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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] rjyoung00:
Honestly, the S8 active is the first phone I've had that I haven't really felt a NEED to root. Theming is there, (specialized substratum version for Samsung), can be mostly debloated via adb, battery life is amazing out of the box. There is a thread for some small mods to remove things like the carrier label in the status bar add well.

But, like you've said, there isn't a lot of info on it in the regular S8 forums. I've wondered the same things, but haven't found d any definitive answers yet. Hardware wise, I belive they are nearly identical, aside from the display being flat and not curved. No curved screen, so the screen edge specific apps and functions aren't there either. Battery has a higher capacity, 4000mah opposed to 3000mah for regular s8, I get average of 9hr SoT with average use.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] antibios:
The hardware is identical inside unless you count the screen, of which I prefer the Active's screen personally. I got mine a week ago and love it. It's rugged without looking like a tank I've managed to knock it off my work table twice already to a cement floor which is about 3 feet with not a single mark left on it.

The huge battery is great and lasts more than a full day with constant usage(music/reddit/games) which is a big plus.

I would like to see the dev community pick it up but like rjyoung00 said, you almost don't even need to root the thing.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] gilesss:
there are plenty of software reasons to root despite the hardware being great. Im in the same boat as OP, I got the S6 active day one expecting a root since the S6 had one but it was released with an update that made it unrootable. Now I don't want to be in the same boat
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] x111:
galaxy s8 active has almost perfect hardware and absolutely awful software, (Samsung stop already put your trashy software from your devs with broken hands, why the f... is it so hard to put AOSP with root at least as an option !! )

I cannot live without unlocked bootloader, root, AOSP, xposed. This is the major reason I am still using my Nexus 6.

Really hope that devs will find the way to get all necessary software otherwise this beautiful phone is dead.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] IMMORTALKING69:
My question is can you flash the unlocked firmware on it like the others. Would love to know if anyone would try. I'd like to use it on vzw.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] inneyeseakay:
I'd try if I could get a copy of the original firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] bricky23:
I don't think it's possible to brick using odin, and locked bootloader. If it goes wrong, just flash original firmware, to get going again. But don't trust me. Do some research. And best not to try without having original firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] inneyeseakay:
Duplicate Post
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] inneyeseakay:
Broke down and purchased stock G892A firmware so I could mess around in ODIN, couldn't get any of the ulocked or carrier G950U files to flash (firmware, eng boot, combo) using standard or modded ODIN.

Uploaded the stock firmware to my drive and shared in another thread so others could mess around too. [emoji41]
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] partcyborg:
All versions of the g950u and g950u1 firmware are on sammobile. In fact there is an XAA branded firmware which has 0 carrier bloat
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] inneyeseakay:
If you read the words above my post, you'll see that we were talking about the S8 Active (G892A) which the firmware is not posted for on SamMobile, therefore had to be purchased from GSMFirmwares.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] antibios:
From another thread:

Found this thread with restore.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/sm-g892a-galaxy-s8-active-stock-odin-t3667204
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] partcyborg:
If you read the words above those words, you will see that you specifically mentioned G950U.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] inneyeseakay:
Youre right, I said that the g950u files wouldn't successfully flash on the g892a, which was the original question.

Also, someone else suggested not trying it until the g892a files were available. So I mentioned that I bought those files and made them available.
[OnePlus 5 Accessories] geokilla:
I am considering picking up a OnePlus 5 since they have the student discount right now and am wondering, what is the recommended tempered glass screen protector and case to protect the phone.

I love Nillkin tempered glass screen protectors for the OnePlus One, Nexus 5, and Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, but it seems they really dropped the ball on the OnePlus 5. The screen protector doesn't even cover the whole screen! Then there's Orzly which covers the screen but the quality itself is not as great. So who does that leave then? What would you recommend?

I also don't know what case to choose. I was thinking of picking up the Nillkin Super Frosted Shield Matte case, but I wanna see what other alternatives XDA likes.
[OnePlus 5 Accessories] djsubterrain:
To be honest, the Nillkin is probably the best at the moment, it's got full face adhesion unlike a lot of the others which only have adhesive on the black borders, which means the main screen hovers slightly above the phone's screen which gives a rainbow effect when you use it. It's also compatible with pretty much every case because it's not pushing up against them like a lot of the others. The only thing about it is you can see dust around it as it doesn't reach the edges but this doesn't affect it's use and can be cleaned with a good wipe (I recommend these).

Spigen cases are nice but seem to be the worst for lifting the edges of any larger screen protector (including the official one).

The official screen protector from OnePlus is not compatible with the Otterbox case so remember that when you make your choice, both companies have stated this.

As for cases my personal favourite is the Spigen Neo Hybrid, I just love the way it looks.
[OnePlus 5 Accessories] PShin:
I agree with [MENTION=4418475]djsubterrain[/MENTION]. Go for the Nillkin.

But if you want a tgsp which covers all of the screen, I recommend you this one : https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-5/accessories/uk-automatic-adsorption-tempered-glass-t3660494

This tgsp is full adhesive, not only on the black borders. It fits perfectly with the sandstone case from OnePlus.
[OnePlus 5 Accessories] HueleSnaiL:
If you go with glass screen protector, don't get any of the ones that go edge to edge, they all suffer from the same problems such as dust getting underneath and the rainbow effect. As the others mentioned, the Nillkin is your best bet for glass.

As for cases, Spigen always makes good high quality cases and they have a couple of models available, I just recently got the Ultra Hybrid Clear case. I know clear cases tend to turn yellowish with time, but I like to show off my Dbrand skins.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] StonebridgeGr:
hey I bought today the redmi note 4 with the Snapdragon 625.. in the box included a strange charger that is not supported here. they gave me an adapter together. well my question is simple.

1. why this charger since the phone is global version and it should be have the EU charger with the 2 things on it ?

2. which fast charger should I buy to charge the phone faster than the stock? does the rn4 supports fast charging?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] StonebridgeGr:
This is the stock charger.. it shouldn't be like that.. in EU why don't have wall holes for these charges.. the RN4 is genuine I checked it.. but I don't know why this charger was in that box.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] BubuXP:
That's the UK power outlet. United Kingdom is also in Europe (intended as continent), so shops have also RN4 Global version with UK charger.

I know that RN4 doesn't support fast charging, but with some custom kernel it could.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] StonebridgeGr:
Says don't use the charger on the UK .
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] hoshang.govil12:
Buy any Charger that is Rated at 5V 2Amp Output Rating.

RN4 don't support QC, so Buying fast Charger is useless.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] mathias0901:
My RN4 (snapdragon - 8.2.10.0 global stable ROM) gets charged very fast! In about 2 hrs it's charged completely from 15 % to 100 %

I charge it with original charger from the box. Also with my Laptop it's very fast (USB 3.0)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] StonebridgeGr:
Are you using any application like greenify to freeze your apps ?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] mathias0901:
nope, nearly stock
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nenad.T:
Hi,

I need some help. A while ago, my G2 dropped into water briefly. I dried it but could not get it to work, the system would be stuck in bootloop (flashing blue-green led).

I have only access to download mode, PC recognizes the phone. I've tried methods to flash both KDZ and TOT but bootloop still remains.

Can't enter recovery mode. While I keep power+vol down pressed, LG logo blinks for a moment and then it goes away. If I keep pressing the buttons, LG comes and goes.

Any ideas, please?

Thank you
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kunmd7:
tha same problem happened with me now .

help me <
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] albaniandroid:
Hi guys , i know we should have dual cameras to have the bokeh effect on our s8+ but is there any other way to get that.. like manual mode ? If so can u tell me how? Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Akram.:
There is manual mode in Pro (mode), also you can use selective focus to have bokeh kinda effect
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] oulouloul:
with pro mode or with selective focus mode, you cant get bokeh effect.. you only can background blur effect. these are totally different things.and unfortunatelly, we cant get original bokeh effect without dual lens. we can fake (with software) bokehs.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] albaniandroid:
Thanks man
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ljubishata:
My fpc connector is loose so phone mostly of the time is dead.i move the flex cable it gets on and then turn off again.WHERE CAN I BUY FPC CONNECTOR TO REPLACE IT
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Dc_striker:
i have a quick question if u change your prl to a diffrenet one what will it do..meanining i have sprint and then i changed it to a alltel
[Mogul, XV6800 General] quantumforce1:
Try it .. see what happens! You can always change it back.

I have absolutely no idea ... sounds like a fun experiement. :)
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Dc_striker:
i just did and i get more bars but i roam and no evdo

i really dont care about the roaming cause i dont get charged for it but no evdo im going to mess around with other prls :)
[Mogul, XV6800 General] quantumforce1:
Fun times! Keep us posted how it goes. Have fun!
[Mogul, XV6800 General] bakntyme:
The PRL controls which towers and providers your phone uses as primary service. You do not get charged for roaming; however, the Sprint agreement says that your service can be terminated if you roam more than half the time in any month, so leaving an Alltel (or any other non-Sprint) PRL on a Sprint phone will probably not end in a good result. Unless, of course, you are looking for a way out of your contract...
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Dc_striker:
usally u get charged for roaming and i havent heard of getting kicked off a just for roaming that kinda stupid but i didnt change around and it messed up my EVDO now i cant connect to it :( and help?
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Dc_striker:
or any adivce
[Mogul, XV6800 General] bakntyme:
Call Sprint at *2, tell them you need a PRL update, and they will set it up for one to download to your phone.

And if you "havent heard of getting kicked off a just for roaming" then read the Sprint contract.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Dc_striker:
i did the prl update and they are like idk what wrong or maybe its the phones hardware i was like WTF
[Mogul, XV6800 General] bakntyme:
OK, does that mean it is working now?
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Dc_striker:
no i have to go tommrow after school
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Beanvee7:
Grey market sellers will flash fake firmware to make non-930F models to appear as 930F. If download mode says G9300 then that's what you have, a chinese snapdragon model they've faked to look international.

Install CPU-Z, it's probably going to confirm you have a SD820 and not an exynos.

You can still flash firmware, it will just have to be stock firmware, and compatible with SD820. Any 930F firmware is probably going to bootloop you.
[General Topics] __Britain__:
Hello,

I was a victim of theft on the 24th of August.

After the phone has been stolen I still could find it with the Find Device tool from Google as showed by the picture bellow.

The device is a Oneplus One with the IMEI: 865800021651994.

I had access to an IP via my Facebook page: 83.223.225.130

IP address:	83.223.225.130

ISP:	MEO S.A

Organization:	MEO Mobile Customers

City:	Lisbon

Region:	Lisboa

Country:	Portugal (PT) flag

Postal code:	1700-033

latitude:	38.7167

longitude:	-9.1333

Even though I've made a complaint to the police and everything I would like to know if anyone had experience with similar issues regarding recovering the phone with the information above.

The police says I should block the Imei with all the carriers making it unusable in my country.

What's your opinion?

Thank You.

[IMG="Location"]http://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4350/36508878680_f5c8f69fa6_h.jpg[/IMG]
[Zuk Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebobde:
bought a replacement for my beloved ZUK Z1 because i had the infamous battery permenantly at 50% problem and the new one wont recognize any sim cards properly, i either get "error while searching for networks" or if it manages to find AT&T (it has a little sim card logo next to it when it does) it always says "cant connect to this network at the moment try again later" i get similar if not less fruitful results with my 3 sim card, it was sold as unlocked and it was unopened new when it arrived but i just cant get it to work

also the APN settings are all correct, ive done a factory restore twice, board tested it and re inserted the sim cards many times
[Zuk Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DevAmoureuX:
Did you use any other ROMs? Try it since many ROMs have network problem. Try using ZUi.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Edubaires:
try to dowgrade from nougat to marshmallow, according method in detail, and at the end of the flash in the recovery "dm-verity verification failed to check drk first" any solution?

SOLUTION:

SOLUTION: ROOT AGAIN
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] twizt3d:
So im not entirely sure what solution root again is all about. But my story starts here. I work in IT for a company that issues phones out to all employees, and we have 100s, I was recently contracted by IT to do some FRP Bypass, and have been successful until I tried to walk someone doing this to an S7 Active, and they failed repeatedly just in trying to restore the phone with ODIN. They mailed me the phone, and now I have the dm-verity error DRK not installed. I have tried everything I can think of (do not have access to any box or key) so I tried rooting the phone. I have tried both the 6.0.1 and 7.0 roots. Most recently the 7.0, i can flash the eng kernel but it does not boot. Occasionally I can get to the setup screen, but mostly it just sits on the ATT globe or restores to a black screen. I can't actually set the phone up. It is currently FRP locked but I'm not worred about that for now. Any help is appreciated, I would settle for a complete restore to stock, but all FW I have tried (BL2) fails to boot do to DRK.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] miniminus:
what firmware was it on ? which have you tried ?..

are you using the princecomsy modified Odin ?

have you tried the qd4 from my thread ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] twizt3d:
I have tried every fw I can find on bl2 including the qd4 from your thread. I have tried both official and prince Odin. All to the same results. Right now I believe the device is on pi2 with the 6.0.1 eng AP. That is the only way I can boot the os. The 7.0 eng AP bootloops.

I have successfully rooted my 930a multiple times and many other devices so I am experienced. Not that it matters but I was also able to turn the FRP lock off using the eng AP.

Edit... Obviously I am using 6.0.1 eng with matching fw and tried the 7.0eng with qd4. I can Odin any fw that is on BL2 successfully but without the eng AP nothing will fully boot. And doing 100% stock Odin reflashes does not fix drk
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] twizt3d:
Any final thoughts?

Edit... I shipped the phone back to my company, (it wasn't a personal device). And told them it needed to stay on 6.0 eng to function. And advised they dia it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Jonynguyen:
I have some proplem with Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920VZMA , after flash rom DQD1 has loop boot error "dm-verity error …… failed code : 0x002" Please help.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] joecoeur:
My phone battery was low - thought it was not working because of the custom rom installed.

Now while restoring the phone through TWRP, battery became too low and restore failed.

The phone does not want to take charge.

Urgent help please, what to do in this case?

Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] dodo2244:
If your battery is removable, use an external battery charger.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] joecoeur:
Thanks - exactly what was needed.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] dodo2244:
Yeah [emoji123]!!
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] smartass08:
threaton him

tell him you will destroy it...kill it....throw it in a garbage
[Moto G4 Play Questions & Answers] Whitefrost11:
I can't seem to sign in into google anymore and i reflashed a stock rom, used that INITroot but to no avail. Does anyone know how to fix this issue?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Swampking:
First, I'm a relative newbie to flashing and I must say that these boards are incredible. I was able to bring new life back to my forgotten Note 8.0 by rooting and flashing the Lineage OS. I'm extremely happy with how it all turned out and couldn't have done it without all the great information on this site.

that said, i did encounter 2 minor issues. UPDATE: I WAS ABLE TO FIX #2.

1). The tablet will not connect to a mobile hotspot. The tablet sees the hotspot (my Samsung Galaxy 8 phone), but will not connect once the password is entered. The normal wifi works so it isn't the end of the world, but I was going to use the table as my cars navigation, but it needed to be powered by my phone since I have the wifi only version of the Galaxay 8.0.

2). When I connect my tablet to my computer, the computer recognizes the tablet, but when I click on it in the file manager it says "No Info" (not the exact words, but you get the idea).

UPDATE: I HAD TO OPEN DEVELOPER OPTIONS TO TURN OFF USB DEBUGGING FOR THE COMPUTER TO RECOGNIZE THE TABLET.

THEN: I tapped on the charging battery icon and a message appeared saying the following AND CLICKED ON "Transfer files to Windows or Mac (MTP)"

Use USB for

Charging

Just charge this device

Power supply

Charge the other connected device

File transfers

Transfer files to Windows or Mac (MTP)

Photo transfer (PTP)

Transfer photos or files if MTP is not supported (PTP)

MIDI

Use device for MIDI input

I TRIED TO PROPERLY ATTRIBUTE THE LINK THAT HELPED ME SOLVE THIS ISSUE, BUT I WASN'T ALLOWED.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
[General Questions and Answers] avijwr:
i have installed cm13 rom in my galaxy core gt i8262 and flashed all the zips including...gapps and supersu..and turned root access in developer options..restart it and then supersu again saying .."ther is no su binary installed and supersu cannot install it..this is a problem!..now what to do ..i want to run my device with this rom only ans touchwiz is boring..what to do plzz thanks
[General Questions and Answers] DB126:
CM13 builds for most devices have an integrated root manager and do not require SuperSU. Wipe the system partition and then reflash all zips except SuperSU. After initilization enable root in developer options. Should be fine.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] samipaswaal:
Hei

I have problem with my moto g 4 plus mobile.As yesterday night i was working fine when i awake up the mobile was off.

I try to reset but nothing happened then i recharge it again with orignal charger nothing happened.

Then i remove the battery and plus it again but the same problem came white light start to blink again near to touch button.

White light only blink while charging.

Kindly any solution.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] eekreek:
What did you do to 'reset'?

When I've had similar issues, I've held the power and volume up buttons for over a minute and eventually it turned on. If not, then volume down and power for over a minute. If you haven't, try that with and without the charger plugged in.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] 7418988214:
Have you try volume up+down+power button at the same time your device is booted into fastboot mode the control to switch off your phone done..... Ok??
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] samipaswaal:
Yes i also tried this but this method also did not work.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] samipaswaal:
I did both method with charger and without charger but nothing is happening any other solution.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] toxinburn:
Mine does this all the time if I let it die you gotta have the oem charger if I recall correctly wish I could find the post about it I wanna say with oem charger you hold vol up or down try either while you plug it in and if you get the charging graphic you wanna then leave it charging for a while then retry the power button it's stuck in some sort of Sahara type mode from what I could see when that happens...let us have a bit more detail when it's plugged in do you see the charging graphics at all? If not and only seeing the LED light I'd bet it's in the mode others have mentioned here if you do then I am not certain but other times I had same prob just left it on charge for couple hours then it finally booted.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Outfield303:
I think your phone is bricked
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] KinslayerDeth:
Please read the linked thread .
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
What linked thread are you referring to?
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Ekaksh Janweja:
You must have hard Bricked your device happened to me once . See this video on YouTube - [youtube]m2NqpY6X-X4[/youtube]

Or refer to the ultimate hard bricking guide - https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/moto-g4-plus-hardbrick-solved-guide-t3657761/page29

Hope this helps you
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] RishabhZR:
I am facing similar problem with my G4 Plus. The difference is that my phone kept on hanging while doing normal tasks and then it used to restart. The weird thing was that while the phone booted up, there this boot animation where a person is doing flips there my phone used to hang and then it restarts. Only after that it used to completely boot up. But after 10-15 mins of usage it used to hang and restart.

One more weird thing that used to happen is that with every restart the battery used to drain drastically.

Then finally the phone died. And while charging the white led kept on blinking.

I took my phone for repair and even they were not able to figure out the problem. They replaced the battery but still the same issue. At the end they said that the problem is with motherboard and needed to be replaced.

Now I'm using Honor 7X but I still have my G4 Plus with me.

If anyone was able to boot up his device then please do reply on this thread.