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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Jammol:
I couldn't get your message to load on the app so sorry for not responding.

I said both things because they are both "true." iOS has less vulnerabilities that we know of. Android has more vulnerabilities that we DO know of but is often classified as being less secure. It's kind of like how everyone says Mac is more secure than Windows. It's not 100% accurate because Mac is less popular, so there is a lower amount of usages in the market, so less likelyhood a Mac would get hacked or targeted.

As for the which one spies on you more, the argument could be made that Android offers more spying due to being mostly Open Source. I use that term lightly of course. iOS spies on you but as far as we know, ONLY to Apple and the apps in their App store since iOS is closed source.

Rooting the device will help you get rid of everything Google if you want, but you'll have to get your apps from other sources which WILL increase your risk of getting malware/spyware/adware/silverware...all the wares.

If you are really that concerned with privacy and security, iOS is the way to go as you only have to deal with one main evil, Apple's Appstore.

If you do decide to get the Note 9, get the international model as it has root and can be unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] xPr0metheus:
Or can I just flash the newest stock firmware in Odin without anything else required?

Gesendet von meinem SM-G973F mit Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] spawnlives:
Yes you can. Nothing is required to flash firmware. All you need is Odin,firmware and phone in download mode. Bearing in mind that you can't down grade firmware ( bootloader version).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] riro56:
Hi everyone,

I'm currently using the S7 edge under superman v2.4.1 (ROm from early 2017) and never uptated it since.

As the battery drain is important now (whereas the battery life is still good) i'd like to install a stockbased ROM under 8.0 version. Are there some ?

By the way, i'd like to know (especially in terms of battery life) it's better to get android 8.0 or ported NFE 9.0 ROM ?

Thanks in advance for the answer :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] luckstar53:
I am an experienced person. those who see me can call me a cow. Or you could say what you're doing here.

Do not use custom rom. It could be information theft or data sale. Not safe. It also damages and exhausts the device. Also the battery runs out faster.

Dont login any bank account in any custom rom.

I know this is the developer platform. But people are bad. The good thing about this place is that you can make your own rom by learning something. Just do it to yourself.

Or;

Always use stock rom.

If you need it, root it, debloat it.

Be conscious. Know what you're doing.

Be aware.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] necrosauron:
first... you need to update your bootloader and módem.... so flash thru odin a stock firmware then use the latest twrp to hack the recovery and flash any rom avalaible on the development thread...

do that way and it will be fine
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] shah22:
I agree that rooting and debloating is the best option due to stability reasons .. but your accusation to the developer community here is totally out of sense ..

Rooting a stock rom or even debloating it requires a custom recovery .. a flashable zip for gaining root access like magix/super su and others WHICH are also coded by the great developers here on xda..

So going with your theory.. EVEN flashing a custom recovery or rooting with a zip will hijack the phone because its also a custom coded program not made by samsung .. and so we should not use them too and use full stock so only samsung and google can spy on us.. lol.. Its hillarious man .. you just contradicted your own statement..

And the amount of spying google and OEMs did and are doing.. outpaces any spying a developer here would put in his rom just to see how your face looks like xD like seriously dude this is xda not pi***e b*y.. devs here are the best people and not some low life hijackers .. if they were .. our phones/data and bank accounts would have been hacked a long time ago because of using their roms/programs ..

Again, this is xda.. no one is allowed to do data stealing here unlike oems and google.. if anyone did they would have got banned already.

And you think only a developer can hack the phone by using/flashing his rom/program ?

Whatsapp hacked phones of millions of users which were on STOCK oem roms due to a critical android OS glitch.. android OS itself needs fixing and devs try to implement more security in this unsecure OS if not much.. if they do anything it is extending the life of a device ditched by the oem a long time ago, providing it with latest android OSes, bugs and security fixes/updates and giving it a new life basically..

BUT yes if you or anyone has the skill to modify a rom or make custom one on their own using the sources, I totally agree with that but accusing the ones who did that much hassle and providing an already cooked rom to general people who don't know a bit about coding is the worst type of offence imo, they need to be appreciated highly for their contributions instead of these old pathetic accusations..

Don't misguide other users here on xda ! If you feel still like your data could be hacked .. stop using internet, phones and computers, don't use android, stop using gps too and build an underground bunker to be most 'secure' in life.. but don't misguide others or accuse developers !

I wouldn't have bothered to write such a long reply if your post wasn't that much misguiding and based on false theories.

Also being 'secure' in 21st century is a hillarious joke really and an eternal illusion to people ; )
[Moto G6 Questions & Answers] Status1one:
I got this used moto g6 xt1925-12 and it's having an issue where it's not charging in any normal mode

It does charge in fastboot mode but only up to 70%

There are no charger or cable issues as I already verified it and works with another phone

I am thinking there some chip or control device that is not recognizing the usb when I plug it in in normal mode so I was wondering if I could bypass whatever is controlling it and connect it directly to the battery

If I had a schematic I would try to see what is controlling it and perhaps replace it if that is even available on the market but without that I have to use brute force

So I was wondering if there are any electronics experts or perhaps someone who knows how a usb c is generally implemented in a phone or more specifically in the moto g6

Would connecting the usb c directly to the battery cause any problems ?
[Moto G6 Questions & Answers] pkScary:
Even though you verified that your charger and cable both work with another phone, I would still try different combinations of cables and chargers. Various things can happen to both cables and chargers that render them less effective (a cable can have one internal wire fail, a charger can have a resistor fail, etc. etc.). Also, some devices are more persnickety about the power they receive than others. My GoPro Hero 5 Black was able to charge its battery and interface with my computer through a USB type C cord that didn't work with my Moto G6 at all.

That said, I can't offer much help additionally. Given the cost of a Moto G6, I doubt it's worth hours of soldering to get your battery working normally again. You might want to look into a replacement battery from eBay, but even then, you might still have issues because as you said, there could be a fault with one of the chips that manages charging. Allowing the battery to fully discharge once or twice might be worth trying.

Sorry, wish I could be of more help.
[Moto G6 Questions & Answers] Status1one:
Thanks for the reply and trying to help

The phone I verified with is the exact same model xt 1925-12 so I am sure the charging system outside of the phone is fine I also bought a new battery and just plugged it in to see if that makes any difference which it did not and just last week I replaced the charge port and while that looked a little dirty and was missing one pin on the end which upon looking at a pinout found out to be a ground pin of which there is more than one so of course that did not make any difference

I understand it's a cheap phone I just like to get to the bottom of the problem if I can and perhaps do a little troubleshooting inside the phone

There has to some chip inside that controls everything since it's charging in fastboot mode but not in any other mode

I just have to try it and see what happens
[Moto G6 Questions & Answers] Status1one:
I think I found something that may be a little safer than a direct jumper

I came across a video on Youtube where the guy installed a diode The video was about fake charging so that's not exactly my problem and it was on an older phone with micro USB and not USB C but in theory this may work

There was also another video on changing the ic charge ic on an Iphone 6 which was a BGA I am not even sure where the charge ic is located on the Moto G6 but if it's a BGA I don't want to mess with it unless I have to plus it's probably not even available to buy anywhere so I think I will go with the diode method first and see if that does anything
[General Questions and Answers] GphonePrince:
I uninstalled Google Playstore using ES file explorer's root uninstaller and rebooted my phone. Then I reinstalled Google Playstore with an apk file (now shown as user app. The re-installation was success but the app keeps crashing after I tried to download an app with it.

I uninstalled Google Playstore in the first place because I encountered the "waiting for download" bug (apps stuck on that messages without downloading at all).

I cannot flash GApps in TWRP because it says /system partition not found.

I'm using Rooted Asus ROG phone, stock ROM 15.1630.1903.89, magisk

Please help
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Anytime you uninstall/remove system files and apps or anytime you reinstall/replace system files and apps, it is best to boot into recovery then wipe cache and dalvik cache then reboot. The reason why this must be done is because when you remove/add stuff from/to system, the OS is looking for stuff that is there when it shouldn't be or is not finding stuff that should be there but isnt.

Wiping cache and dalvik then rebooting allows the device to rebuild cache as it should be for what is currently in system.

The most effective fix with the least possible issues in your situation is to reflash your stock firmware then flash TWRP on the device again then root the device again using Magisk.

Next time, before you add/remove system files/apps, boot into TWRP and create a nandroid backup of your current ROM, then, if you encounter issues when you add/remove system files/apps, you can boot into TWRP and restore the backup and you'll be restored to exactly what you had before you added/removed the system files/apps.

The ability to create and restore backups via TWRP is the main purpose for using TWRP, the ability to flash ROMs and such is a minor secondary feature or purpose of TWRP.
[General Questions and Answers] GphonePrince:
Thanks for the detailed reply. I have re-flashed the stock ROM and re-rooted the phone now.

Now, I am just wondering why I am still encountering the "/system partition not mounted" error in TWRP for both (now and the previous time) rooting procedures? This prevents me from installing busybox and flash anything with TWRP.

PS: I am following the rooting guide here, since it is the most detailed one for newbies like myself. According the the screenshots shown in this guide, the OP also encountered the "/system partition not mounted" error in TWRP (system shown as 0MB, and before booting to system with TWRP, the message "no OS found" appeared). Hence I suspect his guide was not perfect despite getting root successfully. Mind having a look at the guide for me to see whether you could spot any missing/wrong steps please? (I know it is in Chinese but it does have loads of screenshots) I would really appreciate it. Thanks so much!
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Is your device an A/B partition device?
[General Questions and Answers] GphonePrince:
It's Asus ROG phone. seems like it is according to here: https://www.xda-developers.com/list-android-devices-seamless-updates/
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
That is the problem then, the process of rooting and flashing TWRP on A/B devices is very much different than how it is done on other non A/B devices.

Look for instructions on how to use TWRP on devices that have A/B partitions.
[General Questions and Answers] GphonePrince:
I will look into it thanks
[Sony Smartwatch 3] daveyp187:
hey guys.

seem to have lost root. it's been a while and I can't remember lol. ot twrp installed and adb working etc, want system app mover, root and to update to latest version. any help greatly appreciated. tried pushing update zip get access error. cia
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] ElwynnEldoriath:
Hi,

I have an XT1789-06, RETEU. I had it unlocked and rooted, but went back to stock without rom. However, bootloader is still unlocked. Got it somehow working to pas SafetyNet and run google pay while on Android 8, but now I OTA-updated to Android 9 (although first 10 attempts with OTA weirdly failed, number 11 finally worked :confused:).

But now, with Pie, Google Pay is not working anymore and I receive two (instead of one at Android 8) error/warning messages while starting.

First one is still the "Your device has loaded a different Operating system" and the typical error screen.

But when booting up and showing the Motorola logo, theres a small hint saying "Verity mode is set to disabled".... :(

Please help!
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] ElwynnEldoriath:
No one here to help?
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] fast69mopar:
The Z2 Force doesn't quite have the support that it had in the early days. [MENTION=4604067]Uzephi[/MENTION] doesn't have the device anymore so he cannot do any building or testing anymore. The days of strong active development support has passed for this device. It sucks because I love the Z2 Force and it's my daily driver.

My understanding is that the text you see that says verity mode it set to disabled is there because the bootloader is unlocked. I'm not 100% sure about it though but I remember reading some other users posting about it.

If your device is fully stock on the Pie OTA, you can always relock the bootloader to see if that will allow you to use Google Pay and your banking apps.

My suggestion is to leave the bootloader unlocked because I'd you ever have any issues it will give you a couple more options to recover your device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xTPTBx:
Hey folks,

As you have probably read the title, I have a question regarding using APKTool (by ibotpeaches) to get Smali files for an APK (i was messing around with MX Player for testing purposes) and would like to remove the notifications from this APK. Which classes or methods should I be looking into for the removal of the said notifications or remove the notification feature from an app altogether.

Sincerely,

x The Power That Be x
[Mogul, XV6800 General] crobs808:
Here's the deal...I have three email accounts configured on my xv6800. One business account, and two personal. I can send and receive everything fine on ALL accounts, but no matter what account I send from, the sent items does not save a copy, and their is also not a copy saved on the server, yet the emails are going through to the recipients just fine, however they just dissapear after they go out, they do not stay on my device or my IMAP server.

Before you respond with the obvious solutions, please know I have already made the correct settings. Both the "Save sent items" box is checked as well as the "Sent" items box in Manage Folder (to sync) in the settings sections. Even with both those options set up correctly outgoing email is not saved on my device or my server.

What's the deal? It is setup as IMAP, not POP, so everything should by syncing back and forth just fine....? HELP!

THANKS!! :)
[Mogul, XV6800 General] crobs808:
*bump*

anyone? this is a common problem I found on Google, but nobody seems to have any answers.
[Honor View 20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hamza5682:
When I first got the magic UI 2.1 update I looked everywhere to find out how to enable this feature as it was a feature I was really looking for. But couldn't find it until today. It's really easy to enable.

Go to settings -> search and click on motion control -> click on hivoice -> enable it.
[Honor View 20 Guides, News, & Discussion] RonPeters:
Here's how

Open Settings, go to Smart assistance > Shortcuts & gestures > Google Assistant, and enable Wake with Power button. Note: You can still power off your phone by pressing and holding the Power button for 3 seconds.
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Vuxa:
Greetings everyone!

I've stumbled upon a bit of a interesting problem today. I came to visit my cousin living abroad and was asked if I could somehow recover her data from SM-J510FN which she forgot a password for (she wasn't using it after she got a new phone, hence the reason she forgot the PIN ...). Phone is fully stock, (she is not tech savvy) so I believe she didn't even touch developers options (I don't know if USB debugging is on by default) and device has a FAP lock when I booted into download mode *It really does say it in the upper left corner of the screen when booted in DL mode*. So I tried the following:

Tried deleting *.key with ADB (didn't show the device with "adb devices" command)

Flashing TWRP with Odin (failed because of the FAP lock)

I could enter bootloader and update device via ADB sideload/SD card (vol up + home key combo when booting)

Phone is fully stock, I know I could just wipe/factory reset and call it a day, but there must be a way to recover it

Thanks in advance! :)
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] HoldMySoul69:
Was it pin or other type of lock?
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Vuxa:
Yes, it's a PIN type lock, also I forgot to mention that it's running 7.1.1 firmware
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] DankMemz:
Then...you can't.
[Huawei P30 Questions & Answers] dejanxxxx:
I have problem, my game dead trigger 2 dont want run on p30, eject that incompatibile with device.On other huawei phones app/game work fine.

What is the problem,help please?
[Huawei P30 Questions & Answers] DallasCZ:
I installed it right now from the play store and is running fine without any issues.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] jubayertonu:
When i connect with vpn it should change everything like change my location,change my game setting.But it wont change my google play store.Read that carefully...I am from Bangladesh and i am playing PUBG Mobile KR version.If this game bring a new update i need download manually.But my another friend download this game from play store.Like he connect vpn with Korean Server>clear his play store data>and he found pubg mobile kr.But i do same process like him.But i failed.Is this any vpn problem or mobile problem

If anyone know something please share with me
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aserar:
Hello everyone

I want to change the FHD+ resolution to regular 1080 on my unrooted phone (black bars on top and bottom yes). I tried the ADB method (mw size command) which works on my android 7 phone but it didnt work on this phone.

Any ideas opn how to get this working or an alternative method?

Here is what I got after giving the command:Security exception: Must hold permission

wm size 1080x1920

Security exception: Must hold permission android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

java.lang.SecurityException: Must hold permission android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

at com.android.server.wm.WindowManagerService.setForcedDisplaySize(WindowManagerService.java:5455)

at com.android.server.wm.WindowManagerShellCommand.runDisplaySize(WindowManagerShellCommand.java:127)

at com.android.server.wm.WindowManagerShellCommand.onCommand(WindowManagerShellCommand.java:66)

at android.os.ShellCommand.exec(ShellCommand.java:103)

at com.android.server.wm.WindowManagerService.onShellCommand(WindowManagerService.java:976)

at android.os.Binder.shellCommand(Binder.java:634)

at android.os.Binder.onTransact(Binder.java:532)

at android.view.IWindowManager$Stub.onTransact(IWindowManager.java:1140)

at com.android.server.wm.WindowManagerService.onTransact(WindowManagerService.java:1186)

at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:731)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 1890170:
To get it working phone's Android must be rooted, dm-verity & AVB must be disabled.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] kytra:
Brothers, I am getting desperate, my flagship is not functioning properly.

What is the problem?

Since 2 weeks ago, Chrome started freezing in all instances, when opened directly, when opening a link from any app, when clicking tiles in google (also google app freezes some times)

How I tried to solve it?

Restarting phone

Clearing cache

Giving all permisiions to all google apps

Reinstalling the system (with backup)

Reinstalling the sistem (clean install)

Upgrading to EMUI 9.1 and updating Chrome (today I got an update)

Absolute nothing is working, Chrome is freezing like clockwork, for example when I scroll a page, it lets me scroll 1-2 screens then freezes or freezes from the beginning or would just not open , freezes in the loading page screen. It freezed even when the phone was loaded only with the basic apps, after reinstalling.

I was thinking of buying the Mate 30 pro or the P30 pro but now I am very seriously doubting I would.

All other apps are working, now when I want to browse I copy the link from Chrome to Firefox (usually it would not freeze right away after opening a link and it is letting me copy the wep address) but one can imagine that is not OK.

Please...someome with the same problem and/or a solution?
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] grantdb:
Try beta or canary to see if the problem persists. Check dev options and change the WebView option to either chrome stable or whatever version you want to test.

Cheers!
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] kytra:
Thanks a bunch for the answer, I installed canary but it would not let me change the WebView implementation , it says "the choice is no longer valid, try again later" although both chrome and canary seem to be available. What I changed tho, is the "enable mulți process WebView" toggle, which is now active and it seems to have worked, at least atm.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] grantdb:
Did you try beta I seem to remember that was an option in WebView glad it's working for you.

Cheers
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] kytra:
Yes, beta option was available, with the same message when I tried to enable it.

No change anyway after I toggled that in developer options , all chrome instances keep freezing the same way.

I installed microsoft launcher and use Bing now as a search engine and when I want to open a link from gmail II copy-paste it in Firefox.

So annoying.