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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] XtreMe_G:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Cube

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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] MikeChannon:
Question answered. Use existing threads for related questions.

Mike
[General Questions and Answers] da.trute:
Hi, can anyone recommend a !!USED!! android tablet I can pickup used sub £50 that has an IR port. I'm looking for a 7-9 inch but no larger.

There is a list here but it doesnt cover the differencies in UK models, some of there on here dont have an IR port on the UK models Galaxy TAB2/3 for instance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_devices_with_IR_blaster

best options i've seen so far is the Tab S 8.0 but they still go for around £90 in average condition, I dont really want to pay more than £50 s its only going to be used to test home automation, if it all works i'll get something better.

It has to have an IR port for reasons I wont bore you with.

Thanks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KitCavanagh:
Hi

I have a Nexus 7 (2012), which hasn't worked properly since Lollipop.

After trying various tricks and factory resets, I decided to learn the dark arts of flashing it back to Android Kitkat 4.4.4.

I am using a MacBook Pro.

I don't know what I'm doing tbh.

I have

[*]downloaded platform tools to a folder on desktop.

[*]downloaded the kitkat image for my model of nexus.

[*]unzipped it and put all the files in platform tools.

[*]activated developer mode on the Nexus

[*]checked the debugging box

[*]dragged platform tools to terminal after the command cd

[*]tried ./adb devices

and then

./adb fastboot oem unlock

I've tried to get boot loader to unlock but it just says waiting for device

Tried a different USB post but no luck.

Can anyone help with this at all?

I have screenshots of what's in my platform folder if that helps.

It also looked like fast boot might have been blocked because of preferences, so I've changed that setting.

Many thanks to anyone who can help me.
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] k3jru:
Well unfortunately due to my stupidness and carelessness , i got my phone bricked. Did a factory reset throught twrp , it boots and then nothing is shown on the screen , only the navigation buttons and a black screen . Please help me on this

EDIT : If Someone is rooted Could you please help my just taking a twrp backup and sending it to me? BND AL10 only.
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] SVR:
Use Format Data option and in the confirmation dialogue Type 'Yes'. Probably your blank screen issue will be resolved.
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] kwabinca:
My L21 has the same problem

Where do you find this option?
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] mrmazak:
In twrp, wipe menu, button near bottom "format"

But I don't know if it helps.
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] kwabinca:
twrp unloadable

Thanks now all I have to do is find away for me to load twrp because anytime I try it goes to eRecovery if you know anyway to fix this then thanks
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] mrmazak:
Well, during boot holding volume up loads to recovery.

On top of that if USB cable is in it will load to erecovery.

In other words

. Volume up and no USB = recovery

. Volume up and yes USB = erecovery
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] kwabinca:
Praying

Thank you! Now ill charge my phone and see if it will work was dumb enough to try to unroot by resetting through twrp rather than SU so im glad you were here to help kind sir!
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] kwabinca:
Not working

Tried this but still get to erecovery every time I get on the data settings so I try to do factory reset but it stays stuck on 99% and if I try to wipe cache partition and then do it, it still does the samething
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] mrmazak:
well dont know what has done to your phone that is causing this. but if can enter fastboot, there is also commads that wipe data.

fastboot erase userdata

Remember, not knowing what is caused your bootloop problem , this solution is only a guess.
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] kwabinca:
Praying

Well I basically did the same as the original poster but difference is my model is bnd L21
[Sony Xperia XZ Questions & Answers] Stefan22:
Hello everyone,

how is battery life on Xperia XZ with Android 8? I just bought an HTC 10 and updated it to Android 8, and with Reddit/Twitter/webbrowsing I have to be careful to get 3h screen on time. Does the Xperia XZ perform better with these tasks?
[Sony Xperia XZ Questions & Answers] jeoleo7:
Definitely, I have used HTC 10 for a year and now i'm on Xperia XZs Dual.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] mikevipe:
Hello,

I have my main google account added to my phone, today I tried adding my tablets account to the dual messenger section of Location History.

I went to:

Settings -> Location -> Location History (second account, one with orange and 2 circles).

This gave the option to add an account. I added my second google account and now it shows in the location history, BUT NOT under the google accounts section. So I am unable to remove it.

I did try adding it to the phone as a google account and then deleting it hoping it would remove but it is still showing under the location history and there is no option there to be able to remove it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] yourSAS:
Both phones (Moto G5 Plus and G5s plus) have same hardware except for camera and display. Afaik, camera is the only hurdle on the software side that is preventing a direct interchangeability of firmwares between the phones.

So, is it possible, with little modification, to have G5s Plus firmwares (and custom ROMs too) work on G5 Plus and vice versa?

If my assumption is wrong, what other bottlenecks are there? Can they be overcome to achieve interchangeability?

If we somehow figure it out, we'd have a huge merged community with great support and more custom ROMs. It'd also ease the software development for both devices.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] yourSAS:
Immediate benefit would be getting the Oreo on one device from the firmware of the other, depending on which gets the update first :) (And thereby, future updates too)

Also, if anyone is willing and has a phone with unlocked bootloader, please try flashing G5s Plus 7.1.1 firmware on G5 Plus using fastboot (may be skip unnecessarily partitions, but then again, I have no idea how to go about it).

https://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/Moto G5s Plus/Stock/
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] royredman:
I am also really curious about this. I don't have one, so I can't test this out, but will probably buy one in the next month or so. If this would work, it can dramatically improve both groups.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] M1810:
I was going to try, but i don't jave any replacement device right now and i don't wanna mess up.. hope someone can help us :P
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] yourSAS:
Exactly my situation. If I had a backup phone, I'd have already tried.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] royredman:
Just a heads up, there are very popular steps of getting out of a hard brick scenario with this phone fairly easily. The following link is one example:

http://www.aryk.tech/2017/09/moto-g5-plus-unbrick-solutions.html

That being said, I can't blame you guys for not wanting to test it under your situations. Hopefully this can be figured out quickly, so that we can make some progress with the Moto G5 plus.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] nebikoff:
After several flashing, imei became 000000000, tell me how to recover?
[General Questions and Answers] SinusStudios:
Hi forum,

a friend of mine gave me his completely dead Nexus 5X (no important data) and i wanted to see if i can revive it. I baked it in an oven according to information online and now at least it charges properly but i think i burned the (power) button solder joints. (Summary)

With dead phone i mean really dead. No lights, LED, screen or any sign of life.

Since there was nothing to lose i looked up an iFixit teardown and disassambled the phone until i had the motherboard on it's own.

As according to various online guides / posts i removed the heat cover / heat sheet of the CPU and those other elements (probably GPU? i don't know what they are), then covered everything but the CPU die with aluminum foil and heated the CPU with a normal old hair dryer for about 2 minutes.

To my surprise it actually showed the charging icon and attempted to boot once (it had a boot loop previously) but after about a minute it went back to completely dead.

Then opened the phone again and took out the board, put it on baking paper inside a glass thingy that you use for baking and put it in a ~180°C pre-heated oven for about 9 minutes.

Once everything cooled down after 30 minutes i reassembled the phone and it actually charges normally without any problems.

Unfortunately the phone does not seem to react to any (power) button(s).

From the reference images from iFixit i think that baking the board probably blew off / burned some sort of resistor (i have no idea what it might be) which you can see in all the images in detail.

[IMG="Edit photo, credit: iFixit.com"]https://image.prntscr.com/image/aBauFBDWSsqyRT03FWuldQ.png[/IMG]

(Credit: iFixit.com)

Now look at one of the pictures i took:

[IMG="Probably broken solder joint"]https://image.prntscr.com/image/nAQVHY9nSqOXfoul5vndsw.png[/IMG]

You can view this image and all the other photos i took in this imgur album:

https://imgur.com/a/tST5V

Here's an image containing the important close up photos edited onto the overview image so you can see details without guessing where it is on the board. I had to remove the background to make the jpg be accepted by imgur.com:

https://imgur.com/a/0gOg2

Any and all ideas and recommendations are appreciated, i might edit this post to include microscope pictures tomorrow.

Regards, Daniel
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deltanight24:
Hi everybody,

I have a 6P for 1 year and a half now, I never had big issues with it, only some random reboots.

But it has just turned off this morning and can't turn on no matter what. I have tried a lots if things, hold on the power button or power + volume but it didn't work.

The fact is when i plugg it on my PC, it is detected as something like Qualcomm Dloader H-USB, i don't remember the exact name of it. And when i hold the power button while plugged on my PC, every 15 seconds i have the exact same sound on my PC that if i removed something (like usb key for example).

I deduce that my phone is maybe still alive, so is there any solution ?

Thanks you.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exodusche:
[MENTION=8954169]deltanight24[/MENTION] Any random shutdowns as well? I think you just need a new battery. Nexus 6p is plagued with couple issues one being the battery and the other the big core. Usaully the big core causes bootloops so I'm leaning more towards battery for you. You probably could use a fresh one anyways after couple years giver or take.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckywang:
I have this exact same issue. Is the device bricked?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aleph23:
Yes. :crying: I have the same. I've spent many many hours with qfil and assorted qpst programs. I only ever got command line tools to work, and we en after that, still no boot. ..
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ncc8uetou5et:
The phone is probably in the so called EDL Mode ( 9008 ). My phone is also stucked in this mode suddenly. It was working fully fine, battry was charged and used for 2-3 hours (still enough charge inside), then it turned off when i was dialing a phone number. Since then its dead and i cant turn it on. Its detected by computer.

Have someone be able to get it working again? I dont care about the phone itself. I need my data.
[LeEco Le 2 Questions & Answers] Nehal Rishi:
Hello developers thanks for the job you are doing for the device in bringing us the oreo rom can we expect a pixel based experience rom in future ..???

TQ..!
[LeEco Le 2 Questions & Answers] djdeve:
Here is one which i found on AFH

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962187416754455030

Thanks to
[MENTION=6519039]jhenrique09[/MENTION] the core developer of pixel_experience roms
[MENTION=3507316]mrdarkness[/MENTION] for uploading the rom

However the rom is in initial stage and there are issuez like sms volte camera hotspot

But you will feel tbe difference

.
[LeEco Le 2 Questions & Answers] Nehal Rishi:
Thanks bro..
[LeEco Le 2 Questions & Answers] Nehal Rishi:
Did anybody tried AR stickers ...pls let me know if you have a working theory

I tried but it didn't work
[Mogul, XV6800 General] sfld:
Does anyone know if sprint is having DNS problems? A friend of mine on his treo(verizon) is able to access certain sites while iam not able to. For instance "mobile.myspace.com" My phone just hangs on opening? but his will load flawless... does anyone know what would cause this?
[Mogul, XV6800 General] ooshnoo:
Try entering Level 3s DNS servers instead of Sprints. they're generally faster:

4.2.2.2

4.2.2.3
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] adityaon:
How to disable system lockscreen and enable fingerprint sensor.

I am using a custom Lockscreen and it is just overlapping with the system lockscreen.

Plx help
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] gmoe65:
anyone have the phone shut off at about %41 ,is there a fix for this
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] petar01:
Didn't happen anything similar on my phone, goes all the way down to 1%. But I have noticed that my battery on Oreo is a bit worse than on Nougat.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] gmoe65:
Yeah mines was doing it on Nougat and now on Marshmallow,im sick of it doing it so I'm seeking a fix if it is one:confused:
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] petar01:
I had something similar on some other htc phones, like Desire 816. Went down from full to 60%, and after a reboot it was 80%. Weird, but it disappeared after some time.

It might be bad calibration, or even bad charging habits.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] richuu:
Mine is currently in for repair (although the repair centre seems to have lost it) for similar issues:

Begins to charge, reaches 24% then doesn't charge any more.

Runs down to around 20%, reboots and gets stuck in a boot loop, until I plug the charger in.

Charges fully, but shows 1% within an hour, then runs at 1% for the rest of the day.

Switches off when battery low, but shows a much higher % as soon as plugged in.

The above appear randomly. This behaviour started after running the phone in battery saver mode for a couple of days. A factory reset fixed it for a couple of days, but then the issues re-appeared.

Half of me hopes they'll find the phone to test and report back, but the other half is hoping for a new 10 or U11!
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Supreme_One:
If you have still warranty then just send it to warranty. The battery of the HTC 10 is covered in the warranty. I've sent mine to warranty and they are replacing the battery now.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] got noizzzz:
hello there first post so dont shoot me:o

im using nexus 5 about 4 years now as my daily driver and i tried many roms.

right now i have android 8.1 via liquidremix.

My biggest problem is camera. nexus 5 has a pretty ****ty camera right from the beggining but since nougat it starts to get annoying. i think it has to do with camera drivers.

can anyone enlight me wich version of android i must use for the best quality photos? is there any nougat or oreo roms that using their own drivers or marshmallow is the only way?

and if i must go to marshmallow i must use a factory image based rom or no?

please any specific rom recomendations will be very helpfull
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willyinpr4u:
I have a feeling that you use whatever camera comes with the ROM.

I have no problem with the camera, I use Google camera 3.2.xx, and even hdr works. ROM? AEX 8.1

I don't think there's any needs to go back to MM, but it's your choice.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] got noizzzz:
im not using the ROM's camera. and i tied a lot of apps with the same results. the same when i was on nougat
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willyinpr4u:
Try Google camera, just make sure to install 3.2.45 version, is the one with hdr.
[Android Head-Units] texastwurkteam:
I bought this radio on Black Friday of 2017 and ever since then it seems like it has just been one headache after another. I've done Desktop Support, been a NOC engineer, and currently pursuing my OSCP so I'm not computer illiterate; yet this makes me feel like I am. One of the things that interested me was the 10-band stock EQ. Then that was removed. Fine, I'll go to V4A. Nope. That doesn't work anymore. I knew beforehand that some of the buttons on the face wouldn't do what they stated they'd do but the option to reprogam them in the Joying settings only works on touchscreen buttons, not physical ones. The radio is fine. Just fine, could be better. Basically here's a short list of what I'm trying to do. I've tried more apps, APKs, and reflashes in the past few months than I can even begin to remember. I don't care how much effort this takes to get it going, as long as it just works. I don't know if what I'm asking for is even possible but at this point I'm tired of going in circles.

-A good, 10-band, virtualizer EQ that works on the entire unit. Something that will affect every bit of audio played.

-A way to reprogram the front-facing buttons.

-Preferably a better radio with HD funtionality

-A quick way to tether internet to the device. (I was using Bluetooth Tethering PRO but it made the unit super slow and unresponsive at times. Ideally gain connection by just plugging my phone into the USB connector but any way will work. I can't seem to get it to function. I'm on Verizon, which from what I've read restricts stuff like that.)

-A car launcher that keeps all functionality. (I was using Car Launcher AG but then I lost all functionality of the Bluetooth player unless I spammed source until I landed on it. Choosing BT Music only took me to the pairing screen.)

-Is there a way to replace stock apps? Like say I found a better app and wanted to replace a stock selection when Source scrolls through, could I do that? Like the Aux app for instance that has a video feed on it for no discernible reason
[prjkt.io] Shopnil_01:
When did u guys going to make available sabstratum theme engine for lg ux

Please guys could u do that could u release sabstratum for lg ux
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomato4:
Hello everyone,

I have installed Lineage OS on my phone. Everything is fine except games. They just crash every time when I start them. Do you know what to do with this?

mobile: Lenovo P70-A

Previous OS (original-stock): Android 5.1

Actual OS: Lineage OS 14.1 (Android 7.1.2); API version: Guava (7)
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] aletto:
I'm currently using a Nexus 5, but I am looking into getting a new phone. I care very much for a secure and up to date OS.

Having used a Nexus for basically forever, I don't know much about HTC devices, so I have a few questions sorted from most important to least:

Is it reasonable to expect the HTC 10 to have a decent amount of (stable) ROM support in the coming years, official LineageOS in particular?

Given the choice between a used HTC 10 and a new Xiaomi Mi A1 for the same price of ~200€, which would you get and why?

Can I expect more than 2-3 hours of SOT with browsing and Youtube at low to medium brightness from a used phone?

Will the phone be officially supported by HTC after Oreo?

Is this phone very slippery?

I recognise that battery life in particular is very subjective, but I'd be happy if someone who has been using the phone since it launched could answer. Thank you very much.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] JohnSoong:
I went through similar process as you when I decided on the HTC 10 some 6 mos ago, so here are my thoughts:

HTC traditionally had good community support, so I would expect the 10 the get the ROM and development for the next few years. One caveat is that HTC is in a bit of trouble financially, and if it quit the smartphone business altogether (now that Google had bought its smartphone staff), would the community remains? <And I personally would not expect HTC to support the 10 past Oreo, so I am banking on the developer community.>

Compared to the MiA1 - the 10 has: better screen (but a bit smaller), better SOC (820 is an order of magnitude faster than the 625), much better audio, has NFC and Quick Charge, and camera optical stabilization; quality of pictures is a bit better too, although there is no dual camera or telephoto. It also has better band compatibility in US.

Battery life is hard to tell for a used phone - it depends on how badly the battery was abused (eg. routinely running down to zero, exposed to high heat). Mine was new when bought, and so far battery is holding up very well, routinely getting 2 days of light/medium use and not getting below 20%. (SOT I would guess is around 4-5 hr - at ~30% brightness). Someone with a 1-2 yr old phone might want to comment on that to see if my experience will last.

I find the phone very slippery "naked", and dropped it a few times in the beginning. But a good case fixed that.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] infinitesd:
Hi, can't remember the last time I needed any help with a phone till now.

I used to love the old Sony Ericsson Walkman phones, then went to Motorola's, and my current phone is a Moto X Play that my contract is almost up on. It's getting old, beat up, and slow.

As I've been looking for a new phone the LG G6 and V30 have really jumped out at me. As I know nothing of the LG brand I've tried to look up as much information as possible about these two models. The same concern has me worried on both models, and that being the screen quality.

On one hand you have the LG G6 which has an LCD screen which appears to still have a lot of image retention issues. So while these may go away I don't think I could live with the issue.

On the other hand, the V30 has an OLED screen which are prone to burn in, degradation over a shorter period of time.

After all my ramblings, my question is this...

How wide spread are the issues with LG LCD screens image retentions, and are the LG P-OLED screens that fragile that I have to be careful not to use it very often?

I've seen both in person, and the demo models both look great. Originally I was going for the V30, but the Pixel 2 issues, and inherent OLED issues got me thinking of the G6 only to find out issues about it as well.

I would need to take out a contact for either phone so I would be committed to a 2 year policy with either one, strangely for the same cost.

Any opinions and help would be greatly appreciated.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] mprovi_15:
LG G6 screen is perfect, I haven't had any problems with image retention in the 8 months I have used this phone. The only bad review of the screen is sometimes the bright is not enough outside when the sun hits the display. But the quality of the colours, resolution, etc its perfect in my opinion.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] usersky007:
No issues whatsoever with G6 screen. I am comming from OLED in my last 5 smartphones so I can do an informed comparison. No retention, black level is acceptable (of course not AMOLED level), perfect colors and clarity. Perhaps a bit more brightness could help in a very sunny environment. Cannot comment on V30 though.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] romcio47:
For me G6's display is finally something I was looking for for a very, very long time... colors are vivid but not overly, contrast could be better but it's not bad, however as mprovi_15 stated - the display could have better brightness as there were some moments when even 100% in direct sun was not enough.

Also I wish it was a little more battery friendly. It's not bad, I usually get 4,5-5hrs SoT but still OLED screens drain less energy.

No word on V30's display, I've seen it only once in the market on demo unit but it seemed really nice. However there are numerous reports of users having various problems with it, just google "LG V30 display issue".