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[General Questions and Answers] TheAlicornSage:
A few questions, Note, I don't do social media at all, and my forum experience is limited to rpol (a much cleaner and less confusing interface) so I've got no idea what I'm doing on this site.

1) How do I get past the "are you a robot" thing on my phone? Whenever I try to get past it on my phone, it just sits there spinning. I even let it sit for over a half hour. Every 30 seconds or so it blips like it restarted itself. If I just click on post, it fails cause I didn't do the robot thing, but I can't figure out to complete nor bypass the robot thing.

2) how do i find a device? The email says to find my device for technical questions, but I can't find anything of the sort except the "new" and "popular" lists on home which I don't have.

3)Does android x86 count as a device? I've got 6 and 8. I'll be going back to 6 soon cause 8 is sluggish unless someone can help me tune it up to be faster. ^ is sluggish too actually, but not as bad.

4)What about questions involving multiple different devices? I've been having problems transferring files between devices using a usb stick, cause file managers see the stick as read only, except the built in one that is so pathetically convoluted and incompetent as to be nearly unusable.

5) Also, why does every list of best launchers ignore Total Launcher? It is the only one I know of that does UCCW type customization as a launcher, plus extras, except potentially for launcher lab (which I can't get to work to find out for certain) and hasn't been mentioned either. Total Launcher can even do LCARS very well. So why are these two ignored? Are there others who do this sort of deep UCCW-like customization? Every popular launcher I've tried doesn't even come close to the power and versatility of Total Launcher, or even UCCW itself.
[General Questions and Answers] ksio89:
My phone discharged overnight, and when I charged it and started, I could see the 4G and handset icon, meaning VoLTE is finally enabled! I made a call with mobile data enabled to confirm and it doesn't knock the connection down to H+ (3.75G) anymore, problem solved. I don't know whether it's coincidence or not, but this happened after I called my carrier and complained about the their lack of support of LTE Advanced, even though the device supported it on both hardware and software level. I would like to thank you, [MENTION=4828250]Ibuprophen[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5691352]Droidriven[/MENTION] for the help, I appreciate taking your time to assist a fellow XDA user :good:
[General Questions and Answers] mrrocketdog:
dont know if this is correct thread to post this or not. used search function but to no avail. here is my issue :

on zte axon 7 (A2017U) using xda premium 5 v.5.0.22 apk , every time i try to go to settings my phone "freezes" and i have to clear recents to get phone back. so far have tried multiple v.s of apk including DL from playstore , tried wiping cache and wiped cache and dalvik/cache from twrp , any ideas on what to try next or a link to "official" xda apk. forum?

much appreciate your time and help ,

dave

p.s. have never had this happen on any device or apk. v.

p.p.s also rooted with magisk.
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
I'm very happy to see that you got this situated!!! :good:

There's really no need to thank me. I only provided some information based upon my little search to help you out. :eek:

I would like to defer your thanks more towards @Droidriven who had provided information that was much more accurate than I. :eek:

I would just like to recommend/suggest/encourage you to provide what information (the best way) you can within one of the applicable threads (or close to it) within the Device Dedicated Area of the forum specific to your device.I only mention this based upon what i had found there that, looked to me, like very dim results for so many looking to do what you had accomplished.

This is all up to you...:)

Good luck and remember to document, take note, etc... regarding what/how you accomplished this in case you need to refer back to it for any reason. :cowboy: .

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That is a VERY old app and i'm not suprised as it has resulted in this behavior because of compatibility issues...

That app is actually developed by Tapatalk before XDA created their own "in-house" app called XDA Labs...

First off, if you look at this specific app on the Play Store using the same app/package name (FYI... your signature also has the link as well), you'll find the following link and then note that the last version of the Tapatalk version is 7.1.27.

XDA Legacy App - Google Play Store

With that stated, it's a touch and go regarding a working version for those various (older versions) of the XDA Legacy apps by Tapatalk.

I would recommend that you go to the following "in house" XDA Forum app...

[OFFICIAL XDA][BETA][MAR 19]XDA Labs: Forum App + App Installer + Xposed Repo by blk_jack

...Please Note: I would recommend that you obtain the app via the above thread because the Play Store version contains Ads ("Required by Google" in order for XDA to be able to provide the app via the Play Store).

There are a few other "Alternative Options" like the following one that's based upon the older XDA Legacy App by Tapatalk but, it contains various compatibility fixes and such in order to work on the newer Android Versions...

[APP][2.x+]The ClaRetoX Forum [A Classic-Way to the XDA!] by Ibuprophen

... I do like the XDA Labs App and do use it on occasion. I only use the ClaRetoX app as my primary one solely as a personal preference for various reasons. The Labs app is actually superior to the ClaRetoX app as the ClaRetoX app is basic and to the point. The Labs app provides additional features like the Labs Store and others.

This is all your call... :eek:

Good Luck! :)

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[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Rootef S6. Any idea of a module/app to allow me to use Wifi and 4G at the same time ? I am not searching to alternate between. I want to get them to work combined, similar to speedify
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
None of us were really right. But I think [MENTION=7644154]SubwayChamp[/MENTION] may have been more informative.
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
[MENTION=7644154]SubwayChamp[/MENTION] is my Hero! :eek:

LOL!

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[General Questions and Answers] clearlymuna:
TRA ID from the UAE

I bought my galaxy A50 in dubai but it has a TRA ID tagged to the UAE. Now I'm aware i just have to flash the firmware but when flashing, am i meant to flash with the firmware for UAE where it was bought or the firmware for the region where i live?

NB: I'm trying to get rid of the UAE TRA-ID and i reside in Nigeria
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
What to do now on my Samsing S6 ? Custom recovery, custom rom, custom kernel, Magisk, FDE.AI. what are the next suggestions to install ?

Was thinking about Viper4Android and Adaway. But ive encountered various complains on forums about these two, regarding flashing problems and SafetyNet failures. Does anyone knows if these problems are fixed ?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If your device is an international model, in theory, you should be able to flash the firmware from the region where you will be using the device.
[General Questions and Answers] clearlymuna:
Secondly, (sorry for all the questions, i just want the operation to go right in one try) I read somewhere that my sim card needs to be in my device during the operation else it would revert to the UAE firmware, is this true?

And if it isn't, does that mean i could flash a totally different country e.g USA into my device (so i could get features which may not be available in my region's firmware)
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
No, region matters, due to the differences in network types and radio bands. If you flash a USA firmware, it may not work in your area because the networks and radio bands used in your region may be different.

In theory, if you find a firmware that has a modem(radio) .img that uses the same radio bands as your region and it has extra features that you'd like to have, then yes, you "should" be able to use that firmware. But there are no guarantees.
[General Questions and Answers] ksio89:
Does anyone know the name of system app responsible for sharing functions, like screenshots, in a Moto G6 Plus running Android 9.0? I'm facing an bug where screenshots look fine on gallery app, but are compressed as hell after being shared or viewed in other apps. I even created a thread to illustrate the problem: https://xdaforums.com/general/help/screenshots-heavily-pixelated-shared-t3949723. I want to try wiping cache and data from the sharing app as a last resort before doing a factory reset. Thanks in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] vikingDBA:
Ok so here I am way down the road. My phone is now (finally) switched over to T-mobile. I had to tweak the APN settings to get mms messages to work at all. (no biggie) But I am getting very spotty LTE coverage, even though the LTE tower is in line of site. More importantly all the time i have calls that come in to my phone that go straight to voice mail even though i am in a strong t-mobile location. There are times where I attempt to make a call and it just gets hung on "Attempting" even though, once again, I have strong signal.

Talking to T-mobile tech support they basically told me to setup the APN settings the way I already I had and had me reset my network settings. Now, I know that the default text app on my phone has some sort of hook in it that it just will not send a mms message out, had to put textra on the phone to accomplish that. So that is making me wonder what else is in the sprint image that might be messing with this phone working on T-mobile. Just sanity checking that yes it is logical to assume it's something in the S7 Sprint bios that might be messing this up and that I need to go figure out how to use ODIN and where there is a S7 image I can use. is this the right image: "https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962021903579488063"

thx for any tips or help/comments on this...
[General Questions and Answers] vikingDBA:
So as I continue my journey of discovery. I have S7 SM-G930P model #. Apparently there is no T-mobile download, but there is for a S7 SM-G930T.

For the G930P my only options are Sprint, what I think is Boost, and Virgin.

Googling a comparison of the two: "https://www.phonemore.com/compare/phones/samsung-galaxy-s7-sm-g930t-vs-samsung-galaxy-s7-sm-g930p/3262735"

Looking through those differences there are some network band differences. But is that just a difference in firmware or is there an actual hardware difference between the two? (I think it's just a firmware difference but I'm just triple checking)

i.e. can I put S7 SM-G930T firmware on my phone that says it's a S7 SM-G930P. Really don't want to brick my phone.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
But which is originally your model? and which firmware did you flash over it? and which method did you use; Odin or update through recovery?
[General Questions and Answers] vikingDBA:
I have not flashed my phone. All I did was get it unlocked by Sprint before I left them and went to T-Mobile.

The Samsung S7 I had on sprint has not been changed SM-G930P is the "model" it says when I do an about.

But I think that is just the firmware version and that all S7's are identical in the U.S. hardware wise (that is also a question).

I am looking at using Odin to flash this device. (if the file will ever download that is). I'm just trying to double check that I'm not about to do something dumb by taking the SM-G930T firmware and putting it on this device.

I just had a momentary pause because when I went to see what firmware versions were out there for my "model" the only carriers are Sprint, Boost and Virgin. But I read on reddit where someone else was saying on his S7 the only way to get full functionality on his Sprint phone was to flash it to t-mobile. The only T-Mobile firmwares are for SM-G930T.

So just saying it again. Is that crazy talk to put SM-G930T on my phone whose model states it's a SM-G930P ? The differences between those two on what bands they support is enough to make me think that that is the source of my problems.

If the SM-G930T was horribly not right on my phone you can recover from that and go back to SM-G930P yea?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Yes, all the S7 powered by Snapdragon are identical hardware-wise devices. Main differences are in the bands that they support but this is controlled by the modem (CP file).

How I understood you are looking for a better signal on T-Mobile service (calls dropping and MMS not sending regularly) but you have a device actually on a Sprint firmware.

I would recommend given that your device is unlocked that you try:

- Firstly an unbranded firmware, means a U firmware (XAA) like one of these https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model/?exact=1&q=SM-G930U after flash it go to recovery and wipe cache and factory reset (this is always recommend on a clean install)

- If you yet find some issues then you can switch to a T-Mobile firmware that are available also in the link.

You may need to use this Odin version http://dl.psouza4.com/android/Odin3_v3.12_PrinceComsy.zip

But note that you have to know (and take note of) your current build number/version to attempt to flash a firmware so is not allowed downgrading bootloader revision and first of starting take a backup of your data using Smart Switch on a safe place
[General Questions and Answers] vikingDBA:
grrr. I screwed up my phone. So I followed the steps WolfDroid outlined. I used the XAA firmware and the latest version of ODIN, and had the samsung mobile drivers installed. I did take a backup with smartswitch before I started this.

But with ODIN I got an error writing to device "fail! (AUTH)"

After which my phone is now stuck in a boot loop, tried to do a recovery but the recovery gives me zero options and it sticks in an endless loop where it shows the android guy, starts to install but then reboots. About the only thing I can do is get the phone back in download mode. Everything else is an endless loop and I can't even power the phone off.

I'm downloading the original sprint firmware to see if I can get life out of the phone and see if that will flash to it. But I'm kinda at a loss what else to try. I saw some youtuber saying about putting a recovery file in place but not sure where u get that. Any suggestions ?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
US carrier specific firmware typically have differing bootloaders and modems, this causes issues when cross flashing firmware.

Try an XSA firmware for S7 it is the generic USA firmware, it should work with all US carriers.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Regarding compatibility is a good point what suggested by Droidriven but before to know exactly where the error was; Which firmware was previously onto your device before to flash? And which firmware did you flash it? Did you use the modded Odin? WolfDroid outline?
[General Questions and Answers] vikingDBA:
SM-G930P was on my phone.

I was trying to flash SM-G930U.

I used the Odin tool off odindownloader.com, I got the firmware off sammobile

I did try several versions of the Odin tool.

the last time I noticed on my phone "SW DEV CHECK FAIL: aboot fused 10 > 9 or something like that. so probably my boot loader version was older then what was on the phone. the disheartening part is that you would think that if ODIN / Phone encountered that that it could gracefully recover and not brick the phone. After this the phone is in an endless boot cycle, and if I try to put it into recovery I can't pick any options it goes to installing system software and just continually reboots to the android guy saying he's installing software.

Now the sprint firmware (what was on the phone before I started) is dated in june 2019, the one i was trying to install was from march 2019. So right now I'm grabbing the Sprint firmware off sammobile that is dated in june in hopes to get a working phone back.

Is there a way to see what version of the bootloader is on the phone, and what version the firmware you download has? Just seems like I said pretty problematic that the versions don't line up and it wrecks the phone. Seems like there should be a version check before any sort of write happens and the phone is left untouched. I'll update this once I get the sprint firmware downloaded and attempted.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Unfortunately you didn´t take in account the most important part. I said that you check (and take note of means to write or grab on a safe place) your current build number version before to attempting to flash nothing; this is for two reasons, to avoid this kind of fail and two; if something goes wrong you can return easily to the same firmware.

Checking the bootloader version is mandatory taking a note of your currently one on Settings>About Phone>Software Information you would know which firmware you have to avoid installing.

SM-G930 is just about an S7 device and suffix P reflects a firmware/model attached to Sprint carrier as same way that T is from T-Mobile or U means unbranded (or can be interpreted this way), usually U contains most of the radio bands compatible with all carriers.

Bootloader version is the fifth number from right to left on the build version, for example this firmware for T-Mobile is in bootloader 4 https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model/?record=0DBED0514C6011E7963AFA163EE8F90B

This kind of issue commonly happens when a version not compatible is flashed but is not unrrecoverable. You can try flashing stock recovery again (compress the image on tar format) and format data before to flash.
[General Questions and Answers] vikingDBA:
update...

ok I was succesfull in flashing SM-G930P XAS, build date 06/11/2019. That got me back to a state where it's like it's a brand new phone from Sprint. Of course my goal is to get better compatiblity with the T-mobile network that I'm on now. (perhaps country code XAS will help there?) but as of now I'm just happy that I got my phone working once more.

So am I correct that what I need to do is wait for a newer firmware from either T-mobile (SM-G930T) or unlock (SM-G930U) before I can change this phone to not be a sprint phone? Or am I just stuck with sprint firmware forever?

thx!
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Flashing different firmware to use the device on other networks isnt really necessary on US devices, that is normally handled by unlocking the device and using a SIM that is compatible with the network you are switching to.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Again build number is not the same that build date, just guide you for the code/number series on the example of firmware that I linked before, is a long line of codes beginning with G930......

No, you are not stuck on a Sprint firmware if you flashed now a free/unbranded firmware but although you can flash at any time a T-Mobile firmware but you have to pay attention on the build number/version mentioned before take an extra care with bootloader revision.

I would recommend that you try some days the firmware that you flashed and then is not how you expect you can flash a T-Mobile firmware of two ways:

- Flashing only CP file through Odin and then wiping/erasing data (it required) or including CSC_OYN file this could be fixed too.

- Flashing all the firmware as usually but before doing a wipe/format data.

Probably the stated by [MENTION=5691352]Droidriven[/MENTION] is true and I don´t have a direct but indirect personal experience on that cause most likely carriers handle on a different way regarding this on my country (I ever switch to an unbranded firmware and put a different SIM, this way ever works better)and there are many users on USA claiming to switch to other firmware or flashing a different modem (CP) to get better signal maybe (I´m not sure) due to branded firmware keeps some scripts on the system that are responsible to manage or control how SIM interact with towers carriers but again just reflecting claims of users as it looks is happening with this member.
[General Questions and Answers] vikingDBA:
but, and correct me if I'm wrong, my understanding is that the hardware is 100% the same for S7's in the U.S. but that different firmware's enable different bands. Some of those bands DO overlap between various carriers but not all. Also VOLTE, wifi calling just flat out don't work on a sprint firmware phone on the T-mobile network, at least not on the S7.

so on the t-mobile firmware The LTE/4g/5g is

LTE Cat9 700/800/850/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600 (Bands 1,2,3,4,5,7,12,13,20)

On sprint it's

LTE Cat9 700/800/850/1700/1900/2100 (Bands 2,4,5,12,13,25,26)

TD-LTE2500 (Bands 41)

So there is overlap between the two, and for the *most* part my sprint firmware'd phone does work on T-mobile. But my wife's phone (which is identical to mine) for example was in Pittsburgh and literally could not make a call. I have had times sitting in my house staring at a tower off in the distance where someone would try and call me and would just go to voice mail even though to my eye I'm connected and on the network. (I did set the APN to t-mobile)

My theory is that the Sprint firmware is favoring certain bands and that that is resulting in the spotty coverage. In my home town I barely have coverage with my phone, but yet someone who has the same phone that was from T-mobile originally literally works everywhere. So that was the driver behind me wanting to update my firmware from one carrier to another.

Believe me I appreciate all and any help on this as while I consider myself very tech savy I'm brand new to the world of flashing phone's firmware.

edit. sorry not trying to come off like anything i am using a t-mobile sim, and I really do appreciate the help.
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
You do realize that, regarding (primarily) Samsung devices, the Modem is actually a completely separate piece of hardware within the device from the remaining hardware?

This is one reason why Manufacturers can make the same device for different carriers with the Modem being the only item being different within the carriers specification as to its frequency capabilities.

I wasn't sure if this was already pointed out... :eek:

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[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Instead of trying different firmware, why not flash the correct stock firmware for your model number and then try downloading different firmware from other carriers and just extract the modem from each firmware then try flashing each modem to see which modem gets you the best results.

Keep in mind that, as [MENTION=4828250]Ibuprophen[/MENTION] stated, the modem hardware may different between the carriers, so that means that even if you flash the T-Mobile modem.img on your device, it does not mean that you'll get better service because if the modem hardware in your device is not the same as the modem hardware in the T-Mobile device, the T-Mobile modem won't necessarily get you any improvement.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Anyone knows if module that allows to have the status as always be online in facebook messenger, even if i am going to be offline, exist ?