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[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] OkayGK:
Anything is possible but the lady was older and seamed nice. I kept thinking it was on googles end.

I went to talk to UPS, lady wasn't working. Talked to another gentleman there. He told me he will talk with her as well as if i need a letter from them they can assist. I was told as soon as the package leaves that store it is in UPS hands. So now, i think a driver or anyone else could have taken the item as well. Again, anything could happen at this point. I can entertain the ideas left and right where that phone could be.

Sucks

Yeah, i doubt ups store took it, however drivers could... I've heard stories. Also, remember the story where google had chose a shipper to deliver phones to us and that company would take the phones out of the boxes and ship empty boxes? i think i read it somewhere here. Had me so paranoid, i was taking videos while unboxing my phones.

What UPS guy told me today is as soon as the package leave their location it goes to a wh. Where they weight the package and charge google according to its weight. Im sure they could look at that and see how heavy the box was when UPS shipped it. That would tell everything right away. If it was as light as just a stand means phone was taken out. If the package was heavy enough for a stand and a phone/accessories then its on googles end. Of course i could have put stones inside those boxes. Yet i wasnt even lucky enough to have google come back to me with that. Still have to call them see what where how etc.

I would not want to band the Imei as it can probably be changed remotely. Least if I let the IMEI number be there is a chance if the phone is in use it could show.

Sadly, i understand. I paid of my Mastercard as i kept waiting for weeks to get refund from them. I could of gave that phone or bought a new phone for my gf, or use that money for something else. The fact that some asshole may be using my phone or someone made a fvck up and got away with it, whether its UPS or Google, now thats hard to swallow. Im trying to be possessive and making my peace with it but ill also will keep trying to do everything i can to get the refund. Cant give up, yet. Im not rich to close my eyes on this it hurts and even rich people probably would still fight this.

here is the last response form google rep who was looking after my case.

Thank you for contacting Google Support!

Thanks for contacting us about your order. We’ve carefully reviewed your case and our records confirm that the package you have sent us does not contain the device, therefore we have not processed the refund.

As a next step, you may consider initiating an investigation with the carrier or notify local law enforcement. We’ll be happy to assist in an investigation.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] TonikJDK:
The more I think about this, it's a straight up UPS claim and you will not have much if any trouble getting UPS to pay up.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] smartymcfly:
How did you purchase the phone? All debit and credit cards with Visa/MasterCard on them have protection built in. Contact your card provider. It does not matter if you paid it off. Hopefully you have the UPS tracking # too as they are likely the ones that your card or Google is going to go after, after the fact as all shipments have insurance on them.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] Thegirlwiththepixel:
Any update? I hope you able to make headway, sending good vibes.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] OkayGK:
I have two credits link to google as well as paypal. Now i think just one credit as the limit on it was increased so there was no need for another but at the time of purchases ive had two.

I don't know why the credit card is liable for this. I know, i know get my money anyway... who cares where it comes from but now the more i got to sleep on it the more im bothered by the fact i got owned and less by the money. No im not rich, i want the money but its hard to explain. All i know it bothers allot.

I just dunno anymore, lost a bit. again, friday i found out from google they couldnt find the device and now its monday. Less im bothered by the money more im bothered by the scam or mistake someones made. stings.

Not yet, ive been so so busy. still am but hopefully im going to call google later on today. see whats up and then call UPS and try to file a claim.

The more i read their email (google). I posted on the first page. The more i understand that they asked me to contact my carrier, meaning not google but my cell phone carrier. WTF, how is carrier responsible. And Police im guessing which is again nor here or there but hey if i need to ill go to authorities.

My priority as of now and im not so upset anymore is

Call google and find out

Did they get my package (the box)

When they opened, what was in the box?

One item (stand) or two Items( phone and the stand) or non? As they were not clean in the email and even refund for the stand didnt come in.

More importantly. UPS store told me USP will charge them for package weight. So how heavy was the box? So if the box was 6 pounds (3 pounds for phone and 3 for a stand) and they received the box and it was light as nothing was in there, wouldnt that hit red flags automatically? Light box, when opened nothing in it, yet it says its 6 pounds. UPS wtf, where are items. or am i wrong?

Unless google doesnt weigh the products then by that definition they should be liable in my mind, as UPS can be sending empty boxes non stop and google can tell customers fuk off, u sent us nothing. You know what i mean.

So that info is going to be crucial for me, If i can get someone on the line who can actually provide me something instead of looking at the screen reading what it says there and saying "sorry" every two min.

I'll keep you all updated, thank you for the support.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] Thegirlwiththepixel:
Good luck
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] OkayGK:
Update:

Spoke to google and was able to get a nice lady on the phone. See there is such a disconnect that i had to go though every little detail, this time is was useful

First of my refund on Pixel Stand was almost instant. I did know about it as when i bought my first black P3 on my card i cancelled the order few days after to change the color and size of the P3 and since i didnt have enough money on the car and the refund wasnt put back right away, i asked for my brother for his card (I was in US so couldnt use my second credit card which was at home) So they refunded money to that card and i had no idea. Hes very punctual but somehow he never noticed either. Just proves my deep theory that this SH!T had to happen to me. My brother is so on point with his money and yet somehow he missed it. So anyway, we checked and money was refunded for the stand

Now onto the phone.

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Not to type a lot but we may be onto something, I HOPE.

I have returned now 2 Pixel3 phones.

When they processed the return for my first Pixel 3, it seams they processed the return with Imei # of the one that was shipped as a replacement. The same replacement phone that I have shipped out this time for refund aka Second Pixel 3. Why she thinks is because there is no info of return of the 1st pixel 3 phone that i have shipped. May be they confused the IMEI numbers ( i hope)

It may be nothing but it may be something.

I was very forward with her to let her know regardless of what we have found, i still need answers, especially what they have received in the box and the weight of it. As if our theory doesn't pin out and she doesn't get me the info. I end up waiting another 2 weeks for this case to be looked at and when I call UPS after almost 2 months of wait they will tell me, Sorry dude, we cant do anything after 45 day...

Hopefully in the next few days ill get answers from them and can call UPS or at least know how to proceed.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] Thegirlwiththepixel:
Glad you finally spoke to someone who could help. Hopefully it works out.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] OkayGK:
Update:

Google is in the process of refunding me the money.

I do not know whether they have found the device or just decided to stop dealing with me. Sadly I have a feeling device was not found. All I know is, package was shipped out of UPS store to ups warehouse, where it was scaled at 1kg. After that, the phone was lost.

I also found out I couldn't file a claim with UPS, it had to come from Google.

Aside from dealing with far too many opperaters, I was super pleased with customer service at Google.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] FacuBlanco0312:
How can I make a root to my device? I have tried with CF-Auto-Root with my Android version and compilation number, all coincide, but when making a flash from the program Odin is restarted, but not performed the root, does not install the SuperSU or root.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] denizbay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9GOJVkBhZI
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] peryson:
Hi everyone,

I'm new here though but am a Xiaomi user from the beggining of Xiaomi into devices with Redmi Note 3G Enhanced.

Currently, I own a Redmi 4X and I would like your expert lights please. I've flashed the latest twrp from twrp.me for my santoni device. Then flashed the latest build from LineageOS Official source + Gapps before booting up for first time. Everything was working perfectly until I decided to flash the latest update of LineageOS as I've seen in my updater it was released. So, I downloaded it through the updater and tried to flash it...

I came up with this "Failed to unmount /system (device or resource busy)" after that re-booted to LineageOS and everything was messed up with Google Services & Apps etc. Then I went back to twrp recovery and tried to flash again the rom but I was still getting that message so I understood something am doing wrong. Also santoni has dm-verity enabled which I know something about but just an info. I really wanna stick with LineageOS on my Redmi 4X forever but I'm afraid to flash it again. I've flashed MIUI 10 Beta by fastboot but now I wanna go back to LineageOS forever (addicted).

My only problem is: After successfuly flashing LineageOS and Gapps, I cannot apply (flash) updates to update the ROM to the latest nightly build due to this error above.

Kind regards,

peryson
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] Harukey:
Try with different recovery. For example with this
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] peryson:
Instead of trying an unofficial recovery, do I have an option to unmount system manually before flashing through Official TWRP? :confused:
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] Harukey:
You can download latest Lineage OS build and dirty flash it (without any wipes) (so you can unmout system parition). And I don't see any issue in using unoffical twrp.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] user180928:
I also have experienced same error once during upgrade "failed to unmount /system"

Eventually I wiped everything and did clean flash from scratch. This is really annoying issue and demonstrates that upgrade system is not 100% reliable for some reason.

I'm not sure however is it Lineage or twrp issue.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcamel:
My fiancé's phone has in just the past couple days become plagued by a nagging, sometimes near constant noise. I'm not sure if this is a system sound, or an app that's behaving maliciously. She uses a xiaomi mi mix, I use a mi max 3 myself and don't have any of the same issues or recognize the sound from miui's usual noises. I managed to record the tone (being particularly obnoxious) and uploaded it to YouTube to see if anyone could identify whatever this sound is. Whatever it is, it doesn't leave an actual notification in the notification panel. A link to the tone follows :

https://youtu.be/S5Ew9jujrMs

I'd appreciate any help identifying this nuisance. I may be forced to wipe the device if I can't figure this out, but hoping to leave that a last resort.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcamel:
After researching further, I'm fairly certain the offending noise is nfc. It seems it was toggled on by mistake, neither of us ever use nfc so It was foreign to us. I believe this is solve, please close this thread. Sorry!
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] lumbo7333:
I'm worried that I've permanently messed up my phone. I didn't make a backup of my stock firmware when I first flashed Lineage OS, and then I was having issues with that, so now I'm using the stock one again, but it's not official. I used fastboot to flash it and then flashed twrp and magisk. That should of been sufficient to factory reset it right? It just keeps having little problems that it didn't have before, like internet loading things slowly and bugs and crashing apps. The reason I switched off the Lineage OS rom is because it had little problems like that too. I just don't know what to do anymore.

Relevant Info:

Device: Moto G5 Plus Unlocked US version

Carrier: T-Mobile
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] E11101101:
What exactly are your problems? Check the thread of the custom ROM you installed and look for fixes there, maybe you installed an outdated version and your problems have been fixed in the updates. Good luck.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] Wolfcity:
What do you mean with "stock but not official"?

Where did you get it from?

There are some sources for official firmwares signed by Motorola here on XDA so what makes you think the one you use isn't official?

If so that could be for sure the reason for problems for I have to say that I haven't seen unofficial stock ROMs except TWRP flashables (you said you flashed using fastboot so it can't be this) or debloated stock ROMs.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] lumbo7333:
I mean it didn't come officially from Motorola. I got it from this:

getdroidtips.com/moto-g5-plus-stock-firmware-collections-updated (It's not allowing me to post outside links because I'm a new user, so just add www to that)
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] Wolfcity:
If you can flash the firmware by fastboot it's most likely an official signed firmware that was leaked. To be on the safe side use the firmware found here on XDA like this source:

https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/potter/official/RETAIL/

Just make sure to use the same firmware you we're on or a newer one that fits to your region.

I recommend to reflash the latest stock firmware, maybe something went wrong the first time.

And remember to always make a backup before you flash anything that could cause problems.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] lumbo7333:
It the latest stock firmware different from the stock rom I flashed?
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] goodjuju:
You can also try the repair function in Lenovo Moto Smart Assistant app.

https://support.motorola.com/us/en/solution/MS126499
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] lumbo7333:
Hmm. Now my security updates are failing.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] lumbo7333:
Will doing that use official firmware?
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] Wolfcity:
Sure. The firmwares from Moto Smart Assistant are the same like the ones I've posted above, I compared the hash files.

Would be interesting to know what firmware you're on at the moment.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] lumbo7333:
I'm on OPSS28.85-17-2

I thought my firmware was unofficial since it was leaked. Also do you why I can't update?
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] Wolfcity:
Any firmware you'll find is leaked even the official ones. Motorola doesn't release any firmwares except the ones you can download with Lenovo Motorola Smart Assistant.

The link I posted https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/potter/official/RETAIL/

contains official firmwares too. The latest one for the US (85-17-4) can be found there too.

What happens exactly when your OTA fails?
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] lumbo7333:
- I download the update the update

- It reboots and goes into TWRP for some reason

- I have to manually reboot to system from TWRP

- My phone boots to system and says update unsuccessful

(This is a security update by the way.)
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] Wolfcity:
You can't take any system updates when you have TWRP installed!

For OTA you have to be on

unrooted full stock ROM incl. stock recovery.

This is a very important rule.

So you have to ways to handle this:

- Flash clean stock firmware and apply to the OTA afterwards (if you flash the latest firmware 17.4 you don't need the OTA anymore). You will loose your internal storage data or skip the "erase userdata" command.

Firmware from here: https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/potter/official/RETAIL/

- Take a TWRP flashable build but be aware that you can't take OTA updates at all in the future which is not needed as the firmwares are up to date.

TWRP flashables here:

https://xdaforums.com/g5-plus/development/oreo-twrp-flashable-stock-builds-coming-t3830482
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] lumbo7333:
Will flashing a new build delete my data?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] cooldude20000:
Hi all I have finally got the Pixel experience rom booted on my mi max 3 with the fixes from this post https://xdaforums.com/mi-max-3/how-to/guide-android-9-pie-aosp-phh-treble-rom-t3862708

To do is it takes a while but is worth it latest update 11/01/2019 is stable

ok here we go

first you need to flash or factory reset your phone on the latest china beta so as of today its 9.1.10

next downlaod the xiaomi.eu rom latest rom whatever it is

https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/9-1-10.48651/

download the pixel rom for ARM64 A ONLY

https://github.com/EnesSastim/Downloads/releases THIS IS THE ACTUAL WEBSITE

HERES THE DIRECT ROM LINK

https://github.com/EnesSastim/Downl...A-2019-11-01/PixelExperienceP-arm64-aonly.zip

Magisk if you need it

https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/download/v18.0/Magisk-v18.0.zip

patches and fixes for brightness etc

https://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4680047&d=1546632878

ALL IN ONE TOOL USED TO FLASH TWRP

https://xdaforums.com/android/software/tool-tool-one-driversunlocktwrpfactory-t3358711

OK HERES HOW TO INSTALL IT

FIRST COPY ALL FILES ABOVE TO YOUR PHONE THEN FOLLOW THIS GUIDE

Flash the original China dev via miflash (no lock Bootloader option tick). Because the original China dev Fastboot Rom recreate the original Partitions.

Start the system until welcome Screen(don't know why but it was one solution)

Then in Fastboot mode: Fastboot format userdata

Then flash newest original twrp in Fastboot. USING THE ALL IN ONE TOOL

Then install xiaomi.eu

Start system until welcome screen.

Reboot to recovery

Factory reset

Reboot to recovery

Install PixelExperienceP-arm64-aonly.IMG FROM 11/01/2019

Reboot recovery

Install magisk 18.0

REBOOT RECOVERY AGAIN

MOUNT AND MAKE SURE VENDOR IS MOUNTED

NOW FLASH THE ZIP FILE FOR THE FIXES

Reboot to system

HOPEFULLY IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES THE PHONE SHOULD BOOT UP ENJOY

:good:
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Theseusperse:
Mistake
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] jacklau2000:
will the exFat SD sard could be read?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Theseusperse:
Yes, mine is working 100% fine, keep all my Maps and Spotify data on it.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] jacklau2000:
Thanks, I will try it later.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] nijel8:
What is this thread doing here...!? Did you build/developed anything! At least you could've integrated all "fixes" in a single install package... Otherwise what's different from other guides we already have.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] SPOCK_VULKAN:
Wrong section ! Move it to Guide one
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mario_R:
What? Mi Max 3 has just "nitrogen" codename.

"helium" and "hydrogen" are just Mi Max 1! First one is equipped with Snapdragon 652, second one is equipped with Snapdragon 650. I guess that if you'll flash helium/hydrogen firmware on nitrogen you'll get bricked
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] JulianJenner:
[MENTION=2154886]moderator[/MENTION] [MENTION=465326]admin[/MENTION] [MENTION=3973489]engloa[/MENTION] [MENTION=335322]MikeChannon[/MENTION]

Please MOVE this thread to its correct place: https://xdaforums.com/mi-max-3/how-to

This is not an original developing/ROM Building as [MENTION=4399618]nijel8[/MENTION] said...just a copy of

this

description:
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] meruelodaniel:
china rom

where do i find thee china tgz rom for miflash? cant find it anywhere...
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] JulianJenner:
:silly:

You can find it on the Internet

:p
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shuyin10:
Have try a lot of GSI rom on Max 3 and it's never smooth and stable like Miui (Xiaomi.eu for me)....wait a true custom rom
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] xmixmaster:
Totally agree with you
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] SerikKr:
What happens if I don't install Chinese ROM, and flash this Pixel Experience ROM on Xiaomi.eu right away?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shuyin10:
I do this and it's ok, but you'll see, it's not perfect
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Theseusperse:
I agree, they all have too many issues. It's been 7 months now and we don't have any custom ROM's despite this being one of the most popular Xiaomi phones (according to their offical forums and rom download stats), so why the hell is nooone developing for it? At this rate the Mi Max 4 will be out before the we even have a single native custom ROM.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] galev_90:
I to was pissed off because there are no custom romI order another phone, not xiaomi and when i receive it will sell my mi max 3.I am not sure that will try xiaomi phones again..
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Me4oKyX:
I'm currently using Miui PRO - latest version and it is Android 9 - working flawlessly, no errors found so far and battery is pretty amazing :) Go on and try it guys, it's the best thing and it is regularly updated. Not changing my Mi Max 3 for anything so far. The russians have done amazing job with this rom :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] shingers5:
Havoc 2.0 is epic on this phone guys. I have been using for over a month now and its solid. Few issues were BT audio and adaptive brightness for which there are fixes. I using it right now and its solid and as stable as can be
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] pakudaboy:
is wifi hotspot and google cam working as well?

can you confirm when you free please :D

also did you wipe system while installing that gsi image?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josuke4:
Wi-Fi isn't working and Google Play Store keeps stopping error always shows up in my version

Help
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] shingers5:
No don't wipe system just factory reset and flash image to system. WiFi hotspot works but without passkey or security
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shuyin10:
Stable and smooth like Miui ? I doubt
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] shingers5:
Mate its very good I posted a pic where I got 17 hours SOT on one charge. Quite smooth
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] palmdude:
I did a quick test. PE seemed very smooth. I did not notice any touch latency. SMS worked fine too. But the hotspot did not work, and my external sd (exfat) was not recognized.

I will try again next month.

Keep up the good work.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonanthan Nascimento:
i used PE and is very smooth, but has a Touch latency and its not stable like MIUI. :( i dont want Miui in mi Max 3
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shuyin10:
I notice touch latency too and scrolling in launcher/drawer are not smooth (but it's good for the rest)
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] nivasayag:
I flash it everything works just fine except speakers they having a lagging issue or something and also IG cam not working... Do you know how to fix it?