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[ZTE Nubia Z17  Questions & Answers] ermacwins:
Can someone upload camera comparison please
[ZTE Nubia Z17  Questions & Answers] furiousjay:
You can compare images of the Oneplus 5, Xiaomi Mi6, Samsung S8 and Nubia Z17 in this review: https://www.chinahandys.net/flagship-vergleich-oneplus-5-vs-galaxy-s8-vs-xiaomi-mi6-vs-nubia-z17/

You need to scroll down to the camera section or maybe use google translate to read the text. cheers
[ZTE Nubia Z17  Questions & Answers] ball0n:
Anyone tried the modified google camera app?
[ZTE Nubia Z17  Questions & Answers] antidanis:
Here you go, took a photo.

It's not that bad. I'm on the Mokee rom using the Nubia camera app (not the google one) in portrait mode. It's not OMG-DSLR quality, but it's not garbage. Here's a picture I took with the Nubia Z17 on Mokee. Sorry - don't own any other phones to post a comparison.

[IMG="Nubia Z17 Photo (Mokee Rom)"]https://i.imgur.com/dnHikKL.jpg[/IMG]
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] vaioperia:
Hello I´m on the latest firmware 45.0.A.7.90

is there a way to delete spotify without unlocking the bootloader ?

I tried many ADB commands but all ending with "Read-Only Error"...

When I´m using the "v1.6_Xperia_X_Debloat_By_Serajr_Combined" my phone restarts but the app is still there.

I want this because I can´t install a little bit different version of spotify ;)

I got always "a package with the same asset folder name already exists"

Can anybody help me :)

Best wishes.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] FartyParty:
You need root to fully uninstall apps.

You can only disable/hide without root.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] serajr:
My debloat zip requires unlocked bl. With locked bl and stock fw you can try disabling unwanted packages with this guide.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] vaioperia:
Thanks for the answer.

I will try it :)
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] vaioperia:
So I got it. The full truth about the post is that I wanted to delete Spotify because I can't install the Spotify premium mod because the same package name is already installed. After hours with Android studio a found a very very easy way:

Just download the app " app cloner" from playstore and clone the mod apk. The app will change the package automatically and you can easily install the mod :)
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] lsflp:
Thanks you a lot, your tips was awesome
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] Xifar:
I'm interested in this. Would this: https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/ work?

I mean if you disabled it using the above method, could you install another app that uses the same package name in its place?
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] overloadboi:
Thanks for the handy tip of the App Cloner.

If you want to update the Spotify Premium APK package, do you just overwrite it or is there a way to first remove the modded package and than use the app cloner again for the new version?

Thanks in advance!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] Mangtas_666:
Delete the old one then clone again.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] overloadboi:
Alright, thank you!

So far so good!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] lazl0brav0:
thanks for this, i also have a problem on installing spotify apk mod, cheers mate very helpful :highfive:
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] Castiglionais:
You should root you device to uninsttal system apps, use xperifix of [MENTION=8363210]sToRm//[/MENTION] and you can do it with titanium backup or root uninstaller
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] Nereoz:
Hi, I have the same problem. I don't want to root my xzp but I would like to install the modded apk of spotify.

I tried with adb shell to uninstall spotify package. I did it successfully but I still can't install the modded apk.

Gave a try with app cloner but I did not find the way to clone the apk with the free app... Could someone give me some help on this?

TX in advance
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] Styler911:
for those people who try to delete the bloatware via root and Titanium backup or etc: Be careful as it could happen that your phone could stuck in a bootloop. Some other folks had this experience (including me) and the workaround that someone found is to use ES File explorer to uninstall the apps.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] Nereoz:
No one can help me?
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] Didgesteve:
You said you'd deleted Spotify that was onboard with the phone and you're trying to install another Spotify?

There might well be other files that go with the original onboard Spotify and you need to delete them as well, before you can get your new one to work.

Start with

pm list packages -d

Firstly look for anything Spotify.

Then work your way through the safe to remove list
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] CRNO:
The only solution for you Is to be used application Deezer :D
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] tatofuma:
someone can change the package name of spotifymod.apk ? I don't know how do it
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] newnn:
Btw, why do they use the commands like "pm uninstall -k --user 0" with the -k key ?

Why keep the "garbage" remaining from the removed package?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruffandruff:
Hello, I am new to custom rom flashing, I understand that I can relock the bootloader if I want to and also can restore the stock rom but every tutorial I have seen shows me to lock the bootloader after flashing the stock rom, so my questions are,

1. Can I keep the bootloader unlocked and still install the stock rom using fastboot and use it?

2. If it is okay then will I loose twrp after flashing the stock rom?

3. If the twrp stays even after flashing the stock rom then how to uninstall twrp?

4. If I decide to relock the bootloader can I unlock it again with the same unique code by motorola?

Thank you soo much.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gravemind2015:
1. Yes, just refer to the fastboot factory firmware flashing guide by lost101.

2. Yes. Specifically this command replaces existing recovery-

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

3. Make sure you include the above command when flashing stock firmware. Recoveries can't be uninstalled, they are overwritten (replaced) directly by flashing a new one from fastboot.

Just FYI, to temporarily boot a recovery without flashing it permanently, use-

fastboot boot recovery.img

where recovery.img is the file name. It is useful to load up TWRP without disturbing existing stock recovery, for example.

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[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruffandruff:
Can I unlock and relock bootloader however many times as I wish? and also

I am running on marshmallow so will I get prevalidation error when I install a custom rom 7.0 and try to flash the 6.0 stock firmware because I got this message when I updated to marshmallow and wanted to downgrade to lollipop using fastboot.?

Thanks for your answers and also for the temporary recovery tip.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gravemind2015:
1. You shouldn't be locking and unlocking it repeatedly, it is a risky procedure involving full firmware flash. Some have got unlock errors while re-unlocking right after their 1st lock, some had their unlocked successfully.

2. You can use 7.x custom ROMs and still flash STOCK 6.0/6.0.1 firmware without errors. Preflash Validation occurs only when the target firmware is newer than the one to be flashed. It occurs mostly in partition table file (gpt.bin) and bootloader (bootloader.img). AFAIK Custom ROMs do not modify these and are immune to this error.

But if you accept an OTA for the stock ROM, you'll most likely get this error. Note that STOCK OTA will most likely update the bootloader and other important partitions too which the custom ROMs do not touch.

So even if you are on 7.x, the phone has an underlying 6.0.1 firmware (almost, except for the ROM itself, obviously). Hence, you'll get preflash validation error only when fastboot flashing an earlier 6.0.1/6.0/5.x STOCK build. You can use older custom ROMs without any problems though.

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[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruffandruff:
thanks a lot
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] rushab-dx:
Not working for me

Tried everything as mentioned above still not able to unlock the bootloader. It gets stuck at 99% and I am not able to bind my account in phone in developer options.

I get error 86012 and something in Chinese.

On latest developer ROM
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] RAMBO29:
Did you unlock it yourself?I got this error from tool. Couldn't find a way to make request and looped back to unlocker page always.View attachment 4237380
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] zost:
Some advices about same issue (Error 86006) say that after successful unlock request sending to Xiaomi (and before unlock process itself) the previous stable (not developpers!) Global ROM can be re-flashed in Mi Max 2.

So, that way phone BL can be unlocked with stable Global ROM and with unlock rights received from Xiaomi using developpers ROM. Is that true?

Another question: there is an advice (in MIUI flashing guide) to use fastboot (not recovery) flashings when flashing developpers ROM on stable ROM and vice versa, as recovery flashings may cause flashing failures . Any comment?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] V_v3k:
Hey! I've followed your guide, and at this part where I try unlocking the device using the Mi Flash tool, I'm stuck at 99% & and error comes up saying that "Current Account is not Bound to this device"

But I've signed into the same account on both the PC & the device. Also I've added the account to the device from the "Mi Unlock Status" option.

Kindly help us out..

Thanks in advvance Mate :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] RAMBO29:
[MENTION=5151940]V_v3k[/MENTION] Same issue here. Any luck?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] ondoy1943:
unlocked my max 2 without hitches whatsoever. the device has global stable rom 8.5.6.0. :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] V_v3k:
No luck mate... :crying:

It's really annoying... They could have made a more simple procedure like sending the device's serial/IMEI & attaching it to account immediately, so that unlocking could be done immediately. But this is like, insane...:(
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] raptor_h:
+1
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] spikywits:
so pros, any luck with bootloader unlocking? I'm being haunted by this error as well "Current Account is not Bound to this device"

do we need to create new mi account and then bind & unlock? I was using redmi note 3 before but that device no more listed in i.mi.com.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] V_v3k:
I've decided to wait for a week or so before trying. I got really mad... ?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] spikywits:
you're right. It took some time and I managed to unlock the device today. Happy wait :victory:
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] V_v3k:
Congrats mate...
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] kannan96:
should i be on developer rom only to have unlock bootloader ? or even on stable rom it work ?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] razjaren:
I have not managed to unlock the bootloader on a globally stable ROM. I managed to get a global developer rom without problems waiting 72 hours after logging in. Everything went smoothly.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] kannan96:
thanks for the instant reply :)

does xposed module works ? xposed by purifyos team on developer rom ?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] RAMBO29:
In developer options after you enable OEM unlock bootloader option, you have to bind the account in (Mi Unlock status). Remove Mi account from your device, then come here and then add the account, but ensure that you login with account id(not email and phone). After that leave it for 7 days to be safe and it can be unlocked.Phew...

Got mine this way, finally.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] jordann_f1:
Buzz off 86006

There is no way that this can get solved.

Tried Developer Rom option, didn't work.

Tried Login with User ID, didn't work.

Just nothing works :rolleyes:

any other way I can remove this error! It hurts from the Root lover point of view :(
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] drmuruga:
When I apply to unlock this came . What to do?

So ,I flashed miui9 via updater app and applied via stock browser , I am able to apply for unlocking now.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] xpure:
The process can b e a realy tricky one indeed.

Whats your rom?

Ever had another xiaomi device unlock request?

I suceeded in unlocking bootloader but it was difficult, i must say.

Sorry for my bad english, its not my native language.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] drmuruga:
Successfully unlocked bootloader after waiting for 5 days. Rooted with msgisk v14 and waiting for custom ROM and multirom. Flashed los14.1 as secondary and miui.eu as primary , both working well.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] devesh38:
Got my device today. Applied for unlocking. Got the unlocking sms too. But device is not unlocking boot loader. Error : "Current account is not bound to this device".

Guess have to wait 72hrs and check again.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] P.Kosunen:
http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=726782&page=1#pid15358003

Did you push that Add account and and device button from Developer options/Mi Unlock status?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] realista87:
i have the 86006 error..... miflash say me that current account is not bound to this device.

e nabled both oeam unlock and logged in miaccount on the unlock on phone
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] 5uperfem1:
Create a new MI account with a different phone number (sim card) and a different email address. Make sure u have airtime/call credit on the sim card because Xiaomi will verify the number at ur expense. After that, login to ur email and activate ur account and then login to ur mi account. Click on ur phone number or your email and it will verify ur account again by sending a code to your account. At this point, u can go ahead and apply for permission to unlock bootloader. Use miui default browser for better results as miui browser automatically recognises ur MI details
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] -MB-:
Every tiem I go to the unlock page and press Unlock it goes straight to the Mi unlock app download page. WHich is strange, because I did not request before yet.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] ankitm:
5 days gone by since i got the approval for unlock. Till date getting device not bound with account error. Just dont know what to do.. Getting irritating!!
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] Y@SH:
Cant unlock

even i did all the steps got the permisions and waited 4-5 days now, stil get the error "cant bound account to this device". i dont understand why does xiaomi even give the permisions within few minutes but forces us to wait few days before we can actualy unclock the bootloader! tried everythn still get the same error ( yes i am on global developer rom already since a month)

i did the developer options step and sucesfuly added account to device still get the same error!
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] lightman33:
phone unlocked after a couple of days of waiting.

thanks for this guide.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] Ukatokrad:
finally I did it, the key was Development ROM and of course, to wait at least a week after the SMS approval, then bound my account without problems, run unlock app from desktop and done. (it seems on stable ROM it's not possible to bound our account for some reason...)

Thanks a lot for the guide. :good:

--sorry for my poor english.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] brasscupcakes:
stable global rom has never been unlocked? ever?

Nobody has ever unlocked the stable global rom? I wasn't going to flash -- once I installed Smart Dock I thought it was kind of cool so I spent an unconscionable amount of days futzing with apps and permissions and tweaking -- nearly bricked it twice, but ADB saved my bacon and now that it's perfect I've got to wipe it? Damn.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] LuanTeles:
i have the OEM UNLOCK in dev options menu. is it okay to unlock the bootloader

or i need to request the unlock 72 hours thing?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] fgaurano:
Good day!

I have just received my Mi Max 2, applied for an unlock and got a message that it got unlocked 20 minutes after. Will wait 3 more days before proceeding!

Thank you for this wonderful guide!
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] lightman33:
yes, you need to wait about 3 days before unlocking.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] Chisame:
Bound and unlocked on v9.0.2.0 global stable just fine on my gold 64gb Mi Max 2 three days after it arrived.

Just needed to wait the 72hrs.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] danielamarta:
After unlock, is there a way to relock it again?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] lightman33:
yes, you can do that. You just have to choose a bootloader mode flashing.

If I remember well, you've got 3 method to flash

-- flashall without wipe

-- flashall with wipe

-- flash all with relock.

Third option is what you're looking for.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] jbmc83:
successfully unlocked last night after exactly 72 hours (right down to the minute *lol*), thanks to OP for the detailed info :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] Y@SH:
I unlocked my bootloader 2 months ago, then relocked it last weeek and i am on Stable Rom 9.0.3.0. I want to Unlock my bootloader again , i did all d same steps i did before but stil it doesnt get unlocked, it says "current account cant unlock this device" smthn like this. Help please :(
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] lightman33:
Maybe xiaomi accept unlock only one time, you should try with a new account.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] man0war678:
Where is the form?

Ok, I created an account, logged in and what do I see? A freaking Chinese site, WTF? Somebody please help me cause my patience is running thin with Xiaomi right about now.

Why they make a simple thing like unlocking a bootloader so doggone complicated, beats the $h!7 outta me! I don't know why they couldn't just ask for one's IMEI #(s) rather than this ridiculous 72 hours process. that is still not guaranteed to work the first time!
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] lightman33:
you can have an English version of the unlocking web page here : http://en.miui.com/unlock/

just be patient, it works well.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] man0war678:
Hey lightman33, thanks for your response. But unfortunately, when I click on the "Unlock Now" button, it redirects to that Chinese version of the site I posted the screenshot earlier. That's exactly the same thing that happened to me earlier before I posted the screenshot.

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Hey all, am I the only one experiencing the redirect to the Chinese version of the site when you click on the "Unlock button" on the English site? If anyone has experienced this issue and figured the workaround to it, please let me know because I have a phone with this crappy MIUI that I absolutely hate and can't use. The piece of dump doesn't even allow for adoptable storage -- only portable storage is available. Would appreciate an assistance from anyone. Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] dagosjt:
Hello,

yes if you click "unlock" you'll be redirected to the chinese language page, however at the bottom of the same you'll find the word "English". Click on it and the login page will appear in... English :D
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] man0war678:
Hi, thanks for your response. I am aware of the English button on the login page because I was able to login fine. It's after you login that the page redirects to the Chinese language page not after you click on the "Unlock Now" button. This is really getting more and irritating as I have a phone (3 days now) that I can't use because of this ridiculous hoops just to unlock the bootloader.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] man0war678:
Ok, so I've finally get passed the Chinese page using Google Translate. Here's another problem: the page asks me to type my forum username, huh? I haven't even been able to register one. At any rate, I made one up and lo and behold, it worked. But where is the doggone form to request the unlock code? The page just took to MIUI forum after I type in a username. What am I missing here or doing wrong?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] dagosjt:
I can confirm exactly your problems unfortunately :(

Not thinking to change anything at start, but too many little things in MIUI simply doesn't work as I like and now I too would like to try other ROMs in near future. So followed the steps to request the unblock and I'm stuck like you...

EDIT: Now it worked! I just request the unlock, now let's wait.

EDIT2: Wow, it was really fast, 15 minutes after requesting I've been granted the permission to unlock!
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] jbmc83:
permission to unlock is not unlock itself though. u still need to wait the 72 hours until u can actually unlock the phone :) ure almost there!
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] dagosjt:
Yes, I'm not in hurry, still in doubt if unlock or not. If we had a "normal" Resurrection Remix or similar I would be much more motivated. Just to change from Stable to Developer or Xiaomi .eu or similar I 'm afraid it will not solve my issues...
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] jbmc83:
what kind of issues are you having?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] caronte3000:
I haven't been able to unlock bootloader

One way or another, and after many trials, I haven't been able to get permission to unlock my phone. I wish someone could develop a way to unlock the phone without xiaomi's permission nightmare. I'm so tired of this. There are people very lucky who get the permission. I just can't bind the account to the phone, and when trying to submit for permission to unlock bootloader, the give me some chinese simbols and it's over... whatever it means that the sms has reached the limit. This is unbelievable. They don't even know how to make a decent site in English, and make the procedure easier and faster, but it seems they don't get that I bought my phone, I own it, and I do with it what I please. They are stealing my right to rooting it. I'm done with them.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] frulex:
What ROM do you have? BTW, I got permission in an hour or two, it was really simple. When I was on Global Stable couldn't bind it too (which is normal), but after installing Developer all worked like charm.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] alexep:
Yeah, the binding will work on the dev build if it doesn't work on the stable one.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Guides, News, & Discussion] caronte3000:
I have Global Stable. I have to install developer then. I'll check it out. Thanks

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Btw, what developer build is better? I've said the Chinese one, but I'm afraid it could have chinese symbols all over and for the important things. I will use updater app, as I don't have permission to unlock bootloader. If the process deletes the data, that doesn't bother me much, I can restore it. Is the developer build's interface the same as the normal global?