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[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Morgrain:
Well, if you want a good camera and don't want a chinese spy phone, there is not much to go around a Pixel. It's the old dilemma. If Apple had made jailbreaking and updating easier, plus had the decency to actually pay for codec licences (the **** do they not support aptx/ldac?! Music from Iphones (if you are used to custom tailored v4a with custom ddcs/convolvers) sound like sh*t - I would have probably made the switch, but iPhone is still a joke in terms of customization.

Besides, I don't think that neither Samsungs or Pixels suck, they both serve specific needs and make some compromises, as does Apple. Sadly, there is no perfect phone. In theory, it should be easy to achieve, but as of now, no manufacturer ever tried hard enough.

For my personal need, the pixel 6 pro comes in as almost perfect. There are a couple minor things (why not all camera modi in 60fps Mode? Improve battery life, improve VRR, fix Android 12, give us modern camera sensors, improve post processing, more efficient panel, more efficient processor...) and some major ones (Modem, heat, I want Faceunlock AND ultrasonic, plus give me back improved Soli and edge sense and make battery replacement easy) that bother me. Once that's fixed/such a kind of device gets released, I'm going to keep that device until it breaks down and probably buy a spare phone to replace my own, since I know that manufacturers will f*ck it up again.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] ekerbuddyeker:
I have the had the s21 ultra since it came out. Nothing wrong with it but I travel and there's no s21 ultra model that has all the 5G bands in all locations... But the pixel (and iphone!) does. So I gave it a try and it's incredibly similar to the ultra especially in a leather case. In fact, using Nova I mimicked it almost completely!

Pixel charges slower, and I felt battery was slightly worse (but it needs time to settle in) but sound is good. Camera is good on both. Each has its benefits. Screen is slightly dimmer and less saturated and I felt that immediately, sort of like an LG device, felt a year or two behind the Samsung, but not a deal killer. They are about as fast as each other.

The difference is in the software. Whereas Samsung is well rounded, with years of maturity, Pixel is stock. Now that's not necessarily a bad thing, just different. The only issue for me is lack of a decent email (and calendar to a lesser extent) on the pixel. I don't like Gmail and I have yet to find a comfortable 3rd party email package that meets my needs. The Samsung on the other hand has fantastic email and calendar software. That's a deal breaker for me.

One thing I would note is that, aside from radio bands, there's no area that I felt the pixel was actually better than the ultra (which is incredible considering that the ultra is nearly a year old). As good as, in most cases, but never a step up. And therefore I didn't think it made sense to switch as the software experience ultimately is more important to me than I originally realized.

Hope that helps.

As a side note, when I compared the pixel 6P on T-Mobile's 5G UC Network to an iPhone 13 pro at the same time, the iPhone 13 pro was nearly twice as fast (400mbs v 230). No idea why that was. I tested it many times in different places and it was almost always slower than the iphone on 5G. Not sure what to make of that!
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] blackhawk:
What I mean is both hardware and firmware wise across the board 2021 has been a bust year for Android. Android 11 and 12 are a mess.

At least 2 years until scope storage is straighten out.

Issues with displays are common and 5G is still not mature. Slight improvements in cams but that technology was fairly mature 2 years ago so no big surprises there.

Any hardware improvements are being offset by cpu hogging scoped storage and forced encryption. Even the heavily modified Samsung UI can't clean up that mess.

You might think that Apple must be bribing Google to belly flop... but no, Google is really is this inept. No end in sight, Android is in a full self induced high G flat spin... maybe full afterburner will help🤣

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[Google Pixel 6 Pro] kevinireland11:
What p6 pro are you using lol?
[HTC Excalibur] hwlincac:
i get an internet error even thought i am connected to the internet or not trying to connect the internet at all. that you for your help.
[LG V60 ThinQ Questions & Answers] TheModernWizard:
Alright, so I copied 1 million digits of Pi to my v60's clip tray (for educational purposes), and now it restarts when I open the keyboard. I have uninstalled or disabled every clipboard/keyboard related app I can find, including the stock LG keyboard (using adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.lge.ime). I have restarted the phone, used the Smart Cleaning app to clear memory and temp storage, and copied other (much shorter) phrases to the clipboard in an attempt to clear Pi from the clipboard history.

Evidently, something in the phone has stored Pi in some sort of history or backup, and now every time I open the keyboard (now using AnySoftKeyboard), it waits about 15-30 seconds, then stutters, freezes, crashes, and restarts.

What can I do, barring a factory reset?

Edit: I tried rebooting into safe mode, and it still crashed upon clicking a text input field, even though AnySoftKeyboard didn't come up (since it's not a system app).
[LG V60 ThinQ Questions & Answers] pflatlyne:
This is probably to late as you probably have figured it out by now, but for the next person who has this issue , try this. Go to settings, then apps, find the keyboard app , and go into storage and delete all its data.
[LG V60 ThinQ Questions & Answers] TheModernWizard:
I actually believe I tried that, and it didn't fix the issue. Eventually, the issue just went away - I think I had copied enough unique strings in normal usage that it just pushed Pi out of the clipboard history.
[LG V60 ThinQ Questions & Answers] Abigailamber:
Any update to this at all?
[LG V60 ThinQ Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
Welcome to XDA 🤗

I've seen this happen. Been a long while. Clearing the cut/paste data using the Edge Clipboard may be how I solved it. It wasn't anything drastic. Also try clearing the system cache from the boot menu as that can resolve many strange issues.
[LG V60 ThinQ Questions & Answers] Abigailamber:
How would I clear the system cache, and what exactly is the Edge clipboard?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oymacinar:
Hello there,

A very bad thing happened to me unintentionally. I request your help in this matter.

I think I made two mistakes while flashing the rom on my Mi 8 SE phone. My 1st mistake was throwing chinese rom. My second mistake is that the phone locked the bootloader while flashing.

Now the phone turns on but there is no network. I cannot unlock the Bootloader because there is no mobile network. Because when I say unlock bootloader from developer options, it asks me to turn off wifi and connect with mobile. But I can't use mobile data because there is no network. I thought I'd assign a modem file, because the bootloader is unlocked, I can't install twrp with fastboot either. I look forward to your immediate opinion on this matter. Thank you.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paparazzo79:
Hi guys.

I'm having issue with mem.card.

When I turn on tablet very often it doesn't recognise the card so I need to reboot the tablet and memory card is recognised.

I tried same card but 64 GB model same class 10 and no issues.Both cards from Kingston.

So what could cause this and how to resolve it?
[OPPO A72 Questions & Answers] Guest009:
Greetings everyone, recently my OPPO A72 fell in some Water and even though the phone still practically works, sometimes i struggle to see whats going on in the screen because of the water damage, and worst of all is, i cannot use the touch screen, making it impossible for me to backup my data before getting the screen replaced, even though USB Debugging IS enabled. I've heard that i could use ADB to backup my data or control my phone through my computer, but i get an error message on the CMD window, similar to : Device unauthorized whenever i try to activate ADB . Are there any workarounds you could recommend me? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PS: Connecting the mouse to my phone using an OTG adapter also doesn't seem to work, as them mouse simply refused to power on (maybe because im connecting it through a tiny "micro-USB to micro USB-C adapter?)
[Nubia Red Magic 6] pstzz:
I'm trying to install the Global ROM V425 using the official method given on Nubia's website, but it's not working. If anyone can help me solve the problem, I'll be so grateful!

I downloaded V425 from the official download page and copied the NX669J-update.zip file to the root directory of the phone, then tried to do the update as follows:

Settings >> System Update >> ... >> Local update >> select the file >> Only install

After about 10 seconds, I got this error:

Upgrade package and the current phone version does not match, can not be updated, please check the current version is obtained from the official channel

I'm not sure what to do now, and having seen that error message I'm now afraid that if I try any other method for the update I might brick the phone, since I've already been warned that the software is not compatible.

The current software version is NX669J_CNCommon_V7.14 and when I checked for updates I got a message telling me the current version is the latest.

Phone info...

Model: NX669J-P

Red Magic OS: V4.5

Build number: NX669J_CNCommon_V7.14

Android version: 11

Hardware version: NX669J_V1AMB

Thanks for reading and I hope you can help!

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UPDATE: I noticed that in the About Phone section the device name is "腾讯红魔游戏手机6Pro" which translates to "Tencent Red Magic Game Phone 6Pro".

Seems it might be the Tencent version of the phone. Could this be the reason I'm getting the error message? Is it possible to put the Global ROM on the Tencent version?
[Nubia Red Magic 6] imNazreen:
Hi,

I am originally using global version with the latest updated v4.25 rom since September and i think you are using the tencent set with CN rom installed on your device. Why would you change to global? Is it cooler with CN rom? I bet you will regret you will lose so many features that you can get on CN if you are migrating to the Global rom.
[Nubia Red Magic 6] pstzz:
The main reason is that the phone's current ROM doesn't have Google apps/services
[Nubia Red Magic 6] pstzz:
Is it possible to sideload Google apps onto this device with current ROM or the only way is to flash global ROM?
[Nubia Red Magic 6] imNazreen:
If i am not mistaken, you can download the PlayStore from apkpure website - https://m.apkpure.com/google-play-store/com.android.vending and start to use Google application afterwards once successfully installed on the CN rom device you are using.
[Nubia Red Magic 6] pstzz:
Thanks a lot - maybe I have been overcomplicating this issue! Will check and see if j can get it installed
[Nubia Red Magic 6] imNazreen:
That's fine. But some Google apps will not working at all eg like Gmail or Google Duo (i am not very sure exactly) because it still recognise your device status. You may check one by one any Google apps downloaded from the PlayStore later
[G1 Android Development] bps725:
I read this over at tmonews...

"While playing with my G today, I found a way to enter "safe mode" which will bypass the initial gmail signin and allow you to straight to the good stuff with out activating via google. You can also bypass the security drawing pattern.

1. Power off your device

2. While device is powering back on press and hold the "menu" key, keep holding it past the G1 and android splash screen.

Phone will boot all the way to the main screen and display "safe mode" in lower left corner.

I have confirmed that data is still fully operational and all of my downloaded programs."

Very interesting
[G1 Android Development] keerttttt:
How about a ROM DUMP?
[G1 Android Development] beartard:
I think there's already a thread or two about that.
[G1 Android Development] artyr0x:
im sorry to say this but the safe mode does not allow to bypass the initial activation screen but it sure does bypass the security screen
[G1 Android Development] speoples20:
Correct I already posted about this. You still have to activate service with Tmobile and Google. Safe mode on the phone is just like on a regular computer help you fix issues.
[G1 Android Development] artyr0x:
It runs exactly as u would have it if it wasnt in safe mode the only difference is that u can bypass the security screen and attempt to change the security lock i'll play around wit it later on today
[G1 Android Development] Disabled:
Well being the moder I am. I was smart enough to download that converter program floating around before reading about it and I get non stop errors on the home screen.. but for w/e reason running the phone in safe mode does not let the program load so I get no errors now but I can't unintsall it from the applications uninstall from settings.. it gives me an error when iit treys to compute the program sizes so I I can not run the phone when not in safe mode.. would be awesome if someone could help me here
[G1 Android Development] neoobs:
try connecting it to the computer in debug mode and uninstall using adb
[G1 Android Development] Disabled:
i have been google searching for two hours and i have yet to find how to put commands into the g1 i got the drivers and everything and its recoginzed by my comp but i dont know where i type adb shell uninstall or w/e can you direct me in the right direction?
[G1 Android Development] neoobs:
you need to download the SDK from google. You should see some threads with the SDK or the Emulater... it is all the same. adb is in the tools thread. Ohh and you need to enter "adb -d uninstall (name of apk)"
[G1 Android Development] Disabled:
i tried this and no luck the system still crashes... and you know i wouldnt mind loading factory defaults its just i use shazam and i already have over 150 tags that i do not want to lose and thats all i really need to back up... but i can not access the file system on the phone unless i am missing something :/ this is really killing me i hate when i cant fix something
[G1 Android Development] neoobs:
you sure it doesn't save that info on the memory card?
[G1 Android Development] Disabled:
no nothing application saves to the memory card.. well besides amazon for the mp3 market i think. unless those are the tags? i dont know can you confirm? again thanks for the help man
[G1 Android Development] neoobs:
I just tested and you are correct it doesn't save to the SD card... weird why it wouldn't a couple other applications do besides amazon.
[G1 Android Development] hetaldp:
I have G1 in my Hand in India but sad thing is its an Unactivated Phone.

I can easily unlock Sim by using Remote Unlock code for my IMEI provided by some Sellers on web. But how can a Activate the phone in India.

I know the t-mobile Activated SIM Trick for phone using some borrowed Sim card but in India its Impossible.

Help, please Help
[G1 Android Development] JayMan26403:
google g1

ok i really need help i got my phone from the U.S and i live in canada it is unlcoked but it wont work i cant bypass the gmal sign in i tried the steps for the safe mode but the safe mode sign comes up at the bottom but it just stays at the one creen where it says touch to begin your setup for gmail i try to setup but it says my sim is wrong how do i fix this please help
[G1 Android Development] mack:
google is your best friend. try searching for a solution. all you have to do is change the APN settings to rogers/fido and go through the gmail activation.
[G1 Android Development] neerhaj:
im in Mumbai using my G1 for the last few weeks. read here
[G1 Android Development] nerys71:
safe mode works on the M580 but FAILS to bypass the lock screen password. :(
[G1 Android Development] pashaa:
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[Xiaomi Mi 8 SE Questions & Answers] oymacinar:
Hello there,

A very bad thing happened to me unintentionally. I request your help in this matter.

I think I made two mistakes while flashing the rom on my Mi 8 SE phone. My 1st mistake was throwing chinese rom. My second mistake is that the phone locked the bootloader while flashing.

Now the phone turns on but there is no network. I cannot unlock the Bootloader because there is no mobile network. Because when I say unlock bootloader from developer options, it asks me to turn off wifi and connect with mobile. But I can't use mobile data because there is no network. I thought I'd assign a modem file, because the bootloader is unlocked, I can't install twrp with fastboot either. I look forward to your immediate opinion on this matter. Thank you.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 SE Questions & Answers] Fishpood:
I am sorry to hear that,you can buy a Chinese phone card
[Google Pixel 6] Izy:
MWP GCam APKs - Google Camera Port

Modified Google Camera app by MWP.

www.celsoazevedo.com

Not try gcam with mods

in Mod Settings -> Developer Settings : untick "segmenter_use_darwinn_tpu_delegate

This will stop it crashing on face detection
[Google Pixel 6] sdbe:
I am primarily interested in using my p6 camera for videos, that was one of the main reasons I got it. But from your post it seems like they are all over-saturated. I agree that the stock camera is definitely way over-saturated and I can't find any way to tone it down.

Why have you chosen opencamera for videos when you say it has the same issues as the stock camera? Is there something that I overlooked.?

Anyway, thanks for the write up it was helpful.
[Google Pixel 6] ifelcon:
@Izy: Thank you for your suggestion. I don't like the idea of installing apps which are not checked via a trustful store so I am still undecided. An analysis of the files via virustotal showed one scanner with a positive result however this seems to be a false positive.

@sdbe: I chose OpenCamera as a workaround because it allows to adjust the sharpening (which I did set to "None") and the noise reduction (which I did set to "High Quality"). This at least improves the quality a bit. Together with the post processing in Kdenlive against the over-saturation, I get acceptable results (however with less image stabilization so you have to have a steady hand). This is more a workaround than a solution ;)
[Google Pixel 6] Izy:
Virus Total:​

Some antivirus will "complain" about these files. If you upload one of the files to VirusTotal you will notice that at least one virus engine WhiteArmour - now Babable - flags the file as a PUP (potentially unwanted program). Even the apk shared on XDA's website is flagged, but according to them it's safe:

It seems that WhiteArmour Babable is a Chinese company that uses machine learning and AI to detect malicious software (according to this). Because I've never heard of them before and they are the only one out of +60 to flag these files, I'm tempted to say that this is a false positive. Either that or they are better than everyone else.

Because I don't know how these virus engines work, I also have no idea why Babable flags these apks. It seems that if a public/free signing key is used, some engines flag the file because the same key was used before by malicious apps, even if the apk file itself is clear.

I've scanned my phone multiple times with Google Play Protect and it never detected anything malicious, but how accurate is Play Protect?

Safety Warning About the Google Camera Port

Things to keep in mind when using the Google Camera Port.

www.celsoazevedo.com

also how trustful is googles store really

the fact you said thats kinda funny in itself with the amount of practical malware it can give (like launchers and other apps spamming you adds)

yet your here posting on xda which is mainly about custom roms/apps

gcam mods have been out for years since the nexus this is just a dedicated website for the main devs who still make them
[Google Pixel 6] RiTCHiE007:
Great post bro with useful information! Have you tried Filmic Pro? On iOS it's pretty good and also heard it supports cinematic mode on the pixel.
[Google Pixel 6] scottspa74:
It does seem antithetical to be here on xda and not wanting homemade software. Lol
[Google Pixel 6] Gnaius:
Are you still finding that the dng files from the stock camera app show no difference? Mine show a *vast* difference, and they're full size. They have a slightly different pixel count, which is odd -- I believe that may be from slight cropping after the correction of lens distortion.

Here's an issue, however: the dng files are corrected *twice* when you open them in LR or Photoshop. The proper lens correction is in the jpeg; the dng applies the same correction to the already-corrected files, resulting in barrel distortion in the center of the frame, and pincushion on the edges. This is automatic, and irreversible.
[Google Pixel 6] Gnaius:
By the way, I hope you're all sending complaints to Google about the stock camera app, and requesting the ability to modify sharpness, noise reduction, etc. The more people who make noise about this, the more likely it will be addressed.
[Google Pixel 6] ifelcon:
Thank you for the responses!

@Izy: As I had to reset my old phone (Google Pixel 1) anyways, I did take the chance to test the GCAM mods. Most of the current ones didn't work (probably because the phone has a too old Android version). The first one that worked immediately triggered Google Play Protect stating that I have a potentially malicous app on my phone. Anotherone from cstark didn't trigger it, but I will end this experiment for now.

By the way, I did not write Google Play Store but "a trustful store" (hoping that the mentioned apks would be in a trustful store). I know that there are a lot of dubious apps in Google Play Store, but I think that you can live with Google Play Store if you are cautious enough.

@RiTCHiE007:

I heard of Filmic Pro but I didn't try it. Sadly, it only has an evaluator app stating generic compatibility but not a demo mode. From what I read, you first have to pay 15€ for the app and then 12€ for an in-app upgrade to enable flat video mode. This quite a lot for just testing whether the app is feasible, in particular as their homepage says that only the old phones are completely supported.

@Gnaius:

Thank you very much for the hint about the DNG files. I didn't compare them carefully enough and now I have to agree that there are huge differences between the Google Camera app and other apps. Sadly, only the Google Camera app delivers shadows which have nearly no noise. All other apps already show noise with default settings and it gets way worse with high-contrast scenes where you have to lift the shadows. So I will stick to the Google Camera app for photos in DNG for now. I will try to update my initial post and add a remark there.

About the picture correction: do you mean that the Google Camera DNGs are corrected twice or the DNG from other apps? I don't use LR or Photoshop on my computer. With RawTherapee you do not have any correction by default. I created a profile to work against the vignetting which works quite well. I didn't notice a lot of distortion with the wide camera but the ultra-wide camera has a lot of distortion towards the edges - I will have to find a solution for this.

I will send a review to the Google Camera app - I hope they read the reviews.

EDIT: I just saw that there was an update to the Google Camera app from 7th December - let's see if something was enhanced.
[Google Pixel 6] Gnaius:
The lens correction is applied automatically by both Lightroom and Photoshop; I haven't tried RawTherapee. Does RawTherapee produce files that are precisely the same, geometrically, as the JPEGs?
[Google Pixel 6] ifelcon:
No, it doesn't. The Google Camera JPEGs are 4080x3072 for both cameras; the JPEGs developed via RawTherapee are 4072x3064 for the wide and 3998x3008 for the ultra-wide camera (and heavily distorted). The preview DNG are also heavily distorted.

For the main camera I do not notice any distortion when comparing developed DNG and JPEG.