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[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] murphyjasonc:
I think your best bet is to flash the 011 image. I would try flashing it first with the -W removed. You might get lucky and save yourself some time. If that doesn't work then flash November again and go from there.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] Voight Kampff:
Is this issue related to root? I had a fresh install with the latest December patches (qq1b.191205.011) that did not work with Face Unlock. However, that attempt was also rooted in the typical fashion with Magisk. After performing a full re-install of qq1b, I was able to use Fack Unlock normally. I'll re-apply root later today and let you know if that was the tipping point.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] CyberpodS2:
My personal totally uneducated and based on nothing but a guess is that in the process of Google "fixing" the facial recognition security changes are at best are a bit flaky when flashing the update. The fact that several users have been told by tech support to do a factory reset to fix it seems to support that they knew about it very quickly if not before the release. Lol

To me it seems there are more scenarios getting blamed that I believe is the case but instead I think it's a byproduct of the monthly update changes itself. Hell I might be completely off base with this but if my experience with the 2XL is any indication, we had a couple updates where you we better of doing a clean flash than trying to deal with all the different "fixes" people kept thinking they found.

Sorry for the rambling but at the end of the day I guess what I'm saying is it's probably faster and less stressful to start from scratch fairly early in the troubleshooting process if the December update is boned up for you...
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Nothing to do with root. This might help explain it though :cool:

https://xdaforums.com/pixel-4-xl/how-to/december-update-t4013967/post81175185
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] Voight Kampff:
It wasn't due to root. I went through the same normal steps (flash-all.sh, complete setup, and then patching with Magisk). Face Unlock works fine. So, I must have done something slightly off the previous time.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] bluedog220:
Fixed.

I was experiencing the same "can't verify face" issue after flashing ( -w) the December update. I no longer had root at this point so I am not sure the issue/culprit.

I took the advice of others here and did a factory reset ( from the settings) and now Face Unlock works as it should on the december update.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] CyberpodS2:
Heh maybe the "Pixel feature drop" updates well have is doing factory resets quarterly now... Not that I ever go 4 months without boning out up enough to need a reset anyway. Lol
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
You do have a history of that ol buddy! ????
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] wolfeyes30:
Updated with T-Mobile factory minus the -w and face unlock was fine. Before updating I deleted my face id data, removed my pin, uninstalled substratum overlays and magisk modules. With the Pixel 2xl I also did the same, deleted fingerprint data.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] Falargi:
When Google says: build XXX for TMobile... Build XXX for Verizon, or whatever.... Do they mean the carrier that you use for service, or the carrier that you bought the phone from?

Because I use TMobile but I bought my phone directly from the Google store. It's confusing.

I went back to November build. I didn't get the chance to flash December but I will try this afternoon. I will try build 012.A1
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] murphyjasonc:
It should refer to the carrier that you are using. I'm not for sure but I think the only thing different between the builds are the radios. If you clean flashed I would think either the 011 or the 012.A1 build would both work.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Now that is exactly how it's done my friend! Your post should be pinned! Which is why you and I and several others that have done it this way on our P2XL and now P4XL's, rarely if ever, have problems updating! ??????
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] mr.notsotech:
So I had the exact same issue when I updated to the december patch. My fix was simply doing a factory reset. Weird how a update can botch this feature. Just everyone please make sure you backup your pictures. I lost a bunch in the process.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
You didn't use Google Photos for backup?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] mr.notsotech:
I did, but not on every single album folder
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] sosodemi:
Well I am now on the april firmware, I had problems with my 4XL regarding the face unlock.

It worked 8 or 9 times one after another and then suddenly it freezes and stopped recognizing me and it rebooted on it's own (always).

After several (of failing) I said that this times I scanned my face more closely to the phone, slowly to give the phone a chance to register more details of my face, since than it's all ok... Strange... I almost sent it back...

Edit:

It keeps rebooting, and doesn't recognize my face....

So after all it's a big problem with the face unlock, I disabled it and now the phone is stable. But no more face unlock.

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[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] FORTX9:
I am having trouble with my moto g5 plus after going out of an Android 10 ROM for stock (oreo). my google play story no longer has internet access, even if my phone is connected to the internet, so looking for some solution, I tested several possibilities, but the only solution I found was to use a vpn, and this is not something cool, because the connection it's slow, is there any way to get google play story back to normal? ps. I'm using Google translator, forgive me for misspellings.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] Wolfcity:
What ROM did you flash?

There ain't no android 10 stock for the Moto G5+, Oreo 8.1 was the last one.

You will have to give some more information if someone should be able to help you.
[Android Head-Units] Core-Lokt:
This seems to be a single-DIN chassis. If anyone knows, could you tell me if there's any flexibility in how the screen mounts to the chassis? The pictures show the screen mounted with the bottom roughly flush with the chassis bottom, so the screen is higher than the opening.

I have a Saturn Vue, and that screen position would block A/C vents. If it could be oriented in reverse (top of screen is even with top of chassis, so screen projects downward), I think it would work fine. Thanks in advance.
[Android Head-Units] surfer63:
I do not exactly understand what you mean. You can shift the screen up and down, and left and right like can be seen on the Joying site.

Or do you mean something else?
[Android Head-Units] Core-Lokt:
Thank you; that's exactly what I meant. I was looking at it on amazon, where there was no mention of screen position adjustment. It will work fine.
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] proxima11:
I have a problem reading / writing NFC tags. NFC tools and other applications for reading NFC tags do not see the tags, the same tag is read by my old HTC One M7 without any problems. The applications have all permissions for NFC. I tested all three security methods in NFC communication in my Mi 9T and nothing. I have a new MIUI 11 global 11.0.2.0 (PFJEUXM) Android 9, I try to read/write NTAG213

Any ideas?

Did anyone with Mi 9T read / write NFC tags with their phone?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Instructions for downgrading or updating bootloaders can be found here

https://xdaforums.com/t/2022_vzw_em...ade-to-mm_and-keep-unlock-bootloader.4010757/

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] stang5litre:
Nice job man! [emoji106]

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
I was bored so I thought it would be fun to mess around with some old school stuff. Man things were alot more simple back in these days
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] al50:
[MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] awesome job...!! :good:You definitely must be bored... Lol. May try that on an old one for craps and giggles... Lol. Again, awesome to bring a lil history back to life... :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] billa:
Nice job man, much appreciated.

If you ever get bored try to make a pre-rooted rom/safestrap recovery (course no bootloader unlock) for the G930U/G935U with the latest firmware UUESACSI1 (Aug 27 2019), since it looks like Samsung has stopped updating this phone, or better yet a root-patcher for a stock sytem.img like you did for the G950/N950. I have uploaded the latest eng-boot vA/10 here: https://xdaforums.com/sho...postcount=1826
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] googlephoneFKLenAsh:
How do I update the bootloader and rom to newer QL1 if I had already unlocked the bootloader and installed twrp with much older stock rom and bootloader?

I still have the stock rom from 2016 when the bootloader unlock method was discovered.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/vzwemmc15chipset-dev-bl-unlocked-t4010757

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] bigstack:
the rar seems to be corrupted ... says unknown or damaged format. I tried a few of the download points.

Would you be able to re-create / upload?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
What are you extracting it with?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Remedy1230:
First of all, thank you so very much Jkruse! I followed all of your instructions and everything went perfectly! The reason why I wanted to get this completed on my old S5, is that we want to gift this phone to my wife's mother. The catch is, she only speaks Russian, and I was wondering if I would now be able to flash an international version of firmware on the S5, so that she can have access to Russian as a language option? Is this doable?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Its really no easy process to flash an international rom if you are using Verizon then data will probably not work with out some editing. You can always try it but Verizon will probably need Verizon csc stuff to work and build.prop edits.

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] SaltedSand:
Hey thanks for this post! I was worried about using some of the old guides on my phone, glad I found this.

However, I have a question due to why I want to root my phone.

My situation: My phone went through the factory reset process without giving me a warning before doing so. I plan on rooting my phone and trying a few different methods for recovering the files.

My Main Question: Will I be good to go with a fully rooted phone after completing step 12?

I don't feel a need to unlock the bootloader for what I'm doing (although I might do so anyway after I'm done attempting to recover files).

I've never rooted a phone before. Aside from verifying that I'm using the EMMC 15 chipset (I used the eMMC_CID_Checker_apk from this thread:https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/testers-required-easier-root-method-t3561529), is there anything else I should do or know about?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
By the time you root there will be no files to recovery. There is another wipe involved to root so chances are there will not be much left to recover

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] al50:
I'm wondering if he's wanting to root to use a file recovery app, like DiskDigger. It can recover but device needs to be rooted to access the complete internal system to recover files. As he mentioned a few times about recovering/restoring files. I recall using that (DD) a couple times and it actually worked after I mistakenly did a full wipe/reset when I was switching between ROM's and back to stock...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Like i said though in order to root you have to wipe again before you can root. So there aren’t going to be much left to recovery after 2 wipes and a repartition

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] SaltedSand:
Yeah that's what I have in mind.

Yeah I figured, makes sense, but I don't see a mention of wiping before step 12 though. This is why I'm asking if it would be okay for me to stop there, attempt to recover some files, and then continue with the rest of the steps?

Could this potentially screw something up if I do it this way? I'd rather play it safe than sorry, most of my important stuff on this phone is backed up anyway.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Flashing the combo firmware so you can root wipes your phone

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] SaltedSand:
Ah, I see, but would it be safe for me to stop at step 12 anyway?

I figure I might as well give it a shot anyway, even if It's unlikely I'll recover anything, but I'd rather only wipe it a single time than twice.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
If you stop at 12 you will just have king root and some apps work with kingroot but some do not

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] SaltedSand:
Alright thanks for the help, I appreciate it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] bigstack:
winrar / 7zip tried both
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] sidjones1:
The RAR file extracted fine for me using WinRar. Not sure why you can't? Try another download.

Question: I am at number 13. My phone iis rooted. I have verified via Root Checker Basic. SuperSu shows root with 3 apps given root access: Official Twrp App (Android App), Root Checker Basic, and Safestrap. When I follow your instructions on #13 and select "reboot to recovery" it reboots but passes by the recovery and has a normal boot. So it never enters Safestrap upon reboot. I have also attempted to install TWP ( a couple of versions for this phone) and I get the yellow triangle warning from Verizon to go to their store. I cannot get TWRP to boot either. I then have to reflash the back up of the stock recovery to enable a recovery. Any suggestions? Can I use the stock recovery and flash the bootloader file (EMMC_15_SS_Install_QL1_6_0_1_MM_Bootloader_Unlock_ AIO_Rom.zip) using anything else? Odin, TWRP Android App or stock recovery?

Thanks for this thread. I have been trying to upgrade this V Note 3 to Lineage. Sid :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] digital mystik:
Hello.. sorry if this a dumb question but this AIO installs a full OEM QL1 that has been rooted, and not just the baseband/modem pack? I currently have Lineage on my S5 but lost network after an update, and now I have to restore my efs since it's probably corrupted and I don't have a backup of that partition, so I have to start from scratch pretty much and this seems like a nice solution. I was planning to use this as a way to get back to stock to backup efs, and have access to TWRP to install Lineage again. Just wanted to be sure about what is installed.

Thanks for the great work!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Reverse-anastomosis:
I think a clean install of lineage will restore the efs to working condition, I'd try that first

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If you want to flash a stock ROM flash the one from this thread.

https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/testers-required-easier-root-method-t3561529/page102

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One more thought... You might be able to flash the baseband/modem pack in Odin that haggertk provides.

https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=59628
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] digital mystik:
I can try doing a clean install of Lineage, but someone told me that I would probably have to restore efs through an OEM build since that is a sign of no network, especially with G900V. I was thinking this method would be better since it's the latest build I think. The zip within the rar is 1-ish GB, so it's probably the whole thing.

I also updated to haggertk's baseband/modem a couple months ago which fixed a connectivity issue, but now I'm guessing that it's a bad efs.

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Just tried a clean install, still no network.. I need to go back to stock I think.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] digital mystik:
Woohooo!!!! It worked.. I went through the whole process, backed up the efs like I should have in the first place years back, and reinstalled lineage and have a network connection!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] cubajean10:
I finished the guide and it worked perfectly. However, I changed from lineageos because I assumed I needed the original rom for miracast screenmirror. After step 5 (before rooting) it was working perfectly in that "diagnostics looking rom". However after I finished the guide I tried again and it would say failed, I even tried it with using a pin, it will say connecting but ultimately it will failed. During my research I found a post mentioning that screenmirror didn't work when rooted. So I used magisk and went to hide and selected every single app and system app. Still it didn't work. Now I'm here asking for help. Any ideas? what's the easiest way to reroot this room, I like the clean look compared to the original. And thank you again to jrkruse for all the help.

I'm using miracast screenmirror to cast my screen on an s5 (netflix) to a tv with a Microsoft - Wireless Display Adapter V2 receiver - without using a router. In my scenario I only have access to mobile internet and using hotspot brings me back to the 90s with 2g speed in Tmobile.

Editing just in case anyone comes here looking for this. screen mirror worked after I added a flag to the build prop disabling dhcp "wlan.wfd.hdcp=disable" Hurray, youtube worked but not netflix. I tried uninstalling magisk and installed supersu selecting the option for full unroot . Root checker says "sorry root access is not properly installed. Now I'm not sure if I derooted correctly but cant find busybox or su in system/bin or system/xbin .
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] signupstuffid:
[MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] Thanks for this update to make the tools to make the bootloader unlock process, much much easier.

No more having to keep a SD card in the phone that has to be repartitioned after bootloader unlock!

I have used these tools and method to both bootloader unlock and get a Samsung firmware installed to back up the efs.

I fastest way to get a Lineage ROM based S5 back on the cellular network is to do the following.

1) Make a TWRP backup of the Lineage based ROM you are currently using, and store it somewhere safe.

2) Do a full wipe in TWRP, then Flash the EMMC_15_SS_Install_QL1_6_0_1_MM_Bootloader_Unlock_AIO_Rom.zip file

3) Reboot once to verify your SIM card is detected on the network.

4) Make TWRP back of just the efs partition and store in safe place

5) Do full TWRP wipe of Samsung based ROM and restore the Lineage based ROM, then restore the efs partition

6) Reboot an verify you can connect to cellular network and your Lineage based ROM is as it was before.

I used this on a couple of the 4 S5s that I was setting up on a Verizon based MVNO, and it got the network connection restored in a matter of minutes.:good:

The MVNO is https://pixwireless.com BTW. They have great plans for those who don't need much data starting at $15 with data throttled, but not turned off after using 4G data alotment.

Thanks also to all the users who posted this as a fix on the forum!:cool:

Now I'll be looking on the forum to see if a similar set of tools is available for the Note 3 and 4 for bootloader unlocking.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrbaco77:
You are the Man, man!

Been lurking a while hoping to finally do this and looks like worked amazingly! Was wanting to update to new OS or try others and get some extra mileage out of this phone, maybe explore some of the available custom ROMs and now looking like I can!

Next project is to see if I can do with some US Cellular S5's, their phones don't seem to play nice with root/other networks, so may just be Wi-Fi devices.

Thanks so much for making this easy for not-so-techs-savvy folks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] OreganoPlanter:
Followed this guide verbatim down to step#9. It didn't specify where to copy the .ZIP file to so I installed it to the root of the internal storage. Hope that's right.

Got to step #10 and made sure I was connected to WiFi. Phone reports that it is, I have no apps to check though.

There's only one Towelroot method. I clicked it and pressed Make it Ra1n, and it said it wasn't connected to the internet.

So I tried Kingroot. It took a few minutes but it finished. It wanted to do 2 actions, but I canceled at that point.

Then I tried Safestrap and it stopped as the phone was not rooted. So I'm stuck. I feel I'm so close!

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I tried running Kingroot again, and it took longer. Eventually it errored out and said:

"Root failed

Root success rate can be increased by more than 20%

Please reboot or release the memory and root again.

Got it"

Will reboot and try again.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
You can try the process here. Its a little more updated then once you have safestrap installed return here and flash the rom zip from this thread too unlock your bootloaders

https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/vzwemmc11ql1romwithsafestrapnonrooted-t4182491
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] OreganoPlanter:
Thanks again. One thing I read somewhere else is that I need to enable "OEM Unlock". I don't see that option under Developer Options. I found a doc that explains how to turn that on, but it didn't work.

Without turning on OEM Unlock, am I still dead in the water?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Its as simple as following the directions
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Updated files to be a little easier and more compatible with newer computers
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] scooter0126:
Is it possible to use this rom rooted, device encryption enabled, without the "kernel is not seandroid enforcing" error? I had to uninstall magisk before device encryption would succeed. Now I can't get magisk, or any other root installed without triggering the kernel error. Also twrp will decrypt the device like it did with LOS. Even in twrp terminal with command "twrp decrypt <password>" it is unable to decrypt. Trying this rom before VoLTE is strictly enforced.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

@jrkruse Thanks for the great work for this old device.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Im not sure what system your using so first of all if you are using safestrap recovery it is not TWRP its just built off of TWRP and is not a recovery it is a system highjack in a sense. Second even actual TWRP recovery doesnt support Samsung encryption 0nly aosp based roms encryption

There maybe some custom made twrp's that someone has gotten samsung encryption too work on but im not sure
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] scooter0126:
Really appreciate your response. You answered my poorly worded question. I meant to ask "will twrp decrypt the device...." - a very tired moment.

Is there any method to reinstall root after enabling device encryption on your rom?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Updated root scripts
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ForestCat:
jrkruse,

I've successfully used your method in this thread to unlock/root (2) S5's.

Thanks so much for all the work on this. I so wish there were a way to root MM on emmc11, though.