OxygenOS code hints the OnePlus 9 may return to Verizon

The US smartphone market is inextricably linked with telecom carriers, with neither able to survive on its own. While smartphone brands have had decent success in other regions when selling unlocked and independently, the dynamics of the US market are such that OEMs need to court carriers to place their phones in carrier stores, where the average consumer is much more likely to pick them up. That’s the reason why a lot of Chinese OEMs have failed to make an in-road in the US market. For OnePlus, the company could be returning to carrier stores for its upcoming smartphone, as code within OxygenOS suggests that the OnePlus 9 might return to Verizon.

When OnePlus launched the OnePlus 8T earlier this month, it was not launched on Verizon Wireless in the USA. The last phone from the Chinese company to launch on Verizon was the OnePlus 8 5G UW, which was a special version of the OnePlus 8 with mmWave antennas for supporting Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network. The phone also had an IP68 rating, something that the global OnePlus 8 lacked.

Early last month, XDA Senior Member Some_Random_Username spotted what is likely the codename for the OnePlus 9 series — lemonade. Specifically, there are five variants of lemonade, and based on our understanding of OnePlus codenames, we presume these devices would be:

• lemonade — OnePlus 9
• lemonadet — T-Mobile OnePlus 9
• lemonadev — Verizon OnePlus 9
• lemonadep — OnePlus 9 Pro
• lemonadept — T-Mobile OnePlus 9 Pro

Now, within the latest APK for the Settings app from Open Beta 3 for the OnePlus 8 series, XDA Senior Member Some_Random_Username also discovered more evidence that lemonadev will be a OnePlus smartphone for Verizon’s network.

How do we know that lemonade is actually a OnePlus flagship and not another product in the mid-range/budget Nord lineup? Evidence at hand dictates that this phone (series) will come with a flagship processor from Qualcomm.

A method called isSM8X50Products returns true if the board name matches the value returned by another method called isLemonadeProducts. The other names mentioned between the ‘or’ operators, namely msmnile and kona are codenames for SM8150 (part number for the Snapdragon 855) and SM8250 (part number for the Snapdragon 865). Lemonade‘s presence within this method gives us plenty of confidence that the device will be running on the SM8350, or the Snapdragon 875 as it would be more popularly known.

While the adoption of Qualcomm’s next flagship processor on the next flagship series from OnePlus should come as no real surprise, readers in the USA can look forward to picking up the devices from their carrier stores. If the past phones are any indication, the Verizon OnePlus 9 could also be featuring mmWave and possibly other changes (such as different button placement).

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Thanks to XDA Senior Member Some_Random_Username for the tip!

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The Pro1-X will help support FOSS by donating to the Linux Foundation

After years of rumors and plenty of April Fools’ jokes, we actually made a phone! The new Pro1-X is an adaptation of the Pro1 launched by our friends at F(x)tec last year and features more RAM, more storage, and more importantly, it runs a different platform. The first smartphone to run LineageOS out of the box, there’s plenty of reasons to like the Pro1-X but here’s one that we haven’t revealed until just now: we will be donating an amount per device to the Linux Foundation, to go towards supporting free, open-sourced software.

Considering that LineageOS, Android, Ubuntu Touch, and more are all ultimately powered by Linux, we felt that this was the best foundation to help give back to the FOSS community as a whole. Liangchen Chen – the co-founder of F(x)tec and an all-around lovely guy who’s passionate about LineageOS, Ubuntu Touch, Sailfish, and other alternative platforms – provided the following quote to help outline our approach to giving back to the open-sourced community:

We want to ensure that we give back to the community for helping us achieve our goal of creating a device made for the enthusiasts. We will be donating a small amount per device sold to the Linux Foundation once the campaign concludes, to help support free and open-sourced software.

That’s not all though: the Pro1-X is also only available via the Indiegogo campaign, and will not be available to buy afterward. Miss it, and well, you miss the world’s first smartphone running LineageOS out of the box. As if that wasn’t enough, it’s also the most powerful Ubuntu Touch OS smartphone ever made, with the HDMI-out allowing you to just plug a cable in and use a full Ubuntu desktop experience using nothing more than the keyboard on the phone, and the screen as a trackpad.

You can find out more about our new phone at the Indiegogo page below, but as a quick reminder, there’s an exclusive XDA early-bird price that’s also only available in limited quantities via the direct link below, so get yours now!

  Get yours at Indiegogo now!

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Save $300 on the Surface Duo in this early Black Friday deal!

Are you intrigued by the foldable phone market, but not really wanting to drop two thousand dollars on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2? You’re definitely not alone there. As well-received as the Fold 2 is, it’s hard to spend that much money on one phone, even with monthly payments and trade-in discounts. Besides, it’s not the only great smartphone of its type on the market, with Microsoft’s Surface Duo being a big competitor.

The Surface Duo’s MSRP is $1,400, which is much less of a sticker shock over the Galaxy Z Fold 2 and puts the smartphone more in line with other high-end flagships. But, Best Buy doesn’t want you to pay the full price for this phone this holiday shopping season! If you activate the phone today, you’ll able to save $300 on the Surface Duo, making it only $1,100. This is the 128GB model of the Surface Duo, so while you don’t get as much space, that should be more than enough to store all your apps and downloads. Also, if you don’t want to activate the Surface Duo now, you’ll still save $200. But if you have a carrier plan or a carrier in mind already, why wait and pay more?

Of course, as stated in our Surface Duo review, Microsoft’s phone is not a true foldable and is described as a dual-screen phone, but it’s pretty close to the same experience, and more importantly, at a more reasonable price. It really comes down to what you’re looking for – this smartphone is great for multitasking and productivity, so if you find you’re doing a lot of work on a cramped smartphone, this will be a great upgrade. I love clam-shell designs and the Surface Duo looks particularly nice.

Save $300 on the Surface Duo

Need a phone that'll work as hard as you do? Then the Surface Duo is for you! This dual-screen phone is a half-step away from a foldable, but it's built for productivity and multitasking.

$1,100 at Best Buy

This deal is part of Best Buy’s Prep for the Holidays event, and this price is guaranteed for Black Friday!

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[Update: New render for camera] Here’s our first look at the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra

Update 1 (10/29/2020 @ 08:22 PM ET): OnLeaks has posted a new render for the rear camera setup. Scroll to the bottom for more information. The article as published on October 18, 2020, is preserved below.

‘Tis the weekend of leaks. In the past two days, we have seen two high-profile upcoming phones leaked through renders. First, we got a good look at the Huawei Mate 40 Pro, and then the Samsung Galaxy S21. Now, we have our first look at the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra.

This leak comes to us courtesy of @OnLeaks once again, lending his reputation towards confidence in this leak. As mentioned before, the Samsung Galaxy S series for 2021 could be called either the Samsung Galaxy S21 or the Samsung Galaxy S30 — depending on the name that Samsung settles on eventually. For now, we presume it will be called the Galaxy S21, and the device pictured here is the top-end “Ultra” variant.

As one would expect, the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra in these leaked renders looks fairly similar to the Galaxy S21 leaked renders. The difference comes in the display, which is expected to slightly curved, as is usually the case with more “premium” phones. @OnLeaks mentions that the screen diagonal is between 6.7″ to 6.9″, and there is a centered selfie punch-hole camera on the front. The device will measure about 165.1 x 75.6 x 8.9 mm, 10.8mm if you measure thickness at the camera bump.

The next big change will be with the camera. While the camera island follows the same design cues as we saw in the leaked renders for the regular variant, the Galaxy S21 Ultra will have a bigger camera island to accommodate the camera flash as well as the fourth rear camera. The camera specifications are not yet revealed, but one can expect a setup involving regular, ultra-wide, and telephoto/periscope lenses to begin with.

Samsung was widely rumored to be adding in S Pen support to the S-series lineup, possibly reserving the feature for the top models. However, OnLeaks mentions that the Galaxy S21 Ultra does not have a dedicated slot for the S Pen. This means that the stylus cannot rest within the phone as it does on the Note series, but the new devices could still support the stylus and house it externally as it does on a few Galaxy Tabs.

We hope to learn more about the upcoming devices soon.

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Update: New render for rear camera setup

OnLeaks has posted a new render for the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra.

This render actually shows that the phone has 5 cameras and an LED flash, with the top LED flash being repositioned and its spot being taken by another sensor. The latest DVT (Design Validation Test) stage prototype includes up to five rear cameras, or four cameras plus an unknown sensor. The newest render accommodates this change.

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Raspberry Pi 4 gets a taste of Android 11 via OmniROM

With the initial rush of developers trying to boot Android 11 on anything that’ll run it, the next big hitter to receive an unofficial port of the latest OS is the Raspberry Pi 4. Android 11 for the popular credit card-sized computer comes in the form of OmniROM, courtesy of XDA Senior Member maxwen. The list of broken features currently include screencast, Wi-Fi hotspot, and hardware accelerated video playback, making this an impressive first port of Android 11 for the widely loved device.

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What makes this port rather impressive are the circumstances the Raspberry Pi 4 is in. Raspberry Pi OS (formerly called Raspbian), based on Debian Linux, is the official operating system for all models of this single board computer. While there exists Android Things support for an older version of the Raspberry Pi, there have been no low-level firmware implementation from the makers of the Pi to allow it to run on a regular version of Android. Developers have had to integrate open-source driver stacks from scratch, tinker with closed source blobs, and creating wrappers to piece it all together and thus enabling the device to function correctly. This is a very intensive process and requires a lot of skill and patience.

The ROM supports booting from a regular microSD card as well as an external USB storage media. The relevant parameter can be set in config.txt by enabling the needed overlay. Users who prefer a de-Googled experience can opt for the MicroG variant of the ROM, while the weekly builds are compatible with standard GApps packages.

OmniROM based on Android 11 for the Raspberry Pi 4: Download || XDA Thread

Raspberry Pi SBCs are no stranger to the custom ROM scene, as modders have always tried to get some form of regular Android running on them. While installing Android on a Pi won’t give you the same experience as just buying an Android TV box outright, such a development does justify the “hacking-friendly” nature of the hardware platform.

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HeyMelody app by OnePlus provides OTA updates for OnePlus and OPPO earbuds on other Android devices

OnePlus recently made its first fully wireless earbuds, called the OnePlus Buds. We’ve reviewed them, and they’re amazing for the price. These were followed up with the OnePlus Buds Z, which provide a more affordable option. OnePlus hopes that you use these accessories with their phones, but that doesn’t mean that they won’t work with other phones. However, features become a little limited, as you need the OnePlus Buds app for certain features such as delivering firmware updates. OnePlus had mentioned that it was working on another app to bring these features to non-OnePlus phones, and now it has delivered. The new HeyMelody app helps users of OnePlus and OPPO earbuds receive firmware updates for their wearables.

The OnePlus Buds app is needed to download and install firmware updates on the OnePlus Buds and Buds Z. The catch here is that the app is only officially available to install on OnePlus devices, specifically those older than the OnePlus 6. If you have the OnePlus 5T or older OnePlus smartphone, or if you have a smartphone from a different OEM, you are stuck with the firmware and features your wearable shipped with. HeyMelody by OnePlus fixes this situation.

HeyMelody is published by OnePlus on the Play Store for the Buds and Buds Z, but it also provides OTA updates services for OPPO Enco W51 earbuds and the OPPO Enco X earbuds. The app displays the battery levels of the left and right earbuds, and that of the charging case. The primary purpose of the app is to deliver OTA firmware updates to these earphones.

HeyMelody comes with a minimum API level requirement of 23 (Android 6.0 Marshmallow), and shows up on the Google Play Store for installation on devices the OnePlus 3T and several non-OnePlus devices such as the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro, Mi A3, Realme 7 Pro, and the Samsung Galaxy M31s. If you have recent earbuds from OnePlus or OPPO, this might be a handy app to keep around.

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HeyMelody (Free, Google Play) →

Thanks to XDA Senior Member Some_Random_Username for the tip and screenshots!

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Latest ASUS ROG Phone 3, ZenFone 7 updates fix issues with charging, camera, and more

ASUS is rolling out new firmware updates for the ROG Phone 3 and the ZenFone 7 series. As per the information shared on the official ASUS ZenTalk forums, the latest update for the ZenFone 7 Pro and ZenFone 7 goes by version number 29.13.7.47. The new update for the ROG Phone 3 on the other hand is denoted by version 17.0823.2009.98.

Expect a number of bug fixes and optimizations for the ROG Phone 3, ZenFone 7, and the ZenFone 7 Pro. The release notes mention a new Android security patch for the ROG Phone 3 as well as a fix for the bypass charging function that was introduced in September. It is noteworthy that the new updates will be pushed in batches depending on the serial number it might take a while till you see a notification for the OTA (over-the-air) update. One can manually check for the new update by heading to Settings >System. Earlier today, we reported that ASUS had officially announced a price cut for the ROG Phone 3 in India by ₹3000.

Here’s the changelog for the ROG Phone 3 update:

•     Updated Android security patch
•     Optimized system vibration
•     Enabled VoLTE on BSNL (India).
•     Fixed OK google is difficult to wake up and cannot receive commands
•     Fixed Bypass Charging function occasionally not working when enabled
•     Fixed issue with left side misalignment of status bar icons after hiding the clock
•     Fixed the issue where more than two mouse inputs at once would not work with the Mobile Desktop Dock
•     Fixed ‘Developer mode’ crashing when connecting to certain specific BT devices
•     Fixed issue where using ‘Double-Press Power key’ to start Camera would cause the device to automatically sleep after 10 seconds.

Here’s the changelog for the ZenFone 7 series update:

• Hotfix for camera license expiration at the end of October 2020
• Please ensure upgrade to this version for proper camera functionality
• Improved touch stability
• Applied power-saving notification of dark mode
• Optimized the logic of camera flipping obstacle detection
• Updated Sweden Telenor APN

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