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[Honor View 20 Guides, News, & Discussion] XDARoni:
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What do you not like about EMUI?​

EMUI is the UI overlay that Honor uses for their phones. EMUI features Huawei Home, phone manager, themes, media apps, and is heavily baked in to the entire system UI. While EMUI has a lot of great features to offer (Screen recording, gesture controls, camera app ect.) many people have serious complaints about it.

In this thread, go ahead and share the things you don't like about EMUI and what you would change. I know people from Honor will be seeing this, so try to make it detailed with screenshots and stuff.
[Honor View 20 Guides, News, & Discussion] XDARoni:
EMUI Themes

The themes app on EMUI has always been bad. A custom theme will change the wallpaper, Lock screen, and icon pack. While there's usually a few nice wallpapers to choose from, the icons packs are all ugly and too similar to even bother changing. It kind of makes the whole theme engine pointless.

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Customizing Icons

You can customize your icons to a small extent in the themes app. This is limited to putting a frame around them, and your options are sometimes pretty hilariously bad. One option lets you put a head of hair on every single icon.

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It would be nice to see flat, better looking icons with the 3D gradient that they all currently have. Ditch the rounded corners and go with a more up-to-date style.
[Honor View 20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tamil15:
EMUI is well known for it's customization but things changed With EMUI 8/9, The Notification panel and Settings icons lookalike Samsung UI. Inability to change these Icons including Status bar, Navbars icons via Themes is another huge drawback coming from EMUI 5.1

Below are the screenshots, left side is from EMUI 9 while the right is EMUI 5.1

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If Magic UI is going to be the future of EMUI, then bringing back these features would be an great addition.!
[Honor View 20 Guides, News, & Discussion] trixter127:
These are exact things I hate to. I used to make themes when EMUI is more customisable. I really loved how it allowed me to mimic whatever UI look I like. All I needed to do is to design the similar vectors and make a theme file.

You can still change the icon pack by selecting icons when creating the theme but not any UI elements like Navigation Bar , Status bar icons , Notification Panel , QS Tiles ..

When EMUI 8.1 got released I was excited to see what additional customisation they added and brutally disappointed by knowing all the customisation and themes I made are now gone.

Upgrading means adding additional useful features not removing the old wonderful customisations. I just wish atleast with EMUI 10 they do things differently .

My first impression was that they removed the UI customisations so third party themes usage gets reduced apps from themes app gets benefited but I don't understand how that helps them.

And till EMUI 8 the external theme engine pluging called 'zooking engine' used to be optional but now it gets installed everytime without my permission . I don't use any dynamic lock screen themes so I don't need any third party plugin but there is no way to remove it

I also don't like how the screensaver functionality of EMUI limits it select only a picture slideshow whereas the AOSP allows to select screensaver from third party apps like Clock or any other screensaver app.
[Honor View 20 Guides, News, & Discussion] XDARoni:
EMUI has the app drawer disabled by default. This is obviously started when they were trying to be iPhone clones back in the day. When you do activate the app drawer, the app drawer icon is so ugly. It should be a swipe up gesture or something similar. Then you wouldn't have to choose between the two anyways.

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[Honor View 20 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
EMUI is Bloated. Like HEAVILY Bloated with apps you normally won't use. These includes Huawei Apps like HiVideo or App Gallery or Other Hi*****. Basically HiCrap. TBF they are popular in China but reality check: This isn't China. Most of them are bloatware. And can't be properly uninstalled. Next up is the Blazing Forest Fire. Bootloader Unlocking. Please bring that back. Or make a new DEV edition of your phones like Honor V20 Dev. With an unlockable Bootloader. Lastly this ones a personal one. And that's the UI feels.......Unpolished. That maybe because I use a OP6T as my Daily but compared to OxygenOS, the newly released OneUI, EMUI feels like a Half-Heartedly Done Homework. And frankly Speaking EMUI was never a good OEM Skin. In-fact its one of the WORST. Does EMUI 9 change that? Yes. But it still needs some work. Oh and the Slow Software updates. You guys only care for a device for about Six Months after its launch. Then you come-up with a new one and forget all about it. Oh, and ALLOW THIRD-PARTY CUSTOMIZATIONS !!!

I'd provide ScreenShots but I'm on a Custom ROM and too busy Prank Calling Huawei Support to Reflash Stock.
[Honor View 20 Guides, News, & Discussion] xenkato:
Well...emui launcher is really a piece of **** ,in terms of customization.Although , i love my mate 20 ,always i use another launcher, like nova or evie..

Its very poor comparing lets say to miui launcher...even when you change the theme..
[Honor View 20 Guides, News, & Discussion] XDARoni:
Recently Honor has blocked some users ability to install a custom launcher. This is a really bad choice on their part. I've never even heard of another company doing this. Right now it's limited to Chinese variants of their phones, but it's still a really bad idea.
[Honor View 20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mchtt:
Still no updates since January.

No monthly security patches.

?
[Honor View 20 Guides, News, & Discussion] iainmann:
A 3rd party launcher like Nova solves much of the stuff I don't like about EMUI. But I hate the fiddly tapping you have to do to expand notifications on the lockscreen. Invariably, you miss the spot and simply launch the app without meaning to. A simple swipe down to open notifications would be soooo much easier.

Oh, and Huawei being so slow with updates. Still being on January at the end of March is inexcusable.

But I really appreciate the Honor hardware....amazing for the price.
[Honor View 20 Guides, News, & Discussion] RonPeters:
It gets a bad rap because it changes the look and feel of Android quite a bit and tries to imitate Apple’s iOS in many ways.
[Samsung Gear S3] Zmantech:
I was wondering what would happen if I flashed a Verizon File on my gear s3 (currently att) in order to use a different carrier or if anyone has gotten a successful way for it to work.
[Samsung Gear S3] adfree:
https://xdaforums.com/smartwatch/gear-s3/please-help-bricked-gear-s3-sm-r765s-t3665558

https://xdaforums.com/smartwatch/gear-s3/sm-r765f-teardown-t3659431

Better NOT try, or you need mandatory USB cable... ;)

Best Regards
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cant aim sorry:
Originally Copypasta

Good Evening

I own a xiaomi redmi 5 and I am running Lineage OS rosy on it for about 3 months now.

1.) no gaps

2.) no other xposed or anything else just plain LOs

[IMG="my os"]https://i.ibb.co/gydnpRf/Screenshot-20190313-142858.png[/IMG]

(Have problems to bind a picture from a url )

unrooted (should be unrooted as far as i remember, no supersu in use anyway)

... bootloader? ... Adbfastboot instal 1.) twrp + 2.) lineage = bootloader unlocked ... still ...

What is my desire to know

Does a Smartphone HACK exist/or is a HACK possible to... exchange a system App like the standart camera app with a corrupted one (that obviously does not working anymore... Crashes...)

(The corrupted one could be a backdoor for hack x y or z on the victims phone)

What is my motivation for this question

Here where i live the people in my background like to use termux or raspberrys or kali n all that stuff to have benefits or lets call it "controll over others" to have benefits... (Not best environment)

My standart cam crashing since a week (tryed to reset the app but no succes... Just video is possible + whatsapp or messenger foto shoot NO PROBLAMA ... but i dislike their autorization for cam SO MUCH...)

A.) since i got LOS14.1 (3months) i did not update AAANYTHING :( ... even didnt know that there is auto update of OS ... so after i checked the date of last OS Update in the smartphone settings :rolleyes: and all apps autorizations...

I have no clue what changed "something" in my phone in a way that the cam ERRORS since than.

(error: CAM STOPPED WORKING/closeAPP or Restart after Restart Phone)

It was running fine nearly 3 months ... Thats wy i dont think its a rom problem:confused:

B.) i saw standart cam apps of android non bootloaded/nonrooted etc smartphones that stopped working in a weird way (even hardresets didnt work to get main cam 2 work again) ... That was a z5 compact btw and original android so no wrong or missed drm keys

Before i go twrp recovery...

I just want to know ... If there are things i need to watch out when im using a custom rom to make sure i stay save ... I would appreciate a small walkthrough what i need to do manually for maintenance so i wouldnt be worried of being hacked in first order :(

Thank You
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Is it possible? Yes. It is a risk you take when ever you install something you didn't make yourself. That e udes compiling the rom and verifing the code yourself.

Now is it likely? Well did you get the OS from one of your friends? Other then that as long as you get it from official sources you will be fine.

If you are jot really tech savvy I would say just leave it as is when you flash it.
[Android Head-Units] Practice67:
Does anyone can help me?

My radio running on Hal9k Rom with a Nova Launcher is haunted. Its doing weird stuff alone without having to push on any button.

I have to reboot it if if want to take back control on it.

See the video on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/LH7fSJxSoNA

Please help me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samyeh9999:
few years ago, I was using ASUS Zenfone 2 ZE551ML

and my hotspot's password is:

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716

but after Zenfone 3 update to Android N (on that time, i was using Zenfone 3)

the system limit maximum 32 character

my password is forced changing to 3.141592653589793238462643383279

Is there any method to modify the maximum characters limit for hotspot?

modify the file under /system ?

or modify the setting.apk ?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] LestoBeardo:
I currently have the LS-993 version of the G6 but it seems like on these boards all I can ever find things about are for the US997 variant. Both of these phones have the same specs and everything but I'm still a little hesitant on trying anything on my device with the thought about bricking it knowing my device is different. Does anyone know or have tried something like this on their device and everything worked out ok :confused:
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] patruns:
What is it you want do "try" ?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] LestoBeardo:
Perhaps root and whatever else this phone is able to get without damaging it.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] patruns:
The next question is why? The phone works perfectly fine on it's own. What do you need to accomplish that requires root?
[Xiaomi Mi 6 Questions & Answers] Marce7:
Which is the best Kernel for the xiaomi mi6 6/128 in terms of battery and performance? My rom is the miui global dev, orange fox recovery and Magisk root. Thank you for all the answer and sorry for my bad English
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] zayidhs:
Hello everyone, hope you're all doing great.

My M10P used to do screen recording Oreo without issues but since I upgraded to Pie, it only shows black screen but all the sound plays without issues.

I wanted to check if the problem is from the app so I downloaded two different screen recorders but the same issues persist.

I also checked all permissions but they're all in order. I also checked "draw over other apps" and "system write permissions" but still to no avail.

Please, does anyone have an idea of what is to be done?
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] MadzzUp:
I do have the same issue since I upgraded to 9.0. Black screen when recording or when using ApowerMirror to mirror my screen on my computer. Using P20 Pro.

Hope someone has a fix for this !

EDIT : I have noticed that the overlays such as Messenger bubbles will show up on the recording.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] wakkaday:
i want to use as a sonos controller....

and i may get another just for a ring camera feed?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Ackerman1737:
Not yet, but the way everything's going with working Magisk, TWRP, and software roots, I expect within the coming months probably.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] l3urton32:
Hey guys. I've been browsing around other threads dealing with replacement LCD's for the Tilt and have seen some people saying that their ebay replacement screens weren't working on their Tilt. Just wondering if anyone can confirm that this replacement screen is the actual screen for the tilt or if anybody has purchased from this seller before and had success with his product.

Heres there link for the ebay auction.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] belize2004:
Lcd Screen

checkout this post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=337102&page=8
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] ska1v3r:
Who does this application work for?

Wallet

keystore
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Dockyy:
i do not recommend using apk from 3rd party (like apk mirror) for crypto wallet ...

you should wait official release on play store or galaxy store !
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] ska1v3r:
who are you and why are you not recommended
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Dockyy:
i just see that apkmirror has a signature (SHA1...) verification system so apkmirror is pretty safe BUT samsung crypto wallet has not been officially released (maybe im wrong) so until the official release i think its not safe to use these apk...

if the apk is legit you can try but if its not your private keys are exposed
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] JoeFCaputo113:
It's already in the app store, that's how they got the damn APK -___-
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] ska1v3r:
Is there a link to the store?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Dockyy:
No (french play store) that why i thought its wasn't released. and weirdly i can't find any screenshot on google image !

---------- Post added at 09:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:22 PM ----------

From my point of view, its a leaked APK from a Beta or a pre-release so its not safe to use it for now
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] ska1v3r:
I just wanted to see how it works, we are not talking about combat use
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] JoeFCaputo113:
Wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] stiucsib86:
For this kind of sensitive app, one should never download from 3rd party apk. Download from App Store directly: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.android.coldwalletservice
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] JoeFCaputo113:
Once again... WRONG--- APKmirror (which is where it was found) is one of the most reliable APK sites (probably better than the Play Store itself).
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Dockyy:
I don't think so
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] badboy47:
To answer your question, at this point I dont think anyone knows how it works. The blockchain keystore app was recently updated and i was able to setup my private key, however that's all I can do for now. You can also manage your current wallet if you already have by entering the key.

Not sure why the few people keep saying it's not safe to use the apk when OP is simply asking how it works :silly:.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] JoeFCaputo113:
You should stop "thinking" :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] matale0:
wallet is available in US and Korea only at the moment
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] ska1v3r:
Is it possible to activate it from another country? for example through vpn or sim card
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] ska1v3r:
up
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] matale0:
There is still no wallet in my thai unbranded S10+

Who else got no wallet ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Preavee:
Hello everybody,

honestly i have no idea where to search for an answer for my problem.

Long story short:

The owner of the phone died and i searched for a solution to get the data (mainly images) from the phone. We could not enter so i tried the dr.phone - android data extraction (damaged device).

In the end of the process it tells me that: "Flash recovery package failed" and it is stuck at the "Recovering..." Screen.

Also on the screen is the message:

"Your device will be in the recovery mode all though the recovery process.

Tip: If the data recovery is completed but your device keeps in frozen stat. Please restart our product and connect your deice, the program will prompt you to exist recovery mode".

Now we dont know what we should do because nothing is working anymore.

We really need the data... Is there still a way how we can safe the data?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parsonssmith:
Did you get back the lost data you want ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
There are ways to recover the data but none will be found here.

Have a look here and you can do it yourself.

Don't ever trust iffy apps like that one to recover your data.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] gibonu:
Does LG V30 have this feature? I tried downloading Auto Screen On Off(Smart Cover) app and would be good if not for the fact that it locks phone as administrator which disables fingerprint scanner unlock.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] JonnyTrulove:
I believe a handful of devs have worked on this as well as my self and none have been able to make it work.

There are some settings for it built into the global system settings, but modifying those has not worked for me.

Maybe your post will breathe a little life into this and someone will come forward with an answer, but as of now, it seems to be disabled or missing a necessary component.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] gibonu:
Thanks for the answer. It's strange to me esp given that it seems that the phone has everything needed to make it work out of the box.

Also mentioned by me app works kind of, it just disables the possibility to use fingerprint unlock. Is it blocked somehow on the android level then? If so wouldn't it be possible to unlock with stock/clean android?
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] JonnyTrulove:
What's even more strange is that there is Quick Circle capabilities still built into the stock apps. But that could just be code leftover for other models. See pictures for reference.

The third picture is from the global settings and you'll notice there are still settings for the closing sound and cover type. But I've tried modifying a few things and still can't get it to recognize the opening and closing.
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro Questions & Answers] bregsi:
Somewhere between getting PIE (Android 9) and switching in between different mods, the phone lost the ability to change to one selcted provider. neither does this work for sim1 slot nor for sim2 slot.

anyone else has this problem? or other question: are you able to pick one provider and it looses the "auto functionality" as it worked for me many years?

SETTINGS->Networks, etc..->Mobile Network-> :Network:

My wallet depends on the manual selection of a provider.
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro Questions & Answers] bregsi:
ass mentioned in post https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79131343&postcount=9

its a bug, which will be fixed, with the next patches.
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro Questions & Answers] Kenny13554:
I'm pretty sure the problem exists because your sim card doesn't allow 5G connections. Disabling 5G in your phones sim settings (settings=>network&internet=>SIM=> preferred Network type from global to "LTE/TD-SCDMA/SCDMA/CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA") probably resolves the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] PorscheCarrera:
Hello!

Today I recieved my 3rd Pie update with march security, but after checking build number something looks odd.

My first update was CSA2 with One UI-Pie added, second was CSB2 with security updated to february, all normal, but today I recieved CSBA with march update. After Checking some online pages, others are getting CSC1. I also never got CSB3 update, but I figured they will add those improvements with march update. However, even with today update, I still dont have option to set schedule for night mode (I can only turn it on or off). Others recieved this in february update, but I still dont have it even in march one.

So if someone could explain, is this normal update, or is my phone messing something up?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] raul6:
see

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79104120&postcount=1292

essentially, just security fixes this time
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] anil128:
Please share link or backup of NPN25.137-35 Stock Nougat For Moto G5 Plus...

I want march 2017 security update for spoofing in pokemon go...
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] NZedPred:
I don't have a build of that, but I have NPN25.137-33 if that's of any use

[url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/h6djfnt8uivcb3i/potter-twrp-flashable-NPNS25.137-33.zip?dl=0[/URL]

Edit: You can also try searching this thread: [url]https://xdaforums.com/g5-plus/development/rom-twrp-flashable-stock-builds-t3675616[/URL]

A word of caution - if you use really old builds like this, do not upgrade to Oreo. Upgrade to the latest versions of Nougat first, then Oreo. Failure to do that will result in a loss of touch screen.
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] Nylo:
Im running Android app "LOS Changelog" and have noticed updates for the N9/wifi 14.1 are still coming even after LOS dropped the N9/wifi.

If LOS has dropped N9/wifi why am I still seeing updates being rolled out?

Thanks,

Nylo

PS: Why is the Galaxy S5 still being supported, but the S7 was dropped?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PioneerSeeker:
Anyone knows? How to root carbon rom 6.1 official released. Installed on Xperia z3 D6603..... Infact i want to restore my ta partition which i backed up before installation of carbon rom and now backup and restore program demanding super su binaries and root permission.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saedkebbeh:
Flash magisk in twrp
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PioneerSeeker:
But you can't flash magisk until you are rooted. I heard that custom roms do not need to root but this is the first custom rom which isn't rooted by default.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saedkebbeh:
Just flash magisk in recovery not after boot up
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PioneerSeeker:
I was trying to restore the DRM keys after flashing the magisk which gave me root permissions. But i could not restore TA partition. Infact when i restored the TA partition, the system didn't went into boot. It was dark screen and phone just vibrates when you press the power key. And finally i once again unlocked the boot loader and carbon rom took a start up.

Now i found a mod named DRM FUNCTION RESTORE by team EXR.

Do you know that this mod is compatible with carbon rom or not because I've to factory reset to flash this mod. And I'm not in this mood.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saedkebbeh:
Bro, you don't need drm keys after installing a custom rom newer than 6.0.1, they are useless and they cause problems, so, if you are willing to use a custom rom, just flash the rom then gapps then magisk and you will be good to go
[HTC Excalibur] C4sp3R911:
My excalibur no longer vibrates for txt messages or mms msgs i have cheked all the profile settings and still nuthing thanks in advanced for any help
[HTC Excalibur] c-tang:
Yea I miss this too really bad
[HTC Excalibur] Clydeistheshit:
Hmm that is odd. I am using Rickys V22 and I have no problems with it at all. What version of his ROM are you using?