yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Andebad:
People used rotary phones, typewriters, dials to change television channels instead of remote control, and there were millions of phone booths in the 1970s. At one point all of these were replaced by more convenient technologies that like Bluetooth were imperfect at first. I'm sure there were plenty of people who complained and stuck in their ways to first too but we all know how history played out.

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Poled and AMOLED are the same thing...

Samsung panels have plastic sublayers and LG panels are active matrix displays they are the same thing. Samsung just makes better phone displays with better yields than LG currently. Also TV panels are a far easier thing to manufacture with much more room for error in the yields than smartphone panels.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cb474:
I already responded to this point above, in a different post. I made the very point you did. A lot of technologies have come and gone. And yet, the 3.5 mm jack has stuck around since the 1950s, from the transistor radio, to the Walkman, to laptops and MP3 players, and now cell phones. So the point is, something that has persisted through so many radical technological changes might have something more going for it than people give it credit for.

I would argue that with the 3.5 mm jack what it has going for it is elegant simplicity and quality. Bluetooth actually adds complexity (chargers, the wires on the chargers, batteries that will wear out, pairing and troubleshooting failed pairing, incompatibility with millions of legacy devices, additional cost) and bluetooth lowers audio quality. Bluetooth essentially trades the convenience of not having a wire in one place, for a whole host of inconveniences (and wires!) elsewhere and degraded quality.

You are making the bad assumption that everything new is better. That's not always true. You are also making the bad assumption that when people complain about a change it is always because they are "stuck in their ways." This is also not always true. Some people are more clear thinking and insightful than others (but it's easy to be glib and dismiss them as "stuck in their ways"). Indeed, such vast generalizations found in the assumptions you make are simply bad thinking, since nothing always applies in the same way in every instance.

So just because people stopped using dial phones or typewriters does not mean that dropping the 3.5 mm jack is a good idea. Some new things are improvements and others are not.

(As an aside, I will also point out that we still use the exact same keyboard configuration that was invented for the typewriter. So we may not have moved on from the typewriter as much as you imagine. QWERTY has been around since 1873. Many other keyboard configurations have been proposed. And yet QWERTY persists. So sometimes people keep using something, because it just works or the benefits to something else are not that great. There is not some inevitable need to replace every technology. And mindless embracing change as always better can lead to lots of problems.)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Andebad:
When it was first introduced in the early 2000s home WiFi was far from perfect. Over the years it's become much better by adding extra channels and frequencies ect. It's still not as fast or reliable as cat 5e gigabit Ethernet. If you ask the average person how they connect to the internet in their home I'm sure the vast majority use wifi. Apple hasn't sold a laptop including the MacBook pro that included an Ethernet port since 2012 and the majority of ultrabooks ect are starting to omit the feature instead relying on adapters. Most people don't care that the plain old Ethernet port is much faster than even the newest wifi. Bluetooth might not be the technology to replace the 3.5mm headphone jack and it's far from perfect but wireless audio will eventually eliminate headphone jacks on everything but niche audiophile equipment. Just like home WiFi and blind or not the vast majority of people prefer Bluetooth and don't care about the headphone jack. Until the technology gets better and completely phases out the wired interface altogether they still make products for people that wish to use it. If you don't like that the pixel 2 doesn't have a headphone jack speak with your wallet and go buy the LG v30 or s8+/ note 8. I'm just here to tell you though that as Bluetooth becomes better, more reliable and convenient your choices are going to become much more slim in the future.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daisuke1988:
Hey guys, So i got a t-mobile revvl due to an emergency, it has a mtk6738 chip and im trying to root it... can anyone point me to the right place? ive searched and searched but i cant seem to find anything for this chipset on for the MTK65XX.

thanks in advance!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Luna_Xolotl:
No luck :/

Phone came out around 2 months ago, same phone and same problem. Sorry to inform Root/TWRP won't be available for a while on the phone since it's so new no developer has gotten their hands on it to start developing for it. I predict it'll be faster than most new phones because it's exclusive to T-Mobile. It would take much longer if the phone had different variants because of the different carriers, but that's not the case with the revvl so what's left to do is to wait and hope ::fingers-crossed:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tindude:
Anyone has the stock rom for this device?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luroxx:
it is like this phone doesnt exist. cant find anything. Got this phone in america and it seems impossible to unlock in mexico. do you guys think if a root will be available it will be unlocked for use in mexico? thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonmerc:
I may be able to help with root. I don't have the phone, but if someone is willing to potentially risk their device for the sake of science, let me know.

If this goes the way I think/hope it does (since its a MediaTek), we may be able to get root and recovery in a VERY short time for this. If not, then unfortunately you're out of luck for now. But, if one of you is willing to risk it and try, I'll be more than happy to help you out.

For now though, nobody update their firmware AT ALL. They may release a patch in the future that blocks what I want to do.

UPDATE: I got to play with one at a T-Mobile store. CPU Z says this has a 6755 board, which is commonly available through other phones that have been modified. I'm really getting excited about this... If this goes the way I hope it does, you could be having TWRP and root REALLY soon.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luroxx:
i will be back in germany at on dec.21,if german t-mobile can't unlock it for use in germany I am willing to do anything with it for science..since I will throw this useless piece of technology at the wall anyway
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonmerc:
Let me know as soon as you have access to a PC with Windows or Linux, which I'm guessing is when you get back to Germany. For now, make sure you DO NOT TAKE ANY SOFTWARE UPDATES AT ALL. You can update apps from the Play Store still, but keep away from all system updates at all costs.

Send me a PM for how I can reach you, when you're ready to work with me. The procedure I'm thinking of will not unlock your phone in terms of network (like using it on other carriers), but if it works you will definitely have TWRP and root access, and MAYBE even a bootloader unlock (for installing custom ROMs).

But in the meantime, I can't stress this enough, AVOID ALL SYSTEM UPDATES. This goes for anyone who may want to root their phone using this method, if this works.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alkoholic:
I just bought one to use on a spare phone line - Cyber Monday sale for $48! I'm happy to experiment when it arrives. Maybe the sale price will entice some other developers...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonmerc:
$48?????? THEY WERE $179 WHERE I WAS!!!!!

For that price I would've bought one myself... But yes, that would be great if you could work with me when it arrives!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsuthers08:
I would be willing to help as much as possible with root access as well. If you need any sort of system dump or something let me know I am very much willing to help!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonmerc:
PM me where I can contact you (hangouts, telegram, etc.)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonmerc:
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Overall, it doesn't look like we have any of the obstructions I was afraid we were going to have so far. We need to work on a few things before we can get the whole thing done, but as of now, this hack looks like it will be 100% possible to do :)

UPDATE: We're running into some trouble again. Stuff I may not be able to bypass. I'm not sure if this will be 100% possible now...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zephead:
Picked up two of these for $48 each on the T-Mobile Cyber Monday deal and got them to waive the shipping, set one up for my Mom and it's a pretty nice phone. I still have the other one sealed in the box, debating whether to keep it or sell it. Root and TWRP would be awesome, hopefully it comes soon.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonmerc:
A device no one has touched could be beneficial, since that means there's no Google Factory Reset Protection on it (no google account associated with it yet). If you want to use your unused device for some of the tests/methods we're working on, let me know.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonmerc:
Another update on our findings: with the help of [MENTION=4939713]lopestom[/MENTION], I've found out that this device looks to be a 1:1 copy of the Alcatel A30 Fierce, and a distant cousin of the A30 Plus that Amazon once sold as a prime subsidized phone. Despite what SPFT and CPU-Z say, this phone should be running an MT6738 chipset, which uses the same partition layout as the MT6735. I have a completed scatter file for the 6735 from my R1HD days, so if this is the case, knowing where the phone's partitions are should be no problem.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jakob6794:
Hey my name is Jakob, i also has a T-Mobile revvl (Alcatel 5049w) and yes my developer options have been enabled without any issues and I'm willing to assist in rooting options if I can help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daisuke1988:
just tried doing a reboot to bootloader with no luck, it reboots, hangs on the power by angroid then fully boots to stock rom.

video attached

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Pw61qisWQjC9J_Q9jqHNgRG-n7FmIpcq
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonmerc:
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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonmerc:
Worked on the Revvl Plus with [MENTION=6857418]oasisfleeting[/MENTION] tonight. It's a snapdragon 625 based phone, unlike its mediatek based little brother. This phone actually allows us to go into fastboot mode unlike the normal Revvl though. However, with the exception of fastboot devices (just shows what's connected), no commands actually work. They either all return "..." Or show that no device is connected (when it actually is). Even throwing in the device ID: fastboot -i 0x1ebf oem unlock does nothing.

For the mediatek variant, there is still a very small sliver of hope. For the Plus variant, I'm pretty sure you will never get the bootloader unlocked. Root maybe, but that'll be it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmazak:
There are other unlocking commands too. Did you try "fastboot flashing unlock" on the plus

I have also seen bootloader mode renamed before. so try "adb reboot fastboot" to get into fastboot.
[Lenovo A7000 Questions & Answers] ahmed khairy:
How do I port a custom rom made for Lenovo K3 Note to Lenovo A7000?
[Lenovo A7000 Questions & Answers] tanish2k09:
Go to K3 note forum and look for a porting guide thread by sandeep.sethi

Once in thread,

You should scroll to same chipset porting, or minimum replacement section and READ very very carefully.
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bozont:
Hi everyone!

I just noticed that my P8 Lite ALE-L21C128B130 hasn't been updated since a while and i was wondering why i didn't receive Marshmallow. Turns out my provider does not support P8 Lite anymore hence we didn't receive any OTA. The past two days i've been reading about updating manually and i successfully unlocked my bootloader.

My firmware is ALE-L21C128B130 and i've read on the internet that before the 6.0 update i should put ALE-L21C432B170 on it. I tried it, created a dload folder and put the UPDATE.app in it. Rebooted but i always get the "Software install failed" error and it reboots with the original L21C128B130.

Please help me find a solution for this problem because now i downloaded the third B170 firmware but everytime "Software install failed".

What should i download? Which versions of the firmwares? And do i need to do anything else except putting a dload and selecting "Update from local" in the EMUI menu? I'm putting the dload folder on the internal memory of my phone cause I have a class 4 SD card and i read somewhere that it wont work from that one. My phones internal memory has 2,8GB free space out of 16, could this be the problem? If so what should i delete, cause i checked every folder on it and i just cant find what takes up to 10+GB of storage.

Thanks and cheers from Hungary!
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adi5:
unlock bootloader and flash b052 in fastboot and vendor file europe (c432)( cheak mega thread on xda),later flash b170 and android 6.0!! :) :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Lither:
I'm using Nova Launcher on my S8 but when I swipe up to open the app drawer, I can see the home screen dock icons while swiping and it goes away when the app drawer is fully open? Is there an option to disable it?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Lither:
Anyone experiencing the same problem?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TheDogg07:
nova settings-> app & widget drawers-> app drawer style - horizontal
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Lither:
I can still see the home screen dock icons while swiping up to open the app drawer like in the screenshot.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TheDogg07:
just try horizontal and see what happend
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Miustone:
Q&A

Q1: HOW TO USE THE PATCH?

A1: TAKE A LOOK ON POST #3!

Q2: CAN I USE THE PATCH ON MY STOCK DEVICE FIRMWARE?

A1: DEPENDS ON THE OS. TEST BY YOURSELF AND GIVE FEEDBACK FOR OTHER USERS!

Q3: WHICH PATCH WIPE OPTION SHOULD I CHOOSE?

A1: IF YOU'VE CLEAN FLASHED A ROM/OS CAN YOU CHOOSE THE BASIC WIPE!

A2: IF YOU'VE NOT WIPED AND FLASHED A NEW ROM/OS BEFORE USE THE CLEAN OR FULL WIPE!

Q4: THE DISPLAY IS FROZEN WHILE PATCHING, WHAT TO DO?

A1: NO WORRIES, THE PATCH WILL INSTALL BUT TWRP HAS PERFORMANCE ISSUES.

A2: JUST TAP THE RIGHT BOTTOM EDGE WHERE THE NEXT BUTTON IS AND PRESS IT A FEW TIMES.

A3: YOUR DEVICE SHOULD VIBRATE WHEN YOU HIT THE NEXT BUTTON. 3 VIBRATIONS AND YOU'RE DONE!

Q5: SOME APPS ARE CLOSING OR NOT RECEIVING MESSAGES WHILE SCREEN OFF, WHY!?

A1: MAKE SURE YOU'VE CONFIGURED THE SMART BATTERY APP / PUT THEM TO NEVER SLEEP!

Q6: HOW TO SET UP SMART BATTERY?

A1: USE THE MORE SHORTCUTS APP AND START THE SMART BATTERY ACTIVITY!

A2: OR JUST WAIT FOR A NOTIFICATION FROM THE APP. IT COMES WHEN THE SCREEN IS OFF!

Q7: MY WALLPAPERS ARE GONE AFTER WAKING THE DEVICE UP, WHATS WRONG?

A1: MAKE SURE YOU'VE WHITELISTED GOOGLE BACKGROUNDS IN SMART BATTERY!

Q8: I DON'T FIND HELP ON THIS THREAD, WHAT TO DO?

A1: CHECK THE OTHER LIGHT PATCH THREADS. ONE PATCH FOR ALL DEVICES!

Q9: WHAT DOES THE PATCH DO?

A1: GO BACK TO THE FIRST POST AND START READING FROM THERE!

Questions left? Ask [MENTION=4756773]Miustone[/MENTION]
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Miustone:
Instructions:

BOOT TO THE RECOVERY/TWRP

WIPE DATA, SYSTEM AND THE CACHES

FLASH A AOSP OS/ROM/FIRMWARE/KERNEL

GO TO THE REBOOT MENU AND SELECT RECOVERY

FLASH THE PATCH BEFORE BOOTING INTO THE SYSTEM

REBOOT TO THE SYSTEM NOW. THE FIRST START MAY TAKE SOME TIME

And that's it. If You don't want to flash a new ROM, just choose the Clean or Full Wipe within the Patch.
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Miustone:
Thanks [MENTION=5545311]minidude2012[/MENTION] for testing and reporting that the Nexus 6P is able to handle the Light Patch! Welcome to the Fam Nexus 6P Users!
[Nexus 6P Android Development] GreaterLesser:
Why is this for the Nexus 6P when the 6P only has 3GB of RAM and a SnapDragon 810 (Predecessor to the SnapDragon 820 for those that didn't know)? It doesn't meat your requirements so I'm confused.
[Nexus 6P Android Development] jsecruzvalencia:
Me too
[Nexus 6P Android Development] AmyClaraRose:
The patch does work on Nexus 6P but I'm still testing that's why I hadn't released yet
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Miustone:
Happy when I change it? :rolleyes:

Edit: Added a Hint for Users who are only reading the first 3 Posts.

BR
[Nexus 6P Android Development] GreaterLesser:
You can keep the sarcasm and snarky comments to yourself - I only asked why this was for our phone if it doesn't even meet your minimum requirements. Just a curious question, nothing more.
[Nexus 6P Android Development] dnsh89:
Experience!!

Did anyone flashed this already?

Post your experience if yes..
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Curiousn00b:
I'll give it a swing. I'll dig through the zip first to see what does what, and what goes where before doing something. Gotta know what might break or bootloop before selecting it, lol.
[Nexus 6P Android Development] dnsh89:
Waiting for your view..
[Nexus 6P Android Development] mohsin.android:
Any YouTube video or something for the demo
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Curiousn00b:
Looking into the zip, I don't think there's really anything that can boot loop you. It's more on the side of adding things and not touching system files. I haven't looked at the patch part of it since I'm not using my computer right now, but you should be good to flash and mess around.
[Nexus 6P Android Development] atrix2man:
Just flashed it and everything booted up perfectly. It's safe to flash. I'll update later if problems occur.
[Nexus 6P Android Development] dnsh89:
lockscreen font bug

I flashed this.. everything is working great... but i am getting weird chinese font on my lockscreen when i flashed a font zip... i also tried deja vu font that should fix the lockscreen issue but it did not fix that.. any help??
[Nexus 6P Android Development] mohsin.android:
Can I flash it an Oreo based ROM like Nitrogen OS.
[Nexus 6P Android Development] dnsh89:
i have flashed it on Nitrgen OS it is working..
[Nexus 6P Android Development] mohsin.android:
Thanks for your response.

I flashed it over Nitrogen OS but GAPPs included are 7.1.1 so GAPPs installation is failing for me.
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Dbj.Dhaval:
While installation I didn't see any useful features it normal like which root gapps remove bloatware.. And the aroma keeps lagging alot. Where are the features mentioned in op
[Nexus 6P Android Development] mohsin.android:
That's exactly what I want to ask. Are these feature under the hood ??

Did you get 7.1.1 GAPPs error?
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Dbj.Dhaval:
M on nitrogen oreo and didn't flash it. It was lagging like hell have to force reboot the device
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Miustone:
AROMA was lagging so You don't flashed it!? And why are You still posting here? To tell anyone You where not able to do something or to understand? :rolleyes:

Hard to be not such a sarcastic scumbag when People are acting like that...
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Dbj.Dhaval:
Lagging in the sense it hanged and I was not able to do anything the screen freeze and as I mentioned I had to do force reboot.. And of course I will post here. And I just shared my experience if you can't take it then don't share anything.
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Miustone:
Be more explicit next Time and don't let it looks like it is unusable. Just saying something isn't working while Thousands of Others are running it sounds a bit noobish and disrespectful. Follow the given instructions (Recovery Reboot after flashing the ROM) and all will be fine. And if it will still stuck on the installing screen, just press the Place where the Next button was located and You don't have to force reboot again.

The Issues are well known with TWRP and are Device Specific (Bad TWRP Performance). The PATCH n'or AROMA will ever fix this. As example. My Axon 7 has Zero Performance Issues (Thanks to our great Devs). So it's not my fault. Just to make that clear...
[Nexus 6P Android Development] note3userr:
Maybe I'll a complete noob but what exactly does this thing do?
[Nexus 6P Android Development] dnsh89:
I've been using this since last 5hrs. This is really worth flashing. Looking in Aroma it won't look like this has anything interesting but just give it a try.. because the performance is really great... 0 lag.. I'm running my 6p with only 4cores.. try before judging if it's worth of not..
[Nexus 6P Android Development] atrix2man:
I flashed but I have no audio playback from media players. Phone rings and I receive notifications but I can't play music after flashing this. Other than that everything is great!
[Nexus 6P Android Development] mohsin.android:
I flashed the mod but GAPPs installation failed because GAPPs in the package were for 7.1.1 and I'm running 8.0.0 Nitrogen OS. Can anyone tell if I'm using wrong installer ??
[Nexus 6P Android Development] note3userr:
i flashed it with benzo and got the same error. phone took awhile to boot and then i had no keyboard when trying to go through the setup.
[Nexus 6P Android Development] dnsh89:
Flash ROM and gapps first. And then flash this patch..

Gapps error doesn't matter after that or you can skip installing gapps in the aroma of the patch...
[Nexus 6P Android Development] divineazn716:
Flashed my room and gapps first then installed light but got stuck at the installing the light gapps part for 30 so I quit on it. Not sure why it stuck so long
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Dbj.Dhaval:
Same here I got stuck on 65% then tried again and was able to complete this tym Bt rom didn't boot up..
[Nexus 6P Android Development] mohsin.android:
I was successfully able to install and the system does feel Snappy. But my microphone doesn't work under Google Assistant, it works for calls though. Back to bare Nirogen OS.
[Nexus 6P Android Development] oussamalabbize:
Hi and thx for this mod, does it work on Stock oreo ? if yes, how to flash it ?
[Nexus 6P Android Development] glockman4519:
Going to give this beast a try. Thank you much sir.

Everything flashed as it should. I did have a TWRP fault error 11 at the end but the patch installed fully so it worked great. Going through now and checking out the cool features.
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Miustone:
The Display freezes, that's why the Instructions say reboot to recovery after and before flashing the Patch. TWRP has big Performance Issues on some Devices, i can't fix that. A workaround is to wait a bit and press the right bottom a few Times (Where the Next Button is). It will flash correctly so no worries...

Followed the Instructions? It works for Others so...

V1.6 will contain a lot of fixes and new optimizations, also for the Microphones. Hope You'll give it a try again :)

Please, don't let us start here to call it a Mod. It's a Patch :angel: And Yes, it will work on Devices running Stock which are close to AOSP (Google, OP).

Hey, glad to see You here! Always appreciated Your Feedback and Your Opinion, hope i get some more of it now :cowboy:

All the Best
[Nexus 6P Android Development] dnsh89:
Hey, I see the v1.6 changelog. But not the patch.. where can I download it?

I'm using the patch.. I'm getting this weird font on lock screen..
[Nexus 6P Android Development] Miustone:
Coming out in 2-3 Days. Added a Pushbullet Channel to keep You updated about Releases :cowboy:
[Nexus 6P Android Development] lil_ith:
Will this support 8.1 or just 8.0.0? Looking forward to the update though.