Reviews - Xiaomi Mi 4C

Spanish language but quite well explained:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mbIXJajWm4
Alien language but showing a couple of nice MIUI tricks:
https://youtu.be/iU8oOgwEoj4

Another review in Italian language, thanks to my friend Fuorezza: it looks like the device run really smooth!
Two downsides from the reviewer:
1. Display oleofobic treatment is not so good;
2. Speaker loudness is good but a lot of volume get lost when device lays on a surface.
https://youtu.be/zjYJYf6BZfI

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Scrambit encrypted gsm calls

A few months ago I did some work for a company Liveye on a new app. I notice that today they have finally gotten a page up for that program.
www.scrambit.com
I did a lot of the back end gsm/audio stuff along with another guy who did the encryption dll and codec. The ui was done by Two guys in Itally. scrambit encrypts voice and transmits it over a csd line to allow the user to make totaly secure calls.
This is not a free program but I if you need privacy this is a good tool to have. The site is in Italian but the program itself is very easy to understand (mainly english words).
(Please don't mistake this for a paid advertisement. Since finishing this I have had little to do with Liveye and am certainly not being paid to mention it. Its more a matter of pride to have my name on the credits .)
Good if you can some out with a "Lite" or "Express" version of it for free Or do a SMS version of it?
hanmin said:
Good if you can some out with a "Lite" or "Express" version of it for free Or do a SMS version of it?
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Hello,
I'm one of Scrambit developers; the application is freely downloadable from here (without CF) or from this page (if you want the version with CF included) and you can freely test it making crypto-calls.
As I wrote in another post the application is available in many languages, English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Dutch and obviously in Italian, and the website also will be available in English within few time.
Goodbye
Caio
Looks nice
I have been chasing a software to secure my phonecalls for some while now... But most of them Bug out.
This one i can make a call, so far so good. But on the receiving end nothing seems to happen and both locks are unlocked.
So from Phone A to phone be i can iniate the call to phone B.
From phone B it will not call out.
Both phones using WM6 phone a is Niki and Phone B is a Kaiser.
I also dont understand what is CF. Do i want it or not ?
What encryption is the software using. And please write a yhelp in english.
And how much does a licence cost. And maybe increase the TRIAL 20 seconds to at least 60 seconds.
Best Regards
Adde

The best pocketable laptop replacement

I am looking to upgrade my phone with something just a bit better, but I want to make sure I am upgrading, not losing out on features. So first I need a phone that has all of the same features but more.
I use my phone in lieu of a laptop on trips, as I am often in a situation where carrying a laptop is impractical, and I need something that can be shoved into a pocket at a moments notice.
Here are the features I have currently and I want in my new phone:
1. A Great Phone
This is by far the most important thing. A phone that has loud and clear voice quality, great reception, and picks up voice well. My phone currently I can use in the middle of a loud nightclub underground and still be able to have a conversation and great reception. This rules out the iPhone already.
2. Outlook 2007 Integration (or Outlook 2007 killer software integration)
This includes push email, desktop synced email, contacts with all fields, tasks, calendar and notes. I need them all.
3. Internet friendly
I use the internet constantly on my phone, browsing all day. I use Opera Mobile software, and it works great, even with tabs! Wether it is GPRS, EDGE or 3G, I can connectification.
4. Multimedia friendly
Windows media player converts and copies all the videos and music I want automatically and provides many great options for shuffling the music on the player automagically. I also use TCPMP for divx and youtube videos and the like with no problems.
5. Bluetooth A2DP
I swear by my stereo headset. I have no used a wired one in so long. Listening to music, wathcing videos and having phone conversations is so much easier with A2DP. This rules out the iPhone again.
6. Large capacity/storage cards
Currently 8GB microsd cards are avaliable for my phone, with a theoretical limit of 32GB.
7. Instant messengers
I use MSN, QQ, Skype and others on my phone. It is nice to be connected.
8. Wifi
for those times when 3g just aint enough.
9. Hardware keyboard
I message a LOT, so I need a device that caters to this. No onscreen keyboard can match the usability of a hardware keyboard (in my and most people's opinion)
10. Pocketable
This has to fit in my pocket easily. PReferably a suit inside pocket. My current phone is about 14mm thick and about 3.5 inches diagonal... smaller than many less functional phones.
11. Chinese/Asian language input
Perhaps this is just for me, but it an essential for me to be able to communicate in Chinese.
12. All the little things
All the little things that make the user experience better
- threaded sms
- autocomplete names, emails, numbers
- predictive phrases (not only words, the phone predicts sentence patterns as well)
- calling card support (adding prefixes, dialing predetermined numbers automatically)
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Things I want in my NEW phone that my current phone lacks:
1. Speed
My phone slows to a crawl when I am doing too many things at the same time.
2. Bigger screen (3 inch+)
Watching videos on a 2.8 inch screen is fine, albeit too small. My eyes get tired after a while. Extra screen real estate would be better for surfiung the web as well.
3. GPS
Google maps is functional, but can only now give me a location based on my nearest cell. true GPS location finding would be a huge advantage, as I am often searching for locations.
So after all that, does anyone have any sugesstions on the perfect phone?
why not try a x7510 ?
boinger66 said:
why not try a x7510 ?
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Hmm, looks interesting, if a bit big and heavy... I am looking further into it to see how pocket friendly it can be...
phony said:
Hmm, looks interesting, if a bit big and heavy... I am looking further into it to see how pocket friendly it can be...
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This is exactly what you are looking for (I think)
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/HTC-Universal-phone-gallery-pg_1336.html
It´s not a new model, but till to this date not ANY phone has beaten Universal!!
Have a look mate
Cheers
orb3000 said:
This is exactly what you are looking for (I think)
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/HTC-Universal-phone-gallery-pg_1336.html
It´s not a new model, but till to this date not ANY phone has beaten Universal!!
Have a look mate
Cheers
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Anotehr vote for the Universal. IMHO it's better than the Advantage - and MUCH cheaper!
The Universal definitely does look like a great choice, the only thing would be it's lack of GPS and perhaps it is a tad bulky to have in a jeans pocket. Otherwise, I agree, the Universal seems like a top contender. What is the successor to the Universal?
Is is possible to upgrade the Universal with WinMo 6.1 and TouchFLO?
Also, I was leaning towards the HTC Raphael (Diamond Touch Pro), but the small screen still is a bit annoying... just a half inch more and I'd be happy.
The Universal definitely does look like a great choice, the only thing would be it's lack of GPS and perhaps it is a tad bulky to have in a jeans pocket. Otherwise, I agree, the Universal seems like a top contender. What is the successor to the Universal?
Is is possible to upgrade the Universal with WinMo 6.1 and TouchFLO?
Also, I was leaning towards the HTC Raphael (Diamond Touch Pro), but the small screen still is a bit annoying... just extend the screen to the edges more by a half inch...

=>Need help regarding WM 6.1 experience

Hellow guyz, Yesterday i traded my blue angel with Tornado
Now i have installed rose v20279 WM6.1 rom which isa bit slow in typing SMS characters.
I want a WM6.1 rom which is most fast responsive to key strokes.
Plz guide me and thanx for looking into this thread (which most ppl dont do, i mostly help others but now i want it)
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I know no one will ever care to reply and I amd tired of volume control bug in rose's rom, also slow response is driving me crazy
I already know that every one here is in miserable condition to jsut figure out whats best for himself, So, I should STFup and start downloading about 200MB of roms and testing them myself[/b]
Try Pro
The WM 6.1 Kamikadze is the best rom that I have used so far. As always YMMV. The texting is great as it is very fast. And I can tune xT9 to work as I want it to. Actually, the whole interface is real fast. Out of the 6-7 6.1 roms that I have used, I liked this one the most..
Borther just a quick question on the go:
Will installing a professional rom on smartphone invoke any complexity regarding touch screen responses?
How are the touch screen responses covered in that rom?
THANK YOU FOR THE COME BACK
I am also using Kamikadze Pro ROM it is really great experience.. No complexity at all. only thing is you may need to asign some shortkeys for your convenience.
You can try disabling the text prediction, it might speeds things up
dark_prince,
I see what you are talking about. I had to read your post in the Rose thread to understand. It sounds like you are not using t9.
If I use "abc" mode and enter letters really fast it will occasionally miss one. I don't see this behavior with t9 or xt9.
I run the Akeo rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=426499) and it is the fastest rom I have used, hands down. It boots in half the time of Nitro's 6.0 rom. I'm sure that the Rose rom is comparable. Akeo's does have drawbacks (no WiFi or Midi) if you care. I haven't used a PRO rom, but I highly doubt that it will make life easier.
My only suggestion is to embrace t9. It really does make typing faster.
-Scott
Hey thanx for the comeback.
actually, in SMS, there are alot of constraints
-> 160 characters limit
-> English is not my native language
-> T9 usually types the civilized English (with full spellings)
I prefer Wifi, i already did tested akeo rom and only drawback it has is of wifi(which i need alot at university)

Toshiba voice translation software - Video demo . IS this thing for real ?

Just came across this video via Crunchgear.com..
It shows the Toshiba voice translation software in action. Does it come with the Toshiba TG01 ?
That is crazy, I'd love to get my hands on a copy of that!
True translation would take quite a bit of AI to work usefully. For example, try playing with any of the online translators for a while to see how far we have to go.
The translated voice seems really fake to me. I doesn't even sound like it came from the phone. Sort of like it was overdubbed onto the video.
not quite fake.
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2009_10/pr0502.htm
(4) Voice translation and Voice synthesis
Translation between English and Japanese and Japanese and English, with voice synthesis.
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Multilinguage ICS advice

Hello guys. I was recently given a MT4G Slide to flash with any custom ROM (preferably ICS), with key criteria being stability and availability of various languages (not just keyboard, but change the whole OS). The phone will be used in Russia, therefore that's the language that needs to be added. I did look at most ROMS and no one really specifies which languages if any are in the ROM. I assume most slim ROMs don't have anything other then basic english/spanish. I wanted to ask if anyone with good stable ICS ROM can check if they have the Russian in the language selection menu. I understand it will be hard to come by as this is a US-only variant, but has hoping that many one of the cooks used stock google with multiple languages pre-installed.
Also, how hard would it be to remap the hardware keyboard or has anyone seen or knows where to purchase cyrilic keyboard for the device? Thanks for any info anyone can provide.
coolmen777 said:
Hello guys. I was recently given a MT4G Slide to flash with any custom ROM (preferably ICS), with key criteria being stability and availability of various languages (not just keyboard, but change the whole OS). The phone will be used in Russia, therefore that's the language that needs to be added. I did look at most ROMS and no one really specifies which languages if any are in the ROM. I assume most slim ROMs don't have anything other then basic english/spanish. I wanted to ask if anyone with good stable ICS ROM can check if they have the Russian in the language selection menu. I understand it will be hard to come by as this is a US-only variant, but has hoping that many one of the cooks used stock google with multiple languages pre-installed.
Also, how hard would it be to remap the hardware keyboard or has anyone seen or knows where to purchase cyrilic keyboard for the device? Thanks for any info anyone can provide.
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Have you looked at the morelocal2 app available in the Play Store?
Fuzi0719 said:
Have you looked at the morelocal2 app available in the Play Store?
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Thanks, didn't know it existed at all. Perfect, that solves the multi language part. Now, will need to do some searching on hardware keyboard remapping. Appreciate your help.
coolmen777 said:
Thanks, didn't know it existed at all. Perfect, that solves the multi language part. Now, will need to do some searching on hardware keyboard remapping. Appreciate your help.
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hate to be the negative nancy but this should be in the general section not the dev section
Blasphemous noob may the heavens rain down on thee with the vengeful hatred for that which we call ignorance and inability to follow forum rules!
The FBI has been alerted. Any second they will kick down your door and proceed to charge you with crimes that "you did not commit"
Yea we know, you're innocent.
gtmaster303 said:
Blasphemous noob may the heavens rain down on thee with the vengeful hatred of that which we call ignorance and inability to follow forum rules!
The FBI has been alerted. Any second they will kick down your door and proceed to charge you with crimes that "you did not commit"
Yea we know, you're innocent.
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If dude is in Russia wouldn't it be the FSB? Those guys mean business...
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
coolmen777 said:
Thanks, didn't know it existed at all. Perfect, that solves the multi language part. Now, will need to do some searching on hardware keyboard remapping. Appreciate your help.
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Hi there!
I've already adopted the keyboard for russian locale. I'll provide you some instructions a bit later, when I'll be at my home computer. I use Russian Keyboard app with Virtuos Infinity beta1 mod, and I like it a lot - it supports custom layouts via xml, language toggle with sym button, and some other perks. Stay tuned
Sent from my myTouch 4G Slide using xda app-developers app
First of all, this is the wrong section for creating this kind of threads.
CyanogenMod (CM 9.1) supports all bunch of languages including Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, many Asian languages and a lot more.
SKAm69, CM out-of-the-box does not support localization of the hardware keyboard - a third party app is needed for that. As for UI translation, I personally prefer English UI anyway.
So... here we go.
The archive includes: keychars/keylayouts - put it to corresponding folder in /system/usr and fix permissions (root is a must!), xml file for RuKeyboard and xls table to understand which letter goes where. Everything is made and tested on an ICS rom.
I usually switch languages with single press of the sym button, shift+sym does the symbol selection popup, alt+sym gives the smiles popup window.
www./com button is mapped as a tab, alt+www. gives a "www." input, shift+www. calls web popup window.
Every keymap can be customized using these files - just lurk a little bit and make a try.

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