Hi
everyone!
Following
my post about the general Q&A we had with @juho, here's the parts of the
Q&A which related to software and also some things I learnt later in the
evening:
Customizing
Android One:
- It is an option they have
- I.e. some customisations are
possible, but Juho didn't go into details about what
- I will post another thread
on the focus group session we had with the HMD representative for
marketing in the MENA region in which we got some more hints about what
might be possible
Call
recording:
- HMD are aware that people
want this and it's very important in some markets
OZO audio
API
- Wilson asked about the
possibility of an audio recorder which uses OZO Audio
- Juho said he didn't realise
this was something that people wanted but it should be easy to do and
could be made available as an optional download on the Play store
- I also mentioned that many
people would like the API for OZO Audio to available to other apps but
Juho didn't comment on this.
Bootloader
unlocking:
- Juho respects that the
developer community wants this
- It requires a lot of work
from the software development team to provide official solutions for this
- Doing this on the whole
range is not feasible due to limited resources
- He may poll on Twitter or
something to ask which one next.
- Post Q&A a few of us
talked about this in more detail and think that it won't be enough for the
development community to provide an official unlocking method for devices
which are more than 6 months old (certainly more than a year old is too
long)
- What HMD should do is
produce a device with the specific intention of providing developers with
an official method of unlocking the bootloader, source code and device
trees from launch, not several months to a year later
Custom
software/ROMs:
- Importing a phone from China
and installing the Global ROM will prevent the OTA updates from being
received
- More generally, this would
apply to all models, if you install a ROM onto a phone for which it's not
intended, OTA updates may/will not work
- Personally, I think HMD
should make a strong effort to crack down on the unofficial sellers who
are selling Chinese market phones with Global ROMs installed, because
they're damaging the Nokia brand
Different
models for different markets:
- Each specific radio
configuration for each markets won't necessarily work in all others
- Antennas are tuned in each
TA model variant for the frequencies they expect to be used with
- So, whilst it might be
possible (unofficially) to change the ROM and/or activate different
frequencies in the modem configuration, there's no guarantee that those frequencies
will actually work
After the
Q&A we went to the event, mingled with the HMD staff and partners,
journalists and the many “influencers” who were present. Here’s a few things I
learnt about software whilst chatting with a gentleman from HMD’s MENA (middle
east and north Africa) office in Dubai who was responsible for the various
approvals needed to sell HMD’s devices in those markets:
- Approvals generally
don't require software changes – HMD have already done all the testing themselves
before the approval stage and the most demanding approvals (e.g. FCC, CE, EEC,
TENAA) are normally sufficient for all other markets
- It's only
the first software version for a device which needs approvals, not OTA updates
- Except on
network branded devices, as the network provider wants to test every update to
ensure compatibility with their system.
And after
the software discussion I learnt a little more about HMD in general:
- 60 percent
of HMD staff are former Nokia (so therefore I assume were transferred first
from Nokia to Microsoft then from Microsoft to HMD)
- They don't
have a staff presence in all markets, instead they have partnerships with local
specialists where it makes sense.
Right
that's all I can remember, over to you all, especially @SeqTre, @nitheesh, @sajwaz, @singhnsk, @wilson
shrestha, @juho
lemmetyinen, @nokianchetan
and @morozshaun 
Comments
It's not related to software, but we also discussed hybrid sim slot and the screencasting options too.
The interesting thing is, they are not thought about the dedicated sim slots.
@madbilly I think @wilson shrestha also asked the possibility to implement the OZO audio in the video recording. What do you think?
😂
Just kidding!
😂
@madbilly OZO Audio is one of the many things that makes Nokia unique so I don't think Nokia would want other device makers to use this feature on their device. So, even if it will be profitable for Nokia in the end I think Nokia won't sell this.
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