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[OnePlus 6 Real Life Review] Redwingsyummy:
Sucks

Great phone but volume is too low. Sucks balls big-time.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] WibblyW:
Changes here

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-04-01
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] RichRatsch:
Really stupid question here, although I'm not a total noob ;) -> No chance to somehow flash the OTA on Android P, right? I guess P users have to wait for the DP2 for the next security update?
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Scorp125:
right, no chance
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] psychomaniac82:
Flashed it! A lot of fixes, also on battery life, especially the radio part interrests me, i got the feeling the standby on LTE was not optimal. Hope this beast will last a little longer. Can't imagine the performance got any higher with this update, this thing is blazing fast! Can find any other changes, according to the changelog there are some changes in the settings icons, but I don't see the difference with the March update.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] JAYNO20:
Any word on whether or not TWRP works (decrypts) with this update?
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] GubblerJackson:
twrp and magisk are both still working.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] psychomaniac82:
I only booted one time with TWRP to flash ElementalX,worked fine. I rooted manually via magisk, adb, fastboot.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] JAYNO20:
I can confirm decrypt in TWRP is still working for the April update as well as Magisk and even the Minit battery mod.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] enzyne:
Anybody else have a weird issue after dirty flashing this update with an app called "0.0dip" keeps closing and making the phone completely unusable?
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] psychomaniac82:
Nope, everything fine and stable here. Sounds like one of your apps didn't like the update. Try booting in safe mode (hope it's still there in 8.1, never used it in 8.1 Oreo. If the problem goes away, it's one of your apps that didn't like the update. Try Google on 0.0dip and if possible remove it in safe mode.

Hope this helps to get in the right direction.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] bbeanss:
Any word on the multi touch issue being adressed yet?

Cheers

Beans
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] rft183:
The word is, no fix.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] PuffDaddy_d:
What is the multi touch issue? I don't think I have it
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] joeybobo:
Error installing April update

Anyone have an issue installing the April update? Bootloader and radio images flash fine, but get the error below when updating the image. Had to revert to the March image which installed just fine. Anyone know what the problem could be?

sending sparse 'system_a' 1/4 (524284 KB)...

OKAY [ 13.037s]

writing 'system_a' 1/4...

OKAY [ 0.002s]

sending sparse 'system_a' 2/4 (524284 KB)...

OKAY [ 15.485s]

writing 'system_a' 2/4...

OKAY [ 0.002s]

sending sparse 'system_a' 3/4 (524284 KB)...

OKAY [ 15.436s]

writing 'system_a' 3/4...

OKAY [ 0.002s]

sending sparse 'system_a' 4/4 (394220 KB)...

OKAY [ 13.486s]

writing 'system_a' 4/4...

OKAY [ 0.002s]

erasing 'system_b'...

FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))

finished. total time: 64.115s

Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] xFirefly93:
The issue seems to be that the flashing script changes from flashing to the a_slot to the b_slot.

Have you modified the flash-all script or so..?
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] joeybobo:
I haven't modified anything. Downloaded the full update zip. Also made sure SDK platform tools were up to date. Reverting back to March update worked just fine.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] DuckRuckus:
Are you certain that you tried to flash the factory image and not the OTA? Also, are you certain that you downloaded the correct image for the Walleye, not Taimen?
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] joeybobo:
Yep, double checked. I deleted the factory image and re downloaded it from google and it worked fine this morning. Thanks for the responses!
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] JGoldz75:
Can anyone provide an update on battery life? I plan on using this coupled with ElementalX kernal.

Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] PuffDaddy_d:
Is it just me, or do all of these "bug fixes" seem to only apply to the Pixel 2XL? Not just April, but nearly every month. I feel like the Pixel 2 in general has fewer flaws that need to be addressed through software updates and haven't noticed any real improvements because of it.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Large Hadron:
There was clicking when NFC was on in some early models, which was fixed in an early update. And some of the improvements mentioned in changelogs refer to all models. But I agree that the XL does seem to have a lot more "fixes" announced for it overall.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] PuffDaddy_d:
That's kinda what I mean. Although the smaller pixel 2 is listed on the changelogs, I rarely see any items that actually affected us.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Phil_Chambers:
This is literally the only thing I was hoping to be fixed. It's REALLY annoying to say the least.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] trimax84:
Life gets busy and before I know it, I'm still on the January update with my unlocked Verizon pixel 2! Shame on me!

To confirm, I follow this thread: https://xdaforums.com/pixel-2/how-to/guide-how-to-install-google-software-t3760033 correct? Full image (not OTA), delete -w, and I should be fine.... as long as I use an updated kernel when I flash that too.

Just need a little reassurance before soft bricking my device and spending an hour fixing it :)
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] d4n3sz:
Don't you guys have any problem after the upgrade?

I updated on 3rd of April (the patch level was 5th of April :) ), and then yesterday day the Youtube app got frozen... then the whole device got frozen.

Nothing helped, only the long-press on the power button until the device restarted...

Today the device was frozen on the lock screen... same thing, long-press on the power button, until the phone restarts....

Then it seemed the device was stuck was on the boot screen. It happened for more than 10 minutes, so I restarted again.

Boot done, device seems alive. Few minutes later slow screen unlock, the device only reacts on every 2nd-3rd power button press, and no reaction anymore.

Screen is black, power button long-press (more than 30 sec) does not help , putting it to the charger does nothing (the battery was on 50% when the problem happened).

I tried to press the power button for minutes, no reaction. I pressed it together with the volume buttons, nothing.

Via USB cable the ADB is not connected.

Any idea? Similar problem to anyone?

How could I make work again? (At least until I save all of my data)
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] PeterPT:
Does anyone have problems with pixel volume after installing the April patch? Even if you set it to max volume, you can hardly hear it. It happened yesterday for the first time when I was listening to music on bluetooth headsets and after receiving a notification the sound reduced and did not return to normal. I rebooted the phone, more than once and nothing changed. Something I noticed different is the phone used to reset the volume every time a bluetooth device was connected to a medium level, and that is happening anymore. Now, it keeps the volume level from the last time the headset was turned on. I only managed to get the volume back by forgetting and pairing the headphones again.

This morning, I put music to play using only the speakers of the pixel 2 and the sound was again too low. I had to increase the volume to the max to be able to listen. Later I went to the gym and turned on the bluetooth headsets again but the sound remained extremely low. I ended up giving up listening to music. I was using spotify, but I tried google play and it was the same thing.

Has anyone had a similar problem?
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] xFirefly93:
This is what I am achieving on a heavily debloated/cleaned from junk-stock firmware with some minor kernel tuning and some additional system fixes/modifications. I can easily push between 7,5-9 hours of screen on time on the april patch.

This is on latest ElementalX kernel btw. Enjoy!
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] JGoldz75:
Wow! That's pretty impressive. Can you explain what apps you debloated and what apps you used to debloat? Would love a guide on what you did
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] xFirefly93:
Oh.

I did delete a lot of the pre-installed Google Apps (only those that can be downloaded from Google Play store, I did only download the needed apps manually by myself) and did remove a lot of unneeded bloatware & config files from Verizon and Sprint that was included from factory (my Pixel 2 isn't Verizon branded).

Then I have made some "modifications" regarding permissions on what Google Play, Play Services and Google Framework services are allowed to do regarding keeping my phone awake and what not. I did also download a Magisk module so I could restrict the background activity of Google Play Services (it is from factory immune to being dozed by Doze).

Some of the last things I did do is using Greenify and Xposed together (for full Aggressive Doze funtionality) and also using Amplify (for "limiting the waketime" of partial wakelocks), plus using the DisableService app for disabling some battery & privacy leeching services of certain installed apps.

And yeah, I have done some major battery tuning changes inside the EXKM app on top of that, just some kernel tweaks here and there for gaining a performance boost without any battery life penalty! :)
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Burninh2o:
Would love to get some info on how to go about doing this. Which apps did you uninstall? How does it work with Google's auto update?

What and how exactly did you do here? Does your sms/mms get delayed and whatnot?

Again, would love to know exactly what tuning you've done inside the EXKM?

Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] xFirefly93:
I am sharing all the details in a PM later asap. Just have to write em' all down.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] JGoldz75:
Please include me in that PM :)
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] xFirefly93:
Sure! I am just going to extract the system image for the latest Pixel 2 firmware, so I can manually check everything I did remove from /system! :)
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Burninh2o:
Really appreciate that info. thank you
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] enzyne:
Please share this with the thread as it is beneficial to everyone.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] xFirefly93:
Noted!
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] quuz:
Yea pls do, very interested as well :cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] LoveSensation:
Hello everyone,

I just got my S9 a few days back and i noticed a dotted pattern all over the display. Is this normal? Does it have to do with the screen technology? Also i see this ...rainbow effect under the screen protector, it moves if i press it. It is only visible under a bright neon light (the only one I have in the house) so it's not disturbing, but i'm just curious if it is indeed the screen protector's "fault". The dots are visible with the screen on if it is exposed to a strong light (sunlight, the same neon).

imgur.com/a/0lxNa

Is it a screen issue or is it normal?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] doza102:
I have the dot pattern too, not that much as you, but I can see it. I believe it is the touch layer of the screen.

I had it on old phone too. Were you able to see it without the screen protector?

Not sure about the rainbow effect :) it looks like some refraction issue under the protector. It could be the case.

If it was not an expensive one, I would buy a tempered glass and replace it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] LoveSensation:
The screen protector is tempered glass, from Eiger.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] meyerweb:
I've not seen anything like that on mine. Are you sure it's not on the back of the screen protector?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] LoveSensation:
After doing a bit of research, I found out that tempered glass screen protectors have this "dot matrix" pattern. Those little dots are actually where the screen protector makes contact with the screen itself for better touch sensitivity. Indeed, I have the touch sensitivity option turned OFF and the screen responds with the lightest touch even though the protector is made of thick glass.

Can anyone confirm if this is true?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] ChauncyG:
The rainbow effect is called Newton's Rings and is caused by the differing refractions of the interior sides of any 2 glass surfaces placed together. The rings move because of the flexibility of the screen protector and that changes the angles of refraction. Some glass made for photographic purposes has one side made slightly less smooth than normal glass so the opposing surfaces can't reflect off of each other and create competing refractions which cause the rainbow pattern.

You can find out more about this, if you are interested, as Wikipedia has a decent article on the topic.

Don't know if any glass screen protectors are made to minimize this.

Edit: corrected auto correct error.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] RohanM:
I am a one plus 5t user [I know I know I am at other universe, still like to give my 2 cents ;) ], faces same issue after instilling a screen protector [glass one] from local shop.

First I was worried that the protector was applied to harsh that it may be pressing the screen & resulting in the rainbow effect. It was also having dotted pattern. Screen protector was a cheap one so just for my piece of mind I went ahead & removed it & there you have it, the culprit was the protector. Now installed another glass protector which does not have any dots or rainbow effect. :)
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LOtFiViruS:
hi i acccidently fully wiped my note 5's internal memory and im stuck in TWRP recovery and i can't flash odin frimware because the usb of the device is dead it only charge no data so i can't flash odin,sideload zip and use usb OTG

so please if there is any solution help me

thank you

update :

i changed USB but still not working is there a chance that new usb port is broken also ? or there is another problem
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] collyncamara:
As long as your USB data is broken you are out of luck my friend.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LOtFiViruS:
update :

i changed USB but still not working is there a chance that new usb port is broken also ? or there is another problem
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4529355:
motherboard is dead
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mdkhusni:
Maybe u should try to flash the stock firmware using odin..
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] cojocar.andrei:
This is a modified ROM of the 4.70 mm sony firmware.

Internal packages features:

- SystemUI tiles changed (animation, icons, added a couple of more tiles that I find useful).

- SystemUI notifications changed to blue background.

- Framework icons changed.

- System Settings icons changed.

- Removed all non essential applications.

- Some phone and some incallui icons changed.

- Busybox preinstalled.

- DRM fix integrated.

- Blue Theme all around the packages

Kernel features:

- compiled with linaro toolchain (greater speed all around)

- implemented double wave to wake for the proximity sensor (you can enable/disable in the battery settings)

- implemented hexacore mode (only 2 cpu on from the big cluster) - I could not run waze on this phone because it overheated a lot with default config (you can enable/disable this from battery settings)

- implemented limited cpu frequency for the big cluster (from 1950MHz the big cluster will have a maximum frequency of 1200MHz) - again you can switch this to on/off from battery settings (it helps with overheating, but it will make your phone to run slower).

- fixed the jumps in brightness when auto is set (lazy brightness - the changes in brightness settings are done slower when the brightness goes up and a little bit faster when it goes down)

- CPU and GPU undervolted.

- it has init.d support for apps2sd - ran along with the boot process

- it has userinit.d support (this is ran when the boot process has completed)

The rom has the selinux flag set to restrictive.

The rom comes as a TWRP backup archive as I'm too lazy to continue the work on this as this phone I considered to be a crap phone.

Files:

1. http://www53.zippyshare.com/v/rpuhZnXw/file.html

2. http://www53.zippyshare.com/v/sUieWRHd/file.html

3. http://www53.zippyshare.com/v/A1HsTFFE/file.html

4. http://www53.zippyshare.com/v/GsL4nnlG/file.html

How to install:

1. Download all four files. They represent a tar.gz split archive.

2. Extract the archive like this: cat bluesplash470mm.tar.gz.* | tar -zxvf -

3. Put the extracted directory in the TWRP backup folder.

4. Make a backup of your current rom.

5. Restore backup of the rom.

WARNING: Make a backup of your current rom, just in case anything goes wrong.

I'm not responsible for any bricks, if they happen. They shouldn't happen as this is just a backup of a sony rom, but who knows what can go wrong ...

Enjoy!

I've attached a small movie with the rom...
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] cojocar.andrei:
Kernel update 2 (flashable zip):

https://www20.zippyshare.com/v/kOkec3Zv/file.html

- fixed dw2w - it was not activated sometimes (rarely, but it happened) - it seems to be working all time now...

Updated kernel:

- fixed double wave 2 wake for prox sensors (sometimes it did not activate when screen went off - seemed to be a thread race issue) - still testing.

- OC a little bit the little cores (1.2GHz - initially was 1.1GHz)

- limited the big cpu cores to 1.5GHz when the limit cpu freq is set (Initially was 1.2GHz - phone is a little bit snappier). You can still use the 1.2GHz for big cluster if you set /sys/android_ptweaks/vlpowermode to 1 (I have an automagic rule that does this when I use waze)

I get around 5h of SOT with this kernel and when browsing over wifi. Still ****ty. My wife has a huawei nova and she gets 10h of SOT over WIFI with a battery of 3000mA which that phone has... Last phone from Sony for me ... Overpriced and crappy ...
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Niger Faget:
Epicc dude :good: but is there any rom for f3116 :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] cojocar.andrei:
no, but you can try restoring only the system image from the backup along with the kernel to see if it works... probably you'll need some props changed, just so your phone would be recognized as f3116...

Sent from the center of the galaxy
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] mertisik0618:
any bugs? any problems? for rom.
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] yek26119:
( 2. Extract the archive like this: cat bluesplash470mm.tar.gz.* | tar -zxvf - )

how to open archive ? windows 7?
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] cojocar.andrei:
You'll need an application to concat the archive. Search on the internet how to concat a split archive on windows...
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Digidonk:
There is 7.0 android?
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] cojocar.andrei:
No.
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] samirt:
For xa 3112 ?
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] cojocar.andrei:
No, sorry, I have a F3111 and I've worked for this type of phone... It's hard to port everything to 7.0 or another type of xa (well not really hard, but very time consuming, time which I don't have - work, wife, kid...) so no updates or port. If someone wants to port the changes you should look for XperiaXASystemMod github and port from there...

I'll probably make changes to this rom if I find something which is not working...
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] DaanDH12:
is this an legacy or OMS rom?
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] saudahmedbass:
Drm fix

can you guide me on how you managed to intergrate drm fix for this rom as i would like to fix drm on my stock rom 4.70 too? this will be very helpful thanks!
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] dedeer:
root lost

everithing is fine but i lost root
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] dedeer:
Root is back just instal su again :)
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Derickee Medvedev:
Hello I have an xa f3111but it is in version 7.0. How do I downgrade to this version? Can I flash this kernel in a ROM stock MM?
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Derickee Medvedev:
The download link broken. From kernel :(
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Hydrofoil:
broken links

Broken links, a mirror to androidfilehost would be nice.

thank's:good:
[Sony Xperia XA ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Codetrr:
re upload please
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hesselberg:
Hello, my girlfriend owns a G3 and I would like to flash get a better ROM and kernel.

Her device runs stock marshmallow and it is locked. What's the best ROM for her right now (battery+performance) and how complicated it is to root and unlock her phone (previous phones are xiaomi mi6 and Nexus 6p, I have experience in rooting and flashing)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hitmondan:
I have just acquired SE Xperia Mini Pro u20i. It was sealed, new in it's box and so had never been turned on, never received any firmware updates, nothing.

It is running Android 1.6!! There is no support for the phone anymore and there is no support for this version of Android. Therefore nothing works on the phone - I can't install apps, I can't use anything other than the stock internet browser, nothing.

I had grand plans to root and update the OS but I cannot find a single sensible place to start.

Please can someone help me? I have minimal rooting experience so links with a couple of instructions would be much appreciated. Once I'm rooted I feel like I can manage on my own, it's just getting to that stage seems impossible, is it???
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Deleted member 11650153:
I would like to help you!

You can search for applications for android 1.6!

If you do not have a file manager or app installer then install the applications via flashtool!!!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mp107:
The Xperia X10 Mini Pro U20i has a 600 MHz clocked single core ARMv6 CPU and 256 MB RAM. There is no way to make it work with versions of Android above ~4.4.4 Kit Kat as there is no enough RAM and CPU power.

Also the U20i is older than smartphones of this XDA forum category (Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro SK17i, Ray ST18i, etc.) so there is no way to make the U20i work with ROMs dedicated to any of these models. And as far as I know there is no forum category dedicated to U20i. There seems to be an Android 2.1 based custom ROM for this device (link) but flashing it would not help with browsing and lack of compatibility with most of the nowadays applications as it still is a very old version of Android.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Deleted member 11650153:
Free Applications for Android 1.6 can be found at this site: http://www.mobyware.org