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[Android 1.6+] Bluetooth (Null) Keyboard

Bluetooth (Null) Keyboard​
Hi my fellow XDA-Members,
i would like to tell you about my little app.
I'm happy about any feedback and open for suggestions.
Nullkeyboard/0Keyboard or empty Keyboard (what ever you want to call it) adds an extra keyboard to your device, which will not show when selecting text fields.
It is intended to be used with hardware keyboards (i.e. bluetooth keyboards), to stop the software keyboard from opening and taking away half of the screen.
Additionally it improves system performance as it frees up resources that would normaly be used by a software keyboard (layout, dictionarys etc.).
This app is handy for people who regularly use an extra keyboard with their android tablet. While they cannot uninstall the system keyboards, they can unload them from system memory by choosing Null Keyboard as current keyboard.
A widget is included to allow easy switching between Null Keyboard and others.
This is not a driver and will not make your bluetooth keyboard work and neither will it break anything. Don't complain that it doesnt make your bluetooth keyboard work, because that is not its purpose.
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Downloaded and installedthis app but can't find the widget. The app is running according to the CM7 app manager.
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Okay never mind problem solved! Great app!

Why didn't you call it software keyboard disabler or something like that? Thats essentially what it does

Newbie16 said:
Why didn't you call it software keyboard disabler or something like that? Thats essentially what it does
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The idea came from a similar windows mobile application which was called "Null keyboard".

Still SAMSUNG KEYBOARD appears!!!
I bought this app from the market.
SAMSUNG KEYBOARD still appears once after that it disappears.
Is it possible disable this also?

pathuri97 said:
I bought this app from the market.
SAMSUNG KEYBOARD still appears once after that it disappears.
Is it possible disable this also?
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I'm not sure what you mean?
What device and ROM are you using?

On-screen keyboard
I'm on GALAXY TAB 10.1 + OVERCOME ROM + DROIDBASEMENT Kernel.
First time it onscreen keyboard appears and then it disappears.
Is it possible to disable PERMANENTLY ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD?

pathuri97 said:
I'm on GALAXY TAB 10.1 + OVERCOME ROM + DROIDBASEMENT Kernel.
First time it onscreen keyboard appears and then it disappears.
Is it possible to disable PERMANENTLY ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD?
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Sorry, but i still don't understand it.
If you turn null keyboard ON, the onscreen keyboard should never show.
I have no indication that this no longer works.

See the enclosed screen shots.
It happens very FIRST TIME I start using the BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD.
And RESETS to SAMSUNG KEYPAD.

Hm, are you sure you selected Nullkeyboard as the active keyboard before?
I don't think i can prevent the system from switching keyboards, the question is rather why it is switching them.

Dark3n,
This issue happens on my Galaxy Tab. I've installed SwiftKey X ('cause, as a Brazilian, that was the only way I found to add accents to my words), but every time I turn on the BT Keyboard, the system itself switches Samsung Keypad on.
When that happens, you can long-press the writing area and set your favorite keyboard on, and you won't have to do that again till the keyb is turned off and on again.
Probably, what pathuri97 wanted was a way to block Samsung Keyboard to turn itself on.
Oh, and by the way: does your app work w/ accents or other languages?

Blocking the Samsung Keyboard from turning on is probably not possible, without removing or completely deactivating it.
I currently don't have a bluetooth keyboard, so i can't test how it reacts to different languages, sorry.
Can you recommend one ?

Mine is a great one. As I still can't post links, look for "Leather Bluetooth Keyboard Case Cover for Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" P1000 New" on Google - it's the first hit.
Works great, and is a great armor for the GTab - makes it look more stylish as well

Google search keeps closing - driving me insane

Currently on Nitrogen OS.. I've been having an issue where I will hold the home button down to pull up search, tap on the search bar to bring up the keyboard, and within a few seconds the search bar clears itself and closes the keyboard. I made a screen recording to show you the issue in action. The first instance I don't type anything, just wait, and it closes itself. The second time I started typing and it happens again. So basically every time I open search I have to tap the search bar, wait for the keyboard to close, then tap the search bar again, then it works... until i need to search something else.
Here is the recording of the issue in action
I've posted this issue in multiple places and nobody knows the answer. Some people have said they've experienced this issue while on stock and with other mods installed. No idea how to figure out what exactly is causing this.

did you wipe cache and data of the google app, and reboot?
did you allow all permission of the google app and reboot?
thats what I would try

This same thing is happening on Moto Z Force (Verizon). I was running Android M when this started happening. I downgraded the Google app to the stock version and it fixed the issue.
I just updated to 7.0 and it's back. I tried downgrading the Google app, but this time it was just uninstalled.
I saw your post on stack exchange but can't reply (rep).
I, too, had Nova installed, as a reply assumed. It said to switch, so I uninstalled Nova, used the stock launcher, rebooted, cleared my cache partition, and the issue persists.
I reviewed your log and I think it has something to do with the assistant; maybe screen polling. My search bar closes after either 8 or 12 seconds (that's not a range, one or the other). I noted your screen recording was 8 seconds.
I'd really like to get this sorted, too. I'm happy to help in any way I can.

No news on this? I'm surprised it's not a bigger issue. Nothing I do helps. The problem seems independent of cash, system resource, or run time.

I sorted it, at least on my phone. I had to downgrade the Google app, downgrade Google Play services, disable both, reboot into recovery, flush my cache partition, reboot, enable play services, upgrade, enable Google, upgrade, and now the issue is gone.
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citenx said:
I sorted it, at least on my phone. I had to downgrade the Google app, downgrade Google Play services, disable both, reboot into recovery, flush my cache partition, reboot, enable play services, upgrade, enable Google, upgrade, and now the issue is gone.
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Forgot to mention if you follow this procedure on the Moto Z then you will have to deal with a notification every second saying Motorola voice has stopped working. You just have to muscle through it.

Well, I was wrong.
It definitely worked for a while. Now the issue is back. I'll try to find some time to isolate the issue.
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BTW, this is the stack exchange thread I meantime above: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/163620/google-search-not-working-properly-logcat-included

You do know about a simple tool that will tell you just what is going wrong right? Its called a logcat and it is troubleshooting 101. There are tons of tuts on the site on how to pull and read one. Just stating that it is closing on your device really means nothing and is not worth the time it takes to type out a post unless you add a logcat file with it.

zelendel said:
You do know about a simple tool that will tell you just what is going wrong right? Its called a logcat and it is troubleshooting 101. There are tons of tuts on the site on how to pull and read one. Just stating that it is closing on your device really means nothing and is not worth the time it takes to type out a post unless you add a logcat file with it.
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This.
Plus you didn't even list which gapps version you used which would also be relevant to troubleshooting.

Android Pie problem on my note9

Hello guys. I just intalled official pie update that came yesterday on my phone via OTA.
However I forgot to uninstall goodlock 2018 (im from EU and therefore its not officialy available) I had navstar (I added different buttons) and task changer turned on.
After installing Pie, these features are no longer available on my phone (in good lock app they appear blocked and I cant update them).
BUT since they were not turned off, now im stuck with them and I cant turn it off (the buttons from navstar are still there even after uninstal). I tried uninstalling but they still apear.
The result is that its now crashing with Pie ONE UI and experience home keeps crashing. I have temporarily added different launcher and its works, but if I go back to home experience, it starts lagging and crashing again.
What can I do? Can I officialy revert back to oreo, remove goodlock and then install pie again? Or is there other way to do it?
I have once heard that you must never uninstall goodlock features without turning them off first because they cause problems afterwards and it seems this is the case here.
Would appreciate any help here, the phone with default home experience launcher is useless because of crashing.

you could try a factory reset....

PorscheCarrera said:
Hello guys. I just intalled official pie update that came yesterday on my phone via OTA.
However I forgot to uninstall goodlock 2018 (im from EU and therefore its not officialy available) I had navstar (I added different buttons) and task changer turned on.
After installing Pie, these features are no longer available on my phone (in good lock app they appear blocked and I cant update them).
BUT since they were not turned off, now im stuck with them and I cant turn it off (the buttons from navstar are still there even after uninstal). I tried uninstalling but they still apear.
The result is that its now crashing with Pie ONE UI and experience home keeps crashing. I have temporarily added different launcher and its works, but if I go back to home experience, it starts lagging and crashing again.
What can I do? Can I officialy revert back to oreo, remove goodlock and then install pie again? Or is there other way to do it?
I have once heard that you must never uninstall goodlock features without turning them off first because they cause problems afterwards and it seems this is the case here.
Would appreciate any help here, the phone with default home experience launcher is useless because of crashing.
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I had good lock too with nearly all mods being used and switched on, after update, other than my phone looking like crap, it's not caused any actual issues like you describe.
I don't use navstar though and I use ruthless launcher so maybe that's why.
Have you uninstalled each individual module? Rather than just the good lock app itself?
If so your only options are either wait for good lock to be updated, or a factory reset, I say a reset is always best after a major version update anyway, although I can't be arsed doing that myself yet

Well it seems that deleting Home Experience data fixed the issue. Thanks for the replies though.
On side note I realy dislike new recent apps. Task changer in good lock was miles miles better. If you watched something in youtube and went into recent apps it kept playing in background, here it leaves any app and scrolling isnt nearly as smooth. Hopefuly they add it back for pie because right now I sort of regret upgrading.

After my update on AT&T yesterday, I have persistent handles on left and right as well as the edge handle that is usable in the upper left. Anyone know how to get rid of these? I tried turning off edge panels and they still show. Also I have tried the transparency trick, no good there either. Is this a known "upgrade" or a known issue? Thanks in advance.

Disable One Hand Operation + for those handles

Do any of you know how to get multi window to work? It seems to be gone.

beta546 said:
I had good lock too with nearly all mods being used and switched on, after update, other than my phone looking like crap, it's not caused any actual issues like you describe.
I don't use navstar though and I use ruthless launcher so maybe that's why.
Have you uninstalled each individual module? Rather than just the good lock app itself?
If so your only options are either wait for good lock to be updated, or a factory reset, I say a reset is always best after a major version update anyway, although I can't be arsed doing that myself yet
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What is ruthless launcher?

cushcalc said:
What is ruthless launcher?
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Well...it's a launcher, called ruthless haha. Just Google it and you'll find the XDA page, it's a branch off from the original rootless launcher, basically it's a pixel launcher but with lots of extra settings.

I am on the us carrier AT&T. I am using the snapdragon model. I took the OTA yesterday and I left goodlock 2018 installed and all the addons enabled.
I am not getting any of the issues you described. The good lock app just shows all the mods as "disconnected". One hand operation and edge lighting are still working.

raul6 said:
Disable One Hand Operation + for those handles
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Thanks mate, been scratching my head trying to get rid of those 2 bars. They were about the same height as the keyboard and pressing near a bar made it freeze for a few seconds. Cheers

Im on S8 exynos pie Beta 3. Task changer is not working. Even with badlock. Is this working for anyone of you?

Wallpaper changing after restart

Hello people, yesterday I received my Mi 9t Pro and so far I'm quite happy with it. One problem I'm facing is the following: I'm using pixel 3 live wallpapers via Google background app and whenever I restart the phone the lockscreen wallpaper is going back to the stock one. Home screen stays the correct one.
Is anyone facing similar issues or has any idea how to solve this?
Edit: sorry for wrong topic! Thanks to the mods for moving it!

Hey, I had exactly the same problem and I read a solution somewhere that actually worked for me :
Go into settings / manage apps then look for "wallpaper carousel" or something like that and uninstall it.
And that's it, hope it works for you.

Thordelan said:
Hey, I had exactly the same problem and I read a solution somewhere that actually worked for me :
Go into settings / manage apps then look for "wallpaper carousel" or something like that and uninstall it.
And that's it, hope it works for you.
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Thank you for the answer. I can not find anything similar to wallpaper carousel in my app selection... I might have removed this already with debloating I think!

Not in my indian variant .. but some themes will cause such errors ..
Please goto stock theme.. and check it back
Note : don't uninstall themes ?

alese13 said:
Thank you for the answer. I can not find anything similar to wallpaper carousel in my app selection... I might have removed this already with debloating I think!
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Then I remember reading a few times that there is a problem sometimes with MIUI and third party app managing lockscreens.
Have you tried to set it up via the miui gallery app instead of Google app ?

ColorOS 6.1: change launcher, etc.

Just picked up the China 64/6GB configuration (RMX1931), got Google Play running, all looking good, until I ran into the following OS limitations that I've never seen before in about 10 previous Android devices and at least 20 different OS's:
- I can't change the default launcher. Have seen tutorials for what must be previous versions of ColorOS on Oppo devices showing that the launcher can be changed under Additional Settings > App Management > Default App. In this version, App Management is in the root options menu, but the Default App menu doesn't include a launcher option. Attempting to set a new default launcher from within the new launcher app just doesn't take--no matter how many times I pick "use as default launcher," upon hitting home I go right back to the ColorOS launcher. It's mind-blowing to me that Oppo would have the shortsightedness to lock out one of the most key features of Android customizability...surely there's a way around this, has anyone found it? Because the stock launcher suuuucks.
- I can't set vibrate-only notifications. I can for ringtones, but not notifications. There's no "None" option for notification sounds, and no option to enable vibration or choose a vibration style for notifications. Unbelievable.
- I can't change the default SMS app. Well, I can, but the OS automatically changes it back to the stock SMS handler every time I receive an SMS, and I can't find any way to disable this.
Much obliged if anyone has found any workarounds to the above issues that they can share. I am REALLY excited for someone to come out with a way to flash stock Android on this thing. Great hardware value, but this stock OS...for the most part it's fine, but it's blocking functionality that's been available on every Android phone for the past decade. I can't imagine what the software team behind this was thinking.

Wow. Good for me I did not pre-orded the european version yesterday, I'm using Nova Prime launcher on every phone for years and also textra, that's a no go for this phone for me now... And I have no doubt what you say is true.
One thing tho, I'm french, saw a french review of the X2 Pro a few weeks ago, and the guy clearly said he installed textra and adviced users to do so, and didn't share any complains so...
But right now I'm gonna stand with your testimony and hold my purchase, thanks for sharing mate and hope you will find a solution if there is one.

It could be due to the fact it's a chinese version.
I guess EU version on pre order on the official site won't 'suffer' those limitations.
Let's wait for more feedback

ManuBBXX said:
It could be due to the fact it's a chinese version.
I guess EU version on pre order on the official site won't 'suffer' those limitations.
Let's wait for more feedback
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I also have the Chinese version of the phone to the 8GB 128gb version. I also cannot change the launcher or change default applications. Hoping a custom or global ROM will come out so I can flash it over. I also have weird black lines that appear in my camera sometimes but only in my room I've noticed doesn't do it outside. they show up in the picture or video but when I'm in good lighting or outside they don't appear. Just in my room regardless of how the lighting is it's super weird. Otherwise the camera is pretty good. Can be a lot better with some software tweaks. Also when I swipe down on the home screen some of the phone is still in Chinese even though it's set in English. I can't get Google assistant on it either. It has its own built-in called breeno but it's all Chinese. Otherwise the performance of the phone is great if you could get oxygen OS on it it would be perfect. Battery life is really good currently at 50% 9 hours and 11 minutes of use and 4 hours and 11 minutes of screen on time. Charging a super fast and I typed all of this using talk to text.

hanakon said:
Just picked up the China 64/6GB configuration (RMX1931), got Google Play running, all looking good, until I ran into the following OS limitations that I've never seen before in about 10 previous Android devices and at least 20 different OS's:
- I can't change the default launcher. Have seen tutorials for what must be previous versions of ColorOS on Oppo devices showing that the launcher can be changed under Additional Settings > App Management > Default App. In this version, App Management is in the root options menu, but the Default App menu doesn't include a launcher option. Attempting to set a new default launcher from within the new launcher app just doesn't take--no matter how many times I pick "use as default launcher," upon hitting home I go right back to the ColorOS launcher. It's mind-blowing to me that Oppo would have the shortsightedness to lock out one of the most key features of Android customizability...surely there's a way around this, has anyone found it? Because the stock launcher suuuucks.
- I can't set vibrate-only notifications. I can for ringtones, but not notifications. There's no "None" option for notification sounds, and no option to enable vibration or choose a vibration style for notifications. Unbelievable.
- I can't change the default SMS app. Well, I can, but the OS automatically changes it back to the stock SMS handler every time I receive an SMS, and I can't find any way to disable this.
Much obliged if anyone has found any workarounds to the above issues that they can share. I am REALLY excited for someone to come out with a way to flash stock Android on this thing. Great hardware value, but this stock OS...for the most part it's fine, but it's blocking functionality that's been available on every Android phone for the past decade. I can't imagine what the software team behind this was thinking.
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Install your preferred launcher first, than uninstall default launcher with adb commands (many guides about that), you are good to go.
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Cocheton said:
Wow. Good for me I did not pre-orded the european version yesterday, I'm using Nova Prime launcher on every phone for years and also textra, that's a no go for this phone for me now... And I have no doubt what you say is true.
One thing tho, I'm french, saw a french review of the X2 Pro a few weeks ago, and the guy clearly said he installed textra and adviced users to do so, and didn't share any complains so...
But right now I'm gonna stand with your testimony and hold my purchase, thanks for sharing mate and hope you will find a solution if there is one.
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You can use your Nova.

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Install your preferred launcher first, than uninstall default launcher with adb commands (many guides about that), you are good to go
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Just to check, you've done this and it uses the other launcher? It doesn't just leave you without a launcher?

AndyCr15 said:
Just to check, you've done this and it uses the other launcher? It doesn't just leave you without a launcher?
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I have done it when I had Oppo K1 last year, same Color OS. And don't worry in case of any problem you can always factory reset to fix.

os_man said:
I have done it when I had Oppo K1 last year, same Color OS. And don't worry in case of any problem you can always factory reset to fix.
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Doesn't work, on attempting to delete system apps, including launcher (com.oppo.launcher), I get the following return:
Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]
Can uninstall other apps no problem with adb commands. Also, this is a unique error return; the error you get for trying to uninstall the wrong package name or a package that doesn't exist is different.
It looks to me like changing the launcher or permanently changing the SMS handler on the Realme X2 Pro will not be possible without root. I do see that there's a test version of TWRP out for this device, so I'll try getting SuperSU running and uninstall the system launcher that way.

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Doesn't work, on attempting to delete system apps, including launcher (com.oppo.launcher), I get the following return:
Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]
Can uninstall other apps no problem with adb commands. Also, this is a unique error return; the error you get for trying to uninstall the wrong package name or a package that doesn't exist is different.
It looks to me like changing the launcher or permanently changing the SMS handler on the Realme X2 Pro will not be possible without root. I do see that there's a test version of TWRP out for this device, so I'll try getting SuperSU running and uninstall the system launcher that way.
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So sorry to hear that, and so nonsense that Oppo (Realme) isn't allowing for a simple launcher change. Just because of those stupid things I'm not buying any phone that can't be rooted. But X2 Pro will get root eventually.

Just to add something I just saw here : https://youtu.be/UjmvlHZuD8s?t=451
Almost one month ago and dit not seem to have any problem with changing original launcher to Nova... ?

Cocheton said:
Just to add something I just saw here : https://youtu.be/UjmvlHZuD8s?t=451
Almost one month ago and dit not seem to have any problem with changing original launcher to Nova... ?
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I got today my Phone with a global setup, no Problem to change to Microsoft Launcher...

Cocheton said:
Just to add something I just saw here : https://youtu.be/UjmvlHZuD8s?t=451
Almost one month ago and dit not seem to have any problem with changing original launcher to Nova... ?
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This looks to me to be the EU rom and is probably an EU version phone.
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I got today my Phone with a global setup, no Problem to change to Microsoft Launcher...
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You mean an EU version? It definitely looks like the launcher restriction is an issue with the original chinese versions and there still appears to be no clarity on whether anyone has managed to get the EU rom on a CN phone.
The EX on the version number looks to me to indicate the global versions and this seemingly prevented people flashing it on the X2 so I suspect the X2 Pro has the same problem.

Just try pocco launcher guys.
Very light and looks like near to stock AOSP experience

Changed launcher without any problem at all. Process is straightforward as in any other android .

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Changed launcher without any problem at all. Process is straightforward as in any other android .
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Is ur version the EU or the CN version? The issue seems to be on the CN version

Dumsky said:
Is ur version the EU or the CN version? The issue seems to be on the CN version
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True that. I have the EU version.

Just tried lawnchair, and it replaced pocco in my heart
Sorry, can't get to use Nova.

Im using NOVA, but sometimes seems a little buggy... Have to block and unlock again to come to normal.

Install your preferred launcher from play store first
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pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.oppo.launcher

os_man said:
Install your preferred launcher from play store first
adb shell
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.oppo.launcher
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Yes, I've done this and can confirm it works. More detailed infos here:
https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/
HOWEVER: Nova's Google companion does not work well. I often cannot slide to the very left and then I have to play around with the auto start and energy saving settings.
Also ColorOS keeps changing certain notification settings. Spotify and my Podcast App don't get shown on the Lockscreen, the settings are simply changed back without me doing this. And my calendar widget "Todo agenda" is often not populated with data and becomes useless.
For me, it's a pretty nasty mix of annoyances and shortcomings right now and I'm not thrilled by the Chinese version at all.
I will try to flash the EU Rom, but haven't seen it uploaded anywhere yet...
If that or future software updates won't solve the problems, then I will sell it again.