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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] hypermaster:
After going into special menu by typing : *#*#4636#*#*, i first tried :

LTE/WCDMA mode.... battery imporved by about 25 to 30%

then i moved it to LTE/TD-SCDMA/WCDMA mode & its way way better now... in this i can say i can get SOT of approx 10hrs or more... still trying it

anyone has any similar issues / comparision.

This BAND issue is really causing a problem with this phone.

I tried Putting it on LTE ONLY... battery life was consistantly good, but no one could call me.. whenever someone called me, they got a busy signal.

Now, this phones really getting irritating
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] tinyXperia:
Battery seems to drain very quickly when doing video calls (like almost up to 20% in an hour). Otherwise the endurance is good.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] kvn95ss:
I've updated to December patch as soon as I got my phone (4 days ago). I'm getting 5-6 OST.

Usage - whatsapp, browsing, Youtube (around 2-3 hours of it :P) Dual sim, LTE always enabled (*inhales* Jio). I think I'll install greenify and see if it improves things.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] sanctioned_k:
lasts an entire day while the my Jio net is on.........

P.S i haven't put any second sim or any sd card......
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] jeneb11:
6.45 hours with 8% left
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] klincharov:
Your post reminded me to check my settings too, my phone was getting up to 3g signal, changed it, restarted and now i gets 4g. I hope that helps with the SOT too
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] nahuelvvn:
Oreo, Jan patch.

One day I played near 5 hours of Xcom EW before the 15% warning

It's good enough for a little 3000 lithium Polymer battery
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ivomin:
Around 12 to 24h (with 8h of sleep so at least 5-6h of doze) heavy use (no games bit a lot of gps, pics, facebook)... around 48h on low to none use. Have a bear minimum of apps that suits me and also aways go and inactivate apps(from developer) that I won't use but want to keep at hand.

Most of the times the battery draining comes from certain apps (however it doesn't show in the battery management).

Best way to measure it is to have clean install without apps for several days and see how the battery acts, then install one by one or in batches of several and after each install wait a few days and measure battery i bet that on the 90% of the cases it will be some fu**** up app that is causing the battery drain.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Once in a while, when your significant other yells at you, you might use your phone a bit less. Rate this thread to express how the Xiaomi Mi A1's battery performs under light use. A higher rating indicates that the device goes a long time when you're using the phone sparingly: no gaming or video/audio streaming, light web browsing, some calling and texts, etc.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] birdie:
Enough for 8 hours of SOT and 48 hours of usage. Could be much better though.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Powered by SRAM:
I'll get two days with light use. Short phone calls, some social media use, and Youtube while on the can. Even with heavy use (meaning lots of web browsing)...I'll still get more than 24 hours from the battery.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Suminderji:
I get about 6 - 7 hours of SoT. Which easily gets me through 2 days.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Alanjameson99:
I give this phone an "A1" for light use if you know what I mean...( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

okay I'll help myself with the door
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] A14DWIN:
4 days, 1.5 hrs charging OOTB FeelsGoodMan
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tombrown1:
So I've been lurking on these forums for quite awhile now getting my Tilt tricked just right. . Everything is perfect.

Except the calendar.

I've read the calendar threads and tried every calendar app under the sun. They all suck. Why is this?

Datebk5 on Palm was a perfect calendar app.

Nothing is even close for WM.

I can send a friend a text with a map of my exact location, listen to XM radio, give a powerpoint presentation, and watch YouTube on my Tilt, but it takes me about half an hour to enter a single appointment.

Well I'm currently using Pocket Informant 8, and I think it's the best of an awful crop of products.

Anybody with some ingenuity and a penchant for trying to emulate the simplicity of Palm's calendar apps will make a lot of money - just don't know why it hasn't happened yet.

Comments?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jackryan57:
I couldn't agree more, Date Book 5 for my palm was a great app. I have been looking for anything that comes close....so far, no luck
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mattarse:
I like Pocket Informant the most, so if you haven't tried it before may be worth a look.

What is it that you don't like about the ones you have tried and which ones?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Rumball:
I totally agree. I've been searching for a good calendar that I can pull up on my today screen but haven't found anything worth installing.

Looks like rlToday (http://rotlaus-software.de/projects/rltoday) might be able to create a visually appealling calendar. Unfortunately I don't have the free time to work on one.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Juzzman:
I also use Pocket Informant 8 and it definately is a pale imitation of DB5! PI8 doesn't fully support icons, linking or templates like DateBk5. I really didn't know how well I had it with Palm apps such as DB5. Also, the other thing that sucks about Pocket Informant is that when you post on their forums due to bugs, poor implementation of features, etc. they aggressively argue with you (at least the founder does) so there really isn't the culture to improve the product.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] decimusmaximus7:
Would pocket informant also let you use it for your calendar but still use today agenda on your home screen?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tombrown1:
I have Pocket Informant and also like it the most.

Here's what I miss:

On Datebk 5:

1. Scroll to a day.

2. Start typing a number (the time).

3. Click done.

4. Type subject.

5. Done.

On PI:

1. Scroll to day.

2. Click menu button.

3. Click new.

4. Type subject.

5. Click on start time.

6. Click in start time (with stylus).

7. Click ok.

8. Click ok.

9. Done.

All day appts for datebk 5:

1. Scroll to day.

2. Type subject.

3. Done.

Simplicity, that is the key!

Programs I've tried:

Extreme Agenda - not simple.

Agenda Fusion 8 - same.

Agenda One - same.

OtO - developer has suspended the project - but it has potential.

Speereo Sapie - voice activated app that has the potential to be a killer app - but way too buggy and not very customizeable.

What I like about Datebk5: Simple, customizeable, and powerful enough to handle whatever you throw at it.

If anybody's watching, there is a LOT of money at stake for the first person to make a killer app. I will personally pay more than any of the apps out there to find something that works.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tombrown1:
I noticed that too! They don't seem to be the friendliest over there. Glad I'm not the only one.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] emanmoreno:
Maybe SuperCalendar would work for you, easy to use

http://www.scarybearsoftware.com/product_detail.php?productname=supercalendar
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Jimmyy:
Pocket Breeze!!

PocketBreeze 5.4 by sbsh is the BEST Today Claendar app I've seen. It's really versatile and you can add many applications as tabs to use directly in the today screen (not launch buttons, check the site for more info).

If it means anything, I've used it on all my WM PPCs.

For creating new entries in the calendar, I don't find that that much of a pain... But I might be used to it :p
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] bpapa9013:
It has been 6+ years since I have used a plam (i.e. any palm calendar). But I have been using an older version of SBSH Pocket Breeze for a little over a year and I find that it provides many workarounds for the problems I commonly had with the WM5/6 calendar.

It actually is just an alternative GUI for the stock calendar really but it resides on your homepage and really streamlines the process. You can basically set it up however you would like (TONS of settings you can tinker w/).

I just upgraded to BP 5.4 (I think? whatever the newest one is), after unlocking my Wizard and upgrading to a custom WM6 ROM. I am really liking the new version so far, just as powerful as the older version but more streamlined and userfriendly. It's just too bad that the new Pocket Weather app from SBSH blows goats, I liked the old version better...

12day free trial when you download from their site the last poster linked, so you can try it out...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mattarse:
Yes, that's how I have it set up. The today plugin builtin to PI is part thati don't like.

Maybe Im lucky though - kaiser is my first pda so I have less to compare it to considering all the other complaints ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] decimusmaximus7:
Ok I'm trying out pocket informant now, while it does seem to have alot of options, I don't really see what it can do that is better than the stock calendar. What customizations or features are you using? I don't really like how the text is so small.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] sirooga:
spb

i use spb PP4 and have spb diary in one of its tabs all by itself..nice font sizes and does all that I need...having a calander app on my main today screen takes up too much real estate. I find this method works well... free trial of both or just diary on thier website.

http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/downloads.html?en
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] johnnie_w:
I totally agree: DateBK was (and probably will be) the best calendar ever. Nothing comes even close:

- week view in DateBK was perfect, PI fonts are too small, AgendaOne looks OK

- day view in DateBK was perfect, PI is the scale way too big, AgendaOne just sucks. Looks like Agenda Fusion is ok, but I don't like the rest of that program

- Other calendars not mentioned above just don't have the native look and feel of WM6.

Now trying Extreme Agenda, but I don't like the dayview. Can someone just clone DateBK???
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] aikidoka-mks:
I just got my Sprint touch and I'm missing Datebk5 as well.

Right now I'm trying Pocket Breeze as I like it's today plugin best. I'm thinking about PI as the calendar, Pocket Breeze will interface with it but there's one problem, when I set PI as the default PIM, it also is used for contacts and darn it, I want to use PocketCM. Anyone got an idea on how to tweak the registry for that?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RemE:
I like PI and only use it's "Week View". You can configure the fonts and color schemes. I set it to NOT be the default PIM manager, that way you can just map a key to the view you like (PI Week un my case) and jump right to it.

This way it doesn't mess with any contact/task manager you might like and it still syncs with Outlook. I had used PocketCM but after HTC Random access came out, I just use it as my contact manager for it's speed and simplicity.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] SportbikeRiderXX:
I usually try a different calendar app every couple of months, usually shorty lafter trying a different ROM and I ALWAYS go back to TodayAgenda.

http://www.tiews.info/index.php?show=&lang=en
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jcrompton:
I have been trying the PocketBreeze calendar app for the last couple of days. It's not that the calendar app is so great but the Today screen plugin really couldn't do much more!

I've realy been impressed so far. The main compliment is the ability to navigate to basically anything with just one handed D-pad use! The small pop up calendar is well designed.

i would suggest trying it
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] kcguy:
Try OtO

A new one is One Touch Organizer. It's still in mid development and I think has a lot of potential. I used it on my wizard when it was v2 and now on the Blue Angel with v5, which just came out about a month ago. It is available on the site here and IMHO worth a look.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jiv0077:
I found the website, but when I downloaded the zip file it was empty. could someone post the cab?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] maryjos:
Another old DateBk5 fan here. Pocket Informant is the best of the WM apps, but still pales in comparison and easy of use to it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] pyro9219:
Another vote for OtO

I sent you a PM, I don't know how to attach a file, but I can email it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Moe5508:
I've never used a Palm in my life before but I think the latest PI 8 Evo is really a powerful app - infact too powerful with lots of hidden functionality - that most of us never ever get to exploit its full potential! Because all the stuff you mentioned above...icon support, links, templates are fully supported and work great...dig deeper, you'll be pleasantly impressed...;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] zachofalltrades:
I am surprised that no one has mentioned Thumbcal:

http://thumbapps.com/web/pages/thumbcal/overview.php

I recently came to the WM world from 10 years as a Palm loyalist. I had a couple of PalmOS PDAs before I got a PalmOS Treo. I recently (and very grudgingly) made the leap to WM in the form of an HTC Touch Pro with Sprint. I have been trying various applications, and the calendar has definitely been a hard place to find satisfaction. I do think that PI 8 is a good well rounded all in one PIM with a full feature set. But I let my trial expire, and I felt more like playing the field than paying the piper (although I'll probably be buying FlexMail from the same company).

I did not think that I would miss the keyboard on the face of my old Treo. I lusted for the VGA screen and thought the slide out keyboard would handle all of my text input needs. But things are just harder to get done quickly when I have to slide the keyboard out and type. I have really been focusing my search on finger friendly programs.

This is where Thumbcal really blows the competition away. It even beats my old palm for ease of use. Thumbcal .51 is free if you can find it, and it is pretty good. But Thumbcal 1.25 is 14.95 (euro) and WORTH MORE. My finger friendly line up now includes Thumbcal for calendar and tasks, and iContact (Burt's edition - http://truburt.net ). Between these two apps, I hardly ever need a stylus or my slide out keyboard for PDA functionality.

Neither of these provides their own Today plugin, but there are so many to choose from. I do like TodayAgenda, but I think that PocketBreeze is basically everything that TodayAgenda is but prettier (and skinnable), and then provides the same quick access for contacts, notes, tasks, and adds support for displaying any other Today plugin as an embedded tab. I'm probably going to be buying PB, because it just expired on me and I am not as satisfied with the various other Today plugins. None of the others provides as good of a calendar view. With WeatherPanel and Metrix (both free) dropped into PocketBreeze panels, my Today screen has everything I need in one place.

OtO did look promising, but it doesn't really support VGA devices, and it may be a dead project anyway.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jaxrunner:
Calendar shortcut

I really miss datebk 5 on palm.

Instead of clicking on time with stylus just scroll over to time and double click with center nav button. This will allow the time slots to automatically display.

To get the same new appointment functionality as palm datebook...open up calendar scoll and double click on date first (don't select new appointment), scroll to time then start typing. The subject (new appointment menu with display but since you already selected day and time all you have to do is hit ok. Although this gives you the exact steps as datebk 5 it feel so much more intuitive on palm.

While I'm at it....the most frustrating thing on WM is the dialer menu. After reading your post I pulled out my old treo to reflect on the good ol days... The dialer on palm is 1000% better than wm6. If anyone has found a better dialer for WM6, please let me know.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Is the Xiaomi Mi A1 as good-looking as you are (despite your receding hairline, adult-onset acne, and massive weight gain)? Rate this thread to express whether you think the Xiaomi Mi A1 is attractive. A higher rating indicates that you would even go as far to say that the Xiaomi Mi A1 is a beautiful phone.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] deductionmaster:
Not 18:9 :confused:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] pradyot:
It looks like a iPhone 7 plus clone.Otherwise I would have said it looks pretty good.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] asawi:
I have the white/gold and it looks good apart from the white bezels at the long edges of the screen. Wish they had done it like on my Leeco: Made them black. The top and bottom white areas are fine though.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Alanjameson99:
The antenna lines are getting faded and bleached, even after using a case. Apart from that, it fine.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi A1 feels in terms of quality. A higher rating indicates that it feels premium and high-quality (attention to detail is high, manufacturing defects don't exist, etc).

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] MADNJPN:
From the moment I picked the phone out of the box I was amazed how nice the phone feels. My mom has iPhone 7 and built quality is really very impressive. Back of the phone feels very premium and nicely built. After 2 weeks of use there are barely any scratches, I wear rings so I thought it would get scratches all over it but no. It's still like new. Front of the phone also looks very stylish and screen holds pretty well also no scratches yet. Impressive for the price!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] nahuelvvn:
It feels like a premium device. Build quality is great.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] jothimurugan:
Very slippery
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] wawing_b:
too slipery for me.. then I put it in a rubber case, problem solved
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Alanjameson99:
10/10 for looks. 8/10 for build quality. Even though I agree the screen is pretty tough for a budget smartphone, the thickness of the metal body is not that satisfactory. Maybe I feel this way because i have used Moto G5s for some time. But other than that, the phone is pretty solid.

Btw, some users have said that the lens piece is prone to break on minor drops. Not sure how much of it is true.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] GamingDevilsCC:
If it was a bit heavier it would feel like a flagship phone. Needs a bit more structure to prevent the screen from slightly popping out when a slight bending force is applied.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] pbea2410:
Good quality build, feel sturdy. My Red édition got a nice finish too.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] jack_21:
Build quality is OK

However, I was cleaning the metal body of the phone but it was so slippery that it falled down from 1 meter... now there are two "big" signs on the right metal corners. Not that big deal, I will always keep case on this phone now :(
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Tiago A:
Always clean your phone in bed. This will never happen again.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] rastamanjohn:
I'd say average manufacturing, nothing special, haven't dropped it yet tho, and hopefully never will.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] GVN.Gallus:
Build quality is bad, compare to redmi note 4x.

I just bought this phone for 3 days, sometimes when picking it up, it made cracking sound like those old samsung-removeable-back-plastic-cover. I asked some user on other forums and they said this too.

The screen panel is not completely fit to the metal frame, i can push it down a little, and for me it seem can easily pop out of frame if apply some force.

I must rate the build quality 2 star.

Sr for bad english.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] meltbanana:
unfortunately the glass isn't scratch-proof, I did nothing else than wearing the Mi A1 and my keys accidentially in the same pocket.

while my 3 years old iphone 6 doesn't show one single scratch my Mi A1 already got 3. tried to polish with toothpaste but those scratches appear to be too deep.

a keyring isn't harder than gorilla-glass, so I assume it's NOT gorilla glass.

... and here we have this guy who's Mi A1 fell from 2 feet and the glass cracked:

https://www.quora.com/Does-the-Mi-A1-have-Gorilla-Glass-protection#

too bad, cause I like the rest of this phone's hardware a lot. but that's a no-go.

edit: interesting to find out that corning claims the Mi A1 actually has gorilla glas 3:

https://www.corning.com/gorillaglass/worldwide/en/products-with-gorilla/xiaomi/mi-a1.html

I'm puzzled, did I receive a xiaomi fake or a result of inconsistent manufacturing?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] rovinnewman:
Amazing Feel

I feel the quality is really superb in this price range of phones. I would love to tell you that I feel really good. Actually, Its metal on the back side of it so I would say it will definitely give you premium feel.:)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] atanuj26@gmail.com:
mini 10
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Strongest.avenger:
Build quality is okay. Color on aluminium body is fading out on my phone after using it for 8 months.

Especially near the charging port.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] buggerman:
I felt the quality is average. I’d be okay with plastic body also. The proximity sensor is a pain. Out of 10, I’d rate the build quality and feel at 6 (⅗ stars). But you get what you pay for.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Renjith simon:
Quality super.

Last week a drop of water went to my speaker and the sound get scattered. After sucking the speaker, it get back to normal.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Naorem:
Mixed

Phone is built well, however the switches feel cheap. Clicking the power button once sometimes registers twice and opens up the camera app (double click power button for camera is enabled for me), also the volume buttons feels poorly made, won't register at most times resulting in having to click with a little more force than I would have desired. Those issues aside I feel the phone is built well for the price.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] xoNrms:
Power and volume button sucks.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] MontagnaD:
True

They're really bad, when single pressing power to lock, it opens camera (or re-wake the screen locked, if shortcut is disabled)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Please, no "that's what she said" jokes. Rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi A1 feels in-hand. A higher rating indicates that it's comfortable to hold for long periods of time, even in one hand. Resist the urge to say "TWSS" just now. Seriously.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ajlir:
Slippery.

Almost slip twice in a day.

Need a good plastic back cover.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] rastamanjohn:
Slippery and thick. I wish I had a sandstone oneplus cover for this...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ck4376:
very very slippery.

Using a case is a must.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] panther030:
Literally unusable without a proper case. The back of the phone is just too slippery for no case usage.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Are you comfortable in your own skin? Is your phone comfortable in its skin? Rate this thread to express how you deem the skin on the Xiaomi Mi A1. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it adds just the right amount of features, it's visually pleasing, and overall it's additive to the experience. If this is a Nexus phone (you didn't think we hand-wrote all of these prompts, did you?) then use this rating to indicate how the latest version of Android looks to you.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!