I was wondering if there is a way to use the camera on my Fire HD 10 with Alexa show mode. I am mainly thinking along the lines of having the camera available for drop in calls to my other Alexa devices and possibly to use as a security camera. I just got off the phone with Amazon and they said no one has asked them this question before and that the feature is not available. They said they would pass along the idea to their developers for possible use in a future update. So, I am just wondering if anyone else has thought of this and if there may be a work around for now. Thanks in advance.
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Greetings folks -
After spending countless hours compares various tablets (Ipad4, Nexus 10, Asus, etc.) I decided to go w/ the Nexus 10 - and I'm not going to lie, one of the many intriguing aspects of selecting an Android 4.0+ OS device was being able to use the 'face unlock' and 'liveness check' as a quick unlocking tool (I'm well aware of the short-comings of these features, it still just intrigues me).
After fiddling around w/ my Nexus 10 for 2 days, I decided to go into settings and enable that feature. Lo and behold, it was nowhere to be found. I confirmed that my unit was running the latest version of the OS and then called in the support center to figure out was going on. Surprisingly enough, I was the first person to ever call in regarding this - but it turns out that Face Unlock is currently NOT SUPPORTED at all on the Nexus 10. For some older Tablets w/VGA cameras, but that had still upgraded to 4.0, Google intentionally made Face Unlock inaccessible due fear that the poor camera resolution would render it obsolete. How on earth could that be the case with the Nexus 10 and its 1.9 MP front facing camera?
I'm curious to know if anybody knows anything regarding an estimated release date of this feature - and rather if Google has decided to scrap it all together? I feel like the Nexus 10 should be running the most powerful, up-to-date version of the OS available so I find it puzzling that this has been left off.
I realize this is a tiny feature; however, it's something I looked forward to being able to use.
Thanks in advance!
Stock 4.2 and 4.2.1 on the Nexus 10 have Face Unlock under security. It even is an option when the tablet is encrypted, which is new in 4.2, I think.
Weird - working fine on my stock 16 nexus 10. Are you sure you're looking at the right settings. You want security then screen unlock.
It definitely, works, and always has done, as has been said, it's under security, lock screen.
If your rom does not have face unlock option and your device is rooted
Grab the FaceLock.apk from any other rom having this future
Push the file to /system/apps/ and correct the permissions to 644
Reboot and you will have facelock option in lockscreen options
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda
As the title suggests, I'm trying to use alexa on the Fire HD 8 6th Gen, but even with parental controls disabled and the latest firmware, it still won't activate. Can anybody tell me why this is happening, and hopefully a fix?
hope u found the answer ... mine is **** too ...
Quick question are you holding down the circle activate her?
Reason I ask is i didn't realize she only worked that way.
Also she doesn't work on my hd 8 with the play store loaded in. Works fine in the unmodified 7 though
laura
Having cut the cord in the middle of last year I've been running a Fire TV to for some time but haven't been completely satisfied. I am more involved with the Google ecosystem than the Amazon ecosystem using Google Play Music and the Play Store and the like.
My device will be hardwired like everything else in my entertainment center and had a few questions.
1. I root most everything that I buy Android but I did not on my Amazon Fire TV 2. Why would I want to root the shield Pro?
2. This will be my first Shield device, any suggestions or tricks that I should know? I am reading through this forum but I figured beginner's tips for a long time Android User might be helpful.
3. I haven't been able to find anything out about the Google Assistant update coming out yet. Has anyone heard an approximate date for it?
4. Same as number three but about the Samsung SmartThings dongle?
Thanks everybody.
Some threads I would recommend you read up on might be, (or cover).
SSD Migration. Not so much for replacing the SSHD with a SSD, but to make a backup of it! This will likely prove to be one of the smartest things you could do especially if you plan on rooting. In case you ever run into Problems.
Two rooting on the Shield is a kind of miss the only benefit I ever got from it was being able to add Unofficial Channels inside Plex. The biggest reason for me to want to root anything would be to use AdAway. Now I guessing it's the way AndroidTV is setup over normal Android. But, FWIW AdAway just does not do its job of blocking Ads on a sideloaded Chrome Browser at all.
Again depending on which side of the curve you are on with 4k UHD, you will have problems loading up TWRP on the Shield TV. At least this is the case with most reports here, and myself included.
Continuing you could just replace the stock recovery with TWRP, and that would work.. 'Till you get hit with an OTA Update where it's expecting to use the Stock Recovery, and will eventually loop itself without it. If you found yourself with a Shield in late January in that situation. You'd have noted that nVIDIA were lax to release a working v5.x Recovery Image. So you used the one from v3.3.0, and now your bricked!
This is why I suggest you really dig into the SSD Migration Thread(s), in Order to create a clone image of the local HDD first.
I would also add that you probably should ONLY ever fastboot boot recovery TWRP-*.img, and NEVER! fastboot flash recovery TWRP-*.img
But, unless you need Unofficial Channels on Plex, and theres nothing there that isn't already on Kodi. There doesn't seem to be any real compelling reason to root the Shield. And in all fairness I regret having done it now.
That's about 110% of what I was looking for. Thank you.
I am having an issue with screen sharing. It has always worked before today. Right now, when i screen share I get a black screen on both of my smart tvs. If i am playing a video I can still hear the sound. Also, if i share to my tv through youtube it works fine. If i share to my tv through the stock gallery app it also displays a picture. If i share to my tv using the stock video app it also displays fine. The issue only occurs when I use the screen sharing app itself to mirror the phone to the tv.
I have tried restarting the phone, pulling the battery, restarting the tvs, pulling the power wire for tvs from wall and restarting tv that way and I also tried restarting my router. I cannot figure this out and was wondering if anyone else has run into this issue and maybe has a fix. Thanks in advance.
Also, my phone is completely stock.
Did you install a security update from Verizon recently? I have an Lg v20 and am having a similar problem.
Sorry, hadn't had anyone reply to the thread so figured it was a lost cause. Im on at&t and yes I do remember getting a security update prior to this occuring. Still havent found a solution.
There seems to be a problem with the latest update for the 990DS as well .
Edit: Yes mine have the same issue after the update
Its odd that there hasnt been more people with this same issue. Im inclined to say its an issue with the last security update because theres 3 of us with similar situations. Just wish there was more info anywhere on the web about it. Either the 3 of us are experiencing an isolated issue or nobody uses screen share.
Just got another security update now. Tried the screen share and sure enough it is working once again.
Fingers crossed
I hope I receive a similar update.
I happen to have two v20’s and one will screen share at full screen and one screen shares at 4x3 with black bars in the sides. Is there a way to fix this nd screen share so it uses the full screen?
LG v20
When screen mirroring apps to my Samsung TV everything all good until I stream netflix, hbomax, espn & tnt. I get no picture/video, only audio and subtitles. Any solution?
I don't recall doing an update and this LG v20 is on T-Mobile network.
Hi all im new here and in the past did a little tickering about with android devices but the other day ive bought a ferguson f65sfs4k smart tv that has a issue where it looks like a 3rd party company has installed something where on start up shows company logo along with a message stating tv has been blocked. I have been able to remove this block message and tv works fine for around 10mins then will shut off and turn back on. Im guessing there is a timer on along with this 3rd party software thats been installed that for the life of me i cant turn off. has anyone has experience with anything like this ? im guessing in my head this needs flashing and normal firmware reinstalling but maybe im wrong ... Any help would be much appreciated.
thanks
I have the same issues with the TV
Does anyone have the firmware for this TV so I can flash it via USB