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[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus Guides, News, & Di] LSS4181:
This time I tried the Root method (which utilizes a Magisk module to systemlessly replace files, and can complement my NanoDroid overlay) so all the Samsung stuffs in question can be banished from the system.

I did not add other lists (namely the GFAM ones) as I might need to manually install some of those stuffs back and they don't appear to be behaving malware-like (that keep being re-enabled by something elses), just the Samsung list.

However, the logcat still has mentions to the GameManagerService and it keeps scanning for the packages in question.

02-12 11:34:45.759 1125 1125 D GameManager.DatabaseHelper: loadPkgDataFromDb(). entry size: 1
02-12 11:34:45.760 1125 1125 I GameManagerService: PkgUpdateReceiver, : ctor
02-12 11:34:45.760 1125 1125 I GameManagerService: SecFamilyPkgChangeReceiver, : ctor
02-12 11:34:45.760 1125 1125 D GameManagerService: Now checking pkgs enabled...
02-12 11:34:45.760 1125 1125 D GameManagerService: com.samsung.android.game.gos does not exist
02-12 11:34:45.760 1125 1125 D GameManagerService: isPkgEnabled(), begin
02-12 11:34:45.760 1125 1125 D GameManagerService: isPkgEnabled(), com.samsung.android.game.gamehome does not exist.
02-12 11:34:45.760 1125 1125 D GameManagerService: isPkgInstalled(), begin
02-12 11:34:45.760 1125 1125 D GameManagerService: isPkgInstalled(), com.samsung.android.game.gametools does not exist.
02-12 11:34:45.761 1125 1125 I GM:SystemHelper: ctor
02-12 11:34:45.761 1125 1125 D GameManagerService$Lifecycle: onStart
02-12 11:34:45.762 600 1404 I servicemanager: Adding 'u:r:system_server:s0' service (gamemanager:1125)
02-12 11:34:45.762 1125 1125 I SystemServer: GameManagerService Started
02-12 11:34:45.762 1125 1125 D SystemServerTiming: GameManagerService took to complete: 11ms
02-12 11:34:45.762 1125 1125 I SystemServer: GameSDKService

So there's definitely something hiding very deep (as system services) in stock ROM that monitors and re-enables certain other services if possible, should the users attempts to disable them. For now, as I've systemlessly banished them, it could do nothing but complain (for now).

PS: Wow... looked at the PID and found out the "malware" in question turned out to be system_server. Seriously, this behavior totally shocked me, to insert malware-like functions there...

gts7xl:/ $ ps -p 1125
USER PID PPID VSZ RSS WCHAN ADDR S NAME
system 1125 838 20193644 565008 0 0 S system_server

In this case there's really an immediate need for a ROM/GSI because this practice is way too scary if abused... Not to mention the performance improvement might be limited as the size for a 10-second logcat is only reduced by about one megabyte.

EDIT: Just noticed there were some follow-ups in that... Now I understood why Samsung Payment is untouchable...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus Guides, News, & Di] WalterCool:
At least all my Samsung devices, once I bought them, if I can't put them LineageOS, then I would disable everything from Google.

No problems from my side.

If you are very privacy concern, then you shouldn't have any Google app installed. If you need something from Google Play store, there is an alternative called Aurora Store.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus Guides, News, & Di] Hitti2:
its a sh*t show imho.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus Guides, News, & Di] Greatness83:
How is Pay untouchable? I uninstalled it easliy with no problems. Along with Bixby
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus Guides, News, & Di] blackhawk:
How?* It's set as an invisible system administrator.

*without root excess that is
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus Guides, News, & Di] LSS4181:
Plus, Samsung would lock you out if you dare to touch anything related to it.

EDIT: I think it depends on how you debloat. If you debloat them all at once (I used this debloater's Root/Magisk mode to do so) you would be fine, so some Samsung system apps probably have watchdogs to ensure the presence of each other.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus Guides, News, & Di] Hitti2:
even xda forums website pissing me off with the bouncing up and down pages wtf?

anyways samsung is at it again. removed natural blue on the volume control to grey wtf 🤬🤬🤬🤬

am I the only one going 🤬???

samsung and xda's 🤬 forum.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus Guides, News, & Di] Hitti2:
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[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus Guides, News, & Di] Bushcat:
I think it's somewhere in samsungs firmware integrated as .service. .cpp .h or in the libraries, I found many samsung features there
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ankur_shah88:
Hi Guys,

Taking pics in 48 mp slows down the stock camera. Is there any solution or alternate camera apk?
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Not for the stock, generally speaking this is down to the automatic settings being sorted and set dynamically based on the light conditions.

Give pro mode a go and set the ISO/ shutter speed yourself. Might help.

Beyond this, give camera X pro or fv camera a whirl

Or one of the many many GCam alternatives.

You could potentially roll back your OOS camera app by the newest one is more than likely installed

Oh and turn off battery optimization, might not do anything but worth a shot

I've found slow down in poor light but I understand why this happens

Oh and change your resolution from QHD-FHD in display, that helped the P20 Pro when this issue happend to me.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Geekser:
I noticed that the 6.2 inch S21 has it's own dedicated forum with the typical group of threads that XDA always offers - Questions, News, Development/Roms, Accessories. However, I have not been able to find a dedicated forum for the S21 Ultra? There is only this thread - which only allows us to combine our comments/requests/news or whatever into a single thread - which obviously does not offer any kind of organization of similar threads like XDA usually does.

Am I missing something ? Is there a forum like the S21 Forum for the S21 Ultra? If so - Link please? If there isn't one, why not? Why would the basic S21 get it's own group of 4 threads while the S21 Ultra only gets one? in case I am not making myself clear, here is a link to the S21 Thread - S21 Dedicated Threads let me know if you know of something similar for the S21 Ultra.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] t-shock:
I couldnt find one too

It is definately needed. This is very messy
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] tjsooley:
Agreed.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] dscline:
Be careful what you wish for. When the S20 first came out, the S20U had its own dedicated forum with sub-groups for reviews, etc. Then they decided to merge EVERYTHING, and a lot of the S21U specific posts from the previous month or two were just wiped away. Personally, I would think there should be one S21 main forum, with sub-groups that are either distinct or separate, as appropriate (e.g. apps could be combined for all S21, but real life reviews should be separate for each). I don't know why they can't get this right.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] summerblink:
I, too, would like this.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] t-shock:
This could work as well, but anything is better than that.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Badger50:
Greeting guys. While I know that the new forum layout isn't what we're all used to, this is XDA going forward since the migration to the new platform. This new "Prefix" based system should help with speed, indexing and searching once a few of the kinks are worked out. I know we are all creatures of habit, but as the saying goes, "The only constant in life is change."

I hope you will all be patient and understanding going forward, and will grow to like the new platform as time marches on, and we appreciate members such as yourselves being the backbone of what makes XDA a great place to learn, share, and do what we love doing to our devices. Even if that means creating a very expensive paperweight from time to time.

Best regards to all: Badger50
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] t-shock:
Thank you for your response.

It's good to see XDA progressing in that matter.

As a small feedback, please consider putting the filters as buttons on top of the list (of the threads), in order to select or de-select one or more categories. Should be much more user-friendly
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Badger50:
Thanks for the suggestion t-shock. If you're interested, you can follow, and make recommendations here if you are so inclined to do so. (y)
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] t-shock:
Ahhhh. I totally forgot about it. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Geekser:
Thanks for the follow up and detailed explanation. It all makes sense - and I hope XDA will remain open to listening to it's members for the occasional adjustment - if it is deemed appropriate.

One quick thought - assuming a group of phones like S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra, would we have a main thread that combines all the phones together - much like the S20 Note has done - then threads like this thread for the Ultra might be inside that "mother thread" ? Just a thought. In the meantime, I love XDA and will be around for a long time - "if the lord is wiling and the creek don't rise"..... :cool: Thanks again....
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Badger50:
I just couldn't resist. :ROFLMAO: Thanks for the tip my friend.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] ajsmsg78:
https://xdaforums.com/f/samsung-galaxy-s21-ultra.12091/
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] netnerd:
i like it this way, much easier to view new posts

instead of clicking multi sub group to find new posts.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] force70:
Ive been trying to get used to the format but i dont like having all the topics in one thread.

I prefer to have the sub forums of old so i can read what i want to read in that specific forum and not have to sift through a bunch of stuff i dont care about .

Ive been spending much less time here because of this, its thats frustrating. Hopefully enough people will raise this same thing and things will change!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] chkn:
So many posts that are intermingled together that initially rely on the correct prefix to be relevant are causing me issues, I'll try to get used to it, but I don't see benefits .

I also thought that buying bitcoin at 3 dollars was stupid, just saying...

I mean how would prefix this, which I think is true BTW.?

Samsung money card won't run initial activation on Samsung pay unless you have chrome installed .

Samsung browser will not work, I've tried it and thought it was a bad firmware install but it isn't.

Does any body else have this issue?

Question

Guide

Development
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Didgeridoohan:
That's a question... You're just prefacing it with some info.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Badger50:
Question. Would be the correct "prefix" in this case. (y)
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] chkn:
Yea it was. I may be grumpy at the new format thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] tiho5:
I agree with that. And I want to add to it:

Once you filter a category (say with the proposed button which is a very good solution) and you want to MARK it READ, this action should solely mark read this category only, not the entire forum!

edit: I'll post it here too.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shanxybeast:
Except this isn't progress, this is quite literal regression. Every other forum before xda did what you're describing, xda was the standout in what stood apart from other tech forums. This doesn't seem like a change for progressing xda, more like a form a laziness to make everything the same if you want to create or update things in a simple manner for the sake of just being simple.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shanxybeast:
And to piggy back off my reply, the new mobile app is absolutely atrocious, trying to go into a thread or respond you might as well not even bother with the app and use the mobile web version. Completely regressed experience from xda labs. Dunno what you guys are thinking when it comes to user experience lately, but this ain't it chief, I'd rather not bother with xda at all going forward if it's going to be this difficult to find proper threads or interact within the community via broken app.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shanxybeast:
Guess we're just gonna ignore valid concerns.
[General Questions and Answers] BlueFireworks:
For example, I have a shortcut on my home screen. What should I do to run this shortcut using edge swipe?

Thx
[General Questions and Answers] It_ler:
Depends on your device and OS version.

With a little bit more information, it would be easier to give suggestions.
[General Questions and Answers] BlueFireworks:
Samsung Galaxy S20 OneUI 3.0. Thanks.
[General Topics] TheMagnificent_Y:
Hello everyone, I've recently tried to root my Redmi Note 9 (merlinnfc) The OEM in Dev options is turned on, and the only problem is, there's no way to fix the " FAILED (remote: 'Token verification failed') " error message.

I have everything i need, there's the magisk zip on the phone, and i have the TWRP image for it. ( un-official, there's not official TWRP image for 9+)

Yes, i do have platform-tools, and the vbmeta/vb images in case i accidentally brick my phone.

The only thing i need to do is unlock the boot loader.

Any way's to unlock it? PS: I've tried MiUnlock, my country's unssuported. (It dosen't work. No verification message, turns out my region isn't supported)

I don't trust any "One Click Root" apps, since they're either malware, or unsupported. And they might brick my phone anywyas.

Mi Version: 12..0.5 (Most Recent Security Patch, most likely not any firmware patches, so the fastboot method should work)\

Best Regards - FriendlyChemist
[General Topics] XDHx86:
I don't understand what you mean by your region is unsupported, care to elaborate?

I recommend trying MI Unlock again, using the latest one might work.

See this post for details.

If it still doesn't work then follow this thread here as stated by the user:

It should work fine if you have the credentials necessary or waiting for couple of days.

Lastly should anything go awry in the process or you're really desperate you can view this thread. The cable method works better than the test point method.

Hopefully i helped.
[General Topics] Mobilelearner:
You can try to register on miui. Tell them you are developer. You need unlock code. It is not necessary that your country is not supported. You can get unlock code. Some Mi model are ready for unlock.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lucid:
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There's many more features like geo-fencing and free i-SMS (1600 characters)

If you want to help, visit http://geocool.reperion.com and create your account there.

Then, download the software from http://www.reperion.com/newclient

ATTENTION : beta version for INTERNAL GPS attached to this post. Don't forget to set your report distance to 15 to 60, anything above 2000 will be distance, anything below, secionds.

Please your comments
[General Questions and Answers] _RusJJ_:
Hi there! Any devs here?

Maybe anyone knows why in few games Adreno CANT BE on 100% usage?

For example: my phone is Pocophone F1. SD845, Adreno 630. Usage in any benchmark at 100%. Minecraft: 414 Mhz (instead of 710 Mhz - max for MIUI kernel), 80%, 50% usage in total.

At the same moment Mali at 100% usage with a LOT bigger FPS. Same with GTA:SA, possibly Modern Combat 5. What's happening? Any fix?

Maybe game devs should do something like PC game devs do?: (enable NVidia Optimus, bad example btw) vOptimusEnablement = 0x00000001 (just an example).

P.S. Oops, forgot. Throttling disabled, 5 minutes in CPU Throttle Test shows no difference (5min enough for this because the game started lag at the whole start).
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
All programming instructions ( whether they are graphic information or not ) are first processed by the CPU: if the CPU recognizes that they are graphics commands, they are delegated to the GPU. Unlike a CPU - which has only a few cores - a GPU has hundreds of cores.

Throttling the CPU only makes things worse.
[General Questions and Answers] _RusJJ_:
As i said there's NO throttle. Fully disabled. That's happening on any Kernel. Idk what is this, Adreno-related thing, no problems at Mali with that.

Of course. Maybe Adreno-drivers need something for this? To say to CPU "Hey, this is an application that needs a lot of GPU power"?
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
An app neither speaks to CPU nor to GPU: an app's program code gets loaded into RAM, then read in from there by CPU and sequentially processed.
[General Questions and Answers] _RusJJ_:
What are you talking about, lol? The game cannot use GPU. It needs something. Maybe some function to call, idk exactly.

You're speaking about completely another thing that i know for almost 12 years, lmao.
[General Questions and Answers] _RusJJ_:
Still waiting for any answer. Few games cannot load a GPU. Only on Adreno, Mali GPUs are good.
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
My last 2 cents here:

A GPU is a processor with hundreds of cores: a game never can load a GPU, it only makes use of it. :)

For an ideal situation, your device's CPU usage should remain in the 60% to 80% range (up to 90%), and device's GPU usage at 99% or 100%. One of the main causes of low GPU usage is due to CPU bottleneck. It means that you have an under-powered CPU that is not able to keep up with GPU's performance.

A temporary workaround for this problem is to raise a game's resolution to highest if you haven’t done it already. This will cause device's GPU to work more and it will have much higher utilization than before.

Take note that not all games use all the CPU cores. It can be possible that you are getting high usage on two cores only, and others are just not used at all. AFAIK GTA SA makes use of only 2 cores, COD also makes use of only 2 cores, , but PUBG makes use of 4 cores,
[General Questions and Answers] _RusJJ_:
What the hell are you talking about?

Is there any CPU bottleneck im talking about?

NO. NO. AND NO. ADRENO-RELATED, HUH?

Pls, stop it, my chair burns. You dont understand a single thing that i need - ADRENO CANT HANDLE A GAME.

Looks like a joke...
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
Actually, I'm not interested in your problem at all.

Your posts show that you don't understand how CPU and GPU work together.

Here I'll explain it to you:

The GPU's memory consists of a series of registers. These permit the CPU to access the GPU's memory and instruct the GPU to perform operations. It's the CPU what loads the graphics instructions ( OpenGL ES ) to get executed into GPU's memory.

Simplified: the CPU feeds the GPU.
[General Questions and Answers] _RusJJ_:
My post shows that GPU cant handle few games. All Adreno's. GG guys, open your eyes :cool:
[General Questions and Answers] _RusJJ_:
Still waiting for useful info. For now stop showing your brilliant mind with yours "i think you..."
[General Questions and Answers] _RusJJ_:
After a time and with using of a simpleperf i got more info. Playing Half-Life 2:

CPU Usage 12.12% /vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv2_adreno.so

Symbol: !!!0000!f56be09eb88f86833124f1df42e945!95db91f!

Mali HAS NO that problem. Completely.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] XRed_CubeX:
LineageOS (Lineage Android Distribution) members or anyone else on this website is not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included in the products you find here before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at us for messing up your device, we will laugh at you. Your warranty will be void if you tamper with any part of your device / software.

How to Install:

1- Make a backup of your important files

2 - Unlock bootloader with this guide

3 - Flash the TWRP, link here

4 - Move Rom & Gapps (optional) into device storage

5 - Full Wipes

6- Flash Rom & Gapps (gapps are OPTIONAL)

for GAPPS:

Choose Gapps Package ARM64 > 7.1 > Micro and below: visit OpenGAPPS

If during the gapps flash it gives you an error then in the TWRP terminal or on the adb shell you have to execute this command: "mkdir /tmp/bin"

Download:

Releases · XRedCubeX/android_device_meizu_m5c

Contribute to XRedCubeX/android_device_meizu_m5c development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Working:

Boots

Storages

Bluetooth

Wifi

GPS - GNSS

Audio

NOT Working:

Camera

Hotspot

Offline Charging

Special Thanks

LineageOS

Moyster for device trees

Device Tree:https://github.com/XRedCubeX/android_device_meizu_m5c

Vendor Tree: https://github.com/XRedCubeX/android_vendor_meizu_m5c
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Feliiperu:
Assim que possível, irei testar!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Deleted member 9773516:
Hi Red. I was taking a look at the ROM repository on GitHub, and saw that the default branch is now named cm-13.1. So, are you now working on an Android 6.0 ROM for the M5c?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] XRed_CubeX:
I have a slight indecision, now I can not carry on the Custom ROM because I do not have the right PC but when I am able to compile it, I will evaluate which one can work better
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Deleted member 9773516:
I see. I would say that in the long run Lineage 14 would be more worthwhile, since Android 6.0 is becoming outdated, with no support for some apps. But really, I just wanted a ROM to replace Flyme, and its bugs. Also, many of the apps I use don't work, or don't work right on Flyme...

These days I was taking a look at /e/ OS. I've been thinking about venturing into porting this ROM to the M5c. For me it would be a challenge, since I've never done this before. But unfortunately at the moment I also don't have a PC that meets the requirements to compile the ROM :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] XRed_CubeX:
I find it useless, just use lineage without gapps and it will be better than /e/, then anyway I don't know where to find the manifest
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Deleted member 9773516:
You are right. However, /e/ has some nice features like e account synchronization, an app store, microG, and some of their apps... Of course we could get that with LineageOS, but it is interesting how /e/ already brings that well integrated and ready.

By the way, I am also looking at other non-Android systems, like Ubuntu Touch...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] XRed_CubeX:
Ah beautiful those non-android systems yes, unfortunately we have to forget them because of the prebuilt kernel and unavailable sources
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Deleted member 9773516:
Well, from what I've been reading the process is similar to porting LineageOS. You just need the kernel sources and the device specific binary blobs. I'm guessing you know how to get them, don't you?

And the interesting thing is that there is a layer, called Halium, that interacts directly with the hardware. And that is actually what you should port to the desired device. Then you can install any Linux system on top of this layer, like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, etc, and these are distributed pre-compiled.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] XRed_CubeX:
Mhh ... good, you are informed, however the vendor blobs are bull**** to take, the problem is the kernel sources but Meizu has not released them. However, some time ago I booted a Custom kernel based on ALPS (A custom AOSP from Mediatek to be clear) but the touchscreen doesn't work and I'm looking for a solution around but that I can't find

P.S: Fixing that kernel has great potential, forget android 7, you could also boot android 9 with sources, but as long as they are still working