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[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Outbreak444:
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Take it with a grain of salt, but I'll admit I thought ceramic was more brittle than that.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Guides, News, & Discussion] The Root:
Ceramic pottery and such, but they make things like body armor from ceramic as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Corv0:
They're designed to shatter and isolate projectiles in the process, still I didn't expect the back glass to be less durable than ceramic in that case, it must be either very well implemented or just luck.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Guides, News, & Discussion] cpufrost:
Now all we need is transparent ceramic! :D
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Outbreak444:
Exactly as [MENTION=9769847]Corv0[/MENTION] said, ceramic used in a vest is pretty much a one shot deal, regardless of caliber. I used to wear level 3 when I was enlisted and even though it was rated up to a 7.62 NATO round, a 9mm would still crack it and in result would not be effective at a level 3 rating anymore, nor provide much protection at all.

But back to the topic at hand, I need to find a teardown video to see how the thickness compares to the glass. Maybe it's thinner? I'm trying to think of the physics behind it along with the material properties. For instance, gorilla glass can survive longer than standard glass because of its flexibility, among other things. I don't see ceramic having that property unless it is thinner. But thinner also makes me think that it would definitely break at the 5+ foot drop level... I could just be over analyzing it and it could have just been dumb luck or how she dropped the phone since it's near impossible to be scientifically consistent.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] Carfanatic:
Unable to load any new apps or watch faces for Galaxy Sport Watch. I get the thread titled error. Anyone know of a fix?
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] Reinaldo33897:
Did you transfer apps with the smart switch? Wife did and phone would not connect to her watch. I had to uninstall app factory reset watch and reinstall all like if the watch was a new item. This is how I fixed hers.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dragstar999:
When edit the Start date of an appointment (Birthday) on Uni, the changes will not affecting.

I have test it on the original WM5 AKU 3.3 - the changes are OK. With an HTC Touch Niki with original ROM is the same effect - no changes.

Where can I edit this Date on the Uni???
[LG Watch Sport] reinaldistic:
I am in awe that such an amazing device like the LG watch sport got dragged down to the depths of useless junk by the battery life... It makes no sense to me. Since I bought it to replace my Samsung gear s2 the Lg watch sport was everything I needed of a watch... In essence it was perfect. But from the get go I had trouble with the battery... I was willing to work with it, I bought 3 extra chargers... 3!!! One for the car, one for my office desk, one for my back pack just in case... So basically every time I was sitting or laying down it was charging... I STILL ENDED THE DAY WITH THE WATCH BASICALLY MADE USELESS BY THE AUTOMATIC 15% BATTERY SAVER MODE. over the first year this got worse and worse. Last month I had to cancel service for the watch and stop using it because around 4pm it would end up shutting down due to low battery... And wouldn't turn back on once charged unless the ENTIRE boot process happened on the charger...

Ended up going for a galaxy watch because the state of lte enabled wear os is... Well... Nonexistent... I cannot tell you enough how much better the hardware is on the galaxy watch. I'm ending the day on 86% battery without charging at all after waking up... But God dang the software... No google play anything... No pandora... Apps mysteriously disappear from the galaxy store when Samsung feels like it (spotify was gone for about a week... Spotify!!! Not some 3rd party crapware...) I just wish samsung could stop being ***holes and put wear os in their magnificent hardware. /rant

Ps yes I know wear is is basically being held hostage by Qualcomm... Their soc is what kills wear os devices... And the only people making their own socs also make their own watch software... Apple and Samsung...
[LG Watch Sport] princeasi:
Yeah I had the same issue. Considering the limited landscape of watches with functionalities like the lg sport watch, right now I found myself hard pressed to find another. The price for this watch currently has almost doubled, and many of the others don't have the sim card function and bands for US. So I bit the bullet and sent it to LG repair. It's definitely a great watch.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] nugzo:
Google Assistant "OK Google" Routines not working (Good Morning, Good night, etc)

Google Assistant Routines not working "OK Google" (Good Morning, Good night, etc) Wouldn't work on factory Verizon firmware or U1 unlocked firmware. Works fine on my S8+ here. When you say good morning, it just shows you a page of things you can do. It used to tell me the weather, commute, time, news etc. Routines are setup in settings like usual. Anyone else have this issue? Tried with beta google app and regular. everything is updated. factory reset to be sure i didnt mess anything up with recovering apps and settings from cloud.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] nugzo:
can i get some help pretty please? :)

:fingers-crossed: Can someone please chime in and let me know if this is working for you and if so what carrier? I'd really appreciate it. I use google routines a lot. Just have to say ok google, then good morning or good night. It should talk back telling you weather, Commute, etc. Mine is just showing search results pertaining to good morning and good night. no assistant talking back to me. I hope Samsung didn't do something to push people to Bixby. I have a verizon s10+ and tried firmware that came on it, the update, and fresh odin of U1 firmware. Thanks so much. :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Guides, News, & Discussion] kevinireland11:
Very good score
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] deziking:
I resetted this phone was handed off from my brother. Brother never had lock screen setup or password. Now I got it activated to my sprint account. I factory reset but the password screen keeps coming back. Could sprint set a password to lock the phone? I saw message this phone lease expired. How do I get rid of the password lock screen?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TheMadScientist:
It is google locked factory reset protection. There are many guides on google on this toppic. Not really discussed much here
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] BeardEvgen:
Maybe the password is same as your last phone.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JDUS:
Hi guys,

I installed the latest Android P factory image (without -w) and now the phone always boots into recovery right after booting into the system. I see the system for one second and then the phone boots into recovery mode. Does anybody have an idea how to fix this?

I already tried this command

adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc/1da4000.ufshc/by-name/misc

It was successful:

dd: writing '/dev/block/platform/soc/1da4000.ufshc/by-name/misc': No space left on device
2049+0 records in
2048+0 records out
1048576 bytes (1.0MB) copied, 0.049919 seconds, 20.0MB/s

It did not fix the issue though. I also tried this command:

fastboot oem fb_mode_clear

-> This command was unknown

I cannot find find anything else that might help.

Does anybody have an idea how I can get rid of the recovery bootloop?

I have not tried a factory reset with the wipe enabled since I want this to be my last option.

Thank you!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Did you fastboot the image to both slots? Your active slot could be corrupted. I'm also assuming you have the latest platform-tools. You might also try different USB A to USB C cables and ports. You may have to clean fastboot and wipe your device as well.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JDUS:
I downloaded the latest Android P factory image and extracted it. Then I removed -w so it would not wipe my data and I simply executed flash-all.bat.

I am not sure if this installs it to both slots. Does it?

I have a partial working Android Q now...I was able to install Android Q again using the same method but at least it boots into the OS now. A lot of things don't work now. My home button and mobile data for example...

I will try to install factory P once again and maybe this time I won't be stuck in a recovery loop.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
It does not install to both slots. Since your on Q and you have a working OS, I would backup your data since you may have to clean fastboot back to Pie. Or at least fastboot Pie to both slots.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JDUS:
Thank you for your help but I want to make sure I understand you correctly. How would I fastboot Pie to both slots? Using fastboot --slot all?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
After I flash it to one slot, I then use..fastboot --set active=a or b.... depending of course on what you need to switch it to :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JDUS:
That makes sense. Do you flash bootloader, radio and the system image to both slots? Or just the system?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
I fastboot the whole factory image to both slots with the -w removed to persevere data as you did :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JDUS:
Looks like I am on slot b right now. Does it matter which slot I use to boot after I flashed the image? Also you were right with your thought. My slot a is corrupt according to

fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) current-slot:b
(bootloader) has-slot:boot:yes
(bootloader) slot-retry-count:b:6
(bootloader) slot-unbootable:b:no
(bootloader) slot-successful:b:yes
(bootloader) slot-retry-count:a:7
(bootloader) slot-unbootable:a:no
(bootloader) slot-successful:a:no
(bootloader) slot-count:2

Edit:

Okay so I ran the flash-all.bat on b slot , then I switched to the a slot and ran the flash-all.bat file again. Now I have the opposite effect.

current-slot:a

(bootloader) has-slot:boot:yes

(bootloader) slot-unbootable:b:no

(bootloader) slot-successful:b:no

(bootloader) slot-unbootable:a:no

(bootloader) slot-successful:a:yes

It boots into recovery mode as soon as I boot into the system.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Doesn't matter at all since you need to flash it to both slots anyways. Go with B for starters, then switch it to A when done :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JDUS:
I did exactly that. I edited my comment before. Now I am stuck with the opposite effect. Now a is bootable but b is not. Let me try to flash it to both at the same time with fastboot --slot all somehow...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Hmmmm...maybe, fastboot flash-all --slot all...might work. If not, then clean flashing and wiping might be in order. Unfortunately! :(
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JDUS:
You mean running the flash-all.bat file on both slots but this time with the wipe enabled? Looks like it is my only option. I cannot get it to work. I tried using slot all but that did not work either.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
I didn't know if it would work with -w removed or not. However, when you leave the -w in, it will flash to both slots, but that will wipe your device. You may try fastbooting the boot, system and vendor images to both slots to see if you can boot to the OS. If not, then you'll likely have to clean fastboot the factory image and wipe the device. It sucks I know, but sometimes there's no other options.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JDUS:
Alright so the factory reset with wipe enabled worked. Now I am setting up everything again :D I did not know that you can restore your old update from the cloud...it is restoring all my apps right now. That would be amazing. I did not have any important data on my phone and the photos were saved in the cloud but I did not want to reinstall all my apps again. Looks like it is doing this right now. That is great. Thank you a lot!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] CyberpodS2:
Some day we might get real internet out here in the boonies and that new fangled cloud stuff might be useful... Lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Mikulec:
You cant downgrade from the Q beta to P without wiping data partition. Happened to me too, wiping data fixed it. So just boot to twrp, wipe data partition, flash the P image again and it should be fixed.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JDUS:
I thought there might be a way to do it anyway. Do you know why you have to wipe the data partition?

Also I am so glad to have root back and AdAway...could not deal with all these ads everywhere for even one day.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Mikulec:
Well to be honest Google says that if you want to downgrade from beta you have to do factory reset. But I have no idea why is that necessary.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JDUS:
I read that too yeah.. I was just curious about the technical background why this is necessary. Maybe someone has an idea? To me wiping everything felt like giving up yesterday. It is like formatting your PC if you have a problem. Instead I want to know what causes it so I can fix it :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] murphyjasonc:
Like it was said earlier I don't think you can down grade without wiping but you might want to give Dueces script a try. It will flash both slots at the same time. If it can be done his script will do it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Skimpy007:
Ya I got stuck in the same loop tried with -w still nothing. Had to wipe and downgrade back.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] XperianAll:
Boot loops again and again and.. ..

Hi I think have read nearly every thing about boot loops and its been very educational. Unfortunately I'm still stuck in this nightmare so before I get really nasty with my phone could I appeal for some help !

I have a Chinese(allegedly) Lenovo K520 smartphone. Recently I

(1)downloaded App Backup and Restore from Google Play and before doing a factory setting reset did a backup.

(2) I did a factory reset without a problem back to android v8 and then downloaded App Backup again.

(3) I then ran App backup restore and somewhere along the line must have pressed the wrong option that sent the phone into this horrendous boot loop.

CURRENTLY

(1) the logo displays

(2) the splash screen displays

(3) mounts the sd card

(4) Reboots

(5) Eventually it display a black screen with three buttons "reboot" "install update package" "power off". The install update.zip into root directory in first system partition will not work as the phone is encrypted and reboot starts the who cycle off again.

ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR

Pressed the on button and volume down simultaneously and into the handset debug mode (?) it goes

The options available by pressing the volume control are "start" "restart bootloader" "recovery mode "power off"

Additionally it shows "Fastboot mode" available (see later) and "Device state - locked"

I've run Fastboot from the PC and that appears to communicate successfully with the phone but tells me "fastboot oem unlock" fails

I've tried adb but that won't work because I can't enable debugging on the handset.

Can anyone help especially in getting the unlock and / or overriding the encrypt phone situation that prevents the update.zip succeeding.

THANKS VERY MUCH IF YOU CAN HELP and EVEN THANKS IF YOU CAN'T by telling me its impossible
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] mains75:
Is it possible to record calls on S10?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] illa215:
Yes, I've used ACR successfully
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] edopa:
Cube ACR works too
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] phil.W:
I use call recorder by SKVALEX, he seems to normally have a good handle on the recorders and for the most part buys the phones also to be able to keep the app updated. Only downside is currently with the new google play store permissions it doesn't allow showing the number of the caller (though you can sideload an older apk before march 9 that will do everything)
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] tiho5:
Not only an old one. He keeps available all the new versions with the full capabilities on his website, where you can get version without the
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] mains75:
So Skvalex call recorder works on S10 pie without root access?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] tiho5:
Works on my S10 plus without root, yes
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] mains75:
..very good news...:good:

Snapdragon or Exynos?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] tiho5:
Exynos.

The full version without the*restrictions can be found here:*https://callrecorder.skvalex.com/get
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Relod8:
What about recording of WhatsApp voice and video calls?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] mains75:
Unfortunately it is not possible at the moment. As SkValex and other devs say..:(
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] hnt.hardik:
There's an inbuilt call recorder, no need to download any additional apps
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Relod8:
Where? I am not seeing it in the phone settings.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] tiho5:
This is region dependent. CSC must be Thailand, India and some other few.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] hnt.hardik:
It is there in the three dot menu on your calling screen.. no additional settings required..
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] mains75:
Any news for this feature in SnapDragon HK version?

Is it possible without root?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] scandiun:
Can you post an screenshot? I'm really curious about that.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] hnt.hardik:
Sorry but I don’t have the phone with me currently.. have sold it..
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] ttalonso:
In a call phone the icon at top left says, record call. It's integrated with the system.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Superrman:
there's Samsung app that recording (im using it) not bad
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] :
I can't activation this.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] ThomaSEK:
It is possible to activate this stock feature by editing cscfeature.xml. But it requires root. If someone is interested, I can make a small tutorial for this. I just activated it yesterday and it works flawlessly.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] fasho:
with root its possible without any app only with builtin call recoreder you need just mod csc
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] skaveesh:
I've brought S10 from UAE - united arab. It has CSC of 973FOXM3ASJD. but I live in Sri Lanka. I like to install firmware specifically to Sri Lanka. I've found that Sri Lankan firmware is on SamMobile (https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s10/firmware/SM-G973F/SLK/download/G973FXXU3BSKO/305712/) with CSC of G973FOXM3BSKO and PDA of G973FXXU3BSKO.

As I know call recording functionality is available on Sri Lankan firmware.

Is it safer to flash Sri Lankan firmware and get this feature??
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] ThomaSEK:
I don't know if really "safer", but easier for sure, because you don't need to root your device. If an unrooted device is unsafe for you, then yes, it is also safer ;) As far as I know, you need a SIM card from Sri Lanka as well to activate this feature, but this should not be a problem if you live there.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] superlutin:
Please ThomaSEK, do! Really!
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] ThomaSEK:
Use this guide at your own risk! I am not responsible for any damages!

1. Download a file explorer app, which can be used with root permissions.

2. Browse to your root directory and navigate to /system/product/omc/{COUNTRY_CODE}/conf/ (The path may differ from device to device. "COUNTRY_CODE" is a three letters abbreviation from the country where your software is from.)

3. There you see a file named cscfeature.xml. You cannot open it because it is encrypted. Copy the file and paste it into a directory you can reach when your device is plugged in to a PC, e.g. the Downloads folder.

4. Connect your device and copy cscfeature.xml to a folder on your PC.

5. Make sure Java is installed on your PC because we have to run a .jar file.

6. Download OmcTextDecoder. The file we need is called omc-decoder.jar. Put the file into the same folder where you stored cscfeature.xml on your PC.

7. Open the command-line interface on your PC and navigate there to the folder with the two mentioned files.

8. Run java -jar omc-decoder.jar -i cscfeature.xml -o cscfeature_decoded.xml.

9. You find a third file named cscfeature_decoded.xml in your folder. Open it with an editor.

10. Add the line <CscFeature_VoiceCall_ConfigRecording>RecordingAllowed</CscFeature_VoiceCall_ConfigRecording> between the <FeatureSet> tag. Have a look at my screenshot if you are not sure how to place it.

11. Save the file.

12. Go back to your command-line interface. Make sure you are still in the correct path where your files are placed.

13. Run java -jar omc-decoder.jar -e -i cscfeature_decoded.xml -o cscfeature.xml.

14. Copy the file cscfeature.xml back to your phone.

15. Open file explorer app.

16. Navigate to /system/product/omc/{COUNTRY_CODE}/conf/ and rename the file cscfeature.xml, e.g. to cscfeature_backup.xml. This step is optional, but useful, because it gives you the option to restore your original file in the future.

17. Navigate to the path where your cscfeature.xml is placed (e.g. the Downloads folder) which you copied from your PC.

18. Copy the file to /system/product/omc/{COUNTRY_CODE}/conf/ (If the root browser asks you to overwrite the file, do it.)

19. Make sure again there is a file named exactly cscfeature.xml placed in /system/product/omc/{COUNTRY_CODE}/conf/. If there is no such file, this will brick your device in the next step!

20. Reboot your phone. Go to Phone app and open the settings. There you should find a new entry to set up the call recording function. For example, you can choose if calls should be recorded manually or automatically when a phone call starts. That's it!

Please appreciate my effort and click the Thanks button if this guide helped you. Special thanks go to fei-ke for developing OmcTextDecoder

BTW, personally, I have Android 10 now without root and therefore cannot activate this feature anymore. And I am not planning to root my phone again. Does anybody knows a suitable non-root alternative to record phone calls working with Android 10?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] joy joo:
nice

I've tried， easy to use！:D
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] babasmith002:
Can I un-root the phone after doing this change? Will it work and will I be able to receive Android updates the same way?
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] ryan prevatt:
Ok,so i installed xda app on my phone and it said i have an lg g8,when in fact its the stylo 4 plus through boost.my question is how different are the devices in hardware and how can i root the dang thing.i really can't even find a reliable vid on unlocking the bootloader.it came pre installed with oreo,but as with nonflagship phones,getting an os update is hard to come by.i really want to clear the bloatware,and possibly install a custom Rom.any help would be appreciated,thanks in advance
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] josephiskandar:
From this thread, it seems that the bootloader on the stylo 4 can't be unlocked, which makes it impossible to root. So I guess it is the same for the stylo 4+.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] iknow786:
:laugh:
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] phillymade:
You can use the LG Package Disabler found in the play store to rid yourself off unwanted pre installed apps