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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] spawnlives:
First I don't have a Snapdragon variant so in regards to rooting I can't help.Your question is probably better asked in that thread you followed.

I could be wrong about this but from what I gather it doesn't work if your on Oreo only nougat but as said ask in that thread.

In regards to the Odin error you are trying to flash an older bootloader version than what is on your phone
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jwikoff99:
I peeled off the back cover so I could swap on a new one and put a new Slickwrap on. With it still off, I found I can't get the phone to turn back on. I also found that I made a small puncture in the battery foil just under the edge of the black mat that the wireless coil in on. There's a glue/paint smell in that area that the rest of the open phone doesn't seem to have.

Should it be able to turn on with the back cover off or is there some "safety" that prevents that?

Is a small puncture in the foil a problem, or is it just a cosmetic wrap?

I have not put the new back cover on yet.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jwikoff99:
I plugged it in and the screen showed the charging battery animation. Still open back.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jwikoff99:
I put it on my wireless charger and it powered on automatically. Doesn't seem to respond to pushing the power button. No back cover still.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jwikoff99:
The volume buttons don't work either. I put the old cover back on and got no change.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jwikoff99:
I reseated the ribbon cable by the power/volume buttons and it seems to be fine now.

Still wondering about the battery foil puncture though?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runekock:
I would replace the battery, just to be on the safe side. They are not too expensive. You don't want your phone to be a Galaxy Note-like bomb in your pocket.

Also, if it is the original battery, it will be old by now. Many people (me included) have had to replace their batteries because of sudden power offs.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jwikoff99:
The battery life has really held strong so far. And I am considering a new phone come Black Friday, so I might hold off on a new battery for now. I'd get a Pixel 3xl, if it weren't for the lack of headphone jack.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] CrazyKoala:
Hello.

Is there a way to do a full backup (absolutely all, including the secure folder) of the phone ?

Something very similar to what is possible on iOS.

I need to have my phone replaced by Samsung, but I want to be able to restore my phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] kurrupt_1:
Back up via SmartSwitch and back up secure folder via Samsung backup, then restore new device from SmartSwitch and restore your secure folder via Samsung backup.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] CrazyKoala:
Oh Smart Switch backups totally everything ? Nice.

I will check Samsung backup as well then. Thanks.
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Hey guys,

Made my first ever YouTube video of an unboxing and first impressions of the Huawei Mate 20 pro.

Let me know what you think, maybe I'll do more as time goes on!

Sorry for the blurring (you'll see!)

[youtube]iE-JWJBtRKc[/youtube]
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] leo72793:
What was blurred for half the video? And I feel the hardware for dual SIM is there but software prevents it.
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Aye sorry about that. The blur is hiding my IMEI number from in the system info setting screen, but I did a bad job at adding the blur via the YouTube editor! It took overnight for the processing to complete and in all honesty didn't fancy waiting again to rectify it! Won't happen again :p

Your point about the sim is possible. Mine is a sim tray that's one side for the sim and other for the memory card. It's also possible however that it's a hardware thing that perhaps that side of the tray will only read a sim etc, but as you say likely software dictated...
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] denzel09:
What you think about 3D face unlock after some tries? https://xdaforums.com/mate-20-pro/help/3d-unlock-t3859209
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
My initial testing of it seemed good. Though for now I'm happy with using the fingerprint and occasionally my pattern security :)
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Negan:
I think you did a nice job. I see what you mean with the blurring but hey it happens! I can't wait to get mine.
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Thanks mate, that's appreciated! You're gonna love to play with it when it arrives! :)
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] Technicalyog:
Finally something good from lg in India... Improved battery life. Have to check camera quality.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] sidhusuku:
Just checked now for india model. Did not get anything.

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It’s there in LG bridge and is a massive one 3.5 Gb. OTA and when ever that comes will be smaller
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] Palauv:
Its been 2 hours since I started the update but 4% only!!!! Lg bridge is superrrr slow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I have 25mbps connection)
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] vaibhavdoshi:
Downloaded the update in 5 min ,yet ti check the new features in October update
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] rockinsnake:
Any idea when OTA will arrive for the same?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] techhahn:
Finally security updates they pushed, at this pace it seems Android P will come in 3rd quarter of 2019.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] praveen6585:
I am finding the phone to be snappier after the update.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] Inerent:
Hello! I have the LG G7 EAW HK version. How can I install indian firmware? I am curently on 10e hk firmware and in LG Bridge it doesn't find the 10L version.

Please help.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] mohanparvatham:
Any Volte support for Airtel?

Edit: Still no support for Airtel VoLTE
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] sudipta.biswal:
Finally got an update from LG

Finally got some update from LG yesterday. Downloading is too slow. I saw few changes so far after the update.

1st - Security patch updated to Oct 1st.

2nd - 4K video shooting support with 60 fps

3rd - Brightness slider changed to multicolor(Yellow color beyond 80%)

If anyone has any other findings, plz share
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] charan99:
Update findings

Same here

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Very true ;)
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] praveen6585:
I am not a 100% sure about this but I don't remember seeing the Brightness Boost timeout option under Display settings before the update so I guess it seems to be an addition.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] djfreaky:
I purchased the lm-g710emw lg g7 india yesterday and immediately received fota update. I am not sure but i think i checked the wide angle lens before applying fota and it was working fine. Now i can see the normal lens is working fine but the wide angle lens is out of focus and blurry. No physical cover over lens. I did all usual factory reset start as new then deleting app preferences app data cache and even tried error recovery iin lg bridge pc app. Still problem persist. Tried gcam mod too wide angle is out of focus. Online retailer says refund as phone out of stock ..lg says take to service centre. Is using bridge to error recover different from firmware flashing through lg up? Should i give that a try or does it look like hardware issue?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] NileshVarma:
The 60 FPS @4K has been seen but an issue with it is it captures very less light and seems like completely dark in low light room. However the same 4k @30 fps captures light much better.

Its a major issue.

Similar efect can be seen at 120 fps FHD and in slow motion mode in low light room.

Note : By Low light I mean 10x10 ft room with a buld in one end of room to illuminate the room sufficiently.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] LameMonster82:
That's completely normal. When recording 30fps videos every frame will receive more light. 60fps will receive less light because there's simply not enough time. The same goes for 120fps.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] MaanasDwivedi:
This is not about 4k but just video in general but is anyone else getting a weird wobbly effect in stabilized videos?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] sallodhi:
For years, Android users have known the sad story of update rollout. Major manufacturers such as Samsung, Xiaomi, HTC, Huawei and others offer excellent hardware but struggle terribly when it comes to the rollout of regular updates. The delay or ignorance in rolling out updates has often made the platform more prone to security threats. However, Google has been trying hard to reduce the plight that Android users face and therefore has updated its terms and condition of the Android license terms.

The Verge has got hold of the latest terms and conditions of the Android license book, where it clearly states that all manufacturers using Android as the operating system will have to deliver regular updates to their devices for at least two years. Manufacturers will be required to roll out at least four security updates within a year of the device’s launch. For the second year, Google hasn’t laid out any particular timeframe, but manufacturers are required to patch any security vulnerabilities that been detected and fixed by Google.

However, there are a lot of agreements to this contract. Google has made the following licence terms only for those devices that are popular, i.e. the particular model should at least touch the 100,000 sales mark. The terms only apply to devices that have been launched after 31st January, 2018. Additionally, there will only be selected devices that will be bound by the security agreement, which could eventually be restricted to premium devices and Google-branded devices.

Wonder what happens if manufacturers don’t comply? According to license terms, Google could be forced to deny the approvals of future devices from the manufacturer, eventually preventing them from being released.

Do note that these terms aren’t present on Google’s global licence terms and have been only found by The Verge for now. However, the effects of this new agreement are visible this year as several third-party manufacturers, especially the ones who were a part of the Android Beta Program, have rolled out the latest updates to compliant devices within a few weeks. Google has also been trying its best to help manufacturers roll out the latest updates via Project Treble, which separated the core of the Android OS from the modifications that are mounted over the stock OS.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] akshmau5:
You saw this on reddit right?! ?

And looking at the fact that treble hasn't helped much with updates from OEMs, this thing is a good thing as OEMs mostly have no intentions for providing OS updates, only security updates (some don't even do that). Especially with a heavy customised skin on top.

There is a kicker behind this though.

Sadly, this is only for phones which Google thinks it's doing well (vague term) and mostly would be for flagships.
[Nexus 5 General] redsmith:
As said in the title, I'm giving my N5 to my father. Is it best to flash stock Marshmallow or try something a little speedier and secure but not as stable? What are your thoughts?

Thank you for all your recommendations.
[Nexus 5 General] psiphi:
Personally like marshmallow better because I think battery life longer.
[Nexus 5 General] edu24lal:
Keep marshmallow or upgrade to nougat, LOS 14.1
[Nexus 5 General] stuffed_tiger:
if you want to do a little work before you give it to him, this is my suggestion. this is what i did for a long time, before i started really messing with my N5. (instructions for clarification, you probably already know how this stuff works.)

TL;DR: flash stock M -> root -> remove junk [-> unroot]

ive never actually unrooted so i dont know the process, but if you feel its a good idea...

INSTRUCTIONS:

- download and flash stock Android M from the google stock ROM collection. (hammerhead).

- wait until it reaches Startup Wizard and then reboot into bootloader.

- flash TWRP recovery.

- reboot into bootloader again.

- from recovery, flash SuperSU to gain root.

- reboot into system.

- after setting up the phone, disable first and then remove (titanium backup is my choice) any unnecessary app.

note: make sure the app is disabled. sometimes after you hit the disable button it just uninstalls updates without actually disabling it. the app will say Disabled in the app list.

note: you can filter installed apps in titanium backup by Frozen status so the disabled ones are easier to find.

- reboot.

- if youd like, here you could unroot.

- reboot and enjoy.

REMINDER:

removing certain apps can prevent basic functionality from working properly. trial by fire, i know for a fact that the system cannot run without the Google app installed. Google Play Services is another necessary one.

i feel marshmallow was a fantastic generation of android. i was always learning new things i could do. also, as a human with a father i feel he would benefit more from stability than from extra performance or features.

have fun, and be safe.
[Nexus 5 General] maybeme2:
Stick with marshmallow or, if you want to get rid of Google spying, go to lineageos 14.1.

What are you getting for yourself?
[Nexus 5 General] redsmith:
Two years ago I bought a OnePlus 3T, and I have been using a Pixel 2 for a year now. I wish Google released an improved Nexus 5. There are no good small phones anymore.
[Nexus 5 General] maybeme2:
I guess the OnePlus 3T didn't do it for you...

How does the Pixel 2 compare with the nexus 5?

I'm using lineageos 14.1 with MicroG, Xprivacylua, and AFWall on my N5 (no Google apps) and would probably do the same with a new phone.
[Nexus 5 General] xenyz:
Is he going to be using it as his main cell phone? If you need stability the best bet is likely LineageOS 14.1

Personally, I'm on darkrom 7.1.2 (& elementalx 8.14 kernel) for more than a year now as I need a stable phone but LOS is more up-to-date.
[Nexus 5 General] redsmith:
Actually the OP3T is wonderful. The only reason I got a Pixel is because my wife's N5 died, so I gave her the OP3T and then I bought myself a Pixel 2. Like most of us, I'm the unofficial smartphone dealer in the family...

The Pixel 2 is great. The camera is unrivaled and stock Android is lightning fast as always. That said, I wish it was the same size as the N5. No current smartphone can match the ergonomics of the late N5. If I were Google, I'd release the N5 with the same exact dimensions, OLED screen, current camera tech, bigger battery, and stereo speakers. I'd buy the **** out of that phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Sony92:
namely, I use tidal, as a streaming service. But I often have it that songs are just too quiet for me. Now I have the file, mixer_gains.xml found, where yes the values ​​are, to make the volume generally louder. can someone tell me what value I need to change exactly, so I get streaming apps like tidal or Spotify a higher volume?

then I have a question, I have read that the streaming services have the volume generally down to have a supposedly better listening experience. but sometimes the so-called clipping occurs with me. So when I listen to music over the streaming service, the music comes over with certain fluctuations. It sounds like you are constantly turning loud and quiet in a song, one behind the other. (is difficult to describe) could one work against it somehow? I have the feeling that since the system volume and the desired volume of the streaming service interfere with each other? The problem occurs very often, but it does not always stop. I'm still a bit helpless.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] iceepyon:
Is the issue present when you listen to music that is stored natively on your device?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] banditbanger:
Hi,

I researched this quite extensively but no real solution yet.

I have Kaiser and I recently bought Audi Q7. Kaiser works fairly OK over Bluetooth (Jetware installed). I can see and import contacts - not a very elegant process since the name and surname get joined up and all the numbers, which belong to any one contacts are shown separately (with /M, /W etc.) and I have to do a lot of work manually to sort everything out after import. But I can live with that.

However, I would like to integrate my Kaiser into the phone prep located underneath the central armrest (I believe it is universal so I can put on any cradle supplied by Audi - it just seems from the list of supported devices that Audi sells no cradle compatible with Kaiser or any PDA phone), so it would use the power supply and antenna in the car.

Can anyone help me in any way?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] banditbanger:
So, no solution anyone? I've been searching for days now and it seems that the only practical thing would be to buy a cradle for another phone and then convert it somehow for use with Kaiser... Not a very elegant solution though...

BR
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] Fawkes:
You can use Bluetooth rSAP adaptator for this connection: it is Audi ref. 8P0 051 440 for the A4 (2008);and it looks identical connection...

You may also have standard hand free bluetooth by the MMI (but this don't use external car reception), I can use the phone contacts also this way in A4...
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Questions & Answers] Rbarkley1982:
I have installed Firmware Finder to upgrade however, I cannot figure out how to install v122. Anyone able to help - searching the web is not helping either.
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Questions & Answers] mabro1974:
im having same issue. when you bbot into recovery there is no install from zip option
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Questions & Answers] sille:
doesnt work
[Nook Touch General] RyogoNA:
https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79267820&postcount=608
[Nook Touch General] jptiger:
Thanks RyogoNA! This put me on the path. Since the post you linked to points you in the general direction (but needs some slight modification to work), I'm summarizing the findings here:

The following steps will allow you to download files (though the default download location is a little unintuitive). Your device needs to be rooted for this to work:

Download and install Root Explorer from your app source of choice

Open the following zip file: http://su.barnesandnoble.com/nook/piper/4.2/1.45/update.zip

Find Downloadprovider.apk and Downloadprovider.odex in /system/priv-app/ of the zip archive

Copy both files to your nook

Use root explorer to move both files to /system/priv-app/. (Root explorer is especially good for this job as it can easily mount the system folder as writable, which is a PITA to do otherwise)

This gave my Nook Touch 3 the ability to download files.

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Now for bonus points - does anyone have idea how to change the default download location? It seems to be going to a folder far away from the default one that mounts when I hook the device up to my comp via USB. Once I download a file and then search for it, it appears in the following places:

/data/media/0/Download/

/mnt/shell/emulated/0/Download/

/mnt/sdcard/Download/

/storage/emulated/0/Dowload/

I'd ideally like to send downloads to somewhere in the main folder the nook can see itself and that computers can see when you hook it up via USB, /storage/spsd/NOOK/.

Solutions I've tried:

Using ES File Explorer to change it, but that only seems to work when you use their download manager, which has a strange habit of vanishing from the system at odd times.

Using the Lightning browser and specifying this as the folder. This seems to cause the download to just fail.

Anyone have any other ideas?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] krabman:
I've never really used many of Googles apps and services and more specifically given it all the permissions for which it's asked. I decided for no particular reason other than morbid curiosity to go all in this time; give it everything, partake of every privacy smashing feature. So far I'm not really finding the phone experience to be different than when I blocked many of those features.

This had me curious, just how Goog is everyone else going with their phones? I don't want this to devolve into a privacy debate so please leave that for another thread. I'm interested in how Goog folks are going and if they feel the benefits are worthwhile to them.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobbyphoenix:
I've never opted out of anything when I get a new Google device, or even on Chrome from that matter. And even when I get a prompt to opt in to something they ask to help development, or to better my experience I always say yes. I've been doing this since the Nexus One. I'm deep into the Google ecosystem. I use all Google products for everything I can think of (barring OS as I use Windows 10, and not Chrome OS). I've never had any privacy or security issues with Google having all my info, and I'm not worried about it in the slightest. They have millions of subscribers/customers. I'm sure they're not worried about any one individual's info. Anyway I know you said you don't want to get into the privacy/security aspect of it, and neither do it, but I just wanted to throw in my experience with opting in to everything.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] aaronrw:
Let Google be Google! Seriously though it's not like they track you like spies lol, you'll enjoy the little things that make Google different. Location based stuff mainly
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] krabman:
I'm not noting much difference; I'd say none if given more time and I didn't notice some helpful feature between here and whenever I decide to call the experiment. And yeah, Bobby, it is kind of a fine line, privacy is a worthy topic but not the purpose of this thread. I'm just curious if people do go all in or not and if so if they find it beneficial. In other words I was wondering how many go full Goog and if so was it worth it to give Goog the works because of some benefit I haven't yet surfaced. Start talking about privacy,security, that sort of thing, the thread is as good as dead.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Face_Plant:
I like to use as many Google apps or services as I can. They're usually pretty handy and allow me to get the most out of my phone. This is supposed to be a Google phone, so why not use Google's stuff instead of third party apps? If my data gets leaked then I could always join a class action lawsuit with the others that were affected.

The only annoying thing I've found with signing up for every Google service is pretty much anything I search for on Google shows up in my Google Now feed. For example, if I search for barbershops in my area or ask Google Assistant to find me the nearest one I'll get a few cards in my Google Now feed the next morning related to hair cutting or the latest hair styles. They assume that I'm interested in that stuff and want more info, but in reality I could care less. I just wanted a damn haircut... To avoid this I've been doing all of my searching in an incognito window. I can't turn off search history because if I do I can't use Google Now or Google Assistant :(
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] PuffDaddy_d:
This exactly!

My wife is always being lazy and asking me to search for something for her (while she's holding her phone!) and she doesn't understand why I hate doing it. It's because I don't want to fill my google feed and advertising ID with info on her (very feminine) interests.