yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] marcukial:
I think I found them.lol...but not sure if they're right.are these right?APDB_MT6771_S01_W1917 and MDDB_InfoCustomAppSrcP_MT6771_S00_MOLY_LR12A_R3_MP_V58_5_P1_1_ulwctg_n.EDB

I'm totally new to trying this imei thing.I pulled these from latest spflash rom.thanks for interest:)
[Android General] ghost45:
Try to follow these steps.

1) Run a complete process to flash your device with flashtool and flash the last firmware.

2) run sn write app with loading the database inside to this firmware.

Sometimes the snwriter not run correctly because the db attached to one firmware is suitable for this firmware but if you have one other firmware version inside your device.. Snwriter will not run.

Try in this way.
[Android General] Capt.Obvious:
Your not alone

This has occurred to me as well. I'm following the SN Writer instructions with no success. ...and as the instructions imply in case of failure, basically keep trying the same thing hoping for a different result. Well been there done that. The handshake is established and then the phone is almost immediately disconnected. Presenting either a timeout or error code -7. Tried again after reinstalling drivers after the initial failures. Since it appears the bootloader is locked again, I'll try the following....

- Unlock the bootloader again then try the SN writer

- Custom Recovery, Root then try the SN writer

- Replace the imeis manually through engineer mode then try the SN writer

If that still doesn't work, then perhaps I'll flash the previous build and try the SN writer. If I have any luck I'll post here. You please do the same.
[Android General] marcukial:
I just flashed the latest spflash rom update.it solved my problem without need of sn write tool.:D

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Thank you for your insight and help.just flashing the full firmware update solved my problem .:D
[Android General] Capt.Obvious:
"SmartPhoneSN::ApSwitchToModemMeta_Ex() : Enable MODEM meta from AP meta fail"

Hope your result fared differently.
[Android General] Capt.Obvious:
So after some investigating through the log files, I found one of the warning/failures stating "UMIDIGI_S3_Pro_mt6671.dat" does not exist. For those who had successful runs with the SNwriter, do you have this file available?
[Android General] SnipeoffYT:
3D Printed Case For The Umdigi S3 Pro

Hey Guys,

So I wanted a little heftier case for my S3 Pro, and couldn't seem to find one online. So I modeled my own and 3D printed it.

Here is a link to the YouTube Video I made showing the finished case. If you would like the file, just follow the instructions in the description.

Enjoy :o

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/E4j3wrzo7nI[/YOUTUBE]
[Android General] Capt.Obvious:
Good to have a backup

After the Flashing the latest update, losing my IMEIs, re-rooting, and having the SNwriter be uncooperative I was running out of ideas. Then I read an article about restoring IMEI and NVRAM. Then I realized, before trying out Bliss, the voices in my head we telling me to back up everything to the SD card. So glad I listened this time. Since I was on New 'Twrp 3.3.1 test 1' I needed to flash the recovery back to 'Twrp By material Design test 1'. After that, for the 1st time I used restore on nvram and nvdata. Then wallah, IMEI and MEID restore. Now I should be able to use the same method to get rid of the TEE and Google text.

So the lesson can never be reminded enough. As soon as you have custom recovery, backup an image of your entire phone because you never know. The external tools may work for everyone.......except you. ;) ...And make an offsite backup of the backup. Restore may be your only friend. :highfive:
[Android General] cy-rock:
adjust your YouTube link pls
[Android General] SnipeoffYT:
Thanks for the heads up, try it now, it should play right there on the forum even. let me know if it works thx
[Android General] derricksrs:
Is the bluetooth working fine with Bliss Rom?
[Android General] Capt.Obvious:
I linked up headphones okay, but from previous post people have had different experiences.
[Android General] derricksrs:
I see noted with thanks. If it is working fine for you.. I might switch to bliss rom soon. :)
[Android General] ghost45:
Hi capt... I never heard this file but try to follow the previous process that i have described before.. Use the db files for the same firmware installed in the device.... If you have upgade with ota and you have lost the imei because you have tried before to have right root.... Reflash the official firmware and follow the db inside to this firmware that you flash.
[Android General] SnipeoffYT:
Just a quick request, would somebody mind checking the YouTube video I linked above, and tell me if it works Thank you
[Android General] Zahr:
I get "Oops! Something went wrong." when I open the link. Used Chrome browser mobile & desktop options.
[Android General] SnipeoffYT:
Ok thank you I'm gonna try that whole post again

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Hey Guys,

So I wanted a little heftier case for my S3 Pro, and couldn't seem to find one online. So I modeled my own and 3D printed it.

Here is a link to the YouTube Video I made showing the finished case. If you would like the file, just follow the instructions in the description.

Enjoy

[YOUTUBE]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E4j3wrzo7nI[/YOUTUBE]
[Android General] marcukial:
Anyone have proper procedure to disable force encryption.every time I try I lose my imei numbers.im on official twrp .ive been flashing magisk 19.3 then the latest universal dm verity force encrypt disable zip.after flash the disabler I get error bout nvdata.do I have to be on magisk 17.1 and the twrp test 1 or do I just need to flash the disabler first?
[Android General] derricksrs:
I've tried flashing with 19.1 a/b with gapps working fine.. :) is there any camera app that you guys recommend?

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Do backup your nvram, nvdata and nvcfg, be safe in flashing. If lost after flashing.. just flash back nvram, nvdata and nvcfg. You should have your imei back.. I didn't lost my imei :)
[Android General] marcukial:
Getting IMEI back isn't my problem.im trying to disable force encryption on the device so that I can use twrp without formatting data when I want to flash stuff.thanks tho:)
[Android General] derricksrs:
You could try use sp flash.. download the official rom replace twrp recovery to recovery.img.

When you flash just tick recovery.img only.
[Android General] derricksrs:
Bless 19.1 a/b with Magisk module lkt and some build.prop editing. Makes this device go fast. :)
[Android General] chainsuk:
Umidigi S3 Pro

Just got mine yesterday fantastic phone for the price, got developer options on then there is slider to unlock bootloader
[Android General] derricksrs:
But somehow the Google assistant voice match is not working for bliss Rom.
[Android General] marcukial:
Finally got past forced encryption on stock rom using official twrp and magisk 19.3.
[Android General] I opus l:
Can I ask how? I still have even after magisk install
[Android General] stazz83:
Try to install mini gapps to have the Assistant installed as a system app.
[Android General] marcukial:
I kind of stumbled into it so no guarantee.lol...i went to twrp formated data,flashed the universal dm verity disable zip,got an error bout nv data,rebooted recovery flashed it again same error,restored backup including nvdata,nvram,others to fix error,then formatted data again flashed magisk and rebooted to system.

Oh yeah sorry...rebooted recovery after every format of data

Correction-after update I had to try again.this time I gave attention to what I did.went to recovery formatted data rebooted recovery flashed the universal dm verity force encryption disabler got nvdata error restored nvdata backup flashed magisk and rebooted.
[Android General] derricksrs:
Hmm the root partition definitely out of space. Hopefully he could partition android larger space.

Try flashing nano gapps but not enough root storage.
[Android General] stazz83:
Otherwise, you could try to convert the app to a system one using an app such as Titanium Backup.

P.S. The last time I tried it on my Lenovo P2 it didn't work out quite well. My ROM still worked well, but the Assistant issue persisted.
[Android General] Davindy:
I would like to just point out how easy this phone is to install a custom ROM on.

If you're not concerned with encryption you can flash a GSI ROM to this phone in like 10 minutes and be up and running.

All I did was boot into the stock ROM, allowed unlocked bootloader, booted into fastboot from ADB, unlocked the bootloader, pushed the custom GSI ROM of my choice (Bliss ROM) using fastboot, and restart...done!

I've been running Bliss ROM without any issues for a week now. I didn't flash TWRP or root my device....
[Android General] s2k7:
Thanks for your report.

Do Volte, data line, TWO sims, all work well ?
[Android General] Davindy:
I can't speak to Volte, I would assume it doesn't work like on most GSI's. But everything else is working perfectly, I haven't experienced any issues or weird behaviour on the phone whatsoever.

I haven't tried two sims but I will and let you know. However, it does show 2 sim slots and the IMEI's for both of them, no issues with data...
[Android General] shookica:
What do you mean by "if you're not concerned with encryption"?
[Android General] Davindy:
Sorry, should've clarified....

I just meant that if you're not concerned with having it enabled by default.
[Android General] stazz83:
A new OTA update coming up soon. Until then, we can flash the latest beta. Copy/paste from the Umidigi community forum:
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
I think the reason why gcam doesntwork is because of the lack of any built inn libraries for HAL3 and no line of code for camera2API (even tho it does support full camera2API) I think someone needs to make a pixelExperience ROM that has this written in the ROM. This is a similarproblem i had with my Redmi note 4x when upgrading to MIUI10 (xiaomi removed or left out this code snippetfrom the ROM forthisphone) but later was brought back andworking GCAM again after installing PixelExperience and without MIUI ROM. someone has to code this inn somehow and I dont think mediatek has released any kernels to work with, thats what ive been reading at least. no idea if the GSI roms has this code snippet included. You cant enable camera2API just by adding the missing code do not add the HAL3 code line or you will brick your phone I tried this myself andforgot to backup the documentso it needed a reset.

Here is an interesting note, REALME3 has a working GCAM port running thesamecamera as S3PRO AND it is a MTK device. So it isposible, someone just has to put the effort in. Where is the incentive tho? not alot of people has s3 pro or maybe the person got the realme3 insteadof s3pro because of launch dates and coincidences but he doesnt have time or cant affordto port to a device he doesnt own himself. :confused:

Maybe a bounty will help someone develop a port? :angel:
[Android General] derricksrs:
You tested already then let us know.
[Android General] derricksrs:
You may try. I tried it.. it is not working. Haha

https://www.getdroidtips.com/downlo...ealme-3-3-pro-with-all-features-working-gcam/
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
yeah they dont work for our phone, it may be a built in library that realme added, out of the box realme3 has camera2API enabled by default so it made it easier to begin with only gcams that works are very old and i dint notice HDR+ working at all even if it was an option in the app and max mp is like 5 megapixels
[Android General] derricksrs:
I see. I'm with Bliss GSI Rom.. for me footej works fine. :)
[Android General] derricksrs:
HDR+ feature comparing to magisk mi a2 port camera and reymar camera. Footej win the HDR+
[Android General] PickleFart9:
Having trouble getting the Steam Link app to work, not giving me an image of the stream from my computer. Is anyone else having this issue with streaming apps?
[Android General] earendilin:
I have had this problem repeatedly in the last months. It is freaking annoying! I contacted the support, no answer so far.

I am using the latest official release at the moment (see [IMG="screenshot"]https://i.imgur.com/3d2gfn1.png[/IMG]).

However, the strange thing is that my phone is recognised as a "Gold" S3 Pro... could it be that I got a golden sample (I was an early buyer), and might suffer from issues that were solved later in mass production?

Any solution on your side?
[Android General] Libra420T:
gold?

So what I can tell u is that the F1 series names go as followed Agold, Ared, and Ablack. so obviously it's by color. Confusing part about yours is that there's only 1 selection available (ceramic black). so Gold is definitely wierd considering my wife has the S3 and it is just "S3pro". Hopefully someone has an answer.....
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
this is interesting I also have A-gold but I never ordered from kickstarter, I ordered in march somewhere and it took like a month before they started shipping out. on a more detailed system device information it says : model and device: S3_Pro

serial: A-gold

Display: UMIDIGI_S3_Pro.E:V1.0_20190522
[Android General] shookica:
Agold is a company name not the color of the phone :D http://www.agoldcomm.com/
[Android General] Soldernet:
Hi S3 pro have some bug: touch services stop work randomly , not stable wifi , camera bugs. Who knows how resolve touch screen freezing bug?
[Android General] marcukial:
If u haven't already tried u could do a full firmware flash using sp flash tool.if it's still screwy who knows.ive not experienced any of those issues.it may not fix it but it's a good place to start.:)
[Android General] Soldernet:
For the time being, I will not make any changes to the smartphone system so as not to lose the warranty since the problem may be at the level of hardware. So far no one advice how to solve the problem. Reset does not help.
[Android General] Rwmega:
Screen Freeze..possible fix (temp fix)

Screen freezing....Argh

I updated my phone and my phone has not been the same since. I almost bought another phone because it was so bad i could not even text. But I found a workaround in the mean time. For me (in the us) I didnt not have an issue with screen when i first got the phone. with updates it started and get worse. In my research i found that the issue should be related to the kernel touch drivers. Trying to find a custom kernel (boot.img) is next to impossible online. So I downloaded all of the software packages (Global and EU) from Umidigi's website. I found i was able to use spflash tool to do a complete flash to my phone with ...0606 software. However....(here is the magic) after the 0606 flash I used the spflash tool to download only the boot.img (uncheck everything but the boot.img) select the one from the from the 0404 software onto my phone.

this has made my phone useable once again with the latest update. Im sure something with the AI was removed but i have both cameras and both seem to work fine but pictures are not my main focus. I have gone about 3 hours now without a screen freeze.

BTW in the US is you use the EU software you will notice some nice features on the UI but my radio reception (AT&T) was horrible. Hopefully this helps someone else suffering from the damn screen issue.
[Android General] shookica:
Does anyone know where I can order a replacement screen? My phone fell from a table and the screen cracked.

On a side note, has anyone ported the stock camera app to be usable on GSI builds? I tried extracting the stock camera app to installi on phh-AOSP but no luck.

Apparently the stock app improved considerably in the latest (0606) stock ROM.
[Android General] Franko74:
Hello,

You have bliss rom on your S3 pro?

can you please explain if it is good and what you need ?
[Android General] Zahr:
AliExpress is where you can get a screen replacement.
[Android General] Rwmega:
Bliss Rom

I tired it but I was still having screen freeze issues, the kernel or boot.img was still the same. Now that I have a working phone I'm going to just stay with stock firmware.

Bliss Rom did not have camera and I couldn't use GooglePay

*BTW* today I saw on umidigi Rom forum for EU they have a 621 update. The boot.img was a bit larger than the 0404 firmware. I flashed it no issues thus far (about 5 hours).
[Android General] Zahr:
My s3 pro took a dive after trying to update via so flash tool. Used the same method as previously used & it is saying imghdr mismatch. Downloaded the newest update. Non EU file since I'm in the USA.

Update: Newest Flash Tool 5.19 fixed it. Thought I was out $250.

Update 2: IMEIs & MEID & Google certificate are all gone. Read through about sn writer & I sp flashed newest S3 pro update (the 7/5 + OTA).

What steps do I go at to load the db from the downloaded NonEU system update?

I have the previous 6/06 system update by the way.
[Android General] cy-rock:
new OTA update is live -
[Android General] shookica:
I managed to flash the new official update (20190705) that is supposed to fix screen freeze issue without losing my data on phh-AOSP. I haven't had a screen freeze since but it is too soon to tell.

You can get the files from Umidigi community forum. To keep your rom and data, just flash all partitions with SPFT except system, cache and userdata.

You may get this error in SPFT - PMT changed for the ROM

If you get this error then open the scatter file and under "partition_index: SYS40" (the last one) find this line "partition_size: 0x8000" and replace with this "partition_size: 0x4200" then save changes.

Remember to reload scatter file in SPFT after you save changes.
[Android General] croquettelehamster:
I never had any touchscreen issues until I installed the latest update.

My phone just became impossible to use. Upper sections of the screen do not react to my fingers anymore.

The rest of the screen becomes totally unsensitive regularly and randomly.

I wasted my whole saturday downgrading the phone to any possible, previous and official available ROM without result.

It seems that the latest update messed up with the touch screen parameters / drivers at a level that a simple downgrade cannot revert.

The main goal of this update was to solve the touch screen issues that ruined the experience of a large chunk of the Umidigi S3 Pro userbase since launch day.

Unfortunately, it seems that the this update affects users who did not have any touchscreen issue before, like me.

In its current state, my S3 Pro is just good to be thrown in a trash can. I cannot even sell it without a working touch screen.

This is really depressing considering that less than 24 hours ago, my S3 Pro was still in a perfectly working condition.

It was the third S3 Pro that I had to buy from Amazon : I had to send back two S3 Pro before this one because they were affected by the "pulsating backlight" issue, had dead pixels and yellow tinted areas of the screen...
[Android General] cy-rock:
Hi

I never had this issue before and with the latest update its still good - No issues here so far.. fingers crossed ?
[Android General] croquettelehamster:
You are lucky :cool:

According to what I read on UMIDIGI forums, its seems that, at least (that is unfortunate) I am not the only S3 Pro user whose phone have been critically and negatively affected by the latest update.

About all these touchscreen issues, I think that UMIDIGI contracts various manufacturers to produce the LCD / digitizer panels for the F1 / F1 Play / S3 Pro series. Since they probably use the cheapest parts for everything in order to make their margin, I am convinced that the parts used for the LCD/digitizer combo are not all 100% identical between the various manufacturers.

And this must cause major issues for touchscreen drivers, parameters, sentisitivity...

If they change some parameters to solve issues for people that have a S3 Pro with LCD/digitizer combo from manufacturer X, then these changes can create issues for people whose S3 Pro had LCD/digitizer from manufacturer Y.

Among the three S3 Pro I had in my hand, no two of them had screens that looked alike visually...
[Android General] cy-rock:
that's a strong possibility and that's unfortunate
[Android General] meep.o.matic:
I have the EU version and still haven't been prompted to update to the newest frimware.

Is there any changelog?
[Android General] derricksrs:
Yeah tried format all+data and download the latest firmware. Adb unlock bootloader. reflash with phh aosp 9.0 ab.. no screen freezing so far.
[Android General] derricksrs:
Still got some lag in touchscreen. I applied these into build.prop

persist.service.lgospd.enable=0

persist.service.pcsync.enable=0

ro.ril.enable.a52=1

ro.ril.enable.a53=0

persist.sys.ui.hw=1

view.scroll_friction=10

debug.composition.type=gpu

debug.performance.tuning=1

#advanced touch settings

touch.deviceType=touchScreen touch.orientationAware=1 touch.size.calibration=diameter touch.size.scale=1

touch.size.bias=0

touch.size.isSummed=0

touch.pressure.calibration=physical touch.pressure.scale=0.001 touch.orientation.calibration=none touch.distance.calibration=none

touch.distance.scale=0

touch.coverage.calibration=box

touch.gestureMode=spots

MultitouchSettleInterval=1ms

MultitouchMinDistance=1px

TapInterval=1ms

TapSlop=1px
[Android General] Zahr:
No screen freezing here either after ota update. Resolved lost IMEIs & GC issue.

Now to root.
[Android General] croquettelehamster:
I used the method described by Rwmega (by thanks to you !) here https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79840072&postcount=287 and flashed a slightly altered 2019060619 S3 Pro ROM with the boot.img of the 2019043022 this morning.

No more generalized touch screen freezing. I can use my phone again.

Unfortunately, my touch screen problem is not 100% solved !

The upper half of my screen regularly becomes totally unresponsive when I do not hold the phone in my hand and only touch it with one finger (when the phone is on my desk, for example). It never happened before.

I am not the only one with this problem :

Here is a post from an Indiegogo backer describing the process that will enable you to check if your S3 Pro is now affected by the touch screen issue caused by the latest update on some devices :

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/umidigi-s3-pro-world-s-first-48mp-ceramic-phone#/comments

You do not need to use a selfie stick in the first step. Just remove the phone from its protective case (if any) and put it on a table or a flat surface. Then, touch the screen with a single finger (try with the upper half of your screen).

I am able to reproduce the touch screen issues with a success rate (I would rather call it a failure lol) of 100% when I realize the conditions described in this procedure.

One could think that the latest update revealed a touch screen grounding issue on some devices, that was previously compensated in a way that affected negatively a good chunk of the S3 Pro userbase with touschscreen freezing issues.

Now that they fixed it, a few people like me are f*cked : they just transfered the problem to another subset of the S3 Pro userbase.

PS : Obviously, no answer from Umidigi...

EDIT : testimony of another victim of this update found in the Indiegogo S3 Pro page comments section :