yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] jthibault27:
manifesto- posted on another thread-sorry for the dupe

A bit of history gives a bit more depth/ Just when you thought it was okay to go back in the water. I'm Canadian you can probably tell by my accent. My journey with phones has always been Samsung simply due to availability s6 s7 s8 s8+ most recently the a530w.

In order for you to understand my joy finding the A8 and my horror is that the S8 series. in North America S8 uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip. g950u is SD g950f is the rest of the world (exnyos) This is probably due to some kind of World Trade Organization antitrust treaty {although qualcom makes great chips} or whatnot I don't care.

i do care about is their bootloader lock policy (g950u and up) so it is impossible to unlock an encrypted Snapdragon bootloader. When I ran into the a530w exnyos, I was like a three-year-old at Christmas now you have to understand I'm not a coder I'm more of a mason I'm familiar with bricks. I'm sure we've all watch the AP file upload and Odin like we watch paint dry. So when I first got the a530w pi version April patch I was able to TWRP install I believe at the time was Pixel project or something else added magisk, xposed you get the idea.

Eventually a file got corrupt (much like [MENTION=10229577]Zefpoes23[/MENTION]) and I had to common sense restock it. I think my mistake what is going with the most current pie version (hadn't read this thread yet from [MENTION=4658360]corsicanu[/MENTION]) which is binary 7 knowing what I know now I would have probably had the ability to go a binary 4 or so. I haven't done the 7 day challenge simply not to waste my sanity. my bootloader unlock never vanished, it like it's a light switch with no bulb. I've tried to backdated front dated. I refuse to wait 7 days to find out that I'm still at the same place. . The problem is all the fixes are zip files which you need TWRP to flash. I agree, it's not [MENTION=6911575]BlackMesa123[/MENTION] version. it's the prenormal. No I'm certainly not a developer and some of them are mobile gods. My questions maybe Elementary logical. Is it possible to replace a recovery image in a stock AP and Odin flash it? Repack. Also is there any way to combo a stockfirm in order to downgrade from the B7. Alter it somehow so it's thinks it's a 7 but it's actually a 4 of some sort. think we're all about to become in the same boat. we could start a movement lie "#meprenormal2" In Time will tell. As or now "prenormal" is the new "normal" All I can to the devs: help me odin 3 canmodme. your my only hope
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] Youdoofus:
i have no idea what youre on about for half of this post, so ill chime in with what i could decipher and know the answer to

nope, sorry man. you cant go backwards in bootloader revisions. if you have B7, youre stuck with revision 7

you wont have much say in this refusal as the 168 hour thing is quite normal. Every A8 owner ive seen come into these forums has had to do the 168 hour thing.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] jthibault27:
If I'm violating XDA rules please let me know. You are obviously higher up on the rank that I am. Since my post on November 10th my findings on other threads have led me to believe that this is not just an A8 problem but an entire Samsung Fleet. A summer security patch upgraded knox guard to disable any attempts to flash TWRP. If you are lucky enough to get through that stay on it. My bootloader is like a light switch I can on and off it at anytime. 168 hours is a solution for an old problem that I don't have. I'm in permanent prenormal state with the sole ability to only flash official stock firmware and in one direction v7 or higher.. Which is what Samsung wants. i'm on V7, security patch July 1st 2019. I cannot flash anything else through Odin 13.3.1. I'm simply voicing the fact 168 hours fix is to have the ability to unlock the bootloader. I have the bootloader unlocked. My kg is tripped and I believe my fix will come in Time through a modified Odin or combo firmware emerges. i will also recluse myself from posting on this thread and open my own

---------- Post added at 19:35 ---------- Previous post was at 19:20 ----------

And to clarify what I meant as to replace the recovery file in the AP stock firmware specifically unpacking the lz4 format using 7-Zip 19 ZS v144, replacing the recovery image with the TWRP Recovery image and repacking it (the AP) and flashing it hoping the phone with think it's official. I've consulted a developer who tried it several times without any luck since he shares the same problem on a50.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] Youdoofus:
naw man, youre good. i had an A8 for about a year and now the older kiddo has it and it seems to be working well as i havent heard any complaints as of yet.

I, by no means, am an expert on this device and i admittedly have not kept current on the 168 hour fix no longer being relevant.

There is a fellow who had this forum on point about a year ago, cant recall his alias. Ill tag him if i can find him. Hopefully he has kept current on this device more than I.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] Youdoofus:
[MENTION=1058356]mchlbenner[/MENTION] if you have a moment, could you lend a hand?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] jthibault27:
I started in this thread because I had a8 after researching through a bunch of different search engines I found this link

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-9/help/rmm-prenormal-oem-unlock-android-9-0-t3952959

it ended to be a note link. The moderator is convinced that it's all in our heads but people have been flocking to this thread because the title is so specific that it brings in people from different Samsung devices. It's like Field of Dreams, if you can't mod it they will come. Anyway, there are interesting comments. I apologize if my redirect or hyperlink is off. I'm no expert in this web forum platforms.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] mchlbenner:
This issue is true I have seen this on other a8 plus.

It part of Samsung security and no mod can fix this.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] Youdoofus:
there you are!! so, the A8 is now not rootable?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] jthibault27:
It's very rootable provided that you don't do what 99% of the world do before selling it on Kijiji (Canadian version of Craig's list) is upgrade the latest OTA to impress the buyer. if you have an Oreo built Axxx or Sxxx (basically an Exynos chip) you are golden. not going to get into the whole North American snapdragon-Qualcomm thing. If you have a (guessing) Pre-June 2019 security patch however 9.0 I believe you can flash TWRP (all things being equal) you have a chance. however, if you have (I'm guessing most recent models) 9.0 security patch July 1 2019+ stock (previously tripped KG on a custom ROM-which say got corrupt), you are in the non-mod world. you are stuck with 9.0 official Samsung. you can't flash oreo (until someone develops a matching binary). since through my sammobile travels, I've yet to encounter a baseband/BL Oreo higher than 4. my phone (a8 9.0) is B7
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] mchlbenner:
Well I'm on gsi ROMs this will never see a Samsung rom ever again.

Also slot of don't follow rooting directions I have been lock out once on Oreo never had a problem with Android 9.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] Youdoofus:
so, between what you and the other fella are saying, the newest factory OTA prevents folks from rooting this thing now, correct? That would be a shame, locking down even the F devices? Come on Samsung!!
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] jthibault27:
note: This doesn't necessarily apply to everyone since my situation was that I had a custom ROM corrupt and I restock firmware to V7 on the A8. My original custom install using TWRP had triggered kg Knox. I should have not flashed the latest stock version of 9.0. This was simply just a bridge to a new custom firmware anyway. I did not realize that I was installing a security patch that Samsung would deploy. So the question is if you go and buy the latest a, n, s 9.0 (F) can you still TWRP? Or does it say pre normal as soon as you attempt to TWRP. Rooting is not even in the realm of possibilities if you can't install TWRP. Magisk now has a feature where it modifies the AP system file which you can Odin. I thought it would pass as official. Of course, it didn't. Those dam Samsung MIT grad security engineers probably think they're better than us. LOL. All I can tell you is the toggle for the unlock Bootloader is as effective as the close door button on an elevator, you're not sure if it's connected to anything. This has been an Android War since Jelly Bean.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] Youdoofus:
yes, from what ive gathered from mchelbenner, the party is over. I trust his input as he is very well versed in the A8. More than I as he has had this forum on lockdown even before i got my A8 to begin with. If he said its no longer possible, thats what i will go with also
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] jthibault27:
If you ever come across a forum specific to this issue ({completely extrapolating the date by guess} July 1, 2019 9.0) but not necessarily specific to the A8, please share. as it stands now, my findings indicate isolated conversations in different forums on various models, sharing the same problem. We must unite! lol. truth be told, it's challenging searching for such a specific problem relating to a patch on many models.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Questions & Answers] suharji@rocketmail.com:
on my a8 2018 .. sma530f xid.. do factory settings to make kg state prenormal and the oem switch is not there .. i just need to open a software update and check .. then open the developer settings .. prenormal conditions change to checking and the oem switch becomes there
[OnePlus 7 Questions & Answers] wolfcat90:
Hi,

I'm experiencing lot of lag and battery drain with the last BETA3 of Android 10 Q, anyone?

Thanks.

Enviado desde mi GM1913 mediante Tapatalk
[OnePlus 7 Questions & Answers] strongst:
Nope, clean flash/factory reset tried already?
[OnePlus 7 Questions & Answers] wolfcat90:
I have looot of information that I don't want to lose ahahahah

Enviado desde mi GM1913 mediante Tapatalk
[OnePlus 7 Questions & Answers] strongst:
You never thought about taking backups if you don't want to loose information?
[OnePlus 7 Questions & Answers] wolfcat90:
Why the fu** I did not think about it!?

Thanks for the info bro, will try [emoji847]

Enviado desde mi GM1913 mediante Tapatalk
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] atlx:
Does anyone know where to get applications and games for this phone? I've looked everywhere but could not find anything for vga screen.

thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] aragornol:
Here you can see list of VGA applications working on Diamond

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=394994

and the question where to get them ... well http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/

though you should search for khmmm khmmm in this forum to get an answer :D
[Realme XT Questions & Answers] nnnaik92:
I am receiving notification on screen when screen is locked . How to disable it

I have dones changes here

Notificatio and Status Bar

- Allow Notification Bar in LockScreen - this is disabled
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
I pre-ordered through the Google Store so I'm limited to items only available there. I was originally going to try and wait for the Pixel Buds pre-order if it was before the 1/30/2020 expiration. Then on second thought I realized I really don't use earbuds as much as I used to and it would lay around more often than not. Plus I would still have to spend an extra $70+. So I decided I'll use it for the Pixel Stand and the rest towards a case. The stand is perfect for bedside charging and being only 10w I'm fine with the slower speed overnight rather than the 18w wired.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] rickysidhu_:
I'm debating right now. I have 3 possible things but am trying to pick between two:

Pixel Stand

Case

Extra charger

Right now I'm leaning toward the case and extra charger, just because I don't know how much I'll be using that Pixel stand, but I have time to decide I guess lol
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] SinisterXReaper:
I'm not sure tbh. I already have a stand. I guess I'll cross the bridge when I get to it lol
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] ZeroKool76:
I plan on grabbing a stand, both for what the OP mentioned, as well as for soli interaction.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] onodontbescurred:
Stadia
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
Ah I forgot about that. I do want to give it a try eventually.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] onodontbescurred:
I was on the fence about whether I wanted to try it. But for $30 i figure it's worth a try.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] cpatrick08:
Pixel stand and 45W USB-C Power Adapter
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] gettinwicked:
So long as my credit drops by black Friday week, I'm putting it towards a nest hello, or maybe one of the kits with that and an outdoor camera. If it's later, just the nest hello.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] PuffinNugz:
moment case w/ wide angle lens.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
I pre-ordered the Moment case for $31.99. You should look into the alternative Sirui lens to attach to it. They're actually very good and less than half the price. This one in the video is actually a newer version I plan on getting. I was very please with the original.

https://youtu.be/eI4EweFR8ts
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
Going to test if Pixel 4 XL will do faster than 18w or you need that adapter for something else?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] cpatrick08:
Just want it and I'll test it out when I get it.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] Paz9:
Is there any more info on when this will drop?

One of the reasons I'm getting the p4

Stadia looks amazing, if it works as advertised
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
November 19, 2020 was announced during the Made By Google event.

Edit: I meant 2019. [emoji1]
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] troymz1:
I believe you mean November 19 2019
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
Correct!
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] MrMeeseeks:
Possibly the Pixel stand. My only concern is the heat generated with wireless charging hurting the battery.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
I would think wired charging at 18w would produce more heat than wireless at 10w.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] ZeroKool76:
He's probably referring to the impedance created by wireless charging. I'm still going to use it, heavily. I'll have a stand at work and home, so battery life will be a non issue
[ZTE Axon 10 Pro Questions & Answers] Shogunes:
My Axon 10 is in Bootloop and can only be used in Fastboot mode and in the EDL tool, but I have not deleted the backup ALL by accident and Recovery boot also not possible I really need your help here. thanks

:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
[ZTE Axon 10 Pro Questions & Answers] Oswald Boelcke:
THREAD CLOSED as more or less a duplicate of this thread:

https://xdaforums.com/axon-10-pro/how-to/bootloop-fastboot-edl-mode-boot-please-t3986577
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] mightymn:
Hi everyone,

Ever since I received the stable Android 10 update a few days ago, my data connection has been incredibly unstable. It shows that it's connected to 4G+ with full bars but pages just don't load. it is the same in all apps and browsers.

I have noticed it is worst when I turn the screen on, even if just a couple of minutes have passed since I last used it. And it seems to improve if I force 3G.

I tried turning off the battery saving feature that turns off data when you sleep, but there was no improvement. I tried wiping the cache, but that didn't fix it either.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] vicky2131:
New update is out!
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] karayemis:
Just installed this version
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxys:
Cool ?that was fast!
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] Donald Nice:
Ambient display and double tab to wake is broken for me on 10.0.4. To reproduce: press power to shut off the display, put your phone in your pocket and take it out again. Ambient display / inactivity display / Double tab to wake is mostly broken for me after that. I have to use power button to wake it up again.

Anyone else?
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] AhmedFaiz:
Same issue not working even after a reboot. If there any work around plz share.
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] Donald Nice:
I think only downgrade to 10.0.3 can fix this.
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] King_lilrowrow:
Working for me here on 10.0.4 although my build number is different then in the screenshot.

Edit: OP has 10.0.4.HD65AA and my build is 10.0.4.HD65BA
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] RohanAJoshi:
What's time there ?

Happened me same on 10.0.3 build, but it was too morning time when I never wake up.

I also shocked and tried to reboot and other things, none of them worked.

.

Then it's start to work again normally after 8am
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] deepakpc007:
10.0.3 also had the same issue. Initially it was not there. The bug started to occur yesterday. I wws hoping that it would get fixed in 10.0.4. But no luck. May be I'll try a factory reset and check.
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] AhmedFaiz:
Very strange tap to wake bug. When i got up in the morning it started working again. Hope it doesn't happen again.
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] RohanAJoshi:
Lol.

It's something related to those battery optimization which takes our sleeping patterns and saves battery.
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] AhmedFaiz:
I hope that's the issue it happened to me after the last update also but reboot seems to fix that
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] Deepak_kj:
Stilll didnt recieve update 😔

Any idea why?
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] jesrani:
Working for me on 10.0.4.
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] Aswin08:
Can anyone share the full ota zip or stock boot img from Indian version?

Thanks
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] Cowbell_Guy:
What is best way to update and keep root/Magisk?
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] jesrani:
Let the system download and install the update. Since you are rooted it will download complete ROM of about 2.3Gb.

After it installs it will give reboot option, DON'T REBOOT.

Open Magisk Manager and install or update Magisk (the first option), even if already installed. Select the option Direct Install. Again, DON'T REBOOT.

Open Magisk Manager once again and again install Magisk, this time use the option Install in inactive slot.

I had also updated the Magisk Manager itself and there were no issues

Now reboot and you will be updated with root intact
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] muthukumarchemistry:
Updated.
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] Widmo:
Name of latest OTA:

Patch:

OnePlus7TOxygen_14.E.06_OTA_004-006_patch_1910122142_c0ce6dd305d68e.zip

https://wetransfer.com/downloads/28...2a0c24293c886a12b9ad4b58c20191021145014/49508 (need reupload to androidhost?)

Full:

OnePlus7TOxygen_14.E.06_OTA_006_all_1910122142_a6ac3d238.zip

https://easyupload.io/1pdroj

mirror:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1i73QhPl-AmPc8lf0cF0OE0JKz46RPIXr
[OnePlus 7T Guides, News, & Discussion] recklezz:
This update fixed my issue where home screen shortcuts from Chrome where not created.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] smack bob:
Has anyone switched to Mobile shell? Have you noticed much of a difference? In battery life, Memory Usage and speed of interface??

I am about to install it on mine and will try and give an indication of how things went...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Reason4444:
I did... But i haven't notice any difference in battery life.. yet ! .. But; memory usage, interface speed is better than TF3D...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] smack bob:
Nice I know have it on mine, I'm trying to figure out how to customise mobile shell to give the same functionaliy as touch flo as in not so complicated, links to opera instead of ie etc etc. Any ideas??

So far though I definantly like mobile shell more, touch flo is prettier but mob shell is far more functional in day to day use. Based on nothing than my hopes and dreams and use of less system recources I think my batt life might be better.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] phlucas:
Look at this forum:

http://www.actualitemobile.com/forum/index.php?topic=1654.150

I know, it is in french, but might be useful. If you need, I can translate...

Philippe
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] VDubGli:
Does that diamond 3d come in an english version?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] pcarvalho:
yes it does...search for...SPB Mobile Shell 2.1 Theme / Skin Collections Thread here in xda...where it all started :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Jorlin:
Has anyone tried this instead of the TouchFlo 3d?

How well does it perform?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] kiwidoc:
I have it on my Touch (telecon NZ). I just use the Spb shel with WM7 skin.Also the pocket cm wm7 skin. Coupled with s2play it works very well, not a prticualr drain. Far nicer ntrfac thab the stnard wm6 today screen no matter how skinned.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] H.Hussein.H:
I noticed recently that there is some storage is missing with no explanation !

So i should have 24 gigs out of 32 giga as a storage ..

Some how i am using 10 gigs out of those 24 gigs and i have 4 gigs left .. !!

There is like 10 gigs of storage not exiting or there is something that i don't understand !
[Huawei MediaPad X2] ajsmsg78:
The system is using the rest of it.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] H.Hussein.H:
I don't get it ..i should have 24 for the apps and the data ..

And 8 gigs for the system ..

Now i am using 10 gigs out of the 24 for the apps and the data and 4 gigs empty space and another 10 gigs are missing!!!

Thank you ajsmsg78 for replying anyway :good:
[Huawei MediaPad X2] ajsmsg78:
Try booting into TWRP and clearing cache if you're rooted.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] H.Hussein.H:
Booted into TWRP and ceared the cash with no success :rolleyes::rolleyes:

I am using simply international B206.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] H.Hussein.H:
and as you can see here !!
[Moto G6 Questions & Answers] WoKoschekk:
Your firmware is neither the latest nor the brazilian one. To get back your baseband try the steps below.

Download and flash the latest firmware for brazilian software channel from here:

https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/ali/official/RETBR/XT1925-3_ALI_RETBR_9.0_PPSS29.55-37-4-3_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip

Use ONLY these commands to flash the firmware:

(the commands are extracted from the flashfile.xml inside the firmware.zip)

fastboot oem fb_mode_set
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot flash dsp dspso.bin
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.5
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.6
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.7
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.8
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.9
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img_sparsechunk.0
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img_sparsechunk.1
fastboot flash oem oem.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase DDR
fastboot oem fb_mode_clear
fastboot reboot