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[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
so, seems huawei have changed firmware server, therefore firmware finder from pro-teammt.ru isnt working anymore. I only needed the firmware in order to extract the ramdisk image, since that I need to successfully install a custom rom. my question : can the ramdisk image change through stock updates? I still got the ramdisk image from version 339, now is version 360 (weren't 21 version in between, more like only 5). huawei only did security patches, same version of android.
[General Questions and Answers] TheGiantHogweed:
Hi.

Are there any good apps on android that allow you to export videos and photos from your camera? I would much rather there be an option to do this via the SD card and an adapter or the cable as using bluetooth would just be painfully slow for things like 4k video. I have a Lumix camera and I've tried the Panasonic app, but that takes a minute to transfer just a few big images.

Using pictbridge(PTP) on my camera and the cable is a good way of transferring pictures, and all my tablets support this. I use the program named gallery for this. But when connecting them to the tablet via PC mode or the SD card with an adapter to access the videos, the tablets don't recognize the format of the card. The only way then to get videos onto them is to put them on my PC first then onto my tablet. This is no good when I'm not at home.

Older android versions seemed to support a much wider range of formats of external devices from my experience. I could just do with an app that lets me export everything, then i can view them on what I want to.

Any advice?

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
you could use wifi or 4g to send those photos and videos to your computer via some apps, but I ve found out that method depends on the strength of your signal. the other means of moving those high quality photos and videos would be using an Otg adapter and a good USB. Cable transfer speed usually is better than any Bluetooth/wifi connection.
[General Questions and Answers] TheGiantHogweed:
I use a type c to sd card reader and my tablets seem to just say that they don't support this format or the card is corrupt and they try to get me to reformat it. The USB connection to my camera has a similar problem unless i use pictbridge.

What is strange is that my cheap acer tablet with android 7.0 and a tablet i no longer own that had android 5.1 had no problem no matter what format of SD card you plugged in with an adapter. Virtually the only format my tablets with android 8 or above seem to accept is FAT32. NTFS and the lumix's own format just can't be read. I'm wondering if there are any special apps or settings that allow more formats to be recognized?

yes, wifi and the panasonic app is an option, but if a 20mb picture takes 20 - 30 seconds which I blame on the app being rather poor. I hate to think what a 4k video would be so i never tried.
[General Questions and Answers] tougewarrior:
Hello

Noob alert. I recently started debloating a Huawei P10, more as an experiment, to learn. It seems like one of the packages I removed was related to the call log history, because it doesn't log any calls. I'd like to reinstall it but really don't know how it's called, maybe someone can point it out for me. Full package list attached. Thanks in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
when debloating, make sure to backup your data. now, a great tool to debloat your device is this one https://xdaforums.com/t/script-2021-01-30-v2-9-universal-android-debloater.4069209/.

in your case, the app you deleted was a system app. system apps can't be reinstalled the normal way. best bet is that you reset your device back again to stock. if your device has twrp available, you could try to make a backup after every system app removal. don't forget to search the package name beforehand, in order to avoid such misfortunes.
[General Questions and Answers] tougewarrior:
Forgot to mention, I was doing everything via ADB shell, I know the command to reinstall apps, just don't know which one is it. :)
[General Questions and Answers] tougewarrior:
Managed to put up a log with most of the things that I removed, and I say most because at some point my computer battery died and didn't saved a log of a few apps that I removed. :) Hope it helps, really don't want to reset the damn thing,
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
For future attempts, I would suggest freezing and hiding instead of uninstalling user apps. And using magisk systemless uninstalling. Both of these are non-destructive in that you can re-install them pretty easily if you change your mind.

Also before debloating, getting snapshot of the apps list (with names and versions) is better done through AAPT.

All these functions are available in my app TeMeFI, and it also includes all the source as its all done with shell scripting that is visible to the user.
[General Questions and Answers] SilvaGi:
Hi,

I have a problem with my pixel 4a 5G fully stock. I cant reset network settings. When i click on the erase option and execute it it gets stuck loading it shows. then have to reboot.

its plagued me for a long time, so, i did a factory reset last night and it fixed the problem ie i could clear the network settings but now 24hrs later its buggy again.

What can I do? whats the issue here?

is it my service provider, HW, or andriod firmware?

plz help!
[General Questions and Answers] tesiz22:
I have a Galaxy Note 5 and I have important data in it. The screen is broken so I can't do anything, but I see recovery listed with a bunch of characters when I do

adb devices

. I can run some adb commands, adb root tells me I have root, I can do "id" inside of adb shell. Though, whenever I try running any twrp commands inside adb shell, it says "TWRP does not appear to be running. Waiting for TWRP to start."

What can I do here? I also see SAMSUNG Android under devices on this linux distro I'm running but I am getting an mtp error whenever I try connecting to it.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
You have to enable in TWRP/Advanced Options/ADB Sideload so you can communicate with PC otherwise this won´t work, although the MTP is not working as a method to transfer files the ADB Sideload can work I mean you can´t open the device storage onto your PC but you´d need to put TWRP in this mode firstly, probably you can use some OTG mouse and again if this doesn´t need a previous authorization too from TWRP this would work.

Or reboot to system and if you allowed previously you might pull some files from it with adb. Also with device on most probably your device get listed in My/This PC directory.
[General Questions and Answers] tesiz22:
Thank you, I am doing adb pull /dev/block/sdaX at the moment and it seems to be working!

I don't have a micro usb male - usb female dongle, so I don't think I'll be able to enable adb sideload. adb input won't work either.
[General Questions and Answers] tesiz22:
Is there anyone here who uses SP Flash Tool on Linux? It flashes alright on Windows but it's always stuck at Download DA 100% whenever I'm on Linux.
[General Questions and Answers] SilvaGi:
can anyone help me out here?
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
2 poin5s.

1. People dont follow YOU in particular, so have no idea what you are atalking about. When bumping a question, its best to include a quote of your question.

2. I think its a rule to wait 24hrs before bumping your own question. Remember, we are all in different time zones, and the person who could help you, may not read the thread every single day anyway. But those who do, get spammed with something they read less than 24hrs ago.
[General Questions and Answers] tesiz22:
Why is Magisk incompatible with some devices? I have an Alcatel Onetouch Pixi 3 10" 8079 and in an old thread I saw a user try to install it but to no avail. Kirito in response tells them it's not compatible with this device's boot.img. How is it not compatible?
[General Questions and Answers] jesudas:
I have a very strange region issue in play store..... The thing is...

1) I wanted to register for Battlegrounds mobile india which is region specific gaming app.

2) But it shows that "This is not available in your country"

3) But my region is India it is already set up.

4) Some time back I have made a payment through gpay with vpn on and the country selected was Singapore

5) After digging a little bit I have found that I have 2 payment profiles in gpay one is with India region and another one is with Singapore

6) I have deleted a Singapore profile and made india one primary

7) Is this the impacting my region

8) Even I have deleted that profile still I am getting that same messages

9) My question is.. like in gpay is there any option I have in play store to choose my region.

10) I am not asking for region selection as I have attached SS it's already setup with my default region which is india.

Please shred light on it masters. need help need help urgently......
[General Questions and Answers] Kostianka:
Hello everyone. I've searched the forum but haven't find an answer to this question. If anyone could help, it would be very appreciated.

Here goes :

I've ordered a Mi 11 Ultra with a chinese rom. Before doing that, I asked what whas the difference between a chinese and global rom. The selling website helpline told me that the only difference was that chinese version only supports chinese and english, that's it. When the phone arrived, I needed to install google manually, impossible to use google pay or google assistant, and one third of the phone was still in chinese even when the phone was set to english.

So the helpline sent me a link to a video how to flash the chinese rom and install a global or EEA one. Which I did because it's not the first time, I'm pretty much used to that. But now, I still cannot use any google pay services or other programs, because the global rom cannot be re-locked. When you try to relock any other roms than the chinese, the device fails to boot.

We are talking about native chinese rom MIUI 12.5.6, and I've tried the EEA 12.0.6 and global 12.0.1 roms, impossible to lock.

Could anyone advise please ?

I would hate to be obliged to send the phone back, because it's quite a device :)

Anyway, thank you for your time or even for reading until that point !
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Well, sad news; you can't relock a Xiaomi device that came with Chinese ROM out of the box and while you are in RU, EEA, IN or Global ROM, you should need to return completely to its original state I mean the Chinese ROM.

Unfortunately the seller wasn't honest enough or they didn't know what thing are selling, the main three differences are:

- Chinese version comes with only English and Chinese language (as you said) but in some devices not all is translated fine.

- It doesn't come with Google Play Store and although there is some workaround it doesn't work as a certificate device.

- Chinese version receives update quickly and get support to bugs faster (I don know if this worth it the deal)

Maybe the seller may kindly change it for the Global version.
[General Questions and Answers] NyxV:
Is it possible to use Samsung phone as usb webcam. (I'm talking about a situation that will work as a usb webcam when the usb cable is plugged in while the phone is turned off thanks to a code written on the kernel) thanks
[General Questions and Answers] IggyHiggins:
Hi, total noob here

Anyone knows of a dialer as good as Miui's without any ads or in-app purchases, c compatible with Lenovo Duel?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Another possible method is to try removing the unwanted bloatware from the firmware file and then flash the modified firmware file, if the device will accept the modified firmware.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
The only other simpler way to install updates is if your device has a built in OTA software update feature but this only works if your service provider has made the OTA update available to its users that own that device.
[General Questions and Answers] thanhtacles:
Where can I find the spec sheet for the IR blaster, on any phone really. I want to know what nanometer wavelength of IR light it's blasting, and thus far it's impossible to find.
[General Questions and Answers] felix121:
HAVE A RED MAGIC 5G AFTER THE UPDATE MY NET SPEED ON 5G BECAME VERY BAD.........ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.....HEARD FROM SOMEONE THE UPDATE MIGHT HAVE LOWERED THE TRANSMISSION POWER OF THE ANTENNA.....THANKYOU FOR ANY HELP.....:)
[General Questions and Answers] GH°£√¥|¢£√:
Is the kernel source code same for all phones of same SoC?
[General Questions and Answers] felix121:
i doubt it.......
[General Questions and Answers] zappigan:
I have a question about naming conventions for packages in the Android platform source.

I understand that the path for something like "android.hardware.thermal@2.0.so" is "hardware/interface/thermal/2.0", but what about "android.hardware.health@2.0-impl-2.1-qti.so"?

Then there's packages like "vendor.qti.hardware.btconfigstore@1.0.vendor" which I understand is "vendor/qcom/opensource/interfaces/btconfigstore/1.0", but what is the ".vendor" at the end? does it include *@1.0.so, *@1.0-service, @1.0-impl, etc? (if those exist)
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Reset your APNs and then set it them again.

If not probably factory resetting will fix it, keep the update zip in a safe place firstly, if not repeating the process might do but this time over a clean/fresh software; re-flash the update zip after you factory reset it.
[General Questions and Answers] BIzZmarCk:
Hello first things first I'm totally new to this forum and I'm posting my question cause I searched the internet for weeks now and I simply can't find a solution.

The long story befor is.... I got a blackview bv9600pro for free and wanted to put lineage os (GSI) onto it (cause the blackview software is packed full of bloatware) this worked quite well except for the sound so I thought.... maybe just try the never version los 18.1... but this completly destroyed the phone into a softbrick (I think it destroyed the boot.img). So to get it back running I needed to format&flash it with the sp-flashtool. But there might come in my problem... I Have no Backup !!! So I got the original IMG from the blackview Forum and used it.

So now I'm on the original blackview software.... needet to flash the imei back... working fine.... but now to the real Problem... The mic simply does not work anymore. Or at least thats what I thought. After a while of testing around I tested a mic test app and my mic seems to work fine in direct mode but not to work at all in comunication mode and basically all apps except for memo apps use comunication mode. So I dug in a little deeper and found that Blackview has its on "diagnostics" built in (I think in its recovery.img)..... so I did run that and everything has run well except it shows me my mic error "mic-spk loopback failed". So I dug in even deeper and if I'm not mistaken its used to loopback the mic cause many android devices have multiple mics but blackview cheaped out and only built in one. So my real and Final question is - does anyone have any idea how to fix my mic?

Thanks in Advance BIzZmarCk
[General Questions and Answers] Cubicalspy_:
Hey! I have searched the whole internet but didn't find anything. How can I root my Xcover pro running android 11. I have tried Kingroot and stuff, following tutorials on youtube, but ended up failing. It is my first time, and Xcover pro doesn't seem very root-friendly. It does not support TWRP and I ant to install Magisk on it. The first time I tried, my phone got stuck at loading fastboot menu (I think) because it was a black screen (I ended up fixing by holding some button combination). Any help would be good. 😕
[General Questions and Answers] tesiz22:
How would I go about porting a higher Android version to my device? I was able to find guides that teach how to port roms but they always have the requirement of being on the same Android version. What about porting a ROM based on a higher Android version?

For example, I have a Galaxy Note 5. How would I port a FOSS ROM like Lineage 10 or a propriatery stock ROM for Galaxy Note 8?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
There are many non-popular devices out there from which probably you won't find much, the best bet would be searching devices with some coincidences that already were rooted i.e. looking at the same processor (not needed exact) being SD, MTK, etc., Android version and probably the most important first thing; if device have an unlockable bootloader or there is some method to unlock it.

One-Click methods are not recommendable so you would get more issues trying to fix unexpected results, also there are two more things to consider at this point, those methods stopped to working either at all or properly in android versions superior than MM (from what I know) and the fact that bootloader has to be unlocked to accept some change.

For the rest, if you can get the stock firmware, you should try the Magisk method.
[General Questions and Answers] Calamityx1:
Phone: Note 20 Ultra (N986)

So I got twrp installed--3.5.2. Everything is running smoothly--up until I need to restore a back up. I get this message:

"cannot restore System -- mounted read only."

I've googled up and down on how to resolve this issue, and almost all of them recommend unticking the read only option in "Mount". That problem is: that option ISN'T there for me.

Does anyone have any insight into this?
[General Questions and Answers] hash02:
Hi. On a zuk Z2 pro with arrow os 10(full ROM, not gsi) fresh install.

Instagram videos playback are corrupt jagged very noisy and messy.

Any fix ?
[General Questions and Answers] therighttime:
Hi, I have found a phone about 1.5 years ago. I tried to find the owner, but they never came to collect it. Because it's been over a year, I've been given the phone back since it's now abandoned and technically mine. Anyway, my point is that I didn't steal this phone.

It's a Moto One Action (XT-2013-2).

I have tried factory resetting it via Recovery, but I'm not faced with the FRP where it wants the last google account signed in or the screen lock pattern to continue. I have neither of these, and will likely never get that info since the previous owner is unknown.

I've searched around, and I see plenty of dubious Windows software for sale to bypass FRP. I don't trust these tools to not contain malware or to work.

What's the right way of bypassing FRP? I'd rather get this phone working again and for it to be of use to someone than collecting dust like it does now.

Edit: I was able to do it. I used this video:
[General Questions and Answers] Cubicalspy_:
I am now trying to do it first on the xcover 4 I had laying around with magisk.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Check if you missed something in the process for the first installation, most of times is required to swipe to allow modifications in the first screen and formatting data will get access to more partitions, additional steps actually are required too like flash the vbmeta image but it could be an issue that not all TWRP can do that and as Samsung devices don't have access to fastboot is a stop in the end of the way. Check what role plays here MTP to allow backup/restore success too.

It could be an error strictly related with the ROM itself but generally speaking the first time you flash something is always recommendable do it through a fresh install but restoring from a previous backup sometimes we are doing the same cycling error as it were a dirty flash I mean, re-do the process from a clean flash and don't restore nothing specially if it is a major update, for the rest it could be an issue ROM/developer related.
[General Questions and Answers] Mfurrakama:
What steps should I take to improve the phone's performance, I already installed Magisk and I don't know which modules or apps I should pick
[General Questions and Answers] hash02:
Previous ROM was pyxisOS. Had it for almost a year. Worked fine up to a few months ago. 2 days ago I wanted to upgrade so I tried several, decided to stay on arrowos. Both android 10. Same problem. Clean flash. Totally clean, wiped all from twrp. Your suggestion didn't help unfortunately.
[General Questions and Answers] FindingShrek:
My 64GB Samsung evo Plus Sd Card reduce to 27GB..​

I've tried all method to retrieve/format to NTFS​

I also try format bto NTFS, unhide partition/show partition using cmd​

Tried EasUs Partition Recovery​

And its still only show 27GB....

I It's oringinal I think...

I have proof​

I've once get it back to original size but suddenly it come back again at 27GB...

It started when I put it on Nintendo Switch Lite with only capable of reading 32GB SD Card..
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
Format your card to a linux ty6pe format. Something like EXt4 or F2FS. NTFS is a windows format and is only partially supported on Android for convenience, not for daily use.
[General Questions and Answers] int_i:
I'm having trouble getting the whatsapp keyfile w/o rooting (warranty, so I don't want to root). I've tried backing it up (no longer works - there's an option to prevent a full backup of an app. tried installing an old version from before the android OS allowed it - doesn't work due to a bug. Tried using APK easy to change android manifest - the app recognizes it's been modified and won't let me confirm my phone number to generate the keyfile).

my final idea: in whatsapp web, under the browser's local storage, a variable called WASecretBundle exists, containing the entries encKey and macKey. I could recreate the keyfile from that, probably.

problem: I do not know what the format of the keyfile is actually. So no clue how to translate from the content of WASecretBundle into a keyfile. Tried figuring it out from python scripts taking the file to decode megastore, no success. Couldn't find anything online about the format of the keyfile. Asked around, no one has a rooted phone I can use to figure it out.

Any alternative ways to get my keyfile? or, if someone's going to compare their own keyfile to the whatsapp web to tell me the file format, remember not to post your actual encryption keys. use a placeholder!

thanks in vance!
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
If it is not an issue related with the ROM then you could flash the stock ROM again as a base or if it is available/provided the firmware zip and from there flash again the custom ROM you are in.
[General Questions and Answers] MarsBars77:
Can Someone help me Please?

I tried to install twrp on my phone(Samsung Galaxy A20s-(A207F/DS) following this tutorial:(https://www.androidaddicts.online/i...n-android-phones-samsung-included-using-odin/).

I entered download mode and on odin it said flash was successful after i tried to reboot my phone i was stuck in bootloop of download mode.Now i'm in a different screen where it says:Secure Check fail:recovery.img.Here's a link to the image:Error Message

How do i fix this and is my phone done for?
[General Questions and Answers] :
Seems like there was some kind of restriction to flash anything on your phone. And now I think only Samsung can help you.
[General Questions and Answers] DragonFire1024:
You're going to have to use Odin to flash back your stock ROM. Your recovery is secure and your boot image is secure. Until it is not you cannot flash a custom recovery. Your only option is to flash back to the exact firm where you were on or if it does not exist the newest version of your firmware that does.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Just adding more info hoping that for the next you search for safest information. The guide you followed is not suitable for your device, the new A series have a step more in the process to unlock bootloader, prior to switch to download mode and proceed to flash anything you have to boot to a kind of bootloader screen mode when you will have prompted to allow the OEM unlock and you have to complete/confirm it.

Assuming that you didn't messed even worse and flashed it the recovery for S8.