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[XPERIA X1 General] p3ngwin:
this is rediculous.

the X1 was supposed to be a media monolith, but seems to have it's media recording crippled by either a decietful Sony, or beta camera app.

either way this device is off my list, too bad as if they released it 6 months ago on time i would have gone for it as it would have been the best for me then.

now, i'm between getting a HTC TOUCH HD or the Korean Samsung T*OMNIA.

*the TOUCH HD has only QVGA camcorder, but i get that AMAZING screen!

*the T*OMNIA has the same rez as TOUCH HD in a smaller (3.33")screen, a 806MHz CPU and FULL hardware graphics acceleration for the entire phone! (that means software graphics drivers, are you hearing that HTC?)

the camcorder is VGA@15fps (so is in between X1 and TOUCH HD for quality)

i'm going to get my hands on a regular omnia and TOUCH HD and see what the screen size difference is then decide.

i have a feeling i'll go with the T*OMNIA as the CPU, full graphics acceleration and VGA camcorder are all good points compared to ONLY having the TOUCH HD's screen size advantage (less than 0.5")

EDIT:

there are lots of companies making camera modules that allow REAL HD resolutions @ 30fps for mobile phones, so by the end of next year there will be mobile phones with very decent camcorder functions, and regular camcorders will go the way of the digital camera since phones took over.

http://photographyforartists.wordpr...-and-1080p-60fps-hd-for-your-point-and-shoot/

http://www.disimage.com/pages/newsEvents.html

http://www.cellaz.com/news/3202/new-12mpix-mobile-camera-module-from-sony/

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/...-cellphone-image-sensor-that-shoots-hd-video/
[XPERIA X1 General] DOMin8or:
forget touch hd. you want one? are you from germany? plz mail me.

thats kind of crap. if you want to take photos, you have to press

a lot of touch keys, and then the 3 sec delay....

8-10 sekonds later u got a blury photo , and the situation u want to take, is 5-6 seconds gone. i`ve never made a good 'situation' photo, with a htc device.

stills are okay, but movements, situations,... forget it.
[XPERIA X1 General] richie523:
Answer from SE support

I just got an answer to my question from SE support regarding video capture:

Das X1 unterstützt Videoaufnahmen mit MPEG4/H.263 mit bis zu 30 fps. Es gibt keine Möglichkeit die Bitrate zu erhöhen.

The X1 supports video recordings with MPEG4/H.263 with up to 30 fps. There is no possibility to increase the bitrate.

The first means that the orignial whitepaper does not apply to the final X1 and the second means that there is no hope to get VGA recording really usable. :-(

RichIE
[XPERIA X1 General] p3ngwin:
these videos we've seen all look nothing like H.263 is capable of ??

why is H.264 not available anymore??

looks like we have another case of a device promising so much and failing miserably.

what happened to the multimedia XPERIENCE ?

the white papers EXPLICITLY said video recording with H.263 & 4, and we sony decide to change the specs and deliver a device that can only do VGA @30fps in a mediocre bitrate.

VERY DISAPPOINTING SONY !

this is people loose faith in companies, they promise yet deliver less than the promise. eventually they cry wolf too many times and no one trusts them.

brand faith is a very powerful money maker for companies, Apple has reinvented itself based on its image and brand loyalty.

I love Sony's engineers and designers, but damn i hate marketers and execs (for nearly all companies). the execs are always the ones who mess things up for the customer, delaying products, changing specs, ridiculous pricing and never answering the public's questions.

the X1 should have been released 6 months ago and been a powerhouse of a device with awesome multimedia functions.

as it is now it is late to the party and has lost it's uniqueness due to others performing just as well if not better.

HTC announced AND released the amazing TOUCH HD in less than 4 months (from announcement to release).

the X1 was delayed beyond the tolerance of many fans and disapointed when finally released.

i saw the TOUCH HD last week in a local shop near me and i was blown away with it, it only lascked a decent camcorder but the rest is amazing.

if i can't get my hands on a Korean T*omnia, then it's TOUCH HD for me until next year's power devices based on "snapdragon" and "tegra" arrive.

next year will also be the year of 1280*720 HD camcorders in mobile phones too (see my previous post a little further up).

too bad Sony, we could have had a lovely relationship where we both made each other happy.......but you made us wait too long for too little.
[XPERIA X1 General] toxical:
we dont see H.263 actually becuase its MPEG4 and nobody knows how to change it...you could ask Sony how to do it, but they probably dont know either...

@p3ngwin

well the Touch HD is basically a Touch Diamond with slightly better hardware, a huge screen and a new Version of Touch Flo 3D. Sony had to start from scratch with the X1 and their (crappy) panel software. Since the Touch HD lacks a keyboard its not really an option for me either and the camera is even crappier than the X1s.
[XPERIA X1 General] richie523:
Asking SONY ERICSSON (NOT Sony) is what I did and I posted the answer I got above.

There simply is no official way to change the bitrate and no official way to change recording format. The only hope is that someone disassembles the cam app and makes some settings changeable. At least there are some bitrate related entries in the registry (as I posted above, too), but they do not show effect on my device. Maybe changing that was planned someday, but then dropped.

RichIE
[XPERIA X1 General] toxical:
You asked them how to increase the bitrate which is not possible. But they stated in their own answer that h.263 is avaible so they should be able to tell you how to change the encoding codec from MPEG4 to h.263...but maybe that is the same, i dont know for sure.
[XPERIA X1 General] richie523:
Some hacking results

Well, I did some further testing and here are my conclusions (partially *guessing*):

- MMS recording is done in H.263 via software. It is configurable via the mentioned registry keys to some extend.

- Normal recording is done in MPEG4, probably via hardware accelerator. It is NOT configurable apart from QVGA/VGA selection.

I changed the maximum MMS filesize to 16 MB (that's the maximum possible due to limited registry field width) and the maximum MMS time to 60 seconds and did some tests:

- QVGA recordings with an unmodified bitrate value of 20 result in about 200 kBit/s

- VGA recordings with an unmodified bitrate value of 16 result in about 500 kBit/s

- changing the bitrate values to 100, both QVGA and VGA recordings have a bitrate of about 900 kBit/s

All these changes have absolutely no effect on Normal recordings, they stay at about 600 kBit/s for both QVGA and VGA.

HTH

RichIE
[XPERIA X1 General] toxical:
thanks, so we cant change anything..the video features are just crap :/
[XPERIA X1 General] DOMin8or:
its at a technical niveau of 2007. but actually we have near 2009
[XPERIA X1 General] tarnaman:
hey guys, i just made 2 comparisation videos of the recording at dark ambience. as you see, its very laggy in both versions, with auto mode and in the nightmode. the video itselfes plays totally smooth but the xperia is recording it not very smooth. i hope a later rom will fix that.

video1

video2

as i see, google video is compressing to much, anyone knows a hoster wich dont compress so much?
[XPERIA X1 General] BoyBawang2:
I'm very interested to see how worse is x1 videorecording compared to 5800XM
[XPERIA X1 General] QdlatY:
i have changed the default bitrate on the vga but it only changed the size of the video file (32=1min video about 4MB :?) i think there is something with the autofocus when video recording but i might be wrong . im going to do some digging and maybe find something usefull
[XPERIA X1 General] p3ngwin:
you can use

VIMEO

for high quality video playback on the web page (a la' YOUTUBE).

or you can host the file on one of the many free online services.

MEDIAFIRE

is one of the easiest and best.
[XPERIA X1 General] BuddyLee:
My own

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG4rAzoJY4g
[XPERIA X1 General] Ethermind:
HOW to do it???
[General Questions and Answers] Tjeerd Sybrandi:
Hi,

I want to use the Google Assistant on my new earbuds but not the usual way.

I know how I can set it to a button (left or right earbud) for calling up the assistant, but the thing is, I wanna use the buttons with the defaulted settings. So left is now ambient noise cancellation and ambient sound. And the right earbud is for music control, what I really like. So these are my favourite settings and I want to stick with it.

But I am not making it easier.

Now, I found out that when I long press the right earbud, Bixby pops up on my phone. And that is exactly what I don't want to happen. I want to kill Bixby and use the Google Assistant. I already know that there is no way (for a common guy like me) to delete Bixby from my Galaxy A50.

So here comes the question:

How can I call up the Google Assistant by long pressing the right earbud?
[Android Apps and Games] LR Apps:
Hey,

some of you may have seen my NBA quiz. I have a new NBA related quiz, the NBA Player Quiz

Play Store Link

Currently I have 405 players (active, 2000s, 80s/90s, pre 80s). 5 players per round and 5 hints per player.

Here are a few screenshots:

View attachment 5427307 View attachment 5427309 View attachment 5427311 View attachment 5427313
[Android Apps and Games] LR Apps:
I added 10 active players:

T.J. Warren, Myles Turner, Jeremy Lamb, Tomáš Satoranský, Thad Young, Langston Galloway, Tony Snell, Larry Nance Jr., Dante Exum and Bam Adebayo

I now have 191 active (or recently retired) players and 415 total.
[Android Apps and Games] LR Apps:
I added ten new active players:

Terrence Ross, Mo Wagner, Devonte' Graham, Malik Monk, Mike Muscala, Zach Collins, Malik Beasley, Juan Hernangómez, Markieff Morris, Ivica Zubac

With that I now have 201 active players and 425 total.
[Android Apps and Games] LR Apps:
I added 3 active players (Davis Bertans, Dorian Finney-Smith, Marvin Bagley) and 5 players from the 2000s (Antoine Walker, Stephen Jackson, Kwame Brown, Joe Smith, Jerry Stackhouse).
[Android Apps and Games] LR Apps:
I updated some of the hints that were out of date for active players.

Also added 15 new active players: Darius Garland, Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Haliburton, Jalen Brunson, LaMelo Ball, Kevin Huerter, Taurean Prince, Mitchell Robinson, Wendell Carter Jr., Luke Kennard, Collin Sexton, Duncan Robinson, Rui Hachimura, Isaiah Hartenstein, James Wiseman

Lastly, I moved five retired players from 'Active' to '2000s': Carmelo Anthony, Rajon Rondo, Paul Millsap, Lou Williams, Trevor Ariza
[General Questions and Answers] ndr0nkz:
Hi,

I successfully loaded a 3XL with Android S latest beta version; however, without joining the official beta program.

Would the phone automatically get the stable version when it had been released?

If not, I suppose I'd need to revert the phone to Android R for it to get the stable Android S.

Thanks a bunch!
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] wight111:
Dear friends,

I have a recovery bootloop problem with my Op6t European version.

On this week I made an OTA update (11.1.1.1 version) with magisk app. I made with install to inactive slot (after OTA) version.

After this process my phone was reboot and got a recovery bootloop. I have never been in this situation although I made more update with this process.

After that I tried to make wipe cache and reset system settings but it was not succes.

I tried to read forum threads where somebody also has this problem. I found a thread where somebody use fastboot and change slot to use phone temporaly. It's also working for me on but I would like to repair that.

Can I get back my old system with my data? How can I make some solution?

Sorry for my bad english.

UPDATE:

Yesterday I tried to reflash the stock rom with adb sideload , but absolutely does nothing in this case.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] xtchico:
I am also having this issue. Can someone point me in the right place for a fix?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] joseppfit02:
I have a problem when I install "wm5_ringdelay_patch_normal-v1.2.zip" in my Diamond, see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=258109

Ringtone of first incoming call ring at 1 second. It's OK.

Then, the next call's, don't ring when incoming (I see incoming call ligth in circle and in a screen, but ring-tone dont ring)

Other comentary : when it happen's, DTMF tone of the telephone-numbers keys don't sound whe I press it's.

When I delete this program cab, calls ring normaly. (but with delay)

Is it any solution?

Thank's !
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] Cunny1979:
Hi all

I have a P20 pro that I got from three UK

After I upgraded my dvice I have the handset to my daughter.

Unfortunately she recently changed the password and could not remember it. We tried to recover it but again no joy.

We then reset the device but have hit the frp protection. When we try to use the use my Google account to recover the phone it has a pop up stating use the device owners details. I have tried numerous accounts. Tried to contact the customer service teams at 3 and haiwai but no joys.

Can anyone give me another option. I have proof of purchase etc and tried the work arounds on YouTube etc

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Byakuran:
Hey! curious if I am not the only one w/ this issue, or better yet what to do to fix this. Just bought this Tablet recently and I cannot find the Themes App, I tried installing it and it was successful but the app is no where to be found. If you navigate to Settings|Apps|Manage Apps you can find it installed. Has anyone encountered this issue?
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] zecabra:
No themes engine in this rom, this version of Miui its a little bit different, it's the first one optimized for tablet's
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] YuzukiMiyazono:
I can install and set themes (mtz format) using quickshortcutmaker and MIUI theme editor but resets to default after an hour or so
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Frosted Developer:
There is no official support of themes by xiaomi on any model of mi pad starting from 2014 the first mi pad to 2022 mi pad 5

So, no luck on that one 😌
[Apple iPhone 12 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheTechDude48:
I have successfully activated a $230 TracFone locked iPhone SE 2020 on RedPocket, and here’s how

What you need to do is go into BestBuy or Target and buy a $1 TracFone SIM kit. Once you have this you will need to remove the Verizon compatible SIM intended for Verizon compatible devices.

Next you will need to go into settings and get the IMEI of the DIGITAL SIM, not the Primary IMEI. If you try and activate using the devices primary IMEI you will receive an error and activation won’t go through

Next insert the new Verizon TracFone SIM into your device, you should see it say “Searching” and then TFW at the top. Go into settings and make sure under Primary that LTE is enabled and set as default.

Next go to the RedPocket activation page https://www.redpocket.com/activate and for ICCID enter in the ICCID of the Verizon compatible TracFone SIM you just purchased and inserted into your locked phone, and for IMEI use the IMEI listed under “Digital SIM” with no spaces. Again, do NOT use the IMEI listed under Primary as this won’t work.

Once you have entered that info in and the fields turn green you can then continue the process of making a RedPocket account, confirming your email and then entering in your billing details, paying for the plan and finishing the final steps to complete activation like saying you want a new phone number and agree to their terms and conditions and then you should receive the message saying it went through with your new phone number.

At this point completely power off the iPhone and wait a few minutes then power it back on and unlock it and continue waiting a few more minutes. Then under cellular settings for the primary plan make sure Data is set to LTE and VoLTE is disabled and off.

I attempted initially to place calls with VoLTE on and it did not work, disabling it fixed the issue.

You should then be able to successfully make a phone call and use data and send texts, the carrier at the top still says TFW and your phone is still locked to TracFone, but you’ve bypassed the lock by programming the Verizon TracFone SIM it accepts with a different Verizon MVNO.

This could work with other iPhone models too however I have not tested this with other iPhone models and cannot guarantee something won’t go wrong especially with the 5G capable devices which use different carrier profiles.

This should work with other Verizon MVNOs however many other MVNOs do not accept regular Verizon SIM cards that aren’t branded to their specific MVNO, for example US Mobile. It is possible you could activate a plan with a VZW MVNO and then ask their support to transfer the plan to a new SIM and give them the new ICCID of the TracFone Verizon SIM however this may not work.
[Apple iPhone 12 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheTechDude48:
The TracFone SIM kit also comes with an AT&T compatible TracFone SIM which this phone also accepts, and AT&T prepaid’s website also accepts the TracFone SIM ICCID as a valid SIM for service, so it’s possible this may also work to use this device with AT&T prepaid as well however there are absolutely no guarantees and this is pure speculation

Essentially the basis for this is to bypass the carrier lock by using allowed TracFone SIM cards but activating those SIMs with different MVNOs under the same network

I hope to be able to use this same method to allow this phone to be used on other various MVNOs as well besides RedPocket as their plans honestly aren’t that competitive, but this was more of a proof of concept to show this can be done and this locked phone can be used on other carriers without being unlocked or using some sketchy scammy SIM tool since I saw their website was taking ICCIDs of unactivated Verizon TracFone SIMs that work in these locked iPhones.

It should also be noted that any TracFone subsidiary like PagePlus will also work with this phone no issue since they issue TFW branded SIMs out of the box (remember the days when you’d have to pay someone over Skype to flash your Verizon 4G phone to Page Plus with 3G only, glad that’s over)
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] norsten:
Has anyone experience any issues when swiping or scrolling in games ?

I have posted some information and videos on it on reddit... https://www.reddit.com/user/Stanleyjello

Swiping/scrolling fast in apps (non-games) works fine, also using a s-pen in games works fine -but when you use your finger then that when things go weird (swiping slowly works -but not when you do it fast).

(note: swiping and scrolling fast works fine on my other Samsung devices -but is very noticeable on the Fold 3 and does affect gameplay). This is my second device now as the first had these issues as well.

I have also contacted Samsung (but I am still waiting to hear from them).

Would anyone here be able to confirm they are experiencing these issues as well ?

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] norsten:
anyone ?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] norsten:
Please could someone help me test by downloading either GolfBlitz or FruitNinja2 to see if they are getting the same issues like I was in the videos.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] vinokirk:
I play Pokemon Go and that has some fsat swiping when in battle, and i have no issues
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] saidgta:
I tested fruit ninja 2 and seems every thing is fine.

I have some others touch problem, sometimes the screen touch freeze for milliseconds, for example when i am typing quickly some words ignored....
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] norsten:
I think the lack of response here has convinced me to return this device.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] Talderon:
I have had touch issues with games off and on and what solved 90% of the issues that I had was to go into the Labs and for each game with issues, turn the Aspect Ratio to App Default.

Every game (in particular PokemonGo) that I changes to App Default has, for the most part, resolved the issues with touch.

Hope this helps!
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] norsten:
Yes, I tried that (and so many other things).

Would you mind trying out Golf Blitz ?

I have tried everything (different forums, stores, samsung support, etc) to try and get someone to help me test this.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] Talderon:
Yeah. I will download and install after my next meeting. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] norsten:
Thank you -I really do appreciate it.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] Talderon:
Ok, so I thought my next meeting was at the top of the hour, it is, just not this hour.

SO, I installed it and did some tests with playing. Fast and Slow swipes and did not have any issues with playing the game and even getting some really nice shots in! :D

The ball meter is at the center of the screen which I thought might cause some issues and it worked without any issues at all. Just make sure I got all the test points in, here is what I did:

1. Went through the tutorial to learn and make shots. Couple parts were a little confusing, but after getting the hang of it, not issues.

2. Played a few holes with others and won them without issue. I used power-ups and some shots without and still no touch issues presented themselved.

3. I played around and did normal swings and quick swings and still no issues.

Let me know if there is anything else you want me to mess with. :D

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] norsten:
Ah ok, could you try swiping quickly through the list of Teams and Players in the 'Leaders' area

https://www.reddit.com/r/ZFold3/comments/px87vm

In the video where I am scrolling through the Teams and Players, I am only swiping upwards (down the list). This happens whilst playing the game as well -but is more difficult to show.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] Talderon:
Looks good for me. I am not having any issues at all with the scrolling. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] norsten:
wow ok so I might have a faulty device then.

And you could scroll fast through the list without it stuttering or bouncing ? (like in the video)

Would it be possible to post a video of the scrolling?

Also do you have the latest update (Oct 1st Security patch) ?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] JayRolla:
I sometimes notice the slow scrolling in random apps in portrait. If I turn the phone to landscape then its quick. Go back to portrait and its quick again. Seems to be very random but usually fixes it for me.
[XPERIA X1 General] rudo3:
Do somebody know if there is any difference (in practical terms) in GPS implementation in both devices.

I've heard (unconfirmed) that Xperia could not use its GPS module without access to gsm network (it is capable only of aGPS) while Touch Pro could do both (aGPS as well as stand alone GPS).

Please let us know.

Thanx.
[XPERIA X1 General] floordust:
I haven't tested neither of them so I can't tell you about that, but what I can say is that the rumour you´ve heard (about only accessed to gsm network) is NOT true. aGPS is just like an ordinary GPS but with the assistance of the "a" (the gsm network) when and if available.
[XPERIA X1 General] rudo3:
GPS

It makes sense. Thank you.
[XPERIA X1 General] Kloc:
The Xperia has both network assisted gps and regular gps
[XPERIA X1 General] Rudegar:
the gps is in the qualcomm cpu same brand on both devices as i'm not wrong
[XPERIA X1 General] miky7:
Since both Pro and X1 use the same chipset for GPS, has anyone, who owned both, noticed any differences(or similarities) in the performance of X1?
[XPERIA X1 General] danielherrero:
Did someone test the fomous GPS lag issue in X1?
[XPERIA X1 General] Agaas:
I have had a very positive experience with the xperia's gps.Outdoors (inside cars ofc) I can get a fresh gps fix within second. Indoors I usually get it in less than 2min but that prob depends on the building

cheers
[XPERIA X1 General] danielherrero:
Hi.

But what about the GPS lag issue of touch pro and Diamond?, you know, when you move (by car) and you stop then the arrow reaches you after some seconds (instead of stop in the moment), this is, the arrow is always 20m-60m behind you.