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[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
What I think is that the default File Manager is the one from Google, then, Miui File Manager, gets all the privileges to operate over it, I didn't have the same behavior in my last Xiaomi devices, though. I always could attach/send any file through any file explorer of my preference, even to apply third party themes.

Miui File manager can be put to sleep in some way, limiting their actions through battery optimization.

You can re-install the app with

adb shell

pm install-existing NameOfPackage

Be sure you have the Google Files. You can try firstly with another system app, to see what happens.
[General Questions and Answers] Xorio71:
Before flashing a Custom ROM, I may be instructed to flash the latest firmware of my device (I have a Xiaomi phone). What exactly does this mean, and where can I find it?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
What you are asking about is "dialed in" by flashing a modem for your specific model number for your region/carrier(this configures the bands and network type to those used in/by the region/carrier the modem is made for) and/or by using a SIM provided by the mobile service provider.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Flashing the latest firmware means either flashing the entire ROM or only the firmware package https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/, flashing the ROM is recommended for vendor OEM based, when coming to OOS vendors then you won't need to flash the stock ROM as such custom ROM includes a custom vendor, usually with more long term support than the stock.

Flashing the firmware, matching with your region, it's the right way to-go but, as most of the custom ROMs are based on Chinese ROM, then you should flash, most likely, the Chinese firmware.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Also, there is a service menu that can be accessed through your dialer by dialing a specific number(what that number is depends on your device), this menu lets you change different settings and values related to the radio.
[General Questions and Answers] Djerry_Doo:
Hello, I'm more intrigued than desperate with my question. I come with a presupposition that Samsung devices are rather straightforward to put custom ROM into, it well avoids hardbricking and the support from the community is very wide, although much is complicated by Knox, which has to be tripped. I might be wrong, I'd appreciate correcting if that's the case. Is there any other brand which comes close to this, maybe even better?

Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] bajannn:
So basically I follow the guide you sent earlier to uninstall the Miui File Manager while having Google Files installed beforehand, so as not to factory reset my phone to get back the functionality, then use the battery optimization options to "put to sleep" Miui File Manager. Am I getting this right? (I really don't want to factory reset my phone.)

Also in the note of the behavior of my phone compared to your old phones, maybe it has something to do since mine is a Blackshark phone? (It uses JOYUI based on MIUI.) or it's just that the later versions of MIUI changed some functionality? There might also be the case that since there weren't any other file managers installed when setting up it just defaulted to always using the Miui File Manager, although I have installed other File Managers?

Update: The file manager that my other apps are using is Files of DocumentsUI (APK name: com.google.android.documentsui) and not the Miui File Manager. I still don't understand how disabling MIUI optimizations broke it though.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Can you tell me and reproduce what exactly the issue is?, Now I got rid of my Realme device, and have a RN11, to see where the issue come from.
[General Questions and Answers] bajannn:
Well, I'm using a Blackshark 4 on JOYUI 12.8 22.03.06.

I disabled MIUI optimization (in developer options) for a multitude of reasons.

But after doing so, I cannot attach files to a lot of my apps (Gmail, the e-commerce app, etc.) but as I don't use those functions a lot, I dismiss it.

Wanted to send a bunch of photos through Gmail but don't want to bring out the cable.

Searched for a solution, and apparently, MIUI optimization is the culprit, disabling it breaks a bunch of stuff but certain things that it does is not good.

I installed other File Managers (Amaze and Files by Google), and I cannot use other File managers when attaching stuff to apps, the only exception is Messenger which I use a modded one to get back the bubbles and not use the new ones.

Then just earlier I found out that it's using DocumentUI Files app, not the Miui File manager for attaching purposes in the apps.

Basically, when I try to attach files, it will always default to Android's DocumentUi and not Miui File Manager, MIUI optimizations fix it but for reasons too long to say here, I have to have it disabled.
[General Questions and Answers] mksu9:
Does lineageos 14.1 support adding dns servers(4g) through build.prop file and what is the first version that this is possible through settings private dns. I'm stuck in 14.1 because my mic didn't work in 18.1
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
Google phones. Its in their interest. My old Nexus 5 had unbelievable dev support. My current P4A is not as supported as the old Nexus 5, but there iis still plenty of stuff around. When I had a Samsung, I alwys looked to the Pixel phones to see what could be done on mine. For example, I used my Nexus 5 to test ROMs before I transferred and recompiled them fo my Samsung S5 GT-I9506. Yes it was old, but I only upgraded about 18m ago. when my S4 got flakey. Samsung had more hoops to jump through compared to the Google device. eg Google devices use Fastboot to flash ROMs while sammsung inbvolves using ODIN; and I found some inconsistencies inn useage between versions. Fastboot are just text commands which are easily to document, what button to press on which version of ODIN can be troublesome.
[General Questions and Answers] istayhere:
I have a question. is there a tutorial on how to get the information out of my wiko rainbow jam 5.1 after rooting / flashing?

When i do a deepscan i can only see a few things.. but not from 2016
[General Questions and Answers] Djerry_Doo:
Oh yea, I switched from S4 last july (unfortunately, I let myself be talked into A series phone, for which the support isn't that great). Apart from the power button breaking repeatedly, it was a decent phone!

Thank you for the answer with Google phones, I thought those would be very modular! How about some of the lower price margin brands?

Also, when it comes to ODIN, isn't it the reason why are the phones so hard to brick? I might be really wrong but this was a belief I've held for some time now. I know that when a phone started bootlooping after a unsuccessful flash, it would default itself into download mode after a while, which I found quite satisfying tbh
[General Questions and Answers] Totesnochill:
NokiaX6 TA-1099 DRG , unlocked bootloader. What TWRP image should I flash from the list?

Tried to fastboot every single one of them - 3.3.1 and 3.5.0 get stuck on the splash screen, so I have some concerns about what img to install permanently.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
I cant say I have actually heard of a Nexus 5 or a Pixel 4A being hard bricked; im sure it happens, but its not in your face everywhere. Normally a flash back of the original firmware gets you up and running after a soft brick on pixel device. However, to be clear, the Nexus 5 was built sooooo poorly. The N5 is basically an S4 in cheaper clothing (compare the specs), and you can see just how badly they were built/designed. I had both mine apart. When you go on eBay and look for a 2nd hand one, most have a cracked screen or a dodgy power button (just search for the 000s of YT clips how to "fix"). There is NO physical/mechanical support on large areas of the thin screen (bottom chin); unlike the S4, that has the electronics board supporting the whole screen area. Anyway, enough on that rant.

So I started with the N5 as it was so cheap second hand, and then got an S4 when I realised I needed an SD Card; and the prices also had came down; 2nd hand.

Ironically, a few years ago when the Samsung S10e came out I lusted after that phone, but it was over AUD $1K! I could not justify that cost, when I paid <100 for the S4. When the Pixel 4A came out, it was around/under the AUD $400 AAAAND it was basically a poor-mans S10e; plastic back, no SDCard (but it had 128GB internally) etc etc etc So I stopped lusting aftre the S10e and got a Pixel 4A; also because I knew the dev would be more extensive than on a Samsung. So my P4A is the cheap S10e 😜 My last few phones have been cheap versions of Samsungs.

Also, all the cheaper phones I saw were considerably physically bigger, so I do not know of many other phones. The form factor of the P4A was a big driver; and its price 2 specs pricing. So I cant help you suggesting another phone. There is a thread on XDA specifically for suggesting/getting suggestions of your next device. My Mother has (I think) a Nokia 7.2 and my father has a sammy a50 (or something). Both are oversized, and I noticed last time I visited them (and fixed/sorted their phones, the sammy software was behind the features of the Nokia, which were more inline with my Pixel.

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[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Flash, boot to and fix it, are three different things, you can flash any image that the size partitions allows it, you can boot to a custom recovery while it is compatible/built for it, having checked that you need to either use combo keys hardware or invoke just commands, other point here is that some device need to bypass DM verity to boot to a custom image, for this you'd need a blank vbmeta, and finally, fix it permanently depends on, if your device has a dedicated recovery partition or the developer of such custom recovery make something like a ramdisk installer, in a way that on every reboot, it'll survive.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
What exactly you are talking about? Which information you need to get? From your device or from this model in a generic way?
[General Questions and Answers] istayhere:
I need the information from my device. like old whatsapp conversations, pictures, videos, files. sorry. i meant from before the rooting and resseting the phone.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Ah, you meant data, I don't think a free software can do it satisfactorily, but you should try them from here https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/android-data-recovery-software/, anyway, probably you need a paid software or a service center to dismantling the eMMC/UFS, then pull it from there, sometimes only can be done through special software.
[General Questions and Answers] bajannn:
Is there a way to disable and use other file managers than the documentsui one without breaking everything?
[General Questions and Answers] Totesnochill:
Just installed AOSP PixelPlus UI, (android 11) on my Nokia x6.

I love that ROM's speed and flexibility. Yet, it comes loaded wiht google apps, including stuff I would never use such as "Google photos", "Google File browser" and "Google assistant" bar of annoyance.

I have full adb/fastboot stack on the PC and unlocked bootloader on the phone. Any way to nuke the google apps that came with the ROM and flash the nano openGApps? Or at least disable the ever-annoying autoupdates of everything (built-in google is shameless enough to pull app updates over 4g). Hopefully without breaking the offline speech-to-text recognition, that feature is lit.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Search for other vanilla build ROM, PixelPlus UI it's, as the name suggests, all about Google...

Or, if you are rooted, then go for them, browse the root directories, and delete, carefully, the apps you don't like.
[General Questions and Answers] Totesnochill:
Thanks! I'm usually ok with the minimal gApps setups, what I really want off the phone are non-essential stray apps I'll never use so they wont eat up space/RAM. Does deleting packages over ADB differ from using root method?

Also, do you happen to know how to disable google app autoupdates? The moment I finish initial setup the ROM tried to update everything over metered 4G...

Btw, what does "Vanilla build ROM" mean?
[General Questions and Answers] gilnlopez:
I apologize if this is not the right forum for the help I'm seeking, but I was hoping that someone could at least point me in the right direction.

I am looking to help a colleague with some work using the Snapdragon 888 HDK. Basically, we're doing some camera work that requires the use of custom lenses, and I've been trying futilely to find any resource or forum where I could discuss chip and sensor selections that would be compatible with the HDK.

Does anyone know a good place I can turn? I've become beyond frustrated haha, especially with Qualcomm's complete lack of resources on this.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
If you are rooted, probably you can browse through it and delete it directly, but DocumentsUI is like the manager for the file apps, from where you still can choose a file manager of your preference, it won't act like a file manager exactly, but, to choose a proper archive manager, depending on the kind of.

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[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
ADB without root, just freeze the app, by rooting you can delete completely the app.

Play Store/Your account/Settings/ then you have App download preference to allow updates either over mobile data or Wi-Fi only, then you also have Auto-update apps options, you can disable auto-updates.

Vanilla is a ROM that comes without Gapps.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
I haven't tested on recent android builds, however, in the past, when I froze an app, i could still find it in memory. There is another option (which I hardly hear mentioned elsewhere) is to "Hide" an app. When I tested that method, I could not find it in the running memory. For me, I freeze and then hide the app.

As for things being updated from the playstore on first boot. Historically I have frozen and hid the apps before the playstore has a chance to install them (I catch it on download start, cancel the downloads and then freeze/hide each). To give yourself more time to get that done, switch to Airplane mode. I have no idea if its possible or even if it may brick your phone, but has anyone tried freezing the playstore? ie "Vending"

As for "Vanilla", I think that can include the playstore / Gapps, and often does, and is more in reference to how closely it mirrors plain ASOP; ie simple/pure/"Vanilla" Android. For example, there are some highly customised ROMs that could never be called Vanilla, that have explicitly been built to run without GApps. Running Resurrection Remix without installing GApps does not convert/make it a vanilla ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] Totesnochill:
What about using the XDA's official ADB debloating method? This should delete the app package for good isnt it?
[General Questions and Answers] Totesnochill:
After installing AOSP PixelPlus UI, (android 11) on my Nokia x6, I've noticed that it comes with SELinux set to "Permissive". Moreover, there is no "Trust" setting to modify the SELINUX in any way.

How do I set SELinux to enforcing in such a situation?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
This is not exactly an official method, the commands are already provided within the wide and large possibilities that ADB provides/offer.

As far I understood, you don't want to get rid of Google completely, but just some apps, you don't like/need, so you don't have to remove/freeze Google Play nor Google Services specially when such app depends on to work well, and not referring specifically to a Google app, but to any other app, that relies on.

This method only "cut the head" from the app, in some way you won't see it anymore, until you do a factory reset, this prevents, anyway, the app being active and "fattening" its need of both in space and RAM, that's mean this leave it virtually dead.

Instead, if you can browse (rooted) to the path directory where the app is, then you can completely remove it.

From what I know and use, if I understood well your point, the vanilla builds refer to a non-Google ROM, I don't know if they can contain (accidentally?) some Google app though but, for the interest and knowing to the end user is most likely that. The sizes reveal that, too.

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[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
As far as I know Google's AOSP is referred to as "Vanilla". Vanilla just means unflavored android with no extras such as the skin/UI/bloatware apps that device manufacturers and carriers add on top of Google's AOSP.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Yes, this is in the main concept from Google, vanilla here, in this context refer to a ROM that comes without Gapps, usually developers make a custom ROM, then, if they don't have Gapps integrated, they, often call it, vanilla.

As the user wanted a custom ROM (PixelPlusUI), I recommended searching a custom ROM without Gapps, as I don't think they find a PixelPlusUI without Gapps.

I didn't want to make a technical input, but just followed what is the most current use to the general acknowledge. This is an example of.

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[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Yeah, every custom ROM I've ever flashed has been vanilla.....if I hadn't flashed Gapps on top of it, lol.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
We should be careful, XDA is not the absolute authority of what Android is and related definitions. We are only but a tiny slice of knowledge, and using "ourselves" as reference material, creates very foolhardy and insular self feedback loop.

From my understanding, Pixel phones run as close to any device as Vanilla Android, and include GApps. They are not 100% Vanilla Android, as they just have those little bit extras to show off what can be done with Android and make them that little bit "special". However, Google is as close to an Authority on what android is as anybody. Vanilla android includes NO manufacturer/carrier customization. My pixel has Verizon crap hidden away (not very thoroughly), as it was sold in Aus(no verizon here), so they obviously have some financial agreements, and hence not 100% vanilla.

Just read some sources other than XDA.

google definition of vanilla android - Google Search

www.google.com

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[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
It may be a bit of interpretation, anyway, I didn't try to cover technical matters, I mean in "stricto sensu";

Usually, when a user uses a word whose meaning is absolutely different from what they want to express, then I try to clarify, offering what I consider the correct expression for that (based on my little knowledge) but... In this case, I used what the current usage indicates, and is not weird or something that can be considered absolutely wrong, why not? The term vanilla, out of the Android world, just means something simple, so, If I have two versions of a thing, one is minimal/simple and the other is with more things added, then I identify the one as vanilla, I think Google just did the same, the term is not applied to Android because it means something specifically technical, but Google just used the term as the language defines the word, I had an intuition of that even though I didn't know it for certain, then I confirmed this, in my language, I didn't find the same meaning, but the English is more expressive, intuitive and imaginative, to apply a word (a single word) to different situations.

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[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
This has always been my perspective on Vanilla android. To me, it means the standard Google android released by Google(the stock android that they include in Nexus and Pixel devices) before third party developers put there junk on top of it. The Nexus community always referred to Google's stock android as vanilla.

My interpretation is as follows:

"Vanilla"- a general term that can be applied to a plain version of anything.

"Vanilla android"- Google's stock android.

But, that's just my estimation, language can a fickle thing depending on one's particular school of thought.
[General Questions and Answers] bajannn:
Yeah, I can do that, but the problems are,

a) Google Files doesn't show up, just Google Drives of Google Accounts I have logged in.

b) Amaze File Explorer does show up and ZAchiever, but attaching any file using those doesn't do anything as well.

c) I can try and use any of the options with none of them working.

I manage to attach some files, but I have to use the insert from Drive.
[General Questions and Answers] X-Lander:
First sorry I am not sure this belongs on these XDA forums at all. I am just a smooth brain trying to grow wrinkles. Don't know anywhere else to go with so many android users that are so capable. ( I have already had my requests for root guidance shut down as already asked... but not pointed to. So this forum is not as friendly as it implies on #1 pinned post.)

Looking for help, with Samsung galaxy note 10+, and windows 10., windows phone link.

The complex portion of this is what exact apps and services in the background does doing this function require.

Reason I ask is I use netguard VPN no-root firewall because I was tired of Google/Samsung/T-mobile doing OTA software changes without asking for permission to alter my device.

I know they linked to the point where I can see the basic photos folder so they are"linked", However, I cannot get the "loading phone screen" to work unless I completely disable firewall. Which means there is a hidden service that I have blocked that needs unlocked.

Can anyone point me at what would tell me which services are being accessed by the "Link to windows app" in android, and "Phone link in windows once I try to start running apps from link to windows app. I feel like it relates to screen mirror functions. How can I see what app paths windows is accessing to try to open my phones apps?

The related android apps are already unblocked in firewall.

"link to windows" App

"link to windows service"

Apps I have temp unlocked without success.

ANT radio service

ant+ dut

Ant+ pluggins

ant+ hal

wlantest

mobile device information provider Several others before I thought to write them down.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
The environment I first showed up, is the one from Google Files, in case you are missing something, I attached some files.

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[General Questions and Answers] bajannn:
Well for some reason it uses the DocumentsUI instead of Files by Google, idk what the difference is in UI but I know that DocumentsUI is the one getting used and not Files by Google. Looking into Perms, DocumentsUI has none, literally none.

The way I know it is DocumentsUI is that when I try to attach a file, it opens up the app "Files" which is under DocumentsUI.

Edit:

I have even tested it when I uninstalled Files by Google from my phone, and I get the same look for sure with yours just not the functionality. I guess it is "Files by Google" but reskinned by MIUI but you can install Files by Google still from the Play Store.

Edit 2:

So I uninstalled updates on the "Files" app and managed to disable it. I can try to attach using Amaze but not through Files by Google. And it still fails.
[General Questions and Answers] bajannn:
Spoiler content hidden.

I think this post is a good summary of my issue.
[General Questions and Answers] secretgogeta:
How to install twrp on samsung galaxy a10 (a105m) using linux debian/gnu?