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[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] ZellZoy:
I mean default theme...

So I am having a bit of a problem. I've been messing around with themes, including some I've made myself. I've noticed that if a theme doesn't change something, switching to that theme leaves you with what your previous theme set that setting to. This can lead to some ugly combinations. Unfortunately, this includes the built in themes in the phone, and I've messed up some things and am trying to start fresh. Is there any way to do so, other than reseting my phone completely? The biggest issue is that I end up with an ugly black bar in certain places (I tried unsuccessfully to make the background of the entire settings app black). Aside from this, it also appears in the contacts app, which covers the save/discard changes buttons. When I first open settings, the correct headers actually flashes briefly, but then I get this:http://i.imgur.com/4V4Gm1p.png
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] nadia1434:
you should try to launch default launcher which is generally done by pressing Home button...
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] supakid088:
sorry for my english is bad ,i am thai

i already install the twrp and flash Gratitude-5-Classic-Edition rom

i want to know i can return to flash a stock rom ?

because i try to install stock rom by twrp several times but it was fail

i want to know way to return stock rom

thank you
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] TrickTracy:
Friend, first you have to install the recovery stock, then install the stock ROM with the method of the 3 buttons ...
[XDA Assist] LG-G5:
LG G5 - software imei is not registered and hardware imei is blocked.

I bought a LG G5 from someone on Kijiji and it has been working fine. I noticed that whenever i try to look for a software update it says

"Your phone is not registered yet"

Upon further investigation i noticed that the IMEI that my phone's OS tells me doesnt exist on IMEI.info and the IMEI that is on the phone(I opened the phone to get that) is blacklisted. I basically got scammed i guess.

My phone is H831 canadian LG G5 with marshmallow. is there anyway i can fix this to get nougat?
[XDA Assist] sawdoctor:
Greetings and welcome to assist. I am sorry to here you got scammed, you could try flashing a custom rom for your device to get nougat from here

https://xdaforums.com/lg-g5/development

but I would be careful as you don't want to do anything that may restore the original imei

Good Luck

Sawdoctor
[General Questions and Answers] King Mustard:
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

Android 7.0

Google App v6.10.37.21

Google App > Settings > Voice > '"Ok Google" detection' > 'From any screen'

This brings up the "Search by voice from any screen" setup wizard.

As soon as I tap "Get started", I see a message stating: "Can't use the microphone. Restart your device."

Restarting does not help.

This also happened in Android 6.x, before I upgraded to Android 7.0.

I can record my voice in Samsung's Voice Memos app without any issues.

Google App has all permissions (including Microphone) enabled.

Any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/websearch/4p3Jhv3EjdM
[General Questions and Answers] King Mustard:
Nothing there helped, unfortunately.
[General Questions and Answers] bamless:
Have you tried to delete the Google's app updates? I Once fixed this error this way
[General Questions and Answers] King Mustard:
Settings > Applications > Google App > Storage > Manage Storage > 'Clear all data'

This worked! :svetius:

Many thanks :)
[General Questions and Answers] bamless:
You're welcome [emoji2]
[General Questions and Answers] Hardeep.SN:
Worked for J700f 2015
[General Questions and Answers] xmascious:
So, there are people who actually use that app.

"Ok google" ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
Update 2:

Unfortunately, the one-hour audio recording session on the third S7 ended up only

reducing

the crackles overall. They remained absent for more than 24 hours but then reappeared with reduced intensity. However, because the crackling has in fact never returned on my own S7 and S7 Edge after my video recording burn-in sessions, on Monday I decided to perform a one-hour video recording session on the third S7, too. And I'm happy to report that since that session the crackles have been entirely nonexistent on that device as well. If they return on any of the three S7 devices, I'll report back. If they don't return, the indication will be that a one-hour

video

recording session seems necessary to fully resolve the crackling issue.

I'm unsure why the audio recording session turned out to be unsuccessful on the third S7 device. I would think that an extended audio-only recording session should do the same thing with microphone input that an extended video recording session would do. But perhaps the extra heat generated during a video recording session is an important factor.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] _LANTERN:
Hi clonk. I've been following your battle against this popping issue and I appreciate you taking the time to share your findings. I've been trying your technique and I can't seem to get it to work properly.

I have a S7 active and I get a lot of annoying popping sounds when I first start recording after not using the camera in a while. I plan on posting them on YouTube or something to hopefully make it more visible to others. I'm surprised it's not already viral.

Anyways, I would start recording and leave my phone alone for about an hour. When I get back to my phone I see the timestamp for an hour, so I stop the video. But when I check the video file I see it split in two parts, one video around 27 minutes then another video for 34 minutes. I think I have enough space on my SD card for an hour long video.

When I check for the crackles it's still there. Any advice?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] _LANTERN:
I was able to record a video longer than an hour last night. I dropped my recording resolution to VGA and I left the phone recording when I went to sleep. Woke up and found a video of 1:40 min long. However, when I tested the camera this morning I switched it back to FHD and still got the popping noise.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
Hi _LANTERN. You know, I'm quite puzzled by your failed results, as well as by the failed results of another individual who tried my method in order to resolve his S7's mic input crackling issue. He has been communicating with me on the Samsung Community support forum. It doesn't make much sense because both of my own S7s, as well as my friend's S7, are still crackle-free (as they have been since the completion of their respective video burn-in sessions). I simply can't account for why you haven't enjoyed the same results.

I can tell you that my S7 rendered exactly the same file splitting result from its 1-hour video burn-in session. I ended up with a 36 minute file and a 28 minute file. I'm unsure why this happens. My friend's S7 produced multiple files, too... but I can't remember their durations. My S7 edge, on the other hand, recorded clean though its session rendering a single file with a total runtime of 1 hour and 5 minutes. The only difference is that my edge has a 256 GB SD card and my S7 does not. I'm unsure whether this may somehow be a factor.

At this point I am absolutely clueless as to why the two of you (unless the person on the Samsung forum is you as well) have not experienced the same favorable result that we have experienced with the three S7 devices here. The crackling is entirely gone on each of them. Period. I simply can't imagine why the story isn't the same in each of your cases. From your descriptions, it sounds to be the identical source problem. This is indeed a mystery.

I would try at least one additional burn-in session. I used FHD 1920x1080 mode for the sessions on each of the three devices here. I left each device in record mode and pointed at the ceiling in a dark room. If you try another session, please report back.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] TheMadScientist:
so I tried the audio method

basicly same results as ures started doing it again but a lot less so last nite I run the record on vga for almost 3 hours while I slept

and as of rite now clean and clear

I noticed it the other day I was recording some sounds to make a ringtone and thought I had ther volumes up to high and no matter what I did still popping and little bits of hissings too

well I recored the same sounds today at a louder volume than before and crystal clear

so +1 on a sofar fix

---------- Post added at 12:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:17 PM ----------

now I wonder if a man take and ground the phone out to a good ground source ive got the alligator clips ground braclets or something similar to discharge it instead of recording it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
Congrats! I hope it's permanently fixed for you.

As for your discharge to earth ground idea... you can try it. But the circuit/component that's retaining the static charge may be isolated from the phone's chassis, so it may not work. The three S7s here still seem entirely free from the crackling. While I'm not entirely convinced that a few pops won't return at some point, I bet if they do they will be very few and that just one more burn-in session may eliminate them completely. But they also may truly be gone for good now.

My current theory is that the electrostatic charge some of these phones possess right 'out of the box' is great enough that it must be bled down in progressive increments. Whereas a few of the phones (like my two and my friend's) have less of a static charge initially, so they only require one burn-in session to completely bleed it away. As such, on the ones with a greater charge it may require several longer burn-in sessions to get rid of it entirely. That's at least my guess at this point. But, again, the three S7s here are still entirely clear of the crackles after only one FHD 1-hour recording burn-in session each.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] TheMadScientist:
well make it 4 now

well I'm new to the s7 had s6 got a s5 and I was raising hell about some of the quality issues with the 7

no ir port downgraded camera downgraded processor I can deal with maybe not the ir port but the rest but I do a lot of videos and sound recs and like I said I thought input volume was just to much and thought it had crappy mics but sounds wonderful all day now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
I'm happy to hear it! I've been very much hoping this may help a lot of people. I know how frustrated I felt after learning that both of my brand-new S7s, purchased six months apart from different sources, demonstrated the mic input crackling. I think what bothers me the most is that my research has shown this to be an unresolved, unaddressed issue affecting many Galaxy S devices since at least the S4 was current. It really upsets me that reports indicate everyone who calls Samsung tech support concerning the matter (including myself) is told by the support staff that they have never heard of the issue before - they've been telling folks that ever since the S4. One thing about such a response to a long-standing issue like this is that it means they have no idea what's causing it --because they've obviously not dedicated any time to troubleshooting it-- which also means they will most likely be unable to repair the devices sent in under warranty to fix the problem. I can't easily forgive Samsung for ignoring this issue, and I certainly will never forgive them for disavowing knowledge of its existence over the years to their paying customers who seek help from their support department.

I'll be anxious to find out whether, with persistence, this technique ultimately works on the most stubborn of crackling S7s.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] TheMadScientist:
my primary device now for a long time has been a lgg4 and some people know about the bootloop issue

mines never suffered but I kow loads of people that have and a lot of them that have dealt with lg in the beginning and some still

they try to play it off like it don't exist

a well documented manifacs design flaw and I'm pretty foregiving when it comes to some of it I didn't turn away from Sammy for blowin up some batts hey it happens but they also swiftly did something about it

lg denied it for months before even thinking of replacing the hand set and still argue over it even though the device should've been recalled.

and I see people saying the g5 killed lgs sales it started with the locked bootloaders and bootloop issuses they wearnt adressing
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
Well, the exploding batteries were quite dangerous... Samsung was forced to address the issue. As for the other issues, I think some companies (like Samsung) get away with selling flawed devices for premium prices. And that's disturbing to me. In my opinion, Samsung needs to implement better quality control practices. Ignoring an engineering flaw for 3 years while collecting significant profits on sales of the flawed products seems rather reprehensible.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] _LANTERN:
I just did another 1 hour 30 minute recording session. This time the videos were cut into 3 parts, but I do notice significantly less popping when I tested a new video. Before I would have about four or five pops and static noises in the beginning. But I only got one so far. I'll continue to burn in to see if it improves.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
I'm glad you're finally noticing some improvement. Please keep us posted.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] _LANTERN:
The static is back unfortunately. I'll get my usual 5 or 6 popping noises in the beginning of the video again even after 3 burn in sessions. I'm almost out of hope and so close to giving up lol
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
Wow, that's terribly disappointing. And it's hard to understand since the three S7s here are still fully clear of the popping. This mic input crackling issue is certainly a bizarre problem. I'm very sorry that your device has not responded to the sessions the way several others have. It seems to work on some S7s but not others.

I know that you've already tried this method extensively. But in case you decide to perform additional sessions and things happen to change for the better, please let us know.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
Well, it has been one month since I performed the burn-in sessions and I'm happy to report that all is still perfect. Neither my S7 nor may S7 edge have exhibited any popping or crackling artifacts whatsoever during video or audio playbacks. My friend's S7 also seems to be fully cured of the issue. Based upon these results I have to suspect that this procedure should work on any S7 (edge or non-edge) suffering from the same issue. Some devices may simply require a number of subsequent sessions to bleed away all of the electrostatic energy. Unfortunately, a few here and there seem to have retained a greater static charge than others. I think persistence may be the key.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] xda-fritz:
Thanks for this tip!

Thank you very much, clonk, for this valuable tip!

I had the crackling since the beginning of my new S7. Yesterday I made a 1 and 1/4 hour continuous video and voilà, the crackling disappeared.

Repeated the test this morning in cold state serveral times - and except from one (!) single click sound no more crackling!!!!

I agree with your explanation of how this might come.

My additional assumption: electronics do wear and by this marathon video session tiny deviations in insulation material of the serial production may have been ironed out.

Maybe this insulation was too high so that static voltage could rise and discharge in a crackling signal.

And I cannot understand why Samsung does not (want to) know about this simple cure, either!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, clonk!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] *Detection*:
Don't see how recording for 1 hour + would do anything whatsoever for electrostatic discharge, discharging yourself on a grounded point and then touching the metal chassis of the phone would discharge anything build up in the phone - and you picking up the phone while charged again would put it back, so....

Unlikely to be anything to do with static, much more likely to do with storage or software
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
You're very welcome, xda-fritz. Glad to help. My two S7s (one is an edge) and another that my friend owns are still entirely crackle free. One of them took several sessions to fully eliminate the crackling. But it's been several months and the crackling has not returned on any of the three devices. So the process has definitely worked in our case.

If the electrostatic potential is present on a component or within a circuit that's normally isolated from the chassis, reasonably it would not have a path to ground through the chassis. That may change once the device toggles to record mode (via electronic switching within the circuitry). All I can tell you for certain is that the extended video recording sessions have resulted in huge reductions in, and often elimination of the cracking for multiple S7 users. In my case, the result has been complete elimination of the crackling on three S7 devices here (the two I own and one that my friend owns). We can speculate and/or argue about why that's so... But I have to tell you, Detection, the important thing is that it IS so.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] *Detection*:
Well whatever fixed it, I am certain it is nothing to do with static discharge, much more likely that the camera app / file it writes during recording is creating some temp file on storage that helps, or just coincidence

Recording or not recording will have 0 impact on electrostatic discharge
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
The extended recording sessions have been far too effective on too many afflicted devices to be mere coincidence. How is an app writing to temp files going to reduce persistent crackles for which there's no demonstrated correlation and thus no explanation? Unless of course there's a defective interconnection to the alternate storage destination where the temp files are being written. But it can't be that because the crackling is superimposed onto the recorded audio track and because said crackling can be terminated at will (temporarily) during any such recording session by merely holding one's finger over the lower microphone opening for 10 seconds or so. And this result is consistently reproducible. So the takeaway is that this issue's nature is hardware-physics based. One thing is for certain: this recorded audio crackling phenomenon that's been plaguing a significant number of Galaxy S devices (since at least the S4) is stemming directly from the mic input circuitry and/or its physical properties. And that may well include one or more electronic component parts of that circuitry.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Axol0tl:
Hello!

This is a very interesting and annoying issue for me too.

I tried this method and had mixed results with it. I usually got 5-6 pops in the beginning of the recordings and a few later on.

After trying this method the later pops have disappeared, but the initial ones remained (please note that the second attempt is usually entirely clear). So frustrating.

However, I used to have the same issues with the built-in sound recorder app too, and since a recent update the recordings are always clear. I can create clear audio-only recordings right before a video full of crackles/pops, which contradicts to the static build-up theory imho.

I also get clear audio using third party apps (such as Footej Camera), but the quaility is just not the same.

So I really have no clue about what's going on.

Anyways, thanks for your efforts and for sharing your findings with us. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
I don't think that the clean audio you're noticing from the updated audio recorder app, or from the other video recording apps, is necessarily inconsistent with the electrostatic theory. And I'll try to explain why.

The S7 has two (2) microphones. One is positioned on the bottom edge of the device, and the other is positioned on its top edge. It's been claimed that one of these mics is there for noise-canceling purposes (i.e., the top one). However, if you plug off the bottom microphone during a recording session, the top one will take over.

Through my various testing efforts, I have discovered that the crackling which often appears on video and audio-only recordings is associated with the bottom microphone only. Not the top one. If I would start a recording on one of my phones and began slowly counting from one to ten, once I would reach the number "five" I would plug off the bottom microphone and continue counting. When I then played back the recording, I found that at number "five" my voice became very muffled... and then after one final pop, my voice became crystal clear again and there was absolutely

no

crackling.

So my guess is that those apps you speak of are calling the top microphone instead of the bottom one, or instead of both mics simultaneously. In this way, the hardware between the bottom microphone element and the audio input amplifier circuitry may be entirely excluded, while the top microphone handles the task. You can test this yourself.

Please let us know if you learn anything new.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Axol0tl:
It's the opposite for me, my voice would muffle if I use Footej Camera and cover the bottom mic, no noise though except when my finger is moving while covering the mic hole.

Using the stock Camera app, my voice barely muffles, I need to plug in earphones to notice the difference. The initial noise mostly comes from the left channel (top microphone).

The Samsung Voice recorder app has an interview mode, which utilizes both microphones. Here I can clearly see that the noise comes from the top mic. When I adjusted the volume during playback another volume bar popped up: Sound recorder. It disappeared quickly and never seen it since. Am I hallucinating now?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
That's interesting. Since your artifacts are originating from the top mic, and since mine were originating from the bottom mic on both of my phones, I wonder something. Perhaps there is a defect in some of the condenser microphone cartridges Samsung has been installing in these devices. If so, it might be that at times a bad cartridge may end up as the top mic element, whereas other times a bad one may end up as the bottom mic element. And if that's what's happening, it as well seems entirely possible that both mic cartridges could simultaneously be bad on some phones.

At any rate, I've proven to myself that the burn-in recording sessions will eliminate the crackling on certain phones. Unfortunately it sounds like those sessions may not produce the same result on other phones.

Sadly, while my S7 edge no longer superimposes popping/crackling artifacts onto the recordings I create with it, its display screen has completely failed (black screen). It thus appears that I need to send it in to Samsung for repair or replacement. If they replace it, I'll be interested to learn if the replacement device demonstrates the audio input crackling problem as well. And if it does, I'll be curious as to whether the burn-in sessions will permanently eliminate the issue.