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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] KennyG123:
Hi all crazy people dishing out enough to buy a used car for a shiny new phone!!!

So...this thread is for ideas on how to improve (make as it should be) your Pixel 2XL...I'll start.

I enabled Developer options and set animations to 0.5X.

I enabled systemui tuner to turn off some icons in that cluttered status bar.

Why put an LED capable of so many colors on a phone and only have it blink green occasionally? Madness Google!!!

Light Manager went on first so I could have a charging and charged light as well as different colors for different apps.

Ooo...Google added a hidden trick that if you have black wallpaper (edges at least) then the app drawer background will also black out....what about all the other system apps Google?!!! And what? We have to add photos to black borders if we want them as wallpaper? I say thee NAY!

Rootless substratum - Andromeda to the rescue! Most themes work well on Oreo and you can have your dark UI back on everything...which as a side note blue tint does not show up on!

Once you get that up and running, I put Pitch Black theme on and also grabbed a center clock mod that works great!

Looking around for a circle battery mod that works and some way to mod the colors of the status bar icons. Oreo is being a pain for some themers.

A little more work and who needs root?

Anyone find a good mod to fix the color saturation? Or at least make Vivid Color switch do something?

So...what have you done? :highfive:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GuestK00143:
Great idea for a thread.

I had Nova Prime on mine with the Google Companion plug in to enable the Google swipe and it worked great to hide the dock at the bottom. Hopefully I will get nice one from Google tomorrow that's defect free.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] AndrasLOHF:
How do you get rid of the notification for light manager?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] KennyG123:
Like any notification, just long press (hold on notification) and then choose block all notifications from this app.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] AndrasLOHF:
Cool. In the past that would kill the LED as well if I remember. Guess that got that figured out.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MrMeeseeks:
Cool thread. And the light manager idea is great. I don't understand why Google doesn't have a charging LED. :svetius:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] krolla03:
Nova Prime.

Substratum and a dark theme

Changed the navbar icons to hollow ones to help with burn in

icon pack

light manager

super thin case with my metal plate for my magnet mount in the car
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MrWilsonxD:
Anyone having memory management issues? And has done something to improve it? Frequently getting redraws with only 6-10 apps open. :|

I originally had andromeda and substratum setup, naptime x (via adb), was using sprite to get center clock and colour options for the status and nav bars. Of course opted for nova launcher over pixel launcher!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] KennyG123:
OK, had the Oreo colorizer installed to improve the colors but then seen it using 2% battery after a full day...saw there was an update and after mashing update phone a 100 times finally sideloaded it! The saturated option is what I am used to and I think are great! I see some prefer just boosted...a compromise between boosted and saturated would be great.

Have gotten 3 days without charging the phone whereas at best I could make it 2 on the 6P! I may just stay unrooted if Substratum Andromeda would work a little better...takes like 10 tries sometimes to connect the ADB Andromeda script. And Pitch Black seems to update the theme almost everyday!

Loving this phone now!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mnrivera210:
Magisk 14.4

Substratum - Swift Black

Nova Prime

Tapet - Black Wallpaper

Removed Nav Bar - Using Swift Navigation instead.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nicholaschum:
That's great to hear!

As far as I know, the battery is completely drawn in Java so overlays are mods won't work, unless you do rooted mods :(

I've been running rootless for nearly a whole year and it's been great!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nicholaschum:
Usually we don't like telling people this but the connection of the phone to their Oreo device is based on the computer they used, for example, some of the Macs I tried kept disconnecting the ADB shell/disabling USB debugging and thus, disables the app - which gets understandably annoying.

I usually test on my main rig regarding Andromeda, and it's been running great with 5 devices attached at all times, including when they are disconnected.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] KennyG123:
Thanks Nicholas for all you do!!! I am sure Andromeda will only get better and it has been a blessing!!!

Thanks for the tip about the connection. My desktop is ancient...maybe I will try my new laptop and see how it works.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gettinwicked:
How are you getting 3 days on a charge? I'm getting just under 2. Not that I'm complaining, but 3 would be badass.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Incredible_Culp:
Awesome thread idea -- was tired seeing so many negative threads concerning this phone. This phone has been nothing but great to me.

Here's what I did!

- Global full immersive mode (did this AS SOON as i unboxed it, after unlocking bootloader)

- Completely disabled the nav bar (never pops up)

- LMT Pie Controls

- Dropped down the animations to .5x

- Nova Prime

- Light Flow/Manager

- Substratum (pitch black theme)

- Disabled apps I dont use (uninstalled the ones i could)

After applying Nov. update, I decided to Root for a few reasons:

- Complete removal of the nav bar (editing the build.prompt)

- Got tired of seeing ads in Chrome Beta

- Completely removed apps within the system I dont use instead of just disabling them (nice and slim)

This phone has been absolutely incredible - insanely smooth with zero lag. No burn-in (obviously due to my set up) or anything negative about this phone that has been reported.

More than likely going to be on the Nov. build until ROMs start come rolling in -- until then, im completely satisfied.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] KennyG123:
Nothing special at all! I am using it the same as I did my 6P. I do clear all recents 2 or 3 times a day to make sure nothing is running in the background. Have brightness about 40% with adaptive brightness on. Am on Google Fi so make sure to be on wifi most of the day....from experience poor signal is a big drain. I keep location on battery saving which really helps Google Fit and my smartwatch be more accurate. Probably could get even more out of it if I did not play a battery hog called Dice with Buddies.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] KennyG123:
Dumped the Oreo Colorizer app for sideloading the November update...Saturated is my lobster!!!!

Anyone find a circle battery mod that works yet?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] pvtjoker42:
Loving my 2xl so far, aside from not being able to find a glass screen protector that lasts more than 2 days without dust under it!

Running sideloaded Nov. update,

Magisk 14.4 rooted

light manager is a must! (different color leds for work/personal app notifications)

substratum swift black

and good ol adaway to keep the ads at bay.

Would love a circle clock mod

and would KILL for a volume adjustment mod (set notification and ringtone to separate levels)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] byproxy:
what is swift navigation?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] DocteurN:
Think he meant Swipe Navigation : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.suphi.swipenavigation&hl=en ;)
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] robert52625:
Hey guys, I am using open beta 17.. Android Oreo.. Nd I realised that open beta version consumes more battery so I decided to roll.back to 4.5.0 stable os... nd since I was having the zip file in my internal storage, I selected to local upgrade from software updates in my one plus 3t ..

The process started nd after few seconds it went to recovery, and it said that " updating, please wait"... nd after few more seconds, it said that "upgrade failed" ... reboot

help me...
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] Anandrv:
You'll need to flash the special open beta to go back to nougat and then flash the stock build. Before flashing the stock build, clean wipe.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] thes3usa:
You cannot revert back to Nougat/Marshmallow directly from the Open Beta. There is a special firmware package to be flashed and there is partial loss of data.

As quoted on https://xdaforums.com/one...d-7-1-t3564240

"Notice:

If you want to revert back to the last Open Beta N build (OnePlus 3 Open beta 24 or OnePlus 3T Open Beta 15) you will need to flash the special build provided below. Because of the nature of downgrading from a major version, this will cause you to lose partial data.

Instructions and Info:

The build will wipe app and cache data, but Internal Storage will be saved (ie: pictures and files)

Users who revert their device back to the special build can still OTA update the device to Android O build at a later date."

You can't install the stable version directly, only via the installation of the special build, then installation of the stable package.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] vtec303:
That special firmware package totally wiped my phone to zero, all files on the internal drive were wiped and it formated it to f2fs, I have 128gb internal storage, after the boot up it only showed 30gb (afair), I lost everything and I was devastated so please everyone be very careful with that so called "Special firmware", also this is just my experience with that special build other people's experience may be different, all the best to everyone, cheers.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] edt2:
Was that special build removed ?
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] Magnum_Enforcer:
Please do not create duplicate threads or posts. Additionally, please post your threads in the correct forum. The development forums on XDA are not for Q&A threads. Your previous thread on this topic has already been moved to the appropriate Q&A forum. This thread is closed.

Cheers,

Magnum_Enforcer

FSM
[Magisk] ChessPiece:
What I did:

- Wipe all (clean install).

- Flash latest Official MoKee ROM (Nougat).

- Flash latest GApps.

- Flash latest Magisk.

- Reboot.

After finished the Wizard Setup and before doing anything, my phone got very laggy, open menu, open Settings, etc.

Then I clean install again like the steps above, but this time using SuperSU, and everything normal, so I stick with SuperSU for now.

My questions, what is the cause of the lags? Is it known bug in Magisk, the ROM itself (not compatible), or GApps? I also heard ResurrectionRemix had the same problem after installing Magisk, so many people revert back to SuperSU.

Thanks,
[Magisk] 0kti:
I have Resurrectionremix and Magisk 14.3

No any lag on my phone.

Tapatalk - Xiaomi Mi6
[Magisk] BIGWORM:
You need to list what modules you're using.
[Magisk] ChessPiece:
I only flash the ROM, GApps and Magisk without any additional flashable ZIPs.
[Magisk] yung40oz84:
Honestly that doesn't sound like Magisk. I've ran Magisk on literally probably 20 ROMs between Angler and Pixel XL and never Magisk caused lag... Did u try a different rom? Just curious, or maybe it's some incompatibility with that specific rom and magisk
[Magisk] ChessPiece:
I tried several ROMs that based on LOS and all same, maybe it's caused by LOS base that used in those ROMs. And since you say so, probably it's not an issue in Magisk, but the ROM itself.

I'll try Magisk again later when some ROM's builds available for my device.

-

I think my questions has been answered (it's appear not issue in Magisk side) and this thread can be closed.
[Magisk] yung40oz84:
Ya I was gonna say cause I use all AOSP and CAF based
[Magisk] Danilo-Sanchez:
I had this issue with Lineage 14.1 and AEX before.

Now I don't have this issue anymore.

What I do is:

- Wipe everything

- Install ROM

- Install GApps

- Reboot and finish Setup Wizard (then I install some or all apps that I use)

- Reboot to TWRP and flash Magisk.

The first time I reboot after flashing Magisk it's still a little slower than normal. Then I reboot one more time and never faced this anymore.

Now I do this everytime I make a clean install and everytime it works.
[Magisk] ChessPiece:
So don't flash Magisk along with the ROM?

Instead finish Wizard Setup first and back to TWRP to flash Magisk. I'll try this if the issue still persist. Many Thanks
[Magisk] Danilo-Sanchez:
Yes.

Try it and let me know if this also fix the problem for you.
[Magisk] dragos281993:
Yes, Magisk is the thing that's causing lag and stutter. My Nexus 5X is also barely responding to any commands if I flash Magisk right after a ROM clean installation. If you flash only the ROM, then you can finish setting up the device without much stutter or hiccups in performance.

If, after a clean installation (or after installing Magisk - didn't try this though) you use the phone without Magisk for a bit, maybe install some apps, etc, you'll see that everything is nice and smooth.

Now, you can check the smoothness without Magisk and with Magisk installed like this:

- Without Magisk: Update 'Google App' to the latest version then try to open the side panel from the latest Pixel Launcher. You'll see that opening/closing it is nice and smooth, and scrolling up and down is also smooth.

- With Magisk installed (without using any modules): The moment the phone turns on, at first, things might seem OK. First wait for the phone to settle down after the reboot for a few minutes. Then try opening the side panel. You'll see some stutter while dragging that panel to the right, maybe not huge, but it's there. Scrolling up and down is also stuttery. At first I thought it was because of the latest version of Google App, or the new cards design, or even the images in there, but that wasn't the issue. Then I thought maybe the launcher was somehow influencing Google App's performance, but that wasn't either the issue.

AND it was like I completely forgot about SuperSU and didn't even think of trying it in order to see how things were.

I even rebased my ROM in the hope that I'd find the culprit, and still nothing. Nothing weird appeared in any logs, which was so annoying. And a few hours ago, after finishing up cleaning up my sources (for other reasons), I compiled a fresh new build, and it crossed my mind to try SuperSU, just for the hell of it, and BOOM ! No more lag and stutter. The phone is snappy and responsive again.

I'll try to contact the dude behind Magisk and see what he has to say, or leave a comment in his thread.

The thing is, those with more recent phones, like the Pixels or any other phones than are more powerful than mine, might not notice what I described above, but there should be some stutter there, no matter how small, maybe in other scenarios as well.

The thing is, Magisk kinda slowly took the place of Xposed, at least that's what it looks like to me, and I personally don't like that but that's how things are, I suppose. All those modules or at least one of them WILL cause issues sooner or later, just like on Xposed.

But in the end, yes, it's Magisk what's destroying your phone's performance and nothing else. So if you're not really in the need to have your phone pass SafetyNet, and want to have your phone snappy and lag-free, use SuperSU, at least until things get better on Magisk.
[Magisk] ChessPiece:
I'm glad I'm not the only one experienced this issue, that's mean it's not entirely user fault. Maybe you're right, on more high-spec phones they won't really notice the lags/stutters.

Looking forward to the news/updates regarding this issue.
[Magisk] Camandros:
I don't mean to necrobump, but did it work? I have an LG G4 (H815) and suffered the same issue. Like you, I only flashed magisk right after flashing the ROM (LG nougat).

Thanks
[Magisk] ChessPiece:
I haven't got the chance to try it.

Currently I'm using SuperSU to root my device.
[Magisk] Camandros:
I tried installing magisk on my currently in use ROM, i.e., a long time after flashing it, and although it got less laggy, there still was a heavy lag impact in some applications. Maybe it has less impact on lineage or on lighter ROMs? I'm using official LG nougat.
[Magisk] sunu792002:
I'm using Mi 6 in Xiaomi.eu rom

YES, magisk causing laggy.
[Magisk] head_djmusic:
Same here

Mi5, tested on MIUI 9 and 10

Without Magisk everything was great and after flashing Magisk, the phone got laggy!
[Magisk] iblackrd:
I have the same problem with my LG G6
[Magisk] sandaljrpit:
interesting, first I thought that emmc will be broken. because the problem is the same (lag). but after i replace emmc, all back is fine. I just think emmc is broken because it is often flashing rom.
[Magisk] ISoreo:
what magisk version 16.0 or beta? magisk can't make the phone lag but kernel or something in ROM may interrupt try to change kernel or flash the lastest Gapps
[Magisk] rickkane:
I've experienced this same lag on an Essential Phone running the latest Lineage ROM for a week and latest Magisk installed a couple days ago. Once Magisk was installed I noticed the lag. Apps all open/run fine for me. The only reason I noticed was because I have the screen lock sound on, and when I would turn off the screen the sound would be delayed by 10 seconds. I'd hit the power button to turn off the screen, screen goes black, and ten seconds later I'd get the sound effect.

I had a couple module installed, so I removed them, but the lag remained. Once I put Magisk into core only mode, rebooted and that lag went away.

FWIW.
[Magisk] Saswata Chakraborty:
Even I notice this always. The difference when I have Magisk installed VS when I don't have it, is quite noticeable. Once Magisk is installed, app opening speed becomes slow af. I used to think it's the apps that are slow, but when using them without magisk, they are super snappy and fast.
[Magisk] warchild98:
Yeah dude.

Same goes for me.

Doesn't matter what version of magisk i use, apps are loading slower than usual.

Curently i'm using Nokia 6.1 2018.
[Magisk] pndwal:
FIX WITH CORE ONLY MODE:

Its something to do with module engine I think. Enabling core-only mode in settings restores speed (no more lag) for me. I'd like to find solution for use with modules though. PW
[Magisk] anz563:
Hi guys. OnePlus 3T, Oxygen 9.0.4, same problem for a long time ( since oxy 4.x ). Magisk on my Phone also causing lags and stutters... Is it really a problem with module engine?
[Magisk] Didgeridoohan:
If your system suddenly becomes laggy with Magisk installed, the most likely culprits are a rouge root app (that is poorly coded and spams root requests, or similar) or a Magisk module (that might be running a script in the background, or similar).

Either way, without anyone (and that means someone who's experiencing it) finding the actual reason to the issue there's nothing anyone else can do.
[Magisk] lacia-chan:
Hey Didgeridoohan I have tried multiple versions of magisk but every release after 18.0 seems to introduce some lag and stutter I have no apps installed that use root besides substratum (not the lite one) I can provide logs and more if that would help fix this

Device mi a2 lite

Rom posp

Android 9

Kernel butterfly 3.18.120

Magisk 19.4
[Magisk] tmstaedt:
I also was surprised that apps would take longer to start the first time after installing Magisk on lineageOS 16 on oneplus 2. But subsequent starts were normal.
[Magisk] VovoKrall:
My Galaxy J500M was stuttering a lot. Thinking it was a LOS 17.1 issue, I installed another ROM (SE8.5) and it was working fine until I installed Magisk (in TWRP), when the ROM started stuttering. I hadn't even installed any app or module yet. Googling, I ended up here and installed LOS 17.1 again - no Magisk this time.

Does SuperSU still work on Android 10? I only use Adaway as rooted app.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] nashi_jee:
Hey all.

hope you will all be fine.

I bought a used xperia xa f3111 two weeks ago,

it was okay since friday night but it was gone to sleep in same night. :(

I dont know what happened. its not turning ON.

usualy it stucks on sony logo and sometimes it stucks at xperia animation.

flash mode and fastboot mode is detected by the pc.

I have tried alot of tutorials. first i tried xperia companion. when tried to repair software it says NO UPDATE FOUND FOR YOUR DEVICE Bla bla.... (screenshot attached).

Then I tried Emma. it says a locked device detected with imei number 00000000000000. (screenshot attached). dont have original IMEI because it was a used device.

then I tried flashtool to unlock bootloader and to flash ftf file. got unlock key for null imei which is 758E6C504FB2D439. tried to unlock bootloader with the key but it was failed. logs are attached in form of screenshot.

Please help me out what to do ......

thnx in advance and sorry for my bad english..
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] nashi_jee:
No one is here to help me out?????
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] rrvuhpg:
Your device is a prototype and will not boot retail firmwares. To have it working you have to unpack boot img and edit default.prop to add/modify "ro.build.type=eng". Use my released boot to do it or you will have to build the kernel and remove dm-verity yourself. You need an unlocked bootloader but prototypes should have it "out of the box". The bad thing with that kind of devices is that they are collecting data to Sony so be careful if you use it for daily.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] nashi_jee:
Can you pleaaaase be noob friendly. These things just went above my head. :(

You mean first thing is to unlock boot loader. And i am unable to do so. Can you please guide me for the needful in easy words.

Thank u so much for reply....
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] rrvuhpg:
First of all you must be sure that your bootloader is unlocked, you can check by doing this: put the phone in fastboot mode and try to enter the command "fastboot oem unlock" without quotes. It must return an error with (not necessary) at the end. If the bootloader is locked you can find the original IMEI by removing microSD and SIM tray then pull the small strip in the slot, the IMEI is written on it.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] nashi_jee:
You mean to say that imei number should be written on sim tray?

I removed it but it was completely blank.... :(

and also checked for a hidden plastic strip inside the sim slot and memory card slot as well... but found nothing.

Any other way to find????
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] rrvuhpg:
Look inside the slots you will see a white label, pull it ;) Look at the picture if it can help you.
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] nashi_jee:
Finally my fone turned on.

I flashed boot.img with fastboot downloaded from https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xa/development/f3111-f3113-f3115-stock-kernels-built-t3573119

but now i am having the problem of unknown baseband and null imei...... :(

What to do now???

thnx alot for your time
[Sony Xperia XA Questions & Answers] wrundawan:
Send the phone to me i can fix it.