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[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] TotallydubbedHD:
Hey there!

Here's my impressions - I just got the phone today and have been playing around with it.

It's almost 3am here and I've got work tomorrow at 9 lol!

Sound impressions: extremely positive, it sounds great!

If I had to compare, I would say (and this is being EXTREMELY analytical of the sound, A/Bing and trying to listen out to certain parts of songs - difference isn't that obvious):

-S3 has a more meatier sound, little more bass emphasis

-S3 and Find 7 have the same output volume (or very close to it)

-Oppo Find 7 is more mid centric

-S3's soundstage is slightly wider/deeper

-Highs seem very similar

Notes:

-Tests conducted un-amped with my heavily modded D2Ks

-This was tested with the S3 using DeltaROM that has Boeflla kernel, but I made sure to disable Boeffla sound in the configurator, before stating the above results. (With Boeflla enabled, the S3 wins in every way, hands down)

-Oppo Find 7 is running stock ROM Colour OS 1.2.6i.

-Both are running Poweramp (unlocked) with flat EQs

-Both phones are on Android 4.3

End of the day, there's an extremely slight difference between the two. It isn't something like the S2's (yes numero dos) horrible chipset (as far as I'm, aware subjectively speaking), but nor is it better sounding than the S3 nor the beast the S1.

It lies between the S2 and S3's sound. Great but not as good I guess.

I listen to music a heck of a lot on my phone and I think I'll cope with with this initial listen - in other words, it's not something that will make me put it down, it's something I'll stick to and happily listen to :)

On a separate note: the Oppo Find 7 is an amazing phone, blistering fast, charging was ridiculously good, the camera is decent (especially the front facing one) and the Colour OS skin is the best Android skin I've ever come across (ie HTC's Sense and Samsung's TW).

However, I'm a little disappointed by its overall brightness levels , lack of pull-down notification customisation and little washed out colours.

other than those three points (which can all potentially be sorted out via a custom rom), the phone is so far flawless
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] betoNL:
Thank you again...

I will give the chinese a go ....just ordered the find 7 ...

I am keeping my GNote 2 ( with Wolfson / Voodoo) just in case..

Will post here my findings too ...

Cheers
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] TotallydubbedHD:
Cool beans!

Please let me know how your screen looks - I've been worried about mine being faulty:

http://www.oppoforums.com/threads/f...on-screen-brightness-issue.19138/#post-275288
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] betoNL:
No problem.

I am new at the Find 7 forums ( here and there) and I didint even get my Find 7 yet, but if I were you I would not compare the screen with a sAmoled device...and... just flash a CM or AOSP rom to check if the issue is softwarewise

If it's not the hardware, I guess a firmware upgrade will do ( if you want to stick with stock)
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] TotallydubbedHD:
indeed - I'll be flashing nameless tonight
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] betoNL:
Dont forget to report back ;)

Since it's a bit off-topic ( no big deal ) you could start a dedicated thread here at the XDA

My Find 7 is probably arriving tomorrow...

I hope it's from a new batch, even if it's coming from England and not China ....:fingers-crossed:
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] TotallydubbedHD:
flashed nameless - seems like the same thing in terms of brightness - I'm just wondering if it's a device/glass thing, rather than anything else....I'#ms tarting to doubt myself.

But each time I see comparisons on YouTube, the S5 and Oppo look identical in brightness

Btw: Nameless is RIDICULOUSLY fast :D!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] furiify:
Hey,

yesterday my S3 deleted all my contacts by itself. Tried to figure out why, but didn't find a possible reason why.

So I did a full wipe, installed a new rom and set up everything. But today they disappeared again ._.

Does anyone know a possible reason?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exppanda:
Does anyone know if the Paranoid SaberDroid unified rom is compatible with the I9506 S4?? I have been looking around a lot and I cant figure out if its compatible or not. Any help would be greatly appreciated
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidcore:
No , different SoC, unified s4 jflte Snapdragon 600 and you have snapdragon 800
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exppanda:
Would you know of any rom that is similar to Paranoid?? I really don't like samsungs touchwiz.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidcore:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2691639

Check link :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exppanda:
I found that link yesterday but I was unable to find the CM11 kernel for my phone :(

Would you mind linking it??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidcore:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2691648
[Moto X General] xd1936:
Below is the stock 4.4.3→4.4.4 update for the T-Mobile/Unlocked GSM Moto X, extracted from an unlocked XT1053.

Download Link [Box.com] - Edit: Removed due to DMCA Copyright Infringement Filing.

Download Link [Google Drive]

[B]MD5:[/B] daace181a1fd92fb81f4fac677785061

[B]Kernel:[/B]
3.4.42-g65e64e4
hudsoncm@ilclbld52 #1
Fri Aug 29 14:14:11 CDT 2014

[B]System Version:[/B] 213.44.1.ghost_row.Retail.en.us

[B]Build Number:[/B] KXA21.12-L1.29.1

Reminders:

You need stock recovery for this

[B]MD5:[/B] aa31e067d7c7cd858490cba00689a742

Root should carry over without issue

Disable Xposed

You need to have all of the original bloat (stock 4.4.3 ROM)

Enjoy!

Edit: The update is officially being pushed out now. Back to public.
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
Most appreciated!
[Moto X General] shamelin73:
TY
[Moto X General] biggiestuff:
I can't seem to get stock recovery to come up. I've even flashed the stock recovery again just in case. It comes up to just a black screen after i select recovery
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
That typically means it's corrupt. Check the md5 on it and verify that it's correct and flash it again.
[Moto X General] biggiestuff:
Thanks i was an idiot. Thought I was on my nexus still. When RECOVERY was selected i kept hitting the power button. it would turn off the phone. I was supposed to hit volume up button to select recovery :). *slapmymoto forehead*
[Moto X General] rocketsaucev2:
I'm curious about the changelog

Sent from my XT1060
[Moto X General] Megatron007:
link is not working plz check the link :)
[Moto X General] kenosis:
all the links work :)
[Moto X General] knitler:
Just flashed it on two XT1053's and it worked just fine.
[Moto X General] kenosis:
I am flashing mine right now :)
[Moto X General] rgbc:
Thanks for the link, disabled Xposed modules, restored stock recovery with Rashr, update flashed fine and root retained.
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
HAHAHA! That'd do it. I was going to mention volume up + power but you mentioned a black screen so I was a bit confused as that generally only happens with a corrupt recovery partition. Never considered that possibility. LOL :)

---------- Post added at 01:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:16 PM ----------

Just a note from me on this, I sideloaded it with no problem and kept root just as the OP said. Truly awesome that Moto didn't blast root with this update. :) Now we wait a few weeks for the FXZ. Let's not break anything until that happens. LOL
[Moto X General] PdtS:
Can somebody re-upload the recovery file?
[Moto X General] shamelin73:
Is this the soak update or is it the official?

Or does it even matter?
[Moto X General] FSRBIKER:
Drive might not work with a mobile browser, set to desktop

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B28wZ4sWar3LWjI5dXBjeHRBekhRbkwwaHpOeTIzQ0g5dmE4/edit?usp=sharing

Dropbox link https://www.dropbox.com/s/gcczv11lo6vbgng/recovery.img?dl=0

Just check the md5 after you download, it's posted in the original post.
[Moto X General] PdtS:
Could you please use anything but GDrive? I keep getting "Too many users have viewed or downloaded this file recently. Please try accessing the file again later."
[Moto X General] gskelter:
Im on 4.4.4 verizon, can i install this version without downgrade?
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
No.

And to clarify, you can't install this period.
[Moto X General] gskelter:
Thanks for the answer, i tought i've could install it because i have the unlocked version and i was on tmo .3 version but change to .4 verizon

Thanks for the warning
[Moto X General] mastarifla:
I followed this same procedure, but added a cache wipe at the end before booting, just in case :P
[Moto X General] ryuben2k:
I flashed recovery image and disbable xposed but still failed. Do you think because im using faux kernel?
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
As soon as you made the change to the vzw version it made things dangerous even on unlocked. You'll need the tmo FXZ for 4.4.4 which who knows when that'll be leaked. Hopefully within a few weeks.

---------- Post added at 11:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:28 PM ----------

It's an ota. It patches files on the phone. If it's not stock it'll fail. With good reason. It can't very well safely patch modified files.

---------- Post added at 11:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:29 PM ----------

The cache wipe didn't go as well for me lol. It hung for like 5 minutes before it force rebooted itself. It's been fine since. I'm running art so that may be why.
[Moto X General] rdmrocha:
As with any other vendor OTA, the phone has to be in stock system state, which is stock kernel and stock system partition.

Stock kernel speaks for itself. Just use fastboot to flash boot.img, and you should be set to go (bear in mind that some kernel packages include drivers and libs so you might need to reflash system also and this will make you lose root which can be achieved again if you have the boot loader unlocked).

Stock system partition means: you can have extra stuff in the system (like SuperSU) and you can have frozen apps but you can't have tampered or deleted files. This means: manual installs of system apps, deletion of bloatware, custom kernels that pack drivers, icon mods, framework mods.

If these two are validated, the ota will go through even with custom recovery. I'm using philz touch and the ota goes through. Not all custom recoveries accept ota packages seamlessly but for the our device I can confirm that this one does. (And for both the 2012 and 2013 Nexus 7 tablets, Nexus 5 and moto G)

If you receive the ota, reboot to recovery and by any chance it doesn't start the auto-install, just navigate to /cache and you'll find the zip file there. Install like any other zip package inside recovery. If you sideload the file by yourself, you already know what to do.

In my specific case, I'm running stock kernel, have a dozen of frozen apps, root and use xposed framework. Procedure was: copied zip to sdcard, wentnto xposed and uninstalled the framework from within the app menu options and rebooted to validate the xposed status. Rebooted to recovery, installed the ota from the zip, and rebooted again. Waited for the android to finish rebuilding the dalvik cache, went to xposed and installed it again. There was no need to unfreeze my apps or reroot.
[Moto X General] ejlmd:
I have a Republic Wireless/Sprint XT1049, BL and SIM unlocked, on TMO 4.4.3 firmware, including baseband and bootloader (via SBF), with TWRP 2.8.0.1. Do you think it is safe to take this update, and if so, do I need to go back to stock recovery? Thanks in advance.
[Moto X General] yar2:
I downloaded this and the zip file blur version # is 212.44.21, which is the 4.4.3 update I have installed . It is supposed to be ver # 213.44.1 as stated in your email. I therefore did not try to install it.
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
Then you don't understand moto update naming conventions. What you downloaded is correct and not what you believe it to be.
[Moto X General] mandrsn1:
Installed fine on my AT&T phone that has been BL unlocked and flashed with TMO 4.4.3 firmware.

The phone is also encrypted and had PhilZ touch recovery.

Thanks.
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
We all agree that moto naming conventions suck. They're named for the version they update FROM not to. Pro tip that you'll not see anywhere:

o) Open the OTA zip file

o) View the metadata.json file

{"serviceControlEnabled": "false", "releaseNotes": "some notes", "metaVersion": "0", "extraSpace": "0", "size": "1024", "annoy": "...", "forced": "false", "flavour": "SD card package 212.44.21-213.44.1", "wifionly": "false", "version": "Blur_Version.213.44.1.ghost_row.Retail.en.US", "minVersion": "Blur_Version.212.44.21.ghost_row.Retail.en.US"}

See what I bolded there? That shows you what version it's going to update you to. ;)
[Moto X General] shellsonthefloor:
I'm a little confused as to what's necessary to flash this safely on my xt1053, unlocked and rooted with TWRP recovery. I've downloaded the recovery.img file, but is that enough, or would I also need a boot.img file?

Could anyone post the flashable .zip file? That's certainly more convenient than using fastboot.
[Moto X General] leffer:
why was this taken down? isn't it official now?
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
I was pretty sure it was but the OP is saying no.
[Moto X General] geekabilly:
This could be interesting

tapped out via XT1053 DE
[Moto X General] Spdfreak34:
I never signed up for our was contacted about being part of any soak test and I received the update on Monday.
[Moto X General] shellsonthefloor:
Any chance you, or anyone else who's gotten the OTA update, could post the zip?
[Moto X General] Spdfreak34:
I personally will not post it. There are far to many people on this forum that refuse to read/learn the proper way to do anything, instead wanting someone to spoon feed it to them. I'm not implying that you are one of them, but I'd rather not be blamed for someone else's mistakes.
[Moto X General] rdmrocha:
Ready my posto in the third page
[Moto X General] aviwdoowks:
So the op never posted the OTA? Nobody downloaded it? To repost it?
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
It was posted by the OP and then removed. I'd rehost it but I don't believe that's what the OP wishes so I'll respect that.
[Moto X General] jmcdonald58:
So how is it working for you if it has improved your experience you could share via another thread and relieve the OP of any burden ?
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
No difference to me from 4.4.3. AFAIK this is a VERY small patch with only a couple minor security fixes. I think Moto just wanted make sure we're all on the same baseline so that when L pushes out we all get the same update with radios being the big difference in the builds. As for posting it, meh, I guess I could create a thread but I prefer FXZ's myself. I just don't have access to the xt1053 FXZ's. OTA's are too much of a PITA. People don't seem to understand that they have to be FULLY STOCK. Look at the questions in this thread about "well, I'm kinda stock so will this work?" "I flashed a custom boot img and it's not working"....really? :rolleyes: So yea, I'm not going to really start a thread and deal with all that. I have enough issues just dealing with my tools and FXZ's.
[Moto X General] jmcdonald58:
Cool worth a shot I understand just kinda bored atm
[Moto X General] yar2:
So the OTA appears to be from a soak test. Will this prevent me from getting the official update when its released?
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
Oh god, not this nonsense again. NO. The soak and OTA are going to be the same thing. If for some really crazy reason they do a new build due to some problem in soak, then they will push out a patch to this version or you can just flash the FXZ when it's released. This has happened maybe once in all the Moto updates I've ever seen. I grow tired of the "soak vs OTA" discussions as it's complete nonsense. They are not different.
[Moto X General] shellsonthefloor:
This is, frankly, a ridiculous attitude. The recommended procedure for installing this update (assuming you haven't yet gotten it OTA or are worried about an OTA procedure not preserving root, etc.) is to download the zip and flash it manually. If people can't figure that out, that's not your fault. I'm asking for it specifically because I think flashing from the recovery.img is more annoying and not how the image is actually meant to be installed. I know that probably doesn't matter, but I'm paranoid about these sorts of things.

It's not anyone's responsibility to enforce the OP's frankly strange preference that nothing get posted unless he's 100% convinced it's not from a soak test. Someone ought to just post the zip on a host that doesn't have download limits (like Google Drive).
[Moto X General] aviwdoowks:
From recovery IS the only way it gets flashed, Do YOU demonstrate the OP's concern?
[Moto X General] shellsonthefloor:
You misunderstood. I said, flashing from recovery.IMG, not from recovery. On either the first or second page of the thread, one of the links to a recovery.img file is still valid. I asked earlier whether flashing that recovery.img in fastboot was sufficient, but never got a response.
[Moto X General] aviwdoowks:
Not, recovery only. Albeit manually or automated (the "more annoying" way)
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
The reason you got no response is because no one can answer that for you. If custom recovery and assumabley root are the ONLY things you've modified then Yea, probably. If, however, you've made other changes to your system partition then it may fail. If it's just recovery the Yea, flashing it with fastboot should probably work. These are the kinds of things that make me only want to deal with Fxz's as it's so much easier.
[Moto X General] aviwdoowks:
You can flash the stock recovery.img via fastboot but that is only to get ready for the OTA. Did I yet misunderstand you?
[Moto X General] Spdfreak34:
Did the OP post a flashable zip? I honestly never looked at it. What I have is the OTA the I captured myself.
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
That's what the op posted... The captured ota zip file.
[Moto X General] aviwdoowks:
Pssssst post it!
[Moto X General] TaintedByte:
I was able to snag a copy of the 4.4.4 OTA update from another source. Upon flashing it, my WiFi would not work (showed as MAC unavailable and would not turn on). I think it's a driver issue and it could be a one off problem. If I can confirm that I made a mistake or can't reproduce the issue again then I will post the OTA zip, I just don't want to be responsible for partially rendering some devices temporarily inoperable.

I will keep everyone posted.

EDIT: After wiping system, flashing back to 4.4.3 and then using the same zip to upgrade to 4.4.4 I can confirm WiFi is working okay. It must have either been A) a corrupted download (that's why we always check MD5 hashes...) or B) Something in my /system partition that was interfering (weird because it was 100% stock). Either way, all is well and the zip does work.
[Moto X General] EvilDragonEX:
are you sure the OTA update file is for XT1053 ? cause i searched many times on google and havent found a thing...
[Moto X General] TaintedByte:
Yeah I'm sure. Matter of fact, after looking into it, I'm 99% sure the file is the same one that was posted on this thread. I found it on a reddit post that seems to have been taken down now... Seeing as it IS the OP's file I won't post it out of respect but here's a mathematical equation. Url + Google cache = goldmine.

EDIT: After wiping system, flashing back to 4.4.3 and then using the same zip to upgrade to 4.4.4 I can confirm WiFi is working okay. It must have either been A) a corrupted download (that's why we always check MD5 hashes...) or B) Something in my /system partition that was interfering (weird because it was 100% stock). Either way, all is well and the zip does work.
[Moto X General] yar2:
When is this going to be officially released? The "soak" version has been out for nearly two weeks now. Not complaining, I installed it and it works fine. Just curious.
[Moto X General] SamuriHL:
I honestly think it has been but...
[Moto X General] shamelin73:
I hope it is soon. I didn't install the one posted. I am guessing I should have.
[Moto X General] rsage:
I just got the OTA alert for 4.4.4. I was not part of the soak test
[Moto X General] EvilDragonEX:
Update file is only 16.7MB...

Download : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9OOu95ubGiUbk1GSUlfOWJuNUE/edit?usp=docslist_api (my google drive)

Update Notes : https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/100863﻿
[Moto X General] beefgoat:
I flashed all the way back to stock and I'm still getting the EMMC error. Any thoughts?
[Moto X General] sunnycheeba:
I think it is rolling out now. I just checked System Updates (in settings) and the 4.4.4 update finally showed up as available. Like rsage, I am not a part of the soak test.
[Moto X General] elbee222:
I did a settings/update check, got the OTA update message and updated. The update went without a hitch.
[Moto X General] shamelin73:
I confirm that the OTA is live. Just received it.
[Moto X General] rsage:
Stupid question, if I'm currently on 4.4.3, stock ROM, unlocked, rooted, to accept the OTA do I still need to flash stock recovery and disable Xposed (as if I were flashing the OTA myself)? Sorry, it's been a while....
[Moto X General] the orange bandit:
I *believe* earlier in this thread it was reported that you didn't have to flash stock recovery - just disable Xposed and then update.

Can anyone confirm if TWRP/PhilZ works?
[Moto X General] Tuckycv:
I just received the update OTA. I'm on Xt1053 unlocked. Need to revert to stock recovery first and I'll. Let you know.
[Moto X General] quickstang:
I'm in the same boat as you. Identical setup. I don't recall either, but I do think you need to be on stock recovery. However I thought I flashed 4.4.3 with twrp, but don't remember.
[Moto X General] aviwdoowks:
No moto ota will go on non stock recovery.
[Moto X General] Tuckycv:
I'm on a bootlop, the phone power up and after a few seconds it power off trying to update. I'm currently looking to flash stock recovery but can't find it.
[Moto X General] rsage:
If you have a copy of the stock firmware (like TMO_RETAIL_XT1053_4.4.3-KXA21.12-L1.21_MR4_CFC.xml.zip), you can unzip it and the stock recovery image will be in there.
[Moto X General] Tuckycv:
I didn't have one, I had to download it and extract the recovery.img, flasht it and it went trough. I'm on 4.4.4 it was a 16.7 MB Patch.
[Moto X General] Nek0x90:
The OTA update with 4.4.4 for T-Mobile is already rolling out, I installed the update a few hours ago. I'm in Mexico but my Moto X is the XT1053. Check the system updates if you're using this variant and still using 4.4.3.
[Moto X General] aviwdoowks:
If the phone is updating on its own then the ota.zip is in cache, get to custom recovery & wipe cache.
[Moto X General] adm1jtg:
Just got my OTA for 444 as well
[Moto X General] mandrsn1:
I was able to flash with PhilZ recovery (on an encrypted phone).
[Moto X General] rsage:
Reverted to stock recovery, disabled Xposed, install went fine
[Moto X General] vikramkhalsa:
Just got the update on tmobile.

tried disabling xposed and installing with twrp, didnt work. Gonna try again after flashing stock recovery.. I think my system partition is causing the issues..
[Moto X General] ultimahwhat:
Disabled xposed and flashed stock recovery. Updated with ota. Root still intact. Reinstalled xposed and flashed back twrp with nandroid manager. Win!

The only thing easier would have been flashing back to stock with nandroid manager instead of via fastboot. Next time...
[Moto X General] aviwdoowks:
This is news, Philz recovery does an OTA!
[Moto X General] mandrsn1:
What is the system version for people recieving the OTA update? Is it the same as the soak test, 213.44.1?
[Moto X General] Nek0x90:
Yes, it's the same.
[Moto X General] adm1jtg:
yes in phone info lists the same as soak 213.44.1
[Moto X General] aviwdoowks:
OTAs/soaks are named for the build they are to update. Not their conclusion/final build.
[Moto X General] adm1jtg:
Same size as soak to... 16ish meg
[Moto X General] aviwdoowks:
Check properties/md5 it could be same file.

At least post your md5 & others can check against yours.