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[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Guides, News...] Eazy:
Thinking about to install custom rom again. One thing I wonder is if custom roms has impact on Widevine. Perhaps Widevine only affects if you root?

I was first thinking about trying out Pixel Experience but seems the feature with date in statusbar is not there? Perhaps CrDroid might be a good choice...
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Guides, News...] SohrabHamza:
Thanks!

I don't understand what you mean. What info do you need and what is the essay about?
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Guides, News...] DartGerion:
Hello, is this guide still actual in 2022 with a12 released?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shailevy:
I purchased a Galaxy s21 Ultra thinking it will support dual sim. Turns out the dual sim support is for Nano-sim + eSim and the sim track backside doesn't fit another sim nor does my firmware seem to allow another sim.

I know I can purchase a sim tray that will have the place to insert 2 nano-sims ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B092T8V8PW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A10Z9DOLS71TYH&psc=1 ) but I assume my firmware won't play along.

If anyone can shed some light on the issue please do.

If I purchase the sim tray I assume I will need to flash a new firmware (right?), so how can find a firmware that supports Exynoss . 5G (Israel) and call recording ?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
I have an Exynos S21U. Indian unit. It has dual physical nano SIM card and fully supports dual SIMs, 5G (says so in the settings, although the service hasn't begun in India yet) as well as call recording.

What's your model number? Mine is SM-G998B/DS - I'm assuming the DS stands for dual SIM.

Maybe it's a specific hardware, maybe it's CSC based, I'm not very sure. Maybe someone who has tried to do what you propose will be better equipped to answer.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shailevy:
Mine is SM-G998B
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
Then I guess the DS is a specific hardware SKU that has dual SIMView attachment 5423523
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shailevy:
Has anyone tried putting a dual nano sim tray into 998B and can report/suggest?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] varcor:
If it's not SM-G998B/DS it won't support Dual Physical Sims. No Samsung device offers Dual-Sim and e-Sim.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] ripnetuk:
Not true - my S21 Ultra (from Three UK) has dual physical sim, and an option to add a e-sim.View attachment 5428193
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] lywyn:
Your device may have dual SIM and eSIM but you can only use 2 at a time. You can have both SIMs of one SIM and one eSIM but not all three. The OS only allows 2 active lines.

*update*

And as previously stated the phone model must end /DS to support dual SIM.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
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I have only woken up and my battery drained like crazy. Somehow, 9GAG is the one which drained the most, I don't really care about that, I will uninstall it later if needed. The point here is that the Carrier services, Android system, Google Play services, Google Play store and Cell standby have really high usages! I have just done a factory reset yesterday and things have seem to get only worse. I used to have 500-700 mAh usage for the android system and that used to be about it. Right now, just over night, I have something almost twice as consuming! If I were to continue the day without having the need to recharge right now, everything would have been around 2000-3000 mAh just for the "system/needed apps" in order for the device to run. I do not find this thing normal. Can anyone please help me?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] parkourz:
Mobile data drains battery like crazy...
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Mohamedkam000:
There's factors that can affect the endurance of your phone's battery. These factors may be caused by a malfunction in your phone, or there's simply a global issue that may be affecting the devices in your area.

LTE does use more battery than Wi-Fi, yes. But not that lot, if everything was stable. But, you know, mobile networks are not stable, and sometimes it can struggle with the signal.

If yesterday, your phone used to last the whole day just fine, and the problem suddenly appeared, it may suggest there's an event affecting it.

Try using your phone on Wi-Fi for an hour, and compare the consumption with LTE for the same length. I suggest turning on aeroplane mode when testing the Wi-Fi.

Carrier Services should not be using that large amount of battery. The main purpose of this app is to help carriers communicate with your phone. To enable their exclusive features and so on.

I can't think of 9GAG more than Reddit, social media apps usually don't drain that much battery (TikTok is an exception). Maybe you'll wake up the next day with your phone resurrected.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Compass Linux:
https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-11-begonia-pixel-experience-official-aosp.4196041/post-85702201

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-11-begonia-pixel-experience-official-aosp.4196041/post-85586743

Although your signature says this: 'This was sent from my

Huawei P20 Lite (nova 3e) ANE-LX1

through

XDA Labs

mobile app."

Are you posting in the correct forum/thread?

Compass.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
Yeah.... Sorry about that, haven't used this forum in a long time and I didn't even remember that I have a signature xD. Now I do have a Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro, global version:).
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
Yeah.... I wouldn't expect it to get over 1000 mAh just from the Google services... More like 100-300..
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
Also, isn't that getting "counted" in the cell standby thing?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
I don't know what you mean in the last part with the resurrection but yeah, I should try doing a test and see if android system and the others calm down if I'm only on Wi-Fi. Also it's been here for a few days already and it's annoying as hell. I have a friend with the same model and he's kinda got the same problem but not that big. He only got like half of what I have. He does have a bug where the gallery app uses 800-1000 mAh if it won't force close it, but that's another thing since I do not face any issues like that.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
I don't really understand what you are trying to say but if are trying to tell me that it's because of the 12.5 update, well it kinda isn't. My battery halved when I installed MIUI 12. I have debloated my phone and now the results are as following: *also 1:48 hours with 22% battery drain which is kinda impressive because if things go like this it low-key means that I can totally go for approximately 8 hours now. My phone was debloated before too but it didn't do much. Right now, I've mostly been on Wi-Fi because in the area I had to go, there isn't really any 4G/signal. It's either thanks to not using mobile data, which I did use for like 1/4 of the usage time until now, either to debloating it.*
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Compass Linux:
Welcome to the club! (y)

MIUI 12.5.x for our device came with many problems. Battery drain being one of them.

I'm assuming that you're using Stock MIUI 12.5.x. If that's your case, you have to wait for an update that fixes the battery drain.

https://github.com/PixelExperience/android-issues/issues/388 (the ROM maintainer explains better the issue)

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[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
I already have the phone for a year and a half but thanks :). Also.. are we sure that we are going to get a fix in the next update relating to this battery drain issue?.. Or is it something that we EXPECT to happen?... Also yes, I'm using the stock debloated version! I could rollback to an older version but will that actually fix something? I still had the issue even on MIUI 12, not 12.5. MIUI 11 was the only one which had no problems :).
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
Ah yes, the android system has kicked in again with a spectacular 245 mAh used! Will update in a few hours.

EDIT: In AccuBattery it's only showing as this: *look at the attached photo*. Are the MIUI battery stats wrong? Does AccuBattery not record the actual Android System usage? Does it put it in another category, like for example the app I was using at that time?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] parkourz:
Welcome to the sh!t where Xiaomi breaks it's budget phones with every update to force it's clients to buy new budget phone every year or pay 3xprice for higher-shelf device... Oh! And welcome to the Mediatek sh!t which deters developers, too!

It's 2 times when I bought Xiaomeme phone: first and last...
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
Alright BUT if I buy a 400-500$ phone it's gonna "break" in 2 and a half years instead of 1 and a half years huh? Any other option besides Xiaomi? 😁
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Compass Linux:
Users: We expect the bugs to be fixed with future updates. 😇

Xiaomi: We expect not to fix bugs especially if they can push the sales of other phones. 🤡

Jokes aside, keep your fingers crossed that this battery drain issue is fixed by Xiaomi soon. Especially because our device will be EOL November/2021.

As for MIUI 12.0.x also having a battery drain problem I don't know. I started having this issue with PE+ when it started using MIUI 12.5.x as its base.

Compass.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
Also, since you seem pretty knowledgeable about custom ROMs, if you don't mind me asking, is using a custom ROM still safe? Like for inputting banking info etc etc.? And if it is, what are the downsides? And is there a way to break my phone like for real/forever? And what ROM would you recommend? Also, do you know if unlocking the bootloader voids my warranty? *It's not like I got much more of it left* And by the way, what's your address experience on using a custom ROM? How's the battery life? Anddddd sorry for the all questions, its fine if you don't wanna take the time to answer xD.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Compass Linux:
Is using a Custom ROM safe (for banking, PayPal etc)? I cannot give a proper answer for this. Custom ROMs are usually a mix of open source code (from the Custom ROM developer(s)) and binary blobs from the manufacturer (I might be missing something here). You could build a Custom ROM from the source code and add the binary blobs yourself to be sure, but that's quite a lot of work. I chose PE+ for now which has a decent user base. I do use banking applications with it (even with root). Now let's suppose you work for the CIA or the NSA. I wouldn't recommend a Custom ROM for you, and certainly would have reservations for stock MIUI too. It depends on your mileage;

Downsides? I'll talk specifically about the RN8Pro. In the past it was easier to hard brick the device, which meant that you needed to contact an authorized service center to fix it (or go online but I won't detail it here). So depending on the mistake you do when you flash a Custom ROM yes, you can hard brick it (read #3 to unbrick). Another thing that's possible to damage is the IMEI. It's always advisable to make nandroid backups of the relevant IMEI partitions in case you ever need them (restoring the IMEI partitions should only be done if absolutely needed and might still fail for whatever reason);

Breaking your phone. There is now an unbrick method that fixes a hard brick without the need for a service center. You can do it yourself too.

;

Recommended Custom ROM. My suggestion is that you stay as close to Stock ROM as possible, so try

. This modded Stock MIUI 12.5.x should have an update soon;

Warranty for a unlocked bootloader. Yes, you'll void your warranty but you can also re-lock your bootloader if necessary. Unlocking your bootloader will format your data (you'll lose apps + data in the process). I don't know if re-locking does the same, but I guess it does;

My experience on using a Custom ROM. I've only used PE+ as my daily driver. For the good and the bad (there's probably other stuff I didn't mention) read https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-11-begonia-pixel-experience-official-aosp.4196041/post-85697555. That's my resumed review of the latest release at that time;

Time. I don't mind taking my time to answer your questions (and being corrected too). 😅

If you do decide to try a Custom ROM there are a bunch of channels in Telegram. Most developers have migrated to there and don't usually reply to queries here at XDA. There's a lot more Custom ROMs available on TeleGram than here. You'll have to search for those.

This YouTube channel should have answers for most of your Custom ROM flashing questions:

https://www.youtube.com/c/AlltricksCoIn/videos

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[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
Thanks a lot man, I wonder if re-locking the bootloader will "regain" my warranty like if I re-lock it and send it to service, will they say something? Also I have heard that you are going to brick your phone if you re-lock the bootloader while you have a custom ROM or something like that, which I don't know anything about. So that may be fake. Thanks once again for all the explanations!! By the way, do you know what the average Android System usage should be? Or for example, what's your daily usage?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Compass Linux:
Re-locking your bootloader is the same as buying it new and locked. Xiaomi phones don't act like Samsung's Knox, which goes to 0x1 once the bootloader is unlocked and cannot be set back to 0x0.

To re-lock your bootloader you basically flash a Stock MIUI and enable the re-lock option (when using SP Flash Tool if I'm not mistaken). I've never heard of re-locking a bootloader with a Custom ROM installed (I don't think it's possible).

I'll attach screenshots with my Android System usage, but since I've just charged and turned on my phone I don't think it'll help you.

I don't know what the average usage for the Android System should be. It should vary with the phone's use.

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[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
Yeah.... Besides that you just charged it, I cannot see the mAh used by it but it seems pretty high but mime's almost double the %. I wonder if the Kernel (Android OS) gets into the Android System tab for me, unlike for you. Also, do you know if AccuBattery is accurate? Because if it is, then the Android System isn't using almost anything. I did also have 4 hours of SoT with 50% so the battery life is about as good as it can be, I think? By the way, I have heard that disabling MIUI optimizations could help. Do you know anything about that?:). Thanks a lot in advance, once again!
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Compass Linux:
I don't know in which process the Android Kernel resides.

Those two screenshots I attached are from GSam Battery Monitor. I also have AccuBattery but I can't list by processes only (perhaps I need the Pro version).

AccuBattery should be accurate. It is wasn't there would be lots of complaints in the comments section at the applications Play Store page.

I don't know if four hours of SOT at 50% discharge is good or bad.

Nope, I haven't heard about disabling MIUI optimizations.

Compass.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
Well I'm pretty sure it's comparable to your SoT, and well I think I will install GSam Battery Monitor. I could also buy the pro version but I'm going to see what's there to offer more than the normal version. Also about the MIUI optimizations, they are a setting in the Developer Options which make the MIUI animations and custom graphs other than the stock android.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Compass Linux:
GSam Battery Monitor has a nice widget that I think comes in handy.

I checked my Developer Options and I don't have MIUI Optimizations (PE+ is based on the Pixel Phones).

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[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
Do you know if the pro version offers anything? I can't really find anything about that. Also that option is like at the endddd.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Compass Linux:
Besides removing ads no.

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[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
There's an option in the settings to disable ads tho.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] parkourz:
But is it safe to use Telegram?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
I personally use Telegram and had no problems with it and I haven't really heard anything bad security wise about it so I don't know honestly.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Compass Linux:
MIUI V12.5 - MODDED STABLE Redmi Note 8 Pro: MOD EDIT: Link Removed

Flash Guide: https://telegra.ph/Steps-10-03

Changelog: https://telegra.ph/Changelog-10-02-6

Recovery: The MOD will install BRPv3.0 on its own once flashed (it'll replace the recovery you used to install it)

As I mentioned earlier the new version just came out, if you want to try it.

I don't use it myself, so if support is needed it's best to go to the Official Telegram Group.

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[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
Thanks but wouldn't going for PE+ be better / same thing? :) Also do you know if re-locking the bootloader will "give me back" the warranty?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Compass Linux:
In one of my previous posts I put a link to the advantages/disadvantages of the latest PE+.

If you don't want to stay close to Stock MIUI then PE+ is a good Custom ROM, but take in mind it has issues.

Re-locking the bootloader won't affect your warranty.

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[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
Aight well I shall stick with MIUI for a few more months, until my warranty expires. I'm only concerned about custom ROMs as security wise for bank info etc but HOPEFULLY everything is going to be alright. I will always go with some big custom ROMs, not sketchy new/small ones.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
It seems like my issue is solved... At least in GSam Battery. I will see if android system will go crazy again but now my concern is omacp. Some say it's a virus, some say it's something that MediaTek uses for SIM configuration. I have searched for it in the app list but it says never used and it's not even running / running in the background. It is weird that Google Play Services keeps waking up my device which theoretically keeps my deep sleep % lower, therefore draining battery..?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] parkourz:
As far as I remember it's Android 11 issue...
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
So it's not a virus, it's a normal app right? It hasn't got any weird background activity so it's unlikely to be a virus.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] parkourz:
Sorry, I meant battery drain while phone is idle... I have no ide what that app is for...
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] ImTheRealMarco:
Oh alright. Thanks for clarifying
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Compass Linux:
Well now that I'm using crDroid and my battery drain issue continues, I've also noticed that my battery drain seems related to WiFi.

Screenshot 01 (the numbers are the conditions of when I took the screenshots):

I went to sleep 😴.WiFi is OFF. Mobile data is OFF. Airplane mode is ON. Battery Saver is OFF;

I woke up 🤪.WiFi is ON. Mobile data is OFF. Airplane mode is OFF. Battery Saver is OFF;

I'm still awake 😵.WiFi is OFF. Mobile data is OFF. Airplane mode is OFF. Battery Saver is OFF.

Screenshot 02:

Android System is draining the battery during the period of screenshot 01;

Nothing else is draining the battery like Android System.

Screenshot 03:

WiFi Scan Throttling was previously ON in all three conditions in screenshot 01. I'm now going to turn WiFi back ON with WiFi Scan Throttling OFF and wait a few hours.

Now comes the process of changing the few WiFi options Android has one by one and waiting at least a few hours.

If changing the WiFi options in Android doesn't help, the next step is to change my Router's WiFi Settings (one by one and checking after a few hours).

There's at least one catch here. The battery drain could be directly or indirectly related to WiFi. If it's indirectly related it'll be much more difficult to detect and have a workaround.

Compass.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Compass Linux:
So here's an update after almost 24 hours.

Screenshot 01 (the numbers are the conditions of when I took the screenshots):

I went to sleep 😴.WiFi is OFF. Mobile data is OFF. Airplane mode is ON. Battery Saver is OFF;

I woke up 🤪.WiFi is ON. Mobile data is OFF. Airplane mode is OFF. Battery Saver is OFF.

As you can see, simply turning WiFi ON starts to drain the battery. Same behavior as yesterday.

I've tried changing a few Android options and then some options in my WiFi router (every option one at a time). No positive results.

If you use a search engine for the terms "android 11 battery drain" you'll see multiple complaints from many users with various devices, and there seems to be a common opinion that Android 11 brought with it battery drain.

My quest continues.

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[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] parkourz:
LOL we know that for some time now... you personally mentioned that one or few months ago...
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Compass Linux:
It's because I went back and forth between Custom ROM's.

The last PE+ without battery drain was the may/2021 release. I upgraded from it, noticed the battery drain and downgraded back to PE+ may/2021 to avoid it.

Then SafetyNet happened and PE+ is incompatible with the SafetyNet Fix procedure (something about getprops being set by PE+'s own binaries or something). When that happened although my apps were still working at the time I decided to upgrade to avoid future headache.

Battery drain obviously returned and I've been changing Custom ROM's and testing ever since to no avail. Even installing a custom kernel like [1002][GCC][R-OSS][Stable][Begonia]4.14.248-Neutrino-Stock-8aacbb86d didn't help and the GCC build is made for battery endurance.

This issue can't be fixed by changing options in Android 11 Custom ROM's or even with custom kernels, so Android 12 hopefully has it fixed.

https://blog.pixelexperience.org/2021/10/after-3-years-an-incredible-feat/ ("Official releases aren’t going to happen anytime soon.")

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Questions & Answers] skinklizard:
I have a fresh instance of Android 11 on my Note 10+ with the Link to Windows Service working just fine EXCEPT for anything that requires permission to display the phone screen. The permission request dialogue (below) is visible in Windows but when sending the notification, the phone locks rather than requesting the permission from the user. After that I can unlock with fingerprint or pin, but never see the permission dialogue to grant the necessary permission.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Messages, Photos etc are all working fine.

I have tried multiple different computers, so the issue is the phone.

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[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] JazonX:
Surprising discussion going on at Zentalk

In Summary;

* Device freezing up

* Settings app and chrome crashing
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] mohammed510:
I don't have these issues so far. Probably a factory reset can solve these issues..
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] thieftime1980:
I have no problems either
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] yaser86100:
with this update cod mobile have too much lag in the br match
[Redmi 9 Power / 9T] hamid_dabouz:
Hi

I tried to install multiple custom roms on my redmi 9 t but i faced touch screen problems in every one of them, please can anyone help me on that ??
[Redmi 9 Power / 9T] Qpb:
Flash storm breaker kernel

Stormbreaker kernel for Lime
[Redmi 9 Power / 9T] hamid_dabouz:
Thank you for your help but i got a boot loop
[Redmi 9 Power / 9T] Best87:
backup DTBO before flash, then restore the copy if it won't boot
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Questions] idovinog:
Hi,

If I buy S21 Verizon only with bad ESN to make it work in Israel (Israeli Sim card)?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Unmesh 9830:
Some one please give me custom recovery like orange fox, twrp. For my Samsung m01. Model - sm m015g/ds

Please please 🙏😢😔😭