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[Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Questions & Answers] nokster:
This is an old thread - but in case someone else finds it, I came across someone's suspicions in another thread that their Plantronics headset was causing some kind of problem with their Bluetooth. I began unplugging my Savi headset when not in use and it seems to help... YMMV.

This has been going on since Pie; made me upgrade from my Note 8 to Note 10 and it came right back. Infuriating.

You may also want to try to rub a lucky stone and do some chanting as well, because it's about as effective as hoping for a fix after all this time.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] ForestCat:
Background: Really not loving the default New Contact icons and the random colors. Should be easy enough to change. What I tried (and failed miserably...)

MODest ROM 11 (Twiz/stock 6.01-based)

Flashpoint 5 Kernel

Copied SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA.apk from

/system/priv-app/SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA/

to my Win7 PC.

Used 7-Zip to unpack the file to a temporary folder.

Found the .qmg files I didn't like.

Found a .qmg that would be a passable replacement for the ones I didn't dig.

Made 11 copies of that image in a working folder.

Renamed each copy to the exact name of each of the 11 files I wanted to replace.

Dragged those 11 files back into the open .apk in 7-Zip

On the Phone, in Root Explorer:

Made a copy of SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA.apk in the same folder:

/system/priv-app/SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA/

deleted the original

Copied my mod'd apk back into this folder and set the perms.

Rebooted.

No Phone or Contacts on home screen or in Apps

Tried to 'install' the apk from Root Explorer.

Wouldn't install

Tried to delete cache & Dalvik from TWRP.

No Joy.

Tried to do a partial Nandroid restore of Contacts and sec.phone from Titanium (nothing there called /systempriv-app/SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA)

No Joy.

Nandroid restore from TWRP.

Back to normal.

Okay, what did I do wrong, and how can I change the icons?

Should I have used APKTook instead of 7-Zip, created a new signature, etc?

Should my mod'd apk somehow be flashed from recovery rather than copied to a system folder?

Is this some perverted Samsung-ism that would have worked fine on any other phone on the planet?

Thanks for reading.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] kevintm78:
That apk took me a long time to figure out too. It's one of the apps you I had to modify for multi dpi. The only way I know of is to change the compression when you're putting the app back together and even then it took a couple tries. There's probably a better way but the compression change seems to work well enough.

I don't know if 7-zip has this option, but with winrar you can change the compression to "store". You should know right away whether or not it worked. You'll see the little phone icon in the bottom left of the lock screen. You may still have to do a factory reset to see your changes (probably not though) but the app should work without it.

By the way, you can swap those image files for .png files if you'd like. Just delete the corresponding .qmg or .pio file.

I saw your post in the rom thread about theming TouchWiz. You should check out [MENTION=4486077]supergrobi94[/MENTION]'s theming threads. He's put together an impressive collection of options for 6.0.1 and 5.1.1 and there's also a [how to] section that uses the vrtheme zip that will modify the res folder of a specific app without having to break it down. I'm not sure how active he is these days but he's always been very helpful with requests and questions in the past if you need it.

Supergrobi94's theming threads:

This one has all the themes

This is the [how to] thread
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] ForestCat:
Ah, that makes perfect sense. But I'd never have figured it out myself, lol.

I'll dig into those theming threads, thanks.

OK, this is from the MODest ROM thread, but I think it's germain here.

SO.....

If I want to 'try out' that Edge Panel, is there a way to revert back to the stock apps in question other than restoring a nandroid backup or re-flashing the ROM?

I ask because I'm thinking that, at least in the case of the Note 4 and its well known memory problems, 'bulk' memory writes like ROMs, nandroid retores, etc., stress the device, so I'm trying not to do it more than I have to.

During my last episode(see above) putting the stock apk back in its original folder didn't work.

Is there a standard procedure for either android generically, or touchwiz specifically, for safely reverting back to the stock system apps after experimenting w/ custom stuff?

EDIT: Just tried something. In Root Explorer, went into:

/system/priv-app/SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA/

and simply renamed the .apk to .foo

Rebooted.

No Contacts, as expected, but no Phone either??? Not sure why.

Anyway, back into Root Explorer.

Rename .foo back to .apk

Reboot.

Still no Contacts or Phone, so something bigger at work here.

Before I have to restore Nandroid anyway (unless there's a better way???),

I flashed your EdgePanel.zip in TWRP to see if it would restore the Phone/Contacts apps.

Wiped the cache. Reboot.

Edge Panel is now there, but still no Phone or Contacts. WTF???

Last resort-TWRP- Factory Reset.

Now the Contacts/Phone are back (and all my other stuff is gone, lol)

So is whacking the Data a necessity here?

If so, it makes trying out things related to the phone/contacts a LOT more tedious...

Any workaround???

Thanks again.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] kevintm78:
No, it doesn't look like I ever made an easy way to go back. I had thought I did but I'm either overlooking it or it's not there. Feel free to rifle through my androidfilehost folders if you want to double check. All of my stuff is very organized so it could be buried in there somewhere.

If you still need a recovery zip let me know and I'll get one together. I'm actually going to make one anyway but if you need it right away I can get on it. I didn't realize that there wasn't a way back to stock.

That is strange that they are not coming back. You may just want to double check your permissions and that there isn't two of the same apps in your folder. At the time of making that Edge zip I was still using other programs to make zips for me and the major downside to that is having to name the new apps the exact same as the old so it would get overwritten so if it doesn't match you'll end up with two active apps in one folder.

Now I think the best way to do that is to use a binary script (osm0sis has great tutorials for this) to change the app getting replaced to a .bak file and then just copy the new app to the system, set perms, and reboot (dalvik cache/ cache needs to be wiped if it's a framework .jar file). But to each their own. If you can get the job done a better way then I would use what you're comfortable with.

My system to test apps isn't much difference than yours. I think the only thing I do differently is change the app to be replaced to .bak instead of .foo although I can't imagine there's much difference. There's been a few apps like the Contacts app that gave me a bunch of trouble when modifying them but I can't remember ever having trouble bringing back the stock app. I wish I had more insight on that situation for you. If push comes to shove I would reflash the rom zip over factory reset only because the factory reset won't correct the system partition problem, if that's what's going on in this case.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] ForestCat:
First, Merry Christmas!

Thanks very much. No rush on that, I'm OK on the Edge version for the minute.

What would be extremely useful if you have some time/curiousity would be to replicate my steps, ie renaming the untouched apk in a fresh MODest flash (i.e. break the contacts/phone function), and then see if you can get the whole thing working again without a factory reset, or if not, why. I see on xda, you & I are not the first ones to be tripping over this contacts.apk issue.

The other thing that would be telling is after successfully installing the Edge.zip, whether you can modify something (like a picture) within the contacts apk within the zip, reflash the zip and have contacts/phone still working with the change active.

I think there just HAS to be abetter way than Factory Resets.

Thanks so much again for the insights. I really want to become at least minimally competent at hacking my own ROMs together so I don't have to feel like such a noob/mooch on here, but I really do appreciate the help.

What are your weapons/platform of choice, or, if there are better tools for noobs learning the ropes, I'm all ears.

EDIT: Just found this. The last post is interesting...

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/devs-only/recompile-seccontacts-apk-t3377142/page2
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] kevintm78:
I'm not exactly sure what's going on with your contacts app not showing back up. Ever since modestrom v8 (I think) I've been doing the multi dpi on SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA and every time I would test it doing the same as your way. After a reboot if the modified app was no good, then I would just delete that new app and change the name of the old app back to .apk, reboot and it would work again. I can't remember running in to any problems where I would have to factory reset or reflash the rom to get things working again.

There has been a couple times where I've had to factory reset to get a color change to show up or if you're adding toggles to the QS drop down that also (sometimes) requires a factory reset to show up.

As far as the post you linked, that is exactly how I do it except I use winrar to open the newly compiled app and drag the changes to the original. When I drag the changes over I change the compression method from "normal" to "store". If I don't change the compression the app doesn't work for me. The apps that I've ran into where I had to change the compression are: secContacts, secCamera, secSettings, and framework-res.apk. Any other app that I've worked on can be dragged and dropped without compression changes.

Jar files don't need an original signature though (so long as signature verification has been disabled, which it has in modestrom). They can be decompiled, edited, recompiled, and copied to the system. It does require a dalvik cache/cache wipe though on all framework files except for the framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk

If you get a chance, you should start using apktool to decompile/recompile. It will make things easier for you in the long run and most of the time if you've made any mistakes in your edits apktool will catch it. If you're not familiar with apktool you can try using Tickle My Android or Advanced Apktool. You may also want to get Apktool by itself. I use all three of them. Android can be fickle and sometimes what works with one app won't work with another. What's nice about TMA and Advanced Apktool is that they'll do the drag and drop method for you, but when the compression needs to be changed that's when I use apktool by itself.

Sorry for the word vomit. Hopefully, this all makes sense.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lorin123:
Hi, I need help please, I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy sch-145, I'd like to upgrade from lollipop to oreo but I have absolutely no idea how to do it or what to download, can someone please explain and provide links if possible, I am not techy in anyway. Please help.

Thank you
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] szanalmas:
crDroid 6.2 ROM 15-01-2020

There's no guarantee nothing, don't use it if you don't know what you're doing!

SAVE your DATA before!

Make sure you have a custom recovery installed (TWRP is the preferred recovery. [I'm not using Fox recovery, I'm not going to give you advice.])

Boot into recovery

Wipe data, cache partitions to clean install. Wipe dalvik, cache to update previous crDroid.

(If your /data partition secured, maybe need format /data if you want to use this ROM.)

Flash Rom in TWRP (sideload or copy any storage)

Flash OpenGapps (Optional) [I'm not using GAPPS, I'm not going to give you advice.]

Flash Magisk Root (Optional) [I'm not using Magisk, I'm not going to give you advice.]

Reboot (If TWRP warn that there is no system, it doesn't matter, go reboot.)

First boot may take up to 1 minute.

DOWNLOAD SF

DOWNLOAD AD​

All ROMs here: LINK

Known issues: don't know

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Screenshots: LINK

OS source: LINK Many thanks to adi153!

ROM OS Version: 10.x Q

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.18.140 (not my work)

ROM info: Q10 Lineage-17.1, system_root partition, Android quota removed (easier to go back to earlier 7.x-9.x ROMs).

If you have previously used Android 9.x or 10.x ROM which has a quota set on the data partition, you can remove the quota in TWRP, and not need format the data partition (this method tested, working was for me, but no guarantee for by all means)

commands:

tune2fs -O ^quota /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata
tune2fs -Q ^usrquota,^grpquota /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata

If you then use a ROM that configures quota (fstab.qcom), you can start over, if do not want quota. Or cleaning from fstab: "quota".

Created 24-12-2019 6.0 version

Last Updated 15-01-2020 6.2 (build3)

I am not aware that it contains malicious code in the ROM, I have never put it in. This is a ported ROM, all its elements come from the Internet.

You're welcome.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] szanalmas:
New build 15.01.2020, & many changes to the system. I'd like to get feedback on whether VOLTE is working? Thanks.

SYS update V1 out: 14-01-2020

Something wrong with the system updates, I moved it to the test directory.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] Fadly357:
Nice

Wow, a new rom... Thanks szanalmas, will give feedback after testing it:svetius:

[MENTION=4584869]szanalmas[/MENTION]

Edit: Already tested your rom, so stable and smooth...

But found some small bug (doesn't really matter anyway but you may need know):

-At first boot/crdroid setup wizard, email exchange request permission but when i grant it permission manager crash (but back normal after that)

-When i change the hardware button function to screenshot... The Setting app will crash and back to main menu

Just that, still looking for other

Big thanks again for this nice rom:svetius:

(Sorry for my bad english :v)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] cpglbitm:
[MENTION=4584869]szanalmas[/MENTION] thanks ...for stable ROM.

---------- Post added at 04:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:00 AM ----------

From long time i was waiting for stable ROM. Thanks for your hard work.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] Katsuragi Eriri:
[MENTION=4584869]szanalmas[/MENTION] thanks for make stable ROM :good: :)

while there are no bugs,

if there are bugs

I'll tell you later ;)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] ahmedhelmy71:
thanks man i like crdroid

rom stable smooth did not find any bug after 2 hours use
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] szanalmas:
Thanks for the feedback!

I didn't know about the first bug, probably because I have always denied email permissions in the wizard. I have bad habits! :)

I knew about the second bug, some of the function settings on the buttons don't work.

Unfortunately, these bugs are in the official ROM, but I think they will be fixed over time.

And of course, the SD card camera and gallery permission bugs have remained, but the solution is to use internal storage for the time being.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] Fadly357:
Okay, will tell you as soon as possible if i found other:svetius:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] viethoang18:
could you teach me rom build? i wanna learn and help
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] Fadly357:
[MENTION=4584869]szanalmas[/MENTION]

About your ported TWRP, can you install magisk? When i use your TWRP to install magisk, the magisk installation failed, says it can mount vendor which is same as cust, right?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] szanalmas:
Sorry I can't give you guidance. I'm not building ROM, I'm just porting. If you really want to build ROM, I recommend the ViperOS developers, this was the only Official build for this phone (7.1.2). Building a ROM requires 3 things, the kernel, vendor, and AOSP. Since phone manufacturers largely do not make their source code public, their construction is tremendously laborious and time consuming.

If you want to port, it is highly recommended that you know Linux, which is quite a bit of time and energy. Actually, you need to learn the basics of linux for Android, but at least to the point where you can already interpret log error messages.

I don't know if you use linux, if you don't and you want to start with it, install linux, configure it well, and compile a linux kernel for ugglite, which starts with ROM 10. If you want to go hard, thoroughly, and deeper, do it all without installing a linux graphical interface. ;) I don't really know how much time it takes to easily manage Linux. How to port Android 10 on windows I don't know, but I think it's not easy. :)

And on top of that, Android has some specific changes that are different from the Linux system, so you also have to get to know Android so.

And now we're just about to boot on Linux based Android, on the DalvikVM running applications is another world with lots of Java code.

For all this, there is no guide to doing this or that, you need to apply knowledge in a complex way.

I only do this on a hobby level.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] szanalmas:
I once used the magisk in TWRP but not this ROM. It worked for some.

But I didn't write in my post on my TWRP either now.

(I don't use magisk now.)

Use Canary: LINK

Or whatever. :)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] viethoang18:
can i use Unbutu wls on windows ?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] cpglbitm:
[MENTION=4584869]szanalmas[/MENTION] I flashed this ROM.

ULTRA SMOOTH... NO SERIOUS BUG, SOMETIMES AUTO BRIGHTNESS RESPONSE SLOWLY. Suddenly high brightness automatically. Another issue with attached sd card asking for format.

"Issue with sandisk SD Card"

Its for daily use is ok.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] ahmedhelmy71:
bug, when enabling ambient display d2tw stopped not wroking after disable ambient dt2w work again
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] szanalmas:
Thank you very much feedbacks and thanks to everyone! :good:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] cpglbitm:
Call volume on speaker is very high by default

[MENTION=4584869]szanalmas[/MENTION] Call volume on speaker is very high by default. Please set lower level by default. I hope in new build it willbe resolve.

Thanks...
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] szanalmas:
This is what LINK is all about, and I still hold that the double-tap feature cannot be used for two things at once. What's interesting is that I can't find the ambient display double-tap menu option, and there's a separate one in Havoc ambient settings.

This is also an Official bug unfortunately.

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[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] szanalmas:
The SD card problem is very-very interesting.

What filesystem is in sd card?

Could you send us a logcat digest right after the phone is started?

adb logcat | grep vold > sdcardproblem.txt
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (LITE) ROMs, Kernels, Recover] szanalmas:
I don't know. I haven't used Windows for years, sorry.
[HTC Vox] DeMaree:
Hey guys

Just bought a vox and download VC 1.6 and I can't get the Caller-id announcing to work, when people call, I hear the ringtone and thats it....

I checked the setting and the voice commands concerning the voice button work just fine. Any help?..... or people with the same problems? Thanks!
[HTC Vox] nishantrathee:
Same problem here , any solutions
[HTC Vox] deuse:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1548114&postcount=5

try that
[HTC Vox] nishantrathee:
These files are for windows mobile professional and not smart phone version . Has anyone tried these on VOX
[Huawei Mate 30 Pro Questions & Answers] poppy22:
I saw https://easy-firmware.com the LIO-AL00 firmware,

I want to download the site prompts me to need to buy,

but I do not know how to buy, did not find the purchase link.

Who can help me.

https://easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=162917
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] hyddro:
Basically the but of Android not using the right microphone.

It is a known issue and was wondering if there is a fix to this.. thanks

Edit: issue is described here https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/eehozg/why_does_android_still_use_the_wrong_microphone/
[General Questions and Answers] Sakoe couragr:
I have been using Oppo A3 running color os 6 based on Android pie for sometime now and I haven't been able to sign into my Google account on the phone. This phone originally didn't come with Googles services so I did install it manually using the Google service chines installer but I get a blank screen after the checking info screen..

Device specs.

Chipset Mediatek Helio P60

Model Padt00

4Gig Ram

Any help is appreciated... ??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] fryedmonk911:
I got replacement pixel 2 xl on android 10 security patch October 6/2019 I tried everything from fastboot I get error saying locked I don't know what carrier I checked imei and meid all good its networked unlocked I even went into safe mode and removed guest rebooted nothing …...I hate android 10 my signal sucks compared to android 9

oem unlock bootloader is grayed out
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Sounds like you got a Verizon variant device instead of a google one. If you can't toggle OEM unlocking from the get go, you really can't unlock the bootloader. Sorry man :(
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] crixley:
I'm Canadian and I got three pixel 2 refurbs before giving up. There's a huge support thread about how all refurb bootloaders cannot be unlocked. Not sure why. I had a slot unbootable error, this was on my non xl variant.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] fryedmonk911:
thank you all for responding , I did contact google yesterday and was told all pixel devices that come from google are fully unlock they told me to call Verizon up I did last night and it is one of there phones I am sending it back to the seller and explaining to him what I want .were I live we have a hybrid tower and for some reason android 10 sucks compard to 9
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] sinkoo1979:
Mine have oem unlock option but can't unlock the bootloader. tried all the commands but won't let me unlock the bootloader. any help will be greatly appreciated. running android 10
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Are platform-tools up to date?

Are you using a USB a to USB C cable?

Does your phone get recognized when you type in fastboot devices?

Are you using power shell?

Is USB debugging turned on?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] sinkoo1979:
didn't check

yes

yes

yes

yes
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Check your platform-tools, and don't use power shell commands. Open your command prompt directly on your platform-tools folder.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] sinkoo1979:
will try. Thank you

Update: unlocked bootloader with minimal adb and fastboot.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Congrats :good: However, I would recommend getting rid of minimal adb and just use platform-tools going forward. Minimal adb can cause problems when it comes to fastbooting factory images :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Lughnasadh:
I'm guessing when Google told you that all phones coming from Google were fully unlocked they were talking about being carrier unlocked instead of having the capability of unlocking the bootloader.

When buying a LG phone (e.g. Pixel 2 XL) it's good to have the seller run an IMEI check and post the screenshot for you from this site... https://www.imeipro.info/check_lg.html

Under they buyer name you can tell if you are getting a Google or Verizon variant.