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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] RebornCheiko:
Someone at my local is selling his S7 flat korean variant for a dirt cheap price.But there is the "bubble" issue and is noticable on the sides.He said(and also other forums) that it is not a big deal because it does not affect the display and installing a privacy tempered glass stop you from noticing the bubbles.How is this true? will the bubbles spread in the future and block the display and front camera? need urgent answers before he sells it to other potential buyers.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Beanvee7:
My main concern would be how it got there, you don't want a phone that's either been dropped so badly is bubbled the display, or has had someone do a dodgy repair job on it

I'd also advise you put it into download mode and make sure its not a fake
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] RossTeagan:
You said the price is very low. I would take this as an alarm signal.

It doesn't mean the phone is broken, but you must pay extra caution if you decide to purchase this phone.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] sp_1st_timer:
I did not know the G6 does not come with the usual stock email app. I'm coming from an HTC One (M7). Does anybody know if the stock email app is available in the Play Store? If so, what developer name is it in? I don't like the Gmail app because it is so slow and don't sync properly. There are emails which don't get downloaded for whatever reason. I also tried the Microsoft Outlook. It's fast, but there is no way to prevent downloading of images used by spammers to know when an email gets opened by the target recipient.

TIA
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] martmarq:
There are enough alternatives, I prefer K9 as email app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9&hl=de
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] basicreece:
Edison -Email.

Best ive ever used.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] dwasifar:
I see it offers unified inbox. How does it accomplish that? Does it pass your email through Edison's server?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] basicreece:
No idea.

But it's fast, smooth and emails come through instantly.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] simeoni:
Yes, gmail account seems to be accessed by some ip address from USA.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] dwasifar:
I've sent them an email asking.

Unfortunately it's not always easy to tell which email apps do that, and I don't really trust the ones that do. There are a lot of new ones cropping up that do, all supposedly from different developers and yet all coincidentally having the same pidgin English in their descriptions: "This application gives you to login for all your other accounts. The best feature is auto detect server, we will detect server of your all emails."

Not saying Edison is in that bunch; pretty obvious that they are legit, and I'm sure their service works very well. But still, I don't want all my emails and login credentials made available to an unvetted third party's server.

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Does the IP resolve to an Amazon AWS instance or a Linode instance, by any chance?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] simeoni:
I didn't check because I uninstalled Edison email immediatly.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] dwasifar:
I imagine you changed your email login credentials right away, too. I've done the same thing with another service, BlueMail I think it was.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] simeoni:
No, I just removed access rights from Edison in https://myaccount.google.com/permissions
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] SolarisSixth:
May I also recommend the BlackBerry Hub for email? I think it's one of the best email clients out there.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] coyot352:
normally the g6 already has an original mail client app, at least on mine it is from the beginning (European model, without operator)

on the other hand it's the opposite, I do not like this application and I use gmail instead :angel:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
Hii there,

I was struggling to get the January Update for A1 so I looked upon many threads to find methods and devised a step by step process to force OTA updates.

METHOD 1 : (Minimal Risk)

1. Go to Settings > Apps and Notifications > App Info > 3 dot menu Icon > Show System

2. Look for Google Services Framework App.

3. Click Disable, If it asks it will delete all the data, Click cancel

4. Reboot your device and Re-Enable Google Services Framework App, wait for 5 mins for update to popup or manually check.

5. Repeat steps 1-4 again if no popup of update comes.

Thanks to [MENTION=1322958]krazy_about_technology[/MENTION] for testing and confirming the above method in this thread.

METHOD 2:

Please try and tell if it works..

Open the dialer and enter

*#*#CHECKIN#*#* or if I might say *#*#2432546#*#*

After that you will get a notification checkin succeeded. Tell me if it works or not..

OLD METHOD (Risky, might break push notifications) :

1. Go to Settings > Apps and Notifications > App Info > 3 dot menu Icon > Show System

2. Look for Google Services Framework App.

3. Open it and go to Storage > Clear Data.

4. Push back button once > Disable the app, force stop it then Enable again.

5. Reboot your device ( Important !)

6. Go to Settings > System Update > Hit check for updates (10- 15 times).

7. Update will pop up. Enjoy.

EDIT : If update doesn't popup wait 5-10 Mins.

WARNING : If this method starts some sort of catastrophe or increases Global warming, bricks your device,

your Xiaomi Mi A1 blasts, cathes fire, factory resets, earth stops revolving :D, moon comes closer to earth :laugh:, you don't receive gifts from your girlfriend anymore :D:D:D, the OP (me) is not responsible.

If something goes wrong after update from this method, you can factory reset your device from recovery or settings or Clear data from apps that stop receiving push notifications after update.

PS : I created this thread bcoz I thought it might be helpful, if it doesn't helps just vote 'Nah' and tell others, please don't spread hate. Peace Out :fingers-crossed: :silly:

:D:D
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lupin The Third:
Really??? :eek:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
Better than a factory reset :D ;)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] lokoxlrock:
Also more dangerous. The damage related to the Google framework can force you to make a Factory Reset. Breaking Google Play Services is not a good idea. If you want to force the update, there you go, but maybe wait a bit is better if you think in having a functional OS environment.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] JockeSve:
Correct

method??? Where did You get that idea from???

Why bother and risk functionality by "forcing" update?

There are quite a few warnings from dev's and vendors regarding that method.

At least my phone notifies me when the update is available...

If that takes a day or two longer so what's the big deal???

Calm down and let the updates roll out as planned!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
In my case I have done it 3-4 times..

Still no problem. After all when you are already on a buggy update you can try risk your head afterall :D (random reboots :cough)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
Correct method to "force" something wouldn't be that easy on your device though, so If you are impatient you can have a go. :silly:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] JockeSve:
Well... I don't do any clear on Framework and don't experience any "bugs" or "random restarts", "slow dialer" so what's Your point?

There

ARE

fair warnings regarding Your "correct way" to read... Just Goole it.

But anyway: Choice is Yours, but don't blame all weird behavior or "bugs" on OS...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] birdie:
I'm voting "No" because there's nothing "correct" about this method - on the contrary it breaks your phone and forces you to factory reset it afterwards.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] h3r0n:
Didn't work for me. (Tried several times)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ravi_sh594:
I always updated by clearing google service framework data.. No issue for me.. Except one that gmail stop push notification for few days..
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] cristi90:
I did those steps, but without clearing the data for "google service framework". I force stopped, then disable it, restarted the phone, check for the update and there it was. The phone works without any issues with this method, in my case.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] NITRO_100:
You (OP) should put some warning for people to test on their own risk because this is definitely not the right method. Google says to never clear data of google framework, so I think they know more then you. The only correct method is to wait for the update to show itself.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rajeev:
May i know whats the main issues we will face with this TRICK ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] JockeSve:
Try Googling "clear google framework data".

As it states on few articles, You

may

end up running factory reset anyway!

But in the end, it's still Your choice!

On the other hand, what harm does it do to wait for the official rollout?

Loosing day or two...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] SeriousHoax:
This method always worked for me. But not working in case of January Security patch :/

It's normal to stop receiving push notifications but it's very easy to fix that. Uninstall those app which relies on push notifications and install again from PlayStore and everything will be fine again.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] onurdroid:
Clearing the Play Services Framework data couses serious issues as you know. I think this is the safest method to getting OTA update:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75199045&postcount=43
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] itsnie:
Good job :fingers-crossed:

It works thx
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gokulroots:
Just clearing the data of Google services framework does the job
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] facoco:
Worked fine thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ltf_195:
And then people like you spam weird bugs on other thread. FYI I never experience random reboots.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] alkesh95:
Did anyone noticed this thread is nothing more than duplicate.

We already have such that.

And to the OP PLEASE TELL ME WHERE DID YOU FIND THESE STEPS.

AND FROM NOW ON I'LL USE CAPS IN DUPLICATE THREADS.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] krazy_about_technology:
There is NO NEED to clear data at all. Just Force Stop Google Services Framework, Disable it and Restart phone. Go to same settings again, and enable Google Services Back again. Now go and check for updates, you should get the latest update if you dont have it already.

Otherwise repeat the same procedure again once or twice.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] _mysiak_:
This is effectively the same as data clearing. When you disable a system app, it uninstalls all its updates and removes user data. Once you enable it, app is automatically upgraded in the background to the same version again. Side effects are the very same as when you "only" clear data.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] krazy_about_technology:
No, at least in Oreo it is not. I don't remember how it was in Nougat but in Oreo, even the updated system apps have Disable button, which just disables them without removing their data. The option to Uninstall Updates is separate now in the 3 dot menu in upper right hand corner of screen.

I tried this with multiple apps, i lost no data.

Also, when in Nougat I did the removal of data of Google Services Framework, I got a mail from Google saying welcome to new device. Gmail sync was also affected for a day. But this time, I got not such issues. Everything is working as it was, and now I have January update.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gie62001:
Best of luck trying to have a properly working phone with your "correct" method.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] asheeqn:
awesome.. ✌️?

It worked for me... In the first attempt itself.. just had to click 3 times on the 'check update' option after the steps with the 'google framework'. Why wait for more days when you can enable it in earliest time. I really loved it ??
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] _mysiak_:
I've just clicked on "disable", it asked me if I want to replace the app with factory version and remove all its data, I clicked "cancel". However you are right, it seems that data was really kept and app disabled (I tried it with something else than framework services). In Nougat I recall that it insisted on data removal during app disabling. Maybe it's new to Oreo? Or we just didn't notice in Nougat? :)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
I know the rules and I don't spam the thread bro. Stop spreading hate pls. If you are not experiencing any issue doesn't means others cant have that issue FYI, thats why they have BETA TESTERS not a single BETA TESTER.

I hope you wont mind. ;)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
There is no such thread bro.. just underlying incomplete info on how to do it in some threads. people were experiencing problems thats why I created bro.. read the original post carefully.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
I think my thread has started some sort of Civil war here, between the intellectual ones, who are afraid of losing data or corrupting their device and the fear not ones, who don't give a damn :P

I mean come on people that's why we are on XDA to experiment with our device, and something can go wrong in a experiment. If you want safe updates stay on facebook, insta you will get them automatically. If you want to have some fun, come at XDA. Everything comes at a cost, we have to accept that.

Btw I am including a warning in original post in case SOME GUY tends to have problem.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
Please see other members reply on this thread also for whom this method is working fine without any issues. It is not guaranteed that you will be FORCED to do a factory reset.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] rkkaranrk:
Lol... It's just a way to. Update it... Have been doing this for years now, and have not faced a single issue till today. If u feel it's not for ur then u don't belong here, Move on.

Only mistake OP did would have Mentioned this method is for those who know how to flash back to stock/stable if something is messed.

TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ltf_195:
Yes, I agree with you. I start using this method now.

Disable Google Services Framework > restart > Enable Google Services Framework > Check update or wait few minutes

If ask to uninstall update, just press cancel, it will be disable but data not cleared.

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I dont know why you're saying we are spreading hate. People who have difference opinion with you are hating you? How old are you. No, they concern about it, they have their own experience and knowledge.

We not spreading hate but you didnt realize that you're spreading the bugs.

Anyway, thanks for updating thread with the warning.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] muhammadaftab:
This. Is helpful and safe because it refresh the server of google services and this safe those guys who think this harm device they have to understand the process of update and google services

Thanku ,?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] antonioli84:
I've tried but nothing happened fater check-in.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ppfawade:
I did not clear cache/data of GSF.

I just disabled it, restart, check update, enable GSF, check update, update was there after 3 tries.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gie62001:
Wow where did you get that from? This refreshes server of Google services? Seriously? Any souces on that? Let us know how those refreshed services affect your notifications and other issues that you'll complain about in the bugs threads.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vegas1138:
I already try all the methods mentioned here and it does not work for me, will my country or region have something to do with it?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] @AdairJunior:
Xiaomi has stopped to send Oreo update via OTA for those who still didn't have updated their devices yet. It happened because of the users feedback talking about battery drain with enabled bluetooth, among other issues. You guys can take a look here: https://www.androidstrike.com/update-xiaomi-mi-a1-android-8-0-oreo/
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] thirakun:
even that seccess... u still need factory reset after update.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
'The people like you' statement is a bit offending. How can we know how someone is like until we finally meet them. That's why I said please stop arguments and stick to the real issue. Btw you asked me how old you are. Age is never a metric for intelligence or how far imagination can go, it depends from person to person. Every person has a point of view and to correctly expressing the POV without trolling can be called Intelligence on XDA threads.

Enough lectures for today Homie.

Peace Out
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] bharatmbbs:
I am not able to get January patch... Tried everything.. check-in as well as framework..... What to do.....:crying:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] riccetto80:
best method is invest the time you invest worryng about dont receive super fast the update, to learn to be calmer, and be able to wait a couple of days more.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] _mysiak_:
[MENTION=5244645]Mister-H[/MENTION] - please remove me from the first post, I only said that it seems that user data of system app which has been disabled without restoring the factory apk is intact. However I did not try it with google services framework to force the udpate and will not try as it isn't worth the risk of screwing up GCM again.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
Okay
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
You can wait or if you can't try a factory reset (Even if factory reset doesn't works, wait till eternity :P ).

PS : Backup all your data before factory reset and I am responsible for any damage to your device.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] piplu.ewu:
Good job done!

I enabled Airplane mode>Disable and Force Stop GSF>Turned on data (wifi for me)>Reboot>Enable GSF....And the update icon popped up.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
Good to know that :good: :highfive:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] bharatmbbs:
Done factory reset also.... But not getting update..... Can anyone tell me what's the problem.....:crying::crying:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ltf_195:
Yes, you made your point there. They just ask you to put a warning and you put it with full of sarcasm, that's not a kind of trolling at all. Thank you very much.

P.S: There's no issue here. The problem with your original thread is lack of warning, like there's nothing going wrong. Now, after you update your thread everything is good. Cheers.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
You can try installing january patch zip file from stock recovery.

Take a look here

https://xdaforums.com/mi-a1/how-to/ota-oreo-t3735571
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
Kind of Everyone does that in warnings in other threads also, I tried to be informative and funny at the same time :D :D :laugh:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] bharatmbbs:
Sorry for the trouble... But I am already on Oreo... Just need january update... What to do
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sisqo:
tried the method 2 times, doesn't work, still on oreo december, i've checked for update several times in the last days :)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kdrinvsn:
I've tried so many time this method, and the update doesn't appear on mine, still on nougat with December updates, anyone same with me??
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
Might be xiaomi pulled back the update again...

God knows what they are upto
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
For those who not getting update even after the above methods should wait peacefully until it arrives or flash the oreo rom with latest january patch from some XDA thread.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] bharatmbbs:
Thanks bro... Got the update today... It popped up by itself
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
:good:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kdrinvsn:
Finally got updated after trying again for many times, thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mister-H:
If this thread helped you, you can click thanks on the original post or vote on the poll. Have a nice day.:highfive:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] saj2001ind:
I am on Dec patch oreo which got pulled earlier, but not getting Jan patch oreo ota update

what to do guys ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sisqo:
January update finally showed up, size 89mb, after several reboots, disabling and enabling google services framework :)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] juby2:
You guys are lucky.

I"ve tried almost all methods mention......I'm still in AUGUST! :crying:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] h3r0n:
Then just flash the official fastboot ROM. The latest one is the December 8.0 (but I'd recommend the December 7.1.2)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] juby2:
Already tried that with Mi flash tool.

But there I ran into to other problems like "partition table doesn"t excists".

So it's like no luck with this MiA1.

So whats nexr?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] h3r0n:
Well I never used MiFlash tools. I install the images directly with fastboot.

There are executables (.bat for Windows and .sh for Linux & Mac) inside the zip file so you don't even have to worry about tipying the right commands. On Windows (I'm not sure) you have to put a fastboot.exe file inside the unzipped folder, put the phone in fastboot mode, double click on one of the .bat files and wait until it reboots. There's plenty of tutorials around though.

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong because I'm not a Windows user.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] _mysiak_:
Check if you really have Mi A1 phone first, https://www.mi.com/verify/#imei_en
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] StanXDA1:
Method 1 is not working!

I do not know why the support need so much time to send update.

How they make the priority? According the location?

By the way, if cleaning data is so dangerous, Google should disable it.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] _mysiak_:
Read this article for example, you will find answers there. https://www.androidauthority.com/how-android-updates-roll-out-force-clear-gcf-318744/

Rooting/flashing phone is dangerous as well, if you don't know what you're doing, don't do it. I am glad that Google doesn't disable everything "dangerous".
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] StanXDA1:
Rooting is other beer. And it is exactly how it should be. If you are advance you should have the chance to manipulate the device in any way. But I'm against that Goole allow dangerous actions by clicking on one button ( w/o even warning ).

Anyway. It is how it is. Hope they will learn.

I hope I will get the update soon.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] JockeSve:
Great article! TY!

Unfortunately doesn't kids read that kind of warnings/explanations... After all this is the "correct way"...

When the sync issues, random restarts, force closing apps appear they all blame bugs, vendor, etc.

They did it the "correct way".
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] _mysiak_:
Well, basic user will never get into "settings->apps->show system apps->find google services framework->storage->clear data->yes I am sure I want to clear data of system application" by accident. Option is hidden enough, if user is brave enough to follow "random" guide from the internet, he should be prepared to face the consequences.