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[sling-shot]

Is there any decent phone which ticks all these:
1. Removable battery
2. Screen 5 inch or less
3. RAM 2 GB
4. Expandable memory
5. Internal memory 16 GB
6. Lollipop available
7. Optionally available other ROMs

 

[$hadow]

Is there any decent phone which ticks all these:
1. Removable battery
2. Screen 5 inch or less
3. RAM 2 GB
4. Expandable memory
5. Internal memory 16 GB
6. Lollipop available
7. Optionally available other ROMs

Galaxy s4 and s5 and one m8 with nexus 5. you got plenty of options.

 

[ZTR]

Is there any decent phone which ticks all these:
1. Removable battery
2. Screen 5 inch or less
3. RAM 2 GB
4. Expandable memory
5. Internal memory 16 GB
6. Lollipop available
7. Optionally available other ROMs

S4,S5,G3
Xperia Z1,Z2,Z3 but they dont have removable battery

 

[black_mamba]

Is there any decent phone which ticks all these:
1. Removable battery
2. Screen 5 inch or less
3. RAM 2 GB
4. Expandable memory
5. Internal memory 16 GB
6. Lollipop available
7. Optionally available other ROMs

Yes, S4. You said decent that's why. You can go for M8 too, but no replaceable battery I prefer the Eye version just for the camera though.

And for non-decent phones, options like Nexus 5, G2 etc. are there, Nexus 5 doesn't have replaceable battery either.

 

[sling-shot]

Thank you. No surprises there.

 

[ariftwister]

Samsung Galaxy S4 @ 18K on Amazon Pretty good deal..

 

[black_mamba]

Samsung Galaxy S4 @ 18K on Amazon Pretty good deal for people with human brains

There, now looks proper

 

[Zangetsu]

Facebook is the biggest reason for battery drain on smartphones

Facebook is the biggest reason for battery drain on smartphones - Tech2

Top apps for overall performance drain

1. Facebook

2. Spotify

3. Instagram

4. Path

5. Amazon Shopping

 

[SaiyanGoku]

Facebook is the biggest reason for battery drain on smartphones

Facebook is the biggest reason for battery drain on smartphones - Tech2

Top apps for overall performance drain

1. Facebook

2. Spotify

3. Instagram

4. Path

5. Amazon Shopping

Greenify all the apps and use facebook from browser

 

[amjath]

^^^ +1111 Remove facebook and its messenger app worst app every made. both these apps has huge wakelocks.

If anyone is using custom ROM with privacy guard then follow below steps for increasing battery usage.

Go to privacy -> Privacy Guard.
Select Menu and tick Show built-in apps
scroll down and find and long press "Google play services" to open.
select below settings,
Ignore Location
Turn off Wake up and Keep Awake.

See for yourself, how many its been allowed to keep awake and wake up

 

[ariftwister]

^ Is it possible to achieve this with xposed module on stock?? I see many wake locks and I want to minimize them!!

 

[SaiyanGoku]

^ Is it possible to achieve this with xposed module on stock?? I see many wake locks and I want to minimize them!!

Privacy Guard and/or app opps is a custom rom feature AFAIK.

 

[ariftwister]

Privacy Guard and/or app opps is a custom rom feature AFAIK.

Yeah.. I am aware of that.. Some CM specific features can be achieved through Xposed modules. So I am asking for privacy Guard too.

 

[SaiyanGoku]

Yeah.. I am aware of that.. Some CM specific features can be achieved through Xposed modules. So I am asking for privacy Guard too.

Didn't knew, but there is a xposed module for that.

AppOpsXposed | Xposed Module Repository

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Updated my 3.5 year old Galaxy Y to CM11
Having some faint minor scratches on the screen, rest body is fine. Even the original battery is good.

Never expected a samdung phone to last this long.

 

[$hadow]

Didn't knew, but there is a xposed module for that.

AppOpsXposed | Xposed Module Repository

- - - Updated - - -

Updated my 3.5 year old Galaxy Y to CM11
Having some faint minor scratches on the screen, rest body is fine. Even the original battery is good.

Never expected a samdung phone to last this long.

So did your opinoin about Sammy changed a bit?

 

[SaiyanGoku]

So did your opinoin about Sammy changed a bit?

nah, specification wise, they are still overpriced and/or underpowered.

Samdung did nothing, devs did all the work.

 

[$hadow]

nah, specification wise, they are still overpriced and/or underpowered.

Samdung did nothing, devs did all the work.

Man you will never change . But yeah hats off to devs to continue to support this old phones.

 

[ajayritik]

Guys do you all remember the Mario game which used to play long ago. Anyway this can be installed on Android?

 

[SaiyanGoku]

Guys do you all remember the Mario game which used to play long ago. Anyway this can be installed on Android?

You can use an emulator like *play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nostalgiaemulators.neslite&hl=en and play the game. All you need is the nes game roms (emuparadise.me ).

 

[thetechfreak]

Guys do you all remember the Mario game which used to play long ago. Anyway this can be installed on Android?

Give this a read(only the Android section): How to Run DOS Games on Windows, Mac, Android and iOS | NDTV Gadgets

and try this game:

Mario download | BestOldGames.net