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[Sprint LG G6 Questions & Answers] chaosrecords:
You can still anti bloat through android.. by disabling apps manually. But yeah I feel your pain.. I hate ads, I miss Xposed, I miss TWRP.. My note 5 i still keep around for that reason...

Truth is the LG G6 is a spectacular phone.. But the rooting community is getting smaller and smaller as android allows you to be more customizable and the average device life for people has gone from 2-3 years.. to every year now with leases and trade ins at carriers, and flagship phones coming out every 8-14 months.

WIth the G4 randomly dying, and the G5 having battery issues.. It took LG a while to get it right, and I love this phone more than the s8 and s8+ but LG jumped on the "apple/samsung" bandwagon by locking bootloaders... There are alot more people with Samsungs than LGs right now.. The reason behind all the companies going this route is because of Android Pay and proprietary security by phone manufacturers to push more sales through corporate and enterprise security..

At least LG is over time unlocking some variants ( albeit international) of the G6 its hopeful...

We used to have this luxury with HTC but they are still trying to stay afloat.

Those are just my observations... from working for an indirect dealer and rooting tons of phones for 9+ Years.

We just have to pray for an exploit- somewhere.. someone out there has turned it into an obsession... Lets just hope they emerge ....
[Sprint LG G6 Questions & Answers] MikeDroid:
Ditto on all that. For ads, I've used the all in one opt out which has eliminated lots of ads. Bloat is irritating, having to reset Google Voice after every update. Xposed was awesome. And I want all the Sprint badging and boot animation gone. Even temp root would make me happy.
[Sprint LG G6 Questions & Answers] TheMadScientist:
Just everybody remember. Do not update. Usually root is achieved on lowest firmwares only in the last few history of lg series
[Sprint LG G6 Questions & Answers] samhain707:
Someone just messaged me this: Maybe some jtag process could work, or test point at qcom mode, dumping boot.img and rooting with magisk
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] murok9042:
I am planning to buy the G6 but not sure how good and stable the gps is working?

Anyone who already using the G6 can give some experiences? I hope it is better then the last generations of the G-series.

Thanks

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[LG G6 Questions and Answers] vintagerock:
Ive had mine for a month now. Absolutely zero GPS issues. It locks instantly indoors and out and stays locked on.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] mhill1986:
Agreed. GPS hasn't been a problem for me at all. I use the G6 for navigation every day.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] skyfox99:
Flawless GPS thus far.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Nofeardevil:
I have Problems with gps its always searching for gps while Navigation runs.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Killua96:
Tested my G6 with my G5 side by side, G6 had a quicker fix. Test done inside an House
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Nofeardevil:
Yes maybe its quicker by fixing but when you have testet this with an s7edge than you will notice that there is no problem with gps at all.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] grneyez:
No issues with GPS, used Google maps, Sygic,Waze, all lock on instantly and keep the signal locked.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Tigermoto:
I use my Lg G6 as a sat nav in my work van, Keeps a lock even when the dedicated system falls flat on it's face.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Nofeardevil:
Problem solved

Ok i found there was a Problem with my sim card and the gps. When i use sim card of my wife or close mobile data then the gps works fine so dont be afraid of the lg g6 gps.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] marque2:
My LG G6 GPS seems hosed. It picks up the GPS and GLASNOS satellites, but for some reason it is no longer able to compute a position. I am in Texas and it is stuck in CA and moves to Tijuana, and occasionally goes to locations that seem to be cached. Interestingly, even though it is suppose to use cell towers as well, so I would think It could instantly tell that I have gotten off the plane in Dallas, it remains stuck in California for hours to days. The solution for me is to turn off GPS and just use cell towers, but that won't help on long road trips.

When I first got it, it was a champ with GPS. Phone has issues with conversations as well. I will try to get a new one under warrantee, but then I probably will be getting some refurb, and a different set of problems.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] keimond:
Mine is doing the same thing.. not as drastic as yours but my maps program will bounce all over. The GPS comes and goes. That being said... I have an Otterbox Defender case and I'm thinking it's either,

My case

Heat

Some sort of static charge ?

Two nights ago we had just driven to the park to walk around and I immediately got the gps could not be found.. so I ran to the car and took the case off. As soon as I did this, I had a signal.. for the full 35 minutes that I was walking around. . . when we got back I put it back in the case and proceeded to have a signal all the way home.

Today at lunch I ran pokemon go and let it sit on the table, I never lost signal... on our way back to the office all of a sudden it started to lose signal.

On the way home this evening it did it again, I pulled it out of the case and still had the issue for a moment but when I picked it up and held it in my hand for a few, I had signal all the way home.

On another note, I do have a magnetic mount but that doesn't seem to do anything to signals when I monitor them and mount the phone then take it away, the signal levels stay the same, and with or without the case.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Ass9:
Same problem with my LG G6 GPS; sees lots of satellites but will not get a fix/compute location. I've turned the GPS off and on, cycled the phone, removed the cover, cleared the GPS cache and searched for help on the LG website. No solutions yet and thinking I'm going to have to get a new phone! Hoping someone has help to offer.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] SoNic67:
You can't root factory Nougat as is, it is well encrypted.

You need to replace first the kernel with the ElementalX one, or you will end up with bootloops.

Only after that you can do SuperSU, but only with the latest beta.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
A few pointers from your story:

1)As you've found out the hard way, you won't be able to update to Nougat if you have root and/or TWRP, because the update requires a stock system - stock recovery, system and no modifications (bootloader status doesn't matter). In other words, you'll need to unroot and restore your stock recovery - might be easier to reflash the stock system, probably the quickest way to flash a stock ROM (and update to Nougat) is to use the fastboot ROM. https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/moto-g4-plus-xt1640-43-athene-npj25-93-t3549369 Of course, this will remove root and TWRP, as well as potentially wipe your data, so back up accordingly. This should flash the NPJ25.93-14 build on your device, which appears to be the latest global build.

1a)Also, if you flash Nougat this way, your bootloader and GPT partitions will be updated, so if you wish to downgrade to Marshmallow at any point, when flashing do not flash these partitions from the Marshmallow ROM. Fastboot should stop you, but a brick may occur if these get flashed.

1b) You may find in the Guides section TWRP backups of Nougat builds, I don't recommend using these to update your system with. Granted, they have most of the Nougat system in a TWRP backup, but some crucial firmware (e.g. the baseband) is not included, and may cause you issues if your device is not formally flashed to Nougat.

2) As SoNic67 has already mentioned, the stock kernel security will cause your device to bootloop should you choose to try to root following the Marshmallow method. If you wish to use SuperSU, follow this guide: https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/guide-root-moto-g4-plus-supersu-android-t3587918 You may wish to use a more up to date TWRP than the official 3.0.2 (I recommend shrep's TWRP 3.0.3 n4 here:https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/development/recovery-twrp-3-0-2-r3-moto-g4-g4-plus-t3494337) Whatever you do, ensure you flash first the ElementalX kernel before you flash the SuperSU v2.79 SR3 beta (https://xdaforums.com/apps/supersu/2014-09-02-supersu-v2-05-t2868133), or apply the systemless fix with earlier SuperSU versions as directed in the aforementioned rooting with SuperSU guide. Else you'll be having bootloops or your device will not boot whatsoever. Here's my steps in successfully rooting Nougat: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=71817346&postcount=225. Good luck either way.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] bmeek:
After updating my US retail xt1644 to nougat, by restoring totally-stock marshmallow then taking the OTA, I wiped data and made a *complete* TWRP backup using [MENTION=4493088]Shreps[/MENTION]' unofficial 3.1 TWRP build (https://moto.shreps.fr/Moto G4 (athene)/recovery/twrp-3.1.0-athene_shreps.img).

This version of TWRP allows backup/restore of the full set of firmware partitions including baseband, DSP, etc.

In other words, I believe the TWRP backup folder in the following .zip file provides a one-stop path to the latest xt1644 USRET firmware by doing a restore from TWRP 3.1.0.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4XobQzgZVHyRTlmSDMtYkdZeUU/view?usp=drivesdk

My only uncertainly is if the ota process modified the partition table in a way that might make this backup image incompatible with the xt1644 still in the marshmallow state.

I've often wondered if I (or a more skilled enthusiast) couldn't build a TWRP-flashable .zip that would setup the partition table, update the baseband, etc. This is what I've grown used to from devs on other phones I've had, but perhaps there's something about the way moto does things that makes this problematic.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Nice one, hopefully that'll help more XT 1644 users :) I'm still not sure if TWRP can backup/flash the baseband by itself, but I don't have a XT 1644 to test. I imagine your backup will need a clean flash (wipe data/cache/Dalvik) to work?

The OTA process does update the partition table, but as far as I know, that should not prevent you from flashing back to Marshmallow/Nougat as you wish, so long as you did not try to downgrade the GPT/bootloader.

There was an effort to create TWRP flashables of the stock ROMs a little while ago (you can see the thread here: https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4/development/fxz-athene-twrp-flashable-fastboots-t3562147) which if I understood it created flashable radios and ROMs from the firmware files we have. We can't touch the GPT/bootloader since, as I recall, you need a signed stock firmware to do so (and besides, downgrading GPT might be asking for a brick). I recall some users mention they were able to run Nougat TWRP flashes on the MM bootloader/GPT without issue.

There were issues with simply flashing the Nougat 93-14 radio baseband files for some US users, losing LTE in the process and appears the only resolution was to flash the stock ROM - I don't know what the cause was (perhaps no/incorrect CDMA support in the radio files?). Your TWRP flash is from a US based phone so may have better luck in that department, and will likely behave on your device since that OTA has updated all the firmware on your device that TWRP isn't able to touch. I still am not sure if we can use this TWRP backup to update on a MM device without issue, but only one way to find out...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] drfsupercenter:
OK, so it seems to be a common thing here where people are wanting to HIDE the navigation buttons as much as possible, but I'm the other way around - I want them on my screen at all times unless there's an actually good reason to hide them.

Some apps, like MX Player Pro, have an option to hide or show the navigation bar - status bar gets hidden by default, as the phone would be in landscape mode for watching videos.

Others do not. Thinking about apps like Netflix, Vudu and such... and the fact that the S8's screen is wider than 16:9, I really don't see a good reason to disable the navigation buttons, except for them possibly being distracting (which they aren't, not to me)

My understanding is that even using the adb commands found in other threads on XDA, you can set it to hide the navigation bar and/or status bar for any apps you want, but NOT the reverse. I tried opening Super Mario Run (that's another one that uses immersive mode, and I'm not quite sure WHY), opening adb shell while it was going, and no matter what command I ran the bar would not show back up. It's like apps can overwrite the system-wide immersive mode preset.

Is there ANY way to do this short of editing the .apk files to remove immersive mode from their manifests so they can't attempt to enter it? The obvious problem with doing that is that any time there's a Play Store update I'd have to redo the modification, and reinstall it from scratch because of .apk signatures.

Based on how MX Player works, and how some apps start immersive and then go back to normal (Pokémon GO seems to use immersive mode for the Niantic logo, but then returns to normal right after that), I'm assuming it's an option inside the app that can be toggled on and off, much like full-screen videos on a PC. But like how web browsers ask if you want to allow a site to use fullscreen, I wish I could do the same to my apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] MistaJae:
+1
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] paolo200:
Did you find the way?

I'm looking for this too but preferably a shell command to use in tasker on a per app basis
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] drfsupercenter:
No :(

But given what I've read, and from experimentation, it looks like it's impossible to do this without having root.

I'm not sure *why* but unless someone can prove otherwise, it seems that the System UI can't override apps - even user-installed apps! Sorta weird if you ask me...

What I was trying to do instead was decompile the .apk and remove the function that puts the app in immersive mode. Problem is, I don't understand the smali language at all... my trials just resulted in failures to compile the app again. Bah. If anyone knows about Android app development and actually somewhat understands smali, let me know...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] paolo200:
Ok I'll let you know. As for the knowledge I'm a beginner too... I'm trying to learn a bit about what can be done using Tasker but I haven't found anything. As you said it seems impossible to force the bars to stay visible if the app hides it. When I was on KitKat there was an Xposed module called app settings that allowed just that, among other things, but I'm on Nougat now and Xposed is not available so... We'll keep looking ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] drfsupercenter:
That's what I mean - you need root to do it (Xposed obviously requires root), and I don't really understand why since in theory a user app from the Play Store shouldn't be able to overwrite system settings. If it was a matter of getting the built-in camera to not be immersive or something, that's another story.

The most you can do with Tasker, really, is mess with secure_settings. I've tried this extensively, and all you can do is set the SYSTEM DEFAULT to immersive on or off - changing it to on makes it so apps not normally in immersive become immersive, but changing it to off does nothing because, well, the default is off anyway...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Borchuck:
Hello,

I have root and I also cannot disable immersive mode. I haven't found any xposed module that allow this and App Settings prevent fulscreen also doesn't change anything. Do you know any other solution with root access?

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] drfsupercenter:
Sadly, no I don't. I've still never found a solution for this, with or without root. And more and more app developers are updating their apps to support the screen ratio... Super Mario Run is now locked to "fullscreen" mode, you can't put it back into windowed compatibility mode anymore, and it takes up 100% of the screen with no room for the navbar anyway. :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Borchuck:
That really sucks... I don't know what is all about, why it is so hard to achieve. Anyway, thanks for answer!
[Moto G4 Questions & Answers] xiaozi:
I rooted my G4 on 6.0 Now just flash back to stock rom and upgrade to 7.0 Build NPJ25.93-14. I also did "fastboot oem lock" to lock the bootloader. But it still comes up when I restart my phone.

Anyone has any idea how I can remove that unlocked bootloader. Now I can not use android pay for my Amex offer now.
[Moto G4 Questions & Answers] zonggestsu:
What i had to do to get the bootloader to relock was to reinstall the stock firmware again. the worst part is, that the one that was from the Moto factory image site didnt work for me, so i had to use this https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=312978532265364350

Keep in mind that this will erase everything on the device, so make sure to backup your data.

just do this manually

fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot oem lock
fastboot oem lock
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash oem oem.img
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunck.0
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunck.1
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunck.2
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunck.3
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunck.4
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunck.5
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunck.6
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunck.7
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem lock
fastboot reboot
[Moto G4 Questions & Answers] HTCZ715E:
Can I use this image on model XT1622 (16gb DUAL-sim)
[Moto G4 Questions & Answers] zonggestsu:
Im not certain, but would assume no. that being said however, it looks like Moto made all G4 and G4+ varients use the same software, with the exception of the G4 Play. If you do decide to try this, dont flash the bootloader, gpt, NON-HLOS, and fsg, so that going back wont be too painful.
[Android General] alex.rogel2000:
Mod Edit: that site is not appreciated here, as it's filled with non GPL compliant work and Warez. And xda isn't here to help with issues on other sites either. Thread Closed.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] magicoolje:
Hello,

I want to use the patern lock method. The problem is that when I want to unlock the phone I must swipe the screen first and then to use the patern.(I select the only the patern method). I have searched the web(a lot) and still I can't get an answer.... On my previous phone(Note4 with Android 6.1) this behavior was not present. Is there a "magic " setting that can end my suffering? :D

Thank you in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] tool2269:
What happens when you also include fingerprint as a option?... meaning you have both pin and fingerprint as options.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] dubbactrumpetmsu:
You also have to swipe to use the iris scanner too...annoying for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Thirtyftfl:
There's an option to have it scan for you iris as soon as you hit the unlock button.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] magicoolje:
The swipe is present if I chose pattern+face or pattern+iris...I just can get ride of it...I must swipe first and then biometrics or pattern...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] west stains massive:
No swipe needed, go to settings>display>navigation bar then turn on Unlock with home button, no need to swipe now just push the home button.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] supertac:
looking to slove this as well on galaxy s7 active...

we don't have the nav bar option...
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] osztosa:
Use your Galaxy Tab2 as a HT"PC" - Linux with Plex Media Server up to 1080p 16Mbps

Hi Everyone,

Do you have an old tablet considered useless? I had...

I have got a P3110 with a broken glass. I use it as Plex Media server to feed the Plex clients running on TV, phones, and tables all around the house. (1 or 2 at a time max)

Linux (Ubuntu 14.04) runs in the background and an app called "Weather station" runs in the foreground.

- I have a router with an external HDD attached to it., capable of cifs share

- This hdd is mounted using SMBNETFS on the Ubuntu

- Plex media server Version 1.0.0.226 (arm) is running on the GT2

Although it is not capable of trascode anything HD (of course) the performance of the rig is quite good. It is capable of direct stream 1080p movies up to 15-18Mbps to my Samsung smart TV.

The web interface runs smoothly (i use it sometimes to manually update the plex libraries)

The bottleneck is the wifi.

I attach a few photos:

I could manage 18+18 Mbps (~2.1MBs ~ 17Mpbs) while TAB was far from it's max performance, that is the max of the wifi of this tablet.

If anyone is interested I can go more into details and help with the setup if needed.

ps: sorry about my English
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] osztosa:
Connect HDD and charge at the same time

Does anyone have any idea how can I connect a HDD to the Galaxy Tab2 and charge the tablet at the same time?

I bought an OTG cable (3 input with charging capabilities - as it was promoted), but it was not charging the tablet. It could only gave power to the HDD, keyboard to not to drain the tablet.

As I found out so far, it is not possible to charge over OTG, I hope someone can refute it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conrail4142:
I flashed my SM-G900V a few weeks ago from 6.0.1 QB2 to 5.0 PB1 and I noticed the battery life is worse than it was before. The battery life on 6.0.1 was not the greatest in the first place. I was only able to get 3 hours of screen on time, if I was lucky I could reach 3 hours 30 mins. Now I am averaging about 2 hours 30 minutes and if I am lucky I can reach 3 hours. I took a look at the battery stats and I noticed mdnsd is the first thing using up 13% of my battery. What is mdnsd and is there a way to improve battery life a bit? I do not want to revert back to 6.0.1 as I want to root my phone in the future, 5.0 was what came with the phone when I got it in 2015.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kastro1784:
Pb1 is and order stock rom qb2 is one of latest updates from g900v
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conrail4142:
Yes my S5 was running qb2 until I flashed it back to PB1.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaliaila:
Yes, older versions of the OS had worse battery life.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBird9906:
I went the other way about two weeks ago. Battery life on PB1 was never great and over the prior ~2 months I kept getting these episodes where something would go into turbo and crush the battery. I'm now on QB2 and it is very good.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] stevedotcom:
im pretty new at all this but ive got a good grasp of PPCs but when i read through these threads i just cant make sense of some of it.

So, can someone explain (simply) which ROM should I download to upgrade my Universal from WM5 to WM6 and do I have to use that UniversalRUU program do it?

Please please help me.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] KALI2000:
Look here:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Universal

It's all very well explained.

As to which version of wm6 should put, it depends on you.

Greetings.:)