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[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
[MENTION=2648595]xephyris[/MENTION] thanks, GSI is strong already except the fingerprint not excellent. i'm watching git changes, literally reading the code, and can't wait for more fixes.. for an AOSP - not bad status already with fp,bluetooth,camera,aptx working. Let's talk about other device AOSPs with features missing.. GSI is generic but when devs actually own the device, the progress is far batter (FlokoRom being the best, now new TWRPs progressing).
[MENTION=1430968]*justintime*[/MENTION] don't understand what you blab about, i was just saying what is the situation. as you're long member, you should have remembered the golden times where all this stuff was easy and you could choose any mobile. and no "nonsense to fix in next generation" existed like notches or back fingerprints. also i'm giving little to Google, have zero ads, cleaned fingerprints of my internet activity, device data is cloaked etc to the extent i actually don't need to clean up Xiaomi processes. i do have privacy in 2019.. that's something i'm not even describing here as it's generic, here i fight the specific xiaomi bloat. when i sniff my network connections or trace personal data usage, i am satisfied. it's very clean.
[MENTION=2372561]rasmali[/MENTION] ..and not promoting, as i spend too much time to fix this Xiaomi, it's pretty hard from unlock process, TWRP problems, Gapps problems, battery issues, camera issues to the MIUI. Also tested all ROMs, kernels, recoveries so i'm sharing/getting the knowledge to make sure we all later profit. maybe i'll script the cleanup process from post #6. true the OnePlus is cool, i did just single flashing/restoring process there for me and one for another person, and it's perfectly working from A to Z.. it's shocking easy compared to Mi9. just lacking QC+Qi:/
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] zetlaw:
Keep posting updates, as you im trying to find a solution for the Running services.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] bilal91:
any way to disable xiaomi service framework without causing problems?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] denzel09:
Which problem you have disabling it through adb?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] bilal91:
i've heard it could cause a bootloop...have you done it through adb and can you direct me towards how you did it?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
Introducing Xposed plugin "MIUI Anesthetist".

It will help disable the above ultra-sticky services which cannot be disabled (and we're not talking about normal system dialogs, we're disabing with root tools already).

However the author doesn't realise the spy company Xiaomi made 2 of them even more ultra-sticky: Miuidaemon, Xiaomi service framework.

The Xiaomi invented the way to load those even when disabled. As you can see in "Running services"* the processes are active.

*I'm kidding - you won't see it there as Xiaomi disabled this transparency tool, you need another root tool to check running processes.

So you still need to rename them in /system/[priv-]app folder.

Plus the FindDevice "disabled" with help of this plugin will make many error popups by another part of the system which tries to trigger it at all cost.

so it looked good first, as disabling would ultimately bring the convenience of setting and forgetting even during ROM updates.

That's not the case, so there's still maintenance needed as in the post 6.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
this and any other Xiaomi crap can be disabled without problem, you can rename the apk or use Magisk "MI Push Service Framework" plugin. I don't use their account thou.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] bilal91:
what does that module do exactky as i didn't really understand by reading its github
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
it's doing more than we want, providing some push network.. but it kills framework, if you're lazy to rename it in /system. finally uninstalled the plugin, and renamed the apk. should script this, as i'd be tired doing this every week.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] NeoBlackXT:
It can enable MI push on non xiaomi devices. It’s useless to xiaomi devices.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
flashed all ROMs from the list, not a single ROM is good as a daily driver at the moment. From disgusting MIUI and 1:1 clones to GSIs and AOSPs with very difficult time to make vendor stuff working. Really tough brand. It's not like Samsung - stock is fantastic for just plain root, DevBase is legendary, everything working... (until S10 where the tradition stopped - community is smaller than Mi9). And never forget the 360hours waiting period!

MIUI is so sleezy:

* hides running services for sack of NO transparency, and in the task manager it lies about available memory (adds 1GB "free")

* cleaner will just kick everything out of memory, incl. persistent notifications, how could someone be so silly to develop this

* after you set app permission to disable access to your private data to most apps, it's ignored by xiaomi apps - they have their own permissions! "Security" is a dangerous component that overrides so much of Android functionality RE battery, permissions

* internet filter is nice, but they purposedly disable this for xiaomi apps (which are the most dangerous ones, see Privacy Policy) or you can only disable Mobile access, which is not enough

* joyose, midaemon, framework, find device... and such spyware services that cannot be disabled..insane

* each "revoke authorization" takes 10sec to confirm, to make sure people lose patience

* xiaomi is snitching wifi commands and tcpdumping all networks without any shame in wlan_logs folder

Always disable Device admins and Trust admins backdoors!

Install firewalls, privacy blockers and adaway with my xiaomi list in post #6 (persistent with TitaniumBackup)
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] qteezy2015:
Can you make a video doing all this for us that don't know how?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] csjneek:
Could you pack a firmware debloated of all this stuff, to be easily flashed. Or a script.

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] NeWONEx:
So xposed only for firewall

I could use Adguard instead of firewall and block all system apps from Internet.

---------- Post added at 11:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:42 AM ----------

So xposed only for firewall

I could use Adguard instead of firewall and block all system apps from Internet.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
*best would be to make a boot script which always works on a new release instead of maintaining packages... i think i'm close to have it;)

*Adguard uses VPN and i am already using real VPN. i can also use their DNS servers for extra filtering.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
beta script

got it..seems to work but i'd like to test it after next upgrade

* choose 7 categories of app removal

* disable 36 apps as per post 6 (preferred method, ppl can reenable)

* uninstall super sticky apps (i'd still prefer disabling by renaming, but didn't work)

* remove usage access for google (this is the only part not working - because of custom ROM, they say)

* recover hostname modified by xiaomi (privacy) (hardcoded, but could read it from settings in future)

* remove weird XiaomiEU app icons

* disable wifi diagnostics

* disable dumping of network

- device, trust admin must be done manually by nature
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] Bassie030:
Does you have to put the MIUI_cleanup.sh file in some folder ? like system/bin/
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] qteezy2015:
How do I use the . sh file?

Never mind you have to use terminal emulator
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] ytgbg:
Hey, mate. Thanks for your detailed work.

How to enable exactly the attached Adaway TXT file to work in Adaway?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
Apply here:

- open Adaway menu on the left and choose 'Your lists'

- click menu button on the top right and choose 'Import all lists'

- choose your file, and apply

Profit:highfive:

Hint: Your list will be always visible in 'Blacklist' tab. If some page not working, you can simply disable the particular checkbox temporarily.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] ytgbg:
- open Adaway menu on the left and choose 'Your lists' - DONE

- click menu button on the top right and choose 'Import all lists' - here on top right I have options: Import Backup and Export Backup Option

- choose your file, and apply - I choose Import Backup and point to the your Adaway File and I apply

Can't see it after in the Blacklit tab...
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
for one time, just use su terminal.

for automatic boot run, use 3C Toolbox script, or Xposed Edge schedule script, or put it in some init script (i don't know where the heck).

then you 're not using Adaway.. you can also put http filename from post 6 as an online source in 'Host sources'. It will tell you when it was last updated :fingers-crossed:
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] qteezy2015:
I can't see it either in the blacklist tab.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
here.. and also the online version can be added in other dialog (sources).. any other adblocker should support it too. it's too basic function. i mean what else adblocker does than add lists to hostfile?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] darthkir:
I can't seem to copy all entries to Adaway. What is the right way to add them all at once?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
XiaomiEU from 4th july brings revamped Settings. That's very good, the main list is now shorter and lot of items were now moved to correct categories. Finally they realized this.

The script works post upgrade :good: so instead of many steps just reactivate Adaway and reboot again!
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
new Settings also highlights VPN which is good.

after boot i detected calling home so i aquired a VPN service with faster connect and reinforced firewall. The firewall is now much better working with this app. Looks like lausy leaking Openvpn App was the problem.

There are several leaks possible:

* on boot, until everything is loaded, need to make sure only NTP makes it before login (afWall with magisk preload, and fast VPN app with reliable kill switch OR "Block connections without VPN" setting if you don't use LAN)

* during VPN reconfiguration (user interaction)

* during VPN connection change (VPN server change, user interaction)

* during underlying connection change (nothing<->mobile<->wifi)

* during connection drops, timeouts

* during route corruption and complex scenarios

* during app bypass (Download manager loves to)

Since I need LAN to control TV and use Samba+Webdav, i was victim of Openvpn app leaking in ALL cases.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
Why Adaway : link
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
xiaomi is so aggressive killing ups, by default autostartup is disabled, notifications disabled, lockscreen disabled etc.. very quiet in the beginning. i have to give lot of permissions to apps i want in memory.. so i don't have this problem, task manager shows only approved processes. debloat is rather for privacy reasons - i remove stuff not used and obvious spyware and apply firewall on the rest + adaway. with all dozes turned on, got great standby <1%/hr at home, its great considering i have VPN, location following etc turned on!
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] NeoBlackXT:
Fixed in MIUI Anesthetist 3.0, now they can't run when disabled. https://github.com/neoblackxt/MIUIAnesthetist/releases
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
That's very nice!

"prevent some ultra sticky system apps from running after disabled. (such as MiuiDaemon)" - sounds like good music to my ears:) :good:

Added it to my lists.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] bilal91:
what commands do you use to run the cleanup script in terminal?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
Pixel Experience with stock camera is so good, there's no reason for MIUI horrorware. So i transformed the script to S10. I now enjoy the benefits of SD card, jack, more memory, hundreds of gigs of storage, great software, light weight and keep Mi9 in family.

chmod +x script

./script
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] *justintime*:
Here is a converted list for Adaway latest versions. From 4.2.2 and on.

https://mega.nz/#!JF0kgSrK!ktp63vdHaibGQDGhrywXfhQcmeTEorxbAUxPz0fbEDw
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] rasmali:
I dunno.

It's is so shockingly easy on the OP because they don't seem to worry much about security. How many breaches and leaks have they had to date?

I noticed they pushed unwanted messages to people's phones., I notice they have been leaking people information for years on their shoot on OP. I'm not hearing you mention anything like that, yet It's mi crap this and mi crap that.

Just thought I'd add some balancing to the ranting and OP fanboy loving.

Is the price too rich for you now?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
i switched to Samsung, i want SD card, jack back even if i lose top speed Qi. Not fancying those crippled "flagships" anymore:P Impressions are the same:

- i keep and use Oneplus 6T. It's now half of year and it is perfectly stable. No tweaking needed, ever. So so easy. No ads, illicit messages, no snitching. Wont buy their bricks anymore, but i wish all mobile were so easy going.

- i keep Mi9 too, unused. Xiaomi is a horror experience from day 1. The amount of time invested to it is big. That makes this cheap brand actually VERY expensive. I will never forget 360hours waiting period. Don't buy it new if you have to have this brand (deadly cocktail: hunting rock bottom prices + have zero respect for your own privacy => want Xiaomi).

i just had a opportunity to set up Xiaomi Desk Lamp. 8 hours of installing. Insane. This company always has so mediocre software, they never consider peoples custom settings. Always just one direction, one way, add some spyware, malware and throw it out to the public. That is Xiaomi. Dumb retail brand.

Stepping up to Samsung is like going back to Pro world. What a relief.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] *justintime*:
LOL ugh ugh Samsung...
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] rasmali:
What wrong with waiting 360 hrs to Open a bootloader? Dependant on when the device was purchased it acutually allowed time for some dev to actually appear. It would also have given the fool hardy time to think about what they were about to do and gain some knowledge before diving in head first.

No leading company considers custom settings that is not the way mass produced consumer goods work, Joe Bloggs( the bulk of whom purchases) just doesn't think that way.

On Xiaomi?

A brand that sold 118 million mobile phones last year is anything but stupid, you tell me how many CEO's wouldn't happy with for 25% of that kind of turnover? ;)
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] menego_matteo:
Well that's useful
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
i'm not a student or unemployed.. wasting such huge time is ridiculous.. the phone laid on the desk for 2 weeks (losing its value).
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] catalindobre:
How's your experience nowadays with Samsung?

Battery, speed, camera vs. MI9?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
same battery, pretty good. same speed, same camera, its very similar except:

+ samsung has more memory, sd card for another terabyte of storage, jack, waterproof certificate

+ samsung has much better manufacturer OS

+ samsung is much lighter, below threshold of hand pain (170g) during continuous use

- samsung has t e r r i b l e fingerprint reader (two attempts needed)
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] zetlaw01:
I miss your posts regarding the mi 9.

You touched the exact things I care about.

Cases, wrist weight privacy and bloatware.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] rasmali:
And i suppose the device who's bootloader you opened and then rooted maintained its value.

Come on man get real. :rolleyes:
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
come on. Why wait, it's 2019, people sell their phones after 1 month sometimes.. eshops deliver same day (I prefer courier within 2 hours, why waste time). even if they keep the phone for 2 years, it's still unacceptable to wait for 2 weeks. It also comes after 2 week quick return period, which serves as a chance to find defects. Can't find anything hard to grasp here... I can only recall student times, at that point I wouldn't mind waiting. Time had no value for me back then. Or 1990 where people were happy to order personal computer, and wait until they assemble it. Customers were so respectful. Lol.. 21st century, can't stop progress:good: #DontWasteTime
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] 4r44444:
How to execute the .sh script on latesr XIAOMI.eu.... doesn't work for me.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] Laptapper:
Only samsung s10 is a good rival

https://translate.googleusercontent...700283&usg=ALkJrhiFPMEI-j06d26VwxYAapHmr5NwEQ

But not for me with mi9 transparent 8GB 256GB with aosp and gcam

and of course not a rival in pricing ;)
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] rasmali:
As I said earlier it give those without the knowledge time to consider what they are about to do or even expand their knowledge.

From the day of release there is nothing of value to use worth unlocking the bootloader for during the wait period.

You are one and part of the, make any excuse brigade to promote Oneplus.

I have never been one to say this and that, I just sell on if I am not happy,. But you seem to be too busy promoting a company who doesn't even safeguard you personal information.:eek:
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] doggydog2:
" Fingerprint sensor in the display - it works a little faster in the S10 thanks to ultrasound technology " ehm.. not at all

i agree Mi9 with AOSP is another music. The day i got rid of it, i flashed AOSP for the other person, just to notice that the AOSP fixed all problems but it was too late:) i still refer to it as flagship of 2019 for community (the guys who can remove MIUI shyte), noonelse got you QC4 along with Qi @20W [MENTION=1679997]173[/MENTION]grams even until now. Now i'm shopping again, Samsung speed deteriated completely, fingerprint still not working and they didnt' fix it even in year 2020 so i will skip this brand. Nothing good on the market, all phones heavy and without Qi. Mi10 is a pass thanks to horrid 208 grams weight. So far i bought 1+7T. Already thinking of selling it after one day. That'd set the record. This brand is so featureless but the speed and rootability is amazing. I still can swap back my Mi9 as the only featured phone is foresee is Xperia 1.1.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] hyborian:
Go to Your Lists, select Import Backup from the 3 dot menu. After that, the list will be found in Redirects tab

One problem I found was when I try to connect to a mall's free wifi (or Starbucks, Burger King, etc), where one has to accept some terms/verify before proceeding. The terms page won't show up until I disable AdAway temporarily, as it needs to access a Xiaomi website which is probably in the list that was blocked. Just happened to me today, so I didn't find out exactly which website, as I was in a hurry and disabling Adaway temporarily was the quickest solution at that moment.

MIUI Themes also doesn't connect when trying to download a theme, now trying to figure out which website to unblock.

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[P3600 ROM Development] ervius:
http://rapidshare.com/files/114714192/MediaOS.zip
[P3600 ROM Development] nikitto:
Ok. Thanks, it really works.

Bye
[Honor Magic 2 Questions & Answers] valerio.tosti:
Hey guys can someone of you post me the original Honor Magic 2 Camera app?

I have installed the original Mate 20 pro camera apk from the Mate 20 pro thread and it works great! Just the AR Lens are not working anymore!

And the problem is it replaces the original apk!

Thank you
[Honor 8 Pro  Questions & Answers] nikolav75:
Hey guys.

I'm currently with stock Oreo firmware - v365. Bootloader unlocked, TWRP installed and rooted. I get a notification of an update (373) daily, which I can't install I reckon because I'm with a custom recovery. Each morning I find the phone restarted in recovery and I have to reboot it manually.

So, how can I go back to full stock + stock recovery which will allow the proper function of the OTA? This will be my wife phone, so I don't care about rooting and relocking my bootloader.

I'll appreciate any help and advice.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] HtcOnekid:
I have a tmobile unlocked lg g8 and for some reason i cant get it working with Verizon, does anyone has experience with this issue before?
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] madcowintucson:
Tmobile has an unlocked g8???
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] Psyclopps:
I believe T-Mobile will only unlock after having the phone run on the service for 40 days. I would call them or check their page to double check though.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] antonio010:
I have a T-Mobile G8 that I've been trying to get unlocked. I've purchased an unlock service from 3 different websites and each site has been unable to do it. Does anyone know how to go about an unlock (without contacting T-Mobile)? Is it possible to do myself with the proper software?

Hopefully didn't threadjack...

Thanks,
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] Blown 89:
If it's the same as the V40 T-mobile has an app that unlocks the phone.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] antonio010:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that app requires you to be a T-mobile customer for at least 40 days. I'm trying to avoid that and use this phone on Verizon.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] SimonShap:
ATT said to wait 60 days.
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] KOAO:
My friend let me have his Gold Z2 Force for around $50 since my phone broke. He never used it, like new condition. Sweet.

Anyway, I am on verizon, he's on sprint so it's the Sprint Variant. I was searching around before I bought it, and I heard that I could unlock the bootloader for this specific model of the phone as opposed to the Verizon one which has a locked down bootloader. This is great, since I would want to root it.

Here is my question, after looking around it doesn't seem that I can get a clear answer. Would I be able to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP, and flash the verizon firmware onto the phone? I've already checked, the LTE bands are supported (Bands 2,4 and 13 along with the now legacy af CDMA fallback that is probably dead.).

I know you can use the Sprint version, on Verizon as it is, so even if I can't do all of this I can still use it with no issues, which is a plus.

Edit, steps further down below
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] mr_5kool:
I've got a Razr HD (XT925). After unlocking the bootloader, I could flash the Verizon fw to it. Flash a variant fw to an another unlocked-bootloader one (cross-flash) is capable. I cannot unlock my ATT one so I dont know exactly. I can only guess. Dont try to kill your phone :"(
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] KOAO:
I'll try not to, lol.

That said, I either suck at finding it or just can't find it, but would you be able to point me towards where I could find the Verizon FW for the Z2 Force? I've tried searching but can't find it.
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] mr_5kool:
Here you are

https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/nash/official/VZW/
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] KOAO:
Alright, thanks!
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] dementor123:
OP - were you able to flash verizon fw on sprint z2 force?
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] benphillipstn:
Just trying to understand something. Does verizon block sprint phones via a whitelist or via firmware?
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] KOAO:
I'm not sure, it might be the Whitelist. Since if you check your MyVerizon account it still doesn't believe its a Z2 Force. The phone's guts are the same but not all the IMEI numbers are registered.
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] robosmith:
Here are the VZW firmware. Android 9.0 1/31/2020 appears to be the most recent:

lolinet mirrors - firmware, software, iso etc.

lolinet mirrors - powered by h5ai

mirrors-obs-2.lolinet.com