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I've just been given a Xoom. The hardware is great, but the lack of compatibility with loads of stuff I do is a pain. Can I put Windows 7 on it?
That's a negative.
Interresting question, search for qemu, learn a lot about android, its ndk, c++, and how hardware works... then a bit more try and fail and you have windows 7 running inside of your android. because of the nature of your question i would say you will need about 10 years, if you are a good learner maybe 7. Windows 8 for arm will maybe come earlier and motorola will maybe... ehm no they wont.
Sorry for my sarcastic nature. but hey, take it serious, learn what i told you and maybe you solve this problem from a side you never expected.
Regards
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OK cheers guys. Yeah, OK it was a stupid question, I was forgetting it wasn't an x86 unit... I guess I'll have to fight with Android a little more! Thanks.
Yes, you can. User named BlmrRlz has ported Win7 Home edition to run on Tegra platform. He managed to dual boot with Android Honeycomb 3.01.
Use the search function to find the discussion thread here.
HandySpanner said:
I've just been given a Xoom. The hardware is great, but the lack of compatibility with loads of stuff I do is a pain. Can I put Windows 7 on it?
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I am not sure what 'lack of compatibility' your talking about other than maybe proprietary applications or gaming. But I've replaced my last windows laptop with the Xoom, now I have a few Linux desktops and this.
Gaming is looking up for Android, especially if PlayStation ever gets a good emulation from Sony.
Why would you take a fast android tablet and bog it down with windows 7 ?
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Just set up remote access to your Windows 7 PC and access it on your Xoom whether it be via RDP, LogMeIn, TeamViewer, etc. The addition of a bluetooth keyboard makes it even better. Counting remote access, my Xoom runs Windows 7, XP, Server 2003, Server 2008, and Mac OS X.
kiwiruss said:
Why would you take a fast android tablet and bog it down with windows 7 ?
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That.
And windows 7 is horrible with touch input.
HandySpanner said:
I've just been given a Xoom. The hardware is great, but the lack of compatibility with loads of stuff I do is a pain. Can I put Windows 7 on it?
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better yet, why dont you give us a list of issues that you are experiencing and we can help provide (hopefully) some workarounds so that android can be a better experience for you.
Holsum said:
better yet, why dont you give us a list of issues that you are experiencing and we can help provide (hopefully) some workarounds so that android can be a better experience for you.
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This is way nicer a reply than I expected to read here Very nice. Shows me some people do care.
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Kcarpenter said:
I am not sure what 'lack of compatibility' your talking about other than maybe proprietary applications or gaming. But I've replaced my last windows laptop with the Xoom, now I have a few Linux desktops and this.
Gaming is looking up for Android, especially if PlayStation ever gets a good emulation from Sony.
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Norton antivirus doesn't work on my Xoom!!!!!
Holsum said:
better yet, why dont you give us a list of issues that you are experiencing and we can help provide (hopefully) some workarounds so that android can be a better experience for you.
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OK, thanks!
* Java support
* Silverlight support
* Flash support - not sure where this is at, but Friv doesn't work.
* WMV support - sure, it's Microsoft, but it's a pretty old standard these days and everything else seems to play it.
* Fully working MKV support - regardless of the video player I use (and I've installed quite a few), there's either choppy playback, no sound etc.. All of these play fine through my cheapy LG BD player.
* Fully working H264 support - I have a number of videos from various sources and I find that regardless of the video player I use, the sound often stops after a few minutes or the video stops entirely, forcing me to keep rewinding slightly to get it to play past that bit. There's nothing wrong with the files, they play fine elsewhere and the Xoom will play them completely if I keep rewinding each time the sound cuts.
kiwiruss said:
Why would you take a fast android tablet and bog it down with windows 7 ?
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I'd like to regain all the functionality that I've lost.
martonikaj said:
And windows 7 is horrible with touch input.
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I have W7 on my TC1100. The interface is great and works well. OK, so that's pen input, not touch, but it still works fine.
HandySpanner said:
OK, thanks!
* Java support
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Well, the Javascript engine is the best around. And Java byte code...well all apps for android are written in Java (I list both because some people don't know there is a difference) The standard Java SDK will probably never work due to the nature of the devices themselves.
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* Silverlight support
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Microsoft Technology - never going to happen, though there are some things lingering out there. But I'd place money on saying it will never happen.
HandySpanner said:
* Flash support - not sure where this is at, but Friv doesn't work.
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Some flash apps simply aren't optimized for touch, or are so horribly written that the device can't offer the performance needed, heck my quad core desktop struggles with some.
HandySpanner said:
* WMV support - sure, it's Microsoft, but it's a pretty old standard these days and everything else seems to play it.
* Fully working MKV support - regardless of the video player I use (and I've installed quite a few), there's either choppy playback, no sound etc.. All of these play fine through my cheapy LG BD player.
* Fully working H264 support - I have a number of videos from various sources and I find that regardless of the video player I use, the sound often stops after a few minutes or the video stops entirely, forcing me to keep rewinding slightly to get it to play past that bit. There's nothing wrong with the files, they play fine elsewhere and the Xoom will play them completely if I keep rewinding each time the sound cuts.
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VLC Player will be out in a few months max.
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Well, the Javascript engine is the best around. And Java byte code...well all apps for android are written in Java (I list both because some people don't know there is a difference) The standard Java SDK will probably never work due to the nature of the devices themselves.
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Yeah, I did mean full in-place Java app support. The web interface to my CCTV uses a signed java app, which of course doesn't work.
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Microsoft Technology - never going to happen, though there are some things lingering out there. But I'd place money on saying it will never happen.
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Yeah, I agree that's unlikely, especially with the focus for this kind of thing becoming HTML5. It's just a pain ATM because of apps like Sky's video player.
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Some flash apps simply aren't optimized for touch, or are so horribly written that the device can't offer the performance needed, heck my quad core desktop struggles with some.
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I can't remember the error (and I don't have my Xoom with me), but Friv comes up with an error saying that it doesn't recognise the install of Flash (or something like that). It's different to before I had Flash installed at all IIRC. It's not a performance thing. I think a few other sites say the same thing. Perhaps it's some kind of out-of-browser support it's looking for.
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VLC Player will be out in a few months max.
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That's great news, thanks. I did try looking for it but of course failed. I do use that from time to time on my PC and it does seem like a good solid product. I hope that solves all the video issues.
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Yeah, I did mean full in-place Java app support. The web interface to my CCTV uses a signed java app, which of course doesn't work.
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Give me some details on make model of dvr, its my industry and there are a couple of apps that work directly with dvr feeds
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what i want
well let me describe what i want.
i am in hostel and my room don't get wifi signals but room next to me get upto medium i wanted to use my friends android phone and connect it to wifi and then use tethering to connect my phone to his.
What happened
when i connect to tethering it disconnected my friend's wifi and switched to mobile data.
can any one tell me any way to solve this problem
How can it be possible that your friend room next to yours is receving medium wifi signals and you aren't even receiving a single bar. Is your wall made of lead?
Anyways I don't get it. You can't use wifi and tether at same time.
mrishantsharma01 said:
You can't use wifi and tether at same time.
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Yes you can.
At least on linux, windows using connectify, and some android phones (unluckily a little minority of them).
good luck bro
The Solutor said:
Yes you can.
At least on linux, windows using connectify, and some android phones (unluckily a little minority of them).
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Well sorry for gravedig, but this is something I am curious about.
And again sorry for such late reply...
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Well sorry for gravedig, but this is something I am curious about.
And again sorry for such late reply...
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It depends on WIFI drivers, for windows you have a list on connectify drivers, for linux usually the Atheros cards are the ones better supported.
Android is more complicate, too many brands, rom versions, Android apis and so on, but some phones hus allows to enable the WIFI hotspot w/o killing the wifi connection. No tricks needed.
hi, I read that google now ("ok google") only activates when the screen is on. I was wondering if theres a hack or setting somewhere where you can activate it with the screen off? I mostly want this for hands-free use in the car, so I can avoid having to touch the phone while driving (big no no).
also, is there a site somewhere explaining all the features of what you can say/ask google now? or even a link with comparisons between siri and google now, and what google now cant do that siri does? I ask this cuz ill be coming from iPhone.
thanks.
I think that would really drain the battery - if possible!
However, here is a collection on some of the commands you can ask google now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961636
I'm really surprised how great it works! And i live in Denmark, where i can't even take full use of everything
samsung has had this with s-voice. and i think motorola enabled google now to do this on the motox but i'm not sure. yes it drains battery, but how much? depends on the cpu and driver and the software involved..... i don't have my nexus yet so i can't say "how" to do this but i would expect it to be an eventual custom feature if not a future update if it's not already in a setting somewhere.
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I think that would really drain the battery - if possible!
However, here is a collection on some of the commands you can ask google now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961636
I'm really surprised how great it works! And i live in Denmark, where i can't even take full use of everything
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Everything I've read has claimed that the Nexus 5 should handle this as well as MotoX since it has the Snapdragon 800. Have we ever gotten an official answer on why this won't work?
reffer2 said:
I think that would really drain the battery - if possible!
However, here is a collection on some of the commands you can ask google now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961636
I'm really surprised how great it works! And i live in Denmark, where i can't even take full use of everything
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hey thanks for the link. battery drain wouldn't be too much of an issue, as usually I would just use it while the device is being charged in my car, but it would be nice to use sometimes without as well, and while leaving the screen on would be nice, a slow charging car charger, is going to charge faster with the screen off, as that's usually the most power hungry lol. so it would be nice to have the voice activation at will while using.
If some of the launcher/search code was open source, I'd imagine this would be quite easy to do.
Pretty sure I read somewhere that the 'always listening' (for "OK Google" command) requires some hardware functionality. So no, it would not be possible like it is on the Moto X.
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If some of the launcher/search code was open source, I'd imagine this would be quite easy to do.
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i'd imagine you could port parts of the moto x rom into the nexus. things like this have been done before. just have to find all the dependancies.
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i'd imagine you could port parts of the moto x rom into the nexus. things like this have been done before. just have to find all the dependancies.
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I mean, if you had access to the facilities used by the n5 launcher source, you could likely utilize them when screen is off via software pretty easily.
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Pretty sure I read somewhere that the 'always listening' (for "OK Google" command) requires some hardware functionality. So no, it would not be possible like it is on the Moto X.
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Yes. But from what I understand the snapdragon 800 has that hardware built in.
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http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800
Video is about 1/2 way down on the right. Processor is capable.
Lets see if I can't clear things up. If you want your phone to be always listening, you need hardware support for it unless you want your phone to die in a matter of hours. If you are okay with this , check out this app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.RSen.OpenMic.Pheonix It also lets you configure things like only when charging or just when the screen is on to save some battery, and its actually a very nice app overall. Worth checking out.
The Moto x has a special custom chip set that allows for this always listening. Any attempt to port that feature from the Moto x would fail, as the Nexus 5 doesn't have the same chip set. The nexus 5 however, does have hardware that allows for always listening, its part of the Snapdragon 800 SOC that powers this phone, along with the Note 3 and LG G2.
But getting the feature to actually work on our phones, even with the hardware, is by no means an easy task. Read the comments on this post if you want to get an idea for what this entails. https://plus.google.com/112424215551484520138/posts/AznwFxbBapJ
So is it possible? Yes. But it is not something that is gonna be a quick easy port of small modification of an existing app, it would take some real serious work form (maybe a team even of) good Dev's to make this function.
Sorry if its not the news you wanted to hear.
Well now it's been more than a year since this thread is dead but i bought my N5 recently and i wonder is there any progress in this matter will it be possible ? (G+ comments on link provided by above like shows it may be possible...as SD800 has privilege for it but at time of this thread it was only available to OMEs so it made public yet ? ) . did any dev tried to dig into this matter ?
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Well now it's been more than a year since this thread is dead but i bought my N5 recently and i wonder is there any progress in this matter will it be possible ? (G+ comments on link provided by above like shows it may be possible...as SD800 has privilege for it but at time of this thread it was only available to OMEs so it made public yet ? ) . did any dev tried to dig into this matter ?
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It won't happen on an N5 . ?
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It won't happen on an N5 . ?
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that's sad but okay ! what else we can say
If you're plugged in/wireless charging Google Now Voice commands work with the screen off.
Settings>Language & Input > Voice Input> Enhanced Google services> "OK Google" Detection>From any screen> enabled
"responds to your voice. Works when the screen is on or the device is charging."
make sure the next option "personal results" is also enabled if you want Google Now to be able to do anything
Try this app, Open Mic+. It'll do the job.
Hi guys, i'm coming from the Moto 360 Sport, and interested in getting the Huawei Watch 2 Sport, simple because Moto crippled it after the AW 2.0 upgrade, ridiculously slow to use now.
With the Moto 360 Sport, it did have a display feature called "AnyLight ", that displays in 'any light' and i loved that.
Motorola accomplishes it by combining a traditional backlit LCD in "transmissive" display with reflective backing. Or something like that.
Anyway, I really like this feature, see screens attached.
I was wondering what the Huawei Watch 2 Sport/Classic screens look like in dim/ambient mode. Does it have this idea?
Anyone care to share some photo of this, as I've read/watched so many reviews, but cannot see what this looks like.
Thanks a lot.
Darren.
Hw2 is amoled so in ambient modes is uses much much less battery because of the black pixels being off, but this feature that you're talking about is not available in hw2, however the watch display is very sharp and shiny even in direct sun light.
also be aware that amoled screens get damaged (burn-in issue) if a pixel is on a particular color for a long time, meaning that for example on ambient mode there are numbers around the screen that are always on, this may cause those numbers to burn in the screen so even when you are in a completely different screen, you will still see those numbers! (for more info google Burn-in)
Just adding to what was already said regarding burn in. Most watch face makers that support ambient move include a feature which shifts the pixels around ever so slightly to prevent burn in. A very simple yet elegant solution to the problem.
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Just adding to what was already said regarding burn in. Most watch face makers that support ambient move include a feature which shifts the pixels around ever so slightly to prevent burn in. A very simple yet elegant solution to the problem.
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yeah if that's as you said it would be great, I havent noticed it yet
So I just found something interesting. Under developer options > Wear Developer options there is a "force anti burn" setting. Set this up now to give it a try.
cornelha said:
So I just found something interesting. Under developer options > Wear Developer options there is a "force anti burn" setting. Set this up now to give it a try.
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I acually did and it says it needs reboot n after rebooting it goes back to OFF!
Kianush said:
I acually did and it says it needs reboot n after rebooting it goes back to OFF!
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I actually forgot to check this and you are right. So stupid.
hi seems like relevant topic for my question.
are there many disadvantages to get the wifi only (non 4G) of this huawei watch 2? (i get the obvious i cant put sim card and get direct internet connection of course). for example:
will the NFC still works on the non 4G model?
how about the xda community ie root twrp and custom rom? less or more than global version?
any other important things i need to know when deciding to get wifi only or 4G?
thank you.
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hi seems like relevant topic for my question.
are there many disadvantages to get the wifi only (non 4G) of this huawei watch 2? (i get the obvious i cant put sim card and get direct internet connection of course). for example:
will the NFC still works on the non 4G model?
how about the xda community ie root twrp and custom rom? less or more than global version?
any other important things i need to know when deciding to get wifi only or 4G?
thank you.
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Live tracking during runs is the sole reason I got the 4G version. Have to say love the watch.
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dmaco said:
Live tracking during runs is the sole reason I got the 4G version.
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ah, so GPS is independent on the 4G versus assisted ie need to be connected to phone for the wifi only.
i can live with that. i dont run alot yeah lazy me.
anything else? NFC and the custom roms are interchangeable?
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ah, so GPS is independent on the 4G versus assisted ie need to be connected to phone for the wifi only.
i can live with that. i dont run alot yeah lazy me.
anything else? NFC and the custom roms are interchangeable?
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No, GPS independent.
Live tracking = data connection for mapping run location remotely.
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dmaco said:
No, GPS independent.
Live tracking = data connection for mapping run location remotely.
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sorry got it mixed up. before, i thought GPS live tracking need constant internet connection and you dont want to carry your phone while jogging.
ok got it now.
also by googling i think NFC works on both model but ofcourse the wifi model will need to be connected to phone to be able to use NFC android pay for example, i assumed
I have successfully updated my S9+ to android 9 using Odin.I have used it for over a week now and the ONLY MAJOR issue is the inability to pair with my Samsung Galaxy S3 Frontier. I have several pictures of what Pie looks like on the s9+.
Oh and what about share some download link
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I have successfully updated my S9+ to android 9 using Odin.I have used it for over a week now and the ONLY MAJOR issue is the inability to pair with my Samsung Galaxy S3 Frontier. I have several pictures of what Pie looks like on the s9+.
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Only this soft is available on the American version of the G965U - Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9
MTAVALI said:
Oh and what about share some download link
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https://www.xda-developers.com/install-android-pie-beta-snapdragon-samsung-galaxy-s9/
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Oh and what about share some download link
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If you have never had any experience with ODIN or are afraid of turning your phone into a $1,000 paperweight then i strongly suggest leaving this to the pros.I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURS OR ANYONE ELSE NEGLIGENCE.
Tell me about it. I introduced my younger brother to xda and he just got an s9. It's already worthless.
aaronisham95 said:
Tell me about it. I introduced my younger brother to xda and he just got an s9. It's already worthless.
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Yikes!!!!
Wonder when we will get these leak builds for the exynos
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Tell me about it. I introduced my younger brother to xda and he just got an s9. It's already worthless.
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Even since I started playing around with smart phones, I have never managed to completely brick a phone, especially new phones, how on earth do you fully brick one now days lol.
Is it have navigation gesture?
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Is it have navigation gesture?
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Yes it has but currently not working with the current builds
This is for snapdragon, correct?
fit333 said:
This is for snapdragon, correct?
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Yes, it is not suitable for European versions.
Can confirm working on s9+
Only problems I've had is Bluetooth car phone calls apparently sound like garbage to the other person and when the phone call ends it doesn't tell my car it's ended and when it resumes music it sounds like someone putting sound dampening material on my speakers. I have to turn my Bluetooth off and on again and it's fixed.
Also popup view isn't working correctly. The X at the top where you can drag the popup to dismiss it won't leave until you stop the process which is just a quick restart for me.
The original post says dual cameras isn't working yet but it does for me. I have normal and telephoto buttons in the camera app.
WiFi calling also doesn't work. Nor does device care.
I also feel like my Sprint LTE slowed quite a bit. Nothing loads nearly as fast on data.
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Can confirm working on s9+
Only problems I've had is Bluetooth car phone calls apparently sound like garbage to the other person and when the phone call ends it doesn't tell my car it's ended and when it resumes music it sounds like someone putting sound dampening material on my speakers. I have to turn my Bluetooth off and on again and it's fixed.
Also popup view isn't working correctly. The X at the top where you can drag the popup to dismiss it won't leave until you stop the process which is just a quick restart for me.
The original post says dual cameras isn't working yet but it does for me. I have normal and telephoto buttons in the camera app.
WiFi calling also doesn't work. Nor does device care.
I also feel like my Sprint LTE slowed quite a bit. Nothing loads nearly as fast on data.
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This also just showed up today on my device, also I factory reset my device and my catche in recovery and everything works now,except the bluetooth issue that I'm also having in my car. I did see that there is a beta 3 out now to download. I will upload the file in about 3 hrs
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I will upload the file in about 3 hrs
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Please do!
does it work in the Brazilian version sm-g9560 with snapdragon 128gb / 6gb? thank you
Epic htc 1 said:
If you have never had any experience with ODIN or are afraid of turning your phone into a $1,000 paperweight then i strongly suggest leaving this to the pros.I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURS OR ANYONE ELSE NEGLIGENCE.
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Well it's not really sold for 1000 ... It's about 700 on Amazon. I bought mine for 600... In a year's time it will go for 500...refurbished 400 yet I don't think any X's will sell under a 1000....
still s9+ is not to be played with unstable Android from xda... It never will work as factory intended...
Anyone wanna play with Android's, buy xiaomi or oppo...
Anyhow, if u hold s9+ in hand vs xs, iPhone easily satisfy double the worth....
As I mentioned I feel hugely let down by Samsung's camera no matter what anyone reviewer say... Android is for geeks, iPhone is for people who want a dependable credible high a quality phone that no Android touches.... End of story
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Well it's not really sold for 1000 ... It's about 700 on Amazon. I bought mine for 600... In a year's time it will go for 500...refurbished 400 yet I don't think any X's will sell under a 1000....
still s9+ is not to be played with unstable Android from xda... It never will work as factory intended...
Anyone wanna play with Android's, buy xiaomi or oppo...
Anyhow, if u hold s9+ in hand vs xs, iPhone easily satisfy double the worth....
As I mentioned I feel hugely let down by Samsung's camera no matter what anyone reviewer say... Android is for geeks, iPhone is for people who want a dependable credible high a quality phone that no Android touches.... End of story
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Does that mean you will never post in these forums again?
Is it known when it will come out on the s9 + exynos version