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    SD Card recommendations

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Keep in mind that you'll need to format it with FAT32.  exFAT is not supported.
    If you plan to switch the card between camera and a phone, probably you'll be stuck because of lack of exFAT support.

    If your use case is only with the phone - take the cheapest one (from reputable Brand/Store, there are many fake cards from China)

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    Fxtec Pro1 vs Samsung Z Fold2

    in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions

    Posted

    1 hour ago, OKSun said:

    What is your typing experience on the Zfold? Price is also not the same...

    Typing is okay. It's too tide in closed form, and separated layout of virtual keyboard is also not the best thing. If I need typing something more than an SMS/WA/TG, I'm using external keyboard.
    Price is kinda similar, if you're looking on ebay. But I wouldn't recommend buying ZFold, it's not worth it.

     

    16 minutes ago, EskeRahn said:

    (In all fairness it should be said that the Samsung bloat can be disabled without rooting through ADB from a PC, a bit cumbersome but possible, see e.g. this)

    Yes, but it's not that I'm running virtual machines on the phone. Even with the bloatware, the performance is totally sufficient for my needs.

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    Fxtec Pro1 vs Samsung Z Fold2

    in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions

    Posted

    Sort of stuck at home now, closed roads due to latest events in Israel, so decided to write this short comparsion.

    tldr: Pro1 is a better phone, ZFold2 is better tablet for media consumption
     
     
    Why do I got ZFold2?
    Early begining of the COVID pandemic, I'm on my way to the airport, on business critical conference call.. got reboot. Back to the call, many apologies for sudden interruption.. and it reboots again :( 
    Ordered dual-sim iPhone same day.
    Due to rarity of HK/CN iPhones in Israel, got really good deal few months later on switching to ZFold2 (we all love shiny toys)
     
    Let's compare.. 
     
    Display:
    Both phones are kinda bad. Both screens on ZFold2 are with weird aspect ratio, so many of the apps can't scale propertly. Color accuracy is bad on both phones, Pro1 is slightly better. 
     
    Camera:
    I know many would disagree with me, but I prefer Pro1's camera. It's grainy, it's slow in low light, but the pictures comes with only slight oversaturation and contrast. ZFold is a mess, sometimes you get so oversaturated pictures, that you want to unsee them, and sometimes it almost monochrome or sepia. Yes, you can shoot RAW in PRO mode, still oversaturated, and what's the point of spending 5-20min on color correction for casual cellphone picture..
     
    Reception:
    ZFold2 is better, never seen 5G reception yet, but for LTE, it just better.
     
    Battery Life:
    Both phones are good, no complaints.
     
    Ergonomics:
    ZFold2 got bad ergonomics as a phone, it's heavy and bulky, but it is super convenient for travel, less things to carry, less expenses on roaming.  Pro1 is almost like regular phone, little bit bulkier due to keyboard :) handy when you need to work/type on the go, standing on the bus, or blindtyping under the table. Worth mentioning shifted keyboard and fingerprint location on Pro1, those are things that takes time to get used to.
     
    Performance:
    Not seeing any difference. I think, my complaints about performance ended somewhere around Xperia X with SD660. Or maybe there's too much bloatware on Samsung :)
     
    Desktop Mode:
    Dex is probably the best solution currently. On Pro1 most stable option for me is mirroring with SecondScreen to change DPI. Tried other options, played with Taskbar, sometimes it works, sometimes it does weird stuff and you need to reboot the phone.
     
    NFC reception is better on ZFold2
     
    Pro1 got notification light, useful during conferences, if we are gettng out of Zoom.
     
    ZFold2 is not as fragile as people might think, dropped it, not even a scratch.
     
    Waiting for part from Fxtec, and switching back to Pro1.
     
    If anyone got any questions, feel free to ask.
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    How to get log for last system crash?

    in How Tos

    Posted

    It is known bug on few devices. I got wierd way to replicate it - it always reboots on specific train. Already sent bugreport data to Waxberry.
     

    If it's too annoyingfor you, you can revert to OTA version before SafetyNet(can't remember the exact build, but it was ~8MB), it still reboots, but much less.

     

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    Pro1 Known Bugs [Updated 19 Nov 2019]

    in Bug Reports

    Posted

    On 1/24/2020 at 8:04 PM, MickH said:

    For some reason my Pro1 shut itself down 3 times in a row today.
    I was out shopping and glanced at my phone to see the time. When I pressed the power button I was asked for the boot-up unlock code. After that the phone booted OK.
    Within half an hour the same thing happened another 2 times.

    Any Ideas?

    Are you using it dual sim?

    Does it happened in low reception/coverage area?

    Do you got some of Google Apps disabled?

    Do you got some app that frequently checks location?

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    Those are just guesses..

    Network Compatibility

    in Support

    Posted

    On 12/26/2019 at 11:42 PM, silversolver said:

    VoLTE is turned off by default on the phone. Try *#*#4636#*#* and flip all the switches and reboot.

    Please let us know if this makes VoLTE work so others can know. Also, it sounds hairy over there. Stay safe!

    Switches are greyed out  😞

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    Network Compatibility

    in Support

    Posted

    Israel:

    Pelephone - LTE/WCDMA network (No VoLTE)

    Partner (ex Orange)  - Global network (No VoLTE)

    Need to try the mule method.

     

    Roaming at Netherlands worked flawlessly for both SIMs, can't remember the networks.

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    On the pre-production status

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, EskeRahn said:

    if you pull a plastic BT keyboard from one pocket and a budget phone from the other

    Also it's not always possible to pull both keyboard and a phone.

    I've worked on client's servers while being on the bus to airport, there is no way that I would manage to perform it with bluetooth keyboard.

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