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Hi all, I am late to the party. I didn’t expect to receive this device and it showed up at my door late last week. I am really struggling to install Sailfish on the qx1050. I followed the instructions in the first post of this thread and I can’t get past the “Powered by Android” boot screen. I tried both the March 2023 (Sailfish 4.5) and October 2022 (Sailfish 4.4) releases. I booted to the bootloader, ran the flash.sh script. Each time it states the script has completed successfully but no joy. Can anyone advise me as to what to do? UPDATE: I figured out what I did wrong. When I fi

Rubber band worked for me! I had a power meter attached. During the process, there was a 150mA pulse approximately once every 10 seconds while the power button was depressed. After about 5 hours, the LED turned into a fast blinking red light, and charging rate increased to 500mA. When I saw this, I removed the rubber band. A short time later, the screen turned on, Android booted and charging rate went up to 2000mA.

More stuffs are working now. I have submitted patches to Linux Kernel Mailing List which may get picked up soon by the maintainers. Thanks @zstas for their work on postmarketOS 🙂

Thanks all for your replies, I have now fixed the problem and the fastboot flashing lock is now working. From the devices page selecting the trouble shouter from the device properties, then going to the device driver tab selecting update and forcing a windows update to start, then selecting the optional drivers in windows update found the Google android driver, installed and now its working 🙂 Regards David

And don't say sliders are out of fashion. They are ahead of time. People just don't know yet 😉

Lineage-21-20240723-NIGHTLY-pro1x with July 5th security patch installed smoothly via OTA. MindTheGapps14, and root was maintained. Yup. Tuesdays now.

Same to me, just received it few weeks ago. Also had this battery drain issue solved with the entry: With the support of some members like @EskeRahn and @Hook I was able to establish a new ROM (they are delivered with stock android no matter what you ordered) without utilizing Google and made the installation using an old Windows 7 (offline): It was quite some effort getting though all of that and the phone is already showing signs of defect (USB plug loose). But anyway. I did wait for this phone so long and I love the slider idea. If there would be a Pro 2X I would

Long road, but just received mine yesterday! Battery is not charging but will work on the fix when I get home from work. Glad to see it come through!

I found another Way After plug-in to the supply, the Device consumed power after around 1 second, for around 0.8 seconds. So i connected a Switchable Supply, and made power-cycles of 2s on and 2s off. After approximatly 800 cycles it consumed more power, then it was able to charge the battery the regular way.

Here are couple teardown guides fro Pro1 but might be useful for Pro1-X also. pro1disassembly.pdf (official service manual) https://github.com/imax9000/fxtec-pro1-teardown (made by user) https://fccid.io/2AUCLQX1000/Internal-Photos/internal-Photos-4458278 (prototype unit) Also, the vimeo account of F(x)tec has some useful videos: https://vimeo.com/user124749107 Lastly, here are couple photos taken by me when I changed the usb board (Pro1).

Apart from driver, It COULD also be a connection issue, as fastboot is more picky than ADB... You could try to connect through a hub, as direct connection to newer pc's USB 3 ports have caused me problems with fastboot. I do not know why a hub helps here, but my guess is that it adds som lag in the connection, that makes fastboot more happy. I had issues with a Lenovo laptop, but using a USB 3 port on Lenovo 'docking' connected via Thunderbolt 4, make it work. I also experimented with an ancient cheap (usb 1?) hub, and it worked, but things got extremely slow, so flashing took sor

Most likely you are missing fastboot drivers. When you are in fastboot mode what does it say when you type "fastboot devices"? Is the phone recognized like in ADB mode?

Current info for anyone else following this thread for battery replacement info: I contacted Fxtec through this form https://www.fxtec.com/contact-us about getting a replacement battery. They just got back to me and said that they have no more replacement parts available. (They didn't mention if this was temporary or permanent. But, at the very least, it's going to be hard to come by official batteries for now.) My battery has started swelling, so I will probably have to dig back through this thread to figure out which 3rd party battery is "close enough" and then do the soldering nece

If there were no other typing friendly alternatives whatsoever, like the cheap Titan Slim or one of the expensive new folders if must be, Fairphone would definitely be where I'd go. Five years warranty and software updates alone would be a strong reason to support them... For an older phone, they even did their security updates themselves after the chip manufacturer stopped delivering them.

Let me repeat my reply to about the same post on IGG yesterday: Uh that was a bad experience!! On the broken seal they did a long while back say that they opened boxes to check battery, why they were not re-sealed I have no idea, others have reported the same. And the bloated battery is most likely the cause of your broken device. I guess no one opened and re-checked devices before this wave was rolled out, Contact them at [email protected] I’m not sure they read comments in here.

So far I have only had it working for about a day. I haven't done much with Sailfish other than some tinkering around in the terminal. It runs smoothly and once you perform some of the tweaks (mentioned in the first post) it feels like it was very much designed for a device like the Pro1-X. I haven't attempted to run waydroid yet but when I do I'll update how successful (or not) that attempt is. The Pro1-X is not going to be my daily driver. I intend to use it as a small personal laptop (browsing, email, media consumption etc.) rather than a phone.

I solved the problem of Chrome browser refreshing when using the fingerprint scanner by remapping it through the 'Button Mapper' app.

Swollen battery is classic liion problem and it can happens on any phone brand. It is really bad on bnib phone and as say #Hook - you must contact fx directly because forum is only for users and is not official support. BUT what can i see from this one picture - it is not too bad as it looks because mainboard is on another side soo will be for 95% intact. I see swollen battery and two tear off nuts...soo relatively simple repair. First will be good to pull out battery quickly. ***led me known if fx dont responds - i can help you

Lineage-21.0-202407021nightly-pro1-signed.zip on July 5 (2024) security patch, installed smoothly using OTA BUT with these following issues: no camera no flashlight function

OTA Update to 21-20240721-NIGHTLY-pro1 installed smoothly just now. Autorotate is finally back. Fingers crossed for camera to come back in the following weeks.

Interesting and faster method! 👍 Though the fewest will have the needed Switchable Supply to do it this way, it could be interesting for FxTec for devices they got in for service. So let me tag @Erik and @Casey so they can forward it to the right persons.

To make sure what is going on you will need to do as follow to narrow down the issue Wipe the phone with a factory reset, without restoring anything. If the problem persists, you got a faulty unit, that need to be serviced. Else, restore everything. Turn off automatic backup (to avoid destroying your backup) Uninstall some apps See if/that the problem persist If it does back to 5 If it does not, you know the culprit is among the ones you knocked out last Restore everything, end remove these apps only You could also do it the other way r

I have Pro1 so I don't have experience of Pro1-X. But I know that devs have fixed many issues on LOS. For example, the fingerprint bug that you have faced on stock is fixed on LOS (also in stock beta firmware). https://xdaforums.com/t/official-lineageos-20-for-pro1-x.4543997/page-7#post-88614419 Pro1 has (or had) an issue where phone rebooted for unknown reason. People were guessing that the reason was related to specific network band or WiFI connection. I faced that issues about 5 to 6 times during one year so it was not that common. People reported that issue was fixed in LOS. I do

....The driver is ancient:

I see it like this in adb And like this in fastboot I have never heard of "Kedacom" BTW

Fairphone similar to FxTec also offers several OS for your device (and they preinstall for you). The surprising part is how easy it is do disassemble the whole thing as it was meant to do so. In the end Fairphone is what Pro 1X should be, just missing the keyboard. And it has this really big screen. Maybe we should ask them to add a slider too. 🤔

Also, would help to know how you are using. If doing a lot of graphic intensive gaming or long periods of video, it is likely to heat up.

Hmm most likely some overheating protection that kicks in, as you previously reported it getting very hot during usage. It is not a thing I have experienced, so you might have a faulty unit??? 😢 Anyone else experiencing this? My first guess would be a factory reset, to rule out that it is some software running that uses a lot of power, as this could make most phones go hot.

Okey dokey, in that case it'll have to be a case of getting a Pro1 and a Pro1X in pieces side by side. Shame I sold my Pro1X! Will keep my eyes out for a cheap one someone is sick of to do some science.

I put a flip case on mine, and that practically eliminates the issue, as you are then unlikely to accidentally trigger it. We have a terrible long thread on (mainly DIY) cases, but long-story-short, it requires either a 3D-printed case or some tinkering with existing cases. I have my own blah blah on the cases I made, and have been using for five years here.

You might find this post interesting as it is the only close up I can recall of the main antenna board, which has the USB-C port attached.

Ummm... well, can't blame you for the rant, but this is a user-to-user forum that FXTec folks only rarely poke in to so you are not communicating to your intended audience. I would contact them by email and let them know what happened.

I am (though I don't speak Dutch well). will send you a PM

Thomas Bonde Pedersen has at IGG posted a fix for the not charging Pro1! ADD: This has been confirmed to work by other users! Please try it, before disassembly (or send in for service)

Very sorry to hear that. By now, you'd think the gods of fair play would've given you a working phone you actually wanted.

Lineage-21-20240716-NIGHTLY-pro1x with July 5th security patch installed smoothly via OTA. MindTheGapps14, and root was maintained. A switch to Tuesday, for this week anyway.

after spending some time, I managed to build postmarketos with Danct12 kernel. I was even able to get wifi working. however many things doesn't work - like keyboard, bt and so on. there's a driver for gpio extender in mainline I stole dts scheme for keyboard from pro1 mainline branch - the keyboard still doesn't work unfortunately. anyway, I can share my files so you can play with it 🙂

Hello, one more confirmation that this method is working! I received my long-waited Pro1X a couple of days ago. After unpacking, I noticed that the device didn't boot up or take charge. I was wondering whether to disassemble the phone to access the battery, or perhaps try to kick some charge in by plugging/unplugging a magnetic cable (probably a thousand times...) But luckily I found this thread. I wrapped the phone in its original packaging bag, squeezed its body (and the power button) with a long twist tie, and left it plugged to its own charger for the night. I can say

We seem to have confirmation from someone else in Discord. The Pro1x is just kinky and needs to be tied up to get it's juices flowing.

Interesting. He is basically causing a looping "Battery pull" reboot, so it seems that there is some low level part of that which briefly draws power without needing the usual processes that require being able to fully boot. I've always said the "battery pull" reboot was very useful for a wonky behavior on a phone, but I had no idea. ;-) Hope we can get a record of this working for someone else for verification.

Hello there, recently got my new Pro 1X, but trying to load it I sensed the USB plug to be loose. While moving it slightly it was rattling inside the phone. I am not sure. As the USB module is separate, does this refer to a not so perfect clamped/glued module or might the screw or even the connection on the conductor board be broken ? I once experienced something similar on a graphics card, where the plug was loose as its screw was broken from the board. After some time of rattling the soldering of the plug broke and it was doomed. Does anybody have an idea on that ? Or ma

After 3.5 years of waiting, I get a used device – packaging was unsealed. Worst of all, an obviously broken device with a bloated battery; case preyed open and PCB bent gets shipped. I don’t know what to say!!! Are you for real, how on earth do you dare to ship a broken device to a customer. Is that some kind of a joke – what kind of Q&A do you have in place,if any??? Have a look for yourselves: https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZmVfgZHaVMdk2iTuJfecaEcNC6VmXcoiy0 Thanks for the great service!!!

Just another "me too" here. I've received my pro1x a few days ago, i haven't tried cellular (and don't plan to), only using it on Wi-Fi, but it is really awful. Sitting 2 meters away from the access point in the same room, direct line of sight, it fails to maintain a Wi-Fi connection; it frequently disconnects. Speeds are less than 10 mbit at that distance, when it can connect at all. Even a simple ssh session to another computer on my local network lags, stalls, and disconnects to the point of being unusable. 😭 (I have never disassembled it and there's nothing rattling.)