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Originally Posted by kacir
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.
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Yes, my Yota takes about 10 minutes for a factory reset. I imagine updates are even slower. I'm on Android 5.0, so the mirroring works as you described. Flashing to Marshmallow (or downgrading) isn't a problem for me, as xda is still seeding the firmware torrents. I'm more concerned about possible loss of functionality between OS versions. From 4.4 to 5.0 was a net gain, from what I read. But I don't know about 6, that's what I asked about.
Too bad normal apps can't stay on the back screen indefinitely; obviously mirror mode isn't self-optimizing. It draws significant power - 10% in 2 ½ hours, just listening to music with headphones in my favorite app.
I'm not so much into the power saving feature, it's just cool to be able to use this thing in all kinds of lighting - once I've managed to turn mirroring on, that is
There should be a button for that...