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[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] wilbur-force:
£38 per month (I was previously on £20 per month SIM only)

30gb data

Unlimited calls and texts

24 month deal.

Three UK

(Plus the freebuds offer)
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] subhani:
Yeah that's nuts. They advertise it at £48pm and I got it at £43pm and no upfront cost, directly from EE.

30GB data and everything unlimited.

24m contract.

That still works out as ~£432 for an £800 phone. The iPhone X and the Pixel 2 XL cost more on contract than to buy them offline, with EE. Most of you guys got the P20 Pro for much cheaper. I guess I didn't do any negotiating. Well done to you guys. And no, they didn't even offer me the earbuds. :(
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] Tyseyh:
When did you get your phone?

I've noticed third parties are always immensely cheaper. I don't get why but that's what I've noticed.

I feel like I've just been gloating now....sorry.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] llemonades:
€144 (6 pm, 24 months contract)

+ Free wireless headphones

Was a crazy offer, almost felt like a gift

Ps: subhani, the earbuds weren't as good as i expected if it helps, hope you are enjoying the phone, usually I pay full price but enjoy my gadgets
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] subhani:
Yes they are but since a bad experience with them a long time ago, I never go with them. I'm sure they've gotten better since back then. But even at the higher price I've paid for it, I still saved ~£375. If I'd gone with the iPhone X or the Pixel 2 XL, I would have paid a couple hundred £s more than the phone itself, offline price.

Thanks for the reassurance, buddy. I called them and they told me as I'd owned the phone for over a month already, they couldn't offer it to me anymore. Sounds like a rule they just made up but I'm not fussed. I actually have half decent earbuds from before. All budget models bar one. 2x Bluetooth sets, one at £20 and the other at £40. A wireless gaming set for too much £100, and a v cheap wired but remarkably good Sony earphones. I really don't need any more. 4 is too many. The cheap Sony earphones sound better than both my Bluetooth earphones. I guess if I want good sounding wireless buds, I have to start at the £100 figure which I don't intend to do, as I barely use my phone for music. Thanks for your feedback, though.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Ah then it'll be too late for me. That sucks, no one mentioned it when I bought it
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] llemonades:
The freebuds are expensive but they dont use good quality codecs, I had expectations by the price but I was a bit disappointed, so if you already have bluetooth earphones probably you wouldn't notice a difference
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] Tyseyh:
I've been in the same situation as you when the shop assistants didn't mention anything.

By the sounds of things you are not missing anything.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] roy8846:
£38pm

O2

25GB Data

£0 upfront

Free Wireless Freebuds.

6 months free Netflix.

Then 40% off through O2 Open
[Galaxy E5, E7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuan Anh 1304:
Can someone post your touchwizhome folder and secthemechooser folder? Thanks very much!!!

By the way, these folders are in system/priv-app and my e500h is on android 5.1.1 (stock rom)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
I got my new SM-G9600/DS in the mail today and it had the G9600ZCU1ARBG firmware on it (Updato). I wanted to check out the Hong Kong firmware, so I fired up Odin 3.13, set the phone to download mode, and tried to flash it with the AP, BL, CP, and CSC (not HOME_CSC, I wanted a clean wipe) files from the G9600TGY2ARE6 firmware (Updato), but that failed; it hung on "SetupConnection..." for a few minutes and then gave a "Complete(Write) operation failed."

After that, I tried the same flash but without the CP, and it seemed to work: it rebooted a few times, then went to the welcome screen (in Chinese). However, it was very unstable, and SystemUI crashed several times while I tried to set it to English. Even after a reboot, it was still unstable like that, so I decided to reflash again (maybe the flash was slightly corrupt?). This time I enabled the "Re-Partition" option in Odin, hoping it would overwrite everything and make it clean again, but without any other changes (BL, AP, and CSC). However, this time it failed, hanging on "SetupConnection..." like the first time I tried to flash it. Since then I've tried just about every combination of firmware files (BL and AP, BL and CSC, AP and CSC, etc) but all of them fail to establish a working connection.

I'm currently downloading the G9600ZCU2ARE6 firmware (Updato) which is the most recent firmware actually for my device. I will try flashing that when it's done (hopefully in the next 30-60 mins), but if that fails I'm at a loss. What should I do?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
Update: I tried entering recovery mode (holding power + volume up + bixby), but it crashed as soon as it passed the blue android screen; I think I saw a screen flash by quickly that said something like "connection failed"? When I rebooted it and failed a few more flashes, I tried to boot up normally and got most of the way to the welcome screen, but it also crashed, so I rebooted into recovery mode again, and this time it worked! I wiped the cache partition and did a factory reset, but that didn't seem to work. Now it bootloops to the beginning of the welcome screen (the white nav bar with a back arrow appears at the bottom of the screen, but the SystemUI crashes [I think; all the error messages are in Chinese]).

EDIT: I finished downloading the G9600ZCU2ARE6 (CHO with v2 bootloader) firmware and tried to flash all four (BL, AP, CP, and CSC; not HOME_CSC) files and re-partition, and the log quickly spat out the following, then stopped (because it failed).

Thoughts? I'm currently trying it without the re-partition option enabled, but I suspect it won't work because it's been hanging on "SetupConnection..." for a long time, it usually passes that quickly if it's going to succeed. If this fails, I'll try the same two tests but omitting the CP file.

EDIT2: It didn't work when omitting the CP file. What should I do next? I'm currently downloading the original firmware that came with the device (G9600ZCU1ARBG linked in OP) and will try that when this it finishes downloading, but that may be a task for tomorrow.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
Update 2: I managed to wait out all the crashes and get the phone "set up", past the welcome screen. It still bootloops, but I get about a minute or two of use before it reboots itself. I managed to get this photo of the software information screen before it crashed:

[IMG="Software Information"]https://i.imgur.com/mZLZF0U.jpg[/IMG]

Interestingly, the "Baseband version" is only 1ARBG, while the "Build number" is 2ARE6. I suspect this is the source of the instability? In order to fix this, I tried to flash it with the original firmware (all four files of the 1ARBG stuff, the same it was supposed to come with), but I got the following failure in Odin:

The phone itself gave me this info:

[IMG="Download Mode Errors"]https://i.imgur.com/CN9KN6Q.png[/IMG]

That last line, where it says "Fused 2 > Binary 1" makes me think that I've upgraded enough things to v2 that it won't let me downgrade everything to the stock v1 that it came with.

What should I do now? Maybe try to get it to do a factory reset?

...Or am I missing something obvious in the flashing process that would make it work?

EDIT: I did a factory reset, not sure if it did anything useful. It still reboots itself after 1-2 minutes of usage. I managed to connect it to my wifi, but it doesn't seem to do anything when I tell it to check for a software update. I'm pretty lost. Any suggestions? Is there a way I can at least get it back to stock Samsung?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] *Detection*:
Flashing between different CSCs for the same device model usually doesn't cause problems, the problem is likely from the bootloader

You'll probably need to flash back to the entire Hong Kong firmware with the Version 2 Bootloader until your own firmware updates to version 2 also, not sure of any way to downgrade bootloaders if Odin won't do it, factory reset after flash should fix the crashing if it is just system apps crashing

You could try enabling OEM Unlock from developer options first which unlocks the bootloader (if you have that option, might have 7 days since last flash to wait for it to appear though)

Setup connection errors is an error between phone and PC, you cannot break Download mode by flashing firmwares, so that is not the problem, more likely drivers, USB cable, PC itself / Windows / PC USB port

Try another machine / port on the PC, or remove drivers from device manager while phone is connected, then disconnect and connect it again to reinstall them
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
I'll try the factory reset today, not sure it can complete before the device reboots though. Or should I do it from recovery mode?

I'll also try flashing it again and make sure I have the right drivers installed. Something I noticed before was that windows installed drivers for "Galaxy S9" (or maybe "Samsung S9"? don't exactly remember) when the phone was on, but "SM845" when I connect it in Download mode. Could that be the issue?

Will that trip Knox?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] *Detection*:
Drivers will auto install the correct ones

Recovery factory reset yes

No it won't trip KNOX
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
Success! I managed to get it to flash all 4 firmware files (BL, AP, CP, and CSC) for CHO! (G9600OWO2ARE6 Updato)

The only things I did differently were: I let the phone reboot a few times to take a look at things (took about 2 minutes to get to lock screen, and about 1..5 to 3 minutes after that before it would reboot), and I ran ODIN as my normal user account on Windows (not as administrator). Maybe running it as administrator (as I did yesterday) messed up the USB drivers somehow...? :confused:

Software information after reflash, reboot, and setup:

The baseband, build number, and service provider SW all match the CHO files, so everything seems to have flashed successfully! :victory:

However, I downloaded Samsung Pay from the Play Store and when I try to open the app it gives an error popup: "Unable to connect to Samsung Pay temporarily. Try again later."

What should I do? I have yet to add a Samsung Account or insert a SIM card. Would one of those be helpful? Or should I reflash with a different CSC?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
I downloaded the "Phone INFO Samsung" app and checked the CSC page. The app is listing the phone as from Trinidad/Tobago... :confused::confused:

Honestly I have no idea how that happened lol. What's the best way to change it to something that will support Samsung Pay? Can I flash the US unlocked (U1 I think) (just the HOME_CSC, even?) without reflashing the other parts? Or should I completely reflash to factory from a different region?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] *Detection*:
That firmware has a version 2 bootloader too which will be why it flashed OK

Samsung pay probably requires a samsung account attached to the device, set it up normally as a new phone

EDIT - Was your device 2nd hand? Or originally on TTT CSC?

If the CSC you flash is Multi and includes the original CSC, it will default to the original CSC of the phone
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
I set up a Samsung account and it didn't help, even after restart, even after restart with USA AT&T SIM card inserted.

I'm pretty sure the device was brand new when I got it. I believe the original CSC was UNE? I'm not sure--the device was originally in Spanish (and was packaged with the Spanish quick-start guide) and I remember it being a Mexican CSC, but unfortunately it seems I forgot to write it down specifically.

I'm not sure I really understand how Multi-CSC works. Do you know of a good resource that explains it?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] *Detection*:
Not sure of any CSC info resources, googling is your best bet, my best explanation:

Multi-CSC is basically just a pack of CSCs which the device can use any of the CSCs included, imagine a driver pack for windows, you tell the device that needs the driver to search the pack and choose the driver it wants to use, it picks and installs the one that best matches that device and the rest remain in the pack unused

BTU is Multi-CSC, it contains about 10 different CSCs, if your phone was originally shipped with one of the included CSCs, when you flash BTU it will not switch to BTU it will find and switch to the devices original CSC

If the devices CSC is not included, it will switch to BTU

This causes a problem when trying to switch from say XEU to BTU as XEU is included in BTU's Multi-CSC

Single CSC only contains one CSC, so the device is forced to switch to that as there are no other choices

There used to be a trick of switching to a single CSC not included in the Multi you are trying to flash, then flashing the Multi and it would change, but seems that doesn't work now

Reason I'm asking about new or 2nd hand is it is possible it was already flashed to a different CSC when you bought it, so by not knowing it was originally TTT, flashing a Multi that included TTT would revert it back to TTT
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
That's a good explanation of it, thank you. :good:

Should I try to flash with the MXO (Mexico unlocked) AP/BL/CP and use the (single) CSC from the (USA unlocked) U1? Or would that brick things?

EDIT: It seems there isn't a v2 firmware for the U1 yet. Should I try using a CSC from a U variant? Which one? I don't see anything for AT&T on Updato, just "CCT", "TMK, and "USC", should I use one of those?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] *Detection*:
Personally I wouldn't mix and match CSC's with the wrong firmware but it's up to you, not sure of the consequences as I've never tried it or seen anyone else do it yet
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
I'm going to attempt with the XAC (unlocked Canada, correct?) firmware's CSC—the XAA firmware hasn't updated to the v2 bootloader yet. Updato is pretty slow rn so it will be a few hours before that finishes downloading. I suspect I'll have to use Raymonf's modified Odin from the guide to flashing U1 firmware to U devices, but I'll try it with stock Odin first to see what happens.

I figure that even if this bricks, I can't break Download Mode, so I can always flash back to stock G9600, correct?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
I just tried flashing the XAC CSC (2ARE6) with the MXO BL/AP/CP (2ARC6).

With stock Odin, it threw an error, saying "SECURE_CHECK_FAIL : PIT" in red text on the Download Mode screen, and Odin's log:

With Raymonf's modded Odin, the Download Mode screen gave the same redtext error, and Odin's log gave me the following:

I suspect this is because the MXO firmware is based on the 2ARC6 bootloader, while the XAC firmware is based on the (slightly newer?) 2ARE6 bootloader, so the partition tables don't quite match up. Thoughts?

Next steps: I'll try the CHO Chile (2ARE6) BL/AP/CP with XAC (2ARE6) CSC. Might get further, since it's the same 2ARE6. I might also try the TGY Hong Kong (2ARE6) BL/AP/CP in similar fashion.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
None of the mixed firmware flashes (BL/AP/CP from CHO or TGY, CSC from XAC) worked, all threw the same errors in Odin (stock and modified both failed) that the MXO/XAC flashes did. It might be possible if I knew more about how the files were structured and could modify the XAC CSC so its PIT would match the others, but I'm not totally sure how these work under-the-hood; I'll leave that to the more serious developers ;)

Now I'm flashing the TGY (Hong Kong) firmware (all four parts). I'm going to put my AT&T SIM into it, factory reset, and see if it changes the CSC. I'll also check the VoLTE menu that @sentron was asking me for in another thread.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
Flashing the TGY firmware did change the CSC! Here's some screenshots from the Software Information page.

I also tried sideloading an older version of Samsung Pay, as described in the following quote (for S7 Edge, but I thought it worth a shot).

Unfortunately, Samsung bundles a recent version of the Samsung Pay Framework into the HK firmware, so it won't let me install either of those old versions. However, since I'm on the TGY CSC, when I first opened up Samsung Pay (downloaded from Google Play Store, I checked the box for it when I did the first-time device setup), it gives a popup that prompts me to download "Samsung Pay (Hong Kong)", which I agreed to. This installed the Hong Kong version of Samsung Pay, which works! However, it's pretty crippled for American users: it only supports the banks/cards supported by Hong Kong Samsung Pay (honestly this really should be the same app worldwide, Samsung smh :( ). Here's the chart they post on their support site, listing the supported banks/cards:

Any ideas on how I can try to get either the USA Samsung Pay app, or load an American Card into the Hong Kong system? If I were to open a new account at, e.g., Citibank, would that account need to have a Hong Kong address to use it with this version of the app?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
Update: I just tried to add some American credit/debit cards and... they just worked! :victory::victory::victory:

Even though they're definitely not on the Hong Kong list I posted above, it still accepted them. I'll go shopping later and see if payment actually works, but it says that they're activated and ready to go (well, one of them; the other has to be verified by the bank and they said it would happen "within 1 business day"). Maybe the app is more international than it appears... Although the ads are still in Chinese lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nelsyv:
I went shopping today and paid with a US credit card (a Visa rewards card from a US airline) and it worked without a hitch.

Also, I found a little toggle in my notification tray for VoLTE, and here's what happened when I tapped it:

However, I've noticed my device getting pretty warm, even hot, during normal use while charging. Is this normal? CPU-Z says the "ac" temp is at about 44 C, "battery" temp at about 39 C.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] sentron:
Thanks [MENTION=9205664]nelsyv[/MENTION] for reporting back. I'm thinking about flashing the T-Mobile US CSC on top of the OWO ARE6 that I have on my G9600. I'll read up a bit first. The T-Mobile US phone is SnapDragon (Single SIM), so the CSC should be compatible, right? Though I didn't find it stated exactly, it seems like any CSC should work on firmware? Is this correct?
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtadao:
Hi all, my note model N915F cannot boot after I tried to flash TWRP and now shows a phone and a computer with a yellow triangle with a mark inside. It's detected by Odin in download mode but as I try to flash stock 6.0.1, its stuck at nand writing. The phone is not charging. Please help
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] #2!:
I picked up a G930R4(US Cellular) to use on Total Wireless. When setting up the phone, it says the sim is invalid but it connects and continues the setup fine. I have to enter in the APN manually. After that, It works fine but it gets stuck roaming. I have to toggle airplane mode on/off to call out or receive calls. And sometimes it will get stuck on band 1 with poor reception.

I flashed the latest Verizon firmware thinking that should work because TW is a Verizon MVNO. Got through setup fine but it always roams no matter what network settings are. Cannot edit or add APNs with that firmware.

I tried the U firmware, it wouldn't connect any data. Unable to add any APN with that firmware also.

Any suggestions on what to do to get this working correctly??
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] mahesheranga2:
Hi all,

I bought andromida and it not working for our device that's why don't buy that and tell about this to your friends I paid them and now it worthless.

Now working that's why need to close
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] marko.dnb:
U sure bro? Cuz it works on my device :) And it's AndromEda, not Andromida.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tofikos:
RTFM!!

Wysłane z mojego Mi A1 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mirdeusz:
Refund that

Wysłane z mojego Mi A1 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] mahesheranga2:
With may 5 update?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chiggie14899:
Works for me with the latest update.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] mahesheranga2:
Is rooted device
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hanataji:
Same...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] alanzhoffmann:
Did you follow their instructions? AFAIK there was something to do using a PC and their companion app
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] whrynox:
It's working fine here and I started using it just 2 weeks ago with 2nd May patch. Have you tried installing ADB minimal drivers? That may work for you but it's not really needed.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sarath medithi:
Its working bro. For the latest andromeda change the desktop client. The new desktop client is 2.0 i think. if may update forcing for a reboot. Give a reboot and open Andromeda goto manager and select all overlays and enable. it will definitely work. check adb connection and update desktop client before you proceed.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] elbi14:
Noob statement
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chiggie14899:
Nope.
[General Questions and Answers] Poobear:
I've did a factory data reset on a LG Aristo 2 phone and have no idea what the previous email address was to be able to get back into the phone is there anyway to bypass this to be able to use this phone again
[General Questions and Answers] :
Yes. Simple. Just post the phone's serial number.
[General Questions and Answers] zamiel2112:
try this . i know it works. https://youtu.be/Iw6tiY-z_aE
[Tasker Tips & Tricks] Charles Ren:
My cell phone is Oneplus 5T (system: OxygenOS 5.1.2, VER.0523), And i am using tasker(rooted). The problem is my Google assistant can't be detected motion when the phone`s screen is turned off, So it is no next task be executed, Do your know a way to fix it?

Remark: when the cell phone`s screen is off, I start Google assistant by my Bluetooth headset.

Thanks for pay attention or reply.
[Tasker Tips & Tricks] Charles Ren:
Is there any body can help me?
[Android Head-Units] Ah_Jack:
Hi all, I new to XDA.... I have trouble on my newly bought Android 6.0 head unit.

It have 32GB internal memory but only show up 1.5GB in android Setting, I downloaded Waze, Joox and Wechat it warned me internal memory low...btw, I downloaded ES explorer and it show 26gb free memory... I heard from seller said factory restricted from too much apps install??? Is it true?

I really need help on this matter. Thanks in advance.

(Can't upload photos?)
[Magisk] devsx:
Does Magisk allow to make modification on the radio partition? I.e delete and override some NV item settings file?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] Luckzzz:
I've seen a lot of video recording in youtube and I noticed a ****ty sound .. like it was all too compressed.. :crying:

Is it fixed? :confused:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] akashraj98:
There is fix for ****ty audio in video recording search forum.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] sanijsnj:
It was fixed by an OTA update..updated mine right after I bought it.. Didn't have the distortion in video recording.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] lagardo:
Not fixed fore me. Sound recording quality is terrible