yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] Ibuprophen:
The following link is for The ClaRetoX2 Forum App Beta Builds that I just pushed a Beta 1 in...

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=299232

... It's to a new location on the File Host and I had removed the other directory to prevent any confusions.

Though it should install as an update but, I just encourage it to be a fresh install to help prevent any residential issues some has experienced on the former builds.

I'm only using this thread for the time being until I'm confident enough that it's stable to launch on its own new dedicated thread.

I'm not completely sure of any conflicts for those who are also using the (Tapatalk) XDA Premium 5 with the ClaRetoX2. So I can only encourage/suggest that you to remove the XDA Premium 5 app though, it may work with the both of them. I just can't be sure.

Please let me know of any issues and such with the ClaRetoX2 to help me with any stability issues and such. I'm still working on a few things on it as well.

Thank you all very much for your time, patience, understanding and especially your support! :)

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Unless asked to do so, PLEASE don't PM me regarding support. Sent using The ClaRetoX2 Forum App on my Sanyo Juno device.
[Android Apps and Games] mrrocketdog:
wow! just signed in. 1st thing to note , loads way quicker. for me anyway.:good:

no conflict with xda premium 5 , although it hasnt loaded in days so....

err on the side of kindness
[Android Apps and Games] Ibuprophen:
This is GREAT to see!

Though, the Beta doesn't have much of a Changelog (yet)....

~ I was also able to (affectively) match the API to The ClaRetoX/ClaRetoX1 Forum App (ie. going from 2.3+ to 2.0+) for some members who's stuck on the older Android versions.

~ I was also (thus far) able to get the max API to 29 (Android 10) to work via the Emulator but, I haven't been able to test it on that Android version personally as I await for an Official/Unofficial LineageOS 17.x to be released. I'm not in a hurry though and, with a limited number of devices with Android 10, this is a bit on the lower priority for the time being.

~ Corrected some of the (known) notification issues some had experienced.

~ Improved upon the loading speed of the threads and posts.

~ Some minor improvements with the news feed and it's image previews.

~ Better movement with the pages of a thread. Specifically the better ability to swipe from right to left (& vice-versa) for page movement.

~ Minor improvements with the uploading of images to posts (and alike).

~ Minor improvement with the custom signature.

And so on... Etc... Yada Yada Yada... LOL!

TBH... I had found a few little features that I had either forgotten about or just found myself. :eek:

I want to get a couple of other things resolved. One of which is changing the text on one of the signature options "... XDA-Developers Legacy App".

Please Enjoy and I hope everyone is happy with this! :)

... I still miss the ClaRetoX/ClaRetoX1... :(

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Unless asked to do so, PLEASE don't PM me regarding support. Sent using The ClaRetoX2 Forum App on my Sanyo Juno device.
[Android Apps and Games] mrrocketdog:
ok. ClaRetoX2 beta 1 : when clicking the back button after checking who thanked a post i go back to the main thread instead of the post i was just looking at. or maybe its on my end. i have a suspicion it might be on my end because my phone just started going back to my main screen after backing out of an app.

and just now after editing my post , it went back to my subscribed threads instead of my edited post. so surely its on my end. very frustrating. maybe will change roms and see if it persits.

edit : yup. just changed roms and everything back to how i remember it. lol

err on the side of kindness
[Android Apps and Games] mrrocketdog:
ok. new issue. pictures that are posted are not showing up. this was in three different threads. ?

err on the side of kindness
[Android Apps and Games] Ibuprophen:
Let's see...

View attachment 4820876

Can you see that image?

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Unless asked to do so, PLEASE don't PM me regarding support. Sent using The ClaRetoX2 Forum App on my Sanyo Juno device.
[Android Apps and Games] mrrocketdog:
yup yup.:good:

err on the side of kindness
[Android Apps and Games] Ibuprophen:
I had uploaded the image via the ClaRetoX2 App.

This app is very different when handling image uploads and similar. I had to convert the image from a png to jpg and make it a bit smaller size of 1.5" x 1.5" (as it was 3.0" x 3.0").

This app's image capabilities/requirements are fairly new to me as I never really got into this portion of the app. I had only really addressed/updated the URL/server in which it uploads to. The capability of the image requirements is set by the app and not the server.

I do plan to get into (and thus outline) the capabilities/requirements of the app sometime after launching it on a new thread and it's set as being stable.

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Unless asked to do so, PLEASE don't PM me regarding support. Sent using The ClaRetoX2 Forum App on my Sanyo Juno device.
[Android Apps and Games] Ibuprophen:
I had just uploaded another ClaRetoX2 Beta 2 build (via the AFH link previously posted).

It's got a handful of various fixes and such. Still more work to do.

Enjoy! :)

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Unless asked to do so, PLEASE don't PM me regarding support. Sent using The ClaRetoX2 Forum App on my Sanyo Juno device.
[Android Apps and Games] Ibuprophen:
I just wanted to let you know that I've been a bit under the weather for the last few days and have been working very slowly on another beta release.

Making some progress...[emoji106]

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Unless asked to do so, PLEASE don't PM me regarding support. Sent using The ClaRetoX2 Forum App on my Sanyo Juno device.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Gggg
[Android Apps and Games] Curry_555:
Yes same here with my Moto G7 exactly like it happened to you, like it couldn't parse or something. Thanks for all the hard work on the app and the guide for green ears its awsome!!!
[Android Apps and Games] Zeuszoos:
Hi,

I just installed this app for the first time.

ClaRetoX1 Forum v9.5.1 Build 951 Beta 2

I'm running it on the following:

LG V20 (H910) - Android 7.0

I run it and Sign In just fine. But when I scroll a ways, it shows a message that says something about allocated memory being exhausted.

Also, when I try to go into its Settings, the screen just goes black and stays that way.

I did see something about an "X2" version I thought I'd try, but I can't find it anywhere???

Thank!
[Android Apps and Games] mrrocketdog:
just searched for also. [MENTION=4828250]Ibuprophen[/MENTION] may have removed for some reason. have not seen him in quite some time. [MENTION=4784771]Zeuszoos[/MENTION] , give me a bit and i'll pm a link to copy of.
[Android Apps and Games] Ibuprophen:
The ClaRetoX2 Forum App is still in Beta (just an FYI regarding the Beta) and has been available on the following Android File Host link (I can't remember where I had posted the link... Sorry).

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=299232

I plan on getting another beta released as soon as I'm confident that all is well with it on the latest Android Version (specifically the LineageOS 17.x).

I hope the ClaRetoX2 will work out for you... :)

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Unless asked to do so, PLEASE don't PM me regarding support. Sent using The ClaRetoX2 Forum App {Beta} from my Corona Virus Free Device.
[Android Apps and Games] mrrocketdog:
[MENTION=4828250]Ibuprophen[/MENTION] , glad to see you back. hope all is well.:good:
[Android Apps and Games] Zeuszoos:
Thank you for the link! :)

Same thing happened with "X2" as what happened in "X1" and in the "XDA Premium 5" app.

Installed fine, opens fine. But stuck in a black screen like the others when I try to go into Settings. Weird!

I think the app is just freezing (I have to kill it) when the app flashes the screen to black for a second while changing to the Settings screen.

I tried letting it sit for like 10 minutes to see if it's actually frozen or really dragging changing screens and it just stayed black (except the StatusBar did show fine).

LG V20 (H910)

Android 7.0

Thank You
[Android Apps and Games] Ibuprophen:
I'll be looking into this as soon as I can get a chance to. I've just been involved with other projects and such.

I wonder if this is tied to the latest Android version only...

I may have to compare the performance of the ClaRetoX2 using the Unofficial LineageOS 17.x on my spare android.

Hmmm...

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[LG V30 Questions & Answers] Armani2244:
Hello, I've just recently updated to Android 8.0 on my LG V30 but I noticed that the home buttons in the Pixel Launcher are always there but completely dark. Not transparent or anything. Before when I had Android 7.1.2 the home buttons would be there but the space around it would be transparent. So if anyone knows how to make them transparent again that would be great.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] Mr CATFISH:
Didn't I just see you on Reddit? Someone said the only way was with a launcher.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] Armani2244:
I am currently using the Pixel Launcher. Before with Android Nougat, the navbar was transparent like in a pixel, you could see the wallpaper through the navbar, but now with Android 8 the navbar is completely opaque, as in you can't see any of the wallpaper through the navbar. It's kinda annoying and I would like it if someone knew how to make it transparent again.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] Mr CATFISH:
I noticed that it is transparent on apps that go full screen, but solid on the rest.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] Armani2244:
Yeah. I just want it to do the same with the pixel launcher again.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] oglaolga:
Same issue on MS Launcher

Same issue for me on MS Launcher (Arrow) even if other users does not have it with that launcher. I swithed to Nova.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] iRS_:
on nova launcher i can make it transparent from nova launcher settings and manually hide from phone's settings (not showing the hide button)
[LG G Watch R] Rafal L:
Since about 2 weeks I can't have Google Maps working correctly on my LG G Watch R downgraded to AW 1.5. the actual map is not displayed, instead only the prompt saying "Google Play services are updating". There is also a crosshair showing attempt to lock GPS signal.

During the navigation on phone, directions are displayed correctly on watch, but launching full screen map results in the same: no actual map being shown, the same message about updating Google services.

My version of Google Play services on a watch looks quite up to date , it is 12.2.21. On the phone (Note 8) I'm also using updated software.

Any clues?
[LG G Watch R] Rafal L:
It has been fixed after full factory reset of the watch.
[LG G Watch R] darkza:
Do you have steps counting on google fit on the downgraded watch? I dont get it to work correctly.
[LG G Watch R] Rafal L:
I don't know for now. I;d bet it was showing some time ago, now I don't use Google Fit. However I can see number of steps in my favorite watchface (which is swift).
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] YPG70:
As the question states.

I found really cool ones, but the icons change, and I lose the dynamic Calendar icon that displays Day and Date. Can you suggest on how to apply themes and not lose stock icons?

Thank you.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] androiddiego:
I use Nova Launcher. You can choose an entire icon pack as well as change individual icons. When you long press an icon, you get a menu with edit in it. Select edit, then touch the icon. You will be presented with icon options. One should be the stock icon.
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] r8dooo:
any news on easy projection on the P20
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] r8dooo:
Yes can confirm easy projection is present massive deal for me #preordered
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] Visabusiness:
Yes, it's working really good. Like Mate10
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] Stretlow:
Hi.

So Ive backed up my photos for as long as I can remember, I have photos and videos going back 15 years.

I pay google each month for 100 gig of storage, what I normally do is once a month or so i get whatever photos/vids I want to keep and i upload them from my desktop into a named album.

Obviously this takes up storage space

I can see that my Pixel allows me to upload pics and vids without eating into my storage however i'm confused as to how it works.

If i backup and sync my camera folder then arrange it into albums the photos will then be deleted if i delete them off my phone, which means i only actually get 64 gig of cloud storage, that matches my phones folders./

Is there a way i can retain my photos in the cloud but remove them from my phone?

Any help appreciated.

Stret
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] Tulsadiver:
It is supposed to automatically backup the camera folder. In settings, google, backup,photos you should be able to select other folders you want to include.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] Stretlow:
Thanks for responding.

What im sayin though is if im on holiday for example and fill my phone with videos which automatically upload... they get deleted if i remove them from my phone
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] Tulsadiver:
You are saying that if you go to Google photos, all your pictures are gone?
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] robocuff:
There's several ways to do it. Look here,
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] Tulsadiver:
Ahhh, I thought he was deleting them from the camera folder using an explorer/ file manager app....
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] Stretlow:
Got it chaps, thank you.

I've stitched a few videos together that I shot on the Pixel but edited outside of the phone and then dropped the final video back into the camera app and its still let me upload it which is great.

Thanks for the help
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cash365:
Is there any repair center except www.apexlaptops.co.uk that can perform a Jtag repair on my Universal in the region of UK?
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] roottree:
Hi! If I have magisk root but I have uninstall magisk and flash stock boot img, as well as flash my stock recovery back. So now all I have is an unlocked bootloader, can I update my phone through OTA now? I am afraid it will brick my phone.

Cheers!
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] thedarkinvader:
Not sure about Magisk root but there are times that when there used to be root access, even after uninstalling, some files are left behind. This sometimes lead to not being able to install official updates.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] christopherpfister:
You may not be able to update normally through the EMUI updater but you should be able to do the "dload" method where you put the update in a folder called "dload" onto your external SD card.

That even worked with installed Magisk for me. Of course root may be lost if the update overwrites the boot partition and you have to install Magisk again.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H2Oxide:
Hi,

I've got a Z2 on android 5.0.2. I successfully unlocked the bootloader (through the Sony site) thinking that flashing TWRP would be easy then. It was a piece of cake on my Z1 compact, but I can't get the Z2 to boot into recovery. I downloaded and flashed several TWRP versions (including the one from the TWRP website) with both

flash recovery

and

flash FOTAKernel

. Flashing seems to be going OK, but the phone keeps booting Android. I tried adb reboot recovery and holding vol down and power.

I'm probably missing something. I went through a bunch of posts, but can anyone explain to me how I can flash a custom recovery to this one and actually boot into it...?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H2Oxide:
OK...

I thought I found the answer and flashed the stock-17.1.1.A.0.402-sirius-repack.img to boot (that number in there should have rang some bells...). It helped getting me into TWRP, but now I'm stuck in a nice bootloop.

Is there a way to get out of the loop and stay on the ROM (stock) which was on the phone?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ~ Minato ~:
1 - Install Adb installer

(https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48915118#post48915118)

2- Download the twrp.img that matches the os.

(https://dl.twrp.me/sirius/)

3- Copy it to c:adb.

4- Open a CMD as admin.( just to be on the safe side)

5- Type in

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot flash recovery <twrp_image_name>.img

adb reboot recovery

7 - If everything goes well,your phone will reboot into recovery.

If things are unclear refer to this guide

https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-twrp/

Let me know how it goes
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] zanitos1991:
Can someone please make some ROMs for this device? Or can someone port from s7? We have custom recovery but we lack custom ROMs....
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] asim.sidz:
I second that.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Plowmanx:
Yes, please. I read somewhere here that elephone haven't released their sources, but since the Eragon developer managed it somehow I guess others ought to be able to rebase theirs on the relevant parts of his - ?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] zanitos1991:
Anyway to help community of elephone 8 to create custom ROMs?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] bihariel:
Eragon was just a very very slight mod of the original rom by elephone. in order to get a real custom ROM like Lineage OS, we need to compile it from sources and to do that we need elephone sorce code.

Another way is porting a custom rom from another phone with the same CPU (helio x25) and try to make it boot by editing some stuff, the problem is that its very dificult to do the trial error to get it booting because we don´t have access to the Recovery or to the fastboot directly ( The button vol+ doesn´t work on fastboot menu so you can´t enter recovery or unlock the bootloader....)

Maybe someone could try to port a ROM but honestly, with xposed you have all sorts of customization and to be honest the effort isn´t worth it for the phone as it is now. Maybe with Oreo update from Elephone we can have some good news like source code or a fix for the buttons in order to access recovery by pressing buttons with the phone OFF.

Fingers crossed
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] anox:
Thank you bihariel for making those points very clear to the club here. :)

Also just to share something personal. Six months ago, I sent a few emails to Elephone asking about the hardware key combination to access Recovery and requesting bootloader unlock. I've never got their response back. I think they deliberately disable the key combination. Therefore, personally, I don't have high hopes for an easy access to Recovery or even the source code for our phone in the near future.

Fortunately, we still can root it. Experienced users can optimise/customise the stock rom to their liking with no hassle. Some new users though would still love to have a custom rom just to easily flash on the phone, even if it's quite close to the stock rom. Perhaps, when we have an Oreo rom from Elephone (even without its source code), a slimmer/cleaner rooted version of the stock rom will still be nice for some of us. :)
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] bihariel:
You´ve got a very valid point there...

fingers crossed for the Oreo update.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Plowmanx:
Hi anox, I'm very interested to hear which mods you've done. I haven't bothered rooting this phone, only took off the two adups apks, but would certainly do so if there are some significant advantages to it. Much obliged if you'd share, thanks in advance!
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] anox:
Hi Plowmanx, I'm not really an experienced user here. I just need root for some apps and customization, nothing much. In fact, it's just the way I'd use any android phone. They might not be useful for you at all. :)

Anyway, my list goes like this.

root apps: adaway, flashfire, lmt launcher, mixplorer, quick reboot

magisk modules: busybox, audio mod lib, viper4android

xposed modules: gravitybox, xuimod

I removed most apps that came with the stock rom.

I might have also modified some system files like build.prop here and there.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] steverway:
Hello everyone, sorry if I'm off topic. But I'm just wondering. What's the way to be right now? Eragon or Stock? I'm experiencing some lags with the stock rom on many apps.

(Facebook is nearly unusable and videos at 240p)

I have no idea on how to root a device btw, and one last thing, is it worth it removing fota package since elephone is not giving us an Oreo update?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Plowmanx:
Stock rom minus adups here. I only use FB on the phone via Ecosia browser and it seems to have no problems. FB app has always been a dreadful battery hog. What other apps lag?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] steverway:
I use Puffin browser for years but seems to be laggy at the s8 Scrolling is not smooth at all.

When I have Facebook, Messenger, Instagram Running in Background honestly most of the apps I try to run are slow and show some lag (even YouTube)

Forgot to mention that I use Malware Bytes and Nova Launcher which may slow down the device but it's a way of living for me. Both are MUST. ?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] bepari220:
that is exactly the reason I do not bother porting, no hardware key recovery access just makes the whole porting process extremely tedious.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] quetiano:
For those of you that cant root the elephone s8 using the sp-tools because of not knowing what to do to the elephone s8,

1. Simply install the windows drivers,which you have to follow some specific instructions on allowing windows to install unsafe drivers, all in the above site, visit...

https://xdaforums.com/elephone-p9000/how-to/how-to-guideline-install-mtk-drivers-t3344042

2. Extract sp-tools and the root file etc. and make a note of where you extract them...

https://xdaforums.com/elephone-s8/how-to/tutorial-elephone-s8-root-tutorial-t3688171

3. Follow the instructions on setting up sp-tools and then click the download button in sp-tools, then turn your phone completely off, and then plug in your phone to the usb cable that should be connected to the same pc, while holding the VOL + button. Sp- tools should begin to flash the root file to the phone by itself. Once done, turn the phone on.

4. Download and install magisk from https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/topjoh...5-6-4-release/ on the phone and run the app.

You should have root access after that.

For those that flashed twrp and cant seem to access it when powering on the elephone s8 from the off state, there is an app called CWM, there are others, but I use this, download and install the app, and when you open it, it should ask you options such as reboot into recovery mode, reboot into download mode,etc. , I just choose reboot into recovery mode and the phone restarts and takes me directly into twrp. The CWM app makes it easy to enter which mode you want without holding any volume and power keys,etc.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] AnubuRe:
Wondering.... anyone know if any of the Elephones that came out AFTER the S8 can reboot to recovery via buttons?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] anox:
I don't think so.

I know for a fact that U Pro cannot.

Looks like that's how Elephone makes phones these days. :)
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Plowmanx:
Stupid question ... What would happen if you tried to flash an Elephone s9 rom? I'm kind of expecting bricking but thought maybe ...
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] AnubuRe:
That sucks and is soooooo stupid... Actually a deal breaker for me to buy another Elephone.