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[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers] Malobestino:
Thank you for your answer, but I'm not really sure if using miflashtool fits my case.

Isn't miflash tool designed to flash only stock ROM?

If it's not, can you please provide me a link to a guide or some explanation on the usage of miflashtool? I'm not very confortable using automated tools to flash ROM

Thank you
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers] KevMetal:
to start backup everything and put on pc with usb cable ..

better just flash a recovery.zip of miu pie or oreo or even custom

but if you go full stock with miflash be careful*

dont get rom with ARB activated or delete the firmware upgrade folder

also when downgrading from 10 to 9 or 9 to 8 your persist partition will get corrupted

look in the official Telegram to get a recovery flashable persist restore zip

custom pie and stock pie are pretty stable ..

remember if going for miu get recovery flashable zip and flash twrp image again after flashing rom..boot straight into recovery ...flash magisk ..use stock
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers] Malobestino:
Thank you for your detailed answer

Just a couple of more questions

Can I just use the recovery I have now (TWRP) or, if not, flash a TWRP.img from fastboot?

I intend to flash a custom ROM so shouldn't be any issue with anti rollback

Can I just restore my persist backup from within TWRP?

Thank you again for your patience
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers] KevMetal:
.........Just a couple of more questions

[MENTION=3055727]Malobestino[/MENTION]

Can I just use the recovery I have now (TWRP) or, if not, flash a TWRP.img from fastboot?

*You can use twrp but just make sure you have the latest . The best one is an unofficial one that supports encryption/decryption from 4pda. I use Orange Fox . Lots of people recommend pitch black.

I intend to flash a custom ROM so shouldn't be any issue with anti rollback

*Yes you are right, then it won't be an issue.

Can I just restore my persist backup from within TWRP?

*Maybe , yes& no . Some twrp recoveries don't support flashing persist or even backing it up ..if the version you are using does that, you can backup your persist partition ...

*There are recovery flashable zips of persist for Wayne and Jasmine on the support groups in Telegram too.

Thank you again for your patience

*No worries
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers] Malobestino:
Thanks to your indications I successfully downgraded from custom 10 (lineage 17) to custom 9 (havoc 2.8)

As you predicted I had some difficulties restoring the persist partition and flash persist.img

However I found a persist flashable zip on a telegram channel as you suggested and I successfully flashed from TWRP.

This is what i did:

- reboot to previously installed TWRP 3.3.1.0

- wiped system, dalvik, cache, data and external data

- switched to other slot and rebooted to recovery (recovery was already flashed to both slots from previous ROM flashing)

- wiped system, dalvik, cache, data and external data

- flashed havoc 2.8

- flashed flashable_persist.zip

- switch to other slot reboot to recovery (no recovery flashing as Havoc has built in TWRP)

- flash gapps

- flash magisk

- reboot to system

For the time being everything seems to work correctly. I checked the sensors with an app and everything seems fine.

Only issues I'm having are that autobrightness doesn't seems to work even if it's active, and that, after restoring its own backup, I cannot change notification sounds in whatsapp (?!?). Every time I try it crashes from within whatsapp settings

This issue is really strange. If i just install the app without restoring the backup from gdrive, I can change the notification sound just fine, but if I resotore the backup it crashes every time I try to access to notification submenu in whatsapp settings (every other setting works just fine).

Again, thank you for your help
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers] KevMetal:
I'm glad everything worked well. The auto brightness is most likely a rom bug ..check on Havoc thread ..

Maybe it could be fixed with a custom kernel ...kangmeng or something like that

As for restoring ...it is amazing the amount of strange behaviours it can cause .

Try this : ... Before backing up whatsapp change the notification to stock behaviour ..default notifications ..do backup ..

When you restore ...clean install whatsapp ..restore only data with titanium por from google drive..dont use ...just exit.. force stop ..clear cache ..open and use like normal ..will fix this problem i think .
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers] Malobestino:
Im' also quite convinced that is something related to the ROM or the kernel. Fro the time being isn't that big of an issue. I will look into it in the next days

Apparently this issue resolved during nightime by itself.

My theory is that the autobackup during last night realigned automagically the app (which doesn't make a lot of sense, but I don't really know how whatsapp's backup works, what it writes or read to the gdrive backup).

Anyway I really appreciated your help, thank you again
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] emze:
Hey there. I know there is a separate thread for battery. But it looks like that one is long dead. I just have a couple of questions.

1. How do I find out how many charge cycles has the device battery completed(without having to root the phone)

2. After the UI 2.0 update, the whole Samsungs battery management has changed, more so for the worse. So, is there any good battery checking app available?

TIA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] winol:
Yes, there are some, but I have read over here that a memory leak bug is triggered when adb permissions required for those apps to work at full, are granted, so…
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] emze:
Hey. Thank you for your reply. I don't really understand what you're trying to tell.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] rcklss1:
What's winol is trying to say is that the better apps that are available need adb commands applied to fully take advantage of the apps.

There's also talk of a memory leak bug triggered by using those adb commands
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] emze:
Oh. OK. Thank you for the clarification. So, how do we go about it then?
[Redmi Note 8 Questions & Answers] Henry Markle:
Neither TWRP nor Orangefox recovery are able to do full backup because of something to do with system image in my device; every time I try to do full backup, it stop halfway through the process while backing up system image, and then it suddenly stops and tells me that it failed then cancels.

I've just unlocked the bootloader, flashed the modified vbmeta.zip, and installed TWRP recovery and it gave me this failure. Then I tried Orangefox and it's the same thing.

I'm not sure what's wrong or how to fix it, but hopefully someone helps me with this, and thanks.
[Android Head-Units] bnsllj:
I hooked up a reverse camera filter for rv camera worked for a minute on F-Cam. Now my regular reverse camera doesn't work. Screen does not return to normal after I shift into drive. Everything worked before this. I don't no what happened and don't want to make it worse by trying things I'm not sure about. Help would be Greatly appreciated!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehighhat:
so I picked up a used pixel from craigslist. seems ok. but I starting thinking... how can I be certain this phone is not booby trapped. it would be awful to have a trojaned device and not really know it.

I searched quite a bit about about malware that can survive factory reset. so it seems that simply resetting is not so great.

then I thought adb sideload an official google factory image to both slot a and slot b would purge any demons. but then again, I cannot find any documentation that make it clear what get overwritten and and what doesn't. (eg do the bootloader or recovery partition remain intact... seems like a great place to hide malware on a booby trapped phone). similarly, it is unclear what /system paritition blocks get replace.. all of them? some of them? can a clever trojan/rat survive an ota?

and then there is the full factory image install via fastboot. the problem is that I cannot enable oem unlocking b/c Verizon locked bootloader. booooooo

final thing. and the trigger that really had me thinking about this. after setting up the phone and connecting to the network, I saw a notification that subtley asked to install a Google screen reader. no idea why. and no google searches return anything useful. was this device hacked already??!

specifically the notification said:

"install app for screen share" and "tap to install from the play store"

so, any security minded android users out there who can help me understand if I need to trash this phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 1890170:
Infrequent pop-ups when using a web browser or when running an app can be normal. However, if you are getting pop-ups even when you’re not opening a browser or when using a totally different app, there could be malware in your phone. Malicious pop-ups are often brought about by a bad app that you may have installed in the past. In some cases, legit looking apps may update to a sinister version after some time and cause pop-ups to be displayed.

Run the phone in safe mode and observe it. Safe mode is great tool in detecting a problem app. On this mode, all third party apps will be suspended so if the problem is absent when your Android is running on safe mode, that means there’s a malicious app in the system. While in this mode, you should be able to use preinstalled apps normally as well as use basic networking services without a problem.

My recommendation to have a malware-free phone:

Do a factory reset

Before re-installing any app install an anti-virus app
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehighhat:
So will sideloading an official factory OTA image using adb from recovery, completely remove any malware? (I read about malware that can survive a factory reset.)

Also, has anyone else ever seen a notification asking to install a screen reader? This appeared after a factory reset, immediately after connecting to the wifi network. No apps installed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 1890170:
A factory reset really only deals with the Data and the Cache partitions. System partition isn't affected. This is true regardless device is rooted or not So if malware got installed in System partition it survives a factory reset. A factory reset will also not remove any ROM upgrades or OTA's.

Hopefully by now you have a better understanding of what a factory reset is.

May be the browser - what typically is installed as system app / system-privileged app - is the culprit: Use another browser and see what happens.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehighhat:
I think I understand how the factory reset works. For this discussion, I am do used on Google Pixel line, no modifications, and no root, and only app from the official Play Store.

The adb sideload of a Google factory OTA is the part I don't fully understand.

For example, doe the OTA merely replace files? Or does to do a bitwise blocklevel swap? Does it modify anything in the bootloader, or recovery partitions?

I cannot find clear documentation on this.

The notification requests to install Screen Reader do not come from Chrome or any browser. They appear to come from the system. (Android 10).

So what I am trying to figure out is whether some malicious actor/app installed a persistent malware into the system partition, or the bootloader, or the recovery. Such that a factory reset cannot remove it (like with xHelper malware)

Like for example, can a malware get into the system partition, and a manual adb OTA sideload , or even manual fastboot factory image install, fail to remove the malware from the system partition? That would be. a nightmare for security.

Finally, I cannot find any documentation from Google that Pixel (3) on Android 10 will automatically try to install a screen reader as a native operation.

Basically, is this used, never rooted phone, permanently Trojan-ed junk now?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 1890170:
[MENTION=4160177]thehighhat[/MENTION]

Sorry to say this: I'll no longer waste my time with this ...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehighhat:
oops: duplicated post deleted
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehighhat:
OK. Not sure why you're done with this - if you have insight, sharing it is good for everyone.

anti-virus (13 different ones) all show no malware. shows it is clean.

there are well known malware that can survive a factory reset.

the notification to install "screen reader" occurred immediately after a newly wiped phone connected to internet, even before any of the default apps (chrome, settings, etc.) opened

still looking for answers from someone who knows:

has anyone ever seen a system notification asking to install a "screen reader"?

does anyone know if

adb sideload official.google.ota.img

on a pixel modifies the boot partition or the recovery partition?

does anyone know if that manual ota install will guarantees the system partition contains only unmodified valid files/blocks?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Delgoth:
If you fastboot flash an official google system.img partition. From Google. With the correct hash value to insure correct download. It should flash the entire partition. Same goes for any other partition. If you have a certified unmodified image and flash it, the entire partition should be flashed, not just part of it.

With OTA updates. You only get patches. At least that's how the normal process goes. You got the smaller sized ota update and it only modifies the specific files that are being patched for that particular OTA update.

So with normal OTA only pieces of the partitions get updated. Sometimes they all are not touched with every update.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehighhat:
Thank you. This is exactly what I was looking for :)

So it sounds like file level replacement instead of block level.

Does the ota verify the other files on the system partition that it does not intend to modify?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Delgoth:
It does in the sense that it verifies before and after the process begins/ends, the correct size of the partition. This is true in the sense of Ssmsung devices and how the typical standard recovery image works.

But it is the update zip that does most if not all of the size/digest verifications after the files have been patched. Because there is no real way for the rom to know how big the updated build(s) is going to be before the update arrives.

Generally I've seen it verify all the hash values are the same as last time it updated when it begins. And the update zip specifies the ending size.
[Wing, P4350 General] samthagreat:
im new to windows and i was wondering what was the best rom for my phone and if theres a windows mobile 6.1 out there for my phone and is there a good threaded sms app out there thats free. thanks for any help
[Wing, P4350 General] fzzyrn:
welcome to the forums

the first thing you should do is READ

Read everything in the forums. Soon, all your questions shall be answered.

now, to answer your questions.

The best rom is whichever rom you like the best. The main ones right now are the touch-it series and the opentouch series.

as of now, all and both are 6.1, so all and both have threaded sms
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] taherxda:
URL link
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] TheMadScientist:
No one is gonna just link it. Half of them don't even know what it is let alone where. Google can be your friend
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pankspoo:
This is xposed module works with Edxposed or you can use Tai chi magisk virtualxposed module to use this mod without installing edxposed.

What this mod gives:

1)AOD(Always on display) with time and date

2)weather notification with icon

3)app notification icons with google notification pops up i. E. onetime extended notification of perticuler app

4)battery %

5) now playing( current music playing on phone it may be work or may not work finding solution)

6)bunch of customizations.

7)battery friendly.

Requirements :

Rooted magisk installed or edxposed installed.

Downloads:

Exposed TaiChi app :

https://virtualxposed.com/tai-chi/

Download OPO Mod :

Latest 3.2

https://xdaforums.com/attachments/opaodmod-v3-2-kq-apk.5223811/

Process :

1)First flash Tai chi virtual xposed module in magisk application.

2)now download Taichi app install it

3)install OPOmod module.

4) open Taichi xposed app there add system ui app using add application tab.

5) then go to manage module tab enable OPOmod app

6)click three dot menu and click update compatibility engine after update reboot

7)now open OPO mod application there enable pick Up display tab(second one) it will open existing ambient display setting available in setting. After that close app and reopen it.

8) then see if ambient display works or not if its not working try to restart OPOmod ( root method available under settings)

Finally small video if you didn't understand how and what is this
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] xenon_bn:
any solution to non rooted devices ? :(
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pankspoo:
Try to use this virtual xposed and just enable OPMod xposed module there

https://gameguardian.net/forum/files/file/128-virtualxposed/
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jashanmallan:
Bro tried but it didn't worked on oneplus 6 oos 10.3.2 followed all steps but later at last step it shows working as abnormal in the opaod mod app, followed up all the steps according to the video and cross checked everything.
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pankspoo:
Try to force stop app using force restart system ui and ambient display option given at bottom in app. Then reboot u r phone open app it should work if it still showing orange letter abnormal condition then wait it should work
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jashanmallan:
Tried all the steps, still no luck
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pankspoo:
Have u enables pick up display in ambient settings. I am. Using this on open beta 6 and its working good
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jashanmallan:
Yes enabled it too!
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Oliie23:
I'm stuck on the first step - there is no Tai Chi module in magisk repo, or at least it doesn't show me
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] brmbjn:
step by step for non root device please.?

"open Taichi xposed app there add system ui app using add application tab"

i cannot find system ui for add app ?
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pankspoo:
Latest version 6.1.8

https://72k.us/file/19604958-422454792

Detailed tai chi app web

https://taichi.cool/download.html
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pankspoo:
Download and install tai chi app(no need to install magisk module of tai chi)

https://www.lanzous.com/ib0d03c

Install Opmod.apk

Now open tai chi app click bottom action bar select add app then click on search tab on top there type system ui you will automatically see there system ui app.

Select it done
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] brmbjn:
Add app.

I cannot find system ui.

I am un rooted.
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] brmbjn:
System ui
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pankspoo:
Are you enabled first option dont show system apps(untick that one). That app doesn't need any root acess
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] brmbjn:
Where dont show system ?

Yours rooted ?
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pankspoo:
Yes rooted
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] brmbjn:
Non root can not uncheck it ?

So it not work for u root device
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] sylvn:
With this mod can we unlock directly from the AOD using fingerprint?

All the AOD mods I've tried needs the phone to be woke up first to use fingerprint unlock.
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Ujjaval:
nothing work on 10.3.2
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] kouzelnik3:
Yep, you can unlock directly via fingerprint. I am doing it without problems.
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] sakarya1980:
On my 6T isn't work. The chinese version 2.7 works [emoji848] why

Gesendet von meinem ONEPLUS A6013 mit Tapatalk
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] kouzelnik3:
It doesn't work for me on the stable 10.3.3, but it was working on the beta 6.
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] -=zipp=-:
Hello guys, I followed the instructions, everything seems fine except Working Status - Abnormal, just restarted. And it doesn't work (10.3.2).

Any ideas?
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Tracker31:
Beta 6 working like a charm.
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] sanangel:
Working in 10.3.4.

I followed the steps in the start of the thread for installation and it didn't work for me.

I downloaded the OPAodMod-v3.1.2-KQ.apk version and started again and it works.
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] -=zipp=-:
I can confirm OPAodMod-v3.1.2-KQ.apk working fine on 10.3.4
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] All_New_BoB:
Any chance this can work on custom roms? I get this toast when i press "enable pick up display" on ResurrectionRemix 8.6.0 A10
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pankspoo:
Send your issue pic please
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] sajgon338:
For me not working hiding aps notification for selected... 10.3.8
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pankspoo:
Use latest version 3.2

https://xdaforums.com/attachments/opaodmod-v3-2-kq-apk.5223811/
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] amirdj:
It worked

But double tap for wake up and all shortcut like flashlight or music is gone ( all quick gesture )!!

I remove it but nothing changed and shortcut still don't worked

I don't recommend install this mod
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pankspoo:
If its causing any issues you have to first uninstall Taichi Magick module from Magick app then Uninstall all apps problem solved
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] amirdj:
All apps ?! I think your mean is remove only mod correct ?
[OnePlus 6 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pankspoo:
Remove magisk Module of tichi apps and also remove all apps taichi apk and OPOmod apk also
[General Questions and Answers] Doomer D. Great:
Hello All!

I'm looking for an android game memory cheating application like Cheat Engine. Currently, Cheat Engine fails to hook to any app I want. The App list is empty all the time and the overlay icon only detects CE's own window every time. Does anyone have a working Cheat Engine alike for Android 9? I'm running an Xperia ZX Premium.
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.sa.pella:
Hi there,

I have accidentally bricked my phone; the build version is PRA-LX1 8.0.0.384(C02)

after succesfully rooting it, it made an update overnight and when i woke up i could only get into twrp or fastboot mode. :eek:

Then i installed a wrong stock firmware :cyclops: through sd card and as a result the phone would only boot and reboot continuously, or, by being fast enough, i could put it into fastboot mode by mean of holding volume down and inserting the micro usb cable.

I then tried to flash boot, system and recovery img by extracting them from update.app, but some img would not get flashed such as boot.img.

What should i do?

The bootloader is unlocked,

the funny thing is that when i use fastboot devices it gets recognised but when i do adb devices it doesn't .

I would highly appreciate any help as you probably can imagine i am very desperate and frustrated by the situation:(

Thanks
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RASO_xda:
hello mate.

have you tried to refactory phone settings and then try to flash the correct stock firmware ROOT?

you have a PM.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] korupt data:
Hey peeps, trying to fix this phone for my brother. Is this phone bricked? Or is there anyway to flash it? I can't seem to get into download mode but the phone shows up in Odin I just don't wanna further damage it if there is a better way. Thank you for your time!
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] exnfox:
just go ahead and flash latest stock firmware or id recommend doing the lowest binary level of firmware your phone has been updated to. looks like you have flashed combination firmware witch is why it looks like that.. that is just download mode