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[Touch HD General] Boinng:
As far as the third-gen hardware goes, I can quite believe it doesn't exist (or is only a very minor facelift or memory upgrade on the existing 3G) as the OS update itself, along with all the new apps it will enable, will be a big new selling point in itself - as will cheaper pricing on new contracts in these credit-crunched times, if sticking with the same basic hardware helps keep the cost down.

On the other hand, a new generation with an improved camera capable of reasonable quality video, and perhaps a higher res screen would place the whole package squarely ahead of the competition on pretty much every level.

I wouldn't be surprised to see both - the existing 3G continuing in some form as an "entry level" model, together with one or more new models sporting upgraded features to maintain the interest of longstanding/wealthier users looking to "move up" to something new.

@Eaglesteve - I remember those earlier debates well! I think on reflection we probably both had some valid points, but sometimes it's good to have the argument and helpful for others to hear both sides, and always good to keep an open mind!
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
This is my 21st post in this thread, so it is actually just a little short of 80% of the total post;).

With my Athena and HD, I loved to tried out all sorts of software and collect them. I thought I had everything I needed too. However, when I started using iPhone, I began to come across lots of wonderful applications that do not exist on the winmo platform, or at least I'm not aware of them.

In some cases, the way of meeting the requirement in winmo was just clumpsy. Examples:

- Bloomberg news, stock monitoring, world indexes, etc. While it is possible to simply set up a favourite webpage for it, it is far easier to do it with a special application released by Bloomberg.

- Ebay. Yes, in winmo we can against set up a favourite webpage, but in iPhone, there is a dedicated ebay application released by ebay to do all your bidding and monitoring in a much much efficient and easier way.

- Same for wikipedia.

- Same for Paypal

- Same for photo upload to websites

- Same for Television program guides

- Same for sports scoring applications to find out the latest ranking and scores in sports of every fields.

- Same for finding out flight information of many airlines, which I used to do with bookmarked webpages in winmo platform.

- Same for snow reports, which will come in handy when I go for my next skiinng holiday this August.

- Same for internet bankings. So many banks have released their iPhone internet banking applications, and they are ten times better than trying to do it via Safari directly.

Dedicated applications are quicker, designed specially for small screen, and are just simply miles better than trying to use the generic browser to deliver the same functionalities

Then, there're so many health and fitness related applications. Some shows me how to do basic, intermediate, and advance body stretching exercises at home. Also an applications called Natural Cures that gives lots of information on nutrition and related news.

A very interesting application that I just installed today (free) is called TED (Stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design), which lets me watch videos and audios on diverse topics. One video that I watched on it today is named "Cool new things you can do with your phone". It is fantastic.

Therefore, while I understand that you believe your requirements are met with HD, I will not be surprised if you find yourself opening up to a entirely new world of possiblities again with iPhone. To be honest, I was surprised myself, because I had all along been erroneously assuming that winmo is capable of delivering much more functionalities than iPhone. This remains true with GPS navigation and Office applications (I keep repeating this, don't I?), in the other areas, iPhone has simply way overtaken winmo, IMO.
[Touch HD General] mib1800:
When I view WVGA sized photos in default Album, the thumbails load quite fast. I assume when you transfer photos to Iphone, Itunes resizes them down to smaller than WVGA resolution, am I right? I wonder how Iphone viewer will perform if it has to work with full resolution photos? ;)

I think you are refering to the scrolling in standard WM UI elements? If I am not mistaken this may be due to these legacy ui elements being retrofitted to support finger-scroll. If you compared to scrolling in TF3D or some newer apps (which I presume use a proper kinetic scrolling API) scrolling is quite close to the smoothness of Iphone e.g Playlist/AllProgram list in TF3D or the setting page of S2U2.

Opera mini is my favorite browser on my HD (as well as on my N82). It is very fast and uses much less data than a full browser. I agree with Opera is not that smooth. I have tried Netfront which is better in terms of smoothness.

Like I said, I dont like the "always-in-motion" UI. I find it quite distracting. I like the information I am looking at to be stationary. With kinetic scrolling, it is difficult to judge when a page starts/ends and sometimes you can miss seeing some items because you scroll too fast or you keep seeing the same items if you scroll too slow. With page-up/down, I can be sure that I am always looking at a new page everytime without worry of not seeing some items. And I dont have to strain my eyes or get a headache trying to see moving items esp. when you are walking.

Well, you are the one who said you can't get any good software on WM except GPS. ;) When you say Lexisgoo is far far better what do you mean? What are the additional functions the Iphone version have that WM one doesnt?

But you have to admit some of the better software in AppStore are ported from other platforms.

Are you so sure? I can challenge you to scroll a long list with your Iphone ;) . I am 99% sure I can scroll faster than you can by using the scroll bar or page-up/down hardkeys.

I have been a S60 user for a long time. But I have not used the touch screen version. I would rate the capability of the OS as S60 > WM > Iphone.

If you are talking about hardware solution we dont need 5 years. We know for sure Apple is somewhat behind. In terms of UI aesthetic it is Iphone no doubt. In terms of UI friendliness at this moment I am still not convinced that Iphone UI is the most user friendly. When I used the Iphone sometime ago, one glaring example of user unfriendliness is the email client. If you have multiple email a/c it is a pain to use as you can't switch a/c easily. Another is multi-selection (or lack of) using checkboxes. It is slow compared to the drag method in S60/WM. Others include the lack of copy-paste, scroll-bar, page-up/down and no support for T9 keypad.
[Touch HD General] Fallen Spartan:
True, though I'm never happy with my phone. Constantly flashing and changing it, which I wouldn't be able to do with iphone.

Yes the multitude of apps is mouth watering, until I have the flexibility of WM I won't be moving ship. Look forward to your 22nd post!!:D
[Touch HD General] Boinng:
Have you considered the possibility that with the iPhone, you might be happy with your phone? :)

Failing that, there's actually a huge amount you can do to change/customise the iPhone if you jailbreak, which is akin to changing ROMs on a WM phone anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] hyelton:
Anyone else notice this? I did find a small thread on Samsung.com so not sure if its a hardware issue or if all of them have it. - https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...t-flickering-on-video-recordings/td-p/2209967

Seems to only do it at 60fps options 1080p60 and 4K60.

Except its just not flash light related or LED light related. It'll do it outside as well Highly annoying!
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Monipeev:
I tested it and don't have this issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] hyelton:
Its not a 100% all the time issue. Its under certain lighting specific lighting conditons. Usually lower light for me
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] chillsen:
for low light always use auto fps. it was tested to show its actually better and brighter and clearer
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] hyelton:
Last year on the 12 Pro Max Auto FPS ruined a video that couldnt be remade. It for some reason switched despite being in the bright outside, on top of that it recorded 24fps and made the clip choppy. Not saying samsung would do this but its not worth the risk keeping that enabled.

But the weird flickering has happened with it being bright outside as well
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] chillsen:
something doesn't seem to be syncing. i would say the flickering is due to hardware more than software. but yea i only switch on auto fps in low light and its been impressive. i forget where but there's a video of the s22u side by side and auto fps was much more preferable since it could slow down frames meaning it would be brighter with less artificial noise reduction
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] cpufrost:
Looks like a PWM frequency issue depending on the brightness of the (flash LED).
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] wholelottared:
Literally just made a thread about this. The exact same problem. Glad to see i'm not the only one, because I wasn't able to find any other person experiencing this. You can see my example videos here:

https://xdaforums.com/t/is-it-norma...el-changes-does-it-happen-on-you-too.4435615/

Hope it's not a hardware problem and they fix it with an update :(
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] wholelottared:
I'm so happy to say that May update I just received (S908EXXU2AVDA) fixed this problem. Can you check if it's fixed for you too ? @hyelton I tried every specific condition that it flickered before and it doesn't flicker anymore, made me happy that it wasn't a hardware problem and they were aware of the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] hyelton:
The US model doesn't have the update. I have the U/U1 model which we just got an update not long ago. So I'm sure it'll he awhile.

Glad it was fixed in an update!
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] wholelottared:
Alright, tell me when you receive the update and check please, you're the only one I can ask this since nobody else was realizing about this problem lol. Hope it gets fixed for you too!
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] hyelton:
I'll post here if it ever gets fixed. Yeah I'm sure it's just people don't notice it.

Example

I can hand my phone to my mom and set it to 60hz. And low power mode. She will think it's crazy fast and no lag. When it most certainly is not LOL

She does now find her old S10 slow after using a S21 FE the past few weeks.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Super_Hans_76:
Hey Folks

My Oneplus 6 just died (purchased 4 years ago) so tomorrow I have to go buy a new phone ASAP.

For the last decade I have been an XDA enthusiast (lurker) rooting/romming my phones to get TWRP/debloat/adAway/viper4android etc

I am leaning towards grabbing a S22U tomorrow from a retail store here in my country (Australia). Money is not an issue, I want the best phone I can get right now.

I currently don't have the personal time to be rooting/romming to get my new phone perfect and my understanding is Samsung phones don't permit that unless they trip Knox and create hardware problems I don't want to deal with.

So my question to you XDA is:

(1) Are there any system wide ad blocking alterntives equivalent to adAway that don't require root?

(2) What about audio? If we can't root then we can't run viper4android and get that elite sound right? Any workarounds or alterntives?

(3) Debloat? I usually just use Titanium Backup to nuke all the bundled trash in my phones, is there any alternative without root?

Thanks for any replies =]
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] omnimax:
1: Either DNS blocking (dns.adguard.com) or Alliance shield X which can block all ads and has customized firewall.

2: No idea what Viper did, but Samsung has Dolby sound and the speakers are fine.

3: You'll have to use ADB to debloat and there are several apps and lists you can use on your PC to debloat.

I used to root every phone I had, but since I switched to Samsung I don't really find it necessary and I often messed stuff up and bricked some phones. Also many banking apps wouldn't work, so.. yeah, not worth it anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Super_Hans_76:
Appreciate the reply.

I really can't be bothered rooting anymore and I really wan't to be able to use Gpay etc on my phone and watch.

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] rinzler420:
What are the odds that we are both updating from op6 to s22u?

1. I have been using dns ad guard thing the other user said.

2. s22u does have an equalizer if that's what you're looking for. It does not have a headphone jack so if you're an audiophile idk if its the right option. I can't tell the different between a flac and mp3 so I am not the right person to answer this lmao.

3. There is barely any bloat on s22u. I uninstalled pretty much everything and disabled 2-3 apps which couldn't be uninstalled. Your milage may vary obviously based on what you consider bloat and all that. At the end there are like two apps which bother me but I assume they are necessary for the phone to work so I can't disable them.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] varcor:
"does not have a headphone jack so if you're an audiophile idk if its the right option"

No 3.5 jack but the charging port works as a earphone/headphone jack.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] rinzler420:
good to know. I thought the headphone jack meant there was more audio hardware inside the phone itself.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] varcor:
Samsung's workaround created two issues. Obviously one can't use headphones and charge the device simultaneously unless you employ wireless charging. Also there are very few earphones which connect using a Type C Connector. One option is Samsung's Type C Noise Cancelling Earphones. They sound pretty good with some nice bass as well.

Not a lot of purchasing options but they are available on Ebay. Other than that one can use Type C to 3.5 Jack adapter.

For superior audio I'd recommend Poweramp which incorporates an Equalizer.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] dalepl:
PowerAmp is a great player with lots of settings. I have been using it for quit a while. I have a Watch4 Classic and the PowerAmp controls come up on it when I am playing songs. As for headphones, an adapter works fin and there are plenty out there. There are dual port adapters that will allow you to charge and listen at the same time, but I would recommend going to a wireless headset like the Samsung Buds, Bose Buds or any of the good quality buds out there.

I use ADB AppControl to disable any of the system loaded apps that I cannot uninstall. It does not remove the system apps and save you any room, but it does disable them so you do not see them any more. Also still will allow you to get updates without issues.

One thing I do recommend is get the 256M version or larger. Samsung has deleted the micro SD slot, so be sure to get enough RAM to cover yourself. You do have cloud storage for a lot of things though.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Super_Hans_76:
Thanks for the reply looks like dns ad guard is the way to go.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Super_Hans_76:
Yup +1 for Poweramp I deffinately will be installing that. Also going to grab the 512GB version.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Super_Hans_76:
One more question folks.

Is youtube Vanced still a thing? I think I recall seeing they have abandonded the project but it is still working fine on my Oneplus 6 although havent updated it in about 2 years.

If no Vanced, any suggestions for alternatives for adblcoking on youtube with background playback?
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] varcor:
Give NewPipe a try.

NewPipe - a free YouTube client

newpipe.net
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Super_Hans_76:
looks like a great app, thanks for the suggestion, will check it out.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] rinzler420:
if you're looking to integrate your subscriptions/recommended videos Newpipe is honestly not it. Its a great app if you don't rely on your google account. Vanced still works if Newpipe doesn't do it for you like it didn't for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] mookiexl:
This is the only true non-root alternative to viper. Stumbled across this the other day and I'm blown away.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pittvandewitt.wavelet
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] malikin:
1)i am using PFSENSE firewall for whole network system

2)AIMP player is the best

3) ADB APP CONTROL is the easiest way to clean you device
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Super_Hans_76:
awesome. I thought it got shut down but I just installed it and it works fine, thanks .
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Super_Hans_76:
Do you think AIMP gives superior audio to Poweramp?

Perfect! thats exaclty what I was looking for. Much appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ‬1‬:
Next dns is a great alternative to adguard. It's a no root dns alternative. I don't use adblocking through a vpn because I also have a vpn app I use and they conflict.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] malikin:
install and try it by yourself, i dont feel any differences between aimp and poweramp. Both of them from russian developers
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite Questions & Answers] Joo_ooo:
Before the update it worked fine, now it stutter a lot. Any help is appreciated.

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[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] Drilonosmani:
Hello, a few days ago I wanted to decide on the new version of ColorOS 12, after I installed it the phone did not start it just stuck to the Logo, I tried some methods to return the previous version but I can not because I have a bootloader locked, please help me how to fix it.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] @soka:
Try msm tool, that's what worked for me
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] Udaydas88:
Try msm tools method.

https://xdaforums.com/t/msm-tool-guac-for-all.3934691/
[Lenovo P11] brainvision:
Hi there. I'm really considering buying a Lenovo Xiaoxin tablet and I would like to ask something about firmwares..

1. Apart from official ZUI and Global ones, are there ROMs modded by sellers? I absolutely don't want those. Or maybe are the Global themself modded versions instead of officials?

2. Do you think the ZUI is better, apart from the security center being too strict? It seems to me the Global is too much stock for a 11' tablet..

Thank you guys
[Lenovo P11] Ng Huy Viet:
1. I don't think the seller can modify the rom and keep the bootloader locked as android has something like secure boot on PC. If you want to be sure, buy the one with ZUI and flash the global rom yourself

2. I personally don't like ZUI because of its look, i prefer stock android and samsung's one ui but that's personal preference, also the global rom will have a more recent security patch than ZUI.
[Lenovo P11] brainvision:
Yea modded ROM also usually means unlocked bootloader, from my experience..

There are a few issues flashing into this tablet from what I read: lost serial number, invalid IMEI and I don't have the patience to deal with such things to be honest..

So ZUI gets less updates in general? That's weird (well not for Lenovo of course)
[Lenovo P11] Ng Huy Viet:
I don't think you should be worried about those issue as i've flashed my P11 Pro like 10 times and never face them, just have a backup of your QCN file in case something go wrong. If you want to use the global rom, just let the seller flash it for you.

Im not sure if ZUI gets less updates, I'm just saying that the latest Global rom on my P11 Pro has a newer security patch than the latest version of ZUI
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] raffyk:
I have HTC diamond "sprint" CDMA

I bought it in USA so i use it in Italy only like PDA

I flashed spl and then ROM: diamond_onliy!rom_becham_fastlite6.1

All was ok .....but after restart arrive log HTC DIAMOND and reset

infinty loop untill I put off battery,

Any solutions????
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] raffyk:
PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!!

Volume down +reset+power

and then flash right rom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] Red_Craft_:
So i recently wanted to use my old Samsung A5 2016 and flashed LOS on it. There are not official ones so i toke one randomly from the internet (LOS 17.1). It worked fine but one app required google so i flashed GApps on it, but this also doesn't worked so i wanted to remove the GApps with a backup but i forgot to make one so i just installed a new version of LOS but now stuff like camera and storage doesn't work anymore.

I tried

- LOS17.1

- LOS 18.1

- LOS 19.1

I think its because i accidentally wiped the internal storage in TWRP and now it doesn't have the specific folder and stuff anymore.

I hope someone knows how to fix it
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] Red_Craft_:
So i fixed it

https://appuals.com/how-to-fix-twrp-unable-to-mount-storage-internal-storage-0mb/

I reformatted the file system to Ext2 and then back to Ext4
[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] Meloferz:
Hi all, today Android 12 update released with the version 59.2.A.0.422, actually, for the Customized SEA.

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[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] acrolyu:
GReat!!
[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] Meloferz:
Today I received the Android 12 update:

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For now, seems that camera is improved, almost working as Android 10
[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] acrolyu:
great!!
[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] acrolyu:
I still don't have it, what version of xperia do you have?
[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] Meloferz:
Mine is XQ-AU52, with SEA Customization. I recently checked Xperifirm and it was just released for that customization
[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] acrolyu:
Today I got the update of android 12, what a good mobile from 2020 with two updates already
[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] ZE2005:
No option for changing colors, disappointed and also no AOD.
[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] chankk0101:
I've also got the update but I cannot find the new feature of scrolling screenshot which should have been a great improvement of android 12
[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] Murkulus:
Great battery, terrible camera. 4k ~ 18fps & jumps around. 1080p ~ 28fps
[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] Meloferz:
yesterday my Xperia 10 II was updated to 59.2.A.0.463, with may android security update, probably the last as Sony saids in it web page that only 2 years the phone is supported since it release https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/smartphones/business-phones
[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] Delly!:
Been running it for 2 months, seems super buggy and I've found it very annoying.

Autorotate rotates the screen way more then previously when disabled

Takes 2 minutes to restart

Setting and preferences changed after the install

Changes my sim preference randomly when running dual sims

I don't find it aesthetically pleasing

Changed in the way to screen capture

Apps keep moving to my home screen randomly
[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] acrolyu:
That's weird, nothing like that happens to me!
[Sony Xperia 10 II Guides, News, & Discussion] acrolyu:
today my Xperia 10 II was updated to 59.2.A.0.463,
[LG Wing Questions & Answers] Lexip_Pixel:
Hey guys,

Quick question. I am in Australia and bought a LGU+ (LMF100N) from Korea. The phone cannot detect any SIM and I cannot have access to the TEST FIELD menu, I have tried all compatible ROM, still impossible to activate DATA, add APN or have a SIM detected. Do you think it is software or hardware?

Please note that that it is not a DEMO LG Wing and it is unlocked. I have a 'NO USIM DETCTED' message so it is not even ask for a unlock code etc.

I have tried everything with no success.

Thanks hips for your help, advice and answers guys.

PS: congrats for all the posts explaining how to use software to patch etc. XDA forum is really really good. Still looking for the Discord LG WING. Do not hesitate to share the invoice with me.
[LG Wing Questions & Answers] surgemanx:
I have seen quit a few LG Wings on Ebay with the sim slot being bad so it wouldn't surprise me.The good thing is,it pops in and out once you pull the back off.No soldering required!