yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
That has all the steps you need.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
I tried it and still got the error. Do I need to download my ORIGINAL firmware and use THAT pit? The pit I extracted was from the new firmware I want to load on the phone and it did not work.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
The pit from the New firmware didnt work?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
No it did not. Same error
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
Hmm try from the original firmware from the phone
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
It will be a few minutes....My internet is not very fast.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
Pit is a partition information table for your storage partitions idk why its asking
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
Thats fine…
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
Wait did you tick repartition after adding pit file?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
I tried it checked and un-checked. Same error both times.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
It is because your flashing from verizon to unlocked :/

Its an issue i havent seen before

Let me download a pit file since my internret is fast.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
I have flashed from Verizon to unlocked several times. The phone I have currently is a Verizon Note8 flashed to the unlocked XAA firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
Sigh….. which one arghhhh… ill send you V first since your phone is V if it dosent work well try U1
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
N

wdym note8? The code is s20 fe 5g….
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
R8Q_USA_SINGLE.pit is the one I have from the SM-G781U1 XAA firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
no no no, I am saying the phone I use on a day to day basis is a note 8 that i successfully flashed. The phone we are working on now is a S20 FE....sorry for the confusion
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
https://tmpfiles.org/dl/56277/r8q_usa_single.pit

Try this
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
I tried with both re-partition checked and unchecked and it did NOT work. Maybe there needs to be a new patched Odin. Thanks for all your help.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
Did you try installing a custom recovery then flashing the rom?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
No, I try to avoid all of that. In the past, a patched Odin was all I needed.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
Well this is odin and idk for what reason it wants a repartition, since the pit files we try dont work you might wanna install a custom recovery like twrp.

Im pretty sure you can make twrp revert to stock by flashing the recovery rom without reinstalling twrp or enabling disable agressive stock recovery
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
[RECOVERY][UNOFFICIAL] TWRP for Galaxy S20 FE 5G (Snapdragon)

Team Win Recovery Project 3.x, or twrp3 for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. Its a fully touch driven user interface no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and...

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[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
Thanks for your time and help. I think I will hold off and wait for a solution. I do not want to mess with the bootloader or recovery of this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
You didnt unlock it?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
Okay im sure you cant unlock your phone without going to the sim unlock process, im sure verizon has added an extra partition in the modem section which is making odin fail, otherwise i dont know. It is not possible to unlock your phone this way, at least no one has posted here about successfully unlocking their sim with changing the rom from verizon to unlocked.

Verizon locks down the bootloader so until you notmally unlock the phone its gonna fail if you try to flash a stock rom thats sim unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
I dont want to unlock it to use on another carrier. I actually want to use it on Verizon. I just HATE verizon firmware. I much prefer the unlocked XAA firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
Yeah they prevent you from doing that, i just read they also do something to the bootloader in the US carriers like verizon.

Im sorry but if you want to chamge the firmware to unlocked xaa please sim unlock it first. Sorry I couldn’t be at better help, im living in the EU and they dont do bootloader locks here like that 😖
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
See this quote.

This is the reason I like buying directly from Samsung 🤔
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
I have always been able to load the unlocked firmware on my Verizon Samsung phones in the past. This is the first one that hasn't worked. I think Verizon has changed something to prevent this with the newer phones. I am sure one of you smart guys on here will eventually figure it out.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
I would have inspected it if I had your phone xd your lucky to have that.

Well good luck, I'm sure someone probably has a solution.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] 3mel:
if it's just the Verizon bloat you want rid of maybe ADB is your answer for now ?

I don't know much about using Odin but I've heard Samsung have made things harder since 3.1. no more downgrading or easy big CSC changes. the carrier firmware some have said is exactly the same as the unlocked but the CSC tells it which carrier packages to install. apart from any splash screen ADB can get you to Verizon app free. plus after 60 days they're supposed to unlock every phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] andrewNY:
The Verizon model has additional hardware in it (for Verizon Ultra-Wideband support), so you can't flash other firmwares to it. The hardware doesn't match all of the other models in the US.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Has anyone been successful in this yet? I just purchased a Verizon S20 FE (to use on Verizon) with the intent of flashing the unlocked firmware on it. It has never been a problem with previous Samsung devices. This talk has me concerned.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
Do you think anyone will ever be able to "disable" the UW portion of the Verizon S20 FE and use the unlocked firmware? I could care less about it. We dont even have 5G in my area.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] andrewNY:
No, that's not how it works. The hardware is physically different, so you can't simply choose to not use the UW features and flash a different ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
Thanks for clearing that up. I have done a little reading, but havent tried it yet... I hear you can use ADB and remove a ton of the verizon and samsung bloat from a phone even if it is not rooted? Can I do this with the S20 FE Verizon edition? Lastly, the unlocked firmware has an unlocked hotspot app. The verizon firmware requires you pay extra for hot spot. I always liked this feature. Is there any way to go in an edit a file without it being rooted to modify the system to not check for hot spot subscription? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] ph0t0gr4ph3r:
So i am having nearly an identical problem. I have an 5G SM-G781U, ATT s20fe, Sim unlocked. I am trying to load 5G SM-G781U1 It keeps on failing auth at the last part. i've tried replacing the csc with csc home, any help would be awesome
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
I have given up hope........Does anyone know how to take the original Verizon S20 FE stock and disable the hot spot provisioning to get free unlimited tether ?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] 3mel:
have you tried ADB ? get the package name and use pm uninstall command
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rvdsabu:
does anyone know a way get free tethering by disabling or editing the hot spot app somewhere to where verizon doesnt check for subscription? In years past, I would just load the unlocked software on my Samsung phones and it didnt have the Verizon restrictions. Since this one doesnt have that option, my hot spot doesnt work anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] drystxx:
Hello. As posted in this thread, it sucks that the Galaxy S20 Fe Verizon has different hardware so we can't flash the US Unlocked Version. (XAA)

To disable Verizon's hotspot app, you will need to flash a firmware that has the same hardware of the Galaxy 20 FE 5G UW.

Our model number is SM-G781V

There aer 3 CSC firmwares for our phone model that has compatible hardware.

1. VZW - Verizon. of course

2. CHA - Spectrum

3. CCT - Comcast Xfinity

you should flash the latest firmware on either CHA or CCT.

In my case, I used Frija. Just put SM-G781V and for CSC type either CCT or CHA.,check update, then download.

I tested both CHA and CCT latest firmwares and they're working for me. The wifi hotspot app of Verizon will definitely be gone after flashing either of those firmwares.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] z1haze:
So I actually did this, with the CHA firmware, and literally nothing changed with the phone rebooted. It did literally nothing. It did not even wipe the phone or anything. I tried it multiple times, even factory resetting it in the recovery menu before jumping into download mode and running odin. It still did absolutely nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] drystxx:
I see. In this case, you may have to try and change CSC the paid way using SAMKEY . Once you change the CSC the phone would automatically restart and all the bloatware from Verizon should disappear.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] z1haze:
Maybe, I dunno. I had 5 phones. All from Verizon, ranging from galaxy s8, s8+ to s20's and they all vehaved exactly the same, where literally nothing changed. Giant waste of time. The phone work as they are, I'm just going to deal with the unwanted apps and branding, and the occasional "This SIM is not a valid Verizon SIM" notification.

Seems pretty wild that people will say that Verizon phones can be changed with this process when they clearly can't. No chance that I just have 5 phones that happen to be the only 5 with this issue..
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] kalidan5129:
actually yea, adb it and there is a specific code u change the 1/0 value and it will allow you to use ur phone data for the hotspot without paying for the hotspot service data.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] kalidan5129:
there is a way, i did it to my s9+ before i got my s20 fe, i dont remember the process, but the link led me to adroid studio, i found a whole lot of guides to change alot of things, changing ur hotspot to not be a provider feed hotspot is in the site
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] heldc:
I had used ccswe to disable software updates and keep my US t-mobile note 10+ on android 10, but my niece was messing with my phone and I have no idea what she did except that she triggered the update (handed the phone back to me with the blue update running screen already at 46%).

Is there any way to downgrade? I'm familiar with Odin and flashing firmware, or was a couple years ago anyway. But I've been searching the forums here (is it just me or did the search get less useful?) and can't find a link to download the firmware to downgrade.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] Kenora_I:
Um no since usually the kernel changes in Samsung phones from a10 to a11

If you try to flash an older kernel your phone will brick.

You must see if the kernel has been changed. If not then it is possible. If it is, I'm not sure if you can downgrade.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers] Msdanz:
Everywhere in every app black colour turned into dis ?

Any reason ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bradipo.xda:
Hi all, i was thinking about making a thread with a collection of the many SIP keyboards for wm6.1 (msim*.dll and relative CLSID regkey), that could be useful for those who, like me are into localization of other language ROMs.

Here i attached a zip with the .dll and .rgu for the Italian language SIP, you can do the same for other languages and make a unique archive with a list of the languages included.

And i have a little question... is there a way to set this SIPs as default? changing the "DefaultIM" regKey doesn't work, it breaks the ROM and i don't understand why, as those SIPs are defaults in the proper language ROMs... any help on that?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nothin:
try sipchange to keep your fav kbd..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bradipo.xda:
yep, i know... i was just tryin' to do it without external programs. After all they are used by default in the original ROMs, so i think is just a matter of settings or little patching something, but i don't know where to look at, everything i tried has failed till now.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbm76:
I am trying to change my some nv files in phone's EFS.

/nv/item_files/ims/ims_user_agent is one example.

I have used EFS explorer and efstools to write these changes but once I reboot the changes don't stick.

Does anyone know a way around this?

My apologies if I have put this in the wrong place.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] Khang5687:
Hi guys, I'm wondering how you can modify and change apps from game space while in a game. For example, I want to replace whatsapp with Facebook, how do I do that? Because I can't see such settings in oneplus. You can see it in the picture shown below (Top right corner)

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[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] jessofspades:
same question with me.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] PKkeys:
Anyone has the google sans magisk module or procedure to change from the existing font to google sans? I'm rooted!
[OnePlus 9 Pro] Raiz:
I know this module is dead but I had the best results with it:

https://xdaforums.com/t/dead-google-sans-o-san-francisco-o-custom-font-installer.3886349/

Edit: better alternative in the post below
[OnePlus 9 Pro] HessNL:
Open your magisk and download font manager it has all the emojis and fonts what you need to get don't get this dead module above it's dead anyway but font manager it pretty much alive and the are adding more and more fonts in there sometimes it's to many to pick but you will find the one who suits with you
[OnePlus 9 Pro] Raiz:
Didn't know about it, thanks for the input (y)
[OnePlus 9 Pro] HessNL:
No problem it works really good 😁
[Moto G40 / G60] Wreck-king:
Everything works except for Slowmo.

Download the latest BSG Gcam mod from

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-bsg/

Here is a preset made by me.

I have reduced the under expo part of HDR which gives you pink / purple cast in shadows.

Also some smoothing and desnoiser .

And random discoloration of highlights when shot with Wide or front cam

It's specifically tailored for my G40 with samsung wide /macro

Also I've made a lots of tweaks for desired white balance, it's warm toned.

Your results may vary with different sensor.

Also works on other moto devices which have Gcam support.

New link check

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[Moto G40 / G60] ERAAF:
thanks will try and update regarding the same
[Moto G40 / G60] Deathbedo:
I will try this
[Moto G40 / G60] ERAAF:
Please update the XML link, I can't access it
[Moto G40 / G60] ERAAF:
dude, please update the config link

The given config link directs us to the homepage of moto g40 fusion forums
[Moto G40 / G60] ERAAF:
the XML file??
[Moto G40 / G60] Wreck-king:
Idk why, I've added new XML as an attachment please check that out
[Moto G40 / G60] Wreck-king:
I've added new XML as an attachment please check that out
[Moto G40 / G60] Khan ubaid:
Performs well, skin touch works well, normal photography, nightmode, video 4k support,

Only issue, when using portrait mode with zoom , it force closes automatically
[Android Head-Units] fusionice:
Folks, I'm at my wits end and hope someone here can help. I purchased a Mekede M300 Android head unit (I believe this is a rebranded Joying unit) over a month ago for my wife's Honda HR-V 2017. Installation was fairly straightforward and any minor issues that came up were able to be resolved messaging the seller on Aliexpress.

There is one major issue that remains which is a dealbreaker -

call quality is absolutely horrendous while driving and/or with the air conditioner on.

I've tried:

Testing on multiple devices

Testing with and without an external 3.5mm microphone installed (unit has a crappy internal one)

Factory resetting

Adjusting "sound mix scale" and "power conditioning" values in unit settings with no noticeable improvement

What I believe is happening is some processing/filtering is being done on the mixed audio input from internal mic (and the external mic, if plugged in). AC or road noise drowns out my voice and I cannot be heard well on the other end. No idea how to avoid this...

Does anyone have any suggestions or solutions? Attaching system info if it helps identify the device.
[Android Head-Units] surfer63:
This is a major issue with all of these Chinese head units. They do not use noise-cancelling microphones.

As soon as "ambient noise" like airco, ventilation, tyre noise, wind noise, engine noise, etc. becomes too loud, you can forget it.

Even a 10 euros/dollars investment in a cheap noise cancelling internal mic (so two cheap mics instead of one cheap mic) would already be a great difference.

Even the cheap units are so powerfull that simply using two very cheap mics and some algorithm to separate the "general constant" noise from the "differentiating" signal (voice) would make a huge difference.

Maybe you could try with a USB headset to see if you can use a USB microphone for a phone call. If it works you might purchase a USB-cancelling microphone. I must admit I never tried that as I don't do phone calls in my car.
[Android Head-Units] fusionice:
Thanks for the info. Any recommendations for a replacement mic? I already tried purchasing a rather cheap one on Amazon that didn't make a noticeable difference.
[Android Head-Units] firstbob:
I tested hypercardioid microphone and results were pretty good, but it has to be mounted near your head. Problem I have is that internal microphone, the one on the display, is still on. I'm thinking of de-soldering it as it's not too difficult to access.
[Android Head-Units] fusionice:
I read about this and didn't want to have to do it if possible. Was call quality acceptable with the hypercardioid microphone? Can you provide a link?
[Android Head-Units] firstbob:
It's like this one: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002433011687.html I specifically was looking for cardioid microphone that does not pickup lower frequencies, this one starts at 50Hz.

It could be a bit louder ( gain was set to medium ) so it's probably not perfect, but results from directional pickup were good.
[Android Head-Units] fusionice:
Thanks, I'll look into that one.

When you say that you set the gain to medium, is that some setting on the headunit? If it is, I could not find a similar setting on my unit.

@surfer63 I've seen one of your posts breaking down different values in the "config.txt" file. Could mine be a culprit? It is set to "persist.btmic.gain=8"
[Android Head-Units] firstbob:
Browsing through engineering menus I saw the mic gain settings. I found it after testing so I did not play with it.
[Android Head-Units] surfer63:
This one is unknown to me. Like mentioned: I don't do phonecalls in the car and never even looked at this one. I really don't know.
[Android Head-Units] mastrv:
On my head unit, a TEyes FYT sc9853i unit, it did not have an external mic connector. I modified the harness so that my stock car microphone could be used. I soldered a connector directly to the internal mic location and removed the internal mic. It was located on the side panel where the touch controls are located. It is easily accessible from behind through a separate removable cover panel. Not sure if yours is the same. The stock microphone is located just above the drivers sun visor. I have a North American Kia Sorento 2012 SX.
[Android Head-Units] firstbob:
I think it's likely that all 9" (and probably 10.1") HU displays with capacitive buttons on a side are the same. I have TS10, relatively new unit, and date on the that side board is 2019.
[Android Head-Units] fusionice:
Yes mine looks like this as well. How difficult was your modification? Did you need to build a custom harness/connector to keep the OEM mic? Seems pretty involved, but I'd give it a try if I just needed to solder a readily available part.
[Android Head-Units] mastrv:
If you have access to 4pda, the hardware forum has good write-ups on microphone changes and other hardware modifications. I use Google Translate for 4pda and it works well enough. This has info for an external mic:

Головные устройства TEYES - Аппаратная модификация, автозвук, брак и ремонт - 4PDA

Головные устройства TEYES - Аппаратная модификация, автозвук, брак и ремонт, [Головное устройство][Автомагнитола][Android]

4pda.to

I needed an external module for my head unit to work with the OEM amplifier. The module harness came with a connector for the OEM mic. It plugged directly into the microphone connector I added to the head unit.

It's a little involved, but not difficult. My soldering skills are very limited. Made a huge difference in the call quality.
[Android Head-Units] Trayal:
For those of you who run across this thread (as I did) trying to resolve the mic / bluetooth call quality issue, I thought this might help.

I desoldered the built-in mic and tried various high quality aftermarket microphones, none of which solved the issue. Then, as a last-ditch, 'why not?' effort, i plugged in the cheap mic that shipped with the head unit. Surprisingly, this works well! So, for all of you having the call quality problem, disable your internal mic and use the mic that came in the box with your Mekede/Navifly unit; it just might solve the problem.

I don't know what's really going on, but I have a theory that higher quality, more sensitive mics actually reduce call quality on these units as they try to filter out all the extra background noise and overcompensate... but the included external mic is less sensitive and is what they test with, so that's what they tune the unit for.

Anyway, I hope this helps somebody.
[Android Head-Units] blue_one:
I guess you did not check the impedance of the microphones you've tried did you? A microphone can only work well if it's impedance (ac resistance) matches the input impedance of the microphone preamp. That's also the reason why the internal and external microphone never perform well in parallel installation. That's something that the Chinese manufacturer don't understand it seems...
[Android Head-Units] TorstenH:
Another head unit but I'm sure not too different to illustrate disconnecting the internal mic:

https://xdaforums.com/t/junsun-v1-m...-usage-reference-thread.4236281/post-87970225
[Android Head-Units] Trayal:
Apologies for missing this until now. I unfortunately did not measure the various mics' impedance. I will note, though, that while the one I noted (that shipped with the head unit) did work better than anything else I tried at that time, due to a rather harsh sound at freeway speed, the Mrs. wanted me to keep searching. I tried one more aftermarket mic that ended up working even better. Here it is on amazon:

FingerLakes 3.5mm Microphone

The stats on the page list the following:

Sensitivity: -30dB+/-2dB

Frequency Range: 50Hz-20KHz

Output Impedance: ≤2.2 kΩ

SNR: >58dB

I don't know how accurate the above specs are, but it's a really inexpensive mic so if anybody has the proper equipment and wants to measure impedance and post it here for posterity, this is an inexpensive unit that is working well on my Mekede UIS7862 unit.