Today I got red X Fold 2 from Giztop. Ordered on Apr 29, Shipped on May 3, received via DHL to California May 5. Very satisfied with the shipping.
Unboxing: Nice box, it came up with 120w charger, type C cable and the back protector (color matched). I am not sure why the front screen case is not included. First I thought it is missing for me, then I checked YouTube and every unboxing videos show only the back protector case.
Phone was nicely packaged.
Software/Initial install: Box was opened to install Play Store I guess. Unfortunately I was not able to login to google account. So I decided to a complete reset. After the reset, I moved all the apps/data from Samsung Fold 3 to Vivo using the inbuilt transfer tool. I am pleasantly surprised on how smooth that process was. Within few minutes, i transferred 29GB worth of apps/data. So far so good. Also updated to the latest firmware: PD2266_A_13.0.12.3.W1 with April security update.
After the initial setup, I installed my USMoible (Verizon MVNO) sim card. Phone complained that the SIM is not from China and 5G will not work! I picked one of the predefined APN and up and running on 4G HD. Had problem receiving and making phone calls. Rebooted phone few times and now I am able to make calls and getting SMS.
Registered for Vivo account using my US number. Opened the Vivo app, installed Gmail app. This installed all the google services and I was able to access play store. I uninstalled most of the pre installed china apps using the Vivo store app. No problems so far, as I left anything that says Vivo.
I was able to modify battery management settings to get notifications to work for most of my applications. I cannot find auto start settings, but so far I am getting the notifications even though phone screen is turned off. Will see how it goes.
I have not tested the camera yet as I am still figuring out all the settings of the phone.
Hardware: Sold, much better than Samsung Fold 3. I was so frustrated with the narrow cover screen of Fold 3. Very painful to type. Vivo is so nice. Nice cover and inner screens. Both screens have screen protectors, and I DO see the crease when I see the inner screen at an angle. Not as bad as Fold 3 though. Speakerphone is okay, and not great.
Also this phone has the slider button to mute the phone. I did not expect this. This is my first Vivo phone.
I will update my post once I use the phone more. Let me know if you want to me test/verify anything.
I'm just really curious if there's a way that I can still use the outer screen even when it's unfolded? Can I open and run apps on the outer screen when it's unfolded?
On the Samsung Fold it has a work around and I can do that. I was wondering if it's the same on the Vivo Fold.
Thanks.
Dalecious1 said:
I'm just really curious if there's a way that I can still use the outer screen even when it's unfolded? Can I open and run apps on the outer screen when it's unfolded?
On the Samsung Fold it has a work around and I can do that. I was wondering if it's the same on the Vivo Fold.
Thanks.
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Just tried and it does not work.
Dalecious1 said:
I'm just really curious if there's a way that I can still use the outer screen even when it's unfolded? Can I open and run apps on the outer screen when it's unfolded?
On the Samsung Fold it has a work around and I can do that. I was wondering if it's the same on the Vivo Fold.
Thanks.
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You can, there's an option called "lock secondary screen display" in the drop down menu. It's a stock function, no need to install anything
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You can, there's an option called "lock secondary screen display" in the drop down menu. It's a stock function, no need to install anything
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I do not see that option. Nice to have that feature though.
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You can, there's an option called "lock secondary screen display" in the drop down menu. It's a stock function, no need to install anything
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Where can you find the settings for that?
Settings > display
Also, I was able to setup Nova as the default launcher!!! I created the vivo account, and then I can use Nova. All gestures work perfectly.
I also needed to change the font to an another installed one, as the default font has issues displaying English chars. Long space after apostrophe shows up.
We have it. Also had the vivo X fold plus in the past.
Feels slightly thinner and slightly lighter. Not by much at all unfortunately, it's still too damn heavy, that weight is a pain in the rear!
Looks much better and that inner screen is noticeably better and brighter. Build quality definitely improved.
Ordered Friday from wondaMobile and it was delivered on Monday. 3 says to UK, well done dhl express and amazing as always from wondaMobile!
Battery life immediately better, noticeable straight away, but that external screen annoyingly only goes as low as 60Hz, would have loved a proper LTPO external screen to save battery. Sigh. Inner screen will go down to 1Hz depending on what brightness level it's on and it's just amazing, really is!
Nothing needs to be said about the 8 gen 2, it's a resounding success.
To summarize if you've come from a X fold plus it's just not a big enough upgrade to bother with. Both screens are really lovely though, battery life is OK, should have been better, bigger battery and LTPO external screen needed! That's always more important than 120w fast charging which will just age that battery faster.
Torn, will we keep it? might not but if you've never had a fold, this is the best from any company so far, I'm my opinion, after having the honor magic V, z fold 4, mix fold 1&2,
Any stylus support? Also, did you have to create a Vivo account in order to get the okay store to work? In on the fence, and after 3 Fold devices with a narrow front screen, I'm ready for a change. Thanks for taking time to read and respond to my post.
No pen support. I tried fold 3 pen on both the inner and outer screens but no go.
I created the vivo account using my US phone number during the initial setup and it worked just fine. I get the SMS couple of times during this setup.
While changing the launcher, it asks you to enter the Vivo account password to confirm. Once done I was able to able use Nova without any issues. Note that Nova does not support inner screen properly. It just blows up the icons and widgets of the home screen to fit the inner screen and it looks ugly. I may try a different launcher or go back to the Vivo one.
Outstanding issues:
1. MMS not working with USMobile. Tried different APNs but still no go.
2. Whatsapp audio calls cuts out every min for about 5-6 seconds. This is with ear speaker, speakerphone and Bluetooth. This is also with screen on. I had similar issues with OnePlus 9/10 US versions, but had no issues with Samsung. Very annoying.
3. Google timeline does not work, but it is not a big deal for me.
Very nice hardware compared to Samsung Fold 3, but software is not polished.
I have a ZFold4 (T-Mobile)..............if I were to get the Vivo X Fold 2, what initial issues would or should I expect?
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I have a ZFold4 (T-Mobile)..............if I were to get the Vivo X Fold 2, what initial issues would or should I expect?
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Almost the same as mine! check my review comments. I came from Fold 3. Love the Vivo hardware, but on the software side, need to spend lots of time tweaking the settings/applications to make it work the way US phones work. Getting notifications consistently from apps is challenging. Google maps timeline does not work as well as Android Auto. TMobile 5G works.
No case available anywhere in US. The one included with the phone only has the back plate and the front screen/sides are fully exposed. I ordered one from China via ebay.
Can uninstall most of the preinstalled apps, but the V-Store (Vivo's version of app store) is completely Chinese. Also some pop up message are completely in Chinese including the button labels.
If you do not want to tinker or do not have time to spend to do the tweaks, I do not recommend this.
ugh about Android Auto, since I got a new car three months ago that uses it
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Also, I was able to setup Nova as the default launcher!!! I created the vivo account, and then I can use Nova. All gestures work perfectly.
I also needed to change the font to an another installed one, as the default font has issues displaying English chars. Long space after apostrophe shows up.
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I received my x fold 2 today and I set up nova, but it constantly keeps reverting to the original launcher...any ideas?
CarlnTheCity said:
I received my x fold 2 today and I set up nova, but it constantly keeps reverting to the original launcher...any ideas?
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Did you setup vivo account?
under settings look for "Allow the launcher to be replaced" option and select it. If you have the Nova account, it will ask you for the password. After this...
open Nova. There will be a red banner at the top of the nova app asking you to set it as default. Follow the directions.
Yes did all that set nova as the default and when you hit home it keeps going back to the system launcher
Set up my vivo account
Allow the launcher to be replaced
Opened nova and set as default
Keeps going back to the system launcher
how is multi tasking on the device? I generally like to play a game and have a video in the corner. Can you see how small you are able to shrink a YouTube window. And if clicking the button to make YouTube video while floating full screen makes it turn into a mini video player
NEW UPDATE JUST HIT! Version 13.0.12.11 lets see what improvements that brings. Camera was updated too
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Yes did all that set nova as the default and when you hit home it keeps going back to the system launcher
Set up my vivo account
Allow the launcher to be replaced
Opened nova and set as default
Keeps going back to the system launcher
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What do you see for home screen under default app settings(apps & permissions->Permission Management? I have Nova7.
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After the success of Smart Screen OFF and Smart Screen ON... Here is Keep Screen ON!
Keep Screen ON is an innovative free app that allow you to keep your smartphone screen ON in a smart way. This app will help you saving battery keeping the screen on only when you are holding it. This works thanks to orientation sensor built in your device (smartphone or tablet).
HOW DOES IT WORK?
When you are using your device, you hold it in a specific position. Keep Screen ON let you select the range of activation of the screen brightness based on the device inclination (more smart ways are coming soon).
WHY DOES IT SHOULD IMPROVE BATTERY LIFE?
You know for sure that screen brightness is the most important factor in battery life and you will find it always at the top of the most consuming factors in Android statistics. Keep Screen ON as name implies, keeps brightness enabled only when you are holding it: as soon as you left it on the table, the screen will turn off.
SO WHAT?
Download the app and extend your battery life!
FUTURE
This is first version and powerful improvements are coming soon.
+Battery tab
+Screen settings
+Brightness settings
I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST
I'm always open to users suggestions, simply contact me using the forum.
KEEP SCREEN ON PRO
AW: [APP][FREE] Keep Screen ON in a smart way
Cause of your great apps screen off/on and your great support I'll try keep screen on.
I'm using successfuly screebl beta for this since years.
Let the challenge begin
davall said:
Cause of your great apps screen off/on and your great support I'll try keep screen on.
I'm using successfuly screebl beta for this since years.
Let the challenge begin
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Thanks. I hope you'll like it!
Very nice app, been looking for something like this for a while now.
I have one problem with it, when my phone is in its cradle it falls within the setting range and the screen times never times out.
It would be great if in the future there could a setting to disable the app when connected to an external pwr source and/or an option to let the screen time out after a specific time without any movement.
kantjer said:
Very nice app, been looking for something like this for a while now.
I have one problem with it, when my phone is in its cradle it falls within the setting range and the screen times never times out.
It would be great if in the future there could a setting to disable the app when connected to an external pwr source and/or an option to let the screen time out after a specific time without any movement.
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Yes, that's a good idea. Disable during charge will be implemented in one of next releases.
I'll also implement a new way to react to movements in the space. :good:
[1.0.1] Little Bug fix for link to PlayStore developer page
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Hide Icon did not work.
After a reboot it works. :thumbup:
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In test mode the model turns green in my hand and grey when the phone is placed on the desk.
When the app is activated proper, I don't notice any change.
Should the screen be turning off and on based on the test model? Am I mistaking the uses of this app, please tell.
Mayday_XL said:
Hide Icon did not work.
After a reboot it works. :thumbup:
Gesendet von meinem GT-N7100
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Yeah, always make sure to "Save and restart the app" every change you make. If something doesn't work properly, rebooting could do the trick.
noble8 said:
In test mode the model turns green in my hand and grey when the phone is placed on the desk.
When the app is activated proper, I don't notice any change.
Should the screen be turning off and on based on the test model? Am I mistaking the uses of this app, please tell.
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When you are using the phone, the brightness will never be turned off (screen won't turn off and brightness won't be dimmed).
As soon as you are not using phone anymore (you place it on your desk for example), the app will let screen turn off.
More settings about delay are coming soon :good:
Since some user asked, I will implement an in-app billing system to remove ads from app. It will be available in one of next releases with a couple of new features.
it doesnt work for galaxy s with cm 10.1 but it works for nexus 4
gomek111222 said:
it doesnt work for galaxy s with cm 10.1 but it works for nexus 4
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Uhm, interesting... Maybe Cyanogen guys missed something orientation related in the rom.
Great to hear it works for Nexus 4, thanks for your feedback.
does not work on the HTC One X
crazyAlex2 said:
does not work on the HTC One X
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Could you provide a logcat when running the app? After you have turned ON the app and pushed "Save and restart app".
[email protected]
Thanks
This app seems to work (till now) on my P970
DDeleted said:
Uhm, interesting... Maybe Cyanogen guys missed something orientation related in the rom.
Great to hear it works for Nexus 4, thanks for your feedback.
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it work in the test screen but when i back to home screen the green man doenst change to grey man whe i put the phone plz solve this
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feature request
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Yes, that's a good idea. Disable during charge will be implemented in one of next releases.
I'll also implement a new way to react to movements in the space. :good:
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excellent application. its very useful. I would like to request you to implement a few extra features that will be handful in saving battery.
1. warning notification/dialogue for checking screen on time for more than 5 to 30 minutes. (even if the device is in motion or touchevents)
2. need screen timeout option to detect stillness. 1 min to 15 min
3. need to set screen off if the device is held vertical or horizontal ( bcoz we will not hold mobiles in 90 degree except when using camera.
Love this app!!
Using it in conjunction with your other screen off app, and between the two, my screen only ever comes on when actually in use. This is awesome yet so simple, great idea, looking forward to further development.
RR
gomek111222 said:
it work in the test screen but when i back to home screen the green man doenst change to grey man whe i put the phone plz solve this
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Do you mean the guy in the notification bar doesn't change colour?
martinvillar said:
I hope it doesn't kill my battery!
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It should not, at all.
shameemindia said:
excellent application. its very useful. I would like to request you to implement a few extra features that will be handful in saving battery.
1. warning notification/dialogue for checking screen on time for more than 5 to 30 minutes. (even if the device is in motion or touchevents)
2. need screen timeout option to detect stillness. 1 min to 15 min
3. need to set screen off if the device is held vertical or horizontal ( bcoz we will not hold mobiles in 90 degree except when using camera.
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More battery related features are coming in the PRO version. And another free feature to set accuracy has just been added to lite version too.
Thanks for your suggestions.
richierich said:
Love this app!!
Using it in conjunction with your other screen off app, and between the two, my screen only ever comes on when actually in use. This is awesome yet so simple, great idea, looking forward to further development.
RR
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Glad you are enjoyng the smartness
Im experiencing some issues with the display of some apps since the last update, first one is with floathing stickies https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5liuSQRuRTSc3lJQlZTb3NNR28/edit?usp=docslist_api and the other is with Go SMS pro while I'm scrolling in the themes section, i couldn't get a screenshot of this but i guess everyone has that app and can check by theirselves. Its there anyone else having these issues and what other apps have you encounter affected?
Lollipop is ART, ART has inconsistencies... could just be a feature now. :/
I've seen similar floating issues when I used Picsay Pro recently... guessing some of the older top-tier apps haven't braced for the sudden change.
I have some rendering issues in some apps, like Puffin browser, now and then half of the screen is filled of flickering lines.
Battery life is dissapointing, not that it was very impressive before anyway.
Two times it has just charged a few percent overnight, it usually charges to 100 %.
All I can recommend is to keep sending ANR reports and always contact the devs with app issues. Make sure you say you're on 5.0.1.
Disable HW overlay in dev options and rendering is fine again, only problem is this introduces stuttering in animations/scrolling... (Went back to 4.4.2 myself because of all the bugs in lollipop)
I haven't had any rendering issues or floating icons, but what I'm having a serious problem with is bluetooth, before on kk i was able to hook up a ps3 controller via usb otg, and then after about a minute i could unplug the ps3 controller and it would sync with bt, now it works with otg but as soon as i unplug it the shield tells me that a ps3 controller is trying to pair with it but it asks me for a 4 digit pass code.
I did some research and found out that allot of people have this issue, actually everyone, A's no one can sync a ps3 control, i would use six axis, but i can't for two reasons, first reason is, i play a few games by Gamevil, and they have xignicod3 for security, so it detects six axis as a ts the game down, and second: if i don't hook up the controller natively, the gamepad mapper won't work, when i plug the controller in, it detects it as if it was an nVidia controller minus the nvidia button.
So i did some testing after, i tried to restore back to kk but now once bt detects the controller, i get a crash with an error saying "unfortunate bluetooth pair tool has stopped" every time without fail....wtf?
Any one have any suggestions?
dape16 said:
I have some rendering issues in some apps, like Puffin browser, now and then half of the screen is filled of flickering lines.
Battery life is dissapointing, not that it was very impressive before anyway.
Two times it has just charged a few percent overnight, it usually charges to 100 %.
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You can try calibrating your battery, and also with the last update you can set the number of cores and the frecuency of them.
Ive gone threw 2 power cycles and my battery is showing 0% the whole time i use it. I installed Better Bat Stats and it shows the proper battery amount...I thought the OS would need to calibrate but it just cant figure it out. Still getting around 4-5 hours with movies and games and music.....I have experienced the floating banners keep flickering from different sizes very rapidly. Oh, and the stock charger cant keep up.
Has anyone noticed in the middle of doing something you hear a sharp electrical kinda CODE (dzzwirp) sounding?? Only happened a couple times, but kinda scary. Its diffidently channeled to threw the speakers when it made that noise.
Just stock not rooted/wifi
adjday said:
Ive gone threw 2 power cycles and my battery is showing 0% the whole time i use it. I installed Better Bat Stats and it shows the proper battery amount...I thought the OS would need to calibrate but it just cant figure it out. Still getting around 4-5 hours with movies and games and music.....I have experienced the floating banners keep flickering from different sizes very rapidly. Oh, and the stock charger cant keep up.
Has anyone noticed in the middle of doing something you hear a sharp electrical kinda CODE (dzzwirp) sounding?? Only happened a couple times, but kinda scary. Its diffidently channeled to threw the speakers when it made that noise.
Just stock not rooted/wifi
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I have heard those wierd audio glitches too when watching videos mostly youtube.
Iams1002 said:
You can try calibrating your battery, and also with the last update you can set the number of cores and the frecuency of them.
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Could you direct us to where those options are available? In 5.0.1 not rooted, I cant seam to locate any of those options. My battery (OS display) allways shows completely dead and the OS still wont show any amount that was put back in to it. I have ran the tablet down about 5 cycles and still wont calibrate. Ive placed an email to Nividia for help as well. If/when I get a response ill post up......thanks for any help.
dape16 said:
I have some rendering issues in some apps, like Puffin browser, now and then half of the screen is filled of flickering lines.
Battery life is dissapointing, not that it was very impressive before anyway.
Two times it has just charged a few percent overnight, it usually charges to 100 %.
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I suggest you to install the full nvidia recovery image, i did that, i installed the 1.2 RoW(mine is US so bye bye ATT useless app and OTA delays), doing that solved battery issues, looks like updating via zip causes issues even after doing a factory reset. You can do that then an OTA update and i dont have anything to complain about 5.0.1 except the rendering issues, so im in Kitkat again. DON´T USE A CALIBRATING/REPAIRING BATTERY APPS SEVERAL TIMES OR IT WOULD DAMAGE YOUR BATTERY PERMANENTLY LOWERING YOUR BATTERY CAPACITY AND/OR MAKING IT SELFDISCHARGE(EVEN TURNED OFF) AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL BECOME COMPLETY UNUSABLE it sadly happended to my previous tab .
The rendering issues are a common Lollipop 5.0.1 problem not Nvidia. So we have to wait next OTA.
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Could you direct us to where those options are available? In 5.0.1 not rooted, I cant seam to locate any of those options. My battery (OS display) allways shows completely dead and the OS still wont show any amount that was put back in to it. I have ran the tablet down about 5 cycles and still wont calibrate. Ive placed an email to Nividia for help as well. If/when I get a response ill post up......thanks for any help.
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You will find the the cores and frec adjustments, in
Configuration----SHIELD Energy Managment----Processor Mode---- My energy mode----Customize My energy mode (not sure if those are the names in english my tab is in spanish hehe).
Changing the number of cores just gave me 10 min more of clash of clans gaming using 20% of the charge so i got around 1:10 of gaming. I recommed you to do the Nvidia recovery install.
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So i did some testing after, i tried to restore back to kk but now once bt detects the controller, i get a crash with an error saying "unfortunate bluetooth pair tool has stopped" every time without fail....wtf?
Any one have any suggestions?
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Did you install nvidia recovery image via adb? restoring a backup file from kitkat in lollipop seems to make system inconsistences, i did it and saw my tablet reboot twice with Android L splash screens letter and then the kitkat old android letters.
I get these weird graphical glitches on some apps, autodesk sketchbook pro, (which i've let the devs know) but also through google play games. Anytime it shows that I logged into a game or get an achievment the google games comes down from the top of the screen like its supposed to, but it has all these artifacts with it too, goes away after about a second and then all is golden, glad to see that it wasn't just my tablet though. I was not really up to the idea of RMA'ing my device since it's finally all "set up" and personalized like I like.
I've also tried to screenshot, and record it with an app, but it doesn't capture the errors in the video, it looks normal.
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Here's some shots taken from my phone
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I get these weird graphical glitches on some apps, autodesk sketchbook pro, (which i've let the devs know) but also through google play games. Anytime it shows that I logged into a game or get an achievment the google games comes down from the top of the screen like its supposed to, but it has all these artifacts with it too, goes away after about a second and then all is golden, glad to see that it wasn't just my tablet though. I was not really up to the idea of RMA'ing my device since it's finally all "set up" and personalized like I like.
I've also tried to screenshot, and record it with an app, but it doesn't capture the errors in the video, it looks normal.
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I get exactly the same graphically anomalies! I'm impressed with this release as it performs much better in speed and smoothness for me and I can use Facebook on it again. But the graphic anomalies really annoy me. I can also no longer return to kitkat as when I flash the system.IMG it fails with "couldn't allocate enough space on device" and fails to flash. I had to install the EU-LTE recovery from @twistedumbrellas kernel post to then flash the full nvidia lollipop .zip and lucky booted and checked storage etc. Back up and running and storage reporting everything is fine. But graphical anomalies are still present. Damn it. Lol. Well at least they are working faster than one plus one with their alpha release after three month's. Lol..
Yeah, I haven't tried the HW overlay thing in dev options but I may give that a go when I'm using my autodesk sketchbook and then just switch it back when I'm gaming. Other than those anomolies, (an some weird high pitched squelch thing that happens every once in a while) I love lollipop on this thing. I feel like chrome is in NO WAY optimized for this though, it's terribly slow, but I use it on my phone where it flies and I like being able to sync tabs and open pages/history etc.
Hi,
My post will probably spam, but I have the same graphics issues It started after upgrade to A5. I also tried to send issue message to developers, but seems the service is broken on my device. It fails to send message.
contesauce said:
I get these weird graphical glitches on some apps, autodesk sketchbook pro, (which i've let the devs know) but also through google play games. Anytime it shows that I logged into a game or get an achievment the google games comes down from the top of the screen like its supposed to, but it has all these artifacts with it too, goes away after about a second and then all is golden, glad to see that it wasn't just my tablet though. I was not really up to the idea of RMA'ing my device since it's finally all "set up" and personalized like I like.
I've also tried to screenshot, and record it with an app, but it doesn't capture the errors in the video, it looks normal.
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Whoah, I get the same exact graphical glitching too! Glad to know I'm not alone, I just bought the Shield and almost RMA'd this thing thinking I had a defective unit (what between this bug and chrome crashing my tablet).
Anyhow, I had found a temporary fix that seems to make those artifacts go away. If you enable the developer options (if you don't know, go settings, tap about tablet, tab build number 7 times, unlocks developer options in settings menu) and enable "Force GPU rendering", it seems to make all the weirdness go away. It might kill your battery slightly faster, but you can always disable it again after you're done using the app. Kind of a PITA, but seems to work. Hope that helps.
Anyhow, I'm new to the Shield tablet scene, basically updated to lollipop right from the get go. So those graphical glitches didn't exist in kitkat? Was chrome always so slow? Man I hope this tablet gets it together soon, it will be awesome once it realizes its full potential.
Chrome is still a problem, wasn't such an issue with KitKat but I'm thinking it's an issue between the Nvidia kernel and lollipop. Once we have another update I'm hoping it'll be better compatibility.
I recently bought this phone and am absolutely in love with it!
Superb camera, style, weight, speed, screen!
Anyone else bought this phone? Share your experiences, issues, finds, updates etc.
hows the gps
voiceferous said:
I recently bought this phone and am absolutely in love with it!
Superb camera, style, weight, speed, screen!
Anyone else bought this phone? Share your experiences, issues, finds, updates etc.
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how is the gps working? can you share a signal strength screen capture?
voiceferous said:
I recently bought this phone and am absolutely in love with it!
Superb camera, style, weight, speed, screen!
Anyone else bought this phone? Share your experiences, issues, finds, updates etc.
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I am very pleased with the phone too.
It feels very comfortable; the size is just right and is very lightweight and stylish.
Camera is very good, and the overall performance is excellent.
There are almost only pros for the phone: It is possible to use 3G with any of the sim cards; there is only one partition to install apps; it accepts 2 sim cards plus an sd card; It has 2 GB of RAM...
There is one concern, and that is the battery. I have only used it as a secondary phone for a few days, and I don't really know yet if the battery can last an entire day using it as my primary phone...
Another thing that bothers me is that the ring, notification and system volume are merged together, and you can't set different levels for each one...
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I am using it in Portugal, and I have only made a satellite lock test. It works just fine, even indoors.
Got the iNew V7 about two weeks ago and it seems to be A-OK.
I use the phone as a mini-tablet. Bought, tracked and delivered (to USA) for $150.
Will be adding TWRP to do full backups and then will root it using the iroot instructions I found. Will report my findings on these efforts.
Must root phone to run xposed framework to run Bubbleupnp app in order to cast audio.
Put 32gig micro SD card in V7 but it does not recognize the SD card. Still working that issue. Geekbuying claimed max sd card size of 32gig.
Will report results and any phone foilbles.
Love the FM radio.
I purchased from POMP Mall Site, iNew V7 phone battery needs to be recharged every day.
I had this Phone for a week, and I am pleased . It has a nice battery life! Yesterday was an intense day of use, with data and wifi always active, GPS when needed , watsapp, facebook, 9gag . For more than 3 hours of screen time. Arrived at Night with 24 % battery still left .
And Really nice camera!
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I concur, I've had this phone for about a month now and it's every bit fantastic. The word that best describes it - polished!
Everything is smooth, no bloatware, no hitches, no hiccups, no Chinese apps, no shoddy behaviour.
It's light, fast, superb screen and resolution, loads of RAM, fast CPU. The camera is excellent and GPS locks fast with great strength!
The battery? I use my phone for lots of calls and the occasional WIFI during the day. It lasts me 10 FULL days! I'd rate the battery 9.9/10!
I am very glad I paid slightly more for a higher-end device. It is worth every penny, and then some.
I think I'll be buying iNew from now on.
Hi there, got this handset delivered yesterday, and was extatic - everything about it was great, performance, battery, screen, looks... But today I'm thinking about selling it, because I encountered a problem that is a total deal breaker: touch screen. Today I discovered, that the phone is unusable due to constant "phantom" touches, that are happening when I'm typing text. Some happen on an adjacent buttons, but some on a buttons far from those I'm typing. Like, when I switch to the numeric keyboard and typing a lot of numbers, the phone just switches back to letters and so on. I entered a developers options and switched on options for showing touches and traces on screen, and was able to see, that sometimes when I make a brief tap on the screen, the trace of that tap is showing, that I made a line, and not a single dot. I tried to install several calibration programs, but none of them helped.
Did someone encountered the same problems? If so, how you managed to fix them?
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Hi there, got this handset delivered yesterday, and was extatic - everything about it was great, performance, battery, screen, looks... But today I'm thinking about selling it, because I encountered a problem that is a total deal breaker: touch screen. Today I discovered, that the phone is unusable due to constant "phantom" touches, that are happening when I'm typing text. Some happen on an adjacent buttons, but some on a buttons far from those I'm typing. Like, when I switch to the numeric keyboard and typing a lot of numbers, the phone just switches back to letters and so on. I entered a developers options and switched on options for showing touches and traces on screen, and was able to see, that sometimes when I make a brief tap on the screen, the trace of that tap is showing, that I made a line, and not a single dot. I tried to install several calibration programs, but none of them helped.
Did someone encountered the same problems? If so, how you managed to fix them?
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Hi, using the phone well over a month - I never experienced such problems at all. In fact, I think the touch screen is quite responsive and fluid, no "phantom" touches can be seen. I believe this could be a defect with your specific unit.
New official ROM http://www.needrom.com/download/inew-v7a/
pls help
hi i have a major problem with my inew v7.can someone make a backup with MtkDroidTools v2.5.3 and send it to me so i can restore mine.thanks
Second new official ROM INEW_V7A_4.4_v1.1.4: http://www.needrom.com/download/inew-v7a-2/
Download mirror links:
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http://www.filedropper.com/inewv7a44v114part3
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pleas any one have a backup my phone stop work inew v7a
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Vindicator87 said:
Hi there, got this handset delivered yesterday, and was extatic - everything about it was great, performance, battery, screen, looks... But today I'm thinking about selling it, because I encountered a problem that is a total deal breaker: touch screen. Today I discovered, that the phone is unusable due to constant "phantom" touches, that are happening when I'm typing text. Some happen on an adjacent buttons, but some on a buttons far from those I'm typing. Like, when I switch to the numeric keyboard and typing a lot of numbers, the phone just switches back to letters and so on. I entered a developers options and switched on options for showing touches and traces on screen, and was able to see, that sometimes when I make a brief tap on the screen, the trace of that tap is showing, that I made a line, and not a single dot. I tried to install several calibration programs, but none of them helped.
Did someone encountered the same problems? If so, how you managed to fix them?
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Hi there, I have the same problem did you manage to resolve it by any chance?
Hi, U unfortunately flashed the v7am rom to my v7a phone and now bricked - can I solve this problem?
Sekypapa said:
Hi, U unfortunately flashed the v7am rom to my v7a phone and now bricked - can I solve this problem?
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yes u can
i have ported cm12.1 for inew v7
everything is working excelent,better than stock
http://www.needrom.com/download/cm12-1-inew-v7/
Ok I'll try it. Will tell you soon how is going. If you can give us a guide for porting roms
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jrodadoy said:
Ok I'll try it. Will tell you soon how is going. If you can give us a guide for porting roms
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I removed rom,but in 1~3 back again
Hi All
I received vivo nex dual global version.
It looks great and works pretty well.
Quick review
Pros
Bezeless
Very responsive
Heavy feels premium
No noticeable lag
Dual screen
Vibrant screen
Loud speakers
Good camera
4k 60fps video
Fingerprint very responsive works 9/10 faster then huawei mate 20 pro
Good clear call quality
Install 3rd party launchers very easily
Battery life lasted me all day no sweat
Cons
Funtouch - hardly notice its 9.0
Speakers loud bit low on the bass side
Bit thick
Screen brightness
1080p screen
Overall good innovative phone, could be better but then would be more expensive.
It will be my daily driver for now
Any questions pls give me a shout
Thanks for sharing first impressions and wish full satisfied to the new device you're having:good:
Well i have some questions regarding software aspect and features of the device with Android Pie compared to Oreo 8.1 Vivo Nex
1.Does support off screen gesture as well and how many option does Vivo provide on Global version?
Go Settings-smart motion-smart wake and could provide a screnshot would be helpful
2.AOD how many app notification support?
Go Settings-lock screen,home screen and walpaper-always on display-notification ,could you provide a screnshot would be helpful
3.Does support dynamic lock screen as well or not
Go Settings-lock screen,home screen and walpaper- and lockscreen poster is what i called dynamic lock screen meaning every time wake up screen and go lock screen you are having diferent wallpaper
4.Does Vivo Themes works on Global version or not
5.Does it have any kind unlimited accent color customization feature or dark/black theme out of the box.
6.Does solar ring at camera back screen supporting app notification lighting up when you receive it.
Also does support multicolor option for app notification lighiting up.
7.I assume double tap to wake up/turn off screen or raise to wake exist right?
Go settings-smart motion-smart turn on/off screen and tell us.
Thanks in advance
Hello there, i am planning to buy this phone, does phone come with preinstaled screen cover out of the box on both sides ? what about sound quality(headphones) compare to vivo nex s ?
and what about photo quality in low light ? does face unlock works in very dark environment?
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I'll answer the easy questions first if i may and will come back to the others shortly, please bear with me.
1.Does support off screen gesture as well and how many option does Vivo provide on Global version?
Go Settings-smart motion-smart wake and could provide a screenshot would be helpful
Smart wake
Smart turn on/off screen
Smart call
Shake to turn on the flashlight
Smart remind
Air unlock
All seemed to work pretty well, i'm currently using smart wake only, works everytime.
3.Does support dynamic lock screen as well or not
Go Settings-lock screen,home screen and walpaper- and lockscreen poster is what i called dynamic lock screen meaning every time wake up screen and go lock screen you are having diferent wallpaper
Yes does have Lockscreen Poster wallpaper
4.Does Vivo Themes works on Global version or not
Yes it does
5.Does it have any kind unlimited accent color customization feature or dark/black theme out of the box.
I don't see dark theme
6.Does solar ring at camera back screen supporting app notification lighting up when you receive it.
Also does support multicolor option for app notification lighiting up.
I'm trying to figure this one out yet, more to follow
7.I assume double tap to wake up/turn off screen or raise to wake exist right?
Go settings-smart motion-smart turn on/off screen and tell us.
Yes it does, many different options as mentioned above.
Hello there, i am planning to buy this phone, does phone come with preinstaled screen cover out of the box on both sides ? what about sound quality(headphones) compare to vivo nex s ?
and what about photo quality in low light ? does face unlock works in very dark environment?
Yes it come preinstalled with both screens protected, that was a relief.
I don't use headset mainly my Bose QC35 2 headset. I'll test headset and report back.
So this one have funtouch 4.5 ?
blackinfinity said:
So this one have funtouch 4.5 ?
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Yes 4.5 version.
@ riz157 thanks for your feedback we are waiting an answer about Always on display if there is third party app notification and which one spesific app being support for example Viber,WhatsApp,Gmail etc. and clarify the solar ring functionality if it works as led notification alternative ti incoming app notification.
paatha13 said:
Yes 4.5 version.
@ riz157 thanks for your feedback we are waiting an answer about Always on display if there is third party app notification and which one spesific app being support for example Viber,WhatsApp,Gmail etc. and clarify the solar ring functionality if it works as led notification alternative ti incoming app notification.
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I don't see any support to see third party apps unfortunately on AOD.
I'm using led ring for notifications. I installed light flow to make use of the ring notification light.
riz157 said:
I don't see any support to see third party apps unfortunately on AOD.
I'm using led ring for notifications. I installed light flow to make use of the ring notification light.
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Are you sure about that??
Really strange because Vivo Nex global version support at minimum 4 app(phone calls,sms,Viber and WhatsApp)
Can you check it at AOD setting menu -notification submenu what option app you see if there is any kind ??
Unless you are not using Viber and WhatsApp and that's why you won't see it.:fingers-crossed:
Good to hear solar ring take advantages with third party app and act as led notification:good:
@riz157 I see you're in the Uk. What network are you on? Because most of the major carriers use a mix of Bands 20, 3 or 7. Apparently this phone doesn't have band 20 so you may not get full LTE coverage. Have you had that issue so far?
This is the only LTE band support for Global version according to Vivo support I've talked an hour ego.
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@riz157 I see you're in the Uk. What network are you on? Because most of the major carriers use a mix of Bands 20, 3 or 7. Apparently this phone doesn't have band 20 so you may not get full LTE coverage. Have you had that issue so far?
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I'm currently using EE in both slots. I've not had an issue constantly 4g but can't confirm if band 20 is supported or not. I'll try contact Vivo see if they can shed more light on this.
I've just checked with Vivo and only Chinese version supports band 20.
paatha13 said:
Are you sure about that??
Really strange because Vivo Nex global version support at minimum 4 app(phone calls,sms,Viber and WhatsApp)
Can you check it at AOD setting menu -notification submenu what option app you see if there is any kind ??
Unless you are not using Viber and WhatsApp and that's why you won't see it.:fingers-crossed:
Good to hear solar ring take advantages with third party app and act as led notification:good:
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Some good news I've got the following AOD options whatsapp and messenger also
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This is the only LTE band support for Global version according to Vivo support I've talked an hour ego.
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You're right no band 20 support for international version. Chinese version has band 20 but no support for 3rd party AOD notification.
riz157 said:
You're right no band 20 support for international version. Chinese version has band 20 but no support for 3rd party AOD notification.
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Unfortunately both situation are DOA for me.
I wanted had both of them or Vivo dual display is DOA.
Vivo scrue up things badly.
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paatha13 said:
Unfortunately both situation are DOA for me.
I wanted had both of them or Vivo dual display is DOA.
Vivo scrue up things badly.
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Yes unfortunately Vivo and oppo have some strange policies. Still not realising their markets perhaps in couple of years once they will understand the western market.
Hey
I'm from the UK too and considering this too, where did you buy yours from and can you share the ordering/delivery experience?
Thank you
What is best site to buy international/global version?
Chrispy12 said:
What is best site to buy international/global version?
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Wondamobile.
If I buy the chinese version with all the bands, can I flash global rom on it and it'll be just fine?
Justas A. said:
If I buy the chinese version with all the bands, can I flash global rom on it and it'll be just fine?
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No you can't. I do have a Nex 2 (PD1821_A_1_18.9), if you have more questions
Hi guys,
I'm the owner of a Vivo NEX S and I love it. (Except some crappy options and bad translation of funtouchOS but overall when you've setting it up and remove all vivo stuff it's really optimized and not laggy at all)
But since three days the fingerprint scanner and the lockscreen behaved weirdly and since today the Fingerprint scanner stopped working. This morning when I've woken up, I've taken my phone and I tried to unlock it but it was behaving weirdly like the green light was working but it didn't try to scan my finger and it was directly saying an error but I've used it a bit and didn't care much attention to it in first place but 2 hours later it made the same strange behaviour and it fed me up so I've rebooted it and the Fingerprint icon never reappeared. In the lockscreen settings the "Use Fingerprint" is grayed out and it says "Fingerprint authentification error. Restart the device or contact customer service."
I've tried to :
-Wipe Cache (from recovery)
-Restore setting (from recovery)
-use the system repair option that download the last available firmware (from recovery)
-wipe data (from recovery
-to re-calibrate InDisplayfgp from Engineer menu (ussd code *#558#) but it says me "No ic detected"
-reboot like 8393771820 times
I've also like to add that I've dropped my device a couple of time, even changed my rear glass back by myself but I never took it apart and one month ago I've managed to drop it from my window (3,5-4meter height) :silly: when I was visiochatting (with the camera popped out) but happily and miraculy :victory: nothing cracked and it still look pretty new (it was in a Aliexpress case) and to this time the device continued to work normally, snappy as hell like a warrior to these days.
Today, the device is normal, still snappy except the Fingerprint who discontinued to work. I think that the last drop from the window desoldered bga chip of the fingerprint reader but it is just self expectations. Now the device still not turned off and I'm waiting to kill the last percent of the battery to see how it react after this. I think it may be hardware but this morning the fact that he was working a bit is driving me crazy.
Why do you guys think, what I should do?
Do you think it's a software or hardware issue?
Sorry for bad english guys, Nex-enthousiast from France.
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Hi guys,
I'm the owner of a Vivo NEX S and I love it. (Except some crappy options and bad translation of funtouchOS but overall when you've setting it up and remove all vivo stuff it's really optimized and not laggy at all)
But since three days the fingerprint scanner and the lockscreen behaved weirdly and since today the Fingerprint scanner stopped working. This morning when I've woken up, I've taken my phone and I tried to unlock it but it was behaving weirdly like the green light was working but it didn't try to scan my finger and it was directly saying an error but I've used it a bit and didn't care much attention to it in first place but 2 hours later it made the same strange behaviour and it fed me up so I've rebooted it and the Fingerprint icon never reappeared. In the lockscreen settings the "Use Fingerprint" is grayed out and it says "Fingerprint authentification error. Restart the device or contact customer service."
I've tried to :
-Wipe Cache (from recovery)
-Restore setting (from recovery)
-use the system repair option that download the last available firmware (from recovery)
-wipe data (from recovery
-to re-calibrate InDisplayfgp from Engineer menu (ussd code *#558#) but it says me "No ic detected"
-reboot like 8393771820 times
I've also like to add that I've dropped my device a couple of time, even changed my rear glass back by myself but I never took it apart and one month ago I've managed to drop it from my window (3,5-4meter height) :silly: when I was visiochatting (with the camera popped out) but happily and miraculy :victory: nothing cracked and it still look pretty new (it was in a Aliexpress case) and to this time the device continued to work normally, snappy as hell like a warrior to these days.
Today, the device is normal, still snappy except the Fingerprint who discontinued to work. I think that the last drop from the window desoldered bga chip of the fingerprint reader but it is just self expectations. Now the device still not turned off and I'm waiting to kill the last percent of the battery to see how it react after this. I think it may be hardware but this morning the fact that he was working a bit is driving me crazy.
Why do you guys think, what I should do?
Do you think it's a software or hardware issue?
Sorry for bad english guys, Nex-enthousiast from France.
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Sounds like it's a hardware issue due to dropping it multiple times and/or doing your own repairs. Or maybe some of the so called bloat you removed was actually essential?
Hello,
I've worked in a small repair shop in my town so no worries I know what I did,
I just removed the last rear glass to replace it, I didn't removed screw, warranty label or anything on the phone. (But if you have already taken a nex in your hand you directly see that the rear replaced glass is a copy)
I've noticed when I'm on the instructions menu to "How to use Idfp" it's making little cracking noise like the scanner try to focus because we all know it's a small camera under the screen.
I don't think it's a software issue because all bloatware that I disabled was facing me no issues about the Idfingerprint in the last 6 months.
Yesterday I was wondering, how to see all available services even ones that are not running ? And how to re-launch some ones?
I'm gonna try to contact Vivo by mail and I'll explain my problem and that I changed my rear glass to see how they manage to help me.
If it's not working, I'll be trying to take apart the daughterboard where the Idfp scanner is located.
UPDATE : I just slap my phone from behind (no jokes) and it seems to re-work fine so it's kinda resolved, I think it's the ribbon connector of the scanner, if it's failing another time I will manage to reconnect it to the daugtherboard and see how it goes
AdrienIwy said:
Hello,
I've worked in a small repair shop in my town so no worries I know what I did,
I just removed the last rear glass to replace it, I didn't removed screw, warranty label or anything on the phone. (But if you have already taken a nex in your hand you directly see that the rear replaced glass is a copy)
I've noticed when I'm on the instructions menu to "How to use Idfp" it's making little cracking noise like the scanner try to focus because we all know it's a small camera under the screen.
I don't think it's a software issue because all bloatware that I disabled was facing me no issues about the Idfingerprint in the last 6 months.
Yesterday I was wondering, how to see all available services even ones that are not running ? And how to re-launch some ones?
I'm gonna try to contact Vivo by mail and I'll explain my problem and that I changed my rear glass to see how they manage to help me.
If it's not working, I'll be trying to take apart the daughterboard where the Idfp scanner is located.
UPDATE : I just slap my phone from behind (no jokes) and it seems to re-work fine so it's kinda resolved, I think it's the ribbon connector of the scanner, if it's failing another time I will manage to reconnect it to the daugtherboard and see how it goes
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That sounds like what happened to my Huawei P10. I dropped it just once and when I open the camera it's blurry. I have to give it a strong tap for it to focus properly.
Update : It's stopped working or working like 3 times on 54
Anyone knows where I can buy a new fingerprint reader ?
I checked eBay, Aliexpress and others sites but I can only find screen or others parts but not the actual fingerprint reader
I even contacted Vivo by mail but they said me that I need to get to a local service store and I can't cause I'm in France.
Your scanner could just be disconnected considering you dropped the phone a few times. If you could open up the phone you'd be able to check. I've never done it so I can't help but this video might get you started >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-lIsNoM39w
Saloei said:
Your scanner could just be disconnected considering you dropped the phone a few times. If you could open up the phone you'd be able to check. I've never done it so I can't help but this video might get you started >>
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Hi Saloei, thanks for answering but I've already opened my phone and checked if the ribbon connector wasn't disconnected however it didn't change anything.. :crying: I think the problem is coming from the bga chip that manage the scanner, it might be desoldered a bit, that can explain the fact that it's working 1/5 times.
Update : I've just opened my phone another time and I've manage to take pictures of it and read the QR CODE on the chip. I've also learned that the fingerprint scanner is made by Goodix, I've contacted them but no responses.. sorry for flooding but does anyone knows to how to find it from this code (from qr 7Q7988XB03VG )
Or this picture? Thanks ?
It happened to me because I changed the dpi from 540 to 360. FP scanner works well, but everytime you restart your phone in non-default dpi the FP scanner stops working.
Solution is to
1. Restore the stock dpi
2. Restart the phone and then
3. Change the dpi according to your preference.
Repeat all this on every restart.
I'm three months late to this thread. I also have this issue with my current vivo phone which has an in display FP scanner (IQOO). It happened to me because I had disabled almost all of the bloatware apps. If you restore those apps through adb or by factory resetting the FP scanner will work again.
Thanks.
timvonlee said:
I'm three months late to this thread. I also have this issue with my current vivo phone which has an in display FP scanner (IQOO). It happened to me because I had disabled almost all of the bloatware apps. If you restore those apps through adb or by factory resetting the FP scanner will work again.
Thanks.
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Hello Timvonlee, do you had an error of fingerprint authentification in settings?
How do I restore bloatware apps through Adb ?
I've already tried factory reset.
Thanks for answering
AdrienIwy said:
Hello Timvonlee, do you had an error of fingerprint authentification in settings?
How do I restore bloatware apps through Adb ?
I've already tried factory reset.
Thanks for answering
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79468247&postcount=8
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79510981&postcount=166
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Thanks, but I think it will do nothing because I've already factory reset it and it does the same thing exept it restore all from factory.
Hi Nexers, I have a Vivo Nex S Chinese Version (living in Europe). Unfortunately I dropped the phone back in February and my screen went black. I ordered a new screen on Taobao which then took roughly three months to get here. So I finally assembled the new display last weekend, everything works perfectly except the fingerprint reader. The reader seems to be not recognized because in the settings tab every fingerprint option is grayed out. Currently I’m troubleshooting, everything seems to be plugged in correctly. Could this be because of a link between display and fingerprint sensor (security issiue)? Does somebody has experienced something like this?
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I just experienced the same thing.
I had my phone om yesterday, everything worked just fine.
The phone ran out of power and when I got home I plugged it in for the night. This morning the scanner did not recognize my finger, and I figured I would re add my fingerprints, but upon removing Them the option is now grayed out and I cannot add or use fingerprints.
The options menu says "Fingerprint authentication error. Restart the device or contact custommer service."
I have of course restarted the phone, and the engineering menu also says "IC not found"...
No drops or anything for me... Any ideas?
Hi guys, I haven't seen your messages until today, now I still didn't found any website that are selling these. I'm starting to lose patience and hope..
Lyngze said:
I just experienced the same thing.
I had my phone om yesterday, everything worked just fine.
The phone ran out of power and when I got home I plugged it in for the night. This morning the scanner did not recognize my finger, and I figured I would re add my fingerprints, but upon removing Them the option is now grayed out and I cannot add or use fingerprints.
The options menu says "Fingerprint authentication error. Restart the device or contact custommer service."
I have of course restarted the phone, and the engineering menu also says "IC not found"...
No drops or anything for me... Any ideas?
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Hi guys, exactly the same problem for m'y vivo nex s... Same conditions, as Lyngze no drops, the fingerprint scanner just stoped working one day, after removing the memorised fingerprints, the option menu turns gray with same message.
Is anybody found à solution ?
I've also the same problem
I had some RSI problems with my hand so I've used my phone with my other hand for a few months.
In this period i didn't used the FP reader. When I start using my phone with my normal hand the FP reader doesn't work anymore??
I also got the message: Fingerprint authentication error. Restart the device or contact customer service
Hey guys, sorry to up my old topic, but like 2 months ago, sound from the speaker started to make weird noises and stopped working like 1 week later. Same for the vibration motor and it was a pain to charge the battery. But I noticed when I was pushing on the back cover, sound was working a bit so I took appart the back cover and started jiggling the flex connector that was between the motherboard and the daughter board. I tought that the soldering circuit inside the flex connector was faulty. So I ordered a flex connector on aliexpress, just received it this morning and put it in my phone. And guess what! Sound, vibration, charging and also THE FINGERPRINT READER worked fine !
Wow that's great!
Which one did you buy?
https://a.aliexpress.com/_BU2sS3 don't know if I can publish Ali links but it's the nex pcb fpc one and it's sold by SK Store
I just made the same mistakes as you and I have solved it.
Sorry . My English is bad. I am faulty like you and I replaced 2 cables in the phone. Is it working. It is two wires connecting the charging board to the main circuit. I think you are like that. You try to find 2 strings that and replace.