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[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] jmtjr278:
It says factory unlocked. My point of contention will be this is carrier unlocked but not factory unlocked.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] TonikJDK:
Check the first two digits of the IMEI. If it is 35 it is a VZ phone.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] sliding_billy:
Good luck. Double check how Google words things on the Pixel sales page so you can go in armed.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] jmtjr278:
It is
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] thierryrojas:
What about to unlock the verizon device bootloader or another carrier? I bought one on ebay.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] TonikJDK:
If it is a VZ phone it is unlockable.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] thierryrojas:
Really? Why?
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] TonikJDK:
All Verizon phones, including the Google phones are bootloader locked and are not unlockable. Verizon does not want to sell unlockable phones and has not done so for some time.

The only chance is if someone finds a hack to get it done. There are threads here where those efforts are talked about, there has not been my any real progress. If you want an unlockable bootloader you need to by the pure Google Store version.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] thierryrojas:
Ohhhh thank you!!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] Goku80:
Hey guys new to pixel and just wondering which is the best adblocker please? Use to use adguard but just wondering is there anything like adhell on Samsung please as I used that and it was amazing without vpn
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] chaco81:
i use AdAway
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] newkydawg:
Adaway
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] Eudeferrer:
AdAway for system wide blocking but works only if your are rooted.

Sent from my Pixel 3 XL
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] newkydawg:
Yup. One of the main reasons I root my devices. :o
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] mgp53:
Likewise, and Tasker.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] Lw00d:
Adaway with Energized.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] bobbyphoenix:
AdGuard hands down. It's the most capable/feature rich ad blocker there is. No root needed.

https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/overview.html
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] ccalixtro:
Adguard on Android Q.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] kingrat:
get off chrome - use firefox and add ublock origin
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] newkydawg:
Yeah but your suggestion won't block ads in apps. Adaway does if your rooted and AdGuard does if you pay the monthly fee.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] kingrat:
It makes them have one pixel and blank but the positive is that sites no longer say I have an ad blocker anymore. I use it on my phone and another version for my pfsense
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] WisdomWolf:
If you are looking for a solution to use that doesn't require root then you can setup a PiHole on Google Cloud Engine and then use a Split VPN to make that handle your DNS queries. It's a bit cumbersome to setup, but it's free and works well on multiple devices, plus you can use it as a proper full VPN if you choose. Github page with detailed walkthrough
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] djcrystals:
This is cool! Thanks!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] gouthamram:
Blockoda or adguard dns is the best solution
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PirateNL:
So I'm trying to restore a HTC 10 of a friend of mine which is in a boot loop.

I can enter bootloader mode (white background with four options), but I cannot enter download mode.

Bootlocker is locked and S-ON, i also think USB debugging is still disabled.

I want to try to follow these steps: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72992391&postcount=26

However, ADB does not even seem to detect the device in bootloader mode even though Windows recognizes it as being a HTC device.

I'm at the stage of just throwing the device away, as I think it is bricked. Anyone has any ideas left?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] venom55521:
im in the same situation ,i'm currently looking at data recovery option from gillware since apparently they literally go the extra mile physically to extract data. but im hoping there is options for me to unbrick it before deciding on that option
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PirateNL:
Well at least the data on the device is not worth much to my friend. Let me know if you find were able to unbrick it
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] xunholyx:
ADB won't detect it if USB debugging is turned off.

Can you boot to RUU mode? If so you could restore it perhaps that way. If you are booted to that you can run an RUU.exe

The command is:

fastboot oem rebootRUU
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PirateNL:
Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure on how I can execute that command without ADB/USB debugging being enabled? Any advice there?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] xunholyx:
You don't have to have USB debugging on to use fastboot commands, only ADB commands. For many fastboot commands, you need an unlocked bootloader. For this one you don't. Or at least you didn't on the M8 before HTC introduced download mode. I'm pretty sure it will still work.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PirateNL:
So I only had time to test this today. And you were right i was able to trigger this command:

fastboot oem rebootRUU

The phone then rebooted showed the grey HTC boot screen and soon after it started the boot loop sequence again. What am I suppose to do now? Is there anything I can flash in this RUU mode? Thanks again for your help.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] xunholyx:
You can flash an RUU in RUU mode. An RUU is HTC's "ROM Update Utility". It's a full system image. You would need to know his model type, like Sprint, AT&T, US Unlocked, etc Then you could download the appropriate RUU for it.

Does it boot to RUU mode with the red security warning at the bottom? If so, enter fastboot getvar all, and you can find the firmware version the phone is on now. It's listed under "version-main". Get the RUU with the same version number as that, and flash it in RUU mode.

If you can get the firmware version and you post it here, I can direct you to the proper RUU to download.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PirateNL:
Unfortunately I do not see the red security warning, it just a grey HTC logo for a few seconds, then it reboots and then shows a white HTC logo + "powered by android" and then its stuck in the boot loop again.

The phone is an EU-model, this is the output you requested:

C:\adb>fastboot.exe getvar all
(bootloader) version:0.5
(bootloader) ramdump-mode:false
(bootloader) variant:Surf eMMC
(bootloader) secure:yes
(bootloader) version-baseband:
(bootloader) version-bootloader:
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x20000000
(bootloader) partition-type:cache:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:cache: 0xe000000
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0x61e000000
(bootloader) partition-type:system:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:system: 0xef000000
(bootloader) serialno:FA69KBN01219
all:
finished. total time: 0.360s

The version-main variable does not seem to be there :(
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PirateNL:
Hey man, if you have some time today. Could you please look at the output I sent? Im not sure what to do next. :(

Thanks in advance
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] xunholyx:
The readout doesn't really say anything. With the HTC 10, and starting with the M9 I believe (I never owned one), you can only get a proper getvar from download mode or RUU mode. You can't get one from bootloader anymore like you used to be able to.

You said it was a EU model, so I would suspect it's WWE. The RUUs for that are available, but you can't flash it in bootloader, only download or RUU mode.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] jmigueltcampos:
exactly the same problem here

I have exactly the same problem with my HTC10, i don't have access to download mode, recovey, system, i even tried to boot to an image of twrp and i can't.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PirateNL:
OK that makes sense. But as you know I cannot get into RUU nor download mode. I guess it really is bricked then. Oh well thanks for your time and help.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] xunholyx:
It might not be. A friend reminded me of a method in a conversation about something else. I'm at work right now, but I'll reply again later on when I'm home
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] xunholyx:
Here's how you may be able to fix it. If you flash all of the parts of the firmware.zip included in the RUU, you essentially are flashing the RUU (mostly, but not exactly).

You can flash the individual parts in bootloader.

Here is a link to the instructions

Here is a link to the firmware you will need.

And as I've already stated, I assume he has WWE firmware. This firmware is not carrier branded. You said he had the European model so I'm going with that.

You can already boot to bootloader, so obviously you can skip that part of the instructions.

Good luck! Hopefully you can bring it back to life.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] jmigueltcampos:
no luck

D:\Android\platform-tools>fastboot flash radio radio.img

Sending 'radio' (54629 KB) OKAY [ 1.341s]

Writing 'radio' FAILED (remote: 'cannot flash

this partition in s-on state')

fastboot: error: Command failed

it says that because it is in S-On state, any ideia ohow can i change the S state?

thank you mate
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PirateNL:
Tried to revive it today. Unfortunately getting the same error as our friend in the post above me:

C:\adb>fastboot flash radio radio.img
< waiting for device >
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio' (54629 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.366s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in s-on state)
finished. total time: 1.456s

So to summarize:

- Not able to boot into download/recovery/RUU mode

- Cannot flash images using fastboot due to S-ON

I guess that's it, RIP HTC 10.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] byjon09:
costum rom was installed on my phone I deleted everything with trwp normally I should have installed a new rom file but I didn't now the htc logo is stuck, there is twrp unlocked but I can't access it the boot loader does not open, because there is no rom, it does not open normally, there is only htc logo and red warning, maybe I can open the security mode or something else I am very tired
[Nokia 8.1 Questions & Answers] razor17:
Hello,

Just few hours ago I bought new Nokia 8.1 device, I install all new updates. . .everything is well . . . but there are some problems. . . I am not able to install downloaded apk's, I downloaded Pixel 3 live wallpapers apk, which supports android 9.0+ but I can't install this apk, there is no error, just nothing happen. . same thing happen with G-cam apk for Nokia 8.1

I don't know whats wrong with this devices, this device has very nice hardware configuration but still there are some lags while pulling notification drawer and using Instagram app and so on . . .

Anyone have any solution for this, share your experience please
[Nokia 8.1 Questions & Answers] Nollie8969:
Normally you have to allow Unknown Sources under Security. I can't find that setting either.

About animations: you're in developer mode and set animation to 0 ? Otherwise tab buildnumber in settings 9 times. Mine is very sharp.

Gcam should be buggy. Although there are many builds. I did not try myself.
[Nokia 8.1 Questions & Answers] razor17:
I found a solution for installing apks, I can install apks ONLY from Google files app, Gcam works almost perfect But images appears late in photos . . . But that's fine . . . I don't know what's wrong with animations. . .I bought this device in 20K rupees man . . . Why should I set animation scale to zero :D
[Nokia 8.1 Questions & Answers] Saswata Chakraborty:
I too noticed occasional stutters while swiping notification panel down from status bar (doesn't face the stuttering issue while swiping down notification panel using fp gesture).

Also, when unlocking the device using fingerprint, I noticed the pie home button (pill) flicker/blink (whatever you call it). Sometimes, I see the back arrow as well for a millisecond while unlocking the device using fp. Did hard reset multiple times. Could not solve this visual bug. I'm on June security patch.
[Nokia 8.1 Questions & Answers] razor17:
Swiping notification panel using fingerprint doesn't stutter for me, it's weird . . . Also I am not able to join Android Q beta, website says invalid IMEI, I checked my device IMEI on website, it's under warranty, I don't know why I am not able to join beta My model is TA-1121
[Nokia 8.1 Questions & Answers] Saswata Chakraborty:
Same for me. When using fp to bring down the notification panel, it doesn't stutter. But when I swipe the status bar down, notification panel stutters. This is really annoying. Abd now the new bug is, I can't stream videos in HD on Amazon prime. Its stuck at 540p maximum.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] micallen:
I currently have a LG V20. Where I work is probably 3 miles from a Verizon tower. We have very weak signal out here, and sometimes I can't even get texts for a while.

Which of these 3 phones have the best cell reception?
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] suhridkhan:
Depends on the Verizon bands available in your area!

If Verizon have band 46/66 support in the area, V30/G7 will be better. Otherwise they are probably gonna be all the same.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
Yes. OR if Verizon soon adds support for these bands where you live

And that's because the V20 can NOT receive those bands but V30/G7 can.

Like back when AT&T started adding LTE band 5 all over the country as a supplemental band, in addition to 2, 4, 17 (now called 12). You needed a newer phone or you never saw LTE band 5... Was used in areas of congestion.

Since this is the V30 forum, my vote is on the V30 of course. ;)
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] micallen:
What's a good app to use to check for that?
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
LTE Discovery app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.simplyadvanced.ltediscovery&hl=en_US

If you keep it on while you drive, it will keep a record of all bands you lock onto.

You can also use it while standing still to see what band is near where you are, of course.

CDMA SHUTDOWN

Also be aware that in six months (December 31, 2019) Verizon is dropping 3G CDMA -- so all you will have is 4G LTE. To make phone calls you will need either LTE VoLTE or Wi-Fi calling.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] tech_infinity:
So that means no custom ROMs on LG devices for people who want to use Verizon :( :crying:
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
Somehow the ZTE Axon 7 (not even a Verizon device) has Verizon VoLTE on Lineage. (Or did a couple years ago. Have not checked recently.) It was a mystery the dev either could not explain or did not want to explain, at that time.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] Atheism:
Hello to everyone,

I finaly bought a used Atom Exec. It is perfect.

I installed a program called PocketMVP (http://www.wincesoft.de/html/pocketmvp.html). The installer ask me to associate the extensions of the audio file to the program and I associated mp3 files.

After some days I removed the program but now, the mp3 files cannot be recognized by Windows Media Player.

But the real problem is this: the phone, in the option menu for changing the ring tone, sees the file but it cannot be set as a ring tone becouse it cannot play them becouse windows media player doesn't recognize them.

I have also tried "Advanced config", but the ring tone doesn't work.

What can I do to fix the problem ? Some registreis modification ? Or Do I have to hard reset the device ?

Thank you very much for your attention.
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] sigitoke:
You have to remove MP3 file associate from Pocket Movie Player, and then re associate with Windows Media Player.

For ring tone, re associate wav file with album.exe.

If, you have difficult to re associate, try to install MVP again, and then do the process. After that, do soft reset, and uninstall MVP.
[OnePlus 7 Questions & Answers] GDane1:
Which is already sim unlocked and the bootlooder is already unlocked as well.and is ready to be rooted right out of the box? and this device is 5G as well right? Will this device connect to the 5G carrier's that are in the u.s. like T-Mobile and art wireless? Thanks In advance!!!
[OnePlus 7 Questions & Answers] fr0d0#2:
Only the Pro version is available in a 5G variant. You're in the non Pro section of the OnePlus area here.

The non Pro OnePlus 7 has the same size chassis as the 6T, a flat screen with a waterdrop notch containing the front facing camera, a single rear facing camera with a depth sensing second lens, and no 90hz refresh rate, only 60hz.

The Pro has a larger Samsung screen with curved edges that can do 90hz. It has 3 rear facing cameras.. additional telephoto and wide-screen lenses. A pop up front facing camera so no notch, and a larger 4000mah battery.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] milos221:
Sorry if i being stupid to post here i am new.I recently bricked my Samsung Galaxy J7 2016 SM-J710FN GMSH i tried to root it but didnt know that i need to unlock a damn bootloader(good job Samsung for following Huawei and Xiaomi steps bravo!) didnt make nandroid backup i flashed latest twrp but when i try to flash stock firmware odin say fail and in twrp recovery say failed to mount efs and cpefs partition invalid argument.I managed to find efs file to flash via odin wich i find on the internet but i afraid that i messed up imei and something else.Now twrp only complain to cpefs failed to mount.Can anyone help me i am so desperate in this situation?Thank you.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] heyfamily:
Hey guys long time lurker here. I bought a One Plus 6t from T-Mobile and right after I bought it I did the international conversion.

Now I'm trying to sell the phone and the only way to get it sim unlocked is by using the T-Mobile Device Unlock app for what I personally know.

I downloaded the apk file for T-Mobile Device Unlock but it says not compatible. Is there any way to flashback to T-Mobile software version? Thanks!
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] Caltinpla:
Look here https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/tool-t-mobile-oneplus-6t-msmdownloadtool-t3868916
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] toycar69:
Hi everyone,

I've had my mediapad M5 8.4 since the beginning of the year, and realised the other day it's never updated, so I tried updating with Hisuite today, and it's updated from SHT-W09 8.0.0.168(C432) to SHT-W09 8.0.0.196(C432), and is now actually offering me the Pie update.

Before I take the plunge and update to Pie, I was wondering if there are any common / known issues with the update?

I've been really happy with the performance and the battery life (I use it infrequently, and it can go a couple of weeks between charges easily), so I wanted to confirm that updating wasn't going to break anything?

thanks for any advice!
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] Volumetrik:
You'll enjoy better after update. Numerous improvements will make you happy. Read log from Huawei website [emoji6]
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] sunking101:
Meh. There is only one significant difference and that is a battery drain when in standby, even if in Airplane Mode. I don't know about you but one of the main things I liked about my M5 was the standby battery life. It used to be phenomenal. Now I lose 6 or more percent every night when I used to barely lose 1 percent. Personally I would avoid 'upgrading' to Pie bigtime.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] mab71:
I'm experiencing the opposite... In airplane mode i lose 0% overnight..
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] sunking101:
Hmm. Not my experience and Pie is infamous for standby drain.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] mrm1:
I find the opposite as well. Standby drain for me on 8 was terrible, but hardly notice any drain now on 9
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] sunking101:
How bizarre. I had next to zero standby drain with Oreo. I dislike the app drawer in Pie and also that it consumes more RAM. In short the negatives far outweigh any positives for me. I hate what Pie has done to my M5.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] mrm1:
I agree with you about the app drawer though, that's why I use Nova launcher.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] sunking101:
With Oreo I could keave the tablet in Airplane Mode and it would lose maybe 2% per week. With Pie it loses approx 4% per night in Airplane Mode. I have done everything except a hard reset but to no avail.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] mrm1:
Last charge was 18 days ago. Only used it to watch a couple of movies in this time, as been busy with other things recently, but still got 22% battery left. I'm happy with that to be honest. All I do is close the smart cover when finished with the tablet.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] mab71:
Have a look... More than 10hrs and still 100%.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] mab71:
Watched some YouTube for awhile
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] sunking101:
Fair enough if you're happy. For me Pie has brought nothing worthwhile to the table but my standby battery life is worse, it uses more RAM and the app drawer is lousy. I'll be reverting back to Oreo when I have a couple of spare hours to kill.

The M5 does stay at 100% longer than any other device I own so that's not conclusive evidence. How does it act when you leave it at say 77% and come back to it 10 hours later?

Battery drain whilst being used seems to be fairly similar to Oreo but it's standby and especially standby drain whilst in Airplane Mode that I'm concerned with. I had never before owned a device which sipped so little juice in standby as the 8" M5 running Oreo. So for me Android Pie is a major disappointment because there is notable standby drain whilst in Airplane Mode. It's night and day.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] mab71:
Last night turned screen off at 80%. This morning it's at 79
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] sunking101:
So approx 3% per 24 hrs. Was this in Airplane Mode or just normal standby?
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] mab71:
Airplane mode
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] sunking101:
Not so good then, and similar to mine.
[Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) Questions & Answers] bollective20:
Hello, yesterday my phone broke and I had an old j320fn in some box, i took it out to put my sim in it etc. I noticed it was runing slow so i decided to root it and install lineage os. I did that it was runing smooth, then i installed google apps. I restarted the phone and then when it should've open it showed me this: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies&try again."

Ok so here is what i've done:

1) Tried to do as it says there with kies. No result.

2) I downloaded the original firmware from sammobile, tried to install it odin says "failed"

The phone is also FAP Locked and i can't install any firmware, idk how it got locked.

Please help me fix this phone i need it as soon as possible! Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) Questions & Answers] Ibuprophen:
I don't have this device myself but, the following thread may be helpful for what you are looking for that's specific to your device.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3572083

Good Luck!

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[Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) Questions & Answers] bollective20:
I tried to do this, but when I enter my model and s/n it tells me "please check the model name and s/n and enter them again" I tried 1000 times and checked 1000 times still not working..

Edit: The phone is FRP locked and when I open the phone it shows me "please check the model name and s/n and enter them again"

I can't get to open the Vol up + home + lock menu and i can't even open the phone to it's menu.