yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] draykin:
So, after many frustrating hours on the phone with different Samsung agents who insisted that the US S21 Ultra supports eSIM (but couldn't get it to work), one agent finally admitted that eSIM is not enabled "as of now". This is despite the fact that Samsung expressly promised eSIM functionality on their US website:

"Does Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G support eSIM?

Yes, you can use an electronic SIM, known as eSIM, with Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G. The eSIM allows you to activate a mobile network plan right on your phone, so you can switch data plans or add an overseas phone number without the physical Nano SIM."

https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s21-ultra-5g/#!

As of this post, the above Q&A is still on Samsung's US website. Isn't this blatant fraud? Where can I file a complaint?

While I am still within the return window, simply getting a refund isn't good enough as I already paid money to my carrier to convert my physical SIM into an eSIM in anticipation of being able to use it with my S 21 Ultra.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jeremyvbk:
Until the carriers enable the eSim they will not work. It has been disabled or not enable from all US carriers for a reason. No one knows exactly why. My guess is compatibility, or issues arising. Who knows. It is supposed to be enabled but no set date has ever been given. The same thing happened with the Note and s20. As much as I would love the eSim support is just won't happen for a bit.

Also do note if you scroll down it does say "The Galaxy S21 does not currently support eSim in the U.S."

I am not sure why people seriously keep falling for the eSim instead of reading the several post regarding it in the previous years posts.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] draykin:
That logic doesn't make sense when it comes to the unlocked version bought directly from Samsung's website. Also my eSIM is from an international carrier and not a US carrier, and it works on my previous Samsung device (bought in Asia).

They changed it a few days after the launch. The previous Q&A was as shown in my quote above. I scrolled through the website carefully (including reading the endnotes) and there was no such caveat previously.

Also, I am new to the US and was not aware of this issue previously. I have used Samsung devices in Asia for many years and never had this issue. I'm not sure why US customers put up with this blatant fraud if it is happening each time.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jeremyvbk:
Because the unlocked version has to work with those carriers, and having esim support turned on could lead to more issues than what is currently out there. Samsung has disabled it so you don't have droves of people going to carriers saying service doesn't work when the carriers haven't supported the phones for eSim. Because those carriers will send you right back to Samsung for warranty exchanges. Costing Samsung money.

The phones do support eSim. It is no different than the phones disabling bands depending on csc. Also the US unlocked versions apply the csc based on the carrier, also why the eSim is disabled. Its not fraud. The information isn't fraud
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jacklivehere:
Does it mean s21 ultra supports esim?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] tim84us:
works on mine - Vodafone UK - been with an esim since s20 and now also on s21

makes no difference really to being on a sim or e-sim
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jeremyvbk:
All of the phones support it but have it disabled on purpose because the carriers do not support it. Its like the S21 supports N71 and band 71 but on ATT CSC those bands are disabled.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jacklivehere:
The Samsung website quoted above only says s21 and s21 plus doesn't support esim. Doesn't say about s21 ultra
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jeremyvbk:
They are saying you can't use them in the US. The devices have the hardware already included in the devices. They are disabled. The same with the Ultra, as it has been the same for the last years worth of phones
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] y2whisper:
Same in canada. Its been a coming soon with an update feature for years now. Another small thing I miss about my pixel.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] NasTraDooMis:
I wonder if this is why i can not get my s21 U to take an upgraded T mobile sim. I have been trying since Friday to get the Upgraded network sim from T mobile to install on my phone. I had been on sprint and since the merger last year my sprint connections had been getting progressively worse as the year went on - dropped calls and phone going into roaming mode at home for example, I had a note 10+ i traded in for the s21U and about 3 weeks ago was able to ditch the old sprint sim for the new t mobile one on the note and what a difference ! So anyway, i have been into a t mobile store a couple time and they could not get the t mobile sim to activate, and called sprint a couple times to try and activate it and they could not either but was finally able to active a sprint sim which i dont want. They had said that my s21 was not for some reason compatible with the new t mobile sim. I got the 512gb S21 ultra unlocked direct from samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] power_book:
Disabled esim...

Is it because Samsung is weak compared to Apple or Google? Can't stand up to US carriers?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] thdaddy34:
They can't say it is not compatible with carriers when Apple already went through the motions and is not compatible with all the carriers. They could have used this excuse two phones ago but for us to be having this discussion now is uncalled for. I'm returning this crap now until Samsung stops committing this fraud on its customers and gets its act together.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] cpufrost:
Agreed!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Mootarjim:
My S21 Ultra works fine with the T-Mobile R15 SIM. To be fair, though, I think I might have activated it on my iPhone 12 Pro Max first and then just dropped it in the S21 Ultra. I don't remember now. But it should work.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] varcor:
It pays off to do some research before dropping a stack of cash on a smartphone. All this fuss over eSIM. Carrier's in the US don't want to give their subscribers the option to switch Service Provider's, they lose money. Same reason no Dual-Sim devices are offered by US Carriers. Samsung could lean on them to enable eSIM but for whatever reason they won't. Simple solution, buy a Non-US S21 Ultra Dual Nano-SIM device.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Bimmsms:
Hi, in Russia e-sim it works perfectly on all operators( carriers). Its very strange why in US you have this problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] ekerbuddyeker:
It's true except for the fact that if you want 5G in the US, the non-US dual sim samsung devices don't have the appropriate bands for it. So you get dual sim but no US 5G.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] diegocope:
I confirm esim working in S21 Ultra Snapdragon SM-G998U1 in Android 12 Colombia Bogota but keep in mind that in Colombia the esim only works with movistar

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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] fcaeiro:
Hi to all

i have duttys rom 1.5 and radio 1.00.25.05...

i have found that my nokia e51 have a full 3g network while diamond has only one point...

Even my old nokia 6680 have more network than my diamond...

Any one did some testing on the radios to check this ?

thanks

Network: Vodafone Pt
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Sergio PC:
Why dont you do some testing and tell us?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] charly_mx:
any update for the american 3G using the DIAM100 ???

Any update???
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] TechX1991:
This is an untouched copy of the recent update for our devices. It has no file extension from TCL, but I'll leave info on how to download the firmware originally below, with it mirrored to Android File Host. Can just open this file like a Zip file

Original Link from TCL grabbed with LogCat

https://g2slave-ap-north-01.tclcom.com/64c9b63f5a85fdd27b552eec614f884add8fdb67/54/586054

Mirror Link: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=322525

I have tried patching the Boot.img.p with Magisk, but it doesn't recognize the file format. Renamed it to just boot.img, still won't patch
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] JayTM:
Completely new to this phone. Nice grab! I was able to use your download and 7z zip to extract boot.img from boot.img.p.

I tried to put this file into magisk but no luck.

Have you been able to unlock the bootloader yet?

I tried the fastboot OEM unlock and fastboot flashing unlock when in bootloader mode but it doesn't work.

With someone else's help I was able to locate where the boot.img is located on the phone but unable to extract it.

/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot

Backup boot.img via terminal one-line command

I am trying to make an image backup of boot. The script must work on any android. I think on any Android the boot location is /dev/block/platform/???/by-name/boot My command line find /dev/block/

android.stackexchange.com

Screenshots attached.
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] TechX1991:
I did the same thing you probably did to attempt to patch it with Magisk, no luck. I haven't had the time to try further recently. Enabling OEM Unlock and attempting to unlock the bootloader just leads to needing an unlock code, much like bootloader unlocking a Moto device.

I contacted TCL support a long time back when I first got the phone and they were 100% not willing to help with any USA based TCL 10 Pro unlocking. The customer service worker literally said they weren't allowed to help with US based devices. There's no downloads anywhere for the firmware either, which I think goes against Google's agreement to android on a device, but I'm not 100% sure on that.
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] JayTM:
Android 11 for the TCL 10L has been being pushed in italy. This a large file about 2 to 3 GB. I really hope when we see it on our phones you are able to pull the link from logcat as well. This should be the entire rom. All we have now is OTA patch files. I've tried so many things. I have all drivers fully working even the Qualcomm 9008 Diagnostic driver. I can put the phone into EDL mode.

To put phone into EDL mode you need usb debugging enabled and type in secret code into the dialer *#*#3424#*#* which enables the diagnostic port via toast notification. Then turn phone off, hold both volume up and volume down and plug phone into PC. You will be prompted with the Download mode screen. Hold volume up to enter EDL.

There are ways to backup in EDL mode, I'm just not well versed in commands.
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] TechX1991:
I'm wondering if I can pull some social engineering off, maybe be like "Hey my phone reset itself, can't boot it, but I read online something for a samsung phone called Odin and Fastboot and such? Some how you can install the system that way?" See what they say/link me to
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] JayTM:
Good luck to you.

I contacted TCL support myself with no luck. They immediately put my case in pending close status.
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] JayTM:
Is there a way this ZTE tool can be modified to work for our device?

Axon 7 EDL Tool - Flash / Backup / Restore / Unlock in the EDL mode

Axon 7 EDL Tool BAT-program for Flash / Backup / Restore / Unlock the phone in EDL mode Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM ...) !!! Whatever you do, you do at your own risk !!!" !!! If you are not sure of yourself do not use this program ...

xdaforums.com

All partitions are detected in EDL mode.
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] TechX1991:
I'll check it out. If its possible to view the code in a tool like dnSpy or extract files from the exe with 7zip, its possible to use with our device, i'm sure as long as the commands are similar
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] JayTM:
Well you're in luck as it is just a .bat file program simple notepad++ will do.
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Tech101yt:
I will be following this thread with intrest, root could be the deciding factor in me purchasing this device.
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] TechX1991:
Have had the phone for less than 6 months and I'm already having LCD issues. When the display is off, just sitting on a table or something, it'll flash white randomly like its getting an electric signal at random. Its nothing I did. I've never hard dropped the thing. Everywhere I go pretty much is carpeted except work. If manufacturer warranty doesn't cover me, I'll stop recommending the phone to people

I actually switched to an Essential Phone recently. Way better experience, way cheaper too. I have around a dozen of them anyway and have been selling em on swappa (dunno if I'm allowed to say that here, but oh well) lol
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] mschoolbus:
@KaptinBoxxi Sounds like you have Ambient Display on for notifications.
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] TechX1991:
Nah its turned off. It flashes like a broken LCD would look. All snowy and stuff like an old TV. Its not notifications, just a bad LCD
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] mschoolbus:
that sucks... could try reseating the screen's ribbon cable :-/
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] top170:
can anybody share the full update rom about android 11?
[TCL 10 Pro  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] TechX1991:
I don't believe anyone has Logcatted the update process yet to get the firmware, but on the subject of this post, I do have some updates

I was digging through my Logcat from january and realized I missed something massive. I have yet to figure out the URL structure, but I have all the info for it.

So when you go to the following link, it gives a bunch of errors of missing info

https://g2master-sa-east.tclclouds.com/notify_new.php

For the firmware here on this post at least, each value from my device is

id = 0156260
curef = T799B-2ALCUS11
vk = 741ace917e3527af81412ca93b0fcce2de04a264
salt = 1611977254070885419
fv = 4DJ1LM10
tv = 4DJBLMB0
op = 1000
status = 999
mode = 2
cltp = 10
type = firmware

formatted from logcat
reportContent= {"id":"0156260","salt":"1611977254070885419","curef":"T799B-2ALCUS11","fv":"4DJ1LM10","tv":"4DJBLMB0","mode":"2","cltp":"10","type":"Firmware","op":"1000","status":"999","vk":"741ace917e3527af81412ca93b0fcce2de04a264"}

no matter what, I get the errors on the web page
[General Questions and Answers] KLoNe1:
Hi guys,

Getting really frustrated here!!

Have owned a Huawei Mate 20 for awhile now and recently wanted to do a backup & restore.

Made sure I backed up via Google Backup and verified on Google Drive.

Went to restore this morning and it says: NO BACKUPS FOUND. When I go into my Google Drive, I can literally SEE THE BACKUP THERE WITH ALL MY APPS.

Is there anyway to:

Force Google to restore this backup

Download this backup from Google Drive so it doesn't expire

Get this damn thing to work?! :)

Thanks guys, really appreciate it!
[General Questions and Answers] shampow:
Try running bmgr in ADB commandline, from there you should be able to force restore Drive backups.
[General Questions and Answers] KLoNe1:
Thanks shampow.

Do you have any more information here? Assuming I have to use: bmgr restore TOKEN PACKAGE, but I have no idea how to do that.

Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] shampow:
I haven't done it in a while so I don't remember exactly, basically you do:

adb shell
bmgr

After this you will get the commands list, one of them is list of the backups available, and other is restore.
[General Questions and Answers] KLoNe1:
Found a guide - thank you.

After a factory reset, and running the bmgr list sets command, it will only show the backup made since the factory reset.

If I check on Google Drive it has both backups:

This device:

Current backup since factory reset

Other backups:

Original backup

Once clicking on this backup it says: "This backup will expire in__ days if the device remains inactive.

Why does it think it's a different device? Could there be a problem with the software versions? Both should be Android 10.

Thanks again shampow.
[General Questions and Answers] shampow:
Android backups always been a mess. The Drive backup I know that can't really be downloaded or extracted and is set to expire.

The only two things I can't think of right now, even if sound silly, is factoryreset and set account again and see what happens when the backup prompt comes.

Else maybe is less hassle to start all over again.
[General Questions and Answers] KLoNe1:
Yes, I've tried a couple of times factory resetting in hopes it would change the outcome.

Originally the was a problem with security which lead to Google locking me. From my account for about a month - their Account Recovery procedure is a God damn joke - and ZERO staff who you can/ask, because "covid".

So I finally got my account back after thinking that was gone forever and now the backup doesn't work. So frustrating!

Now, when resetting my account security is there a chance it could have 'unlinked' my phone and that's saying it's another device?

The only other thing is the version. The backup was from Dec 19 and there looks like there was an update on the first of Jan. Could the version difference chance anything? 🤔
[General Questions and Answers] danielgomez2:
Did you ever figure this out? It's happening to me now and Im panicking!!
[Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Questions & Answers] omnivulgar:
I checked in the booklet that came with my X3 and band 2 (which I need) is not listed but various websites say that the X3 has band 2. Is there a way to see if I have band 2 is active on my Poco X3 NFC (M2007J20CG) official international version? If it doesn't, is there a way to enable it? Sorry, I don't know much about phones but I would be willing to root my phone if it helps. I mean, I could probably return the phone at this too but I would rather not if it can work in my country (vietnam).
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] ksmullins88:
Anyone have a working Google Camera app or link for S21 Ultra SD? I have tried a few far and they either freeze when you open or just force close lol.

Was trying to take a pic of my boys puppy and it takes too long to process I guess for samsung and pics coming out blurry. (n):poop:
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] ZayaanAhyaan:
the thread is here. Already working Gcam Snapdragon with all lenses.

https://xdaforums.com/t/s21-gcam-ports.4218465/#post-84305559
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] ksmullins88:
Can you link it? I can't seem to pull it up
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] ZayaanAhyaan:
Wichaya: GCam_7.3.018_Urnyx05-v2.1_Wichaya_V3.1.1.apk

Download GCam_7.3.018_Urnyx05-v2.1_Wichaya_V3.1.1.apk by Wichaya.

www.celsoazevedo.com

3rd one
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jutley:
Tried it just crashed to home screen
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Roscopcoletrain:
Did you update the XML file?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jutley:
I did not is there instructions on how to install it properly and does this allow for video zooming more than 20X ?
[Realme C3 Questions & Answers] SaikoSlayer:
Mod edit - translated by https://www.deepl.com/translator:

I don't know if someone could pass me the current game space apk for Realme c3 RMX2020, I would appreciate it very much.

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No sé si alguien me podría pasar el apk actual de game space para Realme c3 RMX2020, se los agradecería mucho
[Realme C3 Questions & Answers] Oswald Boelcke:
Please always use (at least additionally) the English language! [Por favor, utilice siempre (al menos, adicionalmente) la lengua inglesa.]

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[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] loc37:
I am trying to make my phone WAP and MMS capable. I have tried every step in the HowardForums tutorial on this. But the thing that I can't get is when I put my password in for the connections option (mynumber@mycricket.com) I type cricket in the password box and then I press finish. I go back and go to google.combit it says that I have the wrong passcode so I go check and the password and there is 16 charecters in the password box. Did I do something wrong somewhere that it automatically changes my password in the connections screen.

Thanks
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] jambrose:
Couple of things to try: make sure you are using this proxy in your browser:

http://wap.cricket.motricity.com and port 8080 (might need to just add it to the end of the URL with a colon if there is no port number field)

The other is to have Cricket drop and add your data package again. I had all this working on a Palm Treo but when I ported my home phone number over the web service just quit. Cricket will not guarantee that it will work with your own phone but at least they will accept any phone that has been flashed for Cricket.
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] im1badazchick:
Hey Loc...the password is correct and i believe for security purposes that automatically happens (password looking longer when you check it again)...go here>>> http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=25859 it should help you out alot and depending on the rom and if it includes mms you should be able to fet your pic and vid messaging up and running...i am with cricket and have never had a problem with any of that...if you used one of vetvitos roms for cricket from that link the other link that i sent to you then it's straight forward and you justhave to enter the settings but it's a good idea if you let us know what exactly you used rom wise
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] loc37:
I am using the black pill ROM with Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta I added. From the link you sent m I downloaded that ROM and installed Opera Mobile 9.5.
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] im1badazchick:
ok so i'm lost now lol...what's your problem again loc?...i use opera as well and alo tof th eother programs that some of the guys yse and i don't have those problems with connections:)..if you follow the step by step that i sent you too on ppcgeeks for the cricket wap and mms set up it will work...the guy who posted it uses the black pill and i was using the blue pill (no problems at all just felt left out with all of the guys and their newer builds :p)
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] loc37:
I have done everything in the tutorial but one thing that messes me up is when it says choose WAP version 2.0 when you are adding a server under Message options. There is no option for me too choose that version. What can I do to fully make it funtional do i have to get a new ROM. I am using the one from the link you have me its title vCBU its the black pill. Do you use a specific ROM and if so would it make it easier if I would just get your ROM and load it on to my phone so the MMS and WAP would work?
[Off-topic] sCriptKittY1987:
If android is linux and all linux has root then why can't all androids have root access?
[Off-topic] thewraith420:
they could but manufacturers remove it and in a lot of cases lock the phone up making it very hard to get root back. In short root isn't included because manufacturers dont want most people to have the ability to royally mess up the device they just bought.
[Off-topic] Bhanu8082:
because manufacture do not want to.
[General Topics] Zip314:
Was wondering if anyone knows a good cheat for the Homescapes game for unlimited coins. Google takes me to these fake ways of doing it. My phone is not rooted. I know its a silly question, but there's gotta be a way, and I know most geniuses on here have figured one out lol
[General Topics] Raiz:
Yea but unfortunately we're not allowed to discuss that, as pirate content is not allowed in XDA (cf Rules).

And that game isn't really good anyway, if you cheat it's going to ruin the fun (trust me I was a modder back then).

At last I wanted to warn you about some shaddy websites that provides modded apks filled with rats and android viruses, so be very careful
[General Topics] Zip314:
Ahhh really, sorry for asking, I didn't know. Yeah I saw those Mods and sites where you gotta verify, I'm not touching those, I guess it would ruin the fun, but sometimes I get stuck and could use some coins lol. It's all good, I'll suck it up and figure it out! Thanks, I appreciate the response! 👊