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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] valsharp:
According to the Universal Wiki [1]:

...

* 0.xx (eg 0.60) is G3, with an old Bootloader, you should upgrade the bootloader

* 1.xx is G3

* 2.xx is G4

...

But the "How to flash a new ROM to your Wizard... a little tutorial!" says [2]:

... First determine if you got a G3 or a G4 device. When you turn on your device from can can see you're IPL and SPL version on the screen. If you got IPL/SPL 1.xx or 2.xx you've got a G3 device. If the IPL/SPL shows 2.xx.xxx1 you've got a G4. Go to step G3.1 if you got a G3 and G4.1 if G4. ...

My XDA Exec shows 2.00

I very much do not wish to brick my device, so which is it ... G3 or G4?

[1] http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Universal_G3G4

[2] http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=298613
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sidhaarthm:
For me, it'll have to be the notification LED :( I really miss that. Had different colours for different apps and even people, so I knew who or what it was without even picking up my phone to check.

I also miss the fingerprint sensor on all the banking apps etc but that'll be resolved in due course once the developers switch to the biometric API for Face Unlock.

What is it for you? :confused:
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] chazall1:
+ 1 on everything you have statted.

I have not yet purchased the Pixel 4 xl

And dont know if I will
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfeyes30:
Definitely rather have a LED light than AOD for sure.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] EeZeEpEe:
Only the original quality photos and videos backup but not really. I'm actually using my 100GB Google One storage which I hardly touched. At my current rate of 1GB per 12 days, I'll be needing more space in just under 3 years. [emoji23]
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ksd316:
Hands down the finger print sensor. ? Unlimited Full Photo Backup as well. Wide angle selfie camera. I didn't think it was a huge deal on the 3 but I ended up using it quite a bit.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Veritech:
For sure LED notification and fingerprint sensor. I like the face unlock but also want to have the choice to not use it and use a fingerprint instead. There's many times I will pull my phone out just to see the time then POOF...unlocked. Ugh! lol

(yes, I know PIN/Pattern can be used in lieu of face unlock)
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pappy35:
There is also a setting to face unlock then go to the "lock screen" rather than all the way in. That's what I do. So tap the screen to see notifications or face unlock then swipe up.

Settings -> Display -> Lock Screen Display -> Skip Lock Screen toggle : On skips directly to last screen used (like your home screen). Turn it off and Face Unlock goes to your lock screen and you just swipe up to then go to the home screen.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bitwiser:
nothing. I thought I'd miss the fingerprint sensor, but I don't Face unlock is so fast it would be unlocked before I could place my finger. I would like an ultra wide lens and top bezel to shrink but that was not on the older models either...just hoping those 2 are done on P5

I have a TB on Google one, so not a huge issue for me with photos. I save original quality. I had my subscription last year as well.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Gustav Karlsson:
Autofocus for the front-cam, no doubt...
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Demolition49:
Biometric API is really bugging me and I bet we could wait a very, very long time before Devs start actually updating for it.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gettinwicked:
Nothing really. I thought I'd miss the LED, but I haven't really noticed it being gone much. The fingerprint sensor some, but mainly because a lot of my apps use it. Definitely miss the convenience of it. I'll be very happy once they start using the new API. I sort of miss the metal back of the 2xl. But, wireless charging is awesome, so it's kind of a toss up.

I DEFINITELY don't miss the notch on the 3. I didn't think it bothered me, until I got this phone. Now I can't understand how I went a full year with it...
[Google Pixel 4 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
At least for as long as only a few apps support biometric unlocking, it definitely is the fingerprint scanner. But I'm sure it's only a medium-term loss, and we'll see more apps being able to use biometric unlock very soon.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] calbruc:
Hey guys,

I tried flashing the November factory image, but my phone still says that it's on the stock (October) firmware version.

It's an unlocked, Google Store devices on Verizon. I flashed the QD1A.190821.014.C2 version (and it seemed succesful), but phone still says its on -.007. Rooted with Magisk prior to flashing but disabled all mods.

I tried to flash twice with the same results. Any idea? What am I missing?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] xxxtncxxx:
well what did the flash log say it must have failed, update your platform-tools, change usb port on pc, change usb cable (or flip the usbC connection sometimes that works in a cable were one of the pins is bad), those things fix 99.9% of non syntax/user errors with fastboot flashes.

I also have Gstore version unlock and rooted no issues on update. Platform-Tools was updated since last release, that may have caused issue but not sure because i updated before the flash....
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] brandon5491:
I had problems with the versions. I was on the .007 October version (bought unlocked from Google). Figured since I'm on T-Mobile, I'd flash the image that was for T-Mobile .014. Turned out it didn't take and it broke the Face Unlock. As soon as I flashed the .007.A3, it's working beautifully. Maybe since you were on .007 before (like me), try the .007.A3?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] calbruc:
Well, I updated platform tools and flashed the C3 build and it worked like a charm. Not sure what the issue was, but one of those def fixed it!
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] madscribblerz:
Don't know if everyone has this issue, but I've installed Nova and every time I rebooted my first home action went to the pixel launcher instead of Nova. After each reboot I was having to launch Nova, go into settings and set it as the default launcher again to make it work right. Freezing the pixel launcher disables the recent apps.

Doing some digging I found something that solved this for me. It has something to do with the broadcast receivers the pixel launcher is requesting.

I used SD maid to disable all of the pixel launchers broadcast receivers and it works great.

Hope this helps someone save some time as it wasn't straightforward to search for.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] c_86:
Never had this issue and I've been using nova since day one. And gestures work perfectly
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] wrongway213:
Doesn't Nova break QuickSwitch recents though?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] phrozact:
I've not had issues using the native gestures together with Nova Launcher. QuickSwitch works too. What I did was set the default launcher as Nova Launcher from the Pixel Settings app, doing it from Nova Launcher settings doesn't seem to make it stick for some reason.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] airmaxx23:
How did you do this in SD Maid?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] madscribblerz:
I went to the receiver manager, clicked the three dots in the upper right, checked other and they showed up.

I also found that if I wait a bit after the home screen comes up before using it it doesn't have the weird launcher behavior. So it might have been a matter of waiting long enough for initialization too.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] airmaxx23:
I'm not seeing Receiver Manager, is it only in the Pro version?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Badger50:
If your using Nova with root, you likely didn't wait long enough. Had the same issue as you here and there. If I waited a minute, was fine :good:
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] madscribblerz:
Maybe, I do have pro.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] madscribblerz:
Thanks Badger, happy to see you here.

You mention root being a factor - does hiding root from Nova help?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Badger50:
You too bruh! I don't hide root from Nova. I use it for the lockscreen swipe up gesture, and other accessibility features :cool:
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jiggs82:
What about lawn chair with quick switch and gestures?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Ghisy:
[MENTION=3730810]Badger50[/MENTION], I just got my Pixel 4 XL. Does using native gesture navigation work well with Nova now?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Badger50:
To be perfectly honest, I have no idea my friend. I don't like gesture navigation whatsoever. I'm a 3 button fan. Sorry I couldn't help :cool:
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Ghisy:
[MENTION=3730810]Badger50[/MENTION] Oh I see, that's unfortunate! I guess I'll just give it a try and see what happens. Thanks anyway.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] wgrant:
It worked fine for me but I've moved to FNG for the customization options.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Ghisy:
I used to use FNG on Oreo but I moved to Vivid NG on Pie. It works better for me.

I might keep on using it on my Pixel 4 XL but I want to give the stock gestures a chance. Only if I can use them with Nova though.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] madscribblerz:
It does work perfectly with Nova now.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Ghisy:
You mean stock Google gestures?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] madscribblerz:
Yep.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Ghisy:
That's great news, thanks! ?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Shayded:
Be aware that people on here (and reddit) will claim it works perfectly but conveniently leave out the fact that the animations still aren't 1:1 and never will be without a quickstep compatible launcher.

Your swipe up for home will just have the app disappear into a fade, not back into the icon, and swiping up for recents from the home screen has no animation at all.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Ghisy:
Oh, that kinda sucks :/

I wonder if Google will ever fix that?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] madscribblerz:
I guess I see different launchers behaving differently as a given. Nova has lots of animation options - so yeah, not stock.

By perfectly I mean you don't have to set Nova as the default launcher after rebooting anymore. It works as designed, transparently, albeit not the pixel launcher but that's kind of the point, right?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Ghisy:
I see what you meant now. I was hoping I could get Pixel launcher animations with Nova but it's not a big deal.

I wonder if it's up to Google or Nova's devs to fix this?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] madscribblerz:
Dunno - but if you want pixel animations I'd look at rootless launcher or action launcher - they are both based on pixel launcher.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Shayded:
Closest you can likely get is Lawnchair with quickstep. Gets you a middle ground of customization but with native pixel gesture support and animations
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Prey521:
NM
[Google Pixel 4 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Ghisy:
Now that I'm (finally!) using the P4XL, I can confirm animations with Nova aren't as smooth as with the Pixel launcher. It kinda sucks but I'll take Nova customizations over nicer animations any day, if we can't have both!
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] barth2:
Considering buying this because seems good for the price and I really like OLED, even if it's just 720p and admittedly I've never used pentile.

Anyway, Amazon has the 64gb model for $166 but it's the EU model. Does this mean I'll have trouble with US GSM carriers like at&t and t mobile?

How is the sound quality of the speaker? I don't mind if it does not get real loud but it should be clear and has a bit of bass and not tinny. I hate tinny speakers.

Similarly how is sound through headphone. I have a grado SR60 which is an entry level audiophile headphone. Will it sound as good as with say an iPhone 5

Edit: one more: is it true there's no nav bar? This would be a big problem because I do not have normal hand and I rely on having a dead spot at the bottom right of the screen to grip the phone with one hand. With the nav bar it's kind of perfect because there's naturally a dead spot there I can put my truncated thumb. With iPhone like gesture only navigation would have to cradle the phone or put it on a surface.

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] qwertysmerty:
Mi A3 does not support all US LTE bands. It supports LTE bands B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/20/28/38/40, you can check against at&t and t-mobile LTE bands in your area. I'm pretty sure bands 2/4/5 are supported by the both operators.

There is navbar, also the bottom bezel is 6-7mm.

I cannot say anything about the speaker and audio jack output. I don't use either. Output via bluetooth is pretty loud and isn't tinny.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] barth2:
Thanks. Does it have eye comfort setting to make the screen warmer? I like this feature because most phone screens, like most consumer displays, are way too blue out of the box.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] _mysiak_:
Screen has warm colors out of the box, can be made even warmer with night light feature of Android.

Audio through audio jack is very clear, you should have no issues with Grado headphones. Can't compare it to iphone though, I've never owned this phone :)
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] evanB70:
This phone has a mono speaker, but the sound output is surprisingly good. Although it's not very loud.

Recent updates have improved the sound output via headphone jack a lot.

720p pentile can be an issue for some & it uses PWM flickering to control brightness, so it might cause issues for sensitive people.

You can enable 3 button navigation with a simple ADB trick, no root required.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] qwertysmerty:
Also there is no EU model per se. Hardware is the same and difference in the firmware only. You can always flash International firmware. One of the things coming to my mind is regulatory differences in allowed Wifi channels, their bandwidth and signal strength.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] _mysiak_:
Not sure why are they doing it this way. On previous phones there was only one FW version and phone picked up correct regulatory domains by location/SIM card.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] BrooklynSpartan:
Hello, my phone is originally a t mobile (u) model that i flashed to U1 over a year back. I'm trying to go back but in an attempt, im just stuck on a bootloop.

What I did was flash from October patch to September patch, flashing HOME_CSC, not CSC in order to not loose data, and using official Odin. What did I do wrong? Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
did you flash all 4 or 5 md5 incl userdata?

also we are talking about full firmware right? not zip ota?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] BrooklynSpartan:
i did flash all including userdata at first and I was stuck on the update screen where the message was stuck on updating system, I reflashed it again without userdata and now its at the tmobile boot screen.

It was the full firmware from sammobile.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
weird. give it 5 mins. if it still dosen't boot then looks like ull have to flash csc.md5 and be wiped.

try going to recovery and just wiping cache for fun before.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] BrooklynSpartan:
i think I had it on bootloop for 15 mins before I gave up, I wiped cache as well. I'm trying to revert it back to my starting firmware now so that I can at least backup my data before flasing CSC itself. It's not a big deal but id like to back a few things up.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Jammol:
Did you get your phone back up and running?
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] deadlyheart4u:
I bought my F900F from Thailand, and I stay in India, I downloaded the firmware from the Sammobile and flashed using ODIn but no luck I am still on Thai Firmware not Indian but whereas on the Sammobile site it says for India.

Can anyone guide me or help me. I want Indian firmware as For Samsung Pay and other things are much different for 2 regions.
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] seh6183:
I'll try to help you. Please tell me the exact steps you took to flash the firmware including what Odin said when the flashing was complete.
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] deadlyheart4u:
I just waited it for to reboot and started normal, i didn't do anything else but it was the same for Thailand only.
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] deadlyheart4u:
Exact steps:

I downloaded the INU firmware from sammobile

ODIN 3.1.3

Put the extracted files in AP / CP / BL/ CSC

Ran the update

It happened and completed -> Pass

Then i waited for phone and it was still Thai Firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] Uduff:
Hi, friend!

Do you have call record on Thai Firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] deadlyheart4u:
Yes I do
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] deadlyheart4u:
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[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] Uduff:
I'd like to change region. How to do that? Any idea, anybody?
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] deadlyheart4u:
i dont think anyone has any answer.
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] henklbr:
Didn't you ask the same question on SamMobile?

You can't change the CSC from Thailand (THL) to India (INU)
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] deadlyheart4u:
Cant it be done anyway, I am really unable to use samsung pay.
[Samsung Galaxy Fold Questions & Answers] Uduff:
Up theme
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] Cloud327:
Need help!! Which is the best pie build rom for playing heavy games? I'm currently using the latest version of miui 10 based on Android 7 and games lag too much!(ex:PUBG)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] undergrid:
So I currently own a Tab S4, Note 10+ and Note 8 and I've been impressed with the AMOLED screen. Today I got a Tab S6 and I'm severly disapointed by the screen quality. Compaired to the other AMOLED displays, this looks like an old LED panel, pretty bad quality no deep blacks, low contrast and the same image looks totally different over the two Tab screens. Additionally, when something comes up that blurs the background, the effect is more like a severly reduced pallet count rather than the normal blurring effect.

Is this normal for the Tab S6 or is this a bad unit?

I've also had trouble with the under screen finger print scanner not registering fingerprints, so I'm thinking faulty...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] Daniel Hjelvik:
I haven't had any problem with the screen nor the fingerprint. Might be a bad unit.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] Jeffro64:
No problems with mine...Everything looks great. Just a thought...When I first got mine up and running it looked a little dim as you describe. I went into the settings and put it on vivid and it lit up and was a totally different look. But if that don't help then probably a faulty screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] lukesellwood2:
Come from the tab s3 have an s10 plus as my daily phone looks just as good as the s10 plus in my opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] dagrim1:
Nope it isn't
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] undergrid:
I did try that, but even with vivid on it still looked washed out
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] Jeffro64:
Yeah sounds like a bad screen....I would take it back.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] Shocky2:
The quality control is awful, I've had three which I've returned due to uneven black levels.

Samsung are obviously aware of the issues with the displays but they don't care because many users just don't complain about it, or don't know what to look for.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] zetsumeikuro:
Apparently there are a lot of people having uniformity issues with their devices and there doesn't seem to be one free of defects. As always it's the OLED lottery! Exchange until you're satisfied.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] lukesellwood2:
We are all techies in this forum the average user would probably not even notice if the backlight was uneven especially if they have come from an old non OLED device I think that's probably part of the issue
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] Extreemator:
Totally different look that gnus hooked people up on, and milliards of nobbs saying that amoled is way superior tehnnologi. Now it decided to turn around and present natural colour palette (with uneven wrinkled display to boot), i agree that it can be not so good to look at it after vivid
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] Rapidfire93:
Im in the same position as you and I already bought 3 Tablets that had unsatisfying black levels. I feel bad for buying and returning them and I am asking myself if I should keep trying or just give up.

The OLED display on my note 8 looks so smooth and even. I wish I would find a similar tablet display.

Did you finally find a unit of the Tab S6 that has perfect blacks ?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] xQuantum:
Unsatisfying black levels? How is this possible? Black should be totally black LOL xD

Do you mean the grey color or something near black? Or you guys really talk about true black color? ( for example when booting up the device )
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] bartleby999:
True blacks are fine, but it doesn't handle mixing very well - Compression and noise is easily noticeable at that point.

For example : The blacks in this video look terrible and Compression is easily noticeable when mixing the Vegas sign and the landscape of the city.

But in this video, they're perfect - The only noticeable problem in this video for me is when the camera is panning the planet and mixing black, purple and blue - at which point some minor noise is present but the rest is fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] xQuantum:
What about Galaxy tab s4? Is it the same as S6?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] bartleby999:
No idea - I came straight from the SM-T800.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] tamerh:
tab s4 has a better screen
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] Shocky2:
No, I'm not concinved there are any perfect displays. I still have one corner that's darker, honestly this experience has put me off Samsung. As soon as there's an Android tablet with better specs I'm done with this, I might be done with Samsung to be honest, the punch holes in their new phones are horrible and they're overpriced..
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] albabarn:
What's the best way to check the uniformaty of the panel in the S6? I don't believe I've got any issues but better safe than sorry!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] Canadoc:
Tab S4 much better will return the s6 I just bought as you can see grey in blackboard in so.e videos which you don't on the tab S4. Hopefully replacement will be better.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers] Airtioteclint:
Same here. Quite disappointed with the display. Had a Note 10.1 and a galaxy tab pro previous to this and I noticed the terrible display quality immediately. I played around with the settings and natural is bad but vivid is even worse no matter how much i tinkered.

Finally i tried turning on blue light filter, which improved the display to satisfactory level. I never turn on blue light filter on any of my other Samsung devices (2 tablets and about 6 phones). Weird.