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Has Asus given a reason for the lack of Face Unlock on the Prime?
Our front facing cam is a high enough resolution, we have ICS, and from what I've read on these forums the files are on the device.
We've had multiple ICS updates. When properly configured it is a killer feature and great marketing tool.
Why have they not enabled it?
I wouldn't wait on Asus to do it. one of our developers will enable it soon enough.
I found that odd too.
But really, it's doesn't matter to me if it's there. I just wanted to see how well it works.
I don't even have the lockscreen enabled, it's not really necessary
Face unlock is fun. I used it on the Atrix, the Evo 3D, the Evo and a few GNex and Nexus S devices as well. It was fun in the way Siri is fun though (trust me, I hate Apple, not because I am a google fan boy, because they haven't been the greatest either, but Apple's business ethics and their use of proprietary, non-open source irks me, as well as their litigious nature, sorry I digress... I am also drunk, ha). Having an 4S at work to goof off with is fun, and Siri is neat... for a few days, and when you want to show it off... but that it, after awhile the little quirks get to you, such as "Sorry, dont recognize you!" then the pin coming up. It did this if the light was just a little different, even after tuning it (taking multiple pics, shaven, unshaven, sunglasses, hat, haircut, etc)
ASUS is being tsundere to the community.
Question: If you have face lock activated, can you unlock the prime using a photo?
Joe-retired said:
Question: If you have face lock activated, can you unlock the prime using a photo?
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From what I have read in reviews - yes you can.
I feel FU is really just a gimmick, not something I would use, but wouldnt mind being able to test it on my prime
Face unlock actually works pretty well on the Galaxy Nexus once it's been trained. I'm just wondering why Asus has not enabled it since it doesn't seem to be a technical issue and they went out of the way to use pretty decent cams on the Prime.
demandarin said:
I wouldn't wait on Asus to do it. one of our developers will enable it soon enough.
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wow... we agree and you actually baby flammed Asus.. nice!
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Joe-retired said:
Question: If you have face lock activated, can you unlock the prime using a photo?
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Yep, you can see videos done of it on the web. Even a video of a guy using a picture on his phone to unlock another phone. It is a totally hooky and worthless function really. Neat, but not really useful.
You'd think they'd have it fixed by now, right?
I wonder if the _real_ issue is all the borked Secure Elements that happened when we first got our hands on the EVO LTEs. Since they were all new, everyone returned them to get new, unborked phones. This had to cost Sprint and/or HTC quite a chunk of change.
So I wonder if they're keeping our EVO LTEs off of GW until they can figure out a way to avoid all the hosed hardware.
[Q] Does flashing a ROM on a different platform without first clearing GW _also_ bork the Secure Element or is it unique to us?
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Throckmorton said:
[Q] Does flashing a ROM on a different platform without first clearing GW _also_ bork the Secure Element or is it unique to us?
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Not unique, AFAIK anyway.
Actually they didn't get too many from the Evo lte, from what I saw on this board. The Majority of bricks was from the Nexus.
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everyone returned them to get new, unborked phones.
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Really? I got my phone on day #1 and have had zero issues besides GW now not working.
copc said:
Really? I got my phone on day #1 and have had zero issues besides GW now not working.
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Me too.
I meant everyone who borked their Secure Elements. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
Google likes to do stuff half assed and hardly give any support for their products. This doesn't surprise me at all and is just further evidence that Google wallet is done.
The secure element issue isn't a problem with EVO LTEs, its a problem with how Google Wallets security handles the secure element and refuses to use it if there is any indication of it being tampered with - which I am personally OK with, I prefer my money to remain mine.
I do wish it was a bit less sensitive - I mean how do they expect to push OTA updates? People don't follow instructions, they have to a way to do it in recovery or an update would bork hundreds of devices.
...borked
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Hi
so, we've got a proven developer, show-p1984, willing to help us get this device to the modern age.
all we need now is to get him a device.
our guy lives in Germany, so if there's a European user wanting to Part with his device - Let us know please!
if there isn't: we need to put the money together and get him a device.
the cheapest ebay device i've seen is 249$. to which we'll have to add 20% tax in Germany. this will get us to about 300$.
it seems to have free shipping.
all of us willing to put the money upfront - this is the current division between us:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkSenxSHUyy_dHZvSUhZbjczSk55bkEyd1dfYnBYNVE
i opened a Paypal account for this purpose. i will share the account Password with another forum member, for control purposes.
the shortest way to go is using the "Donate to me button" of my user. this will take you to donate to a user called "xda.jetstream".
the faster we all get the money in, the faster we'll get jb..
thanks.
3rd HUGE donation...3-4 more people and we're on our way!
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You can get a brand new jetsream at all4cellular with the coupon code "A4C20" for $200!
this is what you call "too little too late"
the operation is finished and the device is on his way to our guy. usps are taking their sweet time on it..
I am sorry I missed this operation, but to provide an added incentive to the dev, I will be offering a $100 tip as soon a ROM the community is happy with is ready.
I will gladly pledge $ upon evidence of development.
I hope this isn't another project that gets dropped.
if everything goes as planned - we should be ok.
the device is still on its way to show_p1984. its super annoying, but DHL are the problem now...
show_p1984 gave me his word that in case he should fail, or something like that he will send the device to another developer, of our choice. all we got is his word, but i trust him and keeping in touch with him.
Update:
the device made it to our guy last week, after about 3 weeks of shipment.
unfortunately he got damaged during the shipment, and we're trying to get at least a partial refund. the damage is cosmetic and won't disturb with the developing, probably.
show_p1984 had some time to play with the device and decided that the most important thing required is JB. not the storage bug, not a proper 3.1 rom..he's going straight for JB ROM. this could take a while, i'll update here when something will happen.
thanks again to all the donators.
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showp got the jetstream booting JB without animation so far.
its getting there...
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showp got the jetstream booting JB without animation so far.
its getting there...
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1 person can apparently do this.
But HTC won't pay their development team to update the ROM.
WTH.
AW: Operation Jetstream to a developer
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showp got the jetstream booting JB without animation so far.
its getting there...
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That's awesome news!
Do you know if s-off will be required for the jb Rom?
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no idea yet.
also, jmztaylor got to pretty much the same point (working separately) trying to boot cm10.
so, we got two guys on our side
guru_shastri said:
no idea yet.
also, jmztaylor got to pretty much the same point (working separately) trying to boot cm10.
so, we got two guys on our side
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Glad to see that things are moving quickly.
Once we have a method for getting JB on to the Jetstream, will the developer produce a comprehensive how-to guide for all of us who have no experience with roms, rooting, etc.?
probably. if not them, the reset of the forum.
i have a feeling once proper ROM will available, more users will get here.
BanBoo said:
That's awesome news!
Do you know if s-off will be required for the jb Rom?
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showp said that you would at least need the HTC unlock 's-off wanna be' he called it. i think he's referring to the bootloader. best way to find out is to wait and see..
Showp just tweeted me:
I have a Jetstream and already got JB booting. gfx support is nearly done, some other small stuff is missing but it's getting there
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and:
4.2.1, working: display, touchscreen, gfx partially. Not working: Nearly everything else.
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also:
I am working on my rom, the base was pure aosp, but I am thinking of moving over to cm.
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Anfd lastly:
Well I won't dev on sense (zip hacking... brrr...), but my kernel should do that too (except wifi/bt/usb as usual)
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As I see it -> we should get a (great) sense dev onboard.
Because as far as I know, the stylus is involved with sense!
Now I must give props to Showp (aka, Dennis) He is REALY doing GREAT work here!
Thanks for everythign Dennis, and when you release your work, a donation will be coming your way!
The stylus support possible without sense assuming that the stylus component is the same as that of flyer. They have got it working on aosp roms as well...
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kailashpchhabria said:
The stylus support possible without sense assuming that the stylus component is the same as that of flyer. They have got it working on aosp roms as well...
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That is very great news indeed!
We still need to get a great developer on board, because as good as ShowP is with kernels, he is not a very good rom dev, I mean yes he can, but it will take a LOT of time for him, which I think is unnecessary.
chaos-z from the flyer forum once suggested helping..and i think some of the others here could probably port roms since its far easier than kernel development.
and finally, jmztaylor is also working on a rom for the jetstream. so i'm guessing we'll have two roms coming out about the same time.
All the hands ons seem very similar due to what seems to be excessive limitations. This close to launch and Google seem to be being quite secretive considering they've already had their announcement - is it possible there are more surprises for the tablet and Lollipop being held back?
Disinform said:
All the hands ons seem very similar due to what seems to be excessive limitations. This close to launch and Google seem to be being quite secretive considering they've already had their announcement - is it possible there are more surprises for the tablet and Lollipop being held back?
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I certainly hope so! Imagine hitting us with the news of Wifi charging or something along those lines, would be pretty awesome.
MetTrax said:
I certainly hope so! Imagine hitting us with the news of Wifi charging or something along those lines, would be pretty awesome.
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Aye there
i hope there will be an IR blaster
if not im ok
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Aye there
i hope there will be an IR blaster
if not im ok
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My S4 has an IR blaster. I thought it was really cool at first, but I've only used it a handful of times and I've had it for a year. YMMD
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My S4 has an IR blaster. I thought it was really cool at first, but I've only used it a handful of times and I've had it for a year. YMMD
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True same here with my note 3
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My S4 has an IR blaster. I thought it was really cool at first, but I've only used it a handful of times and I've had it for a year. YMMD
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Same here
Waste of time ir blaster never used, always busy flashing new ROMs could not be bothered to setup again. I also think there is a few hidden surprises.
hands ons seem to be limited to a few minutes, all seem to point out the same thing, as if there is a google rep sitting behind of camera - whom dictated before the hands on what is off limits at this time.
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hands ons seem to be limited to a few minutes, all seem to point out the same thing, as if there is a google rep sitting behind of camera - whom dictated before the hands on what is off limits at this time.
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I also get that sense to lol, I personally think Google have instructed short and brief video reviews, And also have to be filmed within a restricted amount of time. So I guess will have to wait for the tablet to be fully released before we get an in depth review, by then for most reading this it will be to late because it will be already in our hands! [emoji12]
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I also get that sense to lol, I personally think Google have instructed short and brief video reviews, And also have to be filmed within a restricted amount of time. So I guess will have to wait for the tablet to be fully released before we get an in depth review, by then for most reading this it will be to late because it will be already in our hands! [emoji12]
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exactly, most of us here have pre-ordered based on specs and previous know how relating to the nexus program. The hands-on at the moment are just satisfying our enthusiasm for the device. For people already on the fence about the product, they wont generally pre-order anyway so the real hands on will be more crucial for them when time comes.
Its because its still running pre-release software and Google doesn't want the first batch of reviews/benchmarks to be based on an un-optimized OS giving the Nexus 9 a bad image before its launch.
Expect a software update right before the official release of the Nexus 9 followed by lifting of the embargo and a flood of benchmarks/reviews coming in.
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My S4 has an IR blaster. I thought it was really cool at first, but I've only used it a handful of times and I've had it for a year. YMMD
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I only use IR on my M8 when I want to troll the teacher. :laugh:
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I only use IR on my M8 when I want to troll the teacher. :laugh:
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haha lol
i love using the IR in the dentist office
but i never tryed doing it in best-buy
Devildog78965 said:
I only use IR on my M8 when I want to troll the teacher. :laugh:
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"This TV must be broken it keeps turning off and I have the remote right in front of me"
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"This TV must be broken it keeps turning off and I have the remote right in front of me"
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Back when I was in highschool I had a HP PDA (yes this was a while ago) and you could use it as a remote control. Let's just say we never had to watch anything stupid in class because the TV never worked.
None of the hands on seem to be showing how the device sounds like. With the boomsound speakers, i thought it would be one of the biggest selling points. I guess this is part of the limitations they impose on these jounalists. Also, it seems like none of them were signed on to a Google account or had any wifi connection so its not like they can just go to youtube and play a video.
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None of the hands on seem to be showing how the device sounds like. With the boomsound speakers, i thought it would be one of the biggest selling points. I guess this is part of the limitations they impose on these jounalists. Also, it seems like none of them were signed on to a Google account or had any wifi connection so its not like they can just go to youtube and play a video.
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It really is quite bizarre, Liam Spradlin on G+ said that they were "not allowed" to show anything in depth, there must be something held back (I hope).
Android central podcast on Fri said be patient, they will have reviews, and "without violating the embargo, except a couple of surprises.". We haven't seen everything yet apparently according to them.
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I am sure the reviews are being written/video'd right now, same as with previous releases.
And as before, most reviews will be released around "Something O'Clock" and a couple will come out a few hours early (Woops !).
And they may say "Review based on the final pre-release of Android, but not much is expected to change".
It's pretty simple why.
Google imposed the following limitations on videos :
Unboxing video : OK
Quick overview : OK
Device review : NO
The limitations are in place until the 12th November.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrymagid/2014/11/01/hands-on-with-googles-nexus-6/
It's about the Nexus 6, but I guess Nexus 9 also falls under the same rule.
I know I'm not really giving Bixby a chance here. Who knows, maybe I'll like it (probably not). With that said, I just saw this today. You can remap the Bixby Button Here.
yea i saw the youtube video. I know it would only be a matter of time. Now to see what i will map it to.
Oh, thank gods. I never use these "assistants". Honestly, I feel very stupid talking AT my device. I can just as happily type and not have the entire world know I'm an incredible nerd who thinks it's cool to order diapers in public.
The Droid-Life article you posted links back to XDA for the tutorial ?https://www.xda-developers.com/how-...-the-galaxy-s8-s8-to-launch-google-assistant/
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The Droid-Life article you posted links back to XDA for the tutorial https://www.xda-developers.com/how-...-the-galaxy-s8-s8-to-launch-google-assistant/
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Ha. Fantastic. Its an infinite loop.
The all in one gestures app disabled the quick camera launch on my s7 by double pressing the home button, seems like it doesn't have a double tap action, wonder if it'll do the same on the s8.
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Oh, thank gods. I never use these "assistants". Honestly, I feel very stupid talking AT my device. I can just as happily type and not have the entire world know I'm an incredible nerd who thinks it's cool to order diapers in public.
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I used to be the same way, but now I use it daily while driving. Android auto reading and able to speak reply to my messages it pretty amazing.
Someone Released one that works only to remap the bixby. So there's 2 options to remap.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.bxactions
Plus from the video, it supposed to be faster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1BtU3ToNJY
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I used to be the same way, but now I use it daily while driving. Android auto reading and able to speak reply to my messages it pretty amazing.
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Yeah, here I take the subway or bus everywhere or walk. No real point in NYC unless you drive, I guess.
samsung has just shut this down
nihal1983 said:
samsung has just shut this down
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Did they really thought? Its still confirmed working...
apparently a software update will
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Did they really thought? Its still confirmed working...
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see here
https://www.xda-developers.com/sams...to-remap-the-bixby-button-on-the-galaxy-s8s8/
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see here
https://www.xda-developers.com/sams...to-remap-the-bixby-button-on-the-galaxy-s8s8/
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DUDE!!!! READ THE ARTICLE: "Update 2 (2:05PM CST): A user (who wishes to remain anonymous) who has a Galaxy S8 review unit in the United States claims that their device is up to date and still has the ability to remap the Bixby button."
no need for caps i can read
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DUDE!!!! READ THE ARTICLE: "Update 2 (2:05PM CST): A user (who wishes to remain anonymous) who has a Galaxy S8 review unit in the United States claims that their device is up to date and still has the ability to remap the Bixby button."
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if you see the update was posted after i pasted the article
Then don't update the phone, either way this remap only works with the screen on. With the screen off nothing happens.
Caps are used as an attention getter. Come one man.
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if you see the update was posted after i pasted the article
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Not your second reply that you pasted. Its cool. I've posted a reply without knowing all the facts.
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Then don't update the phone, either way this remap only works with the screen on. With the screen off nothing happens.
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That sucks, I wish we could take pics right away with the screen off.
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That sucks, I wish we could take pics right away with the screen off.
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I suppose you can. Just double click on the power button. (So far I have heard this seems configurable)
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That sucks, I wish we could take pics right away with the screen off.
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Really? Are you taking your phone to a strip club to get some photos and not look obvious? Ha!
choch69 said:
That sucks, I wish we could take pics right away with the screen off.
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Get a smartwatch with a camera app. =)