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I am not posting this in the main news thread as this is a relatively tiny update. EU stock arrived in the warehouse today. We are just waiting on the warehouse to ship them out now. Tracking will be sent any minute today, or on Monday if the warehouse is too busy. I am not sure what's happening with the new stock assigned letters, but we know stock is on the move regardless of this. In the worst case newly assigned orders will be shipped pretty much immediately after they are assigned. Liangchen is back in the factory and he's inspecting the freshly made units and components pe

Hi All, I am no longer the proud owner of a Pro1; Chris is. The LTE issue seems to be resolved. Although the indicator does not show "LTE" the benchmarks show that it is receiving the proper signal. Bluetooth Non-issue for Chris. I apparently just have the wrong car. Keyboard Works just fine. The virtual keyboard is no longer appearing when the physical one is deployed. Wifi Calling Still a no-go, but a non-issue for the new owner. Camera Amazing! I am going to miss that. Thank you to all who reached out to me to purchase it, but

For those not following all threads, it looks like the T-Mobile LTE issue was that a custom APN needed to be added with the correct parameters for T-Mobile.

Well, they are probably going to be off for the Chinese New Year, but we hope to have most, if not all devices made by then.

Thank you for posting this so we'd know his experience! That was very thoughtful.

I hope there is some news for the US/North America customers soon! *fingers crossed* Either way good to see progress!

I ended up buying sequestris' pro 1 who reported the trouble on T-Mobile. I was able to get it running by manually adding the APN posted on T-mobile's site. So far I have only seen it attach to bands 2 and 4, and the signal meter on the status bar says "4G" instead of "LTE." From what i can find online it could be using the old 4G service since bands 2 and 4 are also used for that, or it could be the rom simply calling LTE 4G which is still technically correct (apparently some asop based roms do this). I can't say for certain based on speed since the two areas I've had the phone in didn't get

I've been playing around with this. Think I've settled on 35,0,15,0. The 35 prevents bumping touchscreen when using number row and moves special keys etc from some apps up a bit to more reachable position. The 15 gets the android status bar out of the curve a bit and hopefully helps with being able to hold it w/o touching screen. This isn't enough to get rid of the rounded corners. This is something to play with, a problem that could have been avoided with flat screen.

@Erik Thanks for the update, but please allow me to offer some very friendly advice and suggest a couple of corrections so people won't get their expectations up and then slam you in case others in the company don't follow through. EU stock arrived in the warehouse today. We are just waiting on the warehouse to ship them out now. Tracking will be sent any minute today, or on Monday if the warehouse is too busy. Suggestion, replace with: Tracking will be sent whenever there is time, we have no idea when this will be, but are moving as quickly as we can to make it happen. 😀 I am not su

Yup, which further reinforces my point that time of past shipments don't translate to current or future shipment times. Meaning we don't know when anything will ship aside from what we've been told, which we already now is unreliable at best.

As always mr @Erik thank you for the update! I will keep my fingers crossed for my assigned email when batch 3 makes it way out! Also will keep an eye open for the PR email. Thank you! 🙂 As I am UK based I am happy to pop into the warehouse and collect my handset to make it easier! Lol (Serious though)

Woot! Awesome, thanks a lot. Hell, I'll take the Eurostar and come help them myself if they want. No tea time for them today! 😉 Actually transporters usually work on Saturdays, so that'd be great if the warehouse managed to ship some boxes today. Also, just to clarify before someone misinterprets: the stock that arrived at the UK warehouse is the EU part of the second batch, not the third, at least that's my understanding.

I have had a look at the kernel source lineage has, and the hardware is most certainly capable, the issue lies here: https://github.com/tdm/android_kernel_idealte_msm8998/blob/lineage-16.0/drivers/input/keyboard/aw9523b.c I even submitted a pull request with an attempted fix (which I can't test myself just yet :D). Also for reference the IC that driver talks to is this one http://www.richwellgroup.com/Private/Files/20181025101009251∮DS_AW9523B_EN_Multi-Function LED Driver And GPIO Controller With IIC Interface_V1.1.1.pdf

If I'm the "pessimistic member" that you're referring to, I'm actually not a pessimist, but a realist. I have know for some time that there was no way all the preorders could be fulfilled by Christmas! It wasn't a guess, it's from having experience. There are just too many orders to be filled yet, and not enough devices going out such that the large numbers could be completed by Christmas. Basic math, that's all. However, personally, I'm not in any rush, and when it gets here it gets here. I'm just happy they built the phone and customers have started receiving them; way to go F(x)te

Mine shows 4G, which is LTE. It's just how this rom is displaying it, nothing to worry about there.

For my compatibility list, was your buyer also a T-mobile customer? It sounds like it, but I'd like to be certain.

Those were the days. I knew what EVERY file on my pc was for and knew what EVERY setting in the ini-files meant, and what values they could have.... Totally forgotten most of that,,, But It was quite useful for support and educating supervisors.

...These days the kids will think the header is about a Denial Of Service attack.... 😇

Since you have used the phrase about Eric being honest a couple of times, I'd just like to say that I don't think Eric has *ever* been dishonest. I think information he has given at one point in time has turned out to be not how things ended up, but I don't think that makes him a liar. I do think it's great that he is communicating more frequently. 🙂

Would it be possible to get an updated firmware with the November OTA update?

Even though I got my tracking number... I think it's fair to demand WHAT WE HAVE PAID FOR. When You are sitting for 3 hours in a restaurant starving, are You also that calm when every 10 minutes the waiter tells You You'll get Your meal which You have already paid for within next 5 minutes? Do other customers tell You to stop asking for Your meal and just go to the supermarket, eat something else and enjoy Your life instead of waiting? I'd like to see this. Some people are not buying a different phone because they're being told the Pro1 comes within days. I'm one of them. The battery

I can't list everything I've tried. It's too much. But these steps *should* erase everything on the phone, so it shouldn't matter what I did beforehand. Here's the latest test, which highlights the concern with the script and resources provided in this thread: flash all back to stock (use the provided script and resources, but uncomment the lines to flash userdata and misc. I also modified this script to run on linux.) boot fails. Prompts for password, nothing works. fastboot erase userdata boot succeeds, can use the phone normally. run the script provided in

Yeah, I saw that too, but I was hoping for a fancy screenshot of it in action and to see if the multi-keypress thing was a problem with it. Us delayed-Pro1-shipment customers have to live vicariously through you have-it-in-my-hot-greedy-hands customers. 😂 It is great that the old games are so relatively small that a person can have them all at their fingertips.

I have *not* tried flashing this script -> erasing userdata -> boot up and log in -> flash using the script again. That would be the end-to-end non-rooting flow. I'll try that. Might take a bit.

Agree let's say it looks hurried, not necessarily unprofessional.... (But you are wrong about the spaghetti code, amateurs can do that 😄 )

I would argue only professional coders write this kind of spaghetti xD. But it isn't so bad. If i had a device to test on it'd take 1-2 days to get that to half the original size, working perfectly, and be tidy. I'd not call this bad code, it works and I can relatively easily understand what is going on, you don't always get that lucky 🙂.

Woow, thats interresting message. Thanks for the update and sneak-peek pictures. It has to be difficult to check everything again and again.. I know this from our build construction inspections.. Until you are not behind every worker there (and all the time) , then you can always expect something wrong.. Hope things will get better 🙂

I don't have to imagine that...

Since they prioritized preorder payment. It would only be fair to share details regarding our position in shipment. I dont care when they ship, but it would be nice to have customer service that cared; like they use to be. hah They told me that I should either postpone delivery or cancel the order as i will be out of town

Well, he said that the the batch is leaving the factory, not that it had left already. He also said that he would expect 3-ers to get stock assignment letters early this week. I'm not saying that it didn't leave the factory, only that we don't have confirmation of that. They still have IGG orders to catch up on, so don't get your hopes up unless you're one of them.

🤣🤣 This I got 31.07.2019 : We’re excited to announce that you are now one step closer to becoming one of the first to get your hands on the Pro1. We are beginning the manufacturing in the next few weeks with estimated first shipping to pre-order customers during the 2nd week of September. 😂😂 We all failed...fxtech means 2. week of September 2020. Now I'm also excited again, I understand it now better 😄 😄 The Snapdragon 835 is an old bastard and we may have 6G network 😄 😄 and Android 12.

This is incorrect. I am also on T-mob and posted my findings in the network compatibility thread.

I'm on a Verizon MVNO. I tried just moving my already activated SIM from my Z2 Play to the Pro1. I was able to get data working by copying the APN settings from my Z2 Play, but I haven't been able to get calls or texts to work. I know my MVNO (Total Wireless) should support VoLTE, but I'm not sure if it's enabled on my account. I'm looking into it now. Edit: I tried turning on VoLTE through the *#*#4636#*#* Menu, but it rejects calls that way. It appears that I need to get a new SIM and re-activate the old phone because the old SIM I'm using doesn't support VoLTE. I'm going to try bu

It will often require a fresh SIM and ALWAYS a phone that is currently supported.

Yes, essentially the strategy was to ignore CDMA, or hope it worked anyway. Certainly changing an IMEI to match a mule is not stupendously easy for most. With working LTE and VoLTE the phone should be fully functional with no CDMA at all, and as Verizon has stated their intention to decommission their CDMA equipment soon, it will all be moot soon.

Make sure you get the receipt for it just in case 👍

3rd batch containing lots of QWERTZ devices has already left the factory. It is just a matter of time when we get those. Maybe not before Xmas but soon anyway! Keep calm everybody 🙂.

Try some more games! https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games

Since April Fxtec NEVER kept promise, never! This is what i become angry about.... is there anyone who will bet against the next 'promise' with me?

It supports landscape, and keyboard navigation just fine, entering/closing folders with Enter and swapping sides with Tab, BS (not Del) gives a Delete dialogue. There might be other keyboard integration too. Some of the text is EXTREMELY small though. The whole word "Donate" in the centre is just 3mm wide!! So not an app for the weak sighted...

Just to make sure I got it right: when I receive my Pro¹, I do not need to make a backup before trying to flash SFOS, because the files to restore the Pro¹ to factory state are available for download elsewhere, right? Also, has anyone tried the procedure with µSD cards larger than 32 GB? Mine is 128 GB, formatted to ext4, not sure that'll work.

Right, the G6 wasn't a VoLTE phone at first. The later ones were, but didn't default to it, and the accounts were provisioned without the VoLTE feature. This will be problematic. Today, the mule WILL need to be a VoLTE phone and it will need to be active. I would also be interested to see the results of what happens when his IMEI is entered into the Verizon device checker (link above). Many phones that once were once able to be activated, aren't today, but are currently active. Sadly, I know this first hand as I have a few of them. All active today, all "passed" the Verizon's devic

Do you have VoLTE on the G6? If not, it might be grandfathered in, but the SIM won't work in a VoLTE capable phone? In other words, maybe the mule needs to be a VoLTE capable phone now? And are the APNs identical to what you get on the G6?

Doom LAN party at @Craig's house!

Another $100 to Uncle Sam is definitely not going to talk me out of my Pro1. It might talk me out of my second one, or at least into waiting a little longer. I understand about informed consent; the problem is that no one expected manufacturing to take as long as it did. That is what it is, and no one can change it at this point. $100 doesn't stand between me and anything I truly wish to have at this point. I'm not rich but I have enough to get what I need and some of what I desire. The Pro1 is definitely on my "desire intensely" list. :)

I will be one of those refusing the refund. 😉

I dont know why Fx Tec need to refund a tax applied by US customs. it will be a loss for FX Tec. cant we pay a bit more to help FX Tec?

We had a discussion about this topic some time ago, you are not alone in thinking that these curved screens and corners are a little strange:

Just to be clear, Android is aware of the rounded corners and lets software know about them via "display cutouts". Good developers can work around them or have their apps "shrink" to avoid them. The option to shrink your display at an OS level is something some versions of Android support, but I don't think the stock Pro1 has such a feature. You may need to install a different OS.