[YotaPhone] LeslieKawiti:
Mini Review Type Thing 2

Here's an updated overview of the latest MM beta (1.1.31) that I sideloaded and have been running for a few hours. These are some of the bugs and features i've encountered and if I've found ways to fix them. I am sorry for the long overview but I wanted one post where most of the bugs could be found.

The option to "lock the always on display" has been removed which means you'll always have to enter your code to unlock the EPD if you enable a pin, pattern or password. They have also added the option for unlocking the EPD using a pattern which wasn't available in lollipop.

I have encountered the same bug where the swiping animation on the EPD will sometimes trigger twice. It is happening less frequently to the point it's nearly but it's still happens sometimes.

They have fixed the camera shutter not showing on the EPD. Now it shows up automatically like it should.

Sending individual apps to the EPD results in a stock portrait view with no way of rotating or changing to landscape. I don't think this is a bug but a limitation in how yota implemented the new "dual apps" thing. Only work around is to use yotamirror and mirror the entire front display.

Opening app animations don't always occur on the main color display. It seems to be slightly better then the first beta but can't confirm.

Random DPI bugs throughout, mainly when sending an app to the EPD which makes everything appear bigger. Extremely noticeable when closing apps and returning them to the main color display.

Closing an app on the EPD will sometimes result in the app becoming bigger or smaller for a few seconds before closing. This seems to be an OS level bug so probably no fix till yota fixes it.​

They have changed something on the EPD which now results in less contrast and more quality lost when showing pictures and everything else. It also makes it hard to tell text and other things apart sometimes.

Yotamirror is now activated by going to your launchers and pressing the transfer button or by unlocking the EPD and pressing the transfer button.

There is a new boot animation displayed on the EPD whenever the phone is turned on.

I have not experienced this personally but there might be a bug related to the alarm or countdown timer where it freezes at 10 minutes left.

YotaSnap:

Opening the app and turning off "use latest screenshot" while having no screenshot taken or selected seems to result in a force close loop. The only way to fix it if you're having a force close issue is factory reset, clear cache might work but I haven't tried that.

Possible workaround to prevent the force close bug from happening is to take multiple screenshots and select one on the EPD using the yotasnap widget.

When choosing an image or taking a screenshot using the yotasnap app it displays the image you selected on the phone model. (screenshot attached)

Yotahelp:

This is also subject to the DPI bug I mentioned earlier. It seems on the first few boots the app has black flashes and shows a small app UI that make it unusable. I don't know why it happens or how to fix it but I think saying learn more on one of the prompts and following them makes yotahelp normal again. I'm not sure since I haven't confirmed it myself.

They have also added new tips to the app so I'll add a few examples. (screenshots attached.)

Dual Apps (New Feature):

I can't remember the official name and i think this was mentioned in this thread before.

You can now run a app on the EPD while using the main color display. All touch input is disabled on the EPD while the main color display is active but the app continues to run, animations and all.

Example: You can now send YouTube or any other app to the EPD (Sound and Video will still continue to play) and watch a video while using chrome on the main color display.

Update:

Contrast and quality loss on EPD:

Whatever Yota have done it really affects lighter colours. If there are too many light colours, for example like in telegram then everything can become washed out and hard to read or tell apart.

It's like they've added more detail while lowering the contrast. It's very hard to describe but the dithering I think it's called is different from lollipop.

Screenshots of EPD:

I'm not sure if this a bug or a feature but taking screenshots of the EPD while mirroring or transferring any app (like messages, telegram or YouTube) results in coloured screenshots. In previous firmwares any screenshots taken on the EPD would be black, white and shades of grey.

Only covers and EPD specific apps will have black and white screenshots now.

EPD Boot Animation:

I have also uploaded a short video that shows the new EPD boot animation. Right at the end it shows the word YOTAPHONE in white text on a black background. It might be a little hard to see because of the light so I apologize.

Note: I added music to the video, there is no sound when booting up the phone.

Video Link: https://vid.me/jpOZ