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[General Questions and Answers] Centity:
Hey! Really hoping I can get some help for an issue that I have been struggling with all day.

I have a Pixel 3 that ran out of batteries and boots into a "pixel is starting..." screen which never goes away. I'm able to access most settings but nothing else. Everywhere I look points me to a factory wipe which I tried to avoid, but things are looking bleak. Worst of all, I have been struggling to get any files from the device and am hoping that it is due to my ignorance.

Things that I have tried:

- Sideloaded two OTA versions (both Android 11 fwiw) including the latest one

- Accessing "backup" from the settings (there is nothing on the page in this state)

- All forms of restarting, button mashing, banging head against the wall (no help)

- Running ADB backup (says to "unlock the device and confirm the backup operation" which I cannot do.

- Removing pin/fingerprint verification

- Navigating device shell accessed from "ADB shell" to figure out where the camera directory is to no avail

- Removing some apps and clearing cache for them

- Using "android file transfer" program on my MAC (does not find the device)

- Using the ADB Pull to get media copied but result is "failed to stat remote object 'path' permission denied"... I read here that it needs to be rooted for this to work but I'm struggling to understand how/if this is possible with my device in the state that it is in.

Really bummed if this means that I will lose my data without any sense of why my Pixel 3 decided to do this after years of trouble free operation. Any and all advice is appreciated- my tech knowledge is limited but I'm willing to learn if it means that I can at the very least recover my files.

Thanks for reading.
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
Files and directories below /data/data are protected from the "average user", so you cannot simply "adb pull" them unless Android's ADB daemon is running in root mode.

To be able to use "adb pull" on them, you need to make Android's ADB daemon run in root mode first. Depending on the device, a simple "adb root" command might do that – but most devices will refuse to do. In those cases, you can use Chainfire's adbd insecure: Install this app on your device, start it there, and manually switch to "insecure" mode. Now the "adb pull" should succeed.
[General Questions and Answers] Centity:
Thanks for that. The issue is that I cannot access any apps or anything other than select settings.

Running the root command gives the "adbd cannot run as root in production builds" error
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
As long as you can access device's Android via ADB you can do anything wanted. :)

Even installing and launching apps, installing temporary root, ...

By design adb root command works in development builds only (i.e. eng and userdebug which have ro.debuggable=1 by default). Alternatively you could use modified adbd binary (which does not check for ro.debuggable)
[General Questions and Answers] Centity:
I have access with ADB but have not been able to run any apps, is there a guide I can read for this? I cannot download the app from the playstore as I don't have access to it with the Pixel issue.

I read of people opening the camera app and the such with commands but with my limited knowledge only get results as such:

./adb shell monkey -p com.google.android.app
bash arg: -p
bash arg: com.google.android.app
args: [-p, com.google.android.app]
arg: "-p"
arg: "com.google.android.app"
data="com.google.android.app"
** Error: Count not specified
usage: monkey [-p ALLOWED_PACKAGE [-p ALLOWED_PACKAGE] ...]
[-c MAIN_CATEGORY [-c MAIN_CATEGORY] ...]
[--ignore-crashes] [--ignore-timeouts]
[--ignore-security-exceptions]
[--monitor-native-crashes] [--ignore-native-crashes]
[--kill-process-after-error] [--hprof]
[--match-description TEXT]
[--pct-touch PERCENT] [--pct-motion PERCENT]
[--pct-trackball PERCENT] [--pct-syskeys PERCENT]
[--pct-nav PERCENT] [--pct-majornav PERCENT]
[--pct-appswitch PERCENT] [--pct-flip PERCENT]
[--pct-anyevent PERCENT] [--pct-pinchzoom PERCENT]
[--pct-permission PERCENT]
[--pkg-blacklist-file PACKAGE_BLACKLIST_FILE]
[--pkg-whitelist-file PACKAGE_WHITELIST_FILE]
[--wait-dbg] [--dbg-no-events]
[--setup scriptfile] [-f scriptfile [-f scriptfile] ...]
[--port port]
[-s SEED] [-v [-v] ...]
[--throttle MILLISEC] [--randomize-throttle]
[--profile-wait MILLISEC]
[--device-sleep-time MILLISEC]
[--randomize-script]
[--script-log]
[--bugreport]
[--periodic-bugreport]
[--permission-target-system]
COUNT

Does "ADB insecure" enable me to copy directories that are "permission denied"? is that the idea here if I can figure out how to install/open it?
[General Questions and Answers] Centity:
I've read that this could potentially be an issue with the decryption mechanism becoming corrupted. Is this plausible?

If that's the case does that mean that pulling the files from the phone will mean that they are still inaccessible? I cannot disable encryption in the settings in the current state. Pin/Fingerprint are both disabled at this point. I haven't been able to get any 3rd party programs to successfully detect my phone yet. Going to borrow a PC and see if it makes any difference.
[General Questions and Answers] Centity:
I have now tried to disable/clear data from the Pixel Launcher to no avail.

Additionally I have tried to connect the Pixel to a PC and Windows detects that a Pixel is connected however the device does not show up in the File Explorer/disk management.

I do however see an "MTP USB" device in the device manager and "Pixel 3" under "Devices and printers." Any advice or ideas about what could be going on? Is there a reason a computer would refuse to read the phone HDD? Perhaps there is advice on some recovery software worth trying?
[General Questions and Answers] Centity:
Some update: I was able to use ADB mount to look at the folder structure using MacDroid. I can see the folder structure (like I can in Shell) but am not seeing any files within the directories. This is consistent with the manual pull attempts that I have with the directories... the structure for some of the directories is there but there don't seem to be any files in it in the browser. The storage space is accurate saying that there are 12GB free from 119GB.

df shows that the contents are in the "Dev" directory?

blueline:/ $ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/block/dm-4 793964 791584 0 100% /
tmpfs 1814200 984 1813216 1% /dev
tmpfs 1814200 0 1814200 0% /mnt
/dev/block/dm-5 184784 184228 0 100% /system_ext
/dev/block/dm-6 412656 411384 0 100% /vendor
/dev/block/dm-7 1904024 1898324 0 100% /product
tmpfs 1814200 0 1814200 0% /apex
/dev/block/sda14 81872 71408 10464 88% /vendor/firmware_mnt
/dev/block/dm-8 116561900 103912112 12518716 90% /data

The phone fails to connect to OpenMTP or any 3rd party MTP browser on PC/Mac that I've tried and Adb browser appears to show no files
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
Having the phone connected in "USB MTP" mode then you can transfer files to computer.

Take note on MAC computers you additionally have to install a tool to make it work. Look inside here:

Android File Transfer

www.android.com
[General Questions and Answers] Centity:
They all fail to connect to my device. Other phones work just fine. ADB is failing to return any files within the directories.
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
IIRC you stated you can connect phone both in "USB ADB" mode and "USB MTP" mode - what is default on Android devices.

Must admit I can not mentally comprehend it what your issue really is. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Centity:
Perhaps I didn't do a good job explaining.

I mean that I'm able to use some ADB commands successfully (like installing OTA, access phone shell, identify that a device is connected) but many commands fail (like pull or opening apps).

As for MTP - I am able to set the USB setting to MTP on the Pixel, however I cannot get any computer to detect the phone's files/directories via MTP

My issue is that the phone isn't working and I'm not able to get any files from it before performing a factory reset. I'd like not to lose my data.
[General Questions and Answers] Centity:
for anyone following essentially the situation is pretty ****ed. To make it worse, because it is a Verizon device I can't flash and try a reset without wipe. It's a pretty serious problem that appears to be relatively rare at this time.

TL: DR - if you haven't been back up your data and seriously consider avoiding Pixel devices, especially if purchased through Verizon. It can randomly die any moment with no sign, or recovery path.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ariebk:
is there Other option (beside ActiveSync) to Sync Outlook with the diamond?

the problem is i have a problem (i guess related to WM6.1) is when i try to Aync with 2 PC's, i get "activesync encountered a problem on the desktop 86000107".

office PC is WinXP and Office 2003

Home PC is Vista and Office 2007

i tried (almost) every thing, and still getting an error.

thanks.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] PJ6363:
A quick search and you would have found this...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=377823
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ariebk:
i did search (and found lot more).

none of the solution worked for me :confused:

thats why i asked for alternative option :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Rudegar:
good place to start looking

http://pocketpccentral.net/software/sync.htm

http://www.clickapps.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=6209&section=PPC&r=dway
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ariebk:
Thanks, i'll try...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] zokerbro:
View attachment 5215195

1.

we need to install this app for FREE

at Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teknokia.force4glteonly

pro version : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teknokia.force4glteonlypro

galaxy store: https://apps.samsung.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.teknokia.force4glteonly

pro version : https://apps.samsung.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.teknokia.force4glteonlypro

2. Run The Application - Choose SIM 1 Only Button

3. Choose Hidden Activity Then Waiting for Loading 100 %

4. Type "HiddenActivity" at Serach bar box

5. Choose Call setting App, expand it and you will find Hiddennetwork activity

6. click it you will go to Network Mode menu. select "LTE All " it will lock LTE Only with All LTE Band

7. if you want to Lock one LTE Band. Tap menu then Choose Band Selection . you need to select one frequency LTE Band that supoortted your mobile network operator.

8. Tap Toggle Selection to activate it.

This is Link APP Download

For detail Information please go to How to LOCK LTE Band On Samsung Galaxy Without Root
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] edwardob:
do lot with this also.. for free....well ads

Samsung Band Selection - Apps on Google Play

This app will help you access hidden network settings for forcing band selection

play.google.com
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] fragtion:
After much headache with this issue, I found a method that works where the "Band Selection" menu doesn't work (this method is confirmed working on my Galaxy Note 8). Thanks @fasho:

https://xdaforums.com/t/how-to-lock-lte-band.3681480/#post-74325453

TL;DR: Get org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo (from an apk mirror as it is no longer available on the play store), and then run ServiceMode as root. Follow the linked instructions further to disable unwanted LTE bands.
[Apple Watch] OnePuncher:
I recently wanted to buy a smart watch to monitor my exercise and health. But the budget of Apple Watch is a bit high for me. Can anyone who knows smart watches or has bought HONOR Watch answer my question? Thank you very much!
[Apple Watch] kuzibri:
Hi, have a look at the Fitbit smartwatches, they are very good and better than the Honor for half the price of an Apple iWatch. Regards kuzibri
[Apple Watch] kris2thesky:
^I agree. Been using Fitbit for quite a while now and it does pretty much what an Apple Watch can.
[Apple Watch] galaxys:
Check the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 forums...
[Apple Watch] kuzibri:
Have a good look of the features of the Fitbit Sense, it's almost an Apple watch with all of it's possibilities. Realize though that Fitbit is in principle developed for Android, but also does support iOS above version 12.5 with some limitations. Kindest regards kuzibri
[Apple Watch] youssef lakokine:
I think for exercises it is not very reliable, the measurements in Kilometers and in time are inaccurate , otherwise it works very well.
[Apple Watch] JacqualineLindsey:
Yes, Fitbit watches are better than Apple I watches if you are looking for something which is under your budget and gives you more results if you are looking for something which is less than this then you can go for Realme watches orAmazfit watches.
[Apple Watch] olivava:
{Mod edit: Quoted post has been deleted}

Apple Watch is the best for me
[Apple Watch] markhershberger:
No, Apple smart watch is a top quality product. I used previous 7 years. I love it.
[Apple Watch] benjaminben117:
I've owned an honour watch for a few years and love the way it looks and feels. For a change of pace, I purchased an Apple Watch a few months ago, and there is no turning back now. Even in terms of price, I believe there is no comparison between the Apple Watch and the Honor Watch. Apple watches are more expensive than honour watches, but they have more features and benefits. If it's possible for you, I suggest having a look at apple watches.
[Apple Watch] Zola Fisher:
Yes, HONOR Watch is a great alternative to Apple Watch. It has a variety of features that make it a great choice, such as fitness tracking, sleep tracking, and more. Additionally, it provides long battery life and is more affordable than Apple Watch.
[Wing, P4350 General] starsurfer:
I've got a huge Problem with my Herald 100

I Flash him with the Best Rom Files in that forum and now i wanna connect Wifi and nothing is gonna happend.

The Colorball is spining for 3 seconds and nothing.

Herald got the Original Rom from HTC and once again nothing.

I hope you have a solution.

By the way this board is the best Supporter Board any way.

Greetz Daniel from Germany.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] optyler:
Hello guys,

does anyone knows a ROM for this phone already working in 2021 ?

I already tryed Vilain and Héroine ++ roms, but android market is outdated and i cant be able to update it.

Thanks for you advices
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] emanrov:
Hello,

I'd like to have some help with diagnosing what hiccup my device recently has.

For a few days I'm on EUA4 Android 11, BL unlocked, Magisk patched, fresh install. Before that I was running some months old Android 10 also magisk rooted, some modules etc. and had uptimes of several weeks without reboot.

Now I get random reboots a few times per day. System shows samsung logo for a while, brings up warning messges "your devide... not official... security" etc., shows SIM pin, Device pin and crashes right again before launcher is fully up. Sometimes multiple times until system stays on. (Can interrupt this ofc with Power+bix+VolDown and boot Power+bix+VolUp into magisk)

Can someone help me figure out why? Some app, magisk module, frozen app idk...

I tried reading through last_kmsg and bugreport files but I'm not that savvy to actually understand why watchdog is killing system and what extra information I should fetch from the device.

I don't know where to look for the reason why this happens so I can fix it or avoid it after the next flash.

Thanks for your help.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] RustyBlad3s:
you are not alone. its happening to me on S10+ aswell.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] emanrov:
Thanks, always nice to know 😉

I went back to Android 10 (DTK9). Device running for 68h without even an app force closing. Same setup otherwise, same apps/ magisk modules/ magisk canary/ disabeled samsung apps etc...

Really don't know why I couldn't get 11 to run acceptable. I'm clearly missing some diagnostic capability like "your device rebooted cause app x did something funny that produced a 0 somwhere else and that caused something in the kernel to **** it's pants..."

Propably android somehow could point me there, but obviously I'm too much of a noob to understand it.

Thats why I asked for help if someone can teach me to understand what my poor system tries to tell me.

If you can - or at least show me where I can learn about that - I'm still interested, but for the next few months I'll skip firmware updates 😅
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] RustyBlad3s:
im am sorry, but i cant help you with your issue. I just wanted to let you know that we all struggle :D and i am planning on switching back to A10 aswell, since Samsung pay still doesnt work in my country... hope someone can help you tho!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Marridi:
im trying to open internet on my diamond through my pc.

i open internet sharing, choose usb, and i cant even press the conect button.

and when i connect the diamond to the pc, i get the options active sync and data storage, no internet sharing!!

anybody have any ideas? anybody had this problem before!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] tommm:
On my ROM what I´m usin right now there are three options after connecting with pc - the 3rd is internet sharing;) And it connects without any probs:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] computman:
You have to launch the internet sharinf manually in program list or in the connection tab of the setting of Windows Mobile

In my first ROM I had the 3 options when I connect the USB, with the actual I only have the two (active sync and hard drive)

Do someone know the way to activate the choice when I connect the USB ?

;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Marridi:
thats my problem, and it havent been solved till now..

i just dont have the internet sharing option, i only have 2 options!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] computman:
I was thinking that you don't have the internet sharing program too...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] akito:
Use active sync and then open internet sharing.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] jljtgr:
I did a bunch of app updates and rebooted my phone and noticed that the alarm icon was gone from the notification bar. I opened Clock and the Alarm tab was completely blank. I cleared the data of the Clock app and instead of being blank, it said "No Alarms". I tried manually adding an alarm, but it said "No Alarms". I asked assistant to add an alarm, but nothing was actually added. I tried to set a near-future alarm, and nothing happened when the time passed. I tried a few more times and got an ANR dialog.

Clock hasn't updated in months. Carrier Services, Android System WebView and Android Device Policy just updated... but I doubt I can downgrade those. Anyone ever seen the like before? The forum search doesn't seem to like me, much.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] jljtgr:
12 hours later and 2 more reboots, it's working again... some default looking alarms showed up.

I hate magical fixes...
[General Questions and Answers] sagra1000:
I really hope someone can help me. I have spent a few frustrating days trying to solve a problem with my Microsoft Surface Pro 4 audio. I am using Windows 10 version 20H2 0S Build 19042.746. The sound volume of my surface Pro is quite low, even over Bluetooth.

There have been times when it was quite loud which is what I need sometimes, but now no matter what I adjust or change, the sound is low and hard to hear from 5 feet away. I tried installing a few different Realtek drivers suggested in forums but that did not help.

Even after installing the last driver, for a period the sound was satisfyingly loud, but that was for a short time only. Also in the Speaker Properties the Enhancement tab is missing (it was present earlier). In the Realtek HDA Properties the current Realtek driver is dated August 5, 2016 version 6.0.1.7895. The Update Driver, Rollback Driver, Disable Device, Uninstall Device buttons are now all grayed out too.

In addition Windows shows no Sound Troubleshooters available or even any Troubleshooters at all. In the Settings Troubleshoot window it says “no recommended troubleshooters right now”.

Thank you in advance for any help someone can offer. Bob
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] dns24:
NezukoOS for Xiaomi Redmi 5

What is this?

NezukoOS is a fresh new ROM aiming to provide you a customisable and stable experience!

Unlike others, we actually care about what our users think and are built upon decisions made by our future and current users!

Whats working?

Everything! The build is very stable!

Known issues

Nothing.

Some features

All Pixel Goodies!

Free unlimited google photos storage because we enforce Redfin FP.

Theming of every kind

Power Menu customisations

Battery saving features

Fingerprint customisations

Lockscreen customisations

Clock customisations

Quick Settings customisations

Statusbar customisations

Icon customisations

Hardware keys customisations

Power & Volume button customisations

And much more!

GApps included.

Download here!

Stay tuned

ROM Support Group

Device Support Group

​

Android version: 11

Device Maintainer: Wahid Nursidik

Security patch level: Feburary 2021

Device Tree Source code: https://github.com/baunilla/android_device_xiaomi_rosy.git

Kernel Source code: https://github.com/Pulkit077/kernel_xiaomi_rosy.git

Vendor Tree Source code: https://github.com/baunilla/android_vendor_xiaomi_rosy.git

Source code: https://github.com/NezukoOS

NezukoOS Developer: Maitreya Patni
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Pulkit Agarwal:
Sweeet
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] ce1150352:
Really great customisation and animations are added. Nice work and thank you
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] dns24:
Big thanks to you tooo

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] dns24:
thanks for the feedback!
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] sis tema:
voice recorder, systemUI, uglu extra functions, singlelanguage extraapps,
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Phant0m123:
My wifi and bluetooth does not work even after flashing persist and going back to miui and to this os it simply does not work
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Deleted member 10027416:
Try CR Droid or Pixel Extended, but don't go back to that sh!tty MIUI 🤢

This ROM and Pixel Extended ROM is very identical, and yup I just tried this ROM and find the same Wi-Fi and Bluetooth issue

Here are the logs.txt file for the devs
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Phant0m123:
no I never plan to go back in fact my device is still running this rom its just that after flashing miui and re flashing this rom it still did not work
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Deleted member 10027416:
It's a ROM's internal built issue, it can never be solved like that, that's why I suggested you a similar alternative, try out the Pixel Extended (Official) ROM, its very similar and much stable.
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Deleted member 10027416:
This ROM is not just based in Pixel Extended ROM but a straight up cop-paste of PixelExtended (Official) Version 2.2 Build Date 28.12.2020

Even wallpapers are the same, not a single change in feature and performance, it's more of a downgrade if you chose to flash this unstable ROM instead of Official Pixel Extended one, lol

Too much copy-cat ROMs are really creating a time drain and confusion from us user's side, its really unnecessary to spam similar ROMs multiple times. 😞
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Phant0m123:
Man I really hope this gets fixed soon because I love this rom
[Xiaomi Redmi 5 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Phant0m123:
Ima still use this one cause I'm a demon slayer fan

Anywas u found a bug whenever I try to unlock my phone it says viewing app in full screen mode and I have to restart to get to the lock screen