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[Android General] Paulicat:
One issue I'm having is flashing opengapps (any version) on lineage (or any rom without gapps included) gsi latest build.

Everything flashes fine but no gapps.

So I checked in adb shell and instead of gapps installing to /system/system/priv-app they are being installed to /system/priv-app which is not the right folder.

I don't know the technical reason we have /system/system/ but we do, and I know other phones have it too, maybe its an A+B thing I don't know.

I don't think it's a lineage problem because the same thing happened in Omni.

And I can't seem to use magicgapps on this phone, always an error during module install in twrp.

Any suggestions on how to get gapps onto gsi roms without gapps built in?

Ok I asked in the lineage gsi thread and got the right answer.

Backstory...when I first tried gsi roms I was using the original rom that came with the phone. I didn't update at all.

I had no issue installing gsi and flashing gapps.

After some days I decided to update to the very latest umidigi rom to make sure I had up to date kernel/vendor etc.

Seems the latest boot.img removed a critical piece of info for gapps to install correctly.

There is supposed to be a kernel parameter "slot_suffix" that must have been removed from the latest boot.img.

Two choices to get around this problem.

One, flash old boot.img (assuming the parameter is in there which I know it must be because I flashed lineage and gapps without issue before updating)

Two, modify opengapps installer.sh to force it to go to the right system as root layout.

I modified the gapps as recommended from the lineage gsi thread:

Make the edit to installer.sd as follows:

# Detect A/B partition layout https://source.android.com/devices/tech/ota/ab_updates

# and system-as-root https://source.android.com/devices/bootloader/system-as-root

#if [ -n "$(cat /proc/cmdline | grep slot_suffix)" ];

#then

device_abpartition=true

SYSTEM_MOUNT=/system

SYSTEM=$SYSTEM_MOUNT/system

VENDOR=/vendor/vendor

#elif [ -n "$(cat /etc/fstab | grep /system_root)" ];

#then

# device_abpartition=false

# SYSTEM_MOUNT=/system_root

# SYSTEM=$SYSTEM_MOUNT/system

# VENDOR=/vendor

#else

# device_abpartition=false

# SYSTEM_MOUNT=/system

# SYSTEM=$SYSTEM_MOUNT

# VENDOR=/vendor

#fi
[Android General] Paulicat:
One last thing I found.

This google camera app is old but it actually supports the full 48mp.

The pictures come out quite nice, no telephoto zoom support though.

This is not my work and I stumbled on it googling like crazy and cannot find the original thread.

I believe it was initially buried in a miui forum.

<edit>Found original source</edit>

http://en.miui.com/thread-4956713-1-1.html

I'm on latest lineage gsi right now and it's going very good so far.

On latest lineage google camera installs straight from play store, however it only sees 4.9mp as max...if we could get one of those gcam apk modder guys here!

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=6006931924117936183
[Android General] mapi68:
I have found this (works with 48MP, no zoom 2x)

Google Camera 2.7.008

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...-2130300-30-m-preview-3-android-apk-download/
[Android General] mapi68:
[MENTION=5168758]Paulicat[/MENTION]

Do you use ARM64-AONLY or ARM64-AB?

Thanks
[Android General] Paulicat:
ARM64 AB
[Android General] Amiga1000:
I use "One S10Camera style" from the Google Playstore, works great!
[Android General] stazz83:
Has anyone managed to capture what's new in the 20190816-1750 update? My phone started updating before I managed to read the changelog...

Edit: Umidigi has published it on their FB page. Here it is.

View attachment 4807236
[Android General] Amiga1000:
I installed the august update too, and what i have read on russian forum is that they combined the two cameras from the former update to one, so now you have one camera app.

the have seemed to have fixed the screen freeze issue ( i never had any trouble with this ) and fixed NFC

and they added cellbroadcast app.
[Android General] MikeyLee:
Has anyone manually updated to the latest update while having your bootloader unlocked?
[Android General] mapi68:
FULL firmware here:

https://community.umidigi.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=216
[Android General] MikeyLee:
Use Flash tool? My phone tried to install the update and now I cannot get it to boot into anything but that lame recovery that keeps asking for a Decrypt PW and keeps changing the language to Russian
[Android General] MikeyLee:
I flashed the OTA update with the flash tool and I have some red Chinese **** on the upper right of my screen and it will not go away. What the hell is it?
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
I don't think you can flash stock rom or ota on an unlocked bootloader without spflash tool

the red items mean you lost your google certificate and most probably your imeis as well. Using flashtool to restore your device state but will wipe your device to stock so if you have a previous twrp backup copy it to pc. then after sp tool flash if you still see red items you need to restore twrp backup with nvram nvdata prd info ... all non system partitions meaning excluding (system, data,boot,uboot, recovery,cahce )

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can someone help by indicating where are the camera library apps and all its associated files maybe we can make it work on gsi roms,

stock camera is not bad compared to GSI camera anyone with experience in porting camera app would be appreciated
[Android General] derricksrs:
i try flashing with gsi rom, just the md1img, spmfw, scp1, scp2, sspm_1, sspm_2, cam_vpu1, cam_vpu2, cam_vpu3, lk, lk2, dtbo, tee1, tee2 and vendor. tested successfully able to boot up GSI rom.

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Tried this method without reinstall apps. Hmm seems NFC not working. Other things is fine.
[Android General] Capt.Obvious:
I've experienced this twice as well. At first I thought it was an issue with the latest twrp, but it turns out it has to do with the update auto install on a rooted system w/ custom recovery. You will have to re-flash and go through the rooting process again. When you are done be sure to turn off the auto-update.
[Android General] meep.o.matic:
I'm having issues with my proximity sensor always being engaged. I suspect that it's because of the latest OTA. Anyone had these issues?

Also, is it ok if I just manually install the previous firmware? Everything was working fine before the August update...
[Android General] MikeyLee:
Cool cool I'm available to do it whenever. Tomorrow I'll be out all day though
[Android General] meep.o.matic:
After further testing I've concluded that the proximity sensor being always at 0cm has to do with the luminosity of the room. If you're next to a window and it's sunny outside, pointing the sensor up and testing it returns the desired values. Once you move the phone away from a set luminosity the sensor starts malfunctioning again. I can't recalibrate the sensor as it always fails .

This is rendering the phone useless for me...

If someone else comes across this I recomend turning the "Power button ends call" option ON, as of you can't do anything with the phone if you're mid call untill the other person ends it.
[Android General] cy-rock:
no more slow motion in the camera ?
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
Im not havingg this issue, do a clean flash
[Android General] meep.o.matic:
I've received this update automatically OTA, I'm also on stock recovery and have not rooted the phone. A stock recovery factory reset should do the same right?
[Android General] immoempe:
Yep, I had to reflash to stock firm. Rooted and uninstalled both OTA apps, because turning off the auto-update didn't work (for some reason the phone tried to install the update).

Thanks a lot!
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
You can give it a try, i nnever dod it. Usimg spflashtool guarantees to eliminate any issie, thatts how i flashed but will wipe everything for you so copy them to pc
[Android General] MikeyLee:
It's there. Clock the 4 squares in the upper right
[Android General] cy-rock:
smart ☺️

Thank you
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
So what did u do with ur phone? Status-quo?
[Android General] MikeyLee:
Please remove
[Android General] MikeyLee:
Nothing yet. Still sitting with it and this red Chinese crap on it LOL
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
Ok steps to restore ur thing:

https://community.umidigi.com/m/?a=viewthread&tid=18634

. Download latest stock rom and spflashtool and umidigi drivers as per this thread

2. Power off the phone , select firmware upgrade and click download

3. Connect phone to usb port while pressing the power up btn for few secs until u see in flashtool a download da 100% then u can release it

4. When you see the ok sign, unplug ur phone and don't boot/start it.

5. Download SN writer check imei meid, and select md1-db as md1 info something in file name and ap1db as the ap without enum in file name {these files are found in the stock rom folder}

6. Click start and enter imeis, then click ok to start the process

7. Now plug ur device back to usb port with vol+ always pressed until u see in btm left corner meta mode, then the flash process will write the values and show pass.

8. If it fails , this means u need to reinstall drivers while driver signature is turned off in windows, you have to do the whole process again after restarting ur pc

9. If it still shows red items then you can use the twrp backup that i'll upload to restore your state, but first get your imeis working

Awaiting your feedback,gl if u need any live help u can reach me on whatsapp {my number in private to u)
[Android General] MikeyLee:
Thank you! I'll tackle this in just a bit once I'm done with work.
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
https://community.umidigi.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=216 rom file

Twrp backup: https://mega.nz/#!9S4SnKzI

Decryption key in private
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
So Mikey, did it work for u?
[Android General] MikeyLee:
Just finished it. Got the IMEI's back and the red chinese stuff is gone. Thanks for your help with it. Everything else seems normal Still have root and TWRP working.
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
The red stuff was gone from sn writer or u used the twrp?

Np man ur welcome
[Android General] MikeyLee:
The SN writer. I already had TWRP on it and had it rooted and updated the firmware but I had got the red stuff after updating. So now it's back to where I needed it to be. Unlocked, rooted and without the Chinese writing on the screen LOL
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
I didn't understand, so u flashed stock then used sn writer then rooted or how did u do, steps plz

thanks
[Android General] MikeyLee:
No here's what happened. I had the device unlocked and rooted. When I did the original update it came OTA and screwed up the phone. IT would only boot to TWRP. So I flashed the OTA with the Flash tool and restored the phone but had the red Chinese writing on the screen. During that time I had re flashed TWRP and re rooted it and then this morning I ran the SN writer and got rid of the Chinese writing and restored all the numbers.
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
Ok gr8, thanks for the tips, enjoy!

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@Richard0601 use sn writer to restore your stuff that would work as confirmed by mike above
[Android General] Richard0601:
Hello

My problem is that I can not install the twrp problem mtp flashtool me
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
En francais pour qu'on comprend
[Android General] Richard0601:
Hello

Apres l'installation de la derniere mise a jour EU je n'arrive plus a installer le twrp par flashtool (erreur de MTP)

Tout fonctionne correctement pour moi sinon

Une fois installer twrp, j'installe magisk et je peux retirer toutes les applications qui ne me servent a rien
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
Ok, 2 questions: bootloader locked? If yes go ahead into developer settings and enable unlocking and enable adb, then run adb reboot bootloader

Fastboot flashing unlock

Fastboot flash recovery yourtwrp.img

Fastboot reboot

Keep clicking vol up btn to go into recovery (dont let the system boot) flash disable dm verify reboot to twrp and wipe data twice

Make sure to backup ur stuff caus they will be lost
[Android General] Richard0601:
aucun souci le bootloader débloqué

C'est flashtool qui me refuse l'installation de TWRP
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
Essaie en utilisant fastboot flash recovery twrp.img et apres reboot into twrp
[Android General] Richard0601:
Merci Nickthegr8

Ça a bien marche mais ça m'affiche toujours des erreurs lors de l'installation

je vais essaye de te faire des photos a partir d'un autre téléphone

Je n'ai jamais réussi a installer une rom GSI
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
Si tu as reussie a mettre en place le twrp, c'est facile d'installer un gsi, quelle gsi tu veux? Havoc est bien bliss aussi...

Tu dois premierement formatter tous data cache dalvik et system, reboot recovery select wipe and select system then advanced wipe and resize system partition, now restart to recovery again and install gsi. Img to system then magistik and reboot..make sure to take a full twrp bckup
[Android General] Richard0601:
Merci pour tes conseils

Avant j'avais un autre umidigi z2

Je n'ai jamais réussi non plus

Toujours la même remarque pas assez de place pour l'installer

Je suis tous les jours le forum sur les gsi

Il y à beaucoup de choix
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
Utilize havoc ou bliss et fait un repair system sous wipe advanced wipe and resize system et ca doit marcher ... Autrement si ca demarre pas ca pourrais etre un probleme de rom
[Android General] Richard0601:
Hello mon téléphone bugue souvent

si je veux refaire une installation propre de la rom officielle par twrp

Tu me conseilles quoi

D'avance merci
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
Utilize sp flash tool mais avant fais backup twrp de tout les partition sauf modem et sauveguarde sur ton pc apres reinstall twrp et suit mes aiutre commentaire.

Tu peux rester sur stock c'e le meilleur rom apres que j'ai eassaye tout
[Android General] Richard0601:
ok je ferais cela demain je suis au travail :)
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
Et fait attention que le flashing de disable dm verify peut effacer tes imei prcela fais twrp bckup comme je tais dit

Mon stock rom est avec microg je fais 2 jrs d'utilization et 10.30 a 11 heur sot
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
Has anyone been able to install gcam for stock or custom rom without having it crash?

Any other camera alternative my pics suck using the stock cam

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Has anyone been able to install gcam for stock or custom rom without having it crash?

Any other camera alternative my pics suck using the stock cam
[Android General] mapi68:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...-2130300-30-m-preview-3-android-apk-download/
[Android General] Zahr:
Is the latest system update worth going with, other than for any camera updates? Got OTA frozen thru Titanium.

Also, is there any signal strength difference in the EU version of the data modem/radio compared to US version? If so, can it be dumped from the system & flashed on the US version of this phone?
[Android General] sudisk:
Hi,

I'm on Havoc and the only issue that I have is that upon boot I can't enter the SIM PIN. It just does not register. I need to remove the SIM tray, unlock the phone (show home screen) and reinsert the SIM tray. I do not have setup any unlock password/gesture/code.

Does anyone have encountered (and solved) this issue ?
[Android General] nyloc:
re reporting

try the website ? click on _community/forum/rom/select device.

the guy answering is "bencebacsi" this may be his email "ben@91umi.com , sorry going from memory, support is very helpful.

all the ota and flashing info and what is fixed in the updates is in there
[Android General] MikeyLee:
Umidigi really jacked up the camera when they did their update. Slo-Mo sucks ass now. Any video the camera freezes and hardly shoots anything. It's terrible.
[Android General] Amiga1000:
i think i'm the only one that has a full perfect working phone!

Maybe its the laucher?! i use Novo Launcher and eveything works perfect, maybe a 48MP 16:9 would be nice!

And security updates
[Android General] jasonklein01:
Mine has worked out great. I play War Wings and it kills it.
[Android General] stazz83:
Umidigi has been quiet about updates. Do you think that it could be possible that they're working on Android 10?
[Android General] Libra420T:
do not get hopes.. but yes we are Def allowed to believe :svetius::cyclops:
[Android General] marathon2422:
Camera

Try " one S10 Camera" play store
[Android General] MikeyLee:
I find Camera MX to work the best so far
[Android General] CojonesDeToro:
Just picked this beast up on AMZN for around $250 after a $60 coupon. So far so good.

It works on Verizon but I had to fiddle around with it so that the SIM card would work in slot 1. This was a persistent problem that Umi fixed in the latest August release, but I guess it's not perfect. However once I got 4G, HD Calling , etc. working, it stayed working. I tried moving my mSD card over and it thinks it's corrupt, but the old phone and my laptop think it's fine. It's a 256GB card, but I haven't had a chance to try other cards. I'm not motivated since there's less need for it when you have 128GB on board. I also had a problem with widgets not updating. The fix is to disable the app restrictions in the smart assistance section for apps that use widgets. My only other issues are the lack of wireless charging and the screen being a little hard to read in bright sunlight. My note 4 had an OLED screen, which was great in hard daylight. Other than that, I think this phone is fantastic for the price. The CPU is not a screamer but the 6GB RAM helps keep things running very smoothly. I'm not a gamer, so for me this phone is very fast. The battery life is pretty damned good too. I can almost go 48 hours if I'm frugal with phone use and turn it off when I sleep. Otherwise, I can do 36 hours easy. It's consistently above 50% by the end of the day. I'm sure that will get worse as I install more apps and the battery ages. I love the fact that it's easy to root with the boot sector unlock, although I might actually skip rooting for the first time ever. I'm sort of tired of that arms race, and the only think I'll miss is Titanium backup.

A few questions:

Has anyone found a screen protector that works well? This one has a curved glass, so glass protectors will not fit well. I had to deal with that on the Note 4, so not a huge deal for me, but I might go with a plastic screen protector. The one that came with the phone is okay, but not great. I already have a few bubbles.

What about cases? Anyone find a good rugged case? It's cool that they include a case, but it's pretty thin. I don;t trust that it will protect the phone well if it's dropped onto a tile floor. I saw someone who is providing a 3D print file on youtube, so you can print your own rugged case. I'd rather buy one ready-made.

Thanks
[Android General] Libra420T:
I have found for all umidigi phones have an issue with case making and screen protectors are just never correct. All I found was profolio cases eww. Glad ur enjoying the phone. If all goes well for me I will without a doubt be getting the Umidigi F2...!
[Android General] Timmons:
Hello,

I'm trying to enter fastboot mode and did reboot recovery from power and +volume and all i'm seeing is 4 chinese options which i can go through by volume up and down buttons
[Android General] CojonesDeToro:
I seem to be having a problem with apps getting closed. I have an app called notification shortcuts. It's like a mini launcher that sits on the notification bar. It's a nice to way to launch frequently used apps from anywhere, without having to first go the home launcher. I'm not sure if it's an Android Pie thing, or specific to the UmiDigi S3 ROM. I've tried every permission I can find. I tried using an app called "autonotification" that can set notification priorities to give it a higher importance. I made sure the smart assistant app blocker has it with no restrictions. I also set the app to use a "blank notification icon" so it won't be closed. I still find it closed every so often.

Any ideas?
[Android General] Libra420T:
are battery optimizations off and Duraspeed off?
[Android General] tjl135:
well, is there a way to backup NVRAM without going to TWRP (and potentially wiping NVRAM before I even get to backup NVRAM)?

imei1,2,meid are on the box(if you still have it), bt and wifi - need to write it down manually

with a Treble-based ROM, updating the Treble-based ROM (or flashing a completely different Treble ROM) is the same thing right?

(assuming unlocked bootloader), just get into fastboot and do "fastboot flash system <treble.rom>", ideally treble rom comes with gapps so that you don't have to flash gapps separately

with a Treble-based ROM, how do I go back to stock? Have to use the SP_FLASH_TOOL, cant restore via fastboot right?
[Android General] CojonesDeToro:
If anyone is looking for a small external battery pack, I can recommend this one. It's about the same size, and perhaps a bit lighter than the S3. I'm able to just squeeze out a 90% charge on the S3 from a 100% charge on the battery pack. It took between 2.5 and 3 hours while the phone was powered on. I strapped them together with a rubber band so I can still use the phone while charging, although having to occasionally move the band. It would be nice if it could fully top it off, but on this phone that charge is good for at least 30 hours.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07V5VX89Y
[Android General] CojonesDeToro:
Dammit. I hate when I spend hours trying to fix something and someone comes up with an answer I should have derived in 5 minutes. :-/ .... :) Thanks for the tip.

It was duraspeed. I don't know how I missed it.

Going forward, if there's an app you need to keep running, you need to check duraspeed, smart assistant, battery optimizations and permissions. Did I miss any? Sheesh. no wonder the battery lasts so long. It's nice that this phone gives you a way to tame power wasting apps. I used to need root and an app like icebox freezer that let me easily unfreeze/refreeze apps on the fly with launcher shortcuts. Part of the reason I got this phone was that it was easy to unlock the boot loader. I decide to try going forward rootless, and root later if I decided I needed it. I find myself not missing root so much.
[Android General] mbsans:
Tested Custom ROM

Hi all,

I want to install a custom ROM into my S3 Pro, but cannot decide which one to choose. I read this whole thread and I see recommended about 3 ROMs, Bliss OS, Havoc OS and Phhussons AOSP.

My phone is rooted and has an unlocked bootloader, running stock rom.

However it seems that they have some issues such as:

1. Bluetooth

2. WIFI Hotspot

3. Camera

4. NFC

5. ??

Now I depend on all of 4 features above, so I wanted to know which one has the least issues or that it might have those issues above resolved ?

Bliss OS ?

Havoc OS ?

or Phhussons AOSP ?

Thank you.
[Android General] Nickthegr8:
Havoc

Bliss OS ? Not updated lately

Havoc OS ? Everything working fine lots of customizations available, go for it all the above are working do a clean flash

or Phhussons AOSP ? Bare metals,everything working as well
[Android General] mbsans:
Thanks a lot Nickthegr8, that's all I needed to know. Havoc OS it is.