yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] windforce3425:
You should definetly write a detailed guide for other useres here, I looked up that piece of code and by checking logs of MiFlash I now fully understand whats happening in the flashing process.

Anyway, my device is up and running latest MIUI 10 without ARB 4, been switching between A/B and A partition layout few times now. Only had to send it once to a certified Xiaomi Reseller since I dont own an authorized Developer Account required for MiFlash when I got trapped by ARB.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] Syed Shahriar:
HOW DID YOU GET BACK TO A2 or how r u using your device now?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] windforce3425:
When I bricked due to Anti-Rollback I sent my device to Xiaomi, they restored it to stock Rom. After that I again flashed A only parition with MIUI, also went back to Stock as mentioned few posts before.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] tommy2363HUN:
pls video guide :( (My English is weak) no fastboot,

no picture, edl mode on ,

you can not write any system pls help:c
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ilyas111:
Converted succesfully to mi 6x. Using miui 9 => miui 10 pro with antiroll back removed. Everything working perfectly. Thanks for that video guide.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ahadrox:
You had to know that Mi 6X is ARB enabled.

---------- Post added at 08:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:17 AM ----------

Video link please?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] ilyas111:
Yes i know. Mine haven't tripped ARB.

Video is in post# 9.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] windforce3425:
Yeah I should have read more about that but its my first Xiaomi Device and I did not know they implemented ARB. Come from a OnePlus 3T (which broke sadly)

Check this thread out, you can always unbrick from EDL now following the procedure mentioned in that thread.

This makes this whole thread useless actually...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] victorkorp1999:
Still no way to return to android one? Im now at miui 10 stable but i want to recover the a2
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMalachite:
Flash the Mi A2 stock ROM with EDL mode
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] victorkorp1999:
did you do that?, how did you get the authorization for use the edl mode from miui?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] hostedrage:
I think this information might be useful for lots of people.

The question is: What problems should we look for when wanting to buy a second hand hermes, and how to look for them?

Everyone who's had problems with herms or knows about them should give an oppinion.thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Bensat:
Watch out for:

High frequent tone, ONLY when the display is on. Very annoying.

My phone has been to the shop for 3 times. Now I have got a new phone!

But I miss my HTC......:D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] hostedrage:
i had that one too, on the day i bought the 2nd hand tytn. changed the radio and rom and it went away. then the battery started heating, but i don't know if it heated before too
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] ultramag69:
1). turn device on if you can.

2) sceen alignment and whitescreen - some people have the whitescreen problem, to see if it could be in yours(one type anyway) run your finger down to the bottom right at the side lcd screen (not on the screen, the casing) til you are about 2/3 of the way down from the top. lightly increase pressure and see if it starts going white. Please note this is a specific type of whitescreen which can be fixed BUT will have the warranty voided to do so. Try running a screen alignment (ask if FTouch flo is on the phone & active as this will stop this working and require a soft reset to fix)

2). test the buttons usually the bottom buttons ie. hotkeys, answer/hangup. but dont forget to check out the slideout keyboard too.

3). check to see if the battery gets hot or if there are any "hot spots" on the case. this indicates problems too. there may be a short somewhere on the hermes that is draining power REALLY quickly or may be affecting if power gets to where its needed.

4). soft reset and check if "no GSM" flashes up in the loading stage as this shows its a brick with a corrupted radio rom. this may be fixable but for me personally it would be bought only for parts (and would have to be cheap).

This is what I'd do as it is fairly quick BUT ths works only if you can see the device before you buy it otherwise you may be in for a nasty surprise.

Hope this helps... :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] jdc:
While it's not exactly a problem, it could be a warning that problems may happen in the future.

Check the stickers under the battery, make sure the VOID sticker is intact and the (at least mine had one) reflective sticker is also intact.

Check the model and IMEI listed on the sticker, then compare it to the model and IMEI listed under the Identity tab in Device Information (Start -> Settings -> System -> Identity tab). This could give away someone trying to sell a HERM100 model as a new HERM200 (and asking a higher price), or a phone that may have been dropped and damaged. Also check the call duration tab if it's being sold as 'low use' (true, this can be cleared, but it's not exactly a couple of taps to do it).

At the very least, this could save the buyer some dosh and expose the seller as the potentially slimy person they are. :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Roy2008:
White screen mda vario 2

Hi,

I have purchased a mda vario 2, last november, with only 3 months waranty, now I`m having problems.

I have had my screen going white, some times if I go into landscape mode or turn the light on and off by means of pressing the power buton quickly the screen comes back, then the screen sometimes goes all blurry.

Now the phone wont come back on at all, all I get is this white screen, the screen lights up but just a white screen, nothing else.

So I bought a new screen from E-Bay and I connected it up to my phone but I get the same, the screen lights up, same old white screen.

Nothing else, If anyone knows what this problem is I would be very grateful.

It was a shop I brought the screen from off of E-Bay, I asked prior to purchasing this screen if it would be compatible with my phone and they told me that it was.

Many Thanks for any help, ideas what this could be.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] YorYor:
Roy2008,

Not nice of you to hijack someone else's thread.

Anyway, read the following thread for information: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=321163
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Rudegar:
li-ion have a limited number of hours before it dies i would check batt time of cause thats kinda problematic to test :P
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Roy2008:
I appologize if I hijacked someone else`s thread.

As I am new to this site I thought that you just use it like you do in a chat room.

I guess I was wrong, I`ll try to figure out how you use this site without annoying anyone.

My Appologies.

Anyways, Thankyou for your help, and for the hijacking part.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] gypsygirl13:
thinking of buying a hermes

I've been reading through out the forums because I am seriously thinking of buying this phone, a second-hand because I can't afford a brand new one. I'm a bit worried about the Whitescreen and D-pad failures thread, it seems it's the usual or maybe common problem of this model. So I have some questions before I do get this model.

-How would I know if the phone has been opened for repairs?

because I read here that you need to open the phone to fix the whitescreen prob.

-Do I look for one that has FTouch flo to check the screen alignment?

is there any other way to do this just in case the phone doesn't have one installed.

-How long does the battery last if you only use it for texting, wifi and making short calls? Also about the battery heating up, does it mean while it's idle? Is it sometimes normal for batteries to heat/warm up?

-ultramag69

sceen alignment and whitescreen - some people have the whitescreen problem, to see if it could be in yours(one type anyway) run your finger down to the bottom right at the side lcd screen (not on the screen, the casing) til you are about 2/3 of the way down from the top. lightly increase pressure and see if it starts going white. Please note this is a specific type of whitescreen which can be fixed BUT will have the warranty voided to do so

Are there other more ways to check if symptoms of whitescreen is present? I'd really like to be thorough because I'm pretty sure the ones that I can afford would not have any warranty anymore.

The ff. are the things I think I should do to make sure the phone is in good condition:

Make a call

Send SMS

Try wifi

Use the camera

Check all keys/buttons on the front, sides and dpad if all working

Bluetooth

Try a memory card

Pls. advice me if I've forgotten anything else.

I'm actually choosing between Hermes and HTC Elf, I'm leaning more to the Hermes because of the Dpad and it's slightly cheaper than the Elf.

Thanks in advance!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mtbmdk:
Also check the external speaker, I have four that I tweak, and two had loose speaker connections(made a good deal for me). It's an easy fix, I got the tool at radio shack. BTW these units are out of warranty.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] gypsygirl13:
Ok I'll add that.

Anything else?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] ultramag69:
Essentially a good indication of a possible whitescreen issue is the buttons on the front not working.

To check to see if its been opened look under battery as jdc said, theres a small white sticker over a screw on the right hand side thats says Void if removed, If can see a screw under the flash LED, then its been opened.

Cheers...:D
[General Questions and Answers] Blinxz:
I have install twrp and I was able to get in to recovery but since I rebooted my phone (Moto g5s plus) it gives me a screen that says no command and I installed super su and my root went away after a reboot.
[Huawei P10 Plus Questions & Answers] mpokeras:
I'm using my P10+ with the official smart view case , os version B375 and lately I have notice a lot of pocket calls.

In older time possibly it was the same situation but it was unnoticed as 50+ calls per working day not giving you oppurtunities to notice such thing.

When it is happening is always immediately after a completed call, usually after every call I'm folding the flip case and putting the phone into my jeans pocket.

Im note sure how this is triggered but i have seen undesirable calls immediately after closing a previous one...

Any idea what is going on?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dariotr:
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[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] subashwath:
I flashed Resurrection Remixv6.2 for my Redmi Note 4(mido) SD 625.

Now IRCTC app is not working. It is saying your is rooted. Please unroot.

I have not given root permission.

Is it because the bootloader is unlocked or because of the custom ROM?

Note: Google Pay(Tez) and ICICI internet banking apps are working.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] SweetAline:
Hello,

I'm trying to install lineage-15.1-20180918 on my new (second hand) Google Pixel (sailfish). It came with Android 7.1.0 (NDE63H, Oct 2016) pre-installed.

No mater what I try to do, after installing Lineage zip file, I always get a warning saying that there is no OS. When I try to reboot to System, I am stuck in a boot loop between a screen saying that I should lock the bootloader and another one displaying the Google logo.

General information about device and softwares used

I run Debian on the PC that is used for the install, adb (v 1:7.0.0+r33-1) and fastboot (v 1:7.0.0+r33-1) are installed.

I got the Lineage zip from there (the shasum is good).

I got the TWRP image from there (v 3.2.3-1).

What I did

I followed the official howto there.

I have unlocked the bootloader, can boot into the TWRP recovery.

TWRP is launched via

fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-1-sailfish.img

I did "Format Data", then "Advanced Wipe" (selected everything and wiped).

Then

adb push lineage-15.1-20180918-nightly-sailfish-signed.zip /sdcard/

(Note that I first tried to sideload both this zip and the suaddon one, given that it didn't seem to work, I wiped everything out again and went with the adb push method)

And, finally, went back to the "Install" menu, selected the zip and launched the install process (without checking the "Verify signature checkbox").

I managed to restore the initial backup created with TWRP, the system booted normally. I then tried a LOS install again and got stuck into a boot loop again.

Problem

At the end of this process, when offered with a swipe gesture to reboot, there is a warning saying that no OS is installed. Swiping to reboot leads to the reboot loop described above.

Any idea on what I can do to fix this issue?

Huge thank you in advance!
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] post-mortem:
Have you tried installing the latest stock ROM first? There may be an incompatibility with other parts of the 7.1.0 ROM, like the modem, etc.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] SweetAline:
I did not. But there were other issues as well (I used outdated version of adb and fastboot), I followed the instructions there (due to the stupid rule for new users, I can't post a direct link to it) old.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/9h0aqy/cant_install_lineage15120180918_on_a_google_pixel/e6nbqg6/ and it worked :D
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Questions & Answers] steve1221:
I'm not getting the red dot appearing on any apps.

So the texting app has (on all other handsets) shown a red dot in the corner when there's an unread text. That's not happening here?

I've moved from MIUI to Nova launcher and still the same? Nothing on the built in messaging app or any other texting app?

I am getting a sound alert on incoming texts and emails, but nothing else. So I have to go and look in both the email and text apps to see if anything new is there!

Only had the phone 2 days so could be missing something??

It's the global version running MIUI version 9.6.6.0. Its the 4/65 model.

Thanks for any help...
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Questions & Answers] opasha:
You have to do three things in the app info section of each app you want notifications for:

1) Hold the app (Nova Launcher allows this), click app info. Turn on Auto Start.

2) Then, go to battery optimization below it and click no restrictions.

3) Then, go to notifications in the same area, customize with led notification, vibrate etc.

4) If the above three still don't allow it to work, then you must also lock the app in recents (lower right menu button), hold the app and lock it.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] AstroDigital:
I noticed the screen is popping out of the frame.

As far as I know this means the battery has swelled and this is too bad. The Pixel XL served me well but I think this means I need a new phone.

Do you agree ?

New phone ? and wipe the XL bring it to Best Buy where they can dispose it ?

Thinking maybe a Pixel XL 2 no notch should be Android Q and because the new generation is about to be released should find a sale.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] dimitrispas22:
if you love your XL just change your battery!

if you think you should upgrade your phone, get the oneplus 6 or wait for the 6t

I don't think there will be a good offer for the 2xl

ps. you can fix it and sell it online too!
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] AstroDigital:
Interesting idea, if the battery swells and it pushing the touch panel out.

Maybe something like a black stick around the frame would release the touch panel and give me access to the battery.

The battery is likely solder to the main board.

I have to find a replacement battery.

I think the One Plus 6T is going to be released about the same time a the Pixel 3.

If I wait may as well go the Pixel 3 but then ..... the One Plus 6T will likely have the same hardware but be hundreds of dollars cheaper. Two concerns was not One Plus one of the companies sending data to China ? and how fast do they update the Oxygen OS ?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] dimitrispas22:
You can see a tuttoria on ifixit !

The battery is about 15-20£ and I am 90℅ that the battery is connected by a connector!

About the 6 the updates are fast. I think they released the first public beta of pie and they provided their customers a beta android p images before the official release!

About the privacy I think they are OK I don't care that much since they are not sending photos of me ...and if you think that way ; when you upload you photos in Google photos , google use your photos to training their ai
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] liam_davenport:
If you're concerned about Privacy Google is collecting more data then anyone, OOS updates pretty fast I had a OnePlus 3 was a great device.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] AstroDigital:
Think I will wait until October 9 get the details for the new Pixel then decide. If I do not like what I hear then the One Plus 6 or maybe the Essential Phone, mixed reviews "older hardware" but it is not expensive and they updated to Pie on the release date.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m.reignier:
Hi all,

I try to enable ov9734 sensor to board IMX8 in 64bits (Compulab board). I re-use a existing driver (ov5640) and I just modify registers and driver ID.

I modify device tree also.

My driver is found by kernel, no problem during probe.

But when I do "v4l2-ctl --all" command, the pixel format is null (or empty):

root@cl-som-imx8:~# v4l2-ctl --all
Driver Info (not using libv4l2):
Driver name : mx6s-csi
Card type : i.MX6S_CSI
Bus info : platform:30a90000.csi1_bridge
Driver version: 4.9.51
Capabilities : 0x84200001
Video Capture
Streaming
Extended Pix Format
Device Capabilities
Device Caps : 0x04200001
Video Capture
Streaming
Extended Pix Format
Priority: 0
Video input : 0 (Camera: ok)
Format Video Capture:
Width/Height : 640/480
Pixel Format : ''
Field : None
Bytes per Line : 0
Size Image : 307200
Colorspace : Default
Transfer Function : Default
YCbCr Encoding : Default
Quantization : Default

And other problem (same problem ?) when I want start a streaming, I get nothing (no data send by mipi):

Input #0, video4linux2,v4l2, from '/dev/video0':
Duration: N/A, bitrate: 147456 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (YUY2 / 0x32595559), yuyv422, 640x480, 147456 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 1000k tbn, 1000k tbc
[swscaler @ 0x4706ad0] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
[image2 @ 0x46fe2b0] Using AVStream.codec to pass codec parameters to muxers is deprecated, use AVStream.codecpar instead.
Output #0, image2, to './out.jpg':
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf57.41.100
Stream #0:0: Video: mjpeg, yuvj422p(pc), 640x480, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbn, 30 tbc
Metadata:
encoder : Lavc57.48.101 mjpeg
Side data:
cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/200000 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: -1
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (rawvideo (native) -> mjpeg (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame= 0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 Lsize=N/A time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed= 0x
video:0kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown
Output file is empty, nothing was encoded (check -ss / -t / -frames parameters if used)

Somebody can help me ?

Michaël
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowible:
Hello, have you solved this problem
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] jbryant772:
I recently switched to an sm-g950u (G950USQS5CRH1) on oreo 8.0.0. I am on metro pcs. The phone is a metro phone. But for some reason I have low cell signal or none at times. Where as my old LG never had an issue. The only time I get service is when I'm connected to wifi. I turn it off no calls can be made no text msgs sent or received. I have factory reset 3 times and verified the apn settings. Any help with this issue is much appreciated. Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] donutspecial:
same happen to me 3 days ago
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] donutspecial:
Replacing the daughterboard and the two antenna cables fixed my problem
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] jawadov:
hi my device is rooted but i cant read the wireless password o wireless recovery apps ???
[HTC Excalibur] Rip Syntaxx:
Hey guys... I've recently flashed my S620 from T-Mo WM6 to an HTC 1.33 WM6 ROM and I no longer have OZ Messenger software (i.e. AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, etc.). Is there a .cab I can install to retrieve these programs? If so, can someone post it? Thanks in advance.
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Search.... its here.
[Honor 10 Questions & Answers] mrspeccy:
I am still wondering whether my rebranded Honor 10 (previously COL-AL10, now COL-L29, https://xdaforums.com/honor-10/how-to/successfully-rebranding-chinese-col-t3823782) can be modified further such that also specific European LTE bands are activated that the Chinese phone did not support (more precisely, LTE band 20). So far, this missing LTE band 20 is the only feature that the rebranding did not activate.

I suspect the file /mnvm2:0/modem_nv/nv.bin contains settings for the modem, including the allowed LTE bands. Is anyone with a "genuine" COL-L29 willing to send me his/her file? I won't of course flash it right away, but would like to study and compare it to "my" nv.bin file to see whether my hyphothesis may be true that the file is crucial for the active LTE bands.
[Honor 10 Questions & Answers] Marek.N:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E9RGQ-2iJRFueMOl2r_48MSoF0A0uSZt/view?usp=drivesdk

Here it is sir :)
[Honor 10 Questions & Answers] mrspeccy:
Thank you very much! Will let you know my findings.
[Honor 10 Questions & Answers] mrspeccy:
My findings are very preliminary:

The nv.bin file is regularly changed by Android but its file size seems to be fixed at 7,89 MB. Maybe it represents a kind of database.

Most bytes of the file are 00 and there is a huge overlap between the version I have from the "Chinese" phone and the one that @[MENTION]Marek.N[/MENTION] captured on his COL-L29.

Some portions of my file have been clearly written after I started using the device here in Denmark. For example, the file contains the string "sip ... 238" representing a voice-over-wifi gateway including the Danish country code 238. @[MENTION]Marek.N[/MENTION]'s file did not include this piece of code.

I finally replaced my file with the one by @[MENTION]Marek.N[/MENTION] in TWRP but this did not change anything with respect to the availability of 800 MHz LTE. It might be that the file was restored from a backup since the "sip...238" string had again been written to it when I investigated nv.bin after a reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 Questions & Answers] machx1111:
The flag does not exist at all in developer options.

Does this mean verizon version bootloader is not unlockable? (Locked down)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 Questions & Answers] N1NJATH3ORY:
Here try this link https://www.xda-developers.com/fix-...y-s9-samsung-galaxy-s8-samsung-galaxy-note-8/ it should be the same process!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 Questions & Answers] machx1111:
Thanks! I found something similar last night on a different site and it didn't seem to work. Later I will try factory reset + this procedure.

I know Verizon locks down the bootloader on the Pixels they sell... Hopefully not the same with their tablets!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 Questions & Answers] tomiga:
Sorry to break it to you but the Verizon Galaxy Tab S4 has a locked bootloader that can't be unlocked. Pretty much any device you get on Verizon, you can expect to be locked down.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 Questions & Answers] machx1111:
Thanks for confirming! Back this thing goes...