OnePlus One - $300 killer Android phone

[saguran]

Shoutout to Tman for the invite, my friend's phone is on its way.

 

[topographical]

Let us know how much your total cost came to? Considering dropping my Note 3 and picking up one of these or the Nexus 6. Looking to see which is the best import method.

I just received my "pre-cleared customs invoice" from Fed-ex. I'm not 100% sure what the fact that they "pre-cleared" the package for me means, but I'm hoping to receive it before tuesday.

So, in total, we're looking at:

R4220 for the 64GB Oneplus one
R915 for shipping (FedEx Intl. priority; this must include the postal forwarding fee from Stackry)
R377 for Customs

For a total of R5512. You could probably get this number down quite significantly if you used a cheaper shipping option; most probably around the R4950 mark. Overall, R5512 for a 64GB phone with such specifications is a steal.

 

[Tman*]

Rooted this morning.

For anyone interested to do the same; I followed this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O2e_R_TbVg

I used the v3 toolbox: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/toolbox-oneplus-one-toolbox-t2808987

 

[saguran]

Rooted this morning.

For anyone interested to do the same; I followed this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O2e_R_TbVg

I used the v3 toolbox: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/toolbox-oneplus-one-toolbox-t2808987

Did you root only to install other ROM's?

Which ROM are you looking at?

 

[Tman*]

Did you root only to install other ROM's?

Which ROM are you looking at?

For now I only rooted to restore all my apps + data via titanium backup.

I haven't really looked into custom roms, but will look into this soon...

 

[saguran]

For now I only rooted to restore all my apps + data via titanium backup.

I haven't really looked into custom roms, but will look into this soon...

Never really seen the point of rooting. The only reason I did it on my SII was to get rid of TouchPoop. On the Motorola G, I did not bother.

 

[Bryn]

Never really seen the point of rooting. The only reason I did it on my SII was to get rid of TouchPoop. On the Motorola G, I did not bother.

There are many benefits to rooting:

- Better backups
- Bloatware removal
- Custom firmware
- Free up memory
- Overall improvement in speed

My OnePlus One is the only Android device I've owned that I haven't rooted and installed custom firmware on. Simply because it's already very fast, has CM out the box, has 3GB RAM, 64GB storage and great battery life.

I might still root, if only to use Greenify to kill annoying background processes that third party apps have no right running. Android really should have an option by now to refuse an app permission for a persistent process.

 

[brucem]

Just received my phone - what a beauty! Only interesting finding so far - cellular connection seems weaker than other phones? Will give it some time to make sure.

 

[Bryn]

Just received my phone - what a beauty! Only interesting finding so far - cellular connection seems weaker than other phones? Will give it some time to make sure.

Reboot it maybe. The signal I receive on my OPO is much better than the Samsung S3 I used before it.

 

[brucem]

Reboot it maybe. The signal I receive on my OPO is much better than the Samsung S3 I used before it.

If I change preferred type from 4G to 2G, connection gets much stronger, interesting, it doesn't seen to downgrade 4G to 3G to 2G when signal gets too weak...

 

[Bryn]

If I change preferred type from 4G to 2G, connection gets much stronger, interesting, it doesn't seen to downgrade 4G to 3G to 2G when signal gets too weak...

What network are you on? I'm on Cell C and everything works on the default settings. Data speeds are good.

 

[brucem]

What network are you on? I'm on Cell C and everything works on the default settings. Data speeds are good.

Vodacom. If I set it to 4G preferred, it gets a weak connection, which fades and disconnects, and doesn't reconnect. However, if I set 2G preferred, it gets and keeps a strong signal

 

[Bryn]

Vodacom. If I set it to 4G preferred, it gets a weak connection, which fades and disconnects, and doesn't reconnect. However, if I set 2G preferred, it gets and keeps a strong signal

What kind of data speeds do you get on 2G? Wish I could be of more assistance, but I've never been a Vodacom customer. Make sure you've updated the OPO's firmware btw.

 

[brucem]

What kind of data speeds do you get on 2G? Wish I could be of more assistance, but I've never been a Vodacom customer. Make sure you've updated the OPO's firmware btw.

I'll keep playing around to give more comprehensive feedback on it...

 

[brucem]

How do you think they control which OPOs get which OTAs when? Imteresting that we dont have the latest yet

 

[Bryn]

How do you think they control which OPOs get which OTAs when? Imteresting that we dont have the latest yet

Any manufacturer can identify individual devices in a variety of ways. Maybe OnePlus go by manufacture date or some serial number sequence. I received the latest update about a day after it started rolling out.

 

[saguran]

There are many benefits to rooting:

- Better backups
- Bloatware removal
- Custom firmware
- Free up memory
- Overall improvement in speed

My OnePlus One is the only Android device I've owned that I haven't rooted and installed custom firmware on. Simply because it's already very fast, has CM out the box, has 3GB RAM, 64GB storage and great battery life.

I might still root, if only to use Greenify to kill annoying background processes that third party apps have no right running. Android really should have an option by now to refuse an app permission for a persistent process.

Yep, was specifically referring to the One. I don't see the point then, since it already has a custom rom with no bloatware. The backup option is nice, but I don't use titanium

 

[Bryn]

If anybody is interested, 2 in stock.

https://uae.jadopado.com/product/JP00011175/oneplus-one-64gb-lte-silk-white

That's over a thousand Rand more expensive than buying from OnePlus directly. And why is a 64GB model white?

 

[Maverick Jester]

I might still root, if only to use Greenify to kill annoying background processes that third party apps have no right running. Android really should have an option by now to refuse an app permission for a persistent process.

Absolutely agree with this. Or at the very least, a better battery management algorithm that kills these sorts of apps at some point.

 

[saguran]

That's over a thousand Rand more expensive than buying from OnePlus directly. And why is a 64GB model white?

I just mentioned it for people who don't have invites that maybe know somebody in the UAE that could bring it back for them. Yeah no idea what's up with that model.