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Hey all.
Got my Touch Cruise recently and so far my experiences are mixed. Here's some of the problems I've had - maybe someone can suggest fixes?
1. Battery life is awful. With Wi-fi enabled I get at most 2 days out of a full charge.
2. Screen sensitivity is poor. Even with the stylus a lot of times I have to press the same key twice or the accuracy isn't 100% - very annoying when sending text messages.
3. When on a call the screen goes into standby meaning you can't easily turn on the speakerphone, mute/hold it etc. I've tried turning off all the power saving options I can find but it still happens.
4. Ring volume levels aren't great. Annoying when I'm out and about or in the car with the stereo turned up.
5. Backlight is very poor outside, or even in the car - basically anywhere where it's exposed to sunlight.
I've changed the UI to the SPB one as I was recommended to do on another forum, and it helps a bit, but to be honest I'm very close to selling it on unless I can get the above issues fixed.
Any ideas? Thanks!
You should check out the many posts on this forum, many of them address your concerns. I'll see if I can take a crack at them:
1) Yes battery life is not great, I wouldn't leave Wifi turned on all day. The less stuff you are using the better, for example if you're not using Bluetooth don't leave it on. Same for the WLAN. Don't have applications constantly making data connections either (prob not applicable if you're on the wifi). An example of such an application would be the weather app. Search the forums for tips on improving battery life.
2) There are registry key entries that improve the touch sensitivity of the screen and TouchFLO. Try this thread as a start. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355277
3) There's a registry entry for this, don't use Kaiser Tweak. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355230
4) Are you sure the ring volume is to the max? Is the ringtone itself loud? I'm pretty sure there's reg entries for this too, check out the tips and tweaks thread.
5) Yeah if sunlight is hitting it directly the screen is not very visible. Try turning the brightness up to the max. Supposedly there are screen protectors out there that minimize the effect of glare although I haven't personally tried any except for the stock protector.
Overall your best bet is to read the forums and use the search function. You will almost always find someone who has asked the same question in the past. And welcome to xda. HTH.
I recently purchased a nexus s and dock. I was under the impression if i used the dock only the time would show up and float around the screen. What i am getting is the dock turns on the clock app that shows the weather and the four buttons (alarm ,music etc). Do i need to download a different app to get just the time floating around? I am afraid of leaving it the way it is because I dont want to ruin the screen having the clock sit like that all night, besides that it is too bright.
I am using stock rooted 2.3.7.
Thanks.
Turns out I was being impatient. After I left it long enough it started working as expected
Evo_Shift said:
Turns out I was being impatient. After I left it long enough it started working as expected
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For what it's worth, I use Alarm Clock Plus (here) to customize many options of the alarm. You can have it for free (ads) or pay a small amount for it. Enables you to customize a lot of settings (including timeout of screensaver and colors), set mathematical solving alarms and plenty of crazy stuff. I've never looked back since I started using it, and what's awesome is that in appearance it is the same as the built-in alarm.
I also use Alarm Clock Plus and it is highly recommended. I love the "nap" feature to easily set an alarm for a short nap by just touching the onscreen clock and selecting the time you want to sleep. As mentioned above it has a bunch of settings and no attempts were made to look all flashy
I tried out Alarm Clock Plus and really like it, especially the ability to set the screensaver to only 1 minute and that I can adjust the color/brightness of time floating around.
One thing i have noticed is that the 4 capacitive buttons remain lit when it is in the dock. Is there a way to have them off?
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I tried out Alarm Clock Plus and really like it, especially the ability to set the screensaver to only 1 minute and that I can adjust the color/brightness of time floating around.
One thing i have noticed is that the 4 capacitive buttons remain lit when it is in the dock. Is there a way to have them off?
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Absolutely, if you are using a kernel with one of Ezekeel mods (franco kernel, glados, trinity, steve garon stuff, mathkid's etc) and backlight dimmer you can set a timeout for the capacitive buttons to power down.
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Absolutely, if you are using a kernel with one of Ezekeel mods (franco kernel, glados, trinity, steve garon stuff, mathkid's etc) and backlight dimmer you can set a timeout for the capacitive buttons to power down.
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Which app did you mean? The buttons are not lit because of a notification, they just turn on for some reason when the phone is docked. The settings in the BLN app don't seem to do anything except time out when you have a notification. I need something that will allow the cap button to turn off when the phone is docked when there are no notifications present at all.
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Which app did you mean? The buttons are not lit because of a notification, they just turn on for some reason when the phone is docked. The settings in the BLN app don't seem to do anything except time out when you have a notification. I need something that will allow the cap button to time out when the phone is docked when there are no notifications present at all.
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Exactly what I just told you.
If you are using a kernel with Backlight Dimmer from Ezekeel, you should be able to do this.
Kernels from Morfic, Franco, Ezekeel, Mathkid and Steve Garon all offer Ezekeel mods as far as I'm aware.
You can set the Backlight dimmer options manually or using NSTools (Tweak tab).
Ahh, yes. Right in front of my eyes. I was still thinking in my old LCD terms... I thought that meant back light as in the display... Still not used to the SAMOLED screen
Thank you again
No problem. There's a lot of made up terminology and very few guides so it can get confusing at some point.
Intelligent Ringer sets ringer volume based on the ambient noise level in which your smartphone is actually working. It is also able to detect whether the device is in a pocket or not, based on the proximity sensor readings.
Unlike similar apps Intelligent Ringer adjusts its internal settings to the particular device, which has a significant effect on measurement and setting process accuracy.
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Notification removal for Jelly Bean users:
You can permanently switch off this notification instead of just hiding it. Please go to: System Settings --> Application Manager --> Intelligent Ringer --> and uncheck "Show Notifications".
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It respects silent and vibrate mode - when any of these is active, volume won't be changed by the Intelligent Ringer.
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You can control whole process using the following application settings:
- Pocket Factor - Additional volume which is added to the actual measurement value only when the device is discovered to be in a pocket.
- Accuracy - decide how precise the volume setting process should be.
- Sensitivity - change the microphone sensitivity when needed.
Minimum / Maximum volume - limit the maximum and minimum volume possible to set.
Update 1.0.8 is available now.
alternative link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5rcmlzLmludGVsbGlnbmV0cmluZ2VyIl0.
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New features in version 1.0.3:
- Minimum and maximum volume settings.
- fixed charset in Polish help.
Useful app
Brilliant!!! TQ!
I'd love to help translating it to spanish, where can I help?
theoretically, shouldnt this app drain tons of battery?
This is pretty funny. I imagined this very same tool about 2 days ago, pocket detector and all. I'm definitely going to try this. I often don't hear my phone outside.
i dont mean to hijack the thread, but i coulda swore there was an app released a long time ago that did exactly this. i remember trying it out. no idea on the name tho. hmm.
awesome App!
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theoretically, shouldnt this app drain tons of battery?
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That's the first thing I thought also... definitely interested in hearing the reviews on this aspect.
Odp: [APP][2.3+][FREE] Intelligent Ringer - automatic ringtone volume controller
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That's the first thing I thought also... definitely interested in hearing the reviews on this aspect.
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I bought RingDimmer a while back and loved how it worked.. but it was a MASSIVE drain on my battery, usually 10%-15% by the end of the day was used by it..
And I had it set with the lowest sensitivity hoping it would update the volume less frequently..
Hope this works better.
possible to hide icon in notification bar? it's really expensive real estate there.
gohamstergo said:
i dont mean to hijack the thread, but i coulda swore there was an app released a long time ago that did exactly this. i remember trying it out. no idea on the name tho. hmm.
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Well... yes, the application name is IntelliRing. I tried that app, it does what is suppose to do and there is no battery drain because it is not active in background all the time. App is inwoked on call, it measure noise around phone in 1-2 sec then pass the call through.
Excellent idea but I found a flaw (for me exactly) if my phone is at the table in empty room next to where I am, he will ring almost silent and I will not hear it and missed a call. That is the thing that kill that app for me)
some more suggestions and clarifications
How much of a battery drain this app will be?
Some suggestions:
And also, for the pocket detection, it would be great if the option to enable vibrate is also available. Cos when we drive (by bike) and if the phone rings in the pockets that will help more than a loud ring tone. (if vibration intensity control also included, that would be great)
And also if there will be turn to mute option like it is available for samsung galaxy s3 phone or as available in the app called INTELLIRINGER that would be super awesome..
Hope to see more and more from this. I have a lot of respect for apps that come from members of XDA. They are performance oriented and are made out of passion.
Good luck.
-Sravan
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i dont mean to hijack the thread, but i coulda swore there was an app released a long time ago that did exactly this. i remember trying it out. no idea on the name tho. hmm.
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I think you mean AutoVolume. Yes, actually seems the same idea.
After activating my phone rings and i can hear caller but they cant hear me. Bug!!!!
Very nice app!
If you need some help translating the app to French, I'd be happy to help. Great idea! Will install it soon!
Hello all
I have a OnePlus One running CM12 (unofficial). My haptic feedback for virtual button presses is very weak in comparison to my Nexus 5. In fact I can't really feel them at all - just hear them. I *may* have affected performance of the motor a when trying to solder a Qi receiver into the handset, as I accidentally touched the battery live to the motor causing it to run at full power for a few seconds. It is weak on both CM12 and Paranoid Android. Anyway, I just want to make the haptic feedback duration for virtual button presses a few milliseconds longer so it's more noticable.
I have managed to do this for Google Keyboard in the app settings and it works nicely.
Otherwise, vibration intensity is already set to maximum (in both the CM settings and system settings), which is fine for notifications, but I really need to increase the duration of haptic feedback, not the intensity.
I have read that Franco kernel offers this, but as far as I understand it doesn't support lollipop yet. Does anyone know of another kernel which supports haptic feedback adjust?
Thanks
Mike
If You Want Something like Vibrator Strength, as in the below screenshot, Ark Kernel has it
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If You Want Something like Vibrator Strength, as in the below screenshot, Ark Kernel has it
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Thanks, but this is intensity which is already set to 31 (100%) on my device. I need to increase the duration, not the intensity.
Hi Mike, I don't know about other ROMs but I used to run Liquidsmooth's Lollipop and it worked fine with Franco kernel, although it was a bit unoptimized that's nothing that can't be fixed in Synapse.
Which Franco kernel did you use? CM or AOSP?
Just installed the latest official Android Pie. Here is a list of things that I have noticed for the pass 24hrs. Oneplus 6 A6000 6GB/64GB.
Battery Life
There is no significant battery improvement or deterioration. Still getting approx. 4hrs30mins SOT with 60% WiFi, 40% Mobile Data most of the time.
Performance
There is no significant speed boost or lag, the phone still behaves the same as Android Oreo. Transitions between apps is still snappy. Using the in-house navigation gesture, I don't like the pill type navigation buttons.
Heat Generation
No significant heating issue, the phone does not warm up while using Facebook/Instagram and gaming on Brawl Stars. I can't comment anything about playing PUBG with it. No heating issues when charging while using it. I don't use my phone under a hot sun, so no comment on that.
Charging Speed
No significant difference. Still manage to boost it from 20%-80% under 40mins.
Brightness
As someone pointed out, I need to raise the brightness bar more to get the same amount of brightness to compared to Android Oreo. I do not use adaptive brightness.
Audio
The loudspeaker seems to have more treble now, and it is quite horrible, it has more hissing sound than before.
Recent App Layout
I hate it. I prefer the vertical layout (Yes you can revert it back to vertical layout by freezing the Oneplus Launcher, or something like that). Locking apps in the recent menu takes a bit more effort now.
Ringtone/Notification/Media Adjustment Layout
The new layout for adjusting the volumes is horrible. I always wind the ringtone volume as sometimes I am in a more quiet environment (No, the alert slider is not the way to go for me). So now in order to adjust the ringtone volume, i had to press the little wheelcog icon after pressing the volume rocker, bring up the volume settings, and then wind the ringtone volume, and it will playback the sound just before i could stop it, which is very annoying. I prefer the Oreo style volume adjustment. The playback is just plain annoying.
Alarm Clock App
The new alarm clock app is horrible. For every new alarm I set, it will require me to change to my favourite alarm sound (because now the default one is Spring, i prefer Alarm_Clock_5).
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Just installed the latest official Android Pie. Here is a list of things that I have noticed for the pass 24hrs. Oneplus 6 A6000 6GB/64GB.
Battery Life
There is no significant battery improvement or deterioration. Still getting approx. 4hrs30mins SOT with 60% WiFi, 40% Mobile Data most of the time.
Performance
There is no significant speed boost or lag, the phone still behaves the same as Android Oreo. Transitions between apps is still snappy. Using the in-house navigation gesture, I don't like the pill type navigation buttons.
Heat Generation
No significant heating issue, the phone does not warm up while using Facebook/Instagram and gaming on Brawl Stars. I can't comment anything about playing PUBG with it. No heating issues when charging while using it. I don't use my phone under a hot sun, so no comment on that.
Charging Speed
No significant difference. Still manage to boost it from 20%-80% under 40mins.
Brightness
As someone pointed out, I need to raise the brightness bar more to get the same amount of brightness to compared to Android Oreo. I do not use adaptive brightness.
Audio
The loudspeaker seems to have more treble now, and it is quite horrible, it has more hissing sound than before.
Recent App Layout
I hate it. I prefer the vertical layout (Yes you can revert it back to vertical layout by freezing the Oneplus Launcher, or something like that). Locking apps in the recent menu takes a bit more effort now.
Ringtone/Notification/Media Adjustment Layout
The new layout for adjusting the volumes is horrible. I always wind the ringtone volume as sometimes I am in a more quiet environment (No, the alert slider is not the way to go for me). So now in order to adjust the ringtone volume, i had to press the little wheelcog icon after pressing the volume rocker, bring up the volume settings, and then wind the ringtone volume, and it will playback the sound just before i could stop it, which is very annoying. I prefer the Oreo style volume adjustment. The playback is just plain annoying.
Alarm Clock App
The new alarm clock app is horrible. For every new alarm I set, it will require me to change to my favourite alarm sound (because now the default one is Spring, i prefer Alarm_Clock_5).
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You forgot to mention good things.
Were there any good things?
I accidentally came here to know if it was even possible for vertical layout for recent apps.
Thanks buddy. +1
Here was my first experience coming from 5.1.8
after updating to android pie on oneplus 6 advanced settings is Missing...and also option to forbid internet access for apps is missing....dese two r very useful essential.. is it hidden r any ways to get it back?
No more advanced reboot menu.
No more xposed
The new nav bar is pretty good! Got used to it almost immediately.
Overall performance is at par with Android O.
Haven't found anything that's substantially new, other than the new UI which is a good welcome change after seeing the previous one for so many years (across all OP devices).
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YouTube doesn't hide the notch anymore in landscape orientation after you pinch to zoom the video? Also don't see YouTube on full screen display mode apps list.. Ugh now I have to see thr YouTube videos with a notch!!
rezapatel said:
YouTube doesn't hide the notch anymore in landscape orientation after you pinch to zoom the video? Also don't see YouTube on full screen display mode apps list.. Ugh now I have to see thr YouTube videos with a notch!!
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Workaround here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...nos-5-1-5-ota-oneplus-6-t3794232/post77696736
No advanced reboot, face unlock is a bit slower (despite the clean install), it seems there is a problem with some sounds in apps like twitter in silent and vibration mode, and i think that the new settings layout it's pretty confusing...
I noticed i can't install twrp i stuck on "fasboot boot twrp.img" i get a crhasdumb mode. I tried everything like msdownload full phone install with that. Nothin happens. Tried to install pie with via fastboot. Nothing, any helps? (With msdownloader oreo is still working the twrp boot command )
Battery is a little better....
Camera is the same ***** than before, or worse.....
Apart that everything seems to work,,,,
I like it. No issues on mine. Plays gfx intensive games good and less heat, better game mode options, and seems less lag for me
Anyone facing animation issue while disconnecting a call? I am facing it continuously
It was super smooth on oreo
I do like the new quick settings as someone who can't see small print or icons this is a very welcome change. Also like that I can have both battery icon and % on bar, don't know why just my preference to have both.
I don't like that the volume button only controls media over ringtone and no way to change it. I much prefer the old way of the volume settings. OP still has not separated the ringtone from the notification volume control, this point drives me insane.
I've shut off the adaptive brightness, I find it worthless and I don't need Google deciding what they think the brightness level should be for me. Not sure if it was OP or Google, but the initial brightness level was set entirely too low.
I knew it was coming, but still a little miffed that OP didn't put some code back in bringing them back. I hate, absolutely hate that Google took away the different profiles for battery and location. In essence you either turn it on or off for both. I liked the different profile settings on both of these, I don't need nor want everything in location set to High (which is what it is), I want my battery saving setting back. Same goes with the battery, I would like to be able to shut off that adaptive battery and choose my settings like it used to be. I'm not a fan of how they changed the battery usage stats around either.
I'm still waiting on to see if I see any battery savings to this new way, but so far it seems to be more hype than actual real world performance.
The settings menu seems to be a bit disorganized for me with entirely too many submenu's within menus, so IMO it's a bit convoluted.
As for OP, still having issues of 3rd party dialers finding the call settings, they've yet to fix this.
I've installed Nova launcher since the tap off issue is now fixed in P and have all my features I missed so much from prior phones.
Camera quality has gone down
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I found a pretty annoying bug regarding the pixel Pil nav bar. Details here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/help/bug-report-pixel-pil-button-t3845952
The smoothness in the new App switcher is a little buggy. Could be smoother.
Everything else work es fine for me. Battery life seems the same.
Got somebody a issue with Threema? I only get messages when i open the app. I switched on the background processes for Google play Services and Threema and deactivates the battery optimisations but some settings you can toggle in Oreo are gone.
rachitshah said:
Anyone facing animation issue while disconnecting a call? I am facing it continuously
It was super smooth on oreo
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During call, it is very difficult to pull down the notification bar. I need to pull it really towards the center of the screen to keep it there, else it will just roll up again.
kneer said:
Camera quality has gone down
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I noticed this as well. The portrait mode seems to blur the wrong edges since P.
Ho,
My Recent App Layout was horizontal at the first boot but since the reboot the phone it's in vertical. How Can i change it please ?
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jeromejeremytay said:
During call, it is very difficult to pull down the notification bar. I need to pull it really towards the center of the screen to keep it there, else it will just roll up again.
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Yes facing that issue too
Check this animation issue attached. Are you facing same?
I had a factory reset then too facing it
rachitshah said:
Yes facing that issue too
Check this animation issue attached. Are you facing same?
I had a factory reset then too facing it
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