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[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] ilovepj:
It pains me in the heart to see where this android open community is heading. It kinda goes against my principles to pay 18 usd for an update. This is unseen with any android device I had before :). Users/devs just try to help each other and make stuff public..

I hope this changes soon and that these methods are made public, instead of commercialized by 3d parties. Please correct me if i'm wrong.

P.S. MODS Please do not delete this post, It is a legitimate discussion, no need to go and censor posts on XDA, regardless of your affiliation with any third party company, users should be able to discuss their thoughts in here :)

Happy new ear by he way brothers and sisters!
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] wijiji:
Im with you man, is disgusting.
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] s327374:
I only wish I could pay as little as 18 dollars for something that no longer seems to exist. Cheers
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] mscion:
You know, this bootloader problem is so annoying I wish XDA would ban phones on their site that do not have unlock codes available.
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] mscion:
So is it hopeless? No bootloader unlock code anywhere?
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] walkwitmeinhel:
I guess funkyhuawei last option but way too high orice its like useless also development is fading
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] filip_pine:
Right now funkyhuawei is not able to provides unlock codes for Mate 20 X .... :((
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] walkwitmeinhel:
RIP
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] lightning413:
FH just started unlocking again but it's $127...ouch

Global also started doing it and it's a bit cheaper $63

https://global-unlocking-solutions.miiduu.com/bootloader-unlock-codes-choose-model-below
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] filip_pine:
Yeah, people will not buy Huawei and Honor's so much without the unlocking option... Most of the people , almost 40% they are young people ( 14-35age ) which even more of them will mod if not Root their devices...

Holy moly... are you sure ? What i am amazed is how and where do they get the codes since Huawei is not providing them anymore ? :rolleyes::eek:
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] amgreenhawk:
Latest OTA official update has OEM Unlocking option enabled.
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] filip_pine:
And what is the latest update ? I'm on 195 on both my devices...
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] mscion:
Hi. Where is this indicated on phone. Maybe show screenshot? Thanks!
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] ben63vw:
It's only on the Globle version L29 (not sure about other non-China versions) and would be found in the Settings -> System -> Developer options after tapping Build number in Settings -> System -> About phone enough times to display Developer options. I have the China version AL00 (so no screenshot) and that option isn't needed to unlock bootloader. An unlock code is still needed to unlock bootloader and then to gain root.
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] mscion:
I also have AL00. So version L29 has an option in "Developer options" for OEM Unlocking. But the AL00 by default has this capability so you don't have to set it or by not having this option you can't unlock. Thanks!
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] ben63vw:
Correct, I was lucky to get an unlock code before it went to ? and my AL00 bootloader us unlocked with no need for the OEM Unlocking option.
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] mscion:
I'm jealous! I just tried ordering the code again. Keeping my fingers crossed!
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] filip_pine:
Where did you order it buddy ? Thanks

PS : I think because there was the New Year Festival in China, chinese people didn't work, New Year Holiday in China is a big Featival, people dont go to work for almost 2 weeks... I'm thinking... Was this the reason they stop providing codes ? If you check back, they stop providing codes exactly 2weeks ago, when the New Year Festival in China has begin... And now when the Festival finish... Global solutions and FunkyHuawei start providing codes... Hmm.....

Edit : I just got a reply from Global Unlocking Solutions Miidu : In 4 days we will be able to provide codes again

I also receive reply from MinistryofSolutions : Hello, yes, we provides codes for 70$ but we only accept Family or friends Paypal Payment... Hmm, something smell here... If you send money as a friend or family on Paypal, there is no way to claim the payment...
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] amgreenhawk:
Correct. Sorry, didn't mention mine is EVR-L29.

Attaching screenshot below.

I haven't enabled yet, since I'm waiting for the officially supported TWRP and MAGISK.
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] mscion:
I ordered from Global Unlocking Solutions. They haven't charged me yet. They are waiting to place the order. They have been good with refund when problems arose. So I'm sticking with them.
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] Jerky_san:
Wonder why they all suddenly started charging 70$. Didn't ministry used to cost 20$?
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] ben63vw:
You will still need an unlock code to unlock bootloader. That option alone won't allow you to install TWRP (may never be officially supported, 'unofficial' one works great) and gain root. Enabling it only allows you to use the unlock code, nothing else.
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] amgreenhawk:
How do I contact Huawei for requesting bootloader unlock code?

Any links or email address will be appreciated.

And please let me know how the petition is going on and how I can contribute to it too.

And it will be helpful if the first post can be edited to reflect the solutions for the above questions too.

Thanks.
[Huawei Mate 20 X Guides, News, & Discussion] PhoneTechShop:
You can't if you do they just f you off like :we soory but for protection and security our users and cust we cannot provide you this.. Bla bla.. They won't..
[Xposed General] chrisf8657:
I'm putting up a $1000 bounty right now for Xposed on Pie (have a Pixel 3) in the next 2 months.

If someone knows where I can deposit that in escrow, let me know. Otherwise it's here and sitting to be grabbed.

Don't know if it will help but it's a carrot on a stick to start :)
[Xposed General] maxsteelvishak:
Awesome, I'm adding another 25 dollars
[Xposed General] knaik95:
I'm broke so I can't donate all that much but for those that can, here's the official Xposed donation link. Hopefully it's okay with [MENTION=4419114]rovo89[/MENTION] for me to post this.
[Xposed General] HyperCriSiS:
Go here :)

https://www.bountysource.com/
[Xposed General] buddy66:
You know that the code for Xposed for Oreo has not been published right? Bounty is not going to change anything because no one will write Xposed for Pie from scratch. Nobody except rovo89 can do something about it unless he publishes the source code. It would be better to contact him, check if he is still on it and then donate to him directly.
[Xposed General] HyperCriSiS:
He does not have the time. He that that money is not the issue. Better would be if he releases the code.
[Xposed General] RusherDude:
He won't release the code, because the last time he did (for M), romracer and others built a half-assed version for N (which HELPED port all modules to N before the official release). He wants total control and this is not only meaning that Xposed is dead unless he returns full motivated, it also means that the latest releases sources are not available and who knows if rovo sold the mod to some malware deliver company (I believe and hope not, but this is just an scenario), which could use xposed as a malware rootkit (it has potential).

I mean, in the end, rovo has no time/motivation for this project and doesn't want to share it, so we're better off asuming it is dead forever.
[Xposed General] Pupet_Master:
All i know is that most moved on already. The only module i miss on my main phone is Kmod
[Xposed General] littlejonny17:
[MENTION=6147790]Pupet_Master[/MENTION] is right imo! Only the "hardest" of the harcore users of android still want xposed.

People learned to live without it and the reality is that devs are losing interest in mantaining support for the "nevercoming" updates.

Dont get me wrong, I think that xposed gave kitkat, lollipop and marshmallow a much richer experience and performance, but after nougat, android itself started to implement thoose missing features so xposed started to be pointless, at least for me.
[Xposed General] HyperCriSiS:
It is not about features. I could do without every module except xprivacylua. I won't ever use Android without it. We clould try to gather a huge bounty to get somebody create something from scratch.

I would also donate at least 150$.
[Xposed General] littlejonny17:
I guess you do not have confidence in the apps that you have installed on your phone :D but yeah, maybe that's the most valid excuse for using xposed.
[Xposed General] HyperCriSiS:
It is also a principle thing. These days you shouldn't trust anyone that has the possibility to collect data.
[Xposed General] Pupet_Master:
Sorry but i don't get the logic of that.

First, bounty will mean nothing if the modules devs already moved on. 2nd let's face it, bounty also means nothing of no one is in touch with the only person that can make it happen, Rovo.

Also, custom ROMs do almost everything that Xposed used to do now days. Not to mention that Xposed isn't perfect. It allow modules to expand the framework of android, how ever, it bog down the performance.

There is an app called Wakeblock that do everything that an Xposed module would do but is stand alone. I see the old devs from Xposed modules moving on to this sort of thing.

I still, to be honest, don't get the logic of need Xposed and never use android without it if you literary miss no module from it except one that any LOS ROM based already do by default.
[Xposed General] Uraniam9:
Any news on Xposed Pie, I'm missing great modules like exi, edge etc. I think I should downgrade to oreo
[Xposed General] chrisf8657:
I'm not going to donate that money as one poster posted, it's a bounty. Gets paid when someone does the job and claims it , but according to much more knowledgeable posters no source is available.

The only thing I miss is the gravity box tweaks. I'm rooted so any alternatives?
[Xposed General] SnowFuhrer:
I have many xposed modules that I can hardly live without.;) Instant face unlock is the one I used the most.
[Xposed General] Mihara:
There is one thing that is impossible with Magisk, to the best of my knowledge, that is critical for me: Setting device locale (language) on a per-app basis. No, changing it before launching and then switching back on close is not an option. No, setting multiple locales does nothing useful, pretty much no apps use this feature, and especially the ones I need it for do not.

And no, custom roms can't do that either, and Google has been ignoring numerous requests to do that for a decade, because they discriminate against multilingual people, since multilingual people are not a nationality, which apparently makes it okay.
[Xposed General] Chengzhir:
Ed Xposed can be used on Pie.Although some modules have compatibility issues. Link: https://github.com/solohsu/EdXposed
[Xposed General] halotr:
magisk does not have xposed module ?
[Xposed General] VincentJoshuaET:
Have you?
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Jufinda:
Hi there, I'm looking to replace my entire screen, both glass and digitiser, are all the LeEco screens the same? They all visually look the same, I ask because for me, other device screens are easier to get than the others, I have a LeEco Le Max 2 6gb ram 64gb ROM

Anyone know? Thanks.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] dylanmusik:
find in aliexpress

:o
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] chrisf8657:
Coming from the Pixel 1 and having the PureNexus ROM, there was 2 features I'd like to get if anyone knows how to add them:

* Long pressing back force closes an app

* Holding the power button while the lockscreen is off turns on flashlight

Anyone know of something or a tweaks app like PureNexus had baked in?
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] cambunch:
Edge Sense Plus can accomplish both of these in a slightly different way with the "long squeeze" function. Requires root for both but assuming you expected that.

https://xdaforums.com/pixel-3/themes/app-21st-oct-edge-sense-plus-1-10-0-t3856787
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] chrisf8657:
Awesome!

Thanks for turning me onto that - works great for those 2 things!
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] PuffDaddy_d:
You could also install any gesture navigation app and set a gesture for each command.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] chrisf8657:
After some time this isn't working as well as I had hoped, it turns on in my pocket. Any programs that I can use that use the power button?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Accessories] pgunning1:
Hi guys

Does any one know where to get the Silver Black USB covers for this tablet. Ive found white and black on ebay/amazon and a few sites but not Silver Black usb covers.

Is there anyway of getting these covers as I have a broken one so I need to replace it.

Thanks in advance for any support on this.

ATB
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Accessories] abeyruma:
I think I saw on in lazada both black and white
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Accessories] Pfrinz:
Does anybody know if the USB cover from the Z2 phone does fit the tablet as well?

It looks quite identical on pictures...
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Accessories] Egon77:
Where is the problem, you can buy the original cover.

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[Xperia Z2 Tablet Accessories] Pfrinz:
thanks for the find, but the price is quite ridiculous
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Zenoran:
I think I tried posting this in one of dcd's rom threads but it got lost in the thousands of posts so I figured I would pull it out into a main thread...

What is up with WM closing out (crashing) background apps once you launch new ones? it's supposed to keep this stuff opened until you close it! Even if I have only 1 app opened, say Resco Pocket Radio.. and I try to go into a text message.. it will crash Resco... or if I have a PIE window open and I switch to a file browser it will crash PIE...

Is this a wm thing... wm6.1 thing or... dcd thing... or what?

I would really think this has been addressed before but I can't seem to find anything through search...

thanks :)
[Mogul, XV6800 General] indeo:
Are you using HTC X-Button or QuickMenu that may be closing your apps? Jus a thought
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Zenoran:
no htc x-button but I am using quickmenu... but that is only supposed to close the apps when u click the X in the corner... apps are closing by just launching from a notification... hard button.. or other launch method
[Mogul, XV6800 General] indeo:
Havn't seen that before... the only thing i can think of is double check quickmenu settings or try a hard reset, or maybe even cook a new rom. One time with a particular custom rom my text messages never made a sound -- but every other sound worked. I cook a new rom and it fixed it
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Zenoran:
i guess if no one else sees this problem it has to be something I have loaded on my device... im going to start removing things to see if i can determine the culprit... im starting with quickmenu
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Zenoran:
wow i dont think I've ever used regular start menu before but isn't it supposed to show apps that are currently loaded in memory? mine seems to be showing a list of last used apps... has like 10 things in there then program/settings...

not to be mistaken with frequenters (set in settings->menu), I have that list empty... strange!
[Mogul, XV6800 General] silentbenton:
I'm having a problem with PIE. I'll open my text messages, then go back to PIE only to have it re-open back on the homepage. It is very annoying when I'm in the middle of something and just wanna respond to a text message.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Zenoran:
I noticed it has to do with apps that are active on the broadband network, which leads me to believe it was radio-related...

I went back to 1.4 & 1.7.0 and no crashes or anything... starting to think this combo is more stable anyways. new radios just don't seem to work all that well on verizon, at least in my experience :(
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Logan0829:
Wow! Excited to see this! Thanks :)
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] tech_head:
It doesn't matter if you find it.

I don't think you can flash a modified BL partition and have the device boot.

This is part of secure boot. The notice will always be there with an unlocked BL.

It's on all devices that have ARM trust zone and secure boot, if they run Android.

This is part of Google's requirements.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] mauronofrio:
Good job, if needed i can help with the checking
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] AnoopKumar:
abl.img is not the bootloader i guess.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] OhioYJ:
On other devices they've been able to swap this image with another one to "hide" the message, to "get rid of it".
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] dennisbednarz:
Would we sweet if we could get rid of the unlocked bootloader message too.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] GuestK00395:
+1
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] GuestK00177:
U guys should talk to@invisiblek. We had this issue of broken verity with the essential phone and he came up with a redboot.img that u flash and it bootloops the phone and fixes verity. It keeps bootlooping till.it fixes it, then u flash a proper kernel and you are good. Cuz as It stands one can only resolve this properly with the tool
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] tech_head:
Different issue.

They are not trying to get rid of the red warning but the yellow warning for an unlocked BL.

On this phone, if you have a "red" warning you use the MSMDownload tool and go back factory including locking the BL.

This is a different case.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] foobar66:
Well ... bad luck ... I tried to change abl_b and reflash it ... phone is sort of *dead* now.

Does no longer boot at all.

However, when I plug it into the PC, I can see:

> lsusb
Bus 001 Device 034: ID 05c6:9008 Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)

And then:

> dmesg
[ 9395.999112] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 34 using xhci_hcd
[ 9396.149376] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=05c6, idProduct=9008
[ 9396.149380] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 9396.149383] usb 1-1: Product: QUSB_BULK_CID:0402_SN:33B9DDAC
[ 9396.149386] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM
[ 9396.150184] qcserial 1-1:1.0: Qualcomm USB modem converter detected
[ 9396.150372] usb 1-1: Qualcomm USB modem converter now attached to ttyUSB0

So it is not completely *dead* but in some sort of Qualcomm low level mode. I found some info here: https://together.jolla.com/question...ss-modem-any-chance-to-bring-it-back-to-life/ but did not make any progress yet.

EDIT: looking at MsmDownloadTool to debrick the phone ...
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] ghoster76:
Use this https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/tool-6t-msmdownloadtool-v4-0-oos-9-0-5-t3867448

Should try for several times with instruction here
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] GuestK00395:
Question - when does device show red warning? When u disable dm verity?

I unlocked and rooted but only had yellow warning, but when i installed aosp gsi i had a red warning. Once of the step to install the rom was flashing vbmeta and disabling dm verity.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] AnoopKumar:
Disabled dm-verity caused red warning, i guess.

---------- Post added at 10:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:58 AM ----------

Edited abl.img ? and flashed via recovery/fastboot ?
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] foobar66:
No, just flashed using dd command in TWRP shell.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] AnoopKumar:
Phone still dead ?
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] foobar66:
OK ... I managed to recover my phone !

A windows PC with the MSM program did the trick.

I am now back to stock 9.0.5
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] AnoopKumar:
I assume that, there is nothing to do with the abl.img. Only thing we can do with it is change the default strings to a song lyric or something. abl.img is the uefi firmware i guess. Bootloader is using the images stored in the logo partition.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] GuestK00177:
Gsi's flash without breaking verity if u flash to both slots. And totally format. Fastboot -w. The phone sees any changes to partitions as corruption and breaks verity, hence red warning.. if someone would be inclined to talk to invisiblek from the essential threads, he could tell u of a fix. The solution is not in abl. It's in the stock boot.img. if I had more time, I would help

---------- Post added at 02:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:51 PM ----------

No, they are talking about breaking verity also. Seems to be both messages, but more recently the broken verity message. Which there is two types, one u can boot from, one u cannot.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] ozzmanj1:
I would love that idea. That would be really nice to have on our device
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] AnoopKumar:
We are not taking about the message we can remove using boot.img.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] :
U talking about the bootloader unlocked warning or the red your device is corrupted, broken verity warning? And a kernel won't fix the verity message, FYI.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] AnoopKumar:
Bootloader unlocked warning.

Modified kernel let you boot without pressing any button.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] :
Ok, I have yet to see anyone resolve the bootloader unlocked message in any devices with A/B and trust zone. And a modified boot for the other is what we need, but one that restores verity, not just bypasses the button push.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] AnoopKumar:
Things are very different and difficult with this A/B.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] twinnfamous:
When I get the red message I flash boot.img dtbo.img system.img and vbmeta.img on both slots and fixed. It doesn't work if one slots system is modified usually that's when I get the error.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] saiprasadgawde:
Seriously pissed off with this device is corrupt crap.

How do u flash the images in fastboot ?

Just fastboot flash command ?

Edit - found the commands and flashed but I still get the device is corrupt screen on boot.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] twinnfamous:
We're u able to flash img files to both partitions.

Like for example fastboot flash boot_a boot.img

fastboot flash boot_b boot.img ?
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] saiprasadgawde:
Yes i flashed on both partitions. Only thing that removes the device is corrupt screen is MSMTOOL.

I had got the device is corrupt at boot when i flashed stock boot.img through ek kernel manager. I already had twrp in place and elemental ex kernel before i flashed stock boot.img. So I guess the twrp changes something in the boot.img.
[OnePlus 6T  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] twinnfamous:
I'm going to corrupt my phone on purpose just so I can try to get a log while it's booting up plugged in to PC.

Then we may find out more. I'll report back