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[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Questions & Answe] cbasualdo:
Thanks but I was trying to find if it can be done with a setting. Don't want to install anything else. Perhaps I lost this feature.
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] ghtcp:
I was using the Mitool tool, and suddenly the machine shut down and the message "the system has been destroyed" appears and it does not start anymore, the only option I have access and the fastboot, would anyone have the solution?
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] Dobsgw:
Is your bootloader unlocked?

Did the PC shut down or the phone?

If your bootloader is locked you will need to open the back of the phone and flash a new firmware with PC and pressing the test point on the inside of the phone.

If unlocked you can fastboot the firmware as you normally would
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] marinespl:
You can flash images with Mi Flash on locked bootloader no problem.
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] Dobsgw:
They can try but if recovery isn't accessible then fastboot is the only option and without unlocked bootloader you cannot use it.

Test point is then the only way.

Obviously its best to try flashing without opening the phone first.
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] Suraj Pandey:
Wtf! You can't use mi flash tool unless your bootloader is unlocked
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] ghtcp:
The problem was tense, but it's already been resolved. I find it hard to understand more I will try to explain.

-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- 1º It was with the Global Beta rom and the bootloader unlocked and installing the TWRP for the mitool, however for lack of attention I selected the option to block the bootloader.

After confirming the bootloader block by mitool, the cell phone appeared the message "the system has been destroyed", and it was restarting on this same screen, the only option I had access was to the fastboot.

Since I had access to the fastboot, I tried to install the rom by the miflash only that it gave the message "remote: Erase is not allowed in loke state".

4º After despairing and thought to open the cell to do the testpoints method.

5º Since probably the bootloader had been blocked by the mitool, I decided to enter the site and ask Xiaomi to release the code to unlock the bootloader again.

6th I put the chip in another device and thanks to the holy protector of the cell phones Xiaomi quickly released the code, I did process to unlock the bootloader and the cell phone ran again.

-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------END
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] Dobsgw:
The bootloader gods have smiled upon you this time
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] rezample:
Hello! I have locked bootloader with "fastboot oem lock". I was in panic, but randomly I press "Volume -" + "power-on" and my Mi A1 have loading in Fastboot mode, where I was able to unlock bootloader again.

Hope, this can help you.
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] indersethi:
HI there I also stuck in the same condition and it seems your phone's bootloader is locked now, this happens because you root the phone or installed custom libs or twrp in it and locked the bootloader. So unlocking the bootloader will fix this problem. You can unlock it by going into Fastboot mode (pressing power button + volume down (-) button) and then with platform tools you can unlock it again by typing "fastboot oem unlock" and then "reboot".

I hope this will help someone
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] Basilp275:
same issue in redmi note 4

After i flashed lots of roms in redmi note 4 there is no problem i have seen but, right now my device suddenly rebooted because of rooted and flashed imgs and it shows ''system has been detroyed''.I tried the commands using adb fastboot oem unlock then its shows ''token verification failed;i can only acess to fastboot. what i have to do now ??.....:(
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] ccelik97:
Reflash your rom with fastboot and hope you haven't messed up anything related to your data so you can still use and have access to it.
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] Basilp275:
Yes,it's worked :)
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] ccelik97:
Cool then ?
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] goran60:
I had the same problem today. my phone was distroed when I tried to install Gcam.

my phone was not unlocked so that the flash of the new stock of the ROM was not possible. The solution is to connect the phone to a PC in fastboot mode and from the platform tools in cmd to type fastboot oem unlock. After that, I did not have to have a flash phone. Everything worked as if I only had to backup the data.

now I have a new phone.

People, with Mi A1, cling to two things - slot A or slot B and lock or unlock. The easiest way to do this is a cardinal error.

Greetings.
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] jesus4android:
Same thing happened to me. Had global rom with bootloader unlocked, then I installed TWRP and reinstall MIUI 10, as well as no-verity and Magisk. When installed the phone showed some issues with the proximity sensors so I decided to reinstall, after installing and booting MIUI showed a message, "the device is locked", I couldn't connect to the internet to unlock it, so I decided to do a fresh installation through miflash, after a couple attempts all of a sudden TWRP was not there anymore. Now the bootloader shows unlocked on '''fastboot oem device-info'''. Now the real problem: miflash doesn't work because bootloader is locked, I didn't unlocked it in the first place so I cannot do a fresh installation through miflash, when booting TWRP it shows the message, The system has been destroyed....

I tried miflash, fastboot oem unlock, fastboot recovery flash for TWRP, fastboot -w then fastboot flash recovery ....zip. Absolutely nothing is working.

How did you make it work exactly?
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] maluc:
With locked bootloader I got no chance to flash anything. Neither fastboot nor MiFlash - any solutions? Also would be helpful to enabke USB Debugging via fastboot. Anyone knows?
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] jesus4android:
If you brick your device on the way as it happened to me... check: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77755947&postcount=11

These guys helped me unbricking my mi8 using EDL (Test Point) and Mi-flash!
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] mukulzharma:
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[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] hydrandt:
I got a bricked Mi 6 from a friend. He was trying to flash firmware, and somehow messed up. Trying to boot normally or into recovery showed "The system has been destroyed". `fastboot continue` did not work. Bootloader was locked ( = no possibility to do fastboot oem unlock). On top of that, the phone only accepted fastboot commands right after the usb cable was connected ( => I had to run a fastboot command, like `fastboot getvar all`, fastboot would output `< waiting for any device >`, then I connected cable, and it would work). Running fastboot commands later resulted only in fastboot hanging / getting stuck, with no output, can not be terminated with ctrl+c unless cable was disconnected.

I got myself a windows computer (I use linux), tried to do bootloader unlock. Failed on "add your mi account in Settings -> Developer -> blablabla" - no way to do that with a bricked phone. Then I found out about EDL (Emergency download) mode. This is what worked.

The only way to get into the EDL mode in this state was the hardware way (shortcutting the pins / "PCB test points"). Search online for "mi 6 edl mode testpoints". Basically, you have to:

1. remove the rear cover

2. remove the screws on the plastic part above the battery, remove the plastic piece

3. disconnect the battery (shorter connector on the left side)

4. shortcut the pins using a tweezer (the pins are just above the battery connector)

5. while the pins are connected, connect the USB cable

6. check in device manager that you have "HS-USB QDloader 9008" in the COM devices

7. use mi flash tool to flash the fastboot firmware

The pins (from https://www.mobilerdx.com/2019/02/xiaomi-mi-6-test-points-xiaomi-mi-6-edl-mode-pinout.html):

[IMG="Mi 6 EDL pins"]https://www.mobilerdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Xiaomi-Mi-6-Test-Points-Xiaomi-Mi-6-EDL-Mode-PINOUT.jpg[/IMG]

And after you succeed, maybe unlock your bootloader, so that you don't have to do this again :)
[HTC Desire 630 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lan2711991:
Audio mod system for htc 630 dualsim

Feature:

Infected audio mod

Xtreme music

Sony music effect

Maxx audio effect

Dts effect

Dirac effect

Qualcomm snapdragon audio booster

Dolby digital plus effect

Dolby atmos effect

And more ..................

installation instructions:

1:backup your system data

2:wipe your system and restore twrp my backup(no need wipe any)

3:restart and enjoy music

Bug:reboot is lost imei and no baseband no network

You need to keep your backups, because rebooting will take a while, imei will just restore your backup and reboot to imei and reboot to install my backup.

Mod edit: Links removed.
[HTC Desire 630 Guides, News, & Discussion] SynisterWolf:
Thread closed, You cant demand payment if you are going to share this work on XDA. Dont come to XDA to make money.

13. Advertising and Income Generation

Commercial advertising, advertising referral links, pay-per-click links, all forms of crypto-mining and other income generating methods are forbidden. Do not use XDA-Developers as a means to make money.
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] xXxGeek:
No Gapps Setup Guides

Helpful links to setting up no Gapps

Signature Spoofing

[INDEX] How to get the signature spoofing patch

microG unofficial installer simplify the installation of microG

MicroG, gapps in only 11mb

NanoDroid By Setialpha, XDA Ad-Free Senior Member

microG By MaR-V-iN, XDA Senior Member

[MOD][FLASHABLE] microG unofficial installer

microG/Android Packages apps GmsCore

{FIRE Gapps-Go™+Tweaks™ for OREO}*{*Micro-G™*}*{FIRE Audio™ For LP-Oreo}

If you are using microG as a replacement for the Google Play Services, the ROM that you install needs to have support for signature spoofing. In short, this allows microG to pretend to be the official Google Play Services, otherwise the system and other apps won’t listen to it. If you have the Xposed Framework installed, the following module will enable signature spoofing: FakeGApps by thermatk. You can find more on the microG wiki

Telegram Links for microG Group Help

MicroG Liberation Front
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] xXxGeek:
A Few Rom's That Supports Signature Spoofing

I have listed several microG Rom's that are pre-built or compatible with microG. if you have tested either one of these or used any other microG builds, please let us know :o I'm currently running Phoenix Rom on my OnePlus 5T without Gapps installed. All these Rom's grants signature spoofing permissions, this is needed for any Rom to be able to run microG.

[ROM][Oreo]Codename Phoenix [OnePlus 5T]

[ROM][Oreo][OFFICIAL] Liquid Remix [9.0][8.1]

[ROM][Oreo] [ROM] OmniRom 8.1 [OP5T] [WEEKLY]

[ROM][Nougat] LineageOS for microG By Simon94, XDA Member

[ROM][Nougat & Oreo] LineageOS for easy microG + UnifiedNlp By espionage724, Senior Member

Following ROMs have out-of-box support for signature spoofing

Specific Android custom ROMs that support Signature spoofing

AEX AospExtended

AimRom

AOSGP

AOSiP

CarbonROM

crDroid

Ground Zero Roms aka GZR: Tipsy

HalogenOS

Hexa-Project

MarshRom

nAOSProm

NitrogenOS

Tugapower

ViperOS
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] xXxGeek:
Guardian Project

Open-source Android applications

Android Open Source - App

About the Android Open Source Project

List of Open Source apps provided by Christopher Roy Bratusek
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] mi3x:
Awesome thread, thank you very much for your efforts. I followed the nogapps tutorial to the letter, still having problem with Signal app.

It wouldn't register my phone number. Can you maybe check it also? https://www.signal.org/android/apk/

LE: NVM, solved it by enabling GCM in MicroG settings and register Signal in MicroG GCM settings.

Another question, how much time should I keep Mozilla Stumbler from F-Droid Store scanning, and is it required?

Thanks again.
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] xXxGeek:
Thanks for the post, this has been a learning experience for me, I just wanted to share my procedure with any one interested in installing microG. I use Signal as well, glad you figured it out, and as for Mozilla Stumbler, there is no need for it to be scanning after you have accessed the Play Store. I'm assuming that your using the OP5T phone with the Liquid Remix Rom, if so, I have updated the installation process, now there is no need to use Xposed framework.
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] mi3x:
I really appreciate it, you saved me from a lot of work, nicely gathering them all into this special thread. Fortunately enough, I use a different rom, Unofficial LineageOS 14.1 with custom kernel and it works perfectly as well.

I followed your steps in post 5, everything went smoothly.

Many thanks once again, for me this is a gem, just migrated from iOS and slowly moving away from google and trying to replace most of my apps, just setup my davDroid with my nextcloud server, it'll take some time but I'll get there eventually.

Now a question about playstore, did I misunderstand, or why would I access it anyway? The other non FOSS apps which I need at the moment, I install from yalp. Please adivse a bit on this angle.

Have a good one.
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] vagkoun83:
Excellent thread. I use microg 2 years, with lg g2 and now with op5t about 1,5 month at stock ROM. I am also try to de-google my self as much as i can.

Fdroid has excellent apps and you can find everything. I prefer lightweight apps with less permissions and ram/mb ie New pipe is an excellent YouTube replacement. I Subscribe to this thread. Keep it GOOGLESS

Sent from my ONEPLUS 5T
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] MsuatafaKhatab:
Pro can you tell me how you debloat Google apks without problem
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] vagkoun83:
Microg unofficial installer delete conflict apps.

The rest apps uninstall with apps like titanium
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] xXxGeek:
Good Day, Personally I don't need access to the play store, however, I receive a number of request from people that enjoy running microG, but want access to Play Store for there purchased applications, and others like to try out new Rom's, flashing many times a week, unfortunately Gapps has issues with the Play Store breaking when flashing Rom's multiple times, as for microG and the Yalp Store, they don't have this problem.

If you haven't already join Telegram, I recommend trying it out. Below I have listed your Rom link and several microG Groups as well.

Telegram Links

LineageOS

MicroG Liberation Front
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] xXxGeek:
I'm not really sure what your asking, but I will try. I see that you have the OnePlus 5T, and the best way I have found to do this is, install a Rom that doesn't have Gapps installed.

I have the same phone, and found that the Liquid Remix Rom is a good choice, it also supports signature spoofing. I will list a few links below that help with the OP5T phone.

Update: Phoenix Rom I'm using now, much smoother and supports signature spoofing.

Setting Up Your OP5T

TOOL ALL IN ONE

microG Installation
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] xXxGeek:
Protect Your Data

Google doesn’t have a camera in every home, but it does have phone's in millions of pockets.

Google's tracking explained. On two phones, without SIM, no data during travel, and one even in airplane mode. Watch this short video, you might be amazed.

YouTube Link: How much info is Google getting from your phone?

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPNB-tmjD8[/YOUTUBE]

YouTube Alternative App: NewPipe

Your Data

Google wants you to understand what data they collect and use.

Google Services Contract

When you use Google services, you trust us with your data. It is our responsibility to be clear about what we collect and how we use it to make our services work better for you.

Here are the three main types of data we collect:

Things you do

When you use our services — for example, do a search on Google, get directions on Google Maps, or watch a video on YouTube — we collect data to make these services work for you. This can include:

Things you search for

Websites you visit

Videos you watch

Ads you click on or tap

Your location

Device information

IP address and cookie data

Things you create

If you are signed in with your Google Account, we store and protect what you create using our services. This can include:

Emails you send and receive on Gmail

Contacts you add

Calendar events

Photos and videos you upload

Docs, Sheets, and Slides on Drive

Things that make you “you”

When you sign up for a Google account, we keep the basic information that you give us. This can include your:

Name

Email address and password

Birthday

Gender

Phone number

Country

Protect Your Data with XPrivacyLua

XprivacyLua protects your privacy by feeding applications fake data or no data at all, or by restricting applications from accessing data categories such as contacts and location. It doesn’t revoke or block applications’ permissions (with the exception of internet and storage access), so most apps don’t misbehave or crash when they’re denied access. And it shows handy icons when applications request permissions, connect to the internet, or attempt to access sensitive data. If you value your privacy, please consider to support this project with a donation or by purchasing pro features.

GitHub Link

Xda Developer Link

Post your favorite Rom or application's you are using for privacy.
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] mi3x:
I'm a huge fan of xprivacylua, keep coming with these useful posts! Thanks!
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] Listerine:
So I take it the Tool-all-in one works for the 5T even though it's not specifically mentioned in the link? (I only saw it said it works for 3T)

Now the best way to not use google is to use a rom that doesn't include it. However, what if the ROM you want to use doesn't have an official version/or if you want to use the stock ROM for one reason or another? Let's say I turn on the phone, never log on to any google services, disable as many google apps as I can -- (though one can only deny google play services permissions, but not disable the app) -- does that provide a good amount of privacy? Or does google still manage to track you somehow?
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] vagkoun83:
Unofficial microg installer can uninstall conflict packages and deletes Google stuff. There is no reason to keep stuff you don't need. Especially Google stuff. I install microg unofficial installer on nougat and now on oreo without problem.

Sent from my ONEPLUS 5T
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] Listerine:
Didn't know the other installers would uninstall conflict packages -- I guess I didn't see any reference to that. In the instructions, it says that it requires spoofing, but do you need spoofing only if you need to use the app store?

There are a lot of unofficial microg installers out there -- did you mean this one?

https://xdaforums.com/android/development/microg-unofficial-installer-t3432360

Anyways, what if you didn't want to deal with the hassle of rooting, installing ROMs and just wanted a simpler way to prevent google from data collection. Does the disabling method work or is it ineffective?
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] vagkoun83:
Exactly this one. So for this you need custom recovery for flashing. When I want to update to a newer oxygen I just flash rom & magisk & microg unofficial installer via recovery.

I personally don't have signature spoofing and playstore works ok but the right way is to use sign. Spoofing. Yes you can download stuff from Google without problem.

Sent from my ONEPLUS 5T
[OnePlus 5T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] Listerine:
It has just occurred to me that the Chinese version of the OnePlus 5T has exactly the same hardware as the International version...but the Chinese version doesn't have any google apps installed.

So...wouldn't the easiest way to de-bloat from google just to install Hydrogen OS? You wouldn't even have to root for that.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] DamiDev:
The LG V30 is already happily running Android Oreo in some parts of the world (most notably the company's home country of South Korea). The G6, on the other hand, hasn't been as lucky. Back in October a unit running Oreo appeared in a benchmark, and then around the end of last year we found out that LG was running a beta test of the software in China.

If you were wondering when the finalized version of LG's interpretation of Oreo would finally reach Europe, for example, we may now have the answer. According to the company's official website for Italy, the G6 is expected to be graced with the update in the first half of this year. Here's a screenshot proving the above.

That unfortunately means that, in the worst case scenario, you will have to wait until late June to see the tasty treat on your G6, a handset that isn't even one year old at this point. LG Italy's official Twitter account has pinned down the update time frame even more - to the second quarter (so at some point between April and June).

Source

:(
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jshames:
Of course you are free to do what you want with your phone, but doesn't that reaction seem kind of irrational? Trash an otherwise good phone because you have to wait a few more months for an update (and not that big an update at that)?

To me its really a matter of expectations.

When you buy a toaster or a refrigerator do you become angry and get rid of it after a year because the manufacturer doesn't upgrade your product after you buy it?

Did LG promise you or advertise when you bought the phone that you will get updates on a schedule?

No I don't work for LG :)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] adaimespechip:
You think his reaction is bad? You should see the LG G6 subreddit.. I think LG will lose many customers after their very blasé approach to dealing with software updates.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mercz23:
From poland
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] kabirjedi:
yeah #metoo leave ...
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vybramo:
hah custom rom? :D
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mercz23:
Wtf this is not custom rom is stock g6 oreo rom
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vybramo:
lul ? :D how? :D

bad for me i have lg g6+ :D
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mosio:
Last time I've checked, Polish LG rep said that we should get Oreo on G6 around February. He posted that screenshot from above last week and now there's a news from LG Italy that Oreo will arrive in Q2 2018...

Let's wait till the end of February and check if LG is f.cking their customers with loads of bull.

If they are, the customers should f.ck them when the new LG phones get released.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jshames:
I respectfully disagree. How many of their average customers care about updates?

People who comment on forums are a select (weird) group, probably a very small % of the customers. For those folks, timely updates are important.

I am a bit of a technophile myself, and although updates are fun, more important are the long term useability and durability.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nexx_:
Got notification, New update, so excited...

It Was january security update ?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mosio:
Lucky you...

Which variant, H870?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nexx_:
G600L we get security updates almost every months
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] manuel79:
shameful lg