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[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] festr:
Hi,

I'm enhoying this device right now and I want to discuss the stock screen protector - it comes actually with two - for the small screen and for the large screen.

1) I'm not sure if I want to remove the protection of the small screen. The protector looks solid and I might to keep it on it.

2) The protection layer on the large display feels not that good as it is probably not a glass one? Samsung told that removing is possible (by samsung not by user!) but they dont recommend it. I dont like fingerprints and I dont like moving fingers on it (dont know proper english to describe it)

so anyone here who removed the protection layer on the large screen or the small screen?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] joshuadjohnson22:
Yeah, I like the idea of that screen protector... but man does it get fingerprints and grease on it. Makes it look terrible. I will hold off as long as I can but I think it will eventually come off.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] CitizenInsane:
I picked it off (from around the camera cutout) on day 1, no issues here. Screen feels much better (almost as good as regular glass phones), and it looks much cleaner.

Far easier to get the smudges off with a microfiber cloth now. I'm much happier with the screen protectors taken off!
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] StormCell:
Are you going to get another one?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
I wonder if applying an olephobic coating to the installed protector would help at all?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Timmothy83:
The feel of the big screen protector is awkward, but I'd like to keep it on. It kinda feels like a self healing layer. Had a tiny dent in it but after a few hours it was gone...

Anyone else has the same experience?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] festr:
I have removed the protector from the small screen in the day 2. I'm considering to remove the protection from the large screen because my fingerprints are all over it and I do not like the touch of this protector. The only thing I want to know (and I will wait) after a month of using someone who took it off if there is no big issues (of courtse I can live with some small scratches as maximum usability for this phone will be 2 years anyway)
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bandage:
I'm so tempted to take the inner protector off. Hate the "sticky" feel of it. Not smooth like glass.... Looks like it's a stretchy rubber like material. Hate to risk it though
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Timmothy83:
[youtube]nV_2Bsa7J2k[/youtube]

Here is a link from someone who goes through the whole process of taking it off by samsung itself.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] festr:
so I have decided to peel it off (simply grab it from the camera hole ) and it feels soooo much better and so much crisper. Lets see how long it will take to destroy the screen lol
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] apprentice:
~

So does the actual screen have an oleophobic coating?

Also does anyone know if this affects the 'discounted screen replacement in first year' benefit?

~
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Café King:
What's the status now? No scratches?

/CK
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] festr:
No scratches. When I have it open I'm careful to not drop it of course. I have the phone in pocket and I'm careful to not have it with any other things which would get in between the phone.

The feel of the screen is like you touch glass - no more sticky plastic cover nonsense.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] apprentice:
I removed the inner screen protector:

1. It was easy (just used a piece of paper to lift protector near camera hole). Peeled off like any other protector.

2. It no longer feels like a sticky rubbery screen, it feels like glass.

3. Fingerprints are no longer the big issue. It obviously has an oleophobic coating.

4. Any fingerprints are removed far easier.

5. The screen does not feel fragile. Without any protection there's a possible risk it will scratch easier but as long as you avoid anything abrasive on your cloth or in your pocket etc I am confident it will be fine.

Incidentally, I think microfibre cloths that are too fluffy should be avoided as they trap fine particles of grit. I use the ultra fine ones, usually used for glass care.

~
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] festr:
after week of no inner protection - still no scratches and still the feeling is like pure glass experience. I did not need to clean the display besides getting rid of dust by very slightly using my cloth.

I had removed the protection by just using fingernail around the camera slowly peeling off the layer - you cannot do any damage if you are just careful and pulling it too fast for example. It is easier than it might look.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] marctronixx:
one week in is not a concern -- several weeks from now chime back in...
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] StormCell:
Can someone please show me how to install the Verizon outer screen protector? It looks incredibly complicated. Pulling Tab 1 and pressing halfway then pull tab 2 while pulling bottom yada yada yada. Jeez.
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] Markpc:
Hi all

Just got my Xperia 1 ii and setting it up.

I am having issues with the Ambient display.

No mater how I set it up, the Ambient display is always at the bottom of the screen rather than in the centre.

I have searched for similar problems but can't find a thread anywhere.

Is this a known issue or am I missing something simple??

Thanks in advance

Mark
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] Sho-Bud:
What is an Ambient display?
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] Markpc:
Its what Sony call the Always on display
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] R800x_user:
It moves around to prevent burn in on the panel. Sometimes it's on the top half, sometimes in the middle and of course the bottom.
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] Sho-Bud:
Ahh, now I understand, thank you. I have the Sony smartcase. I have it set up that the display comes on when I pick up the phone.
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] Markpc:
Thanks,

That makes sense. It seems to be fine...I just have to be more patient!!
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] niaboc79:
That's exactly what it does [emoji6]

And not only for ambiant display, the status bar items (clock, battery level, icons,...) and the navigation bar keys move too.

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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] DanGlee:
Hi,

After many days of trying to get TT7 working, and finally succeeding... with some help from a particular person in this here forum (you know who you are!) I can't seem to get a GPS lock.

I've downloaded the latest Quick GPS and it can find me (and yes, I'm outside, not inside!)

Is there anything I should be doing? I tried it with A-GPS on and off. Currently its on, but still not locking. It will get a signal for a few seconds, then it loses it!

Does updaing the Radio have any affect on it? I'm running SwiftBL 5.5 ROM.

Thanks,

DG.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] R3PUBL1K:
Hi DanGlee

What is your current Radio version. AFAIK 1.00.25.05 is the better radio for GPS (at present)

AFAIK having the a-gps on causes issues like turning the signal off every few seconds. So this should defo be off.

TT preferences should be set to internal GPS (is by default)

On the device there is external GPS settings (as the device has internal GPS - this setting need not to be messed with)

You should not need to change any of the default settings at all.

I have the same ROM as you so will test the GPS later and report back - though I don't think the ROM will be the issue.

Just got a fix on the satellites and the signal did not deteriorate on my SwiftBL ROM - is A-GPS still turned off ? get schaps advconfig from my sig -if not got already, and check the settings there. Thats all I can suggest for now.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] DanGlee:
Thanks man!

I have standard Radio, not touched that at all since got it, only ROM update. With the ROM the dev suggested a radio. I check that out later.

Don't have the schaps either. I try that too later.

I not really messed with any other GPS settings other than trying A-GPS on/off. Only managed to get it working late last night, then off to bed!

I try the other stuff you suggested later and see how that works out!

Thanks again.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] baraata:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=416241

Same problem I think with solution:)

Grtzzz
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] duttym1nd:
I recently took my phone apart to replace the sim card module and the SD card reader (which is not working even after being replaced). I noticed there's a silver rectangular piece (an oscillator maybe?) that's missing from my mother board (see first image). In the second image from an ifixit video you can see the piece there.

Any idea what that piece is and

where can I find a replacement for it

???

[IMG="My motherboard"]https://i.imgur.com/oIX4eYB.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="iFixIt motherboard"]https://i.imgur.com/K1SOAAK.png[/IMG]
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Arak0n:
The metal part is just shielding for the components below it. Since none of the spots underneath are populated on your board, that means your MB doesn't even have whatever feature it's for (radio maybe?) and so the shielding is not needed in the first place.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Questions & Answers] rogvid700:
So I've got super frustrating and disappointing news that I'm curious if I'm bearing alone at this point or not....

TMobile doesn't have the device in stock in store

ON LAUNCH DAY

at any locations in my area. I'm in Dallas and not in a rural area by any means. Not a single location has stock, and I worked with an associate at my local TMobile store this morning to call around and some weren't even briefed on the device or knew about it. Let alone knowing that today was the global launch day and that they should have gotten shipments in this week. There weren't even any shipments on log for delivery at my store.

I called a TMobile rep assuming they would have more information, and it was a complete dud. Same situation with basically every store. I realize it's a specialty device and I had assumed there would be a limited release, but to not offer it anywhere in a major metropolitan area on launch day? Absurd.

I'm using my device trade-in in order to upgrade, so I'm unfortunately stuck having to go through TMobile and can't purchase it anywhere else. My question is if this is the same case for anyone anywhere else in the country with TMobile? Or is it somehow just Texas or my region? I'm lost for words and had to put a pre-order on a device that's already out....
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Questions & Answers] JSK0703:
Not sure what is going on but was surprised that Tmobile waited until yesterday to even announce pricing on Twitter.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Questions & Answers] apprentice:
You're not alone. Shortages are world wide. My carrier (EE) the biggest network in the UK with an exclusive partnership with Samsung don't have any stock to send out let alone in store. S.Korea is going to have to wait for their launch day (imagine that on home turf).

Samsung completely underestimated demand.

Hang in there mate, I am trying to do the same.

.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Questions & Answers] krabman:
Yeah, they've officially admitted to shortages "in some markets" although that may not be what's happening here; this is a dog for carriers as they'll move few of them and they take up valuable shelf and floor space that could be used for something that sells in numbers. The hardware is profitable but a sideline for them, it's about getting people into the recurring payment scheme and a cheaper phone that moves serves them better than something like this in that respect.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Questions & Answers] mickliq:
I know this isn't specifically related to the Fold2, but given its unique two-screen implementation, I'm trying to stay away from Nova Launcher and stick to the stock One UI home launcher, as it permits different setups on each of the screens which I think is key.

Anyway, I've relied so heavily on Nova Launcher for little things like two-finger swipe down to trigger a Sesame search (e.g. launch any app without having in on a home screen), I'm having a hard time replicating some of this.

Right now, I'm having to put a Sesame widget on each screen, but has anyone found a Gesture App that will enable my to do a two-finger swipe down to trigger an app launch (e.g. Sesame) with the stock One UI launcher?

Yes, I know I can swipe up from the bottom to get to the app drawer and then do a search, but that's more clicks because you have to click on the field for the app search, whereas with sesame you click on the widget and it's right in the text search box with the keyboard ready (little things...!)

Otherwise I'm still on the learning curve of One UI home since I've literally never used it across S7, S10+, S20+ ugh....
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Questions & Answers] desantim:
I use FNG https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fb.fluid and have a swipe up from the side of the phone trigger sesame.

You can set it up really any way you want i just prefer having the gesture similar to getting access to the app drawer.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Questions & Answers] mickliq:
Thanks, not quite what I want, and I guess you need the Pro version to pick a specific app...but appreciate it nonetheless.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Questions & Answers] mickliq:
Answering my own question...this doesn't quite meet the requirement in terms of it being a two-finger swipe down gesture, but Samsung's own *free* One-Hand Operation + allows you to assign any app to a single-finger swipe in from left or right (yes, it conflicts with gestures from one side but I always swipe back on the right anyway). Confirmed working with Sesame - yay!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.android.sidegesturepad
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albertfoweb:
I recently switched from T-mobile to Verizon , tried to use Verizon SIM card on Note sm-n900t, but Verizon network is not recognized on phone.

the phone is T-mobile unlocked , is this because the base-band firmware on the phone still T-mobile specific? How to fix this?

thanks
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Nxkealen:
Why the theme store always gives error " theme incompatibel" Any fix? Running miui12 globale stable?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] sakajati:
Download here:

SJ SamsungOmnia_Driver_D3D.zip

Instructions: Install SJ SamsungOmnia_Driver_D3D.cab and reboot!

I've extracted the driver from latest Samsung Omnia rom and tested it on my kaiser rom (HyperDragon III Full Version - 4 August) with dynamix 3d benchmark and some D3D test application from HTCClassAction.org (D3DMDemo.exe, Lights.exe, Text3D.exe) and it runs good and pretty fast! Have fun :)

Here's some D3D sample Application: SJ D3D Mobile Sample.zip
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] guigui42:
whats the differences with the drivers from HTCClassAction.org ?

Any 2D improvments ?

Who is the author?

thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] stinger32:
Link doesnt work.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] one4me999:
Im getting an invalid link for that file...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] sakajati:
Looks like there's an error on xda server or my internet connection maybe.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] sakajati:
It works now.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Dredd67:
edit: mirror removed. (not needed anymore)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] rogmar:
What exactly does this software do,i'm baffled.Can somebody please explain?​
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Dredd67:
Got TCPMP 0.81 up to 204% with directdraw with my test video. Was 170-180% before... Seems there are some improvements ;)

HTC CA apps seem also faster, but less smooth than before ?

Anyway thanks SJ for sharing this good finding ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] nogardtilt:
Interesting...I wonder if my phone will run it:

Does it work on WinMo 6.0?

(Running AT&T Stock rom without bloatware)

Is it un-installable (just in case)?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Balrog82:
i tried the drivers and they work fine. even the 3d text test app from htcca is working ok now with the text displaying correctly. perhaps the 2d drivers from the omnia work, too?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] neva dinova:
will this work on older roms?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] DavidMc0:
I guess you could try it and see what happens?

On L26 V10, these make some difference. I first had to install the HTCCA drivers to get any of the tests and GL-mark to run.

Compared to the HTCCA drivers, here's what I noticed from brief testing:

- Text 3D was clear and readable, unlike with just HTCCA drivers

- With Lights.exe, HW T&L and rasterisation were false instead of true, seemed to run smoothly, don't know how to get FPS to compare

- D3DMdemo.exe seemed to run much faster with this than HTCCA

- GL-Mark tests seemed the same, no better or worse (but did not work at all before installing HTCCA drivers, then these on top)

Can't compare TCMP, as it does not seem to work on L26 V10 at the moment. No apparent increase in snappiness of 2D environment etc as far as I could tell (PointUI us always snappy apart from when changing screen orientation).

Lets see what others notice... keep up the good work with the drivers folks!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] undac:
If it reports that there's no HW TnL etc. then it's perhaps just an optimized software path.

Can't wait to hear what Chainfire and his crew has to say about this though. :)

Can the "author" gibve us some more info on what files are included, etc.

More reports (proper before/after tests in Coreplayer and TCPMP using directdraw would be interesting) needed! :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Fulcrum1:
Benchmarking on the fly...

VSBenchmark 2007 on a fully loaded Romeos v.4.21 with running apps (Blackberry Connect, PUI Home etc etc). Just look at the "graphics" values.

Install: the Samsung driver overwritten HTCCA driver.

1St Column -> HTCCA Driver

2Nd Column -> Samsung Drivers

Vsbenchmark 2007 Score: -- 1561 -- 1542 --

CPU score: -- 1739 -- 1752 --

File system score: -- 1907 -- 1861 --

Jpeg score : -- 2421 -- 2429 --

Game score: -- 1472 -- 1499 --

Write 1 MB ﬁle (KB/sec): -- 515 ms -- 595 ms --

Read 1 MB ﬁle (MB/sec): -- 81 ms -- 91 ms --

Write 8 KB x 128 ﬁles (KB/sec): -- 1440 ms -- 1486 ms --

Read 8 KB x 128 ﬁles (MB/sec): -- 246 ms -- 347 ms --

Fill Rate Buffer To Screen (Fps): -- 310 fps -- 326 fps --

Fill Rate Buffer only (Fps): -- 2381 fps -- 2375 fps --

There seems to be an improvement in graphics benchmarks. Nothing special, just another step towards our true Kaiser.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] sakajati:
That's right, this is only software optimization (Intel XScale Optimized D3DM Driver).

It only installs one file to your device: D3DMXSc50PB.dll and only import functions from 2 modules: COREDLL.DLL, DDRAW.DLL. So I guess it should work on most roms/device.

Just try it guys, you can uninstall it to go back to previous driver.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] nogardtilt:
So it is un-installable? ...and uninstalling will roll back to original drivers?

(Just like to check to make sure I can revert if it negatively affects the phone.)

Also, can anyone confirm this works on WinMo 6.0?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Mixefr:
It works fine on WM 6.0. Orange rom.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] bronx:
I can confirm - installs on wm 6.0, but... I dunno if it works. Don't have any apps to test it (I forgot where those test apps are :P ) but fpsece seems to work as ****ty as usual.

thanks for all Sakajati anyway

bro
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Bjd223:
If this driver is just software optimizations, it is very strange that it would score so close on every benchmark to the hardware HTC ones. Maybe it is reporting software rendering to handset but using the HW someway (note, I don't really know what I'm talking about).

Also, if this driver was ported so quickly. Wouldn't it be just as easy to port the 2D driver(s)?

Hopefully if this driver is HW rendering, it won't piss off the programmer working on the drivers. We still need 2D support!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] NuShrike:
Nice find!

Most non-HTC implementations do do text right. There's something wrong with the Diamond drivers that crap out the text.

It is XSCALE optimized-software D3D (not hardware ATI), so at least better than the reference D3D HTC used to ship. I think ARMv6, which is the Kaiser, does support many of the XSCALE optimizations although not the specific WMMX ones.

GLBenchmark uses OpenGL, not D3D so you won't see a difference

These "drivers" are beta 1 built in 2003. Grain of salt action.

May be better than thin wrapper around OpenGL like the real drivers are, but you may lose GPU coprocessing meaning less CPU headroom for stuff like game AI, physics math, etc.

It does rely on DirectDraw so we may gain ATI hardware surface speedup from that since HTC did implement some ATI hardware support in the 3.28, and post, DDI.dlls.

D3Ddemo is running ~80-90 fps although the refresh on lights.exe seems more noticeable. Seems much better than KaiserGL drivers.

Are the transitions between colors rougher in this driver like it's not doing any bilinear filtering/anti-aliasing?

I don't see how it can be reliant on the KaiserGL drivers since it neither imports nor LoadLibrary() on anything external.

Does not require HTC-CA drivers to be installed, but may require HTC WM6.1 official (3.28 and after). I recommend these drivers over d3d_ati.dll unless these happen to use more CPU

Isn't this disgusting how much faster properly optimized drivers of any sort can be? HTC/Qualcomm just cannot code/implement. Now if more driver files from either Toshiba G810, or the Omnia show up, yay!

felix: I don't know of any D3D apps besides the samples that come from HTC-CA. I think most developers avoid D3D because it's broken on most devices.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] felixthecat:
im glad YOU understand that. can you explain in laymans terms and where can i download a cool test app that looks good
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Infuruno:
On the T-mobile uk official 6.0 rom D3D Demo and the lights program didn't work at all till i installed these drivers but they are really slow.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] vj4:
Ok tested on l26 v10 TL its working lights i feel ran slower but everything else works fine will test more and post back with day to day use
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] jackleung:
Tested w/ my rom which is based on Dutty's 4/29.

Before:

Light.exe: run but extremely slow

Text3D.exe: run but crash if I switch to landscape mode

Triangle.exe: won't start

Opera V9.5: Run without issue.

W/ Omnia D3D driver:

Light.exe: run but still extremely slow

Text3D.exe: run and will not crash in landscape mode

Opera V9.5: Run without issue.

Therefore, no improvement on performance but do seems to fix a hidden issue. Thanks for the driver. :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] undac:
the vsbenchmarks are useless and tell us nothing since none of them test anything that has to do with this driver :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Bjd223:
That makes sense why they are so close then.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] p51d007:
not to be off topic, but, does anyone know if anyone is working on any 2d improvements?