01-27-2020, 11:35 AM | #211 |
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01-28-2020, 07:34 AM | #212 |
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I have watched it charge now. It does not have fast charging.
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01-29-2020, 12:43 PM | #213 |
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I have a few questions as I maybe want to buy this device for hiking:
How is the battery life if you use it as e-reader and set it to airplane modus? How do you like the gps map navigation? Thanks for answering. Cheers |
01-31-2020, 05:35 PM | #214 | |
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The GPS is fast and recepetive enough. |
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01-31-2020, 07:54 PM | #215 |
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Notifications during sleep
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01-31-2020, 08:13 PM | #216 |
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I use Moon+ reader and the Kindle app, both of which let me scroll manually instead of paging, which I much prefer. Does anyone know if scrolling works reasonably well on the A5?
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02-01-2020, 12:20 AM | #217 |
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I actually prefer paging, but scrolling works quite well in smooth/fast mode. I actually now prefer reading on my A5 than on my Onyx devices of which I have a few. I now only use my Onyx devices for PDFs and note taking/sketching.
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02-01-2020, 09:36 AM | #218 | |
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However, while an icon appeared for the default app, this icon did not appear when I used a non-default application, in my case, blacklist blocker messaging application. I haven't looked into this problem yet as I actually bought the phone for someone else. |
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02-01-2020, 09:53 AM | #219 |
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The lack of google services does cause issues. No ebay app, and I could not get signal to work so far. I think I read that it can be a problem for applications that use the services for notifications.
Whatsapp works, and it did not seem to require (or at least mention requiring) a limited google services as the person on reddit (quoted in the 11'th page of this thread) seemed to suggest, whose instructions do not seem to work for me. Another issue I have with this phone is that some apps don't always scroll properly, in that they only scroll after swiping the screen and not during the swipe. This happened on facebook first and I resolved it by allowing permissions, but has returned. It also happens on amazon kindle. The settings page always does it. Edit: I got signal working by putting the sim in my old phone, letting the register process send the verification code there, and returning the sim to the new phone. I'm not a regular kindle app user, but the visual faux turning animation of pages when swiping that I think you are referring to works fine, in case my above comment concerned you. Last edited by Waiting4somethin; 02-01-2020 at 12:31 PM. |
02-01-2020, 06:59 PM | #220 | |
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02-01-2020, 08:36 PM | #221 |
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SIgnal works fine. You need to install it direct from the website to get the version that does not use Google Play Services. Obviously also whitelist it from Memory Cleanup.
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02-01-2020, 08:54 PM | #222 | |
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Perhaps someone else has an idea as to what could be causing your problem. |
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02-02-2020, 04:58 AM | #223 | |
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Personally, over time I’ve found scrolling when reading on eink a bit fatiguing (though the Likebook might have put me off due to what seemed to me a worse performance). I used to scroll in pdfs on the yota for a while and enjoyed that, though, and this phone is at least as good. In respect of scrolling I don’t think any eink device will do it much better. Last edited by Waiting4somethin; 02-02-2020 at 09:03 AM. |
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02-02-2020, 06:01 AM | #224 | ||
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He moves his finger but the page does not scroll until he releases. This happens to me in the settings screen, in facebook after closing the app, and in the kindle book selection screen. I am in smooth mode. I figured it was the same for everyone. Yes perhaps, could be something I've missed. Last edited by Waiting4somethin; 02-02-2020 at 10:04 AM. |
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02-02-2020, 10:18 AM | #225 | |
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