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[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
Yes, Max has finally released a test build (790) to replace 704 so those who like it, log in, download and test away. Read the first page for notes and assess any bugs. I have installed it but at work so no chance to use it yet.

http://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/...te-read-first-post-before-commenting/?page=20

Remember you MUST have a Poweramp forum account and log in to get the download.

I usually use Jet Audio HD but got a bug where it doesn't allow Tom Tom navigation to override audio focus for voice prompts so at present using Player Pro as my daily driver. Here We Go navigation works ok with Jet and Player Pro works fine with either so there's something funny between Tom Tom and Jet.

I hope the new Poweramp works ok, there are bugs and missing features so I will keep the others installed and assess Poweramp as Max addresses the bugs and rolls out more features.

Edit: Having a play with it at work, boss has left for the afternoon.

Whilst my work BT speaker (Jawbone Big Jambox) aux in is connected to my Axon 7 by wire and I played with output settings in Poweramp, set to use Audio Track, I get a marked difference in speaker volume output when switching between Headset HiFi Standard and Super in the phone audio settings. This is working better than before. I'm only on MP3 though so harder to assess as the files are not Hi Res but if I set the Big Jambox to max volume and the phone to max volume then switch from Standard to Super it's much louder and does sound better. That Jambox really cranks on this! It will overload the aux in and I have to set it back two notches so seems to be playing at too high a voltage for the Jambox input jack. Need to play with this some more. Will have a listen on my Backbeat Pro headphones tonight and also in the car on it's HiFi as that has a great dynamic range and quality with BT and wire.

Install it as a secondary player due to missing features. Max the dev will be adding stuff as things progress but I find it not quite fully functional enough to call a daily driver. I feel it's less bugs, more just not all features added and expect as he hears feedback will slowly add them in.

Here's my test setup. Dedicated page aside of my home screens with app shortcuts and widgets for easy comarison listening.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] dantedakilla:
Got it yesterday. Sound-wise, it's solid. Audio flinger reports proper playback at the selected sample rate.

I had some issues with the volume whenever I got a notification even with "Audio ducking" and "short notification interuption" disabled. The volume drops, but never comes back up. I've seen on the PA forum that disabling "Float32" in the OpenSL HD settings (even if you're using Hi-Res output) fixes it. Haven't tested this yet, though. Will do it when I've got my IEMs with me.

Other than that and the obvious UI bugs, it's a good step forward, despite taking 2 years to do it. :P
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
Interestingly, the actual volume control behavior was fine on my phone. I have issues with Jet Audio though. It doesn't mesh with Tom Tom navigation app voice prompts. Got fed up with that despite the rest of it working well and great sound and have been using Player Pro for a while. It behaves reliably and now adjusted, sounds great too. Both Jet and Player Pro sound better than Poweramp for me. I have PP set as default player and is on auto start up.

I emailed Jet Audio and Tom Tom about my issue. Tom Tom have been in contact. Nothing at all from Jet. I'll probably end up uninstalling Jet.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] beastobadness:
I tested this briefly, to say it's a beta preview is an over exaggeration. It's an alpha and is way more alpha than 704. I use Poweramp near everyday and love it but I tried testing 790 but there is so much missing functionality it is just no good for a daily driver. Shame both couldn't exist on the same device, I wouldn't mind testing it then!

TBF I thought that max would have been further on with its development after the time it has taken. I know he is working on this by himself so kudos to the guy but it is so unfinished, for me, it's back to stable 704. I will try again in May with the next test build.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
Yeah, so much functionality missing, I still have it installed but it just doesn't sound as good as Jet or Player Pro for me so the point of having it at all is questionable. Max took so long to get this far with it that others have risen to the top instead.

It reminded me of Neutron a little. You have to really fiddle with it to get good sound. With Player Pro the settings are simpler but just what I need and the good sound is there. Pity the skins are ugly.

With Poweramp, I don't like the wavebar and no skip buttons. The widget wasn't fully functional etc, just not enough I liked in it for a 2 year wait. Will uninstall. See how it goes once worked on further.

Just from curiosity I had a listen with VLC. I have it for video. On wired output it's not great but did sound very nice on my backbeat pro 2 headhones over bluetooth. Not a good audio player though.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] dantedakilla:
After a few days with Poweramp and finally making the jump from Nougat to Oreo, I'll have to agree. It's more alpha than the previous alpha. I lost the Hi Res option after installing AEX 5.4. Quite disappointing but it's expected. To me, anyways.

I'll keep an eye on development but I'll be using UAPP for now. Simple UI, Hi Res works great and it sounds awesome. Hopefully Max is able to refine and polish PA in less time it took him to make it.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
I had another play with it last night, found that just need to route everything through HD off the QC SoC. I mostly use bluetooth these days so 24 bit off the SD820 is fine. I could lose the DAC finally and not really worry but not ready to give up the 3.5 jack though..... Sometimes it's handy.

I had 2 Poweramp widgets on an extra homescreen and couldn't remove them. Had to uninstall the app to get rid of them. Too much broken functionality but with polish I think it will be good overall.

Edit: I'd like to know how the AKG DAC is implemented in this phone. It's almost as if it routes through the DAC if using HD and Super is enabled so it may not matter what the music thinks as long as it uses hi res?

The more I use new Poweramp the better I like it. Makes me want the missing functions implemented. Definitely not giving up on Poweramp.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
Hi-res never worked. Now it's the same as before, it'll tell you it's working but it's not (it's written though, hi-res doesn't work in Oreo).

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I didn't get anything of what you said here, but i'll tell you what i know:

-poweramp won't output hi-res in Oreo, and it will happily tell you that it is - hence, you have to use dumpsys media.audio_flinger as always

-What do you gain by routing everyrthig through the low power DAC? (Again, ZTE said it's a DAC inside the AK4961, not SD820). I wonder if that DAC actually works with 24-bit, but at least it is specced that way.

-What do you mean by the last paragraph? The DAC will output whatever kind of sound you input it, it won't "only" play hi-res.

Btw it's AKM, AKG is a headphone manufacturer

Other thing: Disable hi-res output. Use the normal OpenSL output. That way it'll sound just like good olde Poweramp
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
If I go back to OpenSL it sounds markedly inferior.

I keep mixing up AKG and AKM lol.

What I meant was if I have the phone set to output on Super setting and the music app is using Hi Res it does seem to sound louder and better in general, as if the phone just puts it through the AKM DAC anyway, despite the app thinking it's using the SD820. With Poweramp 790 alpha the phone will still overload the input on my car hifi when at full volume so it seems it's using the DAC, not the SoC.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] dantedakilla:
As in the output setting is completely gone after jumping to Oreo. I did get the Hi Res on 704 to work when I was on 7.1.2 using either the samsung uhqa cheat or lenovo hifi cheat. It wasn't true hi res, but there were differences when I swapped between the sample rates. So it still "worked" in a way.

790's hi res worked on 7.1.2 but it looked like it was detecting the qualcomm DAC and not the AKM. I might have to resend the hi res request in the Poweramp forum.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
In my case (8.0.0) it is there. Sound is worse with it turned on though (much lower volume basically)
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] dantedakilla:
Do you have volume issues with other players? Because ever since I installed Oreo 8.1, the volume's dropped quite significantly across the whole phone. UAPP and Poweramp play at really low volume now. Could be an Oreo thing or an Ainur thing. I'm not sure.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Kingo64:
I think it is an Oreo thing. As soon as I went from RR-N to RR-O I noticed my headphone volume dropped significantly. I'd love to know the solution
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] baconboy:
What do people recommend for HD audio using the DAC? I'm using the RR remix ROM and have Viper installed. I guess Play Music uses the DAC? I've only ever used Poweramp
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] dantedakilla:
USB Player Pro. In one of their recent updates, they added support for DAC chips on phones. Axon 7 included.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
Nope, that's most definitely an Ainur thing. If you installed Poweramp beta, be sure to disable OpenSL ES HD output (supposedly hi-res) because that will lower the volume quite a lot.

Also install the B32+B10 bootloader if possible. That one seems to have fixes for audio.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
In stock Nougat it's fine. I turned volume to max and switched between. The volume steps are different but max is fine. I found it sounded better with Float32 switched on.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] baconboy:
No way, the first and only time I tried USB Player Pro it literally killed my SD Card (I don't understand how)
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
I've been trawling Google Play and revisiting music apps. It seems Onkyo HF Player has had a bit of a revamp. It's getting quite good now. It has widget and notification functions etc. Still no auto start though. One thing I like is it shows the output in now playing. With my backbeat pro 2 cans in wired mode and turned off the app is playing a 44.1KHz MP3 and upsampling to output at 48K. If I go into phone sound settings and turn on Dolby Atmos then go to the headphone setting and switch between standard and super there's no difference. If I turn off Atmos and switch from standard to super it gets louder and soundstage expands. Interesting....

It still has that great user configurable parametric EQ too :D

Playing a hi res WAV or FLAC also shows on screen. I assume the Axon 7 won't output above 48K though? I suspect this is running off the SD820.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
So if it plays above 192K what does it signify? Nothing?

Or the DAC?
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
For like the fifth time already, Atmos enables the 4961 DAC (Standard mode, less soundstage) and if it is disabled you can enable the 4490 (Super mode, more soundstage). No SD820 DAC even though Poweramp said that

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The soundstage change means DAC
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
Those extreme res files over 300K won't even play in Poweramp or Player Pro. VLC can play them but I don't know what it was outputting, plus it's a crappy app for music. Jet can but shows output as 44.1 KHz. Onkyo HF handled them really well..

It seems Dolby Atmos and Onkyo HF actually work together properly and the system is happy. I'll use it as my daily over the weekend and see if I want to purchase the unlock for it because the ability to keep Atmos on is good as the system wide sound is always better rather than just music being optimised.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
Atmos WILL force the crappy DAC, and it adds a bunch of noise on top of that. I'd tell you not to use it...

That's one advantage of V4A, you can use it with the 4490
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
I miss V4A but won't be doing anything about that until the storm around ZTE settles and we know what happens moving forward.

Edit: Interesting getting in the car and finding on wire, Player Pro absolutely hammers Onkyo. It seems the jack output is bigger on PP into an aux in socket rather than headphones. Atmos drops the volume markedly. Without it the bass track is more meaty and defined, sounds huge! Feels like my sub amp is twice as powerful lol. This is important because whilst I stay and work in Sydney, home is 4 hours North and I usually go home most weekends. I spend at least 18 hours and over 800km a week in my car.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] drtywhtboy77:
How do I get one
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
One what? :confused:
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
So today I tested the latest Poweramp beta now that I'm using official stock Oreo. Hi Res works with the SD820 :p

This means BT will sound good. You can also choose the codec for BT in developer options.

I did have the extra DAC going on hi res but after switching options I can't get it back yet so something funky there still. I had it playing with Atmos off, wired to my aux in on the Big Jambox and switching between normal and super in headset hifi setting made a huge difference. Poweramp showed 192KHz but now I get downsampled to 48KHz so seems to have gone back to the SD820.

Stock Music app does work in headset hifi mode with wired connection. Player Pro clearly does also.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
couple things, just to keep discussing this endlessly:

Now we know about tinymix, and you can check which DAC is running. The two options are ak4961 and ak4996, hence no sd820

just use a terminal, run su, then tinymix, then look around line 1912 for "AKM HIFI Switch Sel"

What did you mean with this? "Hi Res works with the SD820 :p

This means BT will sound good"

There's nowhere near enough bandwidth for BT hifi sound, plus most bt devices won't have a quality dac
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
Lol, I hear your frustration on the endless discussion :D

I haven't been too bothered fiddling with it but with the jump to Oreo it got me looking at it all again.

In developer options you can change settings for BT.

Can set up to 990kbps connection, 660kbps, 330kbps or adaptive bit rate best effort. I'm trying 660kbps as my BT module in the car is a bit old and does have trouble compared to my speaker or headphones. Trying to avoid changing to an aftermarket HU. It works really well on calls plus stock look.

In truth I'm fed up with the complication of the whole DAC thing. Next phone will mostly be used on BT too anyway so I will just have a phone using a normal design. My son's Mate 10 works perfectly at hi res on Poweramp. I would have been happy using one myself. The price of the Axon 7 was a big purchase factor but next phone will be a more considered purchase.

The one thing is the front stereo speakers. I would miss them. Not for music, media.
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] anthropoidape:
For about a fortnight Firmware Finder has said that there's a new firmware (.132) for my phone, which is a BLA-L09C34 (Optus Australia).

I am keen to see if the new version fixes a few little annoyances for me.

However, FF is still saying "the firmware is not approved for installation." How long does this usually take once it's up on FF?
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] numbnutsuk:
In my experience about 1 month
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] wbrambley:
Yep, it's BS having monthly updates when they are a month behind.
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] wooley4766:
Ff is approved same time Ota is available...

So no use to risk bricking... ?
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] ums1405:
Hi , got a quick noob question.

I updated my ALP-L29 from .131 to .132 when I got a notification, but now noticed that the step-counter is no longer available among other things. Is it possible to downgrade to .131 by just installing it from FF.

Can't seem to find an answer to this anywhere....don't want to brick a second Huawei/Honor phone.
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] XERO_Racer:
Excuse my ignorance but is being behind 1 month really that important to you? Whats so special about the device being updated consistently?

Never in the 10+ years I've tweaked with Android/Windows Mobile that I have seen so many people complaining and whining about companies not updating their devices in a timely manner, all I remember is anticipating the next custom ROM to be cooked and ready for flashing, not some silly patch(IMO)

I've had my Mate 9 on Nougat and NEVER had an issue with anything security or performance, same deal with my M10 Pro
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] wbrambley:
As far as basic phone operation goes it's not much. As far as feature updates go it's annoying that some will get them up to 3 months later than others.

If you're into tweaking and custom ROMs why weren't you building them yourself?
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] XERO_Racer:
I previously did some old private ones for Windows Mobile(HTC Diamond/TP2), and some Android(N6, S2, Note 2 etc.), however I have a busy life so I dont see it as a priority at this moment. :good:
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] RabidWolve:
Agreed. But the lack of Android updates is more upsetting the promises they failed to keep.

Im glad that other companies other than Google are committed to quick updates.

Nokia and Essential being the 2 standouts.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] P12AV33N:
So I see everyone talking about the quality of video recording in GCam, HDR + etc. but I'm just curious how the rear camera portrait mode working in third party cameras and if it's working, is it actually utilizing both rear cameras?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Debopam.exe:
No 3rd party camera can use the 2nd camera at the moment(doubt if they ever will), not even the modded GCam uses the depth sensor. It takes better portrait anyway using only one camera, better separation, though with a little less depth blur.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] P12AV33N:
Does GCam requires camera 2 API? I heard that the stock camera crashes after enabling Camera 2 API.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Debopam.exe:
The stock camera works fine after enabling camara2api. The problem is after enabling camera2 API, none of the cameras can focus during recording video, so that's an issue you'll have to deal with if you decide to enable it.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Klizi:
Still none of gcam mods which support for second depth camera?

I'm on RR so I can't use stock camera. It's not supporting :(
[Windows 8 General] oussamaps3:
hi i need* help* for thomson thbk 1 10 -32 to reset bios because i dont have no display
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] udayxd:
I've tried several Google camera builds but most of them crash while processing photos. So I'd like to know that which Google camera build with portrait mode and hdr+ works the best without crashing? :confused:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Surik4t4:
Mee too
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Pr3z3s:
Urikill
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] gasparirob:
Me too. I'm searching for a working Google Camera port from 2 months. I have had installed Pixel Experience custom rom as soon as I bought my phone and then I tried A LOT of Google Camera ports: BSG, Arnova, UriKill, cstark, Skulshady, Toylan, scrubber and so on... They always have FC (more or less), some of them doen't even start, or have bad quality photos, or too pink... or too FCs.

Then I changed to Lineage OS 15.1... same story: tried the most GCam ports... same results!

Today I reverted back to stock (MIUI 9.5)... installed Arnova's v7beta9... and till now I haven't had FCs!! And with stock camera I can record slow motion videos (this is not possible with gcam port)!!

But I really don't like MIUI. Even with Magisk's Pixel module.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] purush_10:
I have been using this GCam ver. 4.4.012.156195200.build.41155109 for many months now on stock MIUI rooted with Magisk. After each OTA update I just reflash the magisk image and change the build.prop for enabling Camera 2 API, and I get it working again. The slo-mo is buggy which I found fixed using the "Google Camera Patch" in magisk repo.

Here's the link for the apk I use: drive . google . com/file/d/1iXAkhIAq4kpGsn7u_eGBMeURknJR64p6/view?usp=sharing

You can also find the apk on Android FileHost.

P.S. I can't confirm it working with any custom rom. I am on MIUI 9.2.2.0 now and it works flawlessly (HDR of stock camera doesn't work with Cam 2 API enabled)

And XDA didn't let me share the link directly :p
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] gasparirob:
It's a very old version, not supporting "Portrait Mode", is'nt it?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] purush_10:
It does

HDR+ : Rear

Potrait mode (Lens Blur): Both rear and front

And I should add that the HDR+ works really well... seriously!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] xezrunner:
Can you send a screenshot / link of the exact Magisk module you're talking about?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] gasparirob:
If you're talking to me, I mean the "Pixel 2 Experience" module (v. 4.4)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] purush_10:
The module's name is "Google Camera Patch" created by "simonsmh"
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] samcham:
I received my new Tilt yesterday, replacing my 8525, and wanted to stop by the Hermes forums one last time and say thanks for all the help. I've learned a lot from all of you, and your help has made my Windows Mobile experience much more enjoyable and productive.

A special "thank you" to all the ROM chefs - especially vp3g, Schaps and Shamanix, whose ROMs I've used - for their work.

If anyone is interested, I'm selling my AT&T 8525. It's a refurb, and it's working perfectly. (I've only had it a few weeks.) I'm including some other stuff, too:

iBlue 737 Bluetooth GPS Receiver

- 3 months old, works great. (http://www.semsons.com/ib737blgps32.html)

i.Trek Powered Cradle Mount

with Integrated Speaker, with windshield mount and charging cable for phone and iBlue GPS receiver (http://www.semsons.com/ipocrmowiins18.html)

SanDisk 2GB micro SD card

, with SD and USB adapters

Send me a PM if interested. It goes on eBay this weekend unless I strike a deal here.

EDIT: The package is sold! (Thanks, Glenn...)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] conyeje2:
Good Times!

I'm glad your windows mobile experience has been, and I'm sure will continue to be a good one! Treat your kaiser well!
[LineageOS News & Discussion] The Hunter Devil:
Will LineageOS 15.1 be available for Galaxy S4 (I9505)? If yes, when???
[LineageOS News & Discussion] Ibuprophen:
Nobody but, the Official Lineage Team would know the answer to this and, unfortunately, they've stated before that they will not take requests for Features, Devices and Build Upgrades.

Unofficial builds are available for this device and the following is just one of them.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3708586

Good Luck!

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[LineageOS News & Discussion] Israelleite:
If you are having problem with Google Play Services stopping, Just download here:

https://google-play-services.en.uptodown.com/android/download

install this lastes version and it will fix the issue
[Blu Pure XL] TheLastCanadian:
Delete this please. Sorry!