AskingAlex
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Mine was revision 0711 - which I have flashed back but to no success. Seems like they may have updated that reverting the BIOS won't actually change -.- I'm now tempted just to get a cheap Pentium and overclock it 'till it screams, seeing as my BIOS now supports it... (updated back to the latest BIOS version, because it couldn't have done any more harm at this point)
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Well, I'm currently running a Maximus VI Gene, with a 1230v3. Up until today, I was running on the bios that came from the factory. I had no issues, and I was running at a 37 multiplier x 103.5 bclk, for a 3.83GHz speed across all the cores. Voltages were set to auto, barely any settings were changed (I know I could've ran at a much lower voltage than it gave me, but the CPU didn't break 60 degrees load with a "passive" Arctic Cooler i30 while gaming (with one rear exhaust fan at the end of the case spinning at 700 RPM, mind you)). This morning, I wanted a fresh start. I completely formatted my SSD using the ROG secure erase function in the BIOS, and I completely wiped my HDD. Next I reinstalled windows, and all was golden. The OC was still there, working perfectly as before. But then I decided to update the BIOS. Now, with the latest BIOS, I am limited to a 4 core multiplier of 35. Even when set to "per core" mode, when all cores are loaded the CPU will not go above 3.5GHz. If I increase the bclk to 103.5 as I did before, the highest speed I can get is 3.519 GHz as opposed to the 3.622 that i should get, as it appears the final boost bin is being limited, for whatever reason. So, I used the BIOS flashing utility in the BIOS to roll back to the initial BIOS version that my CPU supports. But guess what? The problem with the lower OC still exists. So basically, through updating the BIOS, i've gone from 3.83GHz to 3.52GHz. This obviously is not a huge difference, but it's still annoying that I've lost speed through "upgrading". Has anyone else had any experiences with this, or does anyone know a BIOS mod that could fix this? It's left me pretty salty to be honest, never thought this kind of problem could even exist :angry:
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Here's hoping your next device is reliable and pleases you! And hopefully your misfortune with the Elephone doesn't end up affecting myself
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It sounds as if your device was tampered somehow and wasn't fully legit. Was the shop you bought it from reputable? Cause those sound like similar issues to ones I had when I bought a "genuine" and "new" "Samsung" Galaxy S2. It looked like an S2, had the same interface, but didn't connect with my PC, had abysmal battery life (not like the S2 was ever a battery king, mind you), and the full thing died very quickly... just a couple of days after the "limited 2 week warranty" ran out, mysteriously (I bought it from ebay... bad move, evidently) Genuinely sounds as if you had a not-so-legit phone, sorry dude
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If I went by single bad experiences, I'd have to bad mouth Motorola, Google, and Samsung. Every manufacturer has bad devices that slip through, it's inevitable Also, Elephone must make very little per device. Companies such as THL, OnePlus and Jiayu don't make much profits from their devices. You can mock up how much a 1080p screen, ram, rom, battery and CPU costs. For perspective, an iPhone 6 costs $200 to manufacture. The P7000 costs $220. Although the P7000 (obviously) has lower specs than the iPhone, they physically aren't able to make masses of profits, so cannot afford just to make bad products then have to deal with potential recalls / replacements Elephones are budget devices, but they don't use cheap components. Even their lower end phones use reasonable quality parts, you must've just gotten very unlucky with your device :mellow:
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Look up the Jiayu S3 Advance. The Elephone supposedly uses the same LCD screen as that (which if you look around, doesn't seem to have any major issues). The battery is a true 3450mah lithium-polymer battery. They changed battery manufacturers at the last minute, which is what caused the final delay, to ensure the batteries were actually a really high quality. And bad quality materials is a bit of a so-so argument, considering the metal bezel and Gorilla Glass 3 screen I don't know exactly why you have an issue with Elephones, but I know someone with a P5000 and there appears to be no issues whatsoever (apart from heating up during intensive games - something which is still blown way out of proportion as it barely gets that warm in all fairness). Sounds like you've had one bad experience and are out to tar them all with the same bush... if they were really that bad, the company would not still be in business, with so many different models available
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The P5000 can get 10 hours of screen-on time while running a PCMark battery benchmark. I know someone with the P5000, and they regularly scrape 12 hours of screen on time over two days, although I'm not sure at what screen brightness (I've seen the screen and I know the brightness isn't at a low setting, I'd have to make an educated guess it's somewhere from 50 - 70%). The P7000, with a battery 70% of the size of the P5000's, should easily last all but the most demanding users a day at the least. True, it has a bigger screen with a higher pixel count, and the CPU does actually use slightly more power. I'd still expect a minimum of 8 hours screen on time doing something like watching a video, especially if the Jiayu S3 is anything to go by (very similar specs as the P7000, minus a fingerprint scanner and a smaller battery). The days of >1 day of battery life in "affordable flagship" devices appears to be all but gone, now just to find another use for my 12,000 mah battery bank.....
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So I've gone ahead and pre-ordered the Elephone P7000. I've read various reviews about past Elephone models, and they seem to all have their small faults (but let's face it, all phones do). The P5000 gets a little hot under load (due to a huge battery and an 8 core CPU), the P6000 had a scrolling bug (which is now fixed), and their G7 had a few issues with quality assurance (again, now fixed with their latest models). When I receive my P7000 (which comes pre-rooted, I'll add), I'm going to flash TWRP recovery, install Xposed Framework, then I'll play with the phone for a few days and do a mini review. I've already had the chance to have a small play with a preproduction model (it had a .2" smaller screen and a smaller battery) and it seemed pretty great, so here's hoping for a great budged device, that's upper mid range in performance. But until then, here's the important specs. Anyone considering a new semi-budget phone should definitely be considering the P7000 (or their P3000s - a bit slower, but costs a bit less). Anyways, the specs: MTK 6752 CPU (8xCortex A53 cores at 1.7GHz) Mali T760-MP GPU at 700MHz 13 MP rear, 5MP front cameras 5.5" 1080P display 3450mah battery (replaceable) 16GB storage and 3GB LP DDR3 ram Support for 64GB microsd card 4G Enabled (however some bands missing) Metal composite exterior supports Android 5.0 installed as default, with other options also available (with an unlocked bootloader for easy ROM swapping) Oh... And did I mention it's only $220 (sometimes as low as 200, depending on the retailer)
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Depends on the quad core. Standard big.little architectures are built like that, but some allow for all 8 cores to be active at once. And the Mediatek is a true octa-core, with 8 x Cortex A53 cores running at 1.7 GHz. Unsure about Mediatek's marketing though, as the next CPU up has some fancy marketing term, that says it can run all it's cores at max frequency at the same time. Presume this is just some kind of in-build performance governor, though
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A gen 1 Moto G with a very cracked screen (well... cracked where it still is, the top left of the screen is slightly missing, thankfully only the glass before the LCD panel, but that's beside the point)
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Might end up waiting for a device with a snapdragon 618 (if my phone holds out). Although in the mean time, an OPO Mini being released would be much appreciated
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The thing is, they claim 2 day battery life with that phone. The p7000 has more than half the battery capacity, as well as a faster CPU, and is cheaper. The P5000 was actually the phone that made me aware of Elephone as a company, but the P7000 would be more beneficial for me. Great suggestion though B)
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The Elephone has a 3450 mah battery, whereas the OPO has its own magic power saving feature (keeping the display frame stored in RAM, and not re-rendering it unless it's updated), so both phones should be good for battery life. My Moto G with it's 2000 (or so) mah battery could get me through a full day with about 4.5 hours of screen on time. Probably te only time I've been looking for a phone and not really had to worry about the battery life :')
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Oh wow, didn't realise there were literally that little amount of apps that can use eight cores. Thought there would at least be a few more benefits to the extra cores. So maybe a big.Little CPU would be good after all (Such as the Snapdragon 618 when it comes out) - 2 high performance, high clocked cores, with 4 low power ones for general texting and stuff?
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1.7 GHz for the Octa core, but I found someone online who rooted a phone with the same CPU, and managed to get this up to 2.1GHz (at the cost of disabling 4 cores). Not completely sure if it was legit since I haven't seen that anywhere else, but that may be an option
