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HTC One S with NFC ?

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What do you think ?

Looks pretty real to me, didn't know it had disabled nfc
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highly doubt it's real since if it's there, HTC should've advertise it so they will get more praise for it.

What about the Samsung s2? That has NFC but not in the software.
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Probably not. NFC can't get through the metal back cover. Since it can't, I doubt HTC put any NFC chips in the device.
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Hunt3r.j2 said:
Probably not. NFC can't get through the metal back cover. Since it can't, I doubt HTC put any NFC chips in the device.
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That's why the top and bottom covers are plastic. NFC could get out, just like wifi and cell does.

Why would they put NFC in the device and not advertise it ? They know what they put into the phone as much as id like it to be real it must be fake
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Be nice if this is true. Not too bothered about it now though as NFC isn't really a big feature here in the UK (yet.....) and can't see it being that popular/"the norm" for at least another year.
It has happened in other phones as well i.e. my last android phone, the Samsung galaxy spica i5700, it had a FM radio chip and also multi-touch, both weren't enabled with stock samsung software and weren't advertised at all or listed in the specs. either, thankfully, one great developer got the multi-touch working superbly.

Is the youtube video creator a xda member?
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Have the tear downs not showed a NFC chip ?
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I have build an NFC Chip into my Computer to test the possibilities of NFC with my One X. So I thought, could it be that the One S also has an NFC Chip but disabled it so that the One X has an benefit against his little brother. Than I tried to port the NFC Drivers from the One X to the S and it works very well, but you can't disable it and there is no Android Beam yet. I try to cook an NFC enabled, RUU based Rom with working Android Beam. Download Link: Is coming soon!
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Quoted from the video... so the One S is missing drivers and all functionality?

devgee said:
Check this Video out !
What do you think ?
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I think I wrote about this a couple days ago in my thread
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Another video showing the use of Tec tiles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WKQSB4imtk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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If this is true about NFC someone should try hitting up leedroid on Twitter he's quite good at porting things over and can give it a shot if he would like to atleast bring it to his attention
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David111jr said:
I think I wrote about this a couple days ago in my thread
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Yup David111jr did have this up a few days ago....but the title of his thread didnt help to entice people to read :silly: When i showed this to a few other people, it was mentioned that it might be the cleaver use of Chrome to Phone. It would be awesome if it turned out to be true, but since people like to play nice tricks like this, we will have to wait and see. As for Leedroid, looking through his thread it looks like he might be busy with home things (after all awesome devs have home lives too ) . Hopefully a dev can either debunk or reproduce it. I will keep my fingers crossed for sure!!

Chrome to phone for sure. I call shenannigans.

Try to explain tec tiles ?
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a13xemz said:
Try to explain tec tiles ?
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All I saw was a video of a device opening up Google+ when it was near the tech tiles. Pretty sure that can be scripted pretty easily.

mjm128 said:
All I saw was a video of a device opening up Google+ when it was near the tech tiles. Pretty sure that can be scripted pretty easily.
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Wireless adb? Lol
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a13xemz said:
Have the tear downs not showed a NFC chip ?
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All teardowns I have seen thus far, eg. the directfix one, really just show how to replace the display so guess we have to wait till I slam a door on mine or something...

Found a few LG Nexus 4 promo pictures

Mods: if this is the wrong forum section sorry, and by all means move to relevant.
Anyway, today i was in my local carphone warehouse and saw these two pictures in a display advert... Clearly shows a few specs of the LG nexus, pictures and price and colour options... Thoughts?

Great find!
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Android 4.1? Damn
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Looking good so far...

That vast space on the bottom seems very unappealing...
Unless of course, the on-screen buttons just make it seem so.

Awesome find, op. I am excited the nexus 4 is one of the top contender since it s inception initially then went M.I.A.
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Looks nice...wait for more pic

I think it looks a bit so so :L it just doesn't look that appealing to me. I will probs still get it though I have a feeling the 389 will be the 16gb editon and the 8gb willonly be available through Google play.
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Hopefully they have them in stock on the tuesday, will pick one up
Were these signs out on display in the main store? Should have asked whether you could buy one today (knowing carphone warehouse some idiot probably would have sold you one)

Phone is looking pretty good, but a little... boring? I'm in doubt about the quality. Imo LG phones nowadays are pretty nice, but the quality is not so good. Too bad.

3473 said:
Hopefully they have them in stock on the tuesday, will pick one up
Were these signs out on display in the main store? Should have asked whether you could buy one today (knowing carphone warehouse some idiot probably would have sold you one)
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No they were on display with all the other phones on the wall in the store itself
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Lg has never impressed me with any android device. Maybe this will be a big step forward for them. The pic's look very similar to the samsung nexus. suppose to have a quad core on lte that would be nice.

adamski123 said:
No they were on display with all the other phones on the wall in the store itself
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Are you sure they were on the display? Hope you are not sarcastic

magesh_magi1 said:
Are you sure they were on the display? Hope you are not sarcastic
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No I'm not being sarcastic, they were genuinely on display :0
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TheRamon said:
Phone is looking pretty good, but a little... boring? I'm in doubt about the quality. Imo LG phones nowadays are pretty nice, but the quality is not so good. Too bad.
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I want to update to nexus but worry about build quality and more over regular firmware update.
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arora_c said:
I want to update to nexus but worry about build quality and more over regular firmware update.
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why would you worry about firmware updates on a nexus device
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I could not cope with 16gb and no sdcard slot. I struggle with 32 on my one x
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evie12604 said:
why would you worry about firmware updates on a nexus device
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I think LG is not so good for releasing updates on its devices...
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arora_c said:
I think LG is not so good for releasing updates on its devices...
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with this phone it will be down to Google not lg.
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arora_c said:
I want to update to nexus but worry about build quality and more over regular firmware update.
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I recommend you to just wait till the phone is in stores available, so you can go there and feel the phone in your hands. For you, your opinion is the most important (compared to others).
Because it's a Nexus phone, all the updates will be served by Google, instead of LG. That's the reason of most people who buy a Nexus phone: the update support.

Best Android camera smartphone

Hi guys, what's the best phone right now with amazing quality photos, Must be Android! Thanks please share
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Anyone?
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samsung galaxy s4 zoom

sofia-captivate said:
Hi guys, what's the best phone right now with amazing quality photos, Must be Android! Thanks please share
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I would go for a Sony phone, go check it out on their website. I know of a phone that has the "Ultra Zoom" feature, which can process 50MP photos. I forgot what was that phone and you'll have to find out for yourself. Or u could wait for the S5 to come out. The S5's camera has loads of features for different shooting conditions.
P.S. Rumors claim that the S5 would be cheaper than the S4. (Emphasis on rumor.)
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Irwenzhao said:
I would go for a Sony phone, go check it out on their website. I know of a phone that has the "Ultra Zoom" feature, which can process 50MP photos. I forgot what was that phone and you'll have to find out for yourself. Or u could wait for the S5 to come out. The S5's camera has loads of features for different shooting conditions.
P.S. Rumors claim that the S5 would be cheaper than the S4. (Emphasis on rumor.)
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I would say this guy is right.
Sony always had good quality camera's, not only on their smartphones but the compact camera's too.
My opinion on the lumia's is that the 41MP is fun to have, but after all you wana look at the lens.
Since MegaPixels only will tell you how much pixels there are in one photo.
You can just zoom in a lot on these Nokia photographs you took.
Since Sony can process 50MP photo's, the Nokia loses on this too.
And another thing, Nokia is no opinion for you since you want an Android.:laugh:

Or wait for the rumoured S5 Zoom...

ShadowLea said:
Or wait for the rumoured S5 Zoom...
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My opinion is that these phones are quite ugly with those big backsides. But that's just what I think about these 'zoom' series.
Plus it's still a rumour, he probably wants to buy a new phone as soon as possible.
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NiZii. said:
My opinion is that these phones are quite ugly with those big backsides. But that's just what I think about these 'zoom' series.
Plus it's still a rumour, he probably wants to buy a new phone as soon as possible.
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Ugly is certainly an accurate description. :good:
They're also a nightmare to protect with a decent case.. Imagine sticking one of those in an Otterbox Defender... It would make my DSLR look small! :laugh:

ShadowLea said:
Ugly is certainly an accurate description. :good:
They're also a nightmare to protect with a decent case.. Imagine sticking one of those in an Otterbox Defender... It would make my DSLR look small! :laugh:
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True, and if you want to buy that 'really nice' case from the phone store, they are really expensive. :')
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ShadowLea said:
Ugly is certainly an accurate description. :good:
They're also a nightmare to protect with a decent case.. Imagine sticking one of those in an Otterbox Defender... It would make my DSLR look small! :laugh:
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Yes, I totally agree with you

The Z2 and G2 cameras both get good reviews
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gc84245 said:
The Z2 and G2 cameras both get good reviews
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I think G2 stock camera is not that good, being slow on focusing.
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NiZii. said:
I would say this guy is right.
And another thing, Nokia is no opinion for you since you want an Android.:laugh:
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Nokia released a family of Android phones. Just so u know.
On my computer, no signature for u.

Irwenzhao said:
Nokia released a family of Android phones. Just so u know.
On my computer, no signature for u.
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I know, I was talking about this 1020. But thanks anyway.
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garymoody2014 said:
Yes, I totally agree with you
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agree with you two..

The best cameraphone right now is the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, it has a 20.7 Megapixel rear camera, which is pretty high for today's standards. Most high end phones only have 13MP or so.

It should be the s5 or the xperia z2 camera.
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IMO, you should look for OIS if you are looking for a good camera phone

Android 4.4.3 with Sense 6.1

Not sure when, but this is a good little article. Looks like a lot of updates coming our way!
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/2014/06/incoming-android-443-with-htc-sense-61.html

I couldn't find his source of where he got this information . Not sure where he got this info
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richii0207 said:
I couldn't find his source of where he got this information . Not sure where he got this info
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saw it posted in the htc elevate forums. not everyone is a member, so figured i would share it since the android revolution page is public

Maybe HTC has learned their lesson about leaving flagship devices with old software? Now as long as Verizon stays out of it...
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jbarcus81 said:
Maybe HTC has learned their lesson about leaving flagship devices with old software? Now as long as Verizon stays out of it...
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Ha! I wish! With Verizon's record, we probably won't see the update until the next ice age! It does look like a lot of good things are in there though- improved camera drivers and a built in file manager would be great. Oh, and the FM radio and stock internet browser that Verizon removed would be good too. ?
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batsai said:
Ha! I wish! With Verizon's record, we probably won't see the update until the next ice age! It does look like a lot of good things are in there though- improved camera drivers and a built in file manager would be great. Oh, and the FM radio and stock internet browser that Verizon removed would be good too. ?
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It also looks like there is talk about multi color led notification lights
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Its all rumors . I think it's for website hits
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JWhetstone02 said:
It also looks like there is talk about multi color led notification lights
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This part is not credible. They installed an LED with orange and green; period. It reminds me of an April Fool's joke many MANY years back when Palm announced a "software color mode" and those not knowing better thought that suddenly their monochrome Palm Pilot's would have color capabilities. The LED colors can't be changed with software. So, I'm a little suspicious of the entire piece because of that one detail.
Besides, if I haven't heard it from @evleaks, I don't believe it's real.

LED
I think the different LED flash notifications would be awesome! I used to have this on my Moto Defy and I love it. I am going to try this ROM out tongiht.

Click bait as usual.
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Cph2025_11_a.40

Can anyone provide me with Firmware CPH2025_11_A.40?

tekken1972 said:
Can anyone provide me with Firmware CPH2025_11_A.40?
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Noone at all seems to have anything, noone knows anything
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There are 4 find x2 in my close neighbourhood. With a free vpn apk they are successfully updated to 11.A.40 (spain, italy, Germany servers worked)
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hunhool said:
There are 4 find x2 in my close neighbourhood. With a free vpn apk they are successfully updated to 11.A.40 (spain, italy, Germany servers worked)
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I need it to install the european version of the software, i need it as an ozip file, i have the Malisian firmware a.39 so i need the a. 40 to be able to change

tekken1972 said:
I need it to install the european version of the software, i need it as an ozip file, i have the Malisian firmware a.39 so i need the a. 40 to be able to change
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Can you send a link to A.39? Or send it to someone
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hunhool said:
There are 4 find x2 in my close neighbourhood. With a free vpn apk they are successfully updated to 11.A.40 (spain, italy, Germany servers worked)
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Just tried all servers you mentioned and no sign of A40 on my CPH2025
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speedyjay said:
Just tried all servers you mentioned and no sign of A40 on my CPH2025
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Me to
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kevinireland11 said:
Me to
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Aside from the kick ass hardware of the Find X2 Pro, the updates suck a$$ and the bootloader unlocking situation is a joke. I have a 14 day cooling off period with Vodafone, I'll be taking the Find X2 Pro back today and exchanging it for a Note 20 Ultra or something with an unlockable bootloader and an open beta for Android 11, instead of the lame excuse for a beta with 5000 slots....piss-take!
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kevinireland11 said:
Noone at all seems to have anything, noone knows anything
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think it has been redrawn cause after installation ota and full factory reset from recovery menu the device is getting pretty hot all the time. No issues in A.30. confirmed on two equally x2 pro s
So tip of the day, stick with firmware updates to your own country instead using vpn.

Zoopju said:
think it has been redrawn cause after installation ota and full factory reset from recovery menu the device is getting pretty hot all the time. No issues in A.30. confirmed on two equally x2 pro s
So tip of the day, stick with firmware updates to your own country instead using vpn.
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I'm on an A.31 rollback file how would I install a UK A.30 when it's a lower version?
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kevinireland11 said:
I'm on an A.31 rollback file how would I install a UK A.30 when it's a lower version?
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You can't bud. You'd need to wait for A.40 when it eventually comes to us in the UK in around 4 years time....
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speedyjay said:
You can't bud. You'd need to wait for A.40 when it eventually comes to us in the UK in around 4 years time....
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Hahahaha ano ffs , that's the last oppo I'll be buying going back to OnePlus after
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Am also in the same boat. On A31 for now. The overheating got fixed after updating the Google Play Services. Remains cool like it was on A29. But with Safetynet still failing, looking forward for a download link soon. ?

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Hahahaha ano ffs , that's the last oppo I'll be buying going back to OnePlus after
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I don't really have a lot of choice with Vodafone. They have the Note 20 Ultra and S20 Ultra but they both run that goofy Exynos 990 CPU! No thanks! So other than iPhone and the Oppo, I'm kinda stuck lol
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speedyjay said:
I don't really have a lot of choice with Vodafone. They have the Note 20 Ultra and S20 Ultra but they both run that goofy Exynos 990 CPU! No thanks! So other than iPhone and the Oppo, I'm kinda stuck lol
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I had to buy the OnePlus Nord because the Google play wasn't certified so I couldn't use Google pay, this mid range phone runs call of duty miles better it's mad, I think I'm gonna sell my find x2 pro for the OnePlus 8T when it comes out
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speedyjay said:
I don't really have a lot of choice with Vodafone. They have the Note 20 Ultra and S20 Ultra but they both run that sh!tty Exynos 990 CPU! No thanks! So other than iPhone and the Oppo, I'm kinda stuck lol
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Haha well I would take an iPhone 11 Pro Max and get a lot of free time included free....gratis
And full image download and roll back. The display performance is actually a bit better, gray values at low brightness no grey bar in top near selfie’s camera. Camera equal but different....

Zoopju said:
Haha well I would take an iPhone 11 Pro Max and get a lot of free time included free....gratis
And full image download and roll back. The display performance is actually a bit better, gray values at low brightness no grey bar in top near selfie’s camera. Camera equal but different....
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Yeah, but the display on the Find X2 Pro and OP8P are arguably the best displays on the market, QuadHD - 120hz - 10bit - 1 billion colour displays....nothing comes close....
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