yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Huawei P20 Lite Questions & Answers] MayhemIam:
Well after flashing back to EMUI 9.1 I tried again, this time flashing TWRP first (twrp-3.4.0-0-anne.img) ....the other TWRP you suggested booted into TWRP but then it would reboot shortly after. Then I formated my sd card to fat32. After that I flashed Colt OS, then I reinstalled stock recovery, rebooted and ColtOS was working but it was installed on my SD card and not my main storage?

So now I am back on EMUI 9.1 but I can't access my storage on my PC. If I switch to "transfer file" only a cd-rom pops up in My Computer on Win 10. So I managed to screw up my entire storage :crying:

Well EMUI 9.1 is running though. My internal storage is encrypted
[Huawei P20 Lite Questions & Answers] -Alf-:
Hi, just a few notes:

- As I wrote earlier, availability of custom ROMs for Kirin devices is scarce.

- Note that the "AB" in GSIs is not the same thing as physically having AB partitions .

"AB" in GSIs means SAR - system-as-root ( P20 lite which runs on EMUI 9.1).

A common misconception is that having Project Treble support and A/B partition support are related to one another, but that’s not actually the case. Having one does not imply the other. P20 Lite supports Project Treble AB, yet is an A-only device ( does not support Seamless Updates).

- if your phone is running Oreo, install a-only version.
[Huawei P20 Lite Questions & Answers] MayhemIam:
Ok thank you very much for your insight Alf.

I was having issues with that specific TWRP, that's why I tried a different one. But per your instructions, I will 100% go ahead and install Service ROM as suggested!

Thank you so very much Alf! Now I understand a bit more one the partitions.
[Huawei P20 Lite Questions & Answers] MayhemIam:
Hi Alf,

So I tried to follow your advice. I downloaded the following .zip file mentioned in your earlier post.

ANE-L01 8.0.0.136(C432) Firmware Android 8.0.0 EMUI 8.0.0 05014YXX.zip

I unzipped that file, and afterwards I tried flashing it first with the dload method, which only gave an error exclamation on eRecovery. I know I need to downgrade first from 9.1.0 and I have looked through XDA posts now but I haven't managed to do it. I have also tried via HiSuite and it gives me the option to downgrade, which I did, and then the phone restarted into TWRP recovery ( it seems I did not flash stock recovery before the HiSuite downgrade).

Ok...it seems I have to relock my bootloader before I try and downgrade to EMUI 8. If there are any steps I am missing please help.

Thank you!
[Huawei P20 Lite Questions & Answers] -Alf-:
Where did you get this information ??? If you are running EMUI 9.1, you have to flash Service ROM for EMUI 9.1. Don't try downgrade to Oreo using Oreo Service ROM, it may brick your phone.

Download links (Service ROMs for C432 EMUI 9.1):

https://androidhost.ru/Xch

https://androidhost.ru/Xc1

https://androidhost.ru/Xar

It doesn't matter which one you choose.
[Huawei P20 Lite Questions & Answers] MayhemIam:
Ok thank you Alf, I will try with the provided info. Thank you! I was reading through XDA but couldn't find a answer. After I tried to do a downgrade via HiSuite and it failed as well as the dlaod method, I tried again to do a downgrade via HiSuite and the info in the app stated that my phone should not be unlocked.

Thank you for the help Alf!
[Huawei P20 Lite Questions & Answers] MayhemIam:
Ok, I tried flashing via dload method as well as the service menu Alf. Didn't work. So I flashed it manually via fastboot. It installed the service ROM as you suggested I do.

The one I flashed was

Huawei P20 Lite ANE-LX1 ANE-L21 hw eu HLRCF Anne-L21 9.1.0.278(C432E6R1P7T8) Firmware EMUI9.1.0 05014YWN.zip

Current build number 9.1.0.278(C432E6R1P7)

What is the next step Alf? What makes a service ROM special? I tried looking on interwebs but couldn't find any info.
[Huawei P20 Lite Questions & Answers] MayhemIam:
Ok, got a post on XDA, you need Service ROM to go back to Android 8.

The dload method, does it matter what the sd card's name is in the OS? Must it be sd_card?

OK the dload method does not work. I see that once you properly load a Service ROM, your device locks automatically and then one can proceed to flashing back to Oreo. I take it when the Service ROM is loaded correctly and one boot into fastboot mode the device should say "Phone Locked" "FRP Unlock"?
[Huawei P20 Lite Questions & Answers] -Alf-:
Dude it's you choice. As I said, downgrade to lower EMUI version via dload method may brick your phone. it's possible (and safely!) via HiSuite (with locked bootloader) only, or using HuRupdater 0.4 & TWRP .

Our conversation is useless, it's time to end it. Good Luck!
[Huawei P20 Lite Questions & Answers] MayhemIam:
Thank you Alf. You were very helpful!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] ismailonrails:
Fingerprint sensor not working

if this keep happening, restart your phone.

I am using Note 20 Ultra N9860 and my fingerprint sensor is not working anymore.

I've restarted the phone,

event reset the phone but nothing works

Actually I also refreshed old firmware, thinking that might help but nothing.

is there a way to re-flash biometric firmware or anything?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] dublinz:
I have not seen biometiric firmware as separate flash-able peace, it is always in security patches .. If you did factory reset and problem is still there, i am afraid that you will need to contact Samsung ....
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chris0106:
dear sir

i bought HTC diamond from Germany O2

i crack sim problem and work well

now , i would like flash to taiwan version or UK vodafone version

but it can not flash any version i checked

the display "invalid model ID" problem

anyone who know how to solve

i use HardSPL-1.23/HardSPL-1.24 already

i am so stupid to flash any version
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] the-equinoxe:
If you want to flash carrier ROMs please first remove IPL/SPL from that ROM.

Your Hard-SPL won't allow reflashing any other SPL.

This is for Security, a badly flashed IPL or SPL will brick your device.

Besides that, the average user won't have any advantage from another SPL other than Hard SPL.

You'd be better of with a custom cooked ROM from one of our Cooks (they are all IPL/SPL free)

Most custom ROMs stand out in stability, and added extra's.

Good luck and have Fun,

EqX
[Xiaomi Black Shark 3 Questions & Answers] keltai:
Hi all,

need help... am using a china rom black shark 3s, had installed GMS and play store, also install contactsync.apk and set all permission to ok, but still didnt find anyway to see all my contact.... anyone?
[Xiaomi Black Shark 3 Questions & Answers] theintelligent:
Uninstall the current version and install from the below link. It should resolve the problem

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...c/google-contacts-sync-4-4-4-1227136-release/
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] nvrmndryo:
It not sharp and little hit blurry if zoomed in there are no details.

Anyone else?
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] ajfer.1989:
Yes, today got the phone from flipkart and I felt the same. In some old youtube reviews, the photos looked much more sharper.
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] nvrmndryo:
Ok that means atleast my phone is not faulty.

I tried gcam as well but no improvement.
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] ajfer.1989:
Are you from India and if you ordered the product via flipkart during big billion day sale? I found similar complaints from three other users in twitter. But for some, they do not have the problem. May be a defective piece?

---------- Post added at 01:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:57 AM ----------

The exact issue is that front camera is out of focus/always focusing at infinity. It is not getting focused on the human nearby.
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] Arvindrockz79:
Absolutely same

Yes happened to me too, last morning i received and used stock camera and gcam 7.0 too the front camera photos are so blurry if we zoom in.

Poor sharpness, compared it with POCO F1 and noticed LG G8X thinQ is having very dull front camera sharpness

And poor white balance in nights.

Same in night mode in gcam too.

Please suggest some settings to fix this.
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] nvrmndryo:
As per Lg we are supposed to keep the camera 30cm away to focus.

https://qhelp.lge.com/share.ncd?mode=F&oid=5094M04UN8&sid=6EL

I think all the phones have this issue as its set on infinity focus.
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] Abhilash Panwar:
Happened with me too

The so called 32 Mp Front Camera is so poor. No sharpness, no details and poor AWB.

Even Pocof1 did amazing job compared to Lg G8x.

Tried several Gcams but result remain the same :(
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] purval6300:
Yes front camera is very poor..no sharpness..even my 4.5 year old redmi note 3 with gcan takes better selfie
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] nvrmndryo:
Yep, gcam makes little bit improvement in sharpness but that's it.

My oneplus has way better front camera than g8x.

As well I found that wide camera is also not clear, compared to main camera.

And video from wide camera is very bad.
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] johnybravojr:
I have read several tech review blogs that the front camera is fixed at infinity, and hence the face is not focused correctly. It's not a defect, and it's not a recent issue. Even Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has the same problem. You have to keep the device as far as away as possible while taking a selfie.
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] nvrmndryo:
You are right.
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] anmolkakkar:
I agree that the stock cam is far-focused that results in very (defocused) smooth selfies. Alternate solution that I tried is to install this Gcam version with a xml config file that I created after playing around with the config of it for quite a while. This should raise the quality of selfies quite a bit and feel free to even tweak the settings further to cater to your preference.

Let me know if it helped and how the results are looking after using this.

PS: After installing this Gcam and downloading the XML file, open the Gcam, navigate to the section "More" from the bottom tiles on the main screen. Between the options that appear on the screen and the bottom tile (from where you selected the option "More"), there will be some space/gap. Double-tap in that gap and an option to select the config file will appear. Select the downloaded XML file and hit OK, the GCam app will restart with the config from that file pre-loaded. Happy Clicking.
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] nvrmndryo:
Yeh I m using gcam only for front cam, it makes great difference still not like my OP6.
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] purval6300:
Can you upload again..i am not able to download xml file
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] anmolkakkar:
There you go.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corvus.corax:
My i9506 is on LOS 16.0. After a couple of weeks on a fresh install, I flashed the latest Magisk zipfile and rebooted. However, I don't think it took. I tested by trying to copy a file to the root directory using MiXplorer and it didn't go. I also installed Magisk manager, but it won't show the modules section, which leads me to believe again that installing Magisk failed. Any ideas how to get Magisk working? Is there a permission in Developer Options or elsewhere I have to set? Or do I have to reinstall the OS, followed by Magisk, then the GApps?
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] RAD7:
This is specific to India for those who purchased the LG G8X ThinQ from "FlipKart" specifically the 'Made in Vietnam' Main & the dual display case both. I did not switch on the device out of the box and first directly put it on charge and typically any other phone would start charging in the powered off mode just showing a battery graphic icon with the percentage charge and any accompanying charging symbol or text but in case of this phone what happened was, I got a Circle with a "ERASING' text message for a brief less than 5 seconds and rather the phone switched on instead of charging (though it started charging after powering on) and I was forced to continue setting up the phone.

But upon seeing a lot on YouTube and also reading comments, practically everyone faced this issue even if they directly booted the phone without putting it on charge. This is weird, not acceptable, concerning and worrisome. If anyone can advise why this issue happened and if it can cause any future problems, please share your knowledge and also would request all Indian Buyers to tweet to LG India, send them a DM on Twitter and also on LG India Mobile on Facebook and also send a email to them. When they will get pressure of their Rs.320 crores buyers all together, they will have to reply. Please reply if you get any response from LG. Thanks!
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] AbuAzlan:
i ll get my phone tomorrow. let me see if i too get the same message. but i hope its fine and there is no issue due to that 'ERASING' message
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] Yashaskm11:
Yes, even I noticed it on the first boot, I can see only two possibilities, 1. LG updating the software (android 10) on Refurbished / unsold products from other countries and factory reset the device and update to Android 10. Since there is no charger inside the box ( Different countries have different socket and Power Standards) and LG India has confirmed on Twitter that It's not a Refurbished product, I believe that it is the latter (unsold products).
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] Harry@007:
Is rooting available for vietnam model:crying:??
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] RAD7:
Been hearing a lot about this refurbished thing, can clearly state the product is not at all refurbished. Now whether they are selling unsold stock from other countries here in India does not matter as it's a brand new phone and I am telling you, it's great that it is an imported device. Sad but true, locally made electronics have faced a lot of issues, even MI products of late made locally. They have factory installed Android 10 out of the box and then mostly every device gets some sort of an Android update, note update and not upgrade. Android 11 will be an upgrade later but that Erasing message with brief circle is strange as because in my case I had not even switched on the phone but simply attached charger but it started by way of booting up. Any other phone will simply start charging in off state and boot only when you explicitly press on the power button. I have tweeted to LG last night for a response, request everyone to do so.
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] RAD7:
Please also do not insert main device in to case until fully booted. Fulfill the android update and then put it in case, while doing so please observe keenly the process of firmware upgrade which is shown for the dual case. In my experience, I got the message and I did not touch the phone while firmware was being upgraded but there was no message or indication stating that firmware was successfully done. Do check and share your experience.
[LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers] Harry@007:
Yeah i too didn't get any finished or successful notification i just leave it for a few min:cowboy:
[ASUS ZenFone 7 / 7 Pro Questions & Answers] Csetoue:
Hello!

Ended up buying a Zenfone 7 Pro. Im waiting It to arrive.

Whats the must have accessories for It?

I bought a Imak tempered glass shield and an air bumped (on corners) cover, also from Imak.

Is there any other cool accessories? Something to take advantage of the camera?

Firstly, I was looking for a bumper with holes to hand strap (to prevent falls). But I didnt find any. :(

Thanks,
[ASUS ZenFone 7 / 7 Pro Questions & Answers] N4KA:
Something to overcome the missing audio jack ;)
[ASUS ZenFone 7 / 7 Pro Questions & Answers] CVonV:
I finally found a lens protector on AliExpress. $2.49 USD for 2 pieces with free shipping.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000086457289.html
[ASUS ZenFone 7 / 7 Pro Questions & Answers] Csetoue:
Don't you think this affect the photo quality?
[ASUS ZenFone 7 / 7 Pro Questions & Answers] N4KA:
If I would be worried about scratching the lenses I would rather get the RhinoShield with a sliding cover for the cameras.

https://rhinoshield.io/collections/...pro&limit=48&dcolor=Black&page=1&bcolor=black
[ASUS ZenFone 7 / 7 Pro Questions & Answers] CVonV:
Should be negligible.

Yeah I was considering this but it's too thick for my liking.
[ASUS ZenFone 7 / 7 Pro Questions & Answers] CVonV:
Anybody have a recommendation for a USB C to 3.5mm adapter that works with this phone? Preferably one with a charging port too.
[ASUS ZenFone 7 / 7 Pro Questions & Answers] Csetoue:
I also would like to know.... I have a Philips X2HR and Id like something to listen with it.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] knight14th:
Hi,

is there any hardware difference between O2 "soon to be released" Diamond Pro and the original HTC Touch Pro? Because the O2-Phone is going to be 100€ cheaper here, I would wait until September, if there are no differences...

Does anybody know something about this?

Bye
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] freesolo:
Hi can you post a link pls
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] l3v5y:
Should be the same hardware, but it may have a different back (Diamond and Victor are the same device, but different back plate).

I suspect the price difference is because of contract subsidising.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] mtbmtbmtb:
Back is plain and keys are blue instead of green

http://www.theunwired.net/?item=vid...-o2-xda-diamond-pro-windows-mobile-smartphone
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] knight14th:
I mean cheaper without contract/subsity. Don't know, why they are cheaper. Looking at handit.de, also o2's Diamond is ~80€ cheaper then the HTC device. Again, without subisty!
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] l3v5y:
Possibly because the device is locked to O2s network?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] empi00:
NO! --> NOT LOCKED!!

greetings

empi
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 10113280:
Device: Asus Zenfone 6 with LineageOS 16 and LineageOS recovery

long story short, fastboot doesn't seem to working on my device anymore. I tried using a different cable, different computer, different operating system etc. I'm able to get output when I do "sudo adb reboot bootloader" but not always and only intermittently even the charging happens always. But whenever I reboot into the bootloader and do "sudo fastboot devices", I don't get any output

I need to flash the stock ROM on this device to be able to sell it.

Is it possible to flash the stock ROM on it without using fastboot? I tried using the LineageOS recovery to install the stock ROM but I get the following error

failed to verify package compatibility (result 1): runtime info and framework compatibility matrix are incompatible: Vbmeta version 0.0 does not match framework matrix 1.0. Installation aborted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raiz:
You can't use LOS recovery to flash the stock rom, it's only to update LineageOs itself. If TWRP, Clockwork mod recovery, pitch black recovery or any other custom recovery is available, you'll surely be able to flash the stock ROM.

And most of the time fastboot isn't working because the drivers aren't installed.

Make sure you download adb and fastboot from here : https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools

You can check out this : https://www.asus.com/Phone/ZenFone-6-ZS630KL/HelpDesk_Download/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 1890170:
[MENTION=10113280]bezelfree[/MENTION]

A device's Stock ROM can get flashed via ADB

adb devices
adb reboot sideload
adb sideload <FULL_PATH_TO_STOCK_ROM_ZIP_FILE_ON_PC>
adb reboot
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 10113280:
Thanks for the reply.

Installing TWRP would also require fastboot I guess which I don't have right now. Can I flash TWRP without using fastboot?

I'm using adb and fastboot from the packages provided by my Linux distribution. They are also on the latest version.

$ adb --version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41
Version 30.0.4
$ fastboot --version
fastboot version 30.0.4

I did, however, try doing this on Windows using the same link you mentioned and fastboot still didn't work. ADB works but not reliably.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raiz:
Weird, you can install TWRP from the mobile app if your LOS is rooted. If it's not tho you're blocked. How did you install LOS in the first place ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 10113280:
After an entire day of messing around, I finally got it.

First of all, I still can't get fastboot to work. I had the LineageOS recovery on my phone. I flashed the TWRP installer ZIP file from the LineageOS recovery and booted into TWRP. I installed the stock ROM from my SD Card in TWRP and rebooted. The device was stuck on the boot animation. Rebooted and did a factory reset and got the stock ROM back.

But yeah, fastboot still doesn't work for some reason. Don't know why. But hey, I got what I wanted.

Thanks for the help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raiz:
Nice to see it worked :svetius:

And, I don't want to tell you what you have to do but make sure to tell the next owner about that fastboot problem. He won't be able to recover anything if the phone is bricked, so make sure he understood what he bought (at an interesting price I imagine)
[Realme X2 Pro Questions & Answers] nakulp:
Like with MiUI generally apps like Game Turbo are lost and there's no alternative replacement available so later cannot set screen touch sensitivity or disable notifications in gaming, set performance mode etc.

So suppose I install LOS then are there any Game Space alternatives? Is the Los camera better than RUI?

My main reason for wishing to shift over to LOS is really weird and extremely intrusive RealmeUI behaviour which feels even more intrusive VS MIUI and AFAIK there's no 'debloated' versions of stock unlike Miui EU/MiuiRoom and dozen others.

I have just recently unlocked mine and noticed Game Space was missing like WTF Realme - why you gotta act so passive aggressive bruh!? :silly:

Then noticed today after deleting photos even from third party apps they'll come back as the default gallery maintains a log and cache by itself - thats the last straw for me! Cant have the fookin OS track my gallery too and try to babysit me "in case I want to recover in 30days".
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 3] horaceb:
I have the galaxy watch 3 . The watch doesn't show my text app or messages. I have checked all permissions and all are on but the watch does not access the messaging app. I've reset the watch and uninstalled the wearable and plugin apps to no avail.

Please help me resolve this issue!
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 3] kaw900r:
Samsung msg app

Have you tried the samsung app that comes with the watch? It works but i would prefer to load a different app.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus Questions & Answer] xdafly:
In Dex any window can be resized by dragging from Left Top corner, just not Firefox ? Also, max window icon on top menu bar on top right is disabled.

EDIT: nope, it now works. Apparently disable and re-enable Dex fixed it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] yodamaul:
I've been trying to unlock a Blu G5 - I've gotten as far as patching the disk image and all that is left to do is just flash the image onto the phone.

The issue is whenever I try to flash something onto the phone I get the following error :

FAILED (remote: Flashing Lock Flag is locked. Please unlock it first!)

.

When I go to unlock through Flashing unlock I get the error in the title - OEM unlock gives me cmd not found.

I have USB debugging and OEM unlocking both enabled inside the app settings. I'm not sure if its pertinent but on Magisk I see "Ramdisk : No". I've also been unable to get into recovery mode despite trying every combination possible except for once on accident (which I haven't been able to replicate).

Any help would be appreciated, Thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] flaccidattempts:
having the same problem right now. did you get a fix?