Jét-Droid project
This mind-blowing development project has successfully ported Android to the non-android smartphones by Samsung S8000 and S8003
Dual boot (JetQi bootloader) preserves stock OS on the internal memory and boots into Android from the external micro SD card
Altough JetDroid project was done also for Samsung S8003, I will refer here only to S8000 as I couldn't test any of this with the S8003
NEW DEVELOPERS ARE WELCOME
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INDEX:
This post includes:"JétDroid" project introduction / S8000 hardware info / development info
Post #2: Install guide for users / download links / attached files
Post #3: ROM CyanogenMod 7.1 (State-of-the-Art ROM to 2013/2014)
Post #4: Older ROMs and CyanogenMod 9 experimental
CREDITS:
All the credits and respect goes to the guys who have grounded, carried and brought to us this project, its developers and contributors:
dopi
KB-JetDroid
Carlos_Manuel
aleksey.4erepanov
and many others: please post here and I will update the list
The project home was not on the XDA but here:
External links (old):
Development homepage of JétDroid project
Forum of the JétDroid project
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Guys from JetDroid project are most welcome to join this thread, I'm sure some of them are here on the XDA forum
HARDWARE INFO
SAMSUNG Jét S8000
"Smarter than smartphone"
With this enormous fanfare worldwide, (with the General Manager for the UK who tought that the Samsung Jet S8000 is better than the Apple iPhone 3GS) Samsung's flagship handset as of 2009, Samsung Jet S8000 was released with this not really modest marketing tag that can be found still nowadays on internet.
Yet, altough released back in 2009, the hardware of the S8000 is even as of beginning 2014 still better than many modern low-end android phones and throughout interesting target for the android porting development:
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Technical information:
Manufacturer: Samsung Mobile
Availability by country: June 2009
Compatible networks: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
UMTS (3G): 900/2100 MHz
HSDPA: 3.6Mbps
Form factor: Touchscreen bar
Dimensions: 108.8(H) x 53.5(W) x 11.9 mm(D)
Weight: 110 g
CPU: 800 MHz processor
Display: 3.1" (79mm) 16M color WVGA AMOLED touchscreen, 480 x 800 pixels
Platform: Latest TouchWiz 2.0 UI with Motion UI, Media Gate 3D and Smart unlock
Data inputs: T9, Abc
Memory: 2GB internal / removable storage: microSD up to 16 GB (microSDHC compatible)
Rear camera: 5MP (2,592×1,944 pixels) auto-focus, with dual LED flash, geo-tagging, image stabilization, face detection, Smile Shot, Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) and D1 video recording at 30 fps
Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, standard microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, TV out
Media: MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV, MP4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, DivX, and XviD
Connectivity: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), AGPS, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, and USB 2.0 (microUSB)
Other: Accelerometer for screen auto rotate and turn-to-mute, electronic compass, FM radio with RDS, DNSe and SRS sound effect, Touchscreen, full web browser (Dolfin), and haptic touch feedback
Battery: 1100 mAh Li-ion
Battery Talk Time: up to 8.2 hours
Standby: up to 442 hours
CONS of Samsung's OS:
The hardware of this nice looking handset is excellent but crippled by its poor operating system and even poorer support from Samsung
No additional widgets / applications to download
Official firmware support is non existent
The Exchange sync software doesn't work with gmail
No text smiley's
Can't copy/paste text
GPS drains the battery (Wi-Fi also)
Java support is poor
Motion gate is useless
Memo's limited to 100 characters
The phone with Samsung's OS is laggy
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DEVELOPMENT INFO: about "JETDROID"
Target: porting Android OS to non-android devices Samsung Jét GT-S8000 (and GT-S8003)
"JETDROID": HOW DOES IT WORK?
Linux-based hardware of Samsung Jét is in general capable of booting into Android OS
Boot into Android OS is done here directly from external SD card, not from internal memory
JetDroid partition of the external (removable) SD card is formatted with Linux OS to ext2 or ext3
JetQi bootloader must be flashed on the S8000, boot into Android is possible with 2-buttons-combo
Original Samsung's firmware remains unmodified and the S8000 can also boot normally into stock OS
JETDROID DEVELOPMENT SOURCES:
JetDroid development: open source info is HERE
JetQi bootloader (how-to-build) source: GitHub
Jet-Kernel: GitHub
Jet-Kernel_3.0: GitHub
Jet-Platform: GitHub
BUILD A ROM - DEVICE REPOSITORY SOURCES:
How to build a Jét ROM: CLICK HERE
How to build a Jét kernel: CLICK HERE
DEVELOPMENT STATUS (to early 2014):
modification of the JetQi bootloader is possible for succesful porting of the CWM recovery
drivers development necessary for enabling SIM card functions (calls, SMS)
State-of-the-Art ROM: CyanogenMod 7.1 (build 20130603 by Carlos_Manuel: DOWNLOAD IT HERE)
JETDROID project / external links:
Development homepage of JétDroid project
Forum of the JétDroid project
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Flashing guide
FLASHING GUIDE
DISCLAIMER:
Code:
* [i]i am not responsible for any bricked devices, marriage crisis,[/i]
* [i]sleeples nights, termonuclear wars, electricity blackouts, short[/i]
* [i]circuits, or for bad weather in your region that will brick your phone.[/i]
* [i]this thread is for an older device, download links may dissapear by time[/i]
* [i][b]warning:[/b] bootloader flashing is just always risky proceeding that[/i]
* [i]could hard-brick any device. Everybody is flashing on his own wish- and risk[/i]
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INSTALL CHECKLIST:
S8000 must be unlocked (both sim and network) otherwise hard-brick by flashing of the bootloader is possible
Samsung mobile usb driver must be installed on your pc and device recognized by the pc
Compatible original firmware (list in the guide) must be flashed with multiloader v.5.62 (attached)
After that, the JetQi dual-boot bootloader must be flashed with multiloader v.5.62
External SDHC card must be inserted in the phone (the faster SDHC card is, the better)
Card gets formatted by running Samsung OS with Ubuntu/Linux OS (running Ubuntu in the Virtual box or as "Test Ubuntu" (live CD) is also possible)
Unmount TFLASH volume (careful here, as MFLASH is internal partition of the stock fw of your phone!!!!)
Better use "Disk Utility" than "Gparted" to format the SDHC card and format first partition as "Master-Boot-Record" (ext2) for JetDroid ROM
JetDroid partition size for JetDroid can be between 1550-1950mb, create another partition (rest) as FAT
Mount both volumes/partitions (ext and FAT)
Extract in Ubuntu downloaded ROM and paste all files on the JetDroid partition
In "Terminal" (Ubuntu) set permissions: (sudo chmod -R 777 /media/yournameforjetdroidpartition(withoutspaces)
Now "Safely remove parent drive" (phone) and switch off the phone
Boot with 2-buttons-combo into Android OS (call&power buttons)
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GUIDE:
here is an old JétDroid installation guide
you can use also this guide
and here is the same installation guide in german language
DOWNLOADS: (all links are still working)
download here the files for the old Eclair 2.1 build
this JetQi bootloader works on my s8000 (also attached on the bottom of this post)
another JetQi bootloader links: jacquesjk-bootloader or this one here (both untested by me)
multiloader v.5.62 (flashing software for compatible stock rom) is attached on the bottom of this post
Buttons on the s8000:
functions of the buttons:
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download files:
State-of-the-Art ROM for JETDROID
NOTE: my own reccomendation is to use only the very fastest SDHC cards you can get. Don't even consider anything beyond Class 10, otherwise you will face unstable and laggy performance. Sandisk extreme 80Mbps will work the best.
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CyanogenMod 7.1
by Carlos_Manuel
DOWNLOADS: CyanogenMod 7.1 (build 20130603): DOWNLOAD IT HERE
(Carlos_Manuel's site)
WHAT IS WORKING:
ADB (everything works: push/pull, installing apps, logcat, permissions changing etc)
WiFi
Root (I did it with the SuperOneclick 2.3.3 root tool by Shortfuse)
Touchscreen fully working
Bluetooth (send & receive)
Play Store / Google account sync
Apps (all works: root & no-root)
CM7.x features: like multi-languages support etc
WHAT IS NOT WORKING:
(as in other JetDroid ROMs):
SIM card: no connection
none of the SIM functions (calls, SMS, mobile data)
battery status displays always 70% (charging works normally)
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All credits for this ROM to dopi, KB-JetDroid and @Carlos_Manuel
SCREENSHOTS:
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JétDroid: ROMs overview / earliest to latest
JétDroid and me: pros & cons
At this point, I will just report my own experience with all other ROMs that I was able to try so far on my S8000
* * * * * * * this comparison is therefore just subjective and by no mean a fair or complete overview * * * * * * * *
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Out of my own experience, I can report here only of four ROMs that I was able to boot on my S8000. Regrettably, I have missed whole this exciting development project although I own this phone since 2009: I simply never browsed in internet, couldn't even imagine to boot into Android OS with it. If you ask me "is it worth it"? I will say: yes, definitely! One can use Samsung's TW2.0 for calls, SMS and mobile internet and Android with WLAN. It is matter of taste, I really enjoy to use Android with my Jét, especially my favorite ROM, the CM7.1 by Carlos_Manuel
VIDEO COMPARISON:
**** TouchWiz **** Eclair (2.1) **** CyanogenMod 9 (4.0.4) **** CyanogenMod 7.1 ****
For watching in 1920x1080 HD, please CLICK HERE to watch it directly on YouTube
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JETDROID ROMs - functionality comparison:
Eclair 2.1 (JetPlatform0.2 and 0.3)
ADB: NO
WiFi: NO
Bluetooth: (send & receive) NO
Root: NO
Touchscreen: YES (fully working)
Google (Play Store / account sync etc): NO
Apps: YES, at least all of those you can install
Android version features: YES (languages, etc)
Functionality: unstable, laggy, freezes often, no tone (indication works)
Comment: despite just few working functions, developing of this ROM was simply the revolution in person and excellent base for further development. A key-feature (JetQi bootloader) was invented short before this stage. Reportedly, Wi-Fi was working on 0.3 platform, however I wasn't able to turn it on, or I have used wrong files on my SDHC card.
CyanogenMod 6 (Froyo 2.2)
Unfortunatelly, I wasn't able to boot this ROM. I've tried all tricks but the ROM I found and downloaded simply didn't boot. I am grateful if anybody gives me a hint where to download working one.
CyanogenMod 7.1 (Gingerbread 2.3.7)
ADB: YES (everything works: push/pull, installing apps, logcat, permissions changing etc)
WiFi: YES (fully working)
Bluetooth: YES (fully working: send & receive)
Root: YES (I've gained root access it with the SuperOneclick 2.3.3 root tool by Shortfuse, that uses ADB to install Superuser and busybox)
Touchscreen: YES fully working
Google (Play Store / account sync etc): YES (all working)
Apps: YES (all apps work here: no matter if root or no-root ones)
Android version features: YES (all working)
Functionality: altough slow compared to modern devices, with fastest SDHC cards it is stable and not too laggy, it makes definitely fun to use it. Not so with slower SDHC cards: unstable und laggy, CPU gets warmer then.
Comment: overall best ROM that I could try. If some day a Jét-driver for the SIM card get succesfully developed and some recent Linaro codes implemented in the kernel to boost its performance, this ROM would be just perfect for the S8000
CyanogenMod 9 (Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4)
ADB: YES... (not fully, installing Apps via ADB works, read comment)
WiFi: NO (freezes)
Bluetooth: YES (I didn't try data transfer)
Root: ALMOST (read comment)
Touchscreen: ALMOST (cursor circle works, also click, but not "hold" click, therefore difficult scrolling)
Google (Play Store / account sync etc): NO (no Wi-Fi, no SIM card, so no connectivity)
Apps: YES
Android version features: YES (multi-languages, time zones, correct time displaying)
Functionality: early development stage, tough obviously great potential for the S8000 in ICS, hopefully it will be developed further
Comment: with this ROM as-is, ADB was working, but it wasn't able to install apps. After just a simple experiment of copy&paste of few files from the CM7.1 ROM (cat, getprop, sh) I was already able to install the Apps and nearly gained root access. Some basic files are missing in this ROM that is bit left alone in its early stage of development (ADB reports: rm not found so it can not delete the files). This ROM has potential to be great and should definitely be developed further, the device benefits of ICS codes, feels smoother and fast.... you can see that it boots into OS about 7sec faster that CM7.1, altough it has a slower SDHC card (about 20% slower). So ICS could likely be "The One" ROM for S8000, by gaining all functions that CM7.1 already has working. I didn't try to create logcat for Wi-Fi enabling, maybe it would give an answer what to do, it is anyway nearly working....
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WHAT IS NOT WORKING (in all JétDroid ROMs):
SIM card: no connection
none of the SIM functions (calls, SMS, mobile data)
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Nice!
But credits goes to Dopi and KB-JetDroid from jetdroid.org / Github.
My built ROM is optimized and includes some other stuff like librsjni file for live wallpapers, etc.
Hopefully someday Dopi and KB-JetDroid starts working on ICS, because it's fast on Jét.
@Carlos_Manuel
OK, I will update the OP under "credits" altough you definitely deserve them as well: I couldn't even find anywhere GB roms by dopi and KB-JetDroid and some of which I found and downloaded didn't boot
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@Carlos_Manuel
OK, I will update the OP under "credits" altough you definitely deserve them as well: I couldn't even find anywhere GB roms by dopi and KB-JetDroid and some of which I found and downloaded didn't boot
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Check out Dopi's JetPlatform 0.5 thread, it's a CM7.
Carlos_Manuel said:
Nice!
But credits goes to Dopi and KB-JetDroid from jetdroid.org / Github.
My built ROM is optimized and includes some other stuff like librsjni file for live wallpapers, etc.
Hopefully someday Dopi and KB-JetDroid starts working on ICS, because it's fast on Jét.
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Kudos mate
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OK, I will update the OP under "credits" altough you definitely deserve them as well: I couldn't even find anywhere GB roms by dopi and KB-JetDroid and some of which I found and downloaded didn't boot
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Thks for opening this new thread Tetakpatak
I think i'm going to dust off my jet again.
My resistive touchscreen just died on me... cant play with my jet anymore...
Will remember this one as one of the best cellphones i had... shame that samy did.not used android on it.
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Oh, pity..... I'm sorry mate
I also really like my S8000. It runs whole day long as radio (app Live365) on Carlos_Manuel's CM7 Android.
tetakpatak said:
Oh, pity..... I'm sorry mate
I also really like my S8000. It runs whole day long as radio (app Live365) on Carlos_Manuel's CM7 Android.
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I'm trying to get one 2nd hand on Ebay... but since the touchscreen is resistive i'm kinda reluctant...
I was able to remove the "digitizer" from the phone (not glued to the screen) but replace part are way too expensive for me to just tinker with the Jét...
I really liked my jét even if was just to tinker with... One of the best buys i did.
Your phone didn't get broken because of flashing a JétDroid I hope?
The back part gets quite warm, reading a SDHC card costs CPU hard work , it seems.
tetakpatak said:
Your phone didn't get broken because of flashing a JétDroid I hope?
The back part gets quite warm, reading a SDHC card costs CPU hard work , it seems.
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No of course not.
The digitizer just stop working on most parts of the screen... and its the resistive layer fault because if i press it really hard sometimes it works... its was to expect after all resistive tech like this have a limited number of uses until it "breaks".
2nd hand models are quite cheap on eBay but i wonder if the digitizer is in good condition, since i only need that part to reassemble my good old jét...
Good luck
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Out of my own experience, I can report here only of four ROMs that I was able to boot on my S8000. Regrettably, I have missed whole this exciting development project although I own this phone since 2009: I simply never browsed in internet, couldn't even imagine to boot into Android OS with it. If you ask me "is it worth it"? I will say: yes, definitely! One can use Samsung's TW2.0 for calls,and SMS and mobile internet and Android with WLAN. It is matter of taste, I really enjoy to use Android with my Jét, especially my favorite ROM, the CM7.1 by Carlos_Manuel[/COLOR]
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This phone is fantastic, I have one that is indistinguishable from brand new hardly used, it's a new replacement for a digitizer problem , I have never stopped hoping this push would come, there are millions of us who still have this phone, I hope what your doing is advertised widely. Pity samsung didn't release the source code they've missed a massive chance to increase their Street cred with the whole tech buying public and change public perception of their support. Might not be allowed, but I bet many would give a small donation for a fully completed modern rom. Best wishes from me and from many.
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This phone is fantastic, I have one that is indistinguishable from brand new hardly used, it's a new replacement for a digitizer problem , I have never stopped hoping this push would come, there are millions of us who still have this phone, I hope what your doing is advertised widely. Pity samsung didn't release the source code they've missed a massive chance to increase their Street cred with the whole tech buying public and change public perception of their support. Might not be allowed, but I bet many would give a small donation for a fully completed modern rom. Best wishes from me and from many.
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I totally agree. The hardware is really good and sturdy, so with the source code, dopi & co would probably easily port ICS similar way like in Badadroid project (with Samsung S8500 and S8530 with Bada OS, last model between S8000 and the revolutional Galaxy S1, i9000) instead of taking the hard road of hardware hacking.
Boot of Android OS from the external SD card slows the phone massively down, as the card slot is a bottleneck.
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Disculpa se que el articulo es viejo pero me gustaría saber si después de instalar android en mi jet puedo hacer llamadas usar las conexiones de red ?
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Disculpa se que el articulo es viejo pero me gustaría saber si después de instalar android en mi jet puedo hacer llamadas usar las conexiones de red ?
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Ola. Mi Castellano es muy limitado. Lo espero que entiendas Inglés.
This project, as far as i know, was abandoned years ago :/ ... as i recall it does not the cell network chipset (i might be wrong here, i was a few years ago) but i think WiFi was ok and working.
The resistive part of my Jet unit died last year and i just trashed the unit so i cant really test it now. Hope the info helps.
Yes, exactly. Wifi works, not so the mobile network in Android. One needs to reboot to the stock UI to use mobile networks. I still have my S8000 and both android and stock UI are working.
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Hi there, I know this is an old thread, but I'm planning on installing it to my hibernative Jét S8000, and was wondering myself if there is a way to extract Sim relative stuffs from Stock Samsung OS and implement it to JétDroid Rom? A question just like this cause, I saw that pretty all of the JétDroid Roms have a problem with Sim, so, is there any way of doing so??
Anyway, thanks for any revelant- or normal- answers,
See ya
Oxydeme said:
Hi there, I know this is an old thread, but I'm planning on installing it to my hibernative Jét S8000, and was wondering myself if there is a way to extract Sim relative stuffs from Stock Samsung OS and implement it to JétDroid Rom? A question just like this cause, I saw that pretty all of the JétDroid Roms have a problem with Sim, so, is there any way of doing so??
Anyway, thanks for any revelant- or normal- answers,
See ya
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Well, AMAIK, the development project described in this thread was the only succesful porting of the Android to the S8000, running it from the external memory card.
None of the ROM versions has ever made it to work with the SIM card if the S8000 was booted in Android.
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Please could anybody test if ARCore is supported for Poco F2 pro?
Just try to install ARCore from google play.
There is only Redmi K30 on compatibility list from google there:
https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/supported-devices
Thanks.
Play services for vr is installed on my device. Not sure what to do now and I can install Google vr service thing. I don't have a headset though anything else I can check for you?
Poco F2 Pro is compatible with all AR and VR services from Google.
Thanks both of U.
Eidenz said:
Poco F2 Pro is compatible with all AR and VR services from Google.
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Can you confirm me that you can also use depth API with this phone ?
Thanks in advance!
IllusionsVirtuelles said:
Can you confirm me that you can also use depth API with this phone ?
Thanks in advance!
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Ah sorry, I must have missed that check when I said that last time. It seems depth API is not currently supported on the Poco F2 Pro.
We'll have to wait and see if they bring support for it.
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Ah sorry, I must have missed that check when I said that last time. It seems depth API is not currently supported on the Poco F2 Pro.
We'll have to wait and see if they bring support for it.
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Thanks for your answer !
So google list about depth compatibility is up to date ?
I've seen an article about depth for allmost phones with a single camera, so why is there so few models which can handle depth data ?
If I have to choose a recent phone with depth support ( and with API 29, Android 10) , do you know which one to choose ?
Thanks in advance !
IllusionsVirtuelles said:
Thanks for your answer !
So google list about depth compatibility is up to date ?
I've seen an article about depth for allmost phones with a single camera, so why is there so few models which can handle depth data ?
If I have to choose a recent phone with depth support ( and with API 29, Android 10) , do you know which one to choose ?
Thanks in advance !
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Normally the google list about depth compatibility is always up to date from what I know of.
But I'm confident that depth API will come to Poco F2 Pro soon enough, as the Redmi K30 Pro (so the Chinese version) is listed as compatible. I think it's only a matter of official support from Google for the global version.
As you said, pretty much all Android (10) phones could be compatible with this, but it seems they do need some sort of official support from Google to turn that API on?
I didn't find any info about depth API on the Poco F2 Pro, I only tried a few apps to check, and Google's ARCore Depth Lab app is listed as incompatible on my phone when I open a link to the Play Store. So this led me to the conclusion that it's currently unsupported for now.
As I'm not a huge user of AR, nor a developer of such apps, I can't really recommend any phone that has this technology. You should make some research for yourself. You could also wait a few weeks and see if Google lists the Poco F2 Pro as compatible with the soon-to-be-released Android 11 coming early September.
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Update on that last message, after checking Google's ARCore list I was wrong about depth support for the Chinese version. The Redmi K30 Pro is only listed as ARCore supported, but nothing said about Depth API support.
Gotta wait and see I suppose..
Eidenz said:
Normally the google list about depth compatibility is always up to date from what I know of.
But I'm confident that depth API will come to Poco F2 Pro soon enough, as the Redmi K30 Pro (so the Chinese version) is listed as compatible. I think it's only a matter of official support from Google for the global version.
As you said, pretty much all Android (10) phones could be compatible with this, but it seems they do need some sort of official support from Google to turn that API on?
I didn't find any info about depth API on the Poco F2 Pro, I only tried a few apps to check, and Google's ARCore Depth Lab app is listed as incompatible on my phone when I open a link to the Play Store. So this led me to the conclusion that it's currently unsupported for now.
As I'm not a huge user of AR, nor a developer of such apps, I can't really recommend any phone that has this technology. You should make some research for yourself. You could also wait a few weeks and see if Google lists the Poco F2 Pro as compatible with the soon-to-be-released Android 11 coming early September.
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Update on that last message, after checking Google's ARCore list I was wrong about depth support for the Chinese version. The Redmi K30 Pro is only listed as ARCore supported, but nothing said about Depth API support.
Gotta wait and see I suppose..
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Thanks for your answer !
Actually, we can't see "Supports Depth API" for the K30 Pro neither ...
I'll continue my search !
Eidenz said:
Normally the google list about depth compatibility is always up to date from what I know of.
But I'm confident that depth API will come to Poco F2 Pro soon enough, as the Redmi K30 Pro (so the Chinese version) is listed as compatible. I think it's only a matter of official support from Google for the global version.
As you said, pretty much all Android (10) phones could be compatible with this, but it seems they do need some sort of official support from Google to turn that API on?
I didn't find any info about depth API on the Poco F2 Pro, I only tried a few apps to check, and Google's ARCore Depth Lab app is listed as incompatible on my phone when I open a link to the Play Store. So this led me to the conclusion that it's currently unsupported for now.
As I'm not a huge user of AR, nor a developer of such apps, I can't really recommend any phone that has this technology. You should make some research for yourself. You could also wait a few weeks and see if Google lists the Poco F2 Pro as compatible with the soon-to-be-released Android 11 coming early September.
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Update on that last message, after checking Google's ARCore list I was wrong about depth support for the Chinese version. The Redmi K30 Pro is only listed as ARCore supported, but nothing said about Depth API support.
Gotta wait and see I suppose..
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As far as I know, almost all android 10 devices can be compatible with ARcore, but not all phones compatibles with ARcore are gonna be compatible with Depth API.
This is because Depth API is a very processor heavy API, and Google needs to review every phone's cpu performance, as well as it's motion sensors performance before giving them the necessary certification for enabling Depth API.
But Poco F2 pro is a very powerful device, so I'm sure it is gonna be updated soon to support depth api. I'm waiting for the same on my Mi10 5g.
celkom said:
Please could anybody test if ARCore is supported for Poco F2 pro?
Just try to install ARCore from google play.
There is only Redmi K30 on compatibility list from google there:
https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/supported-devices
Thanks.
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I have it installed, yes
Depth API works on POCO F2 PRO without root using VirtualXposed, or if you got root and want to modify fingerprint of ArCore app, you can do this also.
Here's an Youtube video about this:
* don't forget to use https://repo.xposed.info/module/com.bigsing.changer because Spoof My Device isn't compatible to Android 10+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwY6VH0lcos
Here's a DEMO of it on POCO F2 PRO: https://youtu.be/-2unzupWL9s
OP: Please edit first post and add this, because this is the first thread that appears on Google about this.
do I need to have Gcam to be able to use it like you on this video? I have ARCore installed with my custom ROM that I use
So can I like bribe someone at google to finally flip the switch on the depth API? The method posted above stopped working since the update to Android 11, and it's ridiculous to have concrete proof it works just fine on the hardware, but have it disabled on google's side :I
It seems like proper depth support was added today! Took them a while but at least it's here, and all the depth enabled apps show up in the store and install as they should