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  1. Rob. S.
    Me, I cannot say because I never used a (potentially unsigned) custom build, but when I installed the official 18.1 build these days I had problems with GApps showing up, too, on first boot. Because of conflicting information and experience regarding how/when to sideload GApps (and Magisk) after having sideloaded LOS, I finally flashed those ZIPs on both A and B partitions (and then both came up)...
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    Nothing against it, but just to be clear, what do you mean with Fn? The key with the F stylized after the Fxtec logo?
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    Yes, I did just a few minutes ago.
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    Strange indeed.
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    Using English(US) layout, it does (except with software that takes over the keyboard like Softmaker Office). This is strange; last time I tried, I could bring up the emoji selector by long-pressing alt on LOS 18.1, but right now I can't, no matter in which app. This is QWERTY with English (US) International keymap.
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    Just for the record, now I've experienced the same for the first time after I reinstalled LOS 18.1 from scratch. AccuBattery showed 47% charge level and 7mA charge current (i.e. nothing). ACC is set up to stop charging at 75% and to resume charging when the charge level drops to 70%. AccA app reported "not charging" (with the cable connected) where it usually says either "charging" or "discharging". Contrary to what I was remembering, opening the AccA app (or restarting the ACC service) didn't restart charging, either, so I had to reboot, too. So according to AccA ther
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    Would it be possible and even sensible to make LOS behave a bit more like stock here, meaning that it would become compatible with FinQwerty/FxQwerty custom layouts? They seem to have worked well for anyone who's used them. I don't have that experience as I never used stock. I was happy, though, with how the US International keymap used to work in LOS 16.1, but I also find 18.1 a bit lacking...
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    Sep 2019 here 😆 – plus a Pro1X order from Oct 2020, to improve the odds for getting at least one phone at some point. It's all very well for me to laugh of course since in the meantime I was lucky to get a pre-owned Pro1 and I'm totally happy about it...
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    Definitely none whatsoever. There have been reports of only limited exposures to water which inflicted damage, we have to be a bit careful with fluids. (That said, I recently spilled a thorough measure of drink over my Pro1 and it lived, but it was closed at the time so the obvious part that might let liquids in, the keyboard, wasn't exposed to it...) I'm not too sure about it since here in Germany 5G isn't really a thing yet, as far as I can see. But from what I've read, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, I think contrary to earlier generation changes 5G isn't really suppose
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    I'm using the "English (US), international style" layout for the physical keyboard (QWERTY), and I've attached what I get from it (made with Softmaker Office for Android on the Pro1) with the help of the Sym key when (as in most if not all browsers) I have no access to the long-press special key selection popup. Unfortunately, while this key map covers much including everything the German language uses, I already can see it does not even remotely cover the French accents. keys.pdf
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    I just confirmed that the brand-new German AusweisApp2 (meaning "passport app 2") – which uses the credentials stored in the latest version of the NFC-enabled German passport (which I had to renew recently) to safely and securely authorize me online in various situations like dealing with the authorities (instead of having to visit them in person) for things like registering a new car – works perfectly with the F(x)tec Pro1 running LineageOS 18.1 (with Magisk and MagiskHide). Our phone is not yet mentioned in the list of compatible smartphones, but it might be soon, because I made use of the
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    No it isn't possible, see above post with link to SwiftKey forums. Major fail from SwiftKey if you ask me. Bummer. That's the one thing I don't like with SwiftKey, either...
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    I see. I have obviously no idea how long the registration process takes... Regarding root, I'd say if you didn't sideload Magisk you aren't rooted, and if you did, you are, no matter if you made actual use of it (i.e. granted root to some apps) or not. (I asked because I don't know whether root might interfere with Google Play Store honouring the certification registration...)
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    Yes, MindTheGApps should include all necessary services... Are you rooted now, or not?
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    Now that's interesting. If you try this, I'd be interested to see how it goes, and what banking and other apps say after that.
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    Right, I don't use gestures... It's the same, though, whether I come from the home screen or from another app.
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    That's what I originally thought, too. I started out with unrooted LineageOS 16.1, which was already installed when I got my device (pre-owned) and generally I was fine with it. It turned out, though, it is more likely to get all or most of those apps running with a rooted device than with an unrooted one. More and more apps check for modifications which deviate from an unchanged phone with stock and complain even if it the device running LineageOS is not rooted. As soon as you have Magisk properly set up with MagiskHide and passing SafetyNet, at this point (possibly impending changes in Googl
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    If I've observed the task switcher correctly, when "auto-rotate" is enabled, the cards' outer shape always follows the orientation in which the phone is currently held, and the cards' displayed content always follows the orientation the respective task was opened in. For me, this works the same for closed keyboard and open keyboard – with the exception that open keyboard forces landscape even when the device is held in portrait orientation.
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    @ToniCipriani @VaZso A couple of days ago I had a similar but different effect, the screen recording taps and moves all over the place no matter where I was actually tapping; I was told that could come from badly shielded power adapters and/or cables and some other devices were sensitive there, too. Then I noted it only happened when the phone was connected to the charger, and it stopped after I put that specific charger and that specific cable aside. Do you perhaps see a difference in behaviour between connected and not connected to a charger? Even though the charger/cable will probably not b
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    Yes, I've been paying contactless with my phone at supermarket counters ever since I moved to LOS 18.1+ Magisk. Just had to install Google Pay from Play Store, activate Magisk Hide for it (actually I don't even know if it's necessary) and configure something (like my VISA card) as payment method. At least here in Germany paying by phone actually works better than using the bank card via NFC, where the bank regularly requires me to enter the PIN even though I'm using NFC. With the phone I don't have to. Until now, I always installed system updates OTA from the system settings. Both GApp
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    I think the necessary services are all included, and the missing apps should be installable from the Play Store. I just added Maps (which somehow couldn't be restored from backup) successfully that way.
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    So after a few more failed/stuck attempts (I still can't seem to get to grips with that A/B layout, I'm never really sure whether I need to boot before doing something or not...!) I finally got it up and running again 🙂 Even the "Identity" one-time token app for my employer's VPN seems to run (but I need the IT service people to transfer the account to my Pro1 again before I can be absolutely sure). Also, much of what I had could be restored. So much for the good news, and the previous sentence already hints at some of the bad 😉 The one banking app that made it through the process d
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    Right, Fxtec is not who's making all this, the mainboard manufacturer ("IDEA international Development Ltd." in Shenzhen, China) is providing it. But I guess @claude0001 knows that perfectly well and criticizes Fxtec's purposefully-unclear marketing rather than their not doing more in this regard...
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    No... maybe a few minutes. (I wasn't successful at my first attempt, either, and I did kill boot attempts which took longer than, say, ten or fifteen minutes, and flashed everything again...) A factory reset after sideloading LineageOS is definitely not necessary. Regarding Magisk: First I installed Magisk by sideloading it. (I took the the apk from https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/tag/v23.0 and renamed it to zip before sideloading.) After first boot, the Magisk app already showed up. (If it wouldn't, you'd need to install the apk. I still reinstalled the original apk, t
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