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[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Aakashxcvi:
A bit off topic, max pro m1 user here. Can anyone please share stock camera apk for us to try on the m1, our camera ui sucks.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] S. R.:
Have you installed the drivers?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] msafiri:
I am currently on the last open beta OOS, rooted with supersu and twrp-3.2.3-0. I know that i need to make a clean install of 5.0.8, so i shall wipe data/system/cache/dalvik, flash the latest 5.0.8 full zip, then reboot to recovery to flash magisk and then finally reboot to system.

My concern is - my phone is currently encrypted. Can i simply update as planned above, or do i need to take any additional steps to remain encrypted or go to decrypted state.

What could be the advantages of remaining encrypted or going decrypted?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] TNSMANI:
Since you are on OOS (though beta), flashing 5.0.8 should not affect your encryption status. Your plan is ok.

Encryption is related to security. Decrypted means lesser security though I have no idea by how much. It is your call.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] abhibnl:
Yup, switching betweeb Beta to stable OOS will not affect encryption in anyway. Encryption will only be removed IF you manually format your data partition or the recovery does it for you.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] msafiri:
Thank you. That was helpful. So in my case, i would have to erase data partition using TWRP to update from open beta to OOS 5.0.8, so the partition would get decrypted. But then i believe clean flashing the 5.0.8 zip would re-encrypt the data partition. Is my understanding correct?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] abhibnl:
No, when you "wipe data", it doesn't remove encryption. When you "format data", it removes encryption. I hope the difference is clear enough for you to grasp easily.

all you need to do is, if you have twrp, make sure you have OOS 5.0.8 zip, Magisk zip, working TWRP image - available in internal memory.

Then you need to Wipe System, Cache, Data - Do not check Internal Storage/Memory. or simply Factory reset from within TWRP. Then flash OOS 5.0.8 zip. Once it's done, flash TWRP recovery image from within TWRP. At this step, make sure you "reboot" back to recovery. If you will reboot directly to system, it will replace twrp with stock recovery.

Once you reboot to TWRP, flash magisk and you are all set!
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] msafiri:
Yep, i understand the difference in the operations on the data partition now. Thank you once again for the clarification.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] TNSMANI:
One small addl. info. After flashing TWRP, there is no need to reboot to recovery. Simply flash Magisk right after TWRP and then boot to system. Flashing Magisk at that stage prevents TWRP being overwritten by stock recovery.

EDIT: or you can skip flashing TWRP and boot back to recovery after flashing the ROM and then flash Magisk alone before booting into system. Either way, you save one step.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] msafiri:
I successfully completed the clean flash from last open beta to 5.0.8 and have magisk 18.0/twrp 3.2.3-0. Going forward, can i accept a new OTA update say 5.0.9 directly, or should i have to flash the full zip again? also would the process change when going to Pie later on?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] abhibnl:
I always download the full OTA zip and flash it manually wiping only system and cache/dalvik partitions, and I never had any issues whatsoever. Sure you will need to reflash magisk since your kernel and firmware will be flashed again.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] TNSMANI:
Since you have Magisk and TWRP, the OTA either will not download or if it downloads, it will not flash. So you need to download the full zip (usually, the full zip will be automatically downloaded when the update detects changes to your system ie. root) and flash it. So long as you use the same above mentioned method to flash the full zip, Magisk will automatically flash going forward and your TWRP and Magisk will be intact. When going to Pie, since it is a different version ie. from Android 8 to 9, you should wipe system, data, Dalvik and cache before flashing Pie.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] msafiri:
Thanks. That clears my doubts.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] SkopiX:
Hi guys,

I just bought HTC 10 (EU version, maybe from Vodafone CZ?). Everytime when I want to unlock bootloader, I can't. I have working fastboot with commands, but i cant get identifier token, because it write "FAILED (remote: unknown command)" I think its because OEM unlocking switch is switching off after restart...

//that switch is now on even after restart, still cant get token code

Can you help me please? :)
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] R1gBoN3:
So some apps are cropped out since the screen ratio isn't 19:9 or 18:9 even though I have all the apps set to default, not full screen. I was wondering is there a way to make some apps force 16:9 with the use of rooting. I seen apps on the google play store such as screen shift that is said to change the ratio of your screen through rooting. If you have done it before through different ways and wouldn't mind sharing how, that would mean a lot. Thanks.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] AlbertoDR:
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[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trakost:
Hi community, I'd like to try a nougat ROM on my LG G3.

Surfing on XDA, I've found out XenonHD and TeslaROM.

I want a ROM that is as fast/smooth/stable as possible and with a great battery life. Which one (or another ROM, if you know one) would you suggest me? :fingers-crossed:
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahimali:
Try AOSCP/CypherOS
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcdw:
I have the D851 so can't say much (D855 had more choices). Was partial to crDroid and the GZR ROMs (Tesla, Validus). Lot of folks liked Resurrection Remix.

As far as current or recent stuff I guess there's LineageOS. Last build from November 2018.

https://download.lineageos.org/d855

If you've ever entertained the idea of a privacy oriented, Google-free setup there's /e/ ROM based on LineageOS.

https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/wiki/en/wikis/device/d855/info

ZTE Axon 7 A2017U, /e/ v0.1 ROM, microG (NoGapps), Multiboot, XDA Legacy
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Spir4:
Hi,

I was wondering if there's a mod or app available to enable quad screen multi window (that excisted for the Note 3). I've googled my *ss of but couldn't find it.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] KruseLudsMobile:
Can you supply more information? Why would such a feature have already been available for the Note 3 but not the Note 4,5,8 and/or 9?

- R. Kruse Ludington

Galaxy Note 8<-5<-3<-S3<-Nexus; Droid X; HTC HD2<-Touch Pro 2<-Tilt<-8525; O2 XDA II<-XDA; Motorola StarTac
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Spir4:
It was available for the Note 3 with an app called Multiwindow Plus. I don't know about the next Notes.

This is how it looked like:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] KruseLudsMobile:
So - how about reaching out to the developer -

- R. Kruse Ludington

Galaxy Note 8<-5<-3<-S3<-Nexus; Droid X; HTC HD2<-Touch Pro 2<-Tilt<-8525; O2 XDA II<-XDA; Motorola StarTac
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Spir4:
Or how about making it myself? :D

That's why I started this thread: does it already exist or not? I assume not then?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] sawdoctor:
It was a simple smali edit to services jar on marshmallow and very easy to do. Unfortunately Samsung altered the method after MM and the old method doesn't work
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] KruseLudsMobile:
It will take a little more expertise but if anyone can launch windows like this with any app (see picture) - then you could create an app that would save the apps in their individual sizes and locations and call them all at once. One of the sidebar apps allows you to save and launch two apps that way that are half-screen each...View attachment 4669223

- R. Kruse Ludington

Galaxy Note 8<-5<-3<-S3<-Nexus; Droid X; HTC HD2<-Touch Pro 2<-Tilt<-8525; O2 XDA II<-XDA; Motorola StarTac
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] KruseLudsMobile:
I didn't meant to say "sidebar" - I meant to say "Apps Edge" - as in the below two photos -View attachment 4669232View attachment 4669233

- R. Kruse Ludington

Galaxy Note 8<-5<-3<-S3<-Nexus; Droid X; HTC HD2<-Touch Pro 2<-Tilt<-8525; O2 XDA II<-XDA; Motorola StarTac
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] cozins17:
Hi all,

Recently noticed that when ever I send an email using stock email app the email will just sit in the outbox if connected to WiFi and won't send. As soon as I go to 4g the email sends instantly.

Small issue yet annoying. Any ideas?

TIA
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] Jimmy_Z:
I bought a V30+ on taobao(chinese site), shipped bootloader unlocked, settings->about phone show LG-US998, but is that reliable? I've read the unlock tutorial saying that other models can be cross-flashed with a US998 ROM image.

Thanks in advance.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] SGCMarkus:
Without root (not all V30, even same models, have this though, idk why, i know people with an LS998, one has is, the other hasnt)

in a terminal app or adb shell:

getprop ro.boot.suffix

with root:

cat /proc/cmdline

and check the model.name= ... parameter in that long list
[HTC Excalibur] rickwyatt:
How do you Change StartMenu Text Color?
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
I've never seen it down. Is that even possible ?
[HTC Excalibur] rickwyatt:
heres a pic of the htc shadow
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
Looks white to me. is it a different color?
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Are you reffering to the background ? I thought you were talking about the actual "Start" word and changing its color. Heh
[HTC Excalibur] rickwyatt:
it ok done it look
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
i still don't get what you're talking about. Are you wanting to change the color or the words at the bottom of the screen, (ex: the word "more" and menu" as illustrated in your screnshot) or something else? if you are talking about the words. the screenshot still shows the color of the left and right softkey text as white... or sorta white
[HTC Excalibur] rickwyatt:
no what i mean was the words at the bottom of the icons but i done it now
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
And the words are still white... so what are you talking about ?!? LOL
[HTC Excalibur] rickwyatt:
Look at your startmenu the words are black you no the ones under the icons

and if you look at mine thay are white:D
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
My start menu icon descriptions are white... and using one of your ROMs... HAHA!
[HTC Excalibur] rickwyatt:
can you past a screenshoot?
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
Honestly i think it auto-adjusts based on what your background is.... i used to use a homescreen designer that allowed youto change the text color of your menu icons. but never saw a way to change the color of the softkey button text
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hijibiji:
HomTom S12 Firmware​

Firmware Details:

Android Version:*Android 6.0

Android Name: Marshmellow

UI Version:*Stock UI

Device name: HomTom S12

Country:*All.

Status:*Official

Download HomTom S12 Stock Firmware: MX8_S12_V1.0.8_user_20180129 _16_52_10.zip

Everywhere we found the fake HomTom S12 Firmware link or link error but only in the GizRom.com, I can find the original firmware file that's why I share the direct blog link to support them.

Thanks to GIzRom.com
[General Questions and Answers] AKASH11489410:
i hardbricked my moto g5s plus , please help me in unbricking it
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] jayarmstrong:
I bumped up to 9 (47.2.A.2.33) and sacrificed wifi calling and volte (waiting for US firmware to catch up) but it's still totally worth it.

+ SD card is visible to apps!!! Meaning, you can store more than pictures on it. I spent the last year with the 'low disk space' notification on, uninstalling apps so i could update others. Now it's like i own an Android phone again :)

+ Bluetooth no longer hangs trying to connect to last device for 30-60s before you can connect to any other paired device

+ Bluetooth devices show battery levels

+ Google / Assistant voice commands launch to mic almost instantly

+ System feels very fast

+ Rotation lock improvement

+ New volume control works well

+ speakers sound perfect unless using Clearaudio+

+ Misc improvements

- new quick settings is both ugly and less useful

- can't get wifi calling in US (apparently) until 9 drops here because you need the oem....sin file

- still plenty of bloat on stock sony ROM
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] scooterman:
have you tried swapping the oem sin file with the 8.0 US oem file ?
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] jayarmstrong:
Yeah, tried adding the newest US to a TMobile and a custom firmware. I've only checked for wifi calling though, not volte specifically.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] VHollund:
How is the battery life after the update ?

No bugs ?

And how did you proceed ?
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Dean F:
What I don't like about version 9.

- Clock on the left

- Random GPS issues, apps or wdigets that can't find position. Never had this problem until the update.

- Screen auto-brightness almost always get it wrong. Old auto brightness functioned seamlessly, i forgot it was there. I'm always having to manual update the brightness now.

- UI Tuner hard to find, and important optiosn missing. How do I get the headset icon back??? I needed that.

- The top swipe down menu now requires 2 swipes the useful stuff, like the settings cog.

What I like about version 9.

Um... higher API level, so support for the future is better? That's honestly all I can think of at this point.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] VHollund:
Hello Dean

What would you recommend for optimization of the Oreo version ? Firmware update, or just leave it stock ?
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Burn02:
Hello.

For the brightness, just set it to what you want and after a while, it will be ok.

It learns your setting and will learn how you set it. so it's bad ton the beggining and then after 1 mouth it's ok.

It wass too bright for me at the beggining and i was always setting it down, now it's ok.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] VHollund:
Yes that is not that important to me as battery life and gps

I've seeen several posts where people complain of important drain while the phone is idle

That would be a disaster

4G being unstable for everyday use or

GPS malfunctioning in the middle of a 6 day hike in the french alps would also not be so good

Of course it will be best if the phone is intuitive and the camera gets good results without having to remake the custom adjustments for each photo, but otherwise all the flashy stuff, speedtests etc is not really important unless you are a serious gamer.

4Gb ram is A LOT of power. When I was gaming it was only 64 kilo bytes (C64) and even my Imac only has 4Gb :)
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] jayarmstrong:
I can't compare battery life because with 8, I usually kept my phone in airplane mode and just used wifi calling and texts. That gave me great battery life around the house. I did use it heavily one day, lots of video calling and such. I got down to around 10% battery after 6:45 of screen time, so that's impressive!

I haven't used the GPS specifically.

The whole upgrade process was long because I backed up my DRM keys. Otherwise, just backup your data, use Xperifirm and newflasher -- it's easy.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Csani:
Hi [MENTION=2993962]jayarmstrong[/MENTION] - would you please be able to share the procedure to update to that version?

I did receive a notification from Sony that it is available for my phone, but no methods work or detect the actual new version.

SONY support is asking for my patience, which I haven't got much of :)

TIA
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Sopur:
Can you really install apps on the SD-card? That would be wonderfull, I already intended to buy the XZ4 compact, because I have not enough space :)
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] decker39:
From what i have read, there isn't going to be a XZ4 Compact
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Janfry:
[MENTION=1787079]Sopur[/MENTION] I have upgraded to android 9 and unfortunately I can't install/move apps to SD card. To be clear Jayarmstrong said:

If I understand it correctly, it doesn't mean that you can now install apps on SD card. Or maybe I'm doing something wrong? But I think that this option is still blocked by Sony (as it was in android 8.0).
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] jayarmstrong:
If the built-in upgrade utility isn't offering the upgrade yet, it's probably not ready for your region. Doing it manually is a lot of work and the instructions are scattered around the forum with bits and pieces that are working, abandoned, or out of date. I don't have a complete set of directions to hand you but here's a couple snips from my notes:

backup DRM keys if you want your camera to work well edit: only needed if you're going to unlock bootloader or root

download new firmware using Xperifirm

install new firmware on your phone using Newflasher

to keep settings & data: delete persist*.sin, userdata*.sin, cache*.sin and all *.ta.*Data, settings and apps work as before
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] jayarmstrong:
Sorry for the confusion. I can't install apps to the SD card but I can now direct apps to move their storage to the SD card. I'm doing this from the settings within apps, not from the Phone > Settings > Apps > Storage page. This was extremely helpful for me because I was able to move about 15GB of music, podcasts, books, etc. to the SD card.

There are other options, like rooting, that will allow you to move apps completely to the SD card, repartition your internal storage for more space, move apps to system locations, etc. Good luck!
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Sopur:
Ok, so I could say to Whatsapp to storage media on the SD card again?
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Csani:
Or is it?

https://www.t3.com/news/sony-xperia-xz4-compact-spotted-in-these-superb-images

---------- Post added at 06:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:29 PM ----------

Thanks, bro - good to know. I think I will rather wait for the official update to hit me.

I simply haven't got the time any more like I had had before to mock around with these hacks.

But just out of curiosity, where are the .sin and .ta files kept? Or are they individually for each app?
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] decker39:
Lets hope it's true then :good:
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] vofferz:
They are the partition files in the firmware you can download with Xperifirm if you choose to decimpress the files (which you should if you want to use newflasher).

You don't have to unlock your bootloader abd make a drm backup to install official Sony fw you download with newflasher. The drm keys only get wiped when you unlock. So if you don't want to root your phone, you can install a different customization (and Android version) by just downloading and flashing it with a locked bootloader.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] jayarmstrong:
If Whatsapp has the option for external storage, then yes, it should work. On Oreo, on this phone, apps like Spotify, PocketCasts, Pocket, etc. could only see & use the internal storage. Now, the same apps can see the SD card and successfully move the bulk of their storage there.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] tonsofquestions:
There are also articles saying that there won't be one, e.g. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Xperi...ed-3-5mm-headphone-jack-missing.393921.0.html

So I'm not going to hold my breath. But it would be nice if there was.

It was mentioned by someone else, but it's worth repeating: there's no need to backup the DRM keys just to upgrade to Pie. That's only needed if there are plans to unlock the bootloader and/or root the phone.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] decker39:
I mentioned in my other post that i also read that there wasn't going to be a xz4 compact version, but it would be great if there was. Some conflicting stories flying about regarding whether there will or wont be a compact version
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.hedy:
Hi,

I am on 47.2.A.4.45 and I don't see the change app storage location. Can you confirm if you can still di it?

I can perform this in my Xperia XZ running Oreo. Successfully moved Excel data to SD card but can't do it on XZ1C.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] flintfirewalker:
https://www.olixar.com/flexishield-sony-xperia-xz4-compact-case-blue

The lack of leaks for xz4 compact is suggesting there's no compact phone this year, but then there's this case manufacturer with case ready for xz4 compact. So, hard to say.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] andTab:
So far, so good.

Battery is about the same, though every once in a while it appears to block deep sleep, ie terrible battery drain. A reboot fixes the issue and I would love to know what causes it.

I do have an issue with the camera every once in a while where it is just black. No camera function. Again - reboot fixes it but VERY VERY ANNOYING.

The GPS issue may be fixed (at least I have not needed to flap my phone which always fixed it in Android 8)
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] dcchristopher:
I was worried about possible issues with upgrading to Pie after reading the complaints of some early adopters (mainly abroad). Also, with the latest Oreo firmware previously available, the phone was not giving me a compelling reason to upgrade so I was risking losing more than I gained.

I am pleased to report that not only was the upgrade to Pie (via xperifirm/newflasher; Customized CH + Customized US) a success, it was actually a tremendously better experience than previously upgrading from one Oreo security patch to the next. The phone/app restore process has been greatly streamlined so I had to do minimal work to get my phone back to where it was. I would rather let the phone do a full wipe and then have to reimport or re-set up all the settings than risk stale data put the new OS in a funk.

The worst issue I experienced post-install is the adaptive brightness which I quickly turned off and I am much happier now (I hear there are 3rd party apps that do a better job but I’m fine tuning the brightness myself when I need it - as opposed to having to chase after the “auto” mode all the time). The improved keyboard and ability to move the cursor into the right position in the text are a huge relief!

P.S. Customized CH + Customized US = VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling on T-mobile... AND a working fingerprint sensor... suh-weet!
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] ottoman1384:
Can you tell me which firmware version you used for each one?
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] dcchristopher:
I can't remember off the top of my head and I can't load xperifirm at work but just look at the sub version numbers and make sure they match. It just happened that those two were in sync. Customized UK and Customized CE have worked for me in the past, as well. Just don't mix and match versions. Don't worry about, e.g., R4C vs R6C. What needs to match is, e.g., 47.2.A.33.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] ottoman1384:
Awesome. Thanks.

And for anyone looking for the exact version, it's 47.2.A.4.45 for the US... CE and UK have 47.2.A.4.60

Not sure if combining these would work.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Milly7:
I only would need to flash the OEM.sin file correct?