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[General Questions and Answers] JustInterested:
So my company Android app development company is incorporated Russia and sells in-apps via Google Play all over world + earns Google Admob ad revenue. Today Google Payments sent me mail to fill out W-8BEN-E forms to fill out in United States tax info.

One thing is unclear. Should I click the option that says:

" Derives the item(s) of income for which the treaty benefit are claimed, and, if applicable, meets the requirements of the treaty provision dealing with limitations on benefits."

If I tick this box, it allows 8 options two which seem like they might apply to me, but I'm not sure if they do. These options are:

- Company that meets the ownership and base erosion test

- Company with an item of income that meets active trade or business test

I am not clear what these things are. The rest don't seem to apply.

So how do I fill this form properly?
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
Please create it. TIA
[General Questions and Answers] Oswald Boelcke:
Don't you think that this is sufficient:

https://xdaforums.com/f/windows.12283/

Nearly all recent threads (including yours) are about W11 i.e. it already looks like a W11 forum.

However, if you like to address your request to our administrators I suggest this thread for that:

*** New Device Forum Requests ***

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[General Questions and Answers] cicciopanzarotto:
I'm evalueting to buy a tablet eather for work and chill

I'm in search of only one "special" feature the MHL support aka usb to hdmi support for use it with old projectors and monitors who doesn't support mirroring

It is possible that almost every phone has this implementation but not so much tablets?

I' m watching to something similar to the Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 for specs, price and accesories (pen and a proper keyboard)

Do you have any suggestion?

Thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] live4vball:
I'm new to the Kaiser world but have a little experience with flashing from the Hermes side of things. I used to have SSPL-HERM.exe on my 1GB SD card and would add any .nbh file image to the card, rename it HERMIMG.nbh, then run SSPL on my device to start the upgrade. Is there a solution like this for the Kaiser? I checked the wiki, searched the forums and searched the cloud without any answers. I tried using the bootloader reset with the image file (renamed as KAISIMG.nbh) on my card but I keep getting the "image file not found" flashing on the screen, then it returns to the tri-color screen.

I'd stick with running the custom ruu's but my connection keeps dropping off on my work PC before the ROM can flash. And it's just no good to have to wait until I get home to flash a new ROM, right?

Thanks in advance for the help.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DaveShaw:
What are you wanting to load, Hard SPL's or ROM / Radio images?

The KAISIMG.nbh on the Root of a FAT32 formatted SD card works for ROM / Radio / OEM SPL's (If SPL override is enabled).

To upgrade a hard SPL (If SPL override is disabled) then you can follow this post from cmonex: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=420683

Ta

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] live4vball:
Mostly ROM/Radio images - I've got 3.29.Hard loaded right now and it seems to be working ok.

My card is formatted FAT32 (necessary for the Hermes flash as well) but I'll give a reformat a shot and see what happens. Thanks for the quick response.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DaveShaw:
If it is just images, just place the KAISIMG.nbh on the root and then enter the bootloader (Camera and SoftReset) and the SPL will do the rest.

Ta

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] live4vball:
I tried to reformat the card using flash format but I keep getting an error saying "exclusive access to the storage card is denied (#31)."

I also tried putting the KAISIMG.nbh on the root and resetting into the bootloader but nothing happens.

Without any further suggestions I'll grab a laptop during my lunch and reformat the card in there, then retry the SD card flash.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DaveShaw:
I use it all the time like this. Just make sure the format is in Windows (not via Resco, etc).

Oh, and I don't think it support's volume labels.

Ta

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] n3rxs:
Also there have been some issues reported with Kingston 1GB cards not being recognized for some reason. I have a 1GB Kingston and I 1GB Sandisk and after reading the post I never tried the Kingston but the Sandisk works fine.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] live4vball:
I formatted my card, dumped the image file onto it, sent the phone to bootloader and still got the same "image file not found".

By some stroke of luck I was able to run the customruu from my work pc after moving to a different USB port, once. Now I keep running into the connection dropoff that I had been seeing in the past.

By the way, the 1GB card I'm using is from ativa...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] live4vball:
Must've been the card. I used my 4GB sdhc card with no problems what-so-ever. Chalk one up for Ativa in the these cards may not work for flashing ROM's section.

Thanks for the help everyone.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
I'm posting this here for the benefit of the (developer) community.

Attached is my personal "magical" Magisk module for P6P.

I strongly suggest that you DO NOT INSTALL this ... first read below ... If you don't understand what is written below, stop reading and go back playing with your phone ;-)

What is this module doing:

- it "hides" a lot (> 80) of system APKs which I do not use (e.g. NFC, Pixel Tips, Security Hub, MusicFX, ...) - so these literally "disappear" from your phone (Magisk hiding); this works by "bind-mounting" an empty directory over the APKs' file system

- it has a bash shell for "su"

- ad blocking (hosts file, mounted as /etc/hosts)

- it has a series of init.d (mounted as /etc/init.d) and service.d (mounted as /etc/services.d) scripts that do various things (e.g. kernel tuning, disable various debugging, disable swap, run sqlite optimizer, charling limit, ext4 tweaks ...), some things will NOT be relevant to you (e.g. there are scripts that install obf maps for OSMAND)

- a number of binaries (e.g. bash, busybox, xmlstarlet, find, (g)parted, ...)

- a number of scripts (mounted in /system/bin) for my personal usage (e.g. a script to make all my settings "stick")

- enables VoLTE (check properties in system.prop file)

So, you need to unzip this module and check the stuff inside, modify as per your liking !!!

This module is a (long lived) decendent from an old (2018) Magisk based ROM on Galaxy S8 (https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-g95xf-d-8-0-googlewiz-pixelize-your-s8-end-of-life-crj5.3750641/). That ROM was quite popular as it turned the Galaxy S8 into a Pixel like phone. For me personally it was a journey to learn how to develop Magisk modules and gradually became bigger and bigger ...

You CAN install it ... but it may NOT be to your liking (!!!) ... then just uninstall it from Magisk ... no harm done (except that you will have my settings) - check out the script LS99execonce to understand this

Devs: feel free to (re)use for whatever purpose ... sharing for the benefit of the community ... if you do use it, no need to mention me (but you can of course) ;-)

Most of the code is "sh" scripting (and a few "bash" scripts).

If you do run it, there will be logging info in /data/googlewiz, just do:

> adb shell
$ su
# cat /data/googlewiz/*

... and

# cat /data/LS00* (init.d scripts logging)
# cat /data/LS99* (services.d scripts logging)

Hopefully some of this can help you in developing your own magisk module.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Utini:
Which file in your module lists which app get disabled/hidden?

I would prefer to go through them manually first :)
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Utini:
Np, I am a Linux user too :)

And you are sure that you can safely disable all that stuff?

I see several packages that I had disabled in AFWall+ and I noticed that some things got broken.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
I don't have broken things. But I don't use certain things either, e.g. NFC, one handed mode, pixel tips, live wallpapers, eSIM ... all of these (and more) I have disabled ... but you have to judge for yourself!!!
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I probably won't be using this, but this is awesome. I've done similar for one of my very old LG phones and tablets. More of the traditional bloatware, that is.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] ajsmsg78:
Like you, I've been disabling all of those same apks, pretty much every one you disabled except for NFC for the rare time I actually use it. I've done that probably for the last ten years on all my devices. You do see a slight speed increase and maybe some better battery life by disabling all of those. On my S21 Ultra I think I had about 135 apk's disabled. Great module.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] V-Ripper:
Hello from Germany...

One of these settings prevents the correct display for some apps.

Here is an example from SwiftKey.

Do you know which one it could be?

In the first picture googlewiz is switched off.

The second one shows the different colors on the same keyboard.

In the third picture you can no longer see the enter button.

It seems to be something about black and white.

If I switch off dark mode with googlewiz switched on, it works without any problems.

greetz
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
Hmmm ... could either be the (a) force dark setting or (b) the gesture pill removal (overlay).

Try the following:

> adb shell
$ su
# cmd overlay disable com.android.shell:NavBarFrameHeightOverlay

Then check SwiftKey again. Please report if OK or not.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] DanielF50:
I've been using this for a couple of days now & seems to be working brilliantly, thanks @foobar66!

I have highly modified the package to fit my usage - I have removed: adblocking (as I use adaway), your personal settings, the charge limit, some binaries & I have unfrozen some system apks, etc.

The module still is freezing 37 system apks & is also still running: block dev tweaks, ext4 tweaks, kernel tweaks, scheduling tweaks, swap off script, no log script, stop daemon script & swapiness script.

Everything seems to be running very well! I especially love the green "android@pixel" instead of "raven" when using shell 😅
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
Simple bash prompt ;-);-)

Actually, the hosts file in the magisk module is an (old) version of the AdAway one ...
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
Bye the way, if you do:

> adb shell
$ su
# gset mysettings

You will have a txt file /sdcard/mysettings ... if reflects your settings in {global/system/secure} namespace. If you ever need to reinstall your pone you can just command line 'source' that file to restore your settings.

> adb shell
$ su
# source /sdcard/mysettings

But please note that not all settings form the Settings app are stored in those namespaces! So it's not a 100% restore.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
And ... bye the way ... you can check log files from the 2 main Magisk scripts (post-fs-data.sh and service.sh):

> adb shell
$ su
# data /data/googlewiz/*

The log files for the /etc/init.d/ scripts:

# cat /data/LS00*

And the log files for the /etc/services.d/ scripts:

# cat /data/LS99*
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] spr33:
Wait, EXT4 tweaks? I thought we only had F2FS?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
Nope ... mostly system/ro file systems on ext4/

I have not checked lately how relevant the ext4 tweaks still are ... come from a long history since the Galaxy S4 (lol).

Anyway ...

# ls -l /sys/fs/ext4/
# ls -l /sys/fs/f2fs/

F2FS for /data (of couse) since there is writing there.

And check /etc/vendor/fstab.*

system /system ext4 ro,barrier=1 wait,slotselect,avb=vbmeta_system,logical,first_st
age_mount,readahead_size_kb=128
system_ext /system_ext ext4 ro,barrier=1 wait,slotselect,avb=vbmeta_system,logical,first_st
age_mount
product /product ext4 ro,barrier=1 wait,slotselect,avb=vbmeta_system,logical,first_st
age_mount
vendor /vendor ext4 ro,barrier=1 wait,slotselect,avb=vbmeta_vendor,logical,first_st
age_mount
vendor_dlkm /vendor_dlkm ext4 ro,barrier=1 wait,slotselect,avb=vbmeta,logical,first_stage_mou
nt
/dev/block/platform/14700000.ufs/by-name/boot /boot emmc defaults slotselect,avb=boot,first_stage_mount
/dev/block/platform/14700000.ufs/by-name/efs /mnt/vendor/efs ext4 defaults,noatime,rw wait,check,formattable
/dev/block/platform/14700000.ufs/by-name/efs_backup /mnt/vendor/efs_backup ext4 defaults,noatime,rw wait,check,formattable
/dev/block/platform/14700000.ufs/by-name/modem_userdata /mnt/vendor/modem_userdata ext4 defaults,noatime,rw wait,check,formattable
/dev/block/platform/14700000.ufs/by-name/modem /mnt/vendor/modem_img ext4 ro,defaults,context=u:object_r:modem_img_file:s0,barrier=1 wait,slotsele
ct
/dev/block/platform/14700000.ufs/by-name/misc /misc emmc defaults wait
/dev/block/platform/14700000.ufs/by-name/metadata /metadata ext4 noatime,nosuid,nodev,data=journal,commit=1 wait,check,formattable,first_
stage_mount,metadata_csum
/dev/block/platform/14700000.ufs/by-name/pvmfw /pvmfw emmc defaults wait,slotselect,avb=pvmfw,first_stage_mount
/dev/block/platform/14700000.ufs/by-name/userdata /data f2fs noatime,nosuid,nodev,discard,reserve_root=32768,resgid=1065,fsync_mode=noba
rrier,inlinecrypt,compress_extension=apk,compress_extension=apex,compress_extension=so,atgc,checkpoint_merge latemount,wait,check,quota,formattable,sysfs_path=/dev/s
ys/block/bootdevice,checkpoint=fs,reservedsize=128M,fileencryption=::inlinecrypt_optimized+wrappedkey_v0,metadata_encryption=:wrappedkey_v0,keydirectory=/metadata/vold/
metadata_encryption,fscompress,readahead_size_kb=128
/dev/block/platform/14700000.ufs/by-name/vbmeta /vbmeta emmc defaults slotselect,first_stage_mount
/dev/block/zram0 none swap defaults zramsize=3221225472,max_comp_streams=8,zram_backin
gdev_size=512M
/devices/platform/11110000.usb* auto vfat defaults voldmanaged=usb:auto
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] DanielF50:
Ah yes, the app just gets new updated everyday so I use that to keep up-to-date :)

Great info, thanks!

Yes, I used these commands to confirm which parts I was running 😀
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] V-Ripper:
Hello.

I'll try this tomorrow.

Should googlewiz be activated when trying?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
No because you are just disabling an overlay which is already there.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 73sydney:
just a suggestion/feedback as someone who has self created modules that do some of the same things, plus over 30 years in IT:

way too many things in ONE script...personally i separate mine out, not least because you can identify points of failure far easier....

i know it seems a good idea to "everything at once", but it rarely is, and its an even worse idea when you choose to share it, its like trying to herd cats when trying to sort out user issues....

also golden rule of android #1:

never apply something which one person says works 100% and magically for them to your own device

case in point ive just left my S20+ 5G for pixel life again, and previously i had a debloat list (for use with a friends officially listed debloat magisk module) that had 169 package son it. For years i declined to give anyone my personal debloat list, because even with the disclaimer "this works for me, as i dont use any Samsung apps and replace them with Google ones, and never use device function you might" i just know some kiddie will blanket use it and then come crying when it all goes wrong, and i personally dont need that level of drama in my life. I did give my list to the 2 devs i respect and know will treat it carefully, but i would never give it to an end user...i wont even tell end users which packages i hide in magisk or other apps like Hide My Applist, because people just wont make the mental leap to consider things rationally and think for even 30 seconds, "this may be personal to him and wont work for me". Sad but true
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] Morloc2:
Hi

I need to chang emy phone.

In my country, samsung A52S and Oneplus 8T is more or less at the same price

What I love from OP is android experience, and what I love from samsung is SlotSD and, better camera?

Is the camera from Samsung better than OP? GCam should fix OP camera problems and be better or as good as samsung camera?

I know megapixels are not all to define if one camera is better than other, but is one point that samsung wins in oneplus

thank you
[G4] loa:
Hi,

I have this wizard for couple of years.

It works fine but sometimes looses connection with GSM (became unavailable).

The bad joke is that I do not know about it (signal indicator shows good signal and others are ok).

At the moment I'm using the following firmware:

ipl 2.21.0001

spl 2.21.0001

gsm 02.07.10

os 2.21.4.1

WM5

I think the first possible solution is to upgrade radio.

Which version works most stable? Where is it? How to reprogram it without hard reset and reflashing all device (too hard to backup and reinstall all the software)?

Thanks.

Oleg.
[G4] zabardast_1:
Check out 'XDA-Wiki' you'll find all the Radio Roms listed there.

Its very simple to flash and upgrade Radio Rom,just hook up the phone with pc via usb cable and run the RUU in the Radio Rom,it'll hardly take a couple of minutes to flash.
[G4] loa:
I've found 2.71 with RUU_GO.exe

Is it the file to run? Is it suitable for 'operators' phone (G4)?

Can I be sure that nothing will happens with the current apps and data?
[G4] zabardast_1:
All Radio Roms are safe to flash to any device,G3 or G4,it just flashes and upgrades the GSM files and nothing else is changed or effected,it doesn't have any IPL/SPL (Bootloaders) in it.None of your personal data or application will get effected.

The most stable and commonly used Radio rom is considered to be is 2.19.11 and 2.69.11.But everyone have their own experiences,it all depends which suites you the best.
[G4] loa:
Hi,

thank you!

you were right about simplicity :)

last time (couple years ago) it was much more tricky to reprogram all rom

just flashed 2.69 radio and will check it's stability
[G4] sucka:
i have 3.02... radio on a g4
[OnePlus 8 Pro  Themes, Apps, and Mods] CodeBrx:
Hello brothers,

Dolby Digital audio Equalizer Working on Oneplus oxygenOs 11. Tested on my Oneplus 8.

Install Thais app and select equalizador from YouTube Vanced for open settings
[OnePlus 8 Pro  Themes, Apps, and Mods] RodiNet7601:
View attachment 5460965

No menu available to choose sound modes 🤔

Any specific player?
[OnePlus 8 Pro  Themes, Apps, and Mods] CodeBrx:
go to your music app and select an equalizer app that will pop up. I'm using youtube Vanced 0 /
[OnePlus 8 Pro  Themes, Apps, and Mods] RodiNet7601:
Ahhh, ok.
[OnePlus 8 Pro  Themes, Apps, and Mods] seacrow01:
Thanks Bro! Working on A11 OnePlus 8T. Settings stick after adjusting in YouTube vanced.
[OnePlus 8 Pro  Themes, Apps, and Mods] WordSunKnown:
I'm sorry, at first I didn't fully understand the process after downloading the Dolby Apk. But by chance I was listening to Spotify and when I went to "Settings" in the Spotify App, and scrolled all the way down to "Equalizer", once I clicked on it, the Dolby Settings Screen popped up. Thank you again for sharing!
[POCO M3 Questions & Answers] yeisson406:
Hello everyone, initially sorry for my English, I use Google

Method 11-16-2021

My case: after a MIUI update it crashed, the symptoms: it did not turn on, it did not enter Recovery, it did not enter Fastboot, it did not load

What I did initially: I googled all the possible methods and none worked, it just worked to disconnect the battery so that at least it would charge; then I found the solution to let the battery drain completely and recharge it until it turns on to 100%, but it was still stuck on an infinite reboot. I left the 4Gb / 128Gb equipment for 7 months for lost, I tried to contact the warranty without any response ... Note: never use temperature methods for the chips, nor for the board, nor jumpers, anything electronic.

If you recognize by usb on the PC, the driver: "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008", then you need to do this:

The solution:

1- Simply disconnect the battery and the flex from the screen and then reconnect them.

2- Now leave it like this for 8 days (8 because 2 or 3 does not work, in my case it does not work) until the battery is completely discharged (you should not do anything else, it will discharge itself)

3- After 8 days, connect it to the original charger and let it charge for 5 minutes, without disconnecting the charger, click the power button and it should turn on normally as if nothing had happened; I know it seems like a funny or stupid thing, but that method worked for me, maybe it was luck, I don't know, I had been fighting for a solution for 3 months, I just wanted to enthusiastically share this solution before they damage their mobile phones by doing experiments with their motherboards. I wish you luck.

Note 2: the phone was only discovered to release the battery and flexible screen, nothing else for that, ok

Update: 12-17-2021

It cannot be turned off because it returns and does not turn on or load, nor does it restart; But after this, simply disconnect the battery first and then the screen flex, reconnect them and it will turn on without any problem. It is a temporary solution that works perfect for me while over time I know what the real problem is if it is hardware or software
[Touch Cruise General] smchais:
I have a 3 month old TC and the slot where the memory card is supposed to stay no longer holds a memory card. It pops out, so having a fear of losing the card, I just go with out. This means no music, no storage, no anything that this phone can do. I sent an email 2 months ago and never received any response. I called and was placed on hold for about an hour on and off only to be told that the warranty doesn't cover shipping to them, may not cover the repairs, and it is up to the tech to decide whether or not the repairs are covered. They informed me that the repairs can cost up to $485us. Then he asked me for a credit card number to get this started.

I thought for a minute and decided to start the repair process and asked how long it would take for them to send me a box for shipping. At this point they told me that it was entirely up to me because they weren't responsible for shipping. I am tryng to figure out what kind of company I am dealing with. You spend over $800 for a phone that is less that 2 months old when this started. Then just to get the phone to do what it is supposed to might cost another $500. If anyone has any other experiences like this or different, please let me know. I am trying to decide what to do. Also, if anyone has any advice on how to fix the phone, Please chime in.

Steve
[General Questions and Answers] V4lve:
This popped up on my phone today. Its a dark tab kind of thing that sits on the side of my screen. Got an option to activate it (which i did) and now its sitting on the edge of my screen. Basically a quick way of searching google. It sits in front of everything and goes transparent after a while. I can slide it up a down and between sides of the screen to reposition it. A long press pops up options at the bottom to hide it or turn it off.

I cant find anything about it online yet. Does anyone else have it?
[General Questions and Answers] Eambo:
Got the same today, Huawei P30 Pro using Nova Launcher. Great little feature, seems nicely integrated.

Google version 12.45.15.23