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[Off-topic] prank1:
Hey everyone

What is your worst experience with someone?

Mine is, funnily enough, related to an XDA that I bought off eBay...

I sold my XDA Orbit 1 to a friend of mine for £167

After I had collected a decent amount of money, I found an XDA Orbit 2 on eBay for £257.50 including postage. Auction said brand new factory sealed xda orbit 2, with pouch, charger, box, co pilot 7, and it listed all the features for the xda orbit 2. Seller had 100% positive feedback (115) and was from Essex. Seemed pretty decent.

Bought the item...a week later. No emails, no item. Had to call their house multiple times and everytime I would call, someone else would answer and I could never get to speak to the seller (he was always at 'work').

Eventually I get an email from the seller....'sorry I couldn't send the item any sooner, my account had somehow messed up and I needed to reset the password. Item will be sent tommorow'.

Great! So I should be expecting the item soon. I go to school next day, and when I get picked up to go home I ask 'did anything come in the post for me today?'. The reply I got was: 'Yes, a parcel'. YES! The orbit 2 has finally come! After about 1 and a half weeks of waiting its finally here!

I rush home banging my knee on the way in (im soo anxious!). I look past the door and see a big, brown parcel addressed to me. I grab it, run to the living room and rip the packaging to shreads!

I have removed all the packaging, and take the box...I turn it over only too see it say: 'XDA Orbit' with the picture of the XDA Orbit 1 on it. Thats right, the seller sent me an XDA Orbit 1 and not the XDA Orbit 2! He sent me a Artemis and not a Polaris! He didn't even include the memory card for the CoPilot 7, or the USB cable for the PDA, handsfree kit, pouch, etc. All missing!

Nnooo!!! I paid £250.00 for something thats worth £120.00!

I sent the seller an email and got a reply soon after. He said sorry just return the item if your not happy with it.

Posted it off today, so I should be expecting the refund.

Oh well, it happens and it will happen to everyone some day!

So whats your worst experience with someone? I bet people will mention alot of stuff to do with eBay aswell!
[Off-topic] mariner_heart:
NEVER buy anything off ebay. people have recieved fake chinese mp3/mp4 players instead of ipod nano.

when you see unexpectedly low price, just don't bother yourself.
[Off-topic] rorydaredkign:
i bought my athena from here, £260 with blocked imei, great price at the time, as i alredy had a phone for calling...

paid through paypal, and it came a day later by special delivery.

When I sold mine, i made the mistake of selling to italy, and it didnt arrive. it might well have arrived but he said it didnt, and the post offiice said i couldnt post a phone recorded to italy, so no tracking number, and me with no money and no athena :(

but i guess it wasnt really an ebay prob...

Also, i bought a psp from ebay when I was like 13, and the guy stole 75 quid off me... luckily i got some back, but not all of it.

In fairness, ebay generally is good, i picked up a 5m gold plated 2 rca to 3.5mm jack for 2 quic including postage...

so its if you wana take the risk on big things...

Rory
[Off-topic] bbobeckyj:
i bought a faulty hdd TV recorder second hand which didn't work from an eBay seller.
[Off-topic] Westie277:
hmm i wudnt totaly agree i bourt my HTC TyTN off ebay ages ago for £100 quid....i was convinced it was going to be rubbish probly with bustted buttons and stuff hanging off it u know the drill....

....i was completly wrong it came like it was brand new! id say the only thing wrong was that it didnt come with earphones and it had a small dent in top left but it is unnoticeable

but i do agree it is very hard to get cheap stuff without it being fake!
[Off-topic] prank1:
Tell me about it...

I've had loads of problems with eBay, not just the one with the XDA.

Once I bought a remote controlled BB tank from a business seller. He was advertising it as 'BRAND NEW'.

When it came, it was opened, the BB pellets were scattered all over the box, clearly second hand, when I tried to use it, it literally broke after 10 seconds! Someone tried glueing the wheel back on as it had broke!

It was so crap aswell, it didn't even fire that good! The remote control sometimes didn't work aswell!

Another time I bought a 1/6 scale electric rc car. It was massive but after literally 12 hours of charging the battery it would only run for 15 minutes - It would considerably slow down after the 3 minutes! The rest of the 12 minutes it would be slow and then after that it wouldn't run at all!

I was driving it and it skidded on some ice, and smashed into little pieces after it hit a parked car! Lmao as funny as it seems now, it was kinda annoying back in the time!

Another time I bought a slingshot which snapped after a month

I bought some rifle mounts for my air rifle scope which were advertised as 30mm, but when they came they were too big!

And just now I have found out that a 2Gb memory card I bought is fake!

I don't even do much transactions on eBay aswell! I've only bought about 30 items from there!

Anyway the moral of the short stories are...don't spend any more than £15.00 when buying from eBay! That way when it messes up you won't kick yourself as hard!

Also you should know, don't SELL on eBay either. You get stupid buyers who will buy the item, leave you good feedback and then a month or two later issue a chargeback on their credit card! People even try and scam you to get your items!

By the way I have just noticed, I have exessively used the exclamation mark in this post (!) LOL
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baltimore0690:
Recently I wa restoring my font folder from a backup I had, so I deleted the one that was inside the system folder and pasted the original one, next I reboot the phone and now when i turn it on it doesn't go beyond boot animation, anyone can help me?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zetret:
This is the fonts directory under /System - Unzip this from your laptop, then use this from TWRP under /System and it should work fine.

XDA doesn't let me upload, so here's the link: https://ufile.io/qowb9

(this will be deleted in 30 days from this post)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baltimore0690:
I used it and it worked perfectly, thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discus] siliconvalley785:
I have a T-Mobile US G935T that I got unlocked, and I was able to successfully flash it to the AT&T Firmware G935AUCS4BRA1_CL12564870_QB16445062_REV02. Since AT&T is a pain and doesn't allow VoLTE or Wi-Fi Calling on devices not on their IMEI database, I'd like to flash to an unlocked/unbranded firmware. Which firmware files should I be looking for? I'm currently downloading ATT-G935UUES4BRC1-20180330143420.

Is this right, and if it isn't, some guidance would be appreciated.

Thank you for your time

Siliconvalley785
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discus] tadashi_hamada:
I was able to successfully flash it to the AT&T Firmware

Huh, men how do you do that? im stuck on 935U firmware if u help ill help u flashing U version
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discus] siliconvalley785:
I was on the T-Mobile firmware first, then flashed it to the AT&T one with the firmware mentioned above. Used the standard ODIN procedure listed.

Siliconvalley785
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discus] tadashi_hamada:
I know but when i try to flash AT&T odin stucks at File Analysis and thats it

Wich odin did u use? i really want to go back to AT&T firm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discus] siliconvalley785:
Pretty sure I used 3.12.3.

Siliconvalley785
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discus] Le Monkey:
I was on 935A and used the following thread to flash to 935U.l Nice and Simple to do

https://xdaforums.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/odin-n-7-0-g935uoym4bqd2-4-11-17-g935u-t3616834
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discus] siliconvalley785:
This worked nicely. I had this on my radar, but just wanted confirmation, and looks like I got it.

Thanks for everyone's help!

Siliconvalley785
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discus] KenKK:
Did you get more radio bands with the 935U?

This site

https://www.phonemore.com/compare/p...5u-vs-samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-sm-g935a/5532054

indicates the G935U has more bands than the G935A. I assume when you flashed the to G935U you picked the G935U associated

with AT&T. This confuses me a bit with the link above because nothing is mentioned to the specific carrier use of the 935U other

than when you look at it GSM is easily covered for what looks like all GSM bands and it has more bands than the 935A.

Could you tell me if you get more bands?

thank you,

Ken
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] hiperglyde:
So I am switching to the One + 5T, I am coming from the Axon 7. I have alot of reading to do to catch up to current activity. I am curious if someone could assist on what to do and what not to do to quickly optimize my experience with this device. Are there certain update to do and not to do to avoid getting to a point of no return? I am not new to romming and unlocking the potential of devices.

On devices previously, it was better not to do certain updates due to locking yourself out of certain features and abilities that rooting and flashing custom roms provides. Mostly I would like to know what not to do, as I will read through all tutorials and instructions to find what best works for me. I would like to get the device I will be using daily up to speed.

Are there kernels that are better than others for battery like without compromising performance?

I read that 'codename phoenix' is the only ASOP with full OEM camera functionality, Is this still true as where I rad that could easily be dated with all the support for this device?

Any guidance or answers are greatly appreciated. To this device I am a noob, but not to the helpful community atmosphere XDA can provide

Thanks and Kind Regards,

Fellow enthusiast.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] shmileee:
+1 for OP.

Wondering also what are possible benefits and drawbacks of using custom/modded version of kernel?
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] Jamie_oppo:
I couldn't get the OOS portrait mode to work on codename phenoix. In my experience codename phenoix had the worst camera experience. Every app like Snapchat and instagram had camera bugs and other ROMs don't. I also recommend flash kernel on any ROM. Rock stable and fast AF . there's always a way to get back to 100% stock and locked bootloader. I have net heard of a fully hard brick that couldnt be fixed. So go for it, even if u stay on OOS then later choose to go custom roms.

I'm on custom ROMs using gcam v6 beta. Its way better than OOS cam. I'm using the HDR front cam fix and I have the pixel 2 portrait mode on front and rear. Way better than OOS portrait but only work on human faces. U can also use this on OOS but with the fix it breaks face unlock
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] bkn89:
I'm in the same situation here, I'm getting my OP5T tomorrow and I've been reading XDA non-stop for a week trying to figure out the differences between the popular ROMs and Kernels so I know where to start.

So far I've come to the conclusion that Flash Kernel (for custom Roms or OOS) and RenderZenith (for OOS Stock only) are probably the best kernels around if you want performance and stability. Franco Kernel would be for saving more battery probably sacrificing performance.

And for stable ROMs (I don't care too much about customization, I just want stability and performance) either Omnirom or Liquid Remix.

Of course that it's really hard to judge without even being able to try them first and just reading lots of comments about each one, so I think I'll start with these first and see what happens. I've also seen many people recommending Resurrection Remix.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] Jamie_oppo:
Tbh u just need to get them and try them all. I was like you. I made my mind up, that I would stick to RR when I got it. But I've tried most of the ROMs now, and tbh they are really similar in features wise. Some have little bits and pieces which make you stay. For example on cr droid u can customise the alert slider to toggle auto rotate and force rotation off etc.

Some ROMs lagged for me, some had delays when waking the screen, some didn't have proximity check when in pocket. Its up to you. Personally. Any time i'm on a custom ROM, I just flash , flash kernel because I know its amazing and lag free.

Ive been using Cr droid with flash kernel for weeks bug free with flash kernel for weeks.

I spent like one morning. Downloading all the ROMs, wiping and flashing them all without gapps so the install Is quick and just go through and looking at everything. U will be suprised how similar lots of them are. Its the little things that I look for.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] bkn89:
Thanks for your reply!

I'm thinking the first days I'll keep OOS and maybe flash "Flash Kernel" or "RenderZenith" since apparently it gives the smoothest experience and then I'll start flashing ROMs. I really like the idea of ROMs with OTA updates like LineageOS which I currently have on my Moto G4 Plus because then I don't have to continuously check the forums to see if there is an update available, do you know of any other custom ROM that does this? Also, when you update a ROM, do you have to flash the kernel again each time?
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] Jamie_oppo:
Yeah the custom kernel needs to be reflashed. So the ota will update but u will still need to flash a kernel which to me defeats the purpose of an ota. So I just manually do it. Also kernels get updated often too. OK what I recommend. As soon as u get the phone. Unlock the bootloader and install magisk. And stay stock for a while. Try out the camera (I miss the OOS cam with that awesome 4k stabilisation) but gcam is better for the rest. And then try custom kernels. I didn't really notice much difference on oos with custom kernels but on aosp I noticed it fly.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] bkn89:
Awesome! And one last question if you don't mind, I'm pretty sure the phone will come with Android 7.1.2 and my understanding is that the latest OOS version contains Oreo. After hearing about all the bugs Oreo brought, should I stay in Nougat for now or is it safe to upgrade to Oreo? I don't mind staying in Nougat for now if it means I'll have better battery life and/or stability.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] HeartWood:
I'm using OOS 5.0.4 completely stock Android 8.0.0 which is the latest official version there is (to my knowledge) and I haven't experienced a single bug.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] Jamie_oppo:
Oneplus last nougat update was 7.1.1 and the Oreo update for me has less bugs for me and has better battery life. Custom kernels can fix battery life ?. Wouldn't recommend to stay on nougat. Everyones on the Oreo train
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] TechnoTew:
TBH i feel that the stock OS is fine performance and battery wise and there is not much point rooting and installing a custom ROM unless you want even more customization than what OOS gives u
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] djmcnz:
I think you're better off running the stock ROM (8.0 or 8.1) and stock kernel first on any new device, at least for a few days, to get a baseline. After that try different kernels and/or ROMs if you're not satisfied with stock.

Unless you have the stock experience you've nothing to compare custom mods to.

And to be frank, OOS is a pretty awesome AOSP mod anyway and any difference a kernel is going to make is in the margins.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] Tagilso:
^ this
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] lemonade747:
I bought this phone a month ago and still using till now. After trying all stock and custom roms, I have my own choice, just simple, stock 5.0.4 rom (or beta 5 rom) + your favorite kernel (up to you) + stock camera mod (it's a must if you need better quality photos) + magisk (for camera mod) = stable daily use for me.

I have been using for over a week and I think it's going better with time, so far so good now, average 8 hrs SoT (15% bettery left) within 50+ hrs is about the same as my old Mate9, still less than custom rom 1 hr SoT but no problem for me (the phone comes with Dash charger). I also use Xposed with GB that's why I dont need custom roms anymore.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] sutty86:
Can you link which camera mod has there's a few knocking around it's it the gcam

Thanks
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] lemonade747:
Here you are:

https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-5/themes/mod-oneplus-camera-jpg-quality-to-100-t3714595

the title is for Oneplus5 but it's working well with 5T also, no problem so far. I used to use Gcam but after days I realized that it's not much better than stock mod cam. In addition, gcam shutter speed is slower than stock mod cam and it lacks of many feature from the stock one. I can say with stock mod cam, OP5T photo quality is better than my Mate9 right now, Im sure for that. (with original stock cam, it's the worst but with stock mod cam, it's much better than many cams out there, no more noise and grain in low light)
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] sutty86:
I've just come from mate 9 , bought a view 10 last week , really pissed at the camera/video lack of eis makes it unusuable.

Received 5t a few hours ago flashed beta and took some snaps video and I'm impressed

---------- Post added at 04:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:45 PM ----------

Already missing ir blaster
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] Rajul:
Trust me i have been user of OP3 and now op5t ..OOS is best out there and if you wanto to go swing and unlock bootloaderOOS+Franco is lethal ..you can also use xXx no limits available on OP 5 forums or any other OOS based custom roms
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] sutty86:
What module are you using in magisk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Astudan1015:
Hello

So I have a sm-g925a build nrd90m.g925aucu7erb1 , android version 7.0

I'm wanting to root the phone because all of a sudden the back and recent app keys stopped working completely. They light up but don't do anything.

I cleared the cache and that did nothing. Then I did a factory reset, and that made the back key work again temporarily, but now it's not working again.

So I'm looking to root the phone because I have the feeling those keys actually do work. I'm seeing a lot of things about rooting from android 6, and I saw something about going odin mode full stock, I'm guessing that's to root from there?

Hoping somebody could tell me the best way to root from 7, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] Ruturaj Kadam:
crDroid is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device also attempting to bringing many of the best features existent today. We're mainly based on LineageOS so use custom kernels compatible with them!

​

Features

Click for feature list

Always Have a full functional Backup. Just in case!

DOWNLOAD OFFICIAL BUILDS

DOWNLOAD GAPPS

First time installing crDroid to your J7 2016, or coming from another ROM:

** Make sure you're running a proper working Recovery (TWRP)

1) Copy crDroid zip, gapps zip to your device

2) Boot into Recovery

3) Wipe cache, system, & data (or just cache & system for a dirty flash).

4) Flash ROM

8) Flash gapps

9) Boot up

For root, AFTER you boot into the ROM, you can go back to recovery and install Magisk XX.x (whatever is most recent).

Upgrading from earlier version of crDroid:

The only difference between clean flash as above and upgrading is you just wipe system & cache, leaving data. Everything else is the same. ***Remember to always clean flash before reporting problems. Clean flashing is always the best method of ROM install.

KNOWN ISSUES

You tell me

Don't expect any support if you:

- are not running the included kernel

- have installed any mods such as Xposed!

- have modified system files

Thanks to:

- Google

- LineageOS

- SlimRoms

- AOSPA (Paranoid Android)

- OmniRom

- NamelessROM

- Many others... (if you're feeling upset being out of the thanks list just send a PM )

DONATE

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Sources

Device Tree - https://github.com/Exynos7870/android_device_samsung_exynos7870-common

Kernel - https://github.com/Exynos7870/android_kernel_samsung_exynos7870

XDA:DevDB Information

crDroid v4.4 , ROM for the Samsung Galaxy J7 2016

Contributors

[MENTION=7116210]Ruturaj Kadam[/MENTION]

[MENTION=7957595]abhayruparel[/MENTION]

[MENTION=9027834]Exyking[/MENTION]

[MENTION=8152187]lzzy12[/MENTION]

ROM OS Version: 8.1.0 Oreo

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.x

ROM Firmware Required: Latest Stock Nougat

Based On: Lineage OS

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: crDroid v4.5

Stable Release Date: 2018-04-03

Created 2018-04-03

Last Updated 2018-10-01
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] Ruturaj Kadam:
Update - 01/10/2018

What's New -

Updated to crDroid v4.6.1

5 September 2018 Security Patch

Upstream Merge
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] vaibhavsandbhor:
Volte supported?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] rainspx:
No roms besides stock stupport volte.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] rainspx:
As first impression rom looks really good with a lot of customization options, only bugs I see are checking settings for call waiting and call forwarding(where phone disconnects from carrier) but I believe those are from source code since I have seen that on almost all roms with 8.1. Other then that really great job and thank you for your hard work.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] argenmu09:
ask, if I do not have the latest installed nougat firmware, do not boot the rom, no? but if bootea is because I have the latest firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] Ruturaj Kadam:
Latest is not must. It is written in order to prevent any consequences. But Nougat firmware is must.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] argenmu09:
Oh ok, that if I have it before installing roms custom, ask if you have to install this fix: mic gain fix aosp or not? Does the parallel application work fine? because when I duplicate the app as clash royale does not load the part to put google account, and last question is working the part to play from the sd card with the folder mount app or not? or another method that works to play from the SD
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] mochacinoz:
what if i came from LOS15.1, consider it is 8.x ,should i downgrade to 7.x first, or i can do wipe and fresh install without downgrading?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] Ruturaj Kadam:
Just wipe and fresh install.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] Ruturaj Kadam:
Yes. Install the mic gain fix. I don't know about third party apps, sorry. But for saving obb to sd card, use Xposed module Obb on SD.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] Autocriminal:
Where can I get mic gain fix aosp?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] rainspx:
From here Mic Gain Fix .
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] EonVoid:
Is this rom much better than the cosmic os v3.1? less Bugs? More features? Also, does this rom have the april 1 security patch like the cosmic os rom update?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] Ruturaj Kadam:
All ROMs are better in their own way. Bugs are same. Its not been updated to April Security Patch.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] argenmu09:
Hello is new build has any new improvement? is the microphone fix coming? Can you play by sd with the folder mount? Did you fix the problem with parallel? Is it compatible for dual installation?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos 7870) ROMs, Kernels] Ruturaj Kadam:
Haven't posted any new build. Will update after source gets updated with April Security Patch and mic fixed.