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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom100%:
Hi, I'm not technically minded and hope you can help me with a question about privacy...

if I do not log in to my google account on a new ordinary Android phone will it will have any real privacy benefits? Would it lessen the amount of data that's automatically collected in the background by google?

(I'm careful about permissions and use Netguard, Fdroid and Aurora, and don't use social media apps on my phone)

Thanks.

Edited 21st April: I managed to get a reply from Rob Braxman that I think has answered my question - "all the telemetry of Google (wifi scanning, firebase, etc) still exists and the IMEI is always communicated" with a non-loggedin Android.

So, as far as I can tell, not logging in makes no difference to the background data that is Automatically collected on a normal Android phone. I only have some control over what info is collected through individual apps by using permissions wisely and having Netguard block phone and data usage when apps don't require them.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] James_Watson:
I don't think it matters. Also, how will you install apps from the Google Play Store without logging into your Google account?

I think that Google is an internet giant company in the world and it has clear privacy policies for its applications and services. It should be reliable.

Just for your reference.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom100%:
Thanks for your reply, and I appreciate your viewpoint. I'm curious, however, about how much data collection is automatically built in to my normal Android phone's system whether I log into it or not.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stephen:
Moderator Information, thread closed at OP's request.
[Asus Zenfone 4 (2017) Questions & Answers] Glauber2020:
Sorry if the topic is in the wrong place... But I would like to know if anyone recommends a custom kernel for Zenfone 4 (ZE554KL)... The stock kernel is pretty bad
[Asus Zenfone 4 (2017) Questions & Answers] Jedidias Nunes:
I even liked the Stock Kernel... I even liked the Beta version officially available on the site. But I would install ANY CUSTOM ROM if I had it. Unfortunately so far I haven't found any available and my Zenfone 4 is constantly crashing.
[Asus Zenfone 4 (2017) Questions & Answers] Spigaw:
Don't bother, this phone has never been looked at by developers, and will never be.

The only things you can do are:

Update to Android 9

Unlock the bootloader

Root the phone

I know that a lot of ROMs are available for the Zenfone 4 Max, but none has been ported to the ZE5554/Z01KD.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Questions & Answers] orange24:
Good day!

My Rog 2 Global phone suddenly hang while watching youtube and then it died. Right now I am unable to power on the phone or even charge the phone. I'm thinking it may be a software glitch so I would need to reprogram the phone by installing a stock firmware. Unfortunately, at the moment, I am unable to fast boot the phone but when I plug it on PC, there is a connect sound from the PC.

By the way, it used to do fastboot but it just loops from the boot loader until it turns off. Or when plugged into the charger, the LED blinks red but doesn't charge.

My Rog 2 phone is not rooted and is running the latest update from Asus.

Hope anyone can help me with my issue.

Thank you!
[ASUS ROG Phone II Questions & Answers] gilsol:
From your description I highly doubt this could be a software issue.

Bugs don't just appear like cause something like this, especially if you don't root and tinker with your device.

I heard similar cases that were hardware faults with the motherboard which is expensive. Best go to a repair shop.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] aboyazan78:
Hello guys

i'm facing this weird issue when i copy paste or move files i notice very low writing speed and some time between file and the next one .. specialy when the files have small size like below 1MB

does anyone else has faced this problem ?

my other ( older ) samsung phone which has EMMC5 is far faster than RN10 ( UFS ) when copy paste which is very strange !!

My Xiaomi is Note 10 Pro / unlocked BL / Rooted / CrDroid 7.16
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Laptapper:
Try another ROM, with some ROM s I had the same.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] aboyazan78:
thnx for the reply mate

did you try anything to solve that ? will changing kernel could solve the problem ??

another Question : did you encounter this problem in crdroid 12 , or in another way in which roms did it happen with you !?
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Laptapper:
Crdroid 12 not but other probs

I'm on 12 since 2 week's with lineage 19.1 L

And so far it's good
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] doughnut9:
Well I currently am facing this problem on an unrooted stock ROM. [MIUI Global 13.0.1 Stable]

So i doubt if this is a ROM problem. And if it is, it exists in the stock ROM too.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] aboyazan78:
can you explain the problem you are facing in details

what are you copying ? numbers and sizes

where are you copying from and where to

being on miui stock and having this issue may tell it is a hardware problem

try copy from internal to a folder in the same storage and report back
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] doughnut9:
Well there aren't much details to be provided. Was just moving some images from the WhatsApp data in Android folder onto my laptop to free up space. The sizes of all of the pictures were < 5 mb. Was moving 2-3 at once and took 30 seconds.

Also I was deleting some audio folders of WhatsApp too which took ~30s to delete a folder with just 1 audio file, and this happened multiple times.

Not sure if the problem is with my mobile or my laptop, but is definitely a lot lot slower than expected.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] aboyazan78:
well that another thing and here we can't be sure who or which to blame maybe usb port maybe data cable not necessary the mobile itself

my problem was when copying or mpving from here to there in the internal storage itself

or when deleting also

while the most annoying thing i forgot.to mention earlier is opening a folder with much files inside like 100 image pr tens of apks it tooks a lot of time to open the folder and i have to wait some seconds with the rotating loading icon which is really frustrating 😑😠
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] doughnut9:
Same lol.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] aboyazan78:
I miss old phone 😁😅

i will try another rom maybe later
[G1 Android Development] saul972:
Has anyone tried this

http://modmygphone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4851

Root the phone. How to do it is already here...

Now:

cd /data/data/com.android.browser/cache

rm -R webviewCache

mkdir /sdcard/webviewCache

ln -s /sdcard/webviewCache webviewCache

You are changing to the cache directory.

Deleting the web cache directory.

Making a new one on the sdcard.

Linking symbolically the new one to the old one.

Now open your browser and surf. Your phone does NOT know you did this and it thinks it still has the old one. If you plug your phone into your computer and check you will see a lot of files with 8 character names. (after having surfed of course)

To your phone it is as though the webviewCache is still in the same spot. In reality it is on your SD Card where you have plenty of room for it.

******Warning*****

After doing this to my phone a few hours I tried dowloading an app from the market and I was getting error messages. So I reset my phone thinking it would fix the problem but when i tried to get pass the google log in screen it said my account didn't have the data plan. I re-flashed using the RC28 update.zip file and got it back up. just my experience
[G1 Android Development] cookzitall:
can some one help..when i run the first line cd /data/data/com.android.browser/cache it said canr cd to thats location....wat is the problem???

i just noticed that the first line only works if u have cache saved already....i cleared mine n thats y it didnt read the whole line lol opps
[G1 Android Development] neoobs:
The last line could essentially save apps on the SD card as well can it not?

BTW apps are saved in several locations, the main apk is in /data/app/ while the data itself is saved in /data/data/ I wonder if you could just link to /data/ as sdcard/data/
[G1 Android Development] haitiankid4lyf:
quick question.. where does the cache go if u remove the sdcard and/or you mount it to a pc?

does it save on the device?

does it just not save?

or does it give you an error?
[G1 Android Development] Stericson:
it just doesn't save, I tried it:)
[G1 Android Development] hbguy:
undo changes??

Happy Thanksgiving everyone,

I was wondering if anyone could write out the code on how we could undo these changes. I'm sure its very similar to what stericson wrote for the market cache but I just wanted to make sure on the details. Thank you! :)

hbguy
[G1 Android Development] budvar:
The undo for this would be:

cd /data/data/com.android.browser/cache
rm webviewCache
mkdir webviewCache
chmod 771 webviewCache
busybox chown app_18 app_18 webviewCache
rm -R /sdcard/webviewCache

To explain:

- change to the correct directory

- remove symbolic link to the sd card

- re-create original directory

- change the access permissions back to defaults

- change ownership back to defaults

- remove cache on the sd card

Few points on this.

I've not actually done this completely, just used my linux knowledge, and tested the chmod/chown steps procedure on my TC5-RC8, but not really sure if it's necessary (there for the sake of accuracy)

Had to use busybox chown as chown not natively found

I'm new to android and have made the assumption everyone's webviewCache is orginally owned by app_18? For all I know, this is randomly generated. I'm sure someone can confirm.

I wouldn't use this method and randomly remove the sdcard...that would be asking for data corruption on the sd card...
[G1 Android Development] hbguy:
thanks budvar!

can someone confirm please?

hbguy
[G1 Android Development] hanumantmk:
webcache owner

Don't think the app owner is always 18. Permissions on my webcache dir are for app_24
[G1 Android Development] Studio1b:
Web on da as would be sweet throw 8gb In and have no worries about on board space or lag time as the unit deletes cache I hope to see this added to the next firmware for users that plan on using a bigger sd card g1 is a great phone :)
[G1 Android Development] hbguy:
so what lines do i change from budvars explanation? also how would I find with app_xx i am suppose to use if his explanation?

hbguy
[G1 Android Development] budvar:
Open the browser, then get a terminal on your phone

type

ps a

(can just use 'ps' but 'ps a' brings back a shorter list)

under the name column look for 'com.android.browser'

on the far left you will see the owner (in my case app_18)

just swap your app_xx in my original example.
[G1 Android Development] haitiankid4lyf:
Would this not also undo actions

Settings->applications->manage applications->browser: clear data
[G1 Android Development] grickson:
There are other ways to move cache to your microSD..

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f7/modified-rc30-the-real-benefits-8090/
[G1 Android Development] budvar:
...which is the same method as described in the 1st post...

But thanks for the other examples.

I feel a script coming on...
[G1 Android Development] ldondysh:
umm...didnt work

so im still new to this android programming thing...

iso i followed the steps on the 1st page and everything worked as it should...i think...

Yet when i browse the market or the web i still use up the phones memory and not the sdcard. Anyone have any ideas as to what i did wrong?
[G1 Android Development] caleb12:
Sure does... I just spent the last 30 minutes figuring that out... It makes sense though, apparently a "Clear Data" from the Manage Applications location will remove everything in the /data/data/com.android.browser/ folder - everything except for lib. However, if you have a symlink in there... like this how-to suggests, that gets removed as well.

On the bright side... once you do this, you shouldnt have to worry about clearing the data cache again... none the less, something to keep in mind...

I found another location for a sym link as well, if you have a huge calendar (mine is 6MB+) create a symlink from

/data/data/com.android.providers.calendar/databases/calendar.db

I dropped mine on the sdcard, I have a folder called sys with all these caches in it. Now calendar storage reads 4kb...
[G1 Android Development] s0niqu3:
Anyone find a way to move the gmail cache to the sdcard?
[G1 Android Development] caleb12:
That one is located here:

/data/data/com.google.android.providers.gmail/databases/mailstore.{your_email_address}.com.db

Also, in case anyone has not figured this one out... You can move all your notifications and ringtones to your sdcard as well. They are located in:

/system/media/audio/

I forgot which app installs a media folder to your sdcard, I think it's ringdroid... either way, it's a symlink to the above location - you can either use that or create your own... All I did was adb pull the folders above, and then push them to my /sdcard/media/audio/.

I think with all the hacks in this post we've cleared up a good 15 to 20 megs from the internal memory. I know my market app was up to 11mb, browser was around 3, and my calendar 6... That's quite a bit of room...

I think we need to sticky this post, and update the first post with all the subsequent locations...
[G1 Android Development] hbguy:
hey guys,

there are a few threads that are similar to this and should be stickied and compiled together for better organization (mods :) please ) one is called cache to sd and another is called market to sd.

on to my question. i'm not sure if you all use the app steel as the browser but i was wondering how we would do a similar cache to sd as we do for the webviewCache for android browser?

hbguy
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] MArtyChubbs:
Do you agree with his retake?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] ram4ufriends:
I do
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] blackhawk:
Auto brightness never worked well on any of my Samsung's, uses excessive battery pi$$es off my retinas, so i always use manual control. It's not just a Pixel thing🤣

Personally I rather see a review where the reviewer finds flaws and pick away at them; it shows candor. The endless mainstream reviews of Samsung flagship duds that give them glowing reviews to boost sales are so old and predictable. Reddit gives better reviews🤣

Updates break things. Upgrades destroy worlds.

Leave it be unless you see them working miracles for other users after a couple months. Trust more what individual users and small fry reviewers say than CNET, Tom's Guide, Phonearena, etc.

Take what you got, optimize it, and find work arounds rather than constantly updating and upgrading it. Every time you update and especially upgrades you change the playing field and you can end up starting the optimization/work around process all over again. Like a reoccurring nightmare. Who wants a phone with an identity crisis that's constantly morphing into variants you have no control over?

I want a fast, stable, reliable platform that fulfills its mission. I have no desire to be an unpaid perpetual bataware tester for something I paid big bucks for!

You may not agree with what I just stated. I don't respond to sales/scare hype. I want to see rubber biting into the bloody asphalt not just a cloud of smoke and noise.

Case in point is this N10+ in my hand still running extremely well on Pie. Current load will be 2 yo this June. It's fast, stable with minimal maintenance and bug free. I spend very little time troubleshooting it now. Security is not an issue.

It does exactly what it should be doing, working.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Shipoftheline:
I'm currently looking for another phone as the signal is so poor on this chipset and Google has locked it down so I can't get 5G or Volte even though my network is supported they won't unlock it
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] sharik2009:
I think he needs to RMA his phone, because I did that as well. Amazing experience after it!!
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] MrBelter:
Interesting, i have a Pixel 6 Pro, my wife has a Pixel 6 and my best mate has a Pixel 6 Pro and apart from the fingerprint sensor being a bit off to start with i cant say we have had any problems since the phone came out.

I've never known adaptive brightness work particulaly well on any phone i have owned to be honest so thats just the norm for me.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Maverick Jester:
I agree with his take.

Auto-brightness has been abysmal on this phone since the beginning. It really shouldn't be, not when they're employing two ambient light sensors. It's especially painful because I use the device in dark environments very often (have a baby, use it to play sleeps sounds to him while he falls asleep) and it never assesses the brightness correctly. The torch thing is also a massive irritation, since it ramps the display brightness up to max in a pitch dark setting, then takes an age to eventually move down to a more acceptable brightness, but not without blinding you first.

I've never had this problem with any Samsung device employing dual ambient brightness sensors; on the contrary, I've always found the brightness settings to be close to perfect on these devices, even the ones where the front sensor shifted under the screen.

Signal is a significant weakness on this phone as well. Whenever I pop to the stores, I regularly find myself without signal when inside the store. I have to literally walk out and walk back in to restore some signal in case I need to call my wife or message her. I can honestly say that weak signal is not the biggest issue to me, it's that is just about disappears in places I have had no issue with other devices. And it's also something that seems to be a problem for me with Pixels, at least on my carrier. This is just the worst I've experienced by a long shot and has me pausing for safety reasons.

The fingerprint reader is not great, but it's much less terrible than it was at the beginning. I've not been as impressed with the cameras as I thought I would

There are still weird bugs (Google Assistant randomly pops up from time to time; changing wallpapers causes the quick settings toggles to disappear until you fully open the notification panel; the April update randomly reset all my custom notification tones; app search sporadically stops working; lift to wake and tap to wake still way too sensitive) and Google has actually regressed in some UX aspects (removing the vibrate icon from the main status bar; the internet tile; the choice of UX around the always on display; etc) compared to even Android 11.

Overall, this is still a great device, and fluidity of the experience is second to none. Too bad about the almost unbearable signal and effectively non-functional auto-brightness.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] hand-filer:
Adaptive brightness is close to perfect on the S22U. It can be implemented successfully with the right hardware.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] MrBelter:
thats why i said on any phone i have owned.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] MArtyChubbs:
The voice to text is strangely broken on this phone. I see many people complain about it specifically on the 6, whereas all previous pixels had excellent voice text accuracy. I still use it primarily for messaging and just accept that people think I'm illiterate.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] somethingsomethingroot:
I'd agreed with the hardware issues. The antenna isn't as good as any of Qualcomm's recent stuff in signal and battery, and the fingerprint reader (which I'd probably rate as "fine" at this point) is still a notable dropoff from the one on the back of the phone.

But there's other complaints from that video that have never been a problem here. Wi-Fi Calling is the one that sticks out that's been great on my device.
[Poco X3 GT (Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G)] okkysadrakh:
at the beginning of using fast charging it worked fine, charging to 100% took 40 minutes, but now it takes all night to charge, has anyone here experienced this? is there a solution? thank you

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[Poco X3 GT (Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G)] blackhawk:
A cable or brick failure (or improper configured AC source). Possible battery failure or C port pcb failure or mobo failure, in that order.

If your SOT times have gradually or suddenly dropped it likely an Li failure.

A battery that's heavily or abused used can fail in 1-2 years.

Any battery swelling is a failure, replace asap!
[Poco X3 GT (Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G)] okkysadrakh:
thanks
[Poco X3 GT (Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G)] blackhawk:
You're welcome, hope this helps.

Welcome to XDA 🤗
[XPERIA X1 General] pluppi:
Hello,

I have a problem with sipchange. I installed it to set the Touchpad as standard keyboard. The install was ok, I can start the prog, but when I reboot my X1, he cannot start SIPCHANGE because of a problem with the security of an certificate. Now I want to uninstall sipchange but it is not in the list where I can uninstall programs. What can I do?

Greetings

Pluppi
[XPERIA X1 General] Bxsteez:
Thats a tough one.... Umm did you try reinstall SIPCHANGE?
[XPERIA X1 General] pluppi:
Hello,

I don´t know how to reinstall
[XPERIA X1 General] Bxsteez:
Just throw the cab back on ur phone and run it from file explorer. Most likely it will say it needs to uninstall the previous version and even it fails to do so it fix what ever caused the problem.
[XPERIA X1 General] pluppi:
If I do that, I get a message that it can not be erased, but I can install it if I want. If I do that and try it a next time, I recieve the same message
[XPERIA X1 General] j-s-w:
Do a hard reset, that will get rid of it.
[Windows 11] jkelana531:
i need tutorial about customize boot.wim file, i wan to change a setup background in windows installer, but i didn't know how to do that....

thank's before...
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] cediedc:
Hi Guys, Is there a way to keep Aero cooler on while charging even if the screen is off?

Thanks in advance guys! :)
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] Andrologic:
Surely possibly but don't think there is a solution for it out there. What you can do is getting a 3rd party cooler like the Blackshark Fun Cooler or similar that runs independently if you really need cooling while charging with the screen off (?). They're cheap...
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] cediedc:
Yep, i have BS Fun Cooler from my old BS 3. I hope Asus added more function to Aerocooler 5 it also lacks DAC on it.. only useful is the added cooler buttons. :(