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[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pkgnex:
[MENTION=7381251]rickysidhu_[/MENTION]

Now that you've presumably updated to the May security patch, can you see if the latest version (94pks11 in OP) works for you? I increased the delay to 60 seconds, so that should help...
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] rickysidhu_:
I actually ended up "dirty flashing" by using the May OTA (it was my first time being aware of this method being an alternative way to update so I just wanted to try and see if it worked, which it did).

However, I was meaning to clean flash hopefully by today, so I will definitely test and report back then.

Really appreciate you remembering my issue though, that was an unexpected yet pleasant surprise!

:highfive:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pkgnex:
No problem!

If you're going to clean flash anyways, you might want to give Android P DP2 a try. I've been using it since it dropped and it's been fine as a daily driver.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] rickysidhu_:
After a clean flash, we have success! Thanks a ton once again for basically holding my hand through all of this haha, much appreciated!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pkgnex:
:good: :highfive: :victory:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Juzman:
[MENTION=4793042]pkgnex[/MENTION] with the new updates to FlashKernel, there's a couple more power saving options.

4. There are two new sysfs nodes available for some power savings:

* /sys/module/cpufreq/parameters/enable_underclock: Thanks to Sultanxda, we can underclock the big CPU to 1958, which should result in a little bit of power savings

* /sys/module/cpufreq/parameters/disable_boost_on_big: Prevents userspace from raising the minimum frequency on the big cluster, which is how the power HAL handles interaction boost. This should not hurt performance too much.

To enable these, you can either echo 1 to the path via Magisk's post-fs-data.d or use EX Kernel Manager's user settings (Tools > User Settings) to change the value and set it on boot.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pkgnex:
Yeah, I saw that - thx. Interesting indeed!

I am going to hold off on setting those in my script for now because a). I'm more of a performance oriented guy (I actually overclock when possible), and b). it is not a "kernel agnostic" item; i.e. I think it's only on Flash now, not stock, EX, etc.

I'll probably try them out for a bit to formulate an opinion (and anyone else is welcome to share theirs here!); if other dev's and the user community start to coalesce around offering these tuning knobs in other kernels and activating them, perhaps they will be a future addition!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Juzman:
Yeah, I understand no need for it in your script as it is only one kernel. Just thought I would share the settings. :) I take your script and add the colour profile and now these settings for myself. :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pkgnex:
:good:

Glad to help out with a base you can add to / customize!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Juzman:
Update [MENTION=4793042]pkgnex[/MENTION] :)

As per this post we don't need iowait_boost on ARM64 devices with a battery, so should be right to remove.

Quote: For systems that don't need/want it enabled, such as those on arm64 based mobile devices that are battery operated, it saves energy when the cpufreq driver policy doesn't have it enabled (details below).

#--------------------------------------------------
# Enable Schedutil Governor IO-Wait Boost
#--------------------------------------------------
echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/schedutil/iowait_boost_enable;
echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy4/schedutil/iowait_boost_enable;

Looking at this post regarding entropy, I simply changed:

echo 2560 > /proc/sys/kernel/random/write_wakeup_threshold; # stock is 896

to

echo 1792 > /proc/sys/kernel/random/write_wakeup_threshold; # stock is 896

simply doubling the write_wakeup_threshold like in that post.

I will keep doing some more research. :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pkgnex:
Thanks for the continued research.

Interesting about iowait_boost! When I tried turning this off and on previously, I recall that I found a significant benchmark speed improvement by having it on, but I'll re-test again. I suppose if it did improve performance, a reduction in battery life would make sense, but I've had no complaints on battery life, so it may just be a preference thing (classic speed vs battery trade-off). If you could find any details on why arm64 doesn't want/need this on, that would be awesome.

Regarding the entropy, I'm not sure it makes much difference, BUT regardless, you should note that the post you linked is 6 years old, and the relationship / behavior has changed since that time. The stock values are nowhere near what they used to be - write_wakeup is now 14 times read_wakeup on stock (it used to just be 2 times), and in my testing the pool fill / depletion behave completely differently now than in that post. The current values I have in the script seem to keep the pool between about 50% and 75% full which I think is a good spot to ensure you never run out and aren't constantly using power trying to keep it full.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] henderjr:
I had used this script a bunch in the past but not since P. I'm assuming it should be fine on P and give the slight boost it did on O? Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pkgnex:
Yep!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sublimaze:
Correct me if wrong, but scripts are executed in filename order, and 94pks9 will be executed last since 9 is "higher" than 94pks10 & 94pks11.

Is 94pks10 > 94pks11 > 94pks9 the intended order?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pkgnex:
You're right about execution order... but you don't need to run all three :).

9 and 10 are just older versions of the same script - I keep the last two previous versions available in case people have a preference or I mess something up with an update.

Version 11 has been around for quite a while with no issues, so just run 94pks11!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Juzman:
No worries, I will keep looking into some stuff, always looking to improve. However what is in there at the moment seems pretty spot-on. :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pkgnex:
Yeah, it's been pretty heavily tested over the years! A lot of stuff that used to help in the ICS-to-KitKat days no longer had any effect and was stripped out, so all that remains are the few things that still make sense and continue to help performance.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bobbarker2:
What's the purpose behind disabling ZRAM and using noop instead of cfq?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Steigerelli:
I'm looking for a way to get Sprint Visual Voicemail without all of Sprint's bloatware. As stated in the title, I have the Unlocked Note8. I see that other carriers offer an app in the Play Store for visual voicemail, but it looks like for Sprint it only comes in a package deal. I was just wondering if there was an apk out there or something.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Team DevDigitel:
flash my rom with flashfire. its included as well as the wifi calling etc. This will block hotspot by default if not on ur plan so ull have to edit the apns or do the hotspot trick to get it working . otherwise its the best way to go if you are sprint!

or if ur lazy, flash this with flashfire and hope for the best.

Sprint VVM For note 8:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=889964283620765007
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] wa0qbu:
Anyway to flash the app on uprooted unlocked phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Team DevDigitel:
Unpack the zip and try to install as a user app. Otherwise no
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] wa0qbu:
Tried that already . Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Riptide9:
I just unzipped the file and found the base.apk, uploaded that to my phone and installed it. Installed and worked fine on my unlocked Note 8 on Sprint. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Steigerelli:
Are you rooted or stock?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Riptide9:
100% stock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Steigerelli:
I did the same thing. I have the app, but my voicemails don't show up on the VVM app. They go straight to old school voicemail. I'm not sure if I need to do something special to activate it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] wa0qbu:
That is the same results I have gotten. App seems to function correctly just not connecting to email server. I will keep searching for solution.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] cocokola:
Any update

I was about to give in and use Google voice integration with sprint, but now that is being deprecated june 1st 2018. A thread from sprint keeps promising a visual voicemail for unlocked phones would be released, but the release date just keeps slipping in perfect vaperware fashion.

I pray for an answer.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Bachatu:
Sprint users will still be able to use Google Voice as a forwarding service like other people with different carriers do. What's ending is the Sprint integration which is different from the forwarding service for voicemail.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] cocokola:
I want visual voicemail, or to use Google voice mail with my sprint phone, phone number to essentially get visual voicemail.. That is what is ending.. Right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] misterkatanga:
From Idrees Patel's article on front page of XDA;

"However, it does not affect customers who use Google Voice with a Sprint forwarding phone who have not enabled the “Google Voice with Sprint” integration, as only the integration is being disabled."

I have been with Sprint for at least six or seven years and have had Google Voice the entire time. The "Sprint Integrated Google Voice" is going away but that just means you can't COMBINE your Sprint and Google Voice numbers into a single number for outgoing and incoming calls.

This only really affects people that used the outgoing services of Google Voice, i.e. International callers in my experience. There is a simple test to see if you will be affected by this. If you have a Google Voice phone number that is different from your Sprint cell phone number you will not be affected by the change on June 1st.

If your current cell number is listed as your Google Voice number then your phone is "integrated" and you will need to apply for a new Google Voice number.

I have had my phone integrated and non-integrated with GVoice over the years and it never affected voicemail forwarding and transcription. THAT, is what I (and I believe the vast majority of users) care about and is not changing so I wouldn't worry about it too much.
[General Questions and Answers] heroinmage:
I just successfully rooted and customized few features on my Y6 ii compact , and after changing my boot animation i noticed i can't rly change splash logo when i change my logo.img in /cust folder nothing happends .

Did any of you guys manage to change it and how?

also if any1 needs help rooting or installing TWRP i would be glad to help.... tnx in advance .
[General Questions and Answers] Nonta72:
In Mediatek powered phones, splash logo resides on a separate partition called logo. You have to flash your logo.img/logo.bin to that partition. The logo.img you see in /cust folder is likely just a backup.

Share what you've learned. That's why XDA is here. If you accomplished something that hasn't yet been accomplished, the community welcomes you to share your discovery!
[General Questions and Answers] Nonta72:
This partition isn't accessible or usable by the user once the system has been initiated.
[General Questions and Answers] heroinmage:
alright i saw some guide on some wordpress website to go to TWRP make boot partition backup , then to move that bacup to some folder i can access from pc ,alter logo , and put it back to original place + use that backup . Now im stuck before splash screen logo because phone can't load that logo and he is just rebooting after 10 sec or so . Only thing i managed to access is fastboot. Problem is i can't find any rom for my devices with .img format files so i can't rly flash them. Do you maybe have some idea ?
[General Questions and Answers] Nonta72:
You just need to do more searches.

Huawei Stock roms come in update.app format. It's a compressed file that contains all the img files (boot.img, recovery.img, system.img, logo.img, cache.img etc). There is already a thread to unpack such file and extract the img files. The tool is available here.

Now, once you get your logo.img, you can use dd in adb or terminal to flash it. This is not intended for normal users. I wouldn't advice it.

And no, you cannot use another phone's logo.img/logo.bin in your phone even if it's from another huawei.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Motawa88:
Is there a list of things/apps that are safe to disable/uninstall?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] vndnguyen:
I have seen somewhere in the forum. Try to do a search...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] crhistiandavidbonilla47:
Hello everyone, the notification LED seems to be presenting faults, since only the red LED appears, the blue and green color no longer work, any solution? I use a lot of notifications of led colors for my applications please help me :(
[Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) Questions & Answers] Deleted member 7206844:
Hello,

My friend found a Galaxy J3 Mission the other day, and I couldn't find ANY roms to flash on it...

I needed to flash a new rom because it was FRP locked, and on Android Nougat, you can't use the "Realterm" method to bypass the FRP lock. So I looked and eventually found a rom that worked without giving me an error on ODIN. The rom I downloaded was supposed to be stock ODIN for the Galaxy J3 Eclipse, but instead, it is the factory test firmware for the J3 Eclipse. I searched and searched, and couldn't find any other roms that would flash onto this device, so now I'm basically stuck the factory test firmware unless someone can find the stock firmware for me. My question is, is there a way to install apks on the factory test firmware? Because I have apks for Chrome and TouchWiz I could install to make it like stock firmware, but I can't figure out how to install them. I have them on an SD Card, but the only options the file explorer gives me are to move, copy, or delete them...I know besides TouchWiz and Chrome there are a lot of other apks i would also have too install, but is there a way to install them in the first place on a firmware like this? If someone could actually find me stock firmware for the J3 Mission, J3 Eclipse, or any other device firmware, I would also appreciate that a lot, because I have spent the last TWO days working on this phone, and it's starting to tick me off.

Thanks,

Josh
[Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) Questions & Answers] ashyx:
Using ADB:

adb install *.apk

Where * is the name of the apk.
[Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) Questions & Answers] Deleted member 7206844:
Thank you so much!
[Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) Questions & Answers] Deleted member 7206844:
Do I have to install the adb drivers for the phone? Because I looked and looked an I cannot find them anywhere. Also, this is a noob questions because i'm new to all the Android dev stuff, but are usb and adb drivers the same thing?
[Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) Questions & Answers] ashyx:
Adb us usually packaged with the usb drivers.

http://developer.samsung.com/galaxy/others/android-usb-driver-for-windows

Google adb drivers.

https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb.html
[Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) Questions & Answers] Brandonk1964:
Where can I get the room for the j3 eclipse I've been on this for days now I'm so frustrated if anyone can point me in the right direction to download it would be greatly appreciated
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] enderws:
My client has a unlocked GSM HTC TyTN II phone, purchased directly from HTC. I go to Settings > Connections > Bluetooth and click the Enable bluetooth checkbox. When I go right back in the checkbox is turned OFF-- it won't stay on. I have tried rebooting the phone several times. This just stopped working a week or so ago, before that Bluetooth was working great with a headset.

Factory installed ROM.

It seems like something is switching it off for me--are there any mutually exclusive settings or dependencies I'm not thinking of?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] galaxys:
hi, this is the hermes tytn I forum...try the kaiser tytn II forum for answers.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] enderws:
whoops, will post there.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] shineburst:
Having issues install the September OTA update for my Moto XT1644 that is currently running on Systemless Magisk v14.0 and Xposed v88.2.

I set Magisk into core-only mode, so Xposed is disabled. I did had TWRP on the phone before but flash over it with fastboot with the stock recovery.img.

Whenever I tried to installed the OTA update, it errors out in the install.

-Do I need to uninstall Xposed framework?

-I am currently on the ElementalX Kernel. Do I need the stock kernel?

-I do have a custom boot logo image and also for the boot loader if that matters.

-The stock recovery I got only displays "no commands" with the Android Robot when it boots up. This definitely does not look like stock recovery to me.

Thanks for taking a look and trying to help me.

Issue have already been solved!!!!!
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] shineburst:
Finally decided to try this, https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/stock-rom-npjs25-93-14-4-march-1-t3608138 and it worked. Just skip the "fastboot erase userdata". Lost root though.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] strongst:
Similar issue like here again https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/help/moto-g-boots-twrp-t3701768
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] zeomal:
I'm just answering your questions, nothing else.

You need to have a STOCK boot image, and a STOCK recovery. I'm fairly certain Xposed can also cause issues. The safest thing you can do when you've heavily modified your system is to flash your stock ROM and wiping everything but your internal storage in your device.

Yes, the “no command” is the standard stock recovery itself. You need to hold the power button, and either the upper or lower volume key at the same time (I don't recall which one, think it's the bottom), and let go of the volume key you're pressing to view the recovery menu that you are familiar with.

You obviously will lose root access when you flash a ROM via fastboot because you're wiping almost every common partition with new data, replacing all the previous data (root access is in the /boot partition) with the files from the fastboot image(s).
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] rommeney:
Hi, I'm planning to buy a Moto G5 Plus from Newegg/Newegg's ebay

I need confirmation if this version of the phone's bootloader is Unlockable(https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875209505)

Thanks :)
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] Smeagal192:
Yes it is able to have the bootlocker unlocked.

Still have not found a really justified reason to do mine, seems to break way more things reading this forum, and oreo update due next 3 months.

For the price found this to be a great phone as is, only mod is nova launcher.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] acejavelin:
I would agree... Unlocking the Bootloader, rooting, and custom ROMs have much less value and more drawbacks than it used to, and every incremented version of Android just proves to reinforce that more and more.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] Cupcake 1.5:
My thoughts exactly after having unlocked my bootloader at a reflex. There is no ROM's that are even close to stock, especially camera wise. If we get official Lineage OS, the unlock is justified for me. But that seems uncertain at this time. Moto g has always been supported by CM & LOS, so there is no reason we should not get official support.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] roscoe2041:
I had a similar thinking until about a week ago. I had had this phone for about 6 to 7 months before it started getting unbearably laggy. It was starting to feel and run like the $200 phone it is. But I bought this phone with the unlockable bootloader as a contingency.

Just as stock Android has improved to the point of almost not needing to root/mod, the rooting and modding process itself has seemingly become far more accessible to the average bloke with the cross platform Electron app.

The battery life is incredible on 14.1 compared to the stock Nougat...not to mention quicker security updates from what I understand. Even this 'unofficial' lineage is leagues better in my humble opinion.

So while it may be hard to justify there are some decent advantages in my mind. It took me half a year to do it though, which is crazy considering I was addicted to rooting my OG Droid way back in the day.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] acejavelin:
No offense, but I'm curious if a cache wipe or factory reset would have righted the world with your phones battery anyway... Custom ROMs tend not to do as well in battery in unlocked/retail Moto devices when compared to stock. Moto can improve in a lot of areas, but they sure as heck know how to optimize a kernel and rom.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] roscoe2041:
I'm not too sure. You could be right, I bet a factory reset would have worked well to fix my unendurable lag. I use my phone for productivity, no games etc so I'm baffled as to how it got clogged down so quickly. The storage space wasn't an issue, either. Regardless the battery life doesn't seem to have suffered as a result of the switch to 14.1. In fact, it seems better than when I bought it off the shelf. Mileage may vary of course, but it seems like the pros barely outweigh the cons to me. I also have the 2gb RAM variant for what it's worth and it now feels way zippier than a $200 phone should be. That's not to say it didn't feel zippy off the shelf. The stock rom is mighty nice and stable so it's kind of fixing something that's not really broken.

I also am eager to move on to Oreo. It is frustrating that Moto's stock almost-vanilla Android takes so long to update.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] sic0048:
I would always unlock and root. I could care less about custom ROMs, but being able to load apps like AdAway, Greenify, Viper4Android, Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, etc and being able to remove bloatware are two major reasons why I would root even if I didn't plan on using custom ROMs.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Accessories] xzr3b0rnzx:
I just got the case, love it !!! quality is just as expected from kevlar cases. The camera is flushed with the case (i feel that it is slightly, just slightly raised to protect the camera which is a plus).

The lips of the case is not raise up to protect the screen though, but the edge is perfectly cut to the metal sides which makes it feels really natural to hold. If it is raised further, i think dust can be easily trap in side like the original google case so i think its fine for me, personally.

NOTE: this is not a carbon fibre case, its made of 100% kevlar/aramid. Carbon fibre as a case would have interference with signals.

PROTIP: when trying to remove the case, work from the buttom edge and slowly upwards along the power/volume side (i find it slightly easier on this side).

MOD EDIT: LINK REMOVED

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THREAD CLOSED

Let the pictures do that talking
[Google Pixel 2 XL Accessories] xzr3b0rnzx:
you are welcome :) i will do a brief review when i get the case, i have high hopes of it in terms of slimness, weight and texture.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Accessories] an21281:
Also ordered one, thanks for posting!