yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Accessories] thesoupthief:
Back to the subject of NFC devices, it seems the one I initially linked to in the first post is only an NFC tag reader, that is, it will read an NFC code from a tag. Writing is a different matter and probably requires something more like this.

Scouring t'internet revealed some other interesting idea though. Apparently there have been trials of NFC reader / writers built into microsd cards (even SIM cards) though it's not clear if any of these reached the market. That would be a much more elegant solution than a plug in external device.

Does anyone know any more on this?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Accessories] alexyie:
Does NFC feature came with galaxy gear s3/watch a writer or reader only? Can it be use to top up something like eMoney card?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Accessories] thesoupthief:
I'd assume they would read and write, but idk.

Not sure about emoney cards, but my Nexus 4 and my Nexus 5 can both top up my Leap Card (an Irish travel card for trains, trams, buses etc)
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Accessories] caldran:
This will not work. The NFC hardware should have secure element. There are microsd card with NFC.

But I have not seen Google pay supporting it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] hajjash:
hi guys,

intending to buy the pixel 2 xl, but wondering how much it's price could drop after the pixel 3 is released.

as per your experience how much could it's price drop after the pixel 3 is released? especially that i will be shipping it to my country.

Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
The OG Pixel dropped by $100 when the Pixel 2 was released.

https://wccftech.com/older-pixel-price-drop/
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] GuestK00143:
The 2XL is already priced at $100 off. I ordered one late last week and was discounted $100 at the checkout.

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[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] hajjash:
for how much did you get it? From Amazon?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] GuestK00143:
It came to $749 plus tax from the Google store. Amazon shows slightly higher but there are refurbs cheaper and are most likely bootloader locked (no root). Honestly I do not trust Amazon sellers all that much and you probably won't get a two year warranty like Google. I fixed the screenshot in my previous post.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] hajjash:
hmmmmmm... Someone is trying to sell me a new 128 gb pixel 2 xl for a considerably cheaper price; says he got it during black Friday...

Thank you Misterxtc I appreciate it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] TonikJDK:
You need to be very sure where he got it from if rooting and unlocking are important to you. If it was any where other than the Google store you won't be able to do that.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] hajjash:
Thanks, I will try to check... The phone should be unlocked as it will be used outside of the US... why would rooting be important?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
If the phone was purchased on BF then it will be bootloader locked since it was from Verizon. Google didn't have a BF deal. But you might be confusing bl unlock with carrier unlock. You might want to check that. Rooting is only important if you want to modify the device from stock.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] TonikJDK:
It's only important if you want to root it. Let me be more clear. It is SIM unlocked, they all are no matter where they come from.

I was speaking of bootloader unlocking, which is needed only for rooting and modifying. If that isn't important to you, you are all set no matter where it came from.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] panflute:
I just got my pixel 2xl off eBay for $465. It is pretty and fast and a great deal.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
Wow that's low. That's with the Labor Day discount going on right?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] schleima:
Tonik, your distinction between bootloader/sim unlock is super helpful to me. It's essential I have a rootable phone, I use my smartphone as my primary internet connection at home with my grandfathered unlimited plan.

Is there a particular model number of Pixel 2 that I should be looking for (in the used market) that would designate is as having come from Google as opposed to one of the carriers? When I rooted my Galaxy S6 (model G920P, which I believe pegs it to Sprint) 3 years ago, I realized too late that there were only very few custom roms for my specific device, and this was terribly disappointing after having come from a Sprint Nexus phone using the glorious Dirty Unicorns rom.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] TonikJDK:
Unfortunately the model numbers are the same. Imei will tell you but the seller isn't going to give you that. Or you can get a pick of developer options from the seller. There is a slider that allows oem unlock. It needs to be blue.
[Coolpad Cool1 Questions & Answers] adex100:
pls help me out sp flash tool cant detect my coolpad 8675 phone when i want to flash my phone an i hv installed coolpad setup driver, mtk driver, Vcom driver, mtk preloader Vcom usb port on my laptop till is not see my phone pls help me how to fix it, an i hold up volume bottom till sp flash tool can not detect my coolpad 8675 phone i till use YGDP to flash till is cant see my phone pls help me,
[Coolpad Cool1 Questions & Answers] santhosh21:
Use QFIL because it is a Qualcomm Device....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Mpuljko:
So I've just got my note 9 and was trying out Bixby voice and the voice wake up is not working. I can see that when I say hi Bixby it hears me because in the notifications something appears in the right corner for a brief moment but it doesn't do anything.

I had the same problem on my note 8 but was not using Bixby much. On the note 9 Bixby 2.0 seems much better and I would like to use it but this bug is really annoying especially because it's a new phone and new version of Bixby so I was hoping they would fix it.

Does anyone have any idea how to solve this?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] KostasNK:
I have the exact same issue. When I first turned on the phone it was working. After installing all the app's from my previous phone and synchronized with all accounts it started acting up like that. I suspect an app is the culprit....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] mimo2008:
I have the same problem as well on unlocked phone Bixby sometimes hears me and sometimes the Bixby will show in notification bar then disappear. Also same goes with saying ok Google or hey Google does not respond but when i press the microphone button to talk to her she hears my words ok without missing any.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] willcor:
When i had this similar issues on my Note 8 ,

with Bixby and Google Assistant

I pinpointed it to the Edge lighting app. I stopped using Edge lighting and issues were fixed.

There's a topic of this issues, somewhere in Note 8 forum.

On my Note 9 i don't use Bixby and don't use Edge lighting.

So cannot comment on Bixby

Overall got no issues with Google Assistant

waking phone.

Yes, maybe it has happened once or twice that

Google Assistant does not respond.

Otherwise it's working fine.

I presumed Bixby should then also work

as on my old Note 8.
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 Questions & Answers] vieose:
Since the latest Update the Lock screen Clock is centered. Using another Design (Limitless) didn't made a success.

It was in the Left-Upper corner.

I'm still Locked BL. Bought Device on the short in Central Europe.

Edit: MI Themes is blocked in the Global Version. MI Lockscreen is static in the Global Versions latest update.
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 Questions & Answers] vieose:
Here you can see the official Lockscreen and the still persisting Preview in setting the Lockscreen Wallpaper.
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] Saswata Chakraborty:
Will it be a wise move to switch from Nokia 7 plus to Poco F1 (8GB+128GB version)??

I am quite confused as I have always been a big fan of Nokia (my first device was Nokia 1100 apart from which I have been Nokia Lumia 1320 for last four years & now 7 plus).

I also used Xiaomi Mi A1 and I like the kind of package Xiaomi offers at a very aggressive price.

I know the build quality of Poco F1 cant match the sturdy build quality of Nokia 7 plus, but it outruns 7 plus at all other aspects like the processor, RAM, clock speed, GPU etc.

I know Poco Fi doesn't have NFC. But I do not need it anyway.

Can someone please tell me if there is actually a quality difference in between Nokia and Xiaomi/OnePlus? Or if the new HMD owned Nokia is as good as Xiaomi or OnePlus (as both Nokia and Xiaomi devices are made by Foxconn)?
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] urshurak:
I would say no. Poco F1 has no NFC and no Android One.
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] shubham412302:
Their service sucks.
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] trveller72:
Not only is not an Android One device, but comes with MIUI on top of Android.

Xiaomi had trouble to update to Android 8.1 their Android One phones also, so its mainly software and security updates vs power.

Same story with OnePlus.

More about it here - https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_pocophone_f1-review-1808p6.php
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] spaha-bih:
Why would you go from 7 plus to poco f1?

Sure, poco have much better cpu and gpu, but still its not enough not to even consider to upgrade especially when you will not see that much difference.

I would consider poco only if you want to play with the custom roms.
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] Rosua:
Poco f1 is good for secondary phone, Its cheap.
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] Saswata Chakraborty:
Thank you, everyone. I eventually cancelled my order after giving it a lot of thought. You guys are right. First, their service centres suck (I know from my personal experience. Though I am not sure about HMD service centres as well). Second, I am not a gamer. I only have one game installed (Football Strike by MiniClip) but I hardly play that one as well. Third, the build and display quality of N7+ is just mind-blowing. Fourth, fast OTA updates. As being an AndroidOne device, we will get monthly security updates from Google and probably Android Pie by the end of September (and I saw the kind of improvement that Android Pie brings).

But here are few things that I don't like about Nokia 7 plus.

1. The resell value of Nokia devices are very less. I checked to see how is the resell value of Nokia 7 plus. And to my surprise, the response was pretty bad. I hardly got anyone who was interested. Even the one or two people who contacted me was not ready to pay more than INR.13,000 which is half of the price I spent on the device (INR.25,999). The worst part is, the device is not even a month old. Surprisingly, I got a very good price on my Xiaomi Mi A1 which I used for 10 months. My inbox was overflooded with buyer's messages. Even the shopkeeper from where I bought my Nokia 7 plus admitted that Nokia devices don't have resell value. If my device value comes down to half within just 1 month, I don't know how much will I get after a year or so.

2. Lack of custom ROMs/Kernels. I don't know why Nokia is still not allowing us to unlock the bootloader. Even though I had to pay for unlocking the bootloader, I still can't do anything with it except for rooting.

3. Lack of back cover and screen guard. I know there are a lot of screen guards and back covers available for Nokia 7 plus, but none of them are of good quality. I really want Spigen to make a back cover for N7+

4. With all due respect to the legacy of Nokia, I still feel Nokia devices are a bit overpriced (especially Nokia 7 plus). I understand the build quality is of top class. But still, I would say they are charging us quite a high price compared to what they are offering. They need to understand, even though the Nokia legacy is still alive, but people now want more VFM products. HMD Global needs to first concentrate on what are offering against the price they are charging. If the ratio is not proportional, people will eventually turn their head away from Nokia because now they have a lot of choices. It's not like 2000 where people used to purchase Nokia devices regardless of what amount they used to charge.
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] Bysler:
I would recommend to spend a little bit more and get the OnePlus 6. It checked all the boxes according to your needs.
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] k3dar7:
although not have AndroidOne, BUT:

- support ProjectTrebble

- support officialy UNLOCKING bootloader

- officialy statement that unlocking NOT Void warranty

- officialy saying "try custom ROM, try GSI(GenericSystemImage)"

- with already released kernel sources

i too think about switch from N7+ right due to above... although N7+ isnicer and better manufactory, but HMD boycott community :(
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] FriedChicken0:
The Poco has DRM issues so you can't watch netflix etc on HD. The so called stereo speakers are bad. You will have issues with call quality due to bad earpiece speaker. You could spend a bit more and get the Oneplus 6 for good hardware and that Oxygen OS <3.

All in all it's your decision.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31I09febJsg

The cons for this phone start at 11:00.
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] sagar4sforce:
just wait , we have good dev support for n7+ and it will get bigger through time
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] shailendra1993:
I switched from Poco F1 to Nokia 7 Plus, Why?

-Multitouch issue - Poco F1 has a severe multitouch issue that the company is not telling if is a hardware problem or a software bug and the problem seems to be in most of Indian variants.

-Software Updates: Xiaomi is a well known name for not providing good updates and on time and if your phone runs on MIUI then it's total ****.

-Customer support: most laughable aspect of Xiaomi.

Reviewers are probably paid.

I won't buy cheap phones ever, after what Xiaomi did to me, wait for OnePlus instead and always buy phones after few months.

Buy a reliable and expensive product but cheap things like Poco.
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] k3dar7:
Is problem with waiting, if many good developers ignoring/selling Nokia 7 Plus, because not possibly (officialy) unlock bootloader... this is really STUPID step from HMD that stop/slow growing of developers and powerusers community...

Is here two petition about unlocking bootloader:

https://www.change.org/p/hmd-global...to-unlock-the-bootloader-of-our-nokia-handset (actually 2422 sign)

https://community.phones.nokia.com/support/discussions/topics/7000024502 (actually 170 sign/like and 388 comments (+many (~50-100) comments deleted by Moderator)

https://xdaforums.com/nokia-7-plus/how-to/petition-possibility-to-unlock-t3788953 (xda thread)

and from MHD is ZERO, repeat... ZERO reaction... only 1 reaction in nokia forum thread is from Laura about "stop vulgarism"

Me lost patience and before some day buy unoficialy signature file for unlocking, but this is not global solution, many people don't want in principle pay for having root/admin account for device which buyed and/or send IMEI/SN of his phone to 3rd people... Only positive is that is really not need have Customs N7+ ROMs, because with Project Treble is here GSI (Generic System Image)...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] ASUS-WA:
I update my phone to android p three days ago.After that i found my heads up notification was disabled，the notifications just show in top bar but no peeking.

Second,i just use google play to download some apps,but it just show downloading.Strangely,after a long time the download task finished suddenly.

How to deal these two issues?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
1 - Do you have Do Not Disturb enabled? By default it hides notifications on the lockscreen and the popping up at the top. You can turn that off within the DND settings.

2 - Haven't experienced that. Maybe try clearing app data for the Play Store?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] moderndaycowboy:
hi there.

I almost try every oreo rom on xda.

in summer (35 degrees)

30 min idle battery temprature is like 33 degrees on oreo . On nougat I almost see 28-29 degrees. On heavy usage I saw 40.5 degrees (nougat max reached 36.5)

in winter ( lets say with room temprature 25 degrees)

I saw only 23-24 battery temp. degrees on nougat. Oreo gives me 30.5 degrees idle.

I am confused with that.

Does the issue about with rom?

or kernel.

or oreo?

What are your experiences about that issue?

I have measured temps via ampere.

Especially I need information that people use stock oreo rom and stock kernel.

Any help will be appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] nickster_uk:
First off, I'm not asking if it's possible to use Samsung Pay on a rooted device as I know it's not possible and I don't mind, but what annoys me is the popup/drag option which is periodically present at the bottom of the screen. I'm aware that on an unrooted device, it is possible to disable that behaviour by going into the settings of the app, but that isn't possible on a rooted device as the app doesn't load.

So, is it possible and indeed safe to remove Samsung Pay in TiBu? Also, would I have to remove Samsung Pay Framework too?

Thanks for any help.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] nickster_uk:
Bump...anyone, please.

Would it be safer to freeze Samsung Pay?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Accessories] manachinmaniac:
have any of u found a way to stick key chains and other stuff on ur blue angels. let me know
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] MadMelman:
FAILED (Do not allow to flash Bootloader image on Unlock device) & TWRP - Failed to mount '/firmware' (invalid argument)

I'm using the Lenovo p2a42 32gb 3gb version (India)

My phone is stuck in fastboot mode. Bootloader is unlocked.

I have the latest twrp - 3.2.2.0 as recovery.

I flashed everything except the modem and bootloader to stock.

Bootloader & modem wont flash - cannot flash unlocked bootloader error.

I have tried everything I can think of:

1. Restore to stock 7.1 (cannot flash bootloader error)

2. Relock Bootloader (not allowed error)

3. Even gave my phone to a repair guy as last resort.

No luck yet.

Its 17000 bucks worth.

And has been laid to waste due to my ****up.

I really want to repair it myself if possible.

Please help me if you can. I'm open to any and all ideas.

Thanks in advance.
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] sm00th4f3:
Alright mate,

Download this HERE

Extract it.

Boot phone into bootloader/fastboot mode.

Connect it via cable.

Run flashall - stock reco.bat and wait until it is done. Your phone will reboot on its own.

Gimme some details if it doesn't work. Don't worry, it'll be fine.#

Also: NEVER RELOCK THE BOOTLOADER VIA COMMAND, that is a sure-way to **** it up much more.
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] TheEvilOverlord:
https://xdaforums.com/lenovo-p2/help/stuck-bootloop-reboots-15-holding-power-t3837278

would it work for me?
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] sm00th4f3:
Seems like you have a faulty battery or something on your hardware side.

Fun fact: getting into recovery(twrp) is done via Fastboot since the button combo is a ***** and isn't reliable. The timing is too stupid done.

The one team rescue files always work as long as you're in Fastboot/bootloader mode.

It's worth the try
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] MadMelman:
I can't thank you enough [MENTION=6751057]sm00th4f3[/MENTION]

You are my saviour. It worked perfectly & my phone is working now.

Thank you sooooo much & keep up the good work.
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] sm00th4f3:
Glad it worked :)
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] MadMelman:
I restored the stock firmware.

My phone boots to the start screen , after I select the language it's unable to detect or connect to the wifi or to the mobile network.

Therfore I cannot proceed to finish the setup.

TWRP shows a firmware error-

- failed to mount '/firmware' (invalid argument)

Please advice [MENTION=6751057]sm00th4f3[/MENTION]
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] sm00th4f3:
You shouldn't restore stock firmware from backup.

After using rescue tool.

Setup your phone from zero.

Or skip through setup.

Reboot to bootloader.

Flash latest twrp 3.2.3 can be found on official website

Change data system format to ext4 if it's not already.

Wipe system, data, cache and dalvik

Flash custom ROM of your choice

Flash gapps

flash magisk for root if you need it

Wipe dalvik and cache

Reboot.

Setup phone.
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] MadMelman:
I followed your instructions. No luck yet.

After flashing the custom rom, the phone bootlooped.

I changed the data & system to ext4 , I get the failed to mount firmware error.

SCREENSHOT:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dhBIadnV-olRsWbQjeL8teoPCJeg2U2L/view?usp=sharing
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] sm00th4f3:
You really are new to this.

Use the rescue tool.

Let the phone boot.

Skip through setup.

Enable developer options.

Make sure and debugging is enabled.

Connect phone to pc.

Grant always access , which popups on phone.

Open a CMD, in the folder of your adb tools.

Use adb reboot bootloader.

Or use the button combo to get to bootloader /Fastboot mode

Flash twrp.

Boot twrp

Reboot to recovery twrp via reboot menu

Change file system of data to ext4

Reboot to recovery again via reboot menu in twrp.

Now use factory reset, then wipe system partition.

Flash custom ROM

Gapps

Magisk if wanted.

Reboot.

Wait max 10min.

Should work.
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] MadMelman:
I 'm new to this & I appreciate your help, but

I followed your instructions again yet the error remains the same.

My phone is not detecting any wifi or cellular data - so I cant proceed /skip the process of setting up my stock phone.

And when i flashed the custom rom, the firmware error shows up.

And believe me I've tried a lot, but it just wont work.

I've come too far to give up now, any suggestions?

Here is the screenshot:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12VTE6xs1Kozg52DhQP3fgBbNeDptXz2j/view?usp=sharing
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] sm00th4f3:
Before flashing twrp.

Use Fastboot oem unlock

.

Try again without custom ROM this time .

I'm looking into it.
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] MadMelman:
Still stuck at the start screen,

I might be wrong but here is what I think is wrong with the phone:

The modem just won't flash therefore no wifi or cellular data.

The firmware is corrupted.

Thanks for your continued support. :svetius:
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] Ryan Robert:
Hello, well i messed up my phone really bad. deleted the bootloader. Phone wasnt working. But then used blank flash to get things working again. Just that it only charges now when i run it in bootloader mode. Now what i think u can do is delete all partitions using fastboot. I dont know the terms or words to say, but you can try to delete all partitions and then flash them again and check. use the stock files or what you call those emmc, modem and those bin files that is used to flash via fastboot. It may help but can be risky. Well hope this makes any sense :eek:
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] sm00th4f3:
there is no need to erase your partitions.. Unless you want to brick your device for real.

But you can try it at your own discretion at risk.

i won't help any further since i don't know that much more concerning this kinda problem.

cheers
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] Killer Croc:
Fatal Error

Hey buddy, I recently ran into same problem as yours. Have you found any working fix for this issue?

Please reply.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] runninghamster:
Hello! I am running AEX 5.8 Treble on Oreo 8.1.

I have a pair of earbuds, which are the AKG tuned buds that come with the Galaxy S8.

When I press volume down on the inbuilt remote, it turns down. However, when I press volume up, it turns down as well.

This only happens on these earbuds and only on this phone. I've tried plugging them into an iPhone and the volume up works fine, and I've plugged them into an S8 as well, which the remote works fine too.

I believe this is not a software problem, because I've tried them on stock and I've also tried them on Android 9.0 custom rom, and neither work.

Any ideas? Thanks.