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[Sony Xperia 5 III] mcc111:
I have the USA (XQ-BQ62) XPeria 5 III. I got it today.

I am an AT&T customer but I am currently in Canada. I have a plan that covers free roaming to Canada.

The Xperia 5 III isn't sold in Canada, I bought it from the US.

Before I got the phone I checked [AT&T's list](https://www.att.com/idpassets/images/support/pdf/Devices-Working-on-ATT-Network.pdf) of supported phones. It lists the XPeria 5 III under "will still work on our network after we phase out 3G in February 2022" but it is not listed as one of their 5g supported phones.

I had a confusing series of conversations with AT&T reps where one told me I needed a new SIM card, and then a second one told me I did not, and then I called back and a third person checked my IMEI/ICCID and said I had a version 27 SIM and version 27 is the minimum supported. OK.

If I punch in the magic *#*#4636#*#* code, it says I'm on the LTE data and voice* networks, and that the provider is Bell. It says "NR available: False".

My "preferred network type" is NR/LTE/GSM/WCDMA.

If I switch "preferred network type" to "NR only", I simply get Data Service: Disconnected.

(One funny thing, if I switch to NR Only, then switch back to NR/LTE/GSM/WCDMA, for a brief second it shows "NR Available: True". But then it jumps to LTE.)

If I go to "Access Point Names" in the mobile settings, the only option is the one selected, "ATT Nextgenphone" / "nxtgenphone". Nothing else is listed.

I know I'm kind of cheating here by using a phone that isn't even available in Canada, with a SIM from a provider that doesn't support the phone.

But, is there any way to get the network to give me 5G?

[This page](https://www.kimovil.com/en/frequency-checker/CA/sony-xperia-5-iii) shows band compatibility for different carriers, it lists Bell and Rogers and has two different entries for "Global" and "America" which I think refers to the US [XQ-BQ62] vs International [XQ-BQ72] model numbers for the 5 III. The "America" line shows it supports the correct frequencies on both Bell and Rogers and "Global" says it is supported on Bell but not Rogers. (I used to get Rogers while on the AT&T roaming but recently it switched to Bell.)

[This page](https://www.phonemore.com/specs/sony/xperia-5-iii/xq-bq62/) says the XQ-BQ62 supports the 66 and 71 bands which are the ones crossed out for the "Global" entry on the other page.

This seems to suggest the phone "can" get 5G here (even on Bell) and if I'm not getting 5G it's because I don't have permission somehow.

* But the last person I spoke to at AT&T said maybe VOLTE would not work anymore if I went back to the US. Guess I'll find out!?
[Sony Xperia 5 III] leungalv:
I wonder if you ever resolved the 5G issue in Ontario. I too have the XQ-BQ62 on Telus; however, I have never been able to connect this phone to 5G networks.

I'm wondering if flashing any of the firmwares on XperiFirm would work.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Questions & Answers] ave_de_fuego:
I must flash the stock ROM, but it seems there is a lot of kind-of shady places all around with links to Xiaomi Unlock tool, ROMs, and all these shenanigans.

Is there a guide officially supported form XDA?

I'm trying to flash Stock firmware on Xiaomi Redmi Note 7.

Also, everything seems to be Windows-based.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Questions & Answers] Oswald Boelcke:
Welcome to XDA! I hope you'll always get the support you require.

I'd just like to let you know that the XDA forum doesn't provide or support any guides. All guides are provided by XDA members who are allowed to share their guides as long as they comply with the XDA Forum Rules and other official announcements posted and stuck in a forum.

I suggest to search in the forum of your device if there are any tutorials that support your needs.

https://xdaforums.com/c/xiaomi.12005/

Regards

Oswald Boelcke

Senior Moderator
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Lost_in_translation:
Hi,

I read again and again that people want Android on their devices. I still don't see the advantage.

Android is a 1.0-release and lacks the large pool of software available for Windows Mobile. It's own set of features seems somewhat lacking to me - no pushmail (including synchronisation of calendar and contacts with exchange) being the biggest of the disadvantages in my opinion.

Have fun!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] leonatan25:
Bingo, what I was thinking and saying for a long time... But as the saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Everyone will put it for a second, say "wow" and return to the good ol' WM.http://www.bartleby.com/59/3/grassisalway.html
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] courtlandre:
1) It's something new. New is always more exciting than old. When WM7 comes out, most people will want to upgrade.

2) Features and software that is not available to WM. Location aware games that don't exist for WM,

3) App store- finding apps for WM kinda sucks, you find something that looks really cool only to find that it doesnt actually work on your device.

4) Open environment. WM (until future releases) looks the same. Skins can change it, but they slow down the phone. Android can be completely changed at a system level so things don't slow down the same way.

5) There are more reasons, but just go to engadget and read about it.

Edit- I think the G1 kinda sucks by the way. I have never used one, but would want a device with atleast a vga screen.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] leonatan25:
No one's saying new software isn't cool. But let it cook for a while, it isn't better now.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Toug:
advantages

I see 2 advantages:

- I think android is faster than WM. WM take a while sometimes to launch a small app.

- Android can be fully controlled with one hand.

- I think that in the future much more applications will be available on it. (like a real browser supporting java and flash.)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] upm15:
Most of people are curious about new thing, whether it is good or not. People would like to try out for themselves. This is human instinct.

This topic totally subjective as some may look different aspect such as nice interface, performance, application compatiblility etc.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] gerazzo:
Well i think that LINUX is the word, it's an open system and probably is easier for the coders.

Have you ever seen the Ubuntu release of linux for PC? maybe android could become the same for PPC.

Bye
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Riel:
I hope I will get very fast main-phone functionality, more speed and less buggy :)

Apps will be developed quicker.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Addicteddddd:
the major thing that makes me want to move over to Android is the fact that my hang up key takes AGES to respond when i make a call and it really annoys me to the point id rather change OS, oh and the fact that it's open source, so be prepared for heaps of software :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Riel:
Lol

that hang-up key is programmed to 3 seconds delay and can be changed with Advanced-Config :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] willexiuz:
Hi, get AdvancedConfig for your Diamond and there you have the option to change the hangup delay from default 5 seconds !! (crazy, I know) to zero if you want.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Addicteddddd:
i have changed it, keeps resetting for some reason :(
[Thinkpad Tablet General] SniperFox22:
Hey Everyone,

Just got my hands on an X606F and as usually I could not stand the stock Android 10 OS.

I eventually took a chance and tested flashing the LineageOS 19 GSI from Andy Yan (Android 12), and it worked out extremely well. Everything worked out of the gate, I installed the version with Gapps preloaded and that worked as well. I basically follow this guide, but swapped the custom rom with the one linked below from Andy Yan.

Use this guide:

https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-tb-x6...d-11-android-12-and-root-with-magisk.4376127/

only difference is DO NOT INSTALL MAGISK AS THIS ROM IS ALREADY ROOTED.

But Swap CAOS11 rom with the one below here. I personally find LineageOS my favorite of all the alternative ROMs out there so I am happy i got this to work.

Andy Yan's LineagOS GSI build (Use this one)

lineage-19.0-20220211-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_bgS.img.xz

Link to folder with other builds (No Gapps...etc)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/andyyan-gsi/files/lineage-19.x/

IF anyone has any questions let me know.

Cheers,

SniperFox
[Thinkpad Tablet General] garconblair:
Thanks for your post, it is a good news. After reading your post I’m tempted to try this on my X606X. I will probably do when I find some time. Meanwhile, have you observed any issue ?
[Thinkpad Tablet General] barguybrady:
This sounds like Great News, as I, too, really don't enjoy the Lenovo UI. And... I cannot get OTAs, as I am already rooted with TWRP and Magisk from this forum: httrecovery-tb-x606f-tb-x606fa-unofficial-twrp-3-6-x-for-lenovo-tab-m10-fhd-plus

However, to be certain:

I 'should' be able to then Install LineageOS by copying from the Link Provided above to an ExtSD, along with GApps, and just wipe, and install from TWRP ?

Also, I'm not familiar with the .xz file compression, do I need to convert it to a .zip file ?

Thanks !
[Thinkpad Tablet General] CEPi:
Hi, would this version work on TB-X704F ?

Thx.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] garconblair:
I’ve tried LineageOS on X606X (LTE version) and I was not lucky. Settings app was crashing each time I went to network settings. Screen was always on or always off. Only way to switch from one to another was to connect or to disconnect USB cable. Any option in settings for screen was not working.

I can confirm that TWRP for TB-X606F/TB-X606FA is working fine on this model.

I tried also CAOS11 but it was a bit laggy. Everything worked, but when I started to mess with Magisk it didn’t want to boot anymore. So I’m back to stock, and confident that one day I will find working Android 12 for this model.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] sirp0p0:
I'm going to plop this question down here, but it's only sort of relevant: what is going on with the navigation bar? My home/back/recents button are all in the bottom right corner of the bar and in the centre are icons for play store, camera, and something else.

How do I go back? I can't find any of the options. I tried this ROM, CAOS11, and an AOSP flavour, and they all had the navbar set up that way. All the other ROMs also crashed the Phh-Treble UI Tuner whenever I tried to change the navbar. I went back to stock, and it returned to normal. Is this an Android 11+ thing? It's awful.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] wktra:
Thanks so much.

Everything worked out without a hitch.

But how do I edit or get rid of those apps in the navigation bar??? They're an eyesore and pretty useless to me.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] wktra:
Holy crap. You read my mind.

What a waste!
[Thinkpad Tablet General] Zelodos:
Nice to see so many people experimenting with this tablet. It would be nice if we had a dedicated subforum for this device.

I have been trying out several ROMs/GSIs with Android 11 and 12, but all of them are performing really laggy after a couple of days. Overall system perfomance and latency seems slow and choppy.

Especially YouTube is very laggy and shows heavy artifacting on almost every video making me think a lot of ROMs cant make proper use of hardware codec acceleration.

Another problem is getting Netflix to work, whereas on the stock ROM I had 1080p playback with a modded apk, on other custom ROMs I cant even launch the app, sadly no success with the Kodi Netflix add-on either.

My plan was to see if I could improve perfomance by removing Lenovo's bloat and using microg to replace gapps, but it turned out perfoming worse than before.

Maybe this device is just too weak for this kind of modding.

Thoughts on these issues? And which ROMs have you personally enjoyed? I think I might go back to stock for now, give the roms some time to develop further and try again at the end of the year.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] NextGenV:
Hi @Zelodos, thank you so much for the feedback about custom ROMs you've been messing around with.

I'm the owner of a Lenovo TB-X606F tablet (Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus) experiencing the Netflix issue that prevents me from watching content at 1080p resolution. With DRM Info app, I've checked that the Security Level of mine is L3, whereas yours and some others' tablets (which are exactly the same model: TB-X606F) are L1...

Could you tell me which FW version is running your tablet? I've been reading on Lenovo Forums for a while and I've picked up the two most relevant posts relating this issue:

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https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1088/5020213/5502643 👆

GitHub Link for the Netflix modded apk: https://github.com/longseespace/netflix_patch/releases

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https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1088/5050995/5294237 👆

I wonder if flashing the TB-X606F_S300429_211101_BMP firmware version can make a difference for me to get L1 Security Level, instead of L3... Or maybe the FW version your tablet is running currently can sort it out, I don't know. Just let me know, please. Thanks in advance.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] vassiliszacharis:
Hello I have a problem installing custom ROMs on this specific tablet mate. When CAOS 11 or any other custom ROM is installed and I want to reboot, TWRP brings a message that OS is not installed do you want to reboot? Then sticks twice at Lenovo logo and boots to TWRP.... It doesn't boot at the custom ROM...
[Thinkpad Tablet General] SniperFox22:
My suggestion is to use the Lenovo recovery tool linked here. (Lenovo's tool is very good and its hard to brick these, so good job there at least)

Rescue and Smart Assistant (RSA) - Lenovo Support CA

pcsupport.lenovo.com

Then use this tool to reset the tablet to the stock OS. Most likely what happened is you tried to flash an OS that was built on a different version of Android. Make sure that your using a build that is based on the right version of Android. After you do that recovery you should be up to Android 10, as it uses the latest image for the tablet. This means you need to use a CAOS 10 not CAOS 11. You will need to reinstall TWRP first again, as this will be removed when you recover. Let me know if you have issues and Ill keep an eye out for any new posts.

Cheers,

Sniper Fox
[Thinkpad Tablet General] vassiliszacharis:
Cheers Sniper. Indeed I returned back to stock ROM by using Lenovo tool that is very easy to install it. I installed TWRP 3.6.x for Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus which is suitable for Android 11 and Android 12. Can I ask you please what was your procedure of installing Android 12 custom ROM on that tablet?
[Thinkpad Tablet General] SniperFox22:
I would try Andy Yan’s Lineage OS GSI builds. Those are generally where you want to start as those are more likely to be compatible. Also make sure when you flash the custom rom you follow the directions from that original link closely. If you miss a step it’s easy to screw it up where it does what you said and either boot loops or doesn’t see the OS. I think you might be limited to lineage OS version 19 with this tablet. Newer OS might not work.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] SniperFox22:
Added comment. I have also tried Ubuntu Touch and it works well on this tablet. Wifi, Bluetooth, audio all work, as does charging. Although the app market for Ubuntu touch is not great it seems to be getting better.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] vassiliszacharis:
How did you manage this mate? Also when I am trying this command after install TWRP: fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img

It is not recognised... How can you overpass this? Maybe this is my problem. I just installed vbmeta without disable it .. Any ideas?
[Thinkpad Tablet General] SniperFox22:
I think your problem is related to this part of the instructions

"After flashing the recovery, you must reboot into recovery to ensure that TWRP permanently installs. If the `fastboot reboot recovery` command does not work for you, hold down the power button to power off the device, then hardware boot into TWRP by holding down both volume buttons + power button to boot into TWRP. If you do not perform this step, the device will boot normally and TWRP will be erased. After booting into TWRP, wipe -> format data."

If you don't boot directly back into TWRP after installing and wipe -> format data you will get that error.

As far as the installation of the Ubuntu Touch, you NEED to be on Android 9 to install it. So you have to downgrade to the original firmware that was Android 9. When you do the Lenovo recovery unfortunately it only give you the newest Android 10 rom. So you need to download the historic ROM for this tablet that is Android 9. Then its as easy as running the Ubuntu Touch installer on your PC. If you try to do it with Android 10 on the device to start it will fail. Ubuntu touch is pretty cool.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] vassiliszacharis:
cheers mate for your help! respect. Is there any android 12 custom ROM we can use on this tablet?
[Thinkpad Tablet General] tb-x606f:
been using lineage 19.1 on my tb-x606f and is really smooth, but I don´t know what SU app could use. I tried flashing magisk but it creates a conflict with the rom itself.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] jpgalyon:
Does anyone have a download for the boot.img? I would love to do this but cant find a boot image to use for the vbmeta.img
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] sa.m.os:
Hello guys. I'm trying to install twrp in poco f1 but when i run: (fastboot boot twrp.img) or (fastboot flash recovery twrp.img)

it says:

downloading 'boot.img'...

FAILED (command write failed (Invalid argument))

finished. total time: 0.016s

Then the phone screen turns black and says press any key to shutdown.

I've tried everything. Drivers are updated, i've tried another cable, another port but nothing's working. Any ideas?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Oswald Boelcke:
@sa.m.os

Welcome to XDA. I hope you'll always get the support you require.

Prior to your next posting please read the guidances that are stuck on top of every forum like

Note: Questions go in Q&A Forum

If you are posting a Question Thread post it in the Q&A forum. Technical discussion of Android development and hacking. No noobs, please. Device-specific releases should go under the appropriate device forum...

xdaforums.com

I've moved the thread to Android Q&A.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Regards

Oswald Boelcke

Senior Moderator
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Retrial:
Hello mate,

Check my POCO F1 Ultimate Collection & Guides. You will find the guide to install custom recovery at #2, follow the steps there.
[Sony Xperia 5 III] mcc111:
This is probably a small thing to other people but it is not to me.

I selected the Sony XPeria 5 III specifically because based on looking at photos I believed it had a rectangular screen (IE, no rounded corners). After setting mine up today, there is a small but definite rounded edge to the screen. This is the case even if I disable the Android-level screen corners (`adb shell settings put secure sysui_rounded_size 1` / `adb shell settings put secure sysui_rounded_content_padding 5`).

I am now thinking this is not something Android is doing but is the physical shape of the screen. If I take screenshots, the screenshots do not have corners, and if I shine a bright light on the screen when it is off, there is a difference in texture between the screen and the bezel, and the "screen textured" part has curved corners.

The rounded corners really bug me when I am trying to read. Is this the actual screen shape? Am I just screwed?
[Sony Xperia 5 III] blackhawk:
Looks slightly rounded to me... which I hate.

The Note 10+ and the Note 20U are both square cornered, a rarity.
[Sony Xperia 5 III] mcc111:
I wonder if there's some way I can just make the device pretend it's 5 pixels shorter at the top and bottom, so I can't see the curves.
[Sony Xperia 5 III] mcc111:
So it turns out there used to be an "overscan" property you could set with ADB

Control android screen display with WM – Android Helpdesk

That could make the screen slightly larger or smaller than the displayed area, like

adb.exe shell wm overscan 0,-10,0,-10

But Google removed it in Android 11! The wm tool is still present but it appears the only thing it can do is set screen scaling, which is not useful to me. I saw a thread where someone suggested there was a way to get overscan back, but it required rooting.

But this is a Sony device, so rooting is gonna break the camera, right?
[Sony Xperia 5 III] blackhawk:
I wouldn't lose sleep over it. Many vids don't extend to the corners anyway.

Truth be told the case I use on the N10+ actually covers a small portion of the display's corners. It's required for proper protection.
[Sony Xperia 5 III] mcc111:
As it turns out I don't watch videos on my phone... I spend 90% of my time on the phone in the Kindle and Libby ebook apps, where it just floods the screen with white... so the corners stand out really strongly.
[Sony Xperia 5 III] blackhawk:
Dark mode would help; don't burn up your retinas. I hate white screens...
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] losl1946:
This morning I updated my POCO X3 Poro to MIUI Global 13.0.3 Stable and found a small green indicator (please refer to the attached screenshot) at the top-left corner of the lock screen which will disappear after unlocking. Does anyone know what is this? Can I get rid of it? Thank you.

Have a nice day.

SLo

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[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] Jake.S:
If your update is with android 12 then this is a new feature, google has added this to let you know when your camera is being used or not. It has the same for microphone as well.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] jolas:
Can it be disabled?
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] Jake.S:
Not what i know off. On Samsung it cannot be removed. Unless you disable access to the camera and microphone permanent. Then it wont show, but on Samsung it shows full icon for a short time and then it turns into a small green dot.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] loulougv35:
it's MiuiBiometric a new app
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ruizit0:
Hey

If you select swipe left/right to go back navigation setting, you can't swipe back if the keyboard it's open, attached video example.

Anyone noticed this bug ?
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] vikram66778:
I don't think it's a bug, may be it's meant to be like. Try swiping in the area above keyboard, it will work or there is an setting's option where u will get a button in navigation bar area to hide the keyboard then use the back navigation gesture..
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Deacy900:
Nope not a bug, the Samsung Keyboard is like that but you should have an option in bottom right corner to close the keyboard

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[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] joancolmenares:
As said before, this is not a bug. If you swipe outside of the keyboard area it works as intended. if you have the keyboard open it detects text entry.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] thegios:
This is the same with any 3rd party keabord
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] SuperGokuSam:
One Hand Operation +

That's the name of the Samsung app you need. Open its Advanced Settings and disable Fit To Keyboard option.

The app's and OS's gesture systems can coexist without a problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] apiner.inc:
You're a Genious. Thanks you. This issue has annoyed me for weeks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] doc-database:
Hi @ll,

I need help from the developers - community.

I developed a custom button with more properties as the default Button-Control.

This button is used to show data and make them choiceable by click.

Works fine.

I've listed them in a column over the whole display.

But I need to develop a control which contains these buttons as list, Like a Listbox which contains these buttons as Items.

Any Idea?

:confused:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rudegar:
as it's not really special to compact framework i

would ask in codeguru.com as you're more likely to get

spc c# advice there
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] doc-database:
OK, try it there