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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Andehh:
Sorry if this has been asked before but this is my first contract and the first time iv been through the renewal process and id like to avoid walking away with a contract that iv paid more then i should have for;

How much did everyone pay for their kaiser & contract? Be it a totally new contract via phone/web site/store or via a renewal?

Iv been with them for 17 (of 18) months on a flex25 then a flex30 package due to me going over for the first 12 months (+£5-£10 over a month). Iv also signed my sister up with them, so id like to think they'll give me a good deal.

Ideally ill be looking at the kaiser on flex30 (for £25 a month with their -5£ discount) with Web n Walk. Bringing it up to £32.50 a month

cheers guys
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mrg2003:
Vodafone

£22 / month - unlimted landline calls, unlimted to vodafone business + 500 mins, 1GB data any network. I had to sign a 24 month contract. I added £2/day to my contract rate to cover this expense.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Jasperrr:
He asked how much others paid for a Tilt with a T-mobile contract renewal, not how much you pay for your subscription etc ;)

My dad has been with T-Mobile Netherlands from the start and he tried to get a good deal especially seeing that he overpaid the past few years. (Old subscription prices while they keep getting lower)

He got it for €195,- with 50% discount on his subscription for the following 2 years.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RobTheRover:
T-Mobile renewals were F-ing crap!

I've been a One2One/T-mobile customer since 1999, and when it came to upgrading from my 18 month Flext25+WnW VarioII contract to the VarioIII they offered me exactly the same deal you could get as a new customer. I must admit I had a rant at the guy in renewals, and told him Voda were offering me a much better deal (which was true) and he said he sympathised but the VarioIII was having no special deals done on it.

Told him to cancel my contract at the end of the period, and I'd go elsewhere.

Then I found that Mobileshop.com were offering the VarioIII for free on T-mobile Flext30+WnW (T-Mobile wanted me to pay over £120 for it on that contract). spoke with them and they had it in stock. So, I called T-Mobile back and told them - and got the very same guy in Renewals!!! He remembered our conversation a few days earlier, and to be fair tried to get a deal on, but couldnt do anything at all yet again.

So I took the new contract through Mobileshop.com and got the handset free. It was delivered next day, and has been superb. OK, it costs me a fiver a month more due to not getting the go-direct discount, but my wife's phone is due for renewal in a few months (some Nokia Symbian thing) so when we discuss her renewal I'm going to get them to add the loyalty discount back onto my account.

I guess the moral of the tale is "dont expect T-Mobile to do you a great deal!"
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Andehh:
Thanks for that link Rob, iv made a note of that site and if t-mobile dont offer me a good deal i might follow your lead and go with them!

What did everyone else pay?

:)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mattp94:
Andehh,

That sounds very similar to the deal that I was looking. However, T-Mobile wanted to charge me £180 for the Kiser until I told them that O2 would do it for free so I would cancel my contract if they didn't match it.

Not only did they match that offer but they ended up giving me the £5/month off on the contract as well.
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] ottawadad34:
I traded my phone for this p20 and its rooted, unlocked and has TWRP and I would like to remove all of that and have it back to factory. I've searched but could not find a tutorial. Any help would be appreciated.
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] Jezuss.SKuno:
Do you have TWRP installed?
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] ottawadad34:
Yes. TWRP is installed
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] ottawadad34:
I have an OTA update showing on my phone. If I click install will it install stock recovery or will it brick my phone?
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] ub42:
I dont think it will brick the phone, but I believe it just wont work. I did basically the same, but I cant remember how I got rid of twrp. I followed a guide (not on xda) very closely to not brick the phone (flashing something to get rid of it, then factory reset).

If you wanna relock your phone, I found the all-in-one-tool very helpful. Just doing oem relock like on the Nexuses doesn‘t work. The tool worked great for me, you still need the unlock code though.
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] heindrix:
it shouldn't that hard.

1. download full update zip file for your phone.

2. extract the zip, and extract the .APP file using HuaweiUpdateExtractor app.

3. get this file from extracted .APP file : ramdisk.img and recovery_ramdisk.img

4. boot into fastboot and do this :

fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img

fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk.img
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] ottawadad34:
Thanks. When I get home today I will try that
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] ottawadad34:
I get this when I extract update.app
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] ottawadad34:
ok i figured out the error but wondering what firmware to download. my phone says eml-l09 8.1.0.102(c792)

do i download this? EML-L09C792B102b (8.1.0.102b)

EML-L09C792B102 (8.1.0.102) FullOTA-MF
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] heindrix:
okay, first things first.

for HuaweiUpdateExtractor, go to settings, and disable every 'verify' settings, those you'll not receive that error message anymore.

next, for download link, here you are : http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G2639/g1604/v134418/f1/full/update.zip
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] ottawadad34:
ok got that/ I dont see a recovery_ramdisk.img. I see recovery_ramdis.img and this is what i get when I flash the 2 files

PS C:\adb> fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img

target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes

sending 'ramdisk' (16384 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.448s]

writing 'ramdisk'...

OKAY [ 0.082s]

finished. total time: 0.534s

PS C:\adb> fastboot flash recovery_ramdis recovery_ramdis.img

target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes

sending 'recovery_ramdis' (32768 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.887s]

writing 'recovery_ramdis'...

FAILED (remote: partition length get error)

finished. total time: 0.899s
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] heindrix:
the last command is wrong, mate.

it should be :

fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdis.img
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] ottawadad34:
thank you so much. You are a lifesaver, it worked :) Update through the phone failed but updating through HiSuite worked. Now to relock the bootloader do i Use the multi tool or adb?
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] heindrix:
i never relock the bootloader, but i think through adb is okay.

i think the command is :

fastboot oem relock yourcodehere

i must remind you that there's a risk of data lost, you make sure to backup first.

and please save bootloader code somewhere, because Huawei will close the service for releasing bootloader code, for the case maybe you want to sell the device and the buyer needs the code.
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] ottawadad34:
Ok thanks. I guess I will be keeping it unlocked. The guy I traded for this phone did not give me the unlock code
[Huawei P20 Questions & Answers] MrVicious:
Worked for me on my EML-L09. Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Revcrow:
Greetings,

I'm new in this Forum. I have been searching all around internet about my problem and couldn't find any solution, so I'm here calling for help from you. :(

My problem is quite simple to describe. I have my old friend's phone, who left it at my house 6 months ago. Now that my friend is gone, I'm trying to fix this phone.

The issue is that it has a Power Button broken (I can't start it on) so I have to plug it, but once done it can't go beyond the logo, then it keeps restarting again and again and again until I remove the battery. At this point, I told myself that I only have to do a factory reset and flash it, but then after installing the drivers, getting the firmware ready and stuff, when booting the phone to the flashboot mode, it keep restarting again and again and again...

Is there anyway to fix this? Or does it mean that the phone is gone?
[Samsung Galaxy J5 PRIME ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] GamingHero:
Hi everyone,

I'm working on compiling Ressurrection Remix to bring support of AOSP :)

I'm one bit near to a stable device tree :crying: , and I think that within a time, I'll be able to start compile this device for Ressurrection Remix 7.0 or 7.1
[Samsung Galaxy J5 PRIME ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] rodrigocavalcan:
very nice!! great times are coming, keep it up! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy J5 PRIME ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] tutibreaker:
this post is useless an pointless read the rules before make a post
[Samsung Galaxy J5 PRIME ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] GuestK0087:
Don't create non development threads in development sections. Placeholder threads are not permitted as well.

Thread closed.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sierra-Saphir:
Hello everyone

I have a Sony Xperia Z3 Dual D6633 running Android 4.4.4 and I would like to install TWRP on it

Does anyone know how to do it?

Bootloader is already unlocked

On the Internet I found this tutorial on several sites and forums

https://xdaforums.com/z3/development/root-stock-kernel-twrp-v01-test-28-09-t2889794?__utma=248941774.950623471.1412017766.1412017766.1412017766.1&__utmb=248941774.1.10.1412017766&__utmc=248941774&__utmx=-&__utmz=248941774.1412017766.1.1.utmcsr=l.facebook.com%7Cutmccn=(referral)%7Cutmcmd=referral%7Cutmcct=/lsr.php&__utmv=-&__utmk=228295838

But this doesn't work for me. It bricks my phone and I have to do a hard reset and restore it from scratch.

(That's evan more frustrating because the links in the post are down and it took me hours to find a website where the files are available)

So is there anyone who has a working solution for installing TWRP on my phone?

Thank you for your answers
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrkoernchen:
I have the same problem. I can't find a detailed tutorial how to bring the latest TWRP on the phone. Would be great if someone could write a dummy-proof tutorial. :)

I'm on the latest stock ROM (MM), btw.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samyam25:
I might be missing something here, but have you tried the method of downloading a recovery.img and then using "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haverlok:
https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2261606
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sierra-Saphir:
Hello

I wasn't able to work on that problem for the last months. I hope that I have enough time now to find a solution

This cannot work because Sony stock kernel is not able to boot from recovery. TWRP MUST be packed into kernels RAM disk

Back then when I worked on that problem in June / July I did a lot of research

I found XZDualRecovery and tried. It works but it is only TWRP 2.8. I want to use newer version 3.x.x

Is there a way to change XZ TWRP 2.8 to 3.x.x ??

I also found the rootkernel script by Tobias Waldvogel.

https://xdaforums.com/xperia-z5/development/root-automatic-repack-stock-kernel-dm-t3301605

I'm able to boot into TWRP 3.x.x but there's a huge decryption issue which I can't solve. So TWRP does nothing after boot.

I found a version of TWRP which is compatible with D6633 but I can't boot it from phone.

It boots only by fastboot boot d:\twrp\twrp.img

I'm a beginner on Android rooting / modding and did not find a solution to include working TWRP into XZ nor rootkernel by myself. Any ideas for that??

How can I include TWRP into my kernel??
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haverlok:
What if you try fastboot flash boot d:\twr\twrp.img
[HTC U12+ Questions & Answers] jrocka312:
I will be receiving my U12+ tomorrow. Interested in everyone's opinion as to which carrier I should go to in order to activate on. I have been with Sprint since 2005 and obviously I have no choice but to jump elsewhere. What are your thoughts regarding T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T? I know T-Mobile is missing a band... what is everyone utilizing? Looking for the best experience as far as network quality and not being limited with HD video. Would like to be able to take advantage of this device's ability to produce great visuals... want to be able to watch 4K or 1080P videos on youtube etc... Thanks in advance for the assistance!
[HTC U12+ Questions & Answers] Tachi91:
Verizon you'll be stuck to using just LTE with no CDMA fallback in areas that aren't yet converted. Also a hassle to activate apparently.

At&T you'll pretty much not have WiFi calling and maybe no VoLTE. AT&T is stingy I guess.

T-Mobile you'll have Wifi calling and VoLTE from the get go I believe. You won't have 600mhz but besides that everything else should be fine.

Verizon has done a good job getting LTE coverage in most areas. I've run into rural (practically middle of nowhere) areas that LTE is too week and latency is just Terrible. With my iPhone I've been forced to turn off LTE to get decent service off 3G.

I switched back to T-Mobile recently which gave me a reason to order the U12+ with no concerns on network. Yea I won't have 600mhz LTE, but I personally don't care. They've been doing a decent jump at meeting their timeline in converting 2G/E into LTE in most areas.
[HTC U12+ Questions & Answers] schmeggy929:
Went to T-Mobile store near me because I was told when I Switched carriers that any new phone I would need a new SIM Card. Guess what, a knowledgeable sales rep said no need. Took the Sim Card out of HTC U11 and inserted into U12 and instant connection. Wifi Calling did take awhile to connect for the first time after installing Leedroids Shortcutter, due no Wifi Calling icon in settings. Works great so far.
[HTC U12+ Questions & Answers] jrocka312:
Are you able to get 1080p 60fps on youtube with TMobile? VoLTE?
[HTC U12+ Questions & Answers] schmeggy929:
On 4G LTE Band 12, Earth from Space 1080P 60fps played with no hiccups.

Voice calls and surfing the Net at the same time is working too.
[HTC U12+ Questions & Answers] jrocka312:
So...what is verdict here...TMobile > Verizon? Itching to go activate :)
[HTC U12+ Questions & Answers] schmeggy929:
Well it has been stated with good reliable source that Verizon will not have VoLTE or WiFi Calling.
[HTC U12+ Questions & Answers] jrocka312:
Thanks for the input...up and running on T-Mobile! Was the easiest transition from a carrier ever! Wifi-Calling works, VoLTE works, and phone is amazing!
[HTC U12+ Questions & Answers] Granite1:
That's really good to know, thanks. I'm switching to T-Mobile from Sprint myself. Been with them for 14 years, I've had enough.

I wonder if the sim card in my 10 will do the same thing?

I'll find out Monday when my 12 gets delivered. :D
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Onepunchbro:
Portrait Mode - How to use the wide 28mm lens instead of "zoomed-in" field of view?

Hi, on my samsung phone using the ported gcam, I was able to enable/disable the "portrait-zoom" when using Portrait Mode.

I wonder if this feature is available too on the real Pixel 2/Pixel 2 XL Google Camera because there's no answer from googling. Some random commenters suggest that to be able to use wide field of view when in Portrait Mode, I need to buy those moment lens or any third party accesories lens.

Pixel 2 lens = 28mm equivalent

Portrait Mode = ~42mm equivalent due to digital-zoom

I want to use ~28mm equivalent when shooting Portrait Mode. How?

Thanks in advanced.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
People who have mentioned using a wide angle lens with portrait mode to get 28mm portrait are correct.

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Regular

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Portrait

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Portrait with my Sirui 18mm wide angle lens attached to Moment lens case.

Sorry for the side ways pics and looks like the latest Google Camera update with the Lens feature isn't doing portrait processing on non-faces like it used to. Hence, no bokeh seen in either portrait mode pics.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
Fixed my portrait mode issue and he's some pics with portrait processing. View attachment 4537369View attachment 4537370View attachment 4537371
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] Matce:
So I'm having a serious issue here and I'm at a deadend.

S9 960F with XSG.

Phone runs flawless on ARD4 firmware (from XEF) with SuperSU and Magisk (tried both) and XPosed. Flawless.

However:

I tried updating to BRE5 last month when torubles started. The phone updates fine and runs for maybe 30minutes, no issues, then just freezes at Always-on-display. Have to hard-reset into Download mode and cancel and reboot. No other way to get the phone back.

Figured maybe an issue with BRE5 (XEF) so just reverted to ARD4.

Now the same issue with BRF3 (XEF) update! I can update BL, CP, CSC - but as soon as I flash AP the phone freezes after about 30minutes of usage.

I tried everything I could think of:

cleared Dalvik/Cache - no luck

removed Xposed - no luck

removed SuperSU - no luck

tried Magisk with and without XPosed - no luck

completely wiped phone clean thru TWRP and set it up fresh after flashing BRF3 directly - no luck

What could this possibly be !?

My update procedure is as follows:

- flash AP/BL/CP/CSC in download mode w Odin, AutoReboot off

- after flash: exit Download Mode and immediately enter it again

- flash TWRP, AutoReboot off

- after flash: exit DL mode and immediately enter TWRP

- install: no-verity fix, then Magisk, then RMM-State-fix

- reboot

- sometimes I have to restore "data' partition, sometimes not (weird)

anything off here?

BL/CP/CSC flashed fine (from BRE5 and BRF3) and all work with ARD4 AP, but as soon as AP (BRE5 or BRF3) goes on, after 15-30minutes it's over!

Please help!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] Matce:
not a single expert here?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
lomg shot but have u tried runnin stock on latest update for a bit? if that works just fine then its somethin ur flashing.. if its still messed up coukd be your device
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] Matce:
yes I tried.

did a FULL wipe of everything, then flashed latest version, restored apps from samsung cloud... didnt work. Freezes.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
thats not a clean install lmao

try fresh clean wipe install and dont restore anything and run it for a bit and see if its better.. it coukd be an app youre restoring thats messed up
[General Questions and Answers] davis the droid:
Hello! I'm in search of a signal manipulation app, if one even exists.

Why? I don't have a sim card in my phone, so I'd like to have the signal bars show me a "placebo" cellular signal strength. Is this possible to do without masking the icon?

I know that phones that have the status-bar demo mode shows the cellular signal as full/or sometimes empty, so is it possible to have an app control what signal icon is shown on it's own, so that I don't have to see the "No SIM" icon or an empty signal?

(NOTE: I have disabled the "No SIM" icon under System UI Tuner, but it doesn't feel right without cellular signal bars being there.)
[Dell Venue] LordDonkey:
Well I goofed up and soft-bricked my tablet. I managed to use the flash tool from Dell and reflash it to Jelly Bean. I have been checking for OTA updates and it says my system is up to date. I was running 4.4.2 before I had to reflash it. It is fully stock now and I have the zip package for the rooted OTA package that can be loaded and installed through fastboot, I think it is 4.3 however. Is it still possible to receive Software updates over the internet still on these?

EDIT: I just flashed it with the Venue_8_WiFi_KK4.4.2v1.33_FLASHPKG. I still don't know why it wouldn't just update on its own but this thread, I guess, could be marked as solved if possible.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h3sh11:
I have this error on XT1033, any chance to recovery ? partition was probably corrupted. no rom can be installed
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h3sh11:
Update
[G4] the fish guy:
i have been waiting forever for tmobile to release an upgrade to WM6 for my MDA. I found out the other day that wasn't happening so i started searching for ways to do it myself. Here I found people with the same problem and desire I have to get the best OS for my over priced phone.

I quickly found that i have a G4 wizard. i was able to use the "hard spl" program to cange my IPL from 2.26.0001 to 2.21.0001 and my SPL from 2.26.0001 to 2.26.olip that is the end of what i have been able to accomplish. I attempted to flash my phone with TNT19199, i got an error message ERROR 300 INVALID UPDATE TOOL. I have no idea what that's about. then i tried xm6r5, same problem. So i figured i would start from scratch and use "soft spl" to revert to my old IPL and SPL. Now i get ERROR 240 FILE OPEN when i try to run that program.

Where did I go wrong?! I just want a cool phone damn it, lol.
[G4] XL3N7:
You need the update utility files from this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=291215

in order to flash a G4
[G4] zabardast_1:
You cannot revert back to official stock rom or apply 'SoftSPL',once you have applied 'HardSPL'.As you have successfully got hardSPL,just use the 'RomUpdateUtility_Noid' from the above link by XL3N7 and flash any wm6 rom,or if you want to apply SoftSPL,you'll have to first remove 'HardSPL'.

Cheers!
[G4] the fish guy:
thank you so much, i just got TNT installed and running. you two were right on the money. i thought i was gonna get chased out of this forum for asking a question that probably seemed so obvious to the rest of you. thank you again
[G4] zabardast_1:
Thanks ! you are most welcome.Asking doesn't harm,when things are not clear and working out,it helps in learning and understanding the concepts.This forum believes in 'Help & Support'

Cheers!
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] Raulxperrx:
My Phone have big draing of battery, back to Nougat is the solution? I buy with Android 8.0. In the bath Health status say: 2391000 (uAh)

Help me please Xperia X comunity :crying:
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] Xperia Mini:
go in dialer *#*#7378423#*#*

and go Service tests>battery Health test

here u must see this message : Good, no need to replace it.

If u see this message Your battery does not have a problem :o
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] Raulxperrx:
Thanks! I back to 7.0 PexoRom and my battery is better, 8.0 have much drain in my Xperia, Thanks for you support ;)
[Moto X4 Questions & Answers] jpolster2005:
My X4 was on the May 8.1 RETAIL USA. Locked boot loader. tried to flash android one rom and didn't unlock my boot loader first, and OEM UNLOCKING is not on. Now it won't boot. I cannot find a stock rom with the May update in it, and it is my understanding that nothing else will work, I've tried. does anyone have guidance or help for me PLEASE?
[Moto X4 Questions & Answers] LucasHanchop:
I have troubles with brick too! But my device was Hard Brick! If you get anything help me too!!
[Google Chromecast] dhdurgee:
I have a Google Chromecast and leave it running backdrop on my TV when otherwise not in use. At other times I cast streaming radio to it from my linux system via the stream2chromecast python script. This works, but replaces the backdrop with an otherwise blank screen with "Default Media Receiver" in the upper left.

I would prefer to have the backdrop continue to display while streaming radio to it. The most logical way to do so would be for the backdrop function to be enhanced to include an audio backdrop that could be specified by the user from the home app or other program. Should there be no way to accomplish this, the next best would be to replicate the backdrop function in the stream2chromecast python script to be optionally enabled if no video is being streamed.

Anyone have any thoughts on how this can be accomplished?

Dave