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[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Branko Radovanovic:
My experiences with the Android 9 update

Hello everyone!

I had a bit of a rough experience with the update, but it sorted out in the end. A couple of rather non-obvious things, so here they are, maybe it'll help someone.

After the update, I noticed I could no longer sync with my Mi Band 2. Unpairing and pairing again did not help. In the end, it turned out you need to have your location switched on while syncing with the Mi Fit app. With 8.1, you could just tap Cancel when the app nagged you about the location and it would work - now, of course, you can still tap Cancel but the app fails silently without telling you where's the problem. Fairly stupid and unnecessary, but I suppose this has nothing to do with Android itself, it's the Mi Fit app.

Another, much more serious issue, is that I could no longer connect to my home WiFi network. Looking at the wireless connection info, you could see that it tries to connect, apparently fails, and sets the status to "Saved". Once again, you are left guessing what is wrong. I spent perhaps two hours trying everything I could find googling, all the while cursing myself for going along with the update. Finally I realized the problem was due to the fact that Android update somehow changed the MAC address of the phone. And, of course, if you are security-aware and have restricted the access to your WiFi by using a MAC whitelist, your router will now reject the connection. This is rather strange and was far from obvious to me, because until now I was under the impression that MAC addresses are hardware-dependent and therefore fixed. Again: the real problem here is not the root issue, it's the way Android and/or the apps strand you with no info when something goes awry.

And yeah, as people have noticed, auto-brightness sets the screen a bit too dim, but that's in the nighttime, while the daytime brightness looks fine to me.

Altogether, not that bad.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Overunity01:
The device takes a couple of days to learn and adapt to the brightness you like just move the slider and it will learn it eventually.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] tummarellox:
I'm experiencing this issue as well (especially the stuck homescreen). It's extremely annoying (pretty clean phone updated, in Italy)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] stynabg:
Hi there,

I just got my A2 lite updated to Android 9. I have the following issues :

- By some reason my 64GB SD card got full to the top by "System" files.

- Some time when I try to enter and see what is happening in storage settings - it crashes I just can't do anything

-There are a lot of issueses with the storage, now all my pics and SD cashed files are missing :(...

- The automatic back light is terrible, in android 8 it was better, now it is dim allways and can't see anithing

- The audio volume is terrible in "9" - why they removed the old working way of changing the volume ?

-Can't remove this google search bar at the lower part of the screen, I need my quick access icons there, not google search.

This release is terrible...I update only because of the FM Radio, but no I regred. I was so happy with my phone with Android 8, and now it sucks, is there a way to revert back to last Android 8 ?

BR, Stanislav

Bulgaria
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] kma_29:
Got update to pie.

How do ya answer incoming call?

Screen doesnot turn on, just the ringtone is heard.

I have to unlock phone, and swipe down for notification acess, and just there are the Answer/Reject buttons.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] koper1:
??? It says OTA.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] jvc73:
No issues at all, love the release.

The backlight will adapt after a few days.

If you have issues do a factory reset.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] kitaco:
Everything has been fairly normal on Pie. Coming from a PIxel on the Pie Beta I was already used to all of the new features with Pixel. Brightness sorts itself out, SoT stays roughly the same, everything feels more responsive including typing and touching. Camera works exactly as well as it did in Oreo. FM Radio works really well.

Cons:

- Video extends (ignores) into the notch when using the "fill" setting, instead of aligning with the edge of the notch.

- VoLTE still does not work in T-Mobile USA including using all non-root instructions on here. No WiFi calling either. Calling via 3G/2G is same as it was in Oreo.

- Ring volume even at the lowest setting is too loud.

- AAC codec is absent from the initial Pie update.

- Status bar icons are too spaced out which means you always get the dot and it's much too far from the notch, unnecessary traffic indicators. I don't think the notch is setup correctly
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] malincinico:
Problems with DATA CONNECTION (internet)!

Since i updated at Android 9 i can't connect to the web:mad:,,,The signal arrives to me, but it result that my connection to the data is not active...i tried i modified apn...Nada!!! What i have to do?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] kma_29:
That did not help.

1. Had to flash full rom using miui flash tool

2. Had to forbid restore apps and settings from google/cloud.

3. Just enable sync for contacts.

4. reinstall needed apps from play store.

Do not use cloud (or google) "restore phone" or "setup from cloud backup" option on first time run.

Just sync your contacts.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] 1Plus1:
Finally, I did the update last night and here are the differences I have noticed:

+ Much more beautiful interface

+ Doublesim: Both networks are in 4G

+ New act not bad FM Radio

- For those using dual SIM, the Network icons in the state bar have become too big and are now one next to the other. He takes far too much space. It was better under Oreo.

- Dismissing the small icon "Settings" in the upper shortcuts pane (required to double-cut the shortcuts pane to access the icon at the bottom)

- Rate 4G LTE in very slight regression compared to Oreo

- Connection time to my slightly longer Wi-Fi network (7 sec), almost immediately on Oreo.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] suschmania:
Is there an easy way to go back to Oreo? As I read already it can be a problem with simcard recognizing....
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Reza 7:
after pie update I have the following issues :

google music player cant find my musics on sd card

and 3g network signal is very bad in pie
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] popadic022:
After update to 9 all works ok, good battery, signal, wifi,.. but icons in settings apk in unfinished, miss too many icons, so its ugly, they need to fix that. And when use volume control u can only use music level, not ring level.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] kma_29:
Contacts doubling because android system cant cope with WhatsApp contacts (if Whatsapp contacts are synced to device contacts).
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] slimshady76:
The contacts app has suggestions to merge duplicates.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] kma_29:
There are no duplicates, been there tried that. And that is a problem with WhatsApp being rude vith AndroidOne.

Same as with xiaomi Mi A1.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] emeemisri:
Brightness setting on pie is a joke
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Jimmiatus007:
Give it time to learn. I struggled with it for about 2 days.and am satisfied since then.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] alfiean:
I agree, 'teaching' only required a couple of days and now the Adaptive Brightness works well.

So far, everything works ok. Battery life isn't as good for me compared to Oreo.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] kromark:
I've successfully rejected Pie for a few weeks, but today I had downloading notification stuck (it showed animated arrow like files are still downloading, but they already were downloaded), to get rid of it I rebooted the phone, and then Android 9.0 was installed forcibly. Everything seem to be basically ok, except there is yet another stupid widget (weather and day of the week) on top of the homescreen which can't be removed.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] oxygen_doi:
A new update is on, the "sim switch" it's solved and I have a new option volte - enable. Good job ! [emoji4]
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] filippo.gambarota:
Hi,

I've a very strange problem. I've bought this phone 2 days ago from amazon warehouse deal (used like new). When i turned on the phone for the first time, after the configuration, i saw the android pie notification and i started to download it. Because of low battery level i postponed the update. After the update has disappeared and now my phone still with android oreo 8.0 and february security patches.

I've tried to:

reset the phone and configurate it with and without sim

reboot in safe mode and check for updates

hard and soft reset

I don't really know what i can do... its fantastic phone and i don't want to return it to amazon.

Someone can help me?
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] chingchan:
Maybe you can hard reset again... And try another google account ,... Clear the carrier service data storage,search streng connection and just wait it
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] skmaiyad:
I am facing same problem. I recently purchased. when i started device, i got pie update but i didn't install and pause update. after 2 days, its not showing.
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] dcxdv00-it:
Hi all,

same problem.

I turned on, for the first time, my new TA-1055 on 29 November.

I never had/saw the notification for any update and the phone is still saying to be up-to-date with Android 8.0.0, patch to Feb 2018.

I contacted the Nokia support using the "Nokia mobile Care" app. After some useless attempts, the operator asked me the Build Number and he/she said that there is a sort of delay with updates for such build...

So I googled and found some Italian users which had the same problem on May and October (I apologize, I'm new on xda-developers and the system does not allow me to post links).

If I understand correctly they received the update after few days.

Please let me know if you have news, I'll do the same with you.

Thank you.
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] dcxdv00-it:
OTA arrived: my smartphone is currently downloading Android 9 Pie (V3.22C).

Regards
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] dcxdv00-it:
It was the September update; updated further two times and it's now up-to-date with the November update.

Regards
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] James_Kni:
So I wanted to try out Pie on my device and I already had TWRP installed. I went through the process of formatting to remove the encryption, then I flashed the ROM + Gapps I then booted in and it was working fine. I then flashed the standalone Nougat bootloader so that I could use the fingerprint. All was still working fine until I tried to charge it. It would say "Charging slowly" and it was charging very slowly, and even managed to drain faster than it could fill even when not using it. At some points I did manage to get charging rapidly but then without even moving the device it would go back to charging slowly. I have now changed to a different ROM which is Oreo and it definitely seems more consistent so far but I still do have trouble getting it to charge quickly. Before I flashed the new ROM yesterday I was not having any problems charging. Does anyone know what could be the cause of this issue and how I can resolve it?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] flogger998:
Hi, please help me,

i start update, and i have root before i start. The phone has been updated for over 2 hours. is bootanimation and nothing like that for 2 hours. How long can it take? can you stop the upgrade and go to flashboot and upload the system via flashboot?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] whizeguy:
Did you flash magisk? Did you flash full update and not just incremental?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] flogger998:
I have installed magisc, the system itself has proposed a full update, wrote that I have root and need to do a full update
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] whizeguy:
Absolutely... But did you flash magisk AFTER the update? Since update will remove it.

What you could do is fastboot in to twrp (if you don't have twrp already) and install magisk
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] flogger998:
No. I did not flash the magisc because the update was done from the system position, not twrp, and I'm from 3 hours on the bootlogo stage.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] flogger998:
If I could turn off the update and run the twrp, I would handle it but I do not know how to turn it off, and if it can wait.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] whizeguy:
There you have the issue. After ota from system you need to get into Magisk app, press install, press install and choose "install to inactive slot" to keep root.

You need to flash magisk from fastboot, or a fast booted twrp to get it working.

You are stuck in bootloop, it won't boot. You can turn the phone off by press and hold power button for 15 seconds.

Also: the update is already done so don't worry about that :)

And if you did have twrp that is also replaced with the update.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] flogger998:
can you stop the update? is there any key combination that reboots the phone? I do not care about the roe, I want my phone to work
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] flogger998:
I have twrp, holding the power button for 30 seconds is not effective
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] whizeguy:
You had :) it got replaced.

Press power and volume down for 15 seconds then. Should do the trick

After next OTA:

Let it do the update (DO NOT REBOOT!)

start magisk app go to downloads

Search for TWRP A/B

Install that one. (should only be one hit) (DO NOT REBOOT)

Go to main screen of magisk app

Click install, install, install to inactive slot (after ota)

Now reboot and you have twrp and magisk. :)
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] flogger998:
THX, holding the power button with volume up works. I am in flashboot and I am loading the system from the beginning with the script found on xda. This script has already helped me once, how I managed to remove the system;)
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] whizeguy:
Bro. All you need to do is flash magisk and it will boot :)
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] flogger998:
everything works. good that I made a backup before the upgrade. Thanks to a good man. May God grant in children: D
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] whizeguy:
Nice to hear man :) got one already hehe may she be healthy then :) just remember the steps above for next OTA mate and you will be set :)
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] flogger998:
I did as you said. update installed, everything works as it should. Thanks a lot again.
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] DaOldMan:
Download Links & Changelogs

V8.7 download links and changelog : Press here please to go to the release post

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[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] DaOldMan:
ViperOS mods

Stereo Sound Mod V1.0 from [MENTION=304191]awechris[/MENTION] is here: Stereo Sound Mod for ViperOS - Press here. Warning ! The mod can cause problems with using the microphone in telephony. Beta status for now.
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] DaOldMan:
Reserved
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Kill-Switch:
Great Work Doc,Keep it up :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Buslova:
Think I'll give this a try on my Sprint n900p. I'll provide feedback later. I'm currently running Nougat (RR.N 5.8.5) for the same reasons as you. Absolutely must have working BT calling and dependable BT media connection at all times. Thanx for another ROM to play with. Hopefully it turns out a bit more stable than RR (it's pretty good, just occasional random loops).
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] junio07:
can i intall this with my tmo? :confused:
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Bullmans:
Why are confused ? It States so very clearly in the OP

[ROM][7.1.2][FINAL] ViperOS V3.1.1 [HLTE-N9005 Only] [UNOFFICIAL], ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3

N9005 ONLY.

Bests.
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] junio07:
because there are n9005 roms that works with other variants that's why I'm asking nicely.
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] JJEgan:
Answer is that OP says N9005 its up to you to take a chance .

Other roms say works on xxxx etc not just N9005 .

Often something like N9005 only is due to it only been tested on that rom only .
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Buslova:
Confirming this works just fine on my Sprint n900p. Really like some of the little touches. Only restored my RR backup due to some missing baked-in options which I'm sure I could add/work around when I have a chance to spend more time with ROM on my days off.

Thanks for presenting more flashing options. :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] DaOldMan:
I built this rom for the HLTE device. which is the n9005 variant of the note 3. I didn't built it for the TMO device. I am not sure which changes I need to make in order to make a TMO variant. I do know you will have to install the TMO Xenial kernel from here:

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673956719939828583

If you want you can try this on your own and report. Install the rom, gapps and this kernel. If it works I will gladly add TMO to the supported devices list. I can't test roms on a device I don't have. I hope this is less confusing.

Enjoy the rom !
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] DaOldMan:
Do I need to make any changes to the rom/kernel to make it work on the n900p ? What missing baked in options do you need ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Buslova:
Nah, nothing like that! Everything seemed to work just fine. Didn't NEED the said "options" for my specific device or anything. Just saying RR seemed to have more configuration settings baked in and a couple little preferences weren't easily found in the few hours I spent with the ROM. No biggie. This ROM also has a couple things RR does not. I mainly wanted to confirm that it works great on a n900p for anyone else looking at ROM options for that specific device.
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] ammar_maher:
Flashed on my Hlte and now 4 hours of using

I can not say anything except amazing and more than amazing rom

Everything works just fine

Very fast and fluid

Very very stable

Battery friendly

Flashed it with xenial kernel build 27 hlte

Magisk 17.3

Micro Gapps

Everything is amazing

Thank you very much for this rom :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] txx3:
WOW very nice, cool to see some life in the scene!
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] junio07:
i tried the rom. both with and without the kernel you gave.

with the kernel, sim card can't be detected. but without the kernel there's a sim card.

so far the rom works ok without the kernel. didn't explore much yet, but everything seems fine.

smooth and got a lot of customization.

thanks for this great rom. :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] ammar_maher:
Screen lock rotation is always active even if i disabled it from settings
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] DaOldMan:
I will check it out soon. Thanks for your useful report.

Enjoy the rom !
[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] mdphoenix08:
Any screenshot please?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fiddelm3742:
I'm thinking of getting an 8GB Micro SDHC card and I'm curious what everyone else has loaded theirs up with. My real intention is a few programs, and for GPS maps as they tend to be quite large.

What do you all have on yours?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] P1Tater:
Everything. Maps, music, apps, roms, radios. Like I said, everything you can think of. Check ebay on the SD cards. Got my 8GB from ebay for $45 and it is a Sandisk. Not a knockoff.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Boinng:
My 4GB is full of music (mostly) and photos from the camera. I like to keep apps in the internal memory, there's plenty of it.

Thinking about upgrading to an 8GB just for some TomTom map space, not sure if it's worth jumping straight to a 16GB yet?

EDIT - just checked on the 16GB, and I guess not! Doesn't even seem to be available yet..
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fiddelm3742:
The 16GBs are rumored for June sometime I believe.

I totally forgot about storing my photos on the storage card, as for music I don't have a head set as the Tilt's didn't ship with one (i dont think) so I dont have a good way to really listen yet.

I wanna say I've heard of people storing wikipedia on their storage card as well. So I didn't know if anyone did this or something similar, or just other random things really.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tubaking182:
i'm using two 2GB micro cards, one is completely full of music and the other i use to keep my cabs on so that when i flash i only have to reinstall them straight from the phone and that saves time, i have a few radios and a movie(transformers) but the movie doesn't play very well as we all know
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jallenclark:
mainly porn..................jk

I have a 4gb card with TomTom, 500 mp3s, and a few movies or tv shows. I put osme random installs on there but they never take up much compared to Tomtom and movies
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] bapssystupr3m3:
maps, mp3s, movies, pictures
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] rico002:
endless amounts of porn

hahaha jk
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] l3v5y:
I'm sure theres a limit to the ammount of porn you can get on an 8gb card...

On my I store tomtom maps, music, pictures, a film or two and some random school work. It acts as a second USB Drive only people stare in wonder at my awesomeness with it!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] bluemamba:
what is this porn? is it a program?

jk :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] smoka:
Music,movies and porn...and i'm not kidding!!!!!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] aberz:
Would like to see how you find a genuine SD cards on ebay. Cuz I know that 70% of memory cards on ebay are fake. Since the technology to make the card is not rocket science, they look 90% real. I bought 2 cards from ebay ( memory stick pro duo ) for my psp and phone but only the 2nd one is real. I am not that stupid to be fooled by fishy price , but only recognized that I got a bad card after 3 months of use and already gave him a + feed back.

Would you recommend the seller that you bought from ?

I have a trick to get a real card with low price but dont recommend it since its hardly legal :D

As for storage, I am not a big fan of music and movie so I only need 2gb. Half of it is for Tom Tom map , the rest are some songs, pics, documents and apps. Oh yea, few porn wouldnt kill the thing lol.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mchapman007:
Loaded 8G.....

+1 and the occasional installed program....
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Prolab:
+2 and pics.