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Originally Posted by Schnipps
All you longtime Yota users - can you clarify if mirror mode totally works on Android 6, or is it "app based" like the Yota 3 has, and doesn't allow mirroring the desktop anymore? What I've read isn't 100% clear on that point.
What's better regarding mirror mode and reading on the back screen (with custom apps like Moon or Librera?) - staying on Lollipop or upgrading to the "latest" Marshmallow?
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I have received my Yotaphone 2 during the big sale with 4.XY version of Android. I have updated it with 5.0.
I did not have the courage or a motivation to update it to 6.0. Besides, there was not an official installer for 6.0. Even the update to 5.0 was a highly adrenaline adventure, I thought I have bricked the phone. It took quite a long time for update to install and for phone to work its thing.
The mirror [on Yotaphone 2] works for any app. This is not per-app feature, it is provided by the phone and I think the apps are not even aware they run on a different screen.
I have never had an opportunity to see Yotaphone 3, but from what I have read there is no system-wide mirror mode, it has to be programmed into the app.
I have tried a few of my favourite Android apps for reading [on the back screen] and at the end I have reverted back to the built-in Yotareader. The thing is, I use the phone mainly as a pocketable e-ink reader and I like having a reading app always-on as a default gadget screen on the back screen. Most of the time I use the phone as a reader I use back side, most of the time I use it as an backup GPS or to run some Android stuff, I use the AMOLED screen. For making actual phone calls I use an ancient Nokia.