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Let's see if I can find a Dutch shop that also sells them (the shipping is the same price as the product ...) |
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11-09-2016, 01:11 PM | #17 | |
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11-11-2016, 03:59 PM | #19 |
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I also bricked my first Yotaphone 2 trying to upgrade to Lollipop When I realised the price had gone down so dramatically, I ordered a second one immediately. It was about €150 on Aliexpress, where the prices are now as low as €120, with free shipping to EU (you still have to pay customs though). Mine updated itself to Lollipop as soon as I connected to the wifi. It came in an unopened box and was clearly brand new.
It worked fine out of the box but then gave me a big scare when I installed my apps: the phone kept locking the screen while I was using it, and ignored my attempts to unlock it. I tried a lot of things to no avail, until I finally figured out it was caused by an app (which had worked fine on my previous Androids for years). I uninstalled it and no problems since. Great to own this unique phone again! |
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11-12-2016, 07:12 AM | #21 |
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So, mine came just today! I'm an Android rookie, so expect some silly questions from me once in a while...
First impression, it feels like a nice phone (not that I'll be using it as a phone ) Just entered my google account so it' trying to start the store... First questions: can you change those 4 icons on the back (it now has a phone, I presume a chat, mail and alarm?) Second question: where can you change the weather setting? It now says I'm in Moscow... |
11-12-2016, 09:48 AM | #22 |
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Also if there was spyware, the unity sold are so minimal that there would be any benefit in tracking locations and metadata, after all with most of the telephone now there are other major companies in US that know muuuuuuuuuuch more about us
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11-12-2016, 10:01 AM | #23 | |
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What you will love is that you can add music and files just connecting to the pc without any itune, and there are thousands of themes to personalize Android, and even more considering you can put pics on the back of yp2 The second thing study the yotaphone main apps, are 2 or 3 and really simple, so that you learn how to communicate between the two. Consider that .. if you use the epub ereader on the back, the one inbuilt on the phone, you are going to consume almost nothing, and the same is for the always on notifications. In other words there is a huge battery difference between using the apps in mirror mode( on the eink) and the dedicated yp platform. Last thing as you are newbe, consider to look in internet optimizing android, battery life etc. a lot of apps are aggressively taking control of your system making kind of "internet calls" continuously, so less you install and better is, a really easy life saver is to switch the phone to airplane mode( you stop the continous network calls mentioned) or better, deactivate internet remaining 2G so that you can receive calls and sms in real time. Enjoy |
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11-13-2016, 06:42 AM | #24 | |
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Can you disable that voice thing? It's annoying! And can you remove that search bar on top of the main screen? |
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11-14-2016, 03:31 AM | #25 |
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My new phone arrived at the weekend, and is now installed in its bumper case (which is rather shiny, so I'm on the lookout for something with a matt finish) and with a screen protector (although I'm still waiting for the thicker, glass, screen protector to arrive.)
Now I just need to find time to customise it and check it out properly. I expect my Voyage to stay at my bedside again shortly. My next thing to do is to try out kacir's hint from the other thread: "You do not have to use the build-in app for reading the books, you can also use your favorite Android app and switch on display mirroring. But when you do that, you should modify a config file telling Yotaphone to switch on 16shades graphics instead of default B/W for mirroring mode for that particular app. 16 shade mode has refresh frequency 2Hz and B/W has 8Hz See http://forum.xda-developers.com/yotaphone-one/general/how-to-read-manga-e-ink-display-16-gray-t3474189" |
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11-14-2016, 07:13 AM | #28 |
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I need to order one. And a screenprotector too, I really really really hate the naked glass of all electronic devices (except e-ink)
Edit: and did just that, why wait if you can do it now and might forget it later! Last edited by Sweetpea; 11-14-2016 at 07:25 AM. |
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Sweetpea, Android is great system, but takes some hack to make it really performant. Touchwiz AFAIK is improving a lot but still is the first cause of battery drain and sluggish bloatware operative system low performance on Samsung, there is an hack really good, a sw in google play that cancel all the Touchwiz things and make the phone much better. You can disable the voice thing is really easy but there are 3 level of customization. In google you can find how to do it. check these settings https://support.google.com/websearch...DAndroid&hl=en |
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11-15-2016, 10:18 AM | #30 |
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AFAIK the choice from YP Engineers was to avoid flushing and maintain high responsivness, so can be a double weapon to use this trick. Especially because animations should be disabled if you use the 16 shades, but it is just my opinion
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