yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] henrylar:
I have been on stock Oreo since it came, on the international version (h990DS). Inspired by this modding guide I rooted the phone and followed most of the recommendations in the guide discussed here, with a decision to keep the V20 for several years. I did however not find it much faster, and I experienced several problems that I now relate to the kernel theme discussed. My main reason for owning an LG 20 is the audio quality, still also appreciating the other qualities with the phone. After experiencing problems of different kinds, I un-rooted the phone again, and I don't see much difference in the overall performance - apart from it being rock solid unmodified

I then got hand of a Oneplus 6. It was cheap, because of a broken back cover. Working with the hazzle of heating it, and carefully trying to remove the broken glass, I find the glass solution ridiculous, but it is doable to change iT - it took 45 minutes, including changing the battery. And what a difference in speed and fluidness on the Oneplus 6 - and this is extremely addictive. Furthermore, attaching a good DAC ( I am playing with the Hidizs that is incredibly small) makes it almost as good sounding as the LG v20 on my Oppo headphones. The Oneplus is still unrooted, but that will be a much easier task, when the day comes.

So right now the Oneplus 6 is my daily phone. Going back to Nougat might give a better experience with the V20, but I do not find it that attractive to work on version seven, when most phones are on version nine, and ten is on the road.

I am still torn and is not without a kind of sadness. I love a lot about the V20, such as the second screen of the V20, in combination with the flip cover, but even if I go back for a while, it might loose in the longer run, even if I some monts ago would have said the opposite. Unless a well functioning android P arrives, a new development of the kernel, or other good recommendations that basically will change the experience of the V20.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
I completely understand where your coming from.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] zeusofyork:
I mean I get it in a sense, but I just got another vs995, flashed it to us996 for vvm purposes. Using mk2000 v2.2, flashing andreno gpu drivers, and using lspeed performance mode...it feels incredibly smooth. I was switching between apps with very little lag
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Snakecharmed:
Thanks for the progress updates on your site, [MENTION=9129557]aygross1929[/MENTION]. I haven't done any firmware or kernel updates on my phone in over 1.5 years and I'm trying to get caught back up again since I'm planning to get a second V20 and start over, then make that second V20 my new daily. Having two V20 phones to switch between will allow me to experiment with one of them, plus these phones are cheap now, even for new old stock units. I also need a real backup phone now because I really need to sell off that V9x soon now that it's not going to appreciate any further and will become lolbsolete with 5G.

I was planning to go with Alpha Omega Oreo and mk2000 2.2 PHXCLANG2, but now I've got to rethink things a bit with your feedback on Oreo.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
When you get your test phone you should try the same comparison between nougat and Oreo and share your thoughts.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
Added my governor settings if anyone cares.

Had a bit of emphasis on performance since I use an extended battery.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] paul999:
interesting... i did the fastlane and threshold tweaks, it dose seems to run faster.

btw, i just did the thermal paste mod finally... is it extremely easy... the hardest part is loosen all 21 scews lol. i think you should try it also. i even applied some paste on the gpu area aswell.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] paul999:
holy cow! sry for hijacking your post, but i think i just found a way to fix the lg v20 poor signal and gps...

when i go back to add a little more thermal paste i have noticed some of the top and bottom pin was bended alittle... i think it was due to carelessness from the person who assembled the phone... thats why there so many ppl complaining about the phone have poor reception and gps..

now after i fixed the pins my phone get full bars in doors and my gps gets lock within seconds without the help of wifi or cellular data connections... is freaking amazing!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
If the pins are bent you get those issues. You prob just got a bad refurb.I thought this was well known....
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Snakecharmed:
Okay, I got my second V20. It's on Oreo 20g, so I'm going to have to downgrade it, and also lafsploit it since it's the H918, before I get anywhere with this. My first V20 came with 10i/j/k, so I rooted it with dirtycow over a year and a half ago. That means I've never rooted with lafsploit before even though I was following runningnak3d's work in progress at the time. I think 10r/s was current when I got that V20 and I was preparing to wait for lafsploit if I had received one with ARB1 firmware.

My first V20 is sorely in need of some attention because some damn thing happened after a Norwegian cruise when I granted permissions to the communication system in the NCL app for calling and texting onboard the ship. The battery life has been trash ever since, losing 5%/hour with the screen off even after uninstalling the app and clearing the Dalvik/cache partitions. "Android OS" is by far the highest drainer of the battery. It'll get a factory reset and new firmware, but first I intend to set up my second V20 to be my new main phone and I'm going to get it configured exactly how I want it and test it for a bit before I switch over and use it daily.

Right now, this is what I need to decide on between Nougat and Oreo. I'm looking at Alpha Omega Rom for either Android version.

Nougat

helf's Camera Improvements

Gcam 5.1 (cstark27 v4.2)

Smoother overall performance

Oreo

Gcam 6.1 with Night Sight

I really am leaning towards sticking with Nougat as a daily driver and forgetting about Oreo altogether. Can't miss what I don't have. Maybe I could install Oreo on my first V20 after I'm switched over to my second one.

On another note, I did some reading about the V30, which I hadn't even remotely considered for the longest time because of the non-removable battery. Truth be told now that I watched a video on it, it's one of the easiest battery removal jobs for a phone without a user-serviceable battery. However, the V20's second screen is too useful for me to give up, and considering I just bought a 4300 mAh Li-Po battery for the V20, going down to 3300 mAh on the V30 and losing the hot swap capability is still a downgrade, so I'm not questioning my decision to go with a second V20.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] C D:
I agree. GCam with Night Sight is just about the only major feature missing from Nougat (except for the variants with disabled FM radios which currently can be restored on stock-based Oreo only but that may change later). Also, there's Zacharee1's Mod Control for Nougat on most variants which gives you more options for second screen toggles and more than 5 at a time. And as far as I could tell when I tried, stock-based Oreo can't seem to get non-LG-specific Substratum themes to work properly as they get overwritten by LG's own theme on every boot.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pistacios:
In order to apply an LG theme and substratum theme, pick your LG theme and apply it. Then Freeze the LG theme service and apply Substratum theme. I currently have an LG theme and various Substratum themes applied with no issue.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pistacios:
In order to apply an LG theme and substratum theme, pick your LG theme and apply it. Then Freeze the LG theme service and apply Substratum theme. I currently have an LG theme and various Substratum themes applied with no issue.

Freeze the 2 items shown in screenshot
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] C D:
Excellent, got it. Can you recommend any themes that have dark notifications?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pistacios:
I *had* dark notifications work at one point with some trickery, but I gave up when i couldn't get it to work again after a new flash.

I'm currently using LG "Theme O2" , and swift black for everything else. It has white notifications.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lge.wsdeveloper.oxygen.v30

The screenshots show the main subs themes I had good results with and still use, and it *was* a combination of those I used to achieve dark notifications. It took some applying, freezing, unfreezing, re applying, etc. That's why I gave up on the dark notifications.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
Try weta its way better than alpha or superrom.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] C D:
Since WETA was released before anti-rollback was enabled in the H918 models (software versions after 10k), can we assume that it's not compatible with any H918 on ARB1 (10p or later)?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Snakecharmed:
Correct. WETA is dead for a H918.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
Oh mbad wasn't aware.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KUSOsan:
Lol I'm pretty sure they're all dead
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Snakecharmed:
Well, yes, but what I meant to convey was that others won't brick an ARB1 H918.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Snakecharmed:
I had to return the second V20 H918 from my November 23rd post. It had a dirty primary rear camera and two discolored spots on the LCD. I was ready to replace the rear camera, but the spots on the LCD were the dealbreaker and the impetus for the return.

I picked up another unlocked V20 H918 that was in better shape and it even came with a Perfine 4100 mAh battery. This one was on 20h and I reverted to 10p and applied lafsploit. Here's the new setup.

Alpha Omega 4.0 H91810u

mk2000 BTTF Kernel

KA-Mod Reborn

USB fast charging enabled

Custom KCAL screen settings

TWRP 3.3.1-1

Magisk 20.1

YouTube Vanced Black Theme 14.21.54 Magisk Repo

YouTube Vanced Detach

helf V20 Camera Improvements

cstark27 v4.2 Gcam 5.1.018 fu24 05h

rootlinux Sound Mod Perfected

zacharee1 Mod Control

Holyman007 Charging Mod

BlackSoulxxx Adreno and Vulkan Drivers for Snapdragon 820/1

Samsung EVO Select 256GB U3 MicroSDXC

I've set up pretty much all the apps I use regularly and I think the last thing to do is to restore my old messages from my latest backup on SMS Backup and Restore and I can start using this phone as my new daily now. I didn't have all those extra mods other than zacharee1 Mod Control and custom KCAL on my old V20, so all the minor improvements from the new additions have been nice. Everything is running smoothly compared to my old V20, which should be no surprise.

My old V20 now refuses to go into deep sleep unless it's in airplane mode. I haven't been able to isolate the problem to any one wireless radio, but when I have them all on during the day, the resulting 6-9% screen off battery loss per hour has been frustrating to deal with for the past month. After I switch over to the newly configured V20, I'll eventually reset my old V20 and maybe put Oreo on it to test its features as well as Gcam with Night Sight, but I'm in no rush to do so since I've also decided against an Oreo daily driver on the V20. There are too many little things that don't work that many people are unaware of, like directional audio recording.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
Cool lmk how to goes.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] waterlubber:
I was able to get working transparent/dark notifications (with proper accent and text) using a Substratum them called "Sai's Oreo Theme." Unfortunately, settings and the rest of the UI don't seem to theme properly -- I've been working on this for a while.

I used to have a full system dark theme using only free Substratum themes. Unfortunately, the Magisk bug wiped out my /data/ partition (I was one of the first affected, and was away from home on a trip -- had to restore whatever I had on the SD card, in this case a 2+ year old backup), and I lost whatever sweet configuration I had. However, it's definitely possible, so don't give up hope.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pistacios:
[MENTION=8366603]waterlubber[/MENTION]

Use a dark/black LG home theme first, apply it, then freeze the theme service apps as described earlier. This should set your settings and LG apps to a dark/black theme.

Then apply the substratum theme as you wish.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ezzony:
Going back to the kernel issue, would this solve the problem - if one took the stock Oreo kernel, modified it only with the second screen fix and KCAL settings extension, and then one could use the many options for kernel tweaks to address performance and battery life? Or is the problem buried in the stock Oreo kernel to begin with - rather than something that was introduced in the custom kernels?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
From what we know now it's the kernel after it's been modified. The issue is that for most of v20 variants they need a patch for dirty Santa static screen which most typical kernel devs don't know how to do. The people who have done it previously have kept pretty tight lipped.

If you have a h918 you can usethe stock kernel and not have any issues with great perf anf battery life.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ezzony:
I was thinking of having a stab at it myself coming at it as a complete noob. But if the screen fix is a secret then it's unlikely I'd be able to do anything useful. Good tip about the h918, hadn't though of that.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
I don't want to discourage you but from what I understand it's one of the harder kernels to do.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ezzony:
It seems to me our custom kernel's are causing even more problems that I though. Last year I bought a USB docking station hub to connect my spare fones to the TV for gaming etc. A wired connection is best for gaming because there's no lag. It never worked properly without some fault - keyboard/mouse randomly disconnecting - jumpy picture, all sorts of issues. I though my hub was faulty as it didn't work on any of my phones until a couple of days ago I decided to flash stock boot on my spare V20 - and yes you guessed it - all problems I was experiencing gone and working great now. Thankfully static screen and image retention isn't much of an issue as it does't affect HDMI out to the TV. I have started looking into getting KCAL controls on stock boot to begin with. If I could get that done it would be a good start.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
What model you plan on working on.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ezzony:
US996 Oreo. I think a lot of ppl have crossed flashed this on their devices like I have as it's bloat free etc.

I've been working on it over the last few days full time and I've finally been able to compile the original LG kernel source and flashed it on my device last night! It's very slow going - I had to fix an old laptop, install Linux, setup the environment, and lots of reading.

https://i.ibb.co/zrt1XvD/ezzony-Kernel.jpg

If I'm able to release anything at all it will be slow in term of variant release. I'm just trying to get my device working first.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
Hey guys, a bit of a update why i have been really slow posting.

Unfortunately, as life has gotten much busier i havent been able to keep up my plans with this phone. I haven't gone back to oreo to test memory management mods. And I haven't been able to work on los 16 comparison. For now, I'm going to have to leave it to minor updates of apps and governors on nougat.I apologize for all you waiting on other more in-depth updates.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
Im back and we have a brand new Oreo kernel in devlelopement.

Hey, I’m back due to coronavirus I have more time.I tried cleaning up the post a bit. Part of the cleaning was including the instructions to revert back to Nougat in the original half of the review. It’s still a bit convoluted so please contact me if you need any help.

Some more actually exciting news we have a dev making a new kernel for Oreo. I have been alpha testing it for the past few weeks and its incredible. I can’t wait for the dev and the person leading the team, to get this out for all of you.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
Second screen status bar a game changer

check it out on page 2

https://pupontech.com/lg-v20-review/2/
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] moSess:
Check what out?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
second screen status bar per the title
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] moSess:
Saw after I scrolled down. I take it it must've been a new addition...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
Moving on - The unfortunate end of a great era.

7/27/20 I have moved on. Unfortunately, I haven't kept this guide up to date for the past few months life has been very hectic. I have recently moved To a Redmi Note 9 Pro as my daily driver, mainly due to the overheating of my V20.I still use my V20's as my main media consumption device but haven't put very much time into modding it as of late. I would like to thank this great community and apologize if I offended anyone during my stay. I'm also sorry that this article has become so convoluted over time if I can clarify or help in any way feel free to dm me or email me pupontech@gmail.com.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] surferion:
well, thank you for your tips. i enjoyed reading your blog on the v20. was the note 9 pro worth it?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aygross1929:
So far so good. I do use my v20 as my main device while at home.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Symbiosis465:
Do You have any official WM 6.1 RUS ROM?

Who tried it?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] RizwanKhan:
ignore ....
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] punkcell:
Have u ever heard the term read before u post.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Symbiosis465:
Sorry,i have read it.
[Android Auto General] Sevennl:
Hi,

Now the new units are fitted with Intel Airmont CPU's, would it be an idea to create a sub-forum for these units?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] Stopperan:
Hello everybody,

does someone have a working fingerprint that passes CTS check in SafetyNet? I'm on LineageOS 16 with Android 9 Pie, and in Magisk SafetyNet check it shows BasicIntegrity=true, while tripping CTSprofile. It can be obtained by using command

getprop ro.build.fingerprint

on ROM that doesn't trip CTS check.

Thanks in advance :)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] xGabbro:
Safetypatch on magisk modules
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] bot88:
Working by default on havic os
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] arielgalula:
Great, thanks.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] MobyDuhFreak:
Pixel experience pie caf edition is running very smoothly with great battery life

https://download.pixelexperience.org/vince/

Edit: Woops wrong thread
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] yakovpol:
OTA update size is 502M.

Promises optimized system performance and improved system security and stability
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] uttam_ydv:
Which rom are you on... Global stable? Or china?? :confused: coz I'm on global stable.. and cannot see any updates available in updater..
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMrBinary:
China ROM
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] yakovpol:
As I understand, there's no truely 'Global' ROM for the phone, there are only Chinese and Indian versions. You can see which one is used by two letter country code in a ROM name. For example, MIUI V10.3.5.0.PFHCNXM is Chinese.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Naveenthemi:
It's out for the Indian variant too ..I received it through an OTA update.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mathan7:
What's sepical on India variant .

I'm out of box global variant
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Naveenthemi:
There's not much of a difference, where exactly did u purchase your phone from?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] debadri1995:
anyone facing low charging current (around 200ma-800ma) while screen is on, in this 10.3.5.0(PFHINXM) update which pushed in Indian variants?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] yakovpol:
I observed something similar, but did not pay much attention to it. As soon as I unlocked bootloader I switched onto LineageOS
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ashwinonm:
Nope, I can play and charge at same time so that's not possible
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] debadri1995:
Check using battery monitor app, connect charger thn turn off the screen after 1 min turn the screen on.. normally device showing charging fast with the icon on the status bar even when device taking only 500ma or 800ma..
[Samsung Galaxy A30 Questions & Answers] MTK2015:
Support the Galaxy A30 the feature NFC ???
[Samsung Galaxy A30 Questions & Answers] iyadengle:
Does not support
[Samsung Galaxy A30 Questions & Answers] nostradmus:
Depends on the model. Oceania has a 3gb/32gb model with NFC
[Samsung Galaxy A30 Questions & Answers] wallywonka:
Dual sim version has no NFC, single Sim version has NFC
[Samsung Galaxy A30 Questions & Answers] skidoode:
not exactly. Mine is dual sim and has NFC :D (Philippine version 4GB/64GB). It really depends on where you live.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] gruuvin:
Does anybody know roughly what should be the amount of 4GB storage free when a galaxy watch is first setup and updated but no extra apps and watchfaces have yet been installed?
[Samsung Galaxy Watch] ca_guri01:
1.5/1.6gb free out of the box
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime / J7 On NXT (Exynos7870)] Pratapdhirendra39:
How to change my device codename which is on7xelte? Which is changed to j7elte by prometheus os flashing. Please help me
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime / J7 On NXT (Exynos7870)] Lyndrich Brent:
Change it on build.prop use text editor
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime / J7 On NXT (Exynos7870)] Pratapdhirendra39:
Bro explain in detail.

Flashing stock boot.img can be a solution to this?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime / J7 On NXT (Exynos7870)] Deleted member 8095861:
Nope, Flashing stock boot.img won't do
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime / J7 On NXT (Exynos7870)] Pratapdhirendra39:
Then what can i do?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime / J7 On NXT (Exynos7870)] hai9997:
if u want to flash BlackBird, try to use twrp 3.2.3
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime / J7 On NXT (Exynos7870)] TheRealModder:
Look at this code on build.prop

ro.build.product=j7elte

ro.product.device=j7elte

Change it, save it, reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime / J7 On NXT (Exynos7870)] noamtu123:
If I want to install twrp on my phone and it is on7xelte then can I install j7elte twrp on it with the code in build.prop or without?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime / J7 On NXT (Exynos7870)] Daniel071:
If your phone is on7xelte, then install the on7xelte TWRP build. It is not recommended to mix different builds for other devices.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] remogio:
Hi,

excuse me for this kind of question, but I just want your opinion on Firmware Finder that I've never used.

Thanks and regards :)
[Huawei P30 Pro Questions & Answers] johnnyman25:
Hi guys! I'm own a p30 pro 256gb Aurora for 3 weeks and after I saw oneplus 7 pro I have some thoughts to switch..

What u think? Is it worth or not?

What your opinion?

Thank you.

P30 Pro 256gb Aurora Power
[Huawei P30 Pro Questions & Answers] NJ72:
Depends on what you want from a phone.

I wouldn't consider a swap myself, but this article details some of the major differences between them:

https://www.stuff.tv/features/oneplus-7-pro-vs-huawei-p30-pro-which-best
[Huawei P30 Pro Questions & Answers] shollywood:
What is it you like about the 7 Pro that differs from P30 Pro? I don't see any benefits myself...