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[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Doman2011:
Hi,

so I'm using some Samsung Galaxy S9 to measure GSM networks (like 50 pcs). Out of box; some S9 don't have OEM UNLOCK option (or the option is OFF and grayed out) and some have RMM STATE PRENORMAL, both options make use of the phones impossible (I use custom boot and fw). I made like one week research on this topic; found only some "standard" information mess and few guides. Just want to share how I fixed my problem.

Always try on fresh FW or after wipe (...fresh FW is preffered...).

1. If You have a phone that have OEM UNLOCK option not visible or grayed out, at first try to connect to network (WiFi / GSM) in most cases OEM UNLOCK option appears after few seconds, and in some cases phone restart is required. This helped me in few cases.

2. If first step didn't help then try to do date changing trick, there are some guides, but in short:

- make sure that GSM / WiFi networks are OFF, in [General management] > [Date and time], turn OFF [Automatic date and time] and change date back more than 7 days (ieg. 2 weeks or one month)

- turn on network (GSM / WiFi), make sure that the date didn't update after network ON (if it did, just repeat), go to [Software update] and click [Download updates manually], at update screen choose [LATER], after this under [Download updates manually] there shoudl be "Last checked on 99/99/9999" and shoudl display date You have set

if after this the date is actual not that which You choose, then wipe the phone and try again, if after few tryes there is no result, then this trick won't work on this phone

- restart phone and turn ON [Automatic date and time] , and then click [Download updates manually] and also choose [LATER], "Last checked on 99/99/9999" shoudl be actual date,

now restart the phone and check if OEM UNLOCK option appeared...

This trick/method worked only on 1 of my phones, so for S9 it's bad... it worked better on S8.

3. This is rather as bonus, it's useless for me, but maybe helps someone. Sometimes, doing firmware update via OTA ([Software update] > [Download updates manually]) OEM UNLOCK appears after update is is done. So, flash phone with older FW, an then do OTA update. This one did the trick few times.

As for RMM STATE PRENORMAL, method 1, 2 and 3 helps... but NOT always... it's a real pain... so...

4. This method helps with OEM UNLOCK OFF and RMM STATE PRENORMAL states (afterwards OEM UNLOCK is ON, and RMM STATE is NORMAL). Success rate was 100% in my case (3 out of 3 phones, other methods failed badly). One thing is weird, I'v found only 1 mention of this one... well, spoiler alert, it's paid, but gets the job done.

Just go to chimeratool.com, get paid trial version... than just few clicks and one minute later... viola! All done and working... real shock for me... afer week of research...

(I'm not paid and/or related to Chimera tool, just want to help others)

Hope it helps and clarifies some things!

Regards, Doman.

PS: as for SAMSUNG... shame on You for this stiupid lock...!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] flyingcascade:
About RMM State : Prenormal... ChimeraTool did not worked in my case

G960F/DS
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Doman2011:
Have You tried doing KG state fix first with Chimera and then RMM? There are two methods to unlock RMM, first just use RMM unlock, second first run KG unlock (even if You don't have problem with it) and then run RMM unlock. Also You can try contacting with guys from Chimera.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] flyingcascade:
I have tried two methods. In both cases Chimera says something like "this phone doesn't support this type of unlocking". I think June 2019 firmware is too new for it. Tommorow will mark 168 hours while the phone is turned on. I'll give feedback when I reboot in download mode and if RMM State : Prenormal is still there.

EDIT: After 170 hours and reboot in download mode the state is still "Prenormal". I lost all hope...
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Doman2011:
Contact Chimera guys; I'm sure that they'll work on it - if it is a new FW case.

Or... flash device with older FW and then try again.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Lewiscup55:
I have never had the problem with oem. Its just my rmm state is prenormal, I tried the steps on that thread, to see if mabye the steps for oem can help. But the my rmm is still prenormal. All the steps to fixing rmm that i have found all involve twrp, And i dont have twrp due to my rmm state being prenormal. If you could help me futher that would be great thank you..
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] realali:
RMM STATUS is always Prenormal. KG STATUS is Checking. Why?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] xadad:
i flash russia firmware, somehow OEM is appear, i switch it off and on. Then i go to change language, again somehow OEM is missing, reboot to bootloader still RMM prenormal

I can root it with old firmware (no KG or RMM in download mode) but its older than latest firmware 2 years
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] HirukaNethmitha:
what about KG prenormal with oem lock on.no oem unlocking option.tried all the methods.non of them has worked.suffering from this f@(ijg lock
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] kaefers:
Other than what I had put together, How To Guide , which is purely based on other people's work and trial-n-error, I am not sure how I can be of much help here. There are plenty of reports of this happening with devices that are purchased directly through Samsung (with financing or with trade-in !!!).

This is likely illegal by Samsung, as this block should resolve itself automatically on completion of payment / trade-in but it clearly doesn't. Someone would have to sue them to get this sorted.. You can try to contact their team, financing / trade-in, and VERY nicely request this to be unblocked. Other than that, google for random removal of prenormal state. Other than trying reflashing from scratch, not sure what else I would do. I literally just made sure to buy my device through a 3rd party vendor and categorially avoided the issue..
[MTCB Android Head Units Q&A] grgart:
Hello,

Today reverse camera stopped working on my MTCC device (see attached pics).

When I put the car in reverse I get a green screen before the device boot up, and yellow sign after boot up.

Checked camera and cables on an external monitor, all fine. Must be something wrong with the device.

All other functions are fine.

This morning picture appeared for a few seconds, after that it just showed for a split of a second and then yellow sign. Later it does not show at all again.

Anyone had a similar issue? Suggestions before removing the device to check back connectors or ROM reset?

Thank you.

EDIT: removed the unit and checked connectors, no help. Tried second video input with the second camera and this other video input does not work also.

It seems that external video input is disabled and I can't find the way to activate it. sometimes reverse camera image appears for a split of the second so it makes me wonder that there is some sort of "lock" for video input.

Playing videos from sd card with video app works fine.

Installed different ROM and issue is still there.
[Huawei Mate X Guides, News, & Discussion] Sebring5:
https://www.pgrepublic.com/launch-of-foldable-huawei-mate-x-is-near/
[Huawei Mate X Guides, News, & Discussion] @Class:
So it's now August and they say a November release date.
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] muntdr:
Hi

my lovely car that I have bought 3 years ago and has a nice android screen, has stuck a week ago on Toyota logo after was connected on internet. I never updated. I finally knew how to get in into recovery mode, and I download many updated from here via usb but none of them get work with it. please I need a help from you, I have been to many stores here in Saudi but no one of them know anything how to fix it.

Here is some information about my android car:

Version of the intention: 3.0.36+

root@ubuntu #1655

version number:

rk30sdk-eng4.2.2 15012015.15:42:22

MCU version:

MTCB-YZ-V2.21
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] bozz723:
Hi all,

I apologize if this had been answered but, is there any way to make the Gcam port recognized as the main camera app?

The reason I ask is because I want to map it to the gesture shortcuts and it will only let me map the Mi camera.

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] MarvinMe:
Hi, just try disabling the mi camera - your other camera should be recognized as stock then.

I've done the same with the mi fotos app (since I prefere google photos) - I disabled the app, now I can use google fotos from Mi camera.

Edit: it could result in unexpected behaviour (e.g. bootloop or whatever) so on your own risk ^^

I really don't want to do that but I would wait with google camera. The MI camera is pretty sick (at least on the MI9) and the gcam kinda sucks and is lacking tons of important features. Consider your options here ^^
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] omgomg:
Such as?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] Potamoose:
If go to settings > Manage Apps > Three dots in top corner > Default Apps

You can then set a default for Camera. When i click on my Camera option I can pick either Stock cam or Gcam. Can only pick by Icon though, I have a diff icon for Gcam

I havnt tried this for mapping purposes but hopefully works

Undecided which I prefer so far of the two cameras
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] MarvinMe:
Don't take it personally. The google camera mod has been amazing (for my previous Redmi devices) but it's really hard recommending it at this point.

It just keeps crashing on my device and I can't record [MENTION=7825661]60fps[/MENTION]. The MIUI camera really caught up

Back to the task at hand: you can set the google camera as your default camera but the shortcut will still open the MI camera (same analogy like the photo galleries). Try disabling the MI camera app (you can try it via adb - just check out the link I've posted!) but be careful! It can result in unexpected behaviour - such as bootlooping or constant crashing reports etc.

Good luck ^^ feel free to tell us how it went.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] skamus:
The stock camera is better overall. The one area where gcam does excel is night shot. Other than that, the contrast is overblown on gcam (dark colors look darker than they should, and the bright ones look brighter than they should, which results in exaggerated detail)

And for video, 4k60 is really good on the stock camera, and isn't available on gcam.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Questions & Answers] N!t€$#:
I suddenly got this pop-up (see the attached screenshot )

It says, would you like to boot into safe mode?

At first I thought it is some random ads but for sale of safety I cancelled.

Please reply is this possible to boot into safe mode or it is just a gimmick.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Questions & Answers] starlord143:
This is no gimmick, you can actually boot into safe mode. Long press power button and than long press power off. You will find this option
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Questions & Answers] N!t€$#:
Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Themes, Apps, and Mods] Diamondew:
Does anyone have or found one that works maybe? Or can anyone port the Original stock camera please?
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Themes, Apps, and Mods] Iván Concepción:
I'm in need of the same! :(
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Themes, Apps, and Mods] matteo2:
We need stock camera from other device, a7 cam is very orrible

Inviato dal mio SM-G950F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Themes, Apps, and Mods] franklin84:
Should I extract them with titanium?
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Themes, Apps, and Mods] invisiblebryan:
I uploaded the camera here. I am using AOSP 9.0 but for me it is not installing, I tried installing it manually in my system apps but I am not that experienced so maybe someone else can try? https:||gofile.io|?c=7CsvsI (replace | with / because I am not able to post links yet (new member))
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Themes, Apps, and Mods] lrico155:
I could enable 24 megapixels on the camera with a magisk module, but I couldn't install the stock camera with titanium backup.

This is the module:

xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/themes/magisk-samsung-4k60-camera-mod-uhd-60-t3883816/amp/
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Themes, Apps, and Mods] shovon03:
Me neeed too
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Themes, Apps, and Mods] blazzer12:
You just can't install the Stock Camera APK. For stock camera to work on GSI ROMs stuff needs to be hacked at framework level. We need get a dev interested in it to do that.
[Shield Android TV General] dirk1965:
I've read a few articles (one of which was from xda back in March or April) stating that there are rumors of a new Shield TV in the works. Other articles stated that they were excpecting NVidia to possibly make an announcement in May. I know rumors are rumors, but curious to know if there are any other leaks now that we're into June?

Thanks
[Shield Android TV General] dontbeweakvato:
yea it said they are on a four year schedule. but no other info has been given
[Shield Android TV General] dirk1965:
I would hate to buy one now, then a new version gets release in a month or two.
[Shield Android TV General] Bruce51:
I bought 2017 model today. I prepare for repentance
[Shield Android TV General] dirk1965:
Even though NVidia has a trade-up program, they only give you $20. Not near enough to compensate the original cost!
[Shield Android TV General] iraqmilner:
I came across this and other articles like it yesterday:

androidpolice.com/2019/06/15/new-nvidia-shield-tv-running-android-9-pie-pops-up-in-play-console-device-catalog/

Apparently, a new Shield TV is coming! Not much is know except it will feature a different processor and Android Pie.

I actually just purchased my Shield the other day. I have it loaded with emulators, DirecTV Now, and I am absolutely loving it! I hate that a new version is on the horizon when I just bought this beast, but that's the name of the game I suppose.
[Shield Android TV General] MOPKOBKA:
Considering a number of new bugs introduced and not fixing existing in new Pie update, I am skeptical regarding a next Shield. Nvidia should partner a good software vendor to make the Shield valuable.
[Shield Android TV General] sgtjimmyrustles:
Pretty sure that Nvidia has supported the shield for far longer than anyone expected. Bugs and all, it's still the best thing you can hook up to your TV outside of a HTPC.

Note: I own two Nvidia Shield TV's (both the 2015 16gb versions) and I've owned one of them since the original launch date of may 2015.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nuserame:
I still like the great sound, the great camera (in daylight)… but the screen is glitching (left half stops working several times a day), the battery life is now very short, the phone is starting to feel slow.

Do you still use yours?

Or what did you replace it with? Are there any phones this good for under US$400?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
Still using mine. I suspect the battery has lost a little capacity now, or maybe I need to clear out some apps but it works fine.

I did buy myself an Axon 7 mini recently.

It was a bargain. AU$149 new in box from retail store. I use it mainly for music and streaming television plus some web browsing and it's perfect for this. Works just as well as the Axon 7 for these things. The Axon 7 can still be found here for AU$399 new in box which is still a bargain too.

I think the Asus Zen Phone 6 is looking interesting for the future.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
i know two people that came back after buying other, much newer phones. All it needs is a battery swap that should set you back around $8 if you do it yourself, and you can get stupid numbers like around 7h of SOT out of this 3 year old phone.

I just broke my screen, and this was my second axon anyways, so i'll be going. But there's no need unless you get paid for playing pubg professionally or something lmao
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] YoungAll:
I am still using mine as secondary phone and media player. I store all my music, videos and photos in it and 256gb sd card as additional. I love the sound from this phone, through speakers and headphone jack just sound so good. In case I miss the sound from LG's quad dac, I add LG G5 B&O module to still get better headphone experience, more bassy sound (I am an LG phone fan also for their music quality)

The camera has been great since Gcam works pretty well, it produces good and detail pictures and the low light performance is so great.

My axon battery getting weaker as it aged, in accubattery it shows only 1900mAh capacity left fot battery health. Got to replace this in near future.

So far I'm so happy with this axon since I can't afford the phone with better speakers quality and much higher price :D
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ibphantom:
Just replaced the screen for the second time. I just wish I could fix my headphone jack. The prongs on the inside don't hold the plug in right anymore :(

I love the phone though. I'll probably get the Pixel 4 in the Fall, but keep this phone for a long time to use as a learning tool in coding and flashing.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] roadworker:
Bought a Red Magic 3 a week ago,but my Axon 7 is still in use,and will be until it doesn't startup anymore...

It will be replaced as my daily driver as soon as the protection case for the Magic 3 arrives,but for audio playback (that's the main reason why it's still running stock rom,although rooted and an unlocked bootloader) and home use (remote control for receiver etcetera),it will still be around for quite some time....

ATM,I can't complain about the battery life,and I hope it stays that way for some time.....
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fuilares:
I'm using my axon 7 since 2016/2017 but maybe later in this year I will change it. For now it works great, I swapped battery and installed HavocOS, so it feel like a new phone
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] FoxHunter04:
It's my daily drive, the battery is not that great probably because of the 1440p display, the glitching in the display only happened to me because I dropped the phone on the floor with the corner with the display connector down suffering the impact. But the phone do not feels slow to me, I even play Fortnite and PUBG with no down frames, I really cannot say bad things about it's performance, it holds up to today's most demanding apps with no hassle.

It's a really solid phone, aluminum body with great heat dissipation (a thing that most Snapdragons 820 didn't had). One of the best Hi-Fi phones out there, great DAC. Can support MicroSD cards up to 2TB, dualSIM, VolLTE, 20MP camera and with the Google Camera it truns to one of the best cellphone cameras I've ever laid my hands on.

Now the main problems are the ZTE updates which stopped in Oreo betas, the custom ROMs are great but you lose Dobly Atmos with them, to get you need to install a lot of patches to make it work and it doesn't work perfectly.

And MiFavor, I installed CPL and never replaced my launcher after.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gld59:
Urk. I paid 355 for mine, 15 months ago, and I think Officeworks dropped the price once more as they cleared them out.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] macmobile:
Still my daily driver, yes. Solid phone, very mediocre software.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Spillunke:
Im not using the Axon anymore for daily use. Switched to a Mi Max 3 a year ago. Axon 7 is just a backup now or the music smartphone on a soundsystem.

Battery drain is horrible and the screen is to small compared to the Mi Max 3
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] machetie:
Have 2 of them, one grey daily driver and the other gold on backup with spare parts if need be. Had the gold one since August 2016, only got the grey one for $50 on eBay since the person didn't know how to fix the half screen connector problem. (Ended up getting it for free since it was FRP locked). I'll keep this phone until I find an equally replacement with updated cpu.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blankisblank:
It's my main device and will probably continue to be for a couple more years. I too have the half glitch thing, bit from my understanding it's just a loose connection inside (which I'll check up on when I replace my battery). It's still fast still feels smooth, especially with LOS or other ROMs which is why I hope this keeps on getting support for a long time
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] xboxbr:
yes, I do. Havok 2.6 (android Pie)

battery life still good
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ko_wei13:
Still using since 2 years ago. Solid quality build. Can't agree more on the getting worse battery life. Planning to have it replace to use the phone for few more years until it dies.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] marcdw:
Still on the Axon 7 also. Always been a secondary, though I originally got it to replace my G3 but that's still my daily. Heh. The Axon acts more as my multimedia device since nothing else (that I own) compares.

ZTE Axon 7 A2017U, AospExtended v4.6 ROM, Radioactive v2.4 Kernel, microG (NoGapps), Multiboot, XDA Legacy
[Android Head-Units] Joelrayy:
Hey guys, apologies if this isnt the correct space to be posting.

Reccently purchased a Toyota Hilux, car has this strange headunit in it running some super slow program.

Was hoping that someone would be able to identify the model or what software the headunit is running and if its possible for me to upgrade to a more basic software to improve speeds?

[IMG="The unit system information"]https://i.imgur.com/50uecVe.jpg[/IMG]
[Android Head-Units] tuca86:
I'm in the same situation. Did you have any response?View attachment 6065558
[Android Head-Units] Huaweinotsomuch:
Never have custom rom for cars headunit because nobody knows the source codes and how to modify it
[General Topics] ccpraveen:
Hi all..

Is it possible to display seconds after the hour, minutes and in front of the AM/PM display in the homescreen clock of a SMARTPHONE?

You know, like hh:mm:ss tt format?

I tried this in the HKLM/nls/overrides entry, but it only shows hh:mm tt, seconds are not displayed.

If the seconds are displayed, does it take more battery power, due to the constantly changing display?

Also is it possible to display atleast one world clock in the SMARTPHONE today screen by using some xml edit, and without using another plugin? If not, with a plugin? I searched everywhere, but none seemed to have a good smartphone plugin.

Codecity CityTime was said to have one plugin in 1.5, but now they are 2.0 and dont seem to have a SMARTPHONE homescreen plugin. And I cant find the 1.5 version anywhere either.

BTW, my device is a samsung blackjack2 (SCH i617)

Thanks guys..

Regards

Steve
[General Topics] netnerd:
for clock with seconds on home screen, i use Pocket Digital Clock

for world clock, i use SPB Time
[General Topics] ccpraveen:
Thanks, but it didnt work in my smartphone. Guess its for Professional
[General Topics] netnerd:
maybe it' time to get a professional phone? haha
[General Topics] ccpraveen:
Not that netnerd, I already have two Professionals (the latest being Tilt which you should know being in USA), but I find this more handy, thats why
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] bozz723:
Hi there,

Is there anyway to use the OnePlus feature of swiping anywhere on Screen and bringing the notification tray down?

I have a gesture app installed but it's not working well and you have to swipe to the right.

What about the xda gesture app?

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] Vin87:
If you install Nova launcher you'll have that feature on your home screen
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] bozz723:
I have it. Do I need the pro version?

Thankd
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] gerhard_wa:
I have been able to swipe down anywhere on the screen to bring down the panel from start. I use the standard launcher, the Space walk theme and full screen gestures and no buttons.