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[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
The "worth it" part is up to you. What is it you want to achieve? If you want to....

Flash custom roms and kernels..

Use add blocking and themes..

Install sound mods...

Or just customize the crap outa it.....then yes.

However, a word of caution, do your research into flashing procedures, and become very familiar with fastboot just in case something goes wrong, and you need to recover your device.

Also, if you use certain banking apps, they may not work if your rooted. If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask. There are bunches of helpful people on XDA that are happy to help you. :good::cool:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] t4duzan:
Thanks for the advice and info Badger50. I think I'll do as you recommend and research it for awhile.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] gjkrisa:
Also insurance apps detect root also and some games

Magisk is a great app for hiding root from these apps most of the time.

If you want to keep up to date on the monthly Google updates it can be a bit of a pain as you have to replace your boot image and kernel and even then can have issues with the way pixel handles the rom.

But with that said it's good to at least do it learn a bit about what goes into it see if it is good for you.

Good to have a backup phone and or know your restore procedures.

Pretty hard to brick a phone with the pixel phones.

Just have to follow some steps exactly the way they tell you.

I stay stock now because of the updates some times it takes me a day to get time to fix the phone to accept the update and work properly and I like having accu battery have history from start of the phone
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Samuel Holland:
Taimen_#1

Without a doubt, hands down, currently I need Root. If the device has no solution then it's the last one I would pick. Currently I'm running Havoc with Magisk 18. I have the viper/Dolby sound benefits with my favorite Sony features & apps. Also I'm running lawnchair w/ quickswitch module. All in all I guess you could say I have a problem. Every since I learned I could update to KitKat instead of being stuck on stock gingerbread I've been rooting. Thanks:good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] jimv1983:
If you have a warranty (sounds like you bought it used) or you have have insurance they will be void if you are unable to restore to stock.

That's why I don't root.

Just something to be aware of.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] simplepinoi177:
One of the best and ultimate reasons to root is to be able to take a nandroid backup that's better than any non-rooted backup method! It will literally

backup

and

remember

everything (due to all of this residing in the /data partition)! Your homescreen, settings, app and its data,down to every little thing!

Being able to move the clock back to the right, modify so it's better on battery life and cpu quickness, enjoy extra features in apps, and many other "tweaks" are secondary but very enjoyable and satisfactory...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Linwood.Ferguson:
it's an interesting question to me, because this is the first phone that I have decided not to bother rooting. It is also my first pixel/Nexus which I think is part of the reason. In the past getting rid of bloat and many of the controlling aspects from carriers was important to me. With the pixel, there is very little of that. Plus it just works, I'm not working around issues.

maybe I'm getting old, but to me the phone is now something I want to use not something I want to play with. When I root the phone, I have to keep up with security updates and I'm usually also fixing and patching things from trying different mods. So far the pure Android experience from Google has proven reasonably reliable and stable, and it just doesn't seem worth the hassle anymore. I will continue to buy phones I can root, how's that may change at some point.

Right now, my opinion is, for me, there is no need to root
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Bwyan Benton:
I haven't unlocked my bootloader or rooted since the first pixel. I use adguard premium and YouTube vanced. Currently, absolutely no need for root anymore. Just my two cents.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] jd1639:
Everything related to apps and app data. Anything on the internal sdcard, not so much.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RampageKiwi:
Hi,

I flashed the xiaomi.eu rom with magisk for my mi mix 3. The installation was smooth and no problems occurred. The phone booted up after install and showed the Miui 10 set up wizard. I chose the language and then connected to the wifi and it then goes to the screen that says it is checking for updates, and it is just stuck there with the wheel spinning. I had no options to skip it and the same thing happens when I try to connect through cellular data.

Do I just have to wait or is this some kind of bug? I am currently in China, so maybe the internet restrictions in China is affecting it somehow? I don't think I did anything wrong with the install and have no idea why it is like this. I can still access TWRPs so is there a way for me to skip the setup wizard at the start? If I can skip it will it affect the phone in some way or will it just be default settings?

Any help will be much appreciated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceaser008:
Did you found the solution?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] moinkazi:
is there any rom which support jio to jio HD video call support because I tried hardrock miui 10 and greeshan pack but when I call someone he is getting blurred image ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] ssstrong:
Hello,

I have s7 edge that was fine till couple days when i started to have the "pink line" issue, i follwed a youtube video steps which included disassembling the device and put a small paper beneath. It worked fine and the pink line gone.

The problem is that the camera not working. The slefie camera wirk bit it takes few second to show up but the rear camera give me camera failed.

I openef the device and checked all the cable connections and was fine.

I did clear cache, wipe partition, disable smart stay but nothing happened.

Any Help Please ?
[General Questions and Answers] kaggelaki:
Hello everybody,

I have a stock of some koo zone 7'' android devices 1.2ghz dual core cpu and android kitkat 4.4.2 already installed, kernel version 3.4.0+

It is already rooted so i dont have the general option to update it using settings->about tablet

How can i find a compatible ROM with this?

thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Do you have a custom recovery?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Kamalis:
Hey guys, why my Poco F1 cannot edit for blur level? It says bokeh keep stooping, before this I can used it and after update 9.1.17 it happened so. What should I do? Thanks for your response.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rach86:
hello guys

i got allot of gionee phones that i bought from china like ( gionee S10, S10L, S10B, S9, F6, M6, M6 Plus, M6 S Plus, GN9011) and i want to change the system language to french but they only got english and chinese.

i'm asking for help from you guys, if anyone have a solution ill be happy to hear it

thanks ans sorry for the bad english i'm a french guy

:confused::confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marthido:
Try hard resetting the phone, and on the boot up menu walk through, select your preferred language. It worked for me on Gionee s10L
[HTC Desire 10  Questions & Answers] melro324:
Hello guys! as the title says, i need a RUU for my phone. Can someone help me :confused:

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 3.0.U205591@60906G

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 1.08.401.4

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) serialno:

(bootloader) imei:

(bootloader) imei2:

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: a56dj_dugl

(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8226

(bootloader) modelid: 2PUK10001

(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__J15

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 959aca5e

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ruh01:
Steps to install in countries where OTA has not come yet:

1. Install a VPN client from Google Play

2. Shut down phone and remove SIM card(s)

3. Restart, head to settings and clear cache and data for Google App, Google Framework, Google Play Services and Location Service

4. Reboot

5. Start wifi and open VPN client, chosing as country Germany or Netherlands or India. For me, in Romania, model TA-1053, selecting Germany did the trick

5. Go to update and check. You may have to repeat this last operation a few times if no luck from first one.
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] corke2013:
Can confirm this works :)
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kazimir69:
It's working. Thank you!
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ruh01:
Welcome Kazimir69. Hope you enjoy it!
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] dex87xda:
Model?! TA-1024?!
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kazimir69:
I have an TA-1053, and I use it in Hungary. I installed ExpressVPN form play store, and selected the Netherlands server, and my phone automatically downloaded the update.
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] dex87xda:
Cool I will try for my ta1024

No, not work for my model.
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Usman. Adalat:
Does not work for model 1024

Confirmed
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Turtuga:
Anyone can provide ota link for TA-1053? I tried this method but doesn't work.
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] madereality:
Apparently for our (1053) model at the moment there is no way, it remains to wait
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ruh01:
My model used in the tutorial is TA-1053, I specified it. If you really need, I can post picture.
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kazimir69:
I give a full description, maybe it will help.

1. Install ExpressVPN from play store.

2.Turn off the location (you can disable it in the notifications tiles), and the wifi. After this turn off the phone and remove the sim card(s).

3. Turn on the phone, go to settings, storage, internal storage, and select other apps. At the top right corner enable to show system apps.

4. Select Google app and clear cache and all data.

5. Select Google Play Services and clear cache and all data.

6. Select Google Services Framework and clear cache and all data.

7. Select Location Services and clear cache and all data.

8. Reboot the phone and open ExpressVPN. Turn on wifi, and select the free trial, give an e-mail address, then select the Netherlands server.

9. Go settings and search update. If it work, you will see the Pie update.
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TechVenom:
Working for TA-1024. Thanks :)
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] akyttala:
Is there any way to revert back Oreo after updating Pie? Pie seems to work quite bad, for example screen won't turn off at all. It just keep changing between black screen, clock on black screen and lockscreen randomly for ages. I have restarted phone but it won't help. Oreo worked quite good so I want it back..:crying:
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] WildWolfInside:
The metod works great on TA-1024, just updating now, thanks a lot prietene, să trăiești!
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] dex87xda:
Can somebody backup OTA file for ta-1024 model?!
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ruh01:
Glad it works [MENTION=9706850]WildWolfInside[/MENTION] . Sa traiesti you too!
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saelfos Emaka:
Works for me, thank you for help

Nokia 5 1053
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] majason:
Check https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78764263&postcount=77
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] NachoDorito:
This works for the TA-1027 if set on the Netherlands server.
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mekky26:
unfortunately it didn't work with me :( .. and i have a TA-1053, i did all steps one by one but no update yet
[Nokia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] bocanila:
Try the method I posted here

https://xdaforums.com/nokia-5/how-to/guide-how-to-install-android-pie-build-t3883901/page14

It works for me.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] Untouchab1e:
was reading an article over at coolsmartphone.com - http://coolsmartphone.com/news4008.html

The U.I looks really cool and was wondering if there was a way to get it for the Touch Dual? Cheers!
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] jvieira:
I believe that's a question for the Development board, not this one. I think I've seen something about that there ..
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] mccannmarc:
looks nice, shame it still links to the CRAPPY looking windows mobile apps, i wish someone would completely revamp the entire shell of windows mobile
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] ducamie:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=386133
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] Untouchab1e:
Thanks!

Yeah! I also really long for something that would replace the ugly-ass WM apps, such as SMS/Email, Calendar, etc.. So if anyone find anything, please let me know :)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] muzikfreakah:
I had this working on my mine, but shifted to UL which is pretty awesome :-)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] mccannmarc:
same here ultimate launcher is brilliant. ive installed vito sms-chat and vito fun contacts too so its rare i see the hideous wm shell now
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] muzikfreakah:
vito sms chat, how is it for you? I liked it but it created a new SMSfolder which I didnt like and SMS notifications wouldnt work anymore. On vito Quick contact, can you still pop out the software touch keypad? I mean I know we have the hardware slide out keypad but sometimes I like just using the touch screen.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] mccannmarc:
sms-chat is fantastic. although you dont recieve the normal text alerts you should still hear your sms tone and a little semi-transparent window pops up in the centre of the screen with the sms info. In my opinion it is a lot better than the normal wm sms and even better still than the threaded sms in wm6.1.

Fun contacts works in such a way that you dont need to use the keyboard unless you are editing contact info and ive just confirmed for you that you can use the software keyboard as well as the hardware keyboard for this.

hope this clears things up for you
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] muzikfreakah:
Will try to give vito SMS chat another trial. Thanks!
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] zkyevolved:
Try lord smiff threaded sms. I love it.
[Honor Magic 2 Questions & Answers] DGB100:
Hello, since yesterday I am a proud owner of the Honor Magic 2.

But how can I change the language of the stock HiKeyboard?

As you can see in the screenshot, there is no possibility for adding a language.

I want to have a german keyboard...

I hope someone can help me,

with kind regards

DGB
[Honor Magic 2 Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
The only thing I can think of is, to install google services (if you don't have it) and install any keyboard app you like from play store
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] brechmos:
I have an old Galaxy S3 that was used on the Virgin Mobile network. The phone sat in a drawer for a long while as the charger port was broken. My son picked it up, took it all apart and looked up replacing the logic board inside the phone to try and get it going again. (I love his desire to get into the guts of it.)

He found S3 logic boards online that have the SIM card on them (VM's are hardwired somehow). I am not a hardware guy at all, though flashed ROM's many times in the past. If he replaces the logic board with one that has a location for a SIM card could we put a TMobile SIM card in and would it work? (I suspect we would have to find a TMobile S3 ROM as well??). Not sure how the interaction of the SIM card with the phone works.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated....
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BluestreamGP:
Hello,i realize this is probably not the right place for this post. If you know where i will get the answers im looking for,please point me in that direction. Now,for years ive always used Next launcher on my devices for its customisations and theme support.

For some reason,Next launcher is not available on Playstore anymore,so there is no more developement either and it hasnt been updated for todays new devices. My question is this,does anyone perhaps know of a launcher that has the same levels of customisation and theme support Next launcher had please as i would like to be able to freely alter my app drawer transitions etc like i could with Next launcher on both my Z5 and XZ2 devices.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PioneerSeeker:
I can't judge that your profile picture is good or bad...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan_7823784920:
Samsung Xcover3, Marshmallow, unrooted, noob.

Is there a way to export (as CSV for example) storage, and possibly data transfer, stats per application?

I'm using an oldish phone with limited storage as a bike GPS, and mainly just go online through wifi to get maps and the occasional app I might want to add. I'm using NoRoot firewall to limit what can get through, but I find that G**gle etc manage to squeeze a lot of stuff down which I don't necessarily want. So for now I'd like to be able to export lists of installed apps with their storage, before and after wifi connection, to see if I can understand what's coming down, and what I can block or delete later.

Is there such an app? Or can I interrogate Android for that info from a connected Linux machine?

In the longer term I'll think about taking control of the device with a new OS, but for now I'd like to try the above.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] papafoto:
SCV36 - How to remove popup: "Choose Dialing Destiantion : - to Japan - Overseas"

Hello team!

My SCV36 was unlocked by au. But I have another problem now:

How to remove popup: "Choose Dialing Destiantion : - to Japan - Overseas"?:confused::confused::confused:

Thanks! :good::good::good:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] papafoto:
Up
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] gsoto_:
II have a Samsung Galaxy S6 with carrier T-Mobile (SM-G920T) that was flashed with stock ROM G920TUVS6FRC1with android 7.0 but the security does not work, I tried to flash it with G920TUVU1AOCG_G920TTMB1AOCG_TMB with Android 5.0.2 through Odin but I have sw check fail device: 6 current: 1. So I used ASSAYYED_KITCHEN_V1.82_STABLE and create a zip with system.img and boot.img of the second ROM and flashed it with TWRP. Everything seemed to go well, the only thing that left was carrier unlock that I did it with Octopus Box but when I insert my sim the mobile go into upload mode. I need to flash it with 920TUVU1AOCG_G920TTMB1AOCG_TMB or, if exist, with any other ROM with Android 5.0.2 but for that seems that I need bypass bootloader check. Any suggestion?:eek:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] usama20E:
How can i flash stock camera on pie custom roms..... It still stop!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Never_Sm1le:
I would guess that is a pie rom with 4.9 kernel right?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] usama20E:
Yes,it's 4.9
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] portox:
Try nhappymann's Camera Module for Magisk. You can find it in Magisk Repo.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Never_Sm1le:
Stock camera don't work with 4.9, only 3.18.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] usama20E:
What can i do!......no way?!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] usama20E:
I tried it......not solved!!
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] KarimAssiakh:
So few days ago my lg g6 (H872) turned off itself. When i tray to boot the phone the Lg logo appers and the phone restart again until i plug it to charger the battery went from 80 % to 4 %

Also the vebration mode is not working anymore.

I did a factory reset but nothing changed.

So there are any segestions to fix theses problems ?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Chama44:
Hello everyone,

I have a redmi note 4X with MTK soc

The bootloader is unlocked.

I want to flash TWRP recovery. I use adb, the "nickel " TWRP, and message in the cmd window was "ok"

but when i reboot, whatever the way (buttons or adb reboot), it still reboot on the stock recovery.

I've tryed many times, even with a "moly" TWRP (with my MI 4S, the "aqua" didn't work and I had to flash the "libra" one and it was all effective)

Tryed to re install adb, etc. Wathever, it's always "ok" in adb but still reboot on the stock recovery.

Can't try with flashtool or that kind of (Mitool Flash atc) because I can't find the right "scatter" files....

Does anyone have a clue? what is blocking? :confused:

Thanks for help :)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] hyborian:
You must reboot back to recovery, not to system, after installing TWRP.

1. Install TWRP

2. Reboot to Recovery (not to system) - this means you will see TWRP screen again

3. Now you can reboot to System

This is only done for the first time installing TWRP. Next time, TWRP will always be there.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Chama44:
Hello,

Well please I need new help !!

Now I'm fighting a new issu !! Now that I at last managed to flash TWRP, and enter in this custom recovery, my phone don't boot system anymore !! stay stuck on the MI logo :((

Do I need to flash the boot.img ? But why the hell would a recovery flashing would have change the boot partition??

And if so, where please could I find the boot.img for MIUI 10.1 stable?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Chama44:
Hello,

For those who have the same issu.

I've flashed a boot.img file found in unzipped miui rom zip.

- download from xiaomi.eu the right rom

- unzip

- find the boot.img file

- flash it with adb / fastboot

Well, So now I have my phone and datas back, and can boot on a custom recovery; but TWRP don't work well. Doesn"t keep the settings, can't install anything (it doesn't find any file when exploring ) and can't wipe cache (as if it can't read partition). That's all I tryed by now, I despair a little and that's a lot of time for an easy thing (was very easy on other phones)

Well, this time I'm flooded, i' ll take somme time but don't give up trying to root that phone
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] hyborian:
Start again, and I recommend ZCX-TWRP-3.0.2-X-REDMI_NOTE4-MTK_Nikel-16.11.18.img and Magisk instead of SuperSU

https://xiaomifirmware.com/downloads/twrp-custom-recovery-redmi-note-4-mtk/
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] BabyHero32:
I just changed from lineage OS back to the stock firmware. It says i have to sign in in my MI-Account, but i have to connect to Wi-Fi. I just choosed my network but there's no keyboard to enter the password. Sorry for my bad english.

Thanks in Advance
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Darklouis:
Try to download the original beryllium stock img files (10.2.2 i think) and flash it to MiFlasher
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] juju66:
Hi everyone!

Could someone give me a solution to this problem?

My sms box tell me that I've an unread sms in the inbox but I cannot see it; I've tried to select every sms, mark as unread and then mark as unread.

The counter show me one more sms than in the reality. I would like to keep all my sms, if possible.

I think it appears by clearing a new sms a little bit to fast....

Thank for your help!!
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] jvieira:
sometimes I wonder if the search option bites...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=366427
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] juju66:
Thank you for the quick reply!! It does the job.

By the way, I know the search option don't bite cause I used it but I think I didn't put the correct words...

Thanks again!!