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[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Dior DNA:
In short : you use SP_Flash_Tool to flash LP firmware, and, because LP partition layout differs from KK one, you have to use "firmware upgrade".

Guides and hints on howto use SP_Flash_Tool on MTK phones are available (also on the S3 fora). The tool expects you to select a 'scatter' file (included with firmware) which describes layout. You do need phone and computer to communicate properly, which, for certain combinations of (computer OS, phone, cable) often seems to be the harder part.

here is a good post from a recent S3 specific discussion

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65082437&postcount=229

note again that for some computer OSes it goes easier than for other ones
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Cliff2016:
Android newbie trying to do a 6.20.651.3 update on a HTC One M8 Sprint variant. I’ve tried the direct download method, I get to 1.06gb, download successful, verified, unzipping update then reboots and flashes up some errors and goes into TWRP recovery.

I have also had a few goes at it from Windows running RUU_M8_WHL_M60_SENSE70_SPCS_MR_Sprint_WWE_6.20.651.3.EXE that fails as well with an error 155: unknown error: cannot update Android phone, please get the correct ROM update utility and try again or just hangs there on 0% for 30 mins.

Device has s-off and is rooted - at least Root Checker app says it is but it can also report not properly installed. I've just tried the direct download method once more having used the Root Check app to confirm that it is rooted but with same result.

Can anyone give me a few pointers in terms of what I have to do to get this to work. Help much appreciated.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Magnum_Enforcer:
You won't be able to take the OTA update with TWRP installed. As for running the latest RUU, you have to have the latest firmware installed first. You'll also need the latest version of TWRP if you want to flash a MM ROM. Check OMJ's RUU thread in Android Development for more info.

An alternative to taking the OTA or running the RUU would be to update your firmware & TWRP recovery, then flash a stock rooted MM ROM.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Cliff2016:
Thanks for your response. It has given me some understanding of the different types of update. I checked my TWRP and it is 2.8.7.0, which is the latest, and tried a firmware update using the firmware update utility from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2729173

and downloaded one of the non-Harman extracted firmware versions, renamed to rom.zip, put it in required folder and ran ARUWizard.exe and it is stuck on updating (0/1) sending, has been for 15 mins so I can assume that this will not work.

Any ideas? There are four variants: full, full signed, with / without recovery, boot. Am I running the wrong firmware?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Magnum_Enforcer:
Download the modified MM firmware (no boot or recovery) and place it on your external SD card and rename the file 0P6BIMG.zip (make sure the file doesn't have an extra .zip extension on the end). Reboot to the boot loader and update your firmware when prompted. As for TWRP, there is a newer version available. Check the last couple of pages of the TWRP thread in Original Development. It's version 2.8.9.0.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Cliff2016:
A few more hours of life gone, and still no joy with this update I'm afraid.

Back to where I was yesterday using the firmware update utility I notice today that the firmware zip I used couldn't be opened, not a valid zip. So that is why that failed. Also if I go with updating the firmware from an external SD card, again EVERY zip I download from whatever server I use.

To be honest, I'm not exactly sure from this page

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2729173

which zip I need to download.

Would you be good enough to just give me one method to update the firmware and a link to a zip that will open. Also, am I right in thinking that if I get the firmware updated then I should be able to do either an OTA update or a RUU installer under Windows.

To be honest, I'd be glad to drop you £20 via Paypal if you could help me get to a working v6 phone.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] av_27:
mp

check your mp:cowboy:
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Magnum_Enforcer:
Download the file linked below. Once you've done that, click the link in my signature for the M8 hboot guide. Scroll down to the section on firmware updates (it's in the very first post) and follow my instructions in my guide to update your firmware.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24391638059059964
[XDA Assist] skyagarwal:
Hi ,

I would like to know if we have developers here who would like to join a team for developing custom ROM or OEM ROM for a new smartphone and smartwatch ,

This would be for a startup company ,

Regards

Akash .
[XDA Assist] v7:
Hello,

XDA Assist is a place to help out new members and guide them to the right sections.Read the stickies before posting.

You can try posting in Android General Section.

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Schematic:
As tittle explains, every time I reboot, there is less 2KB in internal storage.

Im using the CM11 RC2, cm-11-20140708-UNOFFICIAL-pico . Cleaning cache doesnt help.

I dont know if this is just an issue in this rom build, or in all cm11, but I can only use this one

How can I fix this?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] vetal.kampik:
I put the firmware on this site http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2748463

but there was a failure of the sensor (touch) screen

I found on the Internet instructions for recovery of the sensor screen . Through adb had to replace a file v6.bin at /sys/devices/virtual/input/lge_touch/firmware

I did it and the sensor on the phone completely stopped working , does not respond at all.

tell me how to restore the sensor ?

sorry for my English language... I am from Ukraine =)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] DarryDoo:
Did you flash the P769.zip from that ROM? Anything else?

Is your bootloader locked or unlocked?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] vetal.kampik:
bootloader locked

i am flash, but touch does not respond to the touch of fingers completely on any firmware (both official and on of custom firmware)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] DarryDoo:
I'm guessing, but it's probably a hardware failure.
[Nexus 6P General] Zorachus:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...ware-nexus-5x-and-6p-not-meeting-sales-goals/

- HTC is still in talks to build the next Nexus phone(s).

- Google takes a 15% cut of the sales price of Nexus phones it sells, but it hasn't always done this, and on some past devices has taken no cut at all.

- The "most recent" Nexus phones (5X, 6P) have

not

met their "optimistic" internal sales goals at Google.

- The Nexus 5 (2013) was the best-selling Nexus phone of all time.

- That the 5X and 6P aren't being sold by any US carriers is a point of "

significant consternation

" for people involved with the Nexus program.

My opinion

The 6P and 5X not reaching sales goals ? No ****, because they're not sold in Carrier stores this time. If the iPhone 7 is only sold on the Apple website for $700, no payment plan, you betcha ass sales will suck and be way down. If Google wants sales, they need to put it on all major carriers, BUT ALSO advertise the crap out of it like no tomorrow, and have promotions for it in the stores.

But just throwing it up on the Google website, and saying, her we have a phone we're selling, just give us $600 and it's yours. No **** Sherlock it's not selling well.
[Nexus 6P General] Riardon:
Plus in Europe the price was a joke. Too expensive. The only ones who buy a Nexus these days are Nexus fans. The N6P 32gb costs 650-700 euros in EU while the S6 32gb costs 400-450 and the G4 400. So no surprise here. Time to get serious with the Nexus line and stop ripping off geeks and Nexus fans.
[Nexus 6P General] Zorachus:
Another kick in the balls is the major price drop that comes like 9 months later. Brand new the Nexus 6P is like $600 or so, and then in the spring watch it come down to like $399, and then late Summer will be like $299 brand new still.
[Nexus 6P General] aknotts415:
I cant imagine carriers will be happy selling an Unlocked phone below the prices of other phones of the same caliber. Id also imagine carriers would want to mark up the phones some how. Also Id imagine other cell phone makers wouldnt be too happy. Imagine Samsung or LG putting their $650 phone out at verizon and then a $500 Nexus 6P shows up being financed through the carrier also. Probably the reason carriers had the Nexus 6 because it came out at the same price as other flagships. Plus carriers wanna put their bloat crap on the phones also.

It does seem google has actually advertised the 5x and 6p. Ive seen a lot of commercials for them. Cant say I ever saw a Nexus 6 commercial.

I think a big reason the sales also aren't up to snuff is the phones just now are being sold in Best Buy. A lot of customers want to hold the phone and see if they like it. Its taken forever for them to just get to best buy and they still don't have phones on display for customers to see. I think best buys having a dedicated nexus booth would help immensely.
[Nexus 6P General] Zorachus:
Does Worst Buy I mean Best Buy actually have the 6P on display in the store ? My local Best Buy's around Chicago, have a very tiny little Google section off in the corner, and no phones, just the Chrome notebooks, not even the HTC 9 Tablet. So not sure what those Google sections in BB are for if they don't even carry or display the main Nexus devices ?
[Nexus 6P General] PaoloMix09:
I agree with OP's opinion, people just DON'T KNOW about these Nexus phones.
[Nexus 6P General] Zorachus:
There was an article recently stating that Google wants to take more direct control of the Nexus phones, and copy Apple and the iPhone.

Look at the iPhone, it's sold at all major phone carriers stores, with subsidized payments plans. And Apple updates the iPhone whenever the hell they need to, and NEVER let the carriers get in the way of an iOS update. The carriers are sort of agnostic to it.

Google can do the same thing with the Nexus phones just like Apple and the iPhone with complete direct control.

And Jordan used to say "Just do it"
[Nexus 6P General] asif9t9:
Here in Canada, the Nexus 6p was the best deal on a phone through Telus. $200 for the 6p on a 2yr plan, but $300 or $400 for the Note 5. So it actually was discounted, and made the most sense.
[Nexus 6P General] Soulfly3:
or $0 for some of us on Black Friday :)
[Nexus 6P General] MalekoUK:
I was actually able to get a 6P because it was supplied by O2. Otherwise I wouldn't have got one, I like to have it part of my phone contract. Most people in the UK have phones on contract.
[Nexus 6P General] Zorachus:
I'm happily with T-Mobile, and on their JoD ( Jump on Demand ) program, and expected the Nexus 6P would be available on T-Mobile of all carriers, because they have been the only carrier to support the Nexus phone line from the very beginning, selling the Nexus-One, and stocking and selling the Nexus-S, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, and Nexus 6.

For me it makes zero sense to spend $600 with Google to get the 6P, when on JoD program, so I just used my one of three upgrades on the Note 5, which I rooted and installed a great custom ROM, and this phone screams :) But I would prefer the Nexus 6P. But at this point, with the 6P being almost 5 months old, I'll just wait for a nice SD820 phone, like the G5 ( with CM13 ROM ) or something else.
[Nexus 6P General] HzMeister:
It's no surprise that they aren't selling well - they're mediocre phones selling at premium prices. I lol at anyone who buys a nexus - and feel sorry for them too.
[Nexus 6P General] Zorachus:
The (2013) Nexus 5 was $399 at launch, and had pretty much flagships high end spec's at the time, it was a super deal. Now the 5X comes out at a similar price but with lesser budget spec's. WTF Google ?
[Nexus 6P General] BarryH_GEG:
Sales, marketing, distribution, and support are intertwined. Any expectation Google has/had about 2015 sales would be determined by their investments in those things as well as the depth of each category.

Huawei has no U.S. support infrastructure and doesn’t even have the facility to offer owners paid non-warranty repairs. I’m sure that played in to the U.S. carrier’s decision not to offer the 6P. Folks that view Nexus as just another phone have to really want one to live with limited support or be forced in to buying a warranty for non-warranty repairs even if they don’t normally.

Without the U.S. carrier’s offering the phone where are mainstream consumers going to buy it? 67% of smartphones sold in the U.S. are on carrier post-paid plans (installment and contract). The majority of the rest are low-end prepaid smartphones purchased outright. The percentage of people buying their own $500+ high-end smartphones outright via third parties is probably in the single digit percentages; at least in the U.S. With limited distribution Google has to have known the consequences of the phones being offered via so few channels.

Google ran a bunch of nicely produced ads randomly on U.S. TV. They probably spent 1/100th of what Samsung spends on their own advertising and in co-ops with the carriers. What’s that supposed to do for sales of a phone only available online and at some Best Buys?

What problem does the 6P solve for the masses that don’t know (or care) about “pure” and regular updates? To the masses TW

is

Android based on Samsung’s market penetration so the absence of it and its features could be viewed as a deficit not a benefit. Nexus make XDA'rs wet, not so much the masses.

If the 6P isn’t selling well it isn’t because it’s a bad phone it’s that Google’s expectations weren’t realistic in the first place.
[Nexus 6P General] crachel:
The only growth left in phones/tablets is to peel users from competitors. And there's only so much that can be done with UI/UX to set yourself apart. The OEM's have understood this for a while that's why they're making forays into wearables, virtual reality, and driverless cars. I say this because it makes it clear that if Google wants to increase sales of their Nexus line, they have 1 choice: lower the price. Two nexus devices released at the same time both priced too high is a recipe for disaster. There were basically no compelling upgrade reasons except for niche enthusiasts. Luckily for Google (Alphabet), they're an advertising company and not a hardware OEM. So as device sales slow across the board (even iPhone) they are better positioned than most
[Nexus 6P General] XavierAD:
What are the flaws you find with the 6P as opposed to other premium Android phones?
[Nexus 6P General] r3ix:
Bad phone, mediocre phone, are you guys kidding? This is the best android phone. Period! But of course many people prefer pay more for a samsung or something!
[Nexus 6P General] Zorachus:
Is too bad Google stopped the GPE program, would love to see GPE based phones like the S7, and G5 this Spring, those flagship phones running stock vanilla Android, directly supported by Google, and sold through carrier plans.
[Nexus 6P General] CYoung234:
So, do you actually own one? I didn't think so. If you had used a 6p you would not be saying it was a mediocre phone. It is actually, all in all, the best phone on the market for daily driver use right now. I am currently living in Paraguay, a country with bad overloaded cell phone networks, where most people who can afford smartphones are pretty much locked into Samsung by the carriers here. The radio in my 6p is SO much better than the weak Samsung radios. The battery lasts all day in conditions where I am constantly going in and out of signal areas. Just my point of view, but the problem with these phones is not the phones themselves, but Googles marketing. Of course, I am buying it for the phone and not the marketing...
[Nexus 6P General] BarryH_GEG:
For a niche audience of hobbiests and purists. Even where Nexi were offered by major global carriers along side other premium phones, some more expensive, Nexus sales never came close to competitive phones sales wise if they made a dent at all. The things that push people's buttons on XDA don't represent the masses view. A billion smartphones were sold last year. There are 360K active XDA members over the last 30 days. As [MENTION=1079681]crachel[/MENTION] said, the smartphone phone market has matured and even those with recognized names and a loyal customer base are struggling. HTC, Sony, and LG all lost money in mobile last quarter.

We have a winner. ;)
[Nexus 6P General] oxxshadow:
It was, but I got mine through Google for the better warranty RMA service. I already had to return my 2n 6P lol
[Nexus 6P General] CYoung234:
Agreed, from a sales and marketing perspective. There are sound reasons why phone manufacturers such as Samsung, HTC and LG spend a lot on advertising and marketing. It sells phones.

I also agree with you about the Nexus devices being a niche product, catering to perhaps a small percentage of the overall market.

However, I was responding to a specific comment about the quality of the phone itself.
[Nexus 6P General] r3ix:
I agreed with you about marketing and salles, nexus never had marketing. But no marketing it is not equal to worse phone. Samsung had great marketing and for me Bad phones.

Im not a puriest. I like android and i like a phone that had best experience. This nexus 6p has the smoothest android, had a great battery, camera, build, etc. The nexus line is the only that are close to performance and smooth of iOS system. Others you have to root, maybe a custom rom to fix somethings or natural lags on android. Here in nexus 6p not! It was expansive? Yes it was! But has the best android experience and this also has a cost. its my opinion
[Nexus 6P General] Zorachus:
After this report, any chance T-Mobile starts carrying the Nexus 6P ? Something similar did happen with the Nexus-S and Galaxy Nexus like 6 months after release.
[Nexus 6P General] Cleva1:
Reading through the replies in this thread, I had to comment if they not selling so well does that mean all those "shipping" delays were hype because the orders were coming and being held up. I bought a Nexus because I grew tired of Samsung's policies and software rendition. I just want a basic software experience without all the fluff that shows it's age in a few months of use. If you're in Android a Nexus is the only way to go.

I love how on my Nexus my photos MATCH what's on my phone screen and what's on my computer.. Love this camera quality... On my note 4.. Ha... Picture would look nice on phone screen.... Transfer to computer and it changed badly.
[Nexus 6P General] r3ix:
X2 so much better this nexus to all others android phones. The Best android experience and the only equals to ios
[Nexus 6P General] gekkehenkie11:
So true. If it wasnt for the 6p, I'd probably have kissed Android goodbye after my Note 4. Lack of updates from horrible companies like Samsung and plain stupid interfaces like Touchwiz ruin the whole experience.

But yeah Google should do some advertising. A good product sells itself, true, but average Joe has never even heard of the whole Nexus series. Fix that google, and world domination lies ahead !
[Nexus 6P General] WizeGuyDezignz:
I completely disagree. I've been on Android phones for 7 years now and I've tried them all. My Note 5 with a theme from the Samsung Theme Store looks much better than anything I had on my 6P. The Touchwiz hate is old news. Their theme store is spectacular and pretty much hides Touchwiz.

And the features I get couldn't be matched on my 6P either. The 6P was smoother but the Note 5 is faster. Different strokes for different folks for sure.
[Nexus 6P General] ShadowAngler:
I love my 6P. But it's a Nexus, they've never sold as well as most Android phones.
[Nexus 6P General] junior_mafioso:
I think people are overestimating Google's sales goals. They can still fall short of a goal that may have only been modest to begin with. I don't think the point of the nexus program is to compete on a sales level with Samsung and Apple. We have seen compromises in quality and design from both of those companies at certain points in time. It's not hard to realize this was in part because of their huge sales goals and pressure from their shareholders. The Nexus program allows Google to avoid these type of situations and essentially make whatever they want. If the Nexus program was a serious revenue driver for Google as a whole it would be muchmore highly monitored and scrutinized by investors. To me, the Nexus program is part of Google's research and development that they just so happen to sell on the back end. Google may want to take a more controlled approach next round in order to improve sales but that doesn't mean they want to be the top seller. I feel as though everything with Google is more calculated than you guys make it out to be.
[Nexus 6P General] AndrasLOHF:
The selling at carriers was a disaster IMO from a logistics standpoint. Let's not even get into the bull of allowing carriers to put their nonsense on it. Hell, didn't the entire first shipment for AT&T need to be sent back because they botched the software? Google can't even keep up with demand selling from their own store.
[Nexus 6P General] Unknownkj:
I think the phone can really sell well if they partnered with telcos. It's a darn good phone but not well known.except techies and dev
[Nexus 6P General] r3ix:
And i completely disagree. I've been on android about sometime and my last phone was a s6 edge plus(same as note 5) before i had this nexus 6p. Also i had that theme you are talking about but the theme do not increase anything. The touchwiz yes it is faster then before but the lag here and there still exists and it is still slow! What the purpose to have better specs if the software is horrible? No updates, no costumer support, nothing... Really good design and screen but fails in the rest. For me it was my last experience outside nexus or ios system. The two only that provides a really good experience
[Nexus 6P General] slaydog:
As far as the carriers selling the new Nexus phones, don't forget that with Project Fi, Google is now looking to BECOME a carrier (of sorts). I don't think their cheap cell phone plans are making the big carriers too thrilled. Even if it never catches on...
[Nexus 6P General] foxmeister:
And I have to disagree with you... ;)

My S6 Edge is running 6.0.1 Beta, and if I'm brutally frank it is doing a better job of it than my 6P.

Lollipop on my S6 Edge was a disaster - battery life was terrible and the Bluetooth stack was the worst I've ever seen. The phone came very close to being thrown against the wall on multiple occasions - it was also my 2nd Edge as the first got replaced due to accidental damage, but both phones had the same issues.

My 6P was my secondary phone, but eventually I swapped it to my primary due to the aforementioned issues with Lollipop on the S6 Edge. I missed the camera on the Edge, but the camera on the 6P is pretty good so it wasn't all bad.

The Marshmallow beta came up for the S6 Edge so I signed up, but continued to use it as a secondary device. However, I soon noticed that the infrequent lags that I occasionally had on the 6p simply didn't happen on my S6 Edge, and the battery life is now as good, if not better, than on the 6P.

So, the Edge is now my primary device again and for the first time in 10 months of ownership, I feel that it's a device I can love.

The 6P is still a fine device, but the appeal of stock Android over Touchwiz simply isn't there anymore for me, because Touchwiz now looks good, performs well, and adds a decent level of functionality over stock.

Regards,

Dave