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[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] onirotciv27:
the link is dead.sorry for my bad english i've tried all the procedure but still had no gsm on my xda iis dont have imei and i cant see my radio version can you help me....
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] Larik007:
Lucky You that I still have troubleshooting tutorial in my file archive. I've written it by myself when was unlocking many of these devices.

Although I'm not sure if it will help with symptoms You listed...

Here it is what you can try to do if your Blueangel PDA phone constantly showing "No Carrier" and it is not possible to enter phone settings:

1. Take off the battery from the phone while it is turned on.

2. Place the battery back in, turn on the phone. At bootup there should be stated "NONE" instead of versions of "R" and "G" (seems that it is required to be so).

3. After OS had boot, run the Unlocker. Few times, maybe.

4. Reboot.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkOrPn:
As the title states. We have been seeing just how incredible the new AI upscaling is on the newer 2019 models and I am wondering if we have any Developers here up for the challenge to bring this impressive feature to our original SHIELD TV models please? Below are just two of the reports on AI Upscaling.

Can it be done? Or is this impossible?

https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/28/n...-android-tv-market-with-amazing-4k-upscaling/

https://youtu.be/kmqa3c-oiAk
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taino211:
This is truly the million dollar question. I'd root for to get this if necessary! LOL
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkOrPn:
Yes me too. Wait I'm already rooted, haha. But yes lets bump this thread every week as much as we can please just to keep the title of this thread visible. I have never seen such a feature like this before. I want this bad, almost bad enough to sell it and get the newer device, which I'm sure is Nvidia's intention, lol. Well I hope they bring it to the earlier devices because my SHIELD TV's Geekbench scores are higher than the new Shield PRO's, thanks to the overclock kernel. It should have no issues, and neither should all the stock devices.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kronos 2000:
Hope someone will do it because the new shield pro is horrible 16gb of internal storage and no hdd/ssd.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex22280:
Maybe some developer can port the 2019 rom to work on older 2017,2015....
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkOrPn:
Yeah Nvidia was smoking crack when they designed the new Shields. If they weren't planning on upping the ram and storage sizes they should have at least left them the same. They have pretty much guaranteed that I won't be upgrading to a new one. My 2015 model is looking better and better as it ages, lol.

With that said, with the new 2019 model having better newer software features I find myself wondering if the 2015/2017 has become EOL for software updates.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WK 85:
Hello everybody, I asked the same question here.

wxy.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/shield-tv/9/325195/ai-upscaling-on-shield-2017-possible/

The answer is unfortunately no.

Well Nvidia wants to sell the new shield yes and that would be for me the only reason to buy.

I hope it is possible with a costum rome also with the 2015/2017 model.

Is AI upscaling a pure software thing or is it only possible with the new Tegra chip?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkOrPn:
Its probably nothing more than a software thing considering it is using NVIDIA servers to use the power of Cloud computing to do the heavy lifting. This AI feature probably would work on even the weakest of devices, so long your internet latency is low enough. With that said we need more info about the feature before passing judgment.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neutrosider:
AFAIK you don't have to be online to use the AI upscaling. I've read somewhere that the shield is using a pre-trained model to do the upscaling, that is presumably delivered with nvidias software.

Would be strange if the upscaling wouldn't work without internet, and i can't imagine everyone streaming their videos to a server and back all the time.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex22280:
Someone to port 2019 Rom to older version... The devices have the same base ..android 9 .The drivers are not the problem...For AI upscaling you no need to be online
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkOrPn:
That's my thoughts too, but NVIDIA is advertising it as AI Upscaling using the power of NVIDIA's own cloud computing servers. But I too have difficulty seeing that as the case. But then again, just about everything will eventually be moving to the cloud and there is nothing we can do to stop it. One day all our Operating Systems and Software will be run from the cloud. Its inevitable, especially after Quantum computing becomes a thing and fiber speeds are everywhere at a minimum, lol.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neutrosider:
yes, but i'd just assume that their cloud computing servers were the ones that pre-trained the model, as that is what's so computationally intensive. The shield then just uses that model, and nvidia can still use the fancy new buzzwords for marketing!

But as i said, i don't know these things, they're just assumptions
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkOrPn:
My good friend just got his 2019 Pro today. He wants to figure out how to dump the entire OS image so someone can figure out if its something that can be ported over to our current devices. Meanwhile I'm going to ask him to test AI upscaling without an internet connection by using a 480p local file. I'm thinking 480 would be much earlier for him to notice the differences right away. Makes it easier to spot the scaling tech at work, if you know what I mean. The only reason he pre-ordered it was for this AI thing, lol.

https://xdaforums.com/shield-tv-pro/help/how-to-dump-os-image-2019-shield-tv-pro-t3994891
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elliwigy:
if someone can find and upload the firmware ill definitely try
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhilipL:
Hi

The up-scaling isn't that good or anything remarkable. I can achieve the same thing upping the sharpness and resolution enhancer controls on the TV to full, which I would never do as it just makes things look unrealistic.

I've turned it off and everything looks more natural and pleasing. Remember you can't add detail that isn't there in the first place. It's all an illusion to our brains that gives the impression it has more detail, but really it has less detail due the processing.

I really wouldn't worry about upgrading 2017 or 2015 Shield just for their "AI" upscaling, besides it only works on 30 frame per second content or less anyway, presumably because it is just a software function that they can't run fast enough for 60 fps, whereas all TVs have dedicated hardware silicon for their sharpening algorithms and cope fine up 60 fps.

Regards

Phil
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkOrPn:
Yeah this has been becoming apparent with the more reviews we have been seeing. Looks like the 2019 is more of a money grab than anything else. There's no way I would be upgrading to the 2019, just like I didn't upgrade to the 2017.

I have tried over a dozen different Android TV boxes in the last 5 years or so and the Shield TV comes in #1 with the absolute worst picture quality. It's video output is far far far too soft for me. I was just hoping it was finally fixed and had managed to catch up to the other SoC's. That's all. I already have my TV's sharpening filter at maximum to compensate for the shields crappy soft PQ.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wagmans:
They didn't even bother to change the case for the "new" Pro or anything. It's exactly the same as the old 2017 Shield, with maybe the exception of the Tegra X1+, which functionally runs at pretty much the same speed as the standard Tegra X1.

What Nvidia is essentially doing with this "upgrade" is charging everyone for the Dolby Vision license by making us buy the same exact hardware 2x!!! :mad::mad::mad: They knew their biggest customer request has been asking for Dolby Vision for years and was too cheap to offer it to us for free or at a nominal cost to the end-user.

To hell with the upscaling- it's all software based, and anyone who cares about PQ is going to play back video in native resolution with Kodi and let their TV handle it anyways. I'm much more interested in Dolby Vision (which is also all software based) and Dolby Atmos on Netflix (which Nvidia is purposely locking older Shield owners out of). If someone figures a way to rip the firmware off the 2019 models and get Dolby Vision working on the 2015/2017 Shields, I really don't care if I have to root my 2 Shields to do it. Frankly I'm pissed that Nvidia is forcing us to pay twice for essentially the same exact thing just to get something they could have easily offered as a software upgrade.

FYI- Yes, the Shield's PQ is awful- you're not going to get much improvement with any sharpening filter (AI or otherwise) if the base hardware output is crap. Since Nvidia hasn't appeared to change the 2019's hardware at all, you really can't expect much from it. Just buy a $30 S9xx Amlogic based Android box and install CoreELEC on it for Kodi. You can turn off the built in filtering and it looks AMAZING. You still get lossless audio, etc, etc. I might even spring for a S922x based box when they come down in price.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhilipL:
Hi

The AI upscaling isn't very good in my opinion, doesn't do anything you can't achieve by ramping up the sharpening controls on the TV panel, which we don't do as it just makes for an over-processed and fake looking image. We've turned it off and everything looks better for it. The marketing is the only thing that has worked with AI upscaling, and the demo slider looks good, but all that really demonstrates is what a lot of over-sharpening looks like!

It's all marketing.

Regards

Phil
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkOrPn:
This info has been well known for a long time about the shield tv's PQ, which is why I already went through more devices than I care to admit. But I wanted to find ONE box to rule them all as I only have 3 HDMI ports on my TV, one for the PC, one for the Sat box and one for the Android box. And none of the Amlogic based machines have the grunt snappiness that the Shield has, which is for me the most important of all the features. However, I was thinking of waiting for a S922X device myself just for our local content and youtube but I hate switching inputs constantly.

In order of importance for a single Android box

1. Performance, especially for Emulation gaming and overall snappiness.

2. Widevine L1, because most of my content comes from Netflix, Prime, Hulu and possibly Disney+ soon.

3. Picture Quality out of the box because my TV doesn't do a good job of upscaling on its own.

4. Android TV, because I ONLY use the Smart YouTube app so I have full control over the resolution, bitrates, codecs and adverts which in turns means I am looking for better PQ from my hundreds of subbed YT channels.

I'm hoping to see MINIX release a S922X streaming box (with L1 hopefully), that would be enough for me to try amlogic again, but I am certain it will under perform on other tasks. Like you said you really have to care about PQ to do something like that, and apparently I don't care that much because I'm willing to keep my 2015 shield because of its performance with everything else. I just got tired of the constant purchasing of amlogic devices only to be let down by the UI and gaming performance. Our 3rd gen MiBox in the living room will be my last S9xx device I believe. And for my bedroom I do not see my Shield TV leaving for quite some time unless someone else surprises us with a must have device, or I do a DIY build using the Snapdragon 855 (dead screened 2019 phone) and my brothers incredible 3D printer for a custom Android TV case. Lol
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satsuki_yatoshi:
Just to say, a good trained ia can realy be powerfull to bring out detail from a low resolution picture.

Some time ago i processed all the ff7 graphic with an ia named esrgan and here's a sample:

As you can see it's not an advanced sharpen at all, it's much more powerfull
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wagmans:
Unfortunately you're really not going to get all that you want in any one box any time soon. The Apple TV 4k comes closest, and even that has plenty of problems. At least it has good PQ.

I bought the cheap Chinese S912 box I have specifically for Kodi, nothing else- that's all you can really expect from them. If someone does release an authorized S922x Android TV based box it would be nice- but I would bet it won't support Dolby Vision for the apps like the Shield, so what would be the point? You might as well buy whatever cheap S922x box you can find and stick CoreELEC on it. The S912 I have is pretty good, offers snappy performance, etc.

Pretty disappointed the "new" Shield is just a lot of marketing BS.

Someone please just dump the firmware from the 2019 Shield Pro so we can figure out how to get it working on our older models?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r4p70r:
Sooo....is there any Progress?

Did someone try to port the 2019 Firmware for the 2015 Pro Model?

Working Dolby Vision would be the most interesting thing.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j3oomerang:
Had no idea the Shield was known to have bad PQ. From my research, many 4K Blu-ray enthusiast use it to stream their backups and what not. Are you guys referring to 1080p and lower resolution signals being up-scaled, or 4K as well? The Shield tears through 4K Blu-ray backups via hardwired connection to HTPC. That along with its speediness is why I bought a 2017 a while back.

I need to read up on this more as PQ is the most important thing to me.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wagmans:
If PQ is important to you and you use Kodi a lot just pick up a cheap S912 box and stick Coreelec on it. You can turn off the built in filtering and the PQ is stellar. Output is 444 (or you can choose 422) and looks amazing compared to the Shield. I didn't realize how mediocre the Shield's output was until I installed Coreelec on my S912 box. I just picked up an Odroid N2 (S922 box) and installed Coreelec, and while the performance is much better than the S912 box I have, the PQ is no better- sorry I wasted money on it. Anyone interested in good PQ is going to just output at the content's native res/refresh rates and isn't going to use the "AI" filtering of the Shield. Just marketing BS.

I'm only interested in the new Shield because of the Dolby Vision. There's no reason why the 2015/2017 Shields can't do it. The SOC supports it. Nvidia just wants everyone to upgrade to pay for the software license. I have never heard of a company getting people to buy essentially the same exact hardware 2x to get software features.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j3oomerang:
So to be clear this hardware can easily playback 1:1 4K blu-ray backups? I'll look into it, but I have Youtube TV, Netflix etc, and I think Android TV will give a better user experience over all. I use Plex on the Shield to stream blu-ray backups stored on the PC (I do the same with a Roku Ultra 4K on another TV). I have Kodi too, but use Plex. Is there no way to send a raw signal to the TV using the Shield (and plex)? The Shield does a hell of a lot better than my PC (GTX 1050 2GB GDDR5) does for blu-ray playback so I always thought the Shield was great due to that. Honestly, I need a much better TV for me to be legitimately concerned about PQ, I was to trigger shy during black friday but will upgrade soon.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wagmans:
Plex can send non-transcoded video just fine but you might as well just use Kodi if you're going to do that. I use just Kodi because I just play off my NAS to a few TVs in my house. Plex is good for transcoding video and sending it to multiple devices like tablets, phones, etc. It's really good for streaming video outside the home- none of which I have a use for.

If all you want to do is watch video off your NAS or external hard drive I would recommend just using Kodi, either on the Shield or some other device. I only recommend Coreelec/Kodi because it's cheap, easy, and runs on a multitude of boxes. It does one thing, and does it extremely well.

If you want an all-in-one streaming box that also does Kodi/Plex, etc, then the Shield is still your best bet. For Kodi it still looks decent, but not as good as the cheaper dedicated solutions.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slayerkodi:
Any progress?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elliwigy:
I don't think anyones even working on it.. just buy a new model
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PDS1:
Sucks nuts!! I figured someone would try. At least Nvidia is admitting that they they just don't want to pay for it in retro for us. But notice below "enable things" be neat if it was in the updates just not enabled.

This is what they told me after my devices sound is now crap and goes silent all the time after the last update.

"The 2015/2017 SHIELDs are not licensed for Dolby MS12 (needed by Netflix for Atmos) or Dolby Vision and we cannot enable things that we are not licensed for on the 2015/2017 devices. The 2019 SHIELDs are licensed and so are able to have these features.

The AI upscaling in the 2019 SHIELDs is accomplished with new hardware in the new SOC that is in the 2019 Devices. The 2015/2017 SHIELDs already have basic upscaling."

I do not believe it is new hardware. But you can get a upscaling HDMI cable. I have been using them for years on the my shields and they work just the same.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elliwigy:
i mean id think the nvidia developers would know if its hardware lol..

if it was a matter of switching something on i imagine someone would have found this already..

if they enable ai upscaling (assuming its even possible) on 2015/2017 models then thered be nobrrason for them to have/sell 2019 models so it doesnt make sense from a business perspective
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PDS1:
Right that is why they are limiting the 2015/2017 make the 2019 more desirable. They can change the upscaling and they have, did and do. For instance, I used to be able to run mine on 4k 60 fps and it looked fine but after the last update broke the sound in my shields, I tried the hot fix, the first hotfix did nothing notable but the 2nd hotfix addressing upscaling issues in the 2019 model. In my 2017 it made so 4k 60 fps was no longer watchable due to it now being over saturated. I had the same issue with a defective upscaling cable. It looked exactly like that. Switching back to their "recommended" 4k 59fps looked better but now different then it had before. Most people know that scaling is not a hardware issue but programming.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elliwigy:
sounds like theyre usual shoddy updates to me lol
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] memnochlv:
I completely agree! They should've tripled the RAM, upped the processor speed, and even upgraded their GPU, for the sake of making it the best again. It's ridiculous..
[Google Pixel 4 Guides, News, & Discussion] Deleted member 5494300:
https://xdaforums.com/pixel-4-xl/development/kernel-kirisakuraq-1-0-0-pixel-4-xl-aka-t3992213

This kernel is for the pixel 4 as well. All credits to [MENTION=3428502]Freak07[/MENTION]

Just sharing this

Thanks [MENTION=3428502]Freak07[/MENTION]

https://xdaforums.com/pixel-4-xl/development/kernel-frankenkernel-t3996701

Credits to: [MENTION=6047959]dabug123[/MENTION]

Another kernel called Franken Kernel, also working on the pixel 4
[Google Pixel 4 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vedrick:
Tested and working, thank you. Pixel 4 XL
[Google Pixel 4 Guides, News, & Discussion] s7icky.com:
Yea working gravy so far
[Google Pixel 4 Guides, News, & Discussion] jduenes:
If there is anyone who is wanting to improve battery, this improved mine. There may have been a problem app on my phone but now my phone actually goes to deep sleep now where it wouldn't before. So give it a try.
[Google Pixel 4 Guides, News, & Discussion] Deleted member 5494300:
So far we have Kirisakura Kernel , Franken Kernel, ElementX Kernel (can get through the EXKM app, may have other source)

I've tried Kiri and Franken, both running good on my device, thank the dev's who made them
[Google Pixel 4 Guides, News, & Discussion] varun.gid:
which of these improve battery life?
[Google Pixel 4 Guides, News, & Discussion] vdevl:
thanks for the heads up! kernel works great on my 4
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Myleon:
Hello everyone,

Since Miui 11 has a system wide dark mode, but is based on android 9 for now, does that mean apps like gmail, whatsapp, instagram etc, which have dark theme support in android 10, would not have a dark theme option in Miui 11 based on adroid 9?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] CaPicote:
Yes, currently on MIUI 11 based on Android 9 and I confirm that Gmail and such won't have any dark mode.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] dudumaroja:
I tried the dark mode and looks trash to me, the notification and quick settings have a really ugly and unfinished look to it. Returned to a Android 10 custom rom in less then 10 min, better gestures and dark mode.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Mikael1013:
Dark mode it's basically the same as in MIUI 10 ?, you can try with this app and see if helps on MIUI 11.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zacharee1.systemuituner
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] CuriousCore:
Basically this miui 11 update is ****. Offere nothing but just gimmicky features which could easily be given by app updates. I am fed up of thie **** I am never buying a Xiaomi again. Assholes.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] funop:
Dark mode works as intended apps that have dark theme will turn dark play store and Instagram for example
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] juancastro86:
I need to get the device unlocked app working on the converted TMobile version. The app will not load and crash.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] jestyr8:
You'll have to revert to the TMO Rom in order to use the TMO unlock app. It won't run on the international version.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] qbanlinxx:
Have you tried the sun unlock guide? Got lucky and worked on mine when the app wouldn't unlock my phone.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] Dr8ven:
You can do either revert back or use the guide on here to sim unlock but no easy task since either or you gotta put in the work.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] juancastro86:
Do you have the link for that. Thanks
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] Dr8ven:
https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/guide-sim-unlock-t-mobile-version-type-t3915269

Just in case the link 8snt working for whatever reason ...it's in the guide section of the forum
[Oppo Realme 3 Questions & Answers] mrockienz97:
I have rooted and installed twrp on my device and I did a hard reset through phone settings, but my cellphone turned off, then I took it to the oppo service center and reinstalled it and my cellphone came back to life but the image became null and the simcard wasn't detected.

how to solve this problem

please help me
[Oppo Realme 3 Questions & Answers] vicky11112:
Help me also

i have the same problem in my realme3 rmx1825 and the baseband also becomes unknown.. if u got any fix then please share it with me also..... And anybody please help us to fix imei null problem..
[Oppo Realme 3 Questions & Answers] fawazahmed0:
moral of the story, always take complete twrp backup, before you flash anything in your phone