I recently got my AT&T SGS3. I'm so disapointed by the service, but that's another topic.
My wife has an HTC One X. I installed Quadrant on both devices: the One X had a score of 5600-ish and my SGS3 had one of 4600--ish. What gives?!
My SGS3 is rooted, I'm running Launcher Pro, and have installed Google Now. Other than that, I'm running (way) more apps: FB, Twitter, etc. She runs pretty bare-bones. Could this be impacting the score?
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I recently got my AT&T SGS3. I'm so disapointed by the service, but that's another topic.
My wife has an HTC One X. I installed Quadrant on both devices: the One X had a score of 5600-ish and my SGS3 had one of 4600--ish. What gives?!
My SGS3 is rooted, I'm running Launcher Pro, and have installed Google Now. Other than that, I'm running (way) more apps: FB, Twitter, etc. She runs pretty bare-bones. Could this be impacting the score?
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clear running apps from both phones and run again. My One X and SGS III are within a few points of each other. However, don't get hung up on quadrant scores. They're pretty meaningless. The only thing that matters is how you feel like the phone is operating.
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clear running apps from both phones and run again. My One X and SGS III are within a few points of each other. However, don't get hung up on quadrant scores. They're pretty meaningless. The only thing that matters is how you feel like the phone is operating.
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I did a couple of things: Killed LauncherPro and ran the stock TouchWiz. Also made sure I killed all apps. The score is significantly lower now. See attached.
The reason for running the benchmark was because I was complaining about the (1 day) battery life on my phone, and my wife says she goes two to three days without charging. So I was going to show her how much better my phone was. Imagine my dissapointment when not only did I demonstrate to her that my phone is much slower, but that her battery life is much much better.
The reality is, the phone is feeling sluggish, and I can't figure out why. Her screen seems to be better, battery life better, service (w/ Sprint vs. my AT&T) better, and performance better.
@gunnyman: Since you have both phones, I'd love to hear how you compare the two. At this point, I'm thinking of ditching my SGS3 and just getting the same phone she has.
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That score tells me there's probably something wrong with your phone, or some app has a rogue process that is killing both performance and battery life.
Comparing the One X to the SGS III is very difficult. both have their plusses and minuses.
The screen on the One X is hands down the nicest one available today.
However, AT&T/HTC have locked it down to the point where even an iPhone is easier to hack.
Also the lack of removable storage was a dealbreaker for me.
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That score tells me there's probably something wrong with your phone, or some app has a rogue process that is killing both performance and battery life.
Comparing the One X to the SGS III is very difficult. both have their plusses and minuses.
The screen on the One X is hands down the nicest one available today.
However, AT&T/HTC have locked it down to the point where even an iPhone is easier to hack.
Also the lack of removable storage was a dealbreaker for me.
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How is the battery life on your two phones?
Also, any suggestions on how to track down the issue re something being wrong or a rogue process?
Well I sold the One X last week but Battery life is only SLIGHTLY better on it than on the sgs III I get through the day and have about 20-30% battery left before I put it on the charger. I'm a very heavy user. I see about 4 hrs of screen time.
When comparing battery life that's what matters. On your wife's phone how much screen on time does she have before she has to charge it up?
My wife has an HTC inspire which she has to charge every two days. However she uses her phone much less than I use mine.
As for tracking down what's happening with the phone, get better battery stats from the play store. It will track wake locks, which prevent the phone from going into deep sleep.
Install the program and check it at the end of the day and you'll get a very good idea about what is using the battery.
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Well I sold the One X last week but Battery life is only SLIGHTLY better on it than on the sgs III I get through the day and have about 20-30% battery left before I put it on the charger. I'm a very heavy user. I see about 4 hrs of screen time.
When comparing battery life that's what matters. On your wife's phone how much screen on time does she have before she has to charge it up?
My wife has an HTC inspire which she has to charge every two days. However she uses her phone much less than I use mine.
As for tracking down what's happening with the phone, get better battery stats from the play store. It will track wake locks, which prevent the phone from going into deep sleep.
Install the program and check it at the end of the day and you'll get a very good idea about what is using the battery.
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I'll give Better Battery Stats a shot. Thank you.
No problem. Good luck.
General consensus is that quadrant scores and benchmark scores mean nothing. If you want to compare try launching apps on both phones or just switching phones for a few days.
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General consensus is that quadrant scores and benchmark scores mean nothing. If you want to compare try launching apps on both phones or just switching phones for a few days.
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Understood. But I am curious as to why my own Quadrant scores are going from the mid-4000's to 3200...
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Understood. But I am curious as to why my own Quadrant scores are going from the mid-4000's to 3200...
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I wouldn't worry, there's little things you can change that wouldn't effect real world performance but would buff quadrant by 1000 points... If your going to test try Antutu, it is the most accurate Imo but I still wouldn't worry to much what it says. I've seen my gsiii score anywhere from 4000 to 9500 in Antutu depending on apps open, current rom/kernel, run time, battery temp etc.
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Out of curiosity, I just installed and ran Quadrant on my i747M (Telus) running the leaked Bell Jelly Bean firmware. Before running the benchmark, I went into the Task Manager and killed all running apps and freed memory. My score was 5906.
If you're running Samsung firmware, make sure you don't have the Power Saving toggle turned on.
One my One X I generally get way better battery life than with my S3. Never bothered to run any quadrant scores, but I'm sure the general consensus is that the One X has a little better battery life.
I also play with the S3 more than the One X so that may explain my battery difference.
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Well one major thing I seen is that your lte isn't there which means your going to be considerably slow reboot that's what I had to do last night as I was getting spoty lte service last night. Can also boot into stock recovery and clear your cache out also
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I got this. But I didn't close any apps. Had the music player going too.
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I had the one x its lags ibplaces the s3 doesnt. I loved the build quality but yeah no ways its faster than a s3
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One my One X I generally get way better battery life than with my S3. Never bothered to run any quadrant scores, but I'm sure the general consensus is that the One X has a little better battery life.
I also play with the S3 more than the One X so that may explain my battery difference.
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The HOX has worse battery life. I just took mine back for an S3 and the S3 is getting two-thirds longer life with identical usage. I also had a locked One X, so I couldn't even try some of the tweaks resulting in better life. I'm running auto-brightness and wifi is always on now with my S3, and previously with the One X I had wifi off whenever the screen was off and the screen was turned down to 30% brightness.
The difference was more than I expected, and considering the spare batteries I've got in the mail - an option the One X doesn't have - I'm very pleased with my switch. I'm sure the extra playing on your S3 is the difference.
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Seems like you tried too many things to make an already perfect phone into too perfect and somewhere in the path something really got weird and that could be one of the reason you are seeing those differences between HOX and Galaxy S3. Also, you said your wife's HOX lasts almost 2 days on single charge. Now the question is, did you try to mimic your wife usage of HOX on your GS3? That way at least you'll get a better idea, what she's doing with her phone that it lasts for 2 days or vice-versa. Please don't take my opinion in any other way. If you are talking about quadrant score, I have attached mine below. It's running stock UCALH9 with stock launcher and most of the bloatware disabled. The only thing different is that I'm rooted. Other than that it's bone stock.
Edit: Forgot to mention that my phone lasts all day with 4 hours of screen time.
CM10 seems to produce lower scores than Touchwiz roms.
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hey dude, im a sensation xe user,now im planning to upgrade my xe to one x,anyone else did the same?and is it worth to upgrade?
how is the performance of one x?battery,gaming,heating?
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hey dude, im a sensation xe user,now im planning to upgrade my xe to one x,anyone else did the same?and is it worth to upgrade?
how is the performance of one x?battery,gaming,heating?
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Search read and find out for yourself. Stop being lazy. There is a sticky were it has reviews for the phone. There is a battery stats thread were you can.check the battery life of the phone and many people have asked the same stuff you did so search for them.
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I had the sensation and was my first android or any type of smart phone, im no dummy either so it took me bugger all to learn the tricks of the trade. Sensation was def a great phone no doubt's there and the software upgrade made the phone even better from GB to ICS, but it was not perfect.
The HTC one x was a great upgrade in comparison with the battery being about the same as the sensation with all the kernel tweaks and software updates on the sensation. With that said the one x is still early so could surpass the sensation with future updates, also the standby is far better on the one x with it dropping next to no life over night its so awesome xD.
Performance wise its better by nearly two fold with the UI being more aggressive and advanced with having to run more and yet being more smooth than the sensation in the end, Games are obs better with tegra 3 but normal games are also better as well.
As far as sense goes it might be opinion dependent but i think most would agree with the 3dot removed it is by far the best thing htc have bought out with their UI layouts.
Camera is better by two fold, sound is much better, HP output much better, build quality IMO much better, the list could go on.
Lolz you know i am so fedup with this phone as i am planning to switching back to Sensation until some good quality quad-core HTC devioce will come, i am selling it, maybe i suddenly find something great in One X, and postpong selling it, well the main reason is the poor battery life, i can hardly get a freedom to use my phone without having to worry about remaining battery, i have just xplore, es file explorer, opera mobile and uc browser installed, with no auto restart app or the one which runs at the background all the time, eerything else is stock apps, i know everyone has different opinions about different things, and you should explore and research more about it, un-removable and poor battery life is the one thing, then i saw some people reported it shows a lot more memory in use even if they have used a less than that, i am just planning to switch to Sensation..could have get Galaxy S3, but don't like samsung devices at all, so i am going with Sensation + 64gb card in place of this peice of crap..
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Lolz you know i am so fedup with this phone as i am planning to switching back to Sensation until some good quality quad-core HTC devioce will come, i am selling it, maybe i suddenly find something great in One X, and postpong selling it, well the main reason is the poor battery life, i can hardly get a freedom to use my phone without having to worry about remaining battery, i have just xplore, es file explorer, opera mobile and uc browser installed, with no auto restart app or the one which runs at the background all the time, eerything else is stock apps, i know everyone has different opinions about different things, and you should explore and research more about it, un-removable and poor battery life is the one thing, then i saw some people reported it shows a lot more memory in use even if they have used a less than that, i am just planning to switch to Sensation..could have get Galaxy S3, but don't like samsung devices at all, so i am going with Sensation + 64gb card in place of this peice of crap..
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I assume you're joking. My battery life on one x is about the same as sensation on custom ROM and kernel with Anker battery. The one x will get much better battery life over time.
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One X is the best android phone ever made
however good luck, since there is a higher chance of getting defected unit
this phone is made for gaming, battery times is amazing screen off and screen on time is limited to 4-5 hours @ max
check the mega info thread here for everything you need to know http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1476788
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Lolz you know i am so fedup with this phone as i am planning to switching back to Sensation until some good quality quad-core HTC devioce will come, i am selling it, maybe i suddenly find something great in One X, and postpong selling it, well the main reason is the poor battery life, i can hardly get a freedom to use my phone without having to worry about remaining battery, i have just xplore, es file explorer, opera mobile and uc browser installed, with no auto restart app or the one which runs at the background all the time, eerything else is stock apps, i know everyone has different opinions about different things, and you should explore and research more about it, un-removable and poor battery life is the one thing, then i saw some people reported it shows a lot more memory in use even if they have used a less than that, i am just planning to switch to Sensation..could have get Galaxy S3, but don't like samsung devices at all, so i am going with Sensation + 64gb card in place of this peice of crap..
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Install Betterbaterystats from the playstore, i guess you have some stampeding apps in the background running. How long is your screen-on-time? I get a full day easily on one charge!
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Install Betterbaterystats from the playstore, i guess you have some stampeding apps in the background running. How long is your screen-on-time? I get a full day easily on one charge!
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No need to go to the playstore. He can get it here
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I assume you're joking. My battery life on one x is about the same as sensation on custom ROM and kernel with Anker battery. The one x will get much better battery life over time.
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Well i already mentioned to OP that he should research further, as everyone has different opinions about things..so i am not doing anything wrong, consider it my personal opinion, and this isn't my first Android or HTC phone.
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Install Betterbaterystats from the playstore, i guess you have some stampeding apps in the background running. How long is your screen-on-time? I get a full day easily on one charge!
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Thanx guys...i'll check it out with the apps mentioning here...i checked that before and i don't remember but it was display right at top as big battery eater..
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No need to go to the playstore. He can get it here
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im coming from the sensation myself, the htc one x is superior in many ways
i checked with betterbatterystats, i don't take my cell with me at office, so it's usually powered off for 10 hours per day, now i turned it on for 10 minutes, and exactly same is the screen on time according to betterbattery stats, and wifi is also running, so i charged it fully before turning it off, and now after 10 minutes i think it has used 7% of juice so far...what do you think?
I did the same upgrade, definitely worth it!
I owned a Sensation XE and currently own an international One X.
I loved my XE. Prior to that I had an Amaze 4g, prior to that I had the original Sensation. My XE was stock, running ICS with Sense 3.6. I noticed after the ICS update, my phone ran hotter at times (typically during web browsing). Anyhow, I am very happy with my One X. Here's why...
1) Larger screen with better viewing angles and at a higher resolution. 2) Thinner body. 3) Significantly better camera. 4) GREAT battery life.
A few cons though: 1) Slightly laggy at times (so was T Mobile's Sensation when it first was released-software updates will cure this). 2) It will get warm/hot but not as hot as my XE did after the update. 3) Non removable battery and storage (always had the option prior and hate the fact that it is no longer an option with the One series).
The screen on the XE was not all that great. Day to day use was perfectly fine, however if you were to compare both handsets side by side, you will quickly realize how awesome the screen on the One X is. Black text is closer to gray though, however I am okay with that considering the screen itself is vibrant and really sharp along with the fact that it no longer "washes out" as you tilt the screen. The angles are amazing.
As far as battery life, ICS does a hell of job with power management-one of the first things I noticed with my XE after the battery. Still, it would be great to be able to OD on your phone and simply pop in a fully charged spare which again, not an option here. My phone is on from 7 am to about 10 pm before I hit 10%. I text often, web browser frequently, FB all day, Twitter all day, Gmail, hotmail syncing every 15 mins, WiFi on the majority of the time, some YouTube. It is really quite amazing that I can do all of this stuff and confidently not worry about my phone dying on me.
The processor itself is quite the novelty. Great for more complex gaming however in day to day life, it will feel the same as the Sensation XE or any of the more recent HTC's prior to the One series.
The camera is really that great. No other HTC can touch it as far as quality. The Amaze had better quality than the Sensation and One X surpasses the Amaze when it comes to final results. Very pleased with the camera/video.
The One X is slightly wider than the XE and definitely longer (just like the One S is longer than the XE) but you get use to it quickly. If you have smaller hands though, it will be a problem.
If you get one, hope you enjoy it as much as I am.
Later
well , just have my 1X ,coming from XE
@the very first glance .. wow ! this is not a phone
it is a piece of art , and you'll realize instantly that it is a generation ahead over the sensation which has not such "impression" when compared to one year older DHD .
yup view angles completely changes the way you work with this device you can simply use from the worst possible positions lol
this the same for the weight and ergonomics never held a device that felt so elegant n refined in hand, like gf7800 its a masterpiece, you feel the future is now
the One X is just pure awesomeness if it wasn't for some of its trouble on stock software and the difficulty to acquire a flawless built one x
for example lag can be cured using root by ultra smooth sense launcher and custom kernels
also minimum clock control is a must for THD games and of course multitasking mem free values foe those who want more multi tasking
Hey all.
I've been an AT&T Hox owner since day one and I've really enjoyed this device. Battery life is insanely good, consistently getting over 24 hours usage and 5 hours on screen time. I am uprooted and on the stock rom.
I've been thinking about getting the int Hox because it seems to be getting a lot of updates and has a lot of developer support. HTC and AT&T aren't saying anything about the customs issue which is undoubtedly affecting sales. Rumors even have it that AT&T may stop selling the phone altogether. If that's true then I pretty much have a dead phone, especially since this variant is NOT the One XL int model.
I am not willing to give up the amazing battery life at the cost of benchmark scores. My phone is a tool and I need it to last a long time. What are typical battery stats of the int Hox out of the box? I also don't want to root and flash all kinds of roms until I get good battery life. Thanks for the help.
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There are plenty of threads regarding battery life. I'll be getting my International ONE X by Friday, I'll give you stats then. I'll be using it on Red Pocket (AT&T MVNO)
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What are typical battery stats of the int Hox out of the box?
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I'm doing the same. I should have ordered the international One X in the first place.
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I'm doing the same. I should have ordered the international One X in the first place.
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I'm not willing to give up the good battery life though. On the int Hox it seems to vary greatly from device to device. But even on HSPA+ its not as good as the LTE model.
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I'm doing the same. I should have ordered the international One X in the first place.
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The international One X would not have LTE if used on AT&T, right?
And it would have significantly worse battery life b/c it uses Tegra 3?
Would the custom ROMs available on the international One X make the battery life equivalent to the at&t model which uses the S4?
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The international One X would not have LTE if used on AT&T, right?
And it would have significantly worse battery life b/c it uses Tegra 3?
Would the custom ROMs available on the international One X make the battery life equivalent to the at&t model which uses the S4?
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No on the LTE, but I have no idea when LTE is coming here anyway
Battery life is important, but I am not away from chargers long enough to worry about it.
I like the 32 GB of storage vs 16 and the unlocked bootloader and the development that is in place here.
I'm the other way around, I had the Tegra3 HOX 2 weeks ago because I didn't want to wait anymore, but I was waiting for the S4 version to come
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There are plenty of threads regarding battery life. I'll be getting my International ONE X by Friday, I'll give you stats then. I'll be using it on Red Pocket (AT&T MVNO)
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I have what you're going to get. battery life is awesome, and everything is good. I just dont like the 2GB data cap on redpocket, but will be switching to straight talk unlimited everything for $45. dont go with redpocket, go with straight talk
I've had my HOX international for a couple weeks but didn't stay stock long enough to tell you how your battery life would be. On ARHD 6.0.0 with faux123 002b3 kernel, I am typically seeing 15-18 hours with around 2.5hrs screen time, 2-3hrs playing MP3, 15 min fetch email on 3 accounts, 100 text, 20 min talk, and a little browsing. Meets my needs just fine and the 26gb available vs 9gb on the HOXL really makes the HOX the more prudent device to own. It's just going to get better as software updates and development continues.
The only negatives for the International version are the battery life and no LTE. For me, I don't care about the LTE, and hopefully the rom dev's can do some improvements to the battery life (especially when using the camera).
The advantages of the International version are the 32gb, the speed and it's not limited by US carriers.
However, honestly I don't think either is that much better to switch from one to the other. There are positives and negatives of both and the negatives can circumvented other ways (power packs, cloud storage, portable wifi storage (whatever that thing is called), etc.).
I do have a great idea for the power problem... make a holster that has a usb input outside with the pushpin connectors (whatever they're called) inside. You plug a power pack into the holster and put it in your pocket... then every time you holster it, it'll charge the phone. Another option would be a slightly bigger holster that has its own power pack. You'd have to do some slightly tricky curve around the bottom for the pushpins because you wouldn't want the phone screen facing out, but it looks doable.
Wow im in the same boat as you guys pretty much lol, i just ordered the international version because i was tired of the almost no dev support on the phone (one xl), plus the 16gb storage with only like 8gb usable was getting to me ...
im a bit nervous for battery life thats it, because the one xl did have amazing battery life. best ive ever seen on a phone and the reports on this tegra 3 seem conflicting.
oh well, hoping for the best!
You can always carry a 10000mah external power pack for $50.
You can't add 16gb or turn a dual-core into a quad-core.
I had the AT&T HOX and was pretty unhappy with it. The SMS bug was annoying and there were a few other things.
Since picking up the International version, I have been much happier. I don't know what it is, but it just seems better. As to battery life: I have been pleasantly surprised. My experience is that the Int version does better when idling. So, all that time it's in your pocket, it's using no juice. That's kind of nice. It means when you pull it out of your pocket, there are no surprises. It pretty much has as much juice as it had when you put it away.
With a few hours of screen time, I'm still getting around 14 hours off the charger.
My battery life is awesome. I get a full day with good usage on my part.
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I have what you're going to get. battery life is awesome, and everything is good. I just dont like the 2GB data cap on redpocket, but will be switching to straight talk unlimited everything for $45. dont go with redpocket, go with straight talk
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Straight talk throttles at 2GB. Good luck getting "unlimited".
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As to battery life: I have been pleasantly surprised. My experience is that the Int version does better when idling. So, all that time it's in your pocket, it's using no juice.
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It depends on what you're running. I ran it a day with really no apps on stock and the battery seemed great. After moving to a custom rom and installing all the apps, not so much. I run a number of apps that do polling or transferring of data, which I assume is why there are always a big discrepancy in battery reports. For instance, i run touchdown which is constantly polling my work email (and I get a lot of work email), dropbox which syncs my pictures, an IM client or two (depending on what i'm doing at the time work/etc), etc. Of course, I could not run those apps and get better battery life, but then, I could also go back to using a blackberry if I want to do nothing with my phone. From what I see on the forums, this phone does seem to do better with media and 'on demand' functionality, I think its just people who run a lot of background processes that experience the battery issue. Don't get me wrong, it's not an issue with this phone in particular, but rather battery technology. I've just changed my habits from carrying a couple extra batteries to a portable battery charger. Though, the batteries were a little easier to deal with, but whatever.
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Straight talk throttles at 2GB. Good luck getting "unlimited".
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I honestly don't use the web that much. At work I'm on WiFi and also at home. Only place my data gets used is my gfs house, and even then I'm too busy to use the phone because of sexy Time purposes lol
I'd rather be throttled then cutoff like I would be with red pocket
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The main thing I do is:
1) Web Browsing
2) Music
3) APPS like FB, Twitter, XDA (not games)
Which version will work better? I don't really get good battery life with stock Sense UI with the International One X sadly.
I also can't decide which one to pick...
From what I heard the LTE one is a bit faster than the int one, the battery life is also better on the LTE but no one gave me numbers... If it's something like 10min it's not worth it imo... Also more people have the int version so there will probably be more devs on it. I asked on another thread if the updates from HTC were for both phones or if they are differents updates and which phone is the most updated but no answers yet... People are saying that battery life will get better with updates, and I read on another thread that Nvidia will release drivers optimised for ICS kernel and that should improve the battery life and perfs.
That said I think I'll go for the int version because: I live in Canada (QC) and here data is limited (50$ for 2gb) so I need internal storage and 16gb is a bit small... People are saying dual core is faster for in all benchmarks I have seen, quadcore version had better scores. Since I don't know if the updates from HTC covers both phones I'll assume it's not the case and I think the int version will get more updates than US version because more people are using it, same for the devs and custom roms. I don't care about LTE cause my area is not covered yet and since data is limited thats probably better xD
For games I don't care for now because I hate playing on touchscreen, but who knows, maybe they will release a mini game-pad.
For finish quadcore is probably overkill for now but I'll not change my phone for a long time and I think apps will be using quadcore in the future and be more optimised for it.
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I also can't decide which one to pick...
From what I heard the LTE one is a bit faster than the int one, the battery life is also better on the LTE but no one gave me numbers... If it's something like 10min it's not worth it imo... Also more people have the int version so there will probably be more devs on it. I asked on another thread if the updates from HTC were for both phones or if they are differents updates and which phone is the most updated but no answers yet... People are saying that battery life will get better with updates, and I read on another thread that Nvidia will release drivers optimised for ICS kernel and that should improve the battery life and perfs.
That said I think I'll go for the int version because: I live in Canada (QC) and here data is limited (50$ for 2gb) so I need internal storage and 16gb is a bit small... People are saying dual core is faster for in all benchmarks I have seen, quadcore version had better scores. Since I don't know if the updates from HTC covers both phones I'll assume it's not the case and I think the int version will get more updates than US version because more people are using it, same for the devs and custom roms. I don't care about LTE cause my area is not covered yet and since data is limited thats probably better xD
For games I don't care for now because I hate playing on touchscreen, but who knows, maybe they will release a mini game-pad.
For finish quadcore is probably overkill for now but I'll not change my phone for a long time and I think apps will be using quadcore in the future and be more optimised for it.
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Yeah I share your frustration. I'm in Alberta and I don't want to pay the big 3 the money for LTE, so HSPA+ is fine. But the thing is my battery life has been horrendous so far on my international One X. It doesn't help that NVIDIA is using a VERY outdated kernel version, in comparison to the snapdragon. The other problem is we don't know when NVIDIA is going to fix this, as I'm not going to wait 1 more year before they update the kernel version. I think the LTE version is running a newer kernel thus better overall battery life. I only wish the LTE version came in 32 GBS. But that really doesn't matter too much for me now, since I can't even go one day on a full charge. I get about 1.5~1.75 hours of screen time with auto sync and auto brightness on. It's VERY disappointing in comparison to my Galaxy Note, which I now regret selling.
If I had a chance, I would go for LTE version. I have international for about one month and it quite disappointed, starting from lagging live wallpapers through laggy browser, reloading Sense ending with other performance issues. Still, I love the screen and standby battery time and performance issues will be resolved with next updates or when we find S-OFF method without loosing warranty.
As for now, T3 HOX disappointed me, but I hope it will get better and better over time. Luckily, I had none of bulid quality issues, no overheating, no dead pixels nor screen blikning, because I'm sure I would get rid of this phone right away.
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If I had a chance, I would go for LTE version. I have international for about one month and it quite disappointed, starting from lagging live wallpapers through laggy browser, reloading Sense ending with other performance issues. Still, I love the screen and standby battery time and performance issues will be resolved with next updates or when we find S-OFF method without loosing warranty.
As for now, T3 HOX disappointed me, but I hope it will get better and better over time. Luckily, I had none of bulid quality issues, no overheating, no dead pixels nor screen blikning, because I'm sure I would get rid of this phone right away.
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harsh life... there's no other phone out there i would consider right now... *sigh*
Why not go for the international version of the LTE, the One XL this has got the same memory as the tegra 3 version.
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one_xl-4572.php
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Why not go for the international version of the LTE, the One XL this has got the same memory as the tegra 3 version.
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one_xl-4572.php
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i know the snapdragon is running a newer kernel than the tegra, and rumour has it it has a better battery life somewhat because of the kernel. it's just frustrating that the One X is a let down battery life and screen problem wise.
Keep in mind that, due to the Apple vs HTC war going on right now, they had to modify the AT&T version of the HOX and it has little limitations, such as links not taking you to their respective apps (i.e. phone numbers won't dial and youtube links launch the browser, not Youtube, and give you no option to change it).
I believe there are other tweaks, as well, but I don't know all of them.
I had the AT&T version initially and was not very happy with it. It had the SMS bug, which has still not been fixed and it didn't seem to run as well as my International version.
S4 is great, but I think the Tegra has better idle battery life, thanks to the 5th companion core and I'm not on mine all the time. Even with use, my Tegra One X does okay.
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Keep in mind that, due to the Apple vs HTC war going on right now, they had to modify the AT&T version of the HOX and it has little limitations, such as links not taking you to their respective apps (i.e. phone numbers won't dial and youtube links launch the browser, not Youtube, and give you no option to change it).
I believe there are other tweaks, as well, but I don't know all of them.
I had the AT&T version initially and was not very happy with it. It had the SMS bug, which has still not been fixed and it didn't seem to run as well as my International version.
S4 is great, but I think the Tegra has better idle battery life, thanks to the 5th companion core and I'm not on mine all the time. Even with use, my Tegra One X does okay.
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it's just hard for me to accept the stock battery life on this device. coming from a galaxy note, which I'm starting to think was a huge regret to sell, lasted one day with my use pattern. With my one X I usually last from 7 AM to 2-3 PM before it's screaming for a charge.
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Why not just sell the one x then and rebuy the note if you are un happy with the one x?
I tested the one X roggers version (same as AT&T) at best buy yesterday and I wasn't impressed at all... I mean yes the screen is amazing I love the phone design and sense but it was laggy, the multitasking is a joke and everytime you press home button you have to wait 1-3sec... What is the point of having a dualcore if there is loading times when you press home and you can't multitask? Anyway I really hope the int version don't have those issues (for multitasking I know it's "normal" but I heard it can be fixed with a script). Anyway the battery life is also an issue for me, when I see the GS3 with amazing battery life... I love the design the screen and sense on the HTC but I hate battery life and multitasking... I love the battery life and perfs on the GS3 but I hate the design and especially touchwizz vs sense... It's really really hard to choose.
so any updates on this now that you have sense 4.1 and stuff? is the T3 one x much smoother now? should i get international one x instead of at&t?
After the 4.0.4 update and Sense 4.1, anything other than the Tegra 3 variant is out of the question. Quadrants, Antutu, etc are off the charts as well as overall smoothness and general responsiveness. I came from a Galaxy S3 and the One X indeed feels overall smoother for me now
But for your mentioned use, id say that you would benefit more from the lte than the extra 2 cores and GPU power
My reason for choosing T3 (And my carrier offers the LTE version, AT&T)
-Tegra 3 Gaming
-32GB storage
-No bloat (in my case)
-Unlimited data
-Int variant should get updates faster
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My desire is now 22months old. I've upgraded to BCM ICS. Stable enough to be pretty sure it'll reach a polished and reliable state over the coming months.
I've trialed ICS and it's great but the battery life often leaves me with a dead phone when out for the day.(highly annoying). This starts to hamper my use of the phone because i'm mindful of it running down.
My dilema is whether to upgrade my handset. I want the newer functionality of ICS and if I can get acceptable battery performance out of Desire I'll keep it for another year or so. I have just extended contract for another 24months sim only - got a great deal.
I'm trying to work out if a new battery will bring a decent (ie 30%+) improvement to the battery life.
There are plently of anecdotal threads about battery life such as this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1478267&highlight=replace+battery
Many people on this thread are claiming 2 days+ use which i have never seen. In fact using say just using navigation will flatten battery from 100% in around 1.5 hours.
But these threads are irrelevant since there are too many varibables ie usage and network.
3 Questions:
1. So i've tried the AnTutu tester and scored 391. Anyone else used this - please post your score, age of phone and max CPU speed?
2. If you are aware of a more popular battery testing util which has lots of stats for desire users please let me know
3. Has anyone replaced battery stock with stock and used some testing software to compare performance? What did you find?
I just replaced my two year old battery with a new HTC battery. And even on the first charge I got at least one hour more screen time. So if you're gonna stick with your desire its definitely a good idea to get a new battery.
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Thanks. I guess i'd be interested to know if you measured the battery vs the old one with an app so i could compare. (my old battery may be in much better condition than you old one so replacing may not improve things much.
Where did you buy your official one?
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Anyone?
Hi all, I bought my brand new original HTC One X 3 days ago and it got the newest android version for it, JB. But there is a big problem and it is the battery, it's just horrible to see such a awesome phone with a battery life like that. Does anyone know which things I can do to have a better battery life? I already have the almost lowest brightness, no live wallpaper and no antivirus on the phone. I also use the official energi saving function that comes with jelly bean but it doesn't even make the battery better at all, not even a little bit. Please help!!!
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Hi all, I bought my brand new original HTC One X 3 days ago and it got the newest android version for it, JB. But there is a big problem and it is the battery, it's just horrible to see such a awesome phone with a battery life like that. Does anyone know which things I can do to have a better battery life? I already have the almost lowest brightness, no live wallpaper and no antivirus on the phone. I also use the official energi saving function that comes with jelly bean but it doesn't even make the battery better at all, not even a little bit. Please help!!!
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You will find your phones battery life will improve, mine wasn't that good for the first few days.
When ever i get a new phone i always charge it over night & then when its off charge leave it till it bleeps to be put back on charge, do that for the first few times as i find it gives the best life.
Mine is very good now
https://www.dropbox.com/s/flsunfck4qbr42l/Screenshot_2012-12-23-21-43-11.png
Tomb_Raider_Legend said:
Hi all, I bought my brand new original HTC One X 3 days ago and it got the newest android version for it, JB. But there is a big problem and it is the battery, it's just horrible to see such a awesome phone with a battery life like that. Does anyone know which things I can do to have a better battery life? I already have the almost lowest brightness, no live wallpaper and no antivirus on the phone. I also use the official energi saving function that comes with jelly bean but it doesn't even make the battery better at all, not even a little bit. Please help!!!
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can u say how long your on screen time or general battery life is? but at the first few times/days/weeks it's really bad but after few charge cycles it will bet better because the battery has to improve itself with the information the phone gives, you know? wait and charge and after a week or so it will be really better...
Or if you just disable google now you will be good. If you disable google maps aswell your battery life will be perfect. Something is wrong with those two
That issue is just with jelly bean
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Or if you just disable google now you will be good. If you disable google maps aswell your battery life will be perfect. Something is wrong with those two
That issue is just with jelly bean
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yup that's also right ^^
one sitvokin
It says 4H 56M on the battery but when I fully charge it and use it for 3 houres (games, music and wifi surf) and almost the whole battery is gone so I have to charge it again
And how do I disable those google things?
Tomb_Raider_Legend said:
It says 4H 56M on the battery but when I fully charge it and use it for 3 houres (games, music and wifi surf) and almost the whole battery is gone so I have to charge it again
And how do I disable those google things?
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if you play more then 1 hour or so then that's not so bad because if you play a game or two only from full charge you can reache 2- 2,5 hours...with games like THD games or other which make a lil bit more heat or so ....and if you play only games like solitaire for this time or so ...then that's really not normal...you know that in the hox are 4 cores and 8 gpu cores, and therefore the battery isn't like in a phone with 2,500 or more mAh because our has only 1,800 mAh ...if yo uwant to disable it press long home button and then you can press the menu button and there will be settings in that you can disable google now and for the other google things just go in settings then apps and then all apps and there you can click on any app ! but don't deactivate system apps! and if you click on them there will be a button deactivate and yes press it and it is disabled
I usually play Dead Space but not for more than 20 minutes because the phone heats up like hell -.- And I disabled google now hope the battery will be a little bit better, but any more ideas how I can get better battery life please
With my HOX, I found having brightness at 60% or less made the biggest impact. Also, disabling wifi when not needed made a huge difference. Decrease the time between auto syncs, and also check for wakelocks. Might have an app waking the phone a lot.
But I do understand where you are coming from. The battery life was killing me also, so I bought a Note 2 as a primary phone and now use the HOX as a music player for which it is outstanding haha
the first time the battery is always bad ._. just wait some days or so and it will be better...and look with betterbatterystats which wakelocks you have then you can see which apps might make the battery life also more worse...
Thank you very much I will try them, the battery seems to be a little bit better when I turned Google Now off
i have the AT&T HTC ONE XL (L For LTE)
has the Dual Core Snapdragon and i say the battery is better lasting than ones with out the Dual Core CPUs
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i have the AT&T HTC ONE XL (L For LTE)
has the Dual Core Snapdragon and i say the battery is better lasting than ones with out the Dual Core CPUs
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Pretty obvious, isn't it? Plus the Snapdragon S4 Krait has a better manufacturing process (I think 32nm) compared to Tegra 3's 40nm process, so it's more efficient and less power hungry.
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To sum up. You want good battery go back to keypad £20 Nokia or Alcatel phones.
Smartphones will be pants for years to come
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With normal usage... Talk, wifi, handset Bluetooth... I only put my hox to charge wen it gow out of power. And my batery goes between 2 and 3 days. without gaming just regular usage...
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arknailed7754 said:
To sum up. You want good battery go back to keypad £20 Nokia or Alcatel phones.
Smartphones will be pants for years to come
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Not true. Look at the RAZR Maxx. If Motorola can put such a huge battery in a thin phone, there's no reason other manufacturers can't. Also, it was definitely possible to put a bugger battery in the One X, but HTC just didn't do it. They instead released One X+ sometime later and claimed better battery life as a 'feature'. That's just wrong, and very similar Motorola releasing the RAZR, and then the RAZR Maxx soon after. The phone should have had that battery since the start. The only reason I can find with Motorola is that the RAZR is slightly thinner for those who want it that way. But the One X and One X+ have 0 design difference.
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My point was in comparison to old phones.it'll be a long time before we get as good batrery life as on old phones. Reason being smArt phones just do to much nowadays..many forgetting it's actual purpose
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Just don't forget that the T3 is a pretty "old" chip, it needs a lot of power.
Nevertheless, I think the One X isn't that bad regarding battery life. It will drain quickly if you start gaming, but you should expect that. It's no gaming device, it's still a smartphone. Of course you can play your games every now and then but if you expect you can game with that thing for hours without getting it to heat up or charge it in the meantime, you put your money on the wrong device
Hi guys.
I cannot disable Google Now. In my Settings there is nothing like that?
Stock ICS ROM.
Help pls. Thnx a lot.
xsardax said:
Hi guys.
I cannot disable Google Now. In my Settings there is nothing like that?
Stock ICS ROM.
Help pls. Thnx a lot.
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There's no Google Now in ICS.
Sent from my faster than SGS3 HOX.