A program/widget on Android behaving badly and detrimentally affecting the life of the phone?
Well, I never!
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A program/widget on Android behaving badly and detrimentally affecting the life of the phone?
Well, I never!
Junior Mint
Member
Wakelocks, fucked up app permissions, and updates are things that will probably never be fixed in Android.
Not even the auto backup photos feature? Because that's intertwined with Google+. I think they will eventually break off the Photos app from Google+, but we are not there yet.
Having reviewed and thoroughly tested the flagship smartphone cameras, here's how it worked out:
Nexus 6 - Fantastic low light and daylight performer with regards to slow or static subjects. Probably the most balanced tonally, when using HDR+ (almost no reason to ever turn it off).
Shutter speed at its fastest, is pretty darn slow using the stock camera. Makes capturing the spontaneous moments a bit tough; I recommend using L camera or Manual camera for fast motion shots or where you expect quick bursts are needed.
Note 4 - EXCELLENT shadow contrast and incredible fine detail resolution and decent shutter speed. Only negatives are the tendancy to blow highlights a little unless manually adjusted, and low light noise reduction being far too aggressive (resulting in less fine detail even compared to lower MP shooters). This is common with Samsung phones in general however. The stock app sports a wealth of options if you like tinkering with real time effects and post processing.
iPhone 6+ - OIS makes a drastic difference between this model and the smaller brother. Can't be stated enough, but that allows the former to pull off some gorgeous night shots even with the lower resolution sensor. Actually, of three best (and these ARE the three best of the relavant mobile OS's) the iPhone 6+ takes the cake for low light performance (big sensor) with the nexus 6 and note 4 mostly tied. Daylight performance is nothing to sneeze at either; usually offering something close to the nexus 6 in tone but at lightning fast shutter speeds....even with HDR on! It's the best results for the hassle easily of the three; just overall, gets more right with little compromise (fine detail distance resolution being its only notable flaw - and its not nearly as bad as it SHOULD be given the MP disparity).
So, that's my two cents.
I own a One plus One for what it's worth.
Nexus 6 - Fantastic low light and daylight performer with regards to slow or static subjects. Probably the most balanced tonally, when using HDR+ (almost no reason to ever turn it off).
Shutter speed at its fastest, is pretty darn slow using the stock camera. Makes capturing the spontaneous moments a bit tough; I recommend using L camera or Manual camera for fast motion shots or where you expect quick bursts are needed.
Note 4 - EXCELLENT shadow contrast and incredible fine detail resolution and decent shutter speed. Only negatives are the tendancy to blow highlights a little unless manually adjusted, and low light noise reduction being far too aggressive (resulting in less fine detail even compared to lower MP shooters). This is common with Samsung phones in general however. The stock app sports a wealth of options if you like tinkering with real time effects and post processing.
iPhone 6+ - OIS makes a drastic difference between this model and the smaller brother. Can't be stated enough, but that allows the former to pull off some gorgeous night shots even with the lower resolution sensor. Actually, of three best (and these ARE the three best of the relavant mobile OS's) the iPhone 6+ takes the cake for low light performance (big sensor) with the nexus 6 and note 4 mostly tied. Daylight performance is nothing to sneeze at either; usually offering something close to the nexus 6 in tone but at lightning fast shutter speeds....even with HDR on! It's the best results for the hassle easily of the three; just overall, gets more right with little compromise (fine detail distance resolution being its only notable flaw - and its not nearly as bad as it SHOULD be given the MP disparity).
So, that's my two cents.
I own a One plus One for what it's worth.
The Faceless Master
Member
maybe you should find a well done test. you could even do it hands free with 'Ok google'
brotkasten
Member
Yesterday I had to uninstall Facebook Messenger, because it drained 13% of my battery in 30 minutes.
I don't even use Facebook Messenger.
I don't even use Facebook Messenger.
If a dev decides to use it :/
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
It's more that we've passed the early "easy" stages in terms of GPU performance. Now we are at the point where legit work has to be put in to create a great mobile GPU.
It's not surprising the two best GPUs in the business come from Imagine and Nvidia aka two companies who have been creating GPUs as their core business for decades. Shit is COMPLICATED and ideas from the CPU realm don't always directly translate.
We are past the point now where you can easily just get a gpu performance bump via higher clocks and simple features. All that's already in.
The Adren 200 was clocked at like 266mhz. The 420 in the N6 is at 500mhz. The easy fixes are baked in. Hell the fucking Mali in the Note 4 internation is clocked at fucking 700mhz.
Now Qualcomm is gonna have to improve on the core design.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
But that would be background data, wouldn't it? And WiFi because I restricted it. So the 75 MB of cell data is weird.
brotkasten
Member
The stainless steel Sony Smarch 3 looks pretty good.
Still not as good as the Moto.
Still not as good as the Moto.
Lionheart1827
Member
Has anyone gotten the Lollipop update for HTC One M8? Updated last night, started to run slow/stuttery. Found on an android forum that wiping the cache could help and that seemed to fix the slowness problem. But now it seems the battery runs faster than my USB cable can charge at work. I actually have to put it in Extreme power saver mode for it to charge now. Not sure what is causing this massive battery discharge all of a sudden and theres hardly anything running in the background.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
I uninstalled that crap a long time of go. That thing is all types of shit.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I just did that with my G3 if only because I tried a ton of shit out on my new phone when I got it, but I wanted to start fresh. Figured now was a good time since I just got the Lollipop update.
Feels good to be fresh even if I had already removed a bunch of shit I tried and wasn't using before.
soundahfekz
Member
1080p, 3gb RAM and removable battery just ain't happenin', huh?
Lg G3 was so damn close
Lg G3 was so damn close
soundahfekz
Member
Honestly I'd fool w/ a chinese phone if it had US LTE bands.
I'm ready to buy a new handset but this shit is like choosing a talent tree in a MMORPG.
G3's jank is an overheating ass unnecessary QHD screen you can't see in sunlight & no quick charge
Note 4 has touchwiz, nuff said
One plus one has randomized piss filter displays out in the wild,
Nexus 6 has a dumb resolution, non removable battery
Z3 fucked up with random glass shattering
;__;
Lionheart1827
Member
Thanks, I'll give this a go over the weekend.
$600 for a Jelly Bean phone with an 801. You've lost your goddamned mind.
outunderthestars
Banned
This is exactly how I feel as well. This year has been a year of wiffs from Android phone manufacturers. I want a phone, but every single model seems to underwhelm.
The Faceless Master
Member
people say "Note 4 has TouchWiz" as a problem when compared to hardware decisions made by other manufacturers. wake up, the bootloader isn't locked* so you can get rid of it entirely.
*unless your carrier is shit.
*unless your carrier is shit.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
So they pimp Feb 12 for Oxygen OS and they show the fucking team? How tone deaf can you be lol. The snippet sounds interesting enough:
Though the realist in me makes me think it will be lightweight but a little too customized trying to do its own thing. Aka overdesigned. Hope not.
Though the realist in me makes me think it will be lightweight but a little too customized trying to do its own thing. Aka overdesigned. Hope not.
Fully expecting this
From an OEM who gets pretty good battery life? Yeah, it is a bit odd!
HTC fucks shit up, but they were the originals as far as making Android not look like shit. I would assume they know how to code software.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
the way they talk about makes me think it will be that way. Overhyping and shit. Just use stock and add a useful few features. Jeeeebus. Maybe they'll do the right thing. Not confident. Guess we'll see.
Motos battery widget does the same thing on the Turbo, which is beast mode battery.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Gtfo the Nexus 6 has a good resolution. 1440p is the future.
soundahfekz
Member
LOL. 1440p on a phone about as useful as a 4k tv with no content to broadcast. It's even worse because it compromises great battery life and there will never be logical justification for such a high resolution on a small display.
Android OEMs always needing to up the ante and check boxes that don't matter. Nobody asked for this shit.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Android manufacturers are fighting some weird war that no one cares about when it comes to specs. More megapixels more resolutions more screenz moarrr.
Occam's razor though. They do it because they are....basic. It's all they can think of to compete.
Except storage. For some reason a lot of them keep that to a minimum.
Occam's razor though. They do it because they are....basic. It's all they can think of to compete.
Except storage. For some reason a lot of them keep that to a minimum.
The Faceless Master
Member
but the Note 4 has great battery life and a 1440p screen. maybe 5.1 will fix that in the Nexus 6?
You Are Viewtiful
Member
Yeah I love the Note 4 and everything, but for screens, 1080p should be enough.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
More touchwiz rumours:
They also mention that it will come with pre-installed microsoft apps. Guess they had to remove the samsung bloat for the MS bloat. And no word on it being less ugly in general. Guess we'll find out in over 2 weeks.
-sammobile
They also mention that it will come with pre-installed microsoft apps. Guess they had to remove the samsung bloat for the MS bloat. And no word on it being less ugly in general. Guess we'll find out in over 2 weeks.
The Faceless Master
Member
HTC tried! they really did.
yggdrasill
Member
Do happen to have a link for that wallpaper?
You Are Viewtiful
Member
It's going to look the exact same.
Whatever anyone hopes for is wrong. What everyone expects is correct.
So you've seen the new Touchwiz then?
The Faceless Master
Member
i hope they didn't ruin it like they did their hardware to appease reviewers. i expect that sammobile is pretty close to reality.
Sam Mobile has already show it running on the Note. Spoiler alert, it's the exact fucking same, save for their gross green/blue being even brighter and grosser.
e: oh, you're talking about the S6. Still gonna look like hot garbage. People who have no taste don't just develop it overnight.
It's not the same because Samsung never puts their upcoming version of Touchwiz on phones that are already out.
Baroquemantic
Member
More bloat, great!
So they're gonna have all Google's required apps, carrier crap, and now Microsoft crap? Sounds terrible if true. Most people are just gonna use Google's crap anyway.
Edit: Probably not a chance in hell, but hopefully they'll make use of that new lollipop feature so the bloat can be uninstalled instead of them being uninstallable system apps. I'd be cool with that.