Hi,
I have a couple of free wallpapers on the Android Market (please find links in my signature below) and am very curious if and how they behave on the magnificent EVO 3D?
Please could you check them out and let me know if they work, do they give any sense of depth and whether you liked them or not? It'd be really appreciated.
Many thanks,
Paul
pphillips001 said:
Hi,
I have a couple of free wallpapers on the Android Market (please find links in my signature below) and am very curious if and how they behave on the magnificent EVO 3D?
Please could you check them out and let me know if they work, do they give any sense of depth and whether you liked them or not? It'd be really appreciated.
Many thanks,
Paul
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They ran and there was a sense of depth in a way. The zombie pop one lagged quite a bit on me but it was quite fun. I really like this
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They ran and there was a sense of depth in a way. The zombie pop one lagged quite a bit on me but it was quite fun. I really like this
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Cheers thisisboo!
Thanks a lot for checking them out. You're a star (have 'thanked'). I was thinking of pushing all of projects into openGL anyway - which should help with the higher number of sprites.
Very happy that you liked Zombie Pop! I've just released the full version freely onto the market as a thanks to the community (with a donation version if you feel generous).
Does anybody else get lag?
Paul
HAHAHAHA : Zombie Pop is awesome. OCD wallpaper for the "Munsters" set.
Nice choice on the "poppy paper" sounds, and the "MOAR Brainzzz" is a very nice touch. Works well on the 3d, and a little better on the Epictouch4g.
+10.
Edit: my best score was 340, but I accidentally pulled up an invisible widget for my contacts right before they "got me", so I'm using my mulligan.
I like the zombie pop, it's cool that you can touch them, that was a nice animation.but add they get closer it shows lower quality and they just disappear when they're bodies are off screen so it looks like they're head just goes away.so I would like to see higher quality images and have them run off screen. good wallpaper.
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mazook98 said:
HAHAHAHA : Zombie Pop is awesome. OCD wallpaper for the "Munsters" set.
Nice choice on the "poppy paper" sounds, and the "MOAR Brainzzz" is a very nice touch. Works well on the 3d, and a little better on the Epictouch4g.
+10.
Edit: my best score was 340, but I accidentally pulled up an invisible widget for my contacts right before they "got me", so I'm using my mulligan.
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Hey mazook98,
Glad you liked it and thanks for the fab feedback! There are about a dozen 'phrases' - I was hoping they'd amuse.
'OCD wallpaper for the "Munsters" set.' nails it completely - thanks for that
Not a shabby score at all - well done on that.
codest17 said:
I like the zombie pop, it's cool that you can touch them, that was a nice animation.but add they get closer it shows lower quality and they just disappear when they're bodies are off screen so it looks like they're head just goes away.so I would like to see higher quality images and have them run off screen. good wallpaper.
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Thanks also to codest17. The app is designed to work on all sorts of screen sizes - I'd made the perspective changeable to fit best with each device - you could try playing around with the settings to get a better effect?
The donation app has higher-res graphics, more zombie types, speeds and lets you put your own heads on zombies.
How did you mean 'have them run off screen'? As in instead of exploding?
Cheers,
Paul
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Hey guys! Just purchased and tested Chainfire3d on my Samsung Galaxy Player 5' and it makes Gameloft games look MUCH better with the 4xMSAA. It went from the jagged edges look absolutely HORRIBLE to looking much, much better. While there is still a bit of roughness on the edges of 3D models, it still looks so much better.
I highly recommend giving this a shot, it made Asphalt look so much better! If you don't like it, it has a short window for refunds as far as I know, so be quick! But I'm positive you'll love the difference as I did!
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I recently discovered chainfire3d worked on my SGP.. nice difference! LOVING night mode too, that's arguably my favorite feature.
A lot of game look and run better too. I wish I could get CF.lumen working too, but it wont detect a location. Probably has something to do with it not having a cell radio.
exodus454 said:
I recently discovered chainfire3d worked on my SGP.. nice difference! LOVING night mode too, that's arguably my favorite feature.
A lot of game look and run better too. I wish I could get CF.lumen working too, but it wont detect a location. Probably has something to do with it not having a cell radio.
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Yeah the 4xMSAA really makes 3D games look WAY better + the Tegra support is nice too =)
ZaIINN said:
Yeah the 4xMSAA really makes 3D games look WAY better + the Tegra support is nice too =)
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Where did you get 4xMSAA plugin from?
I wish 16XMSAA can work.
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Where did you get 4xMSAA plugin from?
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The 4xMSAA (MultiSamp Anti-Aliasing) works without any extra plugins. Make sure you check the "(BETA) EGL driver" is checked when you install the CF3D driver. Then go down to:
Per-app OpenGL Settings --> [Select An App] --> Go to the bottom and you'll see the option.
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I wish 16XMSAA can work.
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Sadly our GPU can't use 16x =(
Wow! Thanks! not only do my games look better, but they run faster too
Who knows maybe I can configure Plants vs. zombies, so it won't crash any more!
(running on Samsung galaxy player 4.0)
Been running a package of phenomenal apps for the past 5-6 weeks or so, and have been very pleased w/ the quality of what they put out, and thought I'd share w/ you guys. The launcher is impressive, and the maintenance apps are very, very good.
Here are the links on XDA, as a fellow member was awesome enough to translate them into English.
360 Launcher:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345601
360 Batt Guard:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353468
360 Guard (All-in-One)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352029#19461047
pwrmedia said:
Been running a package of phenomenal apps for the past 5-6 weeks or so, and have been very pleased w/ the quality of what they put out, and thought I'd share w/ you guys. The launcher is impressive, and the maintenance apps are very, very good.
Here are the links on XDA, as a fellow member was awesome enough to translate them into English.
360 Launcher:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345601
360 Batt Guard:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353468
360 Guard (All-in-One)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352029#19461047
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good to know.thanks
The Launcher is actually pretty cool, very very simillar to MIUI, but its got it's own twist... I'm actually gonna run this for a little while and see how it does, first impressions are pretty good though...
Thanks for sharing, I installed the All-in-one as well, just to give it a test run, Its interesting... definately not a 1 of a kind app, I'll play with it and see how it does,I don't usually need apps like this, but this ones kinda interesting for sure.
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The Launcher is actually pretty cool, I'm actually gonna run this for a little while and see how it does, first impressions are pretty good though...
Thanks for sharing, I installed the All-in-one as well, just to give it a test run, Its interesting... definately not a 1 of a kind app, I'll play with it and see how it does,I don't usually need apps like this, but this ones kinda interesting for sure.
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No problem. I've stuck w/ this Launcher b/c of how smooth it runs on the 3D, and the in-drawer media organizer is great as well.
As for the All-in-one, I agree w/ you in the fact that it is very interesting and fairy low mem usage when running in background.
I've been trying to keep up on updates, but given the fact that it's all in Chinese, it's been easier to wait for the translated apk to be released lol..
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No problem. I've stuck w/ this Launcher b/c of how smooth it runs on the 3D, and the in-drawer media organizer is great as well.
As for the All-in-one, I agree w/ you in the fact that it is very interesting and fairy low mem usage when running in background.
I've been trying to keep up on updates, but given the fact that it's all in Chinese, it's been easier to wait for the translated apk to be released lol..
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the snake screen transition animation looks so cool.try it guyz
Hey everyone, I got a new review video here for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPZ65wOA5kE
It's the long awaited part 2 of the transformer prime documentary.
Watch and enjoy folks!! feel free to leave feedback on what you did and didn't like
Nice!!!
Nicely done, for sure.
I agree with you and LOVE my prime - I use it for everything, about 50/50 business vs. personal.
Interesting comment on setting the display brightness to low on IPS - I will try that out.
One question - what were you using to watch episodes of Community (favorite show)? Thanks!
James,
Thanks brother! It is awesome to see positive comments about our prime. I have already gotten into a routine with my prime, and havent really done anything new with it. WOW, i didnt realize our Prime was that awesome. The Office/Polaris stuff looked great.
Great job, and thanks. Look forward to the next one.....
-Jason
keep 'em coming!
Hi James,
Nice vid for the saga, looking forward to the third installment.
PS- Trying that GPU acceleration tip, let's see if improves performance.
Cheers
Great video.
How did you come to realize that having brightness at 0 with Ips+ mode on saves battery? Even more than just having brightness low with ips+ off? I am testing this out.
For the gpu acceleration, I have mixed thoughts about it. My device is already lag free. Don't really notice an improvement with it on. Not to say it doesn't work but nothing stands out with its use yet. Still testing it. It will mess with some apps though. We will see how things turn out with it on. I'm just wondering if its so gold then why isn't it enabled stock? Need more details on exactly what it does. This was kind of discussed in another thread before also.
Love the review, trying out the iPS suggestion now.
Also, are you going to do a review on the Launcher you are using? I really like your setup and would love to have a similar setup on mine. I am a bit of a theme nerd. I am not really great at themeing so often times I just improve upon what I see other people doing... Please let me know which launcher that is because it looks awesome!
P.S. I reallllly hope Google releases the api for GMusic soon, because I am very jealous of all these awesome music players. However, I love the GMusic feature of having all my music available at all times. No syncing or anything....
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
Nice video! I'm gonna have to check out the video acceleration. Using the keyboard seems pretty cool as well.
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Great video.
How did you come to realize that having brightness at 0 with Ips+ mode on saves battery? Even more than just having brightness low with ips+ off? I am testing this out.
For the gpu acceleration, I have mixed thoughts about it. My device is already lag free. Don't really notice an improvement with it on. Not to say it doesn't work but nothing stands out with its use yet. Still testing it. It will mess with some apps though. We will see how things turn out with it on. I'm just wondering if its so gold then why isn't it enabled stock? Need more details on exactly what it does. This was kind of discussed in another thread before also.
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Thanks man,
Well I should point out that, the battery saving was for brightness (with ips+ off) jacked up at a simular level to the ips+ on and zero brightness. I should have been clearer on that point.
But yea I was just mucking around with the settings and was using the prime intermittently and leaving to do other things while the screen was left on. In about 1 hour it had only dropped 4-5 % with this setting combination, usually it would drop up to 10% with the screen on and brightness half or 3/4. So that was an interesting find, more testing would be needed I guess.
Coming to GPU acceleration, the apps that don't support it by default are far and few in-between, so there will be no difference on already GPU supported apps, it's just for the ones with laggy menu's etc, that don't have it enabled by default.
As for ICS not including it by defult: it's for apps such as kingsoft office (the frame rate goes from about 10 up to 60 fps with GPU enabled) but the rendering screws up and the text you just typed dissapears whenever you scroll (and even when you stop scrolling).
For reasons like that it would be better to have it switched off and leave it up to the user to switch it on at will.
I haven't actually tried that gpu setting yet. Just flipped it on now and the scrolling seems a lot smoother... especially in the twitter app. Thanks for the info.
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Love the review, trying out the iPS suggestion now.
Also, are you going to do a review on the Launcher you are using? I really like your setup and would love to have a similar setup on mine. I am a bit of a theme nerd. I am not really great at themeing so often times I just improve upon what I see other people doing... Please let me know which launcher that is because it looks awesome!
P.S. I reallllly hope Google releases the api for GMusic soon, because I am very jealous of all these awesome music players. However, I love the GMusic feature of having all my music available at all times. No syncing or anything....
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if i am correct, it looked like he was using HUBS, which would be ADW Ex. please correct me if im wrong.
anyway, great video man, cant wait for next. i wish all videos would be this objective
Looks awesome, HUBS seems like a lot of work. however it is probably worth it...
Is that what you are using James?
Jeez. I spent a good 3-4 hours getting the Hubs onto my Prime, figuring out how everything works and what does what. Props to him for that Sophisticated looking hub.
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Looks awesome, HUBS seems like a lot of work. however it is probably worth it...
Is that what you are using James?
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Yes and no, I actually came up with this before I knew about the hubs thing, I have a small tutorial here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22764836#post22764836
It's kind of fun mucking around with this kind of thing when you're bored
very anxious to see if anyone else has tried and experimented with super ipc+ on its lowest brightness setting to see if this improves the battery.
the results have been inconclusive for me thus far
Great work on the video
Awesome job on the video man, I love my prime and use it everyday for my college textbooks, email, speeches, just basically anything!
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very anxious to see if anyone else has tried and experimented with super ipc+ on its lowest brightness setting to see if this improves the battery.
the results have been inconclusive for me thus far
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Same here. I'm still testing this out.
I was experimenting with the S3D SDK.
I though the S3D OpenGl Demo looked pretty lame with this cube, so i created a skybox around the cube and added another texture.
use the slider on the bottom to increase eyeseparation and the Zoom on top to zoom in or out..
I am not a good programmer but i like to Play a bit. =)
if you like it write me a message or mail me.!
My personal goal is to implement the 3DS Renderer to Engines like Min3d or jMonkey. But i´m still to stupid to get it right yet. ;u
I also think the Stereo3D is pretty underestimated. I would like to have n64iod with stereo 3d .. So if sombody is able to implement the 3d stereo renderer to N64oid please gimme !!! I would do it myself but the sources are in C++ and i dont know how to do it... hmpf!
I also like to create music with caustic 2.0 .. what an app!!
Maybe oneday there will be a stereo3D Launcher for the Evo3D!
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What does this mean?
I don't know what that guy was referring to at all above (neither do I know the point of people putting ".jpeg" at the end of their word as if it will make their point stronger) but I thought your little app was pretty cool and fun to play with. Hope to see more landscapes later
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Hey that is a pretty cool demo of the 3d technology. Nice job.
Great job! I can show off this app to my friends
I would LOVE n64 emu on 3D also!
PG86100
Looks pretty cool. Look forward to seeing what you come up with in the future.
Sent from my ICS lovin 3D!!!
If I've helped you in any way... hit the "Thanks" button.
update
well after you guys motivated me so much .. here a little thankyou!
and if you like to thank me
Say ThanX
I almost get some grid in programming .. maybe in some days my first real stereo 3d Demo will appear! =)
the app is crashing onclose. sorry for that .. i will fix this!
I start to love programming on android.. If you got the right libraries you can almost do anything.
By the way i want to thank andmodplug's programmers for their great implementation for playing mod / xm files on Android.
source : http://www.peculiar-games.com/libmodplug-in-android/andmodplug
And if you like to have the "not very good programmed" Code, don't hesitate to ask and email me!
Pretty damn cool first start man. Keep up the good work
Yay!!
Hi again guys
i've made it .. i got the 3d Stereo Code into min3d framework. Yay!
Now i can load 3ds/Obj/md2 models etc.
The small demo is working but not really good looking.
http://htc-stereo3d-demos.googlecode.com/files/com.demo.stereo3d.apk
you can also checkout the code!
cam btn : eyesep --
mnu btn : eyesep ++
search btn : zoom ++
back btn : zoom --
in a newer (not released) project i tryed loading a 3ds file with multiple objects with mulitple textures. But they're messed up..
the hud is also not quity ready
But I#m going further each day!
I would be greatfull for any support. =)
Thanx
Hello guys,
I just wanted to know how your Xperia Z Ultra is!
I've been a Xperia P, Z user for about a year now, but now I'm looking forward for some Phablets!
I own a IPad 4 but it is too heavy to carry or to read something! So I planned to buy a Phablet!
Please let me know your true experience with your Z Ultra,
Please write battery life, performance, gaming and everything u feel bout it!
Also if you can compare with other Phablets then how many ratings out of 10 will u give?
Try with these :-
Samsung Galaxy Mega
HTC One Max
IPad Mini with Retina
Thank you.
Also if you have any other Phablets you know then please write it down!
I'm looking for 6' and more inch Phablet, not 5 so don't suggest Xperia Z1 lol!
Battery life is pretty good I use mine quite abit throughout day. Performance is good. Can get annoying with widget redraws but not enough to annoy me that much. Gaming is good I play fifa. Gta. And fm2014. All run great. I do like the design. I don't like sound quality but then again its waterproof which makes that a problem. Camera is poor as no flash. Ideally I would love the htc one max. As having a HTC one and this XZU. I would rather sell up just for a HTC one max.
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Well if you want the biggest phablet the ultra is king. But don't count on the camera. It's ok to take ok pictures. Men I love my ultra! I don't care for the camera or flash. Big screen and power love it.....
the Z Ultra is something for you, if:
-you have a big Pocket
-looking for a Phablet that has nearly the graphical and CPU power of an PS3 (just 15% of graphical power behind it)
-like big screens
-want to use nearly everything for the Touchscreen
-you already killed a Phone whith water
the Z Ultra isnt something for you, if:
-u need more than 11GB for Apps (than buy an Galaxy note 3 instead)
-you want to shoot Photos whith it
-your Pocket is too small
-you want to change the battery
and if the battery live isnt enugh you also can upgrade to 6050mAh whith an CP12, when this isnt enugh look for a cable which should direct you to a Desktop PC, thats using your Battery Live to run Battlefield 4 on Ultra graphics .
Thanks alot guys! Appreciate it!
Your suggestions mean alot to me
Ok u guys say camera is a bit dull but it's Ok as I just need for reading purpose!
Btw r there any special specific books for this device?
Coz I don't like the ones present in play store!
And what do u think should I go for it? Or u think Sony will release any other Phablet soon?
I saw Xperia T2 ultra but it's specs aren't as good as Z Ultra and I love Sony phones look so I don't feel like going for samsung!
HTC One Max is pretty good so let me hear some reviews from u guys!
Again thanks.
DeveDroid said:
Ok u guys say camera is a bit dull but it's Ok as I just need for reading purpose!
Btw r there any special specific books for this device?
Coz I don't like the ones present in play store
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i think thats not the problem, download Amazon Kindle App and you will find tonns of Books.
Lightbird said:
i think thats not the problem, download Amazon Kindle App and you will find tonns of Books.
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Ok thanks! But how do u feel while reading something? I mean is it comfortable? My IPad for reading purpose sucks!
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Ok thanks! But how do u feel while reading something? I mean is it comfortable? My IPad for reading purpose sucks!
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i think its a little bit like reading from a Kindle Touch. If you like that... .
cant say what you like and what you hate
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i think its a little bit like reading from a Kindle Touch. If you like that... .
cant say what you like and what you hate
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Ok thanks, I will see and try this device before I buy!
Btw why there is so huge difference between HTC One Max nd Z Ultra Cost?
As far as I know Z Ultra offers more space but HTC One Max seems to be more costlier!
and if you mean the weight its just 250g much better than your Tablet.
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DeveDroid said:
Ok thanks, I will see and try this device before I buy!
Btw why there is so huge difference between HTC One Max nd Z Ultra Cost?
As far as I know Z Ultra offers more space but HTC One Max seems to be more costlier!
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the Max has also poor Hardware, ZU scores 35000 while Max is around 10000 or lesser in Antutu Benchmark (dunno the score of Max but its way lesser than ZU)
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the Z Ultra isnt something for you, if:
-u need more than 11GB for Apps (than buy an Galaxy note 3 instead)
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Or use Folder Mount and move the game data to an external SD card
So the Ultra is a fantastic choice if you can handle the size.
I came from a Note 2 so I was already used to big phones but this is a league above that still.
It fits in your pockets if you need to, just dont look too awesome but for me I normally carry my phones any way and have a Pouch Case in case I need it for any reason as well.
As for performance, I love the Stock 4.3 Sony Roms. It is the best stock Rom I have ever tried on any phone. I just used some apps to modify things and remove ones I didnt care for to make it my own custom rom in a way.
Games run fantastic unless it is something horrible coded for Snapdragon. Emulators are super smooth as well.
The display quality is very detailed and aside from not having super deep blacks like Amoled, I prefer the quality of it.
The only drawbacks to me personally, are the battery not being replaceable and the lack of a flash (for flashlight purposes not for camera usage).
The camera is not the greatest but it can do a decent job if you shoot manually adjusting ISO.
Sound is not super clear but as mentioned, it is water proof so there is a tradeoff there of course.
The phone just feels AMAZING to hold specially naked (the phone not you!).
The small apps are also very nice to use the display for multi tasking and you can create them from your app widgets which is also nice.
Reading PDFs on it is very good at least to my eyes.
Good luck!
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Or use Folder Mount and move the game data to an external SD card
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one question:
i dont want to root because of Warranty, does folder mount work whithout it and if yes how to do it?
shaolin95 said:
Or use Folder Mount and move the game data to an external SD card
So the Ultra is a fantastic choice if you can handle the size.
I came from a Note 2 so I was already used to big phones but this is a league above that still.
It fits in your pockets if you need to, just dont look too awesome but for me I normally carry my phones any way and have a Pouch Case in case I need it for any reason as well.
As for performance, I love the Stock 4.3 Sony Roms. It is the best stock Rom I have ever tried on any phone. I just used some apps to modify things and remove ones I didnt care for to make it my own custom rom in a way.
Games run fantastic unless it is something horrible coded for Snapdragon. Emulators are super smooth as well.
The display quality is very detailed and aside from not having super deep blacks like Amoled, I prefer the quality of it.
The only drawbacks to me personally, are the battery not being replaceable and the lack of a flash (for flashlight purposes not for camera usage).
The camera is not the greatest but it can do a decent job if you shoot manually adjusting ISO.
Sound is not super clear but as mentioned, it is water proof so there is a tradeoff there of course.
The phone just feels AMAZING to hold specially naked (the phone not you!).
The small apps are also very nice to use the display for multi tasking and you can create them from your app widgets which is also nice.
Reading PDFs on it is very good at least to my eyes.
Good luck!
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Thanks for your precious time on commenting, hmm so it looks like I can go for this!
Q) Many forums and some peeps say it has heating and selftouch problems? Is that true? Do anyone of u face this?
Also many peeps say it doesn't seem to handle itself in cold weather! I live in cannada and u might know how weather is over here....
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Thanks for your precious time on commenting, hmm so it looks like I can go for this!
Q) Many forums and some peeps say it has heating and selftouch problems? Is that true? Do anyone of u face this?
Also many peeps say it doesn't seem to handle itself in cold weather! I live in cannada and u might know how weather is over here....
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Never had issues with overheating with it and the self touch issues from that I have read seems to have been fixed with latest ROM updates. Mine never had that issue but I upgraded right after I got it.
Not so sure about cold issues, I live in Utah so during the worst part of the winter we got about -14F and never noticed anything wrong with it although I didnt actively stayed outside to get frozen for too long so not sure
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Lightbird said:
one question:
i dont want to root because of Warranty, does folder mount work whithout it and if yes how to do it?
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Not sure if it is possible with other apps without rooting.
I always root my phones sorry
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Ok thanks! But how do u feel while reading something? I mean is it comfortable? My IPad for reading purpose sucks!
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I personally love Readmill. It's cross-platform, so you can get it on iOS too, and it also syncs between devices (i.e start reading on your iPad and resume on your [insert device]). It's a nice app if you have epubs etc. stored locally (on SD card/internal memory), but it doesn't have a large in-app store if that's your thing.
Regarding the One Max, meh. It's big and all, but it's hardly a phablet. It's more like a big phone and it's exactly like the One, but bigger. No special features or anything. The Ultra on the other hand is a phablet with a big P. The UI is properly sized for its screen size, while the Max' UI is just blown up. Again, it's a large phone.
I'm having some "issues" with my Ultra though. You've probably read my post about the screen acting up when it's cold outside. It doesn't affect its usability though, but it just looks weird for a minute. I haven't read about anyone else having this issue, so i'm assuming it's a production error from Sony's side.
Battery life is pretty good. I didn't expect anything amazing since it's so thin, but i got properly surprised. Here's a screenshot from yesterday. I watched tv shows all day, watched a movie (Bad Grandpa), browsed, read some news (with Press) messed with some camera modules and so on. That's how long the screen was on, not the device itself. Not bad for a 6.4mm thick device with a full HD display. It'll last even longer if you're big on reading ebooks. It tends to only drop about 1% from i go to bed to i wake up (8 hours) with Stamina enabled (cuts apps' data connection while in standby, unless you whitelist some apps).
Camera? Don't go to a Victoria's Secret party expecting amazing photos and memories. They'll probably end up looking like manatees. Fine, it's not that bad, but there's a lot of noise in them, so it's absolutely not the go-to camera if it's a little dark, or even dim. It performs okay in daylight though.
Screen? It's really good. You're not used to AMOLEDs(?) since you're coming from an iPad, so it doesn't have the deep blacks, but the colors are much much better and more true to life. I don't think you'll have any complaints.
Audio? It's not a boomblaster, but it does its job (for me at least). Most people tend to forget that the built-in equalizer has an option called "xLOUD" and it'll boost the speaker volume. It's really loud (for me) when xLOUD is enabled, and i have never ever pushed the volume to max.
Software? I like it. It's stable and fairly lightweight (compared to TouchWiz and whatever that 10 year old designed for LG) and very fast. It has "Small apps" which are small floating apps, that floats on top of whatever you're doing. Writing an email and want to check the curling score (go Norway!), hit the multitasking button and hit the "small browser", and BOOM! A tiny browser window opens up on top of your email, and you're free to read about Canada's loss without leaving the email app.
Yes, i'm the guy who only want to share or say one short thing, but goes way beyond that and writes a novel. I wanted to mention Readmill, and look at this.. it's the work of a madman (@shaolin95 totally knows what i'm talking about). Sorry!
I have a ZU and love it!!! I came from a note 2 and was gonna go for a note 3 but the ZU is just plain sexy and is a beast.
Im also in Canada so the waterproofing also works in snow (Ive dropped a few cells in snow banks and such)
Its a killer device, great on the eyes and is perfect for some one like me who gave up there cell and 7in tablet for this.
LordManhattan said:
I personally love Readmill. It's cross-platform, so you can get it on iOS too, and it also syncs between devices (i.e start reading on your iPad and resume on your [insert device]). It's a nice app if you have epubs etc. stored locally (on SD card/internal memory), but it doesn't have a large in-app store if that's your thing.
Regarding the One Max, meh. It's big and all, but it's hardly a phablet. It's more like a big phone and it's exactly like the One, but bigger. No special features or anything. The Ultra on the other hand is a phablet with a big P. The UI is properly sized for its screen size, while the Max' UI is just blown up. Again, it's a large phone.
I'm having some "issues" with my Ultra though. You've probably read my post about the screen acting up when it's cold outside. It doesn't affect its usability though, but it just looks weird for a minute. I haven't read about anyone else having this issue, so i'm assuming it's a production error from Sony's side.
Battery life is pretty good. I didn't expect anything amazing since it's so thin, but i got properly surprised. Here's a screenshot from yesterday. I watched tv shows all day, watched a movie (Bad Grandpa), browsed, read some news (with Press) messed with some camera modules and so on. That's how long the screen was on, not the device itself. Not bad for a 6.4mm thick device with a full HD display. It'll last even longer if you're big on reading ebooks. It tends to only drop about 1% from i go to bed to i wake up (8 hours) with Stamina enabled (cuts apps' data connection while in standby, unless you whitelist some apps).
Camera? Don't go to a Victoria's Secret party expecting amazing photos and memories. They'll probably end up looking like manatees. Fine, it's not that bad, but there's a lot of noise in them, so it's absolutely not the go-to camera if it's a little dark, or even dim. It performs okay in daylight though.
Screen? It's really good. You're not used to AMOLEDs(?) since you're coming from an iPad, so it doesn't have the deep blacks, but the colors are much much better and more true to life. I don't think you'll have any complaints.
Audio? It's not a boomblaster, but it does its job (for me at least). Most people tend to forget that the built-in equalizer has an option called "xLOUD" and it'll boost the speaker volume. It's really loud (for me) when xLOUD is enabled, and i have never ever pushed the volume to max.
Software? I like it. It's stable and fairly lightweight (compared to TouchWiz and whatever that 10 year old designed for LG) and very fast. It has "Small apps" which are small floating apps, that floats on top of whatever you're doing. Writing an email and want to check the curling score (go Norway!), hit the multitasking button and hit the "small browser", and BOOM! A tiny browser window opens up on top of your email, and you're free to read about Canada's loss without leaving the email app.
Yes, i'm the guy who only want to share or say one short thing, but goes way beyond that and writes a novel. I wanted to mention Readmill, and look at this.. it's the work of a madman (@shaolin95 totally knows what i'm talking about). Sorry!
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Thank you for your wonderful explanation!
mistamikel said:
I have a ZU and love it!!! I came from a note 2 and was gonna go for a note 3 but the ZU is just plain sexy and is a beast.
Im also in Canada so the waterproofing also works in snow (Ive dropped a few cells in snow banks and such)
Its a killer device, great on the eyes and is perfect for some one like me who gave up there cell and 7in tablet for this.
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Thanks alot bro!
Ahh...now I'm satisfied as u too live in cannada!
Thank you for support!