"A fierce fighter in the budget segment." Review of Highscreen Alpha Rage. Getting Root Highscreen Alpha Rage Clean Master - Cleaning the Highscreen system of debris

Hi all! I am the owner of such a miracle as, one of the few who have it on this site. But you know what? I'm wildly and terribly tired of standard firmware, albeit with GravityBox (and all sorts of tomatoes boasting that they have 4.4.2). Therefore, I decided to flash myself another one, namely 4.4.2 ProjectDoge. For those who are interested, go to the cat.
Did you think it was easy and quick to flash? So nothing.
In order to be able to enjoy various types of firmware, we first need to install a kind of platform for them - firmware from the Indian analogue of Xolo Q600.
First, download this folder. Unpacking the archives. In the end (after final unpacking) you should get this.

Launch SP Flash Tool. Click on Scatter-loading.

A file selection window will appear. Go to the folder with the unpacked firmware and select the file MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt. Let's check this box.

Click Firmware -> Upgrade. Next, turn off the smart and take out the battery. We insert it back but do not turn it on, but connect the PC. Multi-colored stripes will run in the program. We wait for the end (I have 6 minutes) and the green circle appears.
Achtung! If you do not have drivers installed for Preloader, then download and install them without them there will be no cinema the stripes won't run!
Now we are loading into the new firmware. We will flash 4.4.2 via CWM, so we need to install it. To do this, we get root using and install. Download this file and throw it into the root of the flash drive! Launch Mobileuncle MTK Tools and select Update Recovery. After that, we look for our file, tap on it, confirm and reboot into Recovery. Just in case, we make a backup: Backup and restore -> Backup. After the backup process is completed, we boot into the system and throw this archive into the root of the memory card. Next, we boot into CWM and select Install zip from SD card -> Choose ZIP from SD card -> select the archive with the firmware -> Confirm the installation -> follow the installer’s instructions (click “next” several times). After that, select Reboot System now and reboot into the new firmware.
Achtung! For those who were upset when they saw a damaged image instead of a logo, I’ll say that they shouldn’t be scared - everything is fine, just wait a little.
After all these manipulations, this awaits us.

Cons, pros, comments and other crap.

Pros:

1. Google Now
2. your device is now Nexus 4
3. you are saved from installing a long and tedious hat like Root, BusyBox, Xposed with several modules
4. Xperia keyboard

Minuses:
The only serious disadvantage I can highlight is the damaged logo. Smaller disadvantages: Xposed modules are not activated and when loading it screams about an OTA update, which I was never able to install. But the notification is closed, so this is a very small minus.
On 4pda they yell that the IMEI is lost when flashing the firmware, but for me it was never able to work.
Achtung! If the IMEI still disappears, then all you can do is listen to music and play games. It is recommended to make a backup IMEI still before starting all manipulations using Mobileuncle MTK Tools (IMEI backup Restore (MTK) -> Backup IMEI.) and put it away so that, if necessary, you do not turn the phone into a player for 5000

Posted Thu, 03/24/2016 - 21:04

Android Assistant software, Link2sd, X-plore, Root App Delete.

Transfer of system-critical applications using special software. You can use special program, For example Android Assistant, which contains 18 essential tools for system management. How to use Android Assistant.

By installing Android Assistant from Play Market on Highscreen black gtx, Zera U, spark, yummy duo, go to the “Toolbox” tab and select the item "App2Sd". Next, open the “Maybe” tab - this is a list of applications that can be transferred to the SD memory card. Select applications sequentially and press the “To SD memory card” button.

Using the “Batch Uninstall” button, you can see what programs are installed on the ROM and delete them immediately in a list.

If you still received root rights or you already had them, then we can recommend the program Link2sd. This program is for correctly transferring mobile applications from internal memory on the SD Card Highscreen boost 3 pro, blast, strike, alpha gtr and it effectively controls the cache and RAM, keeping them at a minimum level.

And through the program X-plore, you can clearly see the system partition of jet duo, explosion, alpha gt, cosmo in the form of a diagram; to do this, click the “disk map” button.

Using Root App Delete, you can remove programs that are this moment are unnecessary and useless.

Applications for obtaining root rights for Highscreen: 360root, FolderMount, RAM Manager Free

Program 360root will help to issue root rights to the Highscreen five pro, hercules, bay, alpha rage device running on Android versions 2.2-4.4. The probability of obtaining root access is 90%. You can download the program from the developer’s official website at: 360root.ru.

How the program works. After launching 360root, to get superuser rights, press the button in the center of the screen. Then press the button to give the Highscreen phone root rights.

We reboot the phone, now it will be possible to completely transfer all system-critical applications from the Highscreen spade, pure f, verge, winwin phone to an external drive, accordingly freeing up the built-in memory.

FolderMount- the application allows you to remove the root lock of your Highscreen phone on Android based 2.3 - 6.0. Through the program menu, you can do all the same manipulations with the transfer of system-critical programs.

You can download FolderMount through the Play Market.

RAM Manager- will allow you to create a swap file in your Highscreen black gtx, pure j, spark 2, thor black phone, which frees up RAM and speeds up the operation of the Highscreen device. You can download Ram Manager through the Play Market.

After installing the program, you need to give it root rights.

Then select one of the operating modes:

Balance- maximum RAM optimization.

Balance (with more free memory)– maximum optimization of RAM for Highscreen with a capacity of up to 512 MB.

Balance (with more multitasking)– maximum RAM optimization for devices with a capacity of more than 512 MB.

Hard Gaming- to run resource-intensive programs such as 3D games.

Hard Multitasking- to run several programs simultaneously.

Default settings of your phone- reset RAM settings to default.

Comparison of utilities Root Uninstaller, Root App Deleter, Root Cleaner for Highscreen.

Clean Master - Cleaning the Highscreen system from debris.

This is how, after spending some time, you can solve the memory problem on any Android phone, including Highscreen black gtx, cosmo, alpha rage, spider and other models.

But after this action, you need to control the situation: periodically go to File Explorer and watch the appearance of new files and folders and react accordingly to this.

Video review: Cleaning Android from garbage.

This manual process can be automated through the use of special software, for example mobile application This is a simple and convenient program for cleaning the internal memory of a Highscreen device based on Android OS. This program speeds up the system well and optimizes the RAM of Highscreen power ice, zera f, Boost 2 SE, four and other models.

SD maid app- analogue of Clean Master. SD maid analyzes junk files that remain after uninstalling old applications and puts them in the “Trash” section. After carefully viewing this section, you can give the “Delete Garbage” command. The "Refresh" button starts a repeated search junk files on your Highscreen phone.

Preliminary results.

Above it was said how to transfer files and programs to a removable Flash Sd Card drive and clear the memory.

In addition to this topic, you can talk about cloud storage, such as Google Drive, Yandex Drive and the like. Using cloud storage very effectively frees up not only internal memory, but also flash memory inserted into the phone zera s rev s, five pro, hercules, bay. These services are free, provided you do not exceed the cloud space limit.

Using cloud technologies, you can transfer photo files, videos, photos from the internal memory of your Highscreen alpha gt, cosmo, jet duo, power ice mobile device to Internet servers Google companies, Yandex and others.

Let's look at the example of a service Yandex.Disk, How can you transfer photo and video files to the cloud?

1.Download from Google Play Yandex.Disk application and install it.

3.The program automatically starts uploading photos, videos and documents to the cloud.

2.You can forcefully show which file should be sent to the “cloud” using Highscreen. To do this, press the button + and select the file or folder to synchronize.

In total, 15 GB of memory is available to the user in the “cloud” for free.

If you do not use your cloud account for a long time, your files will be automatically deleted.

Cloud applications for Highscreen zera f, Boost 2 SE, four, zera s rev s and other models work in a similar way: Yandex.Disk, Google Drive, Picasa, Degoo, Dropbox, G Cloud, MEGA, BOX, OneDrive, Cloud@ Mail.ru.

But I would like to delve further into the topic of freeing ROM and consider various points when solving problems with the mobile device of the Highscreen winwin phone.

Professional memory cleaning for Highscreen devices based on Android OS.

The following information was collected from various sources: websites, forums and may be useful to someone. But you must use it very carefully, because... it has not been tested by the author and thoughtless actions to apply these tips can permanently block your Highscreen phone or lead to expensive repairs.

SD Maid program - cleaning phone memory with root rights.

SD Maid- another program is a device memory and cache cleaner and has additional functions: batch uninstallation of programs, forced closing of applications, increased performance by optimizing the operation of RAM and processor.

SD Maid is optimized to work on Highscreen alpha rage, spade, pure f, verge and other models. Tablet SD Maid Suitable for tablet computers from this manufacturer.

Video Review: Acquiring root rights, how to swap memory.

To use this program effectively, it is advisable to have root user rights.

Titanium Backup and instructions for freeing up the memory of your Highscreen smartphone.

Titanium Backup- this program effectively transfers software to SD Card Highscreen winwin, pure j, spark 2, thor black, and updates after transfer also begin to be loaded onto an external drive. The transfer scheme using this device is described below.

Required:

1. Root rights.
2. Titanium Backup
3. File manager, for example Total Commander for Android.

Instructions:

1. Using Titanium, at startup automatic mode The system is cleared of “garbage”. Titanium Backup can easily clear dead files in dalvik-cash (menu->more->clear dalvik cache) on Highscreen Alpha R, omega prime s mini, spider, winjoy. This program also has a good backuper, a service for rolling back the system to a previous state.
2. Through the menu - “integrate sysDalvik into ROM”, files are transferred from /cache/dalvik-cache to system/app.
3. Next, the programs are transferred manually, described above.
4. Removing useless system programs located in the system/app folder, but be careful, if you delete something wrong, it will brick the device, the phone will need to be reflashed, in the worst case, you can only throw it away. You can delete the Market with its service, google maps, live wallpaper, dead wallpaper, cyan themes.
5. Removing the English voice synthesizer Pico (/system/tts). And deleting system ringtones - ringtones from the /system/media/ringtones directory.

Another way to solve the Highscreen memory overflow problem

I also had the same nonsense - “not enough memory” on Highscreen. Naturally, I transferred all applications to the memory card, except the browser. But the problem repeated itself, there was not enough memory again. And what’s surprising is that I transferred Opera and everything worked, so far there are no problems.

More Google browser Chrom clogs up the system memory a lot with its data. Using it on Highscreen black gtx, Zera U, spark, yummy duo or other model is simply not realistic and not possible, maybe they will make it better in new versions. In the meantime, it’s better to delete it or replace it with another browser or use the built-in one.

Replacing the “internal storage” and “microSD” partitions

To radically change the situation with the lack of memory in Highscreen boost 3 pro, blast, strike, alpha gtr, there is such an original way: Swap the “internal drive” and “microSD”. What does this give? The system should treat the SD card as internal by default, and internal as SD.

Video review: How to change places Android memory. Android memory remapping.

To do this, you need to have root superuser rights on your phone and download the File Manager on Highscreen Root Explorer. Next we proceed point by point:

1.Open root explorer, go to the /system/etc folder, click on “RW rights” at the top and open the vold.fstab file in the editor

There are 2 lines (without the # sign at the beginning):

Question answer. What to do if photos are lost in the Highscreen phone Gallery

1 question. What to do if the photos on the flash card of the Highscreen power ice, zera f, Boost 2 SE, four phone become cloudy or cannot be read at all. After transferring files from the main memory of Highscreen to a flash drive, the files cannot be read, although the phone sees the card. When connecting the phone to the computer, they do not open. How can I get my photo files back to main memory? Answer 1. Perhaps you transferred not the original photos to the memory card, but previews and sketches. The original photos could remain in the internal memory of the Highscreen zera s rev s, five pro, hercules, bay phone in another folder, the program will help solve this problem DiskDigger. Answer 2. To prevent such situations from arising, before performing certain operations with the memory of the Highscreen phone, it is necessary to make a backup (data backup). To do this, you need to connect your smartphone to your computer via a USB cable and completely copy all memory, all folders and files to HDD PC. After these steps, you can move files to the SD card of your cell phone.

2.Question. I had the error "Not enough memory on my phone". I deleted unnecessary files, folders and cache as recommended. Now, when viewing photos, when opening the “Gallery”, the system writes another error “Storage is not available”. I have a Highscreen black gtx phone. How to solve this problem? How to return photos, photos, photographs back to the Gallery?

Answer. To prevent such problems from arising, you must always do backup copy Highscreen main memory and flash cards. In this case, when cleaning the system, you may have accidentally deleted the folder with photos on the memory card, which is located at: SDCARD/DCIM/CAMERA. You can try to recover lost files using data recovery programs: CardRecovery or PhotoRec.

On this page you can read instructions on how to connect, increase, clear, expand RAM, cache on a Highscreen black gtx phone on the Android 4.1 OS platform on a screen with a resolution of 1280x720, type color IPS, touch and other models. How to empty and clean the internal storage, SD card on Android Highscreen power ice, zera f, Boost 2 SE, four, zera s rev s, five pro, hercules, bay, alpha rage, spade, pure f, verge, winwin, pure j , spark 2, thor black, Alpha R, omega prime s mini, spider, winjoy, black gtx, Zera U, spark, yummy duo, boost 3 pro, blast, strike, alpha gtr, explosion, alpha gt, cosmo, jet duo , the answer to the question why it’s missing is a problem with the device’s memory.

Instructions on how to clear, release, internal memory, cache on your Highscreen blast, strike, alpha gtr, explosion and other models are here. Find out where the files are and how to move or delete them correctly. How to clean the flash memory drive, SD card of an Android phone for the Highscreen zera f phone model based on Android 4.2 with a color IPS screen, touchscreen with a resolution of 800x480 and other models.

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I have a smartphone in my hands. Flat, inconspicuous, but at the same time light and stylish in its own way. There are thousands of them. The screen slows down slightly - after all, it’s a budget phone - it costs a little less than 5 thousand. And at the same time it has a 4-core processor. In AnTuTu, the device scores an unexpected 13532 points - this is a result worthy of smartphones of a higher class. But they cost 3 or even 4 times more. But if you can get the same thing for 5, why overpay?! I would probably buy one like this - as a second tube for hitchhiking and biking. However, I am an unbeliever, Thomas - let's study the smartphone better - as you know, free (or cheap) cheese is only in a mousetrap, maybe the smartphone has some obvious shortcomings?..

Alas, the very first action with the phone puzzled me - how are SIM cards inserted here? I was dumb for about 10 minutes. Then I realized that they are located on top of each other. And very close. How they were able to stuff this device so much, I don’t even know - this is the first time I’ve come across such a solution.

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I don’t believe in freebies—there’s no such thing. Should not good smartphone cost so little. But after a couple of days of using the smartphone, no noticeable disadvantages emerged. Everything works, there are no problems or brakes. Actually, the difference from the “older” models seems to be only in the screen and weight - this smartphone is smaller and lighter, lower resolution. Theoretically, the device’s cache should quickly fill up, since the RAM is small by modern standards - 512 MB, but this problem can be solved by installing special software. I personally have not encountered any performance problems with the device. Another plus is that I found some pretty good headphones in the box. Which has not yet become the norm even for top models.

3

The smartphone coped with all the tasks that fell to it. So I didn’t find any obvious shortcomings. Although there is still one thing - in my opinion, coverage back cover The device is too slippery - it tries to jump out of your hands. Another small minus is the camera. But I personally was quite satisfied with the quality of the images produced. And I was very surprised by the number of camera settings - I haven’t seen anything like this even on top models. Those. The camera can be well customized to suit you. However, on the contrary, I twisted something, and it got worse. For those who don’t want to tinker with the settings, there is an automatic mode.

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In general, this device broke my stereotypes regarding budget smartphones. It is quite possible that over time it will become a bestseller. Friends, if you or your friends have these, I would be grateful for your feedback. In the meantime, a couple of photos taken by Alpha Rage:

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Today I was sick, so I didn’t go anywhere, but filmed what came to hand. Christmas tree)

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Autofocus on the camera, frankly speaking, is not the most agile. But still it does its job.

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With the camera settings set manually, the footage became somewhat blurry. Yes, this is not a DSLR.

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Please note that depending on the camera’s displacement relative to the front light, pictures of different quality are obtained.

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But in any case, this 5-megapixel camera is quite enough for Instagram. Happy shooting!)

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Highscreen Alpha Rage

General characteristics
Standard GSM 900/1800/1900, 3G
Type smartphone
operating room Android system 4.2
Case type classic
Housing material: plastic
Number of SIM cards 2
Dimensions (WxHxD) 67x136x12 mm

Screen
Screen type color TFT, touch
Touch screen type multi-touch, capacitive
Diagonal 4.5 inches.
Image size 480×854
Pixels per inch (PPI) 218
Automatic screen rotation is available

Calls
Type of ringtones: polyphonic, MP3 ringtones

Multimedia capabilities
Camera 5 million pixels, built-in flash
Video recording available
There is a front camera, 0.3 million pixels.
Audio MP3, FM radio
There is a voice recorder

Connection
Interfaces USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0
GPS satellite navigation
Internet access WAP, GPRS, EDGE, email POP/SMTP, HTML

Memory and processor
Processor MediaTek MT6589M, 1200 MHz
Number of processor cores 4
PowerVR SGX544 video processor
Built-in memory 4 GB
RAM capacity 512 MB
Supports microSD (TransFlash) memory cards up to 32 GB

Messages
Additional features SMS text input with dictionary
MMS yes

Nutrition
Battery type Li-Ion
Battery capacity 2000 mAh

Other functions
Light and proximity sensors
Notebook and organizer
Book search available
There is an exchange between the SIM card and internal memory
Alarm clock organizer, calculator, task planner

Additional Information
Price: 4990 rub.

And article receiving Root Highscreen Alpha Rage will help you!

What is Root?

For those who have just become a beginner or are not an expert in the vast world of Android and are not particularly familiar with the concept of how - Root Android , as well as why it is needed, what can be done after obtaining Root rights, or how to subsequently get rid of them if they are no longer needed, all this can be found in the detailed article -!

First of all!

There are no "left" links or unnecessary actions in this article! If you really need Root Rights, then read carefully and follow step by step, this is a guarantee that you will do everything right! This article on obtaining Root rights is divided into two parts: The first part is Required Components and conditions, the second part is Instructions How to get root rights using the received files and programs. If in the process of getting root Android rights constantly rebooting or in the process of eternal loading (happens extremely rarely, but still), then it’s worth . Now let's start getting Root rights!

Android manufacturers sometimes release new firmware, on which it is not possible to get Root using one of the proposed methods, if the article also contains alternative ways, try them. Doesn't work anyway? Specify Android version and the firmware version in the comments (don’t write angry, shitty comments, it won’t do you any good or any harm to others). Android is frozen (will not load), read and re-read from the very FIRST PARAGRAPH, all the necessary links are present in the article!

Still have questions?

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Necessary tools and conditions

1. Charged Smartphone Highscreen Alpha Rage, at least 50% battery;

2. Enable the ability to install applications not from Google Play " ";

3. Download latest version applications Framroot and install on your smartphone.

Instructions for obtaining Root Highscreen Alpha Rage

Installing the Framaroot application

1. Download the Framaroot application to your smartphone and install it. If such a window appears, allow and continue

2. Find the Framaroot icon in the menu and launch the application

Getting Root using Framaroot

3. Select SuperSu from the prepositional choice (SuperSU and SuperUser are applications Root administrators right)

4. Select and click on any prepositional character - Gandalf,Boromir, Sam, Frodo, Legolas, Aragorn(one of these characters will give you Root rights)

5. Wait for a notification that Root rights have been successfully obtained

6. Restart your Highscreen Alpha Rage smartphone

7. After downloading, find the SuperSu application in the menu, if it is there, then Root rights have been obtained and you have done everything correctly

If Root failed the first time get, reboot Android repeat or try another method(another Framaroot character)

Video instruction

Check for Root rights

Greetings to all. In today's review, we will return to Android devices, this time we have a smartphone visiting us, but the smartphone is not an ordinary one, but one of the best representatives of the budget segment. One could say, even a little more, this phone is a new attempt by the Highscreen company to make the very best smartphone in its class (those who study the company’s advertising policy understand what I mean). So, what is so interesting about Highscreen Alpha Rage that it can be considered the very best? Firstly, a fairly powerful MT 6589M processor, built on Cortex A7 logic, and with fairly powerful PowerVR SGX544 graphics. Large display 4.5 inches, and most importantly the price tag is about 5 thousand rubles. Actually, for this money there are simply no analogues in terms of screen size and performance, for this money there are simply no analogues (on the official Russian market). So in this regard, he is actually the very best, just as the company is trying to present him to us. Let's figure out what's hidden under the loud advertising, and whether everything is as good as it seems at first glance.

Specifications

Device model – Highscreen Alpha Rage
Supported communication standards – GSM 900/1800/1900, 3G
Operating system – Android 4.2.1
Number of supported SIM cards – 2
Screen diagonal – 4.5 inches
Screen resolution – 854x480
Screen type – color
Matrix manufacturing technology – TFT-TN
Touch screen – yes
Touch screen type – capacitive (up to 5 touches)
Pixel Density Per Inch – (PPI) 218
Processor (SoC) – MediaTek MT6589M
Processor architecture – ARM v7
Processor logic – ARM Cortex A7
Number of cores – 4
Processor frequency – 1200 MHz
Built-in modules – 3G, GPS, Bluetooth
Video processor - PowerVR SGX544MP (1 physical core)
Built-in memory capacity – 4 GB
Memory card support – micro SecureDigital up to 32 GB
RAM capacity - 512 MB
Camera – 5 million pixels.
Maximum image resolution – 3072x1728
Flash - LED
Video recording – yes
Maximum video resolution – 1280x720
Front camera – yes, 0.3 million pixels.
Interfaces – USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0
FM radio - yes
Satellite navigation - GPS.
Battery type - Li-Ion.
Battery capacity – 2000 mAh.
Case material – plastic
Dimensions – 67x136x12 mm

Packaging and equipment

The device is packed in a regular cardboard package, without any color drawings that attract attention. Such packaging is typical for all the company’s devices belonging to the low-end and mid-range segment. The box is relatively small in size, but not the smallest. A feature of the design of the Highscreen brand packaging is a drawing of a smartphone with a translucent panel, under which its board is visible and where its characteristics are partially described (of course, the board is more schematic).

Removing the cover, we see the phone itself, which is securely fixed.


The equipment of the device is more than standard - Charger, data cable, headphones, battery, instructions and warranty. Please note that the name of the company that owns the product appears on the warranty card. Highscreen brand- Vobis.


The complete headset, despite its interesting appearance, has a rather mediocre sound, which many will not be happy with. In general, its quality does not even reach average.




The included cable is traditionally also a charging cable. The charger itself has an output characteristic of 5V 0.5A.


And the battery itself is 2000 mAh, made using Li-ion technology.

Appearance

The smartphone itself in all its glory, in the packaging film (which displays its main features) and without it. At the top there is a light and proximity sensor on the left, as well as a camera for video calls on the right. There is also a speaker at the very top. The device has 3 standard touch buttons on the bottom. At the very bottom of the front panel there is a microphone.

The smartphone has a soft-touch coating on the rear panel (similar to the coating on the front panel), which is undoubtedly a rather thoughtful move; the rubberized coating not only looks good, but also prevents slipping, is pleasant to the touch and is not as susceptible to contamination as a glossy surface. The smartphone has a 5 megapixel rear camera with flash. At the bottom there is a speaker cutout. The smartphone has 1 speaker (mono sound).


On the right side of the device there is a power off button. Also between the front and rear panel you can see the plastic body of the smartphone stylized as metal.


On the left side of our smartphone there is a volume rocker.


At the top there is a headphone jack and a microUSB interface. The placement option for the USB connector is not the most successful and not the most common (most often and the most convenient location of the connector is on the bottom end of the device, and not on the top).




By removing the cover we get access to the battery, SIM cards and memory card.




Comparison appearance devices. From left to right: Highscreen Spark, Highscreen Rage and LG Google Nexus 4. As you can see. In terms of dimensions, the device differs little from a similar (diagonally) 4.5-inch smartphone. The frames are not expanded, the proportions are not much different.

Functional Features

1. Interface

This is the standard Android theme without any changes. The number of preinstalled programs is minimal. 4Sinc is a cloud storage access program and file manager. The remaining “additional” programs are taken from the function settings.



There is a standard set of widgets.

The top line contains up to 10 notification icons, which is standard for this resolution and aspect ratio of the device

Installed operating system– Android 4.2.1, which has recently become the norm for mid-range and budget devices, but at the time of release it was one of the cheapest devices with this OS. Actually below, in the assembly section there is a vendor signature of the Vobis company.

There are also no visual changes in the settings menu.



But in the screen settings menu, there are some changes, which indicates a not entirely standard assembly. A “scenes” item has appeared, which apparently determines the type of watch. There is also a “Themes” item, which determines the color of the installed shell (separators, indicators, and so on).


In the wallpaper item, there is an additional “video wallpaper” item, which allows you to set a video file as an animated desktop.


Naturally, there are standard and live wallpapers.

The presence of the “Auto” setting (in the brightness menu) indicates the presence of a light sensor.

In the sound menu, in addition to setting up sound profiles, it is possible to enable the technology for improving sound in headphones (the sound actually becomes somewhat larger and richer, although to feel this, you will have to buy normal headphones).

As for RAM, 468 megabytes of RAM are allocated, of which 90 to 150 megabytes are always free. Of course, this is not enough; there can be no background switching between a heavy game and an application, if there is a heavy process and its transition to background mode, the application automatically terminates in the background.


As for the internal memory, about 1 gigabyte of memory is available to the user for applications and about 2 gigabytes for the application cache, however, it is possible to switch between the built-in memory and an external SD card (just switch and reboot the device and all applications will be installed on the external memory card ).

It is possible to synchronize the device as a USB drive, which is certainly not uncommon, but the lack of this option is sometimes very frustrating.
2. Screen

As for the screen. Contrary to initial assumptions and announcements, the device has a regular TFT-TN matrix, and not a TFT-IPS, as previously stated, viewing angles and brightness correspond to a conventional TFT matrix (not particularly brilliant viewing angles and not the largest, but quite sufficient brightness reserve). The viewing angles of the device, as you can see in the picture (photos in reflection have been added to get a more or less complete composition), are not very outstanding, but for a device at this price this is not so bad. As for glare resistance, in general, the brightness margin is enough for a sunny day to make out information, but it is far from comfortable viewing information in the sun.

3. Camera

3.1. Camera settings

There are many settings available in the camera settings. It is possible to use geo-tagging and face detection.


There is the possibility of software video stabilization.




There are exposure settings, sharpness settings and shades.






There is an adjustment for white balance and flicker reduction (you can adjust the refresh rate, similar to monitors - ideal for shooting directly from device screens). There is also an effect setting.




In addition to resolution, you can also adjust light sensitivity, which is not so common on Android devices.




For video, the settings are simpler, but the same is available. In addition to changing the resolution and settings listed at the beginning, there is a function for adding effects and slowing down the video (under the slowdown, in fact, there was a timer to delay the start of shooting, apparently in order to get into the frame yourself).

To focus an image, just touch the focus point with your finger; to zoom in (digital zoom), just use a 2-point gesture on the screen (a familiar way to zoom in a browser)
There are also several shooting modes:


















When you hold the mode icon for a long time in some modes, a hint appears at the top. There is also a built-in editor, but we will not dwell on it, it is quite standard.

3.2. Examples of pictures and videos

Examples of outdoor shooting. As you can see in the pictures, the camera in the device is mediocre, the photos are not saturated, and in order to focus and not blur the photo, you will have to practice. Of course the pictures were taken on standard settings, so maybe changing them can improve the quality a little.




Examples of subject photography and text photography. As for photographs of objects and text, this camera, like the cameras of most smartphones, is not suitable for subject photography; it is not worth taking pictures with, unless there is no other choice. Of course, by adding lighting you can slightly enliven the photo, but you will not get a masterpiece. As for shooting text, in general the text is readable, even with standard settings, which is undoubtedly a plus for those who constantly have to photograph text.

As for video, the camera is capable of recording videos in a resolution of 1280 by 720; overall, the video quality is not that bad, but far from ideal, but in general, given the price of the device, this is not surprising.

In general, general impressions of the camera: the camera in the device is above the “for show” level and, although it is not the main focus of the device, will satisfy the requirements of some users. As for the built-in flash, it is quite weak, even compared to other devices that have 1 LED on the flash; it may be suitable as a flashlight, but it is absolutely unsuitable for shooting in the dark.

4. Built-in applications

Let's consider only applications that are not always found in the list of preinstalled ones.


The 4Sinc application, after registering or authorizing in the service, allows you to save data to cloud storage (the company reports 20 gigabytes as a gift, but this is the starting package of space when installing this application).

System Update is a separate update checking tool.

The device has an FM receiver and a corresponding application to work with it.

Like most Chinese smartphones, this device has the ability to set the turn-off and turn-on time.

Built-in file manager, allows you to access all files on your smartphone.

Testing and Performance

1. Synthetic tests

In the popular Antutu tester, our device showed quite decent results for its class. This result fully corresponds to the installed hardware.


And, in fact, some information about the device from Antutu.






As for the rest of the tests, our participant showed himself to be “cheerful” here too, having coped with absolutely all tests at the proper level.

As for the battery test, this time I tested first at minimum brightness, then at maximum. Result: at minimum brightness the test lasted more than 6 hours, at maximum a little more than 4 hours (synthetic result in the screenshots).

The touch screen supports up to 5 simultaneous touches.

2. Game tests

The gaming performance of the device is quite high for its class; the device allows you to play modern games, albeit not always at high settings, but among budget ones, this decision one of the best and second only to the MT6582M, released relatively recently. As you can see in the processor diagram, it supports the USB-OTG function, however this device she is not available.
For gaming tests 4 games were tested: Dead Trigger 2, Asphalt 8, Dungeon Hunter 4 and Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour.


Dead Trigger 2 runs smoothly on any graphics settings. The only thing is that sometimes there are freezes between levels, which I did not find on more productive solutions; apparently, the small amount of RAM affects it.


In the game Asphalt 8, the system allows you to set only low and very low graphics settings, which affects the picture, but the game has no problems with these settings.


DH4 sets the graphics settings to medium, which is also visible in the textures (it is impossible to manually adjust the graphics).


The game Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour sets low graphics settings, it is impossible to adjust, but the game also runs freely on auto-tuning, without any problems or freezes.
In general, the gaming performance of Highscreen Alpha Rage is at an acceptable level, most modern games will run on automatic settings (medium-low), which of course will not allow you to enjoy all the delights of the graphics of all games, but will at least allow you to play them.

3. Video tests

For clarity, I use a table similar to the previous one, since I already had a stencil and a set of videos, I didn’t come up with anything new, I just tested the set and entered the results into the stencil. In general, the smartphone copes well with video files, however, this time I did not focus on which codecs were used to play the file (hardware or software), but most files were played back without problems, regardless of the codecs (the heaviest file gave an error and did not started).
I also checked the ability to play online videos from the Youtube service through a special application and directly from the browser - and there were no problems there either.
As for the sound from the device's speaker, it can be called good, especially considering the class of the device. The volume level for multimedia is loud enough. In terms of the volume of the call, it could be louder (it’s not always possible to hear), but all this is subjective.

4. Autonomous operation

A few words about battery life. In addition to synthetics, I did some research on the battery capabilities, the results are as follows:
- active use (games), with maximum brightness, Wi-Fi network turned on and 2 active SIM cards - about 4 hours;
- active use (games), with medium brightness, in flight mode – 6 hours 10 minutes;
- Internet surfing, average display brightness – about 7 hours;
- watching movies, airplane mode, average brightness – 8 hours;
- watching movies, maximum brightness, 2 active SIM cards - about 6 hours;
- mixed use (calls, games, SMS, music, surfing) – 9 hours 30 minutes;
- standby mode, 2 active SIM cards – 3 days;
- standby mode, disconnected communication - almost a week;
- voice communication (continuous) – about 6 hours of conversation;
- use in “phone only” mode, voice calls and SMS – about 25-30 hours;
- use as a GPS navigator, average brightness, active 3G network - about 3 hours;
- reading books, minimum brightness, airplane mode - about 11 hours;
- listening to music, continuous playback, flight mode – 34 hours.
In general, the battery life of the device is not particularly good; with active use and even mixed use, the device will barely last for a day, so those who like to work for a long time (for example, on the road) will have to buy portable accumulator. In general, the device shows quite normal performance. battery life for its class and price.

Summarizing

What we have? For a modest 5 thousand rubles, we got a device with excellent performance, with a 4.5-inch display diagonal, good sound, a mediocre battery, screen and camera. Actually, the desire of the Vobis company to release the “best” devices on the Russian market is once again not empty words. One could say even more - There are not so many direct competitors in terms of price-quality ratio (price-performance) for the device, or rather there is only one– the recently released Just5 Spacer (higher performance, larger diagonal, but it is not yet available for sale). The device has many analogues in price: Explay Golf (has lower performance, otherwise identical), Huawei Y511 (similar), XDevice Note II (larger diagonal, significantly inferior in performance), DNS S4003 (slightly lower price, smaller diagonal, weaker graphics and processor). By the way, one of the undoubted advantages of Highscreen Alpha Rage is also the consistency of the price in all stores; it is difficult to find it more expensive than the recommended 4990, while its competitors can boast of a range of prices.

Advantages and disadvantages:
+ excellent performance for your money;
+ diagonal 4.5 inches;
+ low cost;
+ quality of assembly and execution;
+ operating system Android 4.2.1;
+ support for two SIM cards;
+ soft-touch coating of the case;
+ good sound;
+ ability to install applications on an external memory card;
- mediocre screen;
- battery could be better;
- little RAM
All the disadvantages of the device are due only to its budget, if you take into account the price, then there are simply no disadvantages of the device as such, because in this segment there are no devices that do not have at least one similar drawback.
That's all, AnSoReN was with you, see you soon!
P.S. I thank the DNS company and Dmitry Volnevich personally for providing the platform for the review and for his great contribution to the development of reviews on the company’s website.