Hi everyone.
I searched it as much as I could but had no luck. Is there a battery cover that hides the camera lens? To put simply, I need a back cover with no holes at all. I need to have a phone without a camera lens and just hiding it would really help me out. I searched everywhere but found nothing. Even here in the accessories session nothing is mentioned.
If anyone finds omething please reply here, I am desperate!
ManiacGr said:
Hi everyone.
I searched it as much as I could but had no luck. Is there a battery cover that hides the camera lens? To put simply, I need a back cover with no holes at all. I need to have a phone without a camera lens and just hiding it would really help me out. I searched everywhere but found nothing. Even here in the accessories session nothing is mentioned.
If anyone finds omething please reply here, I am desperate!
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I have never seen such a thing! why you wanna hide it?!?!?!?
i really don't think you will find such a thing!!!
that is what I am afraid of... I need to have a phone that has no camera with me, and I do not want to leave the HD at the house and wonder around with a simple nokia without the camera. I can pass it as a no camera phone if I could be able to find something like that.
I believe I am not the only one with this problem. There are places that security does not allow camera phones. I found a forum of iPhone users that have exactly the same problem, and I thought that if nobody here in the xda-developers knows or has seen something like this, then probably I have no choice but to leave the phone back
Sorry I have no answer for you. My hunch is that it cannot exist as the use of such cover in places where cameras are prohibited would presume that the security there are also a bunch of idiots to not to be able to see that Touch HD has also a front camera. So it would be a very narrow use possibility to make sense for large scale manufacturing...
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Sorry I have no answer for you. My hunch is that it cannot exist as the use of such cover in places where cameras are prohibited would presume that the security there are also a bunch of idiots to not to be able to see that Touch HD has also a front camera. So it would be a very narrow use possibility to make sense for large scale manufacturing...
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You are absolutely right....in areas where it is prohibited to use a camera phone you shouldn't do that. But I think there's one possible solution for that: right here
Sorry for that little joke , but I have been to places where it's not allowed and you should respect that,too. If people realize that you've hidden the cam...oh oh ooooh
I see your point Maniac
I got the same here at work. We're not allowed to use or even have a camera phone with us in the development department.
But thats easily solved: We just deposit it in a lockbox before entering that area. So isn't there a possibility to do that?
Or do you need the phone at work? Then there should be an possibility to get an permission or something like that (I got that at work).
greetz
playdo
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that the security there are also a bunch of idiots to not to be able to see that Touch HD has also a front camera.
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Furthermore you could easily take off the back cover and take your pictures without it. So that won't work.
Mate, since my first nokia wirh pixels camera I have just forgot about covering the lens...sony ericsson and its "k" series has lens cover...but it isn't necessary at all...
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Okay i've been trying to track down where to get the front facing camera to install for my 8525. I actually saw an auction on youtube but i couldnt find a case so i didnt order (big mistake since now i found a case and am stuck with a hole) anyways back to the topic
- Can anyone supply me with the front facing camera so i can install it in my phone?
- Does anyone know if other camera's work with our hermes for ex: http://cgi.ebay.com/Y206-Int-Camera...88055751QQihZ016QQcategoryZ3728QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Y104-Int-Camera...52266913QQihZ016QQcategoryZ3311QQcmdZViewItem
I asked cnn.cn about the camera and all they said is they'll check but that was the last of that.
any leads would be appreciated. THX
-Jay
I was wondering the same thing, I cant find the front camera anywhere
Good News and Bad News
Good news
is i found the OLD (Nov 2nd) auction that had the front camera for our 8525s and others that lack front camera
Bad news
The auction has been over for a while
lets hope they have some in stock. If anyone is interested let me know and i'll order as many as i can, surprisingly enough they are very very cheap.
Happy new years.
Maybe a dumb question... How do you know for sure that this is the correct camera and is it a simple plug in? Is the socket already in place in the phone?
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Maybe a dumb question... How do you know for sure that this is the correct camera and is it a simple plug in? Is the socket already in place in the phone?
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not a dumb question at all, the links i posted above are not the correct camera. i am trying to contact the company that sells those to see if they have for our hermes.
on to the 2nd question: the socket is already in place on the phone, all you have to do is plug in the camera to the connector and you are good to go.
Outstanding! Now I just need to get the nerve to open up my new 8525.
I saw this thread and thought this might help a little bit:
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1152710&page=4&pp=15&highlight=8525+front+camera
Thread on HoFo (actually a tutorial) for changing the housing, but the last few pages focus on the camera. This guy bought a broken TyTn and took the camera out of it, there are also some pictures to give you a better idea of what to look for.
I have one. I took it out cause it was pointless I have tmobile US and they dont support it anyway. So anyone interested can IM me im usually on MSN. My SN is in my profile.
C Brown said:
I have one. I took it out cause it was pointless I have tmobile US and they dont support it anyway. So anyone interested can IM me im usually on MSN. My SN is in my profile.
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interested in that camera and the location of a plce I can get the housing from too
I just ordered a black HTC branded housing (at least that's what appears in the pictures) from China_Store on Ebay. It's been a few days and I still haven't received any confirmation from them, though.
You can find theirs and a couple other's by searching for "8525 housing" and setting the price range from $25 - 100. Here's a direct link.
Good luck!
Mine has a front cam, but I've never used it... How pointless
I bought the Front Camera for my 8525 and I bought The Case for it as well. Took me 1 2 3 with the Tutuorial From HoFo and a Few other sites. I was disappointed when I found out the China Store Wasn't selling them anymore. I have another 8525 I want the front camera for. It's super Cheap And a good Mod. I use it once in a while for pix and I tested it out for video and it works...But rare....Not totally useless I Live in NYC....
anyone find out where they sell them ... Put me down for 1
Front Camera Mania
I just found this thread.
Add another person to the list for buying the camera/front housing.
Thanks,
Bagua
What's the model #
What's the model number for the front camera, it would be useful to have it, in case sombody wants to look for it
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What's the model number for the front camera, it would be useful to have it, in case sombody wants to look for it
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It may help to know the following:
The front camera is manufactured by the Liteon Corporation of Taiwan:
http://www.liteon.com/page.aspx?id=4cdd6857-1b68-4eec-82c2-3d612c9b866f
It may be worth checking with them to see if they supply direct through their on-line Service Contact page:
http://www.liteon.com/Services.aspx?id=34a8d337-1424-4c7a-b219-80a96f109207
The Front Camera Module is:
Liteon Part No: 05P019
HTC Part No: 54H00157-00P (HTC list no alternatives for this component)
Mike
I'd definitely like one too.
I've contacted LiteOn Semiconductor...
about the front camera's....if I come up with something, I will post it here.
In the meantime, does anyone know where I can pick up a housing on the cheap ( other than ebay ) ? I'd prefer the HTC one, so I can get the keypad to replace as well ( it's got the video call button ), but it's not a hard requirement.
Anyone with the info can just PM me, and for everyone's POM, I'll update this thread in a few days, regardless of whether I hear from them or not.
How's you account for the hole for the camera ?
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I bought the Front Camera for my 8525 and I bought The Case for it as well. Took me 1 2 3 with the Tutuorial From HoFo and a Few other sites. I was disappointed when I found out the China Store Wasn't selling them anymore. I have another 8525 I want the front camera for. It's super Cheap And a good Mod. I use it once in a while for pix and I tested it out for video and it works...But rare....Not totally useless I Live in NYC....
anyone find out where they sell them ... Put me down for 1
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Did you BORE out a hole or did you replace the front bezel completely ?
Inquiring minds would like to know.
I'm curious as to what program you can use to access the front camera? Video calling (I'm aware of) or multipurpose? Thanks!
Are these cameras no longer available? I hate to buy a HTC housing and have nothing to put in there... I would have to close the hole up with a plastic piece to make it at least look like there is something there rather than just a hole for dust to get in.
Right then, who else has noticed this? I'm presuming its an issue with the sync?
My contacts are stored with Googlemail and are set to sync, which is good as it saves me manually doing it and I usually change business contacts details so its nice that it updates on its own.
I link the contacts to facebook, pictures come over, look perfect (well, alright).
Later on, the pictures look awful and I'm presuming its because they are sent to Google and then sent back to the phone in a lower quality.
There were similar issues with the Touch HD syncing with Outlook and nobody found a way around it, anyone got any suggestions?
Nobody else noticing that their contacts pictures are really poor quality? Is it just me having this issue?
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Nobody else noticing that their contacts pictures are really poor quality? Is it just me having this issue?
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Me too...
No you are not alone.
Not alone
You are not alone, I presume that there is some kind of loss in the sync to make it work faster, I havnt seen any setting to make it lossless.
When I saved a picture from facebook and added it manually the was no loss in quality.
So until there is some kind of app out I guess you will just have to manually add the pictures if you cant live with the quality.
I sync with Outlook and its the same.
I do remember when i had a HTC Touch Diamond that was the same. The way you cured the problem was to take a photo with your phone to use as a contact picture and then it was full quality. To be honest not tried it with the Hero yet maybe a task for today for me..
Same problem here.
Hope they solve it in a future update.
Its the same with me, on my Diamond I created small high quality pics for my contacts & even with these the quality is crap.
On a side note is anybody else thinking that XDA Developers isn't the place for us & our hero handsets? I'm feeling a little bit unloved
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Its the same with me, on my Diamond I created small high quality pics for my contacts & even with these the quality is crap.
On a side note is anybody else thinking that XDA Developers isn't the place for us & our hero handsets? I'm feeling a little bit unloved
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People are only just getting their Hero's so this will get going soon. Its the same when any new devices come out, just takes time.
We have root already, TP2 doesn't have HardSPL yet and thats been out months.
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People are only just getting their Hero's so this will get going soon. Its the same when any new devices come out, just takes time.
We have root already, TP2 doesn't have HardSPL yet and thats been out months.
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I'm not sure I understood half of what you just said. What are Root, TP2 & HardSPL?
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I'm not sure I understood half of what you just said. What are Root, TP2 & HardSPL?
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haha, ok...
Root gives you access to all of your phone and should allow you to flash new roms onto your phone.
HardSPL is used on phones and if you have hardspl, again, you can flash new roms.
TP2 is the Touch Pro 2, just another phone.
Basically I was trying to say the phone is new out, and usually when they are it takes a while for people to come over to them, but they do eventually. When more and more people come on board, there will be a lot more support.
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Its the same with me, on my Diamond I created small high quality pics for my contacts & even with these the quality is crap.
On a side note is anybody else thinking that XDA Developers isn't the place for us & our hero handsets? I'm feeling a little bit unloved
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as stated...this phone has only been out in the uk for just over a week
things will start moving faster once people can get there hands on it.
i don't think it wll be long before the chefs start cooking here for us
You know what I think I need to make a retaction & clarify how I feel about the XDA Developers site & the hero. Both the comments of nicelad_uk & liamhere are totally spot on & it was silly of me to expect the amount of expert knowledge on the hero that I enjoyed with my previous winmo devices.
I realise now that this could be my time to shine & put something back into this community instead of just taking like I was accustomed to before. Now obviously its been established that my knowledge is a bit lax on the software but where I can help I will & hopefully the increase traffic & hel will bring more people to this part of the forum.
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I've just read what I've written & although it WREAKS OF CHEESE I'm leaving it up because when you get past the cheese its pretty much true. Corny but true.
almost forgot thanks for the clarifications nicelad_uk, you really are a, er, nice lad
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almost forgot thanks for the clarifications nicelad_uk, you really are a, er, nice lad
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Haha, trust me, if you asked my girlfriend, she would say the opposite!
I started putting back into the community with my Touch Pro 2, recreating a theme which I loved on my Diamond but wasn't available, it was a good feeling.
Now I'm making apps for Android, nothing big, just getting used to it and trying different things.
And no problem with the help, we all try to help and its good to see a mod using these devices too, other people will follow shortly, when they see the light
Contacts Image quality
I have the same bad images quality in contact also. Even when i had my Touch HD. I sync with Outlook and even set the contact photo from the phone but when a call comes in or is made to the contact its all blurry. Any ideas?
thenewshaft said:
You know what I think I need to make a retaction & clarify how I feel about the XDA Developers site & the hero. Both the comments of nicelad_uk & liamhere are totally spot on & it was silly of me to expect the amount of expert knowledge on the hero that I enjoyed with my previous winmo devices.
I realise now that this could be my time to shine & put something back into this community instead of just taking like I was accustomed to before. Now obviously its been established that my knowledge is a bit lax on the software but where I can help I will & hopefully the increase traffic & hel will bring more people to this part of the forum.
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I've just read what I've written & although it WREAKS OF CHEESE I'm leaving it up because when you get past the cheese its pretty much true. Corny but true.
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That warms my cockles, does that! I feel just the same so I'm trying to help where I can (Not totally altruistic, just its summer break and I have time on my hands)
On the point of poor quality pics in the call window, I think what is happening is that the fone is grabbing the little Thumbnail created for the contacts, not the original pic. The thumbnail then looks like Sh** in the big call window.
Not a solution but could be a reason.
Daisy "must do better" Connolly xx
Dayzee said:
That warms my cockles, does that! I feel just the same so I'm trying to help where I can (Not totally altruistic, just its summer break and I have time on my hands)
On the point of poor quality pics in the call window, I think what is happening is that the fone is grabbing the little Thumbnail created for the contacts, not the original pic. The thumbnail then looks like Sh** in the big call window.
Not a solution but could be a reason.
Daisy "must do better" Connolly xx
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This issue is usually to do with the Sync, its been a common problem with Syncing with Outlook and google from Windows Mobile Devices. I posted a comment about poor picture quality on Google's forums and one of their development team said they would look into it, that was nearly 3 months ago though.
Can't think of anyway round it! Very annoying though. Auto Sync off for me I think.
I think everyone should go to the google forums and reply to this thread...
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=6b0562c425cc1f5d&hl=en
Make them aware we are noticing these issues!
hey mates, i think so to,when the people gets their hands on this wunderfull device, the development will be started ... mine arrives in 3 days ... cant wait for it ....
Anyone found a fix for this problem???
I need replace digitalizer screen, do you know any link to do it?
thank you....... I need your help
If youre not confident and ask about links to do that, Id recommend service, warranty or not, digitizer layer is glued to screen and anyone who hasnt enough experience will just mess it up badly
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If youre not confident and ask about links to do that, Id recommend service, warranty or not, digitizer layer is glued to screen and anyone who hasnt enough experience will just mess it up badly
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then, it´s better replace lcd+digitalizer,for me to do it.
do you think so?
Its certainly better to replace whole screen, but still even better is to do it in service, i wouldnt do it if I havent had any previous experience/wouldnt be able to find how to do it by myself, that screen isnt exactly cheap, if you dont have problems with that, go on
I have two words to say:
1. I don't know why people answers: 'go to service'; he don't ask forum for answers like that!
2. I never dismantle DX but on other HTC devices (and I'm preaty sure here is the same) the LCD has nothing to do with digitizer. The LCD is inside the phone and on top of that is the outer case and on that is digitizer. Digitizer can be found on market glued on case or simple (cheaper but harder to replace). The link between them is a thin band.
If I'm wrong please correct me because there is some time since I haven't worked with such devices (hard or soft) and on that time digitizers were resistive not capacitive...
Conclusion: be carefull and first of all try to dismantle your phone. If you succeed you can decide what piece you have to replace, LCD, digitizer or both...
I just pointed out that if someone has no idea how to do such thing (this was nicely indicated by asking about links how to do it), it is pretty hard task to do and might end bad (and I mean really end like this, not like "you can brick phone this way, but it wont happen anyway if you dont just have big bad luck"), he will end with no warranty (not like unlocking bootloader, they should still replace bad screen when unlocked, at least only warranty service in our country is doing it like this, they are cool ), unless it was some software voodoo which messed up with screen this badly after opening bootloader, or own fault which isnt covered by warranty. But it doesnt matter, we dont know the story and I just pointed out, that if someone wants really to do this, he should at least some iniaciative, like "is better this way or this another way" instead of asking for links, which, and its friendly advice, would be better solved by some person who is acctualy providing some guarantee that he will repair it how it should be, since he get paid for it.
I am not trying to demotivate him, in the end, its not my phone...
Hi guys,
First post on these forums. I hope I'm not double posting but I could find quite what I was looking for.
My brother dropped his SK17i, the screen is cracked but still completely working, and the earpiece doesn't appear to be working ie. during a call you cannot hear the person talking but they can. The headphone jack works for a call though, and no other speakers are damaged. I downloaded ToggleHeadset2 but it wont open so I assume it won't work, but I tried SoundAbout and it also doesn't improve the situation any. Pretty sure its just a broken earpiece speaker which needs replaced.
Its running Android 4.0.2. (Latest Sony firmware update). I'd like to get into mobile phone fixing and he said if I can sort it out its mine. I'm pretty confident about having a hoke about inside it cause i've messed with laptops and desktops before but I'd like a bit of advice if possible.
I've found lots of good guides to open the phone, replacing the screen will be no problem, but I want to sort the speaker before investing in the screen which is dearer.
My questions are:
1. Is this the component I need to buy? <url removed> darn...can't post links yet! Ok well could someone link me to the component I would need?
2. What specific tools will I need for this? Soldering required etc?
I'm sorry if these are easily answerable elsewhere, I tried...
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Hi guys,
First post on these forums. I hope I'm not double posting but I could find quite what I was looking for.
My brother dropped his SK17i, the screen is cracked but still completely working, and the earpiece doesn't appear to be working ie. during a call you cannot hear the person talking but they can. The headphone jack works for a call though, and no other speakers are damaged. I downloaded ToggleHeadset2 but it wont open so I assume it won't work, but I tried SoundAbout and it also doesn't improve the situation any. Pretty sure its just a broken earpiece speaker which needs replaced.
Its running Android 4.0.2. (Latest Sony firmware update). I'd like to get into mobile phone fixing and he said if I can sort it out its mine. I'm pretty confident about having a hoke about inside it cause i've messed with laptops and desktops before but I'd like a bit of advice if possible.
I've found lots of good guides to open the phone, replacing the screen will be no problem, but I want to sort the speaker before investing in the screen which is dearer.
My questions are:
1. Is this the component I need to buy? <url removed> darn...can't post links yet! Ok well could someone link me to the component I would need?
2. What specific tools will I need for this? Soldering required etc?
I'm sorry if these are easily answerable elsewhere, I tried...
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see bro its always risky to work with the device opened up and you might go wrong also sometimes.. a good advice is take the phone for Service to Sony if you are still in warranty. if you are not in warranty and cannot afford to spend money i would say there would be some 3rd party repairing centers in your city where they charge a little less... whatever it is no one here on XDA developers would be blamed if you mess up with your phone
Al the Best bro
Best Regards
Aneel
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see bro its always risky to work with the device opened up and you might go wrong also sometimes.. a good advice is take the phone for Service to Sony if you are still in warranty. if you are not in warranty and cannot afford to spend money i would say there would be some 3rd party repairing centers in your city where they charge a little less... whatever it is no one here on XDA developers would be blamed if you mess up with your phone
Al the Best bro
Best Regards
Aneel
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Thanks for the reply. Of course I would never blame anyone if I followed their advice and I ended up destroying the phone, just wanted to know what level of task it is before I attempt it, like would this require soldering it would it be a ribbon slide in and out job. I own anti-static mats, wrist grounding things, and quite a few small laptop tools. Just trying to get an idea of what is actually involved in this before I have the phone in pieces. :good:
Like I said I'm excited to try open the phone myself and learn something maybe, any advice would be welcome. :highfive:
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Thanks for the reply. Of course I would never blame anyone if I followed their advice and I ended up destroying the phone, just wanted to know what level of task it is before I attempt it, like would this require soldering it would it be a ribbon slide in and out job. I own anti-static mats, wrist grounding things, and quite a few small laptop tools. Just trying to get an idea of what is actually involved in this before I have the phone in pieces. :good:
Like I said I'm excited to try open the phone myself and learn something maybe, any advice would be welcome. :highfive:
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thats nice to hear and dont forget to click a thanks when you feel my reply has helped you know something which is udeful all we need is little admiration,ispiration,appreciation and a Click on thanks button :good:
Check out iFixit , there's a tutorial on how to replace the touchscreen
Sent from my Nexus 4 running Android 4.2.2
- Does call recording work out of the box? (ACR for example)
- Can you take a picture of Excel running, and Waze running? I would like to see how it looks like with curved corners. Maybe a second smartphone picture would be better? I don't know.
- Do you experience this "touch issue" that many complain about?
Thank you for answering. I know it's a lot to ask for.
Ps.: I placed my order, but have not paid yet. I know I could buy a OnePlus, but my friend had a dead touchscreen issue there as well, and heck, all models were notorious for their issues. The battery is also too tiny on that phone. There is the Pixel 3XL, which will cost like 1000EUR or something. So yea. Would like to stick to Poco F1.
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- Does call recording work out of the box? (ACR for example)
- Can you take a picture of Excel running, and Waze running? I would like to see how it looks like with curved corners. Maybe a second smartphone picture would be better? I don't know.
- Do you experience this "touch issue" that many complain about?
Thank you for answering. I know it's a lot to ask for.
Ps.: I placed my order, but have not paid yet. I know I could buy a OnePlus, but my friend had a dead touchscreen issue there as well, and heck, all models were notorious for their issues. The battery is also too tiny on that phone. There is the Pixel 3XL, which will cost like 1000EUR or something. So yea. Would like to stick to Poco F1.
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Call recording is built into the phone app.
I have not experienced the touch issues, some users have