My banking app doesn't work on my current Moto Razr external screen - just results in a white screen, sometimes weird flickering. I'm considering a Flip 7, so could anyone check if this app launches on the external screen? Don't need a login or anything, just curious if it launches at all. Not sure if it's region locked: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.skandiabanken&hl=no
I currently have a Razr 60 Ultra, which is great. but lacks DeX - huge for me who's using AR glasses a lot. I've been hearing that the external screen on the Flip is a lot less capable, and been trying to find out how much of that you can hack around. As I understand it, you install Good Lock and enable what's functionally a widget that lets you launch apps. This is similar to native behavior on the Razr. Only the settings app is really prohibited from running externally on the Razr, so is that also the case on the Flip once you enable this widget?
The more advanced method on the Razr is to use an automation app like Tasker to intercept the launching of the APK that controls the external screen, and then launch another app in its place - like a full launcher. This lets you run any launcher on the Razr's external screen, with some quirks. I've not seen a similar hack mentioned on the Flip though?
I've been using a variety of transmogs lately, never settling on one. Then I found the blue phoenix in the storm phase of Siren Isle and knew I had to find a way to make a blue transmog that looked good. Some of the new midnight cosmetics were promising, but I never managed a look I liked for more than two minutes. Many, many attempts later, this is what I came up with - a concept that both uses some layering tricks I haven't used before and that is a lot more complete in terms of RP.
A key (RP) element here is using the Of the Four Winds title alongside two blue phoenixes, the battle pet variant, and the Sapphire Skyblazer mount. I named them Eurus (left pet), Zephyrus (right pet), Notos (battle pet), and then I can't name the mount but that would be Boreas - the four Anemoi winds of Greek myth. The way they naturally stand (when not being silly like in the photo) when I mount up matches the actual order: west, east, south, north.
Another key element is Dracthyr visage simply allowing more customization than other races, especially the dual tone hair.
The final key element is how some of these items interact. The shirt, tabard and chest piece layer on top of one another to create a look that doesn't exist on its own. The chest's 3D elements pull some weight here. So does the guild tabard allowing both having a bird thing as the logo and matching colors. Finally, the waist and leg pieces outright disables showing the hanging parts of the tabard, functionally turning it into a second shirt.
My daily step goal is 10k, but I generally hit 12-15k, with a stride length of 80cm meaning I tend to hit 10km distance. Depending on the day, most of that is walking outside in nearby forests and whatnot, especially on weekends. After 5+ years of that I've run out of audio books and got the Xreals to watch videos instead. It works well, but I've had to gradually tweak and mod the setup in various ways. This is what I currently have:
The Beam Pro is too big to comfortable sit in my pocket on walks, so this puts it out of the way while making it easier to access and providing a lot of other utility.
The Beam Pro is great, other than the critical flaw that is the entirely too clickable buttons triggering all the time when wielding and storing it. It's a HW issue that would be solvable in minutes by Xreal by adding settings for those buttons, letting me disable them or at least not have one of them kick me out of the only view mode I use and resetting all the window positions.
After yet another walk where the mode reset twice, power button got pressed and trackpad started moving a few times, and volume got messed with once, I had enough. I found a flat 6x1 lego tile, removed the internal stud center things, and use some moldable rubber glue to stick and shape it into place.
It's permanent in the sense that it's not going anywhere, but moldable glue tends to be possible to scrape off without damage when used on hard surfaces. I checked beforehand that all the features those buttons control (primarily power off) are accessible elsewhere, so that's also fine. This also solves the power button being clicked since it's located immediately below the bump caused by the lego, making it much less likely that anything manages to activate it in a pocket etc.
Honestly, this shouldn't be necessary. There's no reason both anchor and follow mode should be permanently available without letting the user disable either one. There's no reason the Beam Pro needs a second mode switch button that is not reprogrammable. There's no reason the auto unlock while glasses are connected should be mandatory. This feels like alpha software on both Beam Pro and glasses at times.
I have the One, which I use almost exclusively for hiking. It has lenses that reflect the ground, but one 3D print later and the issue is completely gone using a light blocker at the bottom only. Now I'm considering the Pro as an upgrade due to FOV and brightness, and the supposedly better reflection characteristics - but this is where I'm seeing conflicting reports. What I've read is that the completely different lens design doesn't cause reflections from the bottom, but can cause internal reflections of the screen, and ambient light issues from the top and sides. This is where I get hesitant, since I don't really want to use a light blocker if I'm paying for the Pro upgrade.
For context, it's sunny when I walk and I normally have it on the middle blending mode and with video placed in a small window to the side using the Beam Pro. The better FOV should help me have a larger image while still leaving the same amount of free space in the middle of my vision, if my thinking is correct. There's the occasional sun coming in from the sides the way I'm using it now, but this doesn't bother me as much as seeing an actual clear image of something being reflected.
So, my question is if the Pro will actually do what I hope, or if I'm just swapping reflection type? Someone said in a comment that they specifically went with the One over the Pro because they could control external reflections more easily than internal ones, and that being true is my biggest worry.
I recently got the One and the Beam Pro and I'm liking the combo, but there are some software quirks that I'm not thrilled about. Any fixes for any of them?