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[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] thorin0815:
May I ask where are you both from? From experience with my old Motorola and my brother's Nokia for example, some regions like the U.K. get their updates always pretty late.

Edit: I'm using mobile Firefox, don't see any country flags if used.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] rompip:
At least myself is from Germany. However I tried one thing that was succesfull yesterday. I deleted all data and set up the phone from scratch and voila the Nov. security update came stright away (some 900mb).

MAybe helpful for the other pal stuck on Oct. security update, too.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] saggel:
Have been to the Netherlands, Norway, and the UK with the phone - no update in any of these! Hope this helps!

Let's see next week in the USA...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] monojp:
Are you maybe using some form of ad blocking via DNS or hosts files? I accidentally blocked a xiaomi domain once :)
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] thorin0815:
The country you're in while checking isn't the "problem", it's the country where your SIM card is from. Maybe try to remove the SIM and/or try to reset location data like discribed here:

https://xdaforums.com/mi-a2-lite/how-to/beta-upgrade-to-android-9-beta-pie-vpn-t3872694

With a German SIM this shouldn't be necessary at all, but maybe resetting of the location data alone might help.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] saggel:
A dutch and a UK SIM on the phone - tried the VPN solution and I still don't get updates :confused:
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] thorin0815:
Hmmm! Last thing to test would be a factory reset and a try to update an untouched environment preferably without SIM cards.

Don't use the Google restore option! If you do so, don't forget to backup important stuff to a SD card/cloud before.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] saggel:
That's what I thought to do too, but I have 3 more trips coming up till the end of the year, so let's see if there'll be any luck with the December update or with any of the other countries! Else, I'll probably have to do a factory reset! This is not what I was hoping for though, all I wanted was a phone that can have monthly security updates!

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bringing this to the discussion:

just read this on another thread, not sure if this is the case for me too, I'm currently in the Netherlands, but was also in the UK last week, and Norway the week before!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] thorin0815:
Timely security updates and a 4000 mAh battery for me. ;) Good luck with your phone.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] Fuzzo83:
In Italy same problem, no updates at all. There's a way to unlock this?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] saggel:
Yep - the battery too! On a 5 days trip I charged it once! That's simply amazing!

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Which update are you on? October? I'm on October and can't get anything after that!
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] Fuzzo83:
October for me too.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] saggel:
update for the update: I received the November update a few hours after I landed in San Francisco! So there must be some restriction in countries! But I'm glad there is no problem with my phone!
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] FreshlyBaked 420:
I'm on the Canadian carrier Koodo, I'm having an issue with editing APN settings on any OS update passed 9.0.5. The settings are greyed out. It's not a carrier issue I don't think as this only seems to happen when I install an OS over 9.0.5. It definitely happens on 9.0.6, and I have yet to try on 9.0.7. Is anyone else having this issue?
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] Shoruk3n:
Did you ever figure this out? I'm having a similar issue with not being able to change apn settings.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] thedrizzle:
Yep. I just add a new apn. You can't edit the existing ones but you can create new ones.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] FreshlyBaked 420:
I never figured it out. APN settings are still greyed out on new 9.0.10 update. I can't add a new APN either
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] Shoruk3n:
Grayed for for me also, even if I try to create a new one. In fact I can't even make a new one because I'm unable to edit the name field. Quite disappointing because I'm currently unable to receive texts
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] buttsak:
Grayed out apn here as well :(

Can't find a fix anywhere
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] buttsak:
Fixed mine.

First off I'm on straight talk

When I set the phone up originally I used the Verizon sim cuz the coverage map looked better than the other networks. Well no mms, texts, or web, grayed out apn. Messed with it for 2 days before saying screw it and going out and getting another sim kit. Got home set up the T-Mobile SIM and boom! Phone works perfectly. My guess is it has something to do with the cdma network and the phone not wanting to accept it...just for testing purposes I put my friends actual Verizon sim in and it did the same thing then the wife's att sim in and everything worked just fine. Op6t doesn't like cdma networks
[LG G7 ThinQ  Questions & Answers] andygold:
I just got a message that there is a "g" labeled update for the above phone. I looked online and cannot find any info at all as to what this update fixes/breaks.

Anyone have any info on it, or can you provide a link to such info?

Thanks,

Andy
[LG G7 ThinQ  Questions & Answers] andygold:
Well...replying to my own post here. The update broke the fingerprint recognition to some extent. Phone would not unlock using any of the 5 stored fingerprints (luckily knock code was still working). Strange thing was that when I went into the fingerprint registration page, and touched the sensor..the numbered fingerprint would flash and let me know which finger was touching the sensor. So, at least the sensor and that part of the software was working.

The way I was able to get the phone to unlock with a fingerprint again was to erase all 5 and re-enter them. Now it works every time. Just posting this in case anyone else has non-functioning fingerprint unlock after the "g" update.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Questions & Answers] wolfu11:
mine updated last night and I didn't have any finger print unlock issues. Bit I'm disabling automatic updates . would rather know what's changed prior to updating. I checked the verizon site and there's no mention of a November patch even though they rolled it out.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Questions & Answers] coolpoete:
got an update on mine as well, apparently some kind of security update. No issues with my fingerprint sensor either.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] myka_1997:
How to disable and all google apps work without services gplay???? I never had seen when i used 1 month before , i always turn on location and never seen in battery usage GOOGLE PLAY SERVICES. NOW I SEE! I DO NOT OPENING MAPS.... I USED GMAIL CHROME FB MESSENGER SNAPCHAT. EVEN WHEN LOCATION IS OFF STILL SEE IN LOCATION LAST USAGE MY BATTERY! BEFORE I NEVER SEEN WHEN ALWAYS ON OR ALWAYS OFF LOCATION. SO WHY I SEEN NOW????IN BATTERY USAGE . I USED THE PHONE 1 DAY AND NEVER SHOW GOOGLE PLAY SERVICES. I USED FOR GMAIL SNAPCHAT YOUTUBE AND SO ON! AND NO ONE APP GIVE PERMISSION TURN ON GPLAY SERVICES BECAUSE NOT AVAILABLE TO OPEN APP!!!!!! NOW WHEN I TURN OFF GPLAY SERVICES I CANT OPEN LIKE ,,VINTED APP" BECAUSE DO NOT LET INTERNAL MEMORY PERMISSION OF GPLAY SERVICES!!! I UNPLUG FROM CHARGER AND NOW I SEE GPLAY SERVICES STILL USING MY BATTERY EVEN WHEN NO CONNECTED TO INTERNET BEFORE NEVER SEE WHEN CONNECTED TO ANY INTERNET OR WITHOUT THAT!!!!!!!!!! WTF IS WRONG WITH MY PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] InfernoWolf19:
Firstly, flash a custom recovery on your phone, then flash a custom rom, and then flash google apps. Because you just wanted google play services, flash the google apps, aroma installer from opengapps website, as this specific version lets you choose what apps you want installed on your phone. :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] foxriver77:
Hello everybody. I'm french sorry in advance for my poor English. I am a jogger and I'm looking for a soft which could give me that distance between two points. I already use a VisualGPSce log that i convert to a googleEArth file : it draws me the way i've run but it doesnt tell me how many meters i've walked.

How can i know it ?:confused:

Pour les francophones : Je fais souvent des footing, je cherche un soft qui pourrait m'indiquer la distance entre mon point de départ et mon point d'arriveé. J'utilise un log VisualGPSce, je converti le fichier au format GoogleEarth et la ça me dessine le trajet que j'ai parcouru mais ça me dit pas la distance que j'ai fait. (Je précise si sa a de l'importance que je cours en forêt). Peut-être que l'un d'entre vous connait un soft.

Help me plzzzz

INFO : HTC V1615 + Official HTC TYTN II FR 6.0 ROM
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jlariviere:
Well, there's TomTom Navigator; Expensive, but could give directions if you need them...

I don't have Google Earth installed right now, but I think there's a tool for finding the direct line distance between two points..

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Eh bien, il ya TomTom Navigator; cher, mais pourrait donner des directives si vous en avez besoin ...

Je n'ai pas installé Google Earth pour le moment, mais je pense qu'il ya un outil pour trouver la ligne directe distance entre deux points ..
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] bapssystupr3m3:
maybe gpstuner? havnet tried it all myself but i seen ppl attach gpstuner with geocaching
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Dr. Strangelove:
Have you checked sites like http://www.handango.com, http://www.pocketgear.com, http://freewareppc.com?

I have no experience with these programs, but I found these which might be useful for you:

MASPware GPSmeter => http://www.maspware.de/products.php

VITO SmartNavigator => http://vitotechnology.com/en/products/smartnavigator.html

VITO Activetrace => http://vitotechnology.com/en/products/activetrace.html

TurboGPS => http://www.turboirc.com/ppc/

...

Many more can be found on the sites provided in the beginning of my post.

Good luck!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] foxriver77:
I've already got TomTom it doesnt work for the thing i wanna do.

That's exacty king of softs i was looking for. GPSmeter seem excellent. I'm gonna test em and let you know.

Thanks.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] paradix:
TRackme

Hello,

you can try Trackme.

Bonjour,

trackme est exactement ce qu'il te faut.

Détail sur le site xda

Bye
[Huawei Watch 2] aodsbj:
The Huawei Watch Sport 2 LTE SIM (LEO-DLXX) works on Tmobile USA

Before I purchased this watch I couldn't find any definitive information regarding whether this watch would work on the USA Tmobile network. It does work in 3G HSDPA and 2G H+ modes in my area with very good reception. Standalone call quality is very clear, with people on the other line surprised to learn that I am talking with them via a watch speakerphone and not a phone or headset. This watch does not support the Tmobile USA LTE bands, but I think that is a non-issue for my use case.

The purpose of this device is so I can leave my phone behind on occasion, yet still have limited connectivity. I have been using the watch with wifi off, cellular on automatic, bluetooth on, with OK Google off. With a mix of Cellular and Bluetooth use I am getting a full day of use running the latest Wear 2.1 firmware.

To activate on Tmobile you need to add a wearable line to an existing line for $15 per month ($10 with autopay). You can then "pair" this line with your phone line so both devices send and receive SMS messages and make and receive phone calls from the phone line number. Some Tmobile CSRs don't understand how to add a non-Tmobile supplied wearable to their system, so you might need to hang up and call again. First you need to call regular customer service to add the line, then they transfer you to a Digits CSR to add the new wearable line to your main line.

The only apps I use are Ultimate Watch 2, Google Fit, Messages for SMS, and Whatsapp through linked notifications. I wish there was a standalone Whatsapp so I could send new Whatsapp messages - right now I can only reply to Whatsapp notifications.

So far, very impressed with this device, especially with the $250 ebay via Hong Kong seller price.

I am looking forward to future generations of LTE Wear OS watches. Once someone introduces a new more power efficient chipset with USA LTE support, the platform is a long term winner. I am not sure what Google is thinking by neglecting this market. From my experience the wearable market is going to be a long term winner once technology makes minor additional advances.
[Huawei Watch 2] gsmsource:
Thanks for this information since there is hardly anything online stating which carriers work. Do you really have to use the digits program though? Why can't I just ask for a sim card with a different number from T-mobile

Thanks
[Huawei Watch 2] cornelha:
You can start a whatsapp conversation by using assistant, just say "send a whatsapp message to <contact name>"
[ZTE Nubia X Questions & Answers] sgn15:
What are the possible replacements for google services?

Aptoide/Yalp store as replacement for play store?

If it works, I guess installing youtube, maps, etc. from either store should work? Or not?

Or we can find alternative apps thatbwork like youtube, gmaps, etc. anyway

How about retrieving contacts saved in google account? Can i retrieve them using browser logged in my google account? How to import into phone?

Users of Apps/games that require google login like pubg should use alternative logins now. Will it work?

What are the all the requirements for degooglefied phone like nubia x?
[ZTE Nubia X Questions & Answers] br_other:
Hi,

I'm using one phone like that, until some solution for the google services is found.

It's a bit uncomfortable, but it's working. In anther one post I have uploaded a picture how it looks like.

Here is the answers of your questions:

I'm downloading the applications from Google Play store, and then installing the apks manually.

YouTube app generally working, but closes when cant find the google services. Anyway I'm watching the videos from the browser.

Maps - you can install Chrome and then pin it to the home screen. Works like charm.

You can install Mesanger, WatsApp, Viber, Skype - they work.

I have download a Microsoft launcher. It has Cortana as voice assistant. Then Outlook app, which can import all the contacts and from your accounts (o365, Google, Hotmail, yahoo etc.)

With PUBG I had some issues installing it because except the apk has obb, may be I'll try later when I have some time. Fortnite is working like charm. Even with the back screen two additional buttons is like a cheat.

Things which I could not solve until now:

- Outlook cant import o365 mail hosted by GoDaddy.

- It seems that, a lot of applications rely on google services for the push notifications. If the app (let say Viber) is not running, you may not have popup notification on the lock screen. (If anyone knows how to solve that I'll be happy)

So, that's all. At the end you can live with the phone. I'm happy with it.

I hope that answers your question. If you have other questions - let me know :)
[ZTE Nubia X Questions & Answers] sgn15:
How about updating/syncing contacts? I mean after retrieving them and i added a new contact entry. How do i update/sync that contact into google?

And for photos? Do i have to manually backup to pc or cloud since there's no google photos and no google drive?

Any other concerns i might have forgotten?

Edit:

Link to this thread you mentioned?
[ZTE Nubia X Questions & Answers] topdogg188:
I used aptoide - the only google apps that seems to work is Google Chrome Browser and gmaps. youtube did not work through aptoide as didn't all the other google apps i tried. I placed a youtube home page using the chrome broswer on the desktop. Whatsapp apk i downloaded from their official website and installed working fine. When I downloaded whatsapp through aptoide and the chinese market app it won't work and keeps saying date and time is not right even though it is - maybe because its not chinese date and time?

For Contacts i opened my pc with chrome broswer and downloaded the contacts VCARD which you can do and placed in root folder of Nubia X - picked all my contacts up - I'm not sure how to sync though to google accounts as you cant add a google account through the phone unless you root as per other posts.

Pretty silly how they just didn't let you install gapps without root - i buy a lot of chinese phones and its the standard now even if google isnt preinstalled - its been a long time since I've seen a phone that doesn't let you install gapps yourself if you want too even though they dont support it. I'm finding it hard to use the phone and it will probably end up in a drawer for a few months until the international rom is released with google. Its annoying, even switching the phone off the voice assistant starts in Chinese and i want to get rid of this.

I've deleted practically all the bloatware, yet can't get music player to detect music i placed in the music folder.

Should have done my reading before hand but oh well... I got it for less than £495 from geekbuying 128gb version but should have waited out for the international rom version

Most of my good apps I downloaded through the Amazon App Store which is also working so I have 3 markets on my phone at the moment.
[Treble-Enabled Device Questions and Answers] RedErick2903:
I have a Cubot X18 Plus running Pixel Experience Pie and for some reason my mobile network signal is very bad, as in one or less bars and sometimes out of signal(emergency calls only). I can confirm this is a issue on all treble ROMs for me, as on stock ROM my phone is sitting at around 3 to max signal bars. My phone has a 8.0 vendor and a ntk mt6750 if that would help.

Anyone knows how to fix this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcusNow:
Not cracking. Reading. The password is known.

If the ADB backup is encrypted, how can I access the contents on the PC?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] or.tapiero:
hi,

is there any way to change the slide side to get the recent app using the "home, back" navber gesture?

i have to slide to the left to get back to the recent app i've been using and i want to change it to the right side
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] maigre:
There are apps that will allow you to customize this behavior extensively. I've been using OnePlus Gestures. It's in the Play Store and not a OnePlus product. It's outstanding, gives you the ability to set gestures in lots of different ways (swiping up, left, right, up and hold, etc., though it seems to "phone home" a lot. There are others, too. Fluid Gestures does what you want, but not as much overall as OnePlus Gestures. And maybe some of the ROMs will give you this functionality if you're rooted and want to go down that road.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] or.tapiero:
mmm ok thanks alot…

this app didnt helped me much.

and no, i dont want to go down this rooted road ;D

i thought it will be simple…
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] maigre:
What didn't OnePlus Gestures do for you? It allows you to set each of the gestures to whatever you want.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] or.tapiero:
i mean to thia kind of navbar.

and i dont know, its just dont work.

when you slide the home to left it open recent apps.

all i want to do is to slide to the right insted
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] maigre:
I see. Is that Navigation Gestures you're using? I'd been using that some before switching to OnePlus Gestures. I don't have it installed anymore, so I can't check the settings for it, if that's what you're using.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Totone56:
I think he's just using the Pie gestures. Sadly yes, switching button placement doesn't switch the recent apps orientation too.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] rsommer:
Hello all,

From what I can tell XDADevelopers is the best place to ask stupid questions - because I'm noticing with how much time I've spent on here trying to solve this problem that everyone here seems to be particularly helpful! However, I have spent way too much time trying to solve this myself, so this is my last ditch effort before I go and buy myself a new phone, haha. If anyone can get this phone working again for me I will PayPal, send some BTC, or eTransfer ( if you're in Canada ) for your time! :)

So here goes:

I installed an 8.0 Oreo Superman ROM ( I don't remember the exact one I flashed - IIRC it was this one but I'm not entirely sure, but it was working really well and I was extremely satisfied with how everything was working ). Now I did this a while ago and I've been extraordinarily busy lately so it's been a while, so forgive the lack of detail. I was trying to install some sort of application/feature through Magisk Manager and it wasn't working as expected so I did what in hindsight what I know now to be an incredibly stupid idea - which was to disable OEM Unlock and disable developer options and reboot hoping it would get whatever I was attempting to install working. Instead I was greeted immediately to the following bootloop upon starting the phone again:

( here's a direct link just in case since the thread preview isn't showing the image for whatever reason: https://i.gyazo.com/1a8af44f100198c70ef9ebfc98fea374.jpg )

I'm unable to boot into TWRP and Odin/PC does not recognize the phone at all. I've tried on multiple computers, different cables, etc. My other Samsung S7 has no trouble being recognized by my PC & Odin as well as Samsung Kies, so I know it's not a driver issue. I only have the IMEI engraved on the back of the phone since I have long lost the box that had the SN on it, which might allow me to reset it through Kies as far as I understand. I am starting to think this is well beyond my capabilities to fix, or the phone could potentially be completely bricked. But again, that's why I'm here asking for advice. :)

I have tried my best to solve this on my own but I simply don't have time to keep working on this - so like I said, I'd be willing to pay to have someone attempt to come up with a fix for this issue or at least tell me I need to go and buy a new phone - though, ideally I'd prefer the former, haha. If the phone is toast, I was thinking of getting a lightly used Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 off Kijiji or Ebay or something - but if anyone has any recommendations for an alternative I am open to that as well, but I like the bezel-less design and the fingerprint reader, but ideally I'd like an OLED and wireless charging.

Anyways, hopefully someone on here has a solution or at least tell me with 100% confidence that I can safely toss this phone and I will keep my fingers crossed.... :confused:

Thanks guys - any help would be greatly appreciated. :)