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[Device Repair] Joseph604:
The part numbers are the same. I wouldn't think it would be the mobo, it's still on and functioning. And it does charge with the wireless, could that still be a battery issue if it charges with one and not the other? The battery only plugs into one spot on the mobo
[Device Repair] blackhawk:
If you power off the phone will it cable charge?

Make sure the cable, brick and wall outlet voltage are good. Try another outlet...

Use a Samsung brick.

The power controller is on the mobo or at least part of it is. Try replacing the battery, if that fails to fix it replace the C port pcb, again.

Also:

Clear system cache

Do a hard reboot, disconnect battery then reconnect if you haven't already.

Try toggling fast charging on/off 3 times.

Inspect pin connectors on all associated ribbon cables for damage.
[Device Repair] aislingdenton:
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE charger problem: If your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE does not charge at all, it may be related to a charger problem. In reality, the cable/adapter combination may no longer work.

Check the condition of the USB socket on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE: These sockets are fragile and can, as time goes by, and the manipulations become twisted or engorged with dust.

Samsung Galaxy S20 FE does not or almost does not charge even though it is charging: In this case, it is undoubtedly the use of your android smartphone that prevents it from recharging properly. In reality, if WiFi is on, whether you are watching video content or otherwise, you may block the charging process.

Battery concerns: It often happens due to age that a battery loses its storage capacity. If you have access to the battery, check its condition, otherwise try to compare the autonomy of your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE compared to the one it had when it was new.

Suppose you are still facing the smartphone charging issue. Visit Samsung Care or Call at iFixScreens they can help you with this, and you also get a free quote for your repair.
[Device Repair] hrishi275:
I had the same issue with a other Samsung M31s. Tried everything you did. Ultimately came to know 1st time it was IC internal damage and second time it was wiring on mother board.
[Device Repair] Kliwer:
I had the same issue. Phone was charging wireless, but USB was not working - not only charging, but everything (minijack adapter, PC, OTG). I changed USB board - nothing. Then I found a video showing that flex cable could be a problem so I bough a new one - nothing. Just when I was thinking that it's probably the mainboard, I changed battery - to my surprise - now everything works 😊
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] sunNsnow:
I've had this the unlocked P6P for over a month. All my uploaded sounds and music disappeared about 10 days after upload.

I use a collection of sounds for alarms, notifications, and ringtones for my prior Pixels (2XL, 3XL, and 5). I also upload my MP3s onto the phone. I place them under folders in "Internal Storage" on the P6P: Alarms, Music, Notifications, Ringtones.

All of the uploads disappear after about 10 days.

I have to transfer everything back on to the phone and set all my sound settings and reconstitute my play list Every. Single. Time.

My prior Pixels never did anything like this. The Pixel 5 was on Android 12 before I traded it in and did not exhibit this behavior.

FYI: I set up the phone as "fresh" upon receipt, where I did not transfer my old phone to the new.

Any ideas of what's causing this?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I haven't had this issue in the nearly two months I've had the phone. With the exception of the time I truly accidentally wiped my phone several weeks back, all the 400 GB of FLAC music, plus my custom ringtones I've dragged with me from phone to phone since my old flip-phone. I've only utilized the Music and Ringtones folders.

I have three different music apps I access my music files with, depending on exactly how I want to play them.

I have no idea what to suggest as could be the issue. My only thought was ".nomedia" files, but that wouldn't actually get rid of the files, just make them invisible to the Android media scanner, so I expect you've already ruled that out and that the files were truly gone. I hope you figure it out, and that someone else has some ideas to give you.

Edit: Another thought - you don't have any app installed designed to automatically clear space on your phone, I hope.

To be clear, you haven't unlocked the bootloader, disabled verity and verification, and/or rooted, correct? (so we can rule out a root app doing it)
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Tulsadiver:
No problems here, either. I use what I am used to for ringtones, notifications, and alarm. I've never had to reinstall them. Sounds like a real pain.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] sunNsnow:
I'm not rooted and all apps are from the App Store (not side loaded).

Originally I thought it was BitDefender antivirus -- it was on the P5, too -- and I uninstalled it.

I'm downloading the sounds etc. from OneDrive: maybe it's a Microsoft issue similar to the Teams emergency call debacle? But it's weird that everything disappears around the 10 day mark.

I'll try and install everything using a computer rather than the cloud.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] roirraW "edor" ehT:
As far as I know, unless you're using a third-party solution to sync, none of the actual cloud-provider Android apps like Microsoft OneDrive sync with the internal storage - as you know, you have to manually trigger downloads from OneDrive on Android, so I doubt if it's a OneDrive problem, but I'm certainly curious if you'll be able to track the problem down.

I use X-plore File Manager's built-in capability to display several cloud providers as if they're just additional drives available to copy from and to, including Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. I used to have my Ringtones in OneDrive but now I have them in Google Drive.

When I'm copying bulk (long hours-worth of copying files) of music, I copy them from a MicroSD card plugged into a USB-C dongle; otherwise, I copy new stuff straight from my computer.

Please update us about your results or if you have any other news.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] sunNsnow:
Most of my alarms, notifications, and ringtones disappeared again. But my music files are untouched (for now). I transferred the files from my PC.

My sounds worked yesterday.

The last time the sounds disappeared, I manually turned on Do Not Disturb. I also schedule DND at night. This day, I forgot to turn off the manual DND before my scheduled DND. So I temporarily removed my night DND schedule, turned off DND, then turned on my DND schedule. My sounds and music disappeared the next morning.

Today, most of my sounds disappeared (except music) after the scheduled DND. At first I thought it was because was .ogg files, but the phone is deleting .mp3 too.

I am going to remove my DND schedule to see if this is the reason for losing my sounds.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Very strange. I use both scheduled and manual DnD all the time and I still haven't had this issue. Still worth investigating and eliminating or confirming that as a possibility on your end though, since there's no other obvious solution.

I would suggest a factory reset if you run out of ideas, or might be worth waiting until the big mega (late) January update whenever that comes to see if that fixes it.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] ImFilippo:
Hi guys, I've tried to watch some movies with HDR (1080 and UHD movies) but the image is really really dark even on max brightness level in a dark room; I've tried both Plex and MX Player Pro but still nothing, even the HDR videos on YouTube are very dark.

Also I am sure that the HDR of the video works correctly because on a samsung galaxy s10 it works perfectly and I can see it very well.

Here is a comparison to show you the difference indicatively (S10 VS Mi Pad 5): Imgur Comparisons

Does this happen to you too?

My tablet: International Xiaomi Pad 5 with MIUI 12.5 (12.5.8.0 Stable)
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] caubechandai:
different display, different hdr format. s10 use hdr10+ with a amoled screen so def better than ips panel with standard hdr10.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] ImFilippo:
It's not a question of better or worse panel, here with the mi pad 5 the HDR does not work completely.

It is sold as HDR10 & Dolby Vision certified but then they don't work at all; I've also seen a user on reddit report the exact same thing so I'm starting to think it's a software problem...
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] caubechandai:
when you open hdr video, if it's too dark, yes, that's because hdr is working, but ips panel is not really good at dark color so that's the problem.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] icsterm:
I also subscribe to this issue, I own the Non-Pro and HDR videos are way too dark, some movies on Netflix are almost impossible to watch despite cracking the brightness up manually (it makes the subtitle too bright compared to actual video).

I hope Xiaomi will implement a fix in future updates.

Also, when playing Dolby Vision files, the aspect ratio is something bad such as 20:9 (actual videos are played in some ultra-wide aspect ratio), the actual dark frames on top and bottom eat 50% of the vertical space, this is also a bug.

If I knew the software is that bad I would had gone with Samsung tablet instead.

@OP is not wrong at all, this is a software issue, the screen is bright enough for HDR content but the software is lacking.

Bug has been reported on a lot of forums, including here :

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/rofr22
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] ImFilippo:
Thanks for confirming my theory, it needs a bug fix otherwise so the device is really unusable for HDR content.

Have you also reported this to Xiaomi hoping that it will solve as soon as possible?
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] manu_jedi:
The problem is that hdr videos are made for really bright screens (hdr10 1000nits, hdr10+ 4000nits, DV up to 10tsd nits). Now on TVs this is normally not a problem because the TVs know what there max. brightness is and they can adjust the brightness of the movies. The tablet itself does also know the max. brightness but the Netflix or whatever player does not (or at least it does not work). What you can do is, use a player like mpv, and set the target-peak or, which i would not recommend, set the video brightness. Sadly, once again, the users who pay and watch movies legally are the ****ed once.

Its a night and day difference.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] icsterm:
Did you used the feedback app that they include in the actual ROM? Or on a website?
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Tagion:
I noticed that the "standard" display mode was way better for me than Vivid on Netflix. I can see dark scenes way better with it
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Critical Hit:
By your logic, DV must be completely black but instead, it's the only HDR that works on Pad5.

This is a "just player" bug, use mpv.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] manu_jedi:
No, bad wording. It is made for screens up to ...nits. Now when you want to display it on a screen, not as bright, you need to map the colors to a lower brightness. And you don't wan't to simply cut it off on the dark or bright side. But you can tweak the mapping and the default players are really bad at it. Also i have no clue why DV should be the only one working.

I also highly doubt that mpv fixes anything. It uses the same HW decoding than any other player for DV or if it uses the SW decoder the colors will not be correct. Here is the issue: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/7326
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Critical Hit:
You don't understand. DV _and_ hdr10 should work, but right now it's only DV and only with mpv and JP. The image is dark but not too dark as with hdr10. Just Player has a bug with black bars (it's not the aspect ratio because the image is cut on top and bottom.), not colors.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] manu_jedi:
I don't wan't so sound rude but mpv just does not support DV. IF mpv playes your DV files i would be highly interessted in those files. I can imagine that you have some hdr10 compatible DV files? These will play in mpv just like hdr10 files. You can check with mediainfo and look for the HDR format string. E.g Lotr DV BD would be :

Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, dvhe.07.06, BL+EL+RPU, Blu-ray compatible / SM PTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible"

you can also see the mastering brightness here

Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0050 cd/m2,m ax: 4000 cd/m2

Also the cropping for files happens on all DV files (that i could find). All of these players have in common that they use the HW decoding for DV and afaik there are no DV players which do not use HW
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Critical Hit:
Ok, it looks like you're right but results are still completely inconsistent.

Maybe this is the problem. But I can't get this info in MI.

This sample has this mediainfo:

JP plays it perfectly (or ok) without cropping problem and mpv has broken colors (so it really can't play DV).

Sample

Just Player plays it perfectly but has the cropping problem. With mpv picture is completely broken and with VLC&MXP it's ok (not too dark).

Sample

JP has cropping&brightness problems, mpv doesn't. But it looks like mpv is using tone mapping (?) - if you pause the file in VLC and tilt the pad the image would be the same as in mpv.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Etmors:
IMO this is a limitation with the physical screen itself, the fact is pad 5 only had a peak brightness of around 500, 478 nits iirc. Trying to play HDR content on a 478 peak brightness screen is impossible without doing some sort down- "tone mapping" which if it does, it's not HDR anymore, just capable of displaying HDR video. (the S10 iirc has 1000 nits max brightness and can peak to 1200 when required on a short time, that;s why the dark part is clear there).

on a 478 nits screen, even if you crank the brightness as high as it could, the dark part of the video is probably too crammed together, thus you're seeing a crushed black on HDR videos, where the dark part actually blends into a blob instead of just being really dark with some sort of defining shape clarity. The only solution is to change the tone mapping to SDR (BT.709 color space) either by transcoding the video itself or use a player with a tone mapping function (which if exist only useful for video files and not streaming services).
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Critical Hit:
You talking about marketing numbers. Here is a test of S21 https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s21-review-2218p3.php 416 to 856 nits. https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_pad_5-review-2317p3.php pad5 has 478 nits and they guessing there can be more "Unfortunately, there is no Sunlight Boost even if the settings page suggests that. Maybe it will be enabled with a future firmware update, maybe not. Still tablet can be much brighter when watching HDR content, of course,". Iirc there was a review with 500+ nits max test with this Boost.

And the question is why there is only one player that can show you decent results with dv&hdr10 but has a cropping bug? Why Xiaomi with these hardware specs marketing it as compatible when even their own player can't play this content with decent results?
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Critical Hit:
Updated to miui13 and it looks like the cropping problem on Just Player is gone.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Etmors:
I will refer to displaymate, while 400-800 nits are brightness in manual mode, when used in automatic brightness at high ambient light it could bring up to 900 nits for 50% apl, and 1200+ nits for 1% (which is probably where the 1300 nits marketing came from, while 1% APL is practically useless it's not entirely false either).

I did once owned an S10, and when you play HDR content, the screen will enter that automatic brightness mode, as it does becomes really-really bright, as if I was using it outdoor (high ambient light). So I would assume when comparing HDR vs HDR then the S10 probably should be assumed operated at 800-900 nits. Playing SDR content, you can't achieve the same brightness when playing HDR. I can't comment on s21 since i don't owned one, and can't tell if this automatic brightness thing still exist.

This is the same issue with HDR400, while by specification it is HDR, it sucks. And pad 5 being "Support Dolby Vision" is not equal to a brilliant dolby vision experience, it could be just technicalities that means that it could receive dolby Vision Input.

HDR10 contents usually are mastered at 1000-4000 nits, (I would assume DV is around that or bit higher). HDR TVs are usually only start to have good HDR experience from 600 nits or more, 1000 nits preferable. So I really can't complain if I don't get the same experience with seeing HDR10/DV on a 1000 nits TVs.

OTOH I do agree that there's also a software issues because the inconsistencies I've also experience, like when playing HDR content, even when i pump the brightness to full, it felt like it is not as bright as playing SDR at full brightness. And playing HDR10 in youtube is usually just fine (idk if youtube tone-mapped the HDR), only when playing hdr10 video files or streaming service like netflix/prime that the issue exist.

The only thing I wish it had is a turn off HDR switch or tone-mapping enable switch. Like most dark scene on netflix with DV are unviewable in this device, because it's way too dark, and I'd just rather see the SDR version.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Critical Hit:
Youtube app doesn't do tone mapping but you can manually set quality to SDR in the smartube app.

With files (or netflix), if it's too dark, you can set the color scheme to "standard" but the image would be low saturated or use built-in brightness&contrast settings in mpv (+10 both is good).

Tone mapping is an app feature not global, so until Netflix does something you can't do much. Only fake the hardware id/specs that it can't support HDR (idk if it's possible).
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] manu_jedi:
Just some more info on mpv with hdr (all for normal hdr, no DV):

Use this if you want to use the hardware decoding that normal player use (like the integrated video player):

vo=mediacodec_embed

hwdec=mediacodec

wid=(intptr_t)(*android.view.Surface)

this will directly use HW decoding and present the result on the screen.

Use the following if you want more details in dark scenes (i think this are the default settings):

hwdec=mediacodec-copy

gpu-context=android

I don't know exactly what mpv uses internally here but the main idea is to use the HW decoding, copy the image back to memory, do some post processing and present it on the screen

What i like to use:

hwdec=mediacodec-copy

gpu-context=android

hdr-compute-peak=yes

tone-mapping=hable

Mostly the same, but not as aggressive in my opinion (only personal preference).

more to read: https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#options-tone-mapping
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Critical Hit:
And that's mean that tone mapping is on by default as I thought.

All these options are for mpv.conf in the settings?
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] manu_jedi:
Yes
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Etmors:
Yeah sadly, It's a really-really great device for this price, barring this issue and Missing L1 issue. For now I downgrade my netflix subs to the regular 1080p one, which doesn't have HDR enabled, which sucks for TV, but i use netflix more the pad more often, so this way things are more viewable.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] caubechandai:
mine is fully working with L1. if you unblock bootloader it doesn't matter L1 or not, it will lose it's function.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] ajunkspam:
I've been following this thread for a while. I managed to get hdr working by using the pre-installed 'mi video' app that came installed with miui 12.5 out of the box. The drawback is that it only works using that app and certain file formats. I suspect it's a licensing issue 3rd party developers have to pay a royalty to use the dolby vision software.

edit:scratch that, it did seem to be an improvement initially but it's still bad. I suspect a firmware update will be required.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Etmors:
sorry for the miswording, what I meant was L1 downgrade Issue, (fixable by a restart), L1 works fine when it do works.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Shan8nu:
Hi everyone, just got mi pad 5 in India few days back with Android 11 and MIUI 13 installed on same. I'm also facing same issue as on netflix dark scenes are very much darker and barely to see such dark movies. Also on youtube 2160pHDR dark scenes slightly darker. I've watched same Netflix episode by downloading and playing locally. There is darkness but better than Netflix app. Can anyone please suggest what to do? I've spent my 23k and very much disappointed with this issue. Please help me here.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Mayuresh5233:
How do you use it ?
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] icsterm:
Since the Android 12 update, my global Pad5 no longer supports Dolby Vision, Netflix only reports HDR+, also all apps that show supported HDR show that DV was removed.

Is that normal?

Since HDR is a mess on this tablet, I was hoping for a way to remove HDR all together, can this be accomplished without rooting?
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] NaWaK71:
Hello, I am asking this question late but I have just received pad 5.

You say that if we unlock the bootloader the L1 certification will remain but it will not work properly?
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Atheosun:
Same on my pad 5. DV removed from Netflix.

I rarely use the tablet for Netflix, but still feel a bit miffed.

The chances of Xiaomi fixing this are pretty slim i feel
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] sarang123:
It is totally fixed with Android 12 MIUI 13.1.3 version

Netfix playback specifications attached
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] IkarusVC:
That's not true. I'm on A12/MIUI 13.1.2 Global and still facing issues with HDR, even Dolby Vision has been removed (Picture from Netflix/DAHMER, 100% Brightness).
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] AssumedDiz:
Here's my experience with this issue so far, european rom (EEA)

13.0.6 A11:

Apps with dolby support: works perfectly, dark scenes very good

Apps with hdr support: have dark scene issues

13.1.2 A12:

Apps with dolby support: think device doesn't support dolby, play in hdr with dark scene issues

Apps with hdr support: have dark scene issues

So the issue was partially fixed on the last Android 11 update (fixed for apps supporting Dolby Vision only, regular HDR still bugged) And the issue returnted again for all apps after android 12 update, as Dolby Vision feature is now completely missing from the device and only HDR support is detected by streaming apps

I had to downgrade to android 11 for this, I will stick to it until they fix whatever they did.

But at least it's a proof that the issue is indeed a software issue and can be fixed, for people that have been talking about lcd displays and nits without correct understanding of the issue.

Tested apps:

Dolby Vision supported: Netflix and Disney+

HDR only: YouTube and MI Video with local files
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] Atheosun:
@AssumedDiz

I hate to be this guy, but you hardly have a step by step on how to downgrade?

I'm sure it would help a lot of people ☺️

Actually there are plenty of guides out there after a search.

Does the bootloader have to be unlocked though?
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] AssumedDiz:
Yes you need to unlock bootloader first

then download fastboot rom and flash it

it's a full wipe in both steps, and if it's your first time unlocking you need to link your account then wait a week
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] RedNas74:
They should remove HDR from the tablet imo. The display is not capable of real hdr anyway.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] AssumedDiz:
doing this will be guaranteed false advertising lawsuit, the tablet has dolby logos on the box and on the device itself

they will be forced to do partial refund every single person that bought the tablet or offer a full return

no sane company would do such thing
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] IkarusVC:
They make me always waiting for 15 days (360 hrs). :rolleyes:

Already unlocked a poco x3 pro in the past, so I feel a little bit bullied by xiaomi.
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] iJohnny:
This problem is present even on the new update.

Considering this is mostly great multimedia tablet and its ruined with this bug and negligence from Xiaomi I wonder why would anyone buy the next tablet from them or even this one.

One of the main reasons I got is multimedia. 🙄

Does anyone know if this problem is present on the custom ROMs?
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5] iJohnny:
There is an official channel on Telegram

Xiaomi Pad 5 Series-Global Community

Please join and report all bugs especially HDR, Dolby vision, icon arrangement etc.