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Can I tell if I have a TSMC or a Samsung chip without installing anything on my iPhone 6s Plus?
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Yes, open it up.
But seriously, there has been an app from the App Store floating around here somewhere...
EDIT: It was called Lirum but it seems to have been pulled...so yeah, crack 'er open homeboy
But seriously, there has been an app from the App Store floating around here somewhere...
EDIT: It was called Lirum but it seems to have been pulled...so yeah, crack 'er open homeboy
Why don't you actually contribute to the thread instead of wasting the OPs time?
Anyway, to the OP: No, not anymore. Install that "unknown" app, turn on Airplane Mode, launch the app, run it, delete it, restore your device if you'd like to get rid of any potential traces of it from stealing your information (assuming it even does that).
Apple pulled-out the Lirum app. However, there is another app that allows you to know if your iPhone has the lesser-performing chip: BMSSM. My iPhone 6s Plus has Samsung's N66AP model chip. Now what?
You know what? I may be happier if I don't know. If I find out I have the Samsung, I'll be disappointed for mostly no reason, and if I have the TSMC I'll feel superior for next to no reason, and realize I'm being shallow. I think I should just be happy with my new phone.
Did not know that Apple pulled the Lirum app. Interesting. I wonder what reason Apple gave to the developer. App potentially causing an influx of iPhone return (?)
I wonder if the BMSSM app will be pulled soon too...
Someone posted that you can look in the LowBatteryLog file in your Settings->Privacy->Diagnostics & Usage->Diagnostics & Usage Data logs. I don't have a low battery log, but from this one 2 years ago (https://gist.github.com/jonathandeamer/7935297), you can see the Hardware Model. If you've got a "...map" you've got a TMSC, I believe. "...ap" is a Samsung.
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LOL. I wasn't going to look, but I already had an app on my phone with that capability. So I looked...
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It's quite easy to tell which chip you have. Loop a video on your phone on full brightness overnight. If it's dead in the morning, you have an A9.
Doh! N71ap ATT 64gb Space Grey. Time to grab the pitch fork and join the mob...
I've been pleased with the battery life, but it is disappointing knowing others get noticeably better for the same price tag. Battery is incidentally one of my main priorities (having disabled damn near everything that consumes idle power from day 1).
I've been pleased with the battery life, but it is disappointing knowing others get noticeably better for the same price tag. Battery is incidentally one of my main priorities (having disabled damn near everything that consumes idle power from day 1).
General consensus is it doesn't matter. On any given phone variability is 2-3% regardless of chip.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/08/ap...rmance-of-new-iphones-a9-chips-vary-only-2-3/
I just downloaded it as well. I have the TSMC, 6s 128gb space grey if that matters.
Edit: Why do some people say what phone they have, is there some sort of correlation between the different colours?
I posted in here earlier how you can find out without any app, if you like. Look in the low battery log file.
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