Asus PADPHONE 2

[EsPpY]

Quick show of how the PF2 wears the TPU case..

 

[limkim1978]

H+ is HSPA, aka 3.5G.

LTE/4G is shown as 4G on the antenna there.

i can only see H. not even H+
i guess i juat subscribed to data plan maybe still need to wait for activation.

 

[limkim1978]

Hi,

Has been using this phone for a week.

I notice one problem. Not sure whether it has been discuss before.

The sound.

The noise seem to be very heavy even when during normal call.

Do you guys have this problem?

 

[benthian89]

i can only see H. not even H+
i guess i juat subscribed to data plan maybe still need to wait for activation.

1) you need to subscribe to a 4G data plan

2) you have to be in an area with 4G coverage.
(M1 is islandwide coverage, Singtel is about 80%, you can go their website and check, Starhub is about 50-60%).


3) Lastly, your phone settings have to allow 4G. ( by default it is)
go to settings> more.. > mobile networks>network mode

 

[BluEyeWold]

Hello everyone. (new padfone 2 user)

Helo all, just switched from iphone to padfone 2 since last week. i love this phone but still trying to get use to android OS. I find tat my padfone battery drain up very quickly. Anyone got any good advices?

Thanks in advances

 

[benthian89]

Helo all, just switched from iphone to padfone 2 since last week. i love this phone but still trying to get use to android OS. I find tat my padfone battery drain up very quickly. Anyone got any good advices?

Thanks in advances

my guess is some badly coded app eating up your battery.

You can see the battery usage under settings>battery.

then see what uses the battery most of the time

 

[XcoldstarX]

hi

is there any indication to show whether u r on 3g or 4g network?

i only see H on my mobile data network.

For Padfone 2, you should see the following type of networks it's running on.

2G (GPRS) - G beside reception bar

2G (Edge) - E beside reception bar

3G - 3G beside reception bar

3.5G (HSDPA - up to 42Mbit/s) - H beside reception bar

3.5G (HSPA+ - up to 337Mbits/s) - H+ beside reception bar

4G (LTE) - 4G beside reception bar

If you are on a 3.5G plan but not receiving HSPA+, you may want to contact your telecommunication service provider customer care hotline.

 

[BluEyeWold]

my guess is some badly coded app eating up your battery.

You can see the battery usage under settings>battery.

then see what uses the battery most of the time

Thanks for answering my question.

From the info , it shows:

Screen 56%
voice call 15%
android system 13%
cell standby 7%
mediaserver 5%
Candy crush saga 3%
Android OS 2%

So what can i do to reduce my battery usage?

Thanks in advances.

 

[benthian89]

Thanks for answering my question.

From the info , it shows:

Screen 56%
voice call 15%
android system 13%
cell standby 7%
mediaserver 5%
Candy crush saga 3%
Android OS 2%

So what can i do to reduce my battery usage?

Thanks in advances.

You have been using the phone for a long time (56% screen on time).
Which i guess should be more than 3 hours.

I think that battery life is pretty decent.

You should be able to last from morning till night with that usage


PS: Do not install any task/app killer or battery saving app.
Those app does the opposite, it wastes more battery instead

 

[eurion]

ASUS PadFone 2 screen protector

There is a lady at SLS first floor, opposite nubox who can apply matte/glossy screen protector on both the phone and the station for ~$30 (can't remember the exact amount)

I went to that shop today and the guy there tried to rip me off. He quoted me $60 for matte screen protectors on both phone and station. Beware of this shop! I then asked one of the booths on the first floor and the guy quoted me $45 for both. In the end, I bought them at a small shop on the fifth floor (#05-46). $25 for both matte protectors, clear version also available at the same price.

Does anyone know a good place to get casing for the phone?

 

[Whizzae]

get the tablet version of swiftkey flow.

And untick it under Asus customized settings> Dynamic display


When you untick it, the app will close everytime you dock/undock.
Which is good cos it will relaunch in phone mode or tablet mode again depending on whether it is docked or not.

DUDE THANKS!! this advice is awesome. ive been using touchpal for my pf2 but the keyboard fails to resize properly when i dock/undock my phone. i followed ur advice here and it worked like magic!

ive been following this forum for a while cuz many bros come here and share happenings on their pf2. personally i like my pf2 but it has small niggles like overheating and that keyboard app resizing problem.

so this is one more problem solved. THANKS AGAIN

 

[benthian89]

Battery saving app from qualcomm!

Btw guys, there is a new app by qualcomm, the manufacturer of the CPU our phone is using.

The app will learn your usage pattern and save battery for you.

This is a proper battery saving app since it is done by qualcomm themselves.

I have just started using it and have to wait a few days before I can make a comment on its usefulness.

Here is the news link:
[New App] Qualcomm Releases Snapdragon BatteryGuru, Aims To Extend Your Device's Battery Life

However I can't download the app from the play store. Says your country blah blah.

So I went to find it in xda.
And here is the download link for the app. You will have to side load it.

download snapdragon BatteryGuru

 

[limkim1978]

Hi,

Has been using this phone for a week.

I notice one problem. Not sure whether it has been discuss before.

The sound.

The noise seem to be very heavy even when during normal call.

Do you guys have this problem?

no one have this problem?

 

[BluEyeWold]

You have been using the phone for a long time (56% screen on time).
Which i guess should be more than 3 hours.

I think that battery life is pretty decent.

You should be able to last from morning till night with that usage


PS: Do not install any task/app killer or battery saving app.
Those app does the opposite, it wastes more battery instead

Thanks for the advance. Hope to see more ppl using this phone. Then got chance to see it's accessories in the market. Now whole Singapore is Samsung and Apple fever.

 

[kennyboy]

Thanks for answering my question.

From the info , it shows:

Screen 56%
voice call 15%
android system 13%
cell standby 7%
mediaserver 5%
Candy crush saga 3%
Android OS 2%

So what can i do to reduce my battery usage?

Thanks in advances.

Screen time percentage is always the highest in normal usage, not a good gauge. What helps is the screen ON time (click on the screen line) and the history details (click on the graph at the top). Those 2 screenshots help a lot in narrowing down if ur usage is normal.

 

[kennyboy]

Btw guys, there is a new app by qualcomm, the manufacturer of the CPU our phone is using.

The app will learn your usage pattern and save battery for you.

This is a proper battery saving app since it is done by qualcomm themselves.

I have just started using it and have to wait a few days before I can make a comment on its usefulness.

Here is the news link:
[New App] Qualcomm Releases Snapdragon BatteryGuru, Aims To Extend Your Device's Battery Life

However I can't download the app from the play store. Says your country blah blah.

So I went to find it in xda.
And here is the download link for the app. You will have to side load it.

download snapdragon BatteryGuru

Sadly, it's another glorified "switch stuff off" app.....

Good for the beginners I guess.

 

[BluEyeWold]

Screen time percentage is always the highest in normal usage, not a good gauge. What helps is the screen ON time (click on the screen line) and the history details (click on the graph at the top). Those 2 screenshots help a lot in narrowing down if ur usage is normal.

Thanks for the reply

Below is my detail:

Screen on timing

Battery graph

 

[kennyboy]

Thanks for the reply

Below is my detail:

Screen on timing

Battery graph

You've got 3 hrs of screen on time, with about 40% remaining, 13hrs since the last charge. That's pretty decent for a 2140mah battery.

That being said, there's always room for improvements, but nothing too drastic.

Your mobile signal is bad, but since u can't change the areas you are in, that might be a problem. Maybe LTE reception is bad in those areas? Try toggling to only 3G/HSPA usage until you need LTE.

In a proper scenario, the blue parts on the Awake and Screen on portions should be in sync. (less those very short period of times where background sync happens) As you can see there's a small chunk and a big chunk at the beginning and end of the Awake chart that shows the phone is being awake needlessly. This could be due to an errant app or process (or even possibly due to the phone trying to get a decent mobile signal) . You can use apps like Betterbatterystats from XDA and CPUspy from the Store to narrow down these causes, if you want to.

 

[BluEyeWold]

You've got 3 hrs of screen on time, with about 40% remaining, 13hrs since the last charge. That's pretty decent for a 2140mah battery.

That being said, there's always room for improvements, but nothing too drastic.

Your mobile signal is bad, but since u can't change the areas you are in, that might be a problem. Maybe LTE reception is bad in those areas? Try toggling to only 3G/HSPA usage until you need LTE.

In a proper scenario, the blue parts on the Awake and Screen on portions should be in sync. (less those very short period of times where background sync happens) As you can see there's a small chunk and a big chunk at the beginning and end of the Awake chart that shows the phone is being awake needlessly. This could be due to an errant app or process (or even possibly due to the phone trying to get a decent mobile signal) . You can use apps like Betterbatterystats from XDA and CPUspy from the Store to narrow down these causes, if you want to.

wahhh... really thanks so much. learn alot of things from u kennyboy.
As for the awake chart, i dun use a watch so i count on my phone for the time. so as and when i will just press the on button to check the time. dun know will this affect the phone?

As for the phone signal. wat can i say bout starhub ^^

 

[keyboardick]

Selling a white transleeve BNIB!