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[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidbadboy:
Hello! :angel:

On the 19th of January 2018 marks the official launch of the new Samsung Galaxy A8 2018 edition. From that day forward You can easily buy that new phone and You mustn't go through any pre-order procedures anymore.

During my free time I jumped into a couple of stores to see if there is a worthy candidate to replace our beloved S6E+.

To be clear one thing with You right from the begging - I was only checking if the quality of the camera photos were better or worse in comparison to Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus.

Since there has been also other Samsung Galaxy phones in the stores I’ve visited - I’ve checked them too.

The results may come for You as a bit of a surprise.

Notice that the photo quality measurement was judged by myself only and it was always done indoors with much light in the room (no surprise here since it has been done in shopping centers).

If any of You is considering upgrading S6E+ to a newer model taking into consideration only the photo output of the camera please hold and see what was the verdict. Please read below.

So with no further ado, here are the results:

In all models, the HDR was set to AUTO, flash was always set to disabled.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus vs. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

Winner = Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and I might say it won easily. The S7 Edge has the biggest difference in photo quality of all the devices I’ve tested!

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus vs. Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018 edition)

Winner= Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus. I’ve noticed that A8 tries to get better image quality impression by getting more brightness on the photos which is done automatically. In opposition to S7 Edge there is less difference in photo quality between the two compared models.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus vs. Samsung Galaxy S8

Winner = TIE. S8 used automatic brightness adjustment to make photos look better. That was very hard to decide which was the real winner or looser in this one.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus vs. Samsung Galaxy S8+

Winner = Samsung Galaxy S8+ - again, automatic photo brightness adjustment makes the pictures taken by that phone better. There’s just a little little bit more sharpness in S8+ images.

Samsung Galaxy S8+ vs. Samsung Galaxy Note8

Winner = Samsung Galaxy Note8 – again, images are brighter but they are more sharper too. This is the first real threat to S6E+ and first very good candidate if you want to upgrade S6E+ only by pursuing a better photo quality. Note8 is on the the top of the mountain when it goes for camera picture quality!

Well, that’s pretty much it.

I hope I helped You with upgrade or no upgrade decisions.

Thank You for the time taken to read my post :D
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidbadboy:
Before You upgrade Your S6E+ to a newer Samsung to get better photos

please delete this reply Mr Admin.

My mistake. Sorry.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flechinha:
Why do you want to delete? I agree with your opinion and I liked very much this thread. I'd like also add one thing: the number of pixels has a lot of importance when you see the pics in your pc, zoom on or, mainly, when you send them to your smartTV by smartconect. In these cases, S6 edge plus is much better than all of the others with a 16 Mp resolution in 16:9 format against only 12 Mp (4:3 format) and 9 Mp (16:9 format) of the S7, S8, note 8 etc. Remember: to see the true photo quality is not in the small oled screen of the phone (with a lot of artificial tricks and ppi) neither in Facebooks etc! Is in real life like in pc, smartTV or when you print them in paper and here, S6 edge plus photos are long steps ahead and are much better. Here you can see all artificial manipulations of the newer phones, like sharpening... Also that S6 is the only one that has the real and best resolution in 16:9 format perfectly adjusted to Tv's, pc screens etc - in 16 Mp! The maximum resolution in this format performed by S7 and S8, note 8 is only.... 9 Mp!!!! Almost HALF! hehe

For photography and camera in general, I don't swipe FOR SURE
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidbadboy:
1. I don't want to delete the whole topic, just the first reply to it (#2) cause I messed up something while changing the main topic title.

2. Thank You very much for Your input and kind words. I completely agree with your arguments.

3. BTW During my testing I was zooming after the photo was taken to see how the pixels appear. I compared the two devices: one phone in one hand, the other phone in the other hand and I've searched for differences in image quality.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flechinha:
Thank you for your words too.

For this comparison you need, AND MUST, have the both files of taken photos in these different phones compared in the same equipment with same screen as also with the same color and image treatment. As you know, the screens of these phones are very different in size, ratio, dpi, bright scale, color treatment (I think S8 and note 8 have hdr screen) etc.. As you said, was not the case, so that comparison isn't accurate. Any case and with no doubts, the zoom range admitted by phones for those pictures with less resolution (12 Mp) is lower in scale compared with zoom range reached with a 16 Mp photo, for not to see the weackness and imperfections. You'd see in maximum zoom range reached by S6 photos how would be the quality of S7, S8 and note photos - miserable!

At the end, take exactly the same scenario at the same time with these phones and, after that, take theses files to your PC with a accurate color screen in preference, zoom in and out and you'll see great differences in quality, highlighted S6 in comparison with all the others.

Also, there is someone here in xda who is a professional photographer that has made this comparison. His opinion is the same - S6 was the last with a true 16:9 and 16 Mp camera much better than following phones. We're talking about natural noise, sharpness and quality. S7 and following are very artificial in treatment, focused to AMOLED screens or low resolution app's like facebook, in that you can't notice the natural quality. Even for DxOMark, before he changed the rules caused by the 2 cameras fashion, S6 edge plus has the second best cell camera in the world, much better than S7 and iphones...

Best regards
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidbadboy:
Thank You for tones of great information.

I know that a precise test would have to be perform like that. I did it this way cause I didn't have access to the files of the phones in the stores for obvious reasons. The second thing is that people tend to judge the photo quality right out of the box shall we say. For example, 2 friends are taking pictures with their different phones and then compare the same object photographed by these phones by putting their devices near each other and judging by just looking at the phone's screen. That's what most people do when evaluating cameras and that's why I sort of did the same. I hope I saved our readers some time or gave them a bit information of what to expect out of the phones that I have compared.

With your information added I think we showed that our beloved Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus is still the king of the mountain.

PS. Which device dares to claim to be number one? :D
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flechinha:
Yeah you're right, people want to see and believe what they're are seeing in the moment, no matter the tricks or screens or etc. but for me, the most important is the real file of the photo that I can see, preserve and remind in the future in any equipment. Also when you need zoom a photo in a bigger TV screen, on where all the imperfections come out, a nice photo on the cellularphone can become tremendous here... Keep in mind this, for everybody the best cellphone photos of all the time were taken by nokia brand cellphones, mainly in the old N8 and lumias pureview. Unfortunately the Symbian OS and Windows phone OS didn't let this cellphones shine like they deserve... This is inquestionable but, in the moment in those TFT hd only screens, those weren't the best picture that someone could see...

About your question, sincerely I don't remember which one was considered the best one by DxOMark before new rules, I'm not sure if it was the pixel, but if you want to know, perhaps visiting his site and try to understand it. Unfortunately, also, DxOMark only started focusing in cellphones photography about a pair of years and never had the opportunity to test nokia models cause they are older

Regards
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidbadboy:
Thanks again,

do you know his website, a contact or something?
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flechinha:
Just Google it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prince-kunta:
Hi thanks so much in advance for your help.

My phone is a Moto z2 play

So I unlocked my bootloader and rooted my phone with the intention of blocking sites that make me unproductive; all as part of a new year's resolution. I used Magisk too root and am able to use ES file explorer to edit the host file and I've put in different lines '127.0.0.1 "website name"' in order to block all the sites that make me unproductive. This however doesn't work well for reddit.

What I'm seeing is that if I enter reddit.com in my url I'll be blocked. But if I am linked to reddit via google then it'll circumvent the block and I'll have access. From here on I can change the url to any subreddit and access it and the block doesn't work.

I've tried blocking with the prefixes www, m., https:// etc. it still doesn't block google links. Do any of you know what I can do to fix this?

Thanks again!
[General Questions and Answers] a334:
This SD card that I have got corrupted a few years ago while it was in my galaxy s4... it is unreadable by my laptop and other devices would say that it wasn't compatible... I recently got a galaxy tab s2 and s8 and both devices give me these errors (never gets past 20% formatting then error comes up). What does this mean? Is there any hope of saving this sd card?

since i can't post image links it says this

command '11 volume partition disk: 179,0 public' failed with ' 400 11 Command failed'
[General Questions and Answers] a334:
Anyone?
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] rocketzot:
My windows 10 computer won't communicate with my Google Pixel 1 on a powershell window while my phone is on twrp. It keeps saying "Waiting for device".
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] piperx:
Why you haven't had any response

My computer

Crystal balls usually don't work on weekends

Your computer is what ? unix, linux, mac, beos, windows, etc ... ?
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] piperx:
I haven't used windows at home or work since the mid 90's, your going to have to wait for a windows person to answer, sorry
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] KittyRgnarok:
Needs more details. ROM, any configurations that could be tied to the problem at all? You've given nothing to work with
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 Questions & Answers] android.4.0:
I haven't had a Samsung device since S6 which i only had for 6 months at then got a Nexus 5X. Anyway does the root method work? do i just download odin and flash it? i forget how to mod Sammy devices
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 Questions & Answers] Txupport:
Haven't used ChainFire but https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-s3/development/recovery-twrp-3-1-0-1-samsung-galaxy-t3581359 is easy and well explained, basically the same root as any other Samsung in the past long while as far as I can remember.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] williamcjj:
Free Msg: Unable to send message - Message Blocking is Active

I started receiving this message at exactly 4PM in california today whenever I try to text people. When android people try to text me they get the exact same message, when iphone people text me they don't receive anything but I will not receive any messages or be able to send any messages from and to anyone. I can still call, and called my parents to see if their phone is working since we have the same plan (iTalkBB), and they can send messages freely, just not to me. I figured it is a phone issue and does anyone have any clue as to how to fix this
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] AnonVendetta:
I had this issue before, it is most likely an issue with your carrier. I have T-Mobile prepaid service. In my case I was trying to text a local 5 digit number that would send back bus/train arrival times, all you had to do is send a message containing the stop ID. But I kept getting some BS about message blocking being active. I could text my friends, no issues. It didn't matter what ROM I was running. I called T-Mo, they said that prepaid customers aren't allowed to message such short number, unless they asked for an exception. The issue is fixed for me now.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] williamcjj:
my family all use the same carrier and only I have this problem, and my case is all numbers, i can receive pictures and group texts however, which is i found out yesterday
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
Has the phone had any recent updates? I found that it may be Google Carrier Services that may have upset mine in the past. It gets updates. I adjusted my APN settings and saved and then it was fine.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] jack lamters:
This just happened to me. My girlfriend wrote to me and received this message. After mistakenly assuming I had blocked her and being mad at me that her account was behind, they suspended her posts. His address changed and that caused the automatic payment to fail. Restart your phone then call your carrier before assuming they are on the other person's phone. if nothing is working I recommend you read this article https://grouphowto.com/message-blocking-is-active/
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] saransh arya:
Hi everyone I was thinking can I unlock bootloader and then boot custom recovery root the device and enable camera 2 API by keeping original recovery and still use gcam or other camera with portrait mode. Thanks in advance!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] p3dboard:
You can boot a custom recovery, install magisk, which won't modify your system or recovery partitions, then you can install a camera 2 api magisk module. However each time you flash an update, you will probably need to repeat the process.

You might need to have a copy of lazy flasher just im case it doesn't boot, that normally will fix the failure to boot
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] saransh arya:
Will it work on miui 8 this version. The battery life is great on this than miui 9!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] p3dboard:
You will need to be on Android 7.0 based Rom for the Google Camera, so you'll have to upgrade if you want to use Google Camera with hdr+ and portrait mode
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] uttam_ydv:
You need minimum android ver. 7.0 to get this work. Not sure whether miui 8 can do the job, yeah but miui 9 + 7.0 + cam2 api enabled will do the work for you. :cool:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] santanu kumbhakar:
I root my mobile,then enable camera2api through build prop editor..then disable or unroot mobile.does camera2api worked or not...thanks for advance.

And sorry for bad english..
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] p3dboard:
It would probably work, but you might break ota updates, or at least you will need to repeat the steps every time a rom update gets pushed. Your phone will probably no longer pass safetynet checks however on the Google playstore
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] uttam_ydv:
You can do that, but keeping these things in mind :

1. After rooting and enabling cam2api, then unrooting will work but your device will not be able to pass safetynet check(for passing safetynet check your device shall have magisk root and magisk hide).

2. You will not get any ota updates, if you want to get ota updates, you will have to flash redwold recovery instead of twrp.(but you can always update manually but you'll have to download full rom unlike smaller size ota)

3. If you are not bothered about safetynet check and unrooted your device, then after every updates, you will have to root again and enable cam2api.
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] furrymonster:
Hi,

As of the last two LineageOS 14.1 updates (January 17th and 10th), I have a new problem when using the messaging app 'Signal'. Prior to the updates, video calling used to work flawlessly. Now, I can call a contact, talk to them, but the instant I press the 'video' button to enable my camera to start video chatting, the phone (Samsung S7 herolte) restarts. No warning, no error, it just restarts.

Not sure where to begin figuring out this problem. I have used logcat to get what I hope is the most useful info. This is the file up until the moment my phone crashes:

t50JLZP2t4 on vomitb.in (sorry the logcat was too long to include in this post and I can't seem to link directly yet as I'm a new user - not sure what the better way to do this is...) :confused:

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, I'd be very grateful. Many thanks to you all!

Cheers!
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] Ibuprophen:
I don't have this device but, your best bet is to post this question within the following Official LineageOS thread for your device.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3529197

Good Luck!

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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] furrymonster:
Thanks Ibuprophen, I have just posted the question there! Thanks for the help! :)
[Mogul, XV6800 General] TdiDave:
Is there any way to make the Clock on the HTC home screen smaller, i like the clock but dont need it taking up over half of my screen.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] jeffbartel:
I don't believe so. You might try Battery status if you want something smaller.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] whiteblazer01:
I remember this being a huge discussion a while back when I had my Apache. I don't know what the answer was though, but I have seen screen shots of a smaller clock.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] ca3sar:
i have a nice clock skin thats pretty small
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yumi Chi:
I have a Kyocera Hydro Edge, I am not afraid to take risks with it, it is not used as a phone or really anything at all at this moment so its no big deal if it dies as I have had to restore it multiple times do to me Tinkering with it.

This is the phone : http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=4131

I am wondering if it is possible to do a few things:

~ Custom Rom install ~

~Updated Rom possibly to Android KitKat~

I am not a total newb at doing stuff like this so I can handle basic tasks with instructions, I have rooted & played around with various other devices & kindles

this one just seems to have stumped me I have gotten it rooted but that's as far as I have successfully gotten with this thing ..

I have looked all over for info on what I have been trying to do but most topics I find around date back 2015-2013
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
I don't have this device but, I believe that the following threads should be helpful for what you are looking for. They all have posts regarding your specific device.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2722980

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2870678

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2140638

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2130276

I can't guarantee anything and information regarding your device is limited on the forum but, it's a good start.

Good Luck!

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

PLEASE KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yumi Chi:
Yea I have it rooted im more trying to find a custom rom for it with no bloat & possible updated firmware.
[Xiaomi Mi MIX  Questions & Answers] FFu:
The device is 128g Chinese version, I can’t find a useable twrp in xda, all the version I used,make the screen doesn’t work, I use a Chinese version twrp 3.1.1-0; the device bootloader unlocked, No matter which rom I flash( tried lineage, and remix), The device can connect to internet,but can’t make phone call ,and onece the device connect to WiFi ,it reboot automatically.

What wrong with my device, please help :silly:
[Xiaomi Mi MIX  Questions & Answers] james1089:
Firmware?
[Xiaomi Mi MIX  Questions & Answers] mr 911:
Its a simple fix you have to use the right twrp by tomos message me and I'll help you bro
[MeMO Pad 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cgeyer:
I am having issues with my me176cx. It is rooted and I need to update it. I cannot get any rom .191 and up I find to flash all fail. I assumed this was due to root so I unrooted with zenphone and loaded a clean rom .187 I believe. I still can't get any other rom .191 and up to flash though all I can find are OTA roms. Any help would be appreciated. This was an old lifeshield tablet with some form of custom Rom pre-loaded.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Android Development] ClydeVen:
This ROM was stopped unfinished although it could expand its capability to cater many more features last year due to lack of time in theming the ROM into DreamUX and piracy concern. My purpose of republishing this ROM is to cover up the absence of Prime ROM and this ROM's previous build while we are still fixing bugs of the most impressive and the best TouchWiz of all Grand Prime times - the TW Nougat of [MENTION=8687839]RioFebrian[/MENTION]. However, it is still DreamUX Port. I worked hard for its theming.

All the system apps are DreamUX-themed plus many Nougat Features are also able to function in this ROM. Eden532 a.k.a [MENTION=8830933]Lumière896[/MENTION], this is for you.

So for ordinary users, you may use this ROM while waiting for the stable build of TW Nougat of [MENTION=8687839]RioFebrian[/MENTION], but for advanced users and bug fixers, you may help us fix the Nougat ROM. All credits to RioFebrian for the Nougat update.

No questions will be answered unless necessary because I am working on the bug fixing of RioFebrian's J5 (2016) Nougat Port. This ROM is already stable and super smooth plus no bugs.

ROM Information:

Based On: Galaxy J5 (2016) Lollipop

Android Version: 5.1.1

Build Version: 7.0-EXTENDED

Build Date: February 02, 2018

Devices: G530HXCU/XXU/F/FZ

Status: Stable and very smooth

Required Firmwares:

XCU/S: G530HXCS1BQD3_G530HXCU1BPE4

XXU/S: G530HXXS2BPI4_G530HXXU2BPG1

G530F: G530FXXU1APC4_G530HXXU1APC4

G530FZ: G530FZXXU1BOG2_G530FZXXU1BOG2

(Follow these basebands and you'll get no problem with WiFi)

​

CHANGELOG​

[FONT="Times New Roman"][SIZE="4"](February 02, 2018)[/SIZE][/FONT]
See the changelog in the Aroma Installer

[FONT="Times New Roman"][SIZE="4"](August 20, 2017)[/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE="4"]Signature-Disabled
Deodexed
Samsung's Official Applock
Directional Lock
DreamUX themed SystemUI
DreamUX themed Messages App
DreamUX themed Contacts
DreamUX themed Calculator
DreamUX themed MyFiles
DreamUX themed with multiwindow Video Player
Galaxy S8 Version of Samsung Music Player
Message Blocker (built-in inside the Message App)
Message storage to external sd card
Samsung Notes
Ultra Data Saving Feature
S Finder
Quick Connect
Toolbox
SideKey Panel
Assistant Manager (GraceUX Styled)
S7 Port TouchWiz Home (Launcher) with Grid Option and Home Screen Menu (DreamUX Themed)
Emergency Launcher
S Bike Mode
And many more
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Aroma Installer: https://mega.nz/#!HcZCVQ7Q!B5xS4nZqDp5KwnLncT3aIhtz-J72N61WZeV3owvZfcY​

Flashable InCallUI Apk for Call Log Fix (@Noureo): https://mega.nz/#!DNhiUagB!Pxw-o1CXTDV_5kHQrEaENg3lgBTgf0b2ya7nA1_IeT8[/CENTER]

Flashable Unthemed SystemUI: https://mega.nz/#!GR4TTbAa!-nMwVGgi85CX57t23oVsTgxZ1CZwfBPJHM1jfYBSFys[/CENTER]
[Galaxy Grand Prime Android Development] RioFebrian:
up

good work, continue your tutorial :good::good:
[Galaxy Grand Prime Android Development] maupkewes:
there is no link for XXU??
[Galaxy Grand Prime Android Development] israfilkhan:
Is it camera all working?plz replay me...
[Galaxy Grand Prime Android Development] Gaurav07398:
Link for xxu??