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[Android General] InTheY2K:
Ah, it's built on Sept. 3rd, judging by its file name. The EU version, however, is not yet available at the community. The global version also only since a few minutes ago. They're in the process of uploading right now, I guess.

The face recognition wouldn't have needed improvement IMHO. But let's see if they got the camera right, now.

EDIT: A user reports that the screen is supposed to be much brighter now. Even in the sunlight. Now I'm curious. :)

EDIT2: EU version available for download now! Woohoo! :laugh:
[Android General] eSZee:
I'm pretty sure I have adaptive brightness on so to me it looks no different. Maxing out brightness is as blinding as it was before.

Btw, the security update showing on my phone is the May 2019. So we went from January to May, leaving us 4 updates behind current releases.
[Android General] InTheY2K:
ATTENTION!

To those who rooted their F1 Play with Magisk before updating to v20190903:

DO NOT USE a pre-rooted boot.img from a previous release to root it again after the update. That won't work. Upon restart you get massive amounts of notifications that Bluetooth stopped working. Also, WiFi can't be enabled anymore.

If you want to root again after an update do so with the current boot.img and don't be as lazy as I was, thinking you can re-use the one from last time around!

Sascha
[Android General] eSZee:
Any progress updates on the rom?
[Android General] skeleton1911:
Yup. All is finished. Only one thing left.

I get issue with the encryption, I want that twrp fully works with no encryption after a reboot.

But iam on a good way. I hope that I can release it in the next days

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[Android General] Petesky:
I flashed stock recovery (was on twrp) then took update but after that I couldnt re-root,

I kept getting error pmt changed for rom: must be downloaded in sp flashtools

then I found this post over on the Umidigi forums

"In the new firmware, the memory layout table was slightly changed - the GPT service partition was increased, without touching the start addresses and sizes of other partitions. This leads to an error message when trying to update the firmware via the SP Flash Tool in Download only mode - the memory layout in the device and the new firmware are different. The solution is simple - use the old memory layout file MT6771_Android_scatter. After the firmware, the memory layout in the device will be updated (user data will be saved) and in the future, when updating, you can use a new scatter file"

So I used the scatter file from the last rom update "2019072618_g38v71c2k_kw_f1_play_eea" and managed to root again
[Android General] InTheY2K:
The stock camera app hasn't improved much, has it? The colors are still smudged, with a significant loss of detail. When I take a picture of my dog with 48MP I cannot see any hairs of its fur. It's all a mushed area of the same color. Really disappointing.
[Android General] eSZee:
Whether intentional or not, some sort of smoothing is automatically applied and I can't seem to find a way to disable it. Auto focus is still bad, if not worse.

Sent via smoke signals.
[Android General] Cmonster:
I've been bouncing between OPEN CAMERA and getting some pretty decent results. I haven't compared them to the recent stock update though.
[Android General] InTheY2K:
How's everybody's battery life since the update to v1.0_20190903? Mine has gotten really bad. While the previous build would easily take me through two days of normal usage (even 3, with low usage), this build drained the battery within a day and a half.

Also the WiFi seems to be bugged. Keeps losing the connection to my network and reconnect all the time where the signal is not optimal (wouldn't be any problem with the previous build).
[Android General] zironia:
My battery life is less as well. Wouldn't say it's terrible but drains about 10 percent more in the day than before.
[Android General] Cmonster:
I noticed mine drawing a bit faster too.
[Android General] InTheY2K:
How is this even possible that the Google app eats up 17% of the battery with 8 minutes of actual usage, as opposed to the Facebook app consuming 11% battery with 1 hour and 45 minutes of usage? :confused::confused:

There must be the issue. What is it doing, daggummit!?!? :mad:
[Android General] Cmonster:
Didn't the release notes say that there were optimizations? They just didn't mention that it would optimize Google by affording it more resources from our phones. :(
[Android General] InTheY2K:
Still on the same charge as yesterday, now 35% left. Google has eaten 28% of battery! And it's even listed as a restricted app in the battery manager. Whaaaat? :(
[Android General] vladgusev112:
Try to clean data of app/disable it
[Android General] InTheY2K:
I'll begin with deleting its data. Can't disable it because I actually use it. :) Let's see if cleaning data will have some effect. Thanks so far. :good:
[Android General] Damir2018:
Help!

After installing the original rom, Android 9, Umidigi F1 Play, on the screen is always visible in red letters, TEE: not activated and Google: not activated!

I can not to remove the letters.

That's not the only problem.

The IMEI and MEID numbers have also changed! I tried several times to reinstall the OS, restore the factory settings, but nothing helps!

In the flash tool i tried with (format all + download), (download) and (Upgrade). Nothing helped!

I downloaded the flash rom from the Umidigi website and followed the instructions.

What should I do, how can I fix it? Why have IMEI and MEID numbers changed?
[Android General] ghost45:
[MENTION=9938840]Damir2018[/MENTION],why do you have used format all?

Now to replace the yours original imei visit the official thread in umidigi forum to how to replace the imei.

In the future "NEVER" use format all procedure!
[Android General] Damir2018:
I used the format all, because after (download only) showed those red letters on the screen. I thought the format would be removed from the screen. But the letters remained on the screen, only imei and meid numbers changed.
[Android General] Damir2018:
You did not help me a bit. Umidigi company does not respond to my messages.
[Android General] Johnnqtvo:
Which version of the pixel experience did you use? I just downloaded the unofficial pie and keep getting stuck in bootloop.

Cheers
[Android General] zironia:
March 24th a/b. The newest version will not boot.
[Android General] ghost45:
Is not easy to answer to everybody.. Tell me.. What do you want to say..
[Android General] InTheY2K:
I have gotten my F1 on Tuesday and love it! It's snappy, the camera is good (enough for me) and it does everything I expect from a smartphone.

So far, I have not dared to root it, though, as I read somewhere else that OTA updates won't work anymore as soon as TWRP is in place.

Can anybody confirm that the F1 still receives OTA updates with TWRP and Magisk installed?

Thanks and cheers,

Sascha
[Android General] zironia:
Once you root it will not install ota. You can simply flash stock recovery though spflash tools and install the update. Then go back and root again.
[Android General] InTheY2K:
Thanks. Of course, that would be a workaround but it sounds quite cumbersome. I'll have to think about it again. :)

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[Android General] zironia:
New update came through today. Flashed stock recovery and let update install. Then flashed TWRP back. It took about 5 minutes.
[Android General] InTheY2K:
Still, it involves plugging it into the computer and everything... Oh well. Not sure yet. I'll probably have to use it a little longer before really feeling the need to root it. Postponed isn't cancelled. [emoji4]

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[Android General] freo43:
Help someone! I need a Umidigi F1 Play - twrp backup - of nvdata /nvcfg partitions. Mine were deleted and won't install using the factory rom or factory restore.

I've formatted my F1 Play to remove encryption, and it worked but the only thing broken is no IMEI or Mobile Network connection. (so it is useless as phone).

I can install the Rom, root, and Run perfectly with WiFi.

But no phone service, Imei is Null.

I do not have a backup - I formatted the drive where the initial backup was. Installing the rom again does not fix it. (I tried many times. Perfect ROM install, no mobile network.

I have read Many Many guides on how to fix, but none are working. (spflash etc)

My engineering MODE does not have the CDS /radio menu to change imei, flashing the original Imei in a zip to nvdata doesn't help.

My only hope - can someone with Umidigi F1 Play, please share their NVdata and NVcfg files from a twrp backup? Then I can restore and change to my original Imei?

This is the last things I can think of before my brand new phone is useless.
[Android General] ghost45:
[MENTION=1113785]freo43[/MENTION], please turn back to umi official forum and follow instructions in how to replace the imei with sn writer.. Is the only solution..
[Android General] InTheY2K:
Can anybody recommend a good aftermarket data and charging cable? USB type C varies slightly in specs, from one manufacturer to another. Therefore you can't just use any cable that fits. With optimum performance.

The OEM cable is just too short and I'm thinking about getting one of 1.5 or 2m in length.

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[Android General] nsiti:
I just got this phone and can't get data to work using a Google Fi plan. Any idea why, or if anything can be done to fix this?
[Android General] khanggle:
i had to add apn settings for my provider to get data working, could be the same for you?
[Android General] nsiti:
Hi, and thanks for the APN suggestion. Did some more googling and set up a new APN using h2g2 and the data started working.
[Android General] InTheY2K:
Does anyone else have a problem connecting to a WiFi with hidden SSID?

When adding a new connection I do choose "hidden network = Yes" in the extended settings but it doesn't seem to work. It tries several times, but then ends up in state 'deactivated'.

Is this a common problem with Pie?

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[Android General] InTheY2K:
You ARE aware that this isn't AliExpress but the XDA forum, right? :)

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[Android General] carl.13:
Hi, try going to recovery and clear cach
[Android General] InTheY2K:
That was the first thing I did, but to no avail.
[Android General] carl.13:
Hi, again I used spflash tool to upgrade to a factory install.

Unfortunately this time I lost imei and Google certificate. I had to rectify with write tool on umidigi Web site.

I then unlocked, magisk etc.

I have to report; camera now excellent, battery life still the same, WiFi still same. All in all very satisfied.

Sorry if not same for everyone.
[Android General] carl.13:
Screenshot. Inc, GPS, Camera, Tts, Bet365, & loads of messing about.
[Android General] PunkJax:
Strangely enough, my battery life has actually increased a little since this last update? It's almost as good as when i first got it. My battery usage is also mostly the Google app, but also Voice Calls?

A couple updates ago, I actually went into Engineer Mode and increased the microphone gain manually because it was a bit low for my likings. I wonder if that's affected anything battery wise (ie louder volume makes it easier for google app to understand me)?
[Android General] InTheY2K:
Alrightyo, I don't know what it was, if it was clearing the cache partition or just the battery monitor needing some time to learn, but the drain seems to have gone down. Especially the Google app is now back down to 1% with 5 minutes of usage.

Only downside now is the bad WiFi connection with weak signal. Used to be more stable in previous builds.

Ah, yeah, and the camera of course, which got worse with every update.

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[Android General] vaderag:
I'm finding WiFi terrible at the moment too as well. (NB. F1 not play)
[Android General] whykicks:
For these of you experiencing image quality issues with the camera after the update. Exactly how did you determine that the image quality got worse? Are you shooting in 12mp resolution or 48mp resolution? I cannot tell the difference before and after the update by taking random snapshots.

As for the battery life. I thought the first two days or so after the update, the battery drained more than usual. But now seems to be about the same as before the update.
[Android General] InTheY2K:
I just need to look at the photos stored in my gallery. The ones I shot before the July update are sharp and crisp and full of details, even the ones in 12MP mode.

Since two updates ago colours are washed out, and there is a significant loss of details in the pictures.

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[Android General] whykicks:
Thanks. I will try to go back to the same location and try to take the same shots to see if there's a noticable difference.
[Android General] Cmonster:
I've been trying the S9 CAMERA PRO app that is a derivative from the stock Samsung camera and it's seems like a step up with clarity. I'll see the side by side comparison once I download the new photos to the computer.
[Android General] InTheY2K:
You needn't compare THIS photo to anything else to see that the image quality is NOT WORTHY of a 48MP sensor. https://www.dropbox.com/s/r9ozn7qod7mzoct/IMG_20190827_114152.jpg?dl=0

I am aware that this is a scaled down version, but the original doesn't look any better.
[Android General] whykicks:
I noticed that that photo is in 16:9 aspect ratio. Could that be the issue? My photos taken in 4:3 native aspect ratio of the sensor seems pretty decent. Obviously computationally easier to scale 4 pixles down to 1.
[Android General] whykicks:
You are totally right. I did a quick test just now. Below are 100% crop of the same shot taken with Open Camera (left) vs the stock Camera app. The results are dramatically different.

For reference, I am currently running the latest September update. These were shot using the 12MP (4:3) 3968x2976 setting. The extra details from Open Camera is staggering. Multiple shots were taken with both camera apps, so the differences are not due to hand shake or poor focus.

Special Thanks to CMonster for bring Open Camera to my attention.

[IMG="Open Camera vs Stock Camera App"]https://i.imgur.com/T4t1Qlv.jpg[/IMG]
[Android General] d1876j:
Anyway to disable the force encryption been trying for days
[Android General] Louis1977:
https://xdaforums.com/android/software/universal-dm-verity-forceencrypt-t3817389
[Android General] Cmonster:
Have you taken any nighttime photos? I've tried with Open Camera and it was on the opposite side of the spectrum than daytime photos, they looked like crap. I didn't adjust any ISO settings and was relying on the automatic functions.
[Android General] whykicks:
Only took 2 night photos so far with Open Camera. They do look like crap and I thought maybe that was due to focusing, perhaps focused to the ground near me instead of the building further away. All my shots, including the comparison sample posted earlier were done using the auto setting.

Were you able to take good night pictures before? I am attempting to isolate the problem and see if its poor software or perhaps with the hardware sensor. If the sensor has poor high ISO performance, perhaps software applies more noise reduction though soften the photo? Maybe longer shutter speed is required thus more software image stabilization used?

Now that you mentioned this, it is perhaps worth investigating further. I will be doing some more tests when the opportunities arise.
[Android General] Cmonster:
The latest that I had taken photos was at sundown, and they were fine. At night even with a light source other than the flash everything looked grainy and there was no detail.

I believe that there are additional processing settings in Open Camera specifically for noise reduction beyond the standard camera settings. The interesting thing is that the stock camera is not nearly as bad for nighttime photos although it is still lacking.

I will look into that and check if there Age any additional forums of F1 Play or S3 owners who had similar problems.
[Android General] whykicks:
You are right, I enabled Camera2 API and found the additional Noise Reduction settings under Processing settings. The results I will get into later

First, here are some 100% crop comparison between Open Camera (Left) and the Stock camera (Right) using their default auto mode. The stock camera is hands down way superior in these conditions, total opposite to my previous test results.

Basically the issue is with the Noise Reduction algorithm used by Open Camera. Here is a comparison between Noise Reduction OFF vs High Quality. Without any NR applied, the details are clearly there, but once the NR is turned on in Open Camera, all details are lost and even has an out of focus look to the image.
[Android General] whykicks:
Open Camera NR OFF vs Stock Smart AI ON

Here is another test and data point just for reference. This was taken at around sundown.

Open Camera (Left):

ISO: 110

Shutter: 1/153

Noise Reduction: OFF

Stock Camera (Right):

ISO: 109

Shutter: 1/153

Smart AI: ON

The roof railing and details to the building side cladding (Red) are just gone with Stock Camera. The trees might as well be some jello (Orange).

Critically though, even at near base ISO, there appears to be quite a bit of noise in the dark areas (Purple).

For now, I will continue to use Open Camera with NR OFF. The noise can be removed in post production, but the details once gone are lost forever.

Any other camera out there that works well with our phone or this particular image sensor? Even if it's not free, I am willing to pay and experiment. By the way, is the sensor in our phone a Samsung GM1?
[Android General] Cmonster:
Thanks for thorough testing. Take a look at Samsung's S9 CAMERA PRO. I have had a chance to do any hardcore comparisons but it looks promising and Galaxy users like it. I'm going through the support tickets for Open Camera to see if there's something we're missing in their setup.
[Android General] InTheY2K:
Where do I get that? [emoji3] And does it take advantage of the 48MP sensor?

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[Android General] eSZee:
It's in the appstore and yes, it's better. There are several resolution settings which use both cameras that you can pick from. Played with it just a small bit and it seems the 12MP 4:3 camera is also the one used in the 48MP resolution. The 16:9 12MP has a closer crop/zoom. There is no night mode as far as I can see. Don't use the HDr option. It's force closes the app.

CameraMX and Footej Camera also work better than stock.

Yup. Not the sony sensor.
[Android General] Cmonster:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.galaxys.camera4k

Yep, it recognizes the sensor.

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Footej is on one of the next on the list for testing along with MOMENT PRO.
[Android General] whykicks:
Open Camera vs Galaxy Camera

Here is a quick comparison between Open Camera with Noise Reduction OFF (left) and Galaxy Camera (right).

Open Camera has more noise, which is expected. Galaxy Camera handles the roof top crane and railing way better than the stock camera app and comparable to Open Camera.

Quite a bit of details are lost with Galaxy Camera, especially evident with the grass and trees. This is perhaps also reflected in the smaller file size (2.4MB vs 4.1MB)

For now, my personal preference is still to use Open Camera with Noise Reduction OFF. I did notice that Galaxy Camera seems to focus faster than Open Camera. Whether that's at the expense of focus precision, I am not sure.
[Android General] Cmonster:
Was there a difference in the jpeg compression percentage?
[Android General] whykicks:
Both Open Camera and Galaxy Camera were at their default setting. Open Camera is at 90%, not sure about Galaxy Camera and don't remember there being a setting anyways.

Part of the difference is due to the fact that without noise reduction, there will be more details (useful information) and noises (not useful information, but still data), both will contribute to a larger JPEG file. With the Noise reduction, you have some blur selectively applied to the image and thus less detail and more efficient JPEG compression resulting in a smaller file.

The image that I had in earlier post comparing between Open Camera with and without noise reduction the file sizes are 1.2MB vs 4.4MB. Same app, i.e. Open Camera, same 90% setting. Almost 4x the file size.
[Android General] skeleton1911:
Just to inform you.

My eragon rom process is finished to 90%

So this week. It will be available.

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[Android General] InTheY2K:
Thanks, but the reviews seem to be not too good. Most say that the camera app has annoying ads in it, even showing ads ontop of other apps. One even had a full screen ad video with full blast volume amidst filming a video himself. You definitely don't want that to happen.

I am not entirely sure that this is a legit Samsung app. Not going to install it, I guess.
[Android General] whykicks:
Against my usual high standard security practices. I did installed the app and even tried a sideload apk version of the S9 Galaxy Camera.

In my very breif time with it. No ads appeared. But only took a few quick photos and played with the settings for a bit. As mentioned earlier, I prefer the extra detail from Open Camera.

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By the way, is there anyway to change the ratio of split screen mode.

On the Galaxy Note I could freely alter the ratio between the 2 apps. On the UMIDIGI it seems to be fixed at a 50 to 50 ratio.

Ability to resize the two apps would be great. Maybe with the Android 10 update? Are we expect official Android 10 update from UMIDIGI?
[Android General] skeleton1911:
Just Uploaded my Eragon ROM

https://xdaforums.com/android/development/rom-umidigi-f1-play-eragon-1-0-20190318-t3969501
[Android General] carl.13:
Umidigi F2 on way end of September Android 10
[Android General] zironia:
Thanks for your work. I will download and check it out.
[Android General] zironia:
Flashed my phone with sp tools but did format option but now I have an overlay on the top right of my screen that never goes away. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
[Android General] skeleton1911:
Try this.

Wipe data in recovery ( twrp format data)

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[Android General] InTheY2K:
Scroll up a few posts. This has been discussed a couple of times already. [emoji846]

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[Android General] zironia:
Thanks but it links to a site that is down or gone offline.
[Android General] InTheY2K:
Looks like community.umidigi.com has been taken down due to the massive spam by Russian bots they had recently. Should be back up soon.

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[Android General] InTheY2K:
The community is back up (for now). Here's the instructions how to restore your IMEI. https://community.umidigi.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=18634&extra=&page=1
[Android General] whykicks:
Does anyone know the type and size of screw bit for the two screws at the bottom of the phone near the headphone jack?

Thanks
[Android General] Louis1977:
this.....

https://m.fr.aliexpress.com/item/32...IlCbHrfMeNnuwvD9Ix4Z7PBqqQ5YF4yhoCEAkQAvD_BwE

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[Android General] ChiefWilNel:
Does anyone know if there are any otterbox type cases for the F1play/power? I am talking about fully encased versions. I did notice that otterbox does make cases for huawei and zte. I also know this form factor might be use by other phones , what other phone brand would work? I have bought 2 powers and one of them cracked. my wife is always dropping her damn phones usually with 2 months they busted so I want to get a good case when I replace this. looks like my options are buying an expensive phone just to get a good case, lol
[Android General] carl.13:
Very, very frustrating. I keep looking for a decent case; to no avail.