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[General Topics] audeo13:
After spending much time searching your forums (my goodness you're all so knowledgeable and generous!) I haven't been able to quite answer my questions. I am in dire need of a phone as my crappy motorola is on it's last legs (we're talking buttons falling off, the works) so I've decided to spend some actual money on a decent phone. I've looked around for a while now and have been lusting after the Tilt for some time now. I would have to buy an unlocked one as I am on the T-mobile network and soon moving to Canada and switching to yet another network. My worry, however, is that I've heard and read some really terrible things about the Tilt. RLoD anyone? So while I am very drawn to it, I need a reliable phone, not one that craps out a couple months after I drop $500 on it. The numbers of malfunctioning Tilts/Tytn IIs seem quite high or am I wrong?

I've come to you, oh wise ones, seeking your counsel learned from many hours of alternately cursing and lauding the HTC name, no doubt.

I need a phone that offers me some productivity, email, messaging, multimedia (mostly, I'd like to be able to listen to music). It must have wifi. I would prefer it not drive me to putting my head through a wall. It would be nice if it had a gps receiver (like the Tilt and the N95) as I would like to run garmin mobile on it but could deal with using an external receiver on the Wing, if it turned out to be the best phone for me.

The reason I love the Tilt and Wing models is primarily the keyboard and touch screen. However, the problems people are having with HTC products have left me quite leery of buying one of their phones. Which is why I was also looking at the N95, most of it's reviews have been favourable although the learning curve to get it to the right level of productivity with 3rd party apps seems steeper. I've had Nokia phones before though- those Finnish build for Vikings, I guess. Never had one of those crap out on me.

Anyhow, I've rambled enough. Any advice or information you might want to throw at me would be appreciated. Thank you so much :o
[General Topics] 2manyphones:
My thoughts....

Given what you are after, I would stay with the Wing or Tilt. While I don't own a Tilt, I have used it a fair amount and I can see where reliability could be an issue. If that is a concern, the Wing (or Herald / P4350) has proven to be a very reliable phone (passed my "Wife" test :)). It does not have built in GPS or 3G and the processor is slower, but I think you would be happy with it.

I hate the N95. It is a good (not as good as I expected from the "Carl Z" lens and 5MP) camera, good music player and good reception phone, but most of the other functions suck - IMO. The two way slider drives me crazy because if you accidentally slide open the media controls the screen goes to landscape and the only way to change it back is to slide the keypad section up and then back down.

Personally I like the Touch XL (Elfin). It is SOOO much smaller and lighter than the Tilt and Wing and really the only thing you loose from the Wing is the hard keyboard. There are some great soft keyboards avail. for the Touch that allow me to type just as fast on it as my other devices with the keyboard. Take a look at some of them that I have customized in my signature, for example.

Good luck!
[General Topics] audeo13:
You know, I haven't looked too much at the Touch models. I suppose I just figured if I was willing to go the soft keyboard route, I would take my chances with an unlocked iPhone. I figured I would either get my qwerty keyboard or give it up entirely. There seem to be a few variations of the Touch, and you recommend the XL? I shall have to do some research.

The camera features on the phones are the lowest on my list of needs. More of a bonus than a necessity. Nokia has splashed the Carl Zeiss name all over those N Series phones but at the end of the day, a camera phone is a phone, not a dedicated camera and will always fall short for me as I play with dSLRs, so most of the time I just don't bother with the camera on my phone.
[General Topics] mchapman007:
Tilt.........
[General Topics] Menneisyys:
There have been several threads on this...

in a nutshell, if you need great multimedia / (even 3d hardware accelerated) gaming / call recording / camera / a great phone / being light and small, get the N95. If you need Windows Mobile / a touchscreen / a strcitly built-in keyboard and don't need gaming / multimedia / a good camera / call recoridng capabilities etc. and the much higher weight isn't a problem either, get the Kaiser.

I myself would go for the N95 but that's just because I already have the iPAQ 214 as a WinMo handheld (with which the N95 works together very well) and I use the MM features and the camera (which is just great) of the N95 a lot. But that's me.
[General Topics] audeo13:
I realize there have been several threads on this, but what wasn't fully addressed was the reliability issue. There were more than a few threads on this very site that made the Kaiser sound like a rather lovely, briefly useful, piece of crap.

I suppose I'm wondering how likely it is to die on me (I really haven't been able to find out anything solid on how many/often they malfunction) and for those people that did have it die on them, why did you keep going back for more?

The reason the Wing was in the running (in spite of not having all the featues of the Tilt) is that I haven't read of any huge reliability issue with it as with the Tilt.

So I suppose my question is being posed to those people who have had problems. Would you actually still recommend this phone? (If there is somewhere else I should have posted this, please let me know).
[Windows 10 Mobile] DAC.IT:
yea , I know Microsoft abandoned it (like most things they do , win mobile 2005) but Im sick google /android , not an itrash fanboi , had the samsung focus years back helped with interop unlock , just thinking if the x3 or 950xl or even the alcatal are still any good, seems like the specs are still fine for todays smartphones? Anyone want to tell me yea or nay?
[Windows 10 Mobile] konstant213:
It depends on what you need from the smartphone.
[Windows 10 Mobile] DAC.IT:
To me it seems it would be flawless in my work as a Desktop Support Analyst
[Windows 10 Mobile] MagicAndre1981:
support ends end of year, so nearly all apps will go away so stay at Android
[Windows 10 Mobile] DAC.IT:
Well , ill stay for now, but google cant be trusted , android is dying a d they dont even know it, just like iphone
[Windows 10 Mobile] darthcircuit:
I would love nothing more than to go back to my WP, but honestly, it's just not worth the hassle. I used my Icon for about a week recently, and it was just an exercise in frustation. Windows 10 mobile is still slow, buggy, and most apps haven't been updated forever so a lot of them just plain don't work. If you only text and call, it might be worth it, but it's really up to how much you can tolerate. I gave up on it because mine kept rebooting in the middle of calls. It got to a point that i had to change because my boss wasn't too happy with me. I've tried about everything i can to stay away from google and apple, but at the end of the day, nothing is supported enough to really be usable otherwise. I've got my eye on postmarketOS, but development is early days so it will be a while before it will be usable.

In the past 3 years, i've been through android, webos (i tried to go back to a pre and veer for a while), symbian (bought an 808), wp, KaiOS (nokia 8110 4g), and i'm on iPhone now. Webos and Symbian were great in their heyday, but they are VERY painful to use now. It's a chore to even browse the web. KaiOS has potential, but it's still pretty rough around the edges. Google invested pretty heavily into them as well, so whether that bothers you or not is something to consider. I swore I'd never use an iPhone, but it's been the most reliable out of all of them I've had and has lasted me the longest. My brother is running lineageOS without google apps, so if google is your problem like it is with us, that might be an option for you. You will make compromises with whatever you choose.
[Windows 10 Mobile] DAC.IT:
I agree, you sound like me , i just dont trust google or apple , if the iphone was straight unix not associated with apple it would more be more worthy .

Yes, i think ill try lineage if i can on my Moto z3 play , i never really cared for googles or the carriers updates, always rooting , unlocking etc and running custom roms. But i havent had the time, would really be nice to have a windows phone that compliments my work station, not sure Microsoft cares , i know apple and google dont care
[P8 Lite (2017) Development] haky 86:
This is Candy9. Built straight from source with commits from a variety of different Sources/ROMS. We wanted to give the users a fun, fully customizable ROM, with regular updates and security patches.

We do this as a hobby, and we happily share the Candy of our toils with the custom ROM community, for free. We use what we share on our own devices, most as Daily Drivers, so you can be confident that problems will be promptly addressed.

Thanks for your support and camaraderie. Special thanks to GZOSP, GZR-Roms, LineageOS, SlimRoms, Omni, TeslaROM, AOSiP, DU and the innumerable rest who make their source open. We can't do all of this on our own!

Note:

My device is officially bricked stuck on twrp logo, can't even access on fastboot, erecovery nor stock recovery. so I'll try to fix it but doubt will work as I don't have any intention to repair . so don't expect Android Q from me, thanks for all.

Telegram Group

https://t.me/EmuiDev

Sources:

https://github.com/hak86/android_device_huawei_prague

https://github.com/hak86/proprietary_vendor_huawei_hi6250-common

Kernel GSL: I'm not violating any kind of license since it is based on GSI, so the kernel is came with Emui 8.0.0 called kernel.img so all credits goes to Huawei.

Installation:

Reboot to TWRP.

Run factory reset.

Reboot to TWRP again!

Run full wipe.

Flash the ROM, SimplGAPPS.

Enjoy.

Downloads:

04-04-2019:

Candy-prague-9.0.0-UNOFFICIAL-20190404-2216.zip

Initial build.

Minor bugs: warning popup appear on each reboot, I’ll fix later.

XDA:DevDB Information

CandyRoms for HI6250, ROM for the Huawei P8lite/P8 Lite

Contributors

haky 86

Source Code: https://github.com/hak86?tab=repositories

ROM OS Version: 9.x Pie

ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x

ROM Firmware Required: Emui-8.x

Based On: LineageOS/AOSP

Version Information

Status: Stable

Stable Release Date: 2019-04-05

Created 2019-04-05

Last Updated 2019-04-05
[P8 Lite (2017) Development] Krzysztof84:
ROM is very good, everything works, but:

- Animations are laggy

- Bluetooth crashes when connecting to something other than phone, PC and headphones (smartband for example), but this annoying bug is present on every ROM I've tested (RR, AEX, Pixys, Arrow, LineageOS), here is log: https://del.dog/qalexojeqi

My device is PRA-LX1
[P8 Lite (2017) Development] haky 86:
thanks for reporting, I'll check this issue on next builds look like bluetooth crash for some reason.
[P8 Lite (2017) Development] GiannisTP:
Farewell...

Farewell haky86. You will be missed...

https://youtu.be/3at_Ev2kOoI
[P8 Lite (2017) Development] haky 86:
I'm trying various ways for unbrick, because my data is pretty broken. my only hope is DC Phoenix .
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Questions & Answers] Quickquestion1:
Hi, folks. My S10e keeps losing its GPS signal if I use any power-saving setting (medium, maximum, or adaptive).

I've tried applying advice from another thread: I THINK I turned off battery optimization for stuff related to GPS. Those are:

- Fused Location

- Location Services

- Samsung Location

- slocation

It still happens when those aren't optimized. Does anyone have any solutions? Also, should I set any of those back to being optimized? Thanks!

Edit: I can't include a screenshot because I can't include links yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Questions & Answers] Quickquestion1:
Can anyone with an S10e confirm that their GPS does work with medium power saving on?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Questions & Answers] jasons1004:
works for me on medium - I only check the 70% cpu power box tho - leave other 2 un checked maybe?
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] theclueless:
US unlocked S10+ (ASBA) set up alarm, restart phone, alarm did not go off; after unlocking phone the first time after restart, set up another alarm, restart phone, and still did not go off.

I recorded the test here: https://youtu.be/CvMrJtrOrzo
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] fearbasel04:
U need to unlock from lockscreen to finish up the booting process. Sucks I know I figured that out the first time it happened. It's some Knox bull**** to protect u after a restart. You turn it off I think under strong protection in settings.

Edit... I ran a test and like u it failed and then I went and turned off strong protection and redid a alarm and restarted and it works. Its stupid honestly but it says calls, messages and alarms still work while it's on after a reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] Corv0:
You're right, I tested the same thing under similar conditions and the alarm is completely ignored, I uploaded the screenshot where it is said that calls and alarms will still get through, but that's bull****.

A bug of this kind is unacceptable, most people rely on their phones to start their schedule in time and this makes your phone as useful as a brick.

I reported the bug to Samsung, meanwhile you can allow calls and apps to automatically be active by disabling Strong Protection in settings, Biometrics and Security, other security settings.

I tested it as I'm typing and it works.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] theclueless:
I wouldn't call it useless as a brick, but definitely not feeling reliable (just like iPhone and DST, but at least that's only twice a year). I am pretty sure it is the Clock app misbehaving, because uninstalling the update the alarm went through fine after restart.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] Corv0:
It's useless if it keeps me sleeping at home from paying for it :)

It's the clock app not being given the right priority, it is denied access to user data like every other user application.

Make sure you report it through the members app
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] Ekterm:
May be similar to this thread - https://xdaforums.com/pixel/help/phone-dialer-crash-t3909817

I just bought this phone used and immediately wiped it to try to load Phh-treble 9.0, but it would not recognize any of my sim cards at all. So I tried Lineage OS 16.0, and that would recognize and connect to cellular, but would often crash when making or receiving a phone call. I tried to reflash the OEM Google rom, and that recognized the sim card, but just randomly crashed and rebooted every once in a while.

Attached is a log from the Phh-treble 9.0 install, and I'll try Lineage again and get a log from that too.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] droidbreath:
https://developer.android.com/preview/gsi-release-notes

Anyone tried this or is someone developer working on it?? So excited to try it out!
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] HC4Life:
Our phone is compatible with Project Treble?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] JimboTheDeveloper:
Yes it is
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] sruel3216:
Is there a way for the Samsung messages to just flash on the AOD (I have AOD set to tap to show) and not turn on the whole screen to show. Similar to the 6t it pixel ambient display?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] peachpuff:
If you set messages notifications to sound+popup it should turn on the screen for a bit, but the aod image will be static.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] sruel3216:
That's what I have currently. I'm trying to see if just the AOD can show and not have the screen turn on at all
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr. Drax:
I'm trying to get Magisk to work on a Samsung S2 Tablet SM-T713. I don't think it's relevant, but I'm running LineageOS 16.0 (the 4/5/19 nightly), and TWRP 3.2.3. I had enabled OEM Unlocking before I installed either of those.

I installed Magisk Manager 7.1.1on the tablet. I pulled the stock boot.img from a stock installation image (T713XXU2BRB2_T713OXA2BRA1, which was the same firmware I had before upgrading to LineageOS). I then used Magisk Manager 7.1.1 to create a patched boot.img. I then used TWRP to flash the patched boot image to the boot partition.

The result is that my tablet is now bricked at the initial boot screen (the one that says "Samsung Galaxy Tab S2") with an error in the corner that says "Set Warranty Bit: kernel".

I'm assuming that once the battery runs down I'll be able to boot into either recovery or Odin download mode and re-flash the boot image. Since having a non-removable battery makes trial and error very slow (since I need to let the battery run down before I can reboot), I'd really like to understand what I'm doing wrong before I try installing Magisk again.

All of the threads I've seen about people installing Magisk on the T713 are from last year. Is anyone still using that combination? Even if you're not, I'd appreciate any suggestions!

Thanks in advance for any help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pointbob:
any luck?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr. Drax:
I wound up having to let the battery run out. Then I had to do finger acrobatics to hold down the buttons for download mode while I plugged in a USB cable attached to my computer. That allowed me to use Odin to install a stock boot image.

I ultimately figured out that the problem was that my data partition had automatically re-encrypted itself. I found I had to use TWRP to wipe my data partition, then immediately use TWRP to install Magisk so that my bootloader wouldn't force encryption. A reboot between those two steps screws things up.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] t4duzan:
https://www.phonearena.com/news/google-pixel-2-xl-deal-best-buy-verizon-big-outright-discount_id115095

The article states when you get it from Best buy that it's a Google phone but there are also options to purchase through Verizon so not sure about that.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Droid_Nut:
Takes you to a link with the VZW version. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/condit.../pcmcat1545328844123.c?id=pcmcat1545328844123
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mookiexl:
Not worth it. You can't root and I was able to get the 128gb Google version near mint on eBay for $390.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] cucumbersmell:
For those who are willing to trade some security for some features, I was able to get xposed and Gravitybox (Pie) working using the following:

1. Make a backup in TWRP.

2. Flash to set SELinux to Permissive at boot (easiest way I found).

https://xdaforums.com/android/software-hacking/mod-kernel-permissive-patcher-android-t3506338

3. Install xposed for Pie (unofficial). Use the EdXposed app, instead of XposedInstaller_by_dvdandroid.

https://xdaforums.com/xposed/android-9-0-xposed-solutions-t3889513

4. Install Gravitybox for Pie.

https://xdaforums.com/xposed/modules/app-gravitybox-v9-0-0-beta-1-android-9-t3908768

5. Try out some other modules.

https://xdaforums.com/xposed/list-xposed-modules-android-pie-ed-t3892768
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aonavy:
i want to keep my phone in landscape but i dont know how to do it. i hit the landscape button and it turns the wrong way. the opisite from the keyboard. so im wonering if its htc home?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
That is the defaul HTC Home direction. To set the screen orientation you'll have to use the Screen settings in the system tab of Start->Settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] KruseLudsMobile:
Not working for me anymore... But someone was saying you need to connect your phone to a PC and launch something on a folder on the phone...? WTF - I have no PC nearby?!?.... Halp?

- R. Kruse Ludington

Galaxy Note 8<-5<-3<-S3<-Nexus; Droid X; HTC HD2<-Touch Pro 2<-Tilt<-8525; O2 XDA II<-XDA; Motorola StarTac
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] KruseLudsMobile:
Re-installed the pro version of package disabler, updated the setting to disable all Bixby related items.... and rebooted - talk about instant! I am using the bixby button for the camera - Freaking lightning fast camera is open as soon as the Bixby button is pressed - already finished launching before the bixby button even pops back out!

- R. Kruse Ludington

Galaxy Note 8<-5<-3<-S3<-Nexus; Droid X; HTC HD2<-Touch Pro 2<-Tilt<-8525; O2 XDA II<-XDA; Motorola StarTac
[Samsung Galaxy J4+ Guides, News, & Discussion] chalofito:
After almost 5 days of failed attempts, I found a kind person who decided to help me with the problem of my device (J415G) which was a damaged EFS partition, pointing out an error in recovery stock [E:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument )] which prevented me from starting my phone.

Without more sad stories here I leave the solution to this problem:

What do you need?

-PC

-FW

-TWRP - https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=1395089523397929118

-RMM-State_Bypass_Mesa_v2 - https://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4481843&d=1524258795

-J6+_oreo_forced_encryption_disabler - https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603865586

-Magisk - https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445

Steps to follow literally (do not invent anything)

STOCK + TWRP + ROOT + REPAIR EFS:

0.- Remove SIM card

0.0.- Go to the PC

ODIN+FW:

1.- Mark in Odin

-Auto Reboot

-Nand Erase

-F. Rest Time

2.- Install FW Stock (Please wait)

3.- When you restart, turn off and enter Download Mode

ODIN + TWRP:

1.- Install TWRP through Odin (AP)

2- Mark in Odin (the other options not marked)

-F. Rest Time

3.- Restart in TWRP VOL + / button power (at the same time)

ROOT:

1.- Install RMM-State_Bypass_Mesa_v2.zip

2.- Install J6+_oreo_forced_encryption_disabler.zip

3.- Format data (yes)

4.- Install magisk 18.1

5.- Restart in TWRP (DO NOT INITIATE THE SYSTEM)

6.- Go to Terminal of twrp

7.- Once in terminal type this:

------------------------------------------

mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p22

------------------------------------------

8.- Restart System

-- You should see the start screen in less than 5 minutes --

9.- configure the phone without connecting to WiFi

10.- Go to: Settings, About Phone, Status, IMEI Information (Check that there is IMEI)

10.- turn off and introduce sim card

11. - turn on the phone.

12.- Verify signal, mobile data, calls

Ready!!!:victory:

Now everything should work if problems:victory:, remember to always make a backup of everything from TWRP.

CREDITS:

ME - For damaging partition EFS (lol):crying:

SAMMOBILE - FW
[MENTION=9101376]kapmino269[/MENTION] - For being the most patient man in the world, for helping me to solve this problem, do not exist the words to grab, just say THANK YOU FRIEND. :highfive:
[MENTION=4899305]ashyx[/MENTION] - TWRP and J6+_oreo_forced_encryption_disabler:good:
[MENTION=6911575]BlackMesa123[/MENTION] - RMM bypass:good:
[MENTION=4470081]topjohnwu[/MENTION] - Magisk:good:
[Samsung Galaxy J4+ Guides, News, & Discussion] RyuukenZenkou:
That's why I always do backup the efs partition and modem with a tool after I get root access. But glad to know that you solved it:highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy J4+ Guides, News, & Discussion] RyuukenZenkou:
Pd. You should try the app partitions backup. It's on Google play. Or search for it on XDA labs app. I can't remember who's the dev now. Hope this helps.
[Samsung Galaxy J4+ Guides, News, & Discussion] RyuukenZenkou:
Ummm... I see..

I can't help anymore.

Hope someone can help.:angel:
[Samsung Galaxy J4+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jose_iturria:
1 .. I already installed the 8.1 system and the modified recovery does not want to accept someone who can support me with the efs or a modified recovery with the binaries since it does not accept me from the j415g

2 .. someone knows how to install efs I have a folder but I do not know what is needed to install or how it is done (how the folder is converted for odin)