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[Google Pixel 4 Questions & Answers] RainGater:
My question is generic and doesn't relate to any specific ROM. Let's say that I setup the ROM/apps on slot A and the data is encrypted. I updated to a new version of the same ROM. This should have updated the ROM to slot B.

When I go to TWRP, it asks me to decrypt data and that is good. Then, I manually change to slot B in TWRP and reboot to recovery. It doesn't ask me to decrypt data and I don't see anything on the /system or /data partition as everything is empty.

1. Shouldn't /system have lots of files/directories as I updated to a new version while on slot A?

2. Why was the /data partition not available in TWRP when I manually changed to slot B?

3. Once I manually change to slot B, and reboot to system, will it bootloop as the data was setup while on slot A and was encrypted? Does the encryption break booting into the second slot B? Is that by design?

My main concern is the availability of data (encrypted) on the slots. If you setup everything on one slot, and later change it manually to the other slot, will the data be accessible? I am on the same android release (Android 10, for example) but different updates (Android 10.1, for example). And, will it boot?

Thanks in advance for any and all replies as I am trying to decipher this A/B mystery.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers] Bahaa_El-din:
I have the xiaomi mi a2 i have it since a year so it is not new i have rooted it since day 1 and now have evolution x android 10 rom installed it a month or less ago

Today the screen started ghosting agressevily that i cant even unlock the screen I need a way to turn the screen touch off so that i can use the otg mouse/keyboard only so I can retrieve my data I cant use the adb to backupI will have to get into some apps manually so any thoughts?

I have tried playstore apps but those turns off the input from mouse too.
[Touch Cruise Accessories] Erik_S:
Hi!

Got a little question I hope someone here can help me with.

Is there a way to connect the mediaplayer in Cruise to the caraudiosystem with Bluetooth?

I got a NissanQashqai with BT handsfree and it works great in general (there are some complaints in microphonequality though...)

I had hoped it should be possible to play music from the cruise via the BT connection aswell, but sofar no sucess.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
[Touch Cruise Accessories] psychedelicNerd:
Pair it and then use BTAudio (if needed)

You should check the pairing guidelines of your car with a bluetooth enabled device. Follow those steps and you should be able to pair your cruise with the bluetooth of the car. Ofcourse, you'll have to make your device discoverable. Also, If you experience that all audio is not being transferred to your paired device (your car), use a utility like BTAudio on your cruise. Hope this helps.
[Touch Cruise Accessories] sonus:
Music is only supported through car systems with the A2DP profile. You need to check car's manual to make sure it actually supports A2DP. However, the majority of oem systems don't support this and only a few aftermarket systems do. Besides going aftermarket, as reccomended by the above poster, BTAudio can provide a makeshift fix, however the music quality will be poor as it will be at best telephone quality (liken it to listening to music through a phone call).

Aftermarket is truly the best way to go if you want wireless. Here are a few pics of my io Play setup which supports the handsfree and headset profies (HSF/HSP) as well as the stereo music and remote control profiles (A2DP/AVCRP).
[Touch Cruise Accessories] Erik_S:
12V FM transmitter with USB connection to Cruise

As I have checked around and tried to get a easy solution for connection via BT, I now beleve there are none. The car is simply not fitted with so advanced BT system, too bad. It would be so simple and neat if it worked...

Anyway, lurking around and reading all about FM-transmitters instead, but not really finding a good product here either.

It would be nice with a 12V FM transmitter, fitted with an USB connection, where the crusie will get powersupply and identyfies the FM transmitter as a wired headset.

I bought one model to try it out, http://www.clasohlson.se/Product/Product.aspx?id=16990147

but had no sucess, it charges ok, but it does not see the charger as a headset and sends out the sound. The transmitter needs to see the Cruise as a USB-memorystick, and controls the USB-stick with stop/play/fwd/bwd.

Anyway, tried the WM5 storage 1.73, but it does not seem to work...

Any ideas of a better product or a solution?
[Touch Cruise Accessories] doctah:
MyVenturi is pretty good -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=387247

And personally I'm also happy with my Jabra 3030 (A2DP) although it does not charge up the Polaris.
[General Questions and Answers] Fredin_:
Device : LUA-L22 - Honor Bee 2/Huawei Y3ii (4g ver.)

So I'm trying to root my device and I just want to create a backup before doing anything to not screw anything up.

I'm using miracle box, everything is fine till I connect the phone, when it's connected miracle box gives a "Downloading boot" message then it stops and the phone restarts.

I found out from device manager that the phone gets into preloader mode for sometime and then disconnects. I really don't think this is a driver issue.

So is there any way for me to make the phone stay in preloader mode or am I doing anything wrong?

Also is there any other way to backup the phone's firmware?

I just tried using SP Flash Tool but it's giving "brom error s_brom_download_da_fail (2004)"

Maybe I have the wrong DA file but I did try the ones that came with SP Flash Tool as well as a few custom ones.
[General Questions and Answers] Trivik:
Have the same issue with the LUA-L21 device. Any update so far?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Bee101:
I was changing my clothes a threw my S20 on bed, which proceeded to skim off the bed and landed on a wooden floor. I did not give it a second thought until I went around and pick it up. Three huge cracks running the length of the phone on the back! After landing on a wooden floor. Yes, I know I should have gotten a case immediately but Gorilla Corning glass #5 should be able to withstand a three feet drop unto a wooden floor. A $1,000 phone should be able to withstand that, all the cheaper models would have because I have owned a few. I have insurance but I already am thinking about something a little more rugged, this phone is to prissy for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] vash_h:
I would like to quote jerry rig everything here. Glass is glass, and glass will break.

Having gorilla glass makes the glass resistant to scratches, not towards cracks. It doesnt make the phone more resistant towards dropping and shattering.

You know, every since iphone came up with the idea of putting glass on phones, i thought it was a stupid idea.. And I still think it's a stupid idea. But it does look and feel premium.

I gotten my rugged case online the moment I prebooked by s20+ and had received it even before I got my phone. When I took delivery of the phone, first thing I did, after seeing up the esim and putting in my second sim card and microsd card, was to put it on the case.

An expensive lesson you learned there bro.

And never ever throw your phone.

The cheaper devices you have probably isn't as heavy as this phone. And it Also depends on the angle of which it contacted the floor. At certain angles it's more susceptible to shatter. Taking into account of the 3 feet tall bed you have, that can create cracks that major, the force is incredible.

I'm not sure about you but my phone came with 1 time free glass replacement for the first 6 months of buying the phone from samsung. You might want to take advantage of that and take it to the nearest service centre. If you are under lockdown, at least make an appointment so the incident is logged in samsung centre so you can still have it changed free even if it's after the 6 months due to the lock down.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] chieco:
Why are you surprised? Sometimes phones drop from the 3rd floor and survive without a scratch and sometimes they fall just from a few centimeters and explode! You are the genius who threw it wrong onto your bed and broke it. You shouldn't be complaining about it being Gorilla glass or it being a 1000$ phone! those things have nothing to do with you being careless. Be grateful you have insurance.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] peachpuff:
Looks like you were wrong there buddy...
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S  Questions & Answers] bANONYMOUS:
I just got my Red Magic 5G, I'm trying to change the default launcher and I can't, I tried installing Linux CLI Launcher and on first boot, it doesn't prompt me to change the launcher, so I tried searching settings for default apps and it only shows options for default font size and stuff, nothing about default apps at all. I tried Nova Launcher which has an option in settings to manually pick your default launcher and when I tried changing it to Nova, it just crashes and returns to Nubia launcher, I tried again and picked Linux CLI Launcher, same thing exactly, I have no way to change the launcher, I can't even change the browser, I prefer Firefox, but every link I open from texts or something keeps opening with Chrome and there's no way to change this.

This phone has been a nightmare right out of the box, it's worse than a Samsung, it doesn't even have face unlock, the 64mp camera is fake, it's 16mp with super resolution post processing, the 8k camera is just upscale 4k using 1080p processing, the stability just makes the videos blurry, you have to use developer options just to change the default DPI because they completely removed changing display size from the vision settings, if you try to even pick vision settings from the initial setup, it just flashes the screen and returns to the setup screen, this phone is horrendous, it's like it's still using ALPHA software, I've used nightly beta's that are more stable than this thing..

Is anyone else having a hard time with this phone? I just got it today and after using it for the last few hours, I'm refusing to switch from my ROG Phone. The ROG Phone may be older, it's on Android 9, ASUS dropped support completely not, and it's beat up, but at least everything works, the camera is just as bad, and that says a lot because the original ROG Phone is also pretty bad lol
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S  Questions & Answers] joemossjr:
Welcome to the club man. Just return it. OnePlus comes out tommorow
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S  Questions & Answers] samussamus1:
Yes, because that's what OP wanted to hear.

Oh, and those coming from Google looking for help.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S  Questions & Answers] bANONYMOUS:
Well, their not wrong, the best solution is to return it, I kept using it and tons of issues, it's not a finished product, the software is like alpha, it crashes every few minutes of use and I've done 6 factory resets now trying to fix problems, I'm trying to send it back but their website doesn't even work, the process for RMA just brings up a broken web page that won't load correctly and I can't even submit the RMA request to return the phone.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S  Questions & Answers] xphyle1971:
Next time do your homework and read some reviews. Every review I've read mentions that the launcher cannot be changed. It was a decision by Nubia. If you don't like it,send it back. Lol. You get what you pay for. Android Police gave it a 6 out of 10.
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S  Questions & Answers] An Droid:
I'm wondering if the trick used to change the launcher on the Redmagic 3 would work on the 5G - not suggesting it though and don't want to try it myself.

https://xdaforums.com/red-magic-3/help/launcher-t3935186
[Nubia Red Magic 5G / 5S  Questions & Answers] bANONYMOUS:
Definately going to try that out, thanks!
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Dewaynelives:
If you can help me fix this i will donate you for your time

Somehow deleted messed up Persists and need a backup.
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] t-mizzle:
We are in a similar situation, my adb wasn't fully working, couldn't root on 10.5.4, msm and went back to stock, realized my adb wasn't fully working, I did the OTA to 10.5.5 and then I rooted, lost fingerprint read. Personally, I value root far more than fingerprint function, already started customizing the phone so can't be bothered to wipe the phone. I am pretty sure you would regain the fingerprint function if you go back to fully stock. If you can't be bothered to do it yourself, I think it's just a matter of time until a toolkit that does it for you is updated for the 8 pro.
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Dewaynelives:
ive done used MSM Brick Fix along with just about every other stock. Nothing has worked only reason i am so panicky over it is being used for a project that im working on and really need all features to work
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Guitarfreak26:
Is this for Global or EU? Have a look in my thread if you need an EU persist. I ended up bricking mine trying to fix it.

This seems quite a wide spread issue, MSM doesn’t fix it either
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] t-mizzle:
If no one can provide you with a fix, I would use adb to flash the stock boot image. If you are wiped and fully stock again, did you go through the setup again, if so, did the enrollment fail there or did it fail when you manually went there? I just don't see why it would fail when the phone is in the stock "first bootup" mode.
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Guitarfreak26:
It fails during first setup, during any setup. Even after a full flash with msm tool. I think the persist partion somehow gets messed up.

All I had done is flashed stock boot img was then reset.
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] t-mizzle:
Interesting. Did you at any point have a working fingerprint scanner? I did, until I rooted.
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Nekromantik:
you forgot to convert the persist image before flashing thats what caused your brick most likely.

---------- Post added at 09:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:54 AM ----------

If you on EU then there is a persist image on the Root thread. But remember you need to convert it to a raw img from sparse image before flashing.

Google simgtoimg tool
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Guitarfreak26:
Yeah I didn’t convert it I think that was the issue.

And yes my fingerprint sensor worked perfectly up until a factory reset then nothing. On the other thread, Zige advised that Oneplus Finland are aware of the issue and said a fix will roll out ?
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] pyry666:
Ot..Oneplus Finland sound funny..Cause its a Chinese company and i am Finnish myself :D
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Is that something that should be common knowledge for users who are opting to root and have a tinker.

It's it easy enough to convert? It's there any way to save your device if this happens?

I know [MENTION=1954600]guitarfreak[/MENTION] has had a lot of issues and I think it's heading for RMA right Gfreak?

We need a thread about this.
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Nekromantik:
yes you just need the tool google simage2img

as long as you have a backup of the partition and can use the tool and have access to fastboot it can be saved as far as I know.

other user lost access to fastboot as he used MSMtool to revert back to stock so locked bootloader. If you want to flash the persist do not use msmtool
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] pyry666:
Not that i have this happened to me but still. Witch is broken, msmtool or phones sofrware? I am using linux so msm would be pointless for me. Just out of coriousity and knoledge i am asking
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Guitarfreak26:
Yeah it’s in Poland now at the service centre. I asked for a refund for now as I’m not sure what’s happening with it. I hadn’t crossflashed anything prior to the sensor stopping. So I’m not sure what’s causing the fault.

---------- Post added at 01:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:23 PM ----------

Previously with OP the MSMTOOL would fix anything. Even when moving over to AOSP ROMs. Now it seems the tool can not fix the partion. So when I flashed wrong partion then tried to fix again with the tool it locked the boot loader but wouldn’t boot into OS.
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] pyry666:
I know that. I am interested is it msmtool failure or something in os
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Guitarfreak26:
From my understanding from looking across the forums the persist partion hasn’t been touched by MSM for a while. Which would mean it’s an OS fault.

Does the boot img even touch the persist partion as that’s the only thing that had been touched prior to the fault? I don’t have enough understanding on persist as I’d never seen the issue before lol
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Nekromantik:
this has nothing to do with msmtool.

msmtool was used by people to try and fix the fingerprint issue.

This only should happen if you flash wrong version boot img. If you do that then you will loose fingerprint.

Some people have lost fingerprint even if they said they used correct boot img.

only way to bring fingerprint back is to flash persist img back onto phone. but you need to use simg2img tool which converts the posted img from sparse to raw. you can only flash raw images.

when you extract the img from phone its in sparse format and not raw
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Dewaynelives:
Im on Int version is there any way for me to fix it? i dont know anyone with the device myself so i have no way to get the file
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Dewaynelives:
im on int myself . whats messed u is i have not flashed any files from other regions to cause this so i guess it has to do with root?
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] s3axel:
Well, in my case it has been caused by a factory reset. Yes, I was rooted before that, but everything worked fine - so maybe rooting was the cause and it became evident after the reset.

Oh, and I was only on EU ROM - so no cross-country flashing.

I'll wait for Oneplus fixing this, for me there is too little understanding what happens when flashing persist from a different phone.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] S3Killer:
In March 2016 I bought my Galaxy Note 4 SM-N910C, after spending 4 years with a Samsung Galaxy S3. (great device by the way).

However, one thing I've been missing in Note 4 is the lack of more internal memory. 32Gb is already running low. I've been buying a new Note for a long time, but with 128GB and SD slot. I think of Note 9 ...

I know that many here still have Note 4, as it is a spectacular device even over the years. Is anyone already thinking about migrating to a device with 128GB or more?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Curioususer1:
It's only about your expectations of your phone. Internal applications couldn't be installed on External Memory (SD Card or OTG Storage), so if you use a lot of applications, you may change your Note 4 instead any phone which has a larger internal capacity.

I've also had a Note 4 since March 2016. (As same as with you. :D) I'm OK with its octa-core processor, 515 PPI Quad-HD Screen, external storage (I'm using it with 512 GB Samsung MicroSD, so its 32 GB Internal storage isn't problem for me.), 16 MP quite sharp Camera etc, it is still great phone around many specs. But, its 3 GB RAM (And because of its software, we could use only approx. half of it.) isn't enough anymore. Without reloading, it couldn't keep anything on its virtual memory. Thus, sometimes it may be slow while using Chrome etc. I'm still OK with it but after a few months, at most after a year, I'm not sure about I will say "I'm still OK with it."
[Galaxy Note 4 General] S3Killer:
Thanks for the answer.

After I returned to Lollipop 5.1.1, a lot of internal memory was left compared to Android 6.0.1.

The sd card is almost full too and I may need to buy a bigger one. I have a 64GB Sandisk.

I'm doing my best not to spend money on a new cell phone now, but it will be the way.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] zulhamlai:
I use 256GB SD card as adoptable storage to increase internal storage
[Galaxy Note 4 General] S3Killer:
Lollipop does not allow the external card to be used as internal storage and even so, if the memory card becomes corrupt or fails, you lose everything.

You can't even recover what's in the internal storage.

That was once I read it on a forum
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mr. JAVI:
It's possible to enable adoptable storage on the Note4 by flashing adoptable_storage_enabler_ashyx.zip .

https://www.google.com/amp/s/xdafor...patch-adoptable-storage-enabler-t3460478/amp/

https://xdaforums.com/search/thread/3460478?query=Note 4
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mr. JAVI:
Theres also possible to partition the external sd card with a rooted Note 4 by use of Link2SD and App2SD. Its been a long time since I did this but I believe one partition is Fat32 and the other ExFat or possibly f2fs. Its best done on Lollipop. You could even make a third partition for 1Gb simulated ram . The simulated ram will reduce the life experience of you external sd and I didn't find much benefit with it anyway. You'll also need an app called Foulder Mount.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] bwfcmadlad:
Hi guys,

Im new to this and have never geotagged any photos before but i like the idea of it.

Do you have any reccomendations as to the best software for doing this?

Also does anyone know step by step how i would go about it so that i could see the photos on google maps etc?

Thanks in advance Grin
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] darthbane2k:
I also have no idea of how this is done and am interested..

I believe the iPhone geotags and works with google maps?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] slow23:
Its indeed possible:

LOOK

Tweak 13

slow23
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] darthbane2k:
Doesnt explain whether this works with Google Maps (al'a iPhone), plus another question - why on Earth didnt HTC add this feature by default?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] MirageDK:
1. Download and install: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=69442&d=1202399126

2. Download and install: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=99781&d=1216258426

3. Open programs

4. Open Advanced Config

5. Change GPS Photo from disabled to enabled (optionally enable the rest of the camera settings while youre at it)

6. Soft reset

7. Open your camera, touch the screen and choose the middle symbol (The camera one)

8. Choose the last set of options, and choose GPS. (It might help if you opened a GPS app first like Google Maps or TomTom to enable the GPS, or it might take a while to get connected.

Your geo-tagged photos is in the Internal Storage\My Documents\My POI folder.

The geo-tagging doesnt work if you e-mail your photos to Flickr - you have to use their Uploadr program.

To use with Google Earth - first use iTag (http://www.itagsoftware.com/).
[General Questions and Answers] proza:
Is there a way to root BlueStacks 4 for Mac?
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
BSTweaker - a Russian tool that allowed to root BS - no longer works with latest versions of BS.
[General Questions and Answers] proza:
It looks like that there is no way to root the latest BlueStacks for Macintosh.
[General Questions and Answers] Lubo99:
still no support for older BS version 4?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] V@no:
Hello.

Direct Share only shows 4 contacts instead of 8 (as on other phones), out of which only 2 are my frequently shared contacts, other two I've never ever shared with, EVER. In fact one of these contacts is from Hangouts, the app which I don't use at all.

Is there any solution for non-rooted phone?

Thank you.