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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twilight Time:
Thanks for replying :)

I finally got TWRP ported into the recovery, its upside down on the screen ( ie. you swipe the top when the image is on the bottom )but its at least working :)

I really want to thank you for replying, Staysafe and COVID free.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seekernerd:
Do you think maybe you ported a TWRP for MT8127 into your MT8163? Could be incompatible?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kirichen:
To port TWRP you need the same processor and kernel version for donor and stock....It is the fastest way to port I think
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] splash08:
Hi ive just got my hands on a old XDA Exec (HTC universal) and i was wondering is there just a plain old HTC rom, rather than the operator roms?

Ive got a tytn II and i know there are default HTC roms for that so i was wondering if there was one for the Universal?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] TehPenguin:
There is no HTC rom, because it was never sold as the HTC Universal - it was always rebranded.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] splash08:
ah ok! thanks for letting me know!

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] EFN:
The closest you can get to a "Plain" Universal Rom is the Dopod 900 official 1.30. Dopod was in fact a direct HTC sub company which is now all merged into HTC. The ones from QTEK, O2, iMate etc are all "customers" to HTC and they have their own rebranded roms
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] thepersona:
I used ccswe app to debloat apps and close unnecessary apps to preserve battery on my note 10 plus. Is there an alternative for that app for the pixel 4xl?

Adb commands are absolutely too complicated and I use a Mac so that combo isn't ideal. If anyone knows of a simple alternative, suggestions are greatly appreciated.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] Bwyan Benton:
I honestly don't know what there is to debloat on a pixel. Anything you don't want can easily be disabled. No extra apps are necessary. Sure Samsung needs the extra apps for that but pixels...no way.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] thepersona:
Fair enough, however I've disabled all I could manually yet even the disabled apps when updated show up on my applications so I have to re-disable them again. So I'm hoping there's an app that can permanently disable apps regardless of updating them. Also I'd like to disable certain services with guarantee and the CCSwe app for some reason provided reassurance when disabling apps and Services. Which is why I'm looking to debloat a bit more
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] Bwyan Benton:
What apps are you disabling?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] Demolition49:
Very surprised and first time hearing that a pixel phone needs debloating! What exactly is it you want to disable or remove?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] thepersona:
YouTube music for example or pixel live wallpapers. I want them disabled so that when an update arrives at the Play store I can update them freely without them being automatically re-inabled. This is totally doable on my note 10 plus. So I'm curious if there's a way to do it on pixel. Or even Google auto. I'm legally blind and not allowed to drive so that app is useless for me.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] Bwyan Benton:
I actually have them disabled and I don't get updates from the playstore unless I re-enable them. I've noticed upon clean flash when I disable apps they do an automatic update and re-enable themselves, but when I clear the data and disable they stay disabled and no updates come through. You don't need extra apps to disable anything in a pixel. Save yourself the headache man.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] thepersona:
thanks for the advice man I really appreciate it maybe I just might save myself the headache. What did you do the clear the data? Cuz I manually restricted its background usage prevented it from using data in the background cleared cache and cleared storage before force closing the app and then disabling. Am o missing anything? Cuz those specific disabled apps still show up as updates on my play store. Which is what I'm trying to remove. If I update them they will just re-install.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
I have Chrome disabled because I use Chrome Beta and it never asks me to update. As you can see, update isn't an option in the Play Store. Maybe try disabling all the apps you want, restart, and check the Play Store?View attachment 4892657View attachment 4892659
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] Paz9:
i use adb to disable digital wellbeing and system tracing.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] Mr. Blanco:
i have been searching for a response to this very question too , only google apps on my phone that i want are google photos, notes, drive and gmail , hopefully someone with more experience will be able to provide a solution to actually removing the unwanted google apps instead of just disabling them
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] sic0048:
If they are system apps, then you will have to root to remove them. If they aren't system apps, then you should have the option to uninstall them.

If they are system apps and you don't want to root, then your only option is to disable them. No app is going to be able to remove them without root privileges.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] airmaxx23:
The system can't be modified so the apps can't be removed even if you're rooted.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] sic0048:
If you are rooted, you can install the Debloater Magisk module (support thread - https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/module-terminal-debloater-debloat-t3584163)

This still works under Android 10. I just now uninstalled the Chrome app using the module (on my Pixel 3a XL on the November security update).

After installing the module using the Magisk Manager App, here are the steps to remove a system app:

1) Open a terminal app and type "su" to get root privileges.

2) Type "debloat"

3) Most likely you need to choose menu option "4 - System Process App", but if you don't see the desired app listed under this selection, try some of the other menu selections.

4 ) If the app you want to uninstall is listed, simply type in the number of the app you want to uninstall.

5) Confirm that you want to uninstall the app

6) After the process finishes, reboot the phone .

That should really uninstall the system app - even under Android 10's new file system.

Edit - here is a screen shot of the Play store showing that Chrome isn't installed and can be installed. Edit 2 - for some reason the image doesn't show, but you can click on it to be taken directly to imgur to see it.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] thepersona:
The tip / advice I really do appreciate it. However I am not rooted sadly and seems to me that in order to get the most out of my 4XL, sadly I'll need to root my device.

Unfortunately routing seems exponentially tedious and I don't want to have to constantly flash my device per every update. Plus if I root I wouldn't be getting any updates as scheduled. I love to maximize the full potential ofmy device but I'm not familiar with routing and I have the impression that once my device is rooted, it's not a one and done deal I'm always going to have to flash ROMs constantly which seems like an exponential amount of extra work. Which sucks ?☹️
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] sic0048:
Well if you just want to root to remove bloat, then you don't need to worry about retaining root when taking updates. Just go back to taking updates normally without all the extra work. You'll lose root, but that won't bring back the apps you removed. They will be permanently removed.

(However, never re-lock your bootloader without going back to 100% stock - which would bring back the bloat - because you can brick your phone if there are issues moving forward).
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] r29:
if you are rooted magisk debloater =)
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] thepersona:
thank you for the advice I really appreciate it. Man there is a lot of benefits with rooting specifically with the custom g cam app that allows up to 20 x zoom and the viper4android mod on top of other modifications like theming and substratum. it would be ideal for me to use any and all of those I would love to get the maximum potential of my pixel 4 XL specifically for the camera but it seems like a lot of legwork. I'm tempted to just pay somebody to route it bearing that they could do it successfully but it seems like routing isn't as easy either. But thank you for the suggestion I appreciate it. I'll just be patient and trust that my disabling of those apps have permanently disabled them.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] sic0048:
Disabling apps does seem to work as expected. I had disabled Chrome for months now (because I use Brave) and it never "activated" itself or showed up in the app drawer, etc. However, it was nice to be able to permanently remove it using Debloater.

As far as rooting....... it really isn't that hard. I have created a detailed walk though on how to root on the Pixel 3a forum - but the steps are exactly the same for the Pixel 4s. It not only gives instructions on how to root, but also on how to take updates in the future as well. Be sure to check it out and post in that thread if you have any questions. https://xdaforums.com/pixel-3a/how-to/how-to-root-pixel-3a-preferred-t3938783
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] spuri78:
What does disabling the system tracing do? And what do you disable in it? Trace debuggable applications?
[Realme 5 Pro Questions & Answers] valipalakeksi:
Kimovil lists RAW as one of the camera features for Realme 5 Pro
[Realme 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Wolverinedd2:
Not with the Stock Camera app but with Gcam, it is possible
[Realme 5 Pro Questions & Answers] valipalakeksi:
Ok. Is there good gcam version for this phone that works with official rom?
[Realme 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Wolverinedd2:
Use this one https://beebom.com/install-google-camera-gcam-realme-5-pro/
[Realme 5 Pro Questions & Answers] valipalakeksi:
Thank you. I will when i get my phone next week. Are the raw files .dng format?
[Realme 5 Pro Questions & Answers] Wolverinedd2:
Ypp..they are in .dng format!!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Haris95e:
Hi guys, I have a found a easy and simple fix for getting the wifi on Q. Special thanks to Andy, Error and Jett Kasper, without them I wouldn't have worked out this solution. The steps are quite simple.

You need to have a working Q rom first.

NOTE: DO AT YOUR OWN RISK. Its been tested on US998, LS998 converted to US998 and H931 converted to US998.

The files needed are twrp dataimg or int2sd, any Q rom and jett's magical backup.

If you flashed pie kdz. Then you should decrypt your internal storage by formatting it. Or if you installed zip just make sure your phone is decrypted. Then you don't have to format internal storage again.

Also backup your persist, Persist-lg and modem partitions. Before switching to Q.

1. First of all check which recovery you have. It can either be twrp dataimg or twrp int2sd. If you have this move forward, if don't then flash it in fast boot mode.

2. Extract Jett's magical backup in the twrp backups folder.

3. From stock pie clean flash any Q rom. And let it boot.

4. When it boots. Reboot your phone to twrp.

5. Then in twrp you have to restore a backup. Its the jett's magical backup you have to restore in the recovery.

6. This backup has three partitions. Persist, Persist-lg and modem. Restore this backup and reboot your phone..

Now you will have working wifi om Q.

Tada! Enjoy the Q roms...

Find the backup link in comments.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] BADA 187:
EDIT: September 29th 2020

made a flashable zip of the WIFI fix, tested on latest TWRP and Orange Fox recovery

File is in attachment.

EDIT: September 10th 2020

I removed the files as they are no longer needed.

follow this instead

https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/how-to/q-wifi-fix-north-american-variants-t4012635/post83468045
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_infinity:
Great work [MENTION=3475147]SGCMarkus[/MENTION] [MENTION=3784300]BlueFlame4[/MENTION] this method fixes wifi for even those who didn't have wifi working even after oreo modem and Zach's fix

Maybe something similar could be done for other variants like h930
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] forgiven90:
Hello, This wifi problem has me going in circles... I'm working with a LS998 converted to US998 a while back. So now I'm stalled out at #5. I extracted the magical backup into the twrp backups folder and I can see the file (2019-11-29--11-36-39_QD1A190821014C2) in twrp file explorer but it doesn't show up when I go to restore it... I tried to find another location that twrp is looking in but can't seem to find another... any chance I could flash the Jett's magical backup as a .zip?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_infinity:
Are you sure it's in the correct directory?

Try making any random backup in twrp and see the actual location where that it saved.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] forgiven90:
WORKING!!! It was actually in the directory I was looking in, but there was an odd named backup that TWRP was pulling out of, so as soon as I moved the patch file into there with the others it was "seen" by TWRP
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Aptahar:
Doesn't worked on my H930 and Rebellion OS 1.2

What strange is that on Havoc 3.0 wifi and mobile data worked without any extra body movements immediately after installation. But when I installed Rebellion OS after Havoc, nothing could help to get Wifi working.

Now I restore backup Havoc 3.0 and everything work again. Maybe something in system, not modem or else
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ReddotCleaner:
it work for me, ls998tous998,thank u bro
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] InfinityMO:
For me it worked by making myself a backup on oreo kdz of the modem. I installed in between TWRP... Then i flashed the 30b Nougat kdz with lgup. Then i flashed HavocOS again with twrp. I restored my modem backup from the 20h and it works.

I get a qualcomm error at startup still. I do not know if its related. My phone is a V30+ flashed with US998er kdzs. I do not know what it was before ;)

I guess if nothing helps it is a good idea to backup a oreo modem for themselve and restore this.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
30b is Pie.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] InfinityMO:
Yes, i flashed Pie before going to Android Q. I did go the way up from Oreo, and saved my modem while on Oreo.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
You said 30b Nougat. I was correcting you. 30b is Pie.

Didn't want people to be confused...
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] InfinityMO:
Ohh ah now i understand. Yes, i administrate in between my G4 so nougat is still sometimes in my mind :D

I have an V30+ imported from USA, im living in europe. I dont know what it was before.

So my steps were:

Flash 20h kdz in LGUP refurbish

Flash TWRP

Backup my modem from Oreo to my hdd

Flash 30b kdz in LGUP Upgrade

Flash TWRP

Clean for Android Q in TWRP

Flash Android Q in TWRP

Restore my modem in TWRP

Bootup Android Q

I used US998 KDZ

It works so far. AOD is working after some activating deactivating. The Qualcomm MsgTunnel error is now gone.

Wifi disconnected once, i will further have a look at it.

If i forgot something or something is unclear feel free to ask
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] nola mike:
Ok, I borked my phone pretty good trying this. First, it didn't take using the US998. I then tried the H930 . In both cases I got errors writing/wiping the persist partitions. I will also admit that I missed the part about backing up those partitions specifically. Anyway, after that I bootlooped a bunch. Finally was able to flash a stock rom through twrp and then my twrp backup finally succeeded. however, I no longer have a cell radio. I assume I need to reflash the modem, or those persist partitions? Wifi is working (back on my old pie rom). A bit stuck ATM. Also, any idea why I had those problems flashing persist?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] nola mike:
OK, tried this again with the same result. Ended up in boot loop until I flashed a stock rom through TWRP. Error messages are:

"Unable to locate partition by backup name: 'persist-lg'...

Partition Persist cannot be wiped."

Modem flashes with success. Any ideas?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Don't know what all you did --but H930 modems are not compatible whatsoever with any North American variant modems.

(Wrote this earlier before my other answers to your other thread but it never saved.)
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] nola mike:
Yeah, it was late and I wasn't thinking. I only did the h30 after the us998 failed. Anyway, tried again after I got everything back up and working, and it failed in the same way, though it didn't boot loop. The ROM loaded and cell worked, but no wifi. See screenshot...
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] InfinityMO:
In your case I would give it a try to flash with lg up beginning with nougat 10d rom in refurbish.

Let the Roms everytime complete boot up. Things are happening during boot.

After flashing the oreo 20b and 20h in my case as update, i have to reboot the notebook before it finds the phone again.

Flash onto this 30b as updateand you should have a working stock phone again.

Last time i did the procedure i flashed in the last step pie 30b but without the modem in lgup.

Honestly I can not say for 100% if i left the other two files on oreo too.

I am very sorry about that :(

After that i flashed twrp, then android 10. On this i write now.

I had your problem when i flashed another android q onto the first.. i cleaned system cache and so on, did format data but still.

After beginning new it works like a charm again now with q.

Hope it helps you.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] PNT5V:
Well, I unzipped the Jeff folder in correct backup folder, but there was no use when I booted into TWRP and restored it, cuz I was unable to find the restore folder on it, and I had to go back to Pie, again. Any help?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] xd4d3v:
I don't think this is working on my H930DS.

Restored while on lineage and havoc.

Have issues on both. Intermittently random reboot and fails until a few reboots.

Has the solution mentioned by [MENTION=5024931]InfinityMO[/MENTION] work reliably? And if so wouldn't it be the same to extract a modem.img out of the Oreo kdz or of not possible

Restore someone else's modem backup? Rather than all the extra downgrading and reunlocking steps?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rockguy40:
What backup did you use? There isn't one available for the h930ds on the first page. You need to use one specifically for the h930ds variant, u cant use the one for the h930 or us998. Same thing for the modem, you need an oreo modem for the h930ds. You can extract it from a kdz. Or maybe ask on the telegram group probably someone has got one.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] 5unsh1ne:
Thanks for the fix. Worked perfectly on my H930 / LOS 17.1-20200205
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] nola mike:
I still haven't been able to get this to work. When I try to restore the backup, I only see options for "Modem" and "Persist" partitions. If I just try to restore those 2, the persist restore fails. If I just restore modem, not surprisingly it doesn't work.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] nola mike:
I'm the only one having this problem? Can someone walk me through your upgrade process? Maybe my ROM doesn't have a persist-lg (that's the error message I get)? Might try from lineage pie and see if that makes a difference. Otherwise IDK if there's another fix besides using the Jett restore?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] nola mike:
Well, the solution ended up being simple. My TWRP was 3.2.1(?). Updated to 3.3.x and had the options for restoring persist-lg. After that no problem.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheSilent3327:
Thank God! This solution works. Thank you very much.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] BenG7:
hi

hmmm, as there is still no version of jett's magical backup for the <B>H930DS</B>, wouldn't flashing the pie modem from 31a (last stock rom for europe where i'm based; unless anybody can point me to a working android 10 rom for the <B>H930DS</B>...) do the job - anybody knows:already tried?

fastboot flash radio 31a_modem.img

[EDIT] just tried that: "FAILED (remote: Cannot flash this partition in unlocked state)" (looks like partitions were renamed in 10/Q...)

fastboot flash radio working_Q_modem.img

Thanks
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] bhizzle:
Please, is it compulsory to flash any Q rom from stock pie for this to work?

Asking because of step 3.

Thanks
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
You have to be on stock Pie firmware first before installing any LOS-17 "Android 10" custom ROMs.

Just as LOS-16 ROMs need stock Oreo. You can't install those from Nougat.

See post #2 Advice on Custom ROMs:

https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/how-to/root-v30-t3927154
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] bhizzle:
Right.....Thanks!

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@ChazzMatt

Also, just to confirm that i could actually flash the stock pie ROM from this thread https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/development/rom-fw-lg-v30-joan-vs996-verizon-30c-t3974139/page5 , via TWRP after a factory reset (wipe data, system, cache)?

I apologize if i'm asking a question that has been answered several times.

Thanks again

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@ChazzMatt

Also, just to confirm that i could actually flash the stock pie ROM from this thread https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/development/rom-fw-lg-v30-joan-vs996-verizon-30c-t3974139/page5 , via TWRP after a factory reset (wipe data, system, cache)?

I apologize if i'm asking a question that has been answered several times.

Thanks again
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Yes.

I assume you are a Verizon customer? Since that's VS996 Pie.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] bhizzle:
Yea, but frankensteined to US998 initially.

I have found the thread to download the twrp-flashable stock pie ROM for US998 (30b), so i'll flash that instead.

Really appreciate your responses and the help you offer here. Thanks alot!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jinkerz9430:
Works like a charm! Kudos!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] r3dsparr0w:
Hello, XDA,

I am using the US998, converted from a LS998. I tried this fix, using the correct backup for my device, and it fixed my WIFI, but broke cellular data functionality. My phone said no service. Is there anything I can do to get my cellular data back? I followed the guide exactly. Is it because I flashed Oreo KDZ, and then flashed Android Q? I know this is a dumb question, but the guides can be confusing.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_infinity:
You need to do Pie Kdz/zip before flashing android 10 ROMs!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Read the custom ROMs FAQ.

See Queston #2. Pie blobs (drivers) for LOS-17 ROMs, not Oreo.

And for the Q crap, also see Question #9. :)

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79459374&postcount=2
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkherman:
[MENTION=10158151]Haris95e[/MENTION]

perfect work for me, thanks
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] BADA 187:
Hi all Hector Ayala and I have found a fix for us998 models (possibly all models) that replaces the Jetts backup (YAAAY)

This fix does not break your Widevine as it does not replace any files.

(And NO this fix does not restore Widevine for the people that already broke it )

do the following:

- Install a terminal (i used Termux)

- Then enter these 2 commands

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Basically what this does is create 4 missing symlinks in /mnt/vendor/persist-lg/wifi/qcom/

(Jetts backup has these symlinks that's why it fixed WiFi)

So its Official. No more Jetts backup needed ?

OP plz update Thread with link to here :D