One plus one owners thread

sham69

Hi Folks,
As suggested (by me) on the other one plus thread. (hope this is ok mods)
This one is purely for owners of the phone for tips and tricks and techie info.

There are other threads for invites etc.
I have the phone 3 weeks and absolutely love it.

I'll start the ball rolling with something that I use every day, the screen gesture for next track when listening to spotify (or any music).

simply draw a right arrow > on the screen when screen is sleeping and you will skip to the next track, magic and very handy,

left arrow is for previous track <

and a double swipe down the screen with 2 fingers pauses the song/unpauses it.

I had to turn off the gesture for the torch as it seemed to be going off in my pocket and nearly burnt the nuts off me (phone was really hot and couldnt figure out why

Blade

The main thread would have been fine if it didn't get cluttered with people giving us daily updates of the status of their orders and complaining about having to wait slightly longer than they expected. Three threads for this phone now might be pushing it a bit

sham69

no worries blade, I was thinking that but as you said the other one does seem to be getting cluttered with order updates etc.

Whatever you decide is cool...
cheers.

Blade

Oh no Jaysus I'm not a mod here. I do like the idea and something had to be done, just hope it's ok with the mods.

sham69

woops, sorry .
Thought you were a mod.

I thought it was a good idea but i don't know now.
Might be a bit soon as not a lot of people have one.

Ah sure we'll see what happens.

Blade

Well the first thing people might want to do when they get their phone is root it, so here's an easy to follow guide posted by CyberWaste on the other thread:

howamidifferent

Whats the benefit to rooting it that you cant do in its factory state?
I am an owner for the past 12 days or so and cant find fault with it.
But haven't seen any requirement to root it either...

howamidifferent

sham69 wrote: »

I had to turn off the gesture for the torch as it seemed to be going off in my pocket and nearly burnt the nuts off me (phone was really hot and couldnt figure out why

This!!! Phone kept turning on the torch in my pocket so disabled all gestures.

BionicRasher

Interesting info in case you want to sell your phone - http://www.landofdroid.com/2014/factory-reset-the-oneplus-one/

Blade

howamidifferent wrote: »

This!!! Phone kept turning on the torch in my pocket so disabled all gestures.

I think this might have been addressed in the latest OTA. Haven't installed it myself as they haven't ironed out the bugs yet.

Blade

howamidifferent wrote: »

Whats the benefit to rooting it that you cant do in its factory state?

Rooting it give you access to the system files so you can pretty much do anything you want with it. Some examples:

You can get rid of any pre-installed bloatware, ok there's not much of that on the OnePlus, but I did remove most of the Google stuff that I don't use like Play movies/books/newsstand/games, Google+ etc.

You can block ads not just in a browser but in apps too by using the likes of AdAway.

Do full proper backups with the likes of Titanium, without root the user data of each app can't be backed up, the likes of your passwords, game saves etc. can all be backed up with root.

Lots of cool apps that circumvent restrictions set by the manufacturer, carriers or even Google require root access.

Customise the phone a lot more, for example changing the DPI to reduce the size of the icons and so you can fit a lot more on the screen. Here's a gesture control app I'm going to try especially for volume control as the buttons are a pain to use in the case I'm using, unless someone can recommend a better one?:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontroldemo

Lardy

I've had mine a few days now and absolutely love it! However, every now and again, the touch sensitivity goes to shizz... It might take one or two attempts to register that i've tried to swipe the screen or open an app.
Anyone else come across this?

sham69

Lardy wrote: »

I've had mine a few days now and absolutely love it! However, every now and again, the touch sensitivity goes to shizz... It might take one or two attempts to register that i've tried to swipe the screen or open an app.
Anyone else come across this?

Think I have seen it a few times.
I put it down to the tempered glass screen shield I put on but I think it was the touch alright..

Another funny happened in the pub last night.
Was checking my email, phone went in to standby, touched the screen to wake it up and my google music came on full blast (pub was very quiet so you can imagine the looks)

I had to turn the music gestures off..

I think I must have swiped down from the top and that seems to turn the music on.

Pity you can't choose some of the music gestures (ie next/previous song)

Ah well.

Duff

sham69 wrote: »

Think I have seen it a few times.
I put it down to the tempered glass screen shield I put on but I think it was the touch alright..

Another funny happened in the pub last night.
Was checking my email, phone went in to standby, touched the screen to wake it up and my google music came on full blast (pub was very quiet so you can imagine the looks)

I had to turn the music gestures off..

I think I must have swiped down from the top and that seems to turn the music on.

Pity you can't choose some of the music gestures (ie next/previous song)

Ah well.

This happens me quite regularly with Spotify too. Not sure what way I tap or swipe the screen but it's quite annoying.

daytob

Havent got around to rooting * and i am afraid ill brick mine to be honest. even following idiot proof baby steps. did however install therinky theme on my phone. quite like it.

safetyboy

Blade wrote: »

Well the first thing people might want to do when they get their phone is root it, so here's an easy to follow guide posted by CyberWaste on the other thread:

This doesn't work after the 4.4.4 update.

Tinie

safetyboy wrote: »

This doesn't work after the 4.4.4 update.

Yes it does. Worked for me anyway, but in saying that, I already had TWRP installed before updating.

safetyboy

Tinie wrote: »

Yes it does. Worked for me anyway, but in saying that, I already had TWRP installed before updating.

same here and had update CM recovery unchecked when updating and lost root, as did loads more people over on the opo forums. I get a bootloader error when I try that video root.

Wynnie12

How's everyone finding the battery? First couple of days I found it pretty good but ever since updating it seems to be draining much faster

Duff

The battery drain is a known issue with the update and should be addressed in the next OTA. I haven't upgraded so I'm still getting 2 days out of a charge :P

sham69

Wynnie12 wrote: »

How's everyone finding the battery? First couple of days I found it pretty good but ever since updating it seems to be draining much faster

Battery is great.
I didnt do the update as I heard about the drain issue.
Waiting for the fixed version before updating.

howamidifferent

Likewise I had read about the battery drain issue so haven't updated despite being prompted to about twice per day. Will wait for the next update.

Lardy

I think I must be one of the only ones that isn't seeing the battery issue? I'm on the latest update. Yesterday I managed 22 hours without a charge and still had 55% battery left. I was tethering, using LTE and a good few apps most of the day.

Blade

Lardy wrote: »

I think I must be one of the only ones that isn't seeing the battery issue? I'm on the latest update. Yesterday I managed 22 hours without a charge and still had 55% battery left. I was tethering, using LTE and a good few apps most of the day.

There's a bigger drain in standby mode. If you monitor it with Battery Monitor you should see an mA drain of around 50 on the new OTA while it was sleeping. Mine is between 5 and 8, I believe they've isolated the problem and got the drain down even further to 3.5 mA, but not sure it's actually been patched yet. There was also some problems with the proximity sensor needlessly adding further drain AFAIK.

thomasj

Blade wrote: »

There's a bigger drain in standby mode. If you monitor it with Battery Monitor you should see an mA drain of around 50 on the new OTA while it was sleeping. Mine is between 5 and 8, I believe they've isolated the problem and got the drain down even further to 3.5 mA, but not sure it's actually been patched yet. There was also some problems with the proximity sensor needlessly adding further drain AFAIK.

Off-topic I know (and I'm not an owner yet) but has anyone tried using the functionality where an alarm has been activated where the phone has being powered off? How does it work?

Lardy

Just discovered another few bugs... Have vibrate turned off for all notifications, yet it still vibrates for messages and WhatsApp messages. Also, Dark Theme in messaging doesn't work.

thomasj

Lardy wrote: »

Just discovered another few bugs... Have vibrate turned off for all notifications, yet it still vibrates for messages and WhatsApp messages. Also, Dark Theme in messaging doesn't work.

I presume there's a section in the oneplus one forum for raising these bugs?

I'm not sure about messages but WhatsApp has a setting for vibrations in its app so that might be overwriting the phones vibration setting?

Hogan1

Running 4.4.2 but no ota updates seem to be available. Its the Chinese version.

god's toy

howamidifferent wrote: »

This!!! Phone kept turning on the torch in my pocket so disabled all gestures.

The tap to wake is still on and working perfect but the rest are off as random music and lights show was not so welcome.

Going to find it hard to go back to any screen not using 'knock to wake' or for that mater anything smaller than the oneplus!

Lardy

thomasj wrote: »

I presume there's a section in the oneplus one forum for raising these bugs?

I'm not sure about messages but WhatsApp has a setting for vibrations in its app so that might be overwriting the phones vibration setting?

Dunno, not active on the One+ forum.
Both Messaging and WhatsApp have the vibrate settings within the app. Both are unchecked yet still vibrating.

god's toy

thomasj wrote: »

Off-topic I know (and I'm not an owner yet) but has anyone tried using the functionality where an alarm has been activated where the phone has being powered off? How does it work?

Cant say I know of any android phone that will sound an alarm if it's fully powered off.



EDIT: just tested this out and it works fine with CM own built in clock when you have quick boot/low power off mode enabled however it does not work with a 3rd pary apps like Timely.

So I would say this is better than airplane mode as most if not all the phones hardware is off over night but springs to life as soon as the alarm goes off. happy days

Blade

Hogan1 wrote: »

Running 4.4.2 but no ota updates seem to be available. Its the Chinese version.

You're probably going to have to do it manually if you have the Chinese version. Your recovery partition might still be Color OS as that's what was originally on them before the reseller manually flashed CM on your phone. I wouldn't do anything yet if I was you as there's more updates coming so it's going to be a pain for you to keep manually patching updates. Wait until there's a stable release after they've fixed the major bugs like battery drain then manually download and install it from the zip file. You might have to flash the stock CM on it first if your recovery partition is indeed still Color OS.

Edit: Here's a thread that might be of some help:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/96258-problems-with-update-via-ota/

Mimikyu

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sham69

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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apologies if this is a stupid question.
The XNPH30O is still popping up for update on my phone.( i never installed it due to the battery drain issue)
Do I need to install it then the new one or can I just install the XNPH33R when its available.
Cheers.

Lardy

Lardy wrote: »

Dunno, not active on the One+ forum.
Both Messaging and WhatsApp have the vibrate settings within the app. Both are unchecked yet still vibrating.

OK, found the issue with the vibrating even when disabled... I never thought to check that it was disabled in "Profiles" in the settings menu. 100% my mistake and not a bug at all.
Dark theme still doesn't work though! :P

Lardy

No update for me yet... Presume it will be staggered?

Captain Morgan wrote: »

New XNPH33R OTA is available.



Link with more info and manual flashing instructions.

Mimikyu

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Blade

sham69 wrote: »

apologies if this is a stupid question.
The XNPH30O is still popping up for update on my phone.( i never installed it due to the battery drain issue)
Do I need to install it then the new one or can I just install the XNPH33R when its available.
Cheers.

If you're doing it OTA you'll have to install 30O first. I was under the impression that you could just sideload that zip file from 25R straight to 33R but the link Captain Morgan posted would suggest otherwise. So they would appear to be incremental updates and need to be flashed in order.

Having read through all 19 pages about this new update on the OnePlus forums, I've decided to stick with 25R until I'm convinced otherwise. People still seem to be having serious battery drain issues with anything up to 20% drain during 8 hours of standby. Oddly not one person posted results from the battery monitor widget, so I would appreciate it if anyone on the latest 33R could post some results of the mA drain from that app after a few hours of standby (with everything like wifi etc. off of course).

33R definitely seems like an improvement over 30O so worth installing it if you're on that, but the verdict seems to be still out on whether or not it's actually an improvement over 25R.

Wynnie12

How long have you guys had to wait to receive your invites after purchasing? Bought mine 11 days ago and still haven't received mine to share. Asking cause the wife is nagging me as she wants one bad (phone that is, haha)

Blade

Wynnie12 wrote: »

How long have you guys had to wait to receive your invites after purchasing? Bought mine 11 days ago and still haven't received mine to share. Asking cause the wife is nagging me as she wants one bad (phone that is, haha)

Only the earliest batch of people who received their invites well over a month ago received their secondary invites to pass on. After that it all ground to a halt, so she could be waiting a while yet!

daytob

You will be a while. I think I have the phone around 3 weeks or so and no sign yet of an invite. Looks like you will have to keep her occupied till the invite comes in

Mimikyu

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Lardy

I got mine from Adverts. No waiting or messing about with invites...

On the update, I'm finding the phone to a hell of a lot more responsive! No lag at all with typing or swiping. I also have all the gestures turned off as I wouldn't really use them at all anyway.

Cocoon

I just got the latest update, I've found the battery to be pretty good after the last update so if this makes it even better happy days.

Lardy

I got 1 day, 19hours and 17min with 29% left before I just put it on charge. Happy enough with that!

Duff

Wynnie12 wrote: »

How long have you guys had to wait to receive your invites after purchasing? Bought mine 11 days ago and still haven't received mine to share. Asking cause the wife is nagging me as she wants one bad (phone that is, haha)

I ordered my OPO over a month ago and still waiting on invites. Could be a while longer too.

dre_jspeed

On the topic of the new update, I running a Chinese version and the update is available.
Go to Settings -> About -> System updates -> check for update and boom your good to go.

Blade

Lardy wrote: »

I got 1 day, 19hours and 17min with 29% left before I just put it on charge. Happy enough with that!

I know the battery is still very good with the new update, but the point is it could be even better. The only way to tell is with proper readings from a monitoring app like the battery monitor widget. As you can see from my readings linked below, my mA drain (on 25R) in standby mode is typically between just 5 and 7. I read that the drain on 30O was closer to 50, so I'd be interested to know what the actual standby drain is on the latest update to see if they did actually fix it, because people still seem to be complaining about it on their forums.

Lardy

I'll download the app and give it a go. But, to be honest, that screen shot looks like double dutch to me!

Blade

Lardy wrote: »

I'll download the app and give it a go. But, to be honest, that screen shot looks like double dutch to me!

Hee, it's just the readings under mA for a couple of hours while the phone is on standby that matter here. With Wifi, bluetooth etc. turned off. The app runs in the background and logs it every ten mins or so, so maybe just check it in the morning when you wake up to see what kind of figures you're getting while it was idle.

Thanks

Lardy

Blade wrote: »

Hee, it's just the readings under mA for a couple of hours while the phone is on standby that matter here. With Wifi, bluetooth etc. turned off. The app runs in the background and logs it every ten mins or so, so maybe just check it in the morning when you wake up to see what kind of figures you're getting while it was idle.

Thanks

I usually leave the WiFi on at night, but will leave it off for the test purposes tonight. Might be a blessing not waking up to a million emails!