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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] oddbehreif:
It's also worth noting that the Exynos version has a slightly better DAC compared to Snapdragon. Good to know if you want quality sound out of it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] robboc180:
Excellent point as we all use our phones for music, be it bluetooth or headphones.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] high_voltage:
Firstly, the note 9 dev section is actually quite lonely - only one kernel, few ROMs and that's all. Secondly, the snapdragon variant is A LOT better vs the exynos in every regard - better battery life, faster CPU in real world, ~30% faster GPU on average, smoother UI (less frame drops), faster emulation on emulators. It's the better variant to get by far.

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This is not that true anymore, qualcomm really improved their own DAC in the last two generations. There are enough materials on the web about exynos 9810 - go read Andrei's articles (anandtech) how to improve exynos 9810 (part 1 and part 2). Also his article with direct comparison between the two note 9 variants in real world/real tests not antutu etc. - the snapdragon note 9 makes a joke of the exynos versions. The difference is like high tier midrange device vs the highest tier device. It's not even close and buying the midrange device just because you have two more ROMs that are the same (flashing AOSP on note is absurd as you will give up all the features, you are better of with s9, BUT even then there are compromises like camera quality/features) - is a mistake. Yes, I have the exynos note 9 and while OK, I perfectly well understand and see how mediocre the SOC is, even the sd 835 beats it in some cases and it shows in real world usage.

I am saying all that with warmth of heart towards fellow xda member that can choose between the two variants.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Airtioteclint:
I know right. Choosing an inferior variant solely because it has more of the same rom to flash is beyond crazy. I guess it's true you can only lead a horse to water.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
Although i do understand that an almost negligible amount of speed might be visible on paper, day to day tasks probably don't reflect this 15 to 20% difference as being noticable between the exy and snappy.(but i guess that for someone that wants nothing to do with custom recoveries and root, it might be a good way to decide between exhibit A and B or even C and get a bigger.. pow? for their buck)

but for more advanced users*;

if all touchwiz roms are the same. then all AOSP are too.

tell that to all the devs, that basically there are only 2 roms on samsung devices(or any other devices for that matter) and whether they put efforts to refine and add options or not, that basically their efforts are in vein as they are all forked from the same source and are making copies.

so whatever base it may be, they are just variants of one an other. yes in theory but in practice they all feel a bit different. some get updated more, some feel faster, some are stripped of all that is samsung and are pure android while others are bloated with all the bells and whistles samsung has to offer.

way back in the day, there used to be only 1 or 2 phone colors, now there are more.

should we stay conservative and keep choosing only from the good old 1 or 2 color pallet when there are many more?

should we point fingers at people that shave their heads when they could grow full heads of hair?

again what rings true in the end is choice.

yes the note 9 has a more limited variety of roms this time around(* ahem... i mean copies) but when anything is greater than 1, then i choose 2 or 3 or 4! maybe next week ill choose 1. all i know is that i can if i want to.

*don't all(majority) devices capable of being customized have basicaly 2 bases?;

Stock based

and

AOSP based

hasint it been like this for years and years now?

arent roms copies in some way or form of these bases?

so how can this argument hold any weight?( that all exynos note 9 roms are the same when this is the nature of custom roms!)

so in the end, let me play devils advocate for a bit and vouch for the n9600 and its 20ish% more of performance and 1 custom rom entry:

isint this describing the p20 pro?

and from some reviews on xda and elsewhere it is the better flagship/faster phone.( 15 to 20% faster? lol i dont know)

so screw the note 9 because if we use the guide lines suggested by the previous posts, we should be pushing for Huawei if we really want to be honest.(costs less too!!)

anyways, that's my pocket full of change for you guys.....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] high_voltage:
The p20 pro is using a kirin 970 that is a joke of a SOC and far worse than exynos 9810 and 8895/sd835 from 2017. The new kirin 980 is only in the new huawei mate. :)

The difference is not a paper like, there are a few threads lurking the forums and in them few people had both variants, all of them kept the snapdragon and returned the exynos. Will quote:"I approached this with the knowledge there will be difference in favour of the snapdragon, but I never expected the difference to be that big. I am shocked!" among the other people that commented on the two variants sitting infront of them. Then there are educated deep reviews and comparisons like @ anandtech.com from Andrei, but what he knows - right? It's not about percents or benchmarks, it's about how better the snapdragon performs in REAL WORLD USAGE. If you want technical details why, you can read "how to improve exynos 9810 part 1 and part 2" on anandtech. I can go technical, but it won't be presented in the good and deep way those articles do it. Also after that on the same site, read the 1 month old comparison between snapdragon note 9 and exynos note 9. The difference is not 15-20% and most importantly it's not invisible in normal/heavy/daily usage (nor is small in sensation/objective smoothness and speed while you use the phones).

Won't continue to discuss this before you read those materials to get real image on the matter. You literally never touched the snapdragon variant and yet you think you know how it is. Obviously you didn't even bother to read the materials (that are quite technical to understand for most, but still - the general idea and conclusions from person who have the knowledge are there). Samsung actually count exactly on that - you have a fast device on feel, but then again, even snapdragon 660 gives you a snappy feel. They count you don't have and for most - never will, both variants in front of you to see the big difference that this year is the biggest ever between the exynos/sd variants. We pay in Europe 1000 euro for the phone, quite a lot more than the 1000 dollars in US. For that price we should receive atleast the same phone like them, not inferior one or you like to get for more money less + find it fair?

The reason I even posted is because the OP have the option to get both variants (or so it seems). Clearly objectively and subjectively the snapdragon variant is far better device. nokia 6.1 with custom ROMs (and just a few as the note 9 dev sections is dead to the point I am shocked and never saw so low activity on any of my previous devices, including the s7e) or note 9 without those few ROMs for extreme comparison? If it's primary device and one device only, I bet 99% of the people will get the note 9, but yet again - you can be that 1% and that's also fine. What if the nokia 6.1 is priced at the note 9 price tho? :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Tombias:
Note 9 has just more features in compare to the P20.

You can have same picture quality with Note 9 if you have the right settings.

And if you ever consider custom roms than the Note 9 Exynos is a way better choice.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
yeah i must have looked that the 980 kirin because i actually did try and get bench mark comparisons on the net between the SD 960 and the mate. but what actually made me think that they were comparable (and rhe mate being even better(p20)) was the article on xdas front page 'best phones of 2018'. there was references to the mate 20 pro as being top flagship phone.

anyways the basis of my original argument was more towards having fun with different roms for the exynos.

i also hinted that there was an unsignificant performance difference between the two(exy vs sd) that seemingly is quite big judging from the picture you painted. big for me is starting at what? 30% and up? (15 to 20, im sure is unnoticalble) so enough that you can clearly feel the difference, then this is the part that i have trouble wrapping my head around. again as you said, maybe i really do need to have both devices side by side to be able to ascertain the true gap between the two and appreciate the seriousness of the issue. because again from the picture you are painting this is not a simple variance but an issue. i didn't read yet the threads and reports you are referring to judge for my self, i am taking your word at face value for now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] high_voltage:
The articles shapes and describes just that, that it's an issue this year while previous years the diff was not that big and was variance. Some other tech guys also reported the same - that it should be done something to that samsung practice in the future as the diff is getting too big and people don't realize how inferior variant they have as no sd variants are in Europe to compare to. Etc, they think frame drop for example is ok or the game dropping from 60fps to 30fps frequently is game's fault while in US the sd845 runs it locked 60fps, apps loads faster too and all thar while using less power. :)

Don't get me wrong, the exynos note 9 is a joy to use, but when we pay even more than US buyers it's bad to receive less in hardware. Would you like a note 9 with midrange SOC? As right now it's closer to that vs variance, it's just that today's midrange SOCs are powerful enough to not be that noticeable. This doesn't help when I do game on my phone and it's really bad there (the GPU is 35% slower on avrg. in games vs sd845 + the UI is having a lot more frame drops, i.e. less smooth, got worse battery life too and so on and so on, won't repeat myself). In long term it will show even more as apps will require more power to run smoothly/fast and games are evolving fast this year. Emulators that I do use are x2 slower too (there is a big difference there) and media creation is also slower. Multitasking heavily is also with more frame drops and slower.

If you find time - read the articles I referred to, they are interesting read indeed. Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
will do for sure.

and i do remember the debacle a few months back and thaught, lets wait for people to build a few kernels and see if we can't get more juice of em. now that we do have 2 kernel(beast mode and endurance) i believe the ladder has OC support. regardless of OC, there might be tweaks and optimizations that may help out. now that we are speaking of it. i completely forgor to bench before and after. yes synthetics arent reliable i know but its easyer to compaire numbers with numbers. anyways i hope that in the end light has been shed onto OP's path to a satisfying desicion.

best regards
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] high_voltage:
Endurance is quite good as it put Andrei's optimizations and tweak the exynos behaviour. I have a little bit of involvement to it coming to the note 9. :)

Sadly, it just shortens the lane, but it's hardware design problem that will never let the exynos to match the snapdragon 945 in CPU. Even if the exynos M3 core is large architecture and in raw power great... it can't really utilize that power. Also it got some drawbacks, after all samsung engineers are not that stupid, they just have different approach (right now it's to favour low temps and battery life to close the gap in that regard as in s9 launch it was a disastrous difference. Now it's closer in battery, but not performance).

This all is about the CPU tho, the GPU is just a lot slower and nothing can be really done there to make a significant difference (as the gap is huge).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] m. murray:
I just picked up the note 9 SM-960W and was excited to root. But came to XDA and found out you can not ROOT this model. :( I still love the phone but it would be so much better with the ability to root and install custom roms. I keep switching back from my XS MAX to the note 9. My advise get the N9600. Sill have the snapdragon chip plus the ability to root and install roms.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ngf1979:
Good, I've already gone through everything with the phone and no problems, always solve it either by entering fastboot or recovery! Yesterday I went to bed with the phone running, just a problem with installing large games, and today after charging all night does not turn on the screen does not come out the logo of miui or go into recovery or fastboot. I do not know what to do!!! Someone has passed him or knows how to fix it!

Now that:

In my myflash comes the following:

getvar product 2 & 1 findstr

In fastboot I think because I do not see anything but it makes like it takes figure the following:

List of devices attached

3e91a87a unauthorized

This adb server's $ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set

Please!!! Thanksssss
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dwgalaxys:
Due to illness (visual (vdu related so limited screentime)and brainfade!) Had to urgently revert to latest (Dec 24th) stock Oreo 8 Indonesian S7Edge (from SamMobile) as have SM-935FD (Duos) model with UK 3 network and Spanish (telefonica/o2) sims.

Uber would NOT work on my Superman Rom 2.9 (Nougat), even with Magisk etc... as also have pneumonia was creatnig PANIC situations! :crying:

Would LOVE to go back to FULL Rooted Rom (hidden) with secure everything (Android Pay, Gpay, UBER etc etc!) but unless I can guarantee all works without tripping ****, then i dont have the strength to do right now...

BUT - i am also having signal problems with 3 mobile (BTU) as usnig Indo CSC - because the BTU needs to be edited in order to get dual dialling pads in 'Phone', I cannot just odin flash the BTU csc over INDO... I dont think?? And also, as Sammobile stock recovery, am too nervous to odin TWRP in case i lose all the other stuff that ow works that I need

SO, any advice, SHORT links to read would be V V welocme and helpful...

Happy New Year all -Thanks!! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] zxczxcdani:
[IMG="icon"]https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandansoysauce/simplexkcd/master/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher.png[/IMG]

Simple xkcd

Lightweight, simple xkcd reader made with Material Design. And is open-source.

Features:

Change theme from light to dark (or vice versa), on the fly.

Zoomable viewing.

Launch explainer via Chrome Custom Tab

Randomize webcomic.

Read alt.

Play Store

Source

XDA:DevDB Information

Simple xkcd, App for all devices (see above for details)

Contributors

zxczxcdani

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: 1.1.0

Stable Release Date: 2018-12-31

Created 2018-12-31

Last Updated 2018-12-31
[Android Apps and Games] zxczxcdani:
Please close.
[Android Apps and Games] mattgyver:
Thread closed as duplicate of https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/source-simple-xkcd-lightweight-zoomable-t3884964
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Airpil:
Confirmed by [MENTION=2956638]pokkaf[/MENTION] for Swisscom network (Switzerland) - https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78592698&postcount=9
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] i42o:
so this basically enables VOLTE on any carrier, regardless if the carrier supports device or not?? i am currently on cricket, and VOLTE works only on cricket phones and iphones, but not on any other phone even if they are capable of it....
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Airpil:
It allows you to control Qualcomm Chipset. And yes basically you can enable VoLTE you can try different MBN files. Or modify NV items directly via QXDM or EFStool.

Cricket - it is an ATT so you can try to apply mbn file for ATT from the Noki8 folder. Or chose existing ATT profile form the phone. Also there is a profile for Cricket in Pixel3 ROM. Pixel 3 has a different CPU but it might work.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jwchen119:
If this method works on Walleye or only on Taimen?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Airpil:
Ive tested this method on my Pixel 2 XL. But the changes ive done is quite minor (important but minor) init commands are standard.

So i wouldn't be surprised if it works on Pixel 2 as well.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] coolsid8:
Hey, just a quick question. I am from India.Currently, volte on works on jio network for pixel devices in india.

Google has still not enabled volte for major providers like airtel/ vodafone even on the latest pixels.

All major phones in india including Oneplus support volte on airtel/vodafone. Will this method work to enable volte ? Also, what are the risk factors ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Airpil:
there are several mbn for VDF India and Airtel in the Nokia zip attached. Usually MBN file has a vendor signature but Pixel 2 doesn't check the mbn signatures so you can try to apply MBN files from the archive or from any other phone with the same Snapdragon 835 CPU and Generation (MSM8998). Risks .. just notice the previous active MBN in PDC most probably it will be WildCard. If the MBN replacement will not work for you, you can select previous MBN at any time.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] pokkaf:
Thanks a lot. Helped me to get VoLTE and WiFi Calling working on my Pixel 2 XL on Swisscom network (Switzerland).

Though it was a bit tricky to get the diag mode enabled so that my computer would recognize the Qualcomm modem. After installation of patched Magisk and of the Magisk module zip (Diag port) I also had to execute the "setprop" commands via Terminal on the phone. Plus the Magisk VoEnabler module needs to be active constantly for it to work after adding the mbn via the PDC tool.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Xdevillived666:
Anyone try this in pixel 3?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Xdevillived666:
Hey , sorry to bug ya again. I have voLTE by default via my carrier. What did you have to do to get wifi calling? Just upload an mbn file?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] pokkaf:
WiFi calling was enabled when I installed the mbn file from the Nokia 8 (see other thread). I suppose if your carrier supports WiFi calling with the Nokia 8, then it should work with the Pixel if you install the the Nokia's mbn file.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] pankspoo:
Will it work on one plus one???
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Xdevillived666:
Thanks. And you used which program? I've messed with qxdm before but not the other one mentioned.

Also , why not flash a debugging vendor in the future ? Allows access to ports and is safer than the magisk method.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] pokkaf:
Honestly, I can write all of that here but you could just as well read everything in the other thread. The program was the PDC tool which comes with the whole Qualcomm package.

And for the vendor image.... I don't know. If it's safer to use that, why not try it this way.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Airpil:
Advanced PDC Tool to swap the mbn file.

Debugging vendor image cause th dm-verity failure and bootloop. Also there are no PDC\QXDM settings in Debugging image. to support Diag mode we have to have an access to the rmnet usb function.

https://android.googlesource.com/de...eo-m2-release/init.hardware.diag.rc.userdebug

VS

https://android.googlesource.com/device/google/wahoo/+/master/init.hardware.diag.rc.userdebug
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Airpil:
For one +1 you can use this guide to get an access to the QXDM

https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-unlock-aditional-bands-qualcomm-t2877031

for PDC you need to activate rmnet usb function so you may want to try this one

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77783004&postcount=3

also OnePlus 5 has the hidden menu. It might work for One+One as well

*#800# --> oneplus Logkit --> Function Switch --> enable VoLTE + VoWifi switch

*#801# ->> Activate Serial & l Full-port switch
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Xdevillived666:
can u pm link for pdc tool? I have qpst and qxdm but I cannot find pdc
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] pokkaf:
Windows start menu > QPST > PDC tool ;)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Xdevillived666:
I will try again tomorrow but using your magisk and module on pixel 3 running du unofficial allowed diagnostic but could not do anything. Will take a look using stock rom and try again
[Honor 9 Lite Questions & Answers] Apfelwurst:
I installed LineageOS successfully. But I wanted to try Omnirom too. I made a full wipe in TWRP and then followed the OpenKirin Guide again. But after reboot i couldnt access the EMUI Factory Reset Screen (see Image of Point 14 in the guide). But the phone wont turn off anymore. It just restarts. I can still access Bootloader (Phone and FPR unlocked) when the phone is connected via usb and the TWRP screen with all options (install, wipe, ...). I tried to install LineageOS again but failed.
[Honor 9 Lite Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
Reflash EMUI (you need to remember which version you were on). Then try LINEAGEOS or whatever ROM you want
[Honor 9 Lite Questions & Answers] Apfelwurst:
I read a lot of posts here and finally I used HurUpdater. Worked well!

Do you know which of the custom roms comes without any google apps for h9l?
[Honor 9 Lite Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
From what I know, none
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] maurydes:
first a Special Thanks to my Friend [MENTION=5098295]markbencze[/MENTION] for help and good luck for your new adventure on V40

Good Morning xda and emui users, im here again maybe some guys from emui 5/8 know me and my themes anyway today share my last personal Emui 9 Dark theme (Dark Grey background Green accent) extracted source from my beloved Mate 20 (not pro) well you know the dark mode is only avaiable for huawei amoled device so i decided to build one .

almost all system files are themed

and as usual will do the possible i can for some google apps like:whatsapp/and gplus

installation instructions: download theme hwt file and put in Huawei/themes folder then open theme manager and navigate to your themes chose it and install after installation is done reboot your device and re install again .

note:working fine on Mate 20/Mate 20 Pro/Mate 10 Pro (i have a tester )

some bugs on honor device hope to solve in future

Bugs? well theme should good but some glitch probabily here,if you find one simply post in the thread whit screenshoot and will try to solve

have a fun guys and if appreciate my work you can buy me a beer absolutely not mandatory but appreciated :good:

links:

Release one link https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603886632

link v.1.1 https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603888816
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] maurydes:
one for me
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] maurydes:
another one
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] warsangel:
As usual you are a beautiful professional subject, I consider it as a gift for the end of the year
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] maurydes:
thanks for the nice words bro ,[emoji2]

Inviato dal mio EVR-L29 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] Planet X:
Thank you for this very nice theme. Happy New Year for you too.
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] Nollie8969:
Yeah, every theme of yours is a gift. Thanks!

Can you make (maybe next year) a varriant with light notification ?

I'm using this on Honor 6x with emui5. Only light notifications are readable.