CarbonROM teams drops Android Oreo support and adds 5 new Android 10 devices

Back in April, the team behind the CarbonROM project released CarbonROM revision 8.0 (code-name “PAX”) – the first stable Android 10-based build of this custom ROM — for a handful devices from different manufacturers. The initial roster contains legacy smartphones like the Google Nexus 4 as well as current-gen devices such as the Xiaomi Redmi K30/POCO X2. The developers also committed to bring official support to many more devices after finding a proper recovery solution for them.

Now, the CarbonROM team has successfully integrated the June 2020 security patches and rebased the project on top of the latest Android 10 Release 37 (QQ3A.200605.001) branches. The developers are well aware of a mysterious freezing issue on existing CarbonROM 8.0 builds, and they have requested end-users to provide relevant logs via their support platforms. They also added 5 new phones to their list of supported devices since we covered their Android 10 announcement. Here are the new entries:

• Sony Xperia XZ Premium (maple)
• Sony Xperia XZ1 (poplar)
• Sony Xperia Z3 (z3)
• Sony Xperia Z3 Compact (z3c)
• ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M2 (X01BD)

Not all of today’s news is good news, though, as the team has decided to pull the plug on Android Oreo-based CarbonROM “Noct”. According to a recent post on the team’s blog, the May release of Noct builds will be the last official one. While there is no concrete assurance, the maintainers might pick some of the unsupported devices in the future in an effort to resume official support.

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Sony Xperia XZ Premium || Sony Xperia XZ1 || Sony Xperia Z3 || Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M2

Regarding Android Pie, the team plans to keep maintaining the CarbonROM “Opal” branch of builds until they successfully merge CarbonROM-specific features on top of Android 11‘s stable release. As a consequence, users will still get monthly security updates on devices that do not support Android 10 yet.

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Source: CarbonROM Blog

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Walmart leaks the Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones and confirms its new features

We already know that Sony is prepping up to launch the successor to its highly acclaimed WH-1000XM3 Bluetooth headphones. The upcoming headphones have previously been spotted in leaked live images shared by our Editor-in-Chief Mishaal Rahman and we’ve also got a good look at all the new features that Sony will be introducing with the headphones, thanks to an APK teardown of the Sony Headphones Connect app. While the company is yet to announce a launch date for the Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones, Walmart has now listed the headphones on its website.

According to a recent report from TheWakmanBlog, the upcoming Sony WH-1000XM4 has been listed on Walmart’s website at a price of $348. Even though the listing doesn’t include an image of the headphones, the about section lists down all of its features, thereby confirming some of the information we gathered in our APK teardown. Here are all the features and benefits mentioned in the Walmart listing:

• Industry-leading digital noise cancellation
  Industry-leading noise cancellation technology means you hear every word, note, and tune with incredible clarity, no matter your environment. Additional microphones also assist in isolating sound while talking on the phone, resulting in improved phone call quality and the reduction of even more high and mid frequency sounds.
• Ambient sound control
  Adjust ambient sound with the Sony Headphones Connect app to cancel noise while still allowing through essential sounds, like transport announcements, when you’re listening on the move.
• Proprietary technology for premium sound
  LDAC transmits approximately three times more data (at the maximum transfer rate of 990 kbps) than conventional Bluetooth audio, allowing you to enjoy high-resolution audio content in exceptional quality, as close as possible to that of a dedicated wired connection. Powered by DSEE Extreme technology, the 40mm drivers with Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) diaphragms are Hi-Res Audio Compatible, reproducing a full range of frequencies up to 40 kHz.
• Real-time restoration of all your compressed files
  Using Edge-AI (Artificial Intelligence) co-developed with Sony Music Entertainment, DSEE Extreme (Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) upscales compressed digital music files in real time. Dynamically recognizing instrumentation, musical genres, and individual elements of each song, such as vocals or interludes, it restores the high-range sound lost in compression for a richer, more complete listening experience.
• All-day power with quick charging
  The WH-1000XM4 headphones are made to last all day and then some, whether you’re focused on your work or flying around the globe. Up to 30 hours of battery life on a single charge keeps you listening instead of charging. Low on battery? No problem – 10 minutes of charge time gives you an amazing up to 5 hours of playback.
• Touch control
  Change the track, turn the volume up or down, activate your phone’s voice assistant, and take or make calls by tapping or swiping the panel with your fingertip.
• Clear hands-free calling
  Conversation flows freely with easy, hands-free calling. Leave your phone where it is, just speak with a double tap. Thanks to Precise Voice Pickup Technology, which combines five built-in microphones with advanced audio signal processing, WH-1000XM4 delivers clearer voice quality to the other person on the phone. Precise voice pickup technology implemented in WH-1000XM4 optimally controls the five microphones built into the headphones and performs advanced audio signal processing to pick up your voice clearly and precisely for hands-free calls.
• Multipoint connection
  For total convenience, the WH-1000XM4 headphones can be paired with two Bluetooth devices at the same time. So, when a call comes in, your headphones know which device is ringing and will automatically connect to the right one. You’ll also be able to quickly and smoothly switch your headphones to either of the two devices at the touch of a button.
• Adaptive Sound Control automatically adjusts to your location and behavior
  Adaptive Sound Control is a smart function that can learn to recognize locations you frequently visit, such as your workplace or favorite cafe, and tailor sound for the ideal listening experience. In addition, it automatically detects what you’re up to – for example, walking, waiting, or traveling – then adjusts ambient sound settings to best suit the situation.
• Wearing comfort
  WH-1000XM4 headphones blend sophisticated styling with exceptional comfort. Super-soft, pressure-relieving earpads in foamed urethane evenly distribute pressure and increase ear/pad contact for a stable fit. And with a lighter- weight design, you’ll barely notice you’re wearing them.

What the Walmart listing doesn’t mention, however, is the new Smart Talking/Speak-to-chat feature that we spotted in our APK teardown. The feature is expected to allow the Sony WH-1000XM4 to automatically enable ambient sound when voice is detected. So if you’re trying to talk to someone, the headphones will let ambient sound come through and let you continue your conversation without any efforts on your part. After a user-defined time (Fast, Mid, Slow, or None), noise cancellation will return back to the original setting. The headphones will also let you adjust the voice detection sensitivity to prevent it from activating too often.

Sony is yet to reveal any official information about the upcoming WH-1000XM4 headphones. However, since the headphones have now appeared on Walmart, we expect the company to make them official in the coming days. It’s also worth noting that Walmart has still not taken down the listing and the headphones are currently listed as ‘Out of Stock’.

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Via: TheWalkmanBlog

Source: Walmart

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OnePlus 8 Pro may go on sale in India with its Color Filter Camera disabled

The Color Filter camera on the OnePlus 8 Pro has been in the news for a fair few reasons. At first, most reviews wrote off the 5MP color filter camera and its existence as a gimmick, one with very limited use cases that a lot of users would quickly forget. Then, some users found that the color filter camera can actually see through very thin plastic objects and very thin clothing. OnePlus then mentioned in a Weibo post that they would be disabling the camera through a software update, with a clarification coming later that this would only be for the Chinese market. Surprisingly, an OTA went out to global units which ended up disabling the camera, only for OnePlus to come out and clarify that this was an accidental rollout and that the change was reverted shortly thereafter.

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As it turns out, customers who purchase the OnePlus 8 Pro in India might not get to witness the color filter camera, not initially at least. We have evidence that suggests that the mode will be disabled on the Indian units as well.

OnePlus 8 Pro XDA Review — Never Settle on Hardware

In OnePlus Camera 4.0.267, which is to be found within OxygenOS 10.5.10 that has rolled out for the OnePlus 8 Pro in India, we spotted a few things. One, this update adds video filters and prepares to add a “Smart Scene Enhancement” toggle. In addition to this, we also discovered that the property “InfraredCameraBuilder.ModelsToDisableInfraredCamera” was modified to include model names “IN2020” and “IN2021“. IN2020 refers to the Chinese OnePlus 8 Pro, while IN2021 is the Indian OnePlus 8 Pro.

We decompiled the app and discovered that this camera app update now checks the system property ro.product.model. If this property matches either IN2021 or IN2021, then the color filter camera and the Photochrom mode is disabled.

We do not have access to an Indian OnePlus 8 Pro to test this out. But, we could replicate the same by changing the value of ro.product.model to IN2021 on a rooted OnePlus 8 Pro Global variant.

We can confirm that enabling this property will disable the color filter camera on the camera app update.

What does this mean for customers in India?

The OnePlus 8 Pro has launched in India, but it has not gone on open sale in the country yet, as the company had to deal with production issues because of COVID-19. There is no date announced yet for the first sale of the device, so no consumers actually have the device in their hands yet.

It is likely that OnePlus could preload this software update on retail units, which means that consumers will not have access to the color filter camera out-of-the-box (note that other cameras and modes will remain functional). Even if they do not preload the update, most users will accept the OTA updates on their phones anyway, especially since the update does have other meaningful additions, meaning the mode will be disabled through an update shortly after unboxing.

Our internal sources suggest that this disabling of the color filter camera is a temporary measure and that OnePlus is already working on an update that will “fix” and re-enable the camera, with an expected rollout ETA of end of June 2020.

We’ve reached out to OnePlus India for comments or statements on the same. We will update our article when we hear back from them.

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[Update: Launched in India] Samsung Galaxy A31 launched with 48MP quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery, MediaTek Helio P65

Update 1 (06/04/2020 @ 06:59 AM ET): Samsung has launched the Galaxy A31 in India. Scroll to the bottom for more information. The article as published on March 24, 2020, is preserved below.

Last year, Samsung incorporated the J series into the Galaxy A series. The realigned Galaxy A series now comprises a wider variety of mid-range and sub-premium devices and caters to users who prize a smartphone’s looks and camera features over its performance. After launching several devices in the series – ranging from Galaxy A10 to Galaxy A90 5G – and even bringing mid-cycle upgrades to several of these devices in 2019, Samsung has already started launching the second generation of Galaxy A series devices. The latest one in the series is the Galaxy A31, which comes with a 48MP quad cameras, MediaTek Helio P65, 5000mAh battery, and Samsung Pay.

The Samsung Galaxy A31 is the fifth A series phone this year. Samsung started the year by unveiling the Galaxy A51 and the Galaxy A71, followed by the Galaxy A11 and the Galaxy A41 launching earlier this month. In terms of design, the Samsung Galaxy A31 aligns with the “Prism Crush” design on the other phones in the bunch. On the back, it features a quad camera with setup in an L-shaped orientation, which seems to be Samsung’s design mantra for 2020.

On the front, there’s a 6.4-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-U display, which is an upgrade over the HD+ Super AMOLED display we saw on the Galaxy A30s. Just like the Galaxy A30s, the Galaxy A31 also comes with an in-display fingerprint scanner. The front-facing camera has also been upgraded from 16MP to 20MP.

The quad-camera setup on the back appears identical to the Galaxy A51. It includes a 48MP primary camera, an 8MP wide-angle camera, and two 5MP cameras for macro photography and depth-sensing.

In terms of performance, the Samsung Galaxy A31 is equipped with a MediaTek P65 SoC and comes in 4GB and 6GB RAM variants. The two RAM variants feature 64GB and 128GB storages, respectively. The phone also supports Samsung Pay but the availability of NFC or MST will vary as per the country. Onboard, there’s a 5,000mAh battery that supports 15W fast charging.

In terms of software, the Galaxy A31 is expected to come pre-loaded with One UI 2.0 based on Android 10.

Samsung has not revealed the price or the date of availability for the Galaxy A31 and the same will vary as per your country. It is available in black, blue, red, and white colors.

Samsung Galaxy A31: Specifications

Specification	Samsung Galaxy A31
Dimensions and Weight	73.1 x 159.3 x 8.6 mm 185g
Display	6.4-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-U
SoC	MediaTek Helio P65 12nm process 2 x Cortex A75 @ 2.0GHz 6 x Cortex A55 @ 1.7GHz
RAM and Storage	4GB + 64GB 6GB + 128GB Expandable through microSD card slot
Battery & Charging	5,000 mAh battery 15W fast charging
Rear Camera	48MP, f/2.0 8MP ultra wide-angle, f/2.2 5MP depth sensor, f/2.4 5MP macro, f/2.4
Front Camera	20MP, f/2.2
Other Features	Samsung Pay

Update: Samsung Galaxy A31 launched in India for ₹21,999 (~$291)

Samsung has launched the Galaxy A31 in India, for a price of ₹21,999 (~$291) for the 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant. The phone will be available in blue, black, and white color variants. You can buy the phone across offline retail stores, Samsung Opera House, Samsung.com and leading online portals such as Amazon.in.

Buy the Samsung Galaxy A31 from Amazon.in

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Netflix adds the ASUS ZenFone 6, ASUS ROG Phone II, and TCL 10 series to its list of HD certified devices

In order to stream videos in HD resolution from popular streaming apps like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, your smartphone needs to have Widewine L1 certification. However, despite Widevine L1 certification, some devices aren’t able to stream HD content on Netflix because the platform also has to manually whitelist devices to enable HD playback support. Over the last few months, Netflix has whitelisted several Samsung Galaxy devices for HD and HDR10 support, and most recently, the company added the OPPO Reno3, a few Sony Xperia phones, and the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite to its HD/HDR supported list. Now, according to a recent report from Android Police, the company has added the ASUS ZenFone 6 (ASUS 6Z in India), ROG Phone II, and the TCL 10 series to the list.

New HD-compatible devices:

• ASUS ROG Phone II
• ASUS ZenFone 6
• TCL 10L
• TCL 10 Pro

New HDR10-compatible devices:

• ASUS ROG Phone II
• TCL 10L
• TCL 10 Pro

Interestingly, the ASUS ROG Phone II has previously been listed on Netflix’s list of HD and HDR10 certified devices but was removed alongside the premature listing of the Google Pixel 4. Despite being recently added to the list, we can confirm that both the ZenFone 6 and ROG Phone II have supported HD and HDR10 playback on Netflix for several months now.

This leads us to believe that Netflix takes its own sweet time to add new devices to the list, even if they already support HD/HDR10 playback on the platform. Which is why we recommend that you don’t believe the list at face value and check if your device supports the Widevine L1 certification using an app like DRM Info. Once you confirm that your device features Widevine L1 support, you can try playing videos in HD or HDR10 on Netflix to see if your device has been whitelisted by the platform.

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Via: Android Police

Source: Netflix Help Center

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OnePlus Camera 4.0.267 on the OnePlus 8 series adds video filters and prepares to add a “Smart Scene Enhancement” toggle

OnePlus recently rolled out a major OxygenOS update for the OnePlus 8 (review) and OnePlus 8 Pro (review). As per the official changelog, the update added several new features to the OnePlus Camera app, including support for H.265 HEVC codec for videos, a new auto ultra-wide-angle lens feature, optimizations for the click animation, and improvements for camera stability. What the changelog didn’t mention, however, is that the update also included a new set of “video filters” for the video mode in the camera app.

An APK teardown can often predict features that may arrive in a future update of an application, but it is possible that any of the features we mention here may not make it in a future release. This is because these features are currently unimplemented in the live build and may be pulled at any time by the developers in a future build.

The OnePlus Camera app version 4.0.267 recently rolled out for the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro in India with the OxygenOS 10.5.8/10.5.10 update. The app brings a new set of video filters — Vivid, Night, Vintage, B&W, and Yummy — that you can use while recording videos on the device.

The filters are supported on all video resolution except for the 4K 60Hz setting and can be accessed by tapping on the filter icon in the top right corner of the app.

<string name="settings_key_is_smart_scene_enhancement_enabled">IsSmartSceneEnhancementEnabled</string>
<string name="settings_smart_scene_enhancement_description">Auto enhance image based on scene detection</string>
<string name="settings_smart_scene_enhancement_title">Smart scene enhancement</string>
<string name="settings_smart_scene_enhancement_toast">Scene enhancement icon will pop up when triggered</string>

Additionally, a teardown of the OnePlus Camera app reveals that the company is preparing to add a new “Smart Scene Enhancement” toggle in the camera settings. While the Smart Scene Enhancement feature is already active in the current version of the camera app, it’s invisible to the user and cannot be disabled. The newly added strings of code suggest that a future update for the app will bring a new indicator in the viewfinder that will show users when the smart scene enhancement feature is active and a new toggle in the app settings that will let users disable the feature completely.

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Realme X3 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+, 120Hz display gets listed on Google Play and India’s BIS

After weeks of leaks and teasers, Realme finally launched the Realme X3 SuperZoom in Europe late last month. Priced at €499, Snapdragon 855+ powered flagship killer features a 120Hz high refresh rate FHD+ display, up to 12GB of RAM, and up to 256GB of onboard storage. However, one of the most interesting aspects of the X3 SuperZoom is its 8MP telephoto camera that supports 5x optical zoom and up to 60x digital zoom. While the device is currently only available in China and Europe, recent teasers from Realme suggest that it will soon be launched in India as well. However, we now believe that the company will be launching two more devices as part of the X3 series in the Indian market — Realme X3 and Realme X3 Pro.

Along with the Realme X3 SuperZoom, the company will also be launching the Realme X3 in India as listings of the device have now appeared on the Google Play Console’s Device Catalog and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The BIS listing confirms that there are 3 devices in the X3 series with the model numbers RMX2018, RMX 2085, and RMX2086. Over on the Google Play Console’s Device Catalog, devices with the model number RMX2081L1 and RMX2085L1 were added alongside the RMX2086L1. All three devices are listed with the marketing name Realme X3, but we know from our review unit that RMX2086 is the X3 SuperZoom. This leads us to believe that RMX2081 may be the regular X3, while RMX2085 may be the X3 Pro.

The Realme X3 and X3 Pro will presumably lack the X3 SuperZoom’s periscopic telephoto camera. However, both devices will feature the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ chip. The X3 and X3 Pro will have 8GB of RAM, unlike the X3 SuperZoom’s 12GB, and both the devices may feature the same 120Hz panel, since “oppo.display.screen.120hz.support” is listed as a support system feature for both devices on the Google Play Console. As of now, we have no further information about the specifications of these devices but we expect to learn more from Realme in the days leading up to the launch.

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Source: BIS

Featured image: Realme X3 SuperZoom

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