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The new FPse update is not as smooth a prcoess to update as usual, since you have to either disable your previous settings or clear data out to get the virtual controls to show up.
Another issue is the scaling options are gone, so I can not figure out how to adjust the display. It supposed to be able to be adjusted, but I have yet to figure it out. Everything is distorted full screen now on my Droid 3, Flyer and Thrive. I try to adjust it, but now controls show up. Tried pinch and zooom, in case that was it. Since not working on three devices, seems it is the app rather than the user..... Ok, it could be the user, but no luck on three devices.
Anybody figure it out? Scaled display is better, since no distortion and less pixels for the emulator to draw to (it is faster when scaled).
Right, I've got a black One S with android 4.0.3 and sense 4, all like new (as it is). I don't fancy rooting it and don't really want to change from the HTC Rom, but the backlight in the camera annoys me. On the touch pro2 with the HTC stuff, I'm certain there was an option in settings to keep the screen backlight down when in the camera. On the Trophy that followed, I couldn't control it, because, let's face it, you can't control much in WP7. however, switching to the one S and android, I expected being able to keep the backlight down.
Why is this frustrating me? I don't like.being blinded by the viewfinder, and I don't want to kill the battery any more than I have to. So, is there a way to keep the phone's backlight down while in the HTC camera app?
Okay, now I know everyone has ignored this thread but I think I've discovered a way. So here's the setup:
HTC One S
System brightness set to lowest
A 4 digit screen-lock password
So I have the passcode set on the 15 minute max timeout, so, the phone locked itself, and I dragged the camera icon on the lockscreen into the ring. Naturally, despite being locked, it still allows use of the camera. Now, it may just be my eyes, but I'm certain I noticed a distance difference in brightness. That is, the screen seemed a lot dimmer when the camera app was being accessed from behind the lock rather than unlocked.
I think the brightness is ok lol
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AMOLED displays as the one in One S doesnt have backlights. But there is a mod that lowers the values when using auto brightness since the defaults are a bit high, not especially made for in-camera though. Check for it in Tweak Machine thread in apps and themes forums.
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I think the brightness is ok lol
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I guess most people aren't that fussed about the brightness, but the battery did seem to last a lot longer when recording 1080p video with the lower brightness.
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AMOLED displays as the one in One S doesnt have backlights. But there is a mod that lowers the values when using auto brightness since the defaults are a bit high, not especially made for in-camera though. Check for it in Tweak Machine thread in apps and themes forums.
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Does that require root access? From what I can see it does, and I guess that too would be helpful for the majority, but my phone isn't rooted. Mainly because I like the HTC Sense camera interface so much
Yeah you must flash it from custom recovery so at least unlocked boot loader required. Why not try a sense based ROM? They all keep the awesome HTC camera and its snappiness
Unfortunately with the One S update I finally received last night bringing it up from Android 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 and Sense 4.1, HTC have now removed the incredibly helpful 'bug' of the brightness staying down in the camera if it is launched from the lockscreen with a password set. Thanks a lot HTC, you excell yourselves with stupidity once again.
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Bump. Recording lectures is impossible due to HTC's stupidity. The 100% screen brightness not only kills the battery before lecture ends, but it's extremely distracting for people behind me (especially if room is dark during powerpoint presentations).
This has to be turned down. Ideally, once set up, the phone should be able to record video with the screen OFF. Or at least with brightness on min. Surely there's a mod or a hack for this?
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Bump. Recording lectures is impossible due to HTC's stupidity. The 100% screen brightness not only kills the battery before lecture ends, but it's extremely distracting for people behind me (especially if room is dark during powerpoint presentations).
This has to be turned down. Ideally, once set up, the phone should be able to record video with the screen OFF. Or at least with brightness on min. Surely there's a mod or a hack for this?
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hi,
Firstly, I'm glad that I'm not alone in this. As you said, it is extremely frustrating as not only is the bright screen distracting for others and makes you look foolish, the battery hardly lasts any time at all. I contacted HTC to see if they could add a brightness slider, their customer support rep said the technical team would get in touch with me - they haven't.
However, on the positive side, I have found two apps which don't allow you to record with lower brightness, they up the ante to your other suggestion, having the screen off. I'd always assumed that cameras on phones couldn't work with the screen off because I thought the phone went into proper sleep. Turns out that the camera can stay active. There are many poor apps on Play, but I found two which offer free (very limited functionality, but allows you to check that the app works with your phone) versions and rather expensive pro versions. I tried both the free versions and liked the second one I tried so much that I bought it.
The first one I found was (I don't know why they assume people are using their cameras solely for nefarious purposes - some of us do have legitimate reasons and battery life concerns) 'Hidden Camera Spy Camera', Play link (Lite version link is in their description). This one worked ok, but took a while to configure and doesn't have the nicest interface. So I continued hunting and came across an even better app:
Secret Video Recorder Pro (Lite version listed at the side in the More by this Developer panel): This app is even more elegant. I tried the lite version and found that it worked well, so I then decided to buy the full version (apparently it's currently 50% off, but still pretty expensive - well worth it though). After going through the settings, I set it to use the rear camera and force HD recording. I then tapped the icon on the homescreen, it notified me and then just ran in the notification area. I then turned the screen off, whirled the phone around my room, turned the phone back on and tapped on the notification to stop it. I then checked the video and to my amazement, it had worked! (on an unrooted, still carrier locked, black One S running the latest official updated OS (Android 4.0.4 and Sense 4.1))
When I dragged the app into the fixed Sense homescreen dock, originally it displayed nothing, even after rebooting the phone. However, after Sense crashed and showed me a message saying Sense had crashed, it even worked from the lockscreen. If you have the 'Show icon' enabled in the SVR Preferences, you can then tell from the lockscreen that it is actually recording as you can see the icon in the notification bar.
I'm sorry for rambling on and on, but I think SVR just got into my top 5 apps of all time list as it is unbelievably flawless (apart from the price )
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hi,
Firstly, I'm glad that I'm not alone in this. As you said, it is extremely frustrating as not only is the bright screen distracting for others and makes you look foolish, the battery hardly lasts any time at all. I contacted HTC to see if they could add a brightness slider, their customer support rep said the technical team would get in touch with me - they haven't.
However, on the positive side, I have found two apps which don't allow you to record with lower brightness, they up the ante to your other suggestion, having the screen off. I'd always assumed that cameras on phones couldn't work with the screen off because I thought the phone went into proper sleep. Turns out that the camera can stay active. There are many poor apps on Play, but I found two which offer free (very limited functionality, but allows you to check that the app works with your phone) versions and rather expensive pro versions. I tried both the free versions and liked the second one I tried so much that I bought it.
The first one I found was (I don't know why they assume people are using their cameras solely for nefarious purposes - some of us do have legitimate reasons and battery life concerns) 'Hidden Camera Spy Camera', Play link (Lite version link is in their description). This one worked ok, but took a while to configure and doesn't have the nicest interface. So I continued hunting and came across an even better app:
Secret Video Recorder Pro (Lite version listed at the side in the More by this Developer panel): This app is even more elegant. I tried the lite version and found that it worked well, so I then decided to buy the full version (apparently it's currently 50% off, but still pretty expensive - well worth it though). After going through the settings, I set it to use the rear camera and force HD recording. I then tapped the icon on the homescreen, it notified me and then just ran in the notification area. I then turned the screen off, whirled the phone around my room, turned the phone back on and tapped on the notification to stop it. I then checked the video and to my amazement, it had worked! (on an unrooted, still carrier locked, black One S running the latest official updated OS (Android 4.0.4 and Sense 4.1))
When I dragged the app into the fixed Sense homescreen dock, originally it displayed nothing, even after rebooting the phone. However, after Sense crashed and showed me a message saying Sense had crashed, it even worked from the lockscreen. If you have the 'Show icon' enabled in the SVR Preferences, you can then tell from the lockscreen that it is actually recording as you can see the icon in the notification bar.
I'm sorry for rambling on and on, but I think SVR just got into my top 5 apps of all time list as it is unbelievably flawless (apart from the price )
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Doesn't using SVR defeat your original purpose? It's not using the Sense camera, it's using it's own implementation? At that rate, any aftermarket camera should work and allow you to use default screen brightness.
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Doesn't using SVR defeat your original purpose? It's not using the Sense camera, it's using it's own implementation? At that rate, any aftermarket camera should work and allow you to use default screen brightness.
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Unfortunately, yes, it does. SVR is sort of a compromise for me at the moment as I can save battery life but I do miss out on all the Sense camera features. It would be great if HTC do actually listen to my request and implement it, given how simple a request it is, but they appear to be constantly so far ahead with all their development process that I doubt they'd include it in the the Android 4.1 release scheduled for this month
SVR is on one end of the scale of what I'd like to do with the camera (save the battery) and the Sense camera is on the other end (use the camera). Where I'd like HTC to place us is in the middle of those two, with the ability to use the Sense camera but in a power-efficient manner (such as being able to record a video but take stills at the same time, with the battery outlasting the meager storage space).
Hi all.
Just got my Z3, and overall the phone is excellent. I owned a Z, Z1 and Z2, M8 and HTC butterfly 2 immediately before the Z3.
Issue 1 - My top speaker SEEMS to be a bit louder than the bottom? Does anyone else have this? Perhaps its by design, and its barely perceptible. Just wondering if I were the only one.
Issue 2 - I have google now's "OK google" recognition on every screen - this seems to create a bug for the camera - every time i go into the camera, it seems to think the microphone is being used and hence there is an error message. I can dismiss it and continue to take a photo or video with no ill effect, but the error message is annoying. Any fixes for this? - this was fine on my M8 and B2 previously
Issue 3 - Youtube app is up to date, but it wont give option for 1080p resolution? 720p is max - (M8 and B2 show 1080 fine for those videos)
thanks!
Only commenting about nr3, 1080p is working fine here... Planet earth video (just looked for 1080p in youtube).
Haven't noticed nr 1 btw, so at least not disturbing me so far...
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Issue 1 - My top speaker SEEMS to be a bit louder than the bottom? Does anyone else have this? Perhaps its by design, and its barely perceptible. Just wondering if I were the only one.
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You are not. Top speaker sounds different, has more bass, even causes the phone to vibrate. Lower speaker sounds far thinner, doesn't cause any vibration.
Issue 2 - I have google now's "OK google" recognition on every screen - this seems to create a bug for the camera
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I didn't find any option for activating "OK Google" outside the Google now screen. So how did you do that ?
Issue 3 - Youtube app is up to date, but it wont give option for 1080p resolution?
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No problems encountered, used the "Big Buck Bunny" and "Planet earth seen from space" videos for testing. - Resolutions 360 up to 1080p selectable and working.
Simply search for "1080p full hd".
No 1080 here neither...
Exactly the same boat. Videos only go up to 720p and no option for 1080p.
Any ideas?
I had 1080p when I first set the phone up. Now only 720p. Probably on Google's end there.
However for the speaker issue, both speakers are actually even volume wise.
Your perceived differences comes from the fact that the top speaker seems to be tuned towards the lower end, and the bottom speaker towards the highs. To me that seems intentional, as splitting them up would reduce the strain on the speakers and allow them to go louder. But ofcourse, it could all be a hardware fault
But as you say, its barely perceivable unless you actually listen for it.
For the error message all you can do is disable google now until Sony patches in a fix.
Strange about Issue #3,
I read something on reddit a few days ago about the 1080p option being gone for some..
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2ic1zp/google_took_away_1080p_option_on_the_youtube_app/
Thanks for all the responses.
Yes, I've noticed my top speaker seems to have more bass and the lower one is more treble based. Strange how they have set it up this way, would have expected both to be even. oh well.
On the google now thing, ok - i'll just have to wait for an update, but if anyone has a reasonably workaround, let me know!
finally, on 1080 - yeah, its strange, I got 1080 on that Earth film, but on most of the regular channels I view, it seems to top out at 720p. Interesting but hope they bring 1080 back.
Thanks for all the responses. After having a Butterfly 2 (which was awesome), and only having a couple of users on the forum, its good to be back on a forum with active participants!
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I didn't find any option for activating "OK Google" outside the Google now screen. So how did you do that ?
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Chef, you need to have US english selected as the system language.
Hi all
With regards to number 2:
Issue 2 - I have google now's "OK google" recognition on every screen - this seems to create a bug for the camera - every time i go into the camera, it seems to think the microphone is being used and hence there is an error message
I have since downloaded the google now launcher, this brings the persistent google search bar onto each screen, enables OK google from each screen, plus is not giving me an error with camera.
Try it and let me know if you get the same results.
Issue #2 is a well known issue with the z3 and Google now, it should be fixed in the next big update by Sony.
Issue #3 made me realized that I haven't even opened YouTube since I got my D6633 on Monday, so when I checked the it was the same issue than most of you are saying. But I'm used to this issue on my 3 months old Galaxy Tab S, it has never worked as expected showing the maximum 1440p resolution until you clear YouTube cache and data, force close it, disable it Uninstalling updates, once this is done then you go to Play Store and look for YouTube, it should shows Enable, and one you enable it, and update to latest version, then you have your full resolution options including 1440p. Sad thing is that everytime there is a new YouTube update we need to do the same again.
I did the same steps on my Z3 just to see that it didn't work, so I went back to apps and saw that there are 2 more apps directly related to YouTube, I already have disabled Live On YouTube as I tried to use it and never weekend and then I realized that I'll never use it again. Anyway, I decided to do the same steps mentioned above but this time I also disabled the 2 YouTube extensions that are there, went back to the Play Store and Enabled and updated YouTube and when I went back to the app there are all the options including 1080p, one thing though, it seems to not stay skeeter by default, just select it and then re-start the video and you will see it on 1080p.
I re-enabled the 2 YouTube Extensions back just to see if it breaks it again but it seems that it still working so that's good news.
I hope you can fix it with this information, at least until the next YouTube update.
sephstyler said:
Hi all.
Just got my Z3, and overall the phone is excellent. I owned a Z, Z1 and Z2, M8 and HTC butterfly 2 immediately before the Z3.
Issue 1 - My top speaker SEEMS to be a bit louder than the bottom? Does anyone else have this? Perhaps its by design, and its barely perceptible. Just wondering if I were the only one.
Issue 2 - I have google now's "OK google" recognition on every screen - this seems to create a bug for the camera - every time i go into the camera, it seems to think the microphone is being used and hence there is an error message. I can dismiss it and continue to take a photo or video with no ill effect, but the error message is annoying. Any fixes for this? - this was fine on my M8 and B2 previously
Issue 3 - Youtube app is up to date, but it wont give option for 1080p resolution? 720p is max - (M8 and B2 show 1080 fine for those videos)
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So I know there are other android 10 threads out there but I felt like y'all should get a list of whats new in front of your eyes instead of looking around:
**Improved night camera quality - Yes I have felt and improvement it is slight however, but it did get somewhat better.
**Google's new navigation gestures (I felt like I should write this because last updates, Sony phones did not get the nav gestures) however the new gestures seem just a tiny bit laggy -rarely though- and when in landscape mode, the slide down bar drops not in a symmetric way but rather drops right sided which makes things look out of place
**New CinemaPro app features - the app now has the levels of both phone microphones like on the v50 and also has aspect ratio check lines (if you want to shoot a video on cinema pro it only shoots 21/9 but you can have check lines to see whats being viewed in any other aspect ratio you choose and you also have a meter inside the camera to show you if youre in the frame or not)
**Dark mode - works on most apps, but I can't seem to activate it on my phone app, any suggestions?
**UI click sounds changed - yup! I love the new ones they sound more like Android rather than Sony and I do love Android!
**FINGERPRINT!!!! - Yes!! finally fingerprint scanner is way more responsive now!! before it was sooo strict about the cleanness and the angle, I registered 3 fingers and it only could recognize one of them because of the angle it provides, but now every finger on any angle with less cleanness is verry responsive! (could still be worked on, but im so happy with it at this moment)
**Sadly no more face unlock, even though I never used it but it worked surprisingly fast when I had the option available, but now it doesnt exist, good thing they improved the fingerprint scanner XD
**Slightly improved battery life - I only noticed it when I tested it, but if youre not a detailed tester you wont be able to recognize throughout the day, maybe if youre a slight user, yes you will notice the phone lasting 2/3 hours longer (overall usage and not screen on time) because I can tell they worked greatly on improving the idle drain.
**Speaker loudness - I think the phone got louder? I am not sure but defiantly notice something that didnt exist, not necessarily higher quality but I do notice something increasing in volume I cant tell if its volume or distortion lol but when I go to max volume there is something that makes you think, a little lower than max sounded like max on previous android but I cant tell if max here is actually louder or just more noisy especially with dolby atmos
**Some people reported signal drops? or bad signal? I havent noticed a difference here so thats good news
**Performance - the phone was fast enough to almost be the king of speed and smoothness so yah even if its better on android 10 I cant even feel the difference but it is VERY smooth even on a new android which means its pretty sick!
**Recent apps button (in old school 3 button nav bar) doesnt seem to do anything if you have custom launcher, but works on default sony launcher.
UPDATE!!
**one handed mode, which I use alot when im in bed, cant seem to be activated in the new navigation gestures, because you have to double tap home button but u dont have it in new gestures, so heres what i did:
Enabled side sense, i know it doesn't work properly, but now you have an option of controlling how to access it, You can actually enable the inside the screen tap rather than from the side (if you have a case on, this will really help you) , adjust sensitivity, position, transparency of the slide activators, and change the gestures of how it works, now i changed the double tap side sense from opening the side sense menu, to activate one handed mode, and now side sense works smoothly with gestures and i can activate one handed mode in new android nav gestures, youre welcome
Thx u for this thread
UI seems a lot smoother. I'm liking the android 10 gestures which adds to the "smoothness".
Can't really say about photo quality, haven't been using the camera much. I can definitely notice a better battery life compared to before.
Basically no issues just yet! Aside from me getting used to the new gestures (+ side sense)
Im using the google dialer app in play store. It has a way better ui, better icons and dark mode compatible. Set it as default and it's all good. I don't understand why sony have decided to use the "stock" google messenger app but not dialer... the dialer seems customized in some way idk
There is a bug that I noticed: when going back home using the gesture, if the app icon is on the dock, the icons a bit laggy and will flash for once. don't really know how to describe it
Someone can make a full review of android 10 and post it on youtube ?
Sugarcube8th said:
Im using the google dialer app in play store. It has a way better ui, better icons and dark mode compatible. Set it as default and it's all good. I don't understand why sony have decided to use the "stock" google messenger app but not dialer... the dialer seems customized in some way idk
There is a bug that I noticed: when going back home using the gesture, if the app icon is on the dock, the icons a bit laggy and will flash for once. don't really know how to describe it
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Yah you just reminded me to add that bug, also if you on landscape mode the slide down bar is off place slides from the right rather than the middle of the screen
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Someone can make a full review of android 10 and post it on youtube ?
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I will try to do so soon, when I have free time from work
Agree with you.
- about the signal, i notice less signals bar (1-2 signal bars most of the time), but no connection drop (yet)
- wifi Mac address new option, set by default at "random Mac address"
Here's a preview of the swipe up animation bug?
https://youtu.be/ZM0Exs9F4yQ
Does anyone else have a weird audio bug where when you pause music or a video the sound spikes up for a second before it pauses. I've only tested it on the native music app and YouTube. I don't use any music streaming service such as Spotify or Pandora. I think I've concluded that this is a software bug since I when I flashed back to the previous firmware and didn't have the same problem. Maybe my device is just strange. Any opinion?
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Does anyone else have a weird audio bug where when you pause music or a video the sound spikes up for a second before it pauses. I've only tested it on the native music app and YouTube. I don't use any music streaming service such as Spotify or Pandora. I think I've concluded that this is a software bug since I when I flashed back to the previous firmware and didn't have the same problem. Maybe my device is just strange. Any opinion?
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Yes,I have the same issue, but as I remember this issue also existing on Pie.
t238z said:
Yes,I have the same issue, but as I remember this issue also existing on Pie.
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That's strange cause I never had the problem till updating to Android 10.
I think i have a bug i have notification from album that i cant remove it. Even though i have restar my phone
It always check the update
blegs said:
I think i have a bug i have notification from album that i cant remove it. Even though i have restar my phone
It always check the update
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this happens with me with BG player.. I simply turned off its notifications
Sugarcube8th said:
There is a bug that I noticed: when going back home using the gesture, if the app icon is on the dock, the icons a bit laggy and will flash for once. don't really know how to describe it
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Precisely, IDK if that happens with pixel or one plus devices, but I know that it happens with Xperia 1. When you go back to the app, let's just say it's inside a folder, app shows in the dock then the folder pops back. Then if you open an app let's just say dialer then you switch to camera with recent menu and you go back to home screen it shows dialer app on where the camera icon then you get the camera icon back in the dock. Am I right?
[Bug report] Recent key not working in Android 10.
Screenshot as below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUlHZ0weCfs&feature=youtu.be
When you press Recent button, there is just nothing.
Remember people more updates will vome of android 10, this is the 1st release so except some tiny bugs. Sony/google will fix that
just added some more updates about bugs and updates in main post check it out
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[Bug report] Recent key not working in Android 10.
Screenshot as below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUlHZ0weCfs&feature=youtu.be
When you press Recent button, there is just nothing.
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whats that launcher?
Just got mine an hour ago. Hoping that I don't experience those bugs.
Not sure if I'm the only one but I always face audio latency issues while gaming with my Bose AE2 SoundLink. Unfortunately I don't have other Bluetooth devices to test it but it works with all my wired headsets.
Only via gaming I face 1-2s latency. I searched the Internet and found solutions like locking the refresh rate but this doesn't work. It's the same for all games, I already tried repairing the headset, tried all modes (x mode) and different settings but it's always the same for every game. As soon as I switch from a normal app to a game the audio lags - everything else (calls, YouTube, etc etc) works fine.
Has someone else the same issue and got it fixed?
Asus 5 ultimate,
Latest firmware as of now (.86)
Rooted
I haven't tried connecting to my speakers, but i'll give it a try and see if I get similar results.
In the meantime, are all of your games running on a profile? What are your settings? I'll go through with all the same stuff.
Things are a little behind on my end. Note 20 Ultra screen decided to start peeling off, so i've been trying to move over everything for a trade-in before it ends up cracked.
It's normal for latency to be higher when gaming, though 1-2 seconds is definitely way too much. It's usually a difference of 0.5 seconds at most
Sorry for my late reply - I was really busy the last weeks.
I had the chance to try it with different devices and it's the same for all of them. I notice it a bit more for some games and a bit less for others. For example Grimvalor has a huge delay that can be noticed really easily because it makes a sound when you slash your sword -> sound starts after the animation is done.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.direlight.grimvalor
I doubt this is a hardware issue since everything works when I don't play games but other media. However I have no idea what the technical differences between games and videos are in the Android world.
Things I tried so far (unsuccessfully) :
factory reset
remove the game from Armory Crate
change refresh rate as well as other settings
try different games
Everything works with a wired Headset or with my old phone.
Not sure if the support can do something but I'm surprised that I'm the only one with this issue.
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In the meantime, are all of your games running on a profile? What are your settings? I'll go through with all the same stuff.
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I've tried it with and without a profile - that doesn't make any difference.
What settings do you require exactly, I could export a game profile if that helps?
I completely forgot about testing. If none of the settings seem to have any impact, i'll try the defaults. If I can't get the same results, then ill see about trying to find any that cause it.
...oh, it's definitely off. I connected a Wonderboom and launched Nier and pressing the buttons had just enough delay to notice it was out of sync.
Thank you - so I guess it's not just mine.
Not sure if contacting the support will solve the issue. I wonder if all others don't have this issue, don't care about it or better Bluetooth devices.
@reica since you don't seem to face this: could you tell me what device you have or did you change Bluetooth related settings?