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[Touch Pro, Fuze General] foo:
My decision is like follows:

I buy a Touch Pro if HTC manages to increase the 3G reception to a normal level before Xperia X1 is on sale. I'd prefer the Touch Pro mainly because of the better keyboard, but reception is even more important for me. Without reception a phone is a worthless piece of plastic.

If HTC fails on the Touch Pro and the Xperia X1 shows an acceptable reception, then I'll be still happy and buy the X1. I will tell myself that the more HW Keys, more LEDs and bigger screen (resolution) was worth it. :)

But if both fail I have to stick with my TyTN until the next generation is announced. :( (...and I really want a new toy! (NOW!))
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] SomethingWicked:
Side by Side Comparison

Found this comparison on smape also...

http://smape.com/en/reviews//HTC_Touch_Pro-Sony_Ericsson_XPERIA_X1-prev.html
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Lord_BlackAdder:
The TouchPro also has TV-OUT, though cable not included:mad:
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Incarniac:
The Touch Pro (Raphael) is the successor to TyTN II (Kaiser), so you could say that it is the "TyTN III". Nobody knows whether HTC will make a TyTN III later of course, but in that case it would be the successor to the Raphael, so such a naming scheme makes little sense.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] WDawn:
I really had a hard time deciding between the Xperia and the Touch Pro, but i finally decided to get the Touch pro because

- the mainstream screen resolution: more likely that most apps will work with it

- a little smaller in size

- keyboard with arrows (i use them a lot)

- no release date for Xperia yet (alltough i think that would change fast now), and my tytn was dying

- TV out

- TF3D looks really slick

- A lot more support for the Touch Pro on this forum

The only advantage of the Xperia over the touch pro were the metal finish (alltough im very pleased with the looks of the Touch pro, it looks better in real life then on photo, and my gf thinks it's a very sexy phone) and the bigger screen.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] mrvanx:
Probably have abandoned the TyTN series now i think, the TyTN II was released before the Touch, Touch cruise etc... More likely they will carry on the touch branding or start a new series?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] SomethingWicked:
true, it does... but... how long will we in the modifications community leave the X1 alone? not long, me thinks. The X1 will have TF3D/Manilla available within the first few weeks of its release, which will run in one of the 9 panels (lets see the iphone do that!), and then the only shortfall will of course be the keyboard and tv-out, which you can't upgrade. but the X1 is a much sexier phone... >sigh< well KRAP! I guess I'll just have to buy one of each :rolleyes:
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] gaz@usgermanlawyers.com:
ouch Pro vs. Xperia

The keyboard is one of the features, (agree, the Toch Pro seem to have the better one) but the overall use should make the decission. The complete UMTS band and all 4 GMS break the choice. Travelling with the Touch Pro will be difficult without the bandwith. Will see when both US Versions will be available.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] SomethingWicked:
Will X1 be supported by XDA-Developers?

A question for senior members/moderators: :confused: Since the X1 will be manufactured by HTC, will it be supported here on xda-developers.com in the forum and wiki area? If it were, that may sway some decisions in its favor. (truthfully, i'm having a hard time deciding)

Thanks in advance...
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] knight14th:
I was going back and forth on both devices but finally decided to take Touch Pro for some reasons:

- "real" HTC devices has a very big community

- Touch Pro has a light sensor

- Touch Pro has a g-sensor

- it is as small as an Magician

- it is going to be released soon (SE actually has not)
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] WDawn:
Trust me, the Touch Pro is really sexy too, it looks better in real then on the internet. Plus the back finish has a very pleasant feel, it's soft and very nice to hold.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] gobmonster:
If for that, i can see panels coming to the touch pro!!!!

But anyways, as every one knows, the metal x1 is way sexier than the tp, but tbh, thats the only thing that it has over it IMO (well, besides a 3.5 jack :p)

Im going with the tp for the community and the fact that it has so many sensors. Capacitive face keys, stylus, light sensor, g sensor, so on. I would love to have more buttons, but once the volume keys are figured out, i'll be happy to map them with hbutton to many 3 options each
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Rudegar:
it also got a higher res which of cause can give software incompatibilty issue but then so can just being vga as raphael

it also got an arch but it dont seem like much from what i can see
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] l3v5y:
VGA has the same aspect ratio as QVGA, so it's easier to develop for (everything can just be scaled up) whereas WVGA/WQVGA have different ratios, so are harder to have compatibility with.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Pete79:
my 2 cents..

I recently switched to SE Xperia (X1i, I believe..) from TP and here are my thoughts from a couple days of usage:

The Important Stuff:

+ Xperia has been 'snappier' to use; everything seems to function faster, from screen rotation to the opening of the windows folder. Probably because each of the panels is so much more restricted (in terms of functions) than TF3D

+ Battery seems to last a bit longer: I almost manage 2 days with one charge (TP had to be charged every night) and I'm naturally using the X1 exactly like the TP..

- Things aren't as 'available' as they are in TF3D -> TP had *everything* I need just a couple of finger swipes away. Panels take so long to change that it feels slow..

- The keyboard is very limited: I miss the ctrl- and shift-buttons (for various text editing needs) and especially the dedicated number buttons. Spacing, size and the feel of the keys don't make a difference to me between the two phones.

- BT Hands Free functions a bit erratically: switches off during call (when the phones display powered out) and the volume controls function backwards sometimes (vol up makes the vol go down and vice versa) -> I need to test my other BT also..

+/- GPS lag is actually a bit worse (in TT7) than in the TP; go figure..

+/- I've heard a lot of praises about SE's build quality, but mine is just as good (or shoddy) as my TP; the display part wiggles a bit in both positions and the optical joystick makes the HW keys just as 'unpredictable' as in the TP.

The Gimmicks & Not So Important Stuff:

+ Panels are nice in a few ways. For example: I have two panels of the same type: the other displays a lot of my calendar entries -> I use it during work. The other has no calendar entries visible, but instead has some RSS feeds from my favourite computer HW sites and some quick launch icons and such.

+ 3.5mm jack: if I'd listen a lot of music, this would be nice (maybe I'll start listening more now..)

+ The camera software has a neat 'choose the focus point by tapping the screen' -function -> awesome!

- No accelerometer: it's not a deal breaker, but I did grow to like it as a show off -kind of thingy :p

- Smart Wheel (or whatsit) on the TP was something I learned to love especially in Opera 9.5, I haven't found similar function from X1..

- Stylus. Pulling it out doesn't wake the device up (no sensor) and it's awkward to pull out, needs a bit of finger nail (to get a hold of it)..

+/- Im not sure about the optical joystick just yet: it may become either a very lovable thing or I may end up hating it (so far I've had frustrations and giggles of joy from it)

+/- HW keys. It's good that there are keys; not so good that they're not very usable. The dedicated camera button and the volume buttons are so flush that I need to use the very tip of my finger to operate them (or a long finger nail, which I don't have that often..)

All in all I'm still missing my TP and should I get it back soon, I may end up leaving the X1 as a "weekend phone".
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] gobmonster:
Interesting, hows the video playback on this thing?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Pete79:
That I cannot comment on; I haven't watched any videos on my TP and only a bit of a trailer on Xperia..
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] technillion:
Are you serious?!

After having owned the TP (EU) and now owning the X1i (EU) and using them both on U.S. ATT, I don't think I can go to back to the TP or to the FUZE.

My biggest gripes about the TP were:

1. No video drivers so some divx movies lagged.

Same movies play smoothly on X1.

2. Video cam is only 15fps@640x480 and 20fps@320x200.

X1 does 30fps@640x480 and 15fps@WVGA...a thing of beauty.

3. Serious GPS lag exists (~10-20 seconds).

I know some have had a problem on the X1...I must be one of the lucky ones since I have no lag problems using either Google Maps or Nav4All.

4. Difficult to get a GPS lock--even with aGPS enabled.

I get a lock INDOORS with the X1. It took minutes to get a lock OUTDOORS with the TP.

5. Serious low sound volume issue (ear piece, spkr & BT vol).

I actually have to sometimes turn the ear piece vol DOWN on the X1.

6. No U.S. ATT 3G! (fixed in Fuze/TP US 3G model).

Since the X1i gets UMTS on the 1900mhz band (no 850mhz band though), I am ALWAYS getting HSDPA/3G in the Chicago area. I missed this the most on the TP and the FUZE is not worth getting just to get the 850mhz band. I understand the importance of the 850mhz band in theory but someone will have to do a side-by-side comparison with the X1i and X1a to convince me that the 850mhz band makes that much of a difference.

7. Finger prints! Finger prints! Finger prints!!

I can't tell you how frustrating it was to constantly wipe the TP front, back and sides! That thing magnified even the smallest finger prints. I actually started carrying a small sham around with me. I do still get finger prints on the X1 (Silver); but it's so much more manageable. :cool:
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Pete79:
Yup. Valid points (to you) indeed. This goes to show how very different things we look to in a smartphone :]

I have no use for smooth video playback or high quality recording. I have better GPS experiences with TP than with the X1 and ATT 3G isn't a factor..
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] Davy49:
Hi,

I'm hoping that someone can help me with this issue, as far as my wifi goes, I'm on at&t fiber 1000 connection speed. I would think that I should have enough bandwidth available to be able to listen to a online radio station without any buffering occurring. When I'm using my red pocket 4 G LTE mobile connection that connects to at&t there's not any buffering at all, I do have a private dns server setup to block ad's, the one that I use is this address (dns.adguard.com). It might be something rather small that I'm overlooking but so far I can't seem to determine what it might be. I only have a 8 gb data allowance per month, so that's why I can't use my mobile data connection all of the time. Of course my phone is a LG V30 phone that's running android version 9.0, any suggestions will be appreciated !

David :confused:
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
Even though your AT&T is 1 Gbps speed, that's your line in/ethernet cable speed. Have you run speed tests to see what your Wi-Fi speed is? It will vary, depending on distance from your Wi-Fi router.

Yes, it should probably be fast enough, but I'm still curious what your average Wi-Fi speed is, when testing from your phone.

Your DNS ad server blocking is a nice detail to help trouble shoot. But you're probably blocking the same ads on Red Pocket. Therefore it's something that's not playing nice with AT&T network. Just for experimentation, while on Wi-Fi TEMPORARILY turn off your AdGuard or whatever app you are using. You can temporarily disable it. See if the buffering still happens then?
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] Davy49:
Hi,

Thanks so much for your reply, I'll try that and see if it makes any difference. The reason I'm using the private dns address is so I don't have to use software for blocking ad's. Today I've been checking out unlimited data plans for my phone. I'm currently using red pocket and I pay for 8 gb of data per month. Happy Thanksgiving ! Stay Safe
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
Sure, I understand why you're using it. I use Ad Guard (paid, lifetime license) on two phones and Blokada (free) on 5 others, used by family/friends. Both allow choice of servers that will block ads.

We just need to see if something is conflicting on your home AT&T internet with Adguard servers. That may not be the case. But if so, there's workarounds we can try.

(For instance I know some websites have issues with Cloudflare DNS servers.)
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] Davy49:
Hi ChazzMatt,

Happy Thanksgiving, I hope you & yours have a wonderful day ! I've turned of the private adguard dns setting in my wifi settings on my phone, of course by doing so now I'm seeing more ad's once again. As I remember I did that a couple of day's ago, the first day when I was streaming some internet radio station's I didn't seem to have many buffering issues as I recall. Then yesterday while listening to some of the same stations with are provided by different sites I did have some buffering issues but not quite as bad as before. Also, I've went into the at&t gateway ( Pace 5268AC ) webpage & double checked the settings in there. Quite some time ago I did in fact change some of the settings that I was informed to do in another great forum where people who actually work for the companies can give users good advice ( http://www.dslreports.com ). For your reference, here are some of the settings I changed: (2.4 GHz Wifi Radio Confg. Heading), Channel Bandwidth from 20 MHz to 40 MHz, Transmit Power To Maximum 100, (5 GHz Wifi Radio Config. Heading), Current Wifi Channel To A Lower # Via Rescan 56, Transmit Power To Maximum 100. The main that I upgraded to the Fiber 1000 speed was to obtain additional bandwidth for the # of devices on the network. As I'm SURELY not an expert in broadband gateways, that's why I followed the suggestions that were provided to me. Also, where I stream the internet radio stations is located approx. 50 ft from the gateway. Maybe it has something to do with the wifi modem that's installed in my phone when it was manufactured. Thanks again for your help, Please Stay Safe !!

David
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] kjslabber:
Anybody tried to regress to lower version of android?
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] Lossyx:
No
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] Dr. Mario:
I strongly recommend against doing so, you would instantly brick the phone because of the payload mismatch (the UEFI bootloader in the phone is fussy about what's going on with it).

Hopefully it doesn't mess it up to the point MSMTools can no longer recover it at all.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] sameog:
I would strongly NOT recommend this at all. (caps for emphasis)

You are risking a hard brick due to hardware and software mis-match. I did this with samsung and ending up junking a perfectly good phone.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] jwarrior319:
There is the possibility of using a gsi via dsu in dev options
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] Dr. Mario:
No. Like mentioned before, GSI loader will refuse to touch any OS older than the version already installed at the factory, to prevent bricking the phone. It actually check the OS version before deciding to install it.

Likewise, why risk ruining a perfectly good phone?
[MX Player] alxtronics:
Hi

When watching a movie, the subs does not show up. If I bring the UI up, subs show but as soon as the controls disappear, subs does the same. I've played with every setting in both the TiVo and mx player, and the only way I can manage the subs to stay on, is going into custom zoom, and set it at 99%. Problem is that it seems there's no way to keep the zoom set at 99%. I need to adjust it manually for every movie. Any advice? Thanks in advance.

Heres a small video (not mine) showing the problem. Maybe this can help
[MX Player] alxtronics:
I have found a soiution for my problem. I ditched this piece of gartbage and switched to VLC player.

Thanks for nothing. Too bad i´ve paid for this.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8A Questions & Answers] stvmnn:
Hi all, my first post here.

I recently bought this phone thinking it was customizable. Every tutorial I have tried has failed and required a re-flash to stock ROM using MIFlash.

I have tried custom ROMs, GSI ROMs, 64 bit, 32 bit, etc. I tried using Magisk 21.0 to root, it appears to work, but I believe the boot.img patching isn't currently working on this particular phone.

Most tutorials I have tried are very simple and use TWRP to flash the OS img file, then reboot and enjoy. Some suggest flashing vbmeta.img to prevent boot loop, but, boot loop happens anyway. I have TWRP installed and working, so far, that is all I have had success with.

Can this phone still be customized at all?

Update: I achieved root on the stock ROM. If anyone is interested I'll post the exact instructions.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8A Questions & Answers] Yajirobai:
Hi.

I´m interested. I´m not able to root the MI 8A MIUI 11 global 11.0.2.0 QCPMIXM. I achieved install TWRP . But I can´t install MAGISK . It don´t show me any error, but it isn´t installed. I ´ve tried many versions 20.0, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3 20.4 21.0 and 21.1. neither of them are successfull with TWRP.

Neither with magisk manager apk 7.5.1 and above. These are installed but then I download magisk 20.4 version, but this isn´t installed.

how did you it? please.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8A Questions & Answers] stvmnn:
Your bootloader needs to be unlocked and USB debugging enabled first of course. TWRP Recovery should be installed.

To do this, you need the adb and fastboot binaries installed on a PC/Laptop. I use Ubuntu and installing these is trivial via apt package manager:

Debian based:

sudo apt install adb fastboot

RedHat based:

yum install adb fastboot

If you use Windows, the install and use of these binaries is a little different. I don't use Windows so you'll have to do a quick search to find out how to install and use these binaries. The commands listed below will work no matter what OS you use.

Connect your phone to your PC/Laptop via it's USB cable and reboot it to TWRP Recovery:

Power off the phone, then power on while holding the volume up button until you see the TWRP logo. Log into TWRP to decrypt.

Next, you need to pull the current boot.img from your ROM to patch it for root access:

adb shell dd if=/dev/block/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img

There should be a boot.img on your phone's internal storage, copy it to your PC/Laptop. From TWRP, reboot your phone to fastboot.

Now, we'll use this most excellent, free resource to patch the boot.img file which will give root access:

https://patcher.yaalex.xyz/

Check the 'Include Magisk' checkbox on the website before submitting image.

Important: After you upload your boot.img file to the website, be patient. This could take 10 minutes or more to complete, just wait until you get a prompt to download the patched image. You will be provided a patched_boot.img file from the website once it is finished.

Finally, all you need to do is flash the patched_boot.img to your phone:

fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img

Boot your phone to the ROM:

fastboot reboot

Install Magisk Manager if you haven't already, and enable Magisk Hide in the settings. Magisk Manager should report root access is available and SafetyNet test should pass.

I typed all this up from memory so if you run into trouble or are confused by any step, let me know and I will gladly clarify/fix the steps.

I hope this helps others achieve root on this phone. Let me know how it goes and happy de-bloating!

Rollback instructions:

If your phone fails to boot don't panic. You can restore your original boot.img if needed to regain access. Reboot your phone to fastboot:

Boot phone while holding the down volume button until you see the fastboot logo.

Next, flash the original boot.img to the boot partition:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

Now just reboot to ROM and all should be restored:

fastboot reboot
[Xiaomi Redmi 8A Questions & Answers] .excalibur:
Iirc redmi 8a is an ab device, and yes this device is as customisable as any other Qualcomm. What gsi image are you flashing?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8A Questions & Answers] sieger007:
Actually he is not way off ..... i am NOT able to find a Custom Non MIUI ROM with full VoLTE support. VoLTE fix for GSI's ( if at all it worked ! ) does not work for Havoc. twrp root is all good. I want a NON MIUI ROM that can regional variants ( Europe and Asia ) and supports VoLTE
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] agilpsr:
I flashed a custom rom which gave yellow tint to my whites in screen. So formatted everything and flashed an other custom rom but with same twrp (3.4.0.1 ) . The yellow tint remains. What could be the reason and whats the solution. Please help.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] tpunkttpunkt:
Since snapdragon chips natively support aptx hd and Samsung scrapped this feature from snapdragon devices to bring them down to the same level as exynos devices, is there a mod or something to enable aptx hd on snapdragon s20 phones?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] blackhawk:
No hardware to process the codec in bt chipset.

Thoughtful, heh?

Took away the 3.5 jack and didn't allow the latest hd bt codecs to ever be usable even in the latest and very expensive flagship models.

The best HD bt codecs availible are LDAC and SSC.

Buds+ sound damn good using SSC/Poweramp & its EQ.

Otherwise some Sony and a few Panasonic can use LDAC.

Contact Sammy and let them feel the wuv...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Juan_manuel04:
hello friends, i have a problem and i need help.

A few months ago I wanted to root my sasmung sm-t561 tablet and after many attempts I did not succeed.

I wanted to install the recovery but it didn't install, I think it's because I have the bootloader blocked but I don't know how to unlock it

Let's see if they can help me

I don't know English so I used the translator jajajajaj
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recove] Starlight5234:
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[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recove] Starlight5234:
ROM Screenshots

Can be found on my telegram support group
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recove] danko13:
Bluetooth works. GPS doesn't work. WFD - i don't have anything to test.

---------- Post added at 07:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:52 PM ----------

Is battery life good? I don't play games, mainly use my Vince for youtube and audio recording.

Will we get any updates? I saw post on telegram about dead server.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recove] Starlight5234:
Thanks for confirming all these.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recove] danko13:
GPS might work after all
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recove] Starlight5234:
I heard someone say it crashes on choosing travel location
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recove] danko13:
I checked with google maps. Everything works there.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recove] Starlight5234:
Quick Update Bluetooth and GPS fully working now. Thanks to all guys who reported to me
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recove] Assassins23:
how good is this rom? screenshots plz..
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recove] nevermind23:
Worst android 11 rom I have ever tried, enormous battery consumption, I doubt it has less customizations than stock android r

Also, thread says that ROM is performance optimised, I tried running antutu benchmark, the score was lower by 6K compared to MSM Xtended XR

Almost forgot, after installing ROM, it booted automatically and replaced my orangefox with default android recovery.

Definitely worst rom
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recove] Assassins23:
OOPS
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recove] danko13:
Bull****. I installed this ROM few times and every one of them my orangefox recovery remained intact.

Yes. It has zero customization. Almost pure AOSP.

"Enormous battery consumption" - bull****. Almost zero discharge in sleep. And same, even better battery life in work.