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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] CVertigo1:
What build were you on prior to flashing with Odin? I have a strong feeling that you are getting errors by flashing an older version of the U-firmware onto a newer version of V firmware, hence why Odin won't flash it. The link you sent is for PEH, which is fairly old IIRC. Were you on Verizon PI3 before attempting this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] shouthouse:
You are probably partly right about the older firmware. The steps didn't really include information that seems updated. Right before I went to bed I was able to get it working. It seems that the phone did not like 4 of my cables. Finally it worked with a really tiny cable I found. Whew. Haha sorry I should have revised this. Is there any way for me to flag it as completed?

I'm not sure if you actually read that post but the person after you seemed to have been able to understand exactly what was going on. The post I linked had the steps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] FoxyDrew:
Glad you got it to work. BTW that thread is still 100% fine, just the link to the firmware is old. HERE is the link to the newest U firmware that I recommend flashing, in case you care or wanted it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] shouthouse:
Oh yea for sure! The steps worked! Only issue was just that since the link is to the old firmware (and it says nothing about new firmware) I had to go looking for the answer, you have provided, during a state of mild panic. LOL I think we've all been there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] kingamra:
Is that a nougat U rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] shouthouse:
No
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] liquidraven:
How's it been working so far?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] shouthouse:
Incredible. Leagues ahead of the Verizon firmware. I am on TMOBILE now and I couldn't be happier. So much less bloat to turn off. The speed of apps are even faster. Just feels lighter.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] HCarBaj:
shouthouse,

So you flashed G-935U on your G-935V and put it on T-moblie? Have you unlocked the better bands? I'm on T-mobile and looking to do the same for my G-935V and my wife's G-900V (once I find those instructions). Thanks in advance.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] Randomsanity:
Good evening everyone,

I'm running a stock rom (7.1) which is rooted and has an unlocked bootloader. I've removed bloatware from this rom.

I later decided I actually want the live wallpaper picker in order to use KWLP so I extracted a stock rom image and took the livewallpaperpicker.apk and related files and put them in my system folder. This shows as a system app but unfortunately it doesn't work! When trying to set a live wallpaper it just goes back to the homescreen and nothing changes. Same result when trying to apply from KLWP, stock launcher, or nova launcher.

Can anyone offer any advice on how to fix this? I also tried sideloading the apk via adb with the same result. Is there some other system app that is required on the OP3t that enables the livewallpaper picker to function?

Thank you kindly,

RS.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] TweaknFreak:
Dirty flashing your 7.1 ROM should fix the issue. But you should give Google Live earth wallpapers a shot. Its been ported for other devices running ARMx64 SoCs so 1+3T users can use it. The thread exists in XDA itself.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] Stephen:
Agreed with above, but it may be you haven't set permissions on the file after pushing it. Those would have to be manually set.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] Aman Amrit:
Change the permission of moved apk by root explorer app or any other app.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] Randomsanity:
Read for group and global? That's what I set it to initially and I've tried giving all permissions without luck. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Perhaps my app is bad? Can someone share livewallpaperpicker app from 4.0.2? I extracted it from the rom but have no md5 to check it against.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] Aman Amrit:
Can you tell the permission you gave ? It must be rw-r-r and then reboot your device. It should work. If it doesn't then try other apk.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] Randomsanity:
Yes that's what I set it to. No idea where to get the apk besides extracting it from the rom.

Is anyone willing to extract a copy for me? Should be a very small size. Perhaps its getting corrupted while downloading/extracting? I'm out of ideas :(
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] TweaknFreak:
Did you try dirty flashing the ROM?
[Redmi Note 2 General] gasperoni:
I was excited, when i read that people are working on a MM based Rom for the Rn2 but so much time passed. Let's face it, there won't be any decent and stable 6.0 rom for this phone. I don't know how far they are but obviously the lack of source codes or sth makes it impossible. I regret the day i bought this phone. No decent custom roms, HORRIBLE battery life, I have to recharge it twice per day and lack of support. They throw new phones on the market like every two or three weeks or sth. I don't know if mediatek or xiaomi is the problem but i will stay away from both.

People ask for update on 6.0 and till today there's no official statement and no sources. I'm done with that. And I don't think that it is ok for that price and that we cannot complain or sth.
[Redmi Note 2 General] VR6CER:
I agree with you totally... this phone was my WORST choice of my life :( I am totally upset and feel ambushed, because I bought this phone for great specs and the announce of marshmallow update..... But even we did not get any LOLLIPOP upgrade, like 5.1.1, and we stay on 5.0.2... this was my LAST chinese and MEDIATEK phone :/ I respect the developers, who started to make CM based rom for this device, without any source code, that is a really huge step forward! :) But for the MIUI and XIAOMI team and "developers"..... I don't give any respect for them!
[Redmi Note 2 General] jajk:
Xiaomi firsts:

My first phone ever that started on one version of Android and never progressed beyond it.

My first phone ever where "updates" introduce more new faults and never fix a single existing one.

My first phone ever to have a battery fail within 12 months.

My first phone ever to be upstaged by a Ulefone in the quality stakes....

My

last

Hongmi (Xiaomi) toy phone ever:mad:

Xiaomi started by misleading the market with false advertising of things such as having a Samsung camera which quietly disappeared. Xiaomi then hailed the RN2 as a huge sales success and then went on to bury it almost instantly. It is not a Mediatek issue - why would anyone think so unless you believe the propaganda and ignorance floated on many forums? Mediatek make the chips, provide engineering samples of code for the requested O.S and their job is done

unless paid to do more

. Other brands have Android 6.0 for MT6795 no problems at all so it is a 100% Xiaomi problem. Why no 6.0 from Xiaomi? Because they used bargain basement /end of life / obsolete / clone or fake parts that have no ongoing support from the manufacturers.

Why can I put 100% functional 6.0 or 7.1.1 on a 2013 Moto G? Because it is made from genuine, reputable brand parts that had a long availability so have drivers available for later O.S versions.
[Redmi Note 2 General] DarthJabba9:
I have Nougat on my nearly six-year old Samsung Galaxy SII, and MM on my three-year old Zopo. I am shocked to be stuck with a crappy 5.02 on a one-year old Xiaomi. The phone itself is behaving okay, but I think Xiaomi+MTK is not a good combination.
[Redmi Note 2 General] kg3:
I agree with the comments. I am looking for a new phone that has lineageOS support so that when the manufacturer stops supporting at least you have a strong developer scene to continue support.

No more Xiaomi or MTK phone. Harsh lesson learnt.
[Redmi Note 2 General] gasperoni:
Yes it was a hard lesson. And i also learnt that reading reviews with positive results doesn't mean it's a good decision because they only test it for a few days or weeks. But they don't know how bad the support will be or if the phone gets propper updates in future.

Having weekly or monthly miui updates doesn't mean anything because most of the time there are no or minor improvements that are not notable or even things getting worse. I don't like miui but i'm stuck with it because there are no decent custom roms possible.

If the updates would at least fix missing features like a dt2w function which even 70$ phones have then it would be something
[Redmi Note 2 General] RicardoMullion:
I think Redmi Note 2 is not bad but quality is not good as my Redmi 1 before even Redmi 1 use mtk6589 CPU and Android update from 4.2 to 4.4

But Redmi Note 2 still no update

Also rn2 use a 13mp samsung s5k3m2 camera

But I think the photo quality is even worse My Redmi 1 , which use a 8mp s5k3h2/ov8825 sensor. I think Xiaomi use a fake s5k3m2 not a real one which letv 1s uses. So no 4k recording for this phone. Also , rn2 use 3060 mah battery but drains very fast , Redmi 1 use 2100 mah but very long life . Redmi 1 is also made by xiaomi in 2013 but quality is much better than most of new xiaomi/Redmi release at 2015 or later

Also Official Android update need Pass Google CTS

mtk6795 is supported but maybe some low quality parts in any makes rn2 cannot pass the CTS Certification. This is why Xiaomi 6795 cannot update and other 6795 can. Because they use good parts on new 6795 phones

Hope rn2 will pass the CTS and get Android update with miui 9 :)
[Redmi Note 2 General] Deic:
Vernee Mars with MTK Helio P10 got Android N
[Redmi Note 2 General] jajk:
[MENTION=7233956]bjsiu0617[/MENTION] RN2 does not have a Samsung camera - it is a fake / clone of the s5k3m2 which is why Samsung drivers from other phones will not work on the RN2 and why the picture quality is below that of genuine Samsung and Sony cameras. Early advertising claimed the camera was a Samsung but that was quickly changed after the initial sales were made. What more do you expect from a Chinese toy factory:confused:
[Redmi Note 2 General] RicardoMullion:
My mum use Redmi Note 3 Snapdragon Version and my friend use mi max

Both of them use snapdragon 650 CPU which is good

But all other chips are cheap things and battery also drains like my rn2

My friend break his mi max because of careless drops even he used 3-proofs case and corning glass screen protector

And my mum's rn3sd microphone also broken suddenly luckily xiaomi customer repair it for free.

And WiFi drops on all of my rn2 , mum's rn3sd , and my friend's mi max because of bad WiFi chips I think

Sorry for my bad English I am a Chinese
[Redmi Note 2 General] jajk:
[MENTION=7233956]bjsiu0617[/MENTION] Thankyou for your fair appraisal of Xiaomi product in general (not just RN2). I am amazed by diehards who defend the brand in the face of bad report after bad report. Telling a lie often enough does not make it a truth but the power of propaganda is strong. I heard that Xiaomi is not very popular in China, is that correct?
[Redmi Note 2 General] DarthJabba9:
[MENTION=5952980]jajk[/MENTION] We are living in a post-truth world, where

fake news is treated as truth

, and

facts are labelled as fake news

, especially by the leader of a certain country ...
[Redmi Note 2 General] RicardoMullion:
Yes, Xiaomi is very popular in China , also Hong Kong and south Asia country's (I am a Hong Kong people , still a secondary student)

Xiaomi quality is not so bad before but I don't know why

Their quality drops after 2015. Also its C/P is high and hardware performance is not bad. I think Xiaomi drops since 2015 because Good Hardware become expensive and They want to use better CPU and main parts for more powerful

And they only can use cheap clone/fake chips on non-important parts for the phone continue cheap

I think xiaomi should use better chips even for non-important

Part. I not prefer they sell phones expensiver for this but quality is the first

Sorry for my bad english
[Redmi Note 2 General] RicardoMullion:
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LCD panel : tianma , auo or boe (mine luckily use the auo which is the best auo is good Taiwan panel) Tianma and boe are China clone panel which

Ulefone/outikel and shenzhen factory uses.

Battery : desay , a China company makes universal battery's for all phones. I think is a fxxking battery not real 3060mah.

Ram chip: this is good it uses Japan elpida or Korea sk hynix/Samsung. Mine use elpida one.

Light sensor: Taiwan ltr559 no special

Gyroscope: Bosch bmi160 a good Germany sensor but I think it is fake. Because a lot of no name mtk also use "bmi160"

Magnetic sensor: also a fake yahama yas537 there is no data sheet from japan yahama.

Touch panel : America atmel mxt366t or Taiwan focaltech ft 5346 (I use atmel one) atmel is good idk it is real or fake.

Focaltech no special.

Camera: fake s5k3m2 rear clone by China ofilm or sunny (I use ofilm) ov5670 front also clone by ofilm or sunny. (Also ofilm on mine)

CPU:mt6795 helio x10 (not bad but eats battery)

Emmc: fake Toshiba emmc 5.1 (I think is no name China emmc

But emmc 5.1 is real not emmc 4.0 or 4.2)

Wifi/bt/FM:mediatek mt6630 a 1t1r 2.4/5g 802.11a/b/g/n/Ac

Bt 4.1 and FM but it is bad for signal drops even it support 5g Ac wifi. All of mtk wlan combo chips is not good of signal drops. Broadcom bcm433x/435x or Qualcomm qca61xx is good.

(Only qca61xx is good for Qualcomm. Qualcomm WCN36xx is also bad)

Even single band 2.4g only realtek 8723bs combo is better than shxt mtk combo
[Redmi Note 2 General] LiviuRosca:
I use this phone from October 2015. I'm happy with it overall. Yes, 6.0 sounds good but i preferred to use MIUI. So MIUI 5.0 or MIUI 6.0 it's the same thing for me.

I use last xiaomi.eu stable. The battery get me from 7 in the morning to 9:30 - 10 when i put to charge and i sleep. I get 2, 2:30 hours of SOT in a full day with dual sim, one permanently on 3G with active data connection.

Except that Mediatek CPU don't get updates, i'm happy with it. No lag, still usable for me in 2017.

I pay 320 euros for a Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4, a flagship tablet with Note 3 similar specs and time release. I buy with Android 4.4.2 and get update to 4.4.4. So a Samsung and a Snapdragon CPU don't get update. Xiaomi at least get latest security patch from google. So...

Maybe i'm a Xiaomi fan but that phone cost me 160 dollars and for that money i'm happy. That's a reason for S7 and iPhone 7 for 700 euro's price tag always. Don't except that for a 150 dollar phone. It's impossible. That's the truth. That's the reason why 700 dollars phone exists. Developers, quality services and other after-sale things cost money. Money that 150 dollars phone don't pay for the manufacturer.

Have a nice day and sorry for my bad English.
[Redmi Note 2 General] RicardoMullion:
you said good I am also a Xiaomi fans. I talk on miui forum to decide them to make new Xiaomi/Redmi with better quality , even sell a little be expensiver. Also , I think I will still buy Xiaomi of my next phone but I must choice Xiaomi/Redmi models with Snapdragon CPU. I will not buy a new phone with mediatek again even it can get android update or release kernel source because mediatek cpus are strong on cpu but they use rubbish gpu and i2c controller also bad wifi chip. New Snapdragon 4xx/6xx and even 8xx is much cheaper and powerful than before

Sorry for my bad English ;)
[Redmi Note 2 General] DarthJabba9:
How does LeEco compare with Xiaomi in terms of quality?
[Redmi Note 2 General] RicardoMullion:
Letv (leeco) is a new brand

They also have some mediatek models

But they release kernel source for both mediatek and snapdragon devices.

Also hardware quality is better than xiaomi.

Example letv 1s is similar to redmi note 2

But it use CCI6795 platform which is custom made by leeco

Also letv 1s use good chips example real Samsung camera

And Samsung emmc also Japan AKM gyroscope and magnetic sensor. Display panel is JDI/SHARP.

Unlike redmi note 2 use LCSH6795 this is a common board platform which shenzhen company's also use such as ulefone/outikel/elephone.

A lot of fake/clone sensors are used in this phone such as cameras , gyroscope , magnetic sensor , emmc and Tianma , Boe displsy. Only the ram and one of the display panel (AUO) is a little be better.

So leeco quality is much better and letv 1s can successfully pass the Google CTS for Android update.
[Redmi Note 2 General] DarthJabba9:
What about LeEco Le 2 X527 ?
[Redmi Note 2 General] RicardoMullion:
A good phone with snapdragon 652 but camera is not good

I suggest if you have us$250 you can buy leeco pro 3

It use snapdragon 821 and better camera
[Redmi Note 2 General] MikeO89:
Well I'm still using mine, so there's that. It's still working fine and as long as it does I'll keep it cause I'm too cheap to buy another phone right now. I dumped the original rom rather quickly and have gone through two more. First one without vibrate and then this latest cm one that is working fine with the vibrate back. I got mine at Gearbest when it first came out and ended up getting a $35 store back credit on it cause I complained to them about it not having 4G in the US. So I ended up paying about $135 for it. I have got my monies worth out it so I'm cool with that. Did my share of messing with it replacing roms, etc but hey we all do that anyway. When I first got it, it was loaded with Chinese bloatware/malware. I was getting popups every couple of minutes wanting me to install everything under the sun, and scantily clad Chinese women kept popping up on the screen asking me what's up, lol. I came pretty close to tossing the phone in the trash can at that point but my cheap ass kept it and tried to make it work. Thankfully this forum saved my ass and I ended up making a decent phone out of it.
[Redmi Note 2 General] gasperoni:
It's not about being cheap and working, I am just disappointed because such a big company that grows bigger from day to day is incapable or not willing to offer a descent support for it's customers. There is no real communications or clear statements about the issues of the consumers. When I bought that phone in October or November 2015 I was excited because it had good test reviews and looked to give great performance for a low price. The phone was new and had record sales in China. I ordered it and a few weeks later they announced the RN3. They flood the market with a new phone once in a while and the RN2 has become so outdated in 1,5 years for xiaomi like other phones in 3-4 years in other companies. I don't like MIUI but they don't let others develope decent custom roms because there are no sources and the battery life is awful. The lack of gestures support bothers me a lot. One friend mentioned here in this thread that they even have false technical informations. I deeply regret the purchase of this phone. I don't feel like the company cares so much about the customers.
[Redmi Note 2 General] DarthJabba9:
To be honest, I am not that bothered about the quality of support. I adjust my support expectations downwards when buying dirt cheap. What annoys me is the lack of full source code, which, coupled with the low quality of some individual components, makes it impossible to produce decent 3rd party firmwares. So, for my next Chinese phone (and Chinese it will be), my priorities will be quality plus full 3rd party firmware support. At the moment, I am looking at LeEco, and ZTE. Apparently even the now old-ish ZTE Nubia Z7 Max already has Nougat 7.1.1 ...
[Redmi Note 2 General] RicardoMullion:
Xiaomi's quality is good before at 2010-2014 but since 2015, they produce new phone with strong CPU and main parts with very low price. Main parts such as CPU are expensive, whey they can make those "powerful" phones with very low cost ? Because they cut some non-important parts in the phone, use clone/fake parts at those non-important parts to make cheaper but they don't know those parts will cause the phone with low quality and cannot pass Google CTS for major Android updates.

Talk about mediatek, before they release mt67xx series at late 2014, they sells mt65xx series which is whole common board include CPU, ram, emmc, wifi/bt/FM, and other even China cameras. Those board are cheap but quality is not good as Qualcomm's solution.

But at late 2014 , mtk want to jump to high-end CPUs like Qualcomm/exynos. They released mt6595, mt6732 and mt6752 at first. They add some BSP features such as lock/unlockable bootloader and common fastboot mode like Qualcomm, they also release kernel source. Mt65xx must use mtk flash tool no fastboot mode.

They start to use better method to sell cpu. Like Qualcomm, mt67xx can custom make by phone makers. So now even Sony and HTC use mediatek on some models but quality is also good.

Unfortunately, both 65xx and 67xx use rubbish GPUs and i2c (CCI) controllers. 67xx have improved cpu, software BSP and source code support but still quality not good as Qualcomm. Xiaomi use common board even in Qualcomm models because Qualcomm want to fight with mediatek at low-end platform so they released a common board platform like mtk , calls QRD. My mum's redmi note 3 snapdragon version also use QRD. QRD have better quality than mtk but it is a full solution, so maybe have some incompatible with other chipsets. Even on Mi series snapdragon 8xx phone is also QRD because Xiaomi doesn't have hardware RD design and major factory currently. They only have some Outsourcing small factorys for produce.

I think Xiaomi should use good parts at new phones later, quality is the first, even sell expensiver. Or cut strong CPU, sells cheaper but keeps quality.

Sorry for my bad English
[Redmi Note 2 General] DarthJabba9:
I think I have just about given up on Xiaomi. The challenge now is to find a company that uses good quality components, but is relatively cheap. Current candidates are LeEco and ZTE.
[Redmi Note 2 General] Gyovany96:
What about OnePlus ? They have top specifications and very good build quality ! They're not expensive at all , they're quite cheap , 439€ for an excellent phone it's very good for me !

The only thing that atracted me to buy Xiaomi was the small price and MIUI ( I just really like it :p ) but after this long time with 0,1% benefic fixes updates and Xiaomi absolute ignorance to users of their 'best seller' phone makes me sick of this company , not to mention all spy into software !

I understand the hardware issues ( microphone , display , softbuttons etc. ) because they use cheap and/or fake parts and of course this is expectly for the low price. You can't buy 100-200$ phone and expect results like 400$+ phones ! But at least you can support your 'best seller' with software , not stick with the old 5.0.x Android.

Or just release the kernel source ! But they simply don't want it , they just want you to buy their flagship every year like any other company , but the rest of companies has the respect for their users and continue support and also release kernel source !

If RN2 update is still suspended next week , then I think they will soon anounce the discontinue support for RN2... Of course Xiaomi want us to believe that their PAID development team can't solve an "stability issue".. disgusting ! Here we have simple developers that build CM13 starting with 0 help from Xiaomi and guess what , they're not paid ! But Xiaomi PAID developers can't solve "stability issue" wich btw the 7.1.20 ROM was leaked and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it !

Shame on you Xiaomi ! You disrespect your own users !

I'll never buy an Xiaomi again ! My next phone will be OnePlus 3T !
[Redmi Note 2 General] DarthJabba9:
OnePlus is very good. But I am looking at devices that cost no more than $250. I think that the RN2 is long-forgotten. We should just cut our losses and move on when we finally get totally fed up!