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Sunday, June 26, 2016
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
OnePlus 2 - Rooting and Multi-Window Mode
OnePlus
2 Rooting:
- I upgraded first (via OTA) to Marshmallow / Oxygen 3.0
- The ultimate guide is here: https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oneplus-2-how-to-unlock-bootloader-install-custom-recovery-root-efs-backup-more.345478/
- After flashing TWRP and SuperSU, my OnePlus 2 kept boot-looping / getting stuck on the splash animation, so I had to troubleshoot.
- I found that the only working method (to gain root but keep Marshmallow / Oxygen 3.0) is to use Grarak's TWRP recovery and a modified SuperSU. I used these specific links:
- Grarak: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24572330218882108
- SuperSU: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995297946
- If the above links no longer work, this post will probably be updated with the newest ones: https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/mirrors-for-official-oxygen-os-roms-and-ota-updates.387615/
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OnePlus
2 - Enabling Multi-Window Mode / True Multi-tasking:
- After using the OnePlus 2 for more than 5 minutes, I quickly realized just how big my new phone was. Coming from the Moto G, this phone feels enormous, and to be realistic, it is pretty big, even when compared to competitors. Thus, it felt really wasteful to have this huge screen and be only using it for one simple app at a time. I wanted to see if I could multitask, and specifically with multi-window mode.
- If you are rooted, this is actually incredibly easy.
- Guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-enable-multi-window-mode-android-t3121483
- My
steps were even simpler; I simply installed the ROM Toolbox app (free), which let me edit
my build.prop file in seconds to change the user type from
"user" to "userdebug", then I rebooted, went into
develop options, and turned on "multi-window".
- So far, most apps work fine with it, and it is great for using Gmail on one side and some other thing on another.
Labels:
android,
oneplus 2,
root,
technology
Monday, June 20, 2016
June 2016 - Smartphone Research and Comparison
These are my quick notes / comparison table for shopping for a new Android smartphone. I was only looking at phones with 3GB of RAM or more, since my irritation with my current phone was how the small amount of RAM (1GB, it is a Moto G 1st gen) caused pretty much every app to crash or behave erroneously when being pulled from the background.
I ended up going with the OnePlus 2, despite the OnePlus 3 just being released, since I didn't want to pay over $300 for a smartphone that I am probably going to upgrade out of anyways in a year or two. So far, I have been extremely satisfied with my OnePlus 2! I'll have another post in a bit about what I did to make the phone even better right out of the box.
Honestly, I don't get the hate towards the OnePlus brand of phones. I had never heard of them before, because they are rarely mentioned online (if you bring up the brand on most common forums, you get hushed really quickly). From my perspective, it seems like everyone should love them: they are really close to stock android, easy to root, the spec/feature to price ratio is INCREDIBLE, they are good looking, and they (so far) have been OK with rolling out updates (my OnePlus 2 immediately upgraded to Marshmallow after I turned it on).
Phone
|
Price
|
Fingerprint?
|
Camera
|
PPI
|
Major Pros
|
Major Cons
|
Overall
|
$154
|
Yes
|
14MP
|
401
|
Astounding price
to spec ratio, plus 4165mAh battery
|
Company has
horrible rep, dev support, BAD signal support
|
Price is sort of a
red flag and is in line with consensus to avoid - IGNORE
|
|
$199
|
No
|
13MP
|
267
|
AMOLED (pretty),
nice design
|
Not much, just
stiff competition, no LTE band 12, NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE
|
Good budget phone,
but not much else.
|
|
$350
|
Yes
|
24MP
|
490
|
AMOLED
(pretty), good specs
|
Mixed reviews, no
LTE band 12
|
Considering, but
steep jump from $200 range to $300+ -- tied with Nexus 6
|
|
$300-400
|
Yes
|
16MP
|
401
|
Trustworthy, pure
android, Moto
|
Rumors of heating
issues, not out for a bit, pricey, NO COMPASS?!
|
Probably worth
jumping off the Moto ship, considering the high price and mixed initial
reviews - seems like Nexus 6 would actually be better
|
|
$300
|
No
|
13MP
|
490
|
AMOLED (pretty),
STOCK, great reviews
|
Dated (2014), no
fingerprint
|
Seems like Moto X
Pure is much better bang for buck
|
|
$300
|
Yes
|
13MP
|
401
|
Big battery (4100
mAh)
|
No LTE band 12,
Dated
|
No compelling
reason to get instead of competitors - IGNORE
|
|
$200
|
No
|
13MP
|
403
|
No LTE band 12
|
Nothing impressive
- IGNORE
|
||
$300
|
No
|
16MP
|
583
|
Full LTE support
(including band 12), Removable battery,
|
No fingerprint
|
||
$300
|
No
|
21MP
|
520
|
Full LTE support
(including band 12), water protection
|
No fingerprint,
IPS instead of AMOLED
|
Considering
|
|
$300 (don't be
misled, DON’T BUY ON AMAZON)
|
Yes
|
13MP
|
401
|
Full LTE support,
64GB OF MEMORY, 4GB OF RAM!!!!!!
|
It's not moto.
That's it. The only con. Type-C USB is a little annoying, but it is the
future anyways.
|
WOAH, WE HAVE A
WINNER, WHY DIDN'T I KNOW ABOUT THIS PHONE EARLIER????
|
|
$400
|
Yes
|
16MP
|
401
|
Full LTE, AMOLED,
Fast charge, NFC, 6GB OF RAM!
|
Pricetag
|
If you want the
newest and greatest, this is the BEST bang for your buck. If you like to
upgrade frequently, OnePlus 2 might be a better buy until this drops in
price.
|
I ended up going with the OnePlus 2, despite the OnePlus 3 just being released, since I didn't want to pay over $300 for a smartphone that I am probably going to upgrade out of anyways in a year or two. So far, I have been extremely satisfied with my OnePlus 2! I'll have another post in a bit about what I did to make the phone even better right out of the box.
Honestly, I don't get the hate towards the OnePlus brand of phones. I had never heard of them before, because they are rarely mentioned online (if you bring up the brand on most common forums, you get hushed really quickly). From my perspective, it seems like everyone should love them: they are really close to stock android, easy to root, the spec/feature to price ratio is INCREDIBLE, they are good looking, and they (so far) have been OK with rolling out updates (my OnePlus 2 immediately upgraded to Marshmallow after I turned it on).
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