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[General Questions and Answers] s_m_a_s_h:
Guys are there apps out there and if so which ones, can be used to prevent an app from updating via google play store, I've set google play to manually update, but this specific app tends to update regardless.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

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[General Questions and Answers] DB126:
If Play Store auto update is disabled, either globally or individually, the app will not auto update via the Play Store. If it is they the app itself is initiating the update which in most cases is a violation of Googles T&Cs.
[General Questions and Answers] Plabon7:
how to root and install TWRP
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
Root what? There are different methods for different devices.
[General Questions and Answers] Plabon7:
note 4x
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
https://forum.highonandroid.com/t/how-to-root-xiaomi-android-universal-method/706
[General Questions and Answers] Soumy1234:
I tried to download the Resurrection Remix pie source but after repo sync, my files didn't show up yet there was a decrease in available storage. So I repo synced again and the files downloaded but now they take twice the storage. Is there a way to fix this without downloading everything again?
[General Questions and Answers] Buhaj47:
Best ROM for me - noob on a Nexus 5X?

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[General Questions and Answers] DragonFire1024:
I am building a rom for my tablet. No custom kernel yet, just the system. I have downloaded the source and synced it. I also ran a build and it completed. My question is, besides the obvious customizations, what else happens in between syncing and building? What device specific stuff do I need to add? Does the build prop form after the build? For example, will I need to add device specific information and props to it and do I do that before or after build? What makefiles do I edit to tell the compiler my CPU and device name etc?
[General Questions and Answers] sardonicus87:
I tried searching and digging but couldn't figure out where to go with this (this site forum is huge).

My favorite browser, which has no real equivalent, is long abandoned. I think it was last updated in the Android 5.0 days. It [mostly] still works, but there are some bugs that hold it back and make it difficult. My new phone is on Android 8.1.

I do NOT possess even remotely any of the necessary skills to even decompile the app, let alone fix the bugs and update it for the current common system levels.

So, my question is this: where on the forum should I go to request an app mod?

I can be further useful by pointing out bugs and things that have broken with the app on my new phone, as well as provide the last version of the apk that was ever released.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I'm not a developer so I can't give specific enough info, but, I have tinkered with attempting to develop from source. I seem to remember that device tree and the devices codename have something to do with telling the compiler what your device hardware is, I could easily be wrong, I'm not well versed on the ins and outs of working from source.
[General Questions and Answers] DragonFire1024:
There is no support for this device yet so I don't have much of a choice but to build from source.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
So, your having to go through the whole setup for adding device tree and finding vendor blobs and such?
[General Questions and Answers] DragonFire1024:
Pretty much I guess. Not sure. This is the furthest I've ever gotten.
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
G4 Play XT1607 Overheat @ Idle

I've spent a couple hours reading posting guides and searching for my specific issue, so hopefully I am justified in asking this question...

I bought a phone from eBay. Ok, a bunch of them. I'm buying broken, fixing, and selling. I have hovered around G4 Plays as that is what I learned with and am slightly comfortable with. This new issue has got me stumped though.

Moto G4 Play - listing stated 'will not power on or charge'. No problem, I have extra parts. I tried to plug it in and sure 'nuff, no power. Tried another battery and she fired right up with Marshmallow already reset. I replaced the charging board and it started charging but it was hot. Hotter than normal I thought. Said that it would take 3 hours to fully charge from 71%. Whatever. She wanted the update to 7.1.1 just like the two xt1609s, the other two xt1607s, and my recent xt1601. I let it update then turned it off. Battery was dead the next morning. Plugged it up and no charging animation appeared. Another battery and it fired up. The heat is coming from the metal plate just above the battery contacts. Drains the battery no matter if it's on or off. What could it be?

Info: XT1607 7.1.1 Nougat

Baseband: M8916_20250112.18.05.45.01R harpia_na_cust

Kernal: 3.10.49-g87b323e hudsoncm@ilclbld34 #1

Build: NPIS26.48-43-2

Thanks in advance for any and all help.

Update: Found out how to access device forum. Please excuse me while I turn a shade of embarrassed.
[General Questions and Answers] zaibansari20:
Can anyone tell me how much time it takes to compile the Pie rom from source on Ubuntu in VM having 3.5G RAM and 2 cores & I've resized the swap to 16GB
[General Questions and Answers] theimpulson:
It might fail I guess let alone compile.
[General Questions and Answers] zaibansari20:
It's been compiling for almost 20 hours

Still at 77%
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
You are using a VM on a system that only has 4GB RAM and a dual core CPU, what did you expect? Especially if it's a laptop with a slower than 2GHZ processor, you can expect it to take a while.
[General Questions and Answers] zaibansari20:
I've a i5 2nd-Gen with 4 cores and 2 cores are allocated to VM

Have total of 6GB RAM and 3.5 GB is allocated to VM

Suggest me something to speed the compilation
[General Questions and Answers] ctag:
Hi,

I've tried changing and then deleting my profile picture, but it is still shown even after a hard page refresh (and several months, spanning the replacement of my computer).

To change the picture, I'm going to "Control Panel" and then "Edit Profile Picture". Is this the right way?

* I found it, I had to select "Edit Avatar" which is apparently a different image.
[General Questions and Answers] zarlydoug:
I have a question for anyone: say I have a phone with a broken screen and want to replace the broken screen with a new one I have, how can I tell if the phone is powered off so I can open it up and replace the screen? I'm sure opening it up while it's power is on is a bad thing. There's no life in the screen and no way to tell if the phone is off and/or the battery is completely discharged. The Phone was on do not disturb when it was last working. Hmmmmm...

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
I'll assume that your phone has a non-removable battery? Which phone do you have?

In any case, it's not going to hurt it to open it up unless you use metal pry tools to get the screen off. Just use plastic shims or cards so as not to bridge any contacts inside, or poke a hole in the battery. You could also let the phone sit around a few days to be sure it's discharged, if you'd rather.
[General Questions and Answers] TheGiantHogweed:
I've recently had this device start being faulty: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B073ZYWWMV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I use it with my Lenovo tab4 8 plus.

I wasn't expecting HDMI to work as there were no claims that that would work with this tablet anywhere. This didn't work, but that wasn't my concern. It has just recently stopped allowing charging current to pass through it correctly. Every 3 seconds or so, the tablet vibrates and the charging indicator shows for a fraction of a second, then stops. As if it tries to charge and fails every few seconds. It used to charge ok, but at a really slow speed. I have a USB tester. Directly, the through a Qualcomm charger, it can charge at 6v and up to 3A depending on what you are doing. As soon as you charge it through this hub, the USB tester said 5v 0.3a with nothing else plugged in. And while the tablet is busy with things, the battery percentage still drops rather than increases, just more slowly. I maybe shouldn't have expected it to support quick charge, but the speed it charged at was hopeless.

The hub only has had very occasional use. The USB tester shows that it does draw more power when something like a hard drive is plugged in, but that still doesn't change that it just doesn't seem to be able to charge fast at all. That was until recently when it won't charge properly at all. Maybe it has had a long term fault with the type c port or something. It could handle a wireless mouse, hard drive and sd card at the same time which was pretty impressive, but that was only when the hub was plugged in to external power which it no longer accepts.

I'm wondering if it is just because not many people use all these features, but I never notice well known brands do android tablets with full size USB ports, HDMI and similar. So for this, I bought a hub expecting it to be able to do these things. But it does the job far worse than my cheap tablet that people probably won't know (dragon touch X10). That had a use 3.0 port, micro USB for data or charging, mini HDMI, a separate charging only port and the headphone socket. I know most people will like things to be tidy, but these make the tablet capable of so much.

As this hub first worked fine for cards, mice/keyboards and other storage devices, I know there must be something out there that works. I would just like something that allows my tablet to be charged at a realistic speed. Maybe not quick charge, but surely it should cope with close to 2A at 5V?

Are there any hubs anyone can suggest? Would like to go for a different model this time. Preferably from Amazon.co.uk. If it is not possible to get HDMI to work with type c on this tablet, then i don't need that on the hub. I would like it to have the same features as the Lenovo one but don't mind losing 1 USB port. Also don't mind losing the HDMI if my tablet isn't compatible with it.

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Have you a powered USB hub that has its own dedicated power supply? It should allow the hub to power your peripheral devices and allow the device to receive full power from the charger.
[General Questions and Answers] TheGiantHogweed:
I have a lot of USB hubs with a separate power supply but they are not type c. Even the ones without, I'm not sure how the power going into them would go back through the USB cable and charge the tablet. Unless i'm misunderstanding your comment.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I use a hub with my devices also, but I have a standard 4 port hub, not a powered USB hub, my devices will not charge when using the standard hub, but, a powered USB hub would allow them to charge while connected to the hub and having other peripherals connected to the hub as well.

Typically, when using a hub with an android device, the device will not charge/charge correctly through the hub if the charging cable is connected to the hub, these devices can use a powered USB hub to allow the device to charge through the hub.

I'm not sure what you aren't understanding.

Exactly what setup are you using? What do you have connected to what?
[General Questions and Answers] TheGiantHogweed:
I usually use an anker power bank to recharge my tablet, as it has Qualcomm quick charge. Directly, this can charge my tablet at 6v close to 3A. When I connect the type c cable the the hub first, then plug the hub into the tablet (the only USB port the tablet has), it charged at no more then 0.3a at 5v. Now, it no longer charges at all. It is a shame that most of the other things on the hub are useful for the tablet, but it will chew through the battery unless it allowed power to pass through it from my power bank to my tablet.

I've just tried what I thought you were suggesting (which may be what I have misunderstood) but this is what I have just tried:

I've got a 5 port USB 3.0 hub, 1 port is just for charging and no data, but it does have an input port for external power. It has a full size USB cabled fixed to it, so I used a USB type c adapter to plug it in my tablet. It does work for my mouse and hard drive, but what I thought you meant by external power was the sort that have an external power supply. This hub has one that is 5v 3a, I plugged that into the hub and my tablet still won't charge. I think that I have misunderstood what you meant.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
The kind of powered hub that I'm referring to has its own power cord that plugs into the wall and draws its own power independently from the device, then you connect the hub to the device.

With your setup, try using an adapter to connect the hub to the device, instead of using a cable, the shorter the connection between the device and hub, the faster power and data flow you'll get.

Get a powered hub and a short adapter that is USB type C male>USB female, use it to connect the hub to the device(using a cable creates more resistance and lowers the amount of power flow), plug the hub's power cord to the wall, then get a USB male>USB male cable, plug your devices charger block in the wall, connect the USB male>USB male cable to the charger block on one end and the hub on the other(not the ideal setup), then it should charge via the charger block while the powered hub powers your peripherals without taking power from the device's charger, some powered hubs have a "extra" port that is exclusively for connecting a charging cable for this purpose.

Also, charging while using a hub isn't the same for all devices, some can't, some can, and the one's that can, have different software/hardware requirements.

What kind of searches have you done to research the different ways to charge while using a hub and the software/hardware involved?
[General Questions and Answers] TheGiantHogweed:
Well, While it was worth testing, I'm wanting something that is portable. My USB hub came with a transformer that gives out 5v 3a. But I wouldn't want to have to plug it in the wall. My Anker powerbank can charge at up to 6v 3A so it should be capable of getting the right amount of power to the hub. The hub that I'm using has a fixed cable that is about 60cm long. I used an adapter that didn't have any cable, so effectively less loss there. But even with the USB hubs power supply or the anker power bank giving it power, it won't charge my tablet. I've got an old Trust 4 port USB hub that has a mini USB input and a 5v pin input at the other end too. I tried using the 5v 1A wall plug that came with that and couldn't get that to charge the tablet either.

One thing that I guess I have learnt is that it is going to be hard to find a type c USB hub that will support a fast charge from a power bank. For portability, it is a bit much for me to only be using my tablet when I have access to a plug socket, which will hardly ever be the case.

I didn't actually do any research about the software or hardware as I thought the hubs would just work. I'm used to Linux on my PC and everything is just plug in and it just works. It could well be the case that my Lenovo tablet just doesn't support charging through the hub. Strange that it used to work, just slowly.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Using a portable power bank works as well, it doesn't require the devices wall charger and cable.

Here are a couple of different ways to use a hub.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YDtc37u9Kvo

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc0xQaXV-mI
[General Questions and Answers] Zai23:
Can I root my phone using another phone's OTG running Linux on something like UserLand or AnLinux? I know some things won't work but I think it would be great if rooting wouldn't be completely dependent upon a PC.
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
Are you just trying to make a pocket sized rooter? Seems you could use a Windows phone either as a computer or put Linux on that to root with.

I may be missing the point though.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Long story short, if you have an interest in rooting and modifying android devices, you just need to invest in a PC of some kind because even if you do find a way to root and modify your device without a PC, you'll still need a PC to repair the device if you screw something up, otherwise, expect a lot of roadblocks.
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
Agreed, Sir. Then again, roadblocks are why this forum exist.

So go forth young man, and blaze a trail nobody thought we needed!
[General Questions and Answers] Ssssss8622:
What you're trying is touching your nose putting your hand round the back of your neck. For tweaking , you need a pc. If you are sure not to go for it. You can give your opinion a shot. The problem is that, if your device is bricked, you are done for. I mean, you will understand what pain roadblock is once it's happened.
[General Questions and Answers] Zai23:
Yes, that is exactly what I want to do. I would like to have my phone act as a pc so that I can root phones like I would on a desktop with linux on it.

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That is why I wanted to know if I can make my phone act as a PC. That way I would not need a PC to do any repairing; the phone itself would help me in that area.
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
Just to be clear, I'm not the one trying this. But I'm also not trying to discourage him. From what I understand, he basically wants a computer, but in phone form. As long as it has enough memory and storage and can run cmd or shell then it could theoretically work right?
[General Questions and Answers] Ssssss8622:
A phone is usually not as powerful as a pc, so it would create problems. Also to use Linux you need a high end phone, like the s9, which has a ported Linux rom. Now you would require a pc to flash Linux on that device itself.
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
Now we're getting somewhere!

He'd also need to patch a cable to connect the two devices right? You think a Windows phone could handle it? Granted they are POS, but you could modify that easier maybe?
[General Questions and Answers] Zai23:
That is why I wanted to know if I can make my phone act as a PC. That way I would not need a PC to do any repairing; the phone itself would help me in that area. Before I go bricking a phone I come in here to ask to see it's something that can be done; has been done before; is being tried to be done; it can't be done.
[General Questions and Answers] Ssssss8622:
No, windows mobile ROM is much different than the pc ROM. It won't handle pc apps.
[General Questions and Answers] Zai23:
A friend of mine who is a programmer told me that very same thing. He said, "In theory, that could work. But I don't know, I would have to look into it".
[General Questions and Answers] Ssssss8622:
I am almost sure that it has never been tried...
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
I think this needs it's own thread. It would have to be researched and tried out with different devices to see what would work. However, if you are concerned with bricking phones, I wouldn't try it. I want to see you succeed though. Up to you.
[General Questions and Answers] Zai23:
My original question was not towards flashing linux, but running it under an app called AnLinux or UserLand. None require root or flashing.
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
I've not tried either one of those, but it should work. Like I was saying before, you need to make a cable (or they might even sell them) that connects micro USB to micro USB, or whatever connections the phones have. Then you need download the drivers for the target phone so that they can communicate. I'm sure you can figure it out. We weren't born knowing how to fly to the Moon either...

Just please don't use your main phone!
[General Questions and Answers] Zai23:
I have an OTG cable, if that's what you mean.
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
Whatever works. We used to patch them together cause I'm old and poor. Seems you have everything you need to get it done. So, do it. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Ssssss8622:
Android can't read device as mtp. So you need full Linux kernel, not an app
[General Questions and Answers] zaibansari20:
I'm building the rom from source for nexus 5x and I'm facing the issue

Can anybody help me resolving this issue

Showing internal problem with android system

LOGs and screenshot is attached

https://imgur.com/a/JVTT41D
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
There is more to it than just having a PC OS, PC programs for flashing and connecting the devices.

I investigated this a while back when a member here figured out how to get linux working on android with full capability to install any linux package, I figured that if the full OS and the required packages could be installed then the device could be used to flash another device, but, it isn't that simple.

There are other things involved at the kernel level and things such as USB protocols, potential cache limitations, etc..

This is a novel idea. Given that there are plenty of issues when it comes to using a PC to root and modify devices even when things are working correctly or when using tools that were meant for the purpose, using an android device to do the same thing will have even more issues.

This is something that might be good for using "in a pinch" but it is by no means something that should be relied upon as a primary means of rooting, modifying or flashing a device.
[General Questions and Answers] DragonFire1024:
I actually just found a tool that can flash Samsung devices in Linux. Potentially can flash almost any Samsung device up to I think nougat. I spent about two days trying to find a reliable way. You do have to tweak a few USB settings or create a few settings files, but I found it here on XDA with only 2 comments buried under countless other threads. Like most things I find or mashup, I don't know how I came across it, I just did. Turns out the person who posted about it didn't create it either and also found it on an obscure part of the web. I love little tools like those. Passed down over the years and still work. That's why I get scared to do serious stuff with my PC. A lot of the tools, apps, scripts, zips, are irreplaceable.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Are you talking about a PC tool or a tool on android?

Can you give me link?
[General Questions and Answers] DragonFire1024:
A tool I used in Ubuntu 14 desktop Linux, but I suppose it could work on like Linux deploy. https://xdaforums.com/android/general/odin4-v1-0-linux-t3782930

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I Also wrote a guide https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-orig-develop/odin-linux-t3909397/post79078530#post79078530
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Well, there have always been ways to flash Samsung devices via Linux, there is Hiemdall and there is the option to run Windows inside Linux using Wine.
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
Kingo Root is a sideload APK that says it can root automatically. Didn't work on my G4 play though. I also love the underground tools long forgotten. I have a thumb drive with a few stashed away.

Like [MENTION=5691352]Droidriven[/MENTION] said, novel idea, going to run into a plethora of problems, and probably not have a useful product when you're done seeing as how these 'open source' phones keep closing us out.

[MENTION=3649223]sai23[/MENTION] I think if you're going for a small portable rooter, the best you could hope for is a Surface Pro or MacBook.