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[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Who-m3:
It's not a matter of how hard it is for them NOW, it's a matter of how much time and work they've put into it. As Olipro and Cmonex do quite a bit for the various devices, they earn the right to REQUIRE you to pay. Once you've participated in the site more than one or two days, or actually contributed something of value to the site, you can complain about paying for something someone else spent time making. Yes, they can easily generate a code to unlock your device. The reason they can is the HOURS upon HOURS of work they've spent with a device trying to find the fix. Yeah, they're making some money back. How else do you expect them to get the NEXT device they unlock?

I, for one, am HAPPY to see them charging you. They can charge me too. Don't get me wrong, I'd love for it to be free, but I see their point of view. They spend all sorts of money on these devices, then they create the HardSPL's, the Security Unlocks, the Sim Unlocks... That takes time. Are you seriously going to sit there and tell me you'd spend ALL THAT MONEY and ALL THAT TIME and not look for something back from those who haven't spent **** in the way of contributions to the community?

Do I blame them? Hell no. I encourage them to CONTINUE to do it. That's my two cents. If you don't like it, go somewhere else.

-John
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] goodboy332:
Hi guys,

i am from Greece, i got my Raphael from a UK seller from ebay and it was a Vodafone mobile and also was supposed to be sim unlocked. I couldn't stand the Vodafone style menu and i emmediatly upgraded it with Seph's rom. AFTER the upgrade i tried for the FIRST time to insert a sim card. I'm getting the message "Smartchip not provisioned MM #2" . I've contacted the seller and he told me that he tried various sim cards from various UK networks and worked fine. I've tried a Cosmote sim and a greek Vodafone sim also, but still the same message.

Does this mean that it's sim locked or is it an issue of Seph's rom?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Who-m3:
Looks as though your Radio is SIM locked. An easy fix, hit the site on the first page. May want to contact your seller and let him know exactly what it's doing. DO NOT enter the wrong code multiple times, it WILL LOCK the device. It's a pain, I know. After you Sim Unlock, you shouldn't have any more problems.

-John
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] goodboy332:
If i flash my Radio, do you think it will be ok or worse? Thanks for your effort though.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] goodboy332:
Just answering my own question. No, it's still locked after upgrading Radio to 1.14.25.05 version. :mad:

Damn!
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] PavelX1:
Can you insert unlock code after insert other network sim card?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] tupisdin:
Sorry for not answering for a long time. I was on holidays.

Please send all requests by P.M.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] tnq13:
That´s just ok charging people for the unlock code, but I just can't find in the forum how to unlock my fuze the hard way. I don't care about reading and wasting my time unlocking, but EVERYTHING in this forum that refers to unlocking HTC Raphael is saying that I need to pay.

You said that those who contributes to the forum could get the code for free, but how can I contribute with anything if I just can't use my phone? Try something new, learn something and then pass it? I had my Touch Pro casted aside, but I won't pay something like R$ 50, I'm still looking for a different method then just inserting a unlock code.

-Thiago
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] fatpandas:
do you just want to find a hard way to unlock it or do you just want to unlock it. to unlock mine, i just called AT&T and told them i needed the unlock code cuz i was going abroad and i got it for free. not really sure which carriers do that but you might wanna try that first.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] tnq13:
I wanna unlock it, no matter if the easy or the hard way. I know that most users just wanna use the forum and then go away, only whant the information, open lots of new threads with the same subject, but you are putting everyone at the same level.

That's ok not leaving the information without a cost (here I mean with no search, with no learn), I just think that the information should be here, for those, as me, who wants to search and learn.

By the way it is so easy to me come here and require the information for free and it's fair enough for you to say no for it, but that's not what I thought to find in a internet forum.
[Realme X50 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Vitorluansi:
About a month ago realme released the bootloader unlock for the X50 and X50m, however the RMX2144, RMX2025 and RMX2142 versions were not privileged, with Realme's stupid excuse that the operator's policy does not allow unlocking which is not an explanation valid, I ask for help from anyone interested in unlocking their device to comment in the realme community demanding the unlock because we can not even use the 5G that is stamped on the boxes of the devices or use or use our apps with the maximum performance "120Hz" because Realme makes a blacklist of apps that they "think" that we should use.

Community link: https://www.realmebbs.com/

Post with my call: https://www.realmebbs.com/post-details/1336795299716280320
[Realme X50 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Simba83:
Will take a look but think we won't get anything I'm going to try get a refund and choose an other company phone instead.
[Realme X50 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] siamese007:
Hi friends,

I would say the votes may not affect Realme decision about this. I have seen this kind of decision made by Huawei to remove unlock option from all of their devices since 2018. And there is no single decision to allow unlock option has been remade before. So what's happened's happened.

I chose to sell all of my Realme phones as well as my Huawei phones and don't look back to Realme until there is any change to allow unlock option. IMO if Realme's or Huawei's sale amounts drop drasticallly, they may change their decisions.

Anyways Xiaomi supplies also good standardized phones at the affordable prices. Unlocking Xiaomi Phones is a bit complicated and takes time.
[Realme X50 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Simba83:
I totally agree and I will send my realme and look for another brand.
[Realme X50 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] noeeeeshot:
read here https://xdaforums.com/t/android-11-...realme-service-return-broke-my-pjone.4276689/ we need hacker to make reverse engineer to make in compatoble android 11. onclude i attach livestream with realmr ****
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] sonrics1993:
Hello, I bought the factory unlocked HD1907 in Amazon, but no matter how hard I try, the volte cannot be enabled, and my service provider uses the volte network to provide all its services

Does anyone know how to activate it?

PDC tool posts do not work

Is there any way to change that? or change from 1907 to 1905 or 1900 to make it fully work?
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] Ironsword:
I have a motoG7 with lineage os 17 and i am unable to get internet but have data/sms capabilities phone pops up as tmobile now with the new sim. preferred network type is set as lte/cdma/evdo/gsm/wcdma. what do i need to set it to or do to gain internet on my device they said I'm activated and provisioned but still no internet in browser and other apps any help on what to set it to or what to do to get internet would be appreciated thank you.

fixed it ty
[Security Discussion] Author83:
My question is: In what ways am I trusting the build author of a ROM build?

My assumptions: I think I know that there are two distinct (groups of) developers (at least for unofficial custom ROM builds which my question is concerned with):

A) ROM developers who develope a version of Android (e.g. the developers of Lineage os, Evolution X, Havoc OS etc)

B) Build authors who make a certain ROM (eg Lineage os, Evolution X, Havoc OS etc) work for a specific device.

An observation I have made: In these [unofficial] [ROM] threads the only open source code I usually find is the one that links to the main ROM project (ROM development). Example: https://xdaforums.com/poco-f1/development/rom-corvus-rom-t4073433/amp/ links to https://github.com/Corvus-ROM

I could imagine three ways in which security/review works (or doesn't work) here:

1) The build author doesn't add any code himself that would need to be trusted / reviewed. The build author just compiles the source code of the ROM project and since anyone who does this arrives at a build file with the same source code it is possible to verify the authenticity of the build (comparing the hash of the build file which is offered for download by the build author and the hash of a self compiled build file).

This gives the build author a strong incentive to not be malicious because even the mere possiblity that someone could verify the authenticity of his build implies the a potential reputation loss.

2) The build author adds code that needs to be reviewed / trusted but the build author publishes this code and compiles a build file which is based on the open source code of the ROM project (e.g. https://github.com/Corvus-ROM) and his own code (also open source). Like in (1) anyone could compile the same build file from the "rom code" and the "build code" and compare the hash of this file to the hash of the file which is offered for download.

3) The build author adds code to the "ROM code" which should be reviewed like in (2) but doesn't make it public so that there is no way to verify whether the build is actually trustworthy because not only could the code added by the build author be malicious, there is also no way to verify whether the public code of the official ROM project has been used for this build because even if it was used no one could verify this because no one could replicate the build file and it's hash because besides the open source code of the ROM project there is a closed source component to the build.

The only way to verify the trustworthiness of the ROM in this case would be to observe whether the ROM behaves maliciously / unexpectedly in any way.
[Moto G7 Power Questions & Answers] Lunartss:
Yes anyway I had this phone through MetroPCS lost it I bought the one I'm on now which is the Moto g stylus and I went back to where I lost it and I found it and I'm just trying to find out how I can utilize this phone I mean it's basically brand new. I reported it lost but it does not show up on the blacklisted list however it has not been 6 months so MetroPCS will not unlock it I need any and all options available to make this phone usable again to sell or whatever
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] seczdbz:
Not sure why but recently this is happening a couple times a week now.

I'll go to open the camera and its just a black screen and says the phone needs to be restarted or ill open snapchat, instagram, etc. (Any app that uses the camera) and, same thing, black screen and it says restart camera/phone.

Anyone else experience this ? Should I factory reset The phone ? It has never been dropped or anything out of the ordinary use. I don't have many apps installed either.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
Factory resets are a waste of time unless it's an old load or a virus, trojan etc.

If you do a hard reset to cure this issue and it's not due to the above reasons it will likely reoccur.

Take the time and trouble to track down the root cause... to save time and trouble.

Try clearing the system cache on the boot menu.

Try a hard reboot.

Try clearing cam data.

Disable Bixby and any automation junk.

Look closely at all 3rd party apps that use the cam... that may well be the trouble.

You can try resetting settings but this is pretty drastic global action as you will lose all your settings... try not to do this! Plus it may not work.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] coilbio:
It's a samsung bug that has to do with camera access, mine happens when switching to live focus video but works normal after camera restarts.

There's nothing we can do to fix it except write to internet publications to shame samsung into cleaning up their code.

My best friend is a regional manager for tmobile and they have tons of calls about it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
If not all phones of that tmobile variant are effected it's probably related to settings too.

Try disabling all power management except for the screen. Don't set that to it's max power saving setting (set to medium or high performance).

Power management causes a lot of issues.

All buckets in standby apps should show as active otherwise power management is active.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] coilbio:
Ugh search the forums, all variants have been affected, I think most people don't report it because it's so rare, or want to justify the illusion of their perfect $1000+ phone .

It's Samsung's software being half baked and not cleaned up as usual.

Literally the problem probably is the difference between the TOF and Laser autofocus systems because samsung in their lazynes have code and references to the s20 series in their n20u (n10+ too) systems.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
The laser AF is cool... took Sammy over a year to finally fix the Buds firmware but they did.

Samsung products aren't solid like Denon or Canon products. No support either compared to a top shelf company like Canon or Denon.

Though unlikely it could be a hardware issue or a bad flash especially if no one else has this issue.

Had a $6G Canon pro cam like that; no one could believe it had random glitches (including myself at times). It did. Canon finally replaced it.

It was a little bugger.

Most likely though it's settings, 3rd party app, cache or app corrupted.

If you have any cam updates try going back to the factory load version. This regression repair can work alarmingly well.

Play with it, and more than likely you'll find the cause. Androids wuv attention...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] coilbio:
Ok, weird..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] andyaguilar94:
I never faced that issue on my N986U1 since I bought it. Maybe it's an factory issue.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Guides, News, & Discussion] T3chDelicious:
Tested for myself working (Xperia 5II)

All of the stuff and tutorials which is needed is already explained in the thread from @Miustone (https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-win10...g-with-magisk-and-flashing-firmwares.4177209/).

At this point also a big thanks for his guide. This helped me alot.

Download the new firmware from XperiFirm

Drag the file boot_***.sin from the new firmware over the Unsin.exe to get a patchable boot.img for Magisk

Copy this boot.img to your phone and patch it through Magisk to get the magisk_patched.img and copy this to your platform tools folder

Now delete the "persist.sin" and "userdata.sin" in the firmware folder (so your userdata won't be deleted)

Copy the remaining files to the Newflasher folder

Shut down your phone - hold the volume down and connect your phone with your pc

Start Newflasher.exe and in the prompt press f,n,n - wait for installation and close prompt

(After the installation my phone didn't boot into fastboot mode so if you see still a green light on led notification on your phone after installation please unplug usb cable - press volume up and reconnect the usb cable - blue light for fastboot mode)

In fastboot mode install the magisk_patched.img file to slot a and b to maintain root

First startup from new firmware will take some time but for me it booted up and everything is working and all of my data still remain.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Guides, News, & Discussion] dgmortal:
isn't it possible to update using the OTA updates if we relock the bootloader? (while still keeping magisk)

or maybe we need to relock, unroot then install updates and root again?
[Sony Xperia 5 II Guides, News, & Discussion] Miustone:
You can't boot If rooted and relocked. So this is the only way besides maybe having TWRP and Zips which do include the Firmware Parts Like Modem, Bootloader etc.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Guides, News, & Discussion] donkeyman1234:
Is this working from 10 to 11?
[Sony Xperia 5 II Guides, News, & Discussion] doggydog2:
no app to do these steps? OxygenUpdater sort of..
[Sony Xperia 5 II Guides, News, & Discussion] Piciu256:
Can you lock the bootloader if you remove the root? I only want root to modify one app (need call recording), after that I'd be more happy without root (compatibility, updates and potential for instability)
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] rahulje9:
Did anyone bought the oneplus sandston bumper case? if so did someone bought the blue one, how does it look on the device, does it get dirty quickly. I'm confused which one to buy blue or black.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] MoneyNotEnough:
The teal one will get dirty quickly and the stains can't be washed off easily. Go for the black one for longevity.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] rahulje9:
I didn't see this reply. I went for the blue one. The case feel nice tho
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Questions & Answers] kawarama99:
are the redmi note 7 will receive android 11 based on official rom update????
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Questions & Answers] GboRXX:
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[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] iced00d:
Good evening. After buying a couple of themes on the Galaxy store and applying them, my themes always seem to go back to the 'default' ones all the time. I cant figure out how to use any of the bought themes as 'default' even though in the software its is selected as default. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] blackhawk:
Try clearing system cache on the boot menu.

Cache on themes; you may need to clear the data if this doesn't work but you'll lose all the downloads. Try not to do this.

Maybe clear caches on other related Samsung apps.

Make sure it's not a 3rd party app causing this.

Does it run ok in safe mode?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] iced00d:
Tks for the quick reply. I'm fairly new on the Galaxy phones so ill need to see how to clear the system cache. Same goes for safe mode. Not sure how to get there ..
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] blackhawk:
What OS are you running?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] iced00d:
Android Version 11 - Default ROM
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] blackhawk:
Just google how to pull up the boot menu* and safe mode. It similar on all Samsung models but can vary slightly.

You need to push the button(s) in the right sequence and at the right time.

Try the less time consuming fixes first.

Play with it. The more you play with it the more you learn. Androids are fun to play and unlike MS Regedit it's pretty hard to screw up a stock Android**.

*make sure you hit "clear system cache" option and not hard reset one which is normally below it!

**get a fast 500gb sd card (about $75) to use as a data drive; keep all your critical files here. Use it for music and vids storage as well. Regularly backup the DCIM folder here too.

Best not to store Downloads here until they are known to be free of malware this includes downloaded jpegs! I had a malware jpeg recently.

Use ApkExport to make copies of all your apps and updates to store here.

Keep everything you need to do a full reload and data restore here. Then back this up to a PC as well. Now a reloading will be a snap will with no PC and minimum internet connection needed... and no data loss.

Forced reloads are rare but can happen, be ready... especially if system is not behaving in a stable manner (like it is now).
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] hbranha:
I also have a theme problem. I have a s20 ultra 5g, after purchasing a number of themes from the store, they only theme the main screen. Not the telephone app nor the message app. Does anyone know why or can provide a solution. I am running android 11 but hand the same results running 10. Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] agentsandy007:
I guess themes are not ready for oneui 3.0

Why do you pay for samasung themes. They only theme samsung apps and leave out other apps.

Try to theme with Substartum and Synergy.

Better experience of themeing.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] hbranha:
To fix most teeming problems, take your phone off of dark mode and it will theme the phone app along with your contact app and your messages app. You can do this in your developers app and in your settings app. You shouldn't have to set a theme as default, it should do that automatically.
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Questions & Answers] Sacredmercury22:
How to root without computer?
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Questions & Answers] physwizz:
you can't
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Questions & Answers] Deleted member 8530624:
You simply cannot do this and the reason is because you need to have custom binaries which need to be flashed via Odin or Heimdall.
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] Globel:
Title says it all ... Mostly Can i use roms for the Oneplus 7T Pro on a Oneplus 7T McLaren 5G....?
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] toolhas4degrees:
No. Modem is different 5g vs non 5g. If it does say supports 5g or tmobile version, it won't work
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HKX_Inc.:
Here are the questions:

• do I need to reboot to bootloader or recovery for flashing twrp? (Bootloader reboot to some Blue screen with download icon and recovery boot is something like 5-6 options)

• do I need to install magisk apk if I want to flash magisk.zip or it will be installed automatically after flashing the zip? And if I install apk before flashing zip, will it cause errors?

• I have correct drivers for my phone but when I type "fastboot devices" (without brackets) and I see <waiting for devices> in adb. But my phone is visible when it is on and using command adb devices. What should I do to see it in fastboot mode?

• will it be ok if I change my phone's api 23 to 25 by editing build.prop in /system after rooting? Will it make Android Oreo apps compatible on my Marshmallow?

• what are chances of bricking my phone and how to avoid it? (Note: I read all instructions multiple times)

• after rooting with magisk, can I use internet banking using Chrome? If not, how can I hide it and will hide work for chrome?

Thanks. Everyone's effort will be appreciated in answering questions.

(sorry for bad English)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 1890170:
If adb devices works as expected, but fastboot devices not then the Fastboot driver used either is a wrong one or the additionally needed Android USB Driver for the device didn't get installed yet.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 1890170:
In Android's build.prop file you can't change API -version but Android's SDK-version ( ro.build.version.sdk ). Changing SDK -version might not be the wisest choice

Even if you change the SDK-version therein from 23 to 25 an app what relies on Android SDK-version 25 may install but never run properly this because the currently installed APIs ( read: binaries & libraries what Android OS is made of ) aren't matching.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HKX_Inc.:
Can you please answer rest of my questions? 🙏
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 1890170:
What I could answer I did. :)
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Questions & Answers] bwaybwoy:
Hi, can I use stock miui camera for non miui rom? I'm currently using nitrogen os android 11. if it's possible, how to do that?
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Questions & Answers] peeweew:
Try looking for a flashable zip of ANX Camera. I've seen a lot of links on it before but not sure if will work on Poco X3 custom ROMs
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Questions & Answers] bwaybwoy:
thanks!