I wish I had done a bit more research before pulling the trigger on my American one, but regardless I've been content with the capped A306 since it does indeed act as a functional audio player.
Mine is relatively new, about a week now I've had this thing, but it boots a lot faster once I got rid of the suggested Google apps and services among other performance enhancement.
To add onto this, I am too experiencing the slow boot times now. It wasn't particularly noticable because I don't tend to shut off my A306 to experience the boot screen, but I enabled the auto shut down to save on battery when I pass out while listening to a queue. It's not the worst thing ever, but I'm just gonna disable the auto shutdown function and just turn off the device of my own volition when I need to. I tend to carry a portable battery with me anyways and I usually end up charging my A306 before going out.
I wish I had done a bit more research before pulling the trigger on my American one, but regardless I've been content with the capped A306 since it does indeed act as a functional audio player.
I'm glad I didn't spend the extra on the import version. The device sounds great and is incredibly small. But, the laggy UI and too small screen diminish it's luster.
For reference, the Hiby M300 ia slightly bigger but much snappier. And it's considerably cheaper. SQ wise I can't compare easily aince it has 100mw over the NW-A306. Whether it stays this way or bogs down over time, I'll see.
To add onto this, I am too experiencing the slow boot times now. It wasn't particularly noticable because I don't tend to shut off my A306 to experience the boot screen, but I enabled the auto shut down to save on battery when I pass out while listening to a queue. It's not the worst thing ever, but I'm just gonna disable the auto shutdown function and just turn off the device of my own volition when I need to. I tend to carry a portable battery with me anyways and I usually end up charging my A306 before going out.
Have you tried to determine what is causing this slow boot? The likely reason is because of 3rd party apps. If this slow boot is still occurring after removal of 3rd party apps then I would suggest for a factory reset to try and see if this resolves the issue, and as usual advise, please backup data before performing any reset.
There is some, but it is not bad. I think m
ine was left powered off for a couple of weeks, and I just turned it on now to check, and it is at 70%.
All modern devices are alive at a low level, even when powered off. That is so they can monitor for the power button to be pressed, and start up the main OS.
The older devices that have an actual mechanical switch that disconnects the power, are the only ones that have no low level power drain, as once the battery is disconnected, nothing is running on the device. It is totally off, and using no power at all.
All other devices that use a button press to start up the device, means that the device is running at a lower power level, to monitor for the button press, and to react to it.
There is some, but it is not bad. I think m
ine was left powered off for a couple of weeks, and I just turned it on now to check, and it is at 70%.
All modern devices are alive at a low level, even when powered off. That is so they can monitor for the power button to be pressed, and start up the main OS.
The older devices that have an actual mechanical switch that disconnects the power, are the only ones that have no low level power drain, as once the battery is disconnected, nothing is running on the device. It is totally off, and using no power at all.
All other devices that use a button press to start up the device, means that the device is running at a lower power level, to monitor for the button press, and to react to it.
Have you tried to determine what is causing this slow boot? The likely reason is because of 3rd party apps. If this slow boot is still occurring after removal of 3rd party apps then I would suggest for a factory reset to try and see if this resolves the issue, and as usual advise, please backup data before performing any reset.
Eh, I'm not too flustered about it to do a whole reset. It's not abysmal like I said considering I don't usually keep it off and actively use it often. I uninstalled many apps and services to improve the general experience and it is indeed improved.
Got an A306 on Friday. It's so tiny, looks a lot bigger online. It's a nice little DAP. Only small issue so far is the sluggish boot time. Maybe I'll try disabling some apps.
Looking at buying an uncapped jap
Import in grey. But I'm concerned you can't easily change the language to English on it. Has anyone here bought one and changed the language? Is it easy?
Looking at buying an uncapped jap
Import in grey. But I'm concerned you can't easily change the language to English on it. Has anyone here bought one and changed the language? Is it easy?
Bought a shell case from Amazon by a company called FATBEAR to protect my A306. Not only does it protect but the buttons are easier to press and fits better in my large hands.
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