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[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
If your bootloader is locked with no way to unlock it, and with no working recovery, you're screwed. The device needs to be sent to Google to fix, which is rather problematic when the device is in a country where it wasn't sold.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] 0x0null:
Yea, your on point. Only edl firehose may save me:D
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] mookiexl:
The script unlocks the bootloader and flashes firmware. Did you try or just assumed it wouldn't work?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] 0x0null:
It Unlocks only if 'oem unlock' is engaged from the booted system.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] CyberpodS2:
Which is exactly why it should never be in the locked position...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] yamabokra01:
and save me to. I try to find firhose for my pixel 2xl but I didn't find it. Hope someone can provide QFIL Firmware to save as.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] mookiexl:
Did you try? I used it with no 0S installed so oem unlock couldnt have been engaged.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Unlikely to ever happen. Google will not release a QFIL package, though they certainly have one to restore stock firmware to devices like this.

Your only option is to send the device in to Google and pay for the privilege of having it repaired.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] 0x0null:
Yea, tried but failed
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] mookiexl:
That sucks. Well I'm on to the OnePlus 7 pro now and feel no need to do any of this root stuff for the 1st time ever. Well until the itch comes back. Sorry I couldn't help but the script saved me on numerous occasions. I even tried different scenarios to create or recreate a brick environment and was able to always recover. That script is IMO the best simplistic unbrick tool I've ever encountered in my 10+ years of rooting. Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] jkmaxfli:
Hello

How can I change my default icons on the notification bar to the ones in the picture? (wi-fi, bluetooth, etc.....)

Where to find and how to change them?

Screenshot is from S8 +

Thanks

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75682405&postcount=1621
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] TechAddictionYT:
How did you even get those
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] chetan180:
use this app to create your own theme it has those icons which u have shown

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=project.vivid.themesamgalaxy&hl=en
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeathenMan:
my problem is that i have a non rooted phone with vpn always on and im searching for an app to activating ad block on it.

My fix for it would be to use an android wide proxy or a custom dns that overrides vpn dns.

as title said an root app or an app that provides vpn solution wouldnt be what im searching for. I had once an adblock app that routes traffic trough local proxy beside the vpn but cant find it anymore
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeathenMan:
Update: i found AdHell but its only for Samsung Devices with knox. Any other solutions?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Night5talker:
any news on this one?

I wanna use protonVPN and adblcoker at same time
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] howtoserveman:
a bit of elbow grease to protect self from Privacy Raping

Some [open]vpn clients allow vpn side connection to Socks5. Some even allow toggle of LAN access from device. I am not claiming a finish product exists but perhaps this gives you some joy.

Perhaps your socks5 instance runs in Amazon AWS free tier. Maybe it runs locally on your android handset. Perhaps you run Privoxy itself on android. [@mod: privoxy is F/OSS older than this forum]. There are a few privoxy projects for android on github. Perhaps you pick their brain. It was that against which proxomitron competed [also F/OSS. Thank God for Scott Lemmon].

Using things in differing order you might search the article to which I may not link: Privoxy on Android (with EC2 VPN)

There was no obvious way to contact the author who hasn't posted since 2016.

There is an OpenVPN service you can likely find the name of yourself offering *recently* an adblock toggle and AntiTracker toggle with a hardcode mode to protect you from predators like google and Fbook. It shouldn't be long before others emulate this functionality. It sports the vpn side socks5 option.

Or privoxy tunnel to remote [cloud (openvpn)]. See? Fun with permutations. Maybe from phone with ShadowSocks to cloud to vpn to web. "OpenVPN over shadowsocks". At this point look into sites helping Chinese dissidents.

You definitely then return here with your improvements to share.

The remaining question is how much is your time worth? Not much? Then search the web ad naseum for the 'ideal free' solution. Elsewise pony up some pennies for some cloud time as part of a solution.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Atomic Lutin:
Same question here !

And it seems that adhell is now only available for entreprise use
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LanaZel:
Wasn't AdGuard doing that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeathenMan:
yes you are right. it works with setting a private dns in the system settings with dns.adguard.com - no batterydrain - no more ads - no vpn - no root
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sachinm:
Hello,

Today, i was able to successfully change JIO Sim came initially when purchased.

Caution : Backup your internal partition data first.

How.

1. Just goto Setting-Device-Reset Phone

2. It will reboot and wipe data.

3. While it wipe data, just click left top button once, then right top button once and then power button once.

4. It will go in recovery menu. There once again wipe cache/delvik/data.

5. Restart from recovery menu. use arrow keys to move between menus and power button to select.

6. Reboot and as it restart.. remove battery..remove sim... add any other sim i.e. idea/airtel/bsnl

7. Power on and let it boot...it will give message "Sim Lock"

8. Just power off.

9. Add another JIO sim not which came initially.

10. Start phone... and enjoy another JIO sim.

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drjayesh63061:
thanks for great info.

I dont need to do this. As all jio sim are working in my jio phone F90M chipset MSM8905. first try directly to use another jio sim. IF NOT WORKING then only we should try this method.
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] gibbo82:
When entering the themes app I can only see my local themes & not featured, top, categories etc!?
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] gibbo82:
I have not rooted btw
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] mwatson:
are you using your phone without a sim? this happened to my phone when my sim was in a different phone
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] gibbo82:
That must be it then! Currently using no sim. Thanks for feedback!!
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivadow:
Are you sure you have a good enough signal?. The fact multiple sims are having issues could be indicating that the problem is elsewhere.. If the sim fits the cradle it sits in then it should work.

Flashing a stock rom won't relock the carrier lock.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LHTC5:
I'm sure it's not a signal issue. I'm in the middle of the city and I've been walking around today with the phone and still no signal.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HurlieBurly:
So I realize that this is a really old post, but I was having this same issue when trying to install LineageOS on my Xperia xz1 compact. I found the solution to my issue was to do a format instead of a wipe in TWRP before flashing LineageOS.

Hope this helps someone!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] manachinmaniac:
Can some of u guys post here all the different types of cube alternatives that works for BA?:)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] wmvfan:
google for touch commander or mobile shell 2.0

greetings from germany
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] manachinmaniac:
ok thnks!!

thnks! I'll giv it a try.

Wie Geht Es Ihnen?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] wmvfan:
es geht mir sehr gut.

freut mich, dass ich helfen konnte:)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Kasush:
I must put in a good word for Ultimate Launch. It must be the most configurable today plugin I have ever seen. One of it's options is to create multiple tabs, or pages and when you slide your finger left-right or right-left you rotate a cube. Search the Development and Hacking thread for "tabbed today plugin" and you will see a lot of information for it.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] papamopps:
YES! Ultiamte launch is way better than cube and much smaller than Mobile shell....
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] manachinmaniac:
Tocuh commander

I tried touch commander and it works thnks to wmvfan. must try ultimate launch soon. thnks for all ur replies!!:D
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] manachinmaniac:
I like touch commander very much but the thing is when i use my own .png icons the background turns white. do u know any skins ffor touch commander?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] adddy2:
Hi,

i hab installed a customRom on my S8 and have some issues with Push notifications.

e.g.

Whatsapp comes later or if i open the app.

K-Mail same, comes later or if i open the app.

I read that other users (in a german forums) report same ones.

Can somebody confirm or comment.?

thanks!

adddy2
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] nightcrow:
You might want to try to go to settings - device maintenance - battery - battery usage - advanced settings and deselect the apps in the 'all apps' list, so that they are not being optimised.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] bladimilk:
hello someone can help me, I do not know how to debride my galaxy s8, I do not have access to download mode or pressing the buttons, the PC does not detect it either, try a usb jig with a c usb adapter but it does not work either what to do now.

I do not know if he'll be brickeado because he does not do anything
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] StackOverflow13:
Try holding down Volume down + bixby +power then insert power cable You will need someone to help you

or volume down button then insert power cable
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] hemanth_gunasekaran:
Facing the same problem. I posted recently regarding this. Found any solution?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Zfence:
Dlso nobody found a fix for this yet

Been searching for like ever
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TheMadScientist:
Does it respond at all?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Zfence:
Yes it responds just can't get into any modes

I think I need a jig but I can't find any information on a jig for USB c
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TheMadScientist:
How does it respond what does it actually do
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Zfence:
Well it's not a s8 it's a note 10+ it comes on just can't seem to get it in recovery or download mode for some reason.

When I plug it in the computer all it does is show that it's charging I used multiple cables but nothing

No button combinations work

No plug in the computer while I press any button works

I discharged it multiple times recharged it and still nothing

Nothing works

So I came here looking for a schematic on a jig but I couldn't find any
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Themes, Apps, and Mods] BealeStBluesBoy:
Microphone fix for Redmi Note 4 Snapdragon

All credit goes to Robse at 4PDA.

The module available in other thread ****ed up my Magisk installation, so here I've updated the template and only fixed microphone, there's no additional thing. It'll just fix the erratic volume levels while recording, because that's the only thing I'm getting.

I'll maybe add other configurations, but I'd like to keep it minimal for now; note that I'm just sharing what I made for personal use.

Tested on

Pixel Experience 8.1.0

unofficial build by Alexey71 +

Magisk v16.0

using

Sony Audio Recording

app, both mono and stereo mode. Note that other ROMs may be using different device trees, which means the module may not work in the ROM you're using.

Doesn't work on Treble enabled builds.

It's incompatible with stereo speaker module, or any other module that modifies audio_platform_info.xml or mixer_paths_mtp.xml.

Changelog

v1

Initial version.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Themes, Apps, and Mods] aletronky2006:
Hello, what if I try this module on Redmi Note 4 SD with Miui 9.5.4.0?

I saw that you specified that applies to Oreo 8.1.0 ... for Nougat 7.x no?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Themes, Apps, and Mods] aadithpm:
Tested on official build of Pixel Experience, Magisk 16.0 (w/ Franco Kernel, if that matters). Works fine. Still get a little distortion but certainly better than before. In call was fine before, doesn't cause any problems now either. Thanks for this :)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Themes, Apps, and Mods] k3lcior:
4pda thread you linked in first post is not a thread for Redmi Note 4, it's for Redmi 4.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Themes, Apps, and Mods] BealeStBluesBoy:
Yeah, but it certainly works on our midos too
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Themes, Apps, and Mods] BealeStBluesBoy:
Try, you can easily uninstall it, if not working upload audio_platform_info.xml and mixer_paths_mtp.xml present in your ROM
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Themes, Apps, and Mods] takiansen:
I have just installed it in RR Remix 8.1.0 by Endless and i have no audio in calls, and also the person whom i speak to, can't hear me. Thanks for your work though!:o
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Themes, Apps, and Mods] fr_jason:
Any update for Android 10?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Maroc_Specops:
Post ur scores here

Kernel Name

Additional settings

And Rom

Also qualcomm or exynos
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] ambitiousButRubbish:
as the title says.

I flashed official b360 oreo using oldroid's guide, which worked, i however lost HW keys.

I then flashed the oreo TWRP (3.1.1-1) to reecovery_ramdisk_a.

then re-flashed oreo nocheck recovery.

Then flashed AOSP oreo sysem.img.

still no HW keys.

My IMEI is now approved for official b360 install, so i want to downgrade, get back HW keys and install b360.

ive tried dload method, get install error - so cant do that.

I cant seem to get back to the stock system.img as i get transfer failed in fastboot if i try to re-flash it.

since im not on stock system.img, i cant do the method listed by oldroid in his rollback guide as i think flashing oreo twrp messed stuff up.

obviously cant use FF as the AOSP updater doesn't detect the update.

so im pretty much stuck? iv'e spent the last 5 hours trying to get this to work, with no hope.

iv'e never had a problem like this with a phone!

HELP!!!!!
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] fregor:
Find the B120 guide. That's the only way I know how to get the the keys back.
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] ambitiousButRubbish:
tried that, unless there is another one, link?
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] oslo83:
Try this new hwota to rollback from oreo to nougat. Downgrade to B120 will get you back your buttons.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=75662105#post75662105
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] ambitiousButRubbish:
checking now, hope it works, step 1 was a success, so lets hope step 2 works
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] ambitiousButRubbish:
ok, back on stock oreo me thinks, although bootloop, i'll try factory reset and cache wipe
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] lagittaja:
Figured I'd share my data I gathered during the past couple of days or so. Zip has all the screenshots.

I ran PCMark's Work 2.0 and 3DMark's Sling Shot Extreme Vulkan benchmarks back to back on my Xperia XZ1 Compact to see how well Sony's thermal management is working on the XZ1C.

Spoiler alert: really well.

PCMark Work 2.0

: nothing to see here. SD835 is quite efficient so there's practically no performance degradation over time. Battery temperature starting point was 6*C and it stabilized around 29-31C which it reached during round 6 or about 45 minutes in to the test. Didn't see any point in going any longer than 15 rounds as the battery temperature didn't continue rising.

3DMark Sling Shot Extreme using the Vulkan API

: here we actually see something. Starting battery temperature was 5*C this time.

The XZ1C maintained top performance for 3-4 rounds (12-16 minutes) before starting to rather gracefully slow things down. It reached steady state on round 10 or 40 minutes in to the test. After that we see the beginning of "the great oscillation".

Performance jumps back up for tests 17-19 as the phone cooled down slightly during tests 10-16 before dropping back down to steady state on test 20.

I quite like how Futuremark is giving us the physics FPS numbers in three parts, if you take a closer look you can see really well that the phone is doing in regards to CPU clockspeeds.

And here's another graph for the 3DMark test, this time showing the battery temperature over time as well as the percentage of performance retained from the first test. Here we can see that in a worst case scenario we retain 90% of graphics performance while the CPU nosedives to ~60%.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] Asgardik:
Hi all and thank you in advance.

I recently bought S7 Edge, it was second hand but in good condition, i've checked everything i knew of and it seemed to be fine.

Later i noticed that i had no "Software Update" option and that i'm stuck at 6.0.1. After googling for whole day i found out that my phone is G935F but it supposed to be G935V which is written in Download mode.

I have no idea how they have done it from what i learned in this few days those two are from different chipsets. Someone recommended to install latest Verizon but i'm hesitating cause i have no experience in this stuff also i'm afraid that it would be locked and i wouldn't be able to use my simcard, which is not US.

What should i do ? Of course i can just leave it like this and forget but Nougat seems to be much more efficient and useful and i wan't to prepare for Oreo.

I've attached a screenshot.

[IMG="Info screen"]https://sun9-3.userapi.com/c840535/v840535206/5cc74/cTsOwlM-iKA.jpg[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] trocchietto:
As written, I have before to swipe down the screen then will appear a search edit text, then i have to click to make the keyboard pop up is really tedious everytime i am looking for an app to do this intermediate step, would not be possible to have it instantaneous, how can samsung miss such a basic user experience thing in 2018?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
you mean swipe up to open app drawer?

anyways, keyboard appearing by default can acctualy be a nuisance. android is all about posibilities and not being locked in.

also just put a widget or shortcut to google search somewhere. it searches in all items and launches the keyboard by defaut because its a search app. sometimes different apps or sections of a system behaves differently because of the intent.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] trocchietto:
really good [MENTION=8132601]bober10113[/MENTION], with google works, just he searches, also contacts and more data, than just the apps, but never mind, is perfect when i need to launch an app i do not have on my screen
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
you can also write action words:

send text

send email

take pictures

etc..

you can also say directly these action words too if you config OK google.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] trocchietto:
not too mention bixby
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
bixby? whats that?

but seriously bx actions remap does wonders. ive acctualy remapped double press bixby to google and long press to flash light. possibilities are incredible.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caboosium:
Okay when I got my phone the agreement with my parents was that I was not allowed to root my phone. I'm trying to install Viper4Android but I keep having problems with Busybox or installing the driver. Can/does anyone make/have a zip that can install Busybox, Viper4Android, and the Viper4Android Driver?

I have managed to get Dolby Atmos but nothing more.

Phone: LG Stylo 2 Plus

Android Ver: 6.0.1

Recovery: TWRP

Root: No and not allowed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Never_Sm1le:
there is one in the viper fx forum, just use search button
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] Matthius:
For some reason, I seem to be running out of space on my 128gb version of the OP5.

As you can see from the screenshots, System data shows as 28.8gb and in the Storage + Memory it states other is 38gb . This can't be true as the largest folder is my DCIM folder which is 36.8gb which is accounted for in the "Images and Videos" section.

I've had a look through myself at various folders and just don't understand where this 28.8gb is. My friend who also has a OP5 has this value at around 6 gb which is understandable for the OS, but this can't be typical as owners of the 64gb model would be complaining about this for sure.

Any suggestions? I'd rather not convert to uploading all my images to google photos to save space.

[Solution]

Thanks for the input but I realised there was an update for the app I was using to calculate storage use in terms of support for Oreo. I was under the impression Spotify was taking up 10-15gb of usage, but in actual fact it was just over 30gb. This clears things up.
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] pickoala:
Use this:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobile_infographics_tools.mydrive

Used it once to know what took space on an S6 Edge when S Voice took 9 GB for nothing. You should be able to see what's the curlprit.
[Wing, P4350 General] Extreme184X:
I did about 3 hard reset to the phone (for testing purposes), and all the sudden the myfavs program does not appear after I did the hard reset the 4th time, I did the hard reset about 2 more times and it did not restore the myfavs program (it suppose to back to its factory settings)

Now I keep getting "your myfaves contacts have been restored" text message every time time I turn on the phone (keeps pilling up with this same text message)which your suppose to only get once.

under the memory setting; storage & program seems to have the exactly same file size as when i had myfavs before.

What can I do? all I want is the default factory settings.. help me.
[Wing, P4350 General] silentdragon48:
Hah! You survived longer than I did with it. I hard reset

once

just to clean my phone up before I started messing with anything (messing with the ROM, etc.) and the MyFaves app disappeared completely from the little tray bar at the bottom and the Today Screen.

Interestingly if you dig around with the file browser in the \windows\ directory I can see all the MyFav5 related applications, but nothing launches. :eek:

I'm tempted to try the RUU but to be honest the MyFaves program just ate a ton of memory and resulted in me calling people on accident when I had the Today Screen Plug-in active. So as long as the plan still gets accounted correctly (read as: I don't get charged for calling my 5 people),I don't really care.

I thought I'd let you know you aren't the only one out there with the exact same problem. I would like a solution but it isn't mission critical for me.
[Wing, P4350 General] silentdragon48:
I found a solution to your problem. I'll do some more testing later. For now:

Could you look in your \Windows\ directory of your phone and tell me what "My*" applications and files are listed there? (You might have to make the basic file explorer show all files by using Menu>Show All Files).