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[new release] VJLumos II - SuperBrite screen

Guys,
I've finally updated VJLumos after about 6 months.
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It's Magician only for now. You can test it on your Universal but I haven't implemented disabling it for now, so you'll have to soft reset when you're finished. I'll finish this later. But it will give you a brighter Universal too
This software will give you a superbrite screen. That's brighter then normal maximum brightness.
It also has an option to be installed so that it's enabled on startup and automatically every time you switch on.
Let me know how you get on. And don't forget to donate if you find it helpful
Remember to disable it before starting the camera! It may cause a soft reset in these circumstances.
Check it out on my website.
V

Hi,
thanks, can you make it to have a white screen so that it can be brighter?
Thanks

Make it brighter then VJLumos II (superbrite)?
I don't think so.. at least I don't know how to
V

Brighter as in, a white screen is brighter than a screen with icons or dark background. So, if you are make the screen white (totally), it will definately be brighter.

So make the screen totally white, like a torch app?
Sure, I've done that by accident a million times! Doing it for an app would be an improvement.
I think on Modaco there's a free torch app that will do the same, but you could just keep a small (1x1 pixel) jpg on your phone, view it with a photo app and zoom in until it fills the screen.
Do you really need an app to just make the screen blank?
V

PS It appears that VJLumos II won't soft reset your phone even if you enter the camera, so it might be even happier then I described.. let me know how you get on.
V

vijay555 said:
So make the screen totally white, like a torch app?
Sure, I've done that by accident a million times! Doing it for an app would be an improvement.
I think on Modaco there's a free torch app that will do the same, but you could just keep a small (1x1 pixel) jpg on your phone, view it with a photo app and zoom in until it fills the screen.
Do you really need an app to just make the screen blank?
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I would prefer a instant ON, with white screen, rather than to have to expand the pixel. And yes, turning on the camera with your program on does not cause soft-reset.

@vijay555: Do you still use the camera app or have you IDA'd your own way?
I'm asking coz I don't have the camera (hardware) installed and are wondering whether it works now for me.

Chatty - it doesn't use the camera app anymore, but it does still use hardware tricks based in the camera hardware to make the screen brighter. I couldn't say if it works on your system, I'm not sure how much hardware you removed.
Try it and tell us. But I'm not optimistic
V

It does nothing. So there's room for improvement 8)

Anyone noticed any documented effects on battery life?
It's super bright, it must be draining juice quickly. But it's worth it I think
V

Definitely sucks up battery life.
Finds my mini screen display "shivering" too.
Using PocketLCD to convert screen to white before activating your program. Waiting for you to have the white screen function. :wink:

hi
thanks again for this app. For the camera it's ok even with vjlumos loaded but when you close the camera it close vjlumos. Not a problem for me but just to let you know. I have a magician
regards

ebliss said:
I would prefer a instant ON, with white screen, rather than to have to expand the pixel. And yes, turning on the camera with your program on does not cause soft-reset.
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I'm using a Charmer (very similar to Magician), its in the factory now getting the speaker repair, will test out your program. Anyway, in most cases, I find the brightness of the device is good enough for most conditions. As a matter of fact, I'm using the lowest possible brightness. However, I do want to sometimes, use the phone as a torchlight. To do so, I will need to
Start -> Setting -> Backlight -> Brightest -> Ok
Start -> Explorer -> Find my JPG file -> Zoom Zoom Zoom
So, it would be nice to have a little program called.. vjTorch? I can call up
Start -> vjTorch
which will give me a full white screen (or some other colours - via option settings) and automatically full brightness (for cases like mine that I like to have the screen on minimal brightness)

... and vjTorch even remembers the old setting, so that "vjTorch -off" switches back to them. Having said that I look forward to pressing Voice Command key and say "start torch on" and "start torch off" :lol:

You guys can already do that can't you?
VJLumos has an -on and -off command line.
ebliss has asked for the white screen thing, which is easy to implement but will chunk out the code a little. I am little concerned about bloating the app. but I will add this as an extra command line, eg -torch (toggle)
I use my Magician more then my Universal (for which there is VJCandela of course). But VJLumos can be a stand alone "torch" for the Magician, and I really like the extra brightness...
Chatty, any luck with your hardware?
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@vijay555: You probably missed this post further up.

Chatty, I know we had no luck like this, but I thought you were investigating another solution? I think I'd have to see similar hardware to yours to know how to trace it through the software. But have a look at the linux guys - in the VJCandela threads someone posted about the particular hardware used for the torch on the Universal. If you can obtain similar info on the camera hardware for the Magician, perhaps you can hack in at a very low level.
That's beyond me though. I reach my limits on the "copy and paste" tutorial on Welcome.exe. That had me stumped for quite a while...
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[APP] Seismo - v0.12 20/09/2008

Hi,
Here is a small application which uses the accelerometer and draws a small graph. It uses the g-sensor managed DLL from Koushilk Dutta (and you'll need the .Net Compact Framework 3.5 to run this on your Diamond)
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Here is the CAB : SeismoCAB (61KB)
Edit: 20th sept. version 0.12 of my Seismosaur detector
zoom in/out with nav button (circle clockwise / counter clockwise)
close button
screen should not turn black while Seismo is running
now the scale is inverse tangent like
Have fun (though fun won't last for a long time with this )
PS: and I already know that this is silly and useless, and ugly...

nice tnx. downloading now.
(the best GODZILLA detector there is XD

Thanks in deed... I was just looking forward for this thing... Pencil is a cute user interface
Just a couple of question or feedback let's say:
-- The seismo in iphone was much more sensitive than ours... Even somebody's walking in the room was enough to disturb needle. Is it all about hardware? The response of accelerometer?
-- This lovely program is only deviating in "normal direction to screen" as far as i observed... I haven't seen a real seismograph, but is it always the case? Or should it react against the "resultant acceleration of three directions"
Thanks for the program...

Great APP, I've waited long for Seismograph for Diamond.
However it would be nice to:
1) change the pencil with the proffesional needle image?
2) make it more sensitive (or let us choose the sensitivity ),
3) prevent the screen from fading when the APP is running,
4) add some sound?,
5) add the possibilty to save the session,
6) maybe add the Richter scale meter somewhere underneath?
Heh, a long list, but I hope it will help to improve the APP

Haha... Love it!

emre_aachen said:
Thanks in deed... I was just looking forward for this thing... Pencil is a cute user interface
Just a couple of question or feedback let's say:
-- The seismo in iphone was much more sensitive than ours... Even somebody's walking in the room was enough to disturb needle. Is it all about hardware? The response of accelerometer?
-- This lovely program is only deviating in "normal direction to screen" as far as i observed... I haven't seen a real seismograph, but is it always the case? Or should it react against the "resultant acceleration of three directions"
Thanks for the program...
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I'm not sure about the sensitivity, maybe it's the scale i've used (a logarithmic one may be needed, as the iPhone version has)... I'll try some adjustments... but i'm not trying to compete with the iPhone version here nor the results can be compared. iPhone's Seismometer measures some "energy" and not the raw acceleration. Maybe they square it or they integrate it, i don't know...
You are also right: I'm only measuring "up and down" accelerations. It could also use the norm of the vector if you think that it makes more sense.

gerDiamond said:
I'm not sure about the sensitivity, maybe it's the scale i've used (a logarithmic one may be needed, as the iPhone version has)... I'll try some adjustments... but i'm not trying to compete with the iPhone version here nor the results can be compared. iPhone's Seismometer measures some "energy" and not the raw acceleration. Maybe they square it or they integrate it, i don't know...
You are also right: I'm only measuring "up and down" accelerations. It could also use the norm of the vector if you think that it makes more sense.
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Here my ideas for processing of raw data coming out of port:
1- As you've suggested, a log scale may let you magnify the result. Actually it will not magnify but it will let the output be scaled on a narrower band (visually). it means you will have a bigger space to plot data's. So you can increase the output by some constant (multiply with 10 let's say), or even maybe take the cube of the output (taking square will cause problem because negative results will turn into positive then) So we can see even the very small disturbances. and since you use log scale, big oscillations will also not be problem, they will nicely fit on your log scale.
2- Secondly norm of the vector seems like a better idea. Because we're not looking for something scientific or something based on real scales, you can use a resultant vector. The users only want to see the movement of your pencil in any case of disturbance. So sqrt(x'2+y^2+z^2) will be a more useful raw data output just before multiplying with proportional constant and scaling on log paper.
One more time thanks for your effort....

Very very very cool.
thanks very much for your time and effort
Highly appreciated.

works flawesly no probs with sensitivity HR...try to put Dia od table and you will see some vibrations even without any "seismic activity: so maybe appreciate option to stabilise common distorsions caused by HW such a very small iregular deviations...but leave to measure also this small distorsions so to do some switch...but very very amazing app...
I hate iPhone and iPhonemania but its good inspirations for all WM community

Very nice app.
Some suggestions
-exit button
-You can also do this with sound (decibel meter?)
-scale option
-real needle image
Great work so far thanks

Thanks for your feedback and suggestions, I'll try to improve this draft - I did not spend a lot of time on this as you may have guessed
I'll try first to change the scaling, find or draw a "needle" picture and have an exit button.
Stay tuned...

I was finishing my seismo program last nigth but you got ahead
Aldo my program have more features yours have a lot better interface, this was my second WM program so i think its normal, could you share the sorce code so i see how you make the graph?
And i can share my formulas white you to, i was using this web site as base to all my formulas http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/topics/measure.php
Thx in advance

Hi Ikari,
I had seen the thread where you said that you may code something, but at this time my small Seismo was already on its way...
Of course I'll post my C# solution on this thread this evening/night (European time too) when i get back home and have 5 free minutes
Feel free to use it!

where I can take .net 3.5??

==> .NET Compact Framework 3.5 Redistributable

To Ikari - and all those interested - here is a link to the current zipped solution (VS 2008):
SeismoMeter.zip (696 KB)
The few interesting things are in SeismoMain.cs...

Video of the app here.
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=1018
Surur

really cool app. kudos from me
several small questions - would it be possible to somehow save the data / the graphs?
and it'd be cool if the device didn't go to sleep after the wm-preset time...

Very nice one.. I wouldt be nice to save the graphs and for example put the phone on the table and If your girlfriend/wife took it for a few moments then put it back.. you can see that ... just an ideea

Nice app!
What to add a fullscreen mode ?

[FIX] Yellow/Green/Red White Balance fix without Root. Yellowish tint , Yellow tint

Hello all, after getting my LG G4 yesterday I have noticed the screen on my unit exhibits a yellowish tint, especially whites look too yellow for my liking. Now, because of Boot-gate I don't want to root it this early just in case ( although I have a 607 serial number so chances of that happening are significantly smaller.)
So I researched some fixes, tested some apps and came to the conclusion that this app: [url]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.uk.quickdoc.screenbalance[/URL] is the best solution if you are not rooted.
Because, unlike all other apps, it is not an overlay but rather uses the built-in accessibility service baked into android, it is much more accurate, is system wide ( so yes, the virtual buttons as well!) and is more energy efficient.
Now the problem is that functionality is pretty limited if you are not on the pro version. By any means , use ''your way'' to get the app because I love to support devs but asking 3 euros is just too much for a very simple app. Please support the developer however because without him we would not have had this amazing solution
My settings are as follows: (Please note that the screenshots are not INDICATIVE of the real thing, in real life it is much less blue.)
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Before and after ( sorry for horrible pics from TF300t lol)
Feel free to post your configuration as this is still not perfect, I would love to see them and try them out to come to that perfectly calibrated white balance
Tips and tricks: Use the LG G4's feature to pin the app, this way the app will stay even when you clear all
... ( add suggestions I will add them)
issues/Bugs
-When taking a screenshot pictures come out to a more blue/red color than they appear on screen

My screen was green with JDI panel
I set my screen like my brother's Xperia Z2 because I like the colors of it. My settings are here.
Midnight
Strength 50%
Brightness 100%
Contrast 100%

kicsy023 said:
I set my screen like my brother's Xperia Z2 because I like the colors of it. My settings are here.
Midnight
Strength 50%
Brightness 100%
Contrast 100%
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Tried it and because I have a yellow tinted screen it hasn't quite worked for me obviously. But yes indeed the xperia phones have a nice calibration on them. Funny because my reference point was my sister's Z3 on vivid mode.

Thank you for the post OP. I also bought G4 Dual sim variant few days back, and found my phone's display has reddish/pinkish tint, which is more visible on white background and in low brightness.
I have installed the app u mentioned, and it is so far working good. I still haven't found thr ebst setrings for red tint, trying out different ones, but the one i m using right now is (see screenshot below)

TheRebel said:
Thank you for the post OP. I also bought G4 Dual sim variant few days back, and found my phone's display has reddish/pinkish tint, which is more visible on white background and in low brightness.
I have installed the app u mentioned, and it is so far working good. I still haven't found thr ebst setrings for red tint, trying out different ones, but the one i m using right now is (see screenshot below)
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My pleasure. To quickly respond to the question you asked me about the RGB values, the presets (midnight etc.) are actually values that are being composed using the RGB sliders. Using the RGB sliders will give you more control and will potentially allow you to calibrate the display to almost perfect (basically as good as the panel can be so don't expect any miracles).
However this will take a lot of time so I'll just stick with the presets for now.

Xdekker said:
My pleasure. To quickly respond to the question you asked me about the RGB values, the presets (midnight etc.) are actually values that are being composed using the RGB sliders. Using the RGB sliders will give you more control and will potentially allow you to calibrate the display to almost perfect (basically as good as the panel can be so don't expect any miracles).
However this will take a lot of time so I'll just stick with the presets for now.
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Have u noticed some stuttering and lag with this app enabled? Or this app has nothing to do with lags etc. Like i notice some stuttering while scrolling in apps like Twitter, fb etc. And even scrolling through recent apps, it stutters/lags at times.

TheRebel said:
Have u noticed some stuttering and lag with this app enabled? Or this app has nothing to do with lags etc. Like i notice some stuttering while scrolling in apps like Twitter, fb etc. And even scrolling through recent apps, it stutters/lags at times.
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The only issues I know of are
- When taking a screenshot the value is calculated over the original value rather than the value you actually see on-screen. This results in a blueish/yellowish/reddish picture.
- When an app wants to be granted a permission the app needs to be paused( I do not now if this is because of safety reasons imposed by google or if it's because of the dev.)

TheRebel said:
Have u noticed some stuttering and lag with this app enabled? Or this app has nothing to do with lags etc. Like i notice some stuttering while scrolling in apps like Twitter, fb etc. And even scrolling through recent apps, it stutters/lags at times.
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Off-Topic
I think this has to do with the animation scale LG sets as default. Enable developer options and set all to ×1.0

32.3.A.0.372 (Nougat) is released

According to Xperifirm, the Nougat update is now available for Xperia Z5C!! Customized AU for E5823.
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iArvee said:
According to Xperifirm, the Nougat update is now available for Xperia Z5C!! Customized AU for E5823.
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Thanks for the heads up!
Flashing now. Been waiting for this to decide whether or not I dump this overheating brick.

anyone tried to patch the new kernel ?

Just got prompted for the OTA.

spyvsspy said:
anyone tried to patch the new kernel ?
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Let's wait for the Devs :angel:

Is anyone flashed successfully??? Please post screenshots..

Yay, I just got OTA notification as I woke up. The download size is 1,259.9MBs.
New features in attached photo:
I will post my experience as it's installed.

Just finished downloading the FTF through Flashtool/XperiFirm. Will flash in a moment and report back if noone else beats me to it (most likely someone will )

Ok, early feedback from the AU build
Fingerprint reader is lightning fast, most noticeable change on first boot - Just wow.
Whole phone seems considerably more fluid, a lot less lags and stutters - that said, my MM build was in a bit of a state and had become very slow!
Currently investigating the new stamina options:
"Battery time preferred" slows the whole phone to a crawl. It disables the "big" cores, disables a bunch of features, and reduces display brightness - not pleasant to use at all. A bit TOO heavy handed in my opinion. nb. It seems you need to reboot after changing FROM this mode to reactivate the big cores??
"balanced" mode does introduce a lot of micro stutter throughout the UI, less noticable if you disable animations from the developer menu, but I still wouldn't recommend using this option all the time.
Performance preferred" option seems a good compromise. The battery life estimate jumped up by about 25% compared with disabled, and is barely noticable in general use - I may leave this enabled 24/7 if all is well.
New options in the camera include timer and also the object tracking on Superior Auto, ported from the Xperia X series - a welcome surprise.
Nougat's new notification mechanism is a good improvement, I like that change a lot. There are more interactive options in the notifications themselves, and they can be long pressed to expose further options still, such as removing a notification from lock screen, setting them to "icon only" and other such things.
I'm still not delighted by the heat this thing puts out, on my phone previously on MM I've seen battery temp in the very high 40's when browsing over 4g, and even 52c once playing Pokemon GO.......this is borderline dangerous quite frankly! A geekbench run on Nougat saw me into mid 40s, so looks like no improvement there.

Please anyone do a video review (i wonder if you can still do a screen video) < one example
multi windows i guess replacing miniapps,
i wonder if they remove call recorder (voice machine)
and benchmark test! strees\heat
it will be the last version (if we lucky maybe 7.1)

Awesome!!! No idea when Bulgaria gets it but I am already hyped.

Hi,
replied inline to answer some of your questions - I can't do a proper "review" now as I am at work!
Superrman said:
Please anyone do a video review (i wonder if you can still do a screen video) < one example Yes, screen recording is still there, as is screenshot
multi windows i guess replacing miniapps, Multiscreen is alive and well - a bit pointless on our tiny screen mind you. Strangely, small apps is a selectable option in the task switcher screen. It opens a new menu screen which list the small apps. I little clunky, but maintains small apps for those who use them I guess.
i wonder if they remove call recorder (voice machine) - Sorry, not sure what you mean here. I don't recall having any stock call recorder? I use a third party solution and that seems to work ok.
and benchmark test! strees\heat No notable change in my initial fiddling. I expect it may be possible to tune the heat/performance with the new stamina options if you so wish. I'm currently testing the "performance preferred" option of stamina mode, and that doesn't seem to do much (anything?) in terms of CPU throttling. The GPU frequency readout seems broken in floating monitors (nougat issue?) so can't tell what its doing there till tool is updated
it will be the last version (if we lucky maybe 7.1)
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Is there much difference between the NOBA and AU releases? I like the idea of no NFC icon which is part of NOBA, wondered if there is anything else I should consider?

Can anyone with the Z5C Nougat post some screens with the new notification bar and Recent apps view (I wonder if the "clear all" button is still there), possibly multitasking in action too? Thanks!

There's now a video at top of the update screen showing new features https://youtu.be/OiZqtQ7HBlc
The download speed I'm getting at the moment, it might take few days to download
Is there a way to get the OTA to download on mobile data? As soon as I turn off Wi-Fi, download is paused. I think it will be faster over LTE data.
Sent from my E5803 using Tapatalk

chall3ng3r said:
There's now a video at top of the update screen showing new features https://youtu.be/OiZqtQ7HBlc
The download speed I'm getting at the moment, it might take few days to download
Is there a way to get the OTA to download on mobile data? As soon as I turn off Wi-Fi, download is paused. I think it will be faster over LTE data.
Sent from my E5803 using Tapatalk
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Ah, sweet, hadn't noticed that. Definitely looks pretty good. I'm hoping it's not buggy, or at least has mostly negligible bugs.

brokich said:
Can anyone with the Z5C Nougat post some screens with the new notification bar and Recent apps view (I wonder if the "clear all" button is still there), possibly multitasking in action too? Thanks!
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Yes, clear all button is still there, but it's been moved to top right. (next to small apps button)

oh and i just flashed to the last MM version tonight :/
now we gotta wait for a root method

brokich said:
Can anyone with the Z5C Nougat post some screens with the new notification bar and Recent apps view (I wonder if the "clear all" button is still there), possibly multitasking in action too? Thanks!
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Not sure multitask is working on our device (I didn't find anything in settings)

Quick thoughts after an hour or so of usage. It feels more smooth. The notifications are nice. The battery seems ok so far,need to use it for a few days i guess.
Split Screen is working fine for me and I havent actually noticed any lag while no battery care functions turned on.
Clear all button is there right up at the top.
Double tap switches between the last two apps quickly.
My Ringtone and Media Volume is stuffed. Can anyone else check that on their device? The volume is loud for a millisecond and then it dies right down to a painfully low level.

OPPO Find X5 Review: Part 3 - ColorOS Features

Intro​Welcome to the last Part 3 of my OPPO Find X5 review! In this last part I would like to go over my favourite ColorOS 12 features as well as some things I wish it included.
Table of contents​
Part 1: Build Quality & Design, Performance & Gaming, Display
Part 2: Camera, Battery
Part 3: ColorOS Features (Currently reading)
At the end of each part I will also include the conclusion of the part and the index for navigation.
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ColorOS Features​Overall I really do enjoy the experience of ColorOS 12 on the Find X5. The system feels very refined and smooth. While I do prefer a system that is closer to stock Android, or similar I did like all the extra features ColorOS bright. Also especially with the 120hz enabled this is a great user experience as you would want to expect from this high performance chip and display.
Lock screen​Lockscreen has a very minimal design and is useful with customisable quick access buttons. I have mine configured to a payment card and camera. I especially like that you can swipe up to the pin code, and from there can swipe up again to get back to fingerprint unlock. Another good detail is after 72hr you are required to enter your pin if you only have been using your fingerprint so you do not forget it.
Notifications shade​Pulling down the notification shade, either from the lock or home screen allows for a very convenient access to the quick access toggles which also are super customisable. I enjoy small details such as a blurry background, nice font spacing and a very easy overview. For example when toggling on the flashlight you get a notification that easily lets you disable it, or enable it. Something that did take getting used to however was the way you dismiss notifications: Using other devices it was common to simply swipe to the right to dismiss, but on ColorOS you always get the settings toggle and bin icon, forcing you to stop the swipe and initiate a second longer swipe. This can be avoided by swiping left, it dismisses the notification immediately, but I found it a bit odd. Example: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ipMmiCtBAJCHU16M8
Extra features​Furthermore the system has a lot of powerful features built into it such as flexible windows, a feature I found particularly useful when multitasking. It allows you to pop over small windows of apps such as chrome, calculator, etc. These can even be combined while watching YouTube picture in picture.
Widgets & Homescreen​Most widgets that are available in Android 12 are present, which also comes with the Material You colour theming. What I noticed however there are still some bugs with for example the official google clock widget not scaling properly, or the missing google weather widget. For other widgets I had no issues. Example: https://photos.app.goo.gl/LyCHWwc6J4HwVyCS7 However, this can be resolved by using a different launcher. In Lawnchair I had no widget issues.
Another ColorOS specific thing I have noticed, is that you cannot swipe up on widgets on the home screen. While this is not a big issue for me it can be a slight inconvenience as I like to access the app drawer from anywhere on the homescreen and having a widget placed at the bottom area where your thumb rests makes it slightly harder to open.
Customisation​My first customisation was to disable the search to allow for access to swipe down to the notification shade. Swipe up to enter the app drawer. My only issue I encountered was that you can not swipe up/down to enter either when you initiate the tap from a widget. Instead you scroll inside the widget view, which can be a bit irritating but is easy to get used to.
Customisation doesn't stop there, you can long press to enter the edit mode and change everything from the layout grid such as 3x5 to 5x6 and also transitions which have a few choices such as roll, cube, flip, card and tilt. Of course you can also access the widget drawer, change wallpapers or icons.
Unfortunately one thing I was missing from the customisation was in the icon field: there is no support for material you icon theming or system colour palette choosing. Supported apps are able to pick the colours from the wallpaper but it sadly ends there. For me this would have been very nice to have, as it allows for even more personalisation which has so far been great!
Haptics​Other details I really did enjoy were the great use of the built in haptics engine, which provided a very satisfying feedback when scrolling to the end, using sliders in the system such as the volume or brightness, or while typing.
Bonus​A bonus feature that I did enjoy a lot was when using my OPPO Enco Buds, they immediately connected each time and when opening the case you get a pop up view showing the battery status of each earbud and the case. It’s similar to what AirPods do and seeing this built into the system is extremely cool! Unfortunately, when using other buds such as the Galaxy ones you do not get any pop up animation and need to rely on the galaxy app, or use the widget to see the battery status of each bud individually.
​Conclusion Part 3​Overall I did really enjoy ColorOS, it's well optimised and in my opinion adds a bunch of extra features that are helpful, a bit unexpected which feels innovative and runs overall smoothly. There are also a lot tweaks done to make things easier which I did quite like such as extra customisation. But also a few things did bother me such as not a full integration of Material You theming and how the launcher handles widgets or certain interaction patterns like notifications. However these smaller details are things that I could get used to and was able to enjoy the experience it provides!
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