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[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] gripfly:
I don't know how the tile looks like but I was successfully able to bring back my missing hotspot tile with this:

https://www.xda-developers.com/how-...ttings-tile-toggle-on-samsung-galaxy-devices/
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] Veran125:
Some days ago I bricked my phone, but made it work again with the EDL method. Everything works again, apart from the Fingerprint sensor. I'm quite sure that I assembled it correctly, because it's clearly recognized(also when I use the swipe on fingerprint sensor to see notifications feature). It's recognized until the last bar at the registration, but then it always fails. I've tried several roms(stock and custom), but always the same.

Any suggestions for a fix?

Thanks in advance
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] Voodoojonny:
Have the same problem. It has something to do with your persist partition. Perhaps you saved it via twrp? I had a save but don´t find it. **** happens.

I erased everything and flashed every fastboot rom via edl or normally. My fingerprint is broken!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] Veran125:
Yeah, I used TWRP back in time. But I start to think that's it's a hardware issue. It happened after I had to open my phone to get into EDL mode.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] Voodoojonny:
In my case it´s a software issue... I used to open my phone, but when my fp broke when I was trying to fix goodix for our new bootleggers rom. I did the fix from official telegram group and a after that, root explorer could mount persist (this was the issue, why fp couldn´t be safed in gsi´s using a pie vendor), but the fp still couldn´t be safed. That means, now it could connect data and changed sth. badly...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] Sprut_name:
I had the same problem. But I had a backup of the twrp sections of the persist and efs. I restored these partitions and flashed 9640 miflash. now the fingerprint works fine
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] Veran125:
So as long as my fingerprint sensor is recognized, it's most likely not a hardware issue? Furthermore did I unbrick my phone by flashing with EDL mode. Isn't everything formatted then? But I also downgraded to Oreo after that, could that be the reason?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] Sprut_name:
No
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] Voodoojonny:
My fingerprint recognition works now with rr gsi. I will try wheather the problem is solved on stock too. I just went back too rr gsi, becouse I have a fully working data partition for it and luckily my fp started to work again. Idk what´s the problem.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] Voodoojonny:
Thanks to [MENTION=8281637]eremitein[/MENTION] we have a flashable zip that restores the persist image. Just flash via twrp - works for me!

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79368367&postcount=25
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] Veran125:
Thanks a lot, it really works. :)

Good that I wrote here before I reopened my phone.
[Sony Xperia XZs Questions & Answers] Billyoz:
Thanks :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] shatheone:
ive been having this issue where the phone will lose cell signal for about 2 minutes or so throughout the day. weird part is this happened right after a factory reset, it worked fine before then. wanted to know if anyone else experienced this and if theres a fix for it
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
As the title of this thread says, the TOF sensor that Huawei told us is there for depth sensing especially in portrait photos is basically useless. Before getting this phone, I was wondering how can the P30 get almost identical edge detection to the ones on the P30 Pro, and also kept thinking about the fact that they were already great even in the Mate 20 Pro. I thought that well, when I get the phone, I'll test it myself and see if it has any real affect on portrait shots, and it doesn't. I took dozens of portrait pictures and portrait videos while covering the tof sensor with a bandaid, and recreated these same pictures without the bandaid, and the results were identical!!

Any P30 Pro owner, feel free to test it out, and you'll also come to the same conclusion that I got, which is that our P30 Pro's tof sensor is there for marketing purposes, and that it adds nothing to the table.

This doesn't affect the way I'll use my phone, as I am loving it, but it will definitely change the way I look at a company that is trying to deceive it's costumers.

For those who are interested in buying this device, send me your questions, and I will do my best to answer them.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] unibomber:
I thought it wasn't implimented yet?
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
I am interested to know where you read about that? I have seen dozens of reviews about it, and they all swear about how good the tof sensor is in separating people from the background.

What they have talked about, is that Huawei will work with app developers to make use of the tof sensor in future apps that measures height and stuff like that.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] EricMartinSoCal:
So basically you are saying that Huawei and all of the reviewers and all of the pictures and comparisons that are all over YouTube showing that the P30 Pro has great portrait mode are wrong? It's a scam and the pics are not actually better than the other phones? I don't care because frankly I've never taken one of those pics anyway as I prefer a realistic regular pic of a person or object, but I find it hard to believe it doesn't work when I've seen all the side by side comparisons and it seems to work quite well.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
I see that reading comprehension isn't your thing?

Where did you see me question the quality of the pictures posted by reviewers? All I said that while edge detection is great, the tof sensor has nothing to do with it, at least in my testing.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] EricMartinSoCal:
I must have missed the point of your post, yes. If the device produces great results I guess it doesn't really matter how it does it. Thanks for the info.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
No it does matter, because Huawei is selling this phone as the one with a quad camera setup, and spent a good time in their keynote discussing how the tof sensor works.

And while it delivers great portrait shots, it isn't always the case, edge detection becomes inconsistent when there is a direct light source behind you.

But even if it was flawless, the results doesn't matter, what matters is that Huawei's marketing team is deceiving us into believing that we need this time of flight sensor.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] kabirjedi:
No too smart comment....Just read around on net before say many BS...Pls tank you!

...and the short story: ToF not active yet.Wait for update.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
Oh trust me, I did my fair share of searching before posting this. Now, how about you do us a favor and show me links where Huawei says that the tof isn't activated as of right now? You're definitely mistaking it for them saying that they will open it for developers to use it in their apps.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mathrania:
I am a no youtuber, not an apple, Samsung or huwaei fan... I have S10 plus and P30 pro. The camera on p30 pro is just a hype created by people who got free Paris trip. Trust me, i did side by side comparisons on both phones in order to decide which one to keep. Well, p30 pro is better than S10+ only during night time pictures. I don't say it is bad during daytime, but i would not call it as a camera phone as others are reviewing it as. Zoom is good till 5x. It does loose image quality on 10x slightly.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dondavis007:
Huawei and others pays some good dollars for having their hardware tested and benchmarked by DXO.

One would though they would mentioned that the ToF ain't active, yet.

Can you send some links.

As today the P30 seems to use the same bokeh technique as the P30 View attachment 4741878

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[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dondavis007:
Can you do the same test in darker conditions? One of the ToFs tricks is that it works in any light. If it's working at all you'll Se a pretty big difference when the camera tries to focus.

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[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
Tested it out in all conditions, and I saw zero difference.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
I pre-ordered the S10+ the moment it was announced, I got one for myself and one for my wife, and I was so disappointed by it's camera. It's a good shooter during the day, but it overexposes pictures and aren't as sharp as it's competition. Low light pictures were horrible, with terrible white balance, lots of noise, and soft details. The only thing that is saving the camera on the S10+ is the video recording, as it's second to none. As for images, my Note 9 was giving much more consistent images.

The P30 Pro on the other hand wipes the floor with the S10, doesn't matter which scenario you take a picture in, 9/10 times I am taking the P30 over the S10. I already compared both my P30 Pro with my wife's S10+(I already sold mine), and apart from video recording, the P30 Pro almost always comes on top.

As for the zoom, there is a trick to get extremely sharp images even when using 10x zoom, and that is done by using the night mode while zooming in. During daylight conditions, the benefits added when using night mode while zooming isn't that much, but at night or indoors is where you see the difference.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mathrania:
How would you compare the 1080p display with S10+. I feel i see pixels on p30 pro on Black text on white backgrounds during more brighter situations.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
I already commented about that under the display real life reviews. It definitely lacks sharpness, and it feels like it's an old gen OLED panel. No matter how much you tune the display colors in the settings menu, the screen will still give you different color temperature depending on brightness. I feel like the dimmer it gets, the less sharper and more bluish it looks.

I knew that by jumping to the P30 Pro I would be losing a lot, but I took that risk because I wanted the better camera to take pictures of my kids. Do I miss the S10+? Absolutely. But, do I regret my decision to ditch it for the P30 Pro? Not one bit.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] EricMartinSoCal:
Good to hear. I did the same thing. Waiting for my P30 Pro to arrive and still using the S10+ - which I'm keeping either way. I use the S10 in FHD+ and not WQHD+ so I'm not driving for top specs anyway. I understand the P30 Pro will not be the "best" screen so I'm not coming in with big expectations. As long as it's in the ballpark with my OnePlus 6T I will be more than happy. Not really a fair comparison to try and put it against the Samsung display to be honest.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
Even in 1080 mode, the S10's screen looks crisper than that of the P30 P30. But as I said, these are trades off that I am willing to take simply because of it's camera.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] TLJester:
Lets not forget the Samsung S10 panels are THE best on the market - no one can match them - so anything else will be a step down...
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] EricMartinSoCal:
Yea, if like to see how the P30 Pro compares to my OnePlus 6T. I don't think the Samsung panel is a fair comparison.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dondavis007:
Oki. Thanks.

Sounds like the P30 and P30 Pro using the same technique. There is a bunch of reviewers that would be pretty pissed of if that's a fact.

The Pic is from GSMarena

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[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
They're more like paid entertainers. Majority of them don't do a thorough research and use the phone for a while before they post their review, they use the phone for few days and release the review as soon as possible to get more clicks.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] warea:
But its all legit what the youtubers say about Samsung or Iphone ?

End of day, the TOF on P30 pro is future proof and you don't have to pay more like Samsung S10 5G scam.

The zoom lens is an innovation and like all innovation some may stick some may evolve some may die, but what matters is that Huawei is innovating. And id take the zoom lens of the p30pro over the variable aperture and the heart rate sensor of the S10s.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dondavis007:
More like placebo I think. It would be interesting if one of those publications did a test on their own.

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[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
What are you even rambling about?

No one talked about any of the stuff you just whined about, I already discussed above the reason I ditched my S10+ for this badboy, I'm just annoyed that Huawei tricked us into believing that the tof sensor is doing it's magic on portrait images, and my little test proved that has ZERO effect.

Now, either keep this thread about the tof sensor, or go to Samsung and the iPhone's forums and complain to their fans about their phone's shortcomings.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Itaintrite:
Does the P30 non-Pro Aperture mode let you adjust focal point and blur in post? This is one thing I love about using the P30 Pro. When taking shots of a moving dog in A-mode, the focus is usually off. And while it's not a perfect fix, I can pick the focal point afterwards and get a usable shot.

Here's an example.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
You can only change that in aperture mode.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] warea:
Your ramblings are no different to people who complained that the monochrome camera of previous Huawei phones never functioned because as a genius some random guy tried covering up the lens to find out the difference it makes.

Huawei isnt shaking with fear with your threads. How about start by figuring out how the TOF works, checking directly with Huawei the state of TOF whether it's currently functional or not, and state your dramatised conclusions after getting all the information.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] D1G1TE:
P30 PRO in only phone that can focus in pitch black. ;) Guess why...
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
Laser autofocus, that's why ;)

Already did that test, as I mentioned above, I tried almost everything before starting this thread, and I never found a scenario where image quality was different with and without the tof sensor covered.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
Go buy the device, do your own test, and prove me wrong. Until then, keep crying because I dared and criticized your bosses in China.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Itaintrite:
I know. I'm asking if you can do the same thing on the P30 without the ToF cam.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Maher.k22:
My bad, I didn't understand your question the first time.

Well yes, as I said, I haven't been able to get a picture that doesn't look the same with and without the tof sensor covered.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jimmyx20:
Source Huawei Homepage :

Beauty in Every Layer

Powered by the HUAWEI TOF Camera which measures the depth of objects with accuracy and AIS Long Exposure Shot, your portrait will be highlighted and the sharpness will be exuded to perfection. The background is then progressively blurred with different creamy effects to give a professional-level bokeh.3

3. This feature will only be available after HOTA update
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] spring80:
Chinese models receive the update to activate the TOF sensor

[youtube]2HuayB8t4Yw[/youtube]
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] trapcoder:
Article on it here https://www.bgr.in/news/huawei-p30-pro-update-adds-support-for-ar-measurement-tool/
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] NJ72:
If I'm being 100% honest, I don't know whether the ToF sensor is live or pending a future update, but why does OP have to be such an aggressive little snotty nosed brat about it?

It's called a debate. Don't make accusations about people and or companies on a forum and not expect some kind of debate.

And, finally, as people have said, the phone utilises all cameras alongside the others, so covering one won't necessarily stop it from doing what it needs to do.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] IamNumber25:
It was stated on their website that it will be avaialable after HOTA, you can see the footnote number

"Beauty in Every Layer

Powered by the HUAWEI TOF Camera which measures the depth of objects with accuracy and AIS Long Exposure Shot, your portrait will be highlighted and the sharpness will be exuded to perfection. The background is then progressively blurred with different creamy effects to give a professional-level bokeh. 3"

3. This feature will only be available after HOTA update.

consumer.huawei.com/ph/phones/p30-pro/?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=P30-pro
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] chobits:
I believe i read something about dxomark p30's and p30 pro's score the same....

because of the tof not working yet maybe?

just random rambling, ignore me haha
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] isko01:
Waoo, so if TOF sensor wasn't active. How will be now photos with them.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] gavinfabl:
Embedding youtube videos with code no longer works. Just use the full URL
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] awojtas:
The TOF (which uses infrared to scan depth) appears to be doing something. See photo.

As you may already know smartphone camera sensors typically don't have an infrared filter so can be used to detect infrared light. Sometimes useful for seeing if an infrared remote e.g for TV has flat batteries or something else not working.

In the attached photo the TOF sensor is lit up like an infrared emitter.

I'm not saying the software is actually doing anything with the results, but the hardware is definitely active.

You can replicate this yourself with a mirror or by pointing another smartphone at the TOF sensor.

v124 software.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] deidas:
Can that be the laser autofocus?

The TOF sensor is maybe using natural environment infrared light.

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[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] nurps:
Thats not the TOF sensor thats the infrared emitter, you can use your phone as an infrared remote too.

The TOF sensor is below that.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] awojtas:
No that's at the top of the phone. And it definitely doesn't stay illuminated like that constantly.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] nurps:
Ah ok, another one. Still the TOF Sensor is below that IR source on the back, but then it's probably there to support the TOF sensor, somewhere I read it's range isn't beyond 1m anyway, so that illumination could work.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] IamNumber25:
I tried shooting with TOF covered and not covered, it produces same result, maybe it's really not activated right now as the software needs to be polished. Let's wait for the next update so we'll see the advertised gradual bokeh effect

---------- Post added at 02:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:57 AM ----------

The receiver part of the TOF sensor is visible as a camera-looking module under the flash module. The transmitter, or flood illuminator, part is located in the dark spot directly under the flash. Infrared light sent out by the illuminator is timed and collected in the return sensor. The longer the time difference, the further away the object is.

Source:

androidauthority.com/huawei-p30-cameras-explained-968285
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] glogu:
Well, yeah it is either a scam, or it will be activated by upcoming update. ToF sensor has no effect neither on AF nor software blur accuracy. Not on anything so far i tested with stock camera app. The results were always the same in different modes with ToF sensor completly covered and not covered. You can try it Yourself. I expect Huawei to release update that will block software aperture effects when ToF is covered to mislead users further... Or just enable it to utilize next-level of software DOF simulation.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] salemsayed:
Latest update release notes that it activates the ToF senser, didn't get yet so I can't test.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] isko01:
New update 153 have activate TOF camera. Im waiting your camera comparison when you update it :)
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] salemsayed:
Only got 140 till now but it added the AR measure app so I assume the ToF is working now?
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] trapcoder:
Yes edge and hair detection seems to be much better now .
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Tyreal82:
Would be really great to see some before and after shots. I will hopefully receive my P30 Pro tonight, will try to post some when I receive the update (am located in Germany). If anyone else already has some samples it would be great seeing them here.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Qrac1:
You disappeared from the thread after a source from Huawei was posted that the ToF sensor is not active. They even mentioned this during the unveiling of the phone...

Could you test the camera now? Since the new update. Also please update the pictures so that we can see for ourselves.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jauhari:
which thread that said that ToF is not Active?
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] eryck2012:
You can actually find the answer to that question in this thread.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] D1G1TE:
Sure, that's exactly why P30 PRO can focus in pitch dark. ;)
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Ramid15@gmail.com:
Actually No it can't! Specially while using the zoom

S10 plus while inferior in dark conditions it actually have better focusing which I find extremely weird
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] D1G1TE:
I guess your P30 PRO unit is broken then, and you should go to get replacement. You can clearly see TOF camera working in pitch dark not even Pixel 3 can focus in pitch dark. P30 PRO is most likely only smartphone camera that uses also TOF for focusing in dark conditions. :)
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Ramid15@gmail.com:
Do u have a p30 pro ?

If yes please show us an example of the pitch black focus.
[Huawei P30 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] D1G1TE:
First image is from auto mode. Second image is from PRO mode with adjusted exposure to match true light conditions in room. Only light source was small gap between closed door. http://imgur.com/a/6l6F9HQ