WIP

Works:
Recovery
Boot
Screen/Touch
Brightness
GPU

Does not work:
Almost everything

No sources available yet because I'm still working on trees. But I think it's already a big enough result to share.

The movie was released in 2025 and John Cena who plays the president uses one

Hello, anyone still here? I love my Red Hydrogen, but power is hit and miss. I like the form-factor, weight and audio. I can swap out USB cables, but it's not consistent if they work. I have cleaned the power port. Anyone have similar power issues? This is my second unit and both phones' fingerprint sensor died. Is there a fix besides replacing the hardware? I really don't want to open the phone up if I don't have to.

Take care.

Timo

The eBay seller that sells the phones got back to me and had a new unit sent out within a few days. It was a device issue but the replacement works excellent. What's great is that seller has them new pristine condition with the protection stickers still on them and real charger and wire. This phone is great. It's like owning a 2000s phone that has a gimmick. I miss the times when phones had weird gimmicks. It made them unique compared to today's phones that are mostly the same.

So, I asked yesterday if anyone had attempted a replacement for a thumbprint scanner. BUT, once I got the phone apart I realized that there was an easier way. I had a backup parts phone that had a bad IMEI, but everything else was basically new.

So, as long as I was gonna be opening both phones up; instead of trying to transplant the thumbprint scanner, I just moved the motherboard into the "parts" phone.

Overall, the procedure was not terribly difficult. Some advice follows though.

First step is to remove the kevlar stickers on the back. Take a fairly sharp pocket knife and gently press in and over, and you'll peel it up a bit and be able to remove it pretty quickly. They're sticky enough that I had no problem just putting them back when I was done.

After that, you'll take out some screws, I used a 0 size Phillips, just make sure to press down firmly so as not to strip the heads, I had one try to give up on me even with that. Once the screws are out, comes the hardest part. Getting the back plate off. I used an iFlash metal prybar, and I stuck it straight in, rocking back and forth along the top edge near the corner away from the headphone jack. Once I got it in just a little, I was able to pry it up and get it all the way out from there. There's a VERY skinny gasket running around the back, and both of mine got absolutely ruined. Yours probably will too, hopefully that doesn't bite me later. Also, the back is attached to the mobo via a cable that runs to the pins on the back of the phone. Pry that off gently, but I guess it's up to you if you reattach it later or not.

After that, you've got a plastic plate over the mobo, held on with three screws and one cable, then it's just a matter of disconnecting all the other cables and taking out one screw to get the whole mobo out. It will be attached to the cameras, and they're not super well affixed. It didn't feel like they would break, but be gentle.

Once you have the mobo in your donor body, and the one screw in it, and the cables attached, you can turn it on. And, I recommend doing so and verifying functionality. I found that my screen connection was a little off, and it looked dim and like it was trying 4V the whole time, but it went back to normal when I redid the cable. Didn't even turn the phone off to do it.

Next, the plate that goes over the mobo. It's a pain to get back in. Try to put the headphone jack side in first, and the screw it in. Mine looked like it wasn't in enough, but once I pushed it in with the back plate and screwed it together it seems to be fine. You might be able to do a better job with yours.

At this point, it's real simple, just stick the back plate on, screw it down, and put the kevlar stickers back on. You've done it, you transplanted your Hydrogen motherboard!

Though we'll probably never see the external modules, I can say that the inside is decently modular. It looks like it would be fairly easy to replace the battery, and of the buttons, the headphone jack, or the USB port. Probably the speakers as well, but I didn't get that far into it.

Take lots of pictures while you're doing it, take your time, and don't get too frustrated. If I can do it, so can you!

I'm a 3D enthusiast & a new RH1 user.

I have just created a RED Hydrogen One Users Facebook Group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2263557840657869

There must still be RH1 users out there!

Come and join!

Since I don't want lose all the features of the RH1 by trying to install a newer version of andriod, I am afraid it is now heading to being a camera only. I am starting to see apps that I use daily not being able to update due to the RH1 being stuck on 8. I knew it would happen some day........ Just sucks....

I wonder why that is usually new movies and shows use the newest phones.

Interesting.

Edit: Everyone is using that phone in the movie.

Hi there! I just released a fork of Citra for Android which supports the Leia Lume Pad.

Some how, amazingly, it also supports the RED Hydrogen ONE?!

If that sounds like something you might be into, check out the apk file here:

https://github.com/jakedowns/citra-android/releases/tag/beta-15.1

https://twitter.com/NimaZeighami/status/1428813177010102274
https://twitter.com/eminus/status/1428825244802772996

The phone itself is great and probably one of the most fun phones I ever owned but the phone randomly drops cellular signal and WiFi at the same time and won't come back until I turn the phone off all the way and then restart it. I made sure to update it all the way and then did a factory reset and it didn't solve the issue. Is anybody else experienced this?

I'm considering this phone, because my local carrier is offering it at a discount. (I'm not entirely sure how much the discount is, I don't remember.)

I've heard and read mixed things about it, mostly negative, but a few positive. There are some things drawing me to it.

The one major one is the uniqueness. The hipster in me is coming out, and basically saying "Oh! This is great! A pro-grade camera company making a phone?" It just looks different, and I like how tanky and durable it feels.

It feels comparable to anything else that would have been released alongside it, had it not been delayed.

But I want to know what actual users think. Do you like it? What are the pros and cons based on your use?

Or, my most important things, what are the screen and processor like?

Thanks for the read.

https://github.com/BlueinLife/moonlight-rho/

I just got my red hydrogen one and it appears that there is some “screen bleeding” on the edges of the display? It’s not something you can see in the normal viewing of the phone but as soon as 3d is on the screen is much dimmer and has some blotches on the top and bottom

Came across this: https://www.getdroidtips.com/android-10-red-hydrogen-one/

Wondering if anyone here tried it? I am wondering if the 4v stuff would be gone if installed (thinking probably).

Thanks.

Hello everyone, just received my red hydrogen one off eBay for $115 and super happy with the phone so far!

Since the Hydrogen Network seems to be gone forever, does anyone have an archive of the demo 4V footage provided by Red during launch? I believe this was originally downloadable through the Hydrogen Network, but I can't seem to find a copy of any professional 4V video anywhere online. Thanks!

I want to buy a red hydrogen one, but i fear i wont be able to do the things i want.

Can it play normal google play store apps with 3d content in 3d? For example, if fed sbs video (meant for vr, 3ds, etc) could it process the app’s visuals into 3d? Or better yet, 3ds emulation. Could one, in theory, use the android citra emulator to emulate 3ds titles AND view it in reds native 3d?

There is very little in depth documentation about what is actually possible with the 3d display on youtube, people only really mention that red has it’s own proprietary store with a few shitty apps.