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ZUK Z2 PRO Android 7 confirmed 2017!

Hello,
Now it's fully official.
Android 7 will be released officially on January, 28 2017
m.gsmarena.com/zuk_announces_android_70_nougat_update_plans_for_the_z2_pro_and_z1-news-22050.php

The Chinese character 內測 in the image means "test internally".

The 7.0 test internally was OTA today. Maybe the stable one will be released before Chinese new year (about five weeks later).

on print screen is missing dark theme... I hope they would include it..

For those who would like to update here is the link to the forum to try 2.5.335ST version.
http://zukfans.eu/community/threads...ion-updated-link-for-2-5-335-st-version.1801/

looks almost the same after got updated to ZUI2.5...

does 7.0 on the update brings manual controls on the camera?

cheeze.keyk said:
does 7.0 on the update brings manual controls on the camera?
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Yes, yes it does. This is also known as the ZUI 2.5 update, by the way.
Welcome to the party, however late.

Terminator.J said:
Yes, yes it does. This is also known as the ZUI 2.5 update, by the way.
Welcome to the party, however late.
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Thanks! though i dont own a ZUK Z2 Pro, I'm just curious bout this device, how about the camera quality did it improve in Nougat? :good:

cheeze.keyk said:
Thanks! though i dont own a ZUK Z2 Pro, I'm just curious bout this device, how about the camera quality did it improve in Nougat? :good:
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I didn't have it before 2.5 was available, so I never tested it on the older builds. It's a decent camera, although you really want to be on stock ZUI to take advantage of it.
Realistically, if I had to choose again, I would probably save the money and get the regular Z2 instead; the custom ROM scene is much better, longer battery life, and no issues with the Z2 Pro camera's OIS getting physically stuck due to Camera2-based drivers not knowing how to deal with it properly. And no worrying about missing U-Health, since it doesn't have the finger sensor.

EMUI 5 (update and downgrade) for Chinese Honor 8

Open Hicare and click on update, apply and go to settings and open updater.
To downgrade: Install HiSuite in Pc. Downgrade through pc.

Nice someone have any ideea when this will come for FRD-L09 too ?

Sheldd said:
Nice someone have any ideea when this will come for FRD-L09 too ?
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February
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shook187 said:
February
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Have u checked with Huawei firmware finder ?
Sent from my KIW-L22 using Tapatalk

Honor said so, I've seen in an article on GSMarena

dinoypeter said:
Open Hicare and click on update, apply and go to settings and open updater.
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Thanks for the tip. I just upgraded it yesterday :

supamike said:
Thanks for the tip. I just upgraded it yesterday :
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How it's treating you?!

CronaMell said:
How it's treating you?!
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Quite well for the moment, I am pretty happy with it, I didn't have any big issue yet

supamike said:
Quite well for the moment, I am pretty happy with it, I didn't have any big issue yet
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:good:

CronaMell said:
:good:
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My first observations after upgrade:
- system is smooth and fast, but the fact is that it was such before upgrade as well;
- smart battery saving leave you less options as before; you can't use it with screen off time adjustment any more; my impression is that with no battery saving you achieve less uptime than before and with smart battery the same as before but with more restrictions;
- overall color specter moved toward blue and a lot of white; light color letters on white background are sometimes difficult to read;
- safetynet (indicator of secure applications like Android Pay and Pokemon) fails wit the last upgrade; it passed with MM and first N upgrade 336;
- still no trace of wifi calling.
Camera is subject to more deep and demanding analyze which may follow latter.
Overall I'll be glad to get safetynet back and wifi calling sometimes soon.

piskr said:
My first observations after upgrade:
- system is smooth and fast, but the fact is that it was such before upgrade as well;
- smart battery saving leave you less options as before; you can't use it with screen off time adjustment any more; my impression is that with no battery saving you achieve less uptime than before and with smart battery the same as before but with more restrictions;
- overall color specter moved toward blue and a lot of white; light color letters on white background are sometimes difficult to read;
- safetynet (indicator of secure applications like Android Pay and Pokemon) fails wit the last upgrade; it passed with MM and first N upgrade 336;
- still no trace of wifi calling.
Camera is subject to more deep and demanding analyze which may follow latter.
Overall I'll be glad to get safetynet back and wifi calling sometimes soon.
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That's comprehensive, thanks

Perfect, bit I think I have no look, so for my al10 there is any another way to get thi b356 update?
Iaa85 from Brazil with Honor 8

iaa85 said:
Perfect, bit I think I have no look, so for my al10 there is any another way to get thi b356 update?
Iaa85 from Brazil with Honor 8
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other guy had al10, he did what i did, u have to be on the latest software, and then register on hicare

I also upgraded to 5.0 and then I did a factory reset to set all from the beginning...It seems to me that battery runs out a bit faster (first thoughts) and I agree with all written before this post....
I fell in love with new quick tools panel quickly, so dont feel about downgrading so far))
I will wait till our russian coleagues make up a clean EMUI 5.0 (without bloat and perhaps with some customizations) as they did for 4.1 (author: greatslon at 4pda)
Or maybe our honor devs will give us some cure in new builds...

Got a new upgrade yesterday, the version B368.
This time the change log is in Chinese so I have no idea what it is about. At least it still works fine, no complain so far

supamike said:
Got a new upgrade yesterday, the version B368.
This time the change log is in Chinese so I have no idea what it is about. At least it still works fine, no complain so far
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It says something like:
This update optimizes the system and stability and makes the phone run more smooth. It repairs Taobao app text dialog box on order to prevent blocking input method. It also repairs the problem that call recording can’t add the specific contact. Further, the problems that outgoing call can’t be placed and phone can’t be connected to WIFI are fixed as well. Removed error that Talkback can’t be used. Fixed HuaweiShare autolaunch after WIFI download rate is reduced. Fixed issues with 123006?? and banking (shopping??) apps like Taobao. Power consumption is optimized in order to extend battery life. Screen brightness parameters optimization.
The translate is result of mutual efforts of me and GoogleTranslate and it is far from perfect.
My first impressions after update:
The system is stable and ready for the transition from beta to the production version. It is responsive, smooth and fast. No substantial deficiencies could be detected. There are still some glitches that should be improved though:
1. In order to make the outlook white as a snow (combined with sea blue) the producer made some application text hard to read (white on the bright)
2. Using the power saving mode gives you insane 6 hours of SOT. But the mode fixes screen on when passive to 30 secs time and it can't be adjusted. What could be really annoying in some situations. I would have easily sacrificed 1 hour of SOT if I had option to turn off the screen manually.
3. SafetyNet (connected with payment and other safety apps) fails after every upgrade. Thankfully so far I had it back in a few days and I hope that it will happen this time too. I think that the failure is connected to beta status of the upgrade: Google might consider upgrade as a test version of the system (safe applications don't work on the rooted phone, custom recovery, unlocked bootloader or test versions of the system). I don't understand the mechanism on which the functionality suddenly returns: is it by Huawei's intervention, Google app upgrade or simply recognizing the upgrade as real, not test version.
Finally, there is an improved custom ROM for AL10 and AL00 (HRT-Kangvip) if someone with rooted phone wanna try: http://club.huawei.com/thread-11821416-1-1.html (use GoogleTranslate).

binuralka said:
I also upgraded to 5.0 and then I did a factory reset to set all from the beginning...It seems to me that battery runs out a bit faster (first thoughts) and I agree with all written before this post....
I fell in love with new quick tools panel quickly, so dont feel about downgrading so far))
I will wait till our russian coleagues make up a clean EMUI 5.0 (without bloat and perhaps with some customizations) as they did for 4.1 (author: greatslon at 4pda)
Or maybe our honor devs will give us some cure in new builds...
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It will come shortly. Maybe this month.

supamike said:
Got a new upgrade yesterday, the version B368.
This time the change log is in Chinese so I have no idea what it is about. At least it still works fine, no complain so far
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next time use google translate app to translate text in pictures. battery is better on this update as well as performance. i aslo noticed that the camera takes better photos in nougat as compared to 6.0

supamike said:
Got a new upgrade yesterday, the version B368.
This time the change log is in Chinese so I have no idea what it is about. At least it still works fine, no complain so far
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Where r u based mate.
I have read that were getting out update sooner rather than later
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johnhux7 said:
Where r u based mate.
I have read that were getting out update sooner rather than later
Sent from my Honor 8 using XDA Labs
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I am in China, I already got 3 updates since I bought it (3 weeks ago).
That's why I can't really compare with marshmallow as I didn't use it much.
I just found out they still didn't fix the bug when we use the fingerprint to slide photos in the gallery. It works but it's not as smooth as before.

Essential stock camera app vs other camera apps?

Is it true that an app can make all the difference for picture quality? How good is the stock camera app that Ph-1 comes with? I'm not photo expert, so there may be a go-to camera app that everyone uses but I don't know about so I'm stuck using the generic stock one.
Thanks.

Use Cstarks Google Cam port. Much better performance, IMHO
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/#apk143

Skripka said:
Use Cstarks Google Cam port. Much better performance, IMHO
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/#apk143
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@[email protected]
I was not mentally prepared to click that link...
Which one is the correct version?

convolution said:
@[email protected]
I was not mentally prepared to click that link...
Which one is the correct version?
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Cstark 3.6 is the one to start with IMHO. The others may or may not work

in low light the difference between the stock camera app IQ and one of the GCam ports (I use Arnova's V6) is quite noticeable, I use the stock app for monochrome shots, and the GCam port for everything else, as the IQ is just better.

I installed the very top/latest APK from that page (GoogleCamera-Pixel2Mod-Arnova8G2-V7.9.apk) on this PH-1 running Android P beta and photos look pretty great. I'm comparing it with the camera app that came with the beta, and it's much better. Thanks for the link.

phigan said:
I installed the very top/latest APK from that page (GoogleCamera-Pixel2Mod-Arnova8G2-V7.9.apk) on this PH-1 running Android P beta and photos look pretty great. I'm comparing it with the camera app that came with the beta, and it's much better. Thanks for the link.
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Yeah, I tried the same and it is really great. Even with latest update, I was very disappointed with the burst mode of Stock Camera. Most of the shots came out blurry when taking moving objects like kids.
This one does a much better job. Pixel and One Plus 6 are very fast. They take 20 pics in 2 seconds. PH1 takes around 5-6 seconds.
I am yet to test anything else.

Every version of the gcam apk I have downloaded scans as malware. May be a false positive but is enough to keep me away.
I am wondering if any camera apps in the play store offer improvements?

@arsenal74 what are you scanning them with? Where are the dls from? Have you read the security statement on the site linked above?

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@arsenal74 what are you scanning them with? Where are the dls from? Have you read the security statement on the site linked above?
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I use Nvisio https://apkscan.nviso.be/ and also virus total. Scans as malware/pup

As is noted on the site. It's up to you but a pup is only highlighting something if you didn't put add it yourself.

Your scanner is full of Bull. I use Malwarebytes and no issues with gcam apks.

It is an online scanner that uses multiple services, for this file only 1 of the services flagged it as suspicious, go to the link above and try it on the apks that you have.
I have no idea what Babable PUP.HighConfidence means but it is enough for me to think twice about installing.

Read the security notice on the gcam APK website... That's exactly what it says!

kboya said:
Read the security notice on the gcam APK website... That's exactly what it says!
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Never saw that, thanks!
I have seen a similar warning when looking at similar versions of this port before so have steered clear.

GCam 7, so I stumbled upon a thing SNAPDRAGON verified

This is the GCAM from Pixel 4/4XL/4a ?
Well on my crusades of random youtube videos tonight custom of the pawn of video talking about g cam 7 and Astro photography. I don't know if anyone else would be interested in a newer g cam APK but I found one of the newest Google camera that works on our devices. My only suggestion to get rid of some green tint this to go into settings and change your viewfinder to the one beginning with YUV. Link posted to save y'all the trouble of going through the pop up process.
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
Download the first one. 7.2.010 it's by Xenius9
Also in advanced settings is where to turn on Astro photography. All modes seem to work, what I've listed is tweaks I've done. Hopefully I've helped someone upgrade their GCam because Lord knows I love to stay in top of things with what's probably the best camera app on Android ??? cheers. Any questions you have let's work it out together and he'll each other folks.

Update: I've discovered that this set up actually gives me the best images. No discoloration blotches or anything. They've all come out crisp, great toned and all.

This only works on pixel devices...what about rooted android(samsung) handsets!?

KingVekxin said:
Update: I've discovered that this set up actually gives me the best images. No discoloration blotches or anything. They've all come out crisp, great toned and all.
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Sorry, where you find that settings?

birdMan6279 said:
This only works on pixel devices...what about rooted android(samsung) handsets!?
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My device isn't rooted, I have a stock note 9 on AT&T.

emmanueldmc said:
Sorry, where you find that settings?
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Settings then tweaks

Doesn't work on Exynos note 9 running Android 10. Immediately force closes

Myxter99 said:
Doesn't work on Exynos note 9 running Android 10. Immediately force closes
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Well I did say I've only done it on a snapdragon since that's what I have.

After a bunch of tests I find that the stock camera is much better than this port. I don't see the need for the scam with this phone. But it does work well so I guess there's that

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After a bunch of tests I find that the stock camera is much better than this port. I don't see the need for the scam with this phone. But it does work well so I guess there's that
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To each their own I suppose. I get better portraits with GCam than I ever have on my stock can honestly.

Thanks for this!

thanks you for this.. its perfectly working with my samsung a70

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After a bunch of tests I find that the stock camera is much better than this port. I don't see the need for the scam with this phone. But it does work well so I guess there's that
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portrait mode comes out better on gcam

KingVekxin said:
Update: I've discovered that this set up actually gives me the best images. No discoloration blotches or anything. They've all come out crisp, great toned and all.
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do you have any astrphotography sample shots ? i was looking forward to exchange my pixel 3 for a note 9 but the camera was holding me back. If there is a working gcam with astro i might actually pull the trigger on the note 9

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do you have any astrphotography sample shots ? i was looking forward to exchange my pixel 3 for a note 9 but the camera was holding me back. If there is a working gcam with astro i might actually pull the trigger on the note 9
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I do but they aren't very good. Even with the stay home order there's still a time of light pollution but it does work if u have the right location for it

Latest Urnyx05 version works great.. but astrophotograhy isnt working
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/GCam_7.3.018_Urnyx05-v1.7-fix.apk
Can someone else try it?

I'm using the one above and noticed every night shot is ungodly noisy. I don't remember older versions being this bad so it's probably a setting I'm missing or something, but it's unusable and I saw ISOs of 5000+.

Ludeape said:
Latest Urnyx05 version works great.. but astrophotograhy isnt working
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/GCam_7.3.018_Urnyx05-v1.7-fix.apk
Can someone else try it?
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Im using this version also (N9600). I have tested a couple gcam versions and this seems to be the best one yet.
16:9 is not working (not a big deal for me)
Astrophotography takes a regular Night Sight picture. (i really hope they fix this since I LOVE this feature)

Sergiozz96 said:
Im using this version also (N9600). I have tested a couple gcam versions and this seems to be the best one yet.
16:9 is not working (not a big deal for me)
Astrophotography takes a regular Night Sight picture. (i really hope they fix this since I LOVE this feature)
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Have there been any updates since this post?

I went here to track what updates have appeared: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-urnyx05/#apk1625
Downloaded this release which was published on June 20 2020 https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/GCam_7.3.018_Urnyx05-v2.0.apk
It seems to work just fine. I have some use cases where I've been missing my Pixel .
One thing I do find annoying about this gcam is that motion photos are on by default, both versions I've installed have been in that mode and I had to disable it.

Fire TV Cube (2nd Generation): FireOS 7.2.7.3 anyone updated his cube? can we now turn HDR off?

Can anyone who installed the FireOS 7.2.7.3 on his cube check if HDR can be turned off now ?

99 views so far ? no one updated to the new firmware to answer a simple question ? or the update is running slow and didn't reach all cubes ?

No, most of them have probably blocked the updates.
Not everyone wants the new firmware.

Most of them would never buy a cube... lol

nabilyo said:
99 views so far ? no one updated to the new firmware to answer a simple question ? or the update is running slow and didn't reach all cubes ?
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I´m on 7.2.4.2 yet... and I have two Cubes. I guess I´m lucky?
What`s the fuss about? Is it forcing HDR on everything? The adaptative setting on Display is gone?
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No, most of them have probably blocked the updates.
Not everyone wants the new firmware.
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I must confess I`m pretty happy with the firmware as it is... The only annoying bit on this version is that resolution keeps falling back to 1080p HDR because my TV doesn´t support 4k60 HDR... which is kind of stupid considering content FPS.
So, do you guys recommend blocking updates?

JamesAb said:
I must confess I`m pretty happy with the firmware as it is... The only annoying bit on this version is that resolution keeps falling back to 1080p HDR because my TV doesn´t support 4k60 HDR... which is kind of stupid considering content FPS.
So, do you guys recommend blocking updates?
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No. Blocking is for pretty unhappy people (mostly about the launcher).

nabilyo said:
HDR can be turned off now ?
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Man... I might be wrong, but I get the feeling that you have been using the Cube with HDR on all the time simply because you didn't took the time to configure adaptative on Display settings.
That would be pretty lame heh? I mean, to blame the firmware for this... and have the nerve to complain about views and stuff.

JamesAb said:
Man... I might be wrong, but I get the feeling that you have been using the Cube with HDR on all the time simply because you didn't took the time to configure adaptative on Display settings.
That would be pretty lame heh? I mean, to blame the firmware for this... and have the nerve to complain about views and stuff.
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with all my respect to you and all members, adaptive wont fix the issue and you can google and see how many are complaining that even when you choose adaptive on HDR content it still display them badly.
I'm not that stupid to complain before trying all the options.
PLUS i didn't complain from adaptive or whatever , i complained that a lot of people viewed and now answer . MY question was if there is an OFF option nothing more, as simple as that.

@tjuma said that the 'HDR Off' option is still missing from 7.2.7.3 / 2622 on the 2nd Gen Cube.
[APP][FIRETV][NOROOT] Launcher Manager (Change Launcher without Root)
LAUNCHER MANAGER (FOS 6+) STEPS TO ENABLE CUSTOM LAUNCHER: Before installing version 1.1.8 uninstall any previous version. 1. Download Launcher Manager by clicking or by using short link and install on your FireTV. (Latest: 1.1.8) 2. Install a...
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@tjuma said that the 'HDR Off' option is still missing from 7.2.7.3 / 2622 on the 2nd Gen Cube.
[APP][FIRETV][NOROOT] Launcher Manager (Change Launcher without Root)
LAUNCHER MANAGER (FOS 6+) STEPS TO ENABLE CUSTOM LAUNCHER: Before installing version 1.1.8 uninstall any previous version. 1. Download Launcher Manager by clicking or by using short link and install on your FireTV. (Latest: 1.1.8) 2. Install a...
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Thank you so much for your reply, hope they will add this soon.
much cheaper devices like onn and chromecast with google tv added it long time ago after several users complain.
I Appreciate your reply once again

nabilyo said:
hope they will add this soon.
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Maybe give them some feedback in the official forums
amazonforum.com/s/fire-tv