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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinspawn:
This is sort of a research thread and I hope someone here is willing to weigh in with their knowledge.

I'm a Ruby / Java / Python / JS / PHP developer, who did a little bit of Android game development during my studies back in 2012. I assume things have changed since then.

I'm working on a commercial project where we need a network controllable video player for LED TV's and/or video projectors. Currently, we are using a Raspberry Pi 3-based design with the OMX Player, but this board is somewhat weak and the player is cumbersome to interact with and has limitations. Especially when it comes to rendering multiple layers with transparency. I would like to work on a platform where I have a rich multimedia API for rendering sound and video with an object-oriented API.

I have obtained myself an Asus Tinker, which has an official Android distribution. This runs rather smooth and from what I can tell, the API's for Android appear rich and flexible. So my questions are:

1) Is it possible to develop a launcher / kiosk app, that will allow me to boot into a "blank" screen and allow the app to place video surfaces, image surfaces and text layers? I should also be able to interact with the sound card and playback PCM audio. I would like an API that supports audio mixing, amplification, etc... There is no direct user input on the device, so I will need a solution that does not present any status bars, google account wizards, wifi wizards, update prompts, notifications or anything. In fact, when the Tinker is powered on, there should ideally not be anything indicating that it's Android.

I guess what I'm asking for is kind of a console video game engine / SDK, minus game controller support.

2) What kind of libraries or API's would I need to dive into and understand? Where should I start?

3) How complex is it? What is the scope of it? How much development time? Days? Weeks? Months? Years? Would I need more developers with specific skills?

4) Is there any developer here who's interested in participating in such a project as a paid freelance developer?

5) Is there any alternative software/OS platforms I should look into? I want to be able to boot into a custom passive user interface that is remotely controlled over REST by another device. I would like to avoid dealing with low level implementation of video decoding and rendering, but at the same time I would prefer to have control over screen resolution, refresh rate, color depth and I would like to run a ssh server on the client, so it can be serviced. Ideally, the platform should be able to both stream from the internet, but also accept commands to download to local storage and play from there.

6) Is there any alternative hardware platform I should look into?

7) Anything else I should consider? Problems that I'll need to address / prepare for?
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] Javi22:
So 2 weeks with the phone. I absolutely love it, except for this huge problem. Is this normal??:

- It gets very overheated quickly, specially with camera or videocalls.

- Battery life is the worst one I have ever experienced. It will go from 100% to 15% in around 8h with 2,5h SOT. It's insane. Exact same setup with pixel 2 XL, lasts double

Do you think might be a damaged device? I tried ofc clean flash. Both Android 9 and 10 beta. Same issue...

Thank you
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] marevic:
I've been having pretty bad battery life myself. Average of 3 to 3.5hrs SoT. Usually need a pick up charge during the day before bed.

Really annoyed cuz I love this phone. I've been trying out OnePlus 7 Pro and S10+. Don't like Samsung, used to love them, but I just hate that UI and their apps they push on you. OnePlus is amazing in terms of everything but the camera, and that is a big thing for me. OnePlus 7 Pro has been really great in performance, battery, everything, but the camera which is pretty mediocre.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] EggZenBeanz:
I'm returning my OP7 Pro and going back to my Pixel 3. While I love the speed and smoothness of the 7 Pro, the camera is really bad. Too bad to compromise. Returning it and going back to my pixel 3 which also suffers crappy battery, but the camera is still the best
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] ambush_boy:
Yeah the battery life is mediocre, you would think they would have added some kernel profiling for such. Pubg eats battery when I play it and it gets so hot it's rather concerning. But on the plus side, it makes my wife put her phone down when she's riding on empty.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] peikojose:
I might not be a power user but I get solid 5h SOT with DP3. Sometimes I can reach 6h SOT.

Standy by is around 14-16h, so it last a day.

As I am using DP3, I dont have any custom kernel not even root.

Signal at home sucks, I use wifi. But leaving home gives me the same result. If I stay in a place with good signal I can get even more.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] Dr-akbar:
Exactly the same issues I'm having. Overheating might usage and battery drain is horrendous.

Used the s10e with the same issues unfortunately. So went back to the pixel 3 knowing these compromises.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] tjsooley:
I think you may have a wakelock issue or a bad battery. I am running q beta 3 and still am at ~50 % after 11 hours
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] totib38:
Do you think the pixel 3 is a good value phone today ?

I can have pixel 3 black in 128go for 400 € so I'm hesitating .....

Did the lasts updates improved battery life ?

Or it is more efficient to change the kernel to improve battery life ?

Thanks for your advices ?
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] Javi22:
Well after some days I have to say battery improved. It's not dramatic now but still being very weak. I changed location so maybe it's related to signal

For me now the dramatic point is the heating. There must be a bug or something, when you use front camera. It gets extremely hot. Videocalls are totally awful then

Gesendet von meinem Pixel 3 mit Tapatalk
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] Dr-akbar:
I think the phone is great in all other aspects. I am currently on Android Q beta 3 and the issues are the same from the time of purchase last October.

Regarding using custom kernels, I'm not into unlocking my phones and rooting nowadays so can't help you in that.

However if you are not into heavy gaming or editing, I've heard the 3a lineup performs better in regards to battery life. Might want to check them out before you decide.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] carlos_polanco:
I've been with beta for a while. Battery sucks but no overheating. This is the same with the official pie firmware.

I just got used to this and to be honest this happens with previous pixels.

It's an Android feature ?

I'm loving the size, camera and future navigation gesture.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trapq:
Hi. I have some problems with my old tablet. Yesterday I found this tablet, but I can't turn him on. I tried to charge him for 6hours, didn't work. I tried button combinations Power + Volume Up/Down, nothing. Can I do something with this to solve it? It's bricked, or?
[Google Pixel 3a XL Questions & Answers] hpsauce37:
I thought I had seen a couple of reviewers on YouTube saying there had been some however I've not had anything since getting my device and also still on old security patch.

Anyone had anything?
[Google Pixel 3a XL Questions & Answers] wpghtc:
There wont be anything til June
[Google Pixel 3a XL Questions & Answers] krabman:
They announced the phone would be patched along with the June update, if there is any word about what is getting patched I haven't seen it around yet..
[Google Pixel 3a XL Questions & Answers] calinorg:
Combined April may and June security patches and anything that gets reported meanwhile...
[ZTE Axon 10 Pro Questions & Answers] obladi64:
Almost all SD855 phone support 4K 60fps video recording. Why doesn't ZTE do it?
[ZTE Axon 10 Pro Questions & Answers] EDIIIZ:
Its just a Software thing. Download FU24s 6.1 Gcam Mod and you can record 4K 60 on the Back and 4K 30 on the front.
[ZTE Axon 10 Pro Questions & Answers] obladi64:
Thanks for the info. 4K60fps works, although I cannot shot appropriate photo but I haven't tried setting yet.
[ZTE Axon 10 Pro Questions & Answers] EDIIIZ:
Yeah, I got a config that works pretty good. Don't know if it works with that version.

https://filebin.net/8h9viv13pu8u3987/axon10pro2.xml?t=emzcc5xj

Press long and press download link.
[ZTE Axon 10 Pro Questions & Answers] obladi64:
Thanks, but it doesn't work with this. Camera does't recognize xml at all so I cannot restore it either.
[ZTE Axon 10 Pro Questions & Answers] EDIIIZ:
You need to make a folder structure on the internal storage.

Gcam -> configs . Now copy the .xml to the configs folder. In GCAM you can now tab the black surface besides the shutter and select the config.
[ZTE Axon 10 Pro Questions & Answers] obladi64:
Other xml files are ok. Only this one is not readable. It doesnt appear in the list either when I want to load it.
[ZTE Axon 10 Pro Questions & Answers] carburano:
If you want this is my Xml for Gcam. For me it's almost perfect
[ZTE Axon 10 Pro Questions & Answers] obladi64:
It is amazing. Thanks alot.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] Ryoshoru:
When I'm using my parallax wallpaper on my OP 7Pro the icons in the status bar display as white but as soon as I switch to my homescreen, they turn black which makes them pretty much unreadable. Is there a way I can change it to white permanently/system+wide?

[IMG="Lockscreen"]https://i.imgur.com/NAPvpEx.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="Homescreen"]https://i.imgur.com/1GznHsm.jpg[/IMG]
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ridley:
Friends, I found out new mobile shell skin v2.1 for VGA as well for QVGA devices.

This is the screenshot

Download site:

http://mobileshell.ppc-theme.com/page 2.html

I have question, how can I make the background all look the same??

I mean not only the clock n calender page but also the launcher n contacts page..Thanks =)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ridley:
Please anyone answer my question?? :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bapssystupr3m3:
read the how-to guide
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ridley:
I have read it 10 times..but I can't find out the tuto to change ALL the background?? So I want a specific tuto for that..thnaks for the help :)
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] and00r:
Hi, what exactly does this mean?

I get this message when booting the device into recovery, or "download mode"

I just picked up a used htc u11 from ebay, and I intend to run totally stock and would like to receive OTA updates.

I would guess this phone has been rooted in the past, although I am not entirely sure.

I would like to know what exactly this message means, what is going on.

It's a Sprint phone, I recently flashed the device with stock RUU firmware package (bundled with installer) obtained directly from htc, though this did not remove the failed security check.

Also, would it be possible to return this phone to 100% stock? Thanks.
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] and00r:
It seems the security check is part of the htc security feature (S-ON) primarily intended to protect the radio and sim. Though any more information here would greatly be appreciated.

Not exactly sure what cause any security check to fail, or what part of the phone would need to be changed to where a stock rom flash would not revert any changes.

Further information -

Device state is locked,

Secure state is on (S-ON)

Secure boot reads as "PRODUCTION"

Software status reads as "OFFICIAL"
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] and00r:
The specific message I get says "Security checking failed DENY"

Then followed by a basic warning about flashing custom firmware,

Then it lists, what I assume are things it has denied,

It lists -

"SD NOT MOUNTED"

"OTG NOT MOUNTED"

"File NOT FOUND"

I don't want to pass this off as a generic warning, or a bug, perhaps as something which has stuck from a previous root attempt, and is harmless.

I am definitely concerned that the phone may have been tampered with by some other means for "S-ON" feature to be complaining this way.

Once again, I have already flashed the phone with stock htc firmware, I don't see a reason for any of this.

Please excuse my lack of knowledge on this subject. I even tried searching for "htc download mode" which in itself I am also unaware of, and any information is hardly available online for even this. "download mode" seems to be a part of some firmware which comes before the bootloader, or is a different part of the bootloader itself, and needs SD/OTG/file access for some kind of update purpose, which in itself is different from the one already provided by the default recovery mode.

This is getting rather silly.

It would seem normal to "DENY" SD/OTG access, because download mode should not be open or ready this way by default, but perhaps it's something which is designed to recover the phone in case even the bootloader becomes corrupt? I'm really not sure.

Seems normal to deny this, but once again I really don't know.

This "security check failed DENY" message is rather confusing. Do you perhaps need some kind of key to activate download mode?
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] miffymiffy:
Id say its because your bootloader is unlocked...
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] and00r:
As I already stated, the device is locked. Thanks for your input though.
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] and00r:
It really seems like the S-ON feature is reporting a failed signature check, that is obviously my biggest concern.

And I don't know what the stock htc firmware actually replaces, so please, if anyone can help, that would be especially appreciated.

These phones are actually solid in quality and build, and no other devices are priced this low on the used market, so there is really no other option , as I don't wish to overpay several hundred more dollars for used previous gen hardware. I am definitely content with the Snapdragon 835 and especially the Adreno 540.
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] and00r:
anyone?
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] and00r:
Did not expect this thread to go completely ignored this way... come on guys
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] cynikZA:
I'm with miffymiffy on this one. I have the same warning. Afaik there's no way to remove it, even if you're successful in relocking it. Just read all the threads pertaining to S-ON/OFF.
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] jhill110:
[MENTION=4591146]cynikZA[/MENTION] is correct:

Once the bootloader has been unlocked that warning is there forever.

Relocking won't get rid of it.
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] and00r:
Yes it seems that way, but what about the functionality of download mode?

Seems like file access is denied. Does this mean that download mode is no longer functional?
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] miffymiffy:
Everything will work as it should.
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] and00r:
Alright, thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] trikpa:
Hi guys!

In the past I had an Android watch, a Pebble, several Samsung watches... The best one so far was Android.

Samsung Galaxy watch would be almost perfect if it hadn't this stupid "feature"

In short, the notification dot on the watch is there to notify you when there are unread notifications on the watch, not on your mobile phone. One would say, so what, that's not a problem...

Figure this - if you have the " turn screen on" and "show notification details" options on, then everything you get on your watch gets dismissed immediately! How stupid is that??

Is there a workaround for this, am I the only one bothered by this?

I love how Android wear has this solved. Not only that you have a notification on your watch persistent until you dismissed it on your phone or your watch but also it shows details in a form of cards...
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] Arden144:
Same settings on my watch. Notifications don't get deleted
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] ciaox:
Mine do not get deleted too. However, if you clear the notification on your watch it does remove it from your phone too.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] trikpa:
They don't get deleted, just the orange dot disappears, leaving me unaware of a new notification...
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] bober10113:
so easy just go to notification settings in the galaxy watch app and remove the toggle beside the turn on screen option. its useless anyways. if its on, the the orange dot wont appear because it auto dismisses it by design.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] Dixon Butz:
I know exactly what you mean. All notifications disappear way too easily! If you accidentally go to far, it's gone. Missed it! FTS! FFS!

I tried for long time to try to find a fix. Samsung has to fix this. NOTHING the user can do!

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[Samsung Galaxy Watch] trikpa:
Yes, it's up to Samsung... but the problem is, nobody talks about it, I tried to Google the problem, haven't found anything...

It's like people don't see it or don't care about it...
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] trikpa:
But I want to see what's up in a glance when I feel the notification vibration on the watch. If I toggle it off, I will have to wake up the watch screen everytime to see what's going on...
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] bober10113:
do you have the lift wrist flick movement enabled?
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] trikpa:
No, I have AOD on...
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] bober10113:
still enable it to see if it helps
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] gruuvin:
I do like those two options, so I can immediately see the notification on my screen without touching it..... but the only interaction at that point is to scroll up or down to read the notification details or touch the three-dots on the right and select "Clear Notifications" If I clear notification, then that's what happens... notification gone (it would be nice if I could just swipe sideways to clear, because for some notifications I have to then scroll to the bottom of a list of options to select clear notifications). If I don't "Clear Notifications" and ignore it, then the notification disappears from the watch screen, The watch goes back to displaying the watch face, there will NOT be an orange dot on the watch face, but the notification will be in my watch's notifications queue for me to look at later, AND the notification will be on my phone.

Seems like that's about exactly how I want it.

I have "Mute connected phone" set in the Wearable app notifications settings, because if I am wearing my watch, I want the watch to be what notifies me; not my phone. Also, I have the new OneUI on the watch.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] MichaelGG:
Same problem here. I'd like to have notifications to be persistent until I explicitly dismiss them. On my Galaxy watch a notification disappears after I saw it. Is there some setting? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] andrewjae04:
So I just got the galaxy watch 5 and had this problem. I found that some how my phone got put in do not disturb. Once I turned that off all my notifications came up.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] kamkoz96:
Yesterday i noticed something strange in my OP7p and i'd like you to check whether something like this occurs in your phones. Issue, which i will describe occurs only when i have 90hz refresh rate set and the low brightness of the screen with the auto adjustment of brightness turned off. The easiest way to see that is on youtube application with a dark theme. When we start a movie on the full screen (horizontally) and watch it for a few seconds, then go back to the vertical position, there is something like weak but visible blink of the screen, or a minimal colours change. It can be noticed in other apps, e.g. on facebook. Seems to me this is a software problem, beacause the same phenomenon doesn't exists when we set 60hz refresh. I would be very grateful if you can check it on your phones and give me a know about it.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] explosivequack:
I don't usually start videos in full screen mode and never noticed it but yeah definitely does a white flicker.

This is the highest brightness I could get it to do the flicker at.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] kamkoz96:
Thank you for an answer. Personally i am able to see this flicker on a little bit higher screen brightness, but maybe its because im sitting in a dark room now. I was worried cause sometimes i see it during the normal usage of phone, and if only my OnePlus would be affected by this flickering i could still return it or exchange for a new one. It isnt very disturbing however interesting is whats cause of it.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] matze19999:
this is usual for EVERY Oled screen and is called jelly effect...
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] vishal3967:
You might want to try the DC dimming option in Settings->Utilities->OnePlus Laboratory.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] kamkoz96:
From what i know jelly effect appears while we scrolling some content and propably that's not what i meant in my first post. Also flicker in my case is only visible on 90hz refresh rate.

I have galaxy s7e as a second phone and that effect doesn't happen there.

Thanks but i tried this option and it didn't do the job well.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metropical:
Screen side (front) camera is fine. But suddenly main camera won't auto focus. Tried toggling. Restarting. Removed battery and cleaned the guts and SIM. Still no auto focus.

unlocked and rooted, but stock ROM.

Is the little red LED the auto-focus and does it come with a camera module?
[Vivo V11 Questions & Answers] jjohnten:
I can't seem to change the font on my phone, none of those external apps that were designed specifically to package fonts into itheme work at all. No fonts except the ones on itheme work. I can't use any external fonts and I can't seem to figure out why. Is this happening for anyone else? I only tried after the latest funtouch update to android 9, does this relate to the update?
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Questions & Answers] twistedvegan:
Anyone know when they'll be shipping the ones that have been preordered in the UK?

A couple of websites are saying 25th of may but Asus themselves are just saying they're waiting for stock from the manufacturer and won't give us a date.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Questions & Answers] TheCookieButter:
If I try to pre-order the Zen 6 from Asus's website it says it'll ship the week of 9th July. UK btw.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Questions & Answers] jeremyet:
Just chatted to Asus customer support. Date of 9 july isn't right - they will know today when stock is arriving and will be updating shipping date at some point today, with preorders also updating and going out as soon as stock arrives.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Questions & Answers] smohanv:
If you look at the booking steps carefullu, it says 9th July 2018 (not 2019). So it is confusing.

Pre-order starts today.

Link here

---------- Post added at 11:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:28 AM ----------

One of the step in Pre-Order form says that shippig starts from 09th July 2018 (not 2019). Confusing.

---------- Post added at 11:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:30 AM ----------

Pre-order starts today.

Link here

One of the step in Pre-Order form says that shippig starts from 09th July 2018 (not 2019). Confusing.

---------- Post added at 11:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 AM ----------

Pre-order starts today.

Link here

One of the step in Pre-Order form says that shippig starts from 09th July 2018 (not 2019). Confusing.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Questions & Answers] yakapa40:
hello

as you can see here in post 1 , i have it since yesterday ( sended from Asus Netherlands )

https://xdaforums.com/zenfone-6-2019/how-to/zs630kl-firmware-t3932221

regards
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Questions & Answers] TheCookieButter:
When you ordered your phone do you know what the shipping date was written as in the checkout? Asus support in the UK said it'd be updated today but it hasn't been yet, curious if yours was different.

Also, how long was it between your order and delivery?
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Questions & Answers] yakapa40:
[MENTION=9945690]TheCookieButter[/MENTION]

same for Asus Fr