yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] jadephyre:
One more thing: could you link to the latest version?

The OP links to a build from the 5th and you have one from the 17th available ;)

I'll try the ROM next weekend, for the moment i'm not at my PC.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] snkmv:
Here you go https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=674106145207495939, if you need to find the folder, click his AFH profile, click on santoni under his name, under the folder "LOS" is the ROM
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] LustigePerson:
How do I update from the previous version to this latest version?

Is there a way without losing my data?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] eduardbroke:
Hello dear xda community,

Today I wanted to flash my frp locked s8 but the thing was that it did not show up in Odin.

Then I plugged in my J5 and connected perfectly fine.

Any Idea why ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] StonebridgeGr:
No need to open two different posts to write your problem. Someone gonna respond quickly to you. Look the other thread I answered to you.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Forgive me if this should be in the T-Mobile or AT&T forum for the phone.

I bought a used note 8 that was an AT&T variant. I was on cricket, I inserted my sim card and it worked fine,however I should have called AT&T to see if this could be unlocked....because they wouldn't unlock it.

I used an unlocking company on the web and it works now, but I'm traveling places where this phone should work , mostly rural, and it isnt.

Tmobile hasn't been of much help . I've read on Reddit a suggestion to flash the Tmobile software to the phone to get full functionality on their network. I've also read it will never be possible to achieve that without a Tmobile Note8 or unlocked version.

Can anyone comment on this, is this necessary?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FatalONEM8:
What update is the phone on? Should be like N950USQUXXXXX
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Baseband version

N950USQU3CRC2
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FatalONEM8:
Do you have a T-Mobile SIM? That new update has the BYOD feature to change the software according to the SIM carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Yes, I am using T mobile now. It did change some parts of the software, for instance when I Reboot, you will get the t-mobile symbol on the screen for just a half second and the T-Mobile jingle, then the pattern unlock will show.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FatalONEM8:
Ok so then what's the problem? Seems like it's running T-Mobile software now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ZerosMadness:
I'm guessing he isn't getting service in places he should be
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Right. I'm traveling with a work phone and Tmobile website shows towns where I should have signal. I was getting mostly band 12 in those rural areas. I dont know much about tmobile bands and frequencies but I'm trying to determine if there's bands this phone won't pick up. I've also picked up bands 2,3,4.

When I wasn't getting a signal or a signal I could use- it appeared I always had bars,probably AT&T.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ZerosMadness:
Were the apn settings set correctly if it did them by itself? My AT&T note 8 doesn't get AT&T service where AT&T says I should. The maps are often times lying. I live out of town a little ways(roughly 10 minutes out) and the map says 4g but I get 1 bar of 4g at less than 3g speeds. And I'm in the middle of the color coat. Also our phones have the same bands as all the other games models and even American cdma models I believe. The AT&T varient supports T-Mobiles 600mhz as well. From what I was told.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
U models should all be the same hardware wise, they should all support the frequencies used by US carriers. That's the reason why they changed to U models, for compatibility, all that's different is the firmware. Gone are the days when each US carrier had their own models, ie T (TMB), A (ATT), V (VWZ), P (SPR). Best to flash carrier's firmware. Many people buy or flash unlocked variants/firmware because of less bloat but you may loose specific carrier features that you can't enable without root.

For T-Mobile, bands are 2, 4, 12, & 71 but Note 8s do not support the new 71 band. T-Mobile is also said to use 66 which the Note 8 supports but I have never seen my phone connect to B66 though. But I have a F on T-Mobile. B66 said is said to be an extension of B4.

In my area B4 is the main band I'm connected to & is the fastest. B12 is usually second & in areas with less cell density where reception is not a good or inside buildings as it's a lower frequency & penetrates walls better (sort of like what B71 is for). B12 is usually slow for me. I've never seen my phone connected to B2 though. I have seen B31 pop up when CA is active but that doesn't make sense since T-Mobile does use B31.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Thanks! I don't do this much, where's the latest firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Is there some way to control the bands you are receiving? I'm on B12 rocking 2 Mbps 500 yards from I-30 in a suburb of Little Rock right now.

View attachment 4502147
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FatalONEM8:
Yes actually and please dont use that app lol, use servicemode *#0011# to change bands type in *#2263# there you can change bands on T-Mobile. On AT&T you have to eject the sim and reboot the phone then type that code in lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
This thread should help you.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/guide-sm-n950u-u1-t3685884

Sort of. In the Service Menu you can set preferred bands & you can also disable bands. I don't recommending disabling bands as there really is no point. You can try setting specific bands as preferred but in my experience it's best to just leave it on automatic (stock). Even if you set a specific band as preferred you won't connect to it if it's not available in a certain area anyway.

Don't know if the service menus are the same for Snapdragon but on Exynos it's *#2263# (enter it in the stock Samsung Dialer).

Again best bet is to flash T-Mobile firmware, that way you'll get the correct CA combos (carrier aggregation) & other features like VoLTE, Wifi Calling, etc., then debloat if desired.

Also forget LTE Discovery, Network Cell Info is much better.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Thanks for all the tips, I think I will try this tonight. I do have a total conspiracy theory though....I would swear that today (again traveled in an area where it lost service but the Network Cell Info app showed I was picking up a strong signal on ATT, I think band 3) ...I turned roaming off and it seemed i haven't had any issue since.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Okay, I have flashed the phone using firmware I downloaded off of SamFirm, see attached. Phone seems no different, but I haven't traveled yet. Some debate I keep reading in forums as to if this is even necessary.

Very frustrating to be pulling in AT&T signal on phone in areas where I know I should be getting TMobile. View attachment 4504200
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Update: I've traveled 1500 moles all over the state this week and I've backtracked the issue to be this phone will not pick up Tmobiles 700mhz network.

If you look at the app from TMobile called BYOD, you put in your IMEI and it straight up tells you (or at least me) that arent going to get it.

Lots of wasted time this week. Wish we would have known this before I started service.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FatalONEM8:
Type *#2263# and send screenshot here please.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Sending some love your way if you can find a solution.View attachment 4505378
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FatalONEM8:
Well that's weird... Band 12 looks to be enabled....why dont you try locking to only Band 12 and see what happens. Also I could find out if T-Mobile owns Band 12 spectrum in your market if you tell me what that is.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Sure, market is Little Rock. I'm getting band 12. All I know is when I trace back all cities or spots I didn't get coverage this week, it was showing as a 700 mhz area on there system in the store, and we check a lot of specific pinpoints.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FatalONEM8:
They're at least good on the spectrum front through the whole state.. View attachment 4505390
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
Another thing that is important is to see if you have the correct CA combos. Not sure if it's the same on Snapdragon & if you need root to access it.

It 27663368378 for Exynos.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Help me....not sure what that means.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FatalONEM8:
It doesn't mean anything for us Snapdragon without root. We cannot get to this CA menu... you may be able to with QXDM but be very careful there...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
I used your suggestion and only used band 12, had no issue last night on a drive 100 miles up through North Central part of the state....then on my Network Cell Lite app I noticed I was getting At&t Band 12 for some time.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FatalONEM8:
Must be that area with AT&T Band 12 T-Mobile either doesnt have Band 12 or haven't deployed it yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Thanks for your help. I should have had coverage all through an area of 20 miles that I lost it, maybe that's the mystery 700 mhz I'm missing out on.

You seem knowledgeable, let me ask you a question- in the store, TMobile uses a website that shows the mhz signal one would receive in a pinpoint. Is that available to me somewhere on the web or an app?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FatalONEM8:
Yeah I think it's this one https://maps.t-mobile.com/pcc.html?map=mvno-roamd-34l
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Excellent!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
So I have another update. I've traveled to some areas where the 700mhz signal was the only one I would receive. The phone worked in those areas, band 12. I don't get it. If I trace back to some other mostly rural areas where I've had trouble, I see that band 1900 was in use there.

Is this what is known as the carrier aggregation, how these bands all come together to give the best experience?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FatalONEM8:
Yeah just let the network do its thing with the bands that you connect to. And that Band 2 only explains the coverage issue you have. Band 2 isn't as good for coverage as Band 12. If it's not to your liking perhaps switching to another carrier would be a good idea. Otherwise that's just how it is in some places with T-Mobile where either they dont own Band 12 or haven't deployed it yet. Another thing, Band 71 will be the coverage band once that gets mostly rolled out everywhere. So you'll want a phone with that band on tmobile in rural areas.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
Do mean "let the phone connect to the bands", rather than the Network connect to the bands?

That's the issue here, it's just the phone and I'll have to decide how to proceed. Tmo is zero help. It's still the flagship Note last I checked , so my butt is hurt that it's not connecting to various points throughout the state, some ranging over 20 miles of what TMo shows as great coverage.

Thanks for the tips.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] FatalONEM8:
Oh I see. Yeah coverage maps are a huge overestimation of actual coverage, most of the time fair signal means nothing. Perhaps switching carriers would be the best option here because T-Mobile clearly isn't cutting it for you from what I see.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ZerosMadness:
I just used that app. Mine can pick up 700mhz. I also have AT&T. Interesting
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cfclay:
I backtracked by travels from Little Rock to the Gulf Coast; and the phone worked beautifully through AR . I'm getting bands 2,3,4 and 12. Unsure why it hasn't performed well for me until now. The same drive I made on Monday... didn't work through most of Central to Southeast AR. Could the whole region have been compromised for maintenance?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions & Answers] KINGSMOKEY:
Hello. I need help with bypassing the Frp. Ive been trying all solutions for about 6 hours and nothing works so far.

its a SM-G955U (G955USQU3CDR4)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions & Answers] instrumentaly:
I can help you if you still facing this problem
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions & Answers] Dereck20:
Help with FRP bypass for Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus SM-G955U

Hey guys,

I need help on how to remove frp lock on Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus SM-G955U, i seen some youtube vids and the first step is to install factory binary with odin but when i do it it always fails and says Fail! (Auth)

Could it be that i am downloading the V1 bootloader and not the V2 ? Please HELP !!:(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions & Answers] Mestevez26:
S8 FRP

Hey guys i have a S8 SM-G950u T-mobile with oreo ,how can i do FRP on this phone need your help
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions & Answers] TheSleezkIng:
Im currently tryna do the same thing,currently on G950USQU4CRE9... tried a bunch of files didnt work but it has been awhile since ive used ODIN so i might be missing something lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions & Answers] JOOO9:
Help with s8

Ive been eagerly searching for a combination file for an S8, 8.0.0, G950USQU4CRE9, (t-mobile)? If anyone knows of a new one or can be of any help, it would be greatly appreciated!
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] M1810:
At the moment, all Oreo rom's are having trouble with the camera, and will be fixed when official oreo launches..

since we know that we won't receive P officially.. are we going to have camera troubles or is there any chance that these bugs, in the future could be fixed without official drivers?

Thanks.. (just to clarify, i'm not asking for ETA, just asking if there is really a need for those official sources for a fix)
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
As far as I understand, it's possible that there may be bugs in an Android P custom ROM on a stock Oreo firmware device. I do not know how much the P multi-camera API will also affect things https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...-spotlight-new-multi-camera-api-improvements/ though I suspect it may cause more headaches in trying to adapt the Oreo camera drivers for P.

In terms of fixing the camera driver, it seems like a big pain to fix. From this XDA article https://www.xda-developers.com/came...opers-make-hardware-work-without-source-code/ you have to contend with closed source, proprietary driver packages and have to make shims (lots of patches) to get the camera working, assuming you can determine what functions to use or divert. It seems that legal/intellectual property issues stop OEMs from releasing the source code. The bottom line is that you'll likely want dedicated developers troubleshooting the camera, and with Android P bringing a new API, it's anyone's guess if P custom ROMs will have a fully functioning camera.
[Honor 7X  Guides, News, & Discussion] shadowsiul:
https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki/Huawei-Honor-7X

I made a page on PHH wiki for treble GSI flashing. I was able to get the Lineage and AOSP working. Most features work. I am unable to test phone features as i use this to play games only. i have set up instruction to get working to a point. This is for people who have 8.0 and boot loader unlocked
[Honor 7X  Guides, News, & Discussion] allrockedout:
On latest rr v18 wifi didn't work for me. I flashed rr worked ok but couldn't get gapps installed. I tried installing twrp and flashing gapps. But wouldn't boot. Also I flashed magisk ended up in a boot loop. Thought I might have bricked my device. Flashed stock recovery and did a factory reset. Still wouldn't boot. I couldn't get back into fastboot. Finally with power plus vol up and vol down took me to install update recovery. From there I held power plus vol down to get to fastboot and was about to install twrp and restore a backup of emui. Treble is definitely not for beginners. Know what your doing and do some research before you proceed.

TREBLE IS STILL VERY EXPERIMENTAL. NOT STABLE.
[Honor 7X  Guides, News, & Discussion] shadowsiul:
That is very true. If you have a github account please do help edit the page so other do not possible brick their phones.
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Jansson46:
Hi everyone,

i recently used a nexus 5x for some time and flashed it to lineage os 15.x. I am really stunned by the UI. The pull-up menu as well as theming (Icons and so on) as well as no useless apps just blew my mind.

Now I'm back to my Honor 6X and I'd really love to get that very UI (and maybe get rid of the bloatware). So I scrolled around in the ROM/Dev-section of this board but did not really find a everyday usable custom rom. All of those appear either to have unfixed bugs that prevent everyday usage (e.g. Slim-Rom has no working calls, MTP, fingerprint partially and so on, ELITE Rom seems the most used and maintained but seems partly buggy as well) or are not maintained.

So I started to wonder: Do I really need a custom rom? Would it be possible to get the Lineage OS 15 UI onto the normal Honor firmware without flashing something?
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Amirk365:
Get a Lineage theme and use a third party launcher. I use Pear Launcher. And there's Lawn chair launcher too
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] FrankWins:
Hello All,

I have an application that I want to add some features to in the form of an additional activity. I have decompiled it with APK tool and attempted to add my own smali files (from the decompiled 2nd app that I developed). I immediately run into problems with the dependencies of my app being different than those of the original app. For example, my app uses the google Easy Permissions lib to ask for permissions. What is the right strategy to help de-conflict the res/values/*.xml files between two apps that both have their own resources? Are there any tools that can assist in this? What about layout and drawable resources?

I started writing a python script to merge public.xml and the others, re-map the ID's for those resources, and then search the smali files to change the values there. That seems error-prone, and I am not even sure if that is the right thing to do.

I had a second thought that perhaps aapt2 compilation of resources could perhaps be modified to give me a different package ID for the app I created and control source to (such as 0x80... instea of 0x7f...) but I am not sure exactly how to go about that, or if that would even work either

Any advice or tools I should be looking at?
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] gonzo99:
As a newbie to the Huawei world (Came from a Oneplus One), one of the main things that attracted me to the Mate 10 Pro was the large battery, as I was struggling to get 3 hours SOT even with custom ROMS.

I'm now easily getting 6-7 hours SOT so quite happy with that, but it seems that EMUI is particularly aggressive at battery optimisation. Apps were being closed in the background even with minimal load on the phone and even once I've delved through the battery optimisation settings to turn off certain apps, I find I sometimes miss notifications until I open the app.

Given that the Mate 10 Pro has 4000mAh to play with, it seems bizarre that they are so aggressive with the battery - is there a specific reason for this? Is EMUI particularly bad at battery drain so they have to make up for it by putting in a large battery AND managing it so carefully, or is it because the Kirin processors are not as good at battery use as the Snapdragons?

I actually like some of the EMUI features, but I wish there was a big button that turned down their aggressive management. Has anyone who switched to a treble ROM got battery stats to compare and see if it's worth the switch?
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
Under settings/battery/starting apps or so (don't know how it is in English, because my system is in German)

Disable optimization on every all which doesn't need that. It will help and it even got be better battery life ?
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] novastar1:
How much better?
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
Depending on what I do 1 hours more sot and around 3-5 hours more total. But it really depends on the installed apps and your usage. Before doing this I had really bad battery life. Now it is really really good.
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] Arxea:
Uhm so you say we should close manage all automatically switch off to get better battery life? Settings/Battery/Launch.
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
Yes, because if it is enabled for apps which you use a lot, they will always reload and be removed from RAM. But disabling those options will prevent that. The Google side battery optimization is only needed for apps, which should be constantly running in background. I keep that also disabled for apps like what's app and music streaming apps and other
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] Tiago A:
Settings > apps & notifications > apps > settings > special acess > ignore battery optimization > and choose the ones that you want to be allowed or not.
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] gonzo99:
I'll give it a go with everything disabled - just wish I didn't have to do it for each app and there was one button - or that they did what Google seems to think works!
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
There is a button for batch. If you do the batch way it enables background etc for all apps and disables the automatic optimization. That automatic optimization is stupid. So keep the 3 options enabled for all
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] gonzo99:
Yes, I've done that - but even so I find some apps don't notify or have to have their services re-enabled every so often, and I've seen others with the same problem so I don't think it's my particular phone but a general problem with EMUI (or Kirin processors)
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] Tiago A:
Do you recommend set all apps to allowed for ignore battery optimization?
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] lvbaal:
I presume that your question refers to the following path: settings>apps & notifications >apps>settings>special access>ignore battery optimization. As opposed to the path settings>Battery>launch.

I would not do that, because if you allow all apps to ignore battery optimization, all your apps will potentially drain the battery. You should only allow apps which you do not want the Emui power manager Perfgenius to terminate from running in the background, to ignore battery optimization. Effectively apps that you would like to keep on running in the background, such as messenger apps etc.
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
he can disable them there too, but only if the apps still have problems running in background when screen is off, but otherwise he should keep them enabled and only disable the huawei stuff e.g. disable the automatic optimization by huawei
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] kadajawi:
Not even then. I'm on a P30 Pro, and it does that to apps that I have set to run in the background (special access and that other place), and that are MEANT to run in the background.

This is not just annoying. This is a deal breaker. It'd go so far to call the phone defective due to the insane aggressiveness of the battery optimization. Fine if some people like that, but give others the option of setting it to a sane setting without having to run in circles and find hidden options (that I can't find).