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4.4.2 Review and Recommended Apps+Mods+Wallpapers+Guides(UPDATED On 6/20/14)

Perfomance
Using My phone with 4.4.2 for about 2 days,I must say the overall smoothness and fluidity as compared to 4.1.2 has been greatly improved. Stability of the system has been increased, no lag at all.. as far as the benchmarks goes, I have been getting low scores as compared to 4.1.2(samples in attachments)
Battery
You can say that Battery timing has been improved in kitkat, I managed to get almost 4 and a half hour of screen on time whereas on jellybean I usually got maximum 4 hours with the same usage(samples in attachments)
I think that the Camera has also improved..
One more thing Battery Gets charged quickly as compaed to 4.1 with same charger..
I have not yet rooted my phone or installed any thing to save battery and during testing ECO mode was not enabled.
Tutorials and Guides​
Deodex KitKat Stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2766474
Wallpapers​
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53318726&postcount=278
(Super HD)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2773313
(Nature HD)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52950940&postcount=166
(Mixed)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52977020&postcount=191
(G3 wallpapers credit to alluebin)
Apps and Mods​
LG G3 themed Dialer NEW
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53538162&postcount=305
Sony Xperia Z2 Stuff
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53297228&postcount=273
Walkman app
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53297228&postcount=274
G3 Home
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53083809&postcount=234
G3 Flat UI
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53088802&postcount=239
G3 Keyboard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53081113&postcount=233
(Credits-cloudyfa for creating and alluebin for sharing)
G3 System UI
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53069300&postcount=228
IOS 7 Keyboard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53014027&postcount=210
Mother Of All adblocking(root)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916098
(Must have app)
Blinkfeed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52866843&postcount=67
Stock Keyboard themes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52852619&postcount=40
Stock launcher Themes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575385
Google keyboard with 5 rows
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52886295&postcount=81
Emoji Switcher(root)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...le&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=emoji+switcher
OG Youtube Downloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2213945
OG whatsapp
(2no.on same device)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579103
Xperia Z lockscreen
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lockscreen.sony
Galaxy Locker
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lockscreen.galaxy

Well according to the details you have mentioned, it seems like that the battery performance have been improved very much, that is a really good thing regarding the update, thanks for sharing.:good:

Unknown1981 said:
Well according to the details you have mentioned, it seems like that the battery performance have been improved very much, that is a really good thing regarding the update, thanks for sharing.:good:
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And I also forget to mention that the phone standby has also been improved, I left my phone over night and when I woke up only 1% was lost. I think its great!!:laugh:

hi..are you able to confirm if the kitkat version has knock on code to turn the screen on and off please...?
thx
OP

optimus975 said:
hi..are you able to confirm if the kitkat version has knock on code to turn the screen on and off please...?
thx
OP
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Nope they are not there, not even Knock Off..

umair928 said:
And I also forget to mention that the phone standby has also been improved, I left my phone over night and when I woke up only 1% was lost. I think its great!!:laugh:
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please put a screenshot from the laucher. (not drawer) , and from the keyboard. i find the keyboard very ugly.. and the launcher icons (the doc) way to up...
and what theme do you use? because i see changed icons ^^ .

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Nope they are not there, not even Knock Off..
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That's a shame..especially when they were advertised all over the place and left ppl in anticipation...

Knock off can be achieved with a simple xposed module guys
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Premium HD app

prog19 said:
Knock off can be achieved with a simple xposed module guys
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Premium HD app
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Well more than knock off i was interested in having knock on feature to turn the screen on...because it's a pain to turn the screen on every time by pressing the power button which is oddly located and i am wary of it breaking it sometime due to the constant use...

skate4life said:
please put a screenshot from the laucher. (not drawer) , and from the keyboard. i find the keyboard very ugly.. and the launcher icons (the doc) way to up...
and what theme do you use? because i see changed icons ^^ .
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I think the theme is MoonShine G3 from Lg G2 forum and thanks Will put launcher and keyboard screenshot, you are right the keyboard is kind of ugly..

umair928 said:
I think the theme is MoonShine G3 from Lg G2 forum and thanks Will put launcher and keyboard screenshot, you are right the keyboard is kind of ugly..
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can you give me download link for theme? i searched on google but found chinese forum.. don't understand much...

skate4life said:
can you give me download link for theme? i searched on google but found chinese forum.. don't understand much...
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here you go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575385

skate4life said:
please put a screenshot from the laucher. (not drawer) , and from the keyboard. i find the keyboard very ugly.. and the launcher icons (the doc) way to up...
and what theme do you use? because i see changed icons ^^ .
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Any other screenshot needed?
Can confirm, no 2g only 3g and automatically (4g also i guess, can t test)
Battery is ok, but mp decission is pretty confused, sometimes al 4 cores online without doing anything. Let s hope final build will work as it should.

optimus975 said:
Well more than knock off i was interested in having knock on feature to turn the screen on...because it's a pain to turn the screen on every time by pressing the power button which is oddly located and i am wary of it breaking it sometime due to the constant use...
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Volume down only also wake the screen, pretty wierd

umair928 said:
Perfomance
Using My phone with 4.4.2 for about 2 days,I must say the overall smoothness and fluidity as compared to 4.1.2 has been greatly improved. Stability of the system has been increased, no lag at all.. as far as the benchmarks goes, I have been getting low scores as compared to 4.1.2(samples in attachments)
Battery
You can say that Battery timing has been improved in kitkat, I managed to get almost 4 and a half hour of screen on time whereas on jellybean I usually got maximum 4 hours with the same usage(samples in attachments)
I think that the Camera has also improved..
I have not yet rooted my phone or installed any thing to save battery and during testing ECO mode was not enabled
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3845#*180#
From here you can turn of thermal throttling by turning on Thermal Daemon Property OFF and High Temperature Property OFF and get higher antutu scores. I just got 21400

furkandeger said:
3845#*180#
From here you can turn of thermal throttling by turning on Thermal Daemon Property OFF and High Temperature Property OFF and get higher antutu scores. I just got 21400
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thanks Will try this!!:good:

hmm..aparently if you swipe up at the doc there is some application that let you launch others apps. can you identify in system/app what is her name? maybe if we delete/disable the doc will go down where it belongs..

skate4life said:
hmm..aparently if you swipe up at the doc there is some application that let you launch others apps. can you identify in system/app what is her name? maybe if we delete/disable the doc will go down where it belongs..
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Are you talking about this?

umair928 said:
Are you talking about this?
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yes. how can we delete that s**t? maybe the doc will go down if we delete. i mean..i saw in ui ..for example after i made some cleaning in system/app ..that the task manager window went down. (long press home) ... like it should.

Hi bro where can I get the link for F180L kitkat KDZ ?

Ambient Display Fix?

If any of you clever developers / tinkerers know of a 'lite' app to use to fix the non working ambient display issues I.E. pick up to wake doesnt work, a recommendation would be soooo welcome. I looked at apps like gravity etc in the play store, but they are a. rather large and b. the permissions they require are a bit suspect. Thanks in advance

Did not know something was wrong.
So I pick it up it does not wake up, I think is a good thing. When I pick it up and I want a display, I press something and have no problem with that.
This maybe one reason the Pixel XL has an excellent battery life.

At the suggestion of another user here, I installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomer.alwayson
It's reminiscent of Samsung's version but has a lot more customisability. There's also an option to turn of the display completely when the proximity sensor is activated. All of the permissions make perfect sense fit the features you select and it doesn't cause a terrible battery hit.

raynan said:
At the suggestion of another user here, I installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomer.alwayson
It's reminiscent of Samsung's version but has a lot more customisability. There's also an option to turn of the display completely when the proximity sensor is activated. All of the permissions make perfect sense fit the features you select and it doesn't cause a terrible battery hit.
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Cool app, appears to hit battery fairly hard in my test.

bmtbandit said:
Cool app, appears to hit battery fairly hard in my test.
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That's why I said it wasn't terrible... Lol. It's definitely not great on your battery, but I can still make it through a day with quite heavy usage.

Ambient display is only meant to flash notifications on the screen in black and white for a short period then turn off. As far as I know, the pick up and bump to wake is an OEM added feature that Motorola, Samsung, and likely others added, but it isn't in stock Android.
Sent from my Pixel XL

imnuts said:
Ambient display is only meant to flash notifications on the screen in black and white for a short period then turn off. As far as I know, the pick up and bump to wake is an OEM added feature that Motorola, Samsung, and likely others added, but it isn't in stock Android.
Sent from my Pixel XL
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On the Pixel XL it flashes only once which i find to be a disappointment. Also on the Nexus 6 , 6P and 5X the notification/time flashed once upon picking up or moving the phone a bit. This is not enabled on the Pixel models for some reason.

AstroDigital said:
Did not know something was wrong.
So I pick it up it does not wake up, I think is a good thing. When I pick it up and I want a display, I press something and have no problem with that.
This maybe one reason the Pixel XL has an excellent battery life.
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I'm the same way.
But obviously the OP feels different so why bother to post.

This feature does not even work for me at all (but I am able to get the light to pulse). After talking to pixel support for about 30 minutes they did confirm that Ambient display has an engineering problem they are currently working on.

kmdavisjr said:
This feature does not even work for me at all (but I am able to get the light to pulse). After talking to pixel support for about 30 minutes they did confirm that Ambient display has an engineering problem they are currently working on.
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Damn !! I was going nuts trying to figure out why this phone was not acting like my Nexus 6. lol I loved the Moto display then had to end up liking the Nexus 6 version afterwards. Then this Pixel XL only flashing the notice once then never again was aggravating. and of course no good app on the play store to emulate this function with 7.1 lol
well I hope this engineering problem can be fixed with software. :silly:

I've created an app that wakes ambient display when you take the phone out of your pocket or if you have the phone face down and turn it over. The app is in addition to Google's ambient display and does not change your lock screen in anyway.
I added a few other paid features for pulsing at an interval, wave to unlock, and battery percentage display on the ambient display.
I would love to have a few beta testers for the extra features, as it's a work in progress. Message me if you'd like a free code to redeem for the paid features.
Check it out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.ambiturner

New gesture, But...

Yesterday I had a notification telling me about November security patch and I was frustrated and not sure what it is because November security patch reached Me before and I did it and it compromised my battery life and performance so I made it for the 2nd time and battery life and performance is now good,but accidentally I opened gestures and was surprised by a new gesture but unfortunately it doesn't work xd
What is this so? xD

It actually works for me and does exactly what it says. Also 2nd Nov update.

Jimmiatus007 said:
It actually works for me and does exactly what it says. Also 2nd Nov update.
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So what causes it to not work for me?

Works well for me too
Notice: it only works when the screen is on and unlocked, otherwise it just wakes up the phone (quite normal indeed )
And battery drain seems to be gone after this update

Mellow971 said:
Works well for me too
Notice: it only works when the screen is on and unlocked, otherwise it just wakes up the phone (quite normal indeed )
And battery drain seems to be gone after this update
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I know, but it really doesn't work for me and I don't know the reason

Sorry for this confusion, I was using fluid navigation bar and after I disabled it from Accessibility I can now use swipe fingerprint, thanks

Yup new gesture works fine and also seems that the battery life is back to level awesome ?

Annoying Ass Issues w/ Mate 20X.. Hope You Guys Can Help

I'm planning to buy this phone. But bugs keep me from buying it. I shouldnt spend $700 with stupid issues it shouldnt have. Hope you guys know of a fix....
1. Can I turn off auto brightness without rebooting? Why no toggle for it in status bar?
2. No dark notifications... why aren't notifications dark?
3. Why does the EMUI look so outdated?
4. Some features not working with 3rd party launchers like Nova. Is there a fix?
Dont mean to sound like an ass. But I shouldnt have to invest almost a grand for a phone with issues other phones dont have. Its ridiculous. If you guys have solutions to these issues please let me know. Hope to join the huawei family without them.
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The fact thet you're here in XDA tells me that you play more with your phone than keeping it bone stock.
1 - Nope, auto brightness isnalways ON which I find stupid.
2 - There is Dark mode that turn the system UI black including Notification panel but not Notification Banner.
3 - I hate EMUI
4 - You can't change launcher on most recent update and there no fix to that. You can on older version like 9.1.0.120 but you need an unlocked bootloader and root.
So do your self a favor and stay away from any Huawei Device and go with Oneplus or Xiaomi

Have bought this phone (UK version) but yet to recieve it.
Not being able to change launcher, is that an issue just for the china version or the international version too on the latest update? That would be a biggie.
Also are there any issues with notifications not getting through all the time (an affliction a lot of Huawei phones suffer from). I had the Honor note 8 (Chinese) and this issue made it infuriating to use. A phone without notifications working properly is a dumb rather than a smart phone in my book.
Lastly one of the best bits about the Honor Note 8 was the ability to clear the notifications by double tapping on the finger print sensor. Do you have that on the Mate 20 X?

I'm planning to buy this phone. But bugs keep me from buying it. I shouldnt spend $700 with stupid issues it shouldnt have. Hope you guys know of a fix....
1. Can I turn off auto brightness without rebooting? Why no toggle for it in status bar?
Dunno, brightness never bothered me
2. No dark notifications... why aren't notifications dark?
who said that ? THEMES !! it comes will all sort of colors, just download huawei theme manager from playstore, it also including fonts as well
there is also a theme editor from the playstore where you mix and match and come up with your favorite theme all from your phone.
3. Why does the EMUI look so outdated?
because it is ! next month they are releasing a new version where they copied alot from OneUI, which is a good thing and they focused on smoothness and cleaner UI
4. Some features not working with 3rd party launchers like Nova. Is there a fix?
i am using nova, i think this is a chinese version issue not global
Dont mean to sound like an ass. But I shouldnt have to invest almost a grand for a phone with issues other phones dont have. Its ridiculous. If you guys have solutions to these issues please let me know. Hope to join the huawei family without them.
i have it for almost 4 months, and i got the note10+ with my renewal and trust me, i sold it without even opening the box. nothing comes close to Mate 20x as a complete package these days, its really fast, battery lasts forever, great screen, amazing camera, amazing charging speeds and one of a kind speakers.

vodovodo said:
who said that ? THEMES !! it comes will all sort of colors, just download huawei theme manager from playstore, it also including fonts as well
there is also a theme editor from the playstore where you mix and match and come up with your favorite theme all from your phone.
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What do you mean?? The notifications drop down is dark. But the notifications banner color is white! Is there any way to get this to turn dark? Does the Power Shade app work as a solution?
vodovodo said:
i am using nova, i think this is a chinese version issue not global
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So I can install launchers in the global version without any problems?

Auto brightness, is always on auto after a reboot but can be turned off via toggle?
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Limeybastard said:
Auto brightness, is always on auto after a reboot but can be turned off via toggle?
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Are you sure about that? Auto brightness is disabled until after a reboot.

deloj said:
Are you sure about that? Auto brightness is disabled until after a reboot.
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What I was saying is that one can turn auto bright off but it resets to auto of reboot, that's what I think.
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Limeybastard said:
What I was saying is that one can turn auto bright off but it resets to auto of reboot, that's what I think.
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Oh thats what you think so you never tried it?

deloj said:
Oh thats what you think so you never tried it?
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No I was asking inmy original post hence the question mark.
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deloj said:
Oh thats what you think so you never tried it?
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Auto brightness turns on after every reboot but you can toggle it off. It stays off until you reboot the phone again.

zain0300 said:
Auto brightness turns on after every reboot but you can toggle it off. It stays off until you reboot the phone again.
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That's what I was trying to ask and say. Thanks.
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vodovodo said:
THEMES !! it can give you dark notifications
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Would you please name one? Thank You
PS: yeah, pretty sure not being able to change Launcher is only a Chinese problem. Cause I'm able to change it on my Mate 20 X in USA. I used to use Rootless launcher for quite a bit. But switched back because of the ? animations.
(Quite jealous of the OnePlus animations and gestures control. I miss them from my OP 5T)
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zain0300 said:
Auto brightness turns on after every reboot but you can toggle it off. It stays off until you reboot the phone again.
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Is there a way through a tweak or custom rom to toggle it without rebooting?
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deloj said:
Is there a way through a tweak or custom rom to toggle it without rebooting?
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You can toggle it ON/OFF whenever. It does not require a reboot. Adaptive brightness turns ON anytime the device is rebooted. It is not such a big deal do not worry about it if you are going to buy the device.

Just Got My Red Magic 5 - Software Limitations

This is the Global version that just came out a couple of days ago. Some minor annoyances that was hoping to get some help on:
1. There seems to be no way to display the battery percentage.
Does anyone know of a system app that I need to disable to get this to work? None of the solutions online work with the Red Magic 5G overlay with Android 10, and I don't want to install a third party widget to get this done.
2. As far as I know, I can't customize the lock screen outside of a wallpaper.
Just shows a general date and time but I would like to put widgets or additional information if possible. If anyone has any insight let me know.
I know the phone just came out, but these two issues are EXTREMELY annoying. I honestly might have to flash this when a method becomes available because I'm definitely not liking the lack of customization Nubia has put on with their Android 10 overlay.

May i ask of yours is passing safety net?

1. There seems to be no way to display the battery percentage.
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Someone on youtube mentioned he reached out to nubia at that is getting fixed with the next update.
2. As far as I know, I can't customize the lock screen outside of a wallpaper.
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I'm experiencing the same. Just sad about the cool live wallpapers. But you can still select a lockscreen from galery.
May i ask of yours is passing safety net?
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my RM5G is passing SafetyNet Test

markymark52 said:
This is the Global version that just came out a couple of days ago. Some minor annoyances that was hoping to get some help on:
1. There seems to be no way to display the battery percentage.
Does anyone know of a system app that I need to disable to get this to work? None of the solutions online work with the Red Magic 5G overlay with Android 10, and I don't want to install a third party widget to get this done.
2. As far as I know, I can't customize the lock screen outside of a wallpaper.
Just shows a general date and time but I would like to put widgets or additional information if possible. If anyone has any insight let me know.
I know the phone just came out, but these two issues are EXTREMELY annoying. I honestly might have to flash this when a method becomes available because I'm definitely not liking the lack of customization Nubia has put on with their Android 10 overlay.
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Regarding #1, you are screwed. I've seen this mentioned a few times on different YouTube reviews. Regarding #2, you are correct. But even more surprising and ridiculous is #3, which I'll add here. It appears Nubia is forcing you to use the stock launcher! Yes, that's right, it's currently IMPOSSIBLE to use ANY launcher other than the one that comes out of the box. Nubia has said that this is INTENTIONAL! CRAZY!

I have battery percentage on mine.
Settings > power management > electricity percentage.

There is no settings > power management

Yeah same don't have those options.

Also can't figure out how to access APN settings

I've read that the only way to see % battery is to activate AOD, and the % will be displayed.
Best regards.

You have the latest firmware. My god the launcher is so buggy and bad. They really should let you use whichever launcher you want. Also no setting to change screen dpi or size and it doesn't even have the android 10 notifications. You can't expand or delete or reply from notification drawer. This is really really poor

What versions does everyone have.
I am NX659J_ENCommon_V4.05
Pulse version of phone.
I have no power management options.
I can reply in line to notification in the notification tray.
How is your Wifi speed? I have tried mine on 2Ghz and 5Ghz and I only get about 30MB down, whereas my Honor View 20 gets 100MB.
Launcher is fine once you have it all setup, but kept saying shortcut already exists. If you rebooted you see they are there.
Now I have it all as want it, thats not really an issue now, but not a great setup experience.

RussST24 said:
What versions does everyone have.
I am NX659J_ENCommon_V4.05
Pulse version of phone.
I have no power management options.
I can reply in line to notification in the notification tray.
How is your Wifi speed? I have tried mine on 2Ghz and 5Ghz and I only get about 30MB down, whereas my Honor View 20 gets 100MB.
Launcher is fine once you have it all setup, but kept saying shortcut already exists. If you rebooted you see they are there.
Now I have it all as want it, thats not really an issue now, but not a great setup experience.
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4.05? I'm on 3.08

joemossjr said:
4.05? I'm on 3.08
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Hmm that's interesting.
Here is my screenshot.
UK delivery yesterday.
Was up to date when I got it.
Sent from my NX659J using Tapatalk

That's so weird no updates available for mine also

Battery Meter Overlay was the only app that I found to be able to show the battery % (choose the "Overlap the Statusbar" option). You have to buy the paid version if you want to hide it in full screen mode. It is not perfect, but it is better than nothing. You can choose from different kind of themes and change the colours, scale and position so it is pretty customizable
I already new about Nubia blocking the use of custom launchers (saw a review where it was mentioned) before buying the phone and wrote them about it and asked them to revert this bad decision (and I also told them to fix the missing battery %). I hope you all write them about it as well, so they know that they have to fix these issues. And if they don't allow the use of custom launchers they have to give us a better stock launcher with much better customizability.

Do different models have different firmware?
Have they ever pushed an update in previous versions?

Anyone getting poor WiFi speeds?
Mine is just about 30mb down on 5ghz WiFi when my other phone pushes 100mb.
Tried 2ghz even worse.
Thanks
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RussST24 said:
Anyone getting poor WiFi speeds?
Mine is just about 30mb down on 5ghz WiFi when my other phone pushes 100mb.
Tried 2ghz even worse.
Thanks
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My wifi has been pretty good.

Hi, anyone have any idea when will the global rom be released? Waiting to flash on my CN set..

Just noticed. All incoming calls are showing as "unknown" doesn't even show the caller number.
On O2 in the UK.
Anyone seeing this?
Thanks
Russ
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