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[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Kalimohan:
I know that. It's not the fault of the ROM, nor yours. You are doing a great job and I am grateful.

But, some apps (like OSMand obviously) do not fix it. It is not very difficult for the app developers and they still refuse to fix it. Even Google itself don't allow Google Maps to access sdcard since Pie. That being said I need at least one map app, which can store many maps offline at sdcard. Does anyone have an alternative for me?

Also a camera, which stores videos and photos on sdcard would be nice. The LineageOS Camera does only store pictures to sdcard. Trying to write videos on sdcard immediately crashes the camera app. OpenCamera does not recognize sdcard at all.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] stupidus89:
OpenCamera can save to SD card if you enable the "Use Storage Access Framework" option.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] kugel.:
I installed Magisk and the "ExtSDCard Access Enabler" module which makes HERE WeGo work. By its description it only provides additional mount points (`/mnt/media_rw/*`) and maybe setting SELinux to permissive on some phones but the latter does not seem to be happen in our case. [MENTION=4297219]modpunk[/MENTION] IIRC you have checked what that module does. Can it hint towards what needs to be done in LOS?
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Kalimohan:
Thank you! :good:

That worked!
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] modpunk:
Yes, it does all the things which are not recommended to do!
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] modpunk:
This is what OSMand needs to do too!

https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand/issues/7045
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] kugel.:
I still don't buy that.

1) I don't have an external sd card, just internal memory

2) HERE WeGo doesn't even start on LOS.

3) HERE WeGo still provides updates to the app, therefore it uses approved (even if deprecated) APIs

To me it's a bug in LOS that it doesn't start.

I didn't have time to check plain AOSP. What if it would work there?
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] Danko Jones:
Did you set permission for (internal) storage in app settings? Some apps ask for storage permission. Some apps or games simply don't start if permission for storage is not set manually.

This issue is also described in second post. Maybe there are even more permissions that have to be set manually.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] CherAlban:
Older versions of HERE WeGo are working, the latest I know of is 2.0.11360, running on LOS 16.

CherAlban
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] kugel.:
I can only grant/revoke location permissions for that app so this workaround doesn't apply here.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] sieghartRM:
I have a Sony Xperia XA2 and I can use Here WeGo and OSMand even though they do not ask for storage permission on Lineage OS 15.1 and 16.0.

I also think there is some bug with the Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Lineage OS.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries,] neutrinobox:
I will try this rom later.

How about audio and video decorders and in call noise canceling and auto mic tune in whats app voice messages ?

In Stock they do a great job
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] prospektus:
can you compare it with masik? Is there a bug? Is the battery time good?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] lcdkhoa:
try it yourself =]]
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] shubh096:
Its less buggy than masik 4.1 battery life is very good (in ping<100 pubG drains less than 20% per hour). Charging time is slow as masik 4.1 (fast charge module is must in both).

In compare with masik 4.1

1) app permissions bug removed

2) default camera app lacks manual focus , 4k video, AI mode

3) Camera2api wasn't enabled by default, even after flashing magisk c2api module and Build prop editor , it Didn't work. ( I've pitch black recovery so i tried pitchblack recovery's camera2api toggle and it worked)

4) performance is very good

5) If < 10% , GPU starts lagging ( experienced many time in pubG)

6) Music app shows notification advertisements.

7) some features like secure lockscreen, statusbar coloured icons, smart network settings also missing.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] prospektus:
not using pie version. I'm thinking of using it when it's stable.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] prospektus:
thank you for the answer. I guess the masikk is better.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] shubh096:
Yes, I'm also waiting for masik X's next build.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers] prospektus:
thans bro. I'm waiting for the best stable fw
[TouchPad General] roboticman:
So Looking at the https://xdaforums.com/hp-touchpad/general/android-9-pie-dirty-unicorns-v13-0-t3911621 post.

I'm confused where to start. I have 3 touchpads that I haven't used in ages and with this new update would love to revitalize.

Do I do a clean start? Not sure if I know how to do that now... I remember using jcscully stuff before... and novaterm...

If I can continue from here... what do I do first... I have clockwork recovery not TWRP. Is it possible to install TWRP from clockwork?
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
If you have Clockwork recovery it will allow to install or (flash) TWRP Recovery.

Download TWRP 3.1 by Flintman : Click Here to Download TWRP 3.1

Copy the zip file into the sdcard (usb media).

Boot into Clockwork:

Install zip from sdcard

choose zip from sdcard

select FLINTMAN-TWRP

Confirm Install

YES

Go back

Reboot System NOW

Download the Automatic_Wipe_All and copy it to the SDcard, USB Media

Click Here to Download Automatic_Wipe_All_and_Create_Android_with_Swap_Partition

On the moboot menu ( select TWRP )

Select Install

Select external_sd , the Automatic_Wipe_All will be on the right side

Select file, Swipe to confirm Flash.

That is all that it needs to be done, the process is all Automatic it will make the HP TOUCHPAD 100% an Android Tablet with the correct /system partition size that will allow to install Any ROM from the past, preset and future. Is a complete data reset that will also fix any corruption with the storage system, Tablet will be brand new again!

Using the Palm Novacom Driver (the same as loading the ToolBox)

If the Tablet does not have any Recovery Install, or fail to boot into any OS or if it has the original WebOS and want to completely and easily make it an Android tablet.

unzip the file Click Here to Download Automatic_Wipe_All_and_Create_Android_with_Swap_Partition

rename the boot.img (19.1MB) file to uImage.wipeall

Place the tablet into recovery mode

Tablet off not connected to anything

Press and hold at the same time

Power button and the Volume key (closer to the power button, left) until the Big white USB symbol shows.

Connect Tablet to PC

Open a Terminal window and enter this command from the directory where the uImage.wipeall is located.

novacom boot mem:// <uImage.wipeall

The process will load into memory and Automatically wipe all and create all Android Partitions.

Once finish it will reboot into TWRP Recovery, flash all ROM files in the same order from the Guide.

Enjoy your all new 100 % Android Tablet, flash the ROMs listed on the Guide, thanks to [MENTION=3716175]flintman[/MENTION]
[TouchPad General] roboticman:
Thanks... I was trying some more stuff... and clicked complete data reset... and lost the clockwork recovery mode.

When I try to install TWRP via tptoolbox it keeps saying unrecognized/unsupported zip any ideas why this is happening?

I will try your 2nd thing though.
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
If you are familiar with the novacom commands using a PC then loading the uImage.wipeall using recovery mode is the quick and easy way, you will have all three Tablets done in less than five minutes!
[TouchPad General] roboticman:
I did that. Thanks =)

Working now so far. Last quest is about Boost Optimized Kernel, select the highest frequency your Tablet can handle. All Kernels are the same, the speed is preset to avoid installing any Kernel App in Android.

How do I tell what is the highest frequency? I will go with 1782 for now
[TouchPad General] HP_TOUCHPAD:
If you ever used an overclocked Kernel even on WebOS you should have an idea how stable each tablet will be at a certain frequency (not all Tablets have the same hardware)

The Kernel is the same and the frequency is pre set to avoid installing any bloatware that will use resources on a very limited device as is. To start the installation flash the 1728 when done and you have it all set up then flash higher speed. Do not worry it will not brick the tablet, if the cpu can not handle it, it will reboot or freeze, then do a hard reset to reboot and flash lower frequency. The most important to all this, make sure the battery are charged and always keep it charging, it will last for ever ! Have fun and enjoy for the first time Android on the HP Touchpad as a native Tablet install.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] tvoneicken:
My trusty S6 running rooted Android 5.0.2 has decided to act up, more specifically, it crashes and reboots ever more frequently. I can run stress tests and other test apps fine, but when I actually load apps and start using them it crashes after anything from 20 secs to a couple of minutes. This has happened before, but then wiping, etc fixed it. My suspicion is that the nand flash has gone bad. So I'm wondering what the most comprehensive flash erase and reprogramming is that I can do? I've used FlashFire to reflash the CleanROM Lite 1.1 that I use and I've wiped data and cache. That made the device stay up for a couple of minutes instead of just seconds...

Some questions:

- is there any trick to rewrite more of the flash or identify bad blocks permanently?

- if I use Odin, does that provide additional options? An issue is that I haven't been able to find Odin files for OE2...

It's clear to me that I need a new phone, but given the timing of announcements and availability it would be really great if I could eek out a few more weeks on this one...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Snowby123:
Odin would be the smart way to go. It has everything needed to wipe the phone, install new ROMs and root
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] tvoneicken:
Quick update: I did find OE2 for Odin somewhere and flashed that using Odin. It restored my S6 to life! So I assume that some flash sectors in the parts that don't get reflashed by FlashFire were corrupted and using Odin did the trick. Thanks for the nudge!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Accessories] krzyzag:
Hi

I've been trying to find anything on Amazon or Ebay but no luck :/

Has anybody came across anything that could do similar job? Cheers!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gekap:
when I open a new message (mail, SMS) the focus inside the message is "in the middle" (means, that the scrollbar on right side is in the middle position). So I have to scroll up to be able to read the message from the beginning on. This appears only with long messages. With short messages, the focus is at the bottom, so I've again to scroll up to see the beginning of the message...

does anyone know about that, and how to get the messages open with the focus on the top?

Gerald
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gekap:
I just got a solution from a german forum: I disabled "D-Pad-Navigation enabled" from the section "Pocket-IE" inside Kaiser-Tweak-Tools.

Now everything works fine, messages get open now with the focus on the top!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Valtamr:
Amazing!! That's the same solution that the last 8 people who started this thread got.....remarkable!!

FYI....there's a search tool on this forum.
[HTC One SV] Kpsr94:
Hello,

Recently my dad asked me if can rapair his old phone HTC One SV. He said that one day after battery died phone just couldnt boot anymore (always bootloop). So now im trying to repair it but its really hard tbh.

I successfully unlocked bootloader then successfully flashed TWRP 2.7.0.1 (k2_ul-k2u). After that i successfully wiped cache, dalvik and data throught TWRP and then installed this ROM: k2ul_4.2.2_3.11.401.1_stock_odexed_v3. Recovery said it was successfully too so i rebooted and unfortunately here all the succeses end because there is still bootloop.

I left phone for week without using and now came back to repair it again but now its like impossible to do a thing. I cant send any files via usb because after sending phone doesnt show it in memory. I cant wipe anything (dalvik, cache, data, system nor sd card) because of error: Unable to wipe '/data'. When i go to bootloader i cant flash new recovery through fastboot because of error: "Failed (remote: image update error)". I cant flash throught fastboot, there is fail similar to "error: no error". Then i tryed to unlock bootloader once again but an error appears: "wrong token" or "cannot find token". After that i managed to lock bootloader and unlock once again. So i wrote fastboot oem lock and had yet another error (attached img). I dont really know what to do now.

Was looking for info on google and one guy said that motherboard may be corrupted. Is that true?
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Questions & Answers] Shady_BlackSn0w:
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[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] tanago:
Hey guys,

I'm running the XZ Premium and I'm absolutely loving this device.

Since it's 2 years anniversary is just around the corner I have some question and maybe long time Sony fans and modders can answer me.

WIll we get Android 10? I'm interested in photography and getting RAW/30 sec exposure from Xperia 1 with/without the Android 10.

Has anyone tried the AOSP ROM on his XZP? Benefits? Downsides? What is working and what not? Does it have the full camera2 api compatibility? Is it expected to get AOSP 10 if we don't get the official update?

Is the DRM backup expected in the foreseeable future?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] aund:
Hello - dual SIM Note 8 user here.

I've recently updated my device from Oreo to Pie and I seem to have lost a feature within contacts and wanted to check whether it was removed from the app or perhaps I'm just not getting my head around the correct way of now replicating what I previously had.

I have a dual SIM and use two separate Google accounts to separate contacts between the Sims. Furthermore one of my Google accounts has hundreds of contacts which I have further segregated using groups (such as starred and others).

Previously in Oreo, I had quite granular control within the contacts app as to which particular contacts I wanted to see and in my particular use case, I had selected to show all contacts from one account and in addition only those contacts starred in another account. This was a one time activity which left my phone book in the state I wanted.

However in Pie, it appears I can now only select one particular contact account at a time or all contact accounts (not multiple accounts in between 1 and all). This is frustrating as I have some mail accounts that I do not wish to display contacts for. Additionally it seems I can only view one sub group at a time, so while I can display only starred contacts, it means I can't show contacts from the other account at the same time and instead have to constantly switch between different 'filters' instead.

Am I missing something or has this filtering ability of the contacts app now been severely crippled. Assuming it has, is there anyway to use the old contacts app or should I just look for a 3rd party app to do this now.

Thanks for reading!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] deepseaturtle:
Hello! I think there's an option to see the groups in the menu on the left.

Though, the granular option is gone yes. Sadly.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] kevkid:
Are there any aosp roms available? What about project treble?
[BLISS ROMS Q&A] Wingdom:
Hello, I have an install of Bliss OS installed on my 2017 Surface Pro, but the touch screen doesn't work. I've tried the live versions of 11.5 and 11.6 IPTS builds, but its a no go. I installed 11.6 just to have the latest. I haven't found any threads on xda talking about the touchscreen, and a couple reddit threads seems to imply it works no problem, but thats not what I've found. Does anyone have any info on how to get the Surface Pro touch screen working?
[BLISS ROMS Q&A] AndrewH1993:
Thank you for answering my question and confirming this, I was not also able to get PrimeOS to recognized my touch screen either. That leaves me with Phoenix OS.... sigh... I hate that rom because all the Chinese crap and their stupid rooted advertisements that keeps coming back after you purge it.
[BLISS ROMS Q&A] Wingdom:
This isn't what I wanted to hear, especially since they say it should work in some other threads...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] s0000007a:
OKay long story if you're interested in details, this is different to the other bootloop issues, I think this is HW related.

1- Phone suddenly started getting into booting loops. Phone never rooted nor flashed with customer ROMS..

2- Strangely this happened after an official update from Samsung.

3- Booting in recovery mode, wiping cashe and rebooting helped and the phone worked but only for a month or so until it started getting into the loop again.

4- This time it's more stubborn, it doesn't even allow me into recovery mode, it reboots before I can do anything.

5- once every 50+ times it would allow me into recovery mode, I tried wiping cache and factory reset but they didn't help, phone always restart after the samsung logo appears.

6- I thought this is the time I try flashing a custom ROM and see since it was on Stock ROM, but unfortunately realized I had OEM disabled and hence FAP ON and can't flash custom ROMS (or can I?).

7- I thought to flash stock ROM again using Odin. I did so, nothing different, still getting the same issue and now even worse, it would sometimes just give a black screen with flashing blue light.

8- something weird regarding the Stock ROM, my devise is G-SM935FD, however, the latest official update samsung installed on my device changed it to G-SM395F, I know they are mostly the same but trying to use the latest ROM from Sammobile for SM935FD wouldn't work. only the one for SM935F is accepted by download mode. Probably it's because I bought the phone from Dubai (395FD) but then moved to Portugal, so it started sending me the updates related to Europe.

Now at the moment, the phone can't load beyond the samsung logo. It can occasionally get into recovery mode. The only stable mode is download mode but I can't flash any customer rom or twrp because of FAP ON.. so I can only flash stock ROMs which didn't change anything. Does anyone know a way out of that? maybe a ROM that can bypass the FAP ON and uses less processing to load. I know I'm probably asking for something magical and I would most probably not get any answers over here.

I have no warranty and the phone is in a horrible condition so I am not sure if taking it to Samsung would be useful at all.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] booldega:
Hello, can someone try a usb-c to HDMI adapter with the LG G8 please ?

LG G7 was not compatible at first with Android 8 but then LG activated HDMI over USB-C with Android 9 update

Source : https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78969498&postcount=24

LG G8 has Android 9 out of the box so it should work but still no proof
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] Pak0St:
It doesn't look like they've disabled that functionality with the G8 (not all variants are released so keep that in mind).

I don't remember if SomeGadgetGuy showed UsbC-to-HDMI on other videos but it's definitely present in "LG G8 vs G7: Worthy of a One Year Upgrade?" around 3:05 in the video with the G8. Link to the video here: https://youtu.be/9APieviEyYI?t=185
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] booldega:
Thank you Pak0St ! :D It's a good news that LG keeps video out over USB-C !

I remember having seen a video of him reviewing LG V40 and complaining that LG removed HDMI over USB-C on LG V40 and G7 because there is too much delay between the phone and the TV screen with wireless display connection (here at 2:45 https://youtu.be/hFdHQ7f14nQ?t=165 ) and previous LG phones like V30 had this feature but now with Android 9 update it has been activated.

I wonder if they will add a custom desktop mode like on Samsung and Huawei smartphones or if they will use Google's desktop mode with Android 10 update
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] DrivenKeys:
Usb c video out works, mirroring the screen with hdmi adapters is possible. My powered hub that worked with my S8 doesn't work with the G8, but my regular usb c to hdmi adapter does. I'm about to buy a powered hub that works with a Pixel in hopes the LG will as well.

The only thing I really miss about the S8 is Dex. Google or LG needs to get on this, especially considering the silly aspect ratio scaling the mirror mode has. Google play is the only video app that properly projects the image in 16:9. I wish the others would.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] lentm:
I've heard that a desktop feature similar to Samsung Dex will be added from Android Q.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] DrivenKeys:
That's great news! Now to figure out how long it will take Q to reach the G8. The G8 is part of the Project Treble beta, so I really hope LG has planned the update soon.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] DrivenKeys:
Update: With a little more testing, I found my 25 dollar adapter that worked with my S8 mostly works woth the G8. The trick is to plug in only the hdmi, wait fot the mirrored screen, then plug in the power, which must be more powerful than the included wall charger. I'm using a monitor, whose usb c delivers pd power.

Looking over most adapters, it seems they're made for pd charging, but I'm curious if any will work with a wall charger. The descriptions are very vague for this purpose.

Here's the one that I have:

USB C to HDMI 4K Adapter... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FMK94BQ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

It cost only 25 bux, and offers two usb 3.0 ports as well as usb c charging.

In case you're interested, here's the $54 Cheotech one that Juan Bagnell featured in his videos. It comes with ethernet and positive phone reviews.

https://www.amazon.com/CHOETECH-Multiple-Ethernet-Charging-Compatible/dp/B07673ZSD1
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] schwans:
My G7 ThinQ (LM-G710EAW) still doesn't work with the USB-C to HDMI adapters that worked with the G5. It tries to connect but always reverts to USB Power Supply mode even if I tell it to always choose the media or photo sharing modes. I've been upgraded to Android 9 for a year now and was hoping it would kick in at some point. Any thoughts on what else might be missing?
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] Kozacki:
Hi, thank you for sharing your test of this adapter, I was searching for any solid information about connecting G8 to device like this, with no success. Now only one question left: did you try to connect any USB device to adapter, simultaneously to HDMI streaming and charging?