[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] sirdickens:
Lollipop 5.1.1 Beta 5 quick review

[MENTION=5238428]superdragonpt[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3279686]DerTeufel[/MENTION]

So far so good. Great ROM guys, really the best ROM so far. Keep up the good work! :D :good: :highfive:

I have experienced few bugs and tried as much features as I could before new version comes out so you maybe try to fix those :)

So here comes what I have noticed:

1. Performance is way better, much more fluid (didn't check benchmarks but who cares about them), did notice some unusual lagg in chrome, which never occured in KK, also, double tap to unlock is kinda slow, takes about 1,5 sec to light up the screen (compared to about 0,7-0,9 on KK). But these things are acceptable and no biggy for me. Also, RAM consumption is pretty high, i usually have about 600MB free compared to around 1 to 1.1GB on KK. I don't mind it cause I don't play games and use high consuming apps, as long as the phone is fast, good for me! :)

2. Camera is in good (but good! lighting) on par with KK, in low lighting is full of noise and grainy, shutter is a bit slower even though autofocus is kinda same (comp. to KK). Colors are not as vivid, maybe a bit washed, HDR makes horizontal flickers (even on dead nature) and doesn't do good job at all (I only had time to test stock camera app, will try lenovo supercamera amd see if it does any better). Video is nice this time, deffinately and improvement to KK.

3. Ambient thing would be great to have, but is still under development I guess, played for few mins with sensor sensitivity and you either have to shake it like on twerking competition or it randomly lits up the screen while sitting on table :S

4. These is this weird bug on lockscreen where notification bar is invisible and lighten up (see attachment), shows up sometimes, not a big issue, I can still pull down notifications.

5. Autobrightness is kinda desperate, cause screen is in normal condistions oscilating on brightness levels, it looks like it struggles to make it good. One minute is bright, then if you tilt screen or sth it goes almost black.

6. 15-0% bug is not present in my situation. Here is scenario, when notification 15% battery occured I accepted to turn on battery saver. Continued to use battery to see if it will drop, nope and I got 15-20mins OST (didn't check how many battery it had but last time I checked it was 11% or 10%), but then I went to make cereals and put down the phone it locked itself after a minute and when I came back it said 1% remaining. So it really might have something to do with battery saver and deep sleep combinations someone mentioned earlier. But this is really not a big problem, cause I usually charge phone at 20%. All pictures I took regarding this issue are down below.

7. When alarm is set I get option for DND until alarm, didn't test if it works but I don't see other vokume controls (e.g media, alarms, etc).

8. Almost forgot. Signal perception is a bit bad. And I don't get 4g. Like never, didn't show up even once. On stock KK it worked nice.

There are few suggestions I'd like to make:

1. Is there a way to add magnifier when typing? Like on iShiet or Sony devices?

2. Hola launcher has extension which gives you possibility to lock screen by double tapping anywhere on home screen, something like LG devices. Any way to implement that thing? Many people are asking for this. (See screenshot)

3. Since above app cannot lock screen by double tapping on waken lockscreen (i.e lockscreen), "Hi Locker" has this option available. Maybe look into code to implement this thing as well. Many of us would cease to need external launchers and lockscreens then and go full AOSP, and lock/unlock screen without need for powerbutton :)

4. Is there a way to make LED light has adjustable strenght? I use my phone as LED lamp while reading books at night (regular light is too bright for my girfriend and this thing might save me some nerves and my relashionship :D )

And few questions

1. Not sure if I like or dislike sound in beta5. It is louder, which is so loud I cannot believe, high tones are high, but bass is weird. How can this be fixed? Someone posted audio fix which I downloaded, which is I guess fkashable zip bit I don't know how will I be able to rebert if I don't likr or screw up things like in call volume or mic settings which are now so awesomely done!

2. Which TWRP should I flash and how (uncletool, jiayu app?)

3. How to make backups of whole ROM for flashing with sp flashtools? (Mtk droid tools maybe?). When I flashe using SPFT I went for firmware upgrade from KK 0430 for jiayu S3B and now I only have TWRP backup of earlier ROM but this time I would like to have SPFT flashable backup.

I hope this is not too long post, it is long because I want to help, even of it takes writing long posts :D

Cheers everyone! Have a nice day :)

Bruno