This is for people who has Pixel 6 (Pro) AND Tasker.
One of the most frustrating thing when I using my P6P taking photos is it's difficult to tell which lens P6P is using for high zoom. The phone has a tendency to use the main lens for even 4-5x zoom range whenever it thinks the Tele lens cannot focus or too dark. Main lens with SuperRaz is used in those situations results less detailed, processed photos.
This Tasker task will add a small indicator right on the camera UI which will display what lens is in use now. N=main sensor, W=ultrawide, T=Tele and F=Front. I haven't figure out how to "force" use one lens but at least this gives you a chance to reframe/adjust distance until desired lens is used.
Please let me know how it works for you. The project can be downloaded from:
Tasker Share
taskernet.com
lssong99 said:
This is for people who has Pixel 6 (Pro) AND Tasker.
One of the most frustrating thing when I using my P6P taking photos is it's difficult to tell which lens P6P is using for high zoom. The phone has a tendency to use the main lens for even 4-5x zoom range whenever it thinks the Tele lens cannot focus or too dark. Main lens with SuperRaz is used in those situations results less detailed, processed photos.
This Tasker task will add a small indicator right on the camera UI which will display what lens is in use now. N=main sensor, W=ultrawide, T=Tele and F=Front. I haven't figure out how to "force" use one lens but at least this gives you a chance to reframe/adjust distance until desired lens is used.
Please let me know how it works for you. The project can be downloaded from:
Tasker Share
taskernet.com
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Seems to be working as intended. Very useful. Thank you!!!
I Love how efficient this project's programming is, and love how well it not only works, but looks like a native feature.
lssong99 said:
This is for people who has Pixel 6 (Pro) AND Tasker.
One of the most frustrating thing when I using my P6P taking photos is it's difficult to tell which lens P6P is using for high zoom. The phone has a tendency to use the main lens for even 4-5x zoom range whenever it thinks the Tele lens cannot focus or too dark. Main lens with SuperRaz is used in those situations results less detailed, processed photos.
This Tasker task will add a small indicator right on the camera UI which will display what lens is in use now. N=main sensor, W=ultrawide, T=Tele and F=Front. I haven't figure out how to "force" use one lens but at least this gives you a chance to reframe/adjust distance until desired lens is used.
Please let me know how it works for you. The project can be downloaded from:
Tasker Share
taskernet.com
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Was thinking this must be straight forward, import your scene project in tasker and that's it. However doesn't seem to be working for me, any tricks? Thanks for suggestion in advance
Edit: Play around it and finally make it work, thanks
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lssong99 said:
This is for people who has Pixel 6 (Pro) AND Tasker.
One of the most frustrating thing when I using my P6P taking photos is it's difficult to tell which lens P6P is using for high zoom. The phone has a tendency to use the main lens for even 4-5x zoom range whenever it thinks the Tele lens cannot focus or too dark. Main lens with SuperRaz is used in those situations results less detailed, processed photos.
This Tasker task will add a small indicator right on the camera UI which will display what lens is in use now. N=main sensor, W=ultrawide, T=Tele and F=Front. I haven't figure out how to "force" use one lens but at least this gives you a chance to reframe/adjust distance until desired lens is used.
Please let me know how it works for you. The project can be downloaded from:
Tasker Share
taskernet.com
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I tried it for a couple of hours now and deinstalled it again. The function works beautifully, but for some unknown to me, the small indicator field often remains after the cam is closed, meaning I have a permament indicator field (often not with N but with % written in it) on my screen. When opening the camera, that sometimes resets, but not always. It's very annoying and I found no easy way to fix it.
Morgrain said:
I tried it for a couple of hours now and deinstalled it again. The function works beautifully, but for some unknown to me, the small indicator field often remains after the cam is closed, meaning I have a permament indicator field (often not with N but with % written in it) on my screen. When opening the camera, that sometimes resets, but not always. It's very annoying and I found no easy way to fix it.
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Just found the same as you. I don't like it either, so unless the op is able to fix it, have to uninstall also.
I haven't had that problem...yet.
Haven't had that problem either....yet
Morgrain said:
I tried it for a couple of hours now and deinstalled it again. The function works beautifully, but for some unknown to me, the small indicator field often remains after the cam is closed, meaning I have a permament indicator field (often not with N but with % written in it) on my screen. When opening the camera, that sometimes resets, but not always. It's very annoying and I found no easy way to fix it.
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Confirmed, had this happen to me as well. I noticed it pop up while using WhatsApp but it went away when switching to another app. However should up again going back to WhatsApp.
Looking into the tasker project I saw under "CameraRunning", tried adding WhatsApp to the apps list, run profile, go back to WhatsApp where the overlay showed when using a camera function. Hitting back a few times ended up at home screen and the overlay disappeared.
I sum it up to the overlay possibly persisting when using an app with Camera permissions. Maybe someone with more experience can make more sense of it than I can and possible solution.
If you use the camera to take photos, normally the indicator field would just disappear a couple seconds after you close the camera app. However, if you open another app which called out the camera, e.g. scanner apps such as Adobe Scan and/or Barcode Scanner, even after you closed those apps, the indicator field would remain on your home pages, you would have to open camera app and close it to get rid of the indicator, this is really annoying.
roirraW "edor" ehT andLughnasadh perhaps you guys can test if this is the case.
acwcanada said:
If you use the camera to take photos, normally the indicator field would just disappear a couple seconds after you close the camera app. However, if you open another app which called out the camera, e.g. scanner apps such as Adobe Scan and/or Barcode Scanner, even after you closed those apps, the indicator field would remain on your home pages, you would have to open camera app and close it to get rid of the indicator, this is really annoying.
roirraW "edor" ehT andLughnasadh perhaps you guys can test if this is the case.
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Thanks, you're right. I confirmed with Google PhotoScan (there aren't many apps I allow to have camera permissions). I launched PhotoScan, confirmed the indicator was present, didn't take any photos, gestured back which took me to the home screen, the indicator was still there and stayed there until I opened the regular Google Camera app and then gestured back again.
It worked the same way when I gestured Home both times as well, for completeness sake of reporting. Since I don't use the camera with very many different apps, it's not a real problem for me, but I can definitely see how it would be for others.
Note for further completeness in reporting that the indicator doesn't merely stay on the home screen either, it stays on the screen no matter what other app is launched too until you launch Google Camera and then get out of it.
@lssong99 , any ideas?
roirraW edor ehT said:
Thanks, you're right. I confirmed with Google PhotoScan (there aren't many apps I allow to have camera permissions). I launched PhotoScan, confirmed the indicator was present, didn't take any photos, gestured back which took me to the home screen, the indicator was still there and stayed there until I opened the regular Google Camera app and then gestured back again.
It worked the same way when I gestured Home both times as well, for completeness sake of reporting. Since I don't use the camera with very many different apps, it's not a real problem for me, but I can definitely see how it would be for others.
Note for further completeness in reporting that the indicator doesn't merely stay on the home screen either, it stays on the screen no matter what other app is launched too until you launch Google Camera and then get out of it.
@lssong99 , any ideas?
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acwcanada said:
If you use the camera to take photos, normally the indicator field would just disappear a couple seconds after you close the camera app. However, if you open another app which called out the camera, e.g. scanner apps such as Adobe Scan and/or Barcode Scanner, even after you closed those apps, the indicator field would remain on your home pages, you would have to open camera app and close it to get rid of the indicator, this is really annoying.
roirraW "edor" ehT andLughnasadh perhaps you guys can test if this is the case.
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Confirmed using Google Lens afterwards.
TL;DR: I made some modification which should make the removal of the UI more robust after switching to non-camera app (including launcher). Please redownload and let me know how it works.
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It seems there are some bugs/delays/reliability issue in Tasker's Current Running App detection logic so sometimes Tasker will sometimes not detect Camera APP is running or exiting... Thus I reverse the logic to detect ANY non-camera app then remove the UI as long as it's not camera...
Also, I haven't yet find a solution to hide the UI when other app are running which is not stock camera. Since Tasker is not able to detect Camera app reliability. (I tried add a condition that the UI will only be shown when Camera app is detected, but UI never show....).
Anyone has better idea on detecting foreground Camera app?
lssong99 said:
TL;DR: I made some modification which should make the removal of the UI more robust after switching to non-camera app (including launcher). Please redownload and let me know how it works.
Tasker Share
taskernet.com
Description:
It seems there are some bugs/delays/reliability issue in Tasker's Current Running App detection logic so sometimes Tasker will sometimes not detect Camera APP is running or exiting... Thus I reverse the logic to detect ANY non-camera app then remove the UI as long as it's not camera...
Also, I haven't yet find a solution to hide the UI when other app are running which is not stock camera. Since Tasker is not able to detect Camera app reliability. (I tried add a condition that the UI will only be shown when Camera app is detected, but UI never show....).
Anyone has better idea on detecting foreground Camera app?
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Thanks for providing this. Perhaps I am not sense enough, I just do not see and feel any difference of the 2 versions. Hopefully somehow you can figure out a way to hide the UI when third party apps are running with non stock camera. It would be even more wonderful if forced lens options can be achieved.
acwcanada said:
Thanks for providing this. Perhaps I am not sense enough, I just do not see and feel any difference of the 2 versions. Hopefully somehow you can figure out a way to hide the UI when third party apps are running with non stock camera. It would be even more wonderful if forced lens options can be achieved.
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So it doesn't work for you?!
What is changed the logic of detecting Camera App. Originally the UI will be hide only when Camera App exited, now I changed it to dismiss the UI whenever any app except Camera app is activated.
By making this, 90% of the time UI will be dismissed when camera app exited (and another app activated). for the remaining 10%, at least when return to launcher (I am using Nova), the UI is always cleared. I am not sure why it doesn't work for you well...
I tried several app detection method but all not 100% foolproof..... Maybe Joao can share some idea? (He is in holiday now...)
lssong99 said:
So it doesn't work for you?!
What is changed the logic of detecting Camera App. Originally the UI will be hide only when Camera App exited, now I changed it to dismiss the UI whenever any app except Camera app is activated.
By making this, 90% of the time UI will be dismissed when camera app exited (and another app activated). for the remaining 10%, at least when return to launcher (I am using Nova), the UI is always cleared. I am not sure why it doesn't work for you well...
I tried several app detection method but all not 100% foolproof..... Maybe Joao can share some idea? (He is in holiday now...)
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I am also using Nova, yes, it doesn't work for me! To me, both of your two versions are the same, I just don't see any difference. It worked with the main Camera App, but I tried more than 10 different other apps, such as Barcode Scanner, PDF Scan, WhatsApp, Instagram, Lightroom etc..., the UI always presented after those apps were closed, only open/closed the main Camera App could clear the UI.
The real fix for this is for Google to give us more control or sort out the silly Ai forcing 4x on the main lense if it thinks things are too close. You can trick it by focusing far away on 4x and then back again as long as it's not within the 1.2-1.5m focal range.
acwcanada said:
I am also using Nova, yes, it doesn't work for me! To me, both of your two versions are the same, I just don't see any difference. It worked with the main Camera App, but I tried more than 10 different other apps, such as Barcode Scanner, PDF Scan, WhatsApp, Instagram, Lightroom etc..., the UI always presented after those apps were closed, only open/closed the main Camera App could clear the UI.
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I still got the same problem. The "UI" (small transparent box with % or N or whatever written it in) remains often after closing the camera app. It's very distracting and renders this mod, sadly, unusable.
Morgrain said:
I still got the same problem. The "UI" (small transparent box with % or N or whatever written it in) remains often after closing the camera app. It's very distracting and renders this mod, sadly, unusable.
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It seems you got the old version..... Maybe delete the whole project from Tasker and redownload from TaskerNet again?
I also updated another version which add a timer that will hide the UI if no lens selection in 15 seconds, no matter camera App is in using or not... (If you switch the lens then another 15 seconds are extended.) The UI will be hide after ❶Camera App closed or ❷no selection of lens in 15 seconds, whichecer comes first.
Please let me know if it works for you....
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lssong99 said:
It seems you got the old version..... Maybe delete the whole project from Tasker and redownload from TaskerNet again?
I also updated another version which add a timer that will hide the UI if no lens selection in 15 seconds, no matter camera App is in using or not... (If you switch the lens then another 15 seconds are extended.) The UI will be hide after ❶Camera App closed or ❷no selection of lens in 15 seconds, whichecer comes first.
Please let me know if it works for you....
Tasker Share
taskernet.com
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Seems to be working for me. The UI stays on now even if just using 1 camera app but does disappear in around 10 seconds for me. It disappears in around 10 seconds if subsequently using another camera app as well. It seems this workaround is working as intended. Thank you!
Related
don't know about you, but for me all settings in the camera seem to be in the wrong place:
why are touch capture and resolution in the top menu
why is macro not in the scenes menu
for me in the top menu there should be
Capturing mode
scenes
flash
Focus
Exposure
i tried vignette demo but i'm not yet sure if i like it better ;-)
Camera 360 = awesome.
Yeah Camera 360 is awesome.
Well I found Camera X really great
Features
1. Flash Mode(Off, Auto, Red-Eye, Torch)
2. Color Modes(Mono, Negative, Posterize, Sepia, Solarize)
3. White Balance(Auto, Cloudy daylight, Daylight, Flouroscent, Incandescent)
4. Exposure Control(-1.9999979 to 1.6652)
5. Scenes(Auto, Barcode, Beach, Landscape, Night, Night-Potrait, Party, Potrait, Snow, Sports)
6. Focus(Auto, Continuous-video, Fixed, Infinity, Macro)
7. Camera Modes(Normal, Self-Timer, Time-Lapse, Anti-Shake, Bracketing, Burst)
8. Settings(lot more things)
Do you guys know that you can move each setting around?...
just expand the menu, tap+hold the one you want and drag to the top menu...
Oh wow! Awesome.
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Is there any Android camera UI better than Arc's??? Ofcourse NOT! It is great!!
If it isn't because battery drain and scalability problem, I would've use stock camera app. Because there's no other camera app in the market that bring you to preview in gallery (so that you can zoom in to check whether the picture blurry or not)
What's with the camera app and battery/scalability anyway? Is there proof to its connection or is it some sort of an urban legend? Was that "invented" to discredit the wonderful camera the arc has to offer?
mariolouis said:
What's with the camera app and battery/scalability anyway? Is there proof to its connection or is it some sort of an urban legend? Was that "invented" to discredit the wonderful camera the arc has to offer?
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1. Battery drain - you'll stuck with 20mA drain as opposed to 5mA drain during idle after taking picture with stock camera app and not rebooting your phone. Check out battery drain thread on Xperia Arc general forum. Look at the last couple pages.
2. Scalability - If you change your LCD density from 240 (default) to 180 or some other (smaller) number, the UI won't resize appropriately. Camera 360 exhibit this problem, but not Vignette.
Been using the default camera app but no battery drain on mine. 100% before going to sleep, 8 hours later, battery is at 98% sometimes 99%. Rooted with Gingerbreak bootloader still locked. Some default apps uninstalled. No app running to auto-update.
I've set lcd density at 182.
Im loving the default camera app unless I am missing something here.
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mariolouis said:
Been using the default camera app but no battery drain on mine. 100% before going to sleep, 8 hours later, battery is at 98% sometimes 99%. Rooted with Gingerbreak bootloader still locked. Some default apps uninstalled. No app running to auto-update.
I've set lcd density at 182.
Im loving the default camera app unless I am missing something here.
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Wow ... My battery goes from 100% to 79% overnight .. You keep Wifi and Auto sync on ?
mariolouis said:
Been using the default camera app but no battery drain on mine. 100% before going to sleep, 8 hours later, battery is at 98% sometimes 99%. Rooted with Gingerbreak bootloader still locked. Some default apps uninstalled. No app running to auto-update.
I've set lcd density at 182.
Im loving the default camera app unless I am missing something here.
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Really? What kind of hack did you do?
Mine is also set at 182, but whenever I tap on Scene recognition button, my tap register to resolution button. Since all 5 icons only occupy about 70% of the vertical space from bottom, it creates confusion on the UI. The bounding box of each button is resized properly, but the icons themselves don't resize accordingly. That's the problem.
Which app did you freeze to get rid of huge drain after the camera usage?
I'm not gonna call you a liar, but if what you say is true. That is truly a good news. And by all means, share your method here (or on the battery drain thread in general forum), since I do agree with you that , putting those 2 problems aside, Arc has a wonderful stock camera app.
How dare you calling me a liar. Just kidding!
I have edited the default SE camera app and aligned the buttons. Gave me a headache for days figuring out SE's terminologies for each item. Did it trial and error. I can give you the apk if you want. Better yet, maybe I will make a new thread about it tomorrow as I am sleepy now.
About the battery, nothing auto-updates in the background. Only gsm is running. No wifi, no bt, no alarms, no nothing. I do not need any of those while I sleep. The battery keeps getting better and better every week. One more thing, I have noticed that the battery life started to get better when I uninstalled stock apps. Especially that Whatsapp thing.
mariolouis said:
How dare you calling me a liar. Just kidding!
I have edited the default SE camera app and aligned the buttons. Gave me a headache for days figuring out SE's terminologies for each item. Did it trial and error. I can give you the apk if you want. Better yet, maybe I will make a new thread about it tomorrow as I am sleepy now.
About the battery, nothing auto-updates in the background. Only gsm is running. No wifi, no bt, no alarms, no nothing. I do not need any of those while I sleep. The battery keeps getting better and better every week. One more thing, I have noticed that the battery life started to get better when I uninstalled stock apps. Especially that Whatsapp thing.
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So the tweaks youve made are qualifiable?
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I don't know about you guys but, I'm practically in love with the camera app. Did you notice the delay while taking pictures. No? Do you know why? Because, "there is no delay". I've even stopped carrying my SLR around these days.
Monkii said:
Do you guys know that you can move each setting around?...
just expand the menu, tap+hold the one you want and drag to the top menu...
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I!!! LOVE!!! YOU!!!!!!
if you ever get to zurich i'll by you a beer. heck i'll buy you ten beer!
This might be a stupid question, but is there any Portrait/Landscape/Night/Snow etc. setting in the stock app?
I've noticed it's kind of adjusting itself in one of the capture modes, but still I wonder if I just can't find it?
cherryfish said:
This might be a stupid question, but is there any Portrait/Landscape/Night/Snow etc. setting in the stock app?
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Sure: set "Capturing mode" to "Normal" and then you can choose in "Scenes" menu
ArcOnFire said:
If it isn't because battery drain and scalability problem, I would've use stock camera app. Because there's no other camera app in the market that bring you to preview in gallery (so that you can zoom in to check whether the picture blurry or not)
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angel camera~~~it can bring you to check the photo you have taken~~it have all mode and setting you need~~~but the setting is not quite user friendly...........you can check this out
I will update this thread as I found issues.
1. Middle of downloads the phone turned off and refused to switch on. Taking the battery out enabled restarting the phone again.
2. Despite of master reset/factory reset the phone is really laggy. Freezing applications made Defy very responsive but under 2.2.2 it appears no difference at all. (Second factory reset seems brought back somme life to my phone now...)
3. Definitely something is causing an annoying delay at startup even though the phone appears to be ready to use.
4. I have noticed once after a restart the capacitive buttons didn't light up for 1-2 minutes even though I was using the phone. The LauncherPro is installed and I'm suspecting that is the culprit here.
5. Once a number is dialed the phone locks itself. This is rather inconvenience when you need immediately use the key pad to select options. (20 June 2011)
Guidelines - 20 June 2011
I decided to write a guideline for Defy users. The information provided here have already been mentioned by others but normally not in one place. Please follow the steps below every time you flash a new ROM.
1. Master Reset (Whether you like this step or not this is required to do. Imagine upgrading a windows machine, it would be simply a mess in most cases. Any pro users would tell you always to do a clearn install. The same principle with Android applies)
2. Discharge the battery (It seems flashing a ROM messes up the battery calibration. Drain the battery to the point it won't boot then recharge it from the wall socket)
3. Avoid Restoring Apps (Only if is a must. Since Android 2.2 is different to 2.1 many apps might not work very well with the same settings restored from 2.1. Some vendors also offer different version for Android 2.2 or higher. Installing from market is best practice)
4. Avoid using widgets (They are simply battery eaters. Avoid them if they don't provide useful functionality to you)
5. Don't trust all vendors (Many apps placed on Android Market is written by programmers with no experience at all. A badly written app not only drains more battery but also takes up more precious RAM than it should. The less RAM you have, the slower the phone performs)
6. Don't keep large number of emails in your inboxes (They simply take up more memory)
7. Charge your mobile from wall socket when you can. It really does make a difference and also a recommended method by Motorola.
8. Put the Mobile Network to 2G when you can. It does save considerable amount of battery.
9. Switch off the phone once per day for 30 seconds before switching it on again.
Any chance to get hands on SBF for this release
Download available : Here http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/support/update/#
CSharpHeaven said:
4. I have noticed once after a restart the capacitive buttons didn't light up for 1-2 minutes even though I was using the phone. The LauncherPro is installed and I'm suspecting that is the culprit here.
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I notice on my handset (UK T-Mobile eclair) that the capacitive buttons sometimes dont light up when holding the phone landscape. I think there is a light sensor somewhere which detects the ambient light and adjusts the capacitive button lighting.
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Download available : Here http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/support/update/#
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I am on cm7 not sure if the phone will be detected by the msu. Will try once getting back home.
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Download available : Here http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/support/update/#
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That will get you the motorola update software.
During the update the .sbf is downloaded. We need to get the sbf, however it is deleted once the update has finished. I think this happens when the motorola software asks to "reboot phone, connect usb and verify update".
Please, if anyone does the update make sure to find the .sbf file and copy it somewhere safe before the update is verified. Then post to xda of course
Olly
binodnepal said:
I am on cm7 not sure if the phone will be detected by the msu. Will try once getting back home.
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I'm not sure either, I reverted to 2.51 and did the update form that point.
Anyone installed CM over 3.4.2_177-3?
Olly
kashavsehra said:
I notice on my handset (UK T-Mobile eclair) that the capacitive buttons sometimes dont light up when holding the phone landscape. I think there is a light sensor somewhere which detects the ambient light and adjusts the capacitive button lighting.
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Thanks for that. I can actually reconfirm the issue. Last night when I was setting my alarm, with no lights in the room, I noticed once again the capacitive buttons' led were off. I was helding the phone in portrait and I know for sure this problem wasn't there in 2.1 because I always set my alarm after I turn the lights off (Bedroom's). When I press the Home Key to come out of the Alarm app the capacitive buttons lit up again.
binodnepal said:
I am on cm7 not sure if the phone will be detected by the msu. Will try once getting back home.
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If the msu is compiled by Motorola then I'm sure you won't be able to upgrade. The .msu can contain many other smaller installers that can do all the checking, exactly the way the update program does. Your only solutuion is to revert back to Motorola's stock ROM and give it a try.
Two more very annoying Defy/Froyo issues:
1) You can't disable the lockscreen anymore, so prepare for a lot of annoying swiping. Yes, you can get rid of the slider with an app called "No Lock," but this will also disable your security lock (pin code or pattern) which leaves your phone wide open.
2) The new gallery has more eye candy but less functionality, and it got slower too. If you open the folder list you can't read long folder names anymore. Is there is a way to run the old 2.1 gallery on Froyo?
I found the gallery the worst bit. So poor, I can't believe they let it go out like that. Runs like a dog.
I feel embarrassed for Motorola. Or I would if they were not working hard every day making their great hardware under-perform!
Seriously what a phone once CM is on it!
Olly
Use quickpic off the market, best gallery around
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rogier666 said:
Two more very annoying Defy/Froyo issues:
1) You can't disable the lockscreen anymore, so prepare for a lot of annoying swiping. Yes, you can get rid of the slider with an app called "No Lock," but this will also disable your security lock (pin code or pattern) which leaves your phone wide open.
2) The new gallery has more eye candy but less functionality, and it got slower too. If you open the folder list you can't read long folder names anymore. Is there is a way to run the old 2.1 gallery on Froyo?
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As far as I'm concerned Motorola has degraded the phone and I'm not too sure if that is legal or not. I'm referring to the apps Motorola developed such as the video player and the gallery that you pointed out, not the Android itself. The additional Task Manager that was shipped with 2.1 in US is a welcome.
I have found my defy is performing slower, unless those claim Defy performs better with Android 2.2 has some settings that I don't. I ended up installing SetVSel to speed thigns up. It seems to me I'm getting 1/4 less juice out of my battery. I can reconfirm it once I play music on it for a couple of hours.
Not wanting to sound negative all the time, here are some positive things I found so far. I'm very happy with this update because now I got all my emails working on my handset which was important to me which missed the feature for the past 6 months. The browser appears to work very smoothly in most cases. I haven't used the Tasks app yet but that is another welcome addition as I always have a need for such features on portable devices. Other positive things about Android is to thank google not Motorola anyway. The slightly improved dialer worth just mentioning about it.
If Motorola refuses to give us Gingerbread then I hope they provide an update to fix some minor issues that either annoying or impacting the user experience soon enough.
I gotta say I'm pretty surprised about all the issues people are facing with the Froyo update everywhere. I had the french update installed which was one of the first available in Europe before moving on to the leaked 2.3.3 and it was smoother than ever. No bug at all except for the space touch getting a bit crazy while typing a text a few times. I didn't have many applications installed. A few people mentioned the update's fine as long as you don't have much installed on the phone but it starts getting extremely laggy when you keep installing more and more applications. After a factory reset there shouldn't be any lags though !
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Use quickpic off the market, best gallery around
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QuickPic would be the best gallery app if it would let us change the grid size (the thumbnail previews are too big now) and if it had "all photos" and "all videos" views. Unfortunately QuickPic only does folders.
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I gotta say I'm pretty surprised about all the issues people are facing with the Froyo update everywhere. I had the french update installed which was one of the first available in Europe before moving on to the leaked 2.3.3 and it was smoother than ever. No bug at all except for the space touch getting a bit crazy while typing a text a few times. I didn't have many applications installed. A few people mentioned the update's fine as long as you don't have much installed on the phone but it starts getting extremely laggy when you keep installing more and more applications. After a factory reset there shouldn't be any lags though !
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Thank you for your post. In my experience there was a noticeable performance difference between 2.1 and 2.2.2 before a single application was installed. One theory to why some people are happy with the performance and others are not could be down to different components used in Defy. No one knows for sure if all Defy around the globe use exactly the same components or not. As you pointed out installing apps appears to effect the performance so we can conclude those that are not experiencing performance decrease are not power users.
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QuickPic would be the best gallery app if it would let us change the grid size (the thumbnail previews are too big now) and if it had "all photos" and "all videos" views. Unfortunately QuickPic only does folders.
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I am confused, all my photos and videos are in folders anyway and all the previews load like lightning so i fail to to see the problem, it is better than any default gallery whichever way you look at it.
Anyway only issue i can find with the retail 2.2 is how low highest screen brightness setting seems to be, the display is really hard to read outside now.
If you have a hundred pictures scattered over ten folders, would you want to tap into those folders one by one to browse all your photos?
Just like there's a unified inbox for mails from many accounts so you don't have to jump from one mailbox to the next, the stock gallery has a unified pictures view (all pictures in one grid) for all your folders.
If you want to swipe through lots of pictures from a bunch of different folders, having them all in one grid beats having to open all the different folders one by one.
If QuickPic would have the same unified picture view and custom picture grid sizes I would throw the stock gallery out. While QuickPic is working on it (are they?) I'll keep both apps.
The problem with the capacitive buttons that not lighting up is worse than I thought. It happens all the time, it doesn't light up and the only way to make it to work, when it gets really bad, by locking the phone (power switch) and unlocking it again.
The battery life noticeably shortened after the update. What I have done today was to completely discharge the battery to the point it doesn't turn on. Recharged it fully again without turning it on and from the wall socket. I'll report back if there was any improvements on Monday.
I also uninstalled VSel and set it to default CPU speed again. Despite of freezing so many apps and services the start up is really slow and I really feel the lag with the phone.
Another Defy/Froyo bug:
Dial *#*#4636#*#* to get into a service menu. From there battery_history/network_usage would tell you network traffic per app since last boot/unplugged/all time.
In Eclair all data was counted. In Froyo it usually doesn't count anything.
UPDATE: Focal apk landed in the play store as a beta, link to play store:
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FxBSX8mx0c
Can I install with JWR66V??? 4.3 stock??? And it will remplace the stock camera???
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Can I install with JWR66V??? 4.3 stock??? And it will remplace the stock camera???
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Im using 4.2, try it, no it wont replace it, its a separate app :laugh:
Works fine front camera doesn't work (android 4.3)
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:S
The facing camera works but sometimes it makes force close!
Gave it a whirl on the latest 10.1.2. Got some force closes as well, and odd behavior. Sometimes when starting up Focal, the torch turns on and stays on, with just a black screen. Backing out causes a force close. It's a nice app but I think it could use some refinement, especially the menus. I'm sure they'll keep on improving it.
One hell of a camera. Can't wait to see it work I perfect in an official cm mako 4.3 build.
It's good to be nexus.
Front facing works for me.
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My first impression is that the framerate is significantly lower than with the stock camera - making for an overall sluggish experience.
Some random impressions while checking out its features:
- the Photosphere feature looks like a quick addition/afterthought, as the 'dots' you have to connect are just jagged sprites/images, instead of smooth circles - perhaps not that important functionality-wise, but it looks sloppy to me.
- The interface might work after a while of practice, but for now it forces me to hunt around for options too much - the ability to open more than one 'toggle group', seems more like a necessity (so that I can find the option I want) than a feature I'd use after I know where each toggle can be found (I compare it to finding a file on my computer, I know where each file/folder is, partly due to descriptive names and a clear structure. But if I needed to find something fast, I would not open all the folders until I found the file, I would just use a search function).
And I too have had the forced closes, black screen when opening it until I close the process, but that I can forgive of an... alpha-quality release.
I'm on stock 4.3 if that makes any difference.
naenee said:
My first impression is that the framerate is significantly lower than with the stock camera - making for an overall sluggish experience.
Some random impressions while checking out its features:
- the Photosphere feature looks like a quick addition/afterthought, as the 'dots' you have to connect are just jagged sprites/images, instead of smooth circles - perhaps not that important functionality-wise, but it looks sloppy to me.
- The interface might work after a while of practice, but for now it forces me to hunt around for options too much - the ability to open more than one 'toggle group', seems more like a necessity (so that I can find the option I want) than a feature I'd use after I know where each toggle can be found (I compare it to finding a file on my computer, I know where each file/folder is, partly due to descriptive names and a clear structure. But if I needed to find something fast, I would not open all the folders until I found the file, I would just use a search function).
And I too have had the forced closes, black screen when opening it until I close the process, but that I can forgive of an... alpha-quality release.
I'm on stock 4.3 if that makes any difference.
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It's alpha, sure, and it won't be in mainline CM for a while, but it's brilliant. This is more of a functional mockup than a daily use cam. Can't wait for the final release and next things to come in CM!
Well, I will keep an eye on it, but I myself will hold off on calling it rubbish/brilliant (or anything in between) until a later release
I love the app, the way everything is set up. I am having issues (on 4.3) with force closes, and my N4 restarted twice - once after tapping on a color option, and again when I tried to switch to Picsphere mode. But not again after the first two times.
It's crazy quick when snapping (non-HDR) pics, and I'm a sucker for nice animations, so I love the one this camera has. I really, really cannot wait until a beta, then a full, release is available. It's certainly heading in the right direction!
Works on 4.3 running cm 10.2 (JWR66V)
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In 4.3 stock works, but I don't like too much. But it's an alpha, so Focal is a good start
I thought it would be a bit faster but it seems a little laggy but I love to get my hands on this kind of projects that look so promising
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Surely this is the first step of many new things we'll begin to see for our devices and be able to get even more out of them than we thought we could
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Focal is pretty cool. Two things I noticed tho, one is that it doesn't play nice with Halo. If I opened focal with Halo active, it started snapping pics nonstop soon as it launched.
And two, its a RAM hog.
With Focal
W/O Focal
Other than that, it ran well. No FC's and what not.
Thanks for the hu.
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This is the only free camera app that won't crop the 4:3 image to fit our 15:9 screen ratios. I don't know if you can toggle it to do so, but I don't really care for cropping in the viewfinder.
Whom do I direct my comments since OP has no affiliation with the CyanogenMod team? If they are going to use black bars, then they might as well have a bevy of persistent settings; rather than having to tap multiple times to achieve minute adjustments. Further, I don't understand why this app isn't called CMera. Please call it CMera.
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And two, its a RAM hog.
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I agree that CMera does not play well with HALO, but I don't agree with your second comment. Your screen caps show a very vague idea of what is actually eating your RAM. It might have something to do with the three simultaneous downloads/downloaded files (which might also be app updates) in your notification bar.
Results; and Why You're Always Wrong and I'm Always Right
For a slightly more rigorous exploration of RAM usage for the app CMera, refer to Figure 1. Strangely, the app in question is only visible in Cached Processes, not Running Services. Both apps were open simultaneously and could be swapped in and out of activity with no lag in launch or usage.
Figure 1
For even more rigorously collected evidence, please refer to Figure 2. Upon a fresh boot, my device had 1241MB of RAM unused.
Figure 2
Following three photos (8MP, 100 quality) and a precisely 60 sec video (1080p, 20 Gbps, 192 kbps audio), my device dropped to 1187MB of unused RAM (Figure 3).
This is a difference of (1241MB - 1187MB =) 54MB. No where close to the (680MB - 197MB =) 487MB purported by BlackElvis79's screen caps
Figure 3
Conclusions: What Does This Mean to America's Youth?
From the evidence gathered, the most reasonable conclusion is that BlackElvis79 is a poopyhead.
Source(s): Original Screen Caps and Cropped for Her Pleasure
Is there a tutorial on what all these settings do? There are so many... Lol. And I don't know what half of them are...
Also on a side note when will we know when it's no longer Alpha? Will it be built into the roms or something?
I'm so excited about this... My wife has been boasting her Galaxy S4 camera for awhile.. Lol. Isn't there supposed to be a slow motion video?
*Edit* I seem to have a buginess with the video. Running PAC Man version 23.0.0. It force closes sometimes for no apparent reason.
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Hung0702 said:
This is the only free camera app that won't crop the 4:3 image to fit our 15:9 screen ratios. I don't know if you can toggle it to do so, but I don't really care for cropping in the viewfinder.
Whom do I direct my comments since OP has no affiliation with the CyanogenMod team? If they are going to use black bars, then they might as well have a bevy of persistent settings; rather than having to tap multiple times to achieve minute adjustments. Further, I don't understand why this app isn't called CMera. Please call it CMera.
Introduction: Half-assed truths
I agree that CMera does not play well with HALO, but I don't agree with your second comment. Your screen caps show a very vague idea of what is actually eating your RAM. It might have something to do with the three simultaneous downloads/downloaded files (which might also be app updates) in your notification bar.
Results; and Why You're Always Wrong and I'm Always Right
For a slightly more rigorous exploration of RAM usage for the app CMera, refer to Figure 1. Strangely, the app in question is only visible in Cached Processes, not Running Services. Both apps were open simultaneously and could be swap in and out of activity with no lag in launch or usage.
Figure 1
For even more rigorously collected evidence, please refer to Figure 2. Upon a fresh boot, my device had 1241MB of RAM unused.
Figure 2
Following three photos (8MP, 100 quality) and a precisely 60 sec video (1080p, 20 Gbps, 192 kbps audio), my device dropped to 1187MB of unused RAM (Figure 3).
This is a difference of (1241MB - 1187MB =) 54MB. No where close to the (680MB - 197MB =) 487MB purported by BlackElvis79's screen caps
Figure 3
Conclusions: What Does This Mean to America's Youth?
From the evidence gathered, the most reasonable conclusion is that BlackElvis79 is a poopyhead.
Source(s): Original Screen Caps and Cropped for Her Pleasure
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I went thru all apps that I'd installed since installing Focal. I uninstalled them one by one and still had extremely low RAM with no running apps. I uninstalled Focal last, cuz it was the first installed, and suddenly my RAM was back to normal. I didn't think it would need that much of an explanation, my apologies, but thank you for your creative and entertaining response.
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Is there a tutorial on what all these settings do? There are so many... Lol. And I don't know what half of them are...
Also on a side note when will we know when it's no longer Alpha? Will it be built into the roms or something?
I'm so excited about this... My wife has been boasting her Galaxy S4 camera for awhile.. Lol. Isn't there supposed to be a slow motion video?
*Edit* I seem to have a buginess with the video. Running PAC Man version 23.0.0. It force closes sometimes for no apparent reason.
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I´ll try to make a list with all the options it has or even better I´ll contact CM team to have the info from first hand :laugh:
Must say I am quite impressed with the View 20. Have been using the Pixel 2XL for the last 13 months so was quite apprehensive about switching phones, and there are certainly things I will miss from the Pixel ie dual front fitting speakers, Now Playing and monthly updates.
I find the screen on the View 20 to be very crisp, at least to my old eyes, in fact I find it to clearer than the Pixel. The camera is very good, though I need to play with the settings to probably get the most out of it. RAM management seems very good.
Notification light is tiny, and you need to be looking at the screen head on to see it.
FPS is very quick, and has worked 100%, though I must say most of the time I don't get a chance to use it as the facial recognition is so quick.
Am using gestures for navigating, very smooth, at least with the stock Launcher, not so much when using Nova. Whilst they work, swiping up to go Home always briefly brings up the multitasking screen before doing what it should. The one annoying thing is you have to be pretty accurate when typing on keyboard at the edges as very easy to end up swiping left or right which takes you Back.
There does seem to be one bug I have found so far, and that is when switching apps, if you tap on the app that is to the side of the screen, rather than opening it, it drops you back to Home screen.
Only other thing I can think of at this moment is I can't get any notification badge on Gmail, either on stock Launcher or Nova (and all settings are correct)
If anyone has any questions or anything you want me to try, i will do my best to help.
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saldawop said:
Must say I am quite impressed with the View 20. Have been using the Pixel 2XL for the last 13 months so was quite apprehensive about switching phones, and there are certainly things I will miss from the Pixel ie dual front fitting speakers, Now Playing and monthly updates.
I find the screen on the View 20 to be very crisp, at least to my old eyes, in fact I find it to clearer than the Pixel. The camera is very good, though I need to play with the settings to probably get the most out of it. RAM management seems very good.
Notification light is tiny, and you need to be looking at the screen head on to see it.
FPS is very quick, and has worked 100%, though I must say most of the time I don't get a chance to use it as the facial recognition is so quick.
Am using gestures for navigating, very smooth, at least with the stock Launcher, not so much when using Nova. Whilst they work, swiping up to go Home always briefly brings up the multitasking screen before doing what it should. The one annoying thing is you have to be pretty accurate when typing on keyboard at the edges as very easy to end up swiping left or right which takes you Back.
There does seem to be one bug I have found so far, and that is when switching apps, if you tap on the app that is to the side of the screen, rather than opening it, it drops you back to Home screen.
Only other thing I can think of at this moment is I can't get any notification badge on Gmail, either on stock Launcher or Nova (and all settings are correct)
If anyone has any questions or anything you want me to try, i will do my best to help.
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The international version launched only 5 days ago. Did you get a hold of one and if so, can you share where from and what price so it benefits the users here. I am considering purchasing one via a friend (who is flying) from China but he is unable to find the international version there. I am wondering if Google Playstore and subsequently Nova Launcher can be installed on the Chinese version.
It was the international version, purchases in UK from carphone warehouse. 8GB/256GB. On their website at £579.99. They charged me £549.99
Also comes with a free Honor watch (via claim)
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I bought mine here,8GB/256GB International Version in red for 600 Euro.
https://www.alza.at/honor-view-20-256-gb-rot-d5527984.htm?o=1
Agreed with the OP. Just got the same 128 gig unlocked, a couple of days ago. Coming from an S8 over the last 14 months. Must say the V20 is an awesome device.
Using the stock launcher with gestures. As the OP said, Nova does not seem to work as smoothly with gestures which is a shame. However the stock launcher with app drawer turned on is very good. Only annoying thing is I can't seem to get rid of the hi search which activated whenever you swipe down on any of the home screens. I never use it but can't find a way to turn it off! Any advice welcome!
Anyway the display, design, price point, battery life, are very good value for money. RAM management also very good. Very impressed and would highly recommend to others looking for a good deal.
To the OP: I've not had any issues with Gmail. Might be a software bug. Try clearing cache and resetting it maybe. Return to default settings.
Thanks mate, will try that. Can you confirm the issue with the multi tasking page. When clicking on any app that isn't centre page, it drops you back to home screen?
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Agreed with the OP. Just got the same 128 gig unlocked, a couple of days ago. Coming from an S8 over the last 14 months. Must say the V20 is an awesome device.
Using the stock launcher with gestures. As the OP said, Nova does not seem to work as smoothly with gestures which is a shame. However the stock launcher with app drawer turned on is very good. Only annoying thing is I can't seem to get rid of the hi search which activated whenever you swipe down on any of the home screens. I never use it but can't find a way to turn it off! Any advice welcome!
Anyway the display, design, price point, battery life, are very good value for money. RAM management also very good. Very impressed and would highly recommend to others looking for a good deal.
To the OP: I've not had any issues with Gmail. Might be a software bug. Try clearing cache and resetting it maybe. Return to default settings.
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What is max resolution for video using rear camera? Mine is set to 720p, all other options greyed out!
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What is max resolution for video using rear camera? Mine is set to 720p, all other options greyed out!
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4k uhd is max. Mine are all available. Sounds like you may have some bugs. Best do a factory reset maybe?
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4k uhd is max. Mine are all available. Sounds like you may have some bugs. Best do a factory reset maybe?
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Turned it off and on, that did the job. What about under the setting for resolution, there is AI zoom? Is yours greyed out?
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What do you mean when you say unlocked? carrier unlocked or bootloader unlocked?
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Thanks mate, will try that. Can you confirm the issue with the multi tasking page. When clicking on any app that isn't centre page, it drops you back to home screen?
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Problem with multitasking only send to be a problem with 3rd party launchers, works fine with stock one
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Just got my phone.
From India via Amazon, sadly i dont have an update yet so no Ai ultraclarity camera and also does anyone have any idea where to find that TOF camera trick for the dancing demo they did ?
Can you help me with video camera? How is 60fps? Does it look good or does it shakes a lot? Also what about night video recording I saw on the mate 20 it look bad lol thanks
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Must say I am quite impressed with the View 20. Have been using the Pixel 2XL for the last 13 months so was quite apprehensive about switching phones, and there are certainly things I will miss from the Pixel ie dual front fitting speakers, Now Playing and monthly updates.
I find the screen on the View 20 to be very crisp, at least to my old eyes, in fact I find it to clearer than the Pixel. The camera is very good, though I need to play with the settings to probably get the most out of it. RAM management seems very good.
Notification light is tiny, and you need to be looking at the screen head on to see it.
FPS is very quick, and has worked 100%, though I must say most of the time I don't get a chance to use it as the facial recognition is so quick.
Am using gestures for navigating, very smooth, at least with the stock Launcher, not so much when using Nova. Whilst they work, swiping up to go Home always briefly brings up the multitasking screen before doing what it should. The one annoying thing is you have to be pretty accurate when typing on keyboard at the edges as very easy to end up swiping left or right which takes you Back.
There does seem to be one bug I have found so far, and that is when switching apps, if you tap on the app that is to the side of the screen, rather than opening it, it drops you back to Home screen.
Only other thing I can think of at this moment is I can't get any notification badge on Gmail, either on stock Launcher or Nova (and all settings are correct)
If anyone has any questions or anything you want me to try, i will do my best to help.
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Stock launcher gestures are definitely better than either Nova or Action Launcher (especially related to the minimizing app/multitasking screen issue - it's a shame that you can't modify the icon settings more than 5 x 6 to make the stock launcher icons smaller. They just seem unusually large to me coming from my Pixel 2 XL. Action Launcher is a good resolution for now (minus that multitasking screen swipe up).
Does your notification LED work either when the device is plugged in or when you receive a phone call/email?
I just received my version from the UK and no LED notification light ever comes on.
Yes, notification light works, but very rarely notice it as its so small
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It's just small but it's there.
TOF Trick
berz said:
Just got my phone.
From India via Amazon, sadly i dont have an update yet so no Ai ultraclarity camera and also does anyone have any idea where to find that TOF camera trick for the dancing demo they did ?
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You need to download Magic AR app from Huawei app gallery to use that dancing trick with TOF Camera.
Oh, so the multitasking issue is connected with 3rd party launchers. Good to know. I was using Nova launcher and had this issue.
The notification light is working, but it's small, not very bright and ideally you would have to look at it dead straight or from the top of the phone.
I have other issue though: can't get Netflix to play in HD. This phone's Kirin 980 is officially supported by Netflix, but I don't get HD badge next to the titles unfortunately. Other user mentioned that it works, but not for me...
has anyone managed to restore saved wifi passwords? I used the phone clone which copied all my apps/contacts/sms (did not include app data which was a bummer) but I cannot restore all my saved wifi passwords even after loading my google account, my old phone is set to back them up to google account, but this phone wont restore them. My old phone is rooted so I can see the passwords but I have hundreds and don't wan tot do it manually
Hello everyone,
Just received my new phone a few days back. Love how it looks, my first ZTE phone.
A few questions:
1. When I set maps navigation, and press home, it won't go picture in picture, the screen flashes like it's going to, then does nothing.
2. In most apps swiping back or home button requires a second swipe for confirmation. Can this be disabled, as just my other phones didn't have this with maps or many other apps?
我的 LINE 也沒辦法正常提醒。
1. It works well on mine with Google maps. I think you probably need to go to settings of that navigation app and allow picture-in-picture
2. If you don't want the confirm, you need to turn off the "full screen anti-false touch".
XDA members, I am having issues with trying to close ALL background apps on my Nubia 8 Pro. What occurs on my device when I attempt to close all background apps, there is always 1 remaining which I have to swipe away manually??? There aren't any locks on my apps, and it happens randomly. I don't understand why this occurs when I hit the circled "X" to close and afterwards it states "Accelerated".
Any thoughts??? It is very annoying to say the least.
Same problem, except when I check all my apps are still opened lol.
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Same problem, except when I check all my apps are still opened lol.
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Exactly right!!! Little nuisances like this are what is causing me frustrations! I am hoping this gets fixed in a software update release soon or custom ROM's.
There is also the issue with blocking Heads-up pop-ups in apps. They still continue to occur.
TYMO68 said:
Exactly right!!! Little nuisances like this are what is causing me frustrations! I am hoping this gets fixed in a software update release soon or custom ROM's.
There is also the issue with blocking Heads-up pop-ups in apps. They still continue to occur.
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Yeah I'm coming from a Xiaomi 12S Ultra. Big differences in software. MIUI 14 is very crisp and finely trimmed.
Red Magic as a first experience from a software perspective has not been great.
Hoping for an update soon. So far issues with swipe gestures, fingerprint takes much too long to register, multitasking is an issue, should be able to remap things like the switch on the side, and the shoulder triggers.
There's a lot of work that needs to be done.
Beautiful design though.
So I'm reading on the reddit thread that there are certain fingerprint animations that make the fingerprint recognition better and faster. Anyone confirm this one and maybe suggest the best animation?
That wouldn't make any sense. It should project the same amount of light through for detection no matter which animation.
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That wouldn't make any sense. It should project the same amount of light through for detection no matter which animation.
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Yet I just received a response from him saying that with the 4th fingerprint animation counting from left to right he hasn't missed a single one today while yesterday he had a 70% success rate. How is your fingerprint sensor? Any fails? Which is your animation?
Good day, I am experiencing this capped 5g connection using rm8, speed is capped at 34-ish mbps, while 2.4g is at 150+, using same network with galaxy note 9, both bands reaches 200+mbps
GodKingKnight said:
Yeah I'm coming from a Xiaomi 12S Ultra. Big differences in software. MIUI 14 is very crisp and finely trimmed.
Red Magic as a first experience from a software perspective has not been great.
Hoping for an update soon. So far issues with swipe gestures, fingerprint takes much too long to register, multitasking is an issue, should be able to remap things like the switch on the side, and the shoulder triggers.
There's a lot of work that needs to be done.
Beautiful design though.
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Hi , can you tell me what's happened with multitasking ?
The latest update has fixed this issue.
Register the Same finger Multiple times!!!
I have the same Finger registered 3 time and I have yet to have a problem.
it does have issues with just 1 register.
I can say that the Fingerprint reader in my Asus ROG 3 phone was way worse then this one.
i couldn't even use the one in the ROG phone
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XDA members, I am having issues with trying to close ALL background apps on my Nubia 8 Pro. What occurs on my device when I attempt to close all background apps, there is always 1 remaining which I have to swipe away manually??? There aren't any locks on my apps, and it happens randomly. I don't understand why this occurs when I hit the circled "X" to close and afterwards it states "Accelerated".
Any thoughts??? It is very annoying to say the least.
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China OEMs are like that. Even Oneplus oxygenOS, xiaomi MIUI also the doing the same. If you are using whatsapp, and u cleared the recent tasks at the whatsapp screen, the whatsapp will still be opened. The only way u can clear all recents is to exit from whatsapp first to home screen, and clear all.
I dont even get the reason why they do that and cant just clear everything from the recents page
I also realised PIP in youtube doesnt work when using gesture navigation. The only wait to trigger PIP to work for youtube is to keep swiping back till the youtube app exits..
Just by swiping up to home screen doesnt trigger PIP
keyoke87 said:
I also realised PIP in youtube doesnt work when using gesture navigation. The only wait to trigger PIP to work for youtube is to keep swiping back till the youtube app exits..
Just by swiping up to home screen doesnt trigger PIP
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It does pip if you swipe to home when you are in fullscreen mode or when you press a notification from another app. Same happens for every app that supports pip that I have tried.
giannis808 said:
It does pip if you swipe to home when you are in fullscreen mode or when you press a notification from another app. Same happens for every app that supports pip that I have tried.
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Wierdly why need to be in full screen in full screen it works
Translation is horrible. Hungarian language is missing on most part and software update menu is displayed in Spanish istead of Hungarian or English.
GodKingKnight said:
Yeah I'm coming from a Xiaomi 12S Ultra. Big differences in software. MIUI 14 is very crisp and finely trimmed.
Red Magic as a first experience from a software perspective has not been great.
Hoping for an update soon. So far issues with swipe gestures, fingerprint takes much too long to register, multitasking is an issue, should be able to remap things like the switch on the side, and the shoulder triggers.
There's a lot of work that needs to be done.
Beautiful design though.
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@GodKingKnight, have there been any improvements in the UI and those pesky nuisances that plagued the RedMagic 8 Pro since the past few updates have rolled out? I ended up selling mine to go with a folding device, but I am considering picking it back up again.... that is given the firmware updates have addressed much of the issues that plagued the device in its initial release.