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[OnePlus Nord N200 5G] fix-this!:
I have a n200 5g on metro. I need it network unlocked. I'm not eligible through metro to do it for free yet. any cheap alternatives I can use? I have to do this by Monday so I can use the device on qlink wireless. I've searched around and I can't find much and the few places I have want to charge $70. yes I own the phone and it's a clean IEMI.
[OnePlus Nord N200 5G] fix-this!:
I spoke to metro just now. they refuse to unlock it. I've had it for 120 days and they require 180. qlink wireless uses the TMobile network just like metro does. do you guys think the sim would work without unlocking the device? I've heard a TMobile sim card does.
[OnePlus Nord N200 5G] lzgmc:
I would say to just wait until you reach 180 days. Only Metro can unlock your phone, not an MVNO or T-Mobile. Putting a different SIM card may reset the unlock timer.
[OnePlus Nord N200 5G] fix-this!:
I'm loosing metro service Monday. I have free service through qlink. I need to use the phone. I cannot find an unlocking service for it. I guess I'll have to sell it.
[OnePlus Nord N200 5G] kdm6389:
I want sim unlock for my phone N200-5g of metro by T-Mobile n200?
[OnePlus Nord N200 5G] kajiggaa:
Me too
[OnePlus Nord N200 5G] Ssimsim:
Me too, I bought it second hand in Egypt and we don't have people that can work on it to unlock it
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] ramirocruze96:
GCAM for android 12 fixed.

-Front cam stuck fix.

-Pixel 6 pro unlocked features.

Download here from google drive

Thanks me later :)
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] sirgoldi:
So around 10 day ago I sent my phone under warranty to Xiaomi UK because - surprise, surprise - power button failed. After a week I checked status repair saying "waiting for component". Asked how long it will take and... it will be another month so I suppose realistically even longer. :O

I understand they do not have part but.... how? I'm definitely not the one affected so are they ordering just one button for every single broken button in UK?

Anyway, just wondering if law says anything about providing backup device when repair time is waaaay longer than average? They haven't offered me anything so I'm stuck for a few or maybe many weeks with old, slow phone. Of course, I can buy another one and this is what I'm going to do because what choice do I have but still I don't think that Xiaomi UK service is at all professional here.

PS. My girlfriend's Mi 11 Lite 5G power button also starts to fail. I believe most of those power buttons will not survive 2 years warranty, that's crazy!
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] blackhawk:
That's slovenly design and/or purchasing. They skimped a few cents for what?

If you can use the app Double Tap, that would reduce wear on it considerably.

I buy one or two extra...

Things aren't going well in China, expect long lead times.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] sirgoldi:
Looks like customer satisfaction is nothing for them considering they didn't even let me know that repair up to 10 days will be delayed for another 30 days at least. This is ridiculous. Of course I messaged them back that I kindly request at least backup phone or better just a new phone because this is unacceptable repair time. My expectation? Will tell me, sorry, you have to wait and get nothing, cya.

They know about broken button a week before I sent them phone. Then took another week to diagnose that's soooo unexpected fault... broken button! And then they ordered it. This is ridiculous costs cut.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] blackhawk:
Want to hear the really funny part about all this?

They likely know it's a weak link and a problem.

Be nice if they took accountability for it and have said "We fked up."

Of course after it's repaired be sure to remind them, rub it in... YOU FKed UP🤣
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] sirgoldi:
Possibly. Still this is just unbelievable. When they informed me about 4 weeks delay, I told them straight away they I am heavily dissapointed. Of course they refused my request to provide termporary phone.

Just wondering if another person return phone with broken button they will investigate for a week and then order one more button and ask to wait 4 weeks? That would be hilarious!
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] blackhawk:
I wonder what the actual cost of the button is?

A company I worked used these pushbuttons that cost about 22 cents in quantity. Much better ones went for around a dollar. 3 to a unit who's total cost to build was about $35.

The cheapo's failed after being soldered in at the rate of 1 in 10. It was annoying to replace them and pretesting before soldering was no guarantee. If testing good after assembly they held up well. So you can see why they did this, but being the smuck repairing them didn't help my humor. Even after 40 years I can still clearly see those little buggers🤣
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] skkk1991:
My phone has similar issue, the fingerprint sensor missing, the power button need to replace. Sent to Mi center on 15 Oct then got it back on 22 Oct in Hong Kong.

It seems many users have that issue, the power button is very fragile.

Now I mostly use the lock button in control center to lock and fingerprint sensor to unlock. Double tap on home screen to lock with Nova Launcher used to work on this device, but one day the system started restart Nova launcher every hour and accessibility permission need to reauthorize every time.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] blackhawk:
I use the app Double Tap to turn my N10+ on/off.

Don't have to use the power button at all if I don't want to.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] skkk1991:
Thanks for the suggestion. All tap to lock app requested accessibility or device admin permission, both will randomly broken under MIUI due to its special enhance, turn off app battery saver and MIUI optimization won't help:cry:
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] blackhawk:
Try disabling screen lock... I never use it.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] skkk1991:
Screen lock for security is a must for me.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] blackhawk:
Lol, physical security is the only real security...
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] sirgoldi:
My phone is back! Earlier than expected. Not sure how but they "found" button in UK in the end. :D Let's see how durable will be this one...

In the end happy to have my phone back!

In the meantime I had Pixel 6 and Samsung S21 (some eBay buying and selling for fun and profit) and I wouldn't change my Mi 11 Lite 5G, love this phone.

Pixel 6:

- absolutely unacceptable weight, it's a BRICK!

- fantastic cameras, much improved compared to Mi 11 Lite 5G

- very clean Android

- quiet speakers, terrible for speaker calls

- nice display, better than Huaxing's Mi 11 Lite 5G but that's not a that huge advantage IMO

- slower in-display fingerprint scanner (I prefer fast side scanner like in Mi 11 Lite 5G, as long as it will not break again, LOL)

- much slower charging than Mi 11 Lite 5G (feels like around 20 W at best!)

- no charger in box, what a joke!

Samsung S21 5G:

- good cameras defo better than Mi 11 Lite 5G (main one, ultrawide not that much), worse than Pixel

- messy software (IMO), also not so pleasant for eyes

- visibly smaller display but still more heavy than Mi 11 Lite 5G

- nice display, better than Huaxing's Mi 11 Lite 5G but that's not a that huge advantage IMO

- decent speakers but worse (quieter) than Mi 11 Lite 5G

- slower in-display fingerprint scanner (I prefer fast side scanner like in Mi 11 Lite 5G, as long as it will not break again, LOL)

- slower charging than Mi 11 Lite 5G (25W so 8W less and you can feel this)

- no charger in box, what a joke!

Everyday use performance roughly the same, not interested in gaming so couldn't see any real difference. Except rather average cameras I do not feel like I'm missing something important compared to those flagship. Rather exchange some features for some others. For half price.

I'm especially surprised about Pixel's flaws even though cameras and simply amazing. Made by huge Google but sooo many mistakes.

MIUI? Defo nicer and I think smoother than Samsung's software but clean Pixel's Adroid has an edge indeed. However, less features, Notification and Toggle center is so nice in MIUI, generally design of it is nice so excluding some bugs (not serious in my case and rare), there is too much hate towards MIUI!
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] sirgoldi:
"Breaking" news.

My girlfriend's Mi 11 Lite 5G button almost failed as mine. Just a couple of weeks later. :D

Used less than mine definitely as she was still using Redmi Note 8 Pro for most of the time!
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] robbiepeyt:
Getting nervous now about my power button. I'm a heavy user and the phone is 6 months old.:rolleyes:
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] CamoGeko:
Don't expect it to fair, thats just bad vibes.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] rickymanx:
don't use power button, add a button widget to turn off screen and double tap to wake (or fingerprint when is needed) the problem with the power button is just a flex, you can buy it in AliExpress (8 dollars) and is not so difficult to change, any service repair can do it in 20 minutes if you don't wanna wait months
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] Warren_Orange:
I've just sent my NE off the Xiaomi service centre for a line on the screen. It will probably need a screen replacement.

@sirgoldi how do you check your repair status?
[Android Head-Units] Neogx:
I thought since it said it was 720 HD it would look half decent but nope it just was blurry not sharp at all and the colors were just washed out . Hope someone has something better.
[Samsung Gear S3] Soap90:
Is it possible to debloat the Gear S3 without root? If I need to root, how would I?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] tboy2000:
My sister recently got the O2 Ignito - her first ever Windows Mobile phone. Now I have been a Windows Mobile user for many years and love it because of all the apps out there and primarily the XDA community and its onging development.

Anyway, she is finding the phone so slow at times and it virtually stops to a crawl or freezes where she needs to reset. She is finding this increasingly frustrating and annoying that she says she is fed up with it and wants to return it. I told her to bear with it and it will take time to get used to a new OS and how it works. She knows about making sure to close apps so they dont run in the background. I know the long term benefits of Windows Mobile and this is why I want her to persist with the phone.

The thing is I don't know why the phone is slow. It has the latest O2 1.93 rom. I have applied and undid some of the touchflo speed tweaks to no avail or difference. The refresh rate of the icons appearing on the screen one by one is quite noticeable when you open the programs menu.

What can I do to speed up the phone and convince her to stick with it?

Thanks!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] surur:
Cant say why your xda is slow, but it may still be a good idea to flash with the stock rom and get rid of O2's junk,

Surur
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Addicteddddd:
the o2 stock rom is actually pretty quick, so i don't see what the problem could be, has she installed lots of software etc? maybe a hard reset may be of help
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] tboy2000:
Well she hasn't installed a lot of software. I have :) But what is the point of having a WM phone if you can't install stuff on it?

I have no idea why it slows down too.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] nin0:
Mine used to go super slow & almost stop after using the Youtube application. When I upgraded Adobe flash player to newest version for ppc, the lagging stopped. I have since removed the newest flash as the keypad kept popping up on websites that displayed a flash file & got annoying, but reverting to the old version didn't cause the lag to come back, so everything is fine now :)

After seeing an Iphone in action I think they seem to run a lot smoother & more user friendly, but then you can't install your own apps & extras so easy on them. Maybe an iphone would suit her better?

I like ppc because its easily customisable, if the iphone wasn't locked up to hell I probably would have gone for one of them instead.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] rscreen:
this is my first windows phone (i have a 5yr old pda just for sat nav, which now i have a diamond seems fast when using start menu etc).

Although i do like my diamond, i am disappointed with its speed and generally how flakey a windows phone is. Its like going back to windows98.

I saw used a mates iphone before i got the diamond and though the nicer screen res and the smaller device would beat that hands down. but now i've used the iphone since it seems really nice and quick and flowing to use. but yeah u cant add as many apps
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] KukurikU:
that's all? can not add apps? lol! copy/paste, multitasking, 3G......see how many ppl are happy with their iphone::D

http://www.ihatemyiphone.com/
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] marios96:
Maybe if you installed an app that she likes... There are several games outhere, or maybe an app to watch TV over 3G or WiFi.

Did you try one of the themes out there? I made a purple-pink theme for my gf's Diamond and she loves it. Try something similar...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] tboy2000:
Actually I installed the pink girly theme and the red vodafone theme. She now prefers the black htc theme. Also I installed apps and games that she would like and find useful. She thinks by adding lots of apps it will slow the phone down but I tell he then what is the point of having 4 gigs of storage? Just for music? She tells me it gets extremely hot and lags a bit. It does. I played with it.

I hear some people disable touchflo for a speedier phone. Its a shame, its a lovely interface so why remove it?

Am confused. For example with SK Tools there are optimizations for performance, stability and memory. Initially I did it for performance. Now I changed it to stability. Surely all free are imposrtant so I don't know which to choose. Also in TF3d Config and Diamond tweak apps, do the optimizations really work? They say they speed up the phone but at the expense of memory. But if you then get low memory wont this lag the phone? So then what's the point of applying the tweaks if they use up memory.

Anyone advise the best tweaks to apply so the phone is not slow? I would hate for her to return it.

Thanks so much!
[General Questions and Answers] luka0954:
I'm trying to install lineage OS 16 on my Sony Xperia Tablet Z LTE, in order for it to be up to date and able to use modern apps. I'm really not that tech savvy, but this far I've managed to unlock the bootloader, root the device and I believe I've managed to flash the recovery drive with the TWRP file meant for my device. I tried to flash the recovery from my windows PC, but every time I received "Failed "remote command not allowed" despite the device being unlocked at the bootloader and it is an A partition. So instead I went ahead and rooted the device and afterward flashed the tablet from the official TWRP app. At the end of the flash, I got "Flash completed successfully" which leads me to believe that I've flashed it correctly.

Now the issue is that no matter what I try, I can't boot into recovery mode. Every time I try, it just boots up regularly. I've tried via ADB terminal, through the TWRP app, and physically with the power button+volume down button, but everytime I get the same result.

This has me wondering, could I just download the Lineage image to my device and flash it directly to the boot partition or would this not work? Also what could be the reason I can't boot into recovery mode?

Sorry if this is not the forum for this topic, i just can't imagine who else would be able to advise me on this
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Just to be sure, do you have USB debugging enabled?
[General Questions and Answers] luka0954:
I do, and of course I went and enabled it again after I bootloaded the device
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
You said you tried volume down+power, on most devices, that is the combination to boot into bootloader mode, fastboot mode or download mode, depending on the device. Volume up+power is generally the combination to boot into recovery mode. This doesn't seem to be your issue though. Are you sure you flashed TWRP to the correct partition? If your device is an A/B partitioned device, you may have flashed to one of these partitions when you needed to flash to the other partition.

Try flashing a copy of your stock recovery then see if that repairs the recovery partition and allows stock recovery to boot. If it works correctly after flashing stock recovery, you may not be flashing TWRP correctly or the actual flash might be being blocked by something that you're overlooking. Are you certain that your bootloader is unlocked?
[General Questions and Answers] GenshinLover:
If i play genshin on ps4 online in my same pc, does it update on its own or i preinstall and update on launcher myself like normal?
[Samsung Galaxy A12] MauriJ2001:
I have seen that the samsung A12 has a new firmware but it already has binary 2 and I don't know whether to update because the bootloader already unlocked it and the last updates I had problems with the baseband besides that I can not use OTA updates

View attachment 5528601

Translation: The current software version is not supported. Go to a service center

And the firmware combination is

AP: A125MUBU1BUJ5 (R)

CP: A125MUBU1AUC1 (Q)

CSC: A125MOWO1BUJ3 (R)

Thanks in advance and sorry i used google translate
[FYT Android Head Units] Neogx:
Anyone have any recommendations on a backup camera ??? I bought a eRapta ERT11 Backup Camera which said it was a 720hd camera but the color and the picture was just washed out and not sharp at all i honestly hate it every time i look at it. so if anyone has any they would recommend and love let me know
[FYT Android Head Units] marchnz:
For an FYT based unit?
[FYT Android Head Units] Neogx:
Yeah
[FYT Android Head Units] Neogx:
I have a teyes and they have there own but im not sure how good theres . and i know there has to be others out there
[FYT Android Head Units] j-5:
My unit came with a camera. It says it's a Sony.
[FYT Android Head Units] marchnz:
Welcome Sony!
[Magisk] mattgyver:
Anyone else ever have it happen where you get a magisk update prompt, thought you swiped it away only to have accidentally tapped it? It installed something. But my magisk manager stopped responding. After trying to open it a few times, my 8pro rebooted. I had to install magiskv23.apk because my manager wasn't loading and it was renamed through the magisk app (I had to rename it because I had a couple apps that saw Magisk and wouldn't load). Now I'm stuck without root, and without a stock boot image for open beta 12. Pain in the rear situation. BUT TiBu still recognizes root access. So does terminal emulator when I type su. I get a pop up that MagixMgr isn't responding. Not even sure how to get out of this situation, since I don't have twrp..
[Magisk] FoxyDrew:
If your talking about OB1 ColorOS12, you can download the OTA.zip for it, and extract the payload.bin file from the zip using 7zip (or similar). Run the payload.bin through the payload dumper tool to get the boot.img. Than patch that and flash it.
[Magisk] mattgyver:
No, I'm on open beta 12. Still oxygen OS. I extracted my boot images through terminal emulator since I still have root. Patched those with magisk 23 apk. Just have to try flashing them. But I don't think that's my issue since I still have root. The magisk manager is broken, and if I install a different magisk apk, it doesn't recognize that I have magisk installed, or root.
[Magisk] gsser:
Where is open beta for oxygen os 12 on 8 pro? There were no news or release of an oos 12 ob...
[Magisk] mattgyver:
@gsser It's not OOS 12. Open beta 12 is OOS 11. And it's been available since end of July.

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[Magisk] mattgyver:
I thought maybe reinstalling a patched boot image would help. Extracted my boot image, patched it in Magisk 23 apk. Flashed it in fastboot. Nada. Magisk 23 doesn't recognize magisk installed. my magisk app that was renamed through it's own UI still is failing to respond. Titanium Backup, Terminal Emulator, and Solid Explorer still all have retained root access.

I guess technically I'm fine, but I can't make changes to my modules, magiskHide apps, and I'm not sure if trying to upgrade to Magisk 24.1 apk will cause issues when upgrading my Magisk install.

What's interesting is that the magisk apk that my manager tried downloading was saved as Magisk-(-1).apk instead of any version numbering. it was only 280KB in size, compared to a few MB. and if I try manually installing it, it fails to parse the package.

Update1: so I flashed the official twrp beta. Downloaded the twrp app, and it never prompts about root permission, so it can't find my recovery. I don't get a prompt about MagixMgr not responding this time. So I can't grant any new apps root access.

Update2: apparently this has killed my wifi, too. I can't get the oneplus 8 pro to start wifi. it acts like it's starting, but if I swipe away the notification shade, and bring it back down, wifi is off again. i don't want to factory reset my phone, but I have this funny feeling that it's going to be my only option....

Update3: Uninstalled my magisk proxy app. pulled the full OTA OOS11 OB12 zip file and extracted payload.bin on my linux box. patched with magisk 24.1. flashed stock boot, and stock recovery to both a/b slots. then flashed magisk patched stock boot image instead of the one that I had pulled from my phone. success. Magisk 24.1 shows as installed, and I have full superuser access again. and a few more gray hairs. but all is well, even if I wasn't too sure about upgrading to the new magisk and losing magiskHide. but I'll look into the new modules being developed...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] b1iZZaRd:
i have a CMDA diamond, i seen a lot of great roms here all for gsm. my question is .... Is there any way to convert a GSM rom to CDMA?

thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] pixelwix:
i'd like to see this too
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] b1iZZaRd:
can any of the elite, shed some light on this.... is it even possible?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Stormflies:
Hi,

Google disabled the HDMI alt mode in the bootloader/kernel on the Google Pixel 6 Pro, which means that you cannot share your device screen by mirroring to an external screen using HDMI. You cannot either use the built in desktop mode in Android and use the Samsung DEX like desktop experience.

How can this be solved?

1) Is it possible to unlock the bootloader / root the phone, and change the kernel to allow desktop mode / HDMI out from the phone?

2) Is it possible to unlock HDMI out by flashing a custom ROM, such as Lineage OS?

3) Is it possible to force the Google Pixel to use the desktop mode even without HDMI, and use the desktop mode by sharing the screen to a Chromecast?

4) Is it possible to use a Displaylink external GPU to not only mirror, but also force the Pixel to start desktop mode and share this through Displaylink to an external display? (Displaylink disables Netflix etc)

5) I also tried Sentio Desktop / Taskbar, but it wouldn't allow me to open several windows in freeform mode. Only one at a time, and the application would never by default open in freeform mode by using the launcher, they had to be manually converted to freeform. Sentio Desktop could also not be open in the background while a freeform application was open in the foreground, which sorta makes it useless.

X) i tried this command through adb to force the phone into desktop mode, but it wouldn't work. Anyone tried it? adb shell am start -n “com.android.launcher3/com.android.launcher3.SecondaryDisplayLauncher”

I understand that we can share and mirror the screen to an external screen by using Chromecast, but this requires it to be setup to Wifi, and doesn't really work that good on a hotel. It is also possible to mirror the screen with a Displaylink adapter, but this disables any streaming services to the external tv, and does not allow desktop mode.

I would think that some of you awesome developers have looked into this either on the Google Pixel 6, or the 4 or the 5, which all have hardware support for HDMI out.

Thanks!