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[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gettinwicked:
Hopefully battery life is better again. Feb definitely made mine worse.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Golf c:
"There are no Pixel security patches in the March 2019 Pixel Update Bulletin."

Am I reading this right? I don't think I have ever seen an update without security patches.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Jiggs82:
There is, here is the chagelog

Improved startup and responsiveness of the camera app

Improved recovery in the instance of OTA failure

Improved storage performance

Improved Bluetooth reliability

Improved playback of encrypted media in some video apps
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Golf c:
Nothing to do with security
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sliding_billy:
Updated and re-rooted the wife's Pixel 3 today. Magisk 18.1 with TWRP 3.2.3-0 (.img only). ElementalX 1.05 with EX Kernel Manager direct flash. All worked normally. Couldn't do my 3XL this month since I am on dotOS. I did have to clear cache and app data (hide with Magisk of course) to get Play Store to re-certify the device which then showed a Google Pay update. Even though they claim no security fixes, clearly there are some.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gettinwicked:
Soo, I used the latest TWRP, the one ending in 4, the whole time I was in TWRP my phone vibrated lol. Anyone else have this happen? Everything still worked, but yeah, that was weird.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nomisunrider:
Apparently you missed the February update...
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Golf c:
Doubtful. I may not be able to read, but I miss no updates for 8 years

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Bootloader and radio changed again this month
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] danw_oz:
Hopefully the radio is better, as the feb one was garbage for me, failing to obtain 4G at times, dropping calls, bad call quality
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] walle4893:
I'm rooted with Magisk 18 and have a twrp recover 3.2 installed. Can I install this via OTA? I assume the root access will be root. What else do I need to do, besides reflashing Magisk zip?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] spotmark:
If you're rooted, you can't take an OTA. You'll either have to flash the image, using the flash all bat, or ADB sideload the OTA. Either way you'll have to re-root after. If you flash the image you'll need to edit out the -w in order to keep your data. If you sideload the OTA you don't need to do anything to keep your data. It will install without wiping.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Hmmmm...Battery life really good today with the new OTA. Installed yesterday and today it seems much better.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] OkayGK:
Likewise, both battery and performance.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gettinwicked:
So far the battery life is NOT any better. Pretty much the same as before. I'll give it a few days though. Performance was never a problem for me at least. But the thing should be lasting a lot longer.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gee2012:
I get around 6 hrs. SOT and 1,5 days off the charger. That not bad imo :)
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dipstik:
google pay stopped working for me. google says i can'y use google pay with this device. cuz im rooted n stuff. anyone else have this problem? im on newest beta magisk and elemental on march ota
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lucky_strike33:
Have you tried magisk hide for Google pay??
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dipstik:
yes, and all other google things and manager hide. about to try canary build of magisk.

edit: even fails on canary, after restoring stock kernel and passing safety net. and i meant to say im on march ota.

play protect certified in play store...

and when i unrooted... it still says my device cant be setup... on full stock...
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
i thought this was my kernel causing this

same issue with me

reverting back to FEB when i get the chance

also noticed when i flash TWRP my phone wont boot to OS i have to hold power for 10+ seconds for it to reboot.

March is a flop, going back to FEB ASAP.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dipstik:
Google support told me to factory reset and lock my bootloader lol
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sliding_billy:
Looks like the GPay thing is getting plenty of attention in the Magisk forum, and the normal methods of hiding are not working. I don't use it enough to care until there is a permanent fix, but here is the thread.

https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/discussion-google-pay-magisk-discussion-t3906703/page14
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
I got Pay to add a card for point of sale and succeed at a couple terminal transactions by following these steps. I'm using Magisk Canary 18.2 (18112) on March patched pixel 2.

1. In magisk hide all 11 play services (show system in hide interface and search play services to find them all).

2. Settings>security> Disable device admins for Find Phone and Google Pay

3. Settings Apps>Show system>Google Play Services>3 dot> Uninstall updates

4. Clear all app data for Play Services. I did this twice for good measure

5. Settings>apps>Google Pay>Clear all app data. I did this twice for good measure

6. Reboot

7. Update Play Services to beta 16.0.81. (get APK from APKmirror)

8. Reboot

9. Launch Google Pay and add the card for point of sale transactions

10. Reenable device admin for Find Phone

from the thread
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vwgti18:
Camera opens fast and YT music no longer stops after receiving a call. Only took 5 months to fix!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dipstik:
this worked for me to allow a card to be set up for use in stores in google pay (havent tried using at a store yet):

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79028818&postcount=5

The new Google Play services update caused this.

﻿Temporary workaround:

1. Disable Google Pay/Find My Device as Device Administrators in Settings > Security & location > Device Administrators.

2. Search "Google Play services" in the Settings search bar.

3. Press the three dots and press "Uninstall previous updates".

4. Download this update - https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...-7-99-release/

Pick your needed edition (arm or arm64, etc.), download it and install it.

5. Disable Background data access for Google Play Services and Google Play in their respective App Info pages.

6. Download Google Pay from the Play Store.

7. Set up your cards. Enjoy!

Never EVER update Google Play services manually, until a Magisk update is available that bypasses the upgraded SafetyNet. Note that Google Play services is responsible for adding/verifying the card, not the Google Pay app! Hence why there seems to be an overlay when adding a card/verifying an existing one.

Tested Google Pay versions:

2.79.x-2.83.235070858 - working
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
Canary build fixes this.

If you read my last post
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dipstik:
i tried canary and it didnt work, even after removing root and clearing cache, app data, installing play services 16.0.81 and older google pay.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
follow my instructions

they worked on 2 pixel 3xls ive used.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nomisunrider:
Well then you didn't read it, as it also had no security updates.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] alexpowermetal:
How long usually before update will be pushed directly to my phone?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Golf c:
Who didn't read it?

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-03-01
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nomisunrider:
You're referring to the basic Android bulletin, whereas the topic of this thread has been the Pixel bulletin, which specifically states for the February Pixel update (just like the March update:)

Announcements

There are no Pixel security patches in the February 2019 Pixel Update Bulletin.

February Update: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2019-02-01

March Update: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2019-03-01 - This is also the exact page that was posted in this thread and was the page your comment was referencing the quote from.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GrandMstrBud:
Good evening, I'm not new to rooting but it's been a year or two since I have done so. I have the February update and it's prompting me to install the latest. Will this lose root if I do the OTA update?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Face_Plant:
Yes.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GrandMstrBud:
Is there an easy way to install the March update without losing root?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Face_Plant:
That's normal. After flashing the TWRP installer reflashing Magisk will be necessary.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GrandMstrBud:
Gotcha, trying that now. Downside is having to remove PIN/Fingerprint when doing this but small price to pay to have TWRP and root. What really sucks is after a restore signing back into each and every app.

Installed Magisk through TWRP and now I'm in a boot loop.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] pacman420:
Phone gets stuck on google logo (with progress bar underneath) after flashing patched Magisk 18.1 boot image, using fastboot flash boot_a boot.img / fastboot flash boot_b boot.img method. Anyone else getting this?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Face_Plant:
How did you install the update? You shouldn't have to remove your PIN/fingerprint, sign in to every app again, or restore any backups if you follow this procedure:

1. Download the factory image from Google's website

2. Unzip the download and place all of the individual files into the platform-tools folder inside the SDK. DO NOT unzip the zip file contained within the main file

3. Edit flash-all.bat (or flash-all.sh depending on if you're using Windows or Linux) and remove the -w after the fastboot command that's near the middle/end of the script

4. Boot your phone into fastboot mode and plug it into your PC

5. Open a command prompt or terminal window (depending on if you're using Windows or Linux) in the platform-tools folder and run the flash-all script

6. Let it finish and allow your phone to boot afterwards. Do not unplug it from your PC yet

7. Download the Crosshatch TWRP image from their website and place it in the platform-tools folder

7. Reboot into fastboot mode and run the command "fastboot boot tw... (I usually hit tab to let it automatically complete the rest for me)"

8. Allow TWRP to boot, then flash the TWRP installer

9. Boot the phone to make sure everything is still good. You should be safe to unplug it from your PC now that TWRP has been flashed

10. Reboot into TWRP and reflash Magisk, custom kernels, or other mods you may have had

11. You're done

This is the procedure I've followed for 3 updates and I've never had to restore any backups, remove PIN/fingerprints, or resign into any apps.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GrandMstrBud:
Thanks for the suggestions. What I did was after I flashed to stock again I enabled USB debugging, rebooting to bootloader, temp booted TWRP, installed TWRP and then booted up setup the phone. I then rebooted to TWRP and installed the Magisk and that's when it went into a bootloop. I was told in another forum to flash magisk immediately after I flash TWRP and that worked. On the password part if I have a PIN or fingerprint setup and boot to TWRP it will ask for a password, that's what I was referring to on that. I'm all good now that I did it that way but had to do some trial and error until someone here helped me out by saying to flash magisk right after TWRP.

pacman420, what I would do is flash default February image, boot up and make sure USB debugging is enabled. Copy your TWRP and Magisk zip files to the internal memory. Reboot to bootloader and temp boot TWRP. Flash TWRP zip file and right after flash the Magisk zip file and reboot. This worked for me. I hope it does for you because I was stuck for a little while last night on that same issue.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dipstik:
be sure to uninstall magisk and modules and disable pin/pattern before doing the ota.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] DanRyb:
Tried your steps on Pixel 3 XL. No go here either.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
looks like this work around was fixed

i can no longer make it work too.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] phoenixpb:
Hi

Installed march update (i was in january) and rooted the phone no problem

Phone seems more reagent :D
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] mortuus82:
After updated to pie, it seems if i try run 2 apps and switch between them it will quickly kill the other while i use the other? before i didnt have this problem it seems to be more agressive now kill apps in the background.. can i do anything about it or not ? :( I mean if i look how much ram is available its like 900mb, that should be plenty enough to run 2 apps in background no ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Bisquit-02:
I don't have this. Maybe some setting on your phone or battery saver?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] dalanik:
I also have the feeling Pie keeps more reserved or free RAM than Oreo... I constantly have like 1Gb free or more...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] bluheart:
Free RAM has no meaning. Multitasking is good and more fluid now on 9.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merko30:
I bought the phone about seven days ago, previous owner doesn't know the email that he used on the phone, it could be stolen, I'm not sure, but is there a way to break it ? I can access everything, tried to stop Samsung account process, factory reset requires Samsung account again. What else I could try ?

It is SM-G920F model.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apaxtc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfP0MBaopLM

can help you this tutorial

make an abstraction of man's nails :)
[General Questions and Answers] h320:
Hey buddies, I'm looking for some help

Basically I changed the pass of my main Google account one week ago being sure that my browser saved it like I always do but it didn't happen.

I forgot it (prob I'm missing some words) and I can't retrieve it because Google is a ***** one, I tried many times to recover it fullfilling all the camps but I can't complete the recovery mail one since the mail that i I linked with the acc is expired somehow

So I'm looking for a way to recover the pass directly from the phone since I'm still logged in there, I tried with sniffing packets within my wifi but I got nothing and with looking for some database but nothing again

Any ideas or software that can help me out?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
There is no need to use software or any kind of "hack" to recover the password if your are signed into the device with that account, as you claim you are.

If you're signed into the phone with the same Google account, use the "forgot password" feature, it will send an email to your gmail account, then just open the gmail app on the device and then find the email they send to change the password. If you are signed into the device with that account then you have access to the gmail app and the email for that account so this method should be sufficient.
[General Questions and Answers] h320:
Hello mate, thanks for you reply.

Yes, I'm logged into my main phone with the account that I'm trying to recover. If I do the "forgot password" feature from the browser or from the phone directly it will ask me the same things like it already did. I can complete all steps apart the mail one since the recovery mail is expired (my bad that I didn't change it).

For that I'm looking for some software/tricky way.

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 Questions & Answers] mikas2:
Hi, does anyone here have problems with the automatic pairing of this phone?

On the other phones this does not happen, When i pair a Bluetooth device with my MIX 2, I always have to go to the settings and conneting "manually", never turns on automatically.

I'm always getting in and out of the cars and this is very annoying,

Please welp.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Anjancse:
Hi,

Does anyone know a version of Google Camera working for Samsung Galaxy A50 (Exynos 9610 Octa core) 2019 android 9.0?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] himanshuXDA01:
Camera2API Spport

This device currently dont have camera2API support. When checked using Camera2API probe app, the highest support available is "Limited".

There is no use of GCam as of now.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] akhidiya:
Anyone got any gcam working on a50???
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] mkp980:
There is GCAM for A50

Here is the link.Try this.

f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/GCam_5.1.018.177470874.41362666_IDan_N6_4.1_fix.apk

Portrait is not working currently, don't know if any settings in developer mode make that work.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] sarathy_lesnar:
gcam

its working.....some setting not working
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] mkp980:
Yes,working.

But don't know the exact settings for portrait mode.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Anjancse:
Stable but older version.

Stable but older version. No nightshift and Portrait mode not working.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] stark1296:
Something is better than nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] mkp980:
Change in advance settings may help.

Try changing advanced settings for portrait mode,it may help.There are lot of options in settings menu.

There is actually a new version with night mode too,but night mode is not working with default settings,we need to try all combinations in settings. Here is the link.

f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/MGC_6.1.021_BSG_Arnova_TlnNeun_1.2_test_fix_Exynos.apk

this is not for one ui, but it still work. by default settings only video will work, try other settings..
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] blacksky89:
Tried almost all settings, none of them work for portraits and NS. Even the older versions take photo but doesn't process HDR+.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] THIYAGUSRAJAN:
Samsung A50

camera worst quality so please help me for good app or Google camera .. photo size not more than 3.5mb:(:(
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] xdsarkar:
Increase the quality

To address your issue, I'm going to suggest you to change the aspect ratio. It's currently 9:16, right? So, you have multiple ratios available to choose from. So, the ratio that has the most pixels is the "3:4H". This is the highest you can get on your A50. Now you get crispier photos with larger photo size. Hope it helps! :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Anjancse:
Install recent update and change camera settings.

Install recent update provided by samsung and change camera settings (set aspect ration to 3:4 H). Try using pro mode, which will give you satisfied output.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] dk2906pawar:
I tried Gcam 6.1.02 1_advanced ,,,all fine except for portrait and night sight,,,definitely something to do with settings ,,am not sure
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] stark1296:
Nothing to do with settings. Enable camera2api using ADB and try again.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] dk2906pawar:
Hi,,,thanks

I checked cam2api probe,,,,,,hardware setting is set to limited.......can i still go ahead enabling cam2api with ADB ?
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] PratikG1214:
Link pls
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] satishenl:
[MENTION=9054543]stark1296[/MENTION] Can you please guide on how to enable Camera2API using ADB. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] arvind7955:
I tried latest Arnova version of gcam. While changing modes of camera, camera lens moves backward. You can confirm by seeing the movement through camera glass.

I am not sure if it is safe for the camera hardware or not.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] stark1296:
Google it. There are many help articles for that and also, you can confirm if it works on samsung devices. Actually, I currently don't remember the command which is meant to be entered in ADB.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Sumedh_:
It's available on the playstore mate.

Here you go :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.caddish_hedgehog.hedgecam2
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] bojan1974:
same quality stock and hedgecam

https://www.getdroidtips.com/download-google-camera-for-samsung-galaxy-a50-and-a70-gcam-6-1/
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Sumedh_:
You'll get manual shutter speed for video/photo on hedgecam.

You also get noise reduction mode.

You also get 4k rec option.

The Gcam links you mentioned don't support portrait mode and night sight, nor do they process HDR.

Currently no Gcam port works mate.

Cheers !
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] bojan1974:
Okay, but do you understand?, is there a difference in image quality between fabric and hedge, give me one reason?
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] poog:
Hedgecam has different modes. Hedgecam regular mode gives the same quality as the stock camera. But Hedgecam also has "Noise Reduction" mode similar to gcam (not currently working on A50..as far as HDR+ mode). Noise Reduction mode stacks several images for better DR and less noise. NR mode is slow and not as good as gcam HDR+ would offer, but better than stock. (gcam HDR+ mode does not work for the A50...yet). NR mode requires you do hold the camera still, depending on how many images you set per snap....you have to set that in the settings ......a good starting point is about 6-10 for good quickness, the more the slower it will work. Also one must set to Camera2api for faster processing in NR mode.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] bojan1974:
Any good news?
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] hellion42:
hello

Is the samsung update with night mode available in europe ?

You seem a bit disapointed by the photos of this phone... I guess i m gonna take one though.

Just hope its better than my, descent, zenfone 3
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Sumedh_:
Gcam Developer's aren't even looking at A50 it seems

RedmiN8 pro even with Mediatek chipset received Gcam mod within a week which is insane.

Idk why is that so as A50 is clearly a good device from Samsung.

And as far as I know, it's even difficult to mod Gcam for Mediatek than Exynos Socs. N8pro is the first Mediatek device as far as I remember to get Gcam mod.

Sad reality, but no improvements as of now.

I'll be honest !

One reply I did go from a renowned Gcam modder stating "Samsung users generally don't even request us for a Gcam port. While redmi users literally spam our inbox full of requests asserting a sense of popularity. Hence, the Gcam ports are usually ready for latest redmi devices within a week or so"

That's a good thing for Redmi user but not so much so for a Samsung user.

But yes, a certain number of requests to the Gcam modders might change the situation.

Talking about A50, it seems to have problem unlocking level_3 & other minor Camera2api issues.

But again, no one's looking, it seems.

I can mod the Gcam port for A50 myself, but someone needs to sort this API issue out first.

Cheers !
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Homuradama:
I was thinking about this a while ago, and the good thing is that we can do something about it. This is the biggest thread on the A50 forum, and we clearly want the full GCam and Camera2api level 3 access, but we might not know how to get in contact with the developers currently working on it. If we have to spam their email or donate I'm sure we, as a community will do it. Let's concentrate our efforts and make this possible.