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My Precious! S/N: 1018

That's just a given 😄

Let's try to get a list of the USSD/MMI codes our phones support. For example, I was pleasantly surprised with *#06# When you enter this in your dialer it will present most of the information from the sticker we have on the back of our phones. This code is kind of universal and works on majority of devices. I am more interested in discovering Pro1 specific ones, though :) *#*#0000#*#* - Hardware information (like platform model, IMEI, etc.) *#*#4636#*#* - Brings an extensive testing application that gives lots of info about networking and app usage *#*#2432546#*#* (*#*#check

Not a huge loss. No root, no custom OS, portrait keyboards, etc. etc. 😀

I got a black carbon fiber skin from Skinomi for the Note 10, and the back piece is a pretty good fit. The camera and sensor holes are in the right place, although quite a bit larger than they need to be. I filled in some of the gap using other pieces from the kit. I also clipped the corners on the skin, much more than I needed to it turns out, but overall I'm pleased with the result. It looks nice, and it definitely makes the device much more "grippy" to hold.

Let us make things crystal clear: ADD: And just as I thought this was simple, there is a fourth: an even larger P20 lite (2019) ...sigh...

Bad. Very bad. Don't buy 🤮

Thats the problem these days no real differences between devices.

Competitor leaving the market is bad no matter what. You may not like the designs, lack of root, OS or whatever, but fact is it's one less option for people who want a keyboard. I was debating hard about getting a Priv when it came out a while back but the price was so high. I would've made soany compromises to get it too, but it was the only semi modern option for a keyboard phone

I have Switfkey installed already. I can confirm that editing /system/usr/keychars/Vendor_181d_Product_5018_Version_0001.kcm and changing type from FULL to ALPHA does make the shift key work as 'sticky'. However, the behaviour of the function (diagonal arrow) key is not changed. It would be great to change this to sticky also. Any ideas?

That is a shame. I was always holding out for them to upgrade the Priv with newer CPU, a bit more RAM, and a newer version of Android - that would have been my perfect phone. I do love my Priv - it's just getting rather slow these days!

At this rate I have friends coming back from Hong Kong soon... Can FxTec let them go to Expansys to pick it up directly for me? 😆

Chinese phone maker TCL took over when BlackBerry stopped making their own phones, now they call it quits: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/03/tcl_will_stop_making_new_blackberry_phones/

Sorry for the delay the last couple of days. I have been playing around with the keyboard driver because I really hate the way that idealte did the keyboard logic. It is, from my perspective, a gross hack that needs to go away. Background: the bulk of the keys are handled by the aw9523b keyboard driver. But the shift, ctrl, alt, fn (yellow arrows), and "fancy f" (aka. fxtec key) are wired up as gpio pins separately. The easiest way for the oem to deal with this was to map the yellow fn keys in userspace. It's a bit difficult to explain, so here's an example of how it works: wh

In stock ROM, audio only comes from the bottom speaker in handsfree mode. However, I have not received complains about using it despite of its position is really close to microphone. Anyway, I would like to also hear the top speaker to be a bit louder and also farther from microphone. Otherwise, it may be in connection with miswiring of speakers so it seems two speakers of Pro1 are interchanged which has to be solved in software. Maybe that is the cause of only bottom speaker has audio in handsfree mode instead of top one.

Yes, but I did the ask a question thing and they assured me it was for the Pro. And look at the order details.

Guess I didn't add enough smiley faces, or probably should have added a couple of wink ones as my comment was strictly in jest. While true I owned a Priv, never acclimated to it, and dumped it quickly, I would never want a company to stop making something just because I don't like it. To each their own, and in that regard, the more choices available to the consumer the better.

There's a long thread about them. Alternatively, the TL;DR is here: https://eskerahn.dk/?p=3620

Yes, I had installed Gboard and only selected that to active. Xperia XZ1 Compact has three virtual keyboard installed by stock: Xperia keyboard Japan and China, SwiftKey. I am able to disable Xperia keyboards from app settings but only thing what I can do for SwiftKey is force close. But if I go to keyboard settings I am able to disable SwiftKey from there. It is still listed but grayed out. So I only had Gboard enabled from the keyboard settings and same result. I am able to put space without erasing the cell. I don't know if SwiftKey has any effects here since it is pre-installed.

OK, I didn't quite understand first. I tested with bluetooth keyboard also and the space did not erase the cell (Xperia XZ1 Compact).

Fully Agree, hang on, it is worth the wait!

I usek BB KeyOne before Pro1. KeyOne is a very decent phone, very convenient to use. You can, for example, type on physical keyboard while it is locked in car holder. I also set Tasker to use physical keyboard shortcuts to run different apps easily, no matter what app was running at the moment. Very, very convenient. Unfortunately it is still locked and root-proof, didn't get updates past Oreo. Even though I still find it a great phone.

I'm sure you could get a kit to assemble yourself 😁 Feeling for you guys who are still waiting for it. Hang in there, it is worth the wait.

I was never in the BB team being a Nokia Communicator user long before they became a thing. Still as I was starved from physical keyboard smartphones I remember considering those Android BBs when they came out and decided not to, square screen and fixed keyboards are just not for me. Still too bad they stop doing it.

ok, folks, i got my Pro1 an hour ago today, in Montréal Canada, featuring S/N 711. very nice piece of heavy duty material, feels like metal, feels like a Leica M. my Nokia N900 is still operational after 10 years but feels so small and a bit cheap too, as compared to this new FxTec. anyway, let me now start setting it up, then register it with Bell, get a SIM card etc, then install openVPN and Termux and so on...

LOL It takes all kinds What's the word on the latest greatest screen protector to get? Really comes down to one that doesn't look/feel much worse than using it naked. Like LINGERIE

On my Motorola G6, I used to pick which card to use before placing a call. By default, Pro1 initiated the call on 1st card and I could change it to 2nd card, but I found the exact same behaviour which worked on my Moto G6 somewhere in settings. So Pro1's software also have the option to specify which card to use before initiating a call. So the difference is Motorola's software had a wizard to choose these options but Pro1 had a default value which had to be changed but it also works well. So I'm sure second option is exists as I use it that way. One thing I missed was to sp

Press ctrl + spacebar to switch between layouts.

@tdm I just recognized normal phone calls (GSM/CDMA) are broken on test3. I can be called or start a call but after a few seconds its just silence on my side and the other phone. After a few seconds call audio and mic is back again for a few seconds, then silence again. This goes on for a while or the silence part does not stop. Call is active all the time. I reflashed to be sure it's not related to other stuff. If you can confirm this, could you build a fixed img soon please? 😉

The 2nd phone was ordered, paid for, and processed on the same day. On January 12th I got a stock assigned email, on the 20th I got a shipping notification and received the phone 2 days earlier than expected.

I'm using one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Huawei-P20-Pro-Snakehive-Handmade/dp/B07DFM6HX9/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=snakehive%2Bhuawei%2Bp20%2Bpro&qid=1580840514&sr=8-1&th=1 A little work with a hole punch and an X-acto knife on the TPU part made it a perfect fit. Not necessary to cut the leather at all. I did have to shoehorn it on with a non-marking spudger.

Sometimes it helps to remember that people make mistakes. What answer do you expect (and how would it help anyone)? "Right, let me see... Oh yeah, we deliberately delayed Siani_8 a few weeks more because we didn't like his nose"?

Thanks. Seems to be fixed now :)

I had the same problem when I received my phone today - actually I had to press my ear firmly to the phone, regardless if open or closed. After much fiddling with it and test software, turned out that the plastic behind the upper left part of the phone (behind the screen, not on the keyboard body) has been loose. When I pressed it with fingers behind and in front of the screen, it went "click" and the receiver audio suddenly started working all the time. This is interesting as there is supposed to be a screw there - it has one of the screw caps that are all over the screen back. Can somebody t

Mine does. I suggest you to check distance sensor somehow - like in app called sensors. So what is interesting if "Proximity" shows 5.0 cm if sensor is not covered and 0.0 cm if sensor is covered. The sensor is at the left side of earpiece.

If you have disaled touch vibration from the sound settings you can go even further to disable vibration of the fingerprint sensor. That can be done from Settings->Accessibility->Vibration->Touch vibration, and set it to Off. It disables touch vibration from the screen and fingerprint so the vibration in the pocket doesn't interrupt you. However, you will also lose the feedback of the correct unlock. With tasker you are able to disable fingerpint when screen is off but enabling it again needs reboot.

Agreed. Blackberry isn't even really a competitor just like Gemini and Cosmo; there's some crososver but it's another niche. Not to mention that at least the Blackberry brand had the power to have keyboard devices shown in store. It's also another justification for people to go "I guess not enough people want keyboard phones!".

If BB took the Priv and just refreshed it (more efficient processor, bigger battery, fingerprint sensor) I probably would have gotten it!

Apart from the keyboard being cramped in the wrong direction I loved my Priv. I really liked their keyboard app, getting a lot out of their keyboard. I never used any of the classic BB stuff. Just disabled their Hub and all the rest, I just weeks ago tried to see how long the Idle stamina still was with WiFi on, but no sim inserted. I got to 400 hours or 17 days, before reaching 15%... So tired of all the BS of it having poor stamina, it was just all the junk people had installed, not the device. Oh - and it is the original battery, that has just been treated reasonable well! Su

They were always terrible with having fluid software... but I loved all their hardware. I know the die-hard enthusiasts will scoff and say that the Priv/Key keyboards weren't as good as the old Blackberries and while that's true, they were still a hell of a lot better than the software keyboard. Not to mention some of us are way better with portrait qwerty than landscape -- I'm still getting used to it!

First off, have you enabled it in the INFO menu (*#*#4636#*#*)?

Thanks. It is not an issue with the fake keyboard on the Pro1 either. It is 'only' when using real physical one, or emulated with ADB. Have you tried with ADB?

Correct.

Found the setting, @VaZso - when you open the dialer, there is three vertical dots in the upper right corner, choose "Settings", and then "Calling accounts". You can even configure VoIP over there :)

If I install Swiftkey and DISABLE Gboard on the Pro1 then Space works fine in sheets, either pressed or emulated. Also tried to send the same on a Samsung S8- and here it DOES give a space. So the bug is more subtle than not respecting the keycode at all. Seems related to the keyboard driver also?? Anyone with another device with Pie that are using a BT keyboard could check that combo? Or just the emulated? Preferably a pixel or Android One device with no added keyboard driver, to have it as close to stock as possible, and with Gboard.

Um... I ordered a P20 back case. It fit great. I ordered a P20 2-piece case Neither piece fit. If A fit then B should fit - I should have at least gotten A piece that was long enough - especially since the dimensions listed do not match the case that was received. If you say something is going to be X inches long, it shouldn't be X - .5. Let's just go with "K" and move on.

In N900, modifiers like shift were sticky and it was really usable. I miss that on Pro1 but I hope it will have that option soon. So if I wanted to use shift+letter, I could type the same way like with PC keyboard - but if a key was hard to reach, I could press shift, release it and just press the other key and it behaved like if I pressed the shift key. So this is an important feature for faster and more convenient writing on the keyboard...

I made a leather pouch for the Pro1. I used cow leather, thickness about 2 mm. All the parts are glued with super glue gel adhesive which remains flexible. I made some holes to see the led and to get stereo sound! There is no flap for closing, just a gap that opens to let the device in and out. see pictures for the details. If you want to try something similar, make sure that the inner part is about 1 mm wider than the phone to ensure it’s easy to slide it out.

Thanks to the creator of FinQWERTY that adds its function. There were work carried out regarding the SYM key, that user can define 12 symbols and will bring up the selection box in text input when SYM is pressed. (Like attached) But then team is busy fixing all the bugs, and the development was postponed until the nasty bugs are squashed, which we are still working on. I will do best to continue the development of this feature!

@Slion, if everyone did like you and made a new thread on any thing they wondered or wished, without even doing a search first, this forum would quickly become an unusable mess. Or require a huge number of moderators finding and merging stuff.....