yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] tbessie:
That's a lot of lols and lools.

You're not telling me anything I don't already know. If you'll reread my post, I was asking for info on the specifics of what types of spying are KNOWN and verified to be occurring - what is google spying on? What is the mechanism of action? Are they recording every keystroke, reading every encrypted stream, reading all app data, etc? What info is exchanged between Android/google and other apps? Etc.

I'm a software guy, and I was asking for TECHNICALLY SPECIFIC answers, as this is a technical forum. General warnings and hyperbole aren't helping. :-/
[General Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
Disable Google Firebase... it inventories all kinds of personal files.
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
With regards to the question asked with this thread's title:

Google Play Services is a library ( read a collection of software routines accessed by Android programs - mainly GMS apps ) not an Android program , hence you must not fear you - or any app - will be spied on by Google Play Services.

FYI:

Google Play Services basically acts as a shim between the normal Android apps and the installed Android OS. Right now Google Play Services handles the Google Maps API, Google Account syncing, remote wipe, push messages, the Google Play Games back end, and many other duties.

If you ever question the power of Google Play Services, try disabling it. Nearly every Google App ( keyword: GMS ) on your device will break.

Don't confuse things!
[General Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
I normally run with it disabled; it saves time, trouble and battery (a fair amount too). Disabling it saves me from firewall blocking a bunch of apps; it's easier to toggle gps on/off when needed.

Keeps Find my Device from setting it's self as a System Administrator, which I really don't want running, ever. Kills gmaps too, yah.

Maps, location don't need to constantly be running in the background unless you need them to be running.

The only time disabling it is a pain is to access Playstore which requires a reboot with it enabled. I have only one app that requires constant Playstore connection to work, SD Maid Pro; it gets disabled anyway as I get tired of it constantly running in the background.

I flat out don't trust any Google product... as a result of Google's actions and history.
[Other Tools & General Discussion] Duhjoker:
hey guys

so there is a solidly large amount of new devices being ported to ubuntu touch and as the app has been in development hell i would like to bring it back and rework it to allow the great new devices thats been ported to it to use the app. I ran across team humpolecs original source code and i have it downloaded and ready to upload back to github.

i have been working on it and its pretty old stuff dating back to kitkat. wow. any way so adding new devices to the java and changing the adress to the ubports system-image site is pretty steaight forward. but im having trouble with a couple code snippets that are erroring my compilation but still to make it fully worthwhile i need to know how to get the boot and recovery partitions of the new devices that are popping up.

Also considering my own device has avb partitioning will this be a problem getting going. looking for volunteers to help me reboot the app any takers?
[Other Tools & General Discussion] Duhjoker:
the main problem im having is fixing the deprecated progressDialog snippet. ive seen some examples and fixes but no matter what i try i get errors
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] elpopa:
Issue:

After initial setup of Samsung S8+ phone, I cannot find Galaxy store Icon.

Missing Galaxy Store on the phone will prevent lots of Samsung Built In Apps to get the updates !!!

Debug:

I tried to solve this in tens of ways

-> install Galaxy Apps apk from internet

-> find it in disabled apps

-> find it in hidden icons from launcher

-> find it in system apps (I could find it)

-> delete app data / cache

-> wipe cache partition of pone

Finally I ended up with factory reset, but this did not solved it completely... see below

Root Cause:

Google Family Link was disabling Galaxy Store

How I realized this:

I wanted to install the phone for my son, who is monitored via Google Family Link.

This monitoring SW allows the parent to set Google Play apps restrictions in terms of Age -> my settings for my son account were pegi 12.

When setting up family link supervised account on a phone, one of the step is that the app will ask the parent to confirm what apps he will keep on the phone and show all apps categorized by "pegi class".

I could find Galaxy Store disabled and there was not possible to toggle the switch to enable -> even if Galaxy Store was rated pegi 3 and my son permissions were pegi 12

Solution:

Prior to setting up a new phone / new family link supervised account on a samsung phone, you need to set your child app restrictions to "Unlimited" for the time you setup the phone.

After setting this, restart the phone setup or account setup and you will be able to keep Galaxy Store on the phone

After this, you can setup the app permissions back to pegi xx as you want, as Galaxy Store will not be disabled.

NOTE: If your phone is already setup, but you don't want to do a factory reset, there is a simple solution

- remove the Family Link supervised account from the phone

- set your child Google Play app permissions to "Unlimited"

- add again your child account on the phone

- set your child Google Play app permissions to pegi xx as you want

Hope it helps you!

Please like the post if it solved your issue, so that other people would find it easier.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Rokky:
Solution not works for me unfortunatelly :(
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Franky007:
In case it helps anyone, Galaxy Store is actually called S Suggest on my child's family link account. I had disabled S Suggest thinking it was samsung bloatware app which is why galaxy store was hidden/disabled in my case.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] aciontu:
Thank you. Your answer should be the first to this thread. It's a situation that had been bothering me (and my kid) for a long time, and although I looked through this thread several times, brcause your answear was so short and simple, I've missed it. Million thanks, again
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] hoverdonkey:
Thank you! I was tearing my hair out with this until I found your enlightening info.

S Suggest... so obvious... NOT! Silly Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] hoverdonkey:
PS The reason I needed the Galaxy App Store is that the version MS Office there works on the Samsung Galaxy S7. The version on Google Play Store is incompatible. Just mentioning this here in case anybody else finds themself treading thee same irritatingly bumpy path as me.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] will.s:
same situation here, on S20+. I fixed it like this;

Settings > Google > Parental Controls > Blocked Apps > *Scroll down to the bottom* > Manage Apps > *Sign in with parent account*

From here you can re-enable any app that was not installed when the phone was setup and it automatically re-appears on the phone instantly.
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] 00p513:
*** Disclaimer
I am not responsible for any damage you made to your device
You have been warned

crDroid is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device also attempting to bringing many of the best features existent today

Features:

https://github.com/crdroidandroid/crdroid_features/blob/10.0/README.mkdn

Flashing Instructions:

Pre-installation:

TWRP(Download from here)

(optional) GAPPS(Download from here)

First time installation:

Download TWRP and run in terminal

fastboot boot TWRP.IMG

On your phone tap "Advanced", then "ADB Sideload"

On your computer run

adb sideload PATH/TO/CRDROID.ZIP

Repeat steps 2-3 for gapps or root

Back on the main screen click "Wipe", "Format data", Read warning then proceed to type "yes"

Reboot

Sources:

ROM: https://github.com/crdroidandroid

Kernel: Deivid21/android_kernel_motorola_sdm632

Download:

ROM https://sourceforge.net/projects/cr...roid-10.0-20201217-channel-v6.13.zip/download

Known issues:

You tell me ;)

Visit official website @ crDroid.net

Moto g7 Play Telegram

crDroid Community Telegram

Donate to help me pay server costs
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] 00p513:
Screenshots - thanks to @Yshmanson

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[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] yashor:
Hello, and thank you.

What's new in ver 6.13 ?
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] CorleoneG:
what steps would i take to load this onto phone with unlocked bl
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] yashor:
Forget my comment above.

I had ver 6.11 & updated yesterday via OTA. I noticed when phone sleeps, update installing pauses. So, I had to keep screen awake until the process was completed.

Great work, thank you.
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] muhahsan2004:
Hello @00p513

The 6.13 version is working well, installed 2 days before.

Bugs

1. The much needed MOTO EXTRAS not wrorking, giving force close error.

2. Ambient Dispplay not working, giving fore close error.

And also the rom is without ROOT access.
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Lopwidth:
Is this 64bit rom? no special caution needed when using twrp adb sideload?
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] yashor:
I installed 6.13 one week ago, Moto Extras working fine!
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] 00p513:
Flash TWRP, then flash this rom. Wipe data and flash gapps if necessary
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] 00p513:
all fine if your recovery is up to date!
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] 00p513:
Unfortunately I cannot include root. Moto extras and ambient display works fine for me too. Can you back up your data and try a factory reset?
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] yashor:
What steps to follow to install root on our device?
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] 00p513:
You should be able to flash the "modded phh superuser" by Spaceminer
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] muhahsan2004:
OK, I'll try resetting the device in some spare time. Thanks
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] yashor:
hello,

I flashed "modded phh superuser" and installed "phh-su" and reboot as normal. but when ES file explorer asks root permission it displays "root access not installed".

This is my 1st rooting, what am I doing wrong?
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] yashor:
This keeps displaying: "su_binary is out of date"
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] 00p513:
I think crDroid ships with its own root for adb debugging, maybe this is conflicting?
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] yashor:
So, what do you recommend I do to obtain root?
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] alpole:
so to install twrp i have to do "fastboot flash twrp-3.4.0-0-channel.img"? (that's the name of the file once downloading, just asking to make sure since the forums are all crazy, then i just flash the rom in twrp with the gapps right, i have flashed roms on another phone but i'm double checking. thanks
[Moto G7 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] 00p513:
no use fastboot boot
[General Questions and Answers] James_patageul:
Hi everyone,

I'm using TWRP since a while but I'm facing a new "challenge" I've buy a unbranded tablet -> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001315507846.html

Spoiler content hidden.

The question is how to boot on a custom recovery image ? It's seem TWRP only work by brand -> https://twrp.me/Devices/ is there no "universal" TWRP image ? or do you know an alternative to TWRP ?

I searched the forum for a dedicated TWRP topic, but could found any (always a sub of a branded device :/ ) so @Moderator Committee feel free to move my topic.
[General Questions and Answers] woodman:
Hi,

Sorry but the Moderator Committee account is not meant to exist for this kind of requests.

If you (or anyone else) think a thread is misplaced, you'd need to use the Report button and the moderation team will do the needful.

Thanks!

woodman

Senior Moderator

Moderator Committee Lead
[General Questions and Answers] James_patageul:
⬆ uping my question, still no ideas how to solve this...
[General Questions and Answers] mr_sunday:
I need help like this questions. Pls.

I've bought smartphone from wish.com

And I wanna install TWRP but no brand

https://twrp.me/Devices/ is there no "universal" TWRP image on that. How to solve this?

Thanks for attention and help
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
Here you go:

https://xdaforums.com/t/i-will-build-twrp-for-your-device.4270211/
[Huawei P40 Pro+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bylee123:
Hi, has anyone with ELS-N39 C636 managed to downgrade firmware successfully to prepare for sideload GMS?

The reason I'm asking is because my phone just got into a situation where it reboots every 20 secs. So, I've sent it to service center and they mentioned i will have to get motherboard replacement.

Few question from me

In what scenario will cause that to happen? Wrong firmware flashed?

Which way is more safe to downgrade? Hisuite proxy or OTG?

Seems like Hisuite don't check against current version?

OTG does check and will stop updating if some versions not matching?

I know i could have just flash back the correct firmware, but I've tried using Hisuite which wont happen due to constant rebooting. Also OTG mentioned my version don't match. So any better solution if this happens again? Any alternative firmware tools that is working?

I hope someone who knows the ins and outs of android could shed some light.

I've try to read up as much as I could but those mentioned are some concerns that I still have before retrying to downgrade again.

Thanks!
[Huawei P40 Pro+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bylee123:
Here's my software version info

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[Amazfit] draqkin:
I have bught an Amazefit Verge A1811 but i could not find anf nfc settings in device. I want to use it as nfc emulator for my cards. Is it disabled or never existed ? Chinese versiyon (a1801) has it but i hope mine has it too....
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] PJ6363:
With all my Rom updates recently I've lost the Task Manager application that actually lets you see what is running in the background (in lots of detail i.e. resources/memory actively being used etc etc ) Could someone please post the application name or better still a link to a site that has same....can't find it anywhere :confused:

BTW its not the HTC Task Manager....it was something else....

Thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Mandragore:
Maybe it's FdcSoft Task Manager 3.1, from this thread for example?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] PJ6363:
Legend Mate....Thank you so much for sharing....for all others, if you don't use this app then your missing out :D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L3R4F:
Hi there,

After 8 long years, I finally managed to drop my beloved Nexus 4 on the ground. Front glass was smashed, lhe LCD was still working fine but the digitizer was not.

I ordered a new screen (chassis/LCD/digitizer) on Aliexpress for $20, replaced the components into the new frame only to find out that the digitzer was still not working.

After a bit of googling, I made it work by following Morteza's advice over at ifixit.com but that's not a long term solution or even a medium one.

Basically, I had to :

plug the broken digitizer

power on the phone

hotswap the broken digitizer with the new one

touchscreen was finally working !

... until I rebooted the phone and then I had to repeat all the steps above

I know it's time to let it go, I don't really want to spend another $20 without assurance I will work, but I don't know, maybe someone has a solution.

Thanks :)
[Android Head-Units] ybounou:
Hi there guys....

I need firmware YT9216B_00002_V004_20191028

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There would be someone in the forum that could help me indicating where to find the link to download Firmware?

hope you guys can help me out....
[Android Head-Units] vik521:
Ещё актуально?
[Redmi Note 9S / Note 9 Pro (Indian Model) Question] yuvrajraghuvanshi:
I have been messing with my androids for many years now and recently I stumbled onto a thing. My phone has a screen pin and encryption status is "encrypted" but still OrangeFox recovery loads contents of /sdcard /data without any problems. Doesn't matter if that's a newly flashed recovery or just "fastboot boot orange.img" or "fastboot flash recovery orange.img" either way I see this as a huge security risk for my data to be so easily accessible. What am I missing?
[Redmi Note 9S / Note 9 Pro (Indian Model) Question] twistyplain:
Mine does the same but it's an alpha build so it has a long way to becoming stable. I'm thinking about changing to another recovery because of this security flaw. I think @DarthJabba9 already knows about it. If he didn't he will know after reading this quote.
[Off-topic] codesense:
You know I put a lot of time and effort into the Call name announcer application, and I want to give you an idea of what the next steps are in the application process. The review process varies based on applicant type, so please check the applicant.

Caller Name Announcer
[Huawei P40 Questions & Answers] afg.shayan:
Hi dear All,

I want to downgrade my Huawei p40 pro because the g app lzplay is not working on current firmware.

My mobile details:

Model ELS-NX9 (ELS-N29)

Build ID ELS-N29 10.1.0.176 (C432E8R6P1)

Android 10

EMUI (10.1.0)

Now please guide me may I install this firmware (Elsa-N29D 10.1.0.114(C432E8R5P2)_Firmware_EMUI10.1.0_05016PTG) on my mobile (using dload method)

Thanks
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] japa78:
hey check this file its really plain and simple torch lite.looks great works even greater!!

have fun!
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] orangdayak:
Its a trial.
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] aarony:
This worked on my ATOM Pure

http://my.opera.com/ceez/blog/pktorch

Hats off to Cee'z! Thanks.
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] gbak17:
Used this on my Atom Life and it worked great.
[General Questions and Answers] freddieventura:
Hi there,

I've been trying to connect to my Phone via VNC protocol from the computer, either with an USB cable hooked or some kind of internet layer (LAN).

I have seen on Windows there is the Android Studio One which has a VNC Server client on it , but for Linux I cant find something that it does the same job.

I've tried some tools but most of them they don't work as expected:

My phone is a Xiaomi Redmi 7

The only app it worked as expected is Alpha VNC Lite https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.abr.android.avnc&hl=en_US&gl=US

You just install it , press start , and it gives you an IP address which you can use on your VNC Client to connect.

I dont want to install thatone cause it has a policy of one device per license , so I would have to spend nearly 50 Pounds to purchase a multi-device license and for the usage I'm going to do that is not going to cover the costs at all.

I've tried the following ones unsucesfully:

droid VNC Server v1.1

vmlite vnc server

And some other more that I happen to uninstall straightaway.

Thanks very much
[General Questions and Answers] Tekodrink:
Servers Ultimate or VNCviewer Server for Android i hope it exist
[General Questions and Answers] freddieventura:
Great App "Servers Ultimate" Unfortunatelly my device is not supported for the VNC server . VNC Viewer Server doesn't exists unfortunatelly.

Thanks for your info
[General Questions and Answers] wierd79:
just found this one

XQ-VNCServer - Apps on Google Play

Amazing VNC Sever for android compatible with Turbo/Tiger/Tight/Real VNC and etc

play.google.com

works great...
[General Questions and Answers] avp387:
Hello everyone, there is also droidVNC-NG, which is free and wonderful. VNC server on my Android Pixel 3 works great.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] William2006:
I've been looking forward to it since there is always some bugs with the custom ROMs. If we could "transplant" the UX9 ROM for V35 to V30 （it might be the easiest way since V30 and V35 share a lot of parts) Also, we can enjoy the stock HiFi instead of those GSI HiFi modules.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] tech_infinity:
None of the existing Devs has shown interest in it, so most likely won't be happening
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] Hnera:
hi to all I have a tanix tx5pro with xtmod_ex but now this rom is obsolete you have some nice performing rom to recommend for tx5pro

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[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] aidanmacgregor:
Try My Custom ROM, Its a port of the official Mi Box Firmware To Other Devices, Runs Well even on low ram devices

https://aidansrom.wordpress.com/
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] Hnera:
my box is s905x ?

so it would be enough to install any rom compatible with s905x right?

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[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] aidanmacgregor:
Yes most should work around 90% of devices are compatible to some degree (boots and runs) with each others firmwares there are outliers thought that for some reason (dtb diffrences too far from the reference design) for example but TX5 should work
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] giupardeb_:
I own the tx5 PRO. How can I get the wifi chip version?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] aidanmacgregor:
Only way to to open and see what's printed on the chip :)
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] joranto:
So is it a universal rom? I have the TX5 Pro QCA9377 running atvXperience v5 BETA. This little box is very good, everything works, I can even connect my headphones via bluetooth.

Just one question. Does DirecTV Go work in this rom? Only that not even Apple TV works for me with atvXperience.

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Então é uma rom universal? Eu tenho o TX5 Pro QCA9377 rodando atvXperience v5 BETA. Essa caixinha é muito boa, tudo funciona, posso até conectar meus fones de ouvido via bluetooth.

Apenas uma pergunta. DirecTV Go funciona nesta rom? Só que nem a Apple TV funciona para mim com o atvXperience.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] darosti:
muito bom amigo, tenho um modelo igual a esse e queria dar uma tunada nele. O problema é que não consigo de forma nenhuma conectá-lo via usb. Já tentei vários cabos e funcionam com outros dispositivos, mas com o tx5 não. Acredito que seja problema do windows 11. Vou tentar gravar essa rom que enviou em um SD card. Abraço

Mod Edit: English Translation Below

very good friend, I have a model just like this one and I wanted to tune it up. The problem is that I can't connect it via usb at all. I've tried several cables and they work with other devices, but not with the tx5. I believe it's a windows 11 problem. I'm going to try to record this rom you sent on an SD card. Hug
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] marcos_ga:
boa noite estou com um problema com essa box, esta luz vermelha não reconhece no computador, provalmente esta brincada, alguem conhece o lugar do curto dessa placa...

Mod Edit: English Translation Below

Good evening, I have a problem with this box, this red light does not recognize it on the computer, this is probably a joke, does anyone know the location of the short on this board...
[One (E9+) General] amrsamer70:
hi i was looking for any custom rom for my htc e9+ can any one please help me find one :confused::giggle: