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[prjkt.io] Timmmmaaahh!:
Hello everyone!

I had a bit of a critical outlet on Substratum. Let me explain why. I've been having some buggy experiences with Substratum overall. Apps not even booting, awkward contrast issues (dark text on dark background and the opposite), bootloops that needed fixing with the Substratum recovery zip, seeing "up-to-date" on layers after I uninstalled them all and rebooted, you name it. The issues have been consistent since Nougat received OMS support, throughout several ROMs. Now, I've always found a way to work around the issues or I sorted it by combining several themes. I've gladly spent some money on premium themes like Flux, Spectrum or Glow but after flashing the first public Android Oreo ROM for OnePlus One, I was a bit surprised by the way [projekt.] handled things. I rooted with Magisk 14.0 and on Substratum installation, I was greeted with this screen:

I was not presented with a root request at any point.

When tapping "DOWNLOAD NOW!" it took me to andromeda ★ substratum stock rootless backend (Unreleased) that is rather expensive for an add-on (€1.99) and call me Jon Snow here but shouldn't 'rootless' already be a part of Substratum itself? I also wondered why this wasn't released by [projekt.] but by [projekt.] development team.

I uninstalled the official Substratum (v842) and sideloaded a "bleeding edge build" (v846) from a channel I've been following on Telegram (not sure if I'm allowed to share it so I won't). That one immediately prompted for root and works great. Ironically, after applying themes with that one, replacing the sideloaded build with the official Play Store version now works too. The main point is that I was forced into payment first, so I posted the following review on Play and got the reply stated below it:

I found that last sentence to be somewhat unprofessional: "Or you could always create your own theming app.", it's the type of answer I would expect of a XDA troll or in a flame, not by a representative of the community-driven project that has now become the most prominent player in Android theming. Its presence here as "XDA Community app" dictates that it should be free all the way, no?

The Andromeda thread cleverly works around this as follows:

I could be in the wrong here. Heck, I probably am, but why? If it had remained unanswered, it would just've been another silly review but considering I seem to have struck a chord here, I'd love to have your opinion. Who better than the community itself to judge me :silly:
[prjkt.io] nicholaschum:
Every version on Play Store always requests root, but the act of uninstalling the Play Store version in favor of the Telegram debug versions reset the reauthentication trigger on SuperSU/Magisk, so you were asked for it again.

This addon is not included in Substratum for several reasons. Firstly, the nature of the app requires it to be run in a static manner as a normal Java desktop app. Secondly, just like Theme Interfacer, we aren't meant to update it often, requiring a full restart of the device. They are released by our company, of which XDA works with as a partner.

You weren't forced into payment, you just were not aware that reinstalling the application would reset the authentication prompt delivered through Magisk/SuperSU.

I hope you understand that by one-starring our application, you have every right to do so. But using it to get our attention, you resorted to the lowest of Play Store reviews already. I'm not saying anyone did anything wrong, but you could have contacted us directly regarding complaints or bug reports. You can check our source code and see that we have not touched the root requester logic for root checks in a long while, yet it magically works after uninstalling the Play Store version (different signature from our CI builds) - the reason is due to the authentication on Magisk/SuperSU.

I hope you understand that you could have easily spoken to us, but you ended up using the Play Store's review place. You could have contacted me here, and I would be able to help you. We are all trying to have fun, if you believe that us asking for a small payment for all our work is too much to ask for, then what Char said was rather correct, you should try building it yourself.

Not "cleverly", it's for respecting the forum rules. We are in partnership with XDA afterall, just compare our Play Store address with the Contact address on the site.
[prjkt.io] Char_G:
Since you know where our thread is, it would have been better for you to bring your concerns over being 'forced' to purchase Andromeda to us here, rather than in the reviews on the play store.
[prjkt.io] Timmmmaaahh!:
[MENTION=3605033]nicholaschum[/MENTION] [MENTION=5213564]Char_G[/MENTION]

Good day!

Look at that, mister Chum himself responds and that is, naturally, very much appreciated. About the term 'force', of course I could find my way around it, this is more about the people that can't. And don't think I didn't consult anyone beforehand, I'd spoken about aforementioned issues to theme developers and people that exceed my skill level with great length. But you're right, I should've gone to the source, that approach was wrong of me. I have adjusted the review yesterday. Fact remains, though, that Substratum still has a long way to go in terms of compatibility and stability. I'm glad I had your undivided attention to the matter. In all honesty, I personally din't consider Play Store reviews to be as 'significant' as they seem to be judging by the reaction. Of course, I'm not a developer, how would I know. Therefore I offer my apologies and I'll be more considerate upon writing further reviews.

It's a little troubling, still, that non-rooted users are still forced into payment or did I misunderstand that? Say a 6P owner takes the official Oreo update and installs Substratum, that person will have to pay for Andromeda for any theming to work, right? I'm not saying that's bad practise, it is well within your right to get paid for the tremendous amount of amazing work you guys do. Heck, I wouldn't even mind an ad or two in Substratum. I'm merely highlighting the fine line between your profitable enterprise and the free open source nature of this community.

For the record, again, that is completely unrelated to my endless respect for your work.
[prjkt.io] Char_G:
Again, no one is being 'forced' to do anything, they are quite welcome to use Substratum with root or with a supported custom ROM for free. If they choose to stay unrooted, then they will have to choose between paying the small fee to use Substratum with andromeda or theming manually without our apps to ease the process.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] regulusirius:
Hello,

I have a LG G6 that, since a few weeks, has some serious problems with wifi connections. Every wifi network I try is the same: the phone says that the network is offline or, sometimes, it is just really, really slow.

I tried rebooting and wiping the cache from the phone settings but nothing changes. The phone is not rooted. Anyone with the same problem? Can you suggest something to try?

Thank you
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Yoguko:
Just to add to this, I too have the same issue. The WiFi is painfully slow on this device. No such issues with any other connected device in the house, be it an old LG G4, a P10, iPhones, laptops, TV, etc...

Any solutions for this?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Buddyboy100:
On my friends phone she is trying to set up her finger lock authentication. The strange problem she is running into is the backup password. When she types one in and hits continue a message pops up that says "Sorry, try again." No matter what we type it just gives is the same response.

Any help is appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Netharion:
This happened after I accidentally cleared credential storage, only way I was able to fix was restoring an old Twrp backup and clearing the backup password + Registered fingers
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] handman29:
Does anyone know if a method to unlock the SIM card has been found on the Sprint variant?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] S1nc3r3:
its not locked
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] IM0001:
The sim card itself is locked, but you can just take it out and throw any other carriers sim in and it should work dandy. :)
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] S1nc3r3:
I'm using TMobile on my sprint version
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Playlandwizard:
No so.

What they do now is when you go into the Sprint store they activated on the network and try to download updates so you can factory reset it however when you do and you put in a new Sim card it gets stuck on activating cellular service when you try to enter Sim card and after that is not of the sprint it basically just says invalid Sim will have to work on and unlock method
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Playlandwizard:
so what happened was i got them to exchange it with an unopened one, t-mobile works just fine. going to try att and "maybe" pop the sprint sim in however one might assume (I have little working knowlege) that if a sprint sim is put in it carrier locks it?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Adam_nox:
any more info on this?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] glasscitysd:
from what I heard from here and on this reddit post" https://tinyurl.com/essentialsprint" it only locks if a sprint sim is put in first activating it with another sim keeps it unlocked gonna try this method when i get mine thursday. hopefully this works and ill pay off the cheap lease promotion they have which allegedly can let you get the phone for as little as 130 or so then use it with my mint sim service.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] benjmiester:
I'm really curious if this works. Keep us posted. I would love to score one and use it on T-Mobile. I've heard some people have had success harassing live chat support into unlocking them.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] glasscitysd:
Sadly they forced me to activate in store so I'm sim locked for 50 days then they will unlock it but I may try harrasing live chat lol cause sprints service is a hit or miss here in Toledo ohio
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] waverbach:
The lower option for end of lease payment is an extra. You still have to pay the whole amount when deactivating from Sprint. plus the lower amount you see as your End Of Lease buy out price. Yes after activating the phone first with Sprint the Sim will be locked. If you are traveling outside the country and you have been a customer for years Sprint will unlock your sim for International Usage. But for Domestic usage no. As long as the phone remains Unpaid on the Lease program they will Not provide the Msl to Unlock the device. In order to get the Msl the device will have to be Fully paid.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] lkhafra:
These phones are shipping locked before you put a sim in now. It happened to my and hours of calls to Sprint won't change a thing. I have to wait 50 bloody days. There's a thread for this on slick deals where this is explained in red text.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JoRocker:
Weird, I just called and paid it off, and requested unlock and guy submitted for me right away. He said 24-48 hours, so I'll update this when I know more.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] avd:
MSL is easy to get on other phones. Is that all you need to unlock?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] glasscitysd:
keep us posted im keeping mine a few days before I pay it off to make sure i have no errors id need to return it for although so far so good especially after upgrading to the oero beta. hopefully getting unlocked is that easy cause id rather be back on my cheap mvno plan with this phone lol but 50 days isn't too long a wait if not
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JoRocker:
Less than 24 hours with phone and paid off. I am now unlocked.

More details:

Purchased through flex lease on 10/14 on Free BYOD line

Received phone 10/15 then immediately called to pay off ($90+$30).

After payoff I asked to have a ticket submitted for unlock. My rep said that was fine, since I legally own the device, and promptly did it for me.

10/16 it's unlocked

If you're wondering who I spoke to, I went through tech support instead of traditional customer service route.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] avd:
Please verify total cost of phone.

$25 down.

$5*18 months

$30 payout?

Some taxes and fees?

$145? +Tax
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JoRocker:
That's right. Just taxes and no fees.

I believe total was low $150s.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] avd:
Black Friday comes early. They are going to shut this off I'm afraid.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] jakkzen:
I picked one up yesterday at the Sprint store. Sealed in the box. I took it home, unboxed it, and powered it on with my Verizon sim and it immediately connected to Verizon LTE and I tried a T-Mobile and it worked perfectly too. So I guess that trick still works to unlock the phone?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JoRocker:
That depends on the MEID of the phone. Some come pre locked and some don't.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] avd:
Put the Sprint one back, then swap in the other
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] frankie.li225:
How did you know that your phone become unlock? Did you simply plug in a sim and suddenly it worked or did Sprint deliver an OTA update unlocking your phone?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Quantumrabbit:
So, once we're bootloader unlocked, isn't there something we can flash or set to carrier unlock the phone?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] kbonnel:
It doesn't seem like there is anything like that yet. (at least from my reading.)
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Quantumrabbit:
Are any of the websites reputable? Do any of them work with this phone?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] NavySpark:
Mine was shipped locked. Paid off the lease and purchase option. Waited 72 hours and pressed the UICC unlock button and it unlocked. Removed Sprint SIM and put in Cricket SIM. 8 days later still unlocked. Don't but the Sprint SIM back in if you have an originally locked phone as it can relock it.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] kbonnel:
Sorry, I haven't found any indication that it is possible to force an unlock based on flashing different roms. (e.g. I haven't found any websites that discuss doing it.) It could still be too early as the phone is still relatively new. Now that the Sprint Deal has put out a lot of potentially locked phones, it wouldn't surprise me if potential unlock options start coming in.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] lavin40:
Quick question for you I have a essential phone that I purchased off swappa and the phone is fully paid but being I'm not a Sprint customer I can't seem to talk to tech support to get it unlocked is their another way to talk to tech if your not a Sprint customer
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
Nope.

The person should have unlocked before they sold it.

It will need to be on Sprint for 50 days for a full and permanent unlock.
[Networking] Aamirx27:
can anyone tell me how to download or surf on pc using xda atom having gprs connection. please help me out.
[Networking] Rudegar:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=260128&highlight=laptop+modem
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] chouhanprem:
Hi

Guys i wana know can we install lineage OS in moto G plus without go recovery direct in fastboot mode. ?
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] Ibuprophen:
In short... NO you cannot.

To install a Custom ROM requires a Custom Recovery and a Custom Recovery requires an unlocked Bootloader.

Good Luck!

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I Am The Egg Man,

They Are The Egg Men.

I Am The Walrus!

Coo Coo Cachoo!

I DO NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT VIA PM UNLESS ASKED/REQUESTED BY MYSELF.

PLEASE KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] chouhanprem:
I have unlocked Bootloader but unable to install custom recovery its say. failed to load kernal..
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] Ibuprophen:
Okay... It looks/seems like you're new to this and I just want to help you regarding the "how, where and what" when it comes to posting an issue on either a new thread or within another thread. This helps others to understand you better and to help them provide you with some assistance.

Also, threads and posts with a lack of information does result in a type of discouragement for others to respond to you.

I'll now begin with what information you really should be providing regarding as listed below:

1) What your device is specifically.

2) What you had done specifically already.

3) What you're trying to do/trying to accomplish.

4) Where exactly are you stuck in. To be more specific, what it is your now attempting to do and the exact error message that your getting. If there are no error messages, then you need to state that as well.

Onward we go...

If you do have a Motorola G4 Plus, there's also a Device Specific area of the Forum where you should be able to locate what you need as well as where you should be posting your issues (this is because those members with your specific device are there and have better luck to receive support to).

Motorola G4 Plus {Device Dedicated} - xda-developers Forum

Based on what you had provided and the results I've came up with, please let me know if the following information is correct so far.

Your Device is a "Motorola G4 Plus" and, after you had performed a procedure (possibly from a location outside of the XDA Forum), your trying to flash TWRP and are currently receiving "Error: failed to load kernel!".

If that is correct, so far, then I'd advise you to look at, search and post your issue within the following thread.

[GUIDE]Newbie Resource Thread[TWRP][ROOT][Restore to Stock] by yeshwanthvshenoy

From that thread, you should be able to progress to the next step.

Just an FYI, the following is the Official LineageOS thread for your device.

[OFFICAL] [LineageOS] LineageOS 14.1 for Motorola Moto G4/G4 Plus | ATHENE by y8nn8ck

You should be good to go from here and I wish you the best of luck!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I Am The Egg Man,

They Are The Egg Men.

I Am The Walrus!

Coo Coo Cachoo!

I DO NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT VIA PM UNLESS ASKED/REQUESTED BY MYSELF.

PLEASE KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] kurtn:
I'm not so sure as [MENTION=4828250]Ibuprophen[/MENTION]. Maybe there is a .IMG file somewhere that can be installed with fastboot. But this will be the same procedure as fastboot flash recovery with TWRP. So we should find a solution for that.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime Questions & Answers] droid.dessert:
I had a vendor rom installed on redmi 4 prime markw, so i unlocked the bootloader the unofficial way, installed twrp and rooted.

then i went on to flash the miui.eu latest rom via twrp, did a wipe and rebooted.

now on start the mi logo flashes, and that's just it. can't get to recovery or download mode and the bootloader got locked again! can only get to fastboot mode.

please help
[Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime Questions & Answers] SAFI_AFRIDI:
Try the deep flash cable method, if it work then it's good, if it won't work then you have to use test point method for this. I pass through this experience.

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Well you have just 2 ways left, first try to use deep flash cable method so you can get edl and the 2ND is the test point method which is the last option. As a went through this painful experience
[Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime Questions & Answers] droid.dessert:
trying the deep flash cable method, but with the green+black wires shorted it doesn't show up in device manager at all, when i remove the short, it shows up as 900e device. am i doing something wrong with the deep flash cable method.

i'd prefer to keep the test point method as an absolute last resort.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime Questions & Answers] SAFI_AFRIDI:
Then try to use the Chines Pc Suit Recovery Method but i am worried that i would be working at this Point or not ?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colt2x:
Hi,

I have a S4 Mini Plus, which i cannot root/cannot flash.

- Tried on Win7 and XP

- Odin : Secure check fail for recovery image, does not flash

- SRS Root says it can root, but actually doesn't

- Kingo cannot root

- Kingroot cannot root

Build is KTU84P.I9195IXXS1AQA1

Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong? :)

Thanks is advance :)
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] cucc:
C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery twrp1.img

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

sending 'recovery' (21348 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.575s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 0.210s]

finished. total time: 0.796s

install TWRP successfully.

power off phone,

hold volume down +*power*button ...see lg logo,let go of power button then quickly press it again,into factory data reset screen,

it's show:

delete all user data(including LG and carrier apps) and reset all settings? choice ''yes'' twice,then it reboot to factory reset/wipe data,not into TWRP recovery,what's wrong? is TWRP flash failed?

How go to TWRP recovery mode??
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] basicreece:
Once your on the white page to format wipe just hit yes twice. This will boot to twrp.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Android Orange:
For me it worked to

(backup all your data! If it fails, it erases everything on internal sd.)

1. flash twrp via adb

2. while phone is still in fastboot, press and hold volume down and power till lg bootlogo appears, release power for half a second, press it again till it asks you to wipe.

3. Where it asks you to wipe, choose yes, 2 times. It should not wipe but boot twrp.

4. I dont know if this step is necessary but i did it and it works now: Flash the twrp.img in twrp again (to see .img files in twrp, click on install image), choose recovery as partition.

Now it should be installed correctly. To boot twrp just power off your device and press and hold volume down and power till lg bootlogo appears, release power for half a second, press it again till it asks you to wipe. Choose yes 2 times.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] cucc:
at wipe screen，I hits yes 2 times,but it go erasing data screen, twrp not boot, what's wrong? flash twrp again?

thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aryan.arora180:
So recently, my phone went into bootloop for no reason. I was using stock firmware, no root or modifications of any sort.

I'm not able to access recovery mode, boot the phone(in safe mode as well). The only screen I was able to get to was download mode.

However, I don't want to flash custom firmware on it because that would make me lose my data.

Help of any kind to help me backup my files or fix the problem would be appreciated.

UPDATE: I was able to install TWRP onto the phone, but it freezes after the first of seconds of boot.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akshat2100:
Is there any important data on the phone? If not, did u factory reset it?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aryan.arora180:
There's a lot of important data on the phone. I can't possibly lose it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
Did you flash the correct version of twrp?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aryan.arora180:
Yeah, I even tried multiple versions of TWRP. I tried arter97's TWRP recovery as well and it didn't freeze but it wasn't performing any opeartions(factory reset, installing ROMs, MTP)
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
V 3.1.1-0 is the correct version.

Have you tried flashing stock firmware?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aryan.arora180:
I tried flashing stock firmware as well. It ends up in a bootloop only.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
Sounds like your flashing the wrong firmware. What's your model? G925? And Android version and region?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aryan.arora180:
It's the G925I - the international variant. I bought the phone in India and it was latest on nougat.

Should I restore the Marshamllow version instead?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=304ED2348A3811E7963AFA163EE8F90B

Try this one first mate