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I think american users must be still asleep?
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I'm in the us with a us amazon version and still Haven't received the update. So when I do, sure I'll give a review as well as a flashable version.
Moto Gee :-¢
davwman said:
I'm in the us with a us amazon version and still Haven't received the update. So when I do, sure I'll give a review as well as a flashable version.
Moto Gee :-¢
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As they should be.
Moto Gee :-¢
davwman said:
I'm in the us with a us amazon version and still Haven't received the update. So when I do, sure I'll give a review as well as a flashable version.
Moto Gee :-¢
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i tried the guide which helped you flash the us sw on the EU version of the device, and it worked. I was running the US version for 1 day, tried updating, nothing worked, i kept it for about 26 hrs and no update popped up, i would've pulled the update and uploaded it. Now i returned to the EU version so i can benefit from the update when it rolls our for the EU versions. I can't say i'm disappointed, moto G is an awesome device, cant wait for january
I'll give my impressions once I actually get KitKat. I pre-ordered the US GSM model direct from Motorola, and I live right smack dab in the middle of the USA.....no update yet. =(
Improvements in camera ?
Any improvements in camera in this update ?
bharath78910 said:
Any improvements in camera in this update ?
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I doubt it, good cameras come from using good quality lenses and sensors, motorola skimped in the camera hardware for the price point knowing that most ppl just upload to facebook or ruin with instagram.
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Any improvements in camera in this update ?
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The camera is much faster and the pictures seem to come out sharper with better focus.
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just updated
phone seems to be a little bit snappier. but cant really compare yet as i just got the phone today, and updated after unlocking the BL and root. also i think a new addition in the cloud print option. camera is way better than JB (rear)
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I doubt it, good cameras come from using good quality lenses and sensors, motorola skimped in the camera hardware for the price point knowing that most ppl just upload to facebook or ruin with instagram.
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The camera is most certainly improved with KitKat. The pictures seems to be much sharper than before.
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PottsyNZ said:
I doubt it, good cameras come from using good quality lenses and sensors, motorola skimped in the camera hardware for the price point knowing that most ppl just upload to facebook or ruin with instagram.
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Nice try. There is nothing wrong with the camera hardware in this phone. There has been some sort of aggressive software filter that blurred the photos in 4.3 but it is fixed in kitkat. Perhaps you should see for yourself next time.
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Anyone got before-after pictures to compare?
I have a XT1033 and after updating to kitkat I got no SIM signal..
So, got back to 4.3...
Just updated my Moto G, but the Google now command "OK Google" doesn't work from outside Google Now. I have to click on the button first to enter now, and then it works. Wonder if this feature is disabled on Moto G, or if I'm doing something wrong. Was kinda excited to be able to use my phone completely hands-free while driving etc.
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Just updated my Moto G, but the Google now command "OK Google" doesn't work from outside Google Now. I have to click on the button first to enter now, and then it works. Wonder if this feature is disabled on Moto G, or if I'm doing something wrong. Was kinda excited to be able to use my phone completely hands-free while driving etc.
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The always listening feature is Moto X only, unless i dont understand what you are asking for
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endesmus said:
Just updated my Moto G, but the Google now command "OK Google" doesn't work from outside Google Now. I have to click on the button first to enter now, and then it works. Wonder if this feature is disabled on Moto G, or if I'm doing something wrong. Was kinda excited to be able to use my phone completely hands-free while driving etc.
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I believe that if you get the GEL (Google Experience Launcher), it should work.
rogeriorp said:
I believe that if you get the GEL (Google Experience Launcher), it should work.
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Thanks it works now but not when the phone is inactive (black screen). I heard that Moto X can wake up at "OK Google" even when inactive, and I was hoping installing Kitkat would introduce this feature to Moto G, but I suppose I was wrong.
Thanks anyway!
^^that is MOTO X *ONLY* feature known as Touchless controls, which uses special X8 core on soc to always listen from you
However devs will never sit quitely
We have Open Mic+ and Utter!
Try those apps.
After watching several videos about how awesome this thing is online, I was hooked and totally ready to buy one. However, after reading around, I've noticed some people saying that you can accidentally shut off the screen with the magnet on cardboard. Does anybody own cardboard that can confirm this is in fact an issue? I'm ready to buy this thing, however, that's holding me back. Thanks!
Why would you buy one? There are free plans online to make your own.
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Why would you buy one? There are free plans online to make your own.
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I think the OP probably means a kit. I've ordered a kit (ie card template, magnets, nfc tag and lenses) for not much more than the lenses on their own.
With regards to the OP's question, I'll let you know next week as I hope to build it this weekend.
Yes it works wonders on my M8 GPE! No issues whatsoever.
100% of the functionality is there and works correctly
SolarTrans said:
Yes it works wonders on my M8 GPE! No issues whatsoever.
100% of the functionality is there and works correctly
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Can you load in HTC camera photo spheres or does it only work with the ones created by android camera?
If so how?
Thanks!
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Can you load in HTC camera photo spheres or does it only work with the ones created by android camera?
If so how?
Thanks!
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I only have the Google Camera since I have the GPE phone, so I'm not sure.
I have a feeling it will work, though.
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I only have the Google Camera since I have the GPE phone, so I'm not sure.
I have a feeling it will work, though.
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It doesn't seem to recognize them. Ive tried changing the name to match that, and make sure its in the same folder as ones from android camera.
Not sure what its looking for. It loads up any i've taken with android camera fine.
I have some cool ones from htc camera of places ill probably never go again and would love to check them out with this.
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It doesn't seem to recognize them. Ive tried changing the name to match that, and make sure its in the same folder as ones from android camera.
Not sure what its looking for. It loads up any i've taken with android camera fine.
I have some cool ones from htc camera of places ill probably never go again and would love to check them out with this.
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Yeah I did one on a dirt road in the redwood forests of California and it's great to see through Cardboard!
Probably a different format used by the Android camera I'm guessing, so that could be the issue.
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Following up to answer my own question.
Changing the name, and moving the htc camera photo spheres into the same folder as the google ones worked, it just needed to be reloaded.
the name format is PANO_{DATE}_{Image number}.jpg
example PANO_20140718_12345.jpg
teylewr said:
Following up to answer my own question.
Changing the name, and moving the htc camera photo spheres into the same folder as the google ones worked, it just needed to be reloaded.
the name format is PANO_{DATE}_{Image number}.jpg
example PANO_20140718_12345.jpg
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Glad you got it working! It would make sense that the Cardboard app just looked it one folder for the panoramas.
Smart thinking !
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So does the Google Cardboard only work with GPE? I've read that the dotview would come on because of the magnet on the Cardboard. And you have to root the phone to disable it...
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So does the Google Cardboard only work with GPE? I've read that the dotview would come on because of the magnet on the Cardboard. And you have to root the phone to disable it...
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Yes i too want to know this..there is no video either. Does stock HTC M8 work with google cardboard or does it trigger the htc dot view?
Should work
I don't see why it wouldn't work on stock htc m8.. I had ATT sense with the dot view case, switched to GPE and the dot view case works the same way. Even the same features. So since dot view works with GPE fine and GPE users have confirmed that cardboard works, cardboard should work with sense as well.
Ok thanks for the input..will buy cardboard now
It definitely works on a stock M8.
The magnet doesnt seem to do anything for me. I push it down and release it to select an option in the cardboard app. But it doesnt select anything. Nothing happens. Can someone help?!
Make sure you do it in one quick movement down and back up or it won't make a selection.
Just wanted to say that sincr i updated my GPE M8 to lollipop, the magbetic switch stopped working. Worked 100% perfect before though so i hope there is some update that will fix this.
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Just wanted to say that sincr i updated my GPE M8 to lollipop, the magbetic switch stopped working. Worked 100% perfect before though so i hope there is some update that will fix this.
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Oh really? I didn't get my cardboard until after I updated to 5.0, so I just assumed the magnet switch didn't work on the M8, google even list it as so.
That's interesting then...
Whats even further interesting is that the magbetic switch works with some apps. The hobbit VR experience works with the magnetic switch while others dont
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...-apps-ready-download-apk-mirror-apk-download/
New Gallery, Camera, OTA, Voice and others.
Only one that would not install for me was Contextual services, which I think is a Moto G/X 2013 only app.
Camera and Gallery have new stock. icons!
I installed all fine (except Contextual Services) and everything works. I am not responsible if something happens to ur device....:good:
Moto Voice app is a lower version so not necessary.
Careful with AP's link to moto voice. It's a 6 version number and the current is 7.0.13.1. The current one is lower on the apk mirror page. Strange though, I already had that installed...
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Careful with AP's link to moto voice. It's a 6 version number and the current is 7.0.13.1. The current one is lower on the apk mirror page. Strange though, I already had that installed...
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Exactly, is a lower version than the actual we have installed, I think thats because all these apps are compatible with Moto x 2013.
Thanks. OP updated
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Careful with AP's link to moto voice. It's a 6 version number and the current is 7.0.13.1. The current one is lower on the apk mirror page. Strange though, I already had that installed...
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If you look on that dl page it shows that there is a newer version available, v 7.0.13.1.
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If you look on that dl page it shows that there is a newer version available, v 7.0.13.1.
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Yes, but us 2014 moto folks already had that version (at least on lollipop).
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Yes, but us 2014 moto folks already had that version (at least on lollipop).
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Yup , just saw that now, my apologies.
I installed all of the updates on my VZW 2014 moto X running lollipop. All installed just fine. Two issues appear resolved: the attentive display seems to be working and the camera is much improved. Hopefully, others can confirm this.
I'll test the Camera out today. I use Camera+ though, so can't see myself going back to stock. But its worth a shot, plus I like the new icon.
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I installed all of the updates on my VZW 2014 moto X running lollipop. All installed just fine. Two issues appear resolved: the attentive display seems to be working and the camera is much improved. Hopefully, others can confirm this.
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What kind of improvements did you find in the camera?
The only improvement I've seen in the update for the camera is that the front facing camera doesn't lag as bad in low light. I haven't noticed better picture quality. It's still sub par in low light and decent in good lighting.
when will the be in the play store?
I believe these were meant for soak testers.
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I believe these were meant for soak testers.
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Regarding the camera, I perceive there to be a difference in the focus and capture speed. But, I have no empirical evidence.
Yeah I noticed a speed improvement as well.
Sigh I was hoping this was gonna be the big camera update like the one the moto x 2013 got last year
Seems the download links are down. Any alternative links?
sha_tan said:
Seems the download links are down. Any alternative links?
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Motorola has removed all links
And knowing moto, how much do you want to bet that those of us whom already downloaded and installed the apps, will have to uninstall them to get the new official ones....
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And knowing moto, how much do you want to bet that those of us whom already downloaded and installed the apps, will have to uninstall them to get the new official ones....
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Makes no sense, they do have the same signature therefore will be identified as official for further updates.
I did install both the Moto and camera apps, glad it fixed attentive display at least.
I've been waiting this phone for many months, but now reading through the specs again, I just realized that it seems to only have magnetometer in US. Motorola UK, France, Spain or Germany don't mention this sensor...
Is that correct? Will the EU version not have magnetometer? If so, what a fail... screwed Google Maps
Yes that is correct.
But Navigation will still work.
With car Navigation you wont be having any issues.
Foot Navigation could get tricky because it wont show you the direction arrow.
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I've been waiting this phone for many months, but now reading through the specs again, I just realized that it seems to only have magnetometer in US. Motorola UK, France, Spain or Germany don't mention this sensor...
Is that correct? Will the EU version not have magnetometer? If so, what a fail... screwed Google Maps
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Hey, are you going to get the phone from Europe? If so, where do you plan to buy it from? I'm from Europe so I'm looking for a good shop to buy from.
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Hey, are you going to get the phone from Europe? If so, where do you plan to buy it from? I'm from Europe so I'm looking for a good shop to buy from.
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honestly... I don't know if I'll get it... I've had compass since my first Android back in 2011, and although I don't use Google Maps so often, when I'm in places I've never been, it's very handy to know where exactly am I and in what direction I am looking at.
anyway, if I finally buy it, it'll be in Amazon.
hi guys !
Well i'm also interested for the g5 plus but the only thing that makes me reconsider it is that it doesn't have a compass, but i wanted to ask is there a possibility that the European includes the compass as a hardware and through a custom rom activate it ?
another option was to buy the us version but i don't know the bands will work in Europe (i checked them and 2 to 3 bands are different for Europe)
best regards !
You should re-consider this phone. I am probably going to return mine. I never checked that spec because I didn't think anyone would design a phone these days without a compass. The nfc is a nice to have but I would gladly trade it for a compass.
I use it quite often with maps for navigation in my car and for playing Ingress and it works very good.
GPS fix is very fast and precise (better than my Xperia Z2) and while driving it always "looks" in the right direction, I never miss on roundabouts for example. Still, while NOT moving it is impossible to know in what direction you're looking, I don't care but for your usage case you will have to use landmarks to see in what direction you're looking (and the sun also helps)
Yup, eliminating compass sensor is a bummer, but still navigation works fine, still having a compass sensor would have been helpful.
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artdog said:
You should re-consider this phone. I am probably going to return mine. I never checked that spec because I didn't think anyone would design a phone these days without a compass. The nfc is a nice to have but I would gladly trade it for a compass.
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They seem to do this with every model now. Why does the Euro phone need NFC but the US phone doesn't. Why does the US phone get a magnometer and the European model doesn't. They even did stuff like that going back to the 2nd gen phones. I don't understand their thinking at all.
To make the phone cheaper to build. Personally I don't care for a compass and I've never used NFC neither.
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To make the phone cheaper to build. Personally I don't care for a compass and I've never used NFC neither.
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I really don't need either also. I have a Samsung Gear S3 watch that I enabled NFC on and never used it, so I disabled it.
NFC.... that's the main reason I got this phone
What's the reason for my country? Do not have a compass. Maybe looking for another model. At the same price It is not a difficult choice. It's very strange that you do not put a compass on the phone because some countries do not need it, you're wrong.
Why does your country need it?
I'd rather have NFC, i love being able to pay for stuff using my phone, it is really convenient.
Do you know, If compass is necessary for photosphere in Google camera or StreetView to work?
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Do you know, If compass is necessary for photosphere in Google camera or StreetView to work?
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Gyroscope is needed for photosphere but maps requires compass
Thanks. I thought that maybe it will require compass to get orientation of the photo, although it is not necessary like gyro.
But what do you mean that maps require compass? I already had some devices without it and maps worked, just didn't show direction to North.
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Thanks. I thought that maybe it will require compass to get orientation of the photo, although it is not necessary like gyro.
But what do you mean that maps require compass? I already had some devices without it and maps worked, just didn't show direction to North.
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Maps will work just fine without compass. Compass will only show the exact direction which the device is facing faster than the e-compass we have does. Still manageable though, isn't it? Infact, I've been using offline navigation for a couple of days now with cached data and using only GPS while driving and I haven't had a bad time with the Maps app ever.
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Maps will work just fine without compass. Compass will only show the exact direction which the device is facing faster than the e-compass we have does. Still manageable though, isn't it? Infact, I've been using offline navigation for a couple of days now with cached data and using only GPS while driving and I haven't had a bad time with the Maps app ever.
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Compass is good if you are outdoor doing tracking or what else. In everyday life this is not a problem. GPS while driving your car works very well, by foot you'll have some issue but after some steps and with more than 3 satellites giving your position you can use GPS even by feet.
By the way IMHO it's so stupid this lack. Can't understand, it's like the led for notifications. You have it but you don't leave users to manage it... Non sense. I bought it just for the great price/quality. Very good specs for almost 200€.
So we all know the s20 series has had problems with auto focus especially in the ultra that one was really jacked up. I have the regular galaxy s20 and also have autofocus problems. I have done numerous things to try to make it better I even did a full reset which I normally never do because I would just clear cache and data of said app and it would clear things up. but not this time autofocus was hit or miss for sure and problematic. And for a $1,000 device this Just is not right and don't cut it for me... shoot my old one plus seven pro had better autofocus! and that thing was like 600 bucks. Anyway I am pleased to say that with this new update it is pretty much 100% autofocus is much faster, actually really fast. and 10 out of 10 for me focused instantly. hopefully I don't get in trouble for this if I have to take it down mods just let me know.
https://youtu.be/GMdPryCr-AI
Did TMo already drop it?!?
stevessvt said:
Did TMo already drop it?!?
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Auto update hasn't hit the US. Maybe we'll see it combined with a June security
update soon.
Edit: I see it is hitting T-mobile and other US carriers this morning, but still with May security patch. US unlocked got ATD1 at the beginning of the month, not sure if T-mobile ever got that one, or just skipped straight to ATE6.
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Did TMo already drop it?!?
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Yes t-mobile dropped the update. Just updated mine Friday night May 22nd at 11pm. And I gotta say this update definitely improved on the camera auto focus. And for me it definitely boosted up my battery.
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Auto update hasn't hit the US. Maybe we'll see it combined with a June security
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This just came in, installing now, is very fast, the fingerprint is very fast, this update size is 462 mb For the S20 Ultra on T Mobile G988U
Definitely noticing better auto focus after the update.
Now I'm looking forward to Samsung's promised update to allow native gestures to be used on 3rd party launchers. Wish I weren't so anal about small quirks of the gestures that FNG has but the native gestures are the best IMO.
Man, I hate this. I'm on an unlocked s20 ultra and tmobile somehow pushed it out before Samsung does.
Yep def improved some things with this update....things i have found are the auto focus is blazing fast now and seems like fingerprint is a tad quicker....also idk if its me or what but sound seems to have improved coming out of the speakers for sure
After T-Mobile ATE6, my Samsung Keyboard forcloses. Anyone having this issue? I had to use voice command to download GBoard from Playstore because I wasn't able to type anything at all. Matter fact, the keyboard itself doesn't pop up. I've also wiped cache and deleted data through apps. Galaxy store says it's version 5.0.21.0
the blinking light on screen when on a phone call is also gone but the Proximity is working fine.
did anybody check on that?
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and sprint
ray_longo said:
After T-Mobile ATE6, my Samsung Keyboard forcloses. Anyone having this issue? I had to use voice command to download GBoard from Playstore because I wasn't able to type anything at all. Matter fact, the keyboard itself doesn't pop up. I've also wiped cache and deleted data through apps. Galaxy store says it's version 5.0.21.0
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Have not had that issue.
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After T-Mobile ATE6, my Samsung Keyboard forcloses. Anyone having this issue? I had to use voice command to download GBoard from Playstore because I wasn't able to type anything at all. Matter fact, the keyboard itself doesn't pop up. I've also wiped cache and deleted data through apps. Galaxy store says it's version 5.0.21.0
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Do you have a custom theme or something installed?
I had this issue and it was due to hex theme. I recompiled the theme again and it started working fine.
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Do you have a custom theme or something installed?
I had this issue and it was due to hex theme. I recompiled the theme again and it started working fine.
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That's exactly what was wrong with it. I did have hex theme installed. Thanks!
Has anyone uploaded the T-Mobile version anywhere?
AhsanU said:
Definitely noticing better auto focus after the update.
Now I'm looking forward to Samsung's promised update to allow native gestures to be used on 3rd party launchers. Wish I weren't so anal about small quirks of the gestures that FNG has but the native gestures are the best IMO.
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Type this in adb connected to s20 ultra while on home screen. I use nova launcher and native gesture at the same time. You'll have to do it again if you change the navigation type in settings or if you restart the device.
adb shell cmd overlay enable com.android.internal.systemui.navbar.gestural →
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Frija has it
This sounds like a game changer.
Hopefully SM-G988U1 users will get it soon!
So I converted my US unlocked to T-Mobile version (never thought I’d ever say that! Lol) and yes, it’s so much better now. Camera snaps to focus very quickly. Night shot seems better also.
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If you're talking about the update, the latest U1 is pretty much the same as the latest t-mobile update.
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At least for the Ultra, an easy way to know they aren't the same: the current ATD1 software on the unlocked phone doesn't have the new macro prompt. ATD1 has been out for a month, the new improvements in ATE6 just surfaced in the past week. But ATD1 did roll out with the May security update already, I expect unlocked will get the improvements of ATE6 with June security in a week or so.