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[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rockrahul:
Hi all,

I recently purchased S20 FE 5g (Snapdragon, india) few days back for my wife. The screen of her previous phone Redmi k20 broke after a fall and screen was not available (and even if so it was going to cost around 50-60% of phone's original purchased value. So instead we decided to buy new phone. And after lot of back and forth we settled for S20 FE.

The main camera is good. But the front camera and selfie is really poor for this kind of phone and price. In fact Redmi K20 which was almost half of the price of this one had better front camera.

The photos are grainy and blurry half of the times. And smoothening effect even after turning off all filters. This doesn't have autofocus I am aware. But most of the phones do not have for front camera.

Night mode and Gcam improves it somewhat but overall very disappointing front camera.

I checked with service centre and they mentioned there are no hardware or software issues. So I cannot get any return or refund as well.

Shockingly very few reviewers mentioned the issues with front camera and overall camera reviews were good. Now after doing some research see many users complaining about front camera. Seen some posts here and many on reddit as well. My 3 years old Pixel 3xl takes miles better photos and even almost 2.5 years old Redmi K20 was better in front camera marginally which was almost half of the price.

Given S20 FE was released almost 1 and half years back I do not have any hope of fixing the front camera by software updates from Samsung (they would have already done by now)

Or if anyone here have any idea if the front camera can be improved by some tweaks? (already tried night mode and gcam which are better but anything for normal shots?)
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] xabu:
Have a look at Open Camera .... https://opencamera.org.uk/

Thread here :

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-4-0-3-open-camera.2850557/
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rockrahul:
Is it better than the stock camera?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] xabu:
stock camera and stock camera app are two completely different things. Sometimes custom apps perform better.

You should look at it, then you can decide. I have the luck that I did not buy the same phone.:cool:.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Journyman16:
I bought the S20 FE and back then there was a screen bug that was enough for the seller to take the phone back - you'd have to search for the thread but it involves multi-touch on the screen.

There's an app you can DL to check it but it shows as when you do multi-touch swipes the screen malfunctions. Might work with your retailer as a faulty phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
I would return it.

Try clearing the system cache and cam data first.

If the cam app has been updated, roll back to factory loaded version.

Also try in safe mode to rule out a 3rd party app causing the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rockrahul:
Ok. I am unable to find out the app. Could you share the link?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] rockrahul:
Tried the first and 3rd suggestions but same result. Second one means factory reset?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
It's better to find the root cause. A factory reset is the last option. It's used after a major firmware upgrade, if a poorly written app alters hidden user settings or in the case of malware.

Problem being is you never learn what the root cause was... if the issue reappears in the future.

In the long run a conservative troubleshooting approach wastes less of your time. Use factory reset as a last ditch option. Always clear the system cache before you go full nuke as it can fix many strange glitches.

Also try a hard reboot (simulates pulling battery).

Did you do any firmware upgrades?

Did you use SmartSwitch to help load this phone?

If so factory reset. Do Not use SmartSwitch on the next load...
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Journyman16:
It's called Touch Screen Test - there's a thread on Reddit about it here...

NOTE: Put a www. in front of the addresses and copy them to your browser - if I put the link it posts the entire threads in this post, which seems a bit impolite for others.

reddit.com/r/Galaxy_S20/comments/j6cdu0/s20_fe_5g_smg781bds_has_a_touchscreen_hardware/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

I found another thread that claims it was fixed in updates so check you have the latest firmware also.

reddit.com/r/Galaxy_S20/comments/jau31s/s20_fe_touchscreen_issue_thread/
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] uniacidz:
For me i found that i get the touchscreen issue, more like the glide keyboard plays up

Reboot always fixes it.

And its usually after phone has been on continually for days on end that it acts up

As for the front camera, I agree its poor.

I find i have to add colour to the images and chuck on the warm filter to full to get warmth.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] Roby0172:
I had the same bad luck of buying this phone. Have been facing the same issue. But there is something surprising I have found in the front camera of this device (S20 FE). See the difference between the photo mode and video mode of Front camera. I found the difference quite noticeable. This confirms that there is nothing wrong with the front camera of this device but definitely with its software. In video mode of Front Camera I see no lag as in photo mode and the camera is as smooth as it could be. Kindly see the difference and do let me know.

Regards

Robin Arora
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] myti:
Dear experts, developers, cookers and users..

I have a problem that is quiet strange and which I can't explain.

I bought a MDA Compact IV with a T-Mobile Netherlands subscription.

The phone is Simlock-free and currently I use AlphaZero V7 Rom with the .05 Radio.

The problem is that I can't use my original T-Mobile simcard, while all other cards (al least 5) I tried (including an older type of T-Mobile simcard) work in the phone. I already ordered a replacement card at T-Mobille Netherlands, and this new card also doesn't work in the phone. :(

The problems becomes stranger when I tell that the specific T-Mobile cards do work in multiple other phones. :S

What can cause this problem, can it be the ROM, Radio or SPL, how can I solve this problem? Thank you in advance.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] myti:
Radio?

Could this problem be caused by the Radio or SPL or ROM? Is that a possibilty? In that case I'm going to try some flashing..
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] myti:
Solution

Nobody with a possible solution, something I can try?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] djflint:
Hi did you ever find a solution to this problem as ive been searching for days now and cant find a solution
[Samsung Galaxy S22] DarkestSpawn:
OP has the link to the Ultra variant, here is the link to the 22+ variant. This is for the Region section.

https://samfrew.com/model/SM-S906B/
[Samsung Galaxy S22] Williamtung:
Thanks for your reminder, I will change it👍
[Samsung Galaxy S22] DarkestSpawn:
I could have sworn when I posted this, this thread was under the S22+ variant....

https://samfrew.com/model/SM-S901B/

https://samfrew.com/model/SM-S901E/

These are for the standard S22 variant
[Samsung Galaxy S22] Williamtung:
Thanks a lot
[Samsung Galaxy S22] SLeePLatED:
Can I root Note8 that installed July 2021 security patched?
[Samsung Galaxy S22] Williamtung:
You are in the wrong forum. It depends on your model
[Samsung Galaxy S22] za33ck:
Will this work for the snapdragon varient sm-s901u1
[Samsung Galaxy S22] Williamtung:
Not USA Snapdragon
[Samsung Galaxy S22] MrBaltazar:
Be sure to use a patched Odin for carrier branded devices.
[Samsung Galaxy S22] za33ck:
Bummer...the snapdragon never gets any love
[Samsung Galaxy S22] Williamtung:
Sorry to hear that. Other countries' Snapdragon able to unlock bootloader
[Samsung Galaxy S22] persmash:
Is there anyway to get system status back to official after OEM unlock?
[Samsung Galaxy S22] Williamtung:
Yes, you can do it by flash the official Samsung firmware(the one you have downloaded), however, you will lost root
[Samsung Galaxy S22] persmash:
It is not funny :)

Of course I asked to have both.
[Samsung Galaxy S22] Williamtung:
However, there's no way to fix it (I think there is and I have seen somebody did it. However, it's complicated and I think it is about editing system files)
[Samsung Galaxy S22] Deleted member 12024131:
I flashed my S22 with SM-S901U1 (XAA) US unlocked firmware. My phone's model number changed from U to U1 which is what I wanted, but my service provider software version is still VZW/VZW,VZW/ VZW. Did I do something wrong? The verizon bloatware is gone, and it boots up without Verizon's load screen, but I'm pretty sure the VZWs are not right except for the last one.

Edit: Could this be because my phone is still carrier locked? And once it is carrier unlocked by VZW I can flash it again?
[Samsung Galaxy S22] Williamtung:
Your model of your phone will never change because that's your model! (Of course you change it by some way, just the display)
[Samsung Galaxy S22] Deleted member 12024131:
So is this correct then? Cuz you can see my model number is now SM-S901U1 but the service provider SW is still VZW which is okay? Right?

View attachment 5547605 View attachment 5547607
[Samsung Galaxy S22] xbt-:
Assume this is non-US (no U or W variants), correct?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 (2021)] keksas3:
Recovery,anybody ?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 (2021)] arutsuro:
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[Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 (2021)] keksas3:
stock recovery is good but i was looking for a custom one to root my device....
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 (2021)] arutsuro:
Tab A8 can't be rooted yet, someone and me got boot loop applying magisk on it. Maybe if you try to do it in another way...
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] GenuineDickies99:
I just got the S21 ultra and it is a good phone except for one issue. When audio switches between applications it goes mute. I constantly have to hit pause then play in order to get the audio to kick back on. This is incredibly annoying as i am a driver and now contantly messing with the phone while driving.

Has anyone else noticed this and what is the fix?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] varcor:
What apps are you referring to? Typically a media player plays audio. If you open a different app how would it know what the media player is playing and why should it start playing the audio?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] GenuineDickies99:
Youtube. This is an issue that has never happened on any phone other than this one. If something interrupts the current stream, it is muted when I get back to the stream until I pause and restart the stream. I have been streaming youtube while i work for years, the s21 ultra is the only one that has this behavior.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] varcor:
Gotcha, this should solve your problem.

How to Prevent YouTube from Pausing Automatically

Most of the time, YouTube offers uninterrupted video watching. However, even the world’s largest video streaming platform fails to deliver sometimes. In

www.alphr.com
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] babyboy3265:
This is a strange guide, it speaks about computers, phones and etc.. :D Not just 1 platform.

Do you possibly have power savings turned on? I would suspect that maybe YT is being put to sleep by the system when it goes to the background. Additionally, I would recommend you to research Vanced Youtube. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] KingFatty:
Was the problem that the volume was muting or changing your volume level?

Or was the problem just that Youtube was pausing, affecting the volume level?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] burnxtc:
Go here & grab the latest Goodlock, then install Sound Assistant. Check out the setting in this screenshot, it may eliminate your problem.

View attachment 5538157

And I second this with YT Vanced. Remember too that browsers also have their own individual sound settings for minimize/screen lock.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] GenuineDickies99:
I actually am using Vanced. And it isnt happening when YT goes to the background, it happens at commercials, too. Any stream interruption causes it

Ooh, i will give it a look. I think battery management is a likely issue. It was not only adaptive, ut was restricted.vanced manager is now getting unrestricted.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] babyboy3265:
Vanced manager shouldn't matter. It is the Vanced YT app that should be kept out of the restrictions.

I'd advice you to recreate the issue while doing a screen recording then upload it here. That way your issue will most likely be resolved much faster, in case it is still going on.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] GenuineDickies99:
I will, but I have an update.... it is a bluetooth issue. Apparently Samsung has an issue with its audio when streaming to vehicles. The reason none of my other phones did it is because they all used an audio jack, not bluetooth.

I think you may be onto something here....

You are a GAWD among men. Nailed it. Check you messages.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] burnxtc:
Glad it solved your problem! What's great about this site & the author's work is you don't need the Samsung store or a Samsung account to get all that stuff.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] herwaldi:
Hello,

I got from a friend of Poco, she has a pattern that she does not remember - she does not have a google account - she wants to keep the data.

- usb debugging is disabled

- rom is locked

- not have xiaomi mi account

- fastboot return: FAILED (remote: Erase is not allowed in Lock State)

How to remove the code without losing data?

thanks
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] TioCareca:
no accounts on phone? so what data she want to keep?

anyway all stock? phone not unlock?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Vanta-Chan:
It's impossible to keep any data. Even if you could unlock the bootloader, this will forcefully delete all data in the F1.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] little_rock:
Guys!

What will be the successor to this bit of kit most of us have had knocking around for about a year or so now? I'm looking for something similar - ie 'proper' keyboard, good screen, 3g, satnav, cam, and whatever is new and sexy!

I am struggling to think that there i will be a better form factor - but ya never know!

i am a little outta touch with the tech - as i only follow the game when i am really n the market to buy...

so i welcome any good info!

be kool,

al
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] DaveShaw:
HTC Touch Pro, AKA Raphael.

Check the Raph forum and/or wiki on this site or http://coolsmartphone.com.

Or wait and see if HTC bring out a Touch HD (aka Blackstone) with a keyboard :)

Ta

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] little_rock:
wow aweome!

thx Dave, I'll checkout the info...

I wonder if it is time to look at Nokia's kit? does it rival HTC stuff?

If only that damned android google handset had a keyboard!

al
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] DaveShaw:
I don't think this site will ever do nokia stuff, HTC all the way... :D

Ta

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] little_rock:
lol damn straight Dave!

Found a cute video of it -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYSxRm20m9U&feature=related

al
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] MACkjam:
One of two in my opinion:

HTC HD as mentioned above, or Sony-Ericsson Xperia X1. Both have hardware keyboards and WVGA screens. Samsung Omnia is pretty good bang for your buck too, pity it doesn't have a hw keyboard. Nokia's new N96 is interesting, but I would never move away from WinMob, besides, where would you find support like here at XDA?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] little_rock:
you speak truth mackjam ;-)

I am in for winmob all the way - sighing and all!!!

cheers
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mysterd:
The HTC Touch HD does not have any hardware keyboard though...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] MACkjam:
My apologies, it doesn't have a hardware keyboard. I was thinking of the Google phone, which is also an HTC device.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
Jitterbug?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] demogorgon15:
my only real problems with my kaiser is viability in sunlight my boss laughs at me when he sees me running for shade so i can see whats on my screen, and the material the phone is made out of imo they should have made the entire phone out of the scratch resistant material the back is made out of.

If they were able to make a phone that fixes both of those problems I'd be happy to replace my kaiser with it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] vixxx:
Aaaahmm...it has a keyboard :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] NuShrike:
A proper successor maintains or improves:

o the tri-band UMTS (Raphael does not, iirc)

o the keyboard (Touch HD does not)

o has the HTC P4xxx numbering scheme

Anything else?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] little_rock:
jitterbug? is that an htc rig?

or somet else?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] coreyhelton:
The Jitterbug is a the wave of the future!!

http://www.jitterbug.com

I'm planning on holding out for an android based phone. A year from now android will be much more mature and hopefully have some excellent phones running it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RubberDucky451:
Same here as far as android development is concerned.

Jitterbug

(I love the big red and green buttons that say yes and no)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Stu_Can_Sam:
I am a fan of the TouchPro (AT&T Fuze) and eagerly await its release...

Still waiting...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] little_rock:
lol @ jitterbug - reminds me of my 3 yr old kids 'my first fone'!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mysterd:
Oh ok :)

Too bad the G1 (HTC Dream = Google Phone) is not as sexy as the other HTC phones...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] little_rock:
i changed my mind.... i didn,t know the htc dream had a qwerty!!!

I may change my mind - depending on results of the OS....

I wonder if there will be plugins to be able to monitor my adwords on the fly!!!!

s
[General Questions and Answers] otiblo:
hi, my nokia 2.3 was restarting once i plugged in charger then i flashed new rom that i downloaded thinking that will solve the problem instead.. help coz it cant boot, brinnging no valid operating system phone cant boot
[Moto G5 Questions & Answers] Pachof:
hello I come up with a failure and it is that I try to unlock the bootloader of a moto g5 but the problem is that when I put power + volume down after unlocking I notice something, oem_locked appears but, if I had the functional drivers and activate usb debugging and oem unlocking but I don't know what happens and besides I put the commands right What appeared with the unlock command:

...

(bootloader) Bootloader is unlocked! Rebooting phone

OKAY [ 0.333s]

finished. total time: 0.663s
[Moto G5 Questions & Answers] sd_shadow:
What does getvar all say? Remove imei before posting

fastboot getvar all
[Moto G5 Questions & Answers] Pachof:
(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: moto-msm8937-B8.31

(bootloader) product: cedric

(bootloader) board: cedric

(bootloader) secure: yes

(bootloader) hwrev: P5

(bootloader) radio: 6

(bootloader) storage-type: emmc

(bootloader) emmc: 32GB SAMSUNG QX13MB RV=08 PV=07 FV=0000000000000007

(bootloader) ram: 2GB SAMSUNG LP3 DIE=8Gb M5=01 M6=05 M7=00 M8=1F

(bootloader) cpu: MSM8937

(bootloader) serialno: ZY3226G58L

(bootloader) cid: 0x0032

(bootloader) channelid: 0x08

(bootloader) uid: 139CD81100000000000000000000

(bootloader) securestate: oem_locked

(bootloader) iswarrantyvoid: no

(bootloader) max-download-size: 535822336

(bootloader) reason: Reboot mode set to fastboot

(bootloader) meid:

(bootloader) date: 07-07-2017

(bootloader) sku: XT1670

(bootloader) carrier_sku:

(bootloader) battid:

(bootloader) iccid:

(bootloader) cust_md5:

(bootloader) max-sparse-size: 268435456

(bootloader) current-time: "Sun Feb 8 17:56:24 UTC 1970"

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[0]: motorola/cedric_amxla/cedric:8.1.0

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[1]: /OPPS28.85-13-6/04442:user/release

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[2]: -keys

(bootloader) poweroffalarm: 0

(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[0]: Blur_Version.28.271.7.cedric_amxl

(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[1]: a.amxla.en.US

(bootloader) ro.build.version.qcom: LA.UM.6.6.r1-08600-89xx.0

(bootloader) version-baseband: M8937_22.29.02.69.01R CEDRIC_LATAM_CUST

(bootloader) kernel.version[0]: Linux version 3.18.71-perf-g6fc7aba (hud

(bootloader) kernel.version[1]: soncm@ilclbld33) (gcc version 4.8 (GCC)

(bootloader) kernel.version[2]: ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 7 01:47:04 CST

(bootloader) kernel.version[3]: 2019

(bootloader) sbl1.git: git=MBM-NG-VB8.31-0-g77d3670

(bootloader) rpm.git: git=bd76357-dirty

(bootloader) tz.git: git=4942431

(bootloader) devcfg.git: git=4942431

(bootloader) keymaster.git: git=4942431

(bootloader) cmnlib.git: git=4942431

(bootloader) cmnlib64.git: git=4942431

(bootloader) prov.git: git=4942431

(bootloader) aboot.git: git=MBM-NG-VB8.31-0-g0b9dae9

(bootloader) frp-state: protected (77)

(bootloader) ro.carrier: amxco

(bootloader) current-slot:

(bootloader) slot-suffixes: _a

(bootloader) slot-count: 1

(bootloader) slot-successful:_a: INVALID

(bootloader) slot-successful:_b: INVALID

(bootloader) slot-bootable:_a: INVALID

(bootloader) slot-bootable:_b: INVALID

(bootloader) slot-retry-count:_a: unknown

(bootloader) slot-retry-count:_b: unknown

all: listed above

finished. total time: 0.500s
[Moto G5 Questions & Answers] sd_shadow:
Try reflashing the firmware

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[Moto G5 Questions & Answers] Pachof:
but recently I had already flashed it
[Moto G5 Questions & Answers] Pachof:
Hello?
[Samsung Galaxy A02s] gsausalito:
Hi,

After flashing successfully twrp in A02s phone finished with black screen.

Connected to computer device appears as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008.

Any guide?

Thanks for your time
[Samsung Galaxy A02s] Forgot_My_PW:
I had the same problem but it's fixed now when I try this tutorial

* this video is in Indonesian I don't know if there are tutorials in other languages
[Samsung Galaxy A02s] Badger50:
Please check your PM inbox. Thank you.

-Regards: Badger50 FSM
[Samsung Galaxy A02s] redtrukes:
Hello,

I have a A025G with a dead boot and i cant find the files to flash anywhere. Can someone help me ?

Thanks
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] azulacs:
Title says all, I've tried various UPDATE.APP firmwares flashed via Vol Up + Vol Down method and a SD Card and none seemed to fix my issue which is caused by missing Android System Webview.

Any advices or tips?

I've tried so far:

-Trying to enable OEM unlocking as I have it's bootloader unlock code obtained via PotatoNV. (I can't enable Developer Options menu)

-Rooting the phone via One Click Root programs (KingRoot only)

-Installing Android System Webview manually
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] MadAri:
I have 3G dataconnect in Universal (WM6.1 Tomal) is it possible at use Universal with USB-cable or wlan-connection so that i can go to internet with my laptop through Universal?

If i can what settings do i need change example in wlan-settings?

Thanks, MadAri
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] nasr345tt:
yes with internet sharing
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] MadAri:
Is that a program or settings? Where can i find it in Universal?

>MadAri<
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] MadAri:
Hi, i did find it at program-files and it works find. Thanks.

>MadAri<