Android N Preview available - Pixel C General

Google released a Preview of Android N for our loved Pixel!
Source: http://developer.android.com/preview/download.html#device-preview
Someone already flashed it?
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Yeah its running fine.

streilu said:
Google released a Preview of Android N for our loved Pixel!
Source: http://developer.android.com/preview/download.html#device-preview
Someone already flashed it?
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Yes I have, it seem to be working fine, I am happy about spilt screen, but wifi seem to worse then with the Xceed kernel, but I need to do more testing.

It's very janky compared to M with xceed kernel. 3DMark performance drops by nearly 1k points, 3D games (from brief tests) are extremely janky and nearly unplayable.
There appears to be sqlcipher issues - anything using sqlcipher will crash, most likely due to the heightened NDK security.
Definitely not something you'd want to use unless you're a developer wanting to make sure your stuff works with android N.

Non-rooted pixel c running great on N
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It sounds great !! Before flashing, does the keyboard works fine, I mean, does update notification is still there ? Apps works well ?

Ordered my Pixel C today as part of the "developer sale" promo. Can't wait to flash this preview build and play around with multi-window.

Nice!

riro56 said:
It sounds great !! Before flashing, does the keyboard works fine, I mean, does update notification is still there ? Apps works well ?
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The device with N is sluggish, any app that relies on sqlcipher (many do) will crash/not work, many apps crash outright including Google's own apps. That said notifications do appear to work fine, the OS itself has some nice updates... although it will inexplicably start lagging at times. Battery life is horrible compared to a device running with the xceed kernel, and wifi also has issues especially on ipv6 routers.
I wouldn't use it as a daily driver - it really is ONLY good at the moment as a test device for writing your own applications that you want to either 1) take advantage of what it brings to dev work or 2) you really want to make sure your app works with N early on (problematic because this early from the N release there are bound to be many changes)

Not rooted. Running N today. 7 hours of normal use. (no video or gaming) still at 82%........absolutely loving the battery life!
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I've been running it since yesterday afternoon and both battery life and performance have been satisfactory. I agree that things run a little slower on N than they did on MM, but that's kinda part of the process IMHO - it's a beta after all.
I wonder if there have been any changes in USB-C display support in the N preview? I haven't tried it myself but has anyone else?

I can confirm the amazing battery life! Also no Display Adapter available here.
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Can anyone connect a Bluetooth headset when running N and see that it can pair as a headset? This Bluetooth profile was disabled in marshmallow.
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Installed it, and I'm very happy. Wifi issues are completely gone and I can finally get the maximum speed. http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1803338038
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Simple question! Good enough for daily use?
Browsing, facebook, email and non-demanding apps.
Keyboard connects and works without issue?

Evans_jd said:
Simple question! Good enough for daily use?
Browsing, facebook, email and non-demanding apps.
Keyboard connects and works without issue?
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I have not had an issue with mine - Play Music, Social apps, Email, Keyboard, Wireless, Baldurs Gate all seem fine so far :good:

Volvoash said:
I have not had an issue with mine - Play Music, Social apps, Email, Keyboard, Wireless, Baldurs Gate all seem fine so far :good:
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Thanks.
Up and running. So far so good

Evans_jd said:
Simple question! Good enough for daily use?
Browsing, facebook, email and non-demanding apps.
Keyboard connects and works without issue?
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It's good for daily use for me too. Some Apps not working yet, mostly video content apps like Sky Go Germany or a news portal, but I can live without them for now.
Only one important thing: It didn't recognise my 5Ghz wifi network at home when the router was in automatic channel mode. When I set it to channel 36 it was fine. Apparently the Pixel has issues with some 5Ghz channels, but if you have access to your router that shouldn't be a problem.

I received mine yesterday and went straight to N. I now understand how generous people were being to the Pixel C in reviews considering what it shipped with. It took me 15 minutes to get through the setup wizard because the touch screen was so unresponsive. I have no idea how this thing was approved for sale.
That said N (and im sure patched MM) is running great so far.

Grims said:
I received mine yesterday and went straight to N. I now understand how generous people were being to the Pixel C in reviews considering what it shipped with. It took me 15 minutes to get through the setup wizard because the touch screen was so unresponsive. I have no idea how this thing was approved for sale.
That said N (and im sure patched MM) is running great so far.
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I guess it must be luck of the draw, as I got mine 2days ago and barring 1 reboot, it's been fantastic. I'm leery of updating to N as it's been so good.

Related

LRX21R Improvements

I managed to install LRX21R update. Factory image Q first.
Any differences from Q?
I still experience warming up while browsing in chrome.
reijndert said:
I managed to install LRX21R
Any differences from Q?
I still experience warming up while browsing in chrome.
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i disable chrome and use chrome beta on all my devices. doesn't seem to get very warm for me
Is battery life better with Chrome Beta?
I tried to side load the ota and it errors at package.zip. copied it over to twrp and when I try to flash it it says it's meant for a flounder while I have a volantis device. I unlocked the boot loader, used CFroot, and flashed twrp after using the factory images for the previous release.
IMO this the same as Q build but for folks like me and many others who could not install becase old recovey. I dont see many changes yet - browsing still drains like 1% every two minutes making this tablet piece of useless electronics.
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IMO this the same as Q build but for folks like me and many others who could not install becase old recovey. I dont see many changes yet - browsing still drains like 1% every two minutes making this tablet piece of useless electronics.
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Enjoy what ever tablet you decide to get. :good:
Ramrod421 said:
Enjoy what ever tablet you decide to get. :good:
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Since I forgot my Nexus 10 in plane last december I owned the following tablets: samsung tab pro 8.4, samsung tab s 8.4, xiaomi mipad and now the nexus 9. Hatebto say it but this is the year I am extremely dissapointed with the absence of any progress on Android tablets.
ky3bmu4 said:
Since I forgot my Nexus 10 in plane last december I owned the following tablets: samsung tab pro 8.4, samsung tab s 8.4, xiaomi mipad and now the nexus 9. Hatebto say it but this is the year I am extremely dissapointed with the absence of any progress on Android tablets.
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http://www.androidcentral.com/nokia-n1-249-android-tablet-comes-lollipop-out-box
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IMO this the same as Q build but for folks like me and many others who could not install becase old recovey. I dont see many changes yet - browsing still drains like 1% every two minutes making this tablet piece of useless electronics.
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I'm going to assume you haven't investigated what is causing your wakelocks. because that is abnormal drain time for any device. you are on lollipop, running old KitKat and donut software most likely . there are a number of free LP compatible wake lock analyzing options out there. solve your problems (in turn, help others with same issue), or consider going back to a pager.
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I see no wake locs.
While screen off, it goes to deepsleep.
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reijndert said:
I managed to install LRX21R update. Factory image Q first.
Any differences from Q?
I still experience warming up while browsing in chrome.
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I got R loaded up and re-reooted. I just opened up 8 tabs in chrome and clicked on links in all of them. The N9 is not as hot as it use to be. I'm still going to play around with it and monitor, but so far so good over here.
Just got a 17MB update from Q to R. I'm getting a lot of Wi-Fi dropouts.
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http://www.androidcentral.com/nokia-n1-249-android-tablet-comes-lollipop-out-box
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Interesting device but depends how the atom will work, screen, battery, etc
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Migamix said:
I'm going to assume you haven't investigated what is causing your wakelocks. because that is abnormal drain time for any device. you are on lollipop, running old KitKat and donut software most likely . there are a number of free LP compatible wake lock analyzing options out there. solve your problems (in turn, help others with same issue), or consider going back to a pager.
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Yeah I'm aware of such software and using it on my 1+1. However I wanted to at least try to use my Nexus 9 as "normal user" would do for the first time. Browsing still drains ridiculous amount of battery however I confirm that it is now much better on R build. And heating is much less.
Ps never owned a pager
any improvement on screen flicking?
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I got tired of waiting for Google to issue a working OTA for those of us stuck on LRX21L so I flashed the LRX21R factory image. I'm very happy with it and am glad I took plunge. Noticeable improvements on smoothness. Device still gets hots at times but its improved IMO.
FYI.. I tried following googles instruction for flashing the image. It didn't work.. It crapped out on the SYSTEM.IMG.
Manually flashing each of the IMG files went fine though and all is now working great.
Lastly,
I'd like to point out the the device restore feature worked much better than I had hoped. It even managed to keep app data settings on a couple of apps (that don't have sign in accounts).
Does Google Now from lock screen work for you after some time?
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Does Google Now from lock screen work for you after some time?
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Just flashed R and TWRP this morning. OK Google works from anywhere for me.
prdog1 said:
Just flashed R and TWRP this morning. OK Google works from anywhere for me.
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Try it from home screen. Then try it while off.
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Try it from home screen. Then try it while off.
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Did. It works with black screen, lockscreen, homescreen, within apps, everywhere. You have it turned on in GNow settings?
Got the R update today. Seems good so far. :good:

Is your OPT feeling pretty slow?

Hey all,
I bought a One Plus 2 yesterday (coming from the Galaxy S6) and immediately noticed how unbearably laggy the Oxygen OS was - am I the only one experiencing this? I get a few moments of fluid animations but then things just get choppy, especially compared to the Galaxy S6. I've since put the Chinese Hydrogen version on and it seems a lot more fluid but I just feel like it should be a lot faster? I've been considering just selling it on but this phone is perfect in nearly every other regard.
I was thinking that maybe this is just how things will be until some decent updates come along? Unless I'm the only person experiencing the choppiness.. Then I suppose I should be pretty worried indeed. As a point of reference, I've also used the Moto X 2014 and Z3 Compact which both seemed considerably smoother in operation. Some input from you guys would be great, along with any tips you might have to get the most out of this amazing phone.
Thanks.
Lol coming from an s6 you think its laggy? I switched from an s6 and compared to that this is the fastest phone I've ever had
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Yes it is laggy as oxygen is still on beta, but you should wait and give time as it is a beast, give some time to one plus and they will fix the issues
You did update it right? The build it comes with is as dog**** as the home button is
Just update to 2.0.2 and u'll be fine.
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Yup.. It usually lags when you switch to airplane mode.
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Phone is brand new. OxygenOS is in beta.. Let some development happen man, these specs dont lie
I updated and just got mine! Excited but it is slow. Some things up
Seems fast to me. I showed the OPT to my coworker who has an S6 Edge and he was impressed. He said it was faster than his S6. I didn't even ask him that.
Lol you obviously didn't use the fingerprint sensor to turn it on then or try to go to the home screen pressing the sensor home button. Jk
I've had several phones with fingerprint scanners and this one is by far the fastest so far and the phone is quick. Home button works great also. Maybe I just got lucky.
Yeah mine's pretty slow. I went into a phone store today and tried out the Huawei Mate 7, which on paper looks way behind the Oneplus 2, and it KILLED my OPT when opening apps.
I often get lag here and there, but this is less of a problem for me. My mane gripe is how long it takes to open an app. Like, I hit the Phone icon and it literally takes up to a second to launch. That Mate 7 was practically instant.
What gives, Oneplus?
A lot of the issues I initially had with oxygen were fixed after disabling hardware buttons, including excessive battery drain, heating up, and lag similar to what you're seeing. Maybe it has something to do with grounding? Or maybe I just got used to it :S
This phone is just not meant to be a daily driver with the frustration it brings. If you want to be less mad install cm 12.1. Makes things much better than oxygen
Try flashing OxygenOS 2.0.2 again and then factory reset. You may see a bump in speed. I personally have no quirks with the fluidity of the phone. While it does have some bugs all over the place, never once did the phone feel sluggish. But with that said, the OS does need a lot more polish to really make it feel truly complete. Right now despite all the OTAs OxygenOS still feels incomplete, or maybe its because I'm too used to the versatility of a CM based ROM.
It's slow for about a minute after boot but then things are really fast
Jazza2246 said:
Hey all,
I bought a One Plus 2 yesterday (coming from the Galaxy S6) and immediately noticed how unbearably laggy the Oxygen OS was - am I the only one experiencing this? I get a few moments of fluid animations but then things just get choppy, especially compared to the Galaxy S6. I've since put the Chinese Hydrogen version on and it seems a lot more fluid but I just feel like it should be a lot faster? I've been considering just selling it on but this phone is perfect in nearly every other regard.
I was thinking that maybe this is just how things will be until some decent updates come along? Unless I'm the only person experiencing the choppiness.. Then I suppose I should be pretty worried indeed. As a point of reference, I've also used the Moto X 2014 and Z3 Compact which both seemed considerably smoother in operation. Some input from you guys would be great, along with any tips you might have to get the most out of this amazing phone.
Thanks.
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Actually, the problem is because 2 google apps are using your CPU way too much. Disable the sheets and the slides apps in settings and you should be fine. CPU usage dropped by 40% in cpu-z after disabling these apps.
Update:- actually the CPU now has really less usage after disabling (5% after disabling.).
[email protected] said:
Actually, the problem is because 2 google apps are using your CPU way too much. Disable the sheets and the slides apps in settings and you should be fine. CPU usage dropped by 40% in cpu-z after disabling these apps.
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That's something new.. I anyway just remove these apps from my /system..
Im on OOS 2.1.2 rooted.. Having xposed and AK kernel.. No lags.. Super fluid..
For those complaining about the slow app launching, download a 3rd party launcher and you'll see instantly the difference in app launching. I prefer google now launcher to maintain that stock feel.
Mehul.S said:
That's something new.. I anyway just remove these apps from my /system..
Im on OOS 2.1.2 rooted.. Having xposed and AK kernel.. No lags.. Super fluid..
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You see, I saw some lag and I went to developer options>show CPU usage and the most of the CPU usage came from the sheets and slides apps.

Note 4 [SM-N910F] : Considering moving on, lag and poor experience....HELP!!!

Hi Everyone,
I'll keep this short...I've had my Note 4 for about 10 months now. Generally I have to say I feel that I've been living in denial, I love the device from a HW perspective and also the S Pen features however the SW is just too damn clunky, laggy and slow. Right now there is 1 to 2 second delay before it responds to any gestures + this can be up to 5 seconds when launching the camera for example. Also when playing music via Bluetooth it is very choppy and cuts in and out of the track being played (I have tried this on more than 1 Bluetooth device and its the same). When updating to Lollipop it seems that the experience hasn't got better, infact probably worse. I've loaded another launcher (Nova launcher) to see if the problem was touchwiz however its still the same. Lastly I've reset the device to factory 3 times now, which helps however it doesn't take long for it to get back to its usual clunky self. With all of this in mind, I am seriously considering moving on to another premium device however I wanted to throw this out there to you all to see if there was anyone else who had experienced the same issues and even better had a resolution.
Should I root the device and install another rom or simply move on???
Any help is much appreciated in advance.
Thanks,
OB
Try root and try a rom. There are a few out there that have been through the paces
Try another rom, I'm on dn5 and my phone is incredible fast
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Thanks for the replies guys. I have a 910F, sucessfully fully rooted it today. I am looking for a fast and reliable ROM which also has the S Pen features. Can anyone recommend one instead of trial and error. Must be 910F variant.
Lastly, do I need to do something to a bootloader or something in order to load the ROM? Apologies if that's a stupid question...I am still quite new to this and learning.
Thanks,
OB
overbooost said:
Thanks for the replies guys. I have a 910F, sucessfully fully rooted it today. I am looking for a fast and reliable ROM which also has the S Pen features. Can anyone recommend one instead of trial and error. Must be 910F variant.
Lastly, do I need to do something to a bootloader or something in order to load the ROM? Apologies if that's a stupid question...I am still quite new to this and learning.
Thanks,
OB
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I don't know what's wrong with your phone, but I'm using rooted stock 5.1.1 for my N910H & everything is running great.
d4rkkn16ht said:
I don't what's wrong with your phone, but I'm using rooted stock 5.1.1 for my N910H & everything is running great.
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What about your battery performance? I have the same model and it's very bad!!!
I had the same feeling when I got my N910F a couple of months ago (coming from a Note 2 which I felt was more responsive and snappy than the Note 4).
But then I upgraded from the original 5.0.1 to stock 5.1.1 and it's like having a new phone; no more lag, or stutter or delays. This is what the Note 4 should have been like from the beginning.
So I suggest you try first upgrading to stock 5.1.1, no root and Knox intact at 0x0.
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What about your battery performance? I have the same model and it's very bad!!!
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My battery last around 9 hours with 3 hours SOT with very heavy use :
Youtube
Radio streaming
Music
Gaming
Many syncs (Outlook, Yahoo mail, Gmail, ICQmail, Instagram, Twitter, BBM, Periscope, Skype, Instructible, Facebook, Facebook messenger, Whatsapp, Line, G+, Path, GTalk, Hangouts, Mega, Dropbox, 4Shared, Box, Drive, Onedrive, Youtube, Sing!, and many more)
For Cloud storage I sync some folder on access using FolderSync.
Downloads
Web browsing for around 1 hours
Some note taking.
WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth is always ON
With medium usage it can lasts for around 13-16 hours.
With light usage it can lasts for 18 -20 hours
With very light usage it can lasts 34 hours max (only standby+music+5 minutes web browsing).
It used to be 42 hours during very light usage, but it's been 1 year so the battery is degrading.
I didn't mention phone call because many of my family members & friends use BBM/Whatsapp/Line/Skype to call me.
I only use a real phone call for less than 15 minutes a day so it's negligible.
overbooost said:
Thanks for the replies guys. I have a 910F, sucessfully fully rooted it today. I am looking for a fast and reliable ROM which also has the S Pen features. Can anyone recommend one instead of trial and error. Must be 910F variant.
Lastly, do I need to do something to a bootloader or something in order to load the ROM? Apologies if that's a stupid question...I am still quite new to this and learning.
Thanks,
OB
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I'm using Dr keten s6edge rom and it's sweet up to now
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thoughts on nougat Update????

So what're your thoughts on nougat so far for the s7 edge?
Amazing
Check out the battery life pluse it's buttery smooth no hiccups today I used Bluetooth navigation downloaded three torrents files check out the pictures
It could be better if I took at adguard off but I hate ads
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It could be better if I took at adguard off but I hate ads
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Do you have to be rude to use the Adgard?
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Bugs I've reported.
I've found 2 devices that the bluetooth profiles aren't correct, but worked in Marshmallow.
Bluetooth itself will sometimes just stop. flipping to airplane mode and back fixes.
My Knox stuff all janked up.
Some knox based apps think older version installed and wont work.
Downloading apps from Play store or Samsung store causes user interface lag during the install.
I've had 2 occasions where items in accessibility service that were ON reset to off.
No themes in store. Themes that you had installed before somewhat stay enabled but a few graphical items where apps have changed.
VR stuff was listed in FAQ as not functional. FAQ is correct.
Every now and then, maybe once a day, I've had the Google Play Services has stopped, hasn't affected anything.
well i managed to force close nougat on my S7 doing some heavy multi tasking and video at the same time ...locked it up and forced a restart , then had to hard shut down 2 times to even be able to get back in without it locking up on me
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Check out the battery life pluse it's buttery smooth no hiccups today I used Bluetooth navigation downloaded three torrents files check out the pictures
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That's legit
Everything is wokring OK for me so far. My Instagram videos don't seem to load all the time but other then that is been solid. I'm going to continue testing other apps and will update. Battery life is pretty good but I haven't tried it outside of the house.
Is the finger print sensor faster now? The note 7s got so fast after the update.
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Is the finger print sensor faster now? The note 7s got so fast after the update.
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Yeah, it's pretty much instantaneous now.
My thoughts on the update.... I Love it. Not a single issue. Super fast. No app FC, battery is amazing now. If the Verizon N is runnin this good on ATT, cant wait til the real update!!
Today's miniupdate fixed the Google play services closes. Not sure what else. It wasn't very big. 59Mb.
where is the update available?
check your device update setting.
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You would have to had registered for the beta. Which is closed now.
Hey is anyone else notification bar tweaking out
I freaking love nougat... my battery is great....i have no issues...no systemui problem...no mms sms or call issues. I disabled all of Verizon bloat..so it looks pretty slim. ...LTE is great here in nashville. No Wi-Fi calling..but I could careless about that. It's smooth and stable. No overheating. I keep forgetting I'm on T-MOBILE and this is a ported firmware. I think this will be my daily driver from here until S8 Edge comes out. I use adgaurd to block ads and for the first time.... I don't care about having root access. This is the best!
I missed the beta so messing with verizon update.
Overall not to impressed at this point. If I had the actual TMo Beta it might be different, but I am assuming they are mostly set up the same way.
Antutu scores only in the 60's. O course I don't have the new LTE+ TMo modem, so downloads not very fast.
Up to 89,000 second time - a little below where I was with Echoe
I'm on T-Mobile - this Beta is running great. Just a couple small issues, Facebook force closes, some alert sounds ring on and on, other than that - excellent so far
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I'm on T-Mobile - this Beta is running great. Just a couple small issues, Facebook force closes, some alert sounds ring on and on, other than that - excellent so far
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They released a patch for that. Check for a system update.

Latest suggestions on lag and freezes

I bought the phone from Sprint and used it for Sprint; then now Cricket. Sprint has terrible service here; I roamed for days sometimes traveling for work. I would swear the phone freezes and lags more when you are in that funk area of having no service or poor service.
Most of my freezes are when I'm driving; that's most of my phone use anyway. I've used app killers and memory boosters, and I keep reading that those actually do more harm.
I have an iphone for work and it never freezes; and my best android experience was with a Huawei Honor 8; it had no freeze to speak of.
Is it the phones hardware, how it plays with apps, or does it just need more ram, or are there bad/buggy apps? It's not uncommon for me to use Waze, Uber Driver, Glympse, and an app that either plays audio, or sometimes video like DirecTV. It will almost always freeze.
I've done resets and restores. Wonder if a fresh reset and reinstall of apps would have any good effect?
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I bought the phone from Sprint and used it for Sprint; then now Cricket. Sprint has terrible service here; I roamed for days sometimes traveling for work. I would swear the phone freezes and lags more when you are in that funk area of having no service or poor service.
Most of my freezes are when I'm driving; that's most of my phone use anyway. I've used app killers and memory boosters, and I keep reading that those actually do more harm.
I have an iphone for work and it never freezes; and my best android experience was with a Huawei Honor 8; it had no freeze to speak of.
Is it the phones hardware, how it plays with apps, or does it just need more ram, or are there bad/buggy apps? It's not uncommon for me to use Waze, Uber Driver, Glympse, and an app that either plays audio, or sometimes video like DirecTV. It will almost always freeze.
I've done resets and restores. Wonder if a fresh reset and reinstall of apps would have any good effect?
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Do not use any app killers or memory booster. They do more harm then benefit.
If you are on Nougat, update to Oreo Beta 3. Or wait for a few days. Essential will be pushing 8.1 beta soon, hopefully within this week.
I use Waze everyday, and have never had freezes. I'm running OB3.
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Do not use any app killers or memory booster. They do more harm then benefit.
If you are on Nougat, update to Oreo Beta 3. Or wait for a few days. Essential will be pushing 8.1 beta soon, hopefully within this week.
I use Waze everyday, and have never had freezes. I'm running OB3.
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Thanks for the suggestions,it just seems like beta builds, for someone who uses the phone to make money (where you need 100 reliability), are not the best choice.
I'm not saying Waze is an issue, that's just one of several apps that o have open during the problem times. When I do use the ram boosters they typically indicate they are finding almost 1 gb to free up.
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Thanks for the suggestions,it just seems like beta builds, for someone who uses the phone to make money (where you need 100 reliability), are not the best choice.
I'm not saying Waze is an issue, that's just one of several apps that o have open during the problem times. When I do use the ram boosters they typically indicate they are finding almost 1 gb to free up.
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FREE RAM is wasted RAM. As per feedback here and in other forums, Oreo Beta builds have been much more reliable than Nougat builds.
I never ran Nougat, so can't compare unfortunately. But OB2 and OB3 has been rock solid for me.
indian84 said:
FREE RAM is wasted RAM. As per feedback here and in other forums, Oreo Beta builds have been much more reliable than Nougat builds.
I never ran Nougat, so can't compare unfortunately. But OB2 and OB3 has been rock solid for me.
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Hmm. Maybe I'll give it shot tonight. Can you go back to nougat if it doesn't do well. For that matter when will the production build of Oreo be out?
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Hmm. Maybe I'll give it shot tonight. Can you go back to nougat if it doesn't do well. For that matter when will the production build of Oreo be out?
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I would suggest you wait for a few days. Apparently Essential has fixed a lot of bugs in 8.1 beta. They did mention that the may release it within this week. If you don't feel comfortable on Beta, you can go back to Nougat, but you will loose your data.
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I would suggest you wait for a few days. Apparently Essential has fixed a lot of bugs in 8.1 beta. They did mention that the may release it within this week. If you don't feel comfortable on Beta, you can go back to Nougat, but you will loose your data.
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@cfclay - Today, in order to help combat sluggishness and choppy scrolling, I turned on Force GPU rendering in developer options. It's helped in my opinion. That's usually a setting developers use when testing, but since this is more or less a test build, I figured I'd give it a shot. I also changed my transition animation settings to .5x from 1x. While that won't help smoothness, if you're getting laggy experience it may help speed some things up a bit for you. May be worth a shot and may just give the perception things have improved, but overall I've been very pleased with the performance of the oreo beta 3 release.
@indian84 - where is everyone getting this information that oreo 8.1 beta may come out on friday (I've seen that mentioned in several places) or in the next few days. The only thing I can find is where Essential just said they were skipping 8.0 to jump straight to 8.1. Can you point me to where timeframes have been mentioned? Thanks in advance.
Hey, I sideloaded Essential Phone Oreo Beta 3 (OPM1.170911.254 and I have a dumb question- how can you tell it applied. There were no errors on the computer, but I think there may have been something on the phone that said installation aborted, just barely noticed before I chose to reboot.
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Hey, I sideloaded Essential Phone Oreo Beta 3 (OPM1.170911.254 and I have a dumb question- how can you tell it applied. There were no errors on the computer, but I think there may have been something on the phone that said installation aborted, just barely noticed before I chose to reboot.
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@cfclay - Easy, go to settings, system, about phone, and look at the build number.
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@cfclay - Easy, go to settings, system, about phone, and look at the build number.
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I have NMK24B
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cfclay said:
I have NMK24B
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That's not Oreo.. You are still on Nougat..
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I have NMK24B
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Should have the build you were trying to flash if it was successful, like at the bottom of my screenshot.
So going back to your original issue. Sprint did cause the phone to lag and do weird things. That was a given. I was able to get out and use TMobile. the difference is night and day. I do want to point out that cricket caps it's lte speeds at 8mbits, this is from having cricket before and it would sometimes drop to 3 and 4 is more consistent. I'd check the snrs and the speed you're getting from cricket , in 2018 8mbit cap feels a little low
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So going back to your original issue. Sprint did cause the phone to lag and do weird things. That was a given. I was able to get out and use TMobile. the difference is night and day. I do want to point out that cricket caps it's lte speeds at 8mbits, this is from having cricket before and it would sometimes drop to 3 and 4 is more consistent. I'd check the snrs and the speed you're getting from cricket , in 2018 8mbit cap feels a little low
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I'm on the unlimited 2 plan and getting 3 Mbps lol. Still, works beautifully compared to Sprint. I do see your point though. This is my first month to try this service, and I've used about 10gb a week and it works just fine, so I'm sticking to it.
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Here's the error I get when trying to sideload the Beta Build 3. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
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Here's the error I get when trying to sideload the Beta Build 3. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
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You on January security patch.
Hence that error..
You have to wait for beta update..
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@cfclay - Today, in order to help combat sluggishness and choppy scrolling, I turned on Force GPU rendering in developer options. It's helped in my opinion. That's usually a setting developers use when testing, but since this is more or less a test build, I figured I'd give it a shot. I also changed my transition animation settings to .5x from 1x. While that won't help smoothness, if you're getting laggy experience it may help speed some things up a bit for you. May be worth a shot and may just give the perception things have improved, but overall I've been very pleased with the performance of the oreo beta 3 release.
@indian84 - where is everyone getting this information that oreo 8.1 beta may come out on friday (I've seen that mentioned in several places) or in the next few days. The only thing I can find is where Essential just said they were skipping 8.0 to jump straight to 8.1. Can you point me to where timeframes have been mentioned? Thanks in advance.
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Not to burst your bubble...
But effing with the GPU does not fix the issue... It's just your rose colored glasses...
Neither performance for the governor... Nor any setting in developer options will fix it...
Though if it works for you... Good...
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Not to burst your bubble...
But effing with the GPU does not fix the issue... It's just your rose colored glasses...
Neither performance for the governor... Nor any setting in developer options will fix it...
Though if it works for you... Good...
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Yeah, it hasn't fixed anything.
The lag and freezes has nothing to do with being on Sprint versus being on Cricket or any other carrier. I get the random freezes and lags too and it's really frustrating. The phone throttles and unthrottles itself at random times with no rhyme or reason. I'm all stock, not rooted, no beta software and the phone would stutter, lag, freeze while i'm doing something mundane. Also touchscreen issues at times.
I already have (had) my device setup the way i want, so not interested in starting all over just to try/test out beta software. I'll just wait for the official Oreo to drop.
Certain apps seem to really cause problems. I reset my phone and installed most of the apps again. When you connect carplay and use another GPS app like glympse, it can be a complete dumpster fire. Locked up on me twice today
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