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[General Questions and Answers] OMGBuck:
Hi,

I don't have a job right now and don't know when gonna get. :confused:

So, I'm under-budget right now, have around $230 in pocket right now. I've done watching many reviews and comparison.

So far I've considered four phones as per my requirement. LeEco Le 2 , Moto G4 plus, Redmi Note 3 and Mi Max.

As much I concerned about the camera+performance, concerned about Branding too!

my last smart device was Galaxy Y duos three years. Since then, I was sick about the smartphone(as they evolve so fast, forgetting the past ones). Thus I'm noob about the daily performance experience on this new gen phones.

I need to choose a good phone with day to day performance with long-term support form the company (as most of them stop getting updates after a year or so)

I don't want sit around with same UI/ Android version while others enjoying new versions. I felt that after a year of buying Galaxy Y. It felt so irritating that I hated that phone so much.

Company support important to me because I'm not rich fella and can't afford new phone before 3-4 years, so I've to live with that.

As per the reviews/current updates,

Le 2 currently on EUI 5.8 and even users don't know if next update gonna release or not ( keeping myself far as possible, but design and performance pulling me in)

G4 plus currently on Android M and officials not declaring any notice on next N update (truly impressed by the camera+mediocre performance , but almost at end of life)

RN3=True performance, but RN4 already on the way. Can it(RN3) still keep up with next-gen?

Mi Max also on miUI 8, but too much big as primary device. Also everything same as RN3 except the display size. I should keep it out list.

There's few other devices which compete with these, but I didn't consider them because of some noticeable cons. So that's all from me.

Please help me choose between these devices.

Also, If anyone has any suggestion or review on another device (upto $230) please give a response. Future support really matters to me so keep that in mind.

Thank you.
[Device Reviews and Information] cormacfitz:
I have one of these in the post from Hong-Kong, I was hoping I wouldn't need to flash a rom. Your post has me worried.

At least I got it cheap.
[Device Reviews and Information] polartux:
Well it's not that bad. Despite of my privacy and security based point of view, this device is quite useful for an average user who wants to trust their closed source.

I don't want to discourage users from trusting this company, it's only my point of view because I dont' use the half of functionality of a stock ROM and I can't remove it.

Also, this device is depending on security through obscurity, which is the worst way to do so.

As for an open source lover/activist, I prefer security through transparency and would like to have a custom AOSP/CGM build on this device, which I believe would make it good device.

Don't forget to write your opinion when you get the device!
[Device Reviews and Information] cormacfitz:
I'll report back when I've gotten the phone and had a chance to use it a bit.
[Device Reviews and Information] Xoib:
The full stock rom that you linked in your first post is based on Silent OS 2.0.8. Do you know if anything more up to date has been released?
[Device Reviews and Information] OlavMolav:
Reieived yesterday a Blackphone 2. Got it for about 150 USD from Hong Kong.

Latest Silent OS version is 3.0.6a.

The camera app is useless and crap. So that I feel sorry for people who paid 500-600 USD for this phone. Does anybody have an idea how to improve it?
[Device Reviews and Information] votokek:
Would like to root blackphone 2 as well

Thank you very much for posting this . I purchased this phone and feel that was a mistake. I did not do enough research first and I thought that I'd root it and then be able to install firewall tools I wanted to.

I have not used the phone at all for many months (really ever) as I was unable to root. If there is anyone who knows how to root, I am willing to do anything. I would gladly install an altered version of this image if that was a way to get root. So seeing this image gives me hope. I don't know enough about rooting android to help unfortunately but please do keep this thread updated if anyone figures out how to obtain root on blackphone 2.
[Device Reviews and Information] Myraw:
what about the possibility of flashing a custom rom actually ?
[Device Reviews and Information] loaded2107:
I picked on of these up for $100 delivered so would be happy to help test any rom tweaks/development.

Was wondering if it might be a clone (hardware) of another Android device but haven't found anything yet.
[Device Reviews and Information] tecno321:
No custom rom?
[Device Reviews and Information] Kazadorng:
Hi polartux.

As you said:

Currently, I am full of hate for this phone's OS and my first objective right now is to get rid of that useless system called "Silent OS" (formelly "PrivatOS", another clownish commercial fork of AOSP+Cyanogenmod) that is installed on this phone.[...] [...] So, here is my little review before I start a thread in the "Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking" section with info on my AOSP or OmniROM future build.

How is it going?

I think that you are the only one in the entire internet involved in a Blackphone2 custom rom project. All I can do is offer myself as a tester of your work. Hope you don't give up because this hardware is great and deserves to be used properly (without SilentOS).

Regards.
[Device Reviews and Information] androidblue:
Hey there

First of all, I feel your pain. This is frustrating to buy any device and discover it's crippled, and that you are not allowed to fix it.

I will try to post some of the discoveries I made soon. Please hold on...

E
[Device Reviews and Information] polartux:
Guys, I have no longer the device because I just sold it. I also stopped trying developing the custom ROM because I had not enough support/information. SilentCircle have done everything to be hated by their users/customers, they're just a bunch of businessmen who don't really care about making this phone better.

I also recommend selling yours and buy something else
[Device Reviews and Information] chape199:
A litle guide to increase bp2 performance

https://xdaforums.com/android/development/guide-make-bp2-t3735815/post75218344#post75218344
[HTC One A9] GLO:
Hi,

I have a really strange issue that is impacting my mothers A9.

She has had it for almost 6 months. Not that it changes anything but it is a Telstra branded HTC A9 and using a Vodafone sim.

The Wifi has issues connecting to a number (not all) wifi access points

This was first identified when connecting to my brothers home wifi. It could see that AP and the security code is correct (case sensitive etc) but it refused to connect.

There is no issue with wifi connectivity at her home.

I tried connecting to my HTC M8 in hotspot mode to no avail.

We then added a second AP to my brothers place and using a different AP name (same password) it worked! I thought that there may be some chipset compatibility, but that wouldnt explain why she couldnt connect to my HTC M8 in hotspot mode.

I ended up buying the same handset for my dad.

Last night he had no issues connecting to my HTC M8 in hotspot mode, but my mothers was still no connection! It tries but gives up. :(

Using the same Wifi security WPA-PSK I was able to connect her phone to my Iphone 7+ in hotspot mode.

This truelly has my stumped.

BTW I upgraded them both to the latest approved OS.

What do you think is up with my mothers handset?
[HTC One A9] The_scam:
Try a network setting reset. Go to backup and reset> reset network reset. Probably just a minor error of some sort

Or try upgrading to CyanogenMod. If you were to use it as a daily driver..use the latest nightly and do bi-weekly updates
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] SptMogul:
I have package Disabler Pro 6.3 I just want to know which items i should be disable in there to prevent the samsung update.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] maanz "L":
Hi.

Try this, open package diasble pro and tick Software Update com.sec.android.soagent and Software Update com.wssyncmldm
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] SptMogul:
that's the only 2 items that we need to disable? can someone confirm ?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] shanda5303:
If you have T-mobile disable the following:
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] force70:
you shouldn't need to disable anything other than what you have already disabled...at least Im not.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] themadmech:
It's a Verizon Pixel XL 32gb running build NDE63X fully stock.

I've tried everything mentioned in normal and safe mode through multiple reboots, power downs, etc.

Phone won't connect to cell data but will connect to wifi. It states that cell data is turned off but if I turn it back on it immediately turns back off without ever connecting.

Windows 10 file manager as well as Thunar and Nautilus file managers for Ubuntu 16.04 all show the pixel as a network device but won't show anything there.

Fastboot will show ID from bootloader

ADB won't show anything anywhere.

When I click developer options it says "Developer options are not available for this user" (This seems damned suspicious and seems likely to be what's grieving me)

Home button ONLY does the animations and nothing else. The recent apps button doesn't do anything however the back button works.

I tried using google cloud to back up the photos but it never uploads anything anywhere, just sits there saying it's uploading X images (I've tried single pictures as well as sets of pictures, videos, and anything else I could think to try.

I'm pretty confident that a factory reset will resolve everything but I can't do this until I can get photos off. I've been googling, DDGing, and all around scraping xda, reddit, and anywhere else I can think of. Any help or suggestions would be great!
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] XtraArrow:
What you could do is download "ES File Explorer" from the play store and when opened, navigate to Network>remote management. It will give you an IP and a port. Pop this into an ftp client on your computer such as Filezilla Client. It will list your device and you can copy to a desired location on your computer :)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] larsdennert:
Can you email, bt file share, install Dropbox or OneDrive and turn photo back up on, plug in the otg adapter and a flash drive, adb pull files, share to google drive? Last resort display them on screen and take a pic with another camera.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] larsdennert:
Go into settings and see which user you are signed in with. Maybe that is the problem.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] themadmech:
I'm not sure you read my post... adb isn't doing anything. It should, but doesn't. This is likely due to developer options being inaccessible as I mentioned in the OP. Uploading the files hasn't worked with Google Drive and should. I admit that I haven't tried with Dropbox or OneDrive due to not having accounts with either group but if other solutions don't work I can try making a dropbox. Wired transfer has been a bust, again, thoroughly mentioned in OP.

I'm signed in as Name being the correct name of the user. I've tried clicking on it to switch users to attempt to resolve the issue but to no avail. There should only be the one user on the device and they should have full permissions but this doesn't seem to be the case, though I can find no alternate user account.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] larsdennert:
Maybe dd the data partition from fastboot and mount it in Linux to copy the files
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] niko26:
I had exactly the same issue. This seems to be an issue of a "dirty" flash. On Marshmallow this issue happened sometimes, and the cause was that Android expects the Setup Wizard to be running. There is a flag which forces the WIzard to start, but I couldn't get this fix running on 7.1.1.

I installed an FTP Server on my Pixel and fetch the data off there.

There was no other way that to completely wipe the device. This will be the last time I will ever buy a phone without a SD card slot. With my Samsung device I could easily flash forth and back, because all my data was on my SD card, not being affected by a full wipe / reflash.

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Also I assume the home button does not work like properly, correct?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] themadmech:
This worked, thank you for the suggestion! I was able to pull all the pictures then factory reset the phone. Good to go.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] XtraArrow:
Glad I could help!
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] jordandroid64:
Hello, everyone,

I've buy a mi4c for my sisters and it arrived with a multilanguange bad rom... so like with my other devices I try to change my rom, and I do a big error...

-I reboot to edl (with adb command) flash the fastboot rom with miflash , no error but now my phone stay black....

I find that here in an other topic : http://en.miui.com/thread-170110-1-1.html

Do you think that will work ? else do you have another solution ?

qualcomm driver is working but nothing else....
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] likhon02:
hold the power button for 8s
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] Sakura_Sa233:
Try to use miflash to do that again.
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] jordandroid64:
Hello, thanks for your answers,

Hold 8s : I have already done that, don't work

Retry same if my phone couldn't go to fastboot ?
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] Sakura_Sa233:
Do you know 8009 mode？
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] jordandroid64:
No, it's when the qualcomm driver appear ?
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] Sakura_Sa233:
You can search it in Google .
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] jordandroid64:
I have seen this is mode which permit to repair a qualcomm device brick... But there are tutorials for device really complicated...

But i will try with miflash like you said
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] jordandroid64:
Hey,

I had reconnect it to reflash by miflash and now the led is blinking red but qualcomm driver diseappear

edit : MI4c work now ! thanks !
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jyotman007:
I recently got the official OTA to 7.1.1 update. My LTE(4G) used to work flawlessly before that but now I only get an H(3G) at max and the data speeds are very slow because of this.

Anyone else experiencing this issue? How can I fix this?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikfe:
Hi,

Got the same problem with Free Mobile (French ISP), temp fix:

On nova launcher long press-> widget ->activities->Settings->Test menu

or in dialer : *#*#4636#*#* .

Then on prefered network: Select LTE, wait the phone connects to LTE network and put back to LTE/CDMA/UMTS
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] Dude2:
So now what?? Since Verizon will NOT be bricking the Note 7's on their network does everyone believe the coast is clear go back to the 100% battery firm ware and continue to purchase/invest in Note 7 accessories? See updates:

https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/09/verizon-note-7/
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] dottat:
Perhaps after the holiday.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] Icfatpeople:
I'm on 100% battery with updates disabled. I just want root lol.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] dottat:
Get a different phone. No one will be working on rooting software on a now seriously dead phone. They will keep making this even more difficult and that will make most folks turn them in.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] Mayze23:
Glad I kept mine. Got to keep it for free, 100% battery and OTA's blocked
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] Bsober:
We will get shut down after the holidays. Verizon just doesn't want to shut it down during the holidays and Samsung is giving the carriers 30 days to push the update. My thoughts anyways.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] Dude2:
I still need to go back to the 100% firmware, which I hope to do soon. Would rather wait to see what the Galaxy S8 rolls out since we are only 60-90days away.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Do you have a source of where they gave the 30 day deadline?
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] pego99:
Fake news.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] teegunn:
If the IMEI is not blocked, and the phone works on VZ networks, then it is not "dead". Just because a phone doesn't get "updates" does not make it dead. I always root and block updates on new phones first thing out - don't want updates, they usually cause more problems than they are worth. The phone will work fine for many years without updates. Who really uses a phone for more than 2 to 3 years at most anyway? For me it is usually one year, then on to the next version. I actually skipped the Note 5 for obvious reasons and stuck with my Note 4 for two years. I put Morom on it first thing I got it after rooting (it was a Dev Note 4) - never took a single update, not a problem. It was set up just the way I wanted, had xposed running and the obvious things one does with Titanium, no need to mess with it. The N7 will work for several years just fine as long as the IMEI is not blocked and a person disables update apk's.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] dottat:
They will get to that point. They will disable the imei. If you keep your note beyond the update that Verizon will roll out after the holidays they will begin to block imei. You don't think so? Why would Samsung push an OTA to disable charging if they didn't mean to eliminate any notes in the field?
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] teegunn:
I don't know - who actually knows? Is it legal to block an IMEI like that in the US? IDK. We will see. If it happens, it happens. As of now, I have a free N7 I am using. I returned my OG N7 - sent it out friday. I will ride this N7 as long as possible. If I have to make a switch should they IMEI block my N7, I will go back to my Dev N4 until either a worthy updrade is available - either an S8 or Note 8.

As far as why Samsung would push an OTA to disable charging to those daft enough to not have update apk's disabled... well they have to cover their arses, and if they have an OTA that disables a phone, they are not responsible for those owners who have somehow either through root or a package disabler app made their phones immune to OTA's. Will VZ block all N7 IMEI's? Dunno. Hope not. Can't control if they do and if they do, then I will adjust with the option that makes the most sense at that time. Hoping to just ride out my N7 until the N8 is out. Worst case I will get the largest display S8 when it is available. We just don't know what the S8 is gonna be for sure yet, nor what the N8 will be either.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] Dude2:
That's certainly one way of doing it.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] joynrg:
I have replacement Note 7 from Verizon, PHE firmware, 100% refunded back to Verizon account and refunded back to my credit card, moved to T-Mobile . I blocked OTA update via PDP app. T-Mobile doesn't even recognize my phone.

Because I am at the different network, I don't think my IMEI will be blocked unless Samsung disables my phone's IMEI.

Any thought?
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] Bsober:
It's what i was told when i called Samsung. I see Verizon says they want do it at all now though. Guess time will tell.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] dennistaylor:
Note 7 update to disable charging coming 12/27

Here: https://explore.t-mobile.com/samsung-galaxy-note7-recall

Better learn how to disable updates FAST! Thankfully, I found it on here and it doesn't take Package Disabler Pro to do it.

Randomly had a return box from them left on my porch today. Verizon refunded everything more than a month ago and had sent me an email saying that they had received my return. Now I don't know what to do. Probably just gonna ignore it.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] tricktaylor:
Let them block a phone from powering on and then have somebody die as a result of not being able to call 911. They won't do it.

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Yes it's why all phones can dial 911.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] jjayzx:
It's been plastered everywhere for how long to return the phone. If someone were to somehow die cause of it then it's their own damn fault for keeping it.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] tricktaylor:
Tell that to the first person who dies because their phone won't turn on. I don't get some peoples' anger towards those who kept their note 7. Ok you couldnt get one ir you returnedyours. I bet you buy lottery tickets too.

It's still called a voluntary recall, I'm not sure how they're getting away with taking phones against the will of their customers. I'm comfortable with the odds of my phone catching fire. Sent from said phone and I'm still alive. No one got hurt.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] dennistaylor:
Yeah, because an exploding phone on your face or burning your house down will always allow you to dial 911. Why would they not stop such a device from dialing 911, if it could be the cause for someone to have to dial 911???

Verizon has now issued the email to Note 7 users that they will be sending the update on January 5, 2017 to disable charging capability. Better use Debloat Tool and disable the lines that poll for updates.
[XDA Assist] GTA.TA:
If someone has the stock rom of alcatel pop s3 please share it.
[XDA Assist] sawdoctor:
Greetings and welcome to xda. I can't find any firmware for your device but if you ask in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/android/general/tutorial-root-alcatel-one-touch-pop-s3-t3060092/page6

one of the experts there may be able to upload it for you

Good Luck

Sawdoctor
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] sebastianmc:
hello friends! Xcpuscalar doesnt work with samsung cpu !!!

So I ask you.. is there a way to overclock TyTN?

Thanx

:)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] giovanni72:
yeah..install pocket mechanic pro

www.pocketgear.com

i overclocked to 450 MHz...but battery life decreased..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] slob13:
you can use ClockWizard I now this program works with samsung cpu
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] sebastianmc:
Thanx friends! I m doing some benchmarks with a friend that has a kaiser,, TyTN vs kaiser,, I'll do a bench with OC in Tytn too :)

byee
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ghost13:
def would like to know of results
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] djstegges:
I have got xcpuscaler installed on my device and it works really well.... I have increased my battery life though it and the performance has improved so much.

Dale
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] demo23019:
Dont u mean pocket hack master? Here is there site http://www.wizcode.com/

I also clock mine at 450. I found a bug or something, system is totally stable at 450..and fast. But when i dial out and i clock it to anything other than standard clock speed. It will dial out fine but if i try to end, it still says dialing and u have to to a reset or else u cant make or get calls.

I heard that xcpuscaler isnt acurate, That u can set up like 500 mhz and TCMP and other software show it at a lower speed.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] sebastianmc:
xcpucalar really doesnt work in samsung cpu! I did samoe benchs in 500 and 300 mhz,, and the scores are the same!

When my tests TyTn vs kaiser is finished I ll post to u...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] myv6mustang:
Is there anything free?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] BoldFace:
Pocket Hack Master is only good if you don't use the phone functions. This version is not stable if you want to use your phone AT ALL. Needs to mature a bit more before I'll continue to use it. TCPMP does show quite an improvement when overclocked, however.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] sebastianmc:
So there's no a good way to overclock our TyTn :(
[Samsung Gear VR] burntrat:
I recently updated to the newest version 1.6x and it messed some things up. Anyone have or know where to get the older version of Samsung VR 1.59? Thank you.