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It's hard to predict, but in the F(x) Tec store they say 10-12 weeks, so, yes, 2-3 months is the fastest you might receive the phone right now. That could change if they reach the point where they build up stock, but until they do and change the information in their store, I wouldn't count on it. The Pro 1 is worth waiting for, but if you can't wait, you can't wait. When My phone died waiting for the Pro 1, I went out and picked up a cheap Moto phone to get me through.

This is a user forum. Although @Erik looks in here from time to time, this forum is not an effective way to communicate with F(x) Tec. A week is not a long time not to hear from support. They are a very small operation. Hold off a while longer-- sending a new email now may just reset your place in the help queue.

I also want to point out that Annsi of FinQwerty (and I think Slion here, but I have mostly worked with Annsi) is very open to requests and suggestions. Contact information is at the top of this page: https://android.onse.fi/finqwerty/ Current Pro1 layouts are here https://android.onse.fi/finqwerty/#pro1 Probably nothing you didn't know already...

Hopefully someone else will come along who knows more about that option. Since an SD card for me is primarily for media storage, I usually want it removable and have always gone with that option. One thing I am still confused about-- you said you "moved" your pictures. From where? You couldn't have had 500 GB of pictures on your Pro 1. What else is contributing to the 500GB? The pictures might be able to be moved back. though again, not sure what that looks like if everything is being treated as one big internal SD drive. I suspect the only way to redo it is to reformat the card

Hmmm, not sure. Hopefully, the 1TB thing is Samsung sending you the wrong card. Otherwise it might be corrupt. Did the phone offer to format the card when you first put it in? If so, did it offer you two flavors-- as removeable storage or as additional internal memory (don't remember the term)? Which did you choose; I always make mine removable and don't know a lot about the other option. When you plug in the phone to the PC, do you switch the USB function on the phone from "charging" to "File Transfer?" You do that by tapping on the USB notification on the notification shade

Ah. I thought it used to say out of stock without selecting, so I fooled myself into thinking they were back, sorry,

I believe Qwertz models can now be ordered again.

My favorite use-case here (and it works perfectly without any special settings) is I usually turn my Pro1 to portrait with the keyboard out to read Kindle books. The keyboard acts as a very comfortable handle to hold the device and the kindle app spins about to portrait so I get more text on the screen. A great way to read and not get tired of holding the Pro1 so much.

I don't have it. It took me a while to find a way to check because I use a black wall paper and most of my apps are black or dark themed, but I finally found an app that gave me a bright white background. 😂

Yes, you sideload from recovery. But then you use the advanced menu in Lineage Recovery to Reboot to recovery. That switches to and makes active the slot where the update was installed. The clearest instructions are @tdms. They were written for the test versions, but they work fine for the official nightlys. http://files.nwwn.com/android/pro1/lineage.html

Correct. Just make sure you reboot to recovery after sideloading the new nightly so that you switch the slot it was actually installed to.

The updater works but is very slow. I can vouch on the slow part. I bailed on my only attempt to do it because it was taking so long even though it was a background process and I could still use it. I prefer the speed and (for me) simplicity of downloading the nightly and doing an adb sideload from my computer.

They have posted the fastboot factory restore files for 20200825 in the factory restore thread. The boot.img file is in the zip.

I'm confused. I have write access to my SD card, I must not be understanding correctly. If I create a file in any program (for me mostly textmaker and QuickEdit) I can easily navigate to the sd card and save.

@FlyingAntero came to the conclusion that the frames are different.

I believe F(x)Tec has a support video for changing out the screen. I would imagine they would share it with you even if they didn't send you the screen. Worth contacting them.

There is a flashall script included in the zip. Just be warned that, as is, the flashall will boot you without wiping user data. You don't want that to happen, so make sure you wipe userdata before firing off the flashall. The link for the zip is at the top of the post.

Is this of any help? Not mine, but I have the link... https://gelraen.github.io/fxtec-pro1-teardown/

Correct. I should have said something like "Some cars integrate the Android Auto app into their dash system." Frankly, I wouldn't find Android Auto all that useful if not integrated into the car. Making controls a little bigger on the phone doesn't make it all that much safer to use while driving and the voice controls are mostly there without Android Auto. It's the integration into the car's system (steering wheel controls, speakers and microphone) that make it valuable (for me). This was the whole reason I added a supplemental phone for Android Auto when it didn't work fully with Lineag

Android Auto is an app that some cars have. It uses a USB connection to your phone to utilize some Android Apps (maps for navigation, music player apps, messaging, phone, etc) and format their output onto the larger car screen if you don't have navigation built in. It allows use of the controls on the steering wheel and voice, so you are pretty hands free on all operations. Plus, it keeps your phone charged because it uses a USB connection. 😄

Where I am (Coastal VA), I've never had any problems with navigation using Android Auto with either stock or lineage (I had other problems with Android Auto on Lineage, mostly the hands free stuff, which made me switch Android Auto functions to a different, stock android phone). But on stock, I never had a problem with the Pro 1 and Android Auto.

Me too. Both @elvissteinjr Tasker scripts and Null Edge (I preferred the former) worked well on stock for me, while the setting on Lineage makes them unnecessary.

Nope, doesn't offer to use internal storage.

It offers the option on my phone, in recovery, under the adb sideload option. I will confess, however, I've never tried to use it.

Yes and no. 9 months ago, COVID was hitting China and factories closed down in Feb. It's been a tough year. It doesn't necessarily translate to that long a wait if ordered now.