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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D9yHyi8Fe3mo1YgM:
At first, I'd like to thank all participants and developers for making this forum possible! I am still absolutely excited about the stuff which is offered and discussed here.

Having said this, I hope I don't get flamed for the following silly question:

I am confused about the FRP on Samsung phones in general and especially the Galaxy S5 (G900F) and would be grateful if somebody could explain what circumstances exactly activate the FRP. I have read many threads, especially on this forum, about how to circumvent the FRP on the Galaxy S5 (after accidentally having flashed and not knowing the Samsung account credentials). But I haven't found a thread which explains exactly when FRP gets activated.

Currently, I do not have a problem with FRP. But I really want to avoid that I have such a problem one day. For certain reasons, I just have bought two brand new Galaxy S5 (G990F, DBT version without branding / lock), one for my wife and one for me.

I did flash LineageOS 14.1 (current version as per the time of writing this) on both phones. I did not create a Google or Samsung account yet, so FRP can't be active yet (as far as I have understood).

One of my understanding problems is that some forum threads / tutorials / posts state that FRP gets activated if there is a Google account, and that others state that it must be a Samsung account. Again, others state that it must be Google / Samsung account together with an active fingerprint or unlock pattern (if this is the right term - I am not a native English speaker). This is very worrying, hence the questions:

- Under LineageOS 14.1 on the G900F, can FRP get active at all?

- If yes, what are the exact circumstances / combinations of conditions which activate it?

- Finally, is there a way to disable it in the first place, i.e. before a Google / Samsung account is created, or before any of the condition combinations which could activate it occurs? In other words, is it possible to globally disable it so that it can't be enabled any more? I would have no problem with rooting, if that would be necessary to achieve that goal. My wife is fantastic, but I won't guarantee that she does not create a Google or Samsung account, does disable the FRP after doing so, or does write down the credentials after doing so :)

Thank you very much for any explanations ...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbsc:
Galaxy S5 does not use FRP, it uses Reactivation Lock.

The first refers to Google account, the second - to Samsung account.

RL does not activate by itself, only if you turn it on in the settings.

Some used phones are sold with a kind of RL "bypass" and RL may be activated if you reflash such phone.

But RL can be completely turned off on S5 in a relatively easy way that's why I don's see a cause for concern.

P.S. Are you a virus?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D9yHyi8Fe3mo1YgM:
[MENTION=682658]bbsc[/MENTION] Thank you very much for taking the time!

You state that I can turn off RL easily. Do I need a stock ROM to do so? In LineageOS 14.1, I did not find the respective setting, probably because LineageOS does not know about Samsung oddities. Did I miss something?

P.S. No, I am not a virus. Al least, I hope so. Actually, I don't know exactly what I am, and, if anything, how many of them or how much of it.

Joking apart: I am always using random strings as my user name (if it is this why you asked :)).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
Solely for elaborating what [MENTION=682658]bbsc[/MENTION] has also correctly stated, Here's just a little/brief definition of both...

~ Google FRP (Factory Reset Protection): This is intended for those who may have had (unfortunately) their device lost or stolen and the FRP is there to prevent others from activating your device if they had reset the device to factory settings without the true owners permission. Only someone with your Google account information can use/activate the device.

~ Samsung Reactivation Lock: This is also intended for those who may have had (unfortunately) their device lost or stolen and this security option is tasked to prevent others from activating your device. Once the owner decides to activate this option, this feature will demand the individual to enter the Samsung account credentials for the true owner (the one who had activated this option) after the device was factory reset.

There's more to it but, I believe that this covers the basics of them both as well as the differences between the two.

I hope that I had explained this okay via text... :)

Good Luck!

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I DO NOT provide support via PM unless asked/requested by myself. PLEASE keep it in the threads where everyone can share.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbsc:
I don't state YOU can turn it off easily.

I state it CAN be turned off relatively easily. You may want to have a look at my thread about RL on SM-G900V (locked bootloader). It's not you case, but yours is easier.

You can try, of course.

First, look if it really is turned ON. It's clearly seen on the display in Odin (download) mode.

It it's ON and you do know the credentials then just flash any stock firmware and you will be asked these credentials when following Samsung Startup Wizard.

If it's ON and you do NOT know the credentials then flash an early 4.4.2 firmware, bypass Samsung Startup Wizard with one of the known tricks and login to ANY Samsung Account. You will be able to turn RL OFF after this.

P.S. Thank you for the explanation about random char string :) .
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D9yHyi8Fe3mo1YgM:
[MENTION=4828250]Ibuprophen[/MENTION] Thanks for the explanation ...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbsc:
BTW, you have LOS installed and this means a custom recovery installed too.

RL blocks custom recovery flashing, so your phone should have RL turned OFF.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D9yHyi8Fe3mo1YgM:
I see. Then we had a misunderstanding. I have assumed that you were relating to some way to disable RL *before* it has been triggered since this is what I had been interested in, i.e. some setting in the OS like: "In the future, prevent all users from activating RL".

But I have now understood that you were relating to how to repair the phone when the RL already is active. When doing my homework (i.e. before asking here), I already had read several threads about that ... it does not seem to be complicated. Fortunately, I don't need to do this.

Coming back to my "problem": Thank you very much for the tip that the status is visible in the download mode. On my phones, it clearly states that it is not active. I had expected that because otherwise I would have had problems with installing TWRP and LineageOS.

But there are still questions left:

Just to be sure: I have understood the difference between FRP and RL, but I am not sure if the situation with the stock ROM is the same as with LineageOS. Could somebody please clarify?

In other words, if I use nothing else than LineageOS in the future, can I be sure that nor RL nor FRP will trigger one day given the fact that RL is currently not active?

In other words again, I have understood that the phone does not use FRP with the stock ROM. But LineageOS is more Google than Samsung, hence I am worried if FRP possibly could be triggered from within LineageOS. Could that be possible?
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] essamoviec:
hello guys

wanna a help ..., my gr5 2017 after the last updates made some troubles , the battery drain off from 100 % to 82% in one shoot

i followed the consumption level and got that the android system is the largest with 25% of the capacity ..

any body can help me to solve this problem , is the battery life or the last update the reason of draining off ?

rom version bll-l22c636b389
[Moto E4 Questions & Answers] Android_noob17:
The title pretty much says it all. But I'm asking because the rom that we currently have is outdated and doesn't have some of the latest fixes.
[Windows RT General] Avonlady:
Hi guys,

I have compiled all Nirsoft and SysInternals utilities into one bundle. All paths in the launcher config file were modified to launch the utilities via win86emu. Surprisingly many of them work just fine.

Steps:

1) Extract both archives into C:\x86node\Program Files\Nirsoft Launcher

2) Create shortcut to "C:\x86node\Program Files\Nirsoft Launcher\NirLauncher.cmd" in %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

3) Enjoy many useful utilities at your fingertips.

Sample screenshots:
[Windows RT General] Kristibek:
Is there a download link available?
[About XDA developers] rev3nant:
Is it me or a lot of people are absolutely clueless that it is rude to quote an entire post (possibly with pictures) consisting from hundreds of lines of text and reply with a smile or a few words? Shouldn't this be against the rules? It is on other forums.

This makes some topics completely unreadable.
[About XDA developers] l3v5y:
Whilst I do occasionally say "Trying it now" I then update that post after I have tested whatever it is... My personal hate regarding this is the "It looks nice" type statement when the person isn't even going to bother trying it! Especially when they quote a ridiculous string of text!!!

Would it be possible to alter the way quotes behave such that they do not include images? Quotes currently do not include quotes (you can't quote a quote) so could this be done with the
[About XDA developers] l3v5y:
Well... It's an annoyance, and pages load quite slowly when someones quoted a lot of images...
[About XDA developers] galaxys:
I wouldn't say it's common...but when a reply happens (like to the 1st post of a cooks new rom with 15 screen pics), then it's a real pain!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Vink67:
Hi, i send many email to emui support and no matter I wrote they say create an account and wait 10-15 days.

They doesn't seem to want to help.

So now what can I do !! I buy an Honor 7X and just 1 week after redmi note 5 to be able to use root, custom rom, etc...

Two phone buy for nothing, why but why I sale my Nexus 5X....

I do all I must do, create account, OEM unlock, bind, debug USB.....

I have 4 miflash_unlock tools and I use all of them.

Every time I try I have many things appear :

Error -1, Chinese word !?!, Unable to unlock to try this account, 27 hours unlock phone, cannot connected, etc.

I have like 20 message different.

Every time the process is not the same.

So PLEASE someone help me. The MIUI support doesn't care, they repeat the same thing in here email every time.

I'm tired.

Help
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Vink67:
Hi, i send many email to emui support and no matter I wrote they say create an account and wait 10-15 days.

They doesn't seem to want to help.

So now what can I do !! I buy an Honor 7X and just 1 week after redmi note 5 to be able to use root, custom rom, etc...

Two phone buy for nothing, why but why I sale my Nexus 5X....

I do all I must do, create account, OEM unlock, bind, debug USB.....

I have 4 miflash_unlock tools and I use all of them.

Every time I try I have many things appear :

Error -1, Chinese word !?!, Unable to unlock to try this account, 27 hours unlock phone, cannot connected, etc.

I have like 20 message different.

Every time the process is not the same.

So PLEASE someone help me. The MIUI support doesn't care, they repeat the same thing in here email every time.

I'm tired.

HELP
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] rodolphe06:
Sorry to hear that but you must have made a mistake somewhere as everybody get unlocked after 360hours.

Just redo everything from scratch, yeah again 15days but better than nothing hun.

You need one account / one miflash tool.

Check again thread here or miui forum or telegram.

I use method of old miflashtool.

Create account email.

Login in phone not in developing mode.

Go in developing mode

Enable oem unlock

...

You will manage like the others
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Vink67:
Where I must go to create new account?

Must I use another phone number?

Can you tell me more about step by step.

Thanks
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] rodolphe06:
Follow this thread

https://xdaforums.com/redmi-note-5-pro/how-to/solution-unlocking-bootloader-redmi-t3800161

Create account with email not phone number.

You shall delete all your accounts may be or at least ask on miui en forum to see if a dumb solution exists for usecase where you have waited more than 360 hours.

Otherwise start from scratch.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] harshgohan:
I want to request all the respected developers to Develop EAS enabled kernel For best User experience. I can help with testing As i am primarily a tester. Thanks in advance
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] wasd-:
There is already one.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] nakshb:
Which one ..?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Boomshiva:
First .

Wrong section.

Second .

There are already 3-4 such kernels. (Revolt , wayang , kat kernel by raphielscape, flip )

Third.

Learn to search .
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Sectorian:
And four.

You need a custom rom to support this future !
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] puturaya20:
what AES kernel?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] aquilesboy:
Hi there! I'm having issues to update OTA, this is my scenario:

Phone came with Android 8.0.0 Oreo (OPR1.170623.026.V9.5.9.0.ODHMIFA) so I did the following

1. Installed TRWP, then Magisk.

2. Installed Xposed (systemless) (Magisk Module)

3. Profit.

All good till here, the problem came when I tried to do the May OTA, it gives me the "Installation Problem" in the first step. I have read over the forum but I cant decide what to do. First I tried the " Uninstall -> Restore Image" in Magisk, but FAILED, and then:

1. Uninstalled Xposed Module.

2. Via TRWP uninstalled Magisk.

3. Update Failed.

Root Check says I'm rootless

Xposed Installer says "Xposed Framework is not installed". But OTA still fails.

So by now I'm thinking that maybe I have to flash stock system image, but not sure about this, actually NOT SURE WHAT TO DO, I just want to be able to have root and Xposed systemless, and then when an OTA arrives uninstall everything, do the update, reinstall Root/Xposed, and be happy.

Any guidance for me? Will I be OK if I flash JUST and ONLY the system image (OPR1.170623.026.V9.5.9.0.ODHMIFA)? Or do I have to flash ALL the stock images? What are the best option for me right now? Basically I'm trying to avoid reinstall all the apps and customization already done.

TL,DR:

Installed root/Xposed.

Uninstalled following different options.

Tried to do OTA, failed.

Not sure what to do now, I want to do OTAs and have root/Xposed.

Thinking into flash stock system image.

Thanks in advance!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] panjivegency:
Unistal twrp
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] aquilesboy:
But why some people can do the OTAs without uninstalling TWRP? Anyways I'll try this. Thanks. :good:
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] NikosKont:
Can someone explain to me where the different P20 Pro variants are from? I'm not talking about the L29, L09 and so on, but about c432, c652 etc. From what I've read one the forums so far, I reckon the L-29, c432 version which I have is the "best", however I haven't received the 131 update yet (I'm on 120) and that kind of worries me. One last question: my P20 Pro is brand new and after I inserted my SIM card I got an update (obviously from my carrier) named DT. GRC 8.1.0.4 (CT) (my current last installed update is CLT-L29 8.1.0.120 (C432)). The changelog is "-Optimized network interworking - essential and recommended apps" I don't really want to install it because it will apparently install bloatware from my carrier, but I'm confused about the higher version number (8.1.0.4 vs. 8.1.0.120). How come it is higher? And if I do install it will I continue to receive c432 updates as they are released or will I have to wait for my carrier to roll them out?
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] sniper20:
There is no best variant. The version are devided by World regions. The 432 is the European one. As for the update you got its from your network provider. I got it to too (DT. GRC 8.1.0.4 LT) but after I have received the. 128 version.

Sent from my Huawei P20 PRO
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] all the pugs:
I don‘t think .131 is officially out yet. I have not seen an official changelog so far and most people that have it seen to have flashed it manually. so relax, it will come when it‘s ready.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] NikosKont:
So I have to install this update before I am able to install 1.28? I also thought about it before but I was hesitant to do it as the update from my carrier has (C150) at the end which probably means that after I install it my phone will change to C150 from C432 and I don't know the consequenses of that (my main fear is that then my carrier would have to approve updates before I receive them which would delay them even further). But if it is the only way I can be able to install 1.28 and any later update then I guess I'll do it.

P.S. I said C432 is the "best" because I see that anyone who wants to rebrand does so to the C432 variant so I reckon there are some advantages to it (like receiving updates quicker maybe?)
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] sniper20:
C432 it's the most common version around the globe. In order for an update to be compatible with your phone, should read c432. You can't install other than 432.

Sent from my Huawei P20 PRO
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] NikosKont:
But I literally have it resumed right now because I accidentally began the download. I mean how would I even get it on my phone as an OTA if it wasn't compatible? My question is, after i install it will my firmware change from a free one to a branded one?

*EDIT*: I found the below really helpful article which I thankfully understood thanks to my knowledge of German. To sum it up, it basically says that it is natural for P20 Pro users to get an update from their carrier as soon as they insert a SIM card on their phone. It may appear to be a different firmware version (like in my case which was C150), however the update will only install a couple of apps from your carrier (which you are going to be able to uninstall anyway) and that it won't interfere neither with how quick and the way you receive updates nor your device's firmware variant. Here is the link to the article: https://www.android-hilfe.de/forum/huawei-p20-pro.3297/faq-branding-beim-huawei-p20-pro.876843.html

I think it should be pinned somewhere as I believe it would help more people because I've seen plenty others wondering the same thing
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] NikosKont:
Can confirm that right after I installed the carrier update, version 128 was made available to download and the phone remained as C432. Problem solved, thanks Android-Hilfe.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] sniper20:
In my case I receive the 128 first and after that the provider update. Now I'm waiting for the 131 or 132 update that's being released for c432.

Sent from my Huawei P20 PRO
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] NikosKont:
Any news on whether anyone has received it yet as an OTA?
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] sarichter:
I did a thread on this...

https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p20-pro/how-to/huawei-p20-pro-variants-t3797524
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Son-Y:
Someone using LineageOS with a USB-Audio-Interface??

I recently had my Xperia Z5 Compact rooted and swapped from Sony Stock-ROM to the latest 7.1.2 Lineage OS 14.1 Official Suzuran because I have been using CyanogenMod on my old Phone and I just loved it!

:good: BTW: Big Thanks to all you Devs and Maintainers!

But since my Z5 Compact is running LineageOS I have troubles using audio output via USB OTG. On the output of the external USB soundcard you can hear audio glitches like lags, clicks or drops. These dropouts are very annoying when listening to fine music... :(

When using Sony Stock-ROM everything worked fine with the same setup.

I have also tried LineageOS 14.1 Berni's alternative builds but this build obviously has the same USB-Audio problems.

Why don't use the built-in audio? Because an external Soundcard/DAC sounds so much nicer!

Any Ideas to try out or how to fix it?

Can you help!?

Thx.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Son-Y:
What I have already tried:

- setting "performance profile" to: Power Safe / Efficiency / Balanced / Quick / Performance

- setting up "battery optimization" to not optimize: CM Audio Service, USB OTG, Music Player.

I don't know if these settings could influence audio output in any way or cause these clicking noises but it did not help anyway.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Son-Y:
Found this post: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76139796&postcount=291

suggesting to edit build.prop file in /system in order to improve audio quality.

-> The recent build (suzuran 14.1 2018-06-24) was already setup that way.

Still I tried some playing with the setting audio.offload.buffer.size.kb=32 and setting it up till to 512 did not bring any improvement.

Also found a report which states that audio glitches and clicks disappeared when using the ViPER4Android Audio Effects app but I could not get it running. It needs to install some sort of driver (root needed) which did not work after all.

BTW: This is what they write at the Spotify Community about Android and USB Audio. -> Some Apps which depend on high quality sound output seem to bypass the Android driver and use their own.

Looks like a common problem with Android audio

As Sony USB-drivers or audio drivers from StockROM seem to work fine. Would it be possible to use the original Sony-drvers for the LineageOS suzuran build???
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Son-Y:
At the moment I would not recommend ViPER4Android for our phone because it seemed to wreck some drivers/settings when installing root-driver which made my sensors stop working.

Is somebody using ViPER4Android on Xperia Z5 Comact with LineageOS??

Any experiences???

:confused:

Sill searching for better audio output via USB-Soundcard/-DAC . . .