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Samsung Galaxy s4 Features Review

Hi all, I've made some clips about the S4. If you have further questions or you're intereseted in something particular let me know.
Full HD Video Recording on a DRONE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHd1CdCLGno
S view Cover : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gdabRVFOCc
Scratch test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOW_IuZQ-5E
Dual Camera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6PgVaDMnUo
Infrared port : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5XutAVXy7U
Smart Pause: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLh4u53MLJU
Air jump - Air Browse : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8-70U3mw4Q
Smart Scroll : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpe9Q4PEo9o

thedonsza said:
Hi all, I've made some clips about the S4. If you have further questions or you're intereseted in something particular let me know.
Infrared port : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5XutAVXy7U
Smart Pause: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLh4u53MLJU
Air jump - Air Browse : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8-70U3mw4Q
Smart Scroll : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpe9Q4PEo9o
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Awesome thanks for these vids! I thought smart scroll was pretty impressive.

barondebxl said:
Awesome thanks for these vids! I thought smart scroll was pretty impressive.
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My pleasure

Thank you so much for the vids!!
I post 3 questions to you too:
1) Can you tell me what is the firmware and kernel version of your device?
2) Are you experiencing some bad lags on the stock browser?
3) What about the battery? How many hours with all options and sensors on?
p.s. Is the IR sensor compatible only with SmarTVs?

I have the same question about the IR sensor. Would it be possible to create an app to support all devices?

thedonsza said:
Hi all, I've made some clips about the S4. If you have further questions or you're intereseted in something particular let me know.
Infrared port : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5XutAVXy7U
Smart Pause: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLh4u53MLJU
Air jump - Air Browse : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8-70U3mw4Q
Smart Scroll : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpe9Q4PEo9o
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Thank you,
That's what I assumed, in videos we've seen at moment, all people make gestures too close to the sensor, so doesn't even perceive the movement they are doing.
OP did well, at a certain distance as it's supposed be.
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Could you show us the drama shot feature in action?
Thanks

jmoak said:
Could you show us the drama shot feature in action?
Thanks
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+1 plzzz, drama shot is just so cool, please take a few samples
sent from: The New S-Pen

sohebq said:
+1 plzzz, drama shot is just so cool, please take a few samples
sent from: The New S-Pen
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Tomorrow I'm going to make a video about drama shot. Currently I'm on 4.2.2. You can use ir on other brands too.

invano said:
Thank you so much for the vids!!
I post 3 questions to you too:
1) Can you tell me what is the firmware and kernel version of your device?
2) Are you experiencing some bad lags on the stock browser?
3) What about the battery? How many hours with all options and sensors on?
p.s. Is the IR sensor compatible only with SmarTVs?
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Absolutely no lag on stock browser. Can not say anything about the battery yet.

thedonsza said:
Absolutely no lag on stock browser. Can not say anything about the battery yet.
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I mean something about this (e.g. when you zoom in or out) at min3:19 -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8JTLAX4u7E
Is smart scroll activated? Do you have a 12 April kernel version?
Thank you so much!

invano said:
I mean something about this (e.g. when you zoom in or out) at min3:19 -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8JTLAX4u7E
Is smart scroll activated? Do you have a 12 April kernel version?
Thank you so much!
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Kernel version april 9... I assume that in the video showed by you smart scroll is also activated.

thedonsza said:
Kernel version april 9... I assume that in the video showed by you smart scroll is also activated.
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yep. it is.

Thanks for the video review on the features! The Smart Pause seems very responsive, very little delay at all when moving your head. If you get a chance, can you test out using the dual recording mode with ChatOn, and also see if it works on Skype?

Really nice video's. Thanks alot! Still 1-2 weeks 'till I get mine.
Sent from my LG-P990 using xda premium

Sarcron said:
Thanks for the video review on the features! The Smart Pause seems very responsive, very little delay at all when moving your head. If you get a chance, can you test out using the dual recording mode with ChatOn, and also see if it works on Skype?
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Yepp I'm going to test dual recording today

sohebq said:
+1 plzzz, drama shot is just so cool, please take a few samples
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Drama shot sample pictures
I've updated my first post with Scratch Test, and Dual Camera. Enjoy!
Scratch test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOW_IuZQ-5E
Dual Camera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6PgVaDMnUo

^^
Does drama shot works the way burst shot worked, I mean it automatically shoots or you have to do it manually? And how many shots you can take and interval?
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sohebq said:
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Does drama shot works the way burst shot worked, I mean it automatically shoots or you have to do it manually? And how many shots you can take and interval?
sent from: The New S-Pen
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Exactly how you said! Automatically shoots. Making a drama shot photo, takes aproximatively 5seconds.

Thanks for vids.
Can you tell the differences of music sound without cover. The speakers look big but the cover only has small openings.

[Q] Camera shutter sound - how to disable v4.4.4?

Ive searched and have not found any NEW flashable patchs to disable the camera shutter sounds for v4.4.4.
Not wanting to mess up my phone with the old files I have from 1st release of kit kat.
Anybody have any idea if they are still safe? Or is there a patch I havent found for v4.4.4?
Thanks in advance
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RoxAbout said:
Ive searched and have not found any NEW flashable patchs to disable the camera shutter sounds for v4.4.4.
Not wanting to mess up my phone with the old files I have from 1st release of kit kat.
Anybody have any idea if they are still safe? Or is there a patch I havent found for v4.4.4?
Thanks in advance
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If your rooted you can go to system/media/audio/ui and change camera noise by adding .back to the end of it

RubbleTea said:
If your rooted you can go to system/media/audio/ui and change camera noise by adding .back to the end of it
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I saw that posted from a google search.
But it wont fix the sounds in HDR mode.
Also if you look at the dates of those postings they are made before the v4.4.4 came out.
Thank you for the input.

RoxAbout said:
I saw that posted from a google search.
But it wont fix the sounds in HDR mode.
Also if you look at the dates of those postings they are made before the v4.4.4 came out.
Thank you for the input.
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Its the same in any version
You'll also have to decompile Google Camera if you want to remove the sound on HDR+ mode.

Someone plans on hiding in the neighbors bushes ?

Ben36 said:
Someone plans on hiding in the neighbors bushes ?
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Meh, I don't like the sounds either. I suppose it's because I don't like the mimic sound of a physical hardware shutter. HDR is at least a beep.

rootSU said:
Meh, I don't like the sounds either. I suppose it's because I don't like the mimic sound of a physical hardware shutter. HDR is at least a beep.
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As far as I know the sound in the stock ROM is the same as the HDR+ beep, I think the shutter mimicking sound is an AOSP thing lol. I don't like the AOSP sounds

I looked into this for a while and found that there's no easy way. I'd say the best option is a tasker profile to turn your phone to silent when you launch the Camera app and reset it when you close the camera app.

Ben36 said:
Someone plans on hiding in the neighbors bushes ?
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ROTF If that was the case I really doubt the camera of choice would be a Nexus 5....
Worth the smile tho

Bullet Wireless Track Control

Does anyone know of a way (or an app) that will let me skip back a track. It used to be three clicks on the wired bullets but it doesn't appear to work on the wireless set.
Any suggestions welcome

How the **** did you get those?
Everytime they are avaible they are bought out in like a minute.
Send help xD

byReqz said:
How the **** did you get those?
Everytime they are avaible they are bought out in like a minute.
Send help xD
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Its $87 on Aliexpress for now.

byReqz said:
How the **** did you get those?
Everytime they are avaible they are bought out in like a minute.
Send help xD
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O2 store. Worst marketing ever. Saw someone's comments on Facebook that they were selling them. Ordered and arrived a day later.
But on topic... Track control and now audible feedback is bloody non existent. For example long press doesn't give you the Google notification 'ping' to let you know you can start taking to Google Assistant.
And as above, no skip to previous track option.
Shame because their primary function, as earphones, they are bloody good for the money. Comfy as well.

Presumably, as no one has them yet (or very few) this question may stay unanswered for some time.
However, does anyone know whether, in theory, there's scope for changing this should Oneplus feel so inclined?

Greedyfly said:
Does anyone know of a way (or an app) that will let me skip back a track. It used to be three clicks on the wired bullets but it doesn't appear to work on the wireless set.
Any suggestions welcome
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I've been using JetAudio Plus and that works.

Kaleshwar said:
I've been using JetAudio Plus and that works.
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That works with the bullets?
Presumably this is only for locally stored music? I really wanted this functionality to work with Spotify.
Also I've just tried it. The three clicks does not skip to previous track I am afraid.

looks like works only with local file players , not with streaming apps

Ajaykumar21066 said:
looks like works only with local file players , not with streaming apps
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Just to be clear, we are on about the wireless bullets here.
I've tried Google Play Music, VLC and JetAudio and it works with none of them so I'm not sure why I'm getting these sort of responses.
The WIRED version works with everything. Even Spotify if you know how.
But the WIRELESS earbuds do not. The functionality does not appear to be supported at present.
So, can anyone actually tell me a) whether in theory it's possible, or better still, b) if they've managed to do it and if so how?

Also looking for a solution on this!

TheCashews said:
Also looking for a solution on this!
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At this point I'll take a theoretical solution I. E. Can it be done.
I'm absolutely baffled by the decision however

Have posted this as a bug with OnePlus because I can't get my head around this UI decision.
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/...-skip-to-previous-track-functionality.876498/

Android 9/PIE update on S9+

I have successfully updated my S9+ to android 9 using Odin.I have used it for over a week now and the ONLY MAJOR issue is the inability to pair with my Samsung Galaxy S3 Frontier. I have several pictures of what Pie looks like on the s9+.

Oh and what about share some download link

Epic htc 1 said:
I have successfully updated my S9+ to android 9 using Odin.I have used it for over a week now and the ONLY MAJOR issue is the inability to pair with my Samsung Galaxy S3 Frontier. I have several pictures of what Pie looks like on the s9+.
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Only this soft is available on the American version of the G965U - Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9

MTAVALI said:
Oh and what about share some download link
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https://www.xda-developers.com/install-android-pie-beta-snapdragon-samsung-galaxy-s9/

MTAVALI said:
Oh and what about share some download link
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If you have never had any experience with ODIN or are afraid of turning your phone into a $1,000 paperweight then i strongly suggest leaving this to the pros.I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURS OR ANYONE ELSE NEGLIGENCE.

Tell me about it. I introduced my younger brother to xda and he just got an s9. It's already worthless.

aaronisham95 said:
Tell me about it. I introduced my younger brother to xda and he just got an s9. It's already worthless.
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Yikes!!!!

Wonder when we will get these leak builds for the exynos

aaronisham95 said:
Tell me about it. I introduced my younger brother to xda and he just got an s9. It's already worthless.
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Even since I started playing around with smart phones, I have never managed to completely brick a phone, especially new phones, how on earth do you fully brick one now days lol.

Is it have navigation gesture?

Fixxcr said:
Is it have navigation gesture?
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Yes it has but currently not working with the current builds

This is for snapdragon, correct?

fit333 said:
This is for snapdragon, correct?
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Yes, it is not suitable for European versions.

Can confirm working on s9+
Only problems I've had is Bluetooth car phone calls apparently sound like garbage to the other person and when the phone call ends it doesn't tell my car it's ended and when it resumes music it sounds like someone putting sound dampening material on my speakers. I have to turn my Bluetooth off and on again and it's fixed.
Also popup view isn't working correctly. The X at the top where you can drag the popup to dismiss it won't leave until you stop the process which is just a quick restart for me.
The original post says dual cameras isn't working yet but it does for me. I have normal and telephoto buttons in the camera app.
WiFi calling also doesn't work. Nor does device care.
I also feel like my Sprint LTE slowed quite a bit. Nothing loads nearly as fast on data.

Zoruda said:
Can confirm working on s9+
Only problems I've had is Bluetooth car phone calls apparently sound like garbage to the other person and when the phone call ends it doesn't tell my car it's ended and when it resumes music it sounds like someone putting sound dampening material on my speakers. I have to turn my Bluetooth off and on again and it's fixed.
Also popup view isn't working correctly. The X at the top where you can drag the popup to dismiss it won't leave until you stop the process which is just a quick restart for me.
The original post says dual cameras isn't working yet but it does for me. I have normal and telephoto buttons in the camera app.
WiFi calling also doesn't work. Nor does device care.
I also feel like my Sprint LTE slowed quite a bit. Nothing loads nearly as fast on data.
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This also just showed up today on my device, also I factory reset my device and my catche in recovery and everything works now,except the bluetooth issue that I'm also having in my car. I did see that there is a beta 3 out now to download. I will upload the file in about 3 hrs

Epic htc 1 said:
I will upload the file in about 3 hrs
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Please do!

does it work in the Brazilian version sm-g9560 with snapdragon 128gb / 6gb? thank you

Epic htc 1 said:
If you have never had any experience with ODIN or are afraid of turning your phone into a $1,000 paperweight then i strongly suggest leaving this to the pros.I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURS OR ANYONE ELSE NEGLIGENCE.
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Well it's not really sold for 1000 ... It's about 700 on Amazon. I bought mine for 600... In a year's time it will go for 500...refurbished 400 yet I don't think any X's will sell under a 1000....
still s9+ is not to be played with unstable Android from xda... It never will work as factory intended...
Anyone wanna play with Android's, buy xiaomi or oppo...
Anyhow, if u hold s9+ in hand vs xs, iPhone easily satisfy double the worth....
As I mentioned I feel hugely let down by Samsung's camera no matter what anyone reviewer say... Android is for geeks, iPhone is for people who want a dependable credible high a quality phone that no Android touches.... End of story

martin80k said:
Well it's not really sold for 1000 ... It's about 700 on Amazon. I bought mine for 600... In a year's time it will go for 500...refurbished 400 yet I don't think any X's will sell under a 1000....
still s9+ is not to be played with unstable Android from xda... It never will work as factory intended...
Anyone wanna play with Android's, buy xiaomi or oppo...
Anyhow, if u hold s9+ in hand vs xs, iPhone easily satisfy double the worth....
As I mentioned I feel hugely let down by Samsung's camera no matter what anyone reviewer say... Android is for geeks, iPhone is for people who want a dependable credible high a quality phone that no Android touches.... End of story
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Does that mean you will never post in these forums again?

Is it known when it will come out on the s9 + exynos version

Request to any P40 owner

There was an option in camera app on my previous Samsung Galaxy S8+, and it appears it's an option with Huawei's Mate 20 series, that allows the camera to only record slow-mo video when motion is detected.
However, this 'only record when motion detected' slow-mo option is missing on my P30 Pro.
Can anyone with a P40-series phone let me know if Huawei put it back in?
EDIT: Never mind. Turns out the option appears when you select 960 fps. Here's what I captured:

Yes its back..

m3dd0g said:
Yes its back..
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Thank you, very much.
How frustrating.
Could you possibly do me a favor and let me know the version of the camera app you have?
That way, I can try to find an APK to sideload.

King Mustard said:
Thank you, very much.
How frustrating.
Could you possibly do me a favor and let me know the version of the camera app you have?
That way, I can try to find an APK to sideload.
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Version is 10.1.0.313

m3dd0g said:
Version is 10.1.0.313
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Interesting.
Latest for my P30 Pro is 10.0.1.348.

Huawei released update today including golden snap to the camera. Don't know what it is yet.

Combatfroggy said:
Huawei released update today including golden snap to the camera. Don't know what it is yet.
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Global or Chinese? Which Version?

I'm in the UK with p40pro so must be global. Just do a system software update to 10.1.0.114

Never mind - Turns out the option appears when you select 960 fps.
Here's what I captured:

Not sure if I'm finding the correct setting. But on my p40pro the option to record slow ow on on motion dection works on all fps options but you have to set the area where it my detect motion.

Combatfroggy said:
Not sure if I'm finding the correct setting. But on my p40pro the option to record slow ow on on motion dection works on all fps options but you have to set the area where it my detect motion.
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On my P30 Pro, the box only appears at 960 FPS.

Combatfroggy said:
I'm in the UK with p40pro so must be global. Just do a system software update to 10.1.0.114
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Off the topic query but how are you finding the p40pro till now in terms of camera and the software experience? ..i have ordered one here in UK and will probably get it in a couple of days
Sent from my SM-F907B using Tapatalk

First off it it's a beautiful device and feels great in the hand. It's one of those devices that you find satisfying to touch.
The camera is excellent exactly how I expected it to be after owning a mate 20 Pro a last year, and that device ruined my experience of owning a note 10 plus as the camera on the note just couldn't compare.
Software is good although EMUI is one of my favourite android skins anyway. I find it pretty easy to live without gms as I don't really do social media or anything.
It is easy to put gms on this device although I took it off just to run a stock phone as stock. Due to the fact the only things I wanted from gms (Google pay and music) won't work anyway.
Main gripe with this phone is no gpay or banking apps. Hopefully Huawei can sort this soon. Oh and no stereo speaker or dolby atmos.
Now I need to decide whether to switch from my note 10 plus to this or not?

Combatfroggy said:
First off it it's a beautiful device and feels great in the hand. It's one of those devices that you find satisfying to touch.
The camera is excellent exactly how I expected it to be after owning a mate 20 Pro a last year, and that device ruined my experience of owning a note 10 plus as the camera on the note just couldn't compare.
Software is good although EMUI is one of my favourite android skins anyway. I find it pretty easy to live without gms as I don't really do social media or anything.
It is easy to put gms on this device although I took it off just to run a stock phone as stock. Due to the fact the only things I wanted from gms (Google pay and music) won't work anyway.
Main gripe with this phone is no gpay or banking apps. Hopefully Huawei can sort this soon. Oh and no stereo speaker or dolby atmos.
Now I need to decide whether to switch from my note 10 plus to this or not?
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Thanks a lot..i had the note 10plus and i agree its a beautiful device though camera might be a level below p40pro. So its a tough decision.
I hv a iphone11 pro max and will probably use p40pro as a secondary phone mainly due to its camera
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Yeah the note Is a good phone but Samsung ruined the note with a software update that made the camera blurry and the Bluetooth streaming skip on music play back. And seems as though I take 100+ inspection photos daily for work it's very annoying.
I just can't get on with Samsung ui either it's too much.
The thought of not being fully tracked by Google is quite refreshing as well.
It is weird how nice this phone feels... I find even if I'm not using it I just rotate it in the hand whilst watching TV odd.

Combatfroggy said:
Yeah the note Is a good phone but Samsung ruined the note with a software update that made the camera blurry and the Bluetooth streaming skip on music play back. And seems as though I take 100+ inspection photos daily for work it's very annoying.
I just can't get on with Samsung ui either it's too much.
The thought of not being fully tracked by Google is quite refreshing as well.
It is weird how nice this phone feels... I find even if I'm not using it I just rotate it in the hand whilst watching TV odd.
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I see..even i thought of giving a non google phone a try..lets see how it goes..
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Combatfroggy said:
Yeah the note Is a good phone but Samsung ruined the note with a software update that made the camera blurry and the Bluetooth streaming skip on music play back. And seems as though I take 100+ inspection photos daily for work it's very annoying.
I just can't get on with Samsung ui either it's too much.
The thought of not being fully tracked by Google is quite refreshing as well.
It is weird how nice this phone feels... I find even if I'm not using it I just rotate it in the hand whilst watching TV odd.
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you can use the p40 pro as your tv for remote as well
rocku_dj2000 said:
I see..even i thought of giving a non google phone a try..lets see how it goes..
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while your waiting for your p40 pro have a look on this guide to see alternatives for your google eco system
https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p40-pro/how-to/google-alternatives-live-gms-t4081351

xnostra said:
you can use the p40 pro as your tv for remote as well
while your waiting for your p40 pro have a look on this guide to see alternatives for your google eco system
https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p40-pro/how-to/google-alternatives-live-gms-t4081351
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Thanks but the article no longer exists
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rocku_dj2000 said:
Thanks but the article no longer exists
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its one of my post its in the guide section titled google-alternatives who said you cant live without GMS