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crimsonsnow · 12-16-2016, 05:11 PM

Hello,

Reporting that mine's arrived on time last Monday. So far I enjoyed doing everything I usually do on my phone on the always-on screen. I get HSDPA with my provider (I use Three in UK), I guess that's pretty good then. The reading experience is not as crisp as it's in my Aura, but with all the pluses, I'm very satisfied. I haven't thought of updating to Lollipop yet, but I will try to root when I feel like it.

My notes (TL;DR so I bold some in case anything interest you guys):
- I mostly read on FBReader previously, mostly because of the TTS+ integration. Don't know why I can't make the TTS+ work (can anyone with FBReader have a try?). So far I managed with Voice Aloud, but I couldn't easily move straight back to reading after TTS, unlike in FBReader, so will prefer my old setting back. Yotareader is actually nice to read from, but now I'm mostly reading interchangeably between TTS-reader, so not exactly my ideal setup.
- Pocket is working perfectly which is nice
- The music player widget recognises TTPod, which is a rather obscure Chinese music player, a nice surprise
- The always on-screen doesn't have front light, I guess you could just flip the screen, but if you have USB OTG, you can also plug in a USB reading light
- I use Inoreader on News+ for RSS and Opera Mini for browsing, I think you can only scroll on these apps, will be nice to have flipping-instead-of-scrolling options for when I mirror, do anyone knows whether these apps can be set up to flip long articles or if there's any RSS reader or browser which can do this? Saving the articles to Pocket is a way to do this, but 'll be preferable to do it in less steps.

I also bought a silicone case for mine. With that case it's actually can fit rather snugly inside the silicone case of my faux-leather flip cover for my previous phone (Galaxy Grand Duos). I'm a big fan of flip covers, but I don't think there's one designed with Yotaphone 2 (with flips for both sides) in mind. I'm thinking of either holing hole on this flip cover for the always-on screen or screwing the silicone case to something to make a flip-like cover. As for now, this goes.

Update: Have successfully flashed the latest RU firmware and rooted the device, I'm glad.

12-16-2016, 05:11 PM	#75
crimsonsnow Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2014 Device: Yotaphone 2, Kobo Aura, FBReader	Hello, Reporting that mine's arrived on time last Monday. So far I enjoyed doing everything I usually do on my phone on the always-on screen. I get HSDPA with my provider (I use Three in UK), I guess that's pretty good then. The reading experience is not as crisp as it's in my Aura, but with all the pluses, I'm very satisfied. I haven't thought of updating to Lollipop yet, but I will try to root when I feel like it. My notes (TL;DR so I bold some in case anything interest you guys): - I mostly read on FBReader previously, mostly because of the TTS+ integration. Don't know why I can't make the TTS+ work (can anyone with FBReader have a try?). So far I managed with Voice Aloud, but I couldn't easily move straight back to reading after TTS, unlike in FBReader, so will prefer my old setting back. Yotareader is actually nice to read from, but now I'm mostly reading interchangeably between TTS-reader, so not exactly my ideal setup. - Pocket is working perfectly which is nice - The music player widget recognises TTPod, which is a rather obscure Chinese music player, a nice surprise - The always on-screen doesn't have front light, I guess you could just flip the screen, but if you have USB OTG, you can also plug in a USB reading light - I use Inoreader on News+ for RSS and Opera Mini for browsing, I think you can only scroll on these apps, will be nice to have flipping-instead-of-scrolling options for when I mirror, do anyone knows whether these apps can be set up to flip long articles or if there's any RSS reader or browser which can do this? Saving the articles to Pocket is a way to do this, but 'll be preferable to do it in less steps. I also bought a silicone case for mine. With that case it's actually can fit rather snugly inside the silicone case of my faux-leather flip cover for my previous phone (Galaxy Grand Duos). I'm a big fan of flip covers, but I don't think there's one designed with Yotaphone 2 (with flips for both sides) in mind. I'm thinking of either holing hole on this flip cover for the always-on screen or screwing the silicone case to something to make a flip-like cover. As for now, this goes. Update: Have successfully flashed the latest RU firmware and rooted the device, I'm glad. Last edited by crimsonsnow; 12-18-2016 at 02:59 AM.