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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] kenfb1:
Hi,

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm confused about. Buy a S7, trade in and get $500 credit.

Trade in an $850.00 S9 Plus and get $347.00??????????????????

Just doesn't make any common sense to me at all!!!!!

Hope I don't have to say, NO, not going for that deal at all.

I'll buy direct from Samsung when and if I buy the Note 9.

Ken
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] aznmode:
If you end up upgrading to another phone before the 24 months is up, do you forfeit the remaining bill credits?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] kenfb1:
That's another million dollar question!!! Also it's tying you to TMobile for 2 years to get the credit, right????
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] aznmode:
I only asked cuase I thought I read it before on similar deals. But I don't see it mentioned in this particular deal.

It's funny how I too am scared being tied to a particular carrier when it comes to deals, contract, etc. Yet I've been with tmobile for over 6 years and have no intention of leaving any time soon lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] KOLIOSIS:
That's the way I see it. Very similar to the old way, except nowadays, you don't get a subsidized phone as a reward for signing on the dotted line for 2yrs.

The trade-in is a limited time offer, so, we're not exactly comparing apples to apples VS the old contracts.

I kinda wish T-Mobile would go retro/reverse Uncarrier & bring back subsidized/free phones for signing a 2yr contract.....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Jammol:
You lose out on the rest of the bill credits. They would be giving you free money if they continued to apply them. Would be nice if they did is the criteria of the device being paid in full before the 24 months.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] BigMosley:
I bought a pre-owned S7 from Boost Mobiles website for $150 and it's on sale from $300. I was going to go to the eBay route but I've got phones with issues before and figured I'd go with an actual legit company to ensure the phone isn't blacklisted or damaged. I'll then trade that in and get $500 off then sell my S9+ for about $600 and end up paying about $300 out of pocket for the 512gb model.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] aznmode:
So it's just like their previous offers. Glad I bought through Samsung directly. I only get $400 for my note 8 but it's deducted from the total cost of the phone. Therefore I only pay tax on the $599. And Samsung usually includes the free gift (this case AKG headset) when they ship the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Jammol:
You still get the headset no matter where you purchase the phone as long as it's a pre-order in the US.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] aznmode:
Yes but you don't get it included with your phone. You have to send proof of purchase to samsung then you wait for it to get approved. Then wait again for them to ship it to you. It's less hassle for me buying phones from Samsung direct. I'm also on the yearly upgrade program through them.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Jammol:
Yeah I know. I'm not worried about the headset, my wife would probably pay them to keep it instead of sending me one. I got way too many already. ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] aznmode:
I've been wanting another headset so I would love to get it sooner than later
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] KOLIOSIS:
Has anyone actually pre-ordered from T-Mobile & use the trade-in special?

Was wondering if anyone has & managed to avoid paying for shipping/get a bill credit to cover shipping?

If so,did you order the phone via telesales & have it waived immediately,or,order it from the website & manage to get free shipping after checking out?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] RaymondPJR:
I might just jump on this then. I see Note 8's selling on Swappa for right around 500.00. I'll have to check a few other sites to see if that's consistent, but getting the headphones without ordering direct from Samsung would be sweet!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] dottat:
Not sure if you got the answer but there's a thing to download online after placing the order with the shipping label included.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] KOLIOSIS:
Yes,I've since ordered & received the phone.

It arrived via UPS late yesterday, so, I'll be sending in the trade in on Monday.

I did catch the link for the shipping label after placing my order.

Thank you for following up on this,it is much appreciated. :svetius:
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 Questions & Answers] Bart994:
Hi everyone, i have a problem with my microphone. Every WhatsApp audio that i send has the problem the my voice is love volume, the microphone seems to bè ambientale so It catches every sound near me. What's the problem?
[General Questions and Answers] vistascape:
1. is it possible to increase the screen sens somehow? maybe via adb?

when using samsung internet, its too slow when scolling, swiping etc.

2. is it possible to activate 2 finger swipe which scrolls to bottom or top screen. my lg g2 was like this. very convenient.

phone: samsung a3 2017 android 8.0.0
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] jimmygumble:
As per the title;

I have seen comments in other xa2 and xa2 ultra threads that say that the camera's quality remains exactly the same after unlocking the bootloader.

Do the drm keys have any bearing on camera quality anymore?
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] dani020110:
It doesn't seem to
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] SGS3_0:
xa2 -I don't see the difference

xa2 ultra - it stops work 1 of 2 front cameras
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] dani020110:
I have the xa2 ultra and both of the front cams work
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] jimmygumble:
Thanks for the replies. I suppose xperifix makes this moot but it's good to know image processing is untouched.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] SGS3_0:
What is your model?(H****)
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] dani020110:
I've got H3223
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nervousapp:
Hi everyone,

I just build successfully Android 9 Pie for the X compact from the Sony repo.

I have not test it yet but it boot.

If you want to try I can give you the files.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] luomei:
Lots of bugs?

Some screenshot?

Is it good for daily?

Thx!
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nervousapp:
It works but not for daily as Gapps aren't available yet...

I try some unofficials ones but it causes the phone not to boot :(
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nervousapp:
[IMG="screenshot android 9"]https://raw.githubusercontent.com/n...=AU-xMyOodLVCCz0IlsLPCuqPbDxX8nceks5bgRNzwA==[/IMG]

[IMG="screenshot android pie"]https://raw.githubusercontent.com/n...=AU-xMwI1F23q6FiMJX1w6QnS2GIBXFayks5bgRMVwA==[/IMG]
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Kianush:
Please give more details on whats working and whats not

Bluetooth

Wifi

Hotspot

Calling

3g/4g connectivity

Camera

Etc...
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nervousapp:
I didn't test all features but network works

I can't test it for now because I need my phone (I only have one Xperia compatible), but I'll try to test all features later this week :victory:
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] harryharryharry:
compilation attempt

Hi [MENTION=7585884]nervousapp[/MENTION],

I'm attempting a build myself using the guide published by Sony recently, but I'm stuck at some errors:

If I set ALLOW_MISSING_DEPENDENCIES=true I don't get much further:

Did you also encounter these/could you give me a pointer how to complete the compilation successfully ? (I don't want to sound stereotypical, but I think it warrants mentioning I'm on Arch (maybe something's fukcy with my environment))
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nervousapp:
You have to get the file here https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/vendor-sony-kernel and put it in kernel/sony/msm-4.9/common-kernel/ and all will be fine.

You may experienced another error, see https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Android-9-x-Pie/Compilation-error/td-p/1339265
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] nervousapp:
I have also experienced no boot with the aosp-eng but the userdebug boot like a charm ?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] harryharryharry:
Thanks for the heads up! I am building userdebug now from a xubuntu livecd because I kept getting the libloc_pla dependency error. On the livecd I'm not getting the error. So probably some environment issue on Arch, if I find a solution I'll post it here for future google passersby.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] haltbarmilch85:
Sorry for the noob question, but what dit you choose at the following step?

source build/envsetup.sh && lunch

And another question. Which version of Ubuntu did you use for the successfull build?

Thanks a lot!
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] harryharryharry:
I chose option: 64. aosp_f5321-userdebug

and the livecd I compiled with is: xubuntu 18.04.1

As nervousapp already mentioned, as of yet flashing (unofficial) 9.0 gapps is not possible as it will cause a boot hang.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] haltbarmilch85:
Thanks for your answear. :)
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] DJHasis:
If you want someone to comment on your build then please upload it. I guess quite many can test it.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] harryharryharry:
Small update: Sony updated their guide and manifests to android-9.0.0_r6 and opengapps officially released 9.0 gapps. So I attempted another pie build to see if meanwhile the 'gapps bootloop' issue was addressed. Sadly this is not yet the case.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] maluus:
I build a new one also but in my case it was stuck at sony logo instead of bootloop.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] harryharryharry:
Did you build userdebug or eng ? Because eng hangs on boot still.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] maluus:
Nope. It was userdebug.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] maluus:
Today I built again. This time I removed kernel files completely from both 4.4 and 4.9 folders, and synced. Build was successful. At first boots it gives an error saying device failed verification or something like that and powers off. But next time boots up. Basic things seems like working. Camera works but Video recording doesn't. WiFi works. Fingerprint sensor doesn't work. Bigger problem is gapps also doesn't work . Twrp flashes it successfully but when it boots up you see Google apps is not actually there. I couldn't see any error messages in gapps log neither. I didn't test it extensively so there may be other problems but these are the ones noticed at first glance.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] harryharryharry:
Same here with the verification issue on boot, [MENTION=4819888]oshmoun[/MENTION] already reported it as a bug:

https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/bug_tracker/issues/177

Meanwhile I've been able to build omnirom 9.0 with some minor compiling-hindrances. It boots and almost everything seems to be working quite neatly! A couple of issues I've encountered thus far:

- The wifi module bcmdhd needs some firmware files placed in the correct location (they're in the process of switching kernel modules from bcmdhd to brcmfmac.)

- The video recording crash issue [MENTION=3387606]maluus[/MENTION] described also occurs on omnirom 9.0.

- The screen won't go off (this can be circumvented by switching 'Display -> Advanced -> Ambient display -> Always on' off)

(- my pet peeve: 'volume rocker next/previous track control during screen off'-feature missing)

Main plus for me is gapps can be installed to omnirom 9.0. So I'll try to make it my daily driver, report me some bugs ;)
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] harryharryharry:
Early test build omnirom 9 for kugo

For people who are eager to try out Pie, I've uploaded a omnirom 9 build to androidfilehost:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=283598

The rom runs on a 4.9 kernel which means you need to use fastboot to flash a different (beta) version of the oem partition (also uploaded to androidfilehost):

https://developer.sony.com/file/dow...es-for-aosp-pie-android-9-0-kernel-4-9-loire/

As for the bugs I listed before:

- (fix) Wifi works with new brcmfmac module now (after incorporating the correct vendor repositories, doy)

- (temp fix) The ambient screen off issue seems to be disabled in recent builds (Ambient option disappeared in the menu, and the screen goes off when it should).

- (temp fix) I've reported the camera app crashing in a github issue. In the mean time, 3rd party camera apps are able to do video recording.

In addition to the above bugs:

- I've experienced a random reboot now and then (especially during enrollment of fingerprints) which to me seem to be related to the verification boot issues.

- Selinux is still set to permissive, if I compile a rom with selinux set to enforcing, luckily the phone boots fine, but there are (minor) issues (sim card not detected, so no 4G. correct time is set too late in the boot process, so apps that require a secure connection (WhatsApp, Mail apps) complain at first about expired certificates, but work fine afterwards).

- The installation is unencrypted by default. If you encrypt the device it hangs at boot, so don't. bugtracker here.

- Wifi tethering doesn't work (can't be enabled), I've created a bug tracker here.

Of course there might be lots of undiscovered bugs, so when using the rom, do it {at,of} your own {risk,volition} and with care.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Thanks for this, but could you do a quick guide on how to install this.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] harryharryharry:
At the risk of sounding patronizing, I'm a little hesitant to provide a guide. If you don't already know how to flash a rom, then that would be a good sign to maybe not attempt to flash this test build. Anyhow, here's a quick abstract:

- Flash the rom zip from TWRP. (dirty flash might work, but it may be necessary to do a factory reset - I did)

- Turn the phone into fastboot-mode (switch off phone; hold volume up button; attach usb cable. The led should turn blue.)

- Unzip the SW_Binaries zipfile, and flash the image by running:

fastboot flash oem SW_binaries_for_Xperia_Android_9.0.6.3_r1_v1_loire_beta.img
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] epanhackerz:
Done boot with gapp , very smooth so far :)

Install magisk and busybox

Extract APKs from any Pie gapp package , then

install magisk module call " App Systemizer " then in Terminal , just run cmd " SYSTEMIZE "

---> then pick 4.Selinux : yes ---> 3.APK -----> APK path ---> pick install path and u r done :)
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] maluus:
Installing the apps is not a problem the thing is to install Google framework. How did you solve that?

---------- Post added at 07:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:15 AM ----------

Btw, yesterday built a fresh one. Not much seems to be changed. Fingerprint sensor, video recording, boot error and gapps problems are still with us. Didn't test long.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] harryharryharry:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think you two are talking about two different issues.

[MENTION=4929803]epanhackerz[/MENTION] explains how to enable selinux (which is a workaround that doesn't address the underlying issues I describe in my post 21) on my omnirom build, while

[MENTION=3387606]maluus[/MENTION] is talking about installing gapps (which can be installed on omnirom without boothang, but last time I checked could not be installed to aosp).
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] maluus:
Today tried a new build gapps included. Built and installed without problems at first. Pat initial setup. Fingerprint works like early days of 8.0. Video recording still problematic. Included camera app gives cannot connect to camera hardware error. Tried open camera. It doesn't give any error and seems like working but actually doesn't. Created files always 26 sec still image of the first scene of the recording. Bigger problem is when you restart. If powered down doesn't boot up again constantly giving verification error and powering off. So I ll keep building and trying.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] harryharryharry:
Hmm I'm on omnirom 9, just checked and I don't have the video recording issue you describe with opencamera (i've reported the crashing issue)

The verification boot failed warning is something that - for me - can take several reboots, but it will boot again eventually. It has been reported by Oshmoun.

PSA: the v2 of oem binaries have been released on 19 october, but it causes sim card detection issue.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] maluus:
I don't know maybe omni team made some changes to solve video recording problem. As for verification issue, after the first failed boot I tried 4-5 times but didn't boot so I gave up. Lastly I noticed sim card issue at first boot. But it was different then what you described. It seemed to me that it didn't prepare the card properly in time so entering the pin code did nothing at first few tries. Didn't give error or nothing. I entered the pin code few times but asked again and again. I just skipped and continued the setup and at a later step it popped up asking pin code and voila.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] harryharryharry:
Yeah I've had times >5 reboots were needed. With the new oem binaries - because the sim isn't detected - the phone doesn't ask for a pin at all for the first approximately 5 minutes after booting (or at all). I've not encountered any advantages to v2 so I'm back on v1 again.

btw the sim issues have also been reported, so I think(hope) they'll be addressed in v3.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Coirpre:
Any new progress? [MENTION=3792631]harryharryharry[/MENTION], how is Omni 9 as a daily driver?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] harryharryharry:
Pretty solid actually, besides the sporadic reboot (which appear to be verification related; the phone reboots while appending security related settings, and then shows a red verification failed message. Hopefully this will get addressed by software binaries v3).

As far as I can tell (and admittedly I can't tell a whole lot; I'm only skimming gerrit.omnirom.org for changes, updating/rebuilding/trying omnirom, and following loire platform-related bugtrackers on github) work is being done to fix several issues I listed here (a list I update as I find new issues), like selinux enforcing mode, video recording, etc, but as of yet no progress that warrants a new build.

There is of course a new monthly security patch released every 5th of the month, once it is merged and I get it to compile successfully I'll upload a new build here.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] maluus:
Hello harry. Why don't you open a new thread under rom section, so that people can find a follow your work.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] harryharryharry:
[MENTION=3387606]maluus[/MENTION] Done ;)
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] maluus:
I'm waiting for v3 binaries and serious bugs resolved to continue building.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] dexdropedia:
Hi guys, battery loading doesn't work, when my phone is off or on. Do you have any idea what I can do? The animations are working.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] maluus:
I've the same problem but don't have any time to find out what's the problem. It may be aosp or latest binaries related, although I didn't see any but report for aosp regarding this issue
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Kianush:
how's it been? Ive been using [MENTION=3792631]harryharryharry[/MENTION]'s omnirom and encountered a few bugs, just wanted to ask you how pure aosp is working out? any fixes? any bugs?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] maluus:
I flashed Harry's build only once to check infamous battery problem. So I can't say anything. Personally I don't like additions of other developer groups so I prefer pure aosp. As for aosp it was good to be a daily driver. There was a slight battery drain when idle. But as much as I could follow it was related to sim and supposed to be addressed in latest odm. But main problem is that kernel 4.9 has a bug preventing qc3 chargers to charge the device. Qc2 and lower working but not qc3 ones. Hence I stopped building since December. (Because all the chargers I have at home, work, car and even my wife's are qc3. I'm waiting for it to be solved.) so I'm my opinion and my experience if you have avaliable chargers below 3 amps, you can use it as daily driver without running into major problems.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] pizza_pablo:
I am totally a noob, as is pertains to LG phone rooting, but have rooted several Samsungs, Motorolas and an OG Pixel XL (MAN, that one was a huge BEEATCH!).

I am in the USA and use Verizon service.

Is there such an animal as a 64GB internal storage U997, carrier unlocked?

I thought I found one on swappa, but when I got it, not only was the bootloader unable to be unlocked (I think it was the Amazon version), it had only 32GB of internal storage, tho it was advertised to have 64GB.

I have searched, but cannot find if the G6+ / US997U carrier unlocked version is bootloader unlockable and rootable. Is it?

Thanks, in advance!
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] sun_is_shinning:
All USA variants have 64GB of internal storage, why yours have only 32? maybe you get some other variant like International or so, check you model in settings, about phone and see wich variant you have.

G6+ isnt unlockable too, the difference of the + model is the 128GB internal memory.

see this: https://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] pizza_pablo:
I see only 32GB models, on swappa and B&H Photo, but thanks, for your response.

[url]https://swappa.com/buy/lg-g6-us997-unlocked[/URL] on the swappa page is no history of sales of 64GB G6s, other than the one I bought that was not and no selecting to filter between 32GB & 64GB ads.

[url]https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=lg%20g6&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=[/URL]

And I read threads like this one and get the impression that there is no 64GB version.

https://xdaforums.com/lg-g6/help/32gb-rom-restricting-t3581889
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] v619284:
Google alert change? No option for RSS alerts anymore...

First off, thanks so much for putting the time and effort into this app. I would love to have a more "future-proof" news reader solution for my NST. Sadly however, in typical Google fashion of constantly dropping/messing with feature support, it seems that there is no longer an option to deliver Google alerts to RSS feeds (only email addresses). If I'm reading this thread and your PDF correctly, I'm worried that this may break the app. In any case I'm stuck on page 3 of your setup PDF since I can't figure out how to get the RSS alert string from Google anymore. Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nmyshkin:
I'm away from home right now but my copy of the app is working so the RSS feeds must still exist. I'll have to sit down with my instructions in front of the computer and see what mischief they've done. Thanks for letting me know.