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Upgrade to Firmware 2.09.720.1

I upgraded to firmware 2.09.720.1 and I have noticed that there have been major improvements in performance.
The phone does not lag anymore.
Also I noticed that the Media Link HD has been added to connectivity.
I wanted to know if any other improvements have been made by this upgrade, since I could not find any log stating the changes...

singhal_apoorv said:
I upgraded to firmware 2.09.720.1 and I have noticed that there have been major improvements in performance.
The phone does not lag anymore.
Also I noticed that the Media Link HD has been added to connectivity.
I wanted to know if any other improvements have been made by this upgrade, since I could not find any log stating the changes...
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True, that.
Also, the 3 finger gesture has been added and enabled by default which directly allows you to connect to Media Link HD. Just swipe from 3 fingers to get started

It is taking too long for this update to roll out in India.

RaceAce said:
It is taking too long for this update to roll out in India.
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I am in India dude...
Go to Settings and check for the update manually.
I have already updated.

RaceAce said:
It is taking too long for this update to roll out in India.
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I AM IN india!

I am in India too and I got the update. I have unlocked the bootloader and I was surprised that I got the OTA working without requiring locking it. Maybe it is a requirement for running RUU only. All I had to do was flash back the stock recovery for the OTA flashing to work.
Edit:
Update gave me a new baseband and that renders the RUU I have useless. Started getting reboots when answering phone calls. Went back my trusted modaco vanilla and a kernel I have built updated to kernel verrsion 3.0.38

How?? Cz I'm looking in the updates its telling me my phone is up to date
Sent from my HTC One V using xda premium

Updates are CARRIER dependant...just because it's out in india for example, wont mean EVERYONE will get them

Lloir said:
Updates are CARRIER dependant...just because it's out in india for example, wont mean EVERYONE will get them
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India does not have carrier locked phones, hence phones are rather expensive as there are no deals!

Lloir said:
Updates are CARRIER dependant...just because it's out in india for example, wont mean EVERYONE will get them
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haha Lloir, India doesnt have carrirers....

Temple Run is back!
Hehe YahooOoOo!! The update removed all the bugs and Temple Run runs flawlessly now!!
Even my free RAM is above 100MB half the time!

Bluetooth Folder Issue Solved...
The new update solved the Bluetooth folder issue.... Now files get received and stored in the memory card..!

Anyone facing Reboot issue on opening Calendar or selecting Agenda inside Calender. I am facing this issue since update and my device is on stock rom/unrooted.

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Hyp3rion said:
Anyone facing Reboot issue on opening Calendar or selecting Agenda inside Calender. I am facing this issue since update and my device is on stock rom/unrooted.
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NO. Instead, switching between tabs is smoother and faster after the update.. I don't have the Calendar/Agenda issue..

The Network Operator name is also fixed.
On the lock screen and in the notification bar it used to show "airtel".
Now it shows "AirTel"
Posted just because this thread asks about the new in the update..

Paresh Kalinani said:
NO. Instead, switching between tabs is smoother and faster after the update.. I don't have the Calendar/Agenda issue..
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It is crashing for me as soon as I enter the default Calendar app of HTC except that no issues. Also I tried searching for it and found that many users are facing this issue. Sad on part of HTC, they should work on getting this fixed

Help
I am thinking of buying a htc one V,my requirements are moderately heavy games, apps and not too much multitasking..
since both the One V and Ace 2 have similar price, what phone would you recommend?
Thanks n advance

haxecuter said:
I am thinking of buying a htc one V,my requirements are moderately heavy games, apps and not too much multitasking..
since both the One V and Ace 2 have similar price, what phone would you recommend?
Thanks n advance
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For heavy gaming the Ace 2 would be probably better (2 core, but 800mhz vs 'ghz simple core, and MALI400 vs Adreno205, and more RAM). The question is that the look of the phone will be enough for you

music player
hey folks i got a new problem while playing music on headset on my HTC one v updated to 2.09.720.1. it knocks in every song like a sharp noisy spikes. i restart the phone and song continue to play where i left flawless but after 30 odd seconds of play song stops playing and when i play the song the same knocking sound appears... anyone having this problem?? what should i do? it happened after the update.

The new update gives boot loops
I had updated to the new update! now the phone restarts every few hours and also when the phone RAM gets a bit loaded! has any 1 experienced this? What should i do? I factory formatted , still no good results! its still rebooting..
Should i instal the previous update? how / or Should i go for the new Cynpogen/MIUI?

[Q] XBMC

I just can't seem to get xbmc working on this tablet. I've searched the net far and wide looking for a solution.
Has anyone here managed to get it working properly? What build did you use? Thanks in advance. A tablet is useless to me without xbmx!

mrkay said:
I just can't seem to get xbmc working on this tablet. I've searched the net far and wide looking for a solution.
Has anyone here managed to get it working properly? What build did you use? Thanks in advance. A tablet is useless to me without xbmx!
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This one work great. Download files on post #9.
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=175341

Thanks! But still no go. Had the same issue this afternoon with a Gotham build. Getting "Cannot connect to server"

Try mizuu though there is no free version. I bought it and like it. Almost like xbmc. Even better, it allows you to choose your own player with hardware decode.

mrkay said:
Thanks! But still no go. Had the same issue this afternoon with a Gotham build. Getting "Cannot connect to server"
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It's working on mine using MX player (both 1channel and Icefilm are working). Did you download playercorefactory.xml file, copy and paste in
/sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/userdata folder?

Yup. Might also have to do with "fail to start commoncache"

Any other suggestions? I really need to get xbmc going.

If you're in the UK all isp's have had a court order to block 1 channel and PFTV. the "fail to start commoncache" bug has been around for a while now in gotham but this only comes up on certain tabs. The "Cannot connect to server" bug has to do with metadata so if you unselect this it should work on those addons.
I've got the Note 10.1 2014 SM-P600 and have xbmc running on it with no problem at, in fact are watching a 1080p film at present. I'm running a Gotham Alpha9 monthly build
compiled 31st Oct

I'm in Canada and xbmc is working fine on my other devices. I'll try unchecking the meta data and see if that works. Much appreciated.

That did it! Thank you!

That's great news

xbmc works on my device but sound craks
i was wondering if other people have sound problems, i don't know the write word for it , its like a electric crack.
this problem is only in xbmc

sheepybach said:
If you're in the UK all isp's have had a court order to block 1 channel and PFTV. the "fail to start commoncache" bug has been around for a while now in gotham but this only comes up on certain tabs. The "Cannot connect to server" bug has to do with metadata so if you unselect this it should work on those addons.
I've got the Note 10.1 2014 SM-P600 and have xbmc running on it with no problem at, in fact are watching a 1080p film at present. I'm running a Gotham Alpha9 monthly build
compiled 31st Oct
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mrkay said:
I'm in Canada and xbmc is working fine on my other devices. I'll try unchecking the meta data and see if that works. Much appreciated.
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That did it! Thank you!
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Could one of you clarify this please because its not exactly clear, you mean its certain addons that cause the problem and its in those addons config you must turn off metadata?
Hardware decoding is working on these right? I know Exynos is supported but I just wanted to check.

jamaraki8 said:
i was wondering if other people have sound problems, i don't know the write word for it , its like a electric crack.
this problem is only in xbmc
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I have this problem too.

>>X<<,
Due to a UK court order addons have been blocked by ISP's here. When the developers tried to fix this for some unknown reason (still in being) with metadata set to on caused the addons not work on the 1's block by this UK order and other addons not block and so the only way around was to check each addon to see if it would work or not.
Now since the last post some dev have sorted this bug out and some have not. Sorry but I've been to busy to update my list of which needs metadata off/on. I do know Mashup is fixed. Yes hardware decoding is still working but remember to use the correct 1 for your Android OS.
The crackling sound has been linked to a few Gotham nighlies So best thing is to use the last monthly. Anytime soon Gotham13 will go into it's first beta
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=development_builds

xbmc sound fixt pickture is now no good
Thank you for the information, i installed nightly build: 20131208-b7ef080-master-armeabi-v7a.
Sound problem is gone, but there was u remark about a data base not compatible,so i disabled it, and there was a remark about commoncashe failed to start, i continued the program to see the movie, .
the main problem now, is that the picture is not ok , so sound is good now but picture is bad !
there is a fat green line under the picture and the colors are like it is a 3d movie , you for those glasses whit red en green.
today i wanted to see if i could try a other but the site is down ore something like that.
i keep posting about my quest to try try and try :cyclops:

sheepybach said:
>>X<<,
Due to a UK court order addons have been blocked by ISP's here. When the developers tried to fix this for some unknown reason (still in being) with metadata set to on caused the addons not work on the 1's block by this UK order and other addons not block and so the only way around was to check each addon to see if it would work or not.
Now since the last post some dev have sorted this bug out and some have not. Sorry but I've been to busy to update my list of which needs metadata off/on. I do know Mashup is fixed. Yes hardware decoding is still working but remember to use the correct 1 for your Android OS.
The crackling sound has been linked to a few Gotham nighlies So best thing is to use the last monthly. Anytime soon Gotham13 will go into it's first beta
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=development_builds
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Thanks for the extra info its appreciated :good:

jamaraki8,
OK the issue you have with the green bar is due to which H/W acc module you are using, Libstagefright or mediacodec,, as you are using the Note 10.1 2014 running JB 4.3 them my guess is you either have bot turned on or just mediacodec.. Try turning mediacodec off and leave Libstagefright as your default H/W acc module, this is how my xbmc is set up and it runs 720/1080p vids np at all.
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np at all, it look's like there are no more nightly builds after 8th Dec so it may mean a Gotham beta is around the corner lol

XBMC Sound And PicTure Problems Solved
Thank you, sheepybach
My problems are over now !, not all but that is related to plugins like 1channel etc not compatible(YET).
Just for people whit same problems:
I had sound en picture problems
My system is:
Note 10.1 (2014) running, build number JSS15J.P600XXUBMJ6, android 4.3
XBMC, Nighty , 20131211-210CF9F-master-armeabi-v7A.apk
After installing this nighty, my sound problem was over, but the picture was terrible whit a green line under it, sheepybach told me, that I am running: H/W acc module Libstagefright and mediacodec at the same time, so I needed to turn mediacodec OFF, and leave the other one ON.
But I did not find them , I had to go to System then to PlayBack ,below on the left site there is setting level, switch that to expert, now you see :Allow hardware acceleration (libstagefricht) its ON, and if you scroll a bit down:laugh:, you see the other, its ON to ,switch it OFF.
Now my main problems are over, but the plug in 1channel is not compatible, Icefilms seems ok !
P.S I tried to install 1Channel anyway but it did not allow me , I also couldn’t find/install XBMC Maintenance module.
I hope this makes it clear for other people
Thanks to sheepybach

jamaraki8
Really glad you are sorted and sorry I do forget sometimes to inform peeps where things are or how to change them so that's my bad.
As for channel 1 I'm in the same boat at present and so are a lot of others, the devs get it working and then isp's block it again so it's still a work in progress. Odd you can't find or install XBMC Maintenance module as I can find it but have the XunityTalk Maintenance module installed instead as I find that 1 better.

Working AOSP IR remote

One of the reason I bought the ZL was the IR remote function, but unfortunately Sony didn't do a good job on it.
Only presets that came with the app worked, learning function didn't.
At first I thought that it was only my device that didn't work, but after searching a bit, I found out that
almost every ZL user faced this problem.
I gave up on the IR remote and went with a custom ROM.
Until yesterday I found this app that someone made for the Tablet Z.
It's called TSRemote, it only has the learning function for now.
The author seems busy and hasn't updated it for a while.
Hopefully someone can work on this project, it's opened source on GITHUB.
Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385277
The layout will be overlapped since it's meant for Tablet Z, you need to change the app DPI to 260-280 and it will look good.
Tested working with OMNI ROM 4.4

link is not working..

The stock IR app is functioning normally (including learning feature) under 4.3 10.4.B.0.569. If you are comfortable with the stock Sony firmware then you should consider updating to this firmware.

Really? Didn't know that...
Haven't gone back to stock ROM after flashing a custom one.
I'll try that soon.
Anyways, I think this is still good news for AOSP users.
Since IR remote is one of the function that haven't been implemented to the ROMS.
People might want to stay with AOSP rom and have an IR remote.
Well it's all about preferences.

glasseffects said:
The stock IR app is functioning normally (including learning feature) under 4.3 10.4.B.0.569. If you are comfortable with the stock Sony firmware then you should consider updating to this firmware.
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Oh, really? That's cool, hope 4.3 will arrive in germany soon! Don't want to flash a different ftf...
Xperia ZL, 4.2.2 Stock (.67), rooted

I flashed back to stock rom and tested!
It does work as it should, and it was fixed already in the 4.2.2 - 10.3.1.A.2.67 version

sturmtruppler said:
Oh, really? That's cool, hope 4.3 will arrive in germany soon! Don't want to flash a different ftf...
Xperia ZL, 4.2.2 Stock (.67), rooted
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You may flash the Generic stock firmware followed by this kernel and you have stock Sony experience with root and recovery.

Here In India , C6502 Xperia Zl 4.3 learning function didnt work ....

hijagdeep said:
Here In India , C6502 Xperia Zl 4.3 learning function didnt work ....
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what do u wish to learn?? I'm learn all brands of TV is working for me.. from 4.2.2 until now.. i went to vacation and having few hotels before.. all unbrand tv, im tried to learn remote control signal and its worked very well.. only aircond cannot work even succeed learnt.. i think there are some miss out for aircond like temperature in sony stock remote apps..
so do u try learn tv remote control?? or u just learn aircond??

ChuanHong said:
what do u wish to learn?? I'm learn all brands of TV is working for me.. from 4.2.2 until now.. i went to vacation and having few hotels before.. all unbrand tv, im tried to learn remote control signal and its worked very well.. only aircond cannot work even succeed learnt.. i think there are some miss out for aircond like temperature in sony stock remote apps..
so do u try learn tv remote control?? or u just learn aircond??
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I tried to learn remote of my local FASTWAY cable setup box (tried both hd STB and normal STB)
Sent from Sony Xperia ZL 4.3 Rooted

ChuanHong said:
all unbrand tv, im tried to learn remote control signal and its worked very well.. only aircond cannot work even succeed learnt.. i think there are some miss out for aircond like temperature in sony stock remote apps..
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So, you're saying that you can confirm that there are cases where Sony's Remote Control App's "Manual Setup" feature says it learns the IR command successfully, and then is also able to replicate that command to the device successfully?
And with the same device, it sometimes also states it learned the command successfully, while infact pressing the button doesn't seem to replace that command to the target device?

bouvrie said:
So, you're saying that you can confirm that there are cases where Sony's Remote Control App's "Manual Setup" feature says it learns the IR command successfully, and then is also able to replicate that command to the device successfully?
And with the same device, it sometimes also states it learned the command successfully, while infact pressing the button doesn't seem to replace that command to the target device?
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Yea my case is I stay 3 hotel are unbranded tv and not in preset remote. I personally learn the signal from its remote control and succeed to use it. Only on TV. Others device never tried yet.

ChuanHong said:
Yea my case is I stay 3 hotel are unbranded tv and not in preset remote. I personally learn the signal from its remote control and succeed to use it. Only on TV. Others device never tried yet.
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I was wondering because I know many people experience problems with the remote IR learning feature. In an attempt to get to the bottom of this, I was wondering if your case could be special.
However, in the meantime I received word that Xperia ZL units manufactured before week 18 of 2013 have a hardware production fault that prevents proper IR learning. I have yet to receive a working ZL (I sent it in for repair twice already).
For anyone in the same boat, check out the link in my sig.

bouvrie said:
I was wondering because I know many people experience problems with the remote IR learning feature. In an attempt to get to the bottom of this, I was wondering if your case could be special.
However, in the meantime I received word that Xperia ZL units manufactured before week 18 of 2013 have a hardware production fault that prevents proper IR learning. I have yet to receive a working ZL (I sent it in for repair twice already).
For anyone in the same boat, check out the link in my sig.
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many?! mean how many? Probability more than 50%?? Probably i'm lucky. And i have to mentioned im only had try to learn the TV remote control which cant found the Present Brand or TV in preset settings.. I learned and succeed to control the hotel TV. I had tried air conditioner which is failed to me.

ChuanHong said:
And i have to mentioned im only had try to learn the TV remote control which cant found the Present Brand or TV in preset settings.. I learned and succeed to control the hotel TV..
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So IR learning works on your device. What's the manufacturing date of your ZL?

ZXR said:
So IR learning works on your device. What's the manufacturing date of your ZL?
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Sorry how to check it? I know I bought it at June.

ChuanHong said:
Sorry how to check it? I know I bought it at June.
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You can find the date when unfolding the label where the SIM and the SD are. Mine is from 13W06 and IR learning does not work.

ZXR said:
You can find the date when unfolding the label where the SIM and the SD are. Mine is from 13W06 and IR learning does not work.
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Last month just change motherboard and battery. Now is 13W43

Multi touch issues with 8.1 in FPS games

Is anyone else having multitouch issues with FPS games. I have tested this on Guns of Boom and Dead trigger 2 the multitouch responses will randomly go crazy and I cannot control the aim especially in guns of boom, it's not as bad in Dead trigger 2 but still there. This was not present in 8.0.

Google is aware of the issue and there are also multiple reports with the latest 8.1 release.
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/68724748

Google is aware.
Deleted duplicate post.

Any update on this ,
Bump nevertheless

Seriously , no one bothered to reply back,
Nothing seems to be happening on that issue tracker page as well . Should this be raised in Google product forums ,

Why is this thing not being taken seriously , if one goes to the issue tracker page , then one will know that all pixel 2 devices suffer from it
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/68724748

Please star this more recent report. The one listed here is for the developer preview and they "deferred it to a future release".
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/70344455

Google appears to have drivers for 8.0 that should fix the issue but I am not sure how to install. https://developers.google.com/android/drivers
A custom 8.1 ROM may do the trick.

One reason I bought this phone was to not run a custom ROM, yet still get frequent updates. Google needs to fix this, quick!

quakeaz said:
One reason I bought this phone was to not run a custom ROM, yet still get frequent updates. Google needs to fix this, quick!
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Loll, that's my thread

mohit141785 said:
Loll, that's my thread
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I know lol, I realized that right after.
I'm getting pretty fed up with the lack of communication from Google on this.

This is very frustrating.. I reverted back to 8.0 for now

Have you guys tries this?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/fix-touch-screen-issue-t3723717

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Have you guys tries this?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/fix-touch-screen-issue-t3723717
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i this solution addresses a different issue ..
anyway, the latest january patch still have this STUPID multitouch bug. Reverting back to 8.0...

Allesa said:
i this solution addresses a different issue ..
anyway, the latest january patch still have this STUPID multitouch bug. Reverting back to 8.0...
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I'm back on 8.0 as well. I wish they'd hurry up and fix this. Shouldn't have to run an older release on a brand new phone for it to function properly.

Issue touching other devices too... I'm on Android 8.1 custom ROM for OnePlus 3 and I have this problem too.
This is disappointing from Google, so much big games have been released, these are the main reason to buy a powerful phone so it would be cool to got them working.

I just noticed the touchscreen bug this week. I'm on 8.1 with the Jan. update and I just started gaming on my p2 xl. Primarily angry birds 2 and online shooters. For AB2 it's flawless.
But for ALL of the shooters I play ( modern combat versus, unkilled, guns of boom, deadheads, and Bullet Force) the multi-gesturing (one thumb swiping left while the other simultaneously swipes right or up) can often cause disoriented /inaccurate movement registration.
It's my 1st major gripe with this phone. The p2 xl is fantastic otherwise. And............ on an unrelated note - if you want to play an impressive online shooter that can run 2k /60 frames a second AND do so with ALL the settings set to ULTRA.... try playing Bullet Force! The game runs like a dream on the pixel 2! Apart from the Oreo 8.1 multi-gesture anomalies.... but that's not the game's fault..... it's Google's

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I just noticed the touchscreen bug this week. I'm on 8.1 with the Jan. update and I just started gaming on my p2 xl. Primarily angry birds 2 and online shooters. For AB2 it's flawless.
But for ALL of the shooters I play ( modern combat versus, unkilled, guns of boom, deadheads, and Bullet Force) the multi-gesturing (one thumb swiping left while the other simultaneously swipes right or up) can often cause disoriented /inaccurate movement registration.
It's my 1st major gripe with this phone. The p2 xl is fantastic otherwise. And............ on an unrelated note - if you want to play an impressive online shooter that can run 2k /60 frames a second AND do so with ALL the settings set to ULTRA.... try playing Bullet Force! The game runs like a dream on the pixel 2! Apart from the Oreo 8.1 multi-gesture anomalies.... but that's not the game's fault..... it's Google's
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If your rooted, have you tried the touch screen magisk module?

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If your rooted, have you tried the touch screen magisk module?
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Not yet. I'm stock right now. But if that's what it takes til the touchscreen bug can get patched.... I'll pull the trigger and root.
Does that module help?

TheySaidWhat?! said:
Not yet. I'm stock right now. But if that's what it takes til the touchscreen bug can get patched.... I'll pull the trigger and root.
Does that module help?
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Meh...some say it does, others not. I'm not a gamer so I really can't say. I do think it helps with touch input with texting though. As with anything with android....YMMV ?

Downgrade File for TCL C6 (Current Version: V8-T658T01-LF1V534)

Hey guys,
I am new to the Android TV scene so bear with me.
Recently bought TCL C6 TV. It updated yesterday to Android Oreo but the Color accuracy especially in HDR has fallen considerably, constant dimming of backlight for no reason and not to mention low volume for some reason (I have to keep it around 80-90 to be audible, the lows are very lows).
So I am looking for a downgrade file fit for my TV. It's current version is V8-T658T01-LF1V534
I am a tech savvy person so if there are any technical suggestions, I'd be happy to listen to them as well since I know my way around Android and accessing my TVs Factory (Service) Menu
If there's a better suggestion than downgrading or maybe upgrading to the latest version (Android 9), that will be super!
Cheers
P.S: I scoured the Forum but couldn't find what I was looking for so posting this. Apologies if it's a repetitive post, in which case, you can point me to the relevant post

Ok, on further investigation, I have found out that Dolby Digital 5.1 is not working which might be the issue with the low volume on audio, at least
Checked it with The Last of Us 2. Previously, it had 5.1 in the game's Options available. Not anymore. It only says Television (2 Channel) now

Hi,
I am having the same issues as you mentioned on my TCL L55C6US. When viewing HDR content on Netflix or from My PS4 Pro the back light constantly brightens and dims in a very noticeable way which wasn't the case previously. I found a link with multiple versions from the Australian TCL support website.
support.tclelectronics.com.au/software-version
You mentioned you were on V534 and still facing this issue. I am currently on v549 and also facing similar problems. So it seems that they haven't actually fixed it. I don't mind downgrading to a lower version if it means having more consistent HDR performance. However I'm not sure which version among these will give me what I am looking for..
Do you know which was the last update that works well? If not then I probably will have to downgrade to the lowest version (v364).

dwayne27894 said:
Hi,
I am having the same issues as you mentioned on my TCL L55C6US. When viewing HDR content on Netflix or from My PS4 Pro the back light constantly brightens and dims in a very noticeable way which wasn't the case previously. I found a link with multiple versions from the Australian TCL support website.
support.tclelectronics.com.au/software-version
You mentioned you were on V534 and still facing this issue. I am currently on v549 and also facing similar problems. So it seems that they haven't actually fixed it. I don't mind downgrading to a lower version if it means having more consistent HDR performance. However I'm not sure which version among these will give me what I am looking for..
Do you know which was the last update that works well? If not then I probably will have to downgrade to the lowest version (v364).
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Hey!
So apparently I needed ZIP update files to upgrade, of which I used v551 downloaded from here (Use the v551 link shared by this poster)
Been using it for couple of days now and the backlight issue has somewhat subsided. Maybe you can try it as well and share your experience here. Don't forget to Shop Reset the TV (from the Factory/Service Menu) once the update is installed.
I have not tried downgrading as Android is a bit messy with downgrading and I don't want to experiment with a newly bought TV, bootloops, bricking and all

Hussain_Ali said:
Hey!
So apparently I needed ZIP update files to upgrade, of which I used v551 downloaded from here (Use the v551 link shared by this poster)
Been using it for couple of days now and the backlight issue has somewhat subsided. Maybe you can try it as well and share your experience here. Don't forget to Shop Reset the TV (from the Factory/Service Menu) once the update is installed.
I have not tried downgrading as Android is a bit messy with downgrading and I don't want to experiment with a newly bought TV, bootloops, bricking and all
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Thanks a lot. This update seems to fix the most annoying issue regarding the HDR. No more sudden brightening and dimming of the backlight.
TCL needs to make the firmware for all Android models more easily accessible and uniform across all regions. It seemed to me that the Australian firmware wasn't the best fit for my C6 even tho they sell the same model in Australia and Europe (with a different model number)
Regarding the sound I still do not see the option for Dolby in the menu like I used to when I first got the TV but it works alright and I don't really see any real or annoying issues with it.

Hdr videos on youtube are washed out after upgraded to latest v568..plzz help

MT58.....V8-T658T01-LF1V5xx...OTA
V542
V549
V562
V566
V567
V568
V569
V570
V571
V572
V573
V574
V575

stasiof said:
MT58.....V8-T658T01-LF1V5xx...
V542
V549
V562
V566
V567
V568
V569
V570
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Which version is good for picture quality ..v570 good for hdr?.thanks

Is it possible to flash rom from other region

I dont have this TV model.
Only giving links to firmware and V570 is latest.

Magneto485 said:
Is it possible to flash rom from other region
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Every firmware is same, only TCL server different.
So NO "other region".
Edit:
TCL had 3 servers....
as- eu- na
V570 from eu server.....
http://eu-update.cedock.com/apps/resource2/V8T658T01/V8-T658T01-LF1V570/FOTA-OTA/V8-T658T01-LF1V570.zip

stasiof said:
Every firmware is same, only TCL server different.
So NO "other region".
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ok i will try v570..thanks

Just found MT58 latest test pkg file......R868 dated Dec 23, 2020
http://celesw.tcl.com/CSEU%20TV%20SW/MT58/Test%20SW/MT58%20R868/MT58%20R868_PKG_Update.zip

stasiof said:
Just found MT58 latest test pkg file......R868 dated Dec 23, 2020
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If anyone tries this test firmware I'd be interested in your experience

Hi all I just updated r868 on my 85p8m in Australia.
I had to unzip to PKG file on root of USB drive formatted to fat32, power off tv with remote fully then power on with button on the tv itself and hold it down.
Update took about 10 mins.
Before and after firmware attached.
Quick notes.
Initial setup process worked much better when setting up from phone. Even got a suggested apps screen I had never seen before.
Google Play store updated quickly but apps take a long time to update all, this has happened with all firmwares I have tried.
Amazon Prime app not available as always so I'll update from apk instead using Aptoide.

opelcalibra said:
Hi all I just updated r868 on my 85p8m in Australia.
I had to unzip to PKG file on root of USB drive formatted to fat32, power off tv with remote fully then power on with button on the tv itself and hold it down.
Update took about 10 mins.
Before and after firmware attached.
Quick notes.
Initial setup process worked much better when setting up from phone. Even got a suggested apps screen I had never seen before.
Google Play store updated quickly but apps take a long time to update all, this has happened with all firmwares I have tried.
Amazon Prime app not available as always so I'll update from apk instead using Aptoide.
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Is R868 stable version

Magneto485 said:
Is R868 stable version
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I tried man in the high castle on Amazon prime which used to have major HDR issues and it was perfect.
Stan and Netflix working well.
After 4 hours so far so good

opelcalibra said:
I tried man in the high castle on Amazon prime which used to have major HDR issues and it was perfect.
Stan and Netflix working well.
After 4 hours so far so good
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Have u tried youtube hdr videos?

Added versions V571 and V572 in post #7.

Magneto485 said:
Have u tried youtube hdr videos?
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I tired the HDR channel on YouTube.
Videos look great but don't trigger HDR mode on the tv.
Xbox is great with HDR