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[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Laxxium:
Is anyone else having issues recently with their pixel 2XL being able to detect their face against it on a call.

Sometimes I'll be on a call and feel my phone vibrate and when I peek at the screen, I can see the screen is on and it's on a random page like my alarm settings, because my cheek pushed against a button on the home screen for example.

Also, when pulling the unit away from my face sometimes the unit doesn't light back up and i have to push the physical on button to get it to turn on.

Or even worse this week, I've noticed that after my phone doesn't light back up when I pull it away from my face and I try to turn it back on with the on button, it doesn't work... the screen never turns back on, I have to double push the button to get the camera to pop up and then dismiss it to get back to the home screen.

It's getting pretty frustrating. Has anyone had this issue? Anything I can look into to fix this?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] tatico28:
I`ve been having this random issues with the proximity sensor and my phone not able to charge with the stock charger.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
The proximity sensor is right by the ear piece so if you have your ear touching first it should, in theory, turn off the screen before your cheek touches the screen. Personally, I don't have my cheek touching at all while on a call but I have a slim face.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] coolsid8:
Download a sensor test app and check for proximity sensor. I had a similar issue some time back. Reboot fixed it for me.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] slyfox8900:
Hey,

So there are 5 dots on the zoom bar in the latest Pixel 2 camera app, does anyone know what the ACTUAL zoom levels are at each dot? Ie, 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x 5x?? or 1x, 1.5x, 2x, 2.5x, 3x, 3.5x? They should really add this to the UI honestly, it would help.

Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] harisyks:
It was 7x before, doubt they changed it.
[Honor Magic 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] emilrune:
Help me get this beauty, that's all thanks:laugh:

No seriously, this trumps the Mix 3 by a mile. I'm in Denmark, and there are some Honor phones sold here, but would it be any trouble getting the China version? And what's everyone's bet on whether or not they'll do an international version?

Ok bye you all rock:cool:
[Honor Magic 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] benjmiester:
X2. Looks like US LTE bands are almost all there. Good enough for me on At&t
[Honor Magic 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nadeem A.M:
On gearbest right now. Haven't looked too much into it. I'll probably wait until the facial scanner version releases in a month or two. Deciding between this and OP6T
[Honor Magic 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] emilrune:
Odds on this one getting a Global ROM/release? I can't wait much longer....

Also, if I import this one, is it possible to add or sideload the Google framework and play store? Thanks
[Honor Magic 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cerian:
Available at https://tradingshenzhen.com as of a few hours ago.

[MENTION=2085025]emilrune[/MENTION] according to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRYJ0E3rY you should be able to install them manually.

I wouldn't hold my breath for a GDPR compliant EU version anytime soon. (not unless they remove Yoyo totally from the EU specific version). Outside EU? No idea. The phone did make an appearance on the global version of Honor's webpage recently. (https://www.hihonor.com/global/products/smartphone/honormagic2/)
[Honor Magic 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] emilrune:
Intriguing (or perhaps just a website goof on their behalf) re. the Magic 2 turning up on the global site. Thanks for the heads-up [MENTION=3387439]Cerian[/MENTION]. I am getting closer and closer to just say eff it and order the China version. I got a nagging feeling that this phone will never see release outside of China... But Google Framework is paramount to my devices, I have my stuff all tied up in the Google ecosystem.
[Honor Magic 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
Hopefully there will be a more global focused version. For T-Mobile USA, it is missing band 66, which is fairly common. Band 71 would be nice to have as well on something this modern. No band 28/29 for most Canadian 700MHz LTE either for the Bell/Telus network.
[Honor Magic 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] karamba:
No need to sideload. I was surprised to find that Google services and Play store are preloaded on the Honor Magic 2 on the Chinese ROM!

I think it's related to which region you select when you setup the phone so if you choose anything but China region you see the Play Store app and Google Services are working.

The Chinese ROM has some preloaded Chinese apps, all of them can be removed. Huawei also preloaded their apps and services on the phone, some can be removed, others can be disabled and there are few that you can't touch (Wallet, AppsGallery - Huawei store, HiVoice), but eventually you get a very clean phone with Google Services working out of the box so to be honest it's really (almost) clean Global ROM out of the box.

The only thing I had to setup (except of removing the unnecessary apps) is the battery exceptions which were disabled for Google services by default for some reason (I experienced some delays in push messages, now it is better).

By the way, the Chinese ROM is also has 50-60 languages supported while a typical China ROM has Chinese and English only.
[Honor Magic 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] jtotti80:
To me it seems like a better phone than the Mi Mix 3. Is there news on a global version being released ? The only thing that's holding me back is that the bootloader can't be unlocked without paying but hopefully somebody will find a solution to that. If I could root this phone, it'd be one of the best phones released so far
[Honor Magic 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] flamery:
I would buy the china version right now if I could, problem is for me is import taxes, as it equates OT over 1000 in my local currency I have to be a registered importer, even at $999 value it will means a $200 import fee.

I have no issues with China rom, it has English language, it supports google framework what else would I need?, and later on in the future I'm sure there will be plenty of cooked roms released for this since its such a beast phone.
[Honor Magic 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Taiki321:
There wont be a single custom rom for it. The bootloader ist locked and you can't unlock it (except if you pay some money) no bootloader unlock -> no custom recovery -> no custom rom or kernels....

It is really sad, it used to be my new device but not with all these restrictions..
[Honor Magic 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] LuckyLuke444:
Don't know where you are located, but I got mine from Wonda Mobile, arrived in the UK within 2 weeks and no import duty was charged. They seem to handle the goods through regional warehouses.
[Honor Magic 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] sevdoggie:
I ordered through trading shenzhen it arrived to the US in 8 days..
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elias Souza:
in the last compilation of the ROM AICP, the Wi-Fi mode is sometimes disabled type I am connected then disabled wifi, when I activate the device again to return its operation. Help!!!!
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivadow:
Try WiFi advanced options and keep WiFi always on/never sleep.
[Samsung Gear S3] Kpwise509:
I purchase a s3 that was used. It had the receipt and it was purchased for full price at best buy. Apparently the account it was on is closed for non payment so verizon will not let me activate it on my business account. I know the Sim is Embedded so I can't just swap it out, is it possible to change it through software or does anyone else have any ideas other than paying off an account that isn't mine and I have no access to, or return to seller because I have tried with no luck.
[Samsung Gear S3] Mr. Orange 645:
The IMEI (not the eSIM) is blocked and cannot be changed.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mb06:
i have an att 8525, it started connecting constantly to the internet its very frustrating, could someone assist me with this any help would be appreciated. Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] robert6983:
Hello everyone. I’ve got a hizpo stereo that a friend of mine give me a few weeks back. The numbers on the side of the radio is ADY17009. It’s running Android 7.1.2. The problem I’m having with it is the screen is inverted. I’ve tried the reset button tried erasing everything no luck. I tried accessing developer mode pressing build number 7 times and it didn’t let me access it. Anyone know where I can get a copy of the stock firmware and operating system on this thing or can I upgrade it to the latest and hopefully it will fix the issue. I can’t sign up on hizpo website. Every time I try to I get a connection timed out error. I had posted in the general forum so please delete that. That’s what I get for not reading lol.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
This is usually a symptom of a loose connection in the hardware(believe it or not, a good shake, tap or bump this way or that way has been known to solve this) or a symptom of the sensor needing to be recalibrated(also solved by shaking/bumping or even lightly dropping on a soft surface from about 12 inches, but doing it while the device is powered off)

Or, if the device still functions correctly, there are apps that can recalibrate the sensors for you.

As for finding the stock firmware...

If a Google search for:

"Return to stock (your model number)"

Is not finding anything, then it probably isn't available. These cheap, off brand devices usually do not get any software support of any kind from the manufacturers, they do not release the stock source or the stock firmware to the public.

If it came down to really needing to flash the device, you'd have to look for a firmware from a device that uses the exact same hardware as the device you own. That can be very difficult, it requires opening the device to look at the numbers on the hardware components, then using those to compare to other devices. If one of those devices is the same as yours and has a firmware available, you can use it.
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] Arrandale:
Hello,

i was trying to manually install the Android 9 Beta, unlocked my phone, flashed TWRP and tried to flash the firmware. It didn't work and i got the brilliant idea to just format everything.

Of course afterwards it didn't work either, and after a reboot i could not even access TWRP anymore. By now i got it to show the TWRP boot screen but after that nothing happens. If i try to boot normally it is just stuck on the "Device has been unlocked and can't be trusted" screen and nothing happens.

I can however access the bootloader.

Does anyone have an idea if this is fixable? Would be sad to lose a 400€ phone to a stupid mistake.

Greetings :)
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] 2WildFirE:
Downland your matching firmware, extract it and flash the main partitions back via fastboot then try to boot to erecovery and do a restore.
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] Arrandale:
Hi, what do you mean by extract? How do i do that?

Thanks for your answer :)
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] Nimueh:
https://openkirin.net/user_guide/how-to-extract-partition-images-from-stock-emui-firmware/ :cool:
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] Arrandale:
Okay so i extracted and flashed the System.img, the Recovery_Ramdisk.img and the Ramdisk.img. System and Recovery flashed fine, the Ramdisk.img however did not flash. I attached an image of the command line, i could not find anything about that error online. With Recovery and System flashed, it still gets stuck on the "Device has been unlocked and can't be trusted" screen. Is there anything else i should extract and flash?

[MENTION=4649623]Nimueh[/MENTION] Wow that's a great guide, thank you!
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] 2WildFirE:
Boot mal in das recovery, wenn du siehst das device can't not trust bla bla dann druck die vol Up Taste länger als 3 secunden.

Boot to erecovery by hold vol up at reboot screen this device can't trust bla bla.

In this recovery try factory reset.

Or try in erecovery to recover via WLAN
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] Arrandale:
Hi,

i still can't access the Recovery, it just stays on the "Device can't be trusted" Screen.

Greetings :)
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] 2WildFirE:
Jep press and hold power and vol up, till it reboot the release the button.

If you see the boot screen press vol up till you see your device is booting the release the button.

Wait till you see the erecovery
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] Arrandale:
Yes i tried that, but nothing happens after that. [It's been over 5 minutes, i'm pretty sure it's stuck]
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] 2WildFirE:
Did you tryed to Flash ramdisk again?
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] Arrandale:
Yeah, no matter how often i try, it always spits out the same error :/
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] 2WildFirE:
Hmm and the files matching to your phone?
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] Arrandale:
Yeah it's from the BKL-L09C432 FullOTA :/
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] 2WildFirE:
168?
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] Arrandale:
Yeah it's the 168, is that one bad?
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] 2WildFirE:
If 168 you can try https://drive.google.com/file/d/141CwANHYOUc4Z0wfmw2rEpYnqoCHRfOR/view?usp=drivesdk

Recovery-ramdisk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qMQI0lWyQubabM7xhUoLM7KYyjKOf3cd/view?usp=drivesdk

And kernel

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w4jOfkXAeyuqMgE2FRMV4x_QbSqTzp-M/view?usp=drivesdk
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] Arrandale:
I still get the same error sadly. Maybe i am using the wrong command? I used: fastboot flash ramdisk [file], is that correct?
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] 2WildFirE:
Yep

---------- Post added at 11:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:59 PM ----------

Did you can flash kernel?
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] Arrandale:
Yes i flashed all the files you sent
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] passion8059:
Should be fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk (file).img
[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] mohsyn:
I had a similar issue

try the following if it works for you

first flash ramdisk ( ramdisk.img extracted from full ota update.app )

then reboot back to bootloader

then flash kernel then reboot back to bootloader

then flash recovery_ramdisk (preferable twrp)

this should give you access in twrp and ability to reinstall partitions from your backup or full ota
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] SatoshiDesu:
Title, I have been using 7.1 ROMs re remix, and I want to install the Oreo version, do I need to flash something before flash a Oreo rom?
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] thedr34m13:
Nope, you're good to go. Just flash RR-O like you would any nougat rom, and you'll be fine.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] JEETUBADBOY:
MOD EDIT: CONTENT REMOVED
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] oneandroidnut:
What do these do?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] g96818:
thought you were allowed to post referal codes.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
It's a rewards program w/OnePlus,it's part of their low-cost marketing strategy:

https://www.oneplus.com/referral

https://www.oneplus.com/referral/terms
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] molitar:
So basically he gets credit for someone using his referral code and we will get $20 towards accessories.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
Perhaps the buyer & the person posting gets some sort of credit/rewards,IDK,

Check the links I posted earlier here,you should be able to get more info on it.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] karthi1:
MOD EDIT: CONTENT REMOVED
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
Referral threads are not allowed.

THREAD CLOSED
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] roel1976:
I got my OP6 and installed whatsapp and I am now trying to activate web whatsapp which requires you to scan a QR code on a web page on your computer.. However the camera is not focusing and therefore recognising the QR code. If I try to take a picture in a whatsapp chat it shows a very clear picture.

I've added a screenshot of what this looks like. I tried pressing the screen, double tapping, rebooting etc. I use a custom ROM, Havoc.

By moving fingers over the two lenses I've figured out that whatsapp is using bottom of the two lenses present lens for finding QR code.

Is this a hardware problem? Or is there something else going on? Can I test this somehow? I am not sure how I can just test this one lens alone.

Thanks in advance for any help!

EDIT: I did read up on all the camera problem threads but it seems my problem is just with the lower lens hence this thread.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] roel1976:
I just checked with a supermarket app that allows you to scan their items and here the scan camera focused quickly and perfectly.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] mikex8593:
The lower lense isn't for capturing images.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] roel1976:
But if whatsapp forced the use of this lens on OP6 more people would have seen this issue? Can you try it perhaps. No need to scan, just activate the camera: open Whatsapp > three dots at top right > WhatsApp Web.

Thanks!
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] mikex8593:
I don't use that app.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] nabbed:
Whatsupp?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] theaxis01:
Have u tried cleaning the lens?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] meistr91:
I had the same issue but it was when installed omni rom.. i have played with it a bit flashed back oos, and it working properly.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] marcelodsp:
I have same problem, but i use custom rom, liquid_remix.

Has anyone got the solution?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] elmarian756:
yes it is, open the camera and place your finger on the lower lense and you will see that no image can be captured. Upper lense is depth sensor also a camera with autofocus.

if you want to test the cameras dial *#*#1597#*#* and you can change wich of both cameras you want to use to take pics. (at least in oxygenOS, i dont know about other roms). to discard a hardware malfunction, propper way to test this is to install stock OOS, then dial that number and check if both cameras focus (point at a distant object and see if it is focused, then place your hand close to the camera and see if it can focus on it) and check if OIS work (activate the camera and move the phone and look at the camera if it moves with the phone or if it stabilizes correctly)
[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Questions & Answers] Az Biker:
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[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Az Biker:
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[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Lei.SHI:
My pixel xl(1st gen) purchased from Google store in Jan 2017, and in bootloop a week ago.

I contact google support, they told me my device out of the 1-yr warranty, and redirect me to UbreakIfix for repair, cost on myself.

I contacted UbreakIfix, get a quote for 300+ to change motherboard.

As of today, the Pixel XL only worth $130 trade-in value, and the condition need to be perfect.

So clearly I won't spend $300 to save a device only worth $130.

About the issue, I had some level of experience with fastboot/adb command:

* tried re-image all latest Google Stock Image of Android 7/8/9 individually with boot-loader unlocked, no luck;

* tried adb sideload ota image of Android 7/8/9 individually, with boot-loader locked/unlocked, no luck;

* tried change active slot to a and b with combination of above two items, no luck;

* checked the recovery logs, the boot-loader did take whatever Android stock image I feed to to it, and I do almost every time can get in to both boot-loader or recovery-mode successfully, and has no limit to run any fastboot/adb commands, but these are all I can do, and still not to get the phone boot into Android OS.

* in a very few times, the static "Google" in the white screen did spinning into a big rainbow "G", but it was frozen right after, and eventually reboot again.

I don't know if it worth spend more time on it, and feel very frustrated about spending my time on this doomed device and dealing with the Giant company as a individual customer.

I am not a picky guy, I accept the device running slow, or buggy sometime, but doesn't accept it dead in 2 years as a premium phone.

What do you think, guys?

By the way, many thanks to XDA forum, I learnt a lot from many brilliant and kind people here.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] smokinjoe2122:
It's not acceptable, but it's the norm. Look at buying a new tv - Some mfg warranties are like 90 days labor and 6 months to a year on parts...It's a shame you pay all that money for something that could be a paperweight in a year.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] ithehappy:
Acceptable for a phone, or any gadget worth $800 to die in 21 months? LMAO. If this acceptable to some group of people, please redirect them to the best psychic facility available on this planet.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] lafester:
Like you said, you can just grab another one for $130. Phones are put through a lot and used every day so it's hard to say. Lots of people have no issues for several years.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Lei.SHI:
I used my Pixel as a regular way, never root it, never even boot into bootloader before the bootloop issue, always use ota in os to get update. No water spilt, never get drop or hit. In another word, I never "abuse" the phone, and the phone has no accident.

Yeah, whatever, for the phone issue, I'm just having bad luck, like you said, many people have no issues. What I upset about is a $800 phone became a brick within 2 years with a normal usage, and Google not even give this case as an exception to cover it out of warranty.

You may say, or like Google said, then what the warranty stands for, right? I say, if only a few people got this issue, then as a Giant company, should cover since no fault on customer, and it would be a small cost to Google; if a lot of people got this issue, then still Google need to cover, since it becomes a general issue to this phone, which indicates this is a failed model at all.

Please don't think I'm a cheap guy, and trying to take advantage from Google, just trying to think the logical here. BTW, I'm not just complaining Google without putting in effort to solve the issue by myself, I did a little bit research and pickup learning, regard this issue, I'm not alone, many other users have the same issue as well, some of them get it "resolved" by reimage, but the other just has no luck like me.

You don't have to agree with me, I'm a kind of guy would love to discuss with people no matter they have same point view as mine or not. ;)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Phalanx7621:
What is the actual problem with the phone? You can get into the boot loader screen then correct? When you try to install the latest stock factory image from Google with fastboot what happens?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Lei.SHI:
Both the boot-loader and recovery-mode functions are normal. after flash in the stock factory image, all the progress logs shows flawless, and phone will reboot itself upon the progress is successfully complete. Instead of going into Android OS, the phone is stuck on a white screen with colorful "GOOGLE" in screen center, after like about 30 seconds, it reboots again, and if you leave the phone there, you will see it sometime just keep rebooting, showing the logo screen, or it goes into recovery-mode, showing "no command" black screen.