benhbell 30 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) Hey everyone! Just got my pro1-X and I am loving everything except android 9. 🙂 the form factor is a delight. I found the finger print reader weird until I realized that with more fingers i could unlock it in both landscape and portait. I definitely regret no tasking for lineage os, and might need to flash it later, unless android 10 is on its way. I think the full screen gestures + no menu bar for the phone would just work better. Happy to answer any questions for people on the fence. Edited January 11, 2021 by benhbell 9 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DieBruine 397 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I'm running LoS 18 with just a few minor hick-ups (check the topic). If you are planning on flashng, I woud suggest going straight to 18. And enjoy your Pro1 👍🏾! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chippisc 27 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 On 1/9/2021 at 3:15 AM, benhbell said: Hey everyone! Just got my pro1 and I am loving everything except android 9. 🙂 Expand When did you order? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benhbell 30 Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 I did the most recent kick starter but purchased the 128gb pre-christmas device. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VaZso 1,998 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 On 1/9/2021 at 11:27 PM, benhbell said: I did the most recent kick starter but purchased the 128gb pre-christmas device. Expand So that is the blue variant. 🙂 I hope it will serve you a long time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slion 1,201 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 On 1/9/2021 at 11:27 PM, benhbell said: I did the most recent kick starter but purchased the 128gb pre-christmas device. Expand Smart move, was certainly the fastest way to get a new device. Congrats! On 1/9/2021 at 3:15 AM, benhbell said: think the full screen gestures + no menu bar for the phone would just work better. Expand It does indeed work better and you can get it now on Android 9. I've been using full screen gesture navigation and no menu bar for almost a year. See: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.conena.navigation.gesture.control To hide the menu bar you will need to run an adb command from your PC, the app explains it to you if I recall well. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lucik 6 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) On 1/9/2021 at 11:27 PM, benhbell said: I did the most recent kick starter but purchased the 128gb pre-christmas device. Expand Hello! What keyboard layout you get? "Tab | q | w" or "tab | ~ | q"? P.s. i get pre Christmas bundle with "tab | ~ | q" keyboard layout. 😞 Edited January 10, 2021 by Lucik 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benhbell 30 Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 1:10 PM, Slion said: Smart move, was certainly the fastest way to get a new device. Congrats! It does indeed work better and you can get it now on Android 9. I've been using full screen gesture navigation and no menu bar for almost a year. See: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.conena.navigation.gesture.control To hide the menu bar you will need to run an adb command from your PC, the app explains it to you if I recall well. Expand Thanks! Going to try that this week! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benhbell 30 Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 I got the qwerty keyboard. the devices whould all be on their way, i am sure! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryven 2 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Hard to belive, that the Pro-X is deliverd bevor the Pro-1 is fully delieverd. 1 1 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VaZso 1,998 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) On 1/11/2021 at 2:11 PM, ryven said: Hard to belive, that the Pro-X is deliverd bevor the Pro-1 is fully delieverd. Expand That is only a special "pre-Christmas" edition of 10 pieces. I really hope they will deliver all remaining Pro1 before shipping of Pro1-X which expected to be delivered this March. Edit: also it seems they still have the shifted QWERTY layout as every Pro1 and not the unshifted one which basically Pro1-X should have. Edited January 11, 2021 by VaZso 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_DW_ 628 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 1/11/2021 at 2:44 PM, VaZso said: That is only a special "pre-Christmas" edition of 10 pieces. I really hope they will deliver all remaining Pro1 before shipping of Pro1-X which expected to be delivered this March. Edit: also it seems they still have the shifted QWERTY layout as every Pro1 and not the unshifted one which basically Pro1-X should have. Expand Yeah its obviously the first proto type batch of the design before they got the new keyboard layouts. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lucik 6 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 1/11/2021 at 3:06 PM, _DW_ said: Yeah its obviously the first proto type batch of the design before they got the new keyboard layouts. Expand But in description not write about first proto type batch. And i want a normal, not shifted layout. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VaZso 1,998 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 1/11/2021 at 3:19 PM, Lucik said: But in description not write about first proto type batch. And i want a normal, not shifted layout. Expand I understand it, they may not have the new layout available at the time of shipment. However, otherwise I would not call them prototype as it is a proven hardware with only a minor modification on the case itself. So they are not prototype, except the keyboard is not unshifted which may be a problem for the user but not a problem hardware-wise. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doktor Oswaldo 915 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/11/2021 at 2:11 PM, ryven said: Hard to belive, that the Pro-X is deliverd bevor the Pro-1 is fully delieverd. Expand Well it is unfortunately not hard to believe. Fxtec screwed up in this point multiple times. They had no system to send the devices out sorted by the date of the order, it was more or less random when you got your device. They sent devices to resellers before preorders where done and so on. But stay strong guys, the phone is worth it! 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,519 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 (I moved some keyboard request comments over here) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benhbell 30 Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 Just removed the taskbar, added a rotation app for some annoying apps, and added fullscreen gestures. Im a happy man. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slion 1,201 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/12/2021 at 11:37 PM, benhbell said: Just removed the taskbar, added a rotation app for some annoying apps, and added fullscreen gestures. Im a happy man. Expand To force apps in landscape and other Pro1 specific features and bug fixes you may want to take a look at FxService: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marcelmueller 3 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I received my device this week. On the first day I exchanged Android 9 for Sailfish OS, unfortunately I had to find out that there is no Android support in the free version. So I currently have LineAge 17 running on the device. As an old BlackBerry OS10 user, I was really looking forward to Sailfish OS 😞 ... but unfortunately not usable without Android ... 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,519 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 1/13/2021 at 11:02 PM, marcelmueller said: I received my device this week. On the first day I exchanged Android 9 for Sailfish OS, unfortunately I had to find out that there is no Android support in the free version. So I currently have LineAge 17 running on the device. As an old BlackBerry OS10 user, I was really looking forward to Sailfish OS 😞 ... but unfortunately not usable without Android ... Expand I fell in the same 'pit' trying out SFOS. I do not really understand why Sailfish only sell this option to their explicitly supported devices. Say sell it 'as is' unsupported. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingAntero 871 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 1/14/2021 at 7:54 AM, EskeRahn said: I fell in the same 'pit' trying out SFOS. I do not really understand why Sailfish only sell this option to their explicitly supported devices. Say sell it 'as is' unsupported. Expand Does anyone know what is the situation with Anbox on Sailfish? Previously it was said that getting Anbox to work should be easy task. https://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1559040&postcount=1816 Quote it has 4.4 kernel getting anbox to work should be piece of cake i think it will be pretty stable to use and possible anbox so android app support Expand Anbox is not as good as official Android support but better than nothing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Apextech 11 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 I'm so glad that someone got the NEW phone when I still haven't gotten the OLD phone yet after ordering it in February 2020. Worst company than Planet Computers and their phone was down right terrible! 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob. S. 1,667 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 @Apextech February 2020? September 2019 here – and not all too amused anymore, either. Still – this is not fairyland where we live. This is not a world where our wishes necessarily come true, not even when they're sensible enough and we did pay for them with good money. This is late-stage competitive turbo-capitalism, and on top of that business has been disrupted by the worst pandemic the planet has seen since the Spanish flu. And Fxtec is a tiny startup with only one product, trying to keep alive with just it, brutally dependent on the whims of their contract manufacturer and suppliers. And as disappointed as I am – in this reality, we can only be thankful that Fxtec hasn't folded yet, and to me it is obvious that without the Pro1 X campaign there would have been a high probability we wouldn't be so lucky. Yes, lucky. Because if they would fold, none of us who ordered and paid but didn't receive their devices yet would ever see either their device or their money again. And if it takes sending out TEN or so pre-production devices as earliest-bird perks to such a tiny number of Pro1 X backers before all old orders are fulfilled to help staying afloat, then that's more than ok with me. 6 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,519 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 1/14/2021 at 1:11 PM, matf said: I'm not saying you should do it or that it is legal, but you may be interested in knowing Expand Suggesting anything that is illegal is clearly outside what is acceptable in here, I hid you comment, so you will have to make it again without that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flx 42 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 If you legally bought the software license I don't see what could be illegal in making in works on a different hardware. I'd say it falls under the retroengineering/compatibility laws in Europe. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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