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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] waqqas.khokhar:
I'm downloading the ZTO firmware from Sammobile, but I have a TGY (Hong Kong) device. The last time I tried applying a MXO firmware to my device, I almost bricked my phone. Is there anything I can do to ensure that it won't happen with this version?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] CnBkrtl:
I'm already tried and my phone soft bricked. Now trying back to last TGY fw.

If anyone success (hong kong variant user) let us know how to do.

edit: Boot w/TGY fw.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] heisenberg17:
Can someone upload the firmware in MEGA or somewhere else, please? Sammobile and SamFirm are horribly slow right now, and it's driving me crazy
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Hybrid Soldier:
Do you tried downloading through SamFirm?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] HD2Owner:
all variants for g9650 on samfirm are the identical so far. i downloaded zto and peo versions.

coo and mxo should also be the same.

also having a hongkong tgy variant here wondering where the hell that firmware is...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] heisenberg17:
Could you please upload ZTO to MEGA? SamFirm is not working for me. It stops the download halfway trough, and there's no problem with my internet connection.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] waqqas.khokhar:
Judging by the December update, TGY is usually last to the party...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GuestK00182:
I use Claro. ZTO is a version without provider.

Enviado de meu SM-G9650 usando o Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] thiagomed:
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And it is stable? Everything works fully?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] :
No problem here.

Enviado de meu SM-G9650 usando o Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] klanbo78:
I'm using a Hong Kong variant (TGY) of the S9+ G9650 in the UK and updated with the ZTO firmware from SamMobile. It's G9650ZHU3CSAB which is the only version on the site right now. Actually comes up as Panama (TPA) after install, not Brazil (ZTO).

Didn't do anything special, just updated via Odin. Did a factory reset first, loaded files into Odin and updated.

On Oreo, the only drawbacks of having a TGY phone for me was Bixby vision kept giving me shopping results in Chinese and Samsung Pay wouldn't work - neither a problem for me as even the UK version doesn't support my bank and Bixby is....well, rubbish. Google Lens is better anyway and works fine.

I am seeing some differences using the South American TPA software compared to the TGY software, and also UK Exynos variant (I have one temporarily which I'm about to sell), which are;

- instead of saying 4G in cellular signal in the status bar, it reads 'LTE'.

- Samsung Pay doesn't work at all, I get a connection error.

- on the plus side Bixby vision in the camera seems to have the full array of tools, plus Amazon assistant which gets results in my country. Didn't have that on TGY.

- I don't have a 'Places' tab in the contacts tab, just Keypad / Recents / Contacts

Apart from 1 or 2 messages in Spanish during setup, everything else seems fine. Not sure if I'll bother putting on the Pie TGY once it's released - updates are too slow!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] waqqas.khokhar:
Thanks for all the insights.

I'm in Canada and Samsung Pay worked perfectly for me (on TGY Oreo). It just had promos specifically for Hong Kong, but that was no biggie.

It would stink to lose that Places tab in the dialer app...

I didn't try to do the update via Odin right after a fresh factory reset, which perhaps makes a difference. I want to install my custom font in Oreo before doing the upgrade, so I'm thinking of flashing a totally fresh ZTO Oreo FW, putting in the font and then upgrading to Pie. Let's see if it works.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] niko.gtan:
Guys, I'm from Chile and wanted to give Pie a try in my 9650 s9+.

Can I install a Pie firmware from other country such as Peru or Brazil without having carrier issues?

I'm noob so sorry if it's a stupid question.

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dieexe:
Yes!! Don't worry, you won't have any problems
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] CnBkrtl:
I did same way but phone is not booting, get soft bricked. ZTO fw download with samfirm but no luck for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] klanbo78:
Not sure why it would brick it, it's for the same phone - hope you get it sorted.

One thing I forgot to mention, as well as the factory reset before doing the update, I used the regular CSC file, not the home CSC. Guessing that could make a difference? Perhaps an "upgrade" doesn't work, but clean install does.

It's nice being able to import these phones for significantly less than they sell for in my home country. There are always a few software imperfections to deal with, but normally minor and for me the 30% saving more then makes up for it.

I should have really got the Exynos variant as the SnapDragon variant was never designed to be used in the UK, but at release the battery life was an issue (apparently been improved with firmware updates) and still think the SD845 is the better chipset today. So I was asking for trouble really :D
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] CnBkrtl:
I will give a one last shot this weekend if Sammy hk still doesn't giving update.

Same as you, living Turkey but i still bought it sd model. They are slow in updates but sd model smooth af and pretty good battery life.

Edit: Sammy hk decided to giving one ui update just now. Perfect timing. ? Downloading now.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] maerck:
And HK update is live. I'm downloading the update now.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dieexe:
Anyone noticed a slightly lag when going back to the home screen? The animation has a lot of frame drops sometimes
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] klanbo78:
Did it work? I'm curious to know if it looks clean and has much bloatware. Considering putting the TGY firmware back on now, although it's a bit of a hassle.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] waqqas.khokhar:
I did a lot of flashing (of firmware, lol) in the last 24 hours.

I first followed the guide in this forum to flash to a new CSC to go from TGY to (supposedly) ZTO, only to be disappointed that Samsung Pay was not broken but was completely missing. Googling then revealed that the only Latin American market where Samsung Pay was deployed was Mexico. I was part way through downloading a Mexican firmware when I read here that TGY was out with Pie.

I switched CSCs back to TGY Oreo, installed my custom font, then updated via OTA to Pie.

I've been enjoying setting up my phone almost from scratch ever since. I have had no problems thus far.

A good thing to note is that I installed bxactions after Pie was installed and bxactions works flawlessly and seamlessly.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] klanbo78:
Glad to hear it's only firmware you've been flashing ;)

Think I'll just leave mine on the G9650ZHU3CSAB software for now, not long until the S10 is out and might be tempted!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rjmarchant:
Yes, I have flashed the MXO version avalaible on Sammobile, no problems! Mine is bought in Iprotech (Providencia, you know...).
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] waqqas.khokhar:
Did your status bar display "4G" or "LTE"?

I am curious to know.

Also, does Samsung Pay work?

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LOL!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rjmarchant:
It states 4G, even though in connection config choices are LTE/3G/2G
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] waqqas.khokhar:
Thanks, you just saved me from entertaining the idea of another reflash ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] eltoffer:
Has anyone noticed a drastically decrease on battery performance?

I did a fresh flash but nothing fixed I think there is a huge problem with the some process :/

Enviado desde mi SM-G9650 mediante Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dieexe:
I noticed that, but it fixed itself after 5 days or so
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] wisam2036:
I've got the update but the sound of Facebook notifications has become very low even though the alerts sounds for other applications are high

Anyone have the same problem?

And any suggestion to sloved the problem?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] thiagomed:
Anyone noticed that the sound on BT is lower? Even with Dolby Atmos.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] waqqas.khokhar:
If there is a difference, it isn't enough for me to notice.

What I DID notice is a difference in behavior when a Bluetooth audio device is connected. In Oreo, notification and alert sounds would come from both the phone and the BT audio device, but now it's only coming from the BT audio device. So if you're in your car and listening to the FM radio, you will not hear any notifications, regardless of the phone's sound mode.

I'm very annoyed.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] thiagomed:
Yeah, there is a big difference. I've been using my cellphone in my car audio. Now I have to put in an upper volume than in Oreo. :(
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] delson55:
call recording stopped working after update to 9, wish I had known this before. is there a way to downgrade? how?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] PakoSanz:
Im downloading this from samfirm

Country / Region Mexico

PDA G9650ZHU3CSAB

Product Code MXO

CSC G9650OWO3CSAC

Phone G9650ZCU3CSAA

once I finish i will comment
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] chalofito:
The February security patch has arrived
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] celll:
what s csc ??
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] chalofito:
is from a free CSC in Panama (from a friend)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] celll:
thx :) friend
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] waqqas.khokhar:
I'm using Total Recall for call recording and it's working, albeit with very low recording volume levels. You have to listen very hard to hear the other side.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] waqqas.khokhar:
Actually, I wanted to correct myself. Call recording was NOT working for me, either. The faint recordings were the result of the mic picking up the sound directly from the earpiece. When I realized this, I also accepted that, after 4+ years, the call-recording phase of my life was now over and uninstalled the app
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dieexe:
March security patch is out!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] chalofito:
and no change to improve WiFi and connections, much less with the customization of the dark theme:(
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] chalofito:
https://samdb.org/download/firmware-sm-g9650-mxo/mT78d/MXO/G9650ZHS3CSC1/G9650OWO3CSAC/
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] rivelta:
i have problem restoring my previous backup using official twrp 3.2.3.x after making backup on miui polska rom ( moded firmwareless ). but i got bootloop after restoring full backup and continously restart after 10 seconds.

any have suggestions for my problem for my future backup and restore problems?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] P12AV33N:
Happened with me as well when I backed up most of the things including vendor, Try just backing up Data, System & Boot. Maybe it should work for you too as it worked for me.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] YasuHamed:
try unofficial twrp 3.2.3-5
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] ManDone.vRs:
Try ?! Did you have it installed ?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] YasuHamed:
i have flashed roms with twrp 3.2.3-5 (unofficial)

but I never tested the backup restore feature!
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] mahela007:
Hi there..

I'm trying ti understand device encryption before i install a custom ROM on my poco. (Any links explaining how encryption works on android would be greatly appreciated)

My first question is whether the pocophone encryption is turned on by default.

Under the encryption settings, the "encrypt device using lock screen password" slider is set to off.

However, every time I reboot the phone, i am forced to enter the lock screen password as fingerprint and facial recognition do not work. I assumed that this is because encryption had been enabled on my phone by default. But then why is the slider set to off?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Saswata Chakraborty:
The option that you are talking about under encryption settings, is the same as "Android secure start up" on AOSP. If you enable this option, you need to enter your device password while you restart the phone. Or else your device won't even boot up (and you won't see the lockscreen) completely and you will be stuck. It's an extra layer of security on top of lockscreen password/pattern/pin. Now coming to your second question, it's a security feature on android where no other unlock methods will work except PIN/Password/Pattern after you restart the device everytime. And it has nothing to do with encryption or decryption. Even if you decrypt the ROM, you will still have to enter your password or pin or pattern on every reboot. Only then all other unlock methods will start working. Some ROMs have a feature where you can bypass this security and unlock the device straight away on every reboot without entering the default pin or password/pattern. But they also put a disclaimer that it's not safe.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Edwin Hendriks:
Thanks for the info.. But one of the questions "Is the Pocophone F1" encrypted by default?" is not yet answered. I am very interested to know. And (while I am asking) if not, "How can I do encrypt it"?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] guhvanoh:
Yes, it is encrypted by default.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Electroz:
Just updated my Canadian S9+ (Telus CSC) to 3CSAA (Official Pie). How do I fully disable the Bixby button? Oreo had the option but the best I can find in pie to have it set to press twice to activate. Can it not be disabled anymore?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] kendoka15:
It can't officially. You can disable it with third party apps though
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] doodguy:
Hello,

I'm trying to recover some deleted text messages off my phone. I tried a dozen windows programs without any luck. Is there an easy way to scan the files on the phone and pull deleted text messages? Usually Easeus is my go to for data recovery but that software wants me to use kongo root; research shows me that is only good to android 5.0 and this is running 8.0

I tried google, youtube, etc so I'm guessing I'm out of luck.

Any options for me out there?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] nazhai:
Sorry for the delayed reply. As I know, most such recovery softwares need us to root our phones first. Then we can use them to help us scan out the deleted text messages and recover them back. Please remember to stop using your phone when the text messages deleted without backup. Cause if they are overwritten, there is no way to recover them back. Of course, if there is a backup of the deleted text messages, you can recover from backup files directly.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] StonebridgeGr:
Hello I been using p20 pro and I had s8-s9

Where the apps where in many windows when you press the home button.

Here is too weird for me

I am asking if I can change the apps to more vertically.sorry for my bad English I don't know how to describe this.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] gladiatorland:
When the navigation bar autohides, one can swipe up the screen to show it again. Is there a way, non-rooted, to reprogram this so I can perhaps swipe down the screen or do something else to perform the same action?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] riseofsand:
Wait for Pie update next month, this wont be an issue anymore
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Kacha13:
Hi

I am trying to reflash my device with LineageOS 15.1, but I can not install the ROM in TWRP because it fails with error 7, which means it failed to mount /system with it being an invalid argument. I use TWRP 3.2.3-1, but it also happened with 3.2.1-0. I am fairly certain something like that happened last summer as well where LineageOS messed something up in one of their updates. Currently I can not solve it however.

I already wiped everything, reformatted, changed the file system and back, erased the partition via fastboot and so on. I am out of ideas of what might work. Fastboot and recovery are both accessible. It seems as if TWRP can not mount system at all. Also in the mount settings, it is not selected, while the rest is. A df results in no mention of even the block device. There is one device though with one number higher then the one for system should be with the name sdcard and a size of 248 MB.

Does anybody have an idea what could have gone wrong? I would appreciate any help.

Kind regards

Kacha
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] jbanti:
Try Orange Fox Recovery.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] belovank@gmail.com:
Hi! And it is possible to flash system.img via TWRP?
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] realthrash:
Since the latest TWRP (3.2.2.2) can flash those partitions, can we flash through it?
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] belovank@gmail.com:
no, I tried
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sebasrock156:
Is it A Only or A/B type?
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Sjll:
A only.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Sjll:
Use the twrp provided by me, it can flash these partition with an img file.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Thelooks14:
After install this ROM..I dont have root acces and how to enter the treble twrp because I cant enter it after flashed this ROM:crying:
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sessions04:
So I just installed the ROM.

On my first try, it just did not boot. Stuck at Sony logo. I then flashed the latests stock .ftf, did the installation again and managed it to boot. Seems that I did not have the latest bootloader :confused:

After the initial boot, I wanted to enter recovery again, but could not get into it. I then flashed TWRP 3.2.3.2 and could install the gapps from there. The system also runs with this recovery.

What I already tested:

- camera shows only up to 17,1 Megapixels, but works

- front camera works

- camera button works

- WIFI works

- mobile data wiht LTE work, but I had to type in the APN manually

- phone calls work

- fingerprint works

- bluetooth works, but I cannot pair with my Garmin watch (have the same problem when using lineage OS)

Overall the system looks and feels really great! Added some screenshots too!

Well done, [MENTION=8321130]Sjll[/MENTION] ; Thank you very much!
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Sjll:
Just using fastboot flash a GSI in system partition.

Please use the twrp I privide for treble.

If you want to go to recovery, just shutdown and hold power and Vol-.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Sjll:
You can flash a GSI to get better experience. Thanks for your feedback!
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Thelooks14:
Where I can download GSI?
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Thelooks14:
can you still enter recovery mode now?
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sessions04:
I could only enter recovery with TWRP 3.2.3.2!

So I jused Sjll's recovery vor initial installation and then changed to 3.2.3.2

But I am not sure, if the Treble updates will work with this TWRP...
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] realthrash:
I used your guide to install another treble ROM

Thanks
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] realthrash:
One question:

I can root without any problem, but if I reboot the phone the data partition gets encrypted, ¿what can I do to solve this?
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sessions04:
Today I made a lot of pictures with the front camera and with the back camera. . AF just doesn't get a sharp picture. Front camera is totaly useless for selfies, even with perfect light conditions.

I downloaded Google Camera app, which makes it a little bit better, but still not comparable to the stock Sony Camera App. Oh, and it just shows 13 MPx max res.

Too bad!

Anyone here with better results?
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Sjll:
These are bugs of SODP. only waitting for their fix.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] belovank@gmail.com:
where to get boot.img?I can't flash zip
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sessions04:
There is a Link in the first post, next to

"[Tested]

V20190210 Link... "

You find the "twrp-Q.img" there.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Sjll:
Yes, suzu doesn't support RAW10 because of MSM8952. I had update the Guide of Gcam. Please read it at first page.

I sold my suzu and bought a dora, so I could not continue my work on suzu.

I uploaded three new versions of TWRP-Q. You can find the link at first page.

Forcecryptable canceled in V20190702. I if you upgrade from old version, you need to format userdata and use new TWRP-Q.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] DGoX:
Can someone do some benchmarks on the last version?
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] iH8Ecchi:
On latest version of LOS 16 GSI and default CPU settings.

Gaming performance is much better than stock however, since stock kernel tends to throttle way too much.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] 0967894983:
Can it be fully flashed with twrp?
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] DGoX:
But it is very bad score because stock result is two times better
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Rush:
Here is a Pixel experience one
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] lookmanns14:
i got 90K for pixel dust no mod
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Rush:
Okay wait let me test that...
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Rush:
Wth youre right
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] lookmanns14:
LOS and PE always got low score in any phone,but that not make it worse,maybe for battery life

For me Descendant Os have nice ui,its like combination of One ui + Miui