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[Sony Xperia 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Redfield505:
Hi everyone, I just bought an Xperia 5, and being a little privacy concerned , I want to get rid of the Google parts of Android. After reading all the threads I found about this phone, and seeing that the Xperia 5 doesn’t have official support for LOS, I understand the most stable way to have a Google-free phones is by installing the GSI and then a Treble rom. I have the following doubts:

-	Once I get everything installed following [MENTION=4756773]Miustone[/MENTION] 's guide, will I have to update the binaries every month? (I saw Sony posts vendor binaries every month on the Open Devices Website)

-	If I install PHH’s treble Rom, will all the hardware work correctly (one message in this thread mentioned call volume problem)? What about the camera button?
[Tasker Tips & Tricks] Mikey1969:
So I am re-purposing an old LG V20 as a music player. Everything is perfect, it's a great phone, except that the reason I got a new one is that the volume keys are jacked. Press Volume Up, and it will suddenly stick and jump all of the way up. I'm not sure what's up, but it sucks. Right now, my workaround is to press Volume Down, so the volume popup appears onscreen, and drag it where I want, but if I could make Vol Up and Vol Down buttons in Tasker, it would be nicer and give me more granular control. I just don't know if I can do that or not. Like I said, phone isn't rooted because Verizon is run by jerks who want to fill your phone full of bloatware that nobody even uses, but they still draw a paycheck for.

Anyway, tips and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
[Tasker Tips & Tricks] Cueball666uk:
Within tasker you can use the keyboard action for volume up/down then set shortcuts/widgets to link to the tasks [emoji846]

Sent from my Oneplus 6T
[Tasker Tips & Tricks] ktmom:
And just a few posts earlier was a discussion how to do this
[Tasker Tips & Tricks] Mikey1969:
Thanks, looks like what I needed. I wasn't finding one when searching, except one that stated right off the bat that the phone needed to be rooted. Which is why I posted and listed int he subject that the phone wasn't rooted. I was hopping there was a possible solution for us folks that are stuck with Verizon's crap.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Miustone:
Android devices can have different designs, so there is no generic command or set of instructions for flashing a GSI to apply to all devices. Specially for Xperias am i writing this Guides for You. So please read carefully...

1. Ensure that You have the following before You start:

Latest Fastboot Version (Or the used fastboot commands may not work)

A Method for disabling Android Verified Boot (Part of the Guide)

An unlocked Bootloader State (Official Instructions HERE)

To Start:

Download the Basic Package from Google: https://developer.android.com/topic/generic-system-image/releases

Download the AOSP Vendor Package from Sony: https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/downloads/software-binaries

Open up the Zip Files and place the 3 included Images on Your fastboot destination

Boot Your Device into Fastboot:

Turn off Your Device and hold VolumeUP while connecting via USB to a PC or use ADB to reboot to fastboot

Disable the verified booting (AVB) by flashing vbmeta.img:

fastboot --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img

Flash the Vendor to the Primary A Slot OEM:

fastboot flash oem_a nameofthesonyoemimage.img

Repeat to flash to the B Slot OEM

fastboot flash oem_b nameofthesonyoemimage.img

Flash the GSI to the Primary A Slot System:

fastboot flash system_a system.img

Repeat to flash to the B Slot System

fastboot flash system_b system.img

Wipe the user data and clear the data from other necessary partitions (for example, user data and system partitions):

fastboot -w

Reboot:

fastboot reboot

Additional:

You can use any Android 9+ GSI out of the XDA Forum here: https://xdaforums.com/project-treble/trebleenabled-device-development

To get Magisk/Root; just patch Your actual Kernel with the Magisk Manager App and flash the Boot Image together with the GSI (Example below)

Patched Boot Image for Xperia 5 Users: https://xdaforums.com/xperia-5/development/magisk-v20-3-patched-boot-image-android-t4033547
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] mirhl:
You could mention Treble support means "since XZ1" (unless hacks)
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] charlatan01:
Hoping to carry this on here, since I own the 1 not the 5 :) In order to de-google my life, I've decided that I am ready for GSI!

A few notes from my flashing weekend;

Following these instructions, from an unlocked Xperia 1 running stock rom, worked for the following;

ExpressLuke's Havoc 3.0

LineageOS 17.x

Interesting thing. These both install to system in 3 parts (when watching the flash to system.

Any other that I tried (installing in 2 parts) did not seem to work.. but then I am new at this. It's entirely possible that some of these failed because I didn't re-flash stock first.

I was also using a patched boot / kernel with a specific magisk version, which might have played a part. Failed are also (obviously) Pie. :confused:

Failed flashes were;

PPH Treble AOSP 9

Havoc 2.9 Official

So far, I've been blown away with Havoc. Of the tons of things I've run in the last 24, I've seen the following issues;

1) Call volume on handset doesn't seem to do anything. (Bluetooth works fine)

2) I had one reboot last evening. Since then solid as a rock.

3) Selection of notification sound for fastmail app didn't take right away

I haven't worked up the courage to try setting up twrp yet, so no recovery. I may give magisk a shot later tonight. I need to back this stuff up somehow!

Thanks to [MENTION=4756773]Miustone[/MENTION] for replying and making things easier, and [MENTION=788962]thatguy222[/MENTION] for the info he provided in the Xperia 5 thread!
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Miustone:
Thanks for Your great Feedback! Glad i was able to help out (: Think i will add some stuff to the Guides soon. Wonder if i get Contributer Status now :silly:
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tabike:
Please, try to install gcam in lineageos 17!

What happen with drm keys when you flash other roms? I love sound settings of sony ui and settings of display.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] charlatan01:
I haven't been confident in the gcam build for the 1, but I'm quite pleased with open camera thus far.

The only DRM issue I'm aware of is widevine level dropping. I'm perfectly happy with my unlocked 1.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Did you notice any degradation in photo / video quality on stock ROM with the bootloader unlocked?

I'm considering unlocking my X1, but I want to know if the consequences are as bad as they used to be a few years ago with the Z2 and Z3.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] charlatan01:
As soon as I unlocked I went to a custom ROM, so I didn't test on stock. Sorry. I think there are some people in the ROM section that said pics looked good. They definitely confirmed there was no green or blue tint like there was with those other devices
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sugarcube8th:
Just finished flashing, thank you so much with the tutorial. At the -w step, it didn't seem to find the /userdata, and I tried to skip the part and just reboot. After what seems like a bootloop, it automatically rebooted to "Android Recovery" which I assume is a part of the gsi? It prompted me to wipe data and I did, and it booted!
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chima2:
So, a Generic System Image is just a generic version of Android? Essentially then, I could flash other ROMS - some of whom are listed in this thread (Havoc etc) and get a brand new experience? It doesn't say so here in the thread, but I'm guessing I need to unlock my bootloader - correct?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mackay53:
Yes
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tserv95:
does sd card still work?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Beetle84:
Just curious, does auto brightness work out of the box for Xperia 1? Using havoc 3.5 on xz2, and autobrightness is the main thing not working for me.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Miustone:
Updated the Thread. No need for the vbmeta Image with Havoc 3.5 (Official GSI with GApps)! Means a more secure Device somehow...
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Miustone:
I'm building Overlays for the Xperia 1 & 5 if anyone is willed to grab me the FrameworksResCommon.apk overlay from your device in /vendor/overlay

I need to decompile it, so You can do it anyways if You are willed to. I also need the build fingerprint from the build prop. It should say anything like:

ro.vendor.build.fingerprint=Sony......

The next step for GSIs on our Xperias! I will also look into a GCam Mod for our Devices! Installing Ubuntu 20.04 now...
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pandemic:
Yes bro never had an issue with that.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Miustone:
Thread updated with new Instructions. Added the flashing to A/B without changing the Slot. Added also the flashing of SONYs AOSP Vendors to A/B. Enjoy (:

PS: Did that as preparation for the MARS_SOM BETA2. Got stunning results with that SOM and PHH AOSP 10... Check it out <3
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pandemic:
Can we use also Havoc OS 3.6 then bro and does it have bugs ?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Miustone:
Works just fine like the latest PHH AOSP Versions with passing SafetyNet. I recommend using My latest Guide here to use it. Things that don't Work yet are:

-VoLTE

-Always on Display

-Camera Button

-HDR 4K native Video Playback in Apps

I recommend using Open Camera with CameraAPI2 enabled in the settings since we don't have GCam. Otherwise it's fine to use...
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pandemic:
[MENTION=4756773]Miustone[/MENTION] do you have telegram btw ? Sorry for OT
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Miustone:
Yes, No Problem :angel: https://t.me/M1U5T0N3
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Miustone:
Made an MARS Overlay which will/should work on the Xperia 1 too. Anyone willed to test? [MENTION=2902434]Pandemic[/MENTION] maybe? Saw You spookin around on the Havoc Thread which will be far better with the Overlay... :P

https://xdaforums.com/xperia-5/development/experiment-mars-vendor-overlay-gsi-roms-t4128449
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TrustAugustus:
Hey folks. I just wanted to comment that using the most recent binaries (vendor) and Android 11gsi (havoc) things are great. If anyone finds a11 gsi that allows disabling of the navbar, kindly tell us. I like to use a third party gesture app (edge gestures)

Edit: phhtteble based gsi have the feature baked in it seems. :) Updated to havoc 4.5 and found the setting in the misc section in the phhtreble settings.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pandemic:
@TrustAugustus how is havoc 4.5 and any issue and btw bro can you tell us how you install it and from which android version and which havoc 4.5 A/B file (link will be useful) ? Thanks because i wanna give it a shot also.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] JaneValley:
Just want to add a friendly remind for noobs like me... Idiots like me tried hours to figure out why.

so if you cannot boot into system after flashed Havoc or Lineage OS GSI etc, try flash stock boot.img. It helps.

TWRP goes install - install image - select the stock boot.img - select boot partition - done.

I didn't use Fastboot command but I think it will work too
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TrustAugustus:
Hey. I used this one. The one at the top is the newest. After attempting to boot it'll go to an Android recovery turn reboot after performing a wipe. Everything works great... Except video recording. The audio is distorted.

You can enable AOD etc in different menus as well. I installed it by growing miustones guide in this forum.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] JaneValley:
Hi, can I use Android 11 binary to flash A12 GSI? Very curious, thanks!
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] hypafly:
Yes you can.
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] JaneValley:
Hey! If I want to flash different version of the same gsi, for example, upgrade phh v401 to v402, should I wipe my data? Thanks!
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Robot76:
Miustone's guide is awesome...

I followed the instructions exactly and won!

(I flashed our magisk_patched_stock_boot.img)

I used the google vbmeta.img from Google's Arm64+GMS zip.

I used the Sony AOSP binary, Android 11, 4.14, Kumano, matching our device.

😍

Special thanx to everyone here! cheers
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sami157:
Going to follow this guide for my Xperia XA2+ Voyager. However, I've some basic questions.

1. What if the flashing process is interrupted somehow, like a power cut or cable disconnection? Will the phone be hard bricked in that case?

2. I am running Pixel Experience 12 gsi, and I'm rooted with magisk. Can I simply follow this guide, or I need to unroot and go back to my factory image, and then follow these steps?

3. Can I flash Android 12L gsi put out by Google?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Robot76:
Did you dirty flash the upgrade? if you did, was it fine?
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Robot76:
No need to wipe Data! 🥰. I flashed dirty the .402 over .401

fastboot flash system_a PixelExperience_arm64-ab-vndklite-12.0-20220221-UNOFFICIAL.img

fastboot flash system_b PixelExperience_arm64-ab-vndklite-12.0-20220221-UNOFFICIAL.img

And it started as if nothing had changed, and a notification for setting up Face Unlock came up, that is all 😍
[Sony Xperia 1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Robot76:
Nil

(xda broke the Matrix, nek minit, this comment happened)...
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alixbot:
Hi all!

I love this phone! I've had one years ago that got demolished and I bought another one recently.

My question today is,

Why does dot view pop up when I put my phone on the left hand side of my laptop?

I had an HP that I figured was triggering it because of the magnetivity from the speaker, whenever I put the phone down to type on my laptop it would turn off the screen and activate dot view.

I was always curious about it but now I have a macbook pro and its doing the same thing on the exact same corner.

I honestly never used dot view or know how it works but it seems this phone has some wireless capability I was not aware of?? I noticed after it goes into this mode, certain swipes change my screen to other dot view formats.

I would really like to understand what is happening bc it looks super cool.

To be more exact heres a picture of what it looks like:

here

Thx!! :D

I love your life.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WizzTech:
It's still magnetism.

I recently got a magnetic car dashboard holder for my phone and when I put it on a certain way it triggers dot view (the custom rom version of it anyway - FlipFlap).

About the swipe interaction, as far as I remembered dot view didn't have swipe interactions only tap, my original dot view case only lasted 3 months though and O2 refused to replace, so I don't know if additional functionality was added. In any case the phone might be interpreting your swipe as just a tap (touch). Cheers. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Liger:
Hi all,

I am curently doing a project on WM6 which require ms to change the profile of the phone on WM6 ... but after checking around .. it seems that there are no default profile ... is it because it is a emulator or it is hiden something i missed ??

Thx for yr generous help and guidance.
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] NahuelMS:
It seems all nokia device have this problem were whatsapp audio messages sounds crazy distorted. I am experiencing this too and it is really a pain in the ass. Until now there is not way to fix it.
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] cldkrs:
wait for a whatsapp update.
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] ban.codrut:
Confirming that on latest beta 2.20.4 the audio is not distorted.

Either wait for Play Store release or get beta APK from apkmirror.
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] NahuelMS:
Installed latest app 2.20.5 and the problem is still there for me. There are sound problems with another apps too like some games. I don't think it is a whatsapp problem. For me is more like a Nokia problem. Anyway is not so terrible but it will be nice they fix it.
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] ban.codrut:
Not to sound sassy but they can fix problems that affect most users and that are mostly reproducible. If you have glitches in other apps that might be a system issue indeed.

Android 10 update might go wrong sometimes. Your best hope might be a backup and a factory reset to clean up the install.

On Nokia's fault I think they changed too much with one update, leaving many with residue configs that conflicts with the update. I for one did a full clean wipe and flashed all partitions, found no system-specific problems on Nokia's build just some minor inconvenience like audio quality back to Pie stone age.
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] NahuelMS:
I've allrready done a factory reset. It is not my problem, nokia forums are full of people complaining about this issues with the speaker in some particular apps like games and whatsapp audio. Clearly it is not a hardware problem because the speaker works ok. Maybe you didn't pay enough atention and didn't notice the distortion or maybe you are the lucky one. But it is a really spread problem in all nokia phones models with android 10. For me it is not big deal and until now it is the only bug i've found so i am quiet happy with the update. But the problem is present since the first android 10 release for nokia 8.1 more than one month ago, they should fix it soon.
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] jaskiratsingh:
Try whatsapp beta. Heard the audio bug is fixed there.
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] NahuelMS:
I am on whatsapp beta and it is the same...
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Zilretra:
Try these steps, might help you

1. Close the WhatsApp and Go-to its properties by pressing and holding the icon of WhatsApp, a little "i" will appear just tap on it

2. Click on Advanced, Tap on "Battery"

3.Then click on "Battery optimization"

4. On the Upper side in the middle there will be an option "NOT OPTIMIZED"

5.Tap it and Click on "All Apps" it will take some time to load all apps

6.Find the WhatsApp there and tap on it , a flash toast will appear

7.Click on "Don't Optimize" and "Done"

8. Restart Your device
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] NahuelMS:
Thanks for the help but it didn't solve it! It sounds like someone is popping some plastic bag in the audios. All other audio apps work good. If i put the audio in the ear speaker it sounds good. It is only in the speaker.
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] NahuelMS:
Bug still present after january update.
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] alexrixhardson:
This is not WhatsApp's problem. Many other apps suffer the same problem on Nokia 7 Plus too. Nokia released a s**t update recently and audio is currently broken on several Nokia phones (6, 6 Plus, 7 Plus). Their discussion forums are full of people complaining (google "nokia 7 audio problem android 10").

You seem to be a lucky one if audio problem is the only problem you noticed after ugrading to Android 10 on Nokia 7 Plus. It seems to be a complete disaster.
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] NahuelMS:
I know this, i already wrote this before in this thread. For me it only affect my whatsapp audios because i don't play games. But it is a problem in the OS not in the apps, that is clear.
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] dicamarques:
If you have root, try this

ro.vendor.audio.sdk.fluencetype=none

ro.vendor.audio.sdk.fluencetype=fluence add these two lines in vendor/build.prop
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Flashmeister:
It's a direct software issue with android 10.. nothing you can do apart from get the phone bootloader unlocked and revert back to 9... I did and all issues are gone, I heard the new sorted out 10 update will be out next month
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Flashmeister:
Fixed yet?

I downgraded back to and 9 and the WhatsApp problem was gone... I would like to know if they've fixed WhatsApp yet in the new update?
[Nokia 7 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] xsycox:
It was fixed in May update.
[Moto Z2 Play  Questions & Answers] Heyxel:
Hace unos días actualicé mi moto z2 play a android 9 con twrp instalando kvt y su respectiva img, todo perfecto sin embargo no reconoce mi moto mod de batería alguien tendrá alguna solución para este problema

Gracias :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] thecrater:
Hello all,

My Note 10+ notified me that the Jan update is available and as usual I chose to install it. However, it rebooted and now won't boot past the Samsung logo. It gets past the initial Powered by Android screen to the "Samsung" logo where it dims then suddenly reboots to the Powered by Android screen again. It does this a second time then eventually goes to a screen saying that the phone couldn't start normally etc.

I haven't backed up my Whatsapp or more crucially my 2FA recovery codes for some important services.

Is there any chance that I can rescue my phone without factoring reset?

Could installing BSL7 (December build) fix this?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] HamdaAl:
I have the same issue
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] EMSpilot:
What Model 10+

What model Note 10 do you have?

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] thecrater:
UK Samsung dual sim model

SM-N975F/DS
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] thecrater:
Update:

Tried installing BSL7 and things got worse in that it wouldn't even attempt to boot the system. Reinstalling BSLD put it back in the current state which is a bootloop with a delay that allows me to run some adb commands before it reboots.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] thecrater:
Guys I'm getting desperate here. Should I be asking elsewhere on the forum?

I found a new build N975FXXS1BSLE with CSC of THL. Since downgrading didn't seem to work, would flashing everything from the seemingly newer BSLE build along with the HOME_CSC_OMC_OXM_N975FOXM1BSL7 from BSL7 cause any issues? I've never mixed builds like that.

I'm thinking the OS and everything else will be from BSLE but CSC will be from the BTU build.

Please help
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] crzr:
I had no issues at first, but when I tried to turn on Secure Folder it started the bootloop, I partially solved it by disabling and clearing secure folder app data and cache, can you guys try that and confirm?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] thecrater:
Dammit Samsung. I had Secure Folder enabled before updating. How on earth do I disable it now without factory resetting?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] thecrater:
Update:

So I flashed the Thai build and it went as far as showing a small window "updating apps xx of xx" but when it finished it bootlooped again so I reverted to BSLD and it did the same but is still bootlooping.