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Hi,
I am new posting in the forum, i am a defy usser too of course, i bought my defy to another user time ago with CM7
and until now i did not updated as i was a bit scary,
i updated reading the guide and success in first attempt on eerything,
such a difference from 2.3! finnally the scroll works quite smooth between screen, i gues its something already pressent since 4.1 with project butter and so on,
however i must say
1) look like its a bit slower, it reacts a tiny litle bit laggy is show some menus, is not just instant response sometimes, but nothing to really complain a lot it work quite well, Quarx is making such a big effort and time investing in keep our Defy's alive that i just need to mention it and say lottt of hanks,
2º) I bought a Jiayu G2F for my mother (it works damn quick) and it found they added an option to record the radio sound, and i was expecting to find such options also available in 4.4 but i did not, its there any way to record radio sound or maybe add this option to future versions?
3º) I was a bit scared to update to 4.4 due the fact that usually new O.S. ask for heavy resources, but after read that 4.4 was supossedly more optimized for low hardware, then i tought it should maybe even take less ram than andoird 2.3, and now that i have it installed i see it takes quite a lot, its over 4XX mb with almost nothing opened, is that normal?
4º) What about the option to select in the screen the zone you want the camera to focus? i found its pressent in the G2F mentioned above, and i dont find it in the 4.4, is the hability to focus determined zones of the camera something just possible in case that the camera hardware allow it? or its a software related function?
5º) I installed kitkat with minimal gapps, and once verything working i installed google voice, but i still don't success to add the microfon in the keyboard in order to write anywere while talking,
well, in fact i did, as when i press "," keyabord it appears a pop up menu with the microfon but it just dont work when i select it that way
in cm7 i remember to have a dedicated button that always worked andi miss it, maybe some one can help me there
6º) If i have the config menu opened and then i open the top bar slide down menu and i change some option from there, like enable bluetooth, i close the slide menu and i see in the config menu that the button is still "off"
i must close and open again the config menu in order to see it "on" if i enable it from the other menu,
could be nice to make it auto to update so everything takes works and updates at same time and avoide confusions,
thanks
While trying to check all the new options i see, i just found a bug in the stock launcher,
looks like its called Trebuchet,
If you open the launcher options and lick in the 3 dots over "Widgets" you get some extra options to play with
if you select "CM HOME" in the 2º option, the launcher will enter in the loop hope of errors and will not allow you to come back,
you must go to applications and search for "Trebuchet" and then press "remove data" of this application,
it will come to alive again,
can anyone confirm this bug? i did not find it in the bug list and i am not allowed to post in the developers forum yet
spalnndsstest said:
While trying to check all the new options i see, i just found a bug in the stock launcher,
looks like its called Trebuchet,
If you open the launcher options and lick in the 3 dots over "Widgets" you get some extra options to play with
if you select "CM HOME" in the 2º option, the launcher will enter in the loop hope of errors and will not allow you to come back,
you must go to applications and search for "Trebuchet" and then press "remove data" of this application,
it will come to alive again,
can anyone confirm this bug? i did not find it in the bug list and i am not allowed to post in the developers forum yet
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It was confirmed a week back, but not yet added to the buglist.
how its possible android or cyanogenmode still got lack of a feature to record calls by default?
the new options menu to touch camera settings is something related to 4.4 or to CM11 ? its so unconfortable as you can't go back to change other options, it force you to re open it again, its minimallist and compact, but no sense to have such minimalist menu for an option that always end up removed to make the foto,
i also feel the battery drains quicker with 4.4 that with 2.3
In my opinion the CM7.2 is the most stable ROM for Defy, the CM1x are still under development
yes it was working more quick everything,
not smooth, was jerky but at least moved over menus and open applications quite a bit more quick,
thats sad, i expected better performance in newer versions,
overall... there is not any way to make the defy run as it should, it more powerfull than my old celeron 500 mhz and is not yet enough for move android... i guess theproblem is the software, like always, if anroid were programed in ASM, everything would fly... no need for quad cores, octa cores and so on...
I'm not sure that newer version could be faster. Newer version have more and more functions, more advanced GUI, more features - but CPU/GPU/memory remains this same, old one..
Is this true? This alone, due to the fingerprint wake on back of device, is enough for me to consider this cycle of nexus devices duds. I find it so useful to just wake the phone up quickly with "front" fingerprint or double tap to wake to check notifications while phone is on my work desk without lifting. Of course just my preference.
I think the Nexus devices are supposed to be "reference" devices. None of the previous LG-designed Nexuses had DTTW.
If you wait, I'm sure a custom kernel will come out eventually that will add this functionality in.
I thought it was an HTC feature... hence why Nexus 9 was the only one to receive it (the feature is newer than Nexus One, which was the previous HTC Nexus).
If you want to wake it to see the notification/lock screen, try knocking it hard enough to trigger the motion sensor. That is an android feature called "ambient display", and it *should* be present on a 5x. It can be enabled in Settings --> Display if it is.
doitright said:
I thought it was an HTC feature...
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I think LG was the one to bring it to market first, with their G2. It was called Knock On.
Later implemented in S-OFF devices via custom kernels, and dubbed DT2W.
New firmware today!
47.1.A.12.75
News soon...
Stay tuned
This update includes the 1 February 2018 security patches, So, it should fix Meltdown and Spectre CPU vulnerabilities.
For other news... Stay tuned
Someone also say:
Now there's option to hide apps button and use swipe up to access apps drawer
Fix gps symbol issue (but someone else say not!)
New Aspect menu in the Settings (more options), new icons for the apps shortcuts
update of the Support app to version 3.6.12 that solved the issue with "information unavailable" being now the correct information displayed
fixed adabtive brightness issue and its works well now!
(all by: https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xper...e-v-47-1-A-12-75-add-to-my-phone/td-p/1299379 )
Here in xda, on xperia zx1 forum, Tornlogic say:
Tornlogic said:
So I have installed the update and did some quick benchmarks before and after the update. Interesting results. So naturally the benchmarks that happened in the morning were before I installed the update and the ones in the afternoon were after I installed the update.
As for the battery benchmark, I simply ran each test for 1 hour 10 minutes. So yea, the new update provided better battery performance but worse single core... by a little. Multi-core was a tad better with the new update. This of course is not all inclusive results, as I only ran one benchmark, and that has no indication of real-life performance. If I don't notice anything drastic in the next few days, I won't post anything else here, otherwise I will keep you posted.
-Drew
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I ran geekbench yesterday and did not see any real difference in singlecore or multicore performance (both +- about 5 points difference to last firmware).
Auto-brightness works much better now. Also it looks like "GPS icon staying forever" bug is gone for me.
Smart lock option is empty in my sony Xperia xz1? What should I do?
EDIT:
I was able to find the answer here: Yes, I would continue to receive OTA updates for the currently installed firmware.
Original question:
Having purchased the XZ1C in the USA, if I were to flash the ...12.75 Customised DE (for instance), would I no longer receive subsequent OTA updates? Thanks.
Hello
Update installed this evening (French time).
Good news, the update file is only 112Mo to download OTA.
some new functionalities:
contact shortcuts have a small contact icon
URL shorcut looks like a Windows shorcut, with a small black Arrow at the bottom.
I have to test more now.
Vijay2031 said:
Smart lock option is empty in my sony Xperia xz1? What should I do?
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Disable Smart Lock (Google) in Trust agents, reboot, enable again. Should make Smart Lock available again, but it may (probably will) go blank again.
PeppeBove said:
Someone also say:
Now there's option to hide apps button and use swipe up to access apps drawer
Fix gps symbol issue (but someone else say not!)
New Aspect menu in the Settings (more options), new icons for the apps shortcuts
update of the Support app to version 3.6.12 that solved the issue with "information unavailable" being now the correct information displayed
fixed adabtive brightness issue and its works well now!
(all by: https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xper...e-v-47-1-A-12-75-add-to-my-phone/td-p/1299379 )
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Someone just say "Adoptable storage" or ability to move to SD card and it will be okay for me to never update my phone again!
On reboot, persistent GPS icon will not appear until certain applications make use of GPS-based location services (don't know which ones at this point). If the persistent GPS icon does appear, you cannot get rid of it until you reboot. I understand Sony is working on a fix.
PeppeBove said:
This update includes the 1 February 2018 security patches, So, it should fix Meltdown and Spectre CPU vulnerabilities.
For other news... Stay tuned
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The Kernel hasn't been updated in this release at all.
With this new firmware, I'm havin a weird problem.
Every time I reboot, the stock Sony weather widget needs to set location, EVERYTIME.
Is it just me...?
FWIW, No problems with Sony weather app setting location on my phone.
+1
No problems with the weather app here
Thanks!
BetaLyte said:
Disable Smart Lock (Google) in Trust agents, reboot, enable again. Should make Smart Lock available again, but it may (probably will) go blank again.
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Great! It worked for me. Thanks!
I wanted to try a different firmware, because of this bug...
Anyone else having problems with the stock clock app? It force closes when I try to open it (only on this firmware). The lockscreen clock and upper right corner of the status bar are unaffected - it's just the app that includes the alarm, timer, stopwatch, etc. I've worked around it by just using Timely for my alarm and stopwatch needs, but it would be nice to have the stock clock working.
No problem for me.
I just got the XZ1 (new from eBay), it had 47.1.A.2.313, I've updated to 47.1.A.12.34, looks good so far, and, this is Android 8.0.0.
I know there is at least one more update, perhaps the 47.1.A.12.75 mentioned in this thread. Is that Android 9.0.0?
I'll update to that, but not now, I'm using my phone. Is there any big change to the latest version?
This is my first Sony phone, since I used a Sony-Ericsson a long time ago.
I've been using a screen-off-tile from the Screen Off app by emveeha, which did exaxtly what I wanted: turn off the screen and lock it, in the way that allows to unlock with biometrics (fingerprint or face unlock).
In other words: exactly the same effect as the power button.
Sadly, since the update I got on December 29 (patch level Dec 1) the screen doesn't turn off, instead the lock screen shows, often directly unlocking due to detecting my face.
I feel like I've tried all similar apps on the play store, they either have the same effect or do turn off the screen but then require the full password, instead of allowing to unlock with fingerprint/face...
Does anyone know an app that has the functionality like the power button (turn off screen and lock but allow biometric unlock), if possible with a tile?
Alternatively, does anyone know what should be changed on the app I use to get back to the old behaviour? I could ask the developer...
TIA
I had the same "issue".
Maybe something related to security update.. Anyway.. I solved using "One Hand Operation +" by Samsung
Just use a gesture and set some swipe action to screen off..
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great, thanks for sharing.
I use Nova launcher prime, which for me is the number 1 for customization.
before the last update of the S22 phone, everything was working, so I suspected the launcher, and sent an inquiry for a possible error, they replied that it was not their application - thank you.
I continued for several days various applications and did not find a suitable one.
Your solution will solve the problem, hopefully only until the next update.
kasperok said:
I had the same "issue".
Maybe something related to security update.. Anyway.. I solved using "One Hand Operation +" by Samsung
Just use a gesture and set some swipe action to screen off..
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Thanks a lot - I saw the app but didn't want to complicate things, I'd just moved to using gestures (my previous phone, Nokia 8, still had hardware buttons...).
I didn't look far enough to see that the app just complements and extends the regular gesture options.
I took the dive, and just extended the regular "back" function with the "screen off" function, and all is well. So I'm a happy camper now, thanks a million.
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great, thanks for sharing.
I use Nova launcher prime, which for me is the number 1 for customization.
before the last update of the S22 phone, everything was working, so I suspected the launcher, and sent an inquiry for a possible error, they replied that it was not their application - thank you.
I continued for several days various applications and did not find a suitable one.
Your solution will solve the problem, hopefully only until the next update.
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That's one of the sucky things, when stuff breaks due to updates, no one is responsible...
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it's a matter of habit, and the most I can't stand is that expensive phones are not able to do the simplest application-task of 100kb.
Hello everybody...
The last time I was playing with flashing custom ROMs was with good old HTC windows phone back in the days (15 years ago)...
Since the Android era, I didn't really played with flashing and rooting...
I was seeing so many options I just never wanted to bother..
From quite some time I was using XIaomi phones and just got a new another Xiaomi phone (Poco M4 Pro - Mediatek proc FWIW) and since MIUI is a pain in the *ss sometimes I wanted to try flashing a custom ROM on that new phone before even having any data..
First impression regarding the flaeshing process... I'm blown away how easy it was..
I first unlocked the bootloader using that guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/unlock-bootloader-without-waiting-a-week.4523431/
Then I rooted the phone using that guide (skipping part 1) https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/root-poco-m4-pro-4g-fleur-using-magisk.4449193/
And then flashed any GSI ROM using that guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...inori-gsi-auto-installer-foco-m4-pro.4507267/
I tried so many ROMs from that list https://github.com/phhusson/treble_...mage-(GSI)-list#maintained-older-android-gsis
However on none of them I was able to enable the Always On Display option.
I first thought, it was a problem on my side (wrong images flashed, hardware problem with MTK, etc) but finally it seems many features are missing on purpose on GSI ROMs...
But I cannot think that no one care about AoD among all the GSI ROM users, right?
So it should be a way to have AoD working, or so I guess...
Does anyone tell me how I can achieve that?
Thank you very much.
PS: On all the ROMs I tried, I enabled the "Force allow Always-On Display" option in the PHH Treble Settings.. After rebooting I can see an additional option appearing in the Display / Lock Screen section "Always show time and info" but it doesn't seem to be related to actual Always On Display...
Also, it seems AoD is named "Ambient DIsplay" in GSI, and when I do a research on that in the settings, most of the ROMs show a section named Ambient Display in the search result but clicking in that result went to the general Display page settings (the correct behavior when clicking a search result is to show the relevant page settings and highlight the option, but for Ambient Display nothing happens, it seems like the option is hidden)