yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkarchon10:
Sooo… this sadly didn't work for me either. Tried a boatload of 8.1 and 9.0 roms and the mentioned CN 9.6.7 and neither restored my touchscreen functionality :( help

I tried flashing:

dipper_images_V9.6.7.0.OEACNFD_20180815.0000.00_8.1_cn_7f7bc3d1bf

dipper_global_images_V9.5.13.0.OEAMIFA_20180714.0000.00_8.1_global_819f729f1b

dipper_images_8.6.18_20180618.0000.00_8.1_cn_1b52e47a17

dipper_global_images_V10.2.3.0.PEAMIXM_20190308.0000.00_9.0_global_29b7be0731

dipper_global_images_8.12.20_20181220.0000.00_9.0_global_f72eb6521c

dipper_global_images_9.4.18_20190418.0000.00_9.0_global_3c7094c198
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Agimax:
unfortunately, this doesn't sound like it is a software issue then...... The method in this thread (also way out of date now, i need to update all the info) is only for replacing the drivers/files lost caused by updates or bad flashes.

You might have an actual touch board issue.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkarchon10:
Yeah but the phone was working without an issue? Then I flashed the latest global dev rom and everything went to ****. How could that brick the touchscreen?

I just went into TWRP, flashed

- miui_MI8Global_9.5.30

- lineage-16.0-20190601-nightly-dipper-signed

- Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_v1.4

- open_gapps-arm64-9.0-nano-20190601

- Magisk-v19.2

Got stuck in a reboot loop, then it bricked and now the touchscreen doesn't work at all anymore. I don't want to believe this is an actual touchscreen issue, and now I can't even do anything in TWRP :(
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Agimax:
That does sound like a driver issue since your explanation. if you flashed the fastboot ROM 9.6.7 (CN or Global) using a shell/command prompt and then flash_all_except_data .bat or .sh script -then let it boot into the welcome screen (maybe even reboot a second time). If it didn't fix your issue -i'm without an alternative solution until we can pinpoint exactly what drivers or files are responsible for these issues. Sorry...
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkarchon10:
Ok so if anyone is looking for the solution, I had to re-flash persist.img to the persist file system via adb while TWRP is running. That did the trick for me.

Here's a step by step solution for someone who has no touchscreen availability

What you have to do is start up TWRP, that should be no problem. It should be at least version 3.3.x.

Connect your phone to your computer.

Copy the persist.img from your current ROM to your phone to the root of the available phone storage.

Then you start 'adb shell'.

Do 'twrp mount /persist'

After that do 'mount | grep persist' and note down the /dev/block/sdXXXX

To make a backup of previous persist do 'dd if=/dev/block/sdXXXX of=/sdcard/persist.img.bak'

Afterwards copy over the backup to your computer just in case. Might need to disable and enable MTP again to have that file fully visible. Check on the size, it should be about 64MB

Unmount persist with 'umount /persist'

Finally you run 'dd if=/sdcard/persist.img of=/dev/block/sdXXXX'

After that flash is done you can reboot and the touchscreen should be working again without any issues.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] -=Guybrush=-:
Hello to everyone! :) I know this is a bit of necro posting but I'd like to share my findings in the hope they could help someone else. I can definitively confirm the issue is real and not bull****. This doesn't mean the problem is always a software one: there are also hardware related ones for sure but fortunately that wasn't the case for me.

Every MIUI based rom (both stock and xiaomi.eu while I haven't tested the others like Lineage but I fear it could be the same, given that, if I'm not mistaken, to install Lineage it is required to have the latest MIUI Q before) past the mentioned stable 9.6.7 makes my touchschreen unresponsive, no matter the way I upgrade nor the chosen version.

I've sorted everything out flashing Magisk 21.0 and the MiPa kernel 9.9 (Magisk is required by the MiPa kernel installation advices but the trick is obviously changing the kernel).

Now I'm on the latest xiaomi.eu stable (MIUI 12.0.3.0 Android Q) and my touchscreen is alive and kicking without the need for anything else. Have a nice day! :)
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] SteWithLOS:
Hi There

I had the same issue using Lineage OS (LOS) in the current version (2020-11-19).

After a reboot the screen worked in both LOS and TWRP but the touchscreen did not.

I was able to restore functionality with Mi 8 Global MIUI V9.6.7.0.OEAMIFD.

Since I'm a noob I used a youtube guide "How to Unbrick/Unroot Xiaomi Android Stuck on Fastboot!"

Now I have to update to an updated MIUI and then back to LOS i guess.

Thanks for all the comments!

Edit:

- Make sure undo the lock your device option in MiFlash before pressing "flash" as described in the video.

- After restoring the touchscreen functionality one can update MIUI in the same way as before to 9.6.7

-When trying to move from MIUI 10 to LOS via adb sideload TWRP fails and says it needs MIUI 10,but actually needs the newest MIUI version, which in my case was 11!
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] piccolo132:
My touchscreen only works if i flash 9.6.7 global but when i use the phone, after some minutes the screen freezes and the phone reboots itself, any idea how to fix that?

Also if i flash 11.0.3 global after flashing 9.6.7 global, the touchscreen works, but i still have random reboots and booting is very slow and after the first random reboot the touch stops working until i flash 9.6.7 again.

I discovered this:

You can make touchscreen work in any rom, just by unplugging the display connector and replugging it into the motherboard while the phone is booted

The touchscreen will then work until you shut down the phone, then you have to do it again, same thing goes if you boot into twrp recovery
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Zooandbio4me:
I want to flash a custom rom, had one before pie came out, is there a way to keep all my shiz on the phone? Like music etc, and flash factory image and then a custom rom? Basically, if i wipe data and cache is that going to take my music, pics etc out? I know it's a dumb question, but with no external storage it's quite the ordeal to put all the music back on! And flashing isn't like it used to be, way more complicated these days haha.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Short answer, yes. Doing a twrp factory reset doesn't wipe your internal storage before you flash a rom. You can fastboot the factory image with the -w removed from the flash-all.bat script, which also doesn't wipe data. So, you should be fine. However, always backup all your "shiz" on your pc before you start. Just in case ya know! :cool:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] neo_lithic3K:
short answer, no, but I wished there was a way. I remember the days when smartphones had external sd cards where I could store my personal files in the sd card while flashing the rom into the internal 'sd card.'

Even though you can remove the -w when flashing, I've noticed many times from personal experience that there will be problem ... either the rom won't boot up or the apps will constantly crash or other issues. The only time you can remove -w when flashing (based on my experience) is when you are dirty flashing a version upgrade of the same rom ...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Zooandbio4me:
Anyone else care to weigh in?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] blaaaazedup:
Do exactly what Badger50 says. EXACTLY!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] mookiexl:
https://xdaforums.com/pixel-2-xl/development/tool-deuces-bootloop-recovery-flashing-t3704761 Use the script from the link to flash any stock rom without wiping internal. This is much easier than editing in -w. This is in my opinion the safest way to flash stock firmware. After that just root and flash your rom through twrp. I'm shocked nobody mentioned the script already. It is a God send for this device. It can even recover the phone from a bricked state with internal data in tact. If ever you run into a non bootable state when flashing roms(mainly due to firmware date vs rom date) just flash stock again using the script.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] simplepinoi177:
Why couldn't you make a nandroid TWRP backup, move the backup files to an external source (flashdrive or computer/external hdd), wipe everything, install custom ROM, then move backup files back to Pixel 2 XL (keeping in mind TWRP's folder structure; /sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/serial#/backupcreationdate/), and run the TWRP Restore option (only the "Data" partition need be restored)???

Word of warning, TWRP normally doesn't backup the internal sd files (where your pictures and music files reside); but there is a convoluted way to include those files in the backup -- it'll just take a couple extra steps at the backup phase and restore phase. Let me know and I'll lay the directions out for you (and/or refer you to where I learned of the method...).
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] CyberpodS2:
I can't agree more with the advice to back up... Badger50 knows first hand as well as many of us that even the simplest procedure can go sideways in the blink of an eye. Both him and I for instance had failures while upgrading to Pie while others never missed a beat.

I personally keep a zipped up copy of my TIBU folder on my pc along with a backup of my sms, call log, calendars, Nova data, photos, music, downloads dir.

All in all its about 30 gigs that I periodical back up overnight when needed. Yes it's an overkill but I can basically reproduce my setup if it goes south. That and I'm a lunatic that has pretty much had the same setup and desktop for the last 4 phones. Lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Nikos2k:
The SMS, call log, calendars, and photos, aren't they included in the automatic Google backup?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] simplepinoi177:
Yes! +1 on this post!

Since I update the monthly security updates by flashing the Full Factory images and have to connect the phone to a computer anyways, I make sure to create a nandroid TWRP backup (a special method that will also include the internal sd folders/files as well as the /data partition), and after -- while the phone is connected to the computer to run the fastboot, adb, and flash-all commands -- I copy the TWRP backup folder to the computer while at things. I also make sure to not delete the previous 3 months; just in case. So, that's two TWRP backups at any given time; one, residing in the phone, just in case it is direly needed and I can't get home and access the computer soon enough, and then another copy safe in an external location. I would do a whole TB backup, compressed, and zipped folder or an adb backup method, but I find that the nandroid backups perfectly do the trick; and, in certain cases, TB can access certain nandroid data as well. I used to do this with FlashFire and my S5 as well...

Seriously, -- especially, as I've found with this device -- you

can't

be too careful! It is a lot safer with the "bootloader" now -- I recall long in the past that any type of flashing and the words "stock image" was last resort rescue -- but one can't get too complacent and develop a false sense of security (speaking from experience of unintentionally but manually formatting all partitions including the bootloader which caused a pure-brick experience and had no way of accessing the phone's internals at that point).

TL;DR Make backups...NOW! If you don't have at least two currently, then RIGHT NOW! Google has given us so many "outs" and rescue potential with the bootloader access, we only have ourselves to blame by not going about it as smart as possible and neglecting to make enough backups -- especially when doing things like "flashing" or modifying any partition -- for recovery, custom ROMS, theme or launcher type modifications, or any other modifications. Being able to revert back to the stock state with minimal hassle is a "Godsend"!

*note: as you can tell, I don't think it's overkill...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] CyberpodS2:
I use an app called Super Backup Pro. It uploads the backups to gmail or Drive. Either way it's much faster to restore stuff than waiting on the Google stuff. Also, I never let google restore apps. I know what I can and can't restore data on with TIBU. 90% I can. The other stuff mostly doesn't need local data anyway.

That and my internet blows chunks out here in the boonies...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Damn chunk blowing internet! I hate them things! :laugh:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Zooandbio4me:
Ok so I think I've got it, nandroid/twrp backup, flash Ota then rom of choice. Any 9.0 roms that have the active edge feature? Seems like they're all based off aosp which I understand does not have this and most other features.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Nikos2k:
Active edge is indeed not implemented in custom roms, as it is not part of aosp

(however it is said that DU team managed to reverse engineer it so maybe we will see it in future versions of custom roms)

All other features of stock rom (and numerous other features that stock rom lacks) are included
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Edmontonchef:
DUs latest RC has active edge working. You can set it to trigger things like flashlight, camera, assistant etc.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Questions & Answers] zarbix:
Heya,

I was wondering whether anybody here had found a way to fix the horrible reception the xz2c has for GPS. Similarly, I hear the XZ2C has a separate GLONASS receiver - how do you use that? From what I hear its much more accurate than GPS anyhow. Havent seen anything in the Google - Location menu to switch to GLONASS.

Ideally a solution that does not involve opening the device and soldering a bigger antenna onto the connectors but at least some confirmation that this will be required would be helpful.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Questions & Answers] MartinX3:
But this is the XZ2 forum :silly:

GLONASS is another GPS satellite network.

Your phone uses every network for the position location.

You don't need to choose between them. :)

BTW. My xz2 h9266 rev2 does not have this problem. Most of the time. :)

Sometimes I need to restart my phone to get GPS back.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Questions & Answers] zarbix:
crap, sorry for wrong section :D

how's needing to reboot show up for you? Because after turning on location and walking through my appartment for a bit GPStest will most likely show up 1 weak GPS lock. so its technically working, just so incredibly weak that I dont ever get a fix.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Questions & Answers] MartinX3:
I don't know if it's just weak at my site when this bug occurs.

I use herewego as Navi app.

But what I get is no GPS or for a very short time to how me the initial position, or it jumps.

After a restart I've get real time navigation. :)
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Questions & Answers] Im4n R:
The cable is alright, the adaptor too, but it doesn't want to charge and stuck on the same amount, what wrong is it?, I just bought it yesterday, can anyone help me?
[Lenovo K6 / K6 Power / K6 Note Questions & Answers] EverLost123:
Hello, i've installed LineageOS and the ROM doesn't seems to have media controls set by default, so volume buttons and triple-click doesn't work, does anyone know where in the Android ecosystem i can find a file that manages this?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Jt380p:
I already posted my problem on a previous post, but now I'm having more issues. Here's the list :

1. Poor wifi signal

2. VERY poor wifi speed

3. Sometimes won't connect to wifi (X symbol on wifi icon)

4. Google maps won't use GPS (but GPS works fine)

5. Slow GPS detection on Google maps (put on high accuracy, and takes about a minute to determine my location)

6. Wifi speed jumps around

7. VERY slow file transfer via Bluetooth

I've taken the phone apart and inspected the antenna connector, and it looks a bit corroded. I didn't clean the connector as I don't want to damage it any further. My warranty ends 2X Jan. 2019.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Jt380p:
This is the antenna connector located near the bottom speaker.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Jt380p:
Don't mind the first screenshot. Added by accident XD
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Mrsevic:
Have you managed to find an answer by any chance?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Login1990:
After installing TWRP i stucked on Your device is booting now... . I dont have access to twrp by power+up. Only way to boot is waiting until battery dies and launching by charge. If i try to turn on/off nothing happends.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Login1990:
twrp-3.1.1-0-venus.img
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Login1990:
yes
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobD691973:
I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 4 sm-910t with Marshmallow 6.0.1. I've been trying to root it, put a custom recovery on it, and upgrade the OS. Every single YouTube video I've watched and provided links, every website, every forum, and everything I've downloaded that's supposed to be specifically for my device has failed. What's the issue ? I researched, and was assured that the bootloader is unlocked (that's why I specifically bought it). Can anyone help ?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tze_vitamin:
The best way to root your phone and unlock bootloader is CF-auto root. Download it,put phone in downloaded mode and flash it from Odin. Then ,when you do that,install custom Rom and flash magisk 18.0 from TWRP recovery.

Cf auto root is the best way and easiest way to do that.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Surfer032:
hello, for my curiosity use the method with vpn to update my cell phone to Android 9, apparently everything was fine until I realized that I did not recognize the 3g, something that made me very uncomfortable so I down to 8.0, my surprise was when now instead of agrariar 4g already not even took signal, with luck it recognized the SIM card but it did not allow to use Internet Mobil nor to make calls, also at the moment of updating it to 8.1 this simply froze in the logo of Android one, since I did not have a backup, I tried to put a ROM that I had previously used and that if I grabbed 4G but now nothing, for me it is more important to have a signal again, please help me
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] jack_21:
What Rom did you use?

The last one from Miui.com?

I think that you must reflash Android Pie
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] vicentkv:
Just do this

Go to settings. Applications then clear data for Google play services,Google frame work, location then remove the sim card and use VPN switch to Netherlands or us and use wifi till the update is done you won't get any problems
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Never_Sm1le:
Looks like corrupted IMEI to me. Just search, I saw a thread with guide to recover IMEI when downgrade from Pie to Oreo.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arunesh_dutta:
Hello all wanted guidance on best tool for quick and easy android app development which supports API integration..Thx
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K-alz:
Android studio is the way. I couldn't get it to work on my laptop. Kept giving me errors, otherwise it was nice and easy.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S Questions & Answers] ark1106:
How to unlock /system r/w?

device:mix2s

rom:miui 10(eu) 10.0.7.0

THANKS.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S Questions & Answers] PWn3R:
Root with magisk

Adb shell

Su

mount -o rw,remount /system

?????

Profit

Also searching you could've figured this out on your own.
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] godkingofcanada:
I was tinkering and found this. It's not working that well. But it's there, they are working on it.
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Bl1zZ87:
No night button on camera app 3.0.8. I use ob22 pie. How I can it enable?
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] daviddosa:
The camera itself supports night mode, and you can enable it through shared_prefs, it'll give you the button, you can use it to take pictures, but it does not use night mode actually. It's not working, because we don't have the required libs in order to use the night mode. I've tried it as well earlier.
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] shadowstep:
Just because the option is hidden doesn't mean they're working on it. I'm assuming they have a common base for the stock camera app, and hide features depending on the phone model. If I was you, I wouldn't get my hopes up. :)
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] godkingofcanada:
What libs. Let's get them n add em
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tinuz97:
On oos pie I also don't have it.

But on hydrogen pie I did have it, don't ask me how, it was just there with camera 3.0.8 ? (no idea if it realy worked, because i switched to oos pie)
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pho3nX:
Night Mode on OOS suck, use Latest GCam, night mode is awesome

Google Camera Port
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tinuz97:
But there are no libs for pie yet? (new module), so the dots are back?
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RogerF81:
I can't see any, but I'm note sure.
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tinuz97:
I tested it, dots galore on my side.

But Arnova is busy with libs etc (new module) so I will just wait :)
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] godkingofcanada:
I've got it working. I found a pixel 3 cam by arnova
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] brmbjn:
How to enebled it ? What app are you used ?
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tinuz97:
Yes it works, but zoom in in a picture, make a photo of a lamp that is on as a example, you will see dots again.
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Bl1zZ87:
Perferences manager in app store.
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] godkingofcanada:
Its not great but working.
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Muhammad_Maaz:
Can i get a direct link for this camera ? M running pie beta on op5
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] nahsha:
I'm on pie as well, front camera not working..guessing it needs updated libs?
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] shadowstep:
That's now how it works. If a simple copy-paste was all that was necessary, it would've done already. I strongly advise you not to copy the libraries from OP6 to your device, unless you want a totally non-working camera.
[OnePlus 5 Themes, Apps, and Mods] shadowstep:
Yeah, it won't "brick" the phone per se, but why do something that for sure will not work, that was my point. It'll be a waste of time and effort.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] mrjayviper:
please delete. thanks
[Android Auto General] juice91:
Hey, hopefully I can get some help.

So basically when I have my phone plugged into my car and Android auto is running and I have some music playing thru Spotify, then go-to Waze and select for directions. The audio in Spotify cuts in and out like it's dimming for directions even though I have sound off on Waze.

As soon as I stop directions on the Waze, Spotify is fine and doesn't dim. Its really annoying and I can't seem to work it out.

Thanks in advance
[Android Auto General] Messinger:
I experience what sounds like a similar problem, with Waze and MediaMonkey. If both are running and Waze sounds a notification (even a speedometer alert sound), MediaMonkey's sound is reduced. But, after Waze's notification sound ends, MediaMonkey doesn't return to its prior volume. I must pause and then restart the music, after which it resumes with the correct volume level. Very bothersome.