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Asus Zenfone 5: My First Few Hours' Impressions
- Thread Starter vijay_968
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Re: Update on Warranty and Battery Life
The mai thing is how much time the screen stayed on. Next time do check it and post here.
(A) Registration and Warranty:
(B) Battery Life:
After last Power-OFF Power-ON, the battery has lasted for 1 Day & 23 Hrs. Screen-shot attached for Ref. Two full nights and a day of almost standby (93% to 68%) and light telephony and screen-on activities during today (65% to 7%). That's a very good performance after the Friday-to-Saturday-Drain-scare![[:)]](https://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/images/smilies/Smile.gif "Smile [:)]")
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(B) Battery Life:
After last Power-OFF Power-ON, the battery has lasted for 1 Day & 23 Hrs. Screen-shot attached for Ref. Two full nights and a day of almost standby (93% to 68%) and light telephony and screen-on activities during today (65% to 7%). That's a very good performance after the Friday-to-Saturday-Drain-scare
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I have not got enough time to go thourgh the enw device in details but whatever time I spend I am really very surprised to see too many excellent features in such low coast cell.
One thing I am not able to find is how should I change default storage to SD card. All my Whats app images, applications are still on internal Storage (8 GB). Please assist
One thing I am not able to find is how should I change default storage to SD card. All my Whats app images, applications are still on internal Storage (8 GB). Please assist
^^ android doesn't let you do that now. They removed the feature in the newer versions of android.
So in this case what would be the use of using SD card? Instead of investing in it I can take a periodically back up on my laptop. I thing thats the wrong move on new version.
By the way pictures taken from camera are automaically stored on SD card
By the way pictures taken from camera are automaically stored on SD card
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I vaguely remember seeing a figure closer to 4 Hrs w.r.to the screen shot posted at post # 12. Will keep it in mind next time. For today, it is a 12H 26M to 32% Battery. The break up is below:
49% : 01H 59M for Android System (CPU time)
11% : 12H 25M for Standby
09% : 01H 46M for Screen
08% : 00H 06M for Android OS (CPU Time)
05% : 00H 09M for Google Search
04% : 00H 10M for Solitaire 3D
04% : 10H 41M for Phone idle
03% : 00H 06M for Media Server
03% : 00H 52M for Asus Phone (I guess voice Calls)
The screen was accessed a LOT today for Texting, Note taking, Calendar, checking Contact info, showing off etc (pushing two colleges to ditch their phones in favour of a 5 incher![[;)]](https://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/images/smilies/Wink.gif "Wink [;)]")
). One interesting activity to note is the Android System has eaten 2Hrs of CPU time ! Android OS, with just 6Minutes has contributed to 8% ![[surprise]](https://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/images/smilies/Surprise.gif "Surprise [surprise]")
. This is interesting.
Easy macsvin. Settings - Asus Customized Settings (under DEVICE) - App installation settings - Prefer external storage. I hope you are already on KitKat.
49% : 01H 59M for Android System (CPU time)
11% : 12H 25M for Standby
09% : 01H 46M for Screen
08% : 00H 06M for Android OS (CPU Time)
05% : 00H 09M for Google Search
04% : 00H 10M for Solitaire 3D
04% : 10H 41M for Phone idle
03% : 00H 06M for Media Server
03% : 00H 52M for Asus Phone (I guess voice Calls)
The screen was accessed a LOT today for Texting, Note taking, Calendar, checking Contact info, showing off etc (pushing two colleges to ditch their phones in favour of a 5 incher
). One interesting activity to note is the Android System has eaten 2Hrs of CPU time ! Android OS, with just 6Minutes has contributed to 8% . This is interesting.Easy macsvin. Settings - Asus Customized Settings (under DEVICE) - App installation settings - Prefer external storage. I hope you are already on KitKat.
I vaguely remember seeing a figure closer to 4 Hrs w.r.to the screen shot posted at post # 12. Will keep it in mind next time. For today, it is a 12H 26M to 32% Battery. The break up is below:
49% : 01H 59M for Android System (CPU time)
11% : 12H 25M for Standby
09% : 01H 46M for Screen
08% : 00H 06M for Android OS (CPU Time)
05% : 00H 09M for Google Search
04% : 00H 10M for Solitaire 3D
04% : 10H 41M for Phone idle
03% : 00H 06M for Media Server
03% : 00H 52M for Asus Phone (I guess voice Calls)
The screen was accessed a LOT today for Texting, Note taking, Calendar, checking Contact info, showing off etc (pushing two colleges to ditch their phones in favour of a 5 incher). One interesting activity to note is the Android System has eaten 2Hrs of CPU time ! Android OS, with just 6Minutes has contributed to 8% . This is interesting.
Easy macsvin. Settings - Asus Customized Settings (under DEVICE) - App installation settings - Prefer external storage. I hope you are already on KitKat.
49% : 01H 59M for Android System (CPU time)
11% : 12H 25M for Standby
09% : 01H 46M for Screen
08% : 00H 06M for Android OS (CPU Time)
05% : 00H 09M for Google Search
04% : 00H 10M for Solitaire 3D
04% : 10H 41M for Phone idle
03% : 00H 06M for Media Server
03% : 00H 52M for Asus Phone (I guess voice Calls)
The screen was accessed a LOT today for Texting, Note taking, Calendar, checking Contact info, showing off etc (pushing two colleges to ditch their phones in favour of a 5 incher
). One interesting activity to note is the Android System has eaten 2Hrs of CPU time ! Android OS, with just 6Minutes has contributed to 8% . This is interesting.Easy macsvin. Settings - Asus Customized Settings (under DEVICE) - App installation settings - Prefer external storage. I hope you are already on KitKat.
I didn't know now apps can be stores to sd. My previous phone xperia sp didn't let me, i can't in mu current phone nexus 5 because it has no sd card :p i always thought you have to root your phone to do the same.
Very basic question from me - How do I know if I have Kitkat? I can see the andriod version as 4.3.
If this is not kitkat how do I upgrade? Seen some reviews where they have suggested that kitkat is not yet stable. Please assist
If this is not kitkat how do I upgrade? Seen some reviews where they have suggested that kitkat is not yet stable. Please assist
Where are the pics MR. Vijay! Congrats on your new phone.
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#25
Mine is Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). You are on Jelly Bean. "Settings-About-System update" should start the download followed by installation. Except that one time "Battery Drain" issue, I'm not having any problem. NO lags, NO Force Closing, NO Crashes, NO heating up, NO phone Freezing/Hanging, NO Dropped Calls. I guess the KitKat update is stable. Even yesterday Asus pushed updates for 3 to 5 Phone Modules (from Play Store). A colleague of mine is unable to update over Data network. I can't comment on this except a brief "Better try updating over Wi-Fi".
Thanks CarLoverJosh. You asked for it, you got it. The shine (in Pic 2 & 4) is due to light bouncing off the "transparent soft plastic of Flip Cover (into which the phone is inserted)".
My ZF5 is black in color and does not look so bad as in photos above. Pls tolerate the poor Qlty images. Better images from web (courtesy respective website) are given below:
http://eshop.asus.com/media/externa...img-beauty-touch-zenfone-splendid-display.png
http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/20140423/ST_20140423_ZEN_8_254602e.jpg
Thanks CarLoverJosh. You asked for it, you got it. The shine (in Pic 2 & 4) is due to light bouncing off the "transparent soft plastic of Flip Cover (into which the phone is inserted)".
My ZF5 is black in color and does not look so bad as in photos above. Pls tolerate the poor Qlty images. Better images from web (courtesy respective website) are given below:
http://eshop.asus.com/media/externa...img-beauty-touch-zenfone-splendid-display.png
http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/20140423/ST_20140423_ZEN_8_254602e.jpg
Nice phone Vijay. Thanks for the photos. Looks like the ultra popular old iPhone 3g.
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#28
How to update Zenfone 5 to KitKat when OTA update Fails.
Panic not, Mahesh. I think, failure of OTA update for KitKat is not uncommon for ZF5. The links below will help you get 4.4.2 manually.
How to Manually Update Zenfone 5 to Android 4.4.2 KitKat - AndroidTeen
How to Update Asus Zenfone 5 to Kitkat Manually - AndroidMeister
You can also search in the xda-developers.com for solved responses. It's not a big problem, but an irritant nevertheless when OTA fails. Good luck.
Panic not, Mahesh. I think, failure of OTA update for KitKat is not uncommon for ZF5. The links below will help you get 4.4.2 manually.
How to Manually Update Zenfone 5 to Android 4.4.2 KitKat - AndroidTeen
How to Update Asus Zenfone 5 to Kitkat Manually - AndroidMeister
You can also search in the xda-developers.com for solved responses. It's not a big problem, but an irritant nevertheless when OTA fails. Good luck.
Asus Zenfone 5 - User opinions and reviews
Refer this link. Its been said by ASUS tech support team that the new version is not stable & one has to install at his own risk.
I will wait for few more days before I upgrade to Kitkat.
By the way I am getting a poor response form Battery Life. I shall provide the screen shot of battery usage by today EOD. But from morning 7 AM to 2.30 PM my battery is reduced frpom fully charged to 85 % with very minimal usage
Refer this link. Its been said by ASUS tech support team that the new version is not stable & one has to install at his own risk.
I will wait for few more days before I upgrade to Kitkat.
By the way I am getting a poor response form Battery Life. I shall provide the screen shot of battery usage by today EOD. But from morning 7 AM to 2.30 PM my battery is reduced frpom fully charged to 85 % with very minimal usage
GSMarena website review had query regarding GPS function, GPS signal don't remain locked for longer time. It unlocks every now & then, & everytime you need to exit map app & restart app & find GPS signal again. How is your experience about GPS??