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[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MarvinMod:
I am not having any issues with open gapps nano, maps or location. everything is working here aside from the UI being incomplete, but everything is working here including decryption within twrp. model sm-a70mn

There is also a difference between my device and most of yalls, I dirty flashed los 17 and gapps 10 over los 16 and gapps 9. I just had to reinstall magisk and all is well. Im not saying to do it this way, im just pointing out any differences beings my device seems fully functional. oh, and I did have to copy media/ui from 16 over to 17 for system sounds. it seems to be missing from the build.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Karstenes:
I got the location working with the steps from my last post.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Dominik420:
For me the location does not work can someone confirm whatsapp for example?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Frankyboy777819:
Hi
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Joselof96:
after flashing latest november patch A705FNXXU4ASK6 when flashing any build I get this error message

https://imgur.com/a/rk7Mh9B
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MarvinMod:
Have you tried downgrading or reverting back a build? Have you flashed vbmeta after the update?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Joselof96:
You cant downgrade bootloader, and yeah Ive tried older builds only LOS 16 builds without the bootloader checker works now, allthough after november oatch the phone freezes regulary within a monute and reboots anf yupp Ive flashed vbmeta, thats what I flashed first before flashing twrp
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Captain Beretta:
Same here...
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Joselof96:
Yeah we are screwed or only option is gsi or stock untill Grarak gixes support for november patch
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Karstenes:
Still having lots of problems with lag and the dialer still not working properly. Any files I can give you?

What is your--

LineageOS version: lineage-17.0-20191203-UNOFFICIAL-a70q

Firmware version: A705MNOWO3ASJ2

Model number: SM-A705MN

Did you--

wipe: Yes

restore with titanium backup: no

reboot after having the issue: yes

Are you using--

a task killer: no

a non-stock kernel: no

other modifications: no

Provide any additional information (observations/frequency of problem/last version it worked on/etc) as needed:

In all dialer apps, the earphone does not work. Putting the call on speaker and bluetooth both work, but I can't make the earphone work at all. In addition, Snapchat has been extremely laggy. The volume slider for bluetooth speakers maxes out about halfway too, I can increase the volume by using the buttons on the speaker but it shows it as max volume on the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] abauomy:
nice work

gcam 7 not working any advice ?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Altaan:
Does anyone know any telegram support group for this rom or a70

Any help Will be appreciated

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Rock_roll:
Just search for Official a70 on telegram search bar, you will get it easily
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kac222:
Bugs:

1.Second microphone not work.

2.Battery percentage is displayed only after expanding the notification bar.

3.No option to clear recent applications.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Grarak:
2 and 3 are not bugs

What does 1 mean exactly?

New release:

https://github.com/Grarak/android_device_samsung_a70q/releases/tag/20191225

This will only work with the latest firmware! Update if you want to flash it.

Also in the future: Samsung indicates major updates with new bootloader revisions.

You can easily read out the bootloader version from the firmware version.

Example: A705FNXXU4ASK6 -> The first digit after the model text (A705FN) is 4, thus this update contains bootloader version 4. Previously it was 3, so you can't downgrade anymore. If you don't want to break compatibility wait until I update my builds to work with newer firmware.

Also a few people asked me to help them with their builds. I added required patches in OP as links
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kac222:
Thats mean is, listen to interference during a conversation. That's why I wrote that it doesn't work.

There is somewhere a v4 bootloader for installation via TWRP?

I have version 3 and can't update rom...
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] naruba:
Will you fix the problems with tvrp?with 4 loader it is not possible to create a backup of systems and date, after firmware patched tvrp or boot, the system is not loaded bootloop.please fix it!
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] FriendlyNeighborhoodShane:
Hello dev,

My release-ly checkin to confirm that the latest build boots on INS (GM).

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Rock_roll:
You need to flash the latest stock firmware with November patch in order to reach bootloader v4
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kac222:
I know that but I didn't want to install full system. In my other phone (S8 +) it is possible to update the bootloader from TWRP. You just need the right files.

Wysłane z mojego SM-A705FN przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Joselof96:
Just me experience random freezes that leads to reboots on latest build?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] lorenzomacdonald:
I have it too, not just only on los 17, but also on my havoc 3.0 build... Already tested with old vendor, same problem... Don't upgrade to latest november firmware! Was download a bunch of apps from the google play store and the phone froze and rebooted. Wanted to take logs, but tombstones is empty and /proc/last_kmsg don't tell anything....
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kac222:
Do you have Havoc 3.0 on A70? Can you share with us? How downgrade the last rom ASK6? It's possible or not? I tried flash old version via Odin but it was fail.

Wysłane z mojego SM-A705FN przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] lorenzomacdonald:
I will upload this weekend to XDA, but you can't downgrade my friend. You get random reboots when doing not so intensive tasks on your phone. I will ask people on september build to test it for me. I removed the bootloader check so anyone can install. oh yeah one last thing, fingerprint works on havoc 3.0.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kac222:
Thats great news. Thanks.

Wysłane z mojego SM-A705FN przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MarvinMod:
downgrading is not possible unless you know how to micro solder. Honestly, people should hold off on updating basebands till los 17 gets further along in being compatible with newer firmware.

Beings you have already updated, you can not go back.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kac222:
But the last version LOS17 is compatibile only with newest firmware. Because i update my phone. But the last version LOS17 is not stable.

Wysłane z mojego SM-A705FN przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] lorenzomacdonald:
Rooting the Phone also makes its freeze and reboots… (on stock rom)
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Craftplacer:
What is your--

LineageOS version: 17.0-20191225-UNOFFICIAL-a70q

LineageOS Download url: N/A, this thread/github

Firmware version: ?

Model number: SM-A705FN

Did you--

wipe: Yes

restore with titanium backup: No

reboot after having the issue: Forced yes

Are you using--

a task killer: no

a non-stock kernel: ?

other modifications: Magisk

Provide any additional information (observations/frequency of problem/last version it worked on/etc) as needed:

Observations: System freezes for some seconds, restarts

Frequency of problem: Whenever touching/using/installing with Google Play Store

Last Version it worked: N/A

Type of GApps: BiTGApps-arm64-10.0.0-v0.5_signed (Open GApps bricked the system apparently)
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Captain Beretta:
Same here, except I did not use any GApps, but NanoDroid. Whenever installing apps from Aurora app store (so no Play Store or any Google stuff), system freezes for seconds, then restarts.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Joselof96:
Yeah it seems like the bootloader 4 isn't completely supported, or atleast it does cause problems like the freezes that leads to reboots
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] romboedr:
dear Grarak,

first of all, thank you for the work you have done.

Next I would like to give a feedback on the lineageos-17 (build from 2019-12-25):

In general, everything works well according to the development stage.

As Captain Beretta already reported, there are many crashes when using this OS. In my case they were more frequent when using W-LAN (download of some maps for OSMAND Navigation APP). Other crashes occurred sporadically without any heavy use of the phone.

Because the use of build 20191225 required new framework A705FNXXU4ASK6, I flashed it on my phone. However, due to the many crashes I wanted to flash lineageos-16 back and this is exactly where the problem lies: it doesn't work.

The process breaks with the error message: "ERROR: This package requires bootloeader from version 3 or newer. Please upgrade bootloader and retry!"

As described by Joselof96, the new version A705FNXXU4ASK6 uses bootloader 4, but the old version uses 3.

In any case, bootloader 4 is newer than bootloader 3, and should, theoretically, pass the test of flashing. Downgrading to an older framework version with a bootloader 3 using Odin is not possible for known reasons.

The following steps have made it possible (is no sorcery, but for an unknowing person somewhat problematic):

use WinRar to extract the file lineage-16.0-20191014-UNOFFICIAL-a70q.zip\META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script

modify the line:

"assert(getprop("ro.boot.rp") == "3" || abort("ERROR: This package requires bootloeader from version 3 or newer. Please upgrade bootloader and retry!"); );"

at

"assert(getprop("ro.boot.rp") == "4" || abort("ERROR: This package requires bootloeader from version 3 or newer. Please upgrade bootloader and retry!"); );".

I suppose you can delete the line completely (haven't tried it yet).

replace the original file with the modified one.

copy the zip archive to the SD card and flash the ROM as usual. It worked, even with the bootloader 4.

This might help someone who wants to continue using lineageos-16 for the time being.

The new features in Android 10, such as system-wide dark mode or the sensor shutdown are very convincing.

I would like to use them again as soon as a stable version is available from Lineage-Team.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Joselof96:
Trust me you will get reboots on LOS 16 as well with this new version 4 bootloader
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Grarak:
New release:

https://github.com/Grarak/android_device_samsung_a70q/releases/tag/20191230

Also recovery needs an update. I will do that later this week.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Joselof96:
Nice grarak so it was kernel panics all along that caused the freezes?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] romboedr:
Yeah, you're right. Unfortunately, there's been an increase in crashes.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Joselof96:
Flash latest LOs 17 now it fixed the freezes
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] romboedr:
Okay, thanks for the feedback. I'm testing the new version right now, too.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Joselof96:
Let us know if you experience any freezes
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] romboedr:
I have now spent about 50 min. installing and setting up all the apps (including Magisk 20.1) I usually use: so far I have not been able to reproduce any crashes or freezes I got in the previous version from 2019-12-25.

If I get a crash during the day, I'll write here how I got it.

Otherwise I wish everyone a happy new year.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Soren01:
Which camera to use?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Dominik420:
is the location running on apps?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MarvinMod:
I get an error 255 in twrp when trying to create a backup of the data partion only. I have not updated to the ASK6 baseband. if I update to the latest los 17, will I have issues does anyone know? Or does anyone know how I can backup my data?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kac222:
I have the same.

When i install version 25.12.2019 can't create backup data and system.

I have ASK4. I reflash clean system via Odin but did not help.I wipe data and internal storage but no change. I trying restore my data from last copy ASJ3 but have Error 255.

I think that the problem was in LOS17.

Now I'm on stock rom but problem it's still.

Wysłane z mojego SM-A705FN przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MarvinMod:
Will you try flashing los16 and see if the backup of data works there? Also, the latest update of los17 12-30-2019 will not install on the older basebands. I don't want to update to ask6 till i can backup data. How can i update to ask6 without installing the stock rom and leaving los17 intact?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Craftplacer:
Have you got to run any apps or installing some without freeze/crashes?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Karagra:
I asked in the new Havoc Thread but what is the fastest gaming rom? Stock L17 or Havoc? I feel in my head stock would be the slowest but would def love a answer. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] romboedr:
No crashes/no freezes.

However, there are other problems: very low volume of the microphone during video recording and making calls through the headphones does not work. An even worse problem is the call quality: when you are called, the other party hears himself as an echo. These problems do not occur with firmware.

You can adjust the sensitivity of the microphone via the

mixer_paths_idp.xml file (in the /vendor/etc folder). Here simply adjust the lines for microphone recordings:

from line 2441 to line 2538 increase the values of the entries "TX_DEC0 Volume" value=** and "TX_DEC1 Volume" value=** (I increased all to 110).

The echoes during phone calls disappear if you set the value in line 2433 to about 87 and lower (instead of 98).

At the same time the microphone sensitivity for voice recordings decreases. Using an external program helps to solve this problem.

The described problems with microphone sensitivity and echoes occur in both LOS17 and LOS16.

So I would still use LOS16 if I could until LOS17 is released as a stable version.

I hope this helps.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Craftplacer:
Generally the less features and things you have, the more faster it gets. So I would *guess* L17.

I guess I wait a bit more for Grarak to stablise this one, and then I can finally escape One UI! lol
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Karagra:
Welp none of this matters now after hours of attempting to get OEM Unlock to appear on my samsung from xfinity mobile it wont show.. turns out F xfinity mobile users -.- guess ill stick with stock smh
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Joselof96:
You need to be on latest firmware and connected to WiFi to unlock bootloader, also you need to enable it in the developer settings
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Karagra:
Yeah I know I did all that still no luck even with setting date 7 days back turning off auto updates and enabling developer settings still no OEM Unlock appears.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] B__B:
What is you model number
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Craftplacer:
Wasn't there an Odin ROM to flash to enable the OEM Unlocking?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Karagra:
Model: SM-A705U

I tried everything in Odin maybe I missed something?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Craftplacer:
Can't you unlock the bootloader by going into Download Mode?

There it should say "Volume up long press : Device unlock mode", then well long press volume up.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Karagra:
i was in that menu using odin everything failed
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] B__B:
Can not bootloader unlock USA models or Canadian models
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Karagra:
This a temporary thing atm or a permanent thing?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] B__B:
Permanent that I know of
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Joselof96:
What model is the us one?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] B__B:
Sm-A705u
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TiTiB:
TWRP Error 7 Flashing LOS 17 20191230 Build

I've seen, and fixed, the TWRP Error 7 before by removing the 'Assert' line in the zip, but I'm seeing error about requiring bootloader version 4 or newer. New to me.

I'm currently on stock build

PPR1.180610.011.A705MNXXU4ASL1

rooted

TWRP 3.3.1-0

Was able to flashHavoc 3.1 with no problems, but would not boot after EdXposed installed (tried YAHFA & SandHook), so I reflashed back to stock, and here I am.

Here's link to 'partitions' http://pc.cd/IuKctalK

I ran

ls -l /dev/block/by-name > /output.txt

in TWRP Terminal, but got error in screenshot.

I really want to get rid of that stock Samdung, but I must have XprivacyLua (which requires Xposed), and unless I can get LOS installed (or figure out why Havoc and EdXposed aren't playing nicely together) I'm stuck with it.

Any help much appreciated.

EDIT: Installed LOS 16 without issue. Gonna try Magisk/EdXposed now.

EDIT2: Success with

LOS 16 20191014

Magisk 20.3

Magisk Manager 7.5.1

Riru Core 19.6

Riru - EdXposed v0.4.5.1_beta(4463) (SandHook)

EdXposed Manager 4.5.4

XprivacyLua 1.27

Everything from here on out is icing on the cake, but would still like to use LOS 17 if possible.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MarvinMod:
you either need to update your baseband to ASK or use this version. https://github.com/Grarak/android_device_samsung_a70q/releases/tag/20191203 updates past this one are only compatible with new (ASK) bootloader/baseband

Before you make the jump, copy system/media/audio in Los 16 then install Los 17 and copy to system_root/system/media in Los 17. otherwise you wont have any system sounds. This can be done in twrp by mounting system and using advanced/file manager
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] outbackdingo:
i seem to be having a gapps issue similarly, i cant add google play service to storage.... whats this about setting permissions and where ?? nothing seems to work

---------- Post added at 08:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:20 PM ----------

okay seriously getting frustrated, i fought through getting los 17 installed on the A70 following the flash, setup reboot to twrp format data install gapps reboot .... its stuck at android setup preparing for setup and then i get the google play message add me to sms storage etc etc which i do but it seems storage never stays as allow keeps going back to deny.... HELP! :) and Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TiTiB:
Thanks! for providing the link too!! I kinda gave up til reading this. I'll try it out in a few days; burnt out for now.

EDIT: Couldn't wait. Flashed w/o any problems.

EDIT2: Loving LOS17, except THE PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THAT MAKING YOU SCROLL THROUGH PAGE AFTER EFFIN PAGE OF RECENTS TO GET TO YOUR EFFING APP WAS A GOOD IDEA NEEDS TO BE SLAPPED IN THE FACE...HARD...MANY MANY TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF, MAN?!?!?!?!?!?

In LOS16 you could freeze Trebuchet (after installing another launcher, ofc), and you'd be back to good-old 'stacked cards' recents. Not with LOS17. Maybe there's another trick? Anyways, getting this abomination fixed is now my laser-focused goal in life!
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MarvinMod:
you should be able to swipe to the right and hit clear all on the left.

---------- Post added at 05:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:21 AM ----------

I have not done a clean install of los 17 but here is how I got mine on. from stock, flash twrp, vbmeta. boot to twrp and wipe all except vendor, flash los 16, format data, flash gapps reboot, setup then boot to twrp, install magisk, reboot. setup rest of device. copy the UI media from los 16 to external sdcard. reboot to twrp, flash los 17 and gapps 10, reboot then restart to twrp and flash magisk again to obtain root. copy the ui media back into its native place for los 17 and reboot. done
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] outbackdingo:
appreciate the reply, i couldnt flash 16.0 said something about have to upgrade bootloader wount install, i can install 17 fine, but gapps refused to be happy, short of that fuss, i installed Havoc 3.1 rom and gapss perfectly fine first run... then installed all my BB utils and then removed anything gapps based anyway :)

there are other rom stores. So im happily on Havoc 3.1 rom now.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MarvinMod:
Did you upgrade your baseband to ASK4, ASK5 or ASK6? If you did then Los 16 will no longer work and youll need the latest LOS 17 , not the one i linked in an earlier post. Also, gapps needs to be a certain version. Ill edit and add which one later when im home to look at my files. Also, why would you install gapps to just remove it?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TiTiB:
That is not the issue. The issue is that you can see only 2 open apps on the screen at a time (stupidstupidstupid), instead of numerous apps and one small swipe to scroll through all of them. Like I said before MANY MANY MANY face slaps are deserved.

It's like what f-droid did with their UI—less information and fewer apps shown, why?

Anyways, I couldn't get EdXposed installed, so I'm back to LOS16.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] JakunTech1010:
This is a very great rom. It gives me the latest Android version, better performance since Samsung put a lots of junk to their phone's OS.

However, there are some limitations such as camera (no 32mpx and no wide angle len support), TWRP can't decrypt data (can be solve by installing Magisk after format data) and there is Avery annoying issues: WiFi keeps dropping on my phone.

So yep I will try to keep use it. Hopefully Grarak will make this rom better.
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MarvinMod:
your able to create a backup of data in twrp on los 17 without errors? this is solved by installing magisk after format data? could you please confirm and post the device info instead of just latest android version?

im not having issues with wifi.

sm-A705MN

los 17 20191203,

gapps nano 20191114,

magisk 20.3,

twrp 3.3.1-5
[Samsung Galaxy A70 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] JakunTech1010:
Well I can access to the internal storage (include /data) which I can pull everything from /sdcard out and use them. But I can't backup data and TWRP still show error 255 and FBE error. But look on the bright side, you can flash anything you wanted inside /sdcard without having to copy it all to external sd card. :eek: :confused: :D