[Pro¹ X – state of production and delivery]

January of which year?

[Fingerprint sensor working only in settings]

I dont have 120 fps mode, that isnt a thing on the 1X. But you are right about the gallery icon, thanks!

[Fingerprint sensor working only in settings]

Thanks for the tip, but I tried this as well. First and second time I did not have still SIM card inside and MicroSD is still in my Keyone. I also tried it without loading backup from Google amd I am pretty sure I didnt connect to the wifi. I tried a sequence of factory resets in short succession since my data was already gone. 

The more I use it the more quirks Im finding. Sometimes when I open the keyboard in some apps, I get UI not responding crash. Pressing the camera button will not just open the camera, but also automatically take a picture which is pretty dumb. Also the camera app crashed multiple times, it often doesnt have link to the gallery and I have to close it and open the gallery from my homescreen... The build from 07/22 looks more like Alpha build to me. Not something you should ship the phone with...

[Fingerprint sensor working only in settings]

While I cannot fully exclude HW malfunction as the primary cause, I still pretty much doubt it. And I have found a "workaround" for this weird bug. Well, workaround... Lets just say I discovered a bit less annoying way of unlocking the phone instead of typing my whole PIN.

When the phone is locked, I press the power button, which lights up the screen. From there I have the option to click on "emergency call". Then I place my thumb on the fingerprint reader and press "back" on the screen, as If I changed my mind and I don't need to make an emergency call. At that point the fingerprint reader activates for a fraction of a second and reads my thumb that is already there. And there it goes, the phone is unlocked.

I'll try to reflash the firmware when I'll have more time, but this again shows me the reader is capable of functioning. Plus when I'm adding new fingerprints in the settings menu, the reader has no problem being active the whole time, even whole minutes. Again, can be HW related, but more things point to a software problem.

// for some reason it doesn´t like my thumb. Other fingers work fine. 

[Physical Keyboard QWERTZ]

While I should prefer QWERTZ in theory since that's how I type on PC, since I ran BB Keyone for about 5 years and that thing had QWERTY, I trained my mind to switch from Z to Y everytime I grab my phone. So I'm on czech QWERTY layout, which has all the czech symbols and I switch to ENG only for typing special symbols like @ and & etc. Which I don't have to do often so I'm quite happy as I am 🙂 

[Fingerprint sensor working only in settings]

Thanks! So it's 2.1.2 for me then since I want just an android phone with a keyboard. 

[Physical Keyboard QWERTZ]

I'm not entirely sure if we're talking about the same thing, but I did this.

I use czech layout because of letters like š,č,ř etc. which on a czech keyboard are mapped to the num keys. But with czech layout the special keys like the "yellow shift modifier" don't work. 

In Options - System - Langueage - Physical keyboard - Fxtec Pro1 I added an extra profile. I have both english (UK) and Czech layout. And I can switch between them using ctrl+spacebar. So anytime I need to write someting like @ or &... I press ctrl+space, which switches the keyboard layout to the english UK, then I can type these yellow symbols and then I switch with ctrl+space right back to czech layout.

Not completely ideal I'll admint but sice I don't use these symbols that often... it's just a minor annoyance. 

[Fingerprint sensor working only in settings]

Looks like my last option. So apparently I'm on build V 2.1.2_20220707 and there is a newer one V 2.1.5 "GMS-less". 

Please can someone more knowledgeable than me tell me what the "GMS-less" part means before I run head first into a brick wall? I can follow instructions in this guide but  I'm not going to foolishly pretend I understand anything what it says. I'm not exactly an Android guy. Comming from a long line of Symbian phones and then a few Blackberries, I know "nothing" about Android and at this stage of my life I just want a phone that works. And has a physical keyboard (yep, there's my whole problem...). 

Thanks a lot!

 

 

[Fingerprint sensor working only in settings]

Caught it "working" again. If I have a finger on the reader as I'm locking the phone, it will automatically unlock the phone imidiately. If I don't have finger on the reader as I'm locking it, or If I release it too early, nope, nothing. 

https://streamable.com/i4javc

Being able to unlock the phone only a second after I locked it is useless. But it shows that it's not HW related as the reader clearly works fine. When the system tells it to... Plus this doesnt work everytime anyway. Managed to get it "working" like this only couple of times.

[Fingerprint sensor working only in settings]

Ok so I just did factory reset and it behaves exactly like before. I didn't restore my backup and now I have a clear phone like from the factory. No apps, no accounts, nothing. This is frustrating. Before I did the reset I managed to unlock the phone once using the fingerprint reader. It was cca a second after I locked the screen. That was only once and "accidental". If the reader is "turned on" in settings and can read my fingers perfectly, that in my mind means its software related. 

Fingerprint doesnt work anywhere appart from settings. That includes all system apps like unlocking screen, images etc. 

 

// this is f**** up. When you restart your phone, it asks you first to type PIN for your SIM card. As soon as I type it in, I put and hold a finger on the fingerprint reader. Next step is to input PIN for my device. This whole time I'm still holding my thumb on the reader. As it goes from SIM card PIN to  "type in your device PIN" screen, my phone starst vibrating and keeps vibrating in 1 sec intervals. It's reading my fingerprint again, again and again. But it won't accept it because after restart you are required to input the PIN no matter what. Fingerprint method canot be used to do this but the reader keeps registering my attemps anyway. As soon as I input the device PIN and the phone goes to home screen, the reader is dead again acting like it doesn't exist. Works only in settings again, but plays dead when it should be unlocking my screen...  Well I gues that serves me right for spending a sh** load of money on a indie phone. 

Anyone able to crack this mystery is gonna be my hero. This bug is beyond annoing. 

// randomly worked now, but not as intended. Locking the screen with my finger already on the reader caused 2 vibrations - the second automatically unlocked the phone. So it did register. I did it again and again just by locking the phone with power button and holding my finger on the reader the whole time. Lock - 2 vibrations unlock - lock - 2 vibrations and so on... As soon as I lifted the finger it doensn't work again and I cannot even replicate this behaviour again. So no, definitely not HW related. It can work and it doesn't struggle to read corectly. It's some weird software glitch causing the reader not to be active when it should...

[Fingerprint sensor working only in settings]

Im on stock Android 11. I have been fideling with it some more. When I want to enter a locked folder, the phone asks for a fingerprint. If I have a finger on the reader before and during opening of said folder, it wakes up for a fraction of a second and registers an attemp to read my finger. But it never recognizes it even though everything is clean. It doesnt work afterwards again. Its as the reader shuts down imidiately instead of being active upon succesful unlock attempt. Strsnge. And super annoying. 

[Fingerprint sensor working only in settings]

Well this glitch is persistent. The reader doesnt work even right after the restart. One thing i spotted is when I have my finger on it while I press the power button to lock the screen, the phone vibrates. Its telling me it has been registered. But when I want to unlock it, it plays dead again. This is a really cruel glitch to me since my company requires a strong password for me to be able to connect into our network. Its pretty much unbarable without the fingerprint reader to input the ong password every time... I didnt expect this phone to be bulletproof, but this is omething I really expected to work...

 

// Further investigation. I downloaded an app which lets you add features to the fingerprint sensor. Like taping it once or twice, you can do actions like "go to your home screen" or "turn on the flashlight". It doesnt work either...

 

//Also power optimalization under battery settings does nothing. I was afraid if this didn't turn the sensor off. Deactivated + restart and still nothing.

[Pro¹ X – state of production and delivery]

9 hours ago, Schket said:

You can ask..., i did in November 2022.

Until now, no refund and no phone...

My experience exactly. I didn't want to be a scumbag and didn't buy from Expansys imidiately, even though it was tempting for half the price... But after more than half a year!!! of waiting for it to be shipped, (also produced as I waited a lot longer) - I finally asked them for refund and got it from Expansys like so many others. The very last piece - they delisted it right afterwards... Sorry everyone. When my refund was not comming, I asked them again and apparently they are having difficulties with their bank. So them not being able to ship it for several months, you can guess how long it took Expansys to deliver. Nope, you're wrong. Literally less than 48h. Across the globe. Still cant believe it - DHL service. The inability to ship all the devices in over 6 months, some devices being sold to resellers for half the price before the original orders are fulfilled... I think that everyone with a pair of working eyes and half a brain can see what happened. They ran out of money. Shame they didn't come clear. I bet so many people would pay shipping cost twice isntead of waiting months (and potentially years) for the device they bought. 

[Fingerprint sensor working only in settings]

Hello,

I have this weird problem with my pro 1X which I didn't experience on any of my previous phones. When I go to the security settings on stock Android (fully updated), it lets me choose the method of unlocking the phone (fingerprint + PIN for example). I then input my PIN, confirm it and then I can map my fingerprints. It reads them fine and everything goes smoothly. 

But then when I want to actually unlock the phone, the fingerprint sensor acts like it's dead. No vibration, no nothing. It also plays dead in every app I tested (like the internal google pictures app, internet banking etc.). When I go back to the security settings menu, I can see my fingerprints still being present. And I can add new ones and the reader reads them fine. But then the reader doesn't work anywhere else.

Multiple restars and setting my fingerprints over and over again didn't help. Smart lock function is turned off. Turning it on didn't help. 

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

 

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