already there. XPosed can be installed and is working. The downside is the complicated bootloader unlocking due to the english webpage not properly working.
There had been reviews criticizing the perfomance of the Kirin 950 but this is IMHO due to using the intelligent power plan instead of the perfomance setting. I think the intelligent plan could be improved on Huawei´s side also concerning those automatic display brightness issues. But overall there is nothing I would consider as a no-go.
I've had my tablet now for about 36 hours. No it's not the latest software and no it's not the fastest hardware. But what I did right was found a model with the phone availability and while I'm not convinced I am getting LTE signal because I show hspa+ and at&t says the APN settings are right, I am truly more than happy with the capabilities of this tablet. I can use one device that I can physically see because the text is big enough and I don't have to carry a phone with me anymore. I love this thing and will use it as long as I can. My best suggestion is find a model that can make calls. It made my day and I bet it would make yours.
Extreemator said:
I didn't. I looked for a replacement of nexus 7 ii. But cannot find it for more than a year. I just can't imagine being stuck with manufactures unterstock forever. Why anyone ever buy this. If you don't need development or this is for your granny that's knows how to push two buttons why bother just buy ipad
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54 posts since 2011. Good work, tool.
Wysłane z mojego BTV-DL09 przy użyciu Tapatalka
have a problem with that tablet fingerprint sensor, it works when it wants and after a while the fingerprint sensor stops working. Even the menu settings disappears, fingerprint ID is gone when I restart the effect is zero only when I reset the factors it works but after a while the fingerprint sensor refuses to work again. Does anyone has the same problem? What should I do?
Calibaan said:
Just my 2 pence:
The price performance is good compared to other tablets especially compared to Samsung Galaxy tablets. The housing etc. is well crafted. It´s also perfect for (mobile) movie consumption, really good internal speakers (very impressive what Harman Kardon did here) and a bright 16:10/16:9 high resolution display. Most other tablets do use the 4:3 aspect ratio for their displays which is inconvenient and annoying for movie playback due to letterboxing. The 8" size is also perfect for mobile use, not as small as 7" but also not too big like a 10" Display. The tablet supports also HEVC/H265 playback which is not standard for most android tablets.
The original ROM is already on Android 6 and Nougat is in pipe so the tablet is not going to be outdated so soon. EMUI is probably not everyone´s favorite but in that case there should be enough alternative launchers available.
The tablet can be easily rooted, kernel sources and a TWRP are also available, so the base for an original android development is already there. XPosed can be installed and is working. The downside is the complicated bootloader unlocking due to the english webpage not properly working.
There had been reviews criticizing the perfomance of the Kirin 950 but this is IMHO due to using the intelligent power plan instead of the perfomance setting. I think the intelligent plan could be improved on Huawei´s side also concerning those automatic display brightness issues. But overall there is nothing I would consider as a no-go.
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Hi, thanks so much for this, I have just ordered my Huawei MediaPad M3 and since I consume a lot of content in H.265 format in 1080p I was a bit worried.
I'd like to confirm if you've used the MediaPad M3 for this purpose too? Have you experienced any lags or any other complaints you may have?
Many thanks in advance
Actually I´m using regularly mostly videos with h264 but I just tried also HEVC/h265 @ 1080p, for e.g. with this video encoding -> MediaInfo:
Code:
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format-Profil : [email protected]@Main
Codec-ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Dauer : 2 h 0 min
Bitrate : 1 734 kb/s
Breite : 1 920 Pixel
Höhe : 800 Pixel
Bildseitenverhältnis : 2,40:1
Modus der Bildwiederholungsrate : konstant
Bildwiederholungsrate : 23,976 (24000/1001) FPS
ColorSpace : YUV
ChromaSubsampling/String : 4:2:0
BitDepth/String : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.047
Stream-Größe : 1,46 GiB (39%)
Titel : *
verwendete Encoder-Bibliothek : x265 1.7+166-32590b25678b:[Windows][GCC 4.8.2][64 bit]
Kodierungseinstellungen : wpp / ctu=64 / min-cu-size=8 / max-tu-size=32 / tu-intra-depth=1 / tu-inter-depth=1 / me=3 / subme=3 / merange=57 / rect / no-amp / max-merge=3 / temporal-mvp / no-early-skip / rdpenalty=0 / no-tskip / no-tskip-fast / strong-intra-smoothing / no-lossless / no-cu-lossless / no-constrained-intra / no-fast-intra / open-gop / no-temporal-layers / interlace=0 / keyint=250 / min-keyint=23 / scenecut=40 / rc-lookahead=25 / lookahead-slices=0 / bframes=4 / bframe-bias=0 / b-adapt=2 / ref=3 / limit-refs=0 / no-weightp / no-weightb / aq-mode=1 / aq-strength=1.00 / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rd=4 / psy-rd=0.30 / rdoq-level=2 / psy-rdoq=1.00 / signhide / no-deblock / no-sao / no-sao-non-deblock / b-pyramid / cutree / rc=crf / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30
Default : Ja
Forced : Nein
Playback is running fine with BSPlayer using external codec. No artefacts etc. (see attached screenshot). Also the stock mediaplayer does play it fine but since the stock player does not support AAC audio codec that´s why I´m using BSPlayer.
lllnutslll said:
Hi, thanks so much for this, I have just ordered my Huawei MediaPad M3 and since I consume a lot of content in H.265 format in 1080p I was a bit worried.
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I've been using a MediaPad M3 for a week, replacing a frustratingly slow iPad 2. My phone for the last year has been an excellent Huawei P9, and since it is still as snappy as the day I got it (unlike my old Samsung Galaxy which was getting quite laggy between apps after a few months) , I decided the M3 was a good choice. And it is - it's really an overgrown P9, just as fast, but also great for watching videos on long haul flights. I've yet to find a file it couldn't play.
Only minor annoyances are the Micro USB plug, rather than Huawei's usual/newer Type C used in my P9, and the fingerprint sensor being a bit awkward at times - particularly during setup. While doing the initial finger/thumb scan, after you've scanned 50% and for it to 'see' the rest of your print, you're forced to position your finger/thumb way too close to the screen which then thinks you've tapped an [exit] from the scanning process. I really like my smaller P9's rear fingerprint sensor, but I guess on a phablet fingers don't naturally fall on any particular spot on the rear of the larger case.
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Honor has recently been putting out some great new phones. Their budget lineup currently consists of the Honor 7X and the Honor 9 Lite. The Honor 7X is one of our favorite budget phones right now, and has even become the best selling phone in the Amazon unlocked phones category. The Honor 9 Lite has just recently launched in India and is quickly gaining traction due to its super low price.
If you own either of these phones, this is your chance to win a Google Home Mini. Leave a short review in the comments of this article, detailing what your thoughts are on your phone so far. Talk about the camera, performance, battery life, display quality, or anything that you feel is noteworthy.
Honor listens closely to the XDA community and takes your opinions seriously, so now is your chance to tell them what you think. We will pick one lucky reviewer to win a Google Home Mini!
A beauty behold !
It's been eight days I BOUGHT it
USED it for alot of time until now.
COLOR is Midnight Black (personally wanted this, although other colors were tempting too)
Things that necessarily require mentions:
Network Bands (4g,3g,2g)
The network strength is perfectly fine, the signal doesn't fool. It correctly takes the receptivity to the exact extent needed, you wont loose any even in remote areas. If an iphone user has a network strength like one bit in his notification bar, you too are having surely. So, here network isn't a problem with this phone.
The Weight
In today world, we could be of carrying any weights, but when it comes to the phones, the weight really matters. If it's above 180g, boy, take it in written, so much pain in hand, soo much when talking calls, soo much in holding it straight infront. Soo much in pocket too. This phone instead is only 149g, which is excellently lightweight. The utmost benefit would be for people who waited for a phone which had good specs and stands equal to others of its range aswell. For the lightweight phones preferring people, finally the wait is over
Body Built
A strong phone doesnt mean an awesome phone. A weak phone doesnt mean poor quality. Firstly, one should know there is no such thing like strong or weak in phones of major brands. It is purely specs that decide to the needs of people and make phones accordingly. This phone has Severely flaunting looks. Totally an eye catcher. The glass back is soo beautiful & makes you want to look at it rather than looking at the screen most of the time
Display Screen
The 18:9 ratio is more than you can ask for in this phone. I mean, you are getting a 428ppi screen, what more do you want expect that huge clarity and detail in this price range and phone screen This looks more crisp than the any other budget phones, i guarantee you baby, its 428ppi, you donno how good the screen gets when its 428. Most of the phones were 403ppi and looked already good enough. This is much better now.
Platform
You are not in line, like before a person or after a person. You are right next to each other, like holding hands. Which means, you are in such a thing called " Happiness comes in all sizes and quantities :victory:." Because, its HiSilicon Kirin 659 in all the phones of the honor budget class range. Which would benefit you highly in performing without causing any complexities. Games are good to play, if one knows how to tweak better, then it's kickass
Memory
4GB and 64GB, is more than enough and perfect. You wont require more for this processor and budget.
Camera
This is the core purpose of this phone. Damn, the photos are soo good, sooooo good that you will for the first time find yourself have a true "Wow" reaction on your face when you snap them. Selfies are great aswell. People mentioned alot in the comments session in major sellers websites that the nighttime shots are horrible in the rear camera. You should know one thing, you aren't carrying a DSLR or HandyCAM, its your phone. its primary utility was to communicate. You are wrong to expect it to do well in a lowlight location. Not even a DSLR with a flash can be capable of better picture quality. Even professionals use heavy lights for the good feel in a photo when movies are made. So, a phone you are expecting to do this night capable photography job is totally a myth. Think once, there is no point of expecting some heavy landscape photography over night. Even James Cameron would shoot his film in the day with soo expensive cameras. If still you arent happy then when it's night time you want to snap something, its not phone you require, that's surveillance camera you need to carry with yourself having night vision lens :laugh:
Sound
That's loud. You will be totally fine with it. Just as loud as it can fit in there. Music has clarity and crispness, bass isn't an element for music through speakers, earphones does the job well if someone needed bass.
Software
The Android 8.0 is soo well designed, it would understand your interests. Even would show you few that you wouldn't have imagined to find them in phone. There are all the modifications possibly existing in every popular custom ROM readily available in this honor phone stock ROM itself. The settings hold various toggles to change according to your liking. Below they are listed...
Huawei ID It takes care of backing up all the contacts, messages, calender and necessary stuff to the cloud provided by Huawei.
Wireless & Networks Lte, VoLTE configurations can be modified, data usage with specific networked apps is added advantage.
Apps & Notifications Apps to uninstall or disable, enable is available. Default apps, App twin & notification mods such as network meter, etc are here too.
Battery setting In this option, there is a power saving mode that can give you more than 4days standby if stuck to only few basic utilities with the phone.
Display setting Eye Comfort which can exchange color of screen to cool, warm feel. Screen resolution modification which is only in honor that enables to reduce screen density which can result in great power save.
Storage setting You get around 52GB free out of 64GB internal space. The RAM Management is nice too. There is always somehow 2.4GB RAM remaning in 4GB available though around 13apps are in the multitasking window. The software of honor does the RAM allocation very well for tasks processing.
Security & Privacy Fingerprints soo fast (0.25sec), file safe to hide files, App lock, Screen Pinning.
Smart Assistance setting Double tap to wake screen or lock screen.
System setting inside here, there are data transfer, backup & restore, reset, update, etc.
Themes These look soo beautiful and give a punchy look to the phone.
The Magazine Lockscreen This is the best part of the phone when you unlock, the pictures are soo beautiful that just by looking at them, your mind strikes at wow which really is relaxing and refreshing all the time you want them.
Navigation Buttons the onscreen buttons can be exchanged places from right to left which is way convenient for southpaw's.
Battery & Power Consumption
The moderate usage of phone can last a whole day, from 100% in the morning, you can use the phone till next day until same time u charged if you are only on 4g data usage and checking messages, attending calls, by then your battery will be around 10%. In the night, the percentage of drop in non usage is only 2% which is super less. The charging time is alot, but there's something honor's very concerned about, it takes alot of time to charge because, the module of charge input itself is designed by honor in such a way it takes charge slowly (Not to mistake as snail slow) to not spoil the battery life. Hence, this doesn't heat up phone very much. It keeps cool and does its job CooL without messing around. It takes 2hrs15min for full charge. This is same with many mobiles, almost 2hr15min is common with most mobiles.
Wifi, bluetooth, GPS, OTG are all working flawlessly too.
Frankly speaking, cost is soo low, quality we get is really good, more than pleasing for the price we pay for.
Mentions that need to be considered:
I know the camera in our phone is enough capable to get the exact software enhancements i find in HonorV10 Camera app. I clearly see honor is trying to limit these enhancements for the sake people would fall dull that they invested double the price and got exactly the same software loaded in half priced model (which is ours). Sure, many people might question this out. But, Please, middle class people require somebody to bother them. It's us who suffer the loss or gain equally and still keep calm without having no other choices rather than to convince ourselves we cant get more, nobody cares. The rich complain, they sue, you bother them. We request, we ask things soo much, we are many & loud but unheard (-_-) , you have established soo well in our country market this time, the what we have lost (beauty, power, feel ) in xiaomi phones, we found in yours. Your phones made us feel alive. I felt soo good looking at my Honor 9 Lite, it was worth all the effort you put on. I didnt even buy a Xiaomi phone for myself until date, i felt like us were being played by that company. It didnt feel good. They sold cheap stuff with good software tweaks. It was Hugo Barra who designed software, only because of this Xiaomi phones were a hit. You lagged at it alot in the past until Honor 6X. I never bought any Xiaomi device, i loved the Honor 4x, but found there were no updates. But this time you came superawesome into the market, your software is wayyy better than Xiaomi in looks and feel, all that it finally require is bug fixes, proper tweaks to utilize the whole capacity of the hardware, you do everything from scratch and created us this antique designed masterpiece phones. You should be proud. All you require is massive tweaking in the software, thats all. The processor's are superb, the screen buttersmooth, sound clear crisp and loud. Its the tweaking that's missing. I really wish honor this time you keep alot of effort in giving us customers in the country who bought your phones a huge happy smile. Ask how?? Here's how, we like gifts, gift us like 2 or 3days before festivals an OTA update that solves all the bug issues in our honor phones and then look at the news, scroll down, check the comments session. You would be very well liked. We'd then even feel honored to have had you bothering us and all together. Straight outta heart, we would be TRULY overjoyed that you did care for us this time on.
Dear Honor,
The world is a happy place for as long you, atleast hereafter consider to help us better .
It's the best you can get for the price with some small compromises
Let's start with not so good stuff before we get on to the great stuff!
I've got the 3GB variant and Midnight Black Color, I'm using it now for about 23 days.
Memory Management - Well the RAM/Memory management on this device is very aggressive, Here's how I was watching some dope stuff on YouTube and few Minutes in and I got a call and was talking for about 15 - 20 Mins and after the call ended, I was hoping the youtube app will be in the same state I left it! But, no The app was closed completely and I had to relaunch the app again, and also if you are running music in the background you get this stupid notification saying the app is running in the background and drains battery which can annoy anyone!
Hopefully, they will fix these in future software updates.
And (Not sure whether it's the Memory management or the app's problem), I'm running NOVA Launcher as default After 2 or 3 days, it automatically switched back to the default Launcher, well this only happened twice and after that, I didn't face this problem anymore, I thought it was worth mentioning.
Camera - Well the only thing that I felt weird was with the rear camera when I switched to Portrait mode or Wide Aperture mode It Changed the Resolution to 8MP, but the same with the front camera it was 13MP and there is no option to switch to 13MP, and maybe that's why most of the Tech YouTubers say the front cam of this device is good then the rear.
And also I wish it had EIS hopefully, in future software update we will get it!
It would really help the video quality!
Well, that's the things that annoyed me the most, now let's get to the good stuff!
Design and Build Quality - Well, you might have heard a lot about this, but the device screams Premium, They have nailed the design with this device, it's absolutely gorgeous and It's really light to hold tho, some people may like it, and people like me may want a heavy device (Personal preference).
OS and UI - Well it's really smooth didn't have any lag issues or any of such kind, it's snappy and didn't face any heating issues or so, the only thing is RAM management which I mentioned it earlier and apart from that, it's really good.
Battery and charging speed - I could easily get through a day, I have no complaints about the battery it's really good and I'm happy with it. From 20% to 100% the charging time it took was somewhere around 1hr 15 mins to 1hr 40mins, which is reasonable for a 3000mAh battery, it doesn't support fast charging but I don't think that's an issue as I can get a day's worth of battery and I have no complaints about it, But I did wish it had a Type - C port, it's fine not a big issues but it could've had a Type - C
Speaker and Headphone output - The speaker is loud and clear, there is no Distortion at full volume, there is a bit bass which you can feel and its' good but a finger can cover it and the whole sound can be lost, that's the only issue and that's the issue with all mono down facing speaker.
And for the headphone output, I don't own a premium headset, I have a cheap one and it worked fine with it, it was loud and clear.
Call and Network - Call quality was really good, No issues Tried with Jio, Vodafone and BSNL didn't face any issues, the receiver was able to hear me clear and loud and the data was also at a good speed and with 4G it didn't affect the battery much as I thought it would, Wifi Bridge is one of the really cool features and it works really good.
and Finally
Camera - Well I've already told the problem I faced apart from that I don't have any issues,
It focuses really fast and also takes photos really fast, it's super snappy! I really loved the quality of images that I got in this price segment.
The Pro Photo and Pro Video mode are really good if you know to use them well, There are several other modes The food mode is also good and Timelapse is awesome.
Well, the front cam in portrait mode does fail sometimes to recognize people's face if there are more than 2 persons in the shot, it just happens sometimes and not every time. And I wish it had a Slo-Mo Mode tho.
The images are of really good quality tho, good enough to post on Social Networking sites.
Conclusion - I think it worth the money I paid, It does have some minor issues which can be fixed via Software Update apart from that it's a really good device and I'm Lovin it.
PS - I had actually added images and since I'm a new member XDA doesn't allow new users to post links.
Not very impressed with the Honor 9 Lite.
I did online research and read lots of review on the Honor 9 Lite.
What convinced me was a comparison some reviewer did with his current daily driver, a 1+3t, and was, as he put it, 'pleasantly surprised'. Since my current daily driver is also a 1+3t I relented and bought one, the 3+32GB version.
After using the Honor 9 Lite I don't think it comes anywhere close to a 1+3t. Now I appreciate and understand that it is cheaper than my 1+3t (even at its current value) but I'm not very impressed, especially with the way EMUI 8 completely rapes Android stock ! I knew this going in but never realised to what extent EMUI restrict customisation.
Let me give examples.
1. First thing I always do with every phone i buy is disabled all apps I don't need/use. Some of the apps on the Honor 9 Lite are cooked in and without root cannot be disables, frozen or removed; e.g. Files, Huawei Mobile Service, Themes.
2. Next thing is to replace any homelauncher with my favourite 'Nova'. Well as soon as you do this on the 9Lite you get a pop-up message stating something like 'changing home launcher uses more battery'...What ? Anyway you can force it through and then just change the default home launcher to Nova. Then some of the EMUI widgets, like weather, don't work anymore. That's ok, I expected that, what I did not expect is for it to show up as available but when you try to add it to your homescreen you get a FC and Huawei launcher is back, in effect removing your default launcher you just set.
3. Huawei badges also obviously don't work under Nova; again as expected.
4. Next I fired up Chronus widget so i can get a replacement for the now non-working Huawei weather service (which at least you can disable). Chronus now does not update the alarm. So you set an alarm in clock but Chronus does not pick up the changee unless you go into chronus change something and save it. This was even after i loaded up Google clock and set alarm through that.
All the above works flawlessly in my Oreo based 1+3t.
5. Lag..yes it is a lot worse than my 1+3t, now like i said because of the price difference i did not expect the Kirin659 to be on par with the Snapdragon 821 but the lag difference was much more noticable on the Honor9 lite than i expected.
6. Since Nova was basically non functional I had to return to Huawei's own launcher.
7. No way of hiding status bar. By the way I also tried play store apps, like GMD Full Screen, but it did not work properly.
8. Battery life is one day on normal use.
9. Cameras are acceptable but no better than my single camera 1+3t.
Conclusion:
Not impresssed, it looks great, weight is spot on for me, size is also great so is the screen brightness, but everything else is nothing special and that EMUI8 man, it just restricts you from most customisation which is the reason we all love android. If i wanted restrictions i would have gone for an iphone.
Why should i have to unlock BL and root to be able to do simple things like use full immersive mode. I'd like to keep android pay functioning so don't want to unlock,root and battle with magidisk to hide root. I just want control back of my phone.
Anyway, thought i would put this together outlining my experience with the Honor 9Lite, hopefully yours will be better and find acceptable.
Well, I bought this device as my ex-device was quite old enough(I was using grand 2 as my daily driver).Next,when I was searching for new devices,I was looking for a device which is better in all aspects(camera,looks,sound,performance,signal quality) and also in a moderate price.Then I stumbled across Honor 9 Lite.It was the old phone in my budget range which was able to cater to my demands.It looks gorgeous as ever.The glass body,its colour (I got the Sapphire blue one) and its modern looks with minimal borders made me order the phone without even checking for other details(I already knew it supports 4G and fingerprint sensor) .When I got the phone,I found that it is not too heavy but is indeed slippery due to glossy back,so I applied the cover to increase friction and to prevent falling .
These are the following pros and cons of the phone I found:-
PROS
1.Camera->Both the front and back cameras are awesome and can even capture good amount of detail even in low light condition.Maybe the 4 cameras(2 in pairs does the trick)
2.Android OS->Being latest is the best.This device packs with Android Oreo which many 2017 flagships like S8(they got it but Samsung removed the OTA update) haven't recieved properly
3.Processor->I haven't heard about this processor's name earlier but was shocked by its insane frequency(greater than 2 Ghz) so I decided to do an Antutu benchmark and found that this processor's performance is comparable with Snapdragon 625.
4.Display->Display is awesome.Nothing to say about it
5.Battery->Battery life is a bit-tad low (It lasts 9 hrs for me),so I need to charge atleast once a day.No fast charging support and no USB C was a dissappointment
6.Storage and Ram management-Plenty of Ram(3 GBs) and storage(around 22 GBs),so no complaints there
I have purchased the device and will be receiving it in couple of weeks.
I will be testing GCam mod to see if it improves the Camera performance over stock camera.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/modded-google-camera-hdr-60fps-video-t3658552
I am opening this discussion forum for all XDA members who want to know specific things like
pre installed apps
Debloating
Memory consumption
Deep Sleep
SOT (for non-gamer)
Any application mods etc..
Post your questions below and whatever I can test .. I will test and reply back.
NOTE : I will get phone on 15th May as it was launched yesterday you can understand the expected delay.
.A.V.i.n.a.S.h. said:
I have purchased the device and will be receiving it in couple of weeks.
I will be testing GCam mod to see if it improves the Camera performance over stock camera.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/modded-google-camera-hdr-60fps-video-t3658552
I am opening this discussion forum for all XDA members who want to know specific things like
pre installed apps
Debloating
Memory consumption
Deep Sleep
SOT (for non-gamer)
Any application mods etc..
Post your questions below and whatever I can test .. I will test and reply back.
NOTE : I will get phone on 15th May as it was launched yesterday you can understand the expected delay.
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As of now you won't be able to Test GCam Mod on the M1 pro cuz i don't think so that Asus have updated the camera with api2 enabled so GCam mod won't work with it . Also no other Root or Unlocking solutions are available around so it's even difficult till date
Harry_00s.HS said:
As of now you won't be able to Test GCam Mod on the M1 pro cuz i don't think so that Asus have updated the camera with api2 enabled so GCam mod won't work with it . Also no other Root or Unlocking solutions are available around so it's even difficult till date
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Thanks for the information.
Let's see whether Viper4Android is working !
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Let's see whether Viper4Android is working !
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It should work probably but firstly main thing is to unlock and get the magisk working properly which should obviously work after unlocking and flashing twrp (Which isn't available yet)
Does anybody have the zenui apps of contacts, dialer and messages? Is there a possibility that we can use those apps instead of the Google stock apps? The reason is I never liked those Google stock apps. Hence looking for those zenui apps instead. I tried searching in the playstore but could not find any original Asus apps. Does anybody have them and test them please?
user28 said:
Does anybody have the zenui apps of contacts, dialer and messages? Is there a possibility that we can use those apps instead of the Google stock apps? The reason is I never liked those Google stock apps. Hence looking for those zenui apps instead. I tried searching in the playstore but could not find any original Asus apps. Does anybody have them and test them please?
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You can get all your zenui apps from apkmirror
Here is the link for dialer - https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/zenui-asus-computer-inc/contacts/
Rest you can find it on the website I hope
How's Gyro and EIS? And, the build quality?
NPriyo said:
How's Gyro and EIS? And, the build quality?
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Gyro : No issues
EIS : Passable but needs improvement.
Build quality :
Weight distribution is perfect so does not feel heavy.
Frame along with top and bottom is plastic but does not feel cheap plastic and the signal reception is excellent.
Phone feels solidly build and display is amazing.
Performance is blazing fast and after I turn off background run of play services .. Battery is outstanding too.
First charge - 8hr SOT after 2 days and 11 hrs. still 22% left in the tank
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Anybody come up with an app for that yet?
Haven't seen or heard anything about a working app for this on our Watch ...
Here's How The Galaxy Watch 5's Temperature Sensor Will Work
The Galaxy Watch 5 has a temperature sensor.
screenrant.com
R900XXU1AWD6/R900OXM1AWD6 found this for Korea...
After reading this:
Galaxy Watch 5 now offers skin temperature-based cycle tracking
Samsung is rolling out a new update for the Galaxy Watch 5 that ties together menstrual cycle tracking with the ...
www.sammobile.com
Only as info.
Best Regards
More scoop today:
Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro now feature skin temperature measurement
Samsung is now rolling out skin-temperature-based cycle tracking to the Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro. Read on to know more!
www.androidauthority.com
adfree said:
R900XXU1AWD6/R900OXM1AWD6 found this for Korea...
After reading this:
Galaxy Watch 5 now offers skin temperature-based cycle tracking
Samsung is rolling out a new update for the Galaxy Watch 5 that ties together menstrual cycle tracking with the ...
www.sammobile.com
Only as info.
Best Regards
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I got the update on galaxy 5 watch, only works at night while you sleep(4hrs min). Maybe someone can take this new app and make it take body temperature any time? Also, for non Samsung phones like Dante63 did for the ECG-Blood Pressure apps?
rick6548 said:
I got the update on galaxy 5 watch, only works at night while you sleep(4hrs min). Maybe someone can take this new app and make it take body temperature any time? Also, for non Samsung phones like Dante63 did for the ECG-Blood Pressure apps?
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If you have a bugjaeger app on your phone (that you often use for sideloading and extracting apps for galaxy watch) it displays all sensor info. Before it only showed skin temp sensor id with no info. I wonder if with this new WD6 firmware it now displays temperature info too?
It will be awhile before this software update arrives to Canada and LTE variant for me to test.
I would assume if you change your sleep schedule to daytime in Samsung Health than maybe it will measure your body temperature while you work out??
rick6548 said:
I got the update on galaxy 5 watch, only works at night while you sleep(4hrs min). Maybe someone can take this new app and make it take body temperature any time? Also, for non Samsung phones like Dante63 did for the ECG-Blood Pressure apps?
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what does the information show? and how does it work did you have to turn on the menstration cycle? If not then thats still useful info to track if your temperature goes up during illness and if room is to hot or to cold etc.
adfree said:
R900XXU1AWD6/R900OXM1AWD6 found this for Korea...
After reading this:
Galaxy Watch 5 now offers skin temperature-based cycle tracking
Samsung is rolling out a new update for the Galaxy Watch 5 that ties together menstrual cycle tracking with the ...
www.sammobile.com
Only as info.
Best Regards
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As a male, how can i get my menstrual cycle so i can take advantage of this awesome feature?
Srbija2012 said:
As a male, how can i get my menstrual cycle so i can take advantage of this awesome feature?
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Just say you're a female, that's how it works nowadays .
slaytanic said:
Just say you're a female, that's how it works nowadays .
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You don't even need to say you are a female. As a male, I had cycle tracking on since beginning of March when I heard temp sensor was activated when Samsung Health renamed Women's Health to Natural Cycles in 6.23.3 version. But I was disappointed to find out that it's not active so I stopped using it lol. But to my surprise this entire time Samsung Health continued calculating my period
My biggest concern here is that aparently your temperature will only be shown and calculated while you sleep. But I never sleep with my watch (hell no). So how am I supposed to fake that and make it calculate the temperature automatically while I'm in a gym? If it's like blood oxygen continuous monitoring than making my watch think day is night is not going to work cause the watch detects activity even if say you come back home and watch TV while wearing it, the watch still will not measure my blood oxygen automatically. And without manual option, I don't think I will get any temperature info at all.
At least from reading all the crazy reactions on reddit from women saying US government can monitor this data, ladies don't need to worry as man will be using this function alot more than women now which will throw off the data anyways.
Unless, someone comes up with manual measurement hack ofcourse.
Barmenchik said:
Here's How The Galaxy Watch 5's Temperature Sensor Will Work
The Galaxy Watch 5 has a temperature sensor.
screenrant.com
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What kind of dystopic world do we live in when the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has to approve the ability to measure your own body temperature?
Aethera said:
What kind of dystopic world do we live in when the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has to approve the ability to measure your own body temperature?
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Excellent question..... my thoughts exactly. I have been apparently failing the sleep criteria for Samsung Health as reported by the Watch 5 Pro evinced by various irritating messages that I need to enroll in "Sleep Coaching"(their words)...... what are they going to do, send a female android to "coach " me around bedtime? (YUM!) Wait!! Do I hear helicopters?
rick6548 said:
Anybody come up with an app for that yet?
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Yeah, this guy did: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.t1ckt0ck.bodytemperature
Specifically for Watch 5, only takes a few seconds to measure on my GW5Pro running old WB1 firmware since LTE versions are stuck on January patch. I guess temperature sensor has been unlocked all along, but no idea what developer tools he used to access it. The app is very basic thou.
Has some body try it?, I have tried and it seems that shows a little bit low temperature and it not possible to calibrate the software.
워치5 베타가 나왔군요
더 이상 저는 좋은 소프트웨어를 만들기 위한 피드백,오류제보등의 베타가 아닌 미리 체험하는 느낌으로 참여 할려고 합니다. 피드백,오류 제보 열심히 해봐야 소용 없다는걸 알았습니다. 수면 중 피부 온도가 드디어 되네요. 업데이트 하니 새롭긴 합니다.
r1.community.samsung.com
I have tried to look on korean forum about Beta...
Then i saw this post... and Picture about Temp...
No idea...
Only as info.
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As far as I can read from the google translator seems that the temperature while you are sleeping can be viewed on the One UI 5 beta.
A beta tester maybe can confirm.
javi.duro said:
As far as I can read from the google translator seems that the temperature while you are sleeping can be viewed on the One UI 5 beta.
A beta tester maybe can confirm.
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I can't find anywhere to see a result