Best posts made by fonix232

@SurixTM feel free to use it! I'm also Hungarian by the way

I've messaged the manufacturer of the battery, since they're the ones who print the labels. It is quite possible that someone at the battery manufacturer fucked up big time, the product got mislabeled with the bad data, and Xgimi just thought that a cheaper, smaller, but much larger capacity battery would fit the Halo more... I just find it incredibly perplexing that not just one, but TWO companies' electronic and battery engineers have skipped over this obvious thing. I'm not even an electronic engineer by degree, and the moment I saw the 3-cell battery pack, it was straight obvious that it can't be almost 60Wh - unless it's some new battery technology, but that would be advertised to hell on the packaging. I just hope we get an explanation soon.

@Ari why do you have a forum if you want to communicate on Facebook? I think that's quite unprofessional. Nonetheless, I joined the group.

On the other hand I'd have another request. Since you base your software on Android TV, which is running on the Linux kernel, which is covered by GPLv2, I'd like you to publish the source code for the kernel itself, and any other GPLv2 covered bits and pieces of the Halo firmware. And if possible, a full stock firmware image of the Halo as well.

Also, is there any chance that the next update of the Halo would be compiled for ARMv8? The SoC in the Halo (Amlogic T950X2) is a 64 bit SoC, and should support 64 bit software, yet the whole system was compiled in armv7l mode only. Android is slowly transitioning to 64 bit only applications (a bunch of software is 64 bit only already!), and releasing a product limited to 32bit severely impacts the available apps. I for one wanted to install the Plex Media Server designed for the Nvidia Shield, however since it's armv8/64bit only, it cannot be installed...

I've just received my international/UK version of the Halo, and while I'm more or less happy with it, there are a few things I'd like to see improved - most of them can be easily done by small firmware changes:

• "Screensaver" mode: I can see myself lugging around this bad boy to act as a somewhat smart speaker - with WiFi shared from my phone, or just using it even as a Bluetooth speaker. In these instances, I do not want the projector part on, as to save power (and since the Halo does not use USB-PD for charging, plopping it on a powerbank is not an option)
• Standby mode: instead of turning off the projector, a standby mode would be appreciated - projection, etc. are all off, but the OS is still running to be quickly woken up, but still consume very little power. Automatic power-off could be enabled if the device is running from battery
• Battery management improvements: first of all, it would be great if the actual percentage of the battery was made visible on the home screen. Right now it's just the arbitrary "parts filled" battery icon.
• Slightly more frequent updates, at least for security patches - the release, that was built on 4th of July, is still just the May security patch!
• Speaking of updates... Please remove the 50% battery requirement for updates, if the device is currently plugged in! It's incredibly annoying, especially since I had to do a whole discharge-charge cycle and a reboot for the system to realise the battery is charged enough. Though this bug might've been fixed in the latest update, but still, while on external power supply, why not let it update?
• Fix ADB keys not being saved. I use HomeAssistant, which requires ADB access for full integration and control - but the Halo keeps forgetting the keys, even though I check "remember this machine" every time.
• Pretty please change all the Xgimi additions' english mis-translations (mainly the "open" and "closed" bits to "on" and "off"). This should be a straightforward thing to do, and even a crowdsourced solution could be made - I'm sure a lot of members here would gladly submit translations to their native language.
• App certifications... The earliest complaints are from November 2019! You've been working on the certification process for over 8 months now! And no news apart from it being underway... I work in the industry, and have had to certify a few customised Android platforms before, the process itself is incredibly quick, unless there's some major issues in the custom OS implementation.

If at least the smaller, quick to fix issues could be attended to, that would be awesome!