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[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] rxrkr:
Hello Friends,

Could You Please help me out by Recommending a Device between Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 and Redmi Note 5 Pro.

Actually i am Currently Using MMX Nitro A311 with ResurrectionRemix ROM. And I need to upgrade to a New Device.

Actually Both the RNote5Pro and ProM1 both make a Tough Competition and with similar specs , making it really tough to choose from. So it is difficult for me in selecting one in my Budget of 15K. :confused:

I am Basically in to Info-Sec Field so I need a phone which I can Root Easily and install custom ROM(s) ,if needed. And I need a Decent Good Battery Backup & Processing Power so that I can manage my Studies and Work. And Want Complete Control of my Phone. And I need to Use My Next Phone for a Pretty Long Duration 2-3 Years.

I would Basically use my Phone for Calls, Chats, Youtube, Watching Tutorials, Reading PDFs and Camera is needed for Recording Purpose. Other than that I would use it for TESTING Apps and for Other Info-Sec Purposes.

Since I read that Xiaomi has some issues Now in Rooting and Now with that Anti-Rollback its now more critical.

So Please help me Out by Suggesting.And Leaving Your Kind Genuine Reviews. :)

Thanks in Advance,

Regards,

Rahul
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] myron2699:
Go for the 6gb variant of the Zenfone Max pro M1. Xiaomi is a headache in terms of unlocking bootloader. I got permission to unlock months ago but I'm still not able to unlock it. Planning to sell my note 5 pro and get Zenfone Max pro!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Username.php:
Recommending something can be biased unless you havent tried both and yes its tough choice to make. Now that 6 gigs version of Asus zenfone max pro is released it can surely out perform 5 pro and in your case for a device to stay as much as 2-3 years i would vote hands down for max pro m1 6 gigs since 4+64gigs will age by that time. only thing which was letting max pro down compared to 5 pro was camera which now said to be improved since asus isnt launching zenfone 5 in india so its they're best bit in budget segment market. Speaking of development on both phone should be the same since both are powered by same processor and are treble enabled.

and Yes I am frustated with unlocking bootloader and antiroll thing since its only way they make money by making people use their bloatware and UI which is otherwise in asus case

so verdict ASUS FOR THE GO.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] RupeshRN:
100% Redmi Note 5 Pro

And

Mi A2 Coming Shortly :)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Daruwalla:
I actually sold my RN5 Pro yesterday and will get Asus. Left all the groups of Telegram too. It's not worth investing time in custom roms anymore since it's a lot of headache with anti3/4, unlock bootloader etc.

I've used the 4GB Asus variant for few days, exchanged my ph with a friend, I won't say it's bug free phone but there is no phone that's bug free. For Asus: Once you've got used to receive otas from oem, security patches every bi monthly, stock Android with few addons ( double tap), can unlock unofficially and relock for warranty, I feel Asus has a lot of advantage here.

I'm pretty sure few will tell you about prior issues they had specially with Asus Zenphone phs that were based on Intel cpus but I would suggest you to ignore. Asus has learned from such mistakes, went with SD this time which I'm sure will get good dev support if you're into flashing roms.

For me, getting a stock rom ph, easy to root/unlock bootloader just to use ad blocker, good battery life, decent hardware, no boatloader 20 days waiting, no anti3/4, no mi fans nonsense. I've heard the camera outperforms RN5P but I haven't checked about it since I'm sure all mid end phs does the social sharing job. I'm investing my money with Asus this time.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] lawong:
simple sir , go for asus if your main priority into custom roms etc , you can simply unlock and flash anything right after buying .

this redmi note 5 pro/ai maybe good at camera but asus max pro m1 seems had an advantages on other specs.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Cirra92:
The only thing better with Asus is the bigger battery. I don't understand how it has advantage in other specs? It does not support WiFI a/ac nor does it have an IR blaster for example and there is no mention of presence/absence of Gorilla Glass on Asus. Now I have a RN5 AI, so this has better camera specs than all M1 variants, but the RN5Pro still has a slight advantage with 3/4gb vs 3/4gb variants.

Yes the Xiaomi made i d*ck move by implementing ARB without making possibility to disable it, but you can still flash custom roms just as you always did, it's the unlocking method that's a bit more confusing than it was.

Don't get me wrong, I'm just stating the facts, you can check the specs by yourself.

Of course being on the Xiaomi forums there has to be a bit of bias for it, but in the end you go for what you want/need/have money for. The devices are similar, what made me lean to this side was better camera specs (f/1.9 aperture, dual pixel focus and bigger sensor), WiFi support, IR blaster and a rich modding community. Now I never used Asus devices nor do I know it's modding potential and devs interest, but I guess it's going to be good enough since it's cheap. The RN5 got a head start though, a lot of good devs are here.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] lawong:
i own both devices sir , i buyed redmi note 5 ai at the end of May and recently last week asus max pro m1 , i didnt use ir blaster and i dnt really know what is wifi a/ac :D .

from both device what makes me choose max pro m1 because the battery can last longer than my rn5 about an hour + in same usage , its has rgb led notification , the bottom speaker was way to better than rn5 , dedicated memory slot so nice if im planned to sell my rn5 and use with 1 device only, easily unlock bootloader and flash it with twrp+root without worrying anything , and cheaper than my rn5 :D

sorry if something not right here ,its my own opinion sir im still xiaomi user for more than 15 devices variant , just comparing it with my own experience of usage .
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Blowolf:
Just wait for MI A2.

SDM660

8 August.

End of topic
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Cirra92:
Oh sorry, forgot to mention the separate slot for SD card, which indeed is nice to have and RGB led which I didn't know it has :) But since I only use one SIM that's not something I need and speaker wise, it's good enough for me :)

In the end, one has to choose based on his needs and preferences, I would go for RN5, but that's my 2 cents we are giving pros and cons for both anyway :)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Silvers91:
From reviews that I saw, the Zenfone has a pretty slow fingerprint scanner than the RN5. But they might've fixed that in an update. If I was in India, I'd go for the Zenfone (I wanted to get it before RN5 but I'm not in India), simply for the bigger battery. I'm not much of a camera guy, all I care about is lag free UI, decent gaming performance, good battery life, and sleek modern design.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] MarvinMe:
Redmi note 5 pro, never had any problems in terms of modding & stuff. Besides it's very hard to get your hands on a Zenfone Max M1 (at least here in europe). The choice is yours, both are decent and 4 + 64 will be enough also in 3 years!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Tofikk:
Just bit off IP. If you have still troubles with unlocking bootloader. Only thing you need is to use kinda very old Mi Unlock app. I am in work, so I cant provide you with the exact version I used, but I didnt have to wait that ridiculous time. Just PM and I will send u.
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] RogerClark:
Can anyone advise on how I could ho about changing the list of apps that gets started by the Mode function on my Xtrons unit (MTCD GS PX5 oreo)?

I know someone has done something similar with a Joying unit, but as far as I can see, they replaced the "Sofia-1-C9-Server... apk) with an alternative version.

I've pulled all the system apps to my PC via ADB (root) via WiFi, and I can see apps like MTCControlSettings.apk and MTCContolInfo.apk but there are no apks with "server" in their name

So I'm not sure where to start looking for the APK which handles the steering wheel control "Mode" handling.

Does anyone know how this is handled ?
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] slidefriday:
are you able to resolve it? im having the same problem. btw my unit is a MTCE_CSN thanks
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] RogerClark:
I've not had time to investigate this.

For the moment, I've just set my Mode button to be the Home button, as thats better the cycling through a load of useless "modes" like the AV input and their useless audio and video players.

I did try to work out how the radio communicated with the system apps, but I'm having a lot of difficulty de-odex'ing (decompiling) even the radio app. Because the apps are Oreo versions, and most of the decompilers don't fully support Oreo odex (compiled application program) files

I did post a question to the general Dev part of XDA about de-odex'ing Oreo files but didnt get any responses :(
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] Ben.suffolk:
I would be interested in this if you figure it it out as I'd like to get dab in the list of apps it cycles through.
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] nadkp:
That would be enough for me, but with onboard apps or settings i haven't found a way to change it. I can use my Wheel control for changing volume and skipping music in any music app I am using, but the mode button always switches throug radio, ac input, mediaplayer and dvd.

The app for steering wheel control which was preinstalled on my head unit, doesn't react to any button and the firmware settings only to the hardware buttons of my head unit.

So, how did you do it?
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] RogerClark:
In the Settings, ( think its in the Car) section, is the setting (app) which allows you to associate specific steering wheel buttons with specific actions.

I thought all generic units had this app, because the steering wheel button for each car operate differently.

My Subaru only has one wire from the steering wheel, and has 6 buttons. Each button has a different electrical resistance, and you have to press each button, and then associate a Short Press and a Long Press, on that button, to a specific action.

The controls like Volume + and - and Track + and - and Mute are pretty standard.

The only other button I have is the Mode button, and I assigned that to the "Mode" action in the settings. However the Mode operation, cycles though a predefined list.

So I simply reassigned the Mode button to the Home action.

I did try a few other things, like seeing if I could press 2 buttons at the same time e.g Mode and Track +, but it either treated this as a press on the Mode button or a press on the Track + button. So that didn't work.

If I get time, I'll have another go at decompiling the system apps, but last time I tried to do that, I could not see anything that looked like the list of apps.

If I had programmed it, I'd probably put the app names into a string resource, but goodness knows what the programmed did who wrote the system apps in these units.
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] nadkp:
Thanks for the quick reply. I already tried the factory settings but my steering wheel buttons won't work there. I only can set action to the buttons on my radio. Sadly I have to wait for any other solution. But thanks again for sharing your experience :good: ;)
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] RogerClark:
What brand and model of HU do you have?
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] Xorit:
Hey,

Opel/Vaux/Chevy cars have canbus hard mapped buttons.

Mine can't be configured through the in-built apps or factory settings either.

One would have to examine the canbus.apk / MTCManager to maybe update the xposed for MTCDTools.

MTCD Tools can see the button codes (3 digits), but can't map any other function or even intercept.

---------- Post added at 16:43 ---------- Previous post was at 16:43 ----------

Hey,

Opel/Vaux/Chevy cars have canbus hard mapped buttons.

Mine can't be configured through the in-built apps or factory settings either.

One would have to examine the canbus.apk / MTCManager to maybe update the xposed for MTCDTools.

MTCD Tools can see the button codes (3 digits), but can't map any other function or even intercept.
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] nadkp:
I have a Xtrons PB78QSFP-B which is designed for a Ford Focus and came with a standard canbus adapter for ford. But I have the old model of the HU which has only 2GB Ram not 4.

My guess is, that Ford has hard mapped buttons too, like Xorit said it about Opel/Vaux etc
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] slidefriday:
update guys! mtcdtools will do the trick! though the old mapping will flicker but still the newly assigned actions will prevail.

i can live with this already. maybe ill just find the solution to delete the factory set MODE actions :laugh:
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] Ben.suffolk:
Did your have to root your unit or install anything like Xposed etc? Or does it just work with the stock firmware?
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] slidefriday:
works with stock fw. im not yet doing any firmware mods :D
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] Ben.suffolk:
Good to know
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] vishal.mamidi:
I am using andoird 8.0 oxygenOS 5.0.3

I tried to copy apk to system/priv-app and changed its permission to 644

After reboot apps doesn't shows up or installed

When I do the same in my other device running android 7, it's works
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] mar.ur:
Go to GP and check if app exist . If yes just run it .

You can use a magisk module - app systemizer . Run it in terminal and move your app to system/app or system/priv-app
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] vishal.mamidi:
magisk installation thread for oneplus 3?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] mar.ur:
Have you rooted with SuperSU ? I don't know if there is any separate thread for OnePlus 3 . I installed magisk with twrp but on custom roms like AEX , LOS , RR or Pixel Experience . I don't know whether there are any problems with installation magisk on oos . If I find any info I give you a sign .
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] vishal.mamidi:
Not rooted bro, ok i will just flash magisk latest on oos 5.03, thanks ?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] mar.ur:
You can't move any app to system/app or system/priv-app without root .
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] vishal.mamidi:
Normally I use twrp file Explorer to move apps, which doesn't requires root, in this case its not working ?*♂️.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] vishal.mamidi:
This one worked but after uninstalling magisk, app which i made as system also got removed,

Amy suggestions?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] mar.ur:
Hmm, strange . Try to move app manually with any root explorer (mixplorer or another) , give permission and restart . After that remove magisk with unilstallmagisk.zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryhamster:
hi all, i have been ready through posts but dont have the answer, can some please help.

is it possible to install a custom firmware from this phone's current state. (bootleader never been unlocked)

and has ota 4.4.2 on samsung vzw note 2

many the instructions for install custom firmware say to get twrp installed, and this is where in stuck

i tried to install most recent twrp tar twrp-2.8.7.0-t0ltevzw.img.tar using odin and it seems to get about 80% but then fails.

i then tried to unlock bootloader so i could use fastboot to install an img file, like twrp-3.0.2-0-t0ltevzw.img but the "adb reboot bootloader" command just restarts the phone, skipping the fastboot screen

am i spending counless hours in something that is not possible?

I certainly have learned alot in my journey, but I'm getting doubtful its possible.

thanks all
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryhamster:
i found this user trying to accomplish same thing, should have piggy backed off his thread, but as of 05/2015, still no way to unlock bootloader :(

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2792762&page=1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DarkTomb09:
Unfortunately the device has kinda been left behind those who have a locked bootloader really only have 2 options stay on stock with root. Or install safe-strap and flash a touchwiz 4.4.2 modified rom. Which is awful because this device has potential. If a developer is reading this please make one more attempt to unlock this device . I'm sure the xda community would help you. I definitely would! I hope a developers reading thanks very much..
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] ippon:
I am trying to subsidy network unlock E4 Plus from Verizon, but no one seems to be selling the codes on ebay. I tried a few sellers, but after buying they all say the device is no longer supported or server is down.

is there a way to get this phone unlocked for use with other carriers?
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] JUSTINMARMER:
You can't. They can no longer be unlocked.
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] Salik Iqbal:
Its kind of off topic can't reply you on thread.. I can give you direction. Pm me..
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] azzerox:
little help

Can you please guide me too in this regard? where i can get these models code:confused:
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] antoninofs1:
moto e4 plus verizon unlock directions

Mr. Karachi can you provide me some directions im at alfastarfs1@hotmail.com
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] bcrichster:
Verizon doesn't allow the unlocking of bootloaders. Ever. They even lock down their Pixels, last I knew. It's just how VZW is.
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] Salik Iqbal:
You mean network unlock?
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] ritholtz:
I bought 2 Verizon E4 Plus prepaid phones. Then people stopped selling unlock codes. How do i get unlock code?
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] RATMAN775:
Try ebay. Cell Unlocker Pro worked on mine. It was only $3,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JZ SmartMort:
Screenshots

If you do not see screenshots below, it's because you need a login for this website. However, screenshots & full mirror sites can be accessed through:

SourceForge - (http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=222398)

SoftPedia - (http://handheld.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/JZ-SmartMort-Screenshot-70943.html)

PPC Only - MortButtons as the JZBrowser GUI

----No Default Browser ------ With Default Browser---

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] badbob001:
Can you explain or provide a link on the DEFBROWSER & MSPIE issue and why a .net executable is needed? I've seen some stuff on DEFBROWSER but not much on MSPIE.

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JZ SmartMort:
Here's a small piece from my limitations section but I'll discuss below.

When clicking links inside of Contacts on SmartPhones, and E-Mails on PPCs, my .Net executable runs. If IE is running already, you will have to close it by force. Otherwise it keeps using IE to pop links from the two locations I mentioned above, Contacts & E-mails, respective of OS. For now, it completely bypasses :DEFBROWSER registry key, but I will research further.

Without the executable, if a link is clicked in those apps (depends on your OS and touchscreen or not), IE always opens it, no matter what, never passing it to my script.

:DEFBROWSER --- by default points to ":MSPIE", so I decided to change :MSPIE instead to use my exe, rather than :DEFBROWSER. It seemed more appropriate. More importantly, my WM5 smartphone only has :MSPIE, no :DEFBROWSER, so I tried to make it work on either platform.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] badbob001:
This might be one of those platform / device specific issues since on my WM6 smartphone, having IE opened doesn't affect email links from invoking mortscript. My :MSPIE is set for 'iexplore.exe' and : DEFBROWSER was originally set for 'forTMOweb.exe', which is a t-mobile application which I suspect just makes sure IE opens a specific local web page.

I'm still unsure what your executable does exactly. Does it kill IE if it's already running? If that's the case, then the link did correctly invoke a non-IE application. This would then beg the question, how does IE then sense a link is being invoked and capture that url?

UNRELATED: I don't see an option to disable smilies when posting. How did you get : D to not look like :D?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JZ SmartMort:
My EXE: accepts the command line argument and passes it to my Browser script.

My EXE will prevent Internet Explorer from EVER running a link (unless IE is already running, I'm working on that little issue). I helped somebody on BrightHand who said links from "e-mail" pop in IE all the time, even with my script installed. I checked my WM6 PPC emulator and it did exactly as he said. The WM5 SmartPhone emulator (like my 3125) pops IE also when openning a link from a Calendar item. You should try on your WM6 SmartPhone device, open a "web page" from Contacts, your SmartPhone will use the :DEFBROWSER" value and pass the argument to it - no matter what. And since command line arguments are not accepted in ":DEFBROWSER" nor ":MSPIE" but my EXE can accept that argument (usually a url file or http link) and forward that argument to my JZ Browser script.

BTW I do reset "RAI\:DEFBROWSER\1" with my install script to ":MSPIE" value - which is Microsoft's default on their ROMs. This guarantees that I somebody messed around with DEFBROWSER, I set them back to default and insure that my EXE runs.

No smilies: "Disable smilies in text" is a checkmark when editing a post in advanced mode.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] badbob001:
Perhaps you missed reading about Menneisyys' initial problems with WM6. He originally tried specifying :DEFBROWSER as:

"\Program Files\MortScript\MortScript.exe" "\Program Files\MortScript\OMInvokeAndPasteScript.mscr" url="%1"

but it didn't seem to take the parameter. I guessed that perhaps the variable %1 is not being expanded when :DEFBROWSER is used and the OS is just passing a space and the url to :DEFBROWSER. So the OS tries to run something like this:

"\Program Files\MortScript\MortScript.exe" "\Program Files\MortScript\OMInvokeAndPasteScript.mscr" url="%1" http://google.com

The killer is the automatic space before the url. Mort script only accepts named variables (name=value) and not just the value by itself. So the url is not passed to mortscript since it wasn't named.

So after a few tries, this worked:

"\Program Files\MortScript\MortScript.exe" "\Program Files\MortScript\OMInvokeAndPasteScript.mscr" url="

Yes, that is an unclosed double-quote at the end. By luck, mortscript accepts url as a named variable and I guess takes the end of line as the closer for the quote.

So the OS runs this:

"\Program Files\MortScript\MortScript.exe" "\Program Files\MortScript\OMInvokeAndPasteScript.mscr" url=" http://google.com

As for the space before http://, opera mini will work with it there, but I had some code to remove it for cosmetic reasons. That is why you see this at the beginning:

if (substr(url,1,1) eq " ")
url = substr(url,2)
EndIf

I have always updated :DEFBROWSER but it looks like contacts and calendar use :MSPIE. When I updated that key as well, the script came up. Thanks for the tip. If IE is running, links from contacts and calendar will still use IE. This must be due to some internal optimization where contacts and calendar detect that IE is running and passes the URL to it directly.

I hope I did not misunderstand the problem and just rambled on for no reason. It's not the first time I've written pages in response, then upon review, realize I misread the original post, and then control-a, delete.

This option only appears if I change my forum editor from the basic version (there are three versions to choose from). I knew it was there somewhere. Thanks.