yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] wallor77:
So far so good. Battery is stable. Low volume mic on speakermode seems to be stable as well.

Low mic volume on speaker mode is now fixed other part can hear you clearly. Echo is also gone as long you dont go in dolby atmos during the call. Otherwise other part can't hear them selfs anymore. Even earpeace volume in callmode is now intimate. Before people on sidewalk could hear what the person was talking to you during the call, that is also gone. Its much lower now.

Android pay is now visible while nfc is activated called tap and pay in settings.

There is also work profile settings in google settings in settings (device policy). Thats the new stuff
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Predatorhaze:
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[/COLOR]Whatsup with the b11 version that got the same upload date? What is the difference?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] P650SE:
If you look more carefully, one says V1.0.0B11 and the other is V1.2.0B09. So the B09 version is the latest. ;)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] skdubg:
you have to extract the downloaded file. there is an update.zip included
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] as007:
Did you get OTA ? I have A2017G from Amazon.de and I haven't any updates.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] HeikoNote3:
[MENTION=2350282]skdubg[/MENTION] Oh man, thnx, that was the only point of what I was not thinking...?

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Not OTA, just downloaded from first post in this forum.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] as007:
I know that I can downloaded this rom, but I'll be waiting for OTA.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mitchelln:
Hopefully this has fixed the appalling battery drain introduced in B08.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkane:
It is possible to upgrade from b08 to b09 or I loose my data, messages, apps?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
Should be like an OTA and keep data with an SD install. I went from B04 to B08 that way. That link is to the ZTE Sweden web site. I did exactly that from the German site for B08 and will download B09 tomorrow at work, maybe after work so our network is not slowed too much lol.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] danct2005:
All is ok after updating
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] dprimic:
If you are on B08 you don't need to do the factory reset. You will keep your data intact.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
Just did the B09 update to mine. Have to check my APN settings next. It's up and running ok. Checked security patch level, 1 Dec 2017.

Anyone know why ZTE say to remove the SIM before updating?

I have the 2nd SIM in with SD card so I don't remove them. Not willing to risk having to put it back again unless really needed. So far it's ok after 2 full updates without removing them.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Predatorhaze:
What The hell they did with The camera? And battery life is bad
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] hmedved:
Battery life seems to be the same as on B08.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
What's wrong with the camera?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rennert:
nothings, works fine
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
As does mine.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mitchelln:
Battery life still as bad as B08 on mine :(
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
Monitoring mine today, took it off charge about 6am and at 12:50 it's on 88% so I'll see how it fares this evening. Not using it much at work today but I do have both SIMs enabled and the place is like a concrete bunker which makes it work harder to keep a cellular connection.

Edit:

Close to midnight, using the phone quite a lot web browsing, made a long phone call tonight, both SIMs been on all day. Still at 42% battery. Nothing to worry me yet. Certainly not worse than B08 but I gotta go to sleep so will put it on charge. Too tired to stay up and exhaust it.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] danct2005:
My observation is that the phone is slower then previous build. I did a factory reset but the phone is very slow .
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] hmedved:
No problems with performance in new B09 update for me.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] PlatwNikos:
Can I upgrade from Marshmallow b11 to nougat b09

Hi guys! I just received the axon 7 the g version and it come with Marshmallow A2017GV1.0.0B11, can I upgrade through the download link to nougat A2017GV1.2.0N09 ?

I haven't put anything into the phone. So, is it necessary to download into an SD card or I can put the file into the phones memory?

Thanks and keep on guys..!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] danct2005:
Try first to update via OTA. If it is not working must update step by step from instructions
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] PlatwNikos:
Thanks for the answer, I try 3 times but there is no OTA.

I think ZTE send OTA only in some specific version of the software (like marshmallow b10). My question is if I can update from Marshmallow b10 to nougat b09 without any other Rom between them and if SD card is necessary or I can use the phone memory?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
Put the zip in the root of the internal storage and go to Updates. It should work. If it doesn't put it on an SD card and install it from the recovery
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] PlatwNikos:
Ok, I 'll try it and I 'll come back. Any other member that install nougat b09, everything work fine?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] danct2005:
It's ok
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] chris-t-an:
Hi guys, I recently bought an Axon 7 from Gearbest, I thing it's the G version, it didn't arrive yet, but I'm a bit concerned about this sound issue I've been seeing a lot at the G version versus the USA version. Is the sound problem fixed in the nougat update? I mean, on the G version, I heard the software limitations are pretty bad, they cut it down to 16 bit/48 Khz, not so much for a DAC...
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vilperi15:
Where did you hear this info? The sound volume was fixed and now I can't even play music at full sound without hurting my ears so no problem in that area. And there's no way they would cut the sound down to 16bit/48Khz. I would defiantly hear that and there's no point of doing that anyways. Their one selling point would be a total lie and legal action could be taken also.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] PlatwNikos:
I put nougat b09 yesterday, first impression seems ok! I make a speed test against an Oukitel with mediatek 6750 and the zte is winning in normal usage just for a little.

I think the audio performance was as the USA model after the first nougat update.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] chris-t-an:
thank you so much guys, can't wait for this flagship killer to arrive :D
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Krasche:
Anyone tried Pokemon Go with B09?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] 0Kajuna0:
The volume is still lower than on American builds though. And not only on speakers, also on bluetooth.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] chris-t-an:
I'm not necesarily interested too much in the volume, but the quality of the sound. I heard that on the global version the quality is much lower than on the US os Chinese.

Somehow, on the global version, the software optimisation of the sound is set to using the qualcomm chipset instead of the chips designed and integrated specifically to the sound processing.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vilperi15:
I need references and proof that Zte Axon 7 is not utilizing the internal DAC.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] chris-t-an:
https://community.zteusa.com/discussion/12447/axon-7-akm-dac-not-useable-in-hi-res
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
There's much, MUCH more to this...

First of all, the sound was very limited in Marshmallow because of EU regulations. They have already fixed this in Nougat.

The AKM DAC is not only for hi-res, as literally nobody really knows if more than 48k really makes any difference. It works for most apps while Atmos is off (except YouTube I think, but you can flash the AK4490 patch and it somehow enables it). It's got this Velvet Sound thing which is mostly marketing terminology (like the Retina display xd) but it has better soundstage and very defined bass. So even if you're not listening to FLACs it makes a whole lot of difference.

The DAC seems to be only usable up to 16bit/96kHz from our testing, and only from the stock music player which is basically fecal matter. But again, you need very specialized low-impedance IEMs or high end headphones to actually hear a difference, and even then, blind tests usually show that people always prefer FLACs, even though they are upsampled from an MP3 file...

But you still can play FLACs at 48KHz from Poweramp which will sound better than an MP3.

You can see the output frequency if you issue

su

dumpsys media.audio_flinger
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] chris-t-an:
so now you know the full reason of my concern, it's like they've put the dac chipset just for marketing purpose. I was specifically interested on this phone for the dac chipset because I'm a music producer and I want to get the best audio wherever I can, I thought that if I buy this phone, I may be able to use the sound processors in the mobile version of FL Studio, Caustic or the Soundcamp DAW from Samsung. But I already bought the phone, it didn't arrive yet and I still want to believe there is still hope in not getting disappointed with it. I know the performance is overkill but I also want to be able to do more than gaming or multitasking when I leave the town.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] dannejanne:
Of course the DAC is used in the G version I can clearly hear it working when using my Sennheiser Momentum M2 heaphones and streaming Spotify for example. Stock, unrooted without any kind of mods.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] fab4272:
I'm in Australia (with a A2017G) using the latest 7.1.1 B04 firmware that is available from the Aussie website. Do you think I can go from B04 to this? What would be the main advantage of doing so?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] chris-t-an:
Have you had the possibility to try comparing yours with the US or Chinese version? I saw in a lot of places people say there are huge differences in sound quality between the G version and the rest.

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I can tell the difference between 48 khz and 196 khz in the studio, on my Focal Twin6 Be monitors, but on normal headphones or speakers no one can tell. It's like you have to make the difference between a 2k and 4k, on a 5 inch display, you just can't distinguish, but the quality is good.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vilperi15:
Remember guys, when you use PowerAmp you actually need the file to be 24bit. And those files are huge. Depending on the samples per second, a 24-bit audio file is usually about 30-100 megabytes. I have a 24-bit file and it plays just fine in Poweramp and it shows it is playing in 24bit. I have my normal mp3 files playing there and they show at 16bit because they have never been saved in 24bit. Spotify extreme quality isn't even 24-bit and you can forget about Youtube already since they heavily compress their audio.

So if you have the source files in proper format then yes, the DAC works. Even Tidal, the one that offers best audio quality in a streaming service doesn't use 24-bit files. They use 16-bit Flac with sampling rate of 44.1 KHz and bitrate of 1411Kbps.

Phone manufacturers usually disable the Snapdragon 820 DAC so the phone always use their own DAC. I am not sure if this is the case on ZTE Axon 7. Toggling between Standard and Super in Audio Settings makes a big difference for me, no matter the audio source.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] dannejanne:
No I haven't had a chance to compare but from what I have heard and understand the US models had higher volume output than the European model rather than better sound. That's what I have heard from a couple of sources anyway and is probably what it's all about. No matter the audio source the DAC does its work just like on LG phones with quad DAC.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vilperi15:
Changelog:

-Google security patches, various device stability and security improvements

-Optimized system preferences, improved system stability

-Increased Finnish support aka added Finnish language back to Nougat update(it was for some reason gone when N update came)

Quote: The new update does not yet have the Daydream certification so it is only published to countries which don't need it for now.

It is published to Nordic countries and Malaysia currently.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] chris-t-an:
My phone will arrive with MM, can I update it to N by OTA when I get it? Or there are selected required updates before updating to latest N version
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
No, OTA is broken as ****e. If you are sure that your phone will be an A2017G, just download the zip in the OP, unpack it, and throw the update.zip in the root of the internal storage, then go to Update and update.

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I'd really like to know where you got this info from.

Poweramp resamples everything to 16/48.

Using Poweramp with 24/192 files (mine are around 200mb each, 5-7 minutes long) media.audio_flinger reports 16/48. The only way to get more is by using the stock player, and it only will get up to 16/96. Most people say that the DAC is truncated to 16 bit no matter what.

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Look, of course some of us are worried about that. But that's the state of Android as a horribly fragmented operating system. Android doesn't even seem to have native support for devices with a dedicated DAC aside from the CPU one...

The only thing I'm sure of is that Android Oreo will be a total game changer in most things. While we don't know (and don't really believe) if camera HAL3 will be implemented (which is not necessary but would be possible) many other things will have to change after a full change from MiFavor to what seems to be AOSP with ZTE improvements. So maybe the Hi-Fi switch changes and maybe, MAYBE poweramp beta will be released sometime in 2018. We could probably get hi-res playback support in Poweramp, which would be awesome.

I don't think you'll be disappointed, but the only thing that the stock music player lacks is some kind of equalizer which usually comes in handy. Dolby Atmos just destroys audio quality. I believe it just uses the other DAC and at 44.1 or 48k.

Aside from all this, it seems that the codec is always running, so at least you can record at 96 kHz. Not sure what you would need that for though
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
So what is it in B09 that makes people feel the phone runs slower?

I wonder if it's the way it does the transitions and things? To me it seemed they were a little longer to keep it feeling smooth.

I set mine to .5 in developer options and the phone feels fast as.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] dannejanne:
I don't think B09 feels slower at all.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
No, mine seemed the same to use as B08 but halving transition speed gives it that extra snappy feel just because you're not waiting for a transition or effect to comlete.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Marandam:
I tried to upgrade but es file manager says invalid entry size and when i try to extract it in another app it says file format is not supported. Is it because I have B1.1.0? I want to upgrade but I'm a noob when it comes to tech and I couldn't root without ruining this phone in the process so help please?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
Extract it on PC and copy update.zip across to the phone.

Ensure you are on B10 or B11 marshmallow before attempting a Nougat ROM.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
Use RAR, es explorer is probably the worst, most bloated piece of crapware out there

And for file manager Root Browser is pretty good too.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
I find now that if I use the built in updater through settings, rather that it telling me the phone is up to date, it chugs and eventually says no network access or similar.

Wondering if there is a problem or if ZTE have disabled the server?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Marandam:
I managed to upgrade to B08 and am now happy with it, I have to see if the B09 update is necessary when Axon 7 gets Oreo next year. Until then, I'm good with this.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
B09 has later security patches at least.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ahalak:
There is something I didn't understand. I am on b05 nougat and if I can install this from updater app using update.zip what is the point of bootstack? What is bootstack? What does it do? Do I need it?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
You're confusing official update channels with flashable TWRP updates.

If your phone has the stock recovery, you can download the official zip and install it via updater/SD card. If your phone has TWRP, you won't be able to, because the updater uses the stock recovery. So to update and avoid losing TWRP you have to use the flashable stocksystem and bootstack

The bootstack is basically some low level stuff that every model has, albeit different for the 3. For example it changes the boot logo (the new boot logo has the 'powered by android' part in bold).

In other words you need to flash it only if you use TWRP.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dralex72:
I have exactly the same problem. Did you find a solution?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
It started working again as normal, although there won't be any OTA updates anyway. All local file updates now.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] vulcano11:
Is it worth updating from B05 version to B09? i want better battery life. It lasts me 5hours.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
not for battery life, but you'll get newer patches
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] vulcano11:
Some say that b09 vesrsion has problem with notifications, that you can't use quick reply function. Is that true?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] hmedved:
No problems with notifications.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] marik1:
Hello. I'm on this Nougat B09 ROM. Everything seems fine, but I have trouble with wifi. When the phone reaches 15% and go into energy saver mode, wifi freeze/stuck or sth. In settings it's turned on, can't turn off, can't connect (but the list of avaiable hosts are on) - error. There is only 1 solution - reboot the phone. Do anybody know, what's going on? Axon 7 A2017G (true, Gearbest).
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
I've never used battery saver... no idea

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nope, no problems with it
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] vulcano11:
And for battery life? b05 or b09? b05 lasts me 5-6 hours of not heavy usage.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
same
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] etnies:
wow....thats a nice one
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] shootthis:
Black Rebel motorcycle club at the Key Club in L.A.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] pizzaguy:
Mountain top in north carolina

(this should be visible in a few minutes)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tdusen:
Snowfall at the office.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hslayer:
what is your camera setting? that picture is gorgeous!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] payluder:
Rainbow

I took this today while driving up to san jose
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Nadavi:
From live "Aviv Gefen" Concert in israel.

Nadavi
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tyeo098:
OMG NO CAMERAS IN SKEWL!!!

O wait its a 'palm pilot'

Thats Ok.

YAYS!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fdrzrich:
The Ballydugan Mill in Northern Ireland - where I'm getting married next year!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] unwired4:
The Race Of Champions At Wembley
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] anaethelion:
Montbel Lake - France - 2 days ago, shot instantly to send an mms.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] F6Typhoon:
Sydney Harbour from the Taronga Zoo Cable car

Setting all on auto and I just pointed and shot. This was also before the Camera software upgrade.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ~~Tito~~:
Middle school?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Jay2TheRescue:
Here's 3 pics I took with the Kaiser. The first one is actually the first pic I took with the phone. I was driving around and saw the Iridium offices and took a pic. The second is a pic of our first snow this winter, and the third is a picture of the Christmas tree I setup at my business.

-Jay

EDIT: All these were taken with the first version of the AT&T ROM and automatic settings...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Jay2TheRescue:
That is a fantastic picture...

-Jay
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] andrew-in-woking:
Macro and panorama

Hi,

I've attached a couple of photos. One is a macro photo and the other is a panorama shot:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew-in-woking/2286127504/sizes/o/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew-in-woking/2286126074/sizes/o/

Cheers,

andrew-in-woking
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Crimson Blades:
snowy day
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] alc630:
Attached the 4 panoramas.

Let me know if you want me to to attach any other ones.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] alc630:
Run all the tests you want, but let me know your sorry when you find out I did nothing to the pics.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] alc630:
What, now you're all quiet?

Come on, I can attach all of my pics for you. No?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Subversive Asset 2.0:
"Unable to extract exif data"
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] alc630:
Ok. I just searched on Google "exif data" and it turned up a list of exif data viewers.

I just used the Google link "Jeffrey's Exif Viewer". Link is :

http://regex.info/exif.cgi

and I see the Exif Data fine.

So.....I don't know what to tell ya buddy. But maybe your just frustrated that your camera sucks?

I mean, what kind of Exif data view are YOU using? Provide a link?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Synssins:
Hmmm

I have no read everyone else's rant posts about EXIF data...

My panoramas look like that on my Tilt. The coloring is off between images, but they do stitch OK.

On top of that, I only used the Tilt panorama feature once, and immediately went back to using the Panorama software in Microsoft Digital Image Suite. It just works better.

These are two images I took with my phone while using Luis Espinosa's Trackme utility for GPS tracking.

Tons more photos of cars and stuff located here.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] alc630:
When I use the exif viewer from the link I gave above, I can see all the data if I use the pics straight from my computer.

If I download my attached ones from xda this post, it doesn't show as much data.

I attached a zipped folder containing the pics, you can try that out.

Alternatively, give me your email and whoever else that wants to test the pics, leave your email and I will email the pics to you.

But again, after everything, ONCE you find out that I did nothing to the pics....please stop being an ass in the future.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] alc630:
The pics are in the zip file