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[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] ncageXDA:
Hi Everyone. As the title states are the failure rates on google devices crazy high? I originally got a google pixel XL 1 for free after the battery issues the original Nexus 6P was having. I've had to deal with constant device replacement every since. I've had to replace it 3 times in a very short period for internal speaker thats used for phone calls failed (i could hear people's voice but they couldn't hear mine). Now last night i go unlock my phone and i see the following error message on the lock screen

"fingerprint hardware not available"

so i reboot the phone and the fingerprint settings even disappears from the settings menu. I call google support and they come to the conclusion its hardware failure.

I don't abuse my devices at all and if you look at my current pixel there isn't a scratch on it. This fall it looks like i will need a new device (i'm using an old device i had laying around the house for now). I much prefer android but if i can't get a google experience device then i will got back to IOS (i want updates). Samsung have beautiful hardware but i want updates. So i would like to get maybe a pixel 2 xl (if i get great price on one) or a pixel 3 xl this fall but of course i don't want to deal with these hardware failures anymore. Any advice would be appreciated.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] seabro01:
We have no idea if the Pixel 3 will have any major issues. No point in worrying about that before the phone has even been released.

The hardware failure issues with your Nexus 6P and Pixel XL are unrelated. It doesn't mean Google phones have a high failure rate. The 6P was known to have battery issues but going through several RMAs fir the Pixel XL could just be bad luck.

From what I've seen the most common issues with the Pixel 2/XL have been less severe than with the Nexus 5x and 6P. The Pixel 2 XL seems to have had more issues than the Pixel 2 but even those are pretty minor compared to the 5x bootloop and 6P bootloop and battery problems.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] Telperion:
Yes, Google devices have had a long history of issues:

https://xdaforums.com/android/help/time-nexus-pixel-device-didnt-major-bug-t3578515

That being said, the Pixel 2 and 2 XL appear to finally breaking that trend.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] galaxys:
The latest Pixels are headed in the right direction...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] StonebridgeGr:
Hello, I have s8 g950f.. its second handed, I don't know the first hand if he got it under the water, so I have a simple question, do you think it would harm my device if I get it under water? It's original phone not any clone. I am afraid to get it under water, might could be destroyed.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] mihayash:
if you have the same imei inside the phone and on the back of the phone it should be ok
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] zelenko:
phone is water resistant not water proof. Its mean you can use it on rain but not under water. That my opinion
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] StonebridgeGr:
Someone told me he test it under the pool and it was working.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] zelenko:
Maybe, i dont want a risk. Better buy some waterproof case.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] toyger:
Ok to use under water but not deeper than 5 feet under.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TheMadScientist:
Again ip68 is a joke. It is not a major standard. It says water resistant not proof.

And form of water pressure can be ingressed into usb or speakers. In my opinion a good safety of rain but no more. Plus the dreaded moisture detected in the usb port warning
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] Yeauxgurt:
Hi, I just got a new unlocked AT&T Z2 force phone. I'm on Cricket and the phone works, but i can't upgrade the phone to Oreo or 8.0+ What's the best way to get around this? I'm pretty new so but hopefully i can figure it out. Thanks
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] kingstu:
Just out of curiosity, is your phone the Super Black or the White Gold? There are many reports of users being unable to update their AT&T z2 Force
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] Yeauxgurt:
Black
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] kingstu:
My black AT&T z2 Force has the same issue and they seem to be cheaper than all the other z2 Forces at Motorola's web store.
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] sawdin:
I was just about to order a Black one when I saw this thread. I started a new thread asking if this was a known problem. Does seem strange that the Black model has an extra $121 discount!

New thread:

https://xdaforums.com/z2-force/help/problems-att-black-z2-force-t3804697
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] Elsnakes:
Someone could get the update? I just bought the same model as you and i have the same problem.
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] doubledragon5:
Time to dump AT&T. Out of all the major carriers, they seem to give their customers the biggest screwing of them all...
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] Elsnakes:
Hello!

I don't know if any of you already try it but i found this https://www.getdroidtips.com/ocx27-109-47-oreo-att-moto-z2-force/

It seems that should work, i downloaded the update, and did everything but in the last step, when i type "adb sideload .zip" i got an error that says it can`t read the file.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] h0LLe:
Hey guys,

Right now I'm running latest 5.1.6 with magisk and official twrp.

Question: when I want to start from scratch, how can I wipe the phone properly without getting a bootloop or something. Do I have to wipe inside the Android system or do I have to boot up twrp recovery and use factory reset? Factory reset means all data will be wiped, do I have then to transfer twrp official installer and magisk zip again to the phone and flash them to start a fresh 5.1.6 rom on top of twrp official and magisk?

Thank you

Kind regards
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] memocatcher:
Push
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] peltus:
I'd recommend flashing full stock ROM. Thrn reboot to stock recovery and factory reset.

Then reflash twrp/magisk.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] iElvis:
Just do a wipe in twrp and reflash the latest ota. A wipe won't erase your internal storage, so your installation files will still be there. (Remember you have to reinstall twrp after flashing an ota.)
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] memocatcher:
So it's the same procedure when I want to downgrade from 5.1.8 to 5.1.7? Should I only do a factory reset in TWRP and then flash the flashable 5.1.7 full ota?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] iElvis:
A factory reset will wipe all your files. Just wipe data in twrp.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Questions & Answe] fahimclm:
Can i root with same files which i used with naugat (su 1.82 and twrp) on oreo too??

Need to upgrade and root my A5 2017?

Any root guides
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magicshaw:
This is really doing my head in as I'm not a techy type of guy :( :crying:

I have HTC One A9 and I have data connection issues that I can't seem to get around. I just ported my old number to a o2 sim and although I can make call I can't get the data connection started. It seems as I insert the sim, it doesn't populate with APN setting. I've tried manual settings and doing network reset. Nothing seems to work :(

The screen keeps showing "access point names are not available for this user".

I've done a factory reset and that didn't work. When I used other Sims the APN setting populate right away, so it seems my phone is having trouble setting up APN with this particular sim ??
[Huawei P20 Lite Questions & Answers] Isstopi:
Hello everyone. I've been using my P20 Lite (Nove 3e, the Chinese version to be more correct) since the beginning of April and everything works fine except for one annoying thing, it restarts itself every day in like 2 to 3 times per day. I still got the warranty available and the phone is not rooted. Want to return it but I don't have a "real reason". Looks like if I say to them that my phone restarts itself occasionally, they won't believe me. Someone give me a solution please. Thanks in advance
[Huawei P20 Lite Questions & Answers] DiziLiziD:
Mine is doing the exact same thing. My P20 Lite restarts randomly, and up to 6 or even more times a day.

I would also like to hear from other P20 lite users if they're experiencing this and if there is a fix?

Regards
[Huawei P20 Lite Questions & Answers] Letzen:
What version you guys are you on?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] kanej2006:
I used an application to hide my navbar, however, it was glitching and flickering forcing me to stop and uninstall the app.

Doing so permanently removed my navbar. Issue is any other replacent navbar I am not able to use. I must enable access in the accessibility option, however, when trying to do so I keep getting ''settings has stopped working'' error. How can I fix this?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] kanej2006:
Bump. Anyone? Even when trying other third party apps such as power toggles, I am unable to use the back, go home or recent apps menu....

Any way of restoring the soft navbar keys?? I am unable to do anything without them. The last resort would be to factory/data reset, wipe or re-flash rom. Please advise.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] BluePhnx:
Try clearing cache in recovery mode.

Or

On PC with adb command uninstall the app but with the com.xxx.xxx name of the app.

Or

You can try to flash the stock rom 3 files + home-csc file (won't wipe data).

Or as you said factory reset.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] kanej2006:
I will try the second option, using adb command. I believe the name of the app that caused me this issue is ''Navigation Gestures''

This one - ''https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xda.nobar

However, it was uninstalled yet my navbar is still missing. Ever since I tried other ones without success. How do I remove all the ones using adb?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] MishaalRahman:
Hi,

In the future, please contact us directly via email. If you uninstall the app without reverting the pill like we warned, this situation will happen. If you have access to ADB, you can manually re-enable the nav bar by running the following command:

adb shell wm overscan reset

The "glitching" and "flickering" by the way, happens if you use Samsung's nav bar hider and not ours. Version 1.2.0 of the app has much better compatibility with Samsung phones (tested personally on a Note 8.)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] deepakdavidster@gmail.com:
Really worked the command. thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] kanej2006:
I re-flashed my rom 2-3 times due to bootloop/not booting due to messing about with several navbar hiders, VERY surprised that messing with the navbar can prevent the phone from booting!

Even when trying Substratum with the paid addon, even this caused a bootloop/unable to boot.

I may of even tried your version, cannot remember, what is the latest version YOU have that has been tested and works with Note 8? I'll give that a try.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] iBolski:
Just saw that my phone is downloading the Oreo update. So it's out as of today so you should be seeing it today or later depending on your imei and location.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] iBolski:
Upgrade took some time, but so far, no problems. Pretty responsive. Seems the same, maybe even better. Nothing appears to have changed much up front, so most of the changes are deeper inside. I'll see how battery and performance fare over the next week or so. But so far, no issues except still on April 2018 security update. Need to get the rest of the security patches out there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] timtampa:
I just installed it as well. It did take a bit, and my phone even did a weird and dimly lit reboot. Once everything settled down, it's running great. I don't like the new combined look for settings and things here and there, but it's noticeably faster and does control background apps better.

[IMG="update"]https://image.ibb.co/hyHWDT/Screenshot_20180611_121939.png[/IMG]

[IMG="installed"]https://image.ibb.co/fLDGf8/Screenshot_20180611_162358_Settings.jpg[/IMG]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] iBolski:
Day two. No problems so far. Nice performance. Battery life seems the same, maybe even better. Hard to tell right now. Definitely not worse.

What I also like is finally we can place a short cut to "My Apps" on the desktop. The version of Nougat we were on didn't allow that so either you used a 3rd party app and/or launcher to do that. I myself use Microsoft's launcher. I really do like it even though I have Nova as well.

Now we just need to get the security updates because we actually fell behind with his upgrade. We fell back to April when we were on May I believe. Verizon is reportedly going to be sending out those security updates in the near future. Probably needs to make sure this is stable enough which for me, it is.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] magiin:
Extremely stable here so far. Around 6hrs SOT, battery drains slower than I was noticing on Nougat, which I'm all for.

The changes are definitely subtle between N and O, at least for what I'm using it for.

I'm not a heavy user throughout the day, plenty of days I'll only drop about 20% from about 1hr of SOT so I can easily go 2 or 3 days without needing to charge.

All in all, very happy with the update so far
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] hcn427:
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I can not connect my network (LTE) ,because my device is G930v Verizon, but I use in HongKong,Can you help me to solve this problem
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] zroice:
Hey guys,

up till today I'm still using a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with Android 4.3.

It is modded to the max to exactly meet my needs and "paranoia":

- Custom Rom TouchWiz based rom

- Custom Kernel with some special script based tweaks (for example: MAC randomization everytime I turn Wifi on - handy for time limited free access points and to prevent beeing tracked etc.)

- Full Disk Encryption with a password different than my unlock pin (so when the device is off it requires a long password, but when on only a shorter pin)

- Xposed with the "old" Xprivacy Pro, Greenify and lots of other useful modules (like device shutdown after x failed amounts of unlock password etc)

- Lightning Launcher (allows "pinned" widgets that do not scroll - like the clock always beeing shown on top of all my homescreens) and custom widgets made with UCCW

- Button mods (double tap menu button turns on/off auto rotation, long menu switches last two apps, long back kills foreground app etc.) and homebutton mod to turn on flashlight when held while device is locked (to turn it on blindly / without looking)

- Sidebar Launcher Appsi for all my apps (and using xprivacy to prevent certain apps from showing up in the list at all)

... etc etc.

It took me a long time to set up everything and whenever I bought a new phone I sold it soon after because they never could be modded that hard like my old note 3 could be. (not to mention the built in batteries - I HATE that so much about all new devices).

Long story short: The Mi A1 could maaaaybe finally be the device to replace my Note 3 - but for that I need to be able to really mod it hard again hehe.

What really is important to me is beeing able to use xposed and xprivacy (unfortunately the xprivacy lua is not that good as the old one as far as it reads in the description), controlling the device encryption with my own 20+ Character Passphrase while still having a shorter pin when the device is booted up (and it beeing "full device encryption" not just file based if that still exists?). Removing all google apps except the playstore (and the account manager - dont even want the google play services crap) and preferably beeing able to install modded playstore which does not autoupdate itself etc.

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Do you guys think this is possible at all? And if so - should I stay with a 7.1.2 based rom or go for oreo? I mainly care about modability as I explained..

Hope someone is in the same boat or at least knows enough about this phone and the roms/kernels/availabe and working xposed mods to help me out.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] berezker:
There's pretty much no development for Nougat so it would be better if you were to get on oreo

Modabillity is pretty great with this phone so far

Look around on xda and see if you like it
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] zroice:
but does xposed and stuff like modded playstore etc exist/work for oreo? and do you maybe know if its possible to have a different boot password than just the unlock pin when device is powered on?

and how about rootcloak and stuff like that? On my old note i can pretty much fake everything to apps and prevent root to be detected or feed them with fake data through xprivacy - but does this all still work to the same extend on the newer android versions? This safetynet bull**** has been around since when again? Can that still be fooled?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] berezker:
I'm not really sure about modded play store and boot password stuff but what I do know is that you can use Magisk (Similar to SuperSu + Extra useful mods) to hide root from certain apps that you choose

Xposed does work perfectly fine but it depends on the modules and whether they work on oreo. If not, magisk modules are also pretty good

If you happen to own a phone that you can flash Oreo on, (see, Lineage 15), then you can pretty much know and discover everything about Oreo and how modding works on it
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] jdmsohc22:
But i cant figure out how to change where it says "Sprint PCS" in the top left corner of the lil box provided by HTC's Home theme.. i remember seeing it somewhere but forget where on how to change it... Anyone know??
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] nickles96:
http://discussion.wmexperts.com/showthread.php?p=1396418#post1396418
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] jdmsohc22:
sweeeeeet.. thanks man.. works great, even though tons of people said it didn't work so good for them... im lovin it..!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] edsonsummers:
Since ive updated to the official 6.1 WM, im getting the Locked message on sms, email and other utilities. What should i do?
[LG Optimus G Pro] JackMetal:
Or, even Android 7...? My company no longer supplies our phones, so I'm trying to utilize one of my older phones as a stop gap - since I managed to drop my current one, before I 'have' to buy a new one; and have been looking for a later version of android. I currently have CM12 on it, but I don't mind trying anything at all that's a later version that might work. :)

Thank you so much, for any recommendations at all.

,JM
[LG Optimus G Pro] K1n9p1n:
If there are they aren't here. G Pro barely has lollipop. Just buggy half-baked ROMs from 2-3 years ago. A few of the Devs seem legit IMO but the device isn't worth the hassle.
[LG Optimus G Pro] _kayya:
We are waiting here, may be there will be a hero :)
[LG Optimus G Pro] kamolinkaaa:
Well, been using the mod for ~3 years now. I think, there's no better & won't be. It looks good, behave fine.

Here u go: https://xdaforums.com/optimus-g-pro/development/mar-0-lollipop-g-pro-v1-t3043779

Using v11 version

ps. buy some back panel https://www.google.pl/search?newwin....0.0.0....0.CJoOKMRModE#imgrc=UD7s5KrukUqGfM: , for it can get hot and this chills the battery.
[General Questions and Answers] jessm15:
What will happen if I temporarily boot into TWRP using Fastboot boot TWRP.img, and then install the GApps? Will it work? I want to install GApps without tampering my stock recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] SEALBoy:
I've read that the Galaxy S9 hardware is identical for all carriers in the USA.

If I bought a factory unlocked Galaxy S9 can I flash it to the carrier I am using (Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T) to enable carrier specific software and features? Can I flash it back to the unlocked firmware?

I already see a thread about flashing the unlocked firmware to carrier models so I am assuming there are no issues there.

Can one carrier model be flashed to another carrier model?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] *Detection*:
No, bootloaders are different, with the S7 there was an unbranded U firmware that was compatible with most of them, unlocked firmware will be that one for the S9, but no you cannot just flash different device firmwares to the wrong model
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] toronado13:
I was able to flash the ATT rom onto my Verizon S9. I got a VZ s9 from work but I'm on ATT. For the most part it's worked great, I had done the same thing previously with a Galaxy S7. I say for the most part b/c I am on here tonight to post a question myself about the fact that I'm getting a delay with MMS messages. I imagine it has something to do with the APNs I have setup, but I can't seem to figure it out.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] ydenyse:
Did you have to flash to the U1 software first?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] toronado13:
I do think that is what I ended up doing... tried to go directly first and it kept failing. Got fed up and decided to just try and put the bone stock rom on it, and that went on really easily.... so after using it like that a few days I tried to drop the ATT rom on it and it worked without issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] ajairola:
Yes, but you need to go to the u1 firmware 1st then to the other carrier firmware. Also make sure you avoid the newer firmwares with the new bootloader, as the unlocked model and certain carrier models don't have the new bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
lolol

yes u can.. u can flash between U and U1 firmwares no problem..

normally ud b correct tho but since s8/s8+ it has been ok.. just cant flash 9600 or 9650 to a U or U1 device
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] *Detection*:
That'll be why I still thought that then, coming straight from the S7 > S9

Had many members flashing the wrong firmwares thinking they could do that and bricking their S7s / wondering why ODIN failed
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] tanman8719:
I tried downloading vzw firmware	G960USQS3ARI6 to my unlocked sprint s9 and still not vzw flashed. want to do this so can have voice over LTE. Any other steps im missing? flash went through but still sprint
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nickosarus2008:
As soon as Firmware ver. 3 came out for the G960U1, I was able to flash it to my Sprint G960U and finally have VoLTE, WiFi calling and stable LTE for MetroPCS. Used samkey to unlock it from Sprint. My phone is actually performing much faster without all of Sprint's bloatware hogging my RAM and storage space. I can confirm that OTA updates still work the same...I received September's security patch (current) with no problems. Device is still official status and Knox hasn't been tripped.

A lot of people think you can just flash the carrier firmware of your choice and boom, it works...I had the same thought process....that's not the case. You have to make sure that there is a matching firmware version for the carrier you want to flash to, as well as make sure the G960U1 firmware version (the unlocked version of the S9's software you have to flash first before even carrier flashing) is the same version of what is installed on your phone now. It's easy ya'll......just READ lol.

I'm in love with my phone again thanks to XDA. ?

HAPPY FLASHING!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] Curtis2018:
Hi, I got one unlocked G960U1(G960U1UES3ARI1) and downloaded new fireware(G960U1UES3ARI1-SPR) from sammobile, but after flashed SPR ROM successfully, the info on the phone still shows XAA, anything I missed here? Thanks!