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[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] Horrible Username:
Still haven't made up my mind yet, but It's looking more likely that I'll get either a 3 or a 4a. The price diff. between refurbed 3 and 3a on Amazon isn't enough to not get the better specced phone. The 4a are quite a bit more $$ here in Canada, but probably are more "future proof" with the 6gb of RAM. I doubt I'd bother with the 5G 4a however
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] V0latyle:
Personally, I'd stay away from the Pixel 3 due to disappointing battery life and overheating issues. The 4a is a bit better. The best value IMO is the 5a. Same SoC as the 4a5g and 5, with a larger screen and battery.

Unless your credit is terrible, you'll likely qualify for the interest free financing. Look for a sale on the 5a when the 6a launches. I picked the 5a up for my wife for $349 when the 6/6Pro launched.
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] Horrible Username:
Probably good advice, but I hate smartphones enough that there's no way I'd pay +$500 CAD just to get a refurb (TBH, for what and how much I use my phone, ~$200/250 is plenty). Plus, I would prefer to keep my screen size under 6"
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] Fostel:
I ordered Pixel 3A yesterday, based on the hype of the great camera and a good screen. Then I found that SO MANY users broke the screens just by a small 1 feet drop.

And yes, they had expensive screen protectors, cases and still, the screen shattered. As could be expected, Google is making the phone purposely weak as screen damage voids their warranty and cost a lot to replace.

Tons of Reddit and Google support posts evidencing this.

Why so many companies are advertising Pixel 3A screen replacement?

It's really simple - supply and demand!

Google is no different from Apple and other brands. They make those phones in China for a few bucks and sell them to you for a few hundred.

I will be returning this one and will look for a proper phone. I have Oneplus One (2014 model), Oneplus X (2015), and Oneplus 5T (2017). All of them were dropped multiple times, from more than one foot, sometimes on concrete.

They are still fully working. OP1 and OP5T just received the Android 12 update. Even the original batteries are still going strong. The Gorilla glass seems to be way better than the one they used on those 3A's.

The 3A is prone to screen crack. It's a weak phone with an inferior glass.

Hard to deny that after spending some time on research.
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] Horrible Username:
More good info. Considering I have a longstanding feud with gravity, maybe a 3a isn't a good choice for me.

Maybe I'll just say screw it and keep my Moto Potato until it complete packs it in
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] cooltime:
I can't vouch for the 3a, but the Pixel 2 is a similar form factor and power. I loved it, though it had overheating issues and some apparent software flaws with LineageOS. I'm here now because after cracking it, I dropped it again and the screen is finally dead. No case.

A year ago when I bought the Pixel 2, it was neck and neck with the 3a. I happened to get a deal on the 2 so that's what I went with. If you want a cheap Android phone it makes sense to get a popular old phone like a Pixel series. The good camera requires Google apps, and on the Pixel 2 it didn't always work. But that was a hacked APK to get night sight.
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] Andy-in-NH:
My Pixel 2 was very expensive (new from Google), and both of them developed bulged batteries, both the original and its warranty replacement. In contrast, my Pixel 3a started out cheaper, and has been trouble free ever since.

About a month ago, I noticed that there was a wide selection of used Pixel 3a's on Ebay for around $55 - $70! I bought several (all from vendor "wise-deals"; no affiliation) for my kids to use as Minecraft tablets, for which they're excellent. No complaints; battery life seems ok, and even the "fair" graded phone looks great. I like the simple clear Spigen Liquid Crystal case, $9 or $10 from Amazon. Currently it looks like the selection of used Pixels is down, but you can still get an unlocked 3a XL for $75 or so. A used Pixel 4a 5G also seems like a good deal at around $175, but of course that's more than twice the price.

The only downside I see to these used 3a's (or the 3a XL) is that Google is stopping all further software updates. They just pushed a June security update to my 3a, and there might be one more coming, but that's it. Definitely nothing past their current Android 12 for these released-in-2019 phones. If you ever want to install non-stock software, be sure to get the "unlocked" 3a 2020G model. It works on any (American) cellular network, and it's easy to unlock its bootloader and install a different Android ROM, just follow the instructions. The Verizon-only G020E model is usually slightly cheaper, but regardless of whether it is SIM locked or unlocked, it has a PERMANENTLY locked bootloader; you can NEVER install your own version of Android on it.
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] paradoxiumwind:
Can you recommend me a replacement for my P3A? the headphone jack is dead and I tried to open it thinking it was like the Nexus5/X but apparently it is glued on.. basically I ruined the entire edge of the phone trying to just replace the jack port. So I think I'll just get a new phone.

I use LineageOS, I'd like to keep using that, pref 64gb minimum 32gb, must have a headphone jack on the top of the phone, and able to load custom roms(lineage etc), kernels, root it, install something like TWRP backup permanently because it's so awkward on this phone I never once made a nandroid backup and I'd like to be able to do that again.

I'll be getting something used on ebay, it doesn't have to be powerful just at least a bit better than the P3a.

Could you ping me with a couple suggestions I can check out please?

Thanks in advance.
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
I run stock Samsung N10+'s. They are Snapdragon's that are notoriously hard to root with no 3.5mm jack. Not a good rooting candidate... but a superb workhorse.

You want expandable storage if possible. The upper midrange Samsung's have both. Like the S10. I'm not well enough versed to give you a good opinion on this.

For your purposes there may be better choices from other manufacturers like LG, HTC, etc.

This is a known good vendor that sells new, factory sealed Google and Samsung's, many were bought up as overstock. A good choice if you want a new unit. WYSIWYG...
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] SalatWitz:
Hey there,

as mentioned in the title my long used Honor 9 started to randomly restart (sometimes multiple times). I can be triggered when opening/closing different apps, browsing through youtube or listening to spotify. Sometimes the phone even restarts after I entered my sim-pin, so I can't use it at all at the moment which is very frustrating. Most of the time, if the phone restarts, it ends up in the eRevovery Mode or the Emergency Backup Mode. There I only have the option to shutdown/restart/backup/reset the phone. I always press restart and with a bit of luck it starts completly normal so I can use it... until it restarts again on its own at some point...

I never had issues with this phone until last week. The last few days those random restarts and boot loops ending in the eRevovery Mode happened very frequently.

Here is some info:

I use this phone since November 2017 with an external 128GB SD-Card

4GB Ram, 64GB internal memory

SD-Card used 100GB/128GB, Internal used 30GB/64GB (so technically there is enough space left)

EMUI 9.1.0.231 (strangely it shows the same version as an "update" sometimes, see picure down below)

In 2019/20 I changed the battery once (old battery was bloated/swallen, no problems occured after the replacement)

My phone is not rooted

... if someone need more informations about my phone: just ask! :)

What I have already tried to fix the problem:

Downloading "the same version update as already installed" (see picture down below)

Deleting unused apps

SD-Card removed

Cleared System Cache

Using "safe mode"

Doing a factory reset

Unfortenately nothing helped.. Someone has an idea whats the problem and how I can fix it?

Thanks in advance!

Attached Picture: Phone Version

View attachment 5580329
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] SalatWitz:
UPDATE:

I think I found the issue. I just saw the reviews of the battery I changed in late 2019 (see: here). Nearly every review is stating that this battery is causing the restart problems. This is a little bit strange because I used this battery for like 2 1/2 years and had no problems until early 2022 when I suddenly experienced the same issues.
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] lordmogul:
Has a new battery solved the issue?

I'm currently having the same issue.
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] podeliputem:
What happened with your phone
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] planetjunkie:
Hey! I am new to XDA so lmk if this was posted in the wrong forum, but does anyone have a link for a Galaxy s8+ (Model: G955F. Country code: XSG)
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] jmpf_bmx:
LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. LineageOS does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.

All the source code for LineageOS is available in the LineageOS Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit out Gerrit Code Review.

#include
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/

SUPPORTED DEVICES

- SONY XPERIA X (suzu)

TODO:

- Nothing

Changelog:

05/04/2022:
- Initial build

07/04/2022:
- Add some missing graphics blobs

13/04/2022:
- Fix fingerprint at all

3rd PARTY ADDONS/MODS

While we have no issues with people using supersu/magisk/xposed/custom kernels/etc, we can't provide support for users who have them installed.

This thread is not the right place to discuss about mods/addons.

HOW TO INSTALL LINEAGEOS

- Boot into TWRP.

- Format Data, Wipe System, Cache, Dalvick Cache

- Flash LineageOS.

- Optional: Install the Google Apps addon package. (see Downloads)

- Reboot

DOWNLOADS

Lineage 18.1 v1: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=14655340768118449381

Lineage 18.1 v2: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=14655340768118450233

LineageOS 18.1 v3: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=14655340768118454166

Official releases: https://download.lineageos.org/suzu

Google Apps: http://opengapps.org/

HOW TO CONTRIBUTE?

Send your patches up for review: https://review.lineageos.org/

SOURCES:

Common tree: https://github.com/sony-msm8956-dev/android_device_sony_loire-common

Device tree: https://github.com/sony-msm8956-dev/android_device_sony_suzu

Kernel source: https://github.com/sony-msm8956-dev/android_kernel_sony_msm8956

Vendor blobs: https://github.com/sony-msm8956-dev/proprietary_vendor_sony

Done by:

- @ud4

- @jmpf_bmx (me)

Thanks to:

- @TeamMex

- Panda

- @Chippa_a

- @tarkzim

SONY MSM8956 TG group:

https://t.me/sonyMSM8956

Donation:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jmpfbmx​
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] jmpf_bmx:
Reserved!
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] 57op:
once again thanks for your work :)

this rom also seems to be working fine, it's just great!

but i'm not able to pass SafetyNet check, there's something missing about the trusted environment (which worked on 17.1).

i'm attaching a screenshot (you can find the app here: https://github.com/vvb2060/KeyAttestation/releases if it's useful)

View attachment 5580895
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] jmpf_bmx:
We will take a look at it asap

Thanks

Regards Jose
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] jmpf_bmx:
New build is up!
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] 57op:
i think there's a problem with fingerprint sensor, or at least with how apps interact with it.

it works perfectly fine for screen unlocking, but some (banking mostly) apps fail to recognize its presence or don't interact with it correctly.

moreover, i was messing around and added another fingerprint in system settings which is now impossible to delete.

i'm attaching some logs if it can be useful:

04-07 22:08:45.403 3023 3023 D android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint@2.1-service.loire: Removing finger 1037772870 for gid 0
04-07 22:08:45.407 12456 12474 D OpenGLRenderer: endAllActiveAnimators on 0x7863ceabc0 (RippleDrawable) with handle 0x7783c42fb0
04-07 22:08:45.416 3023 3023 D FingerprintWorkerThread: moveToState: Setting state to Idle
04-07 22:08:45.416 3023 3023 E android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint@2.1-service.loire: An unknown error returned from fingerprint vendor library: -8
04-07 22:08:45.416 3023 3144 D FingerprintWorkerThread: RunThread: Switched to state Idle
04-07 22:08:45.416 3023 3144 D android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint@2.1-service.loire: IdleAsync
04-07 22:08:45.416 3177 3177 W FingerprintService: startRemove with id = 1037772870 failed, result=1
04-07 22:08:45.416 3177 3177 V BiometricStats: Error latency: -1
04-07 22:08:45.417 3177 3177 W BiometricStats: found a negative latency : -1
04-07 22:08:45.417 3177 3177 V BiometricStats: Error latency: -1
04-07 22:08:45.417 3177 3177 W BiometricStats: found a negative latency : -1
04-07 22:08:45.418 3177 3177 V FingerprintService: Done with client: android.os.BinderProxy@3b94cd0
04-07 22:08:45.418 3177 3177 V FingerprintService: handleError(client=null, error = 6)
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] jmpf_bmx:
Thanks for reporting the issue

We will take a look today/tomorrow.

Thanks

Regards Jose
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] XxAttackerxX:
Nice Rom. It runs smooth. Only Fingerprint has Problems.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] jmpf_bmx:
New build up with fingerprint fixed!!!
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Ski-lleR:
Hi,

First thanks a lot for the roms.

I do have a strange problem, sometimes app become suddently uresponsive, and the only possible thing to do to get them back run is to reboot.

But i if do this, screen goes black like the phone is off, but actually it's not, because if i connect the charger, the charge light doesn't power on.

I have to wait some hour that the phone get the battery empty, after this if i connect the charger power light power on, and i can power on the phone.

I don't have gapps installed, and all of my application come from fdroid (except protonmail which come from protonapps website and signal from signal website), that's the same application list i have installed when on official roms (Maybe ten in total).

Bug appeared first time on Bromite, then Signal, and last time Protonmail.

Last time i tried to wait some hour to see if the bug disapear, and not to be locked multiple hour without phone (time to wait for complete discharge on black screen), but protonmail remained uresponsive.

I don't have log to provide actually, but will try to get one when possible.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] tomy1802:
Oooh, I had that problem happen to me as well. I was gonna reboot the phone into recovery mode (from power menu) and then the screen turned off and the phone stopped responding. I thought it got bricked but after trying every key combination it suddenly powered up again. I don't remember exactly which one got me out of that state but I think it was vol up or vol up + power.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Ski-lleR:
First time it happened i tought i bricked too (seeing the phone not charging at all)

Will try the key combination if that happened again, and give a log if possible.

Edit:

Any problem with microsd formatted as extfat ? I remember i encountered very slow speed on another lineageos of another phone.

Because i saw a long delay for starting download with browser, i thinked it was the allocation of the file that took time.

After this i tried to copy from internal to sd, it was very very slow.

So i decided to test sd throughput, and here the result :

View attachment 5588593

An average of 3 MB/s with a sandisk ultra, who worked far far more fast on official roms.

Edit 2:

So after backing up my sd, i formatted to fat32, and the very slow speed remain the same...well i got 4.59 MB/s, but still very slow when i compare to troughtput i got on pc.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] 57op:
is it just me or proximity sensor doesn't seem to work?

while calling or listening to audio messages, placing the phone near the ear, the screen stays on
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] 57op:
also auto-rotation isn't working
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Ski-lleR:
The lock of app happened again this morning, i was streaming with shadow, i switched to signal, and app lock.

I tried all my apps, signal protonmail and keepassdx was uresponsive and not possible to re-run them until i restart the phone.

The good thing is the trick power + volup force the phone to restart and not stay blocked in a loop until the battery was empty.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] armorgeddon:
Those "locks of app" you're talking about: do you mean that you open an app and the whole screen goes black? If that's the case the issue already exists in LOS 16.0 which I'm currently using and comes from the Sony (graphics?) drivers in that old kernel which I guess is in use in this ROM also (?). In my case I just set the back-button so that when you hold it it will force close the "blacked out" app. You just have to find the back button blindly of course, but that should be no problem. Btw the option to set the hold on back-button to force close is in the developer option. At least LOS 16.0 offers it.

I think I also reduced the issue happening by disabling landscape display rotation. The issue occurs most often when switching directly from an internet browser to another app.

I hope the issue I described is the one you guys were talking about & the kernel is the one I suspected since otherwise my comment is totally superfluous ;-)
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] jmpf_bmx:
Oh

I didn't experienced that problem, do you have any video or something?

So i can try to replicate that and fix it

Thanks
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] jmpf_bmx:
Btw now we are into OFFICIAL Lineage, I would recommend you to clean flash OFFICIAL version!!
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] adi_adi:
This rom definitely deserves to be called official. It's even smoother than LineageOS 16.1 by Chippa_a. Thank you for your hard work. One question.

Is this

suzu

is your build too?
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] jmpf_bmx:
Hi

Those aren't my builds.

Thanks

Regards Jose
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] adi_adi:
Rom is super stable also it's based on 3.10 kernel unlike LineageOS 19.1 wchich is based on 4.9. For Xperia X 3.10 kernel is best option in my opinion (im not a developer just testing roms) this version provides best performance and battery life also I don't notice any bugs. What suprised me is that official build eliminates device heating up. It's get a little warm but is nothing in comparison to Lineage 16.1, 19.1 or especialy stock oreo 8.1. Also I never can get GPS working witht microG now it's fully working. I'm still testing but i'm really happy with this rom it's give my old X a new life.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Ski-lleR:
I remarked the problem no more occur since few weeks, and the only change ive made is uninstalling magisk.

I tried to reinstall it for using drivedroid, and protonmail won't launch anymore.

Thats a really strange behavior, well i get ride of magisk so no more app lock.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] alfacrux:
Sometimes the Calendar could be very slow to the level "not responding" when you create a new event to the local calendar and then start to edit it. If you are very patient, then you can finish the event creation although it asks several times if you want to close it or keep running....

Thank you for supporting SUZU! :)
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] seumina:
Battery performance is good. No battery leak. Two times bootloop occurred. In the first, when changing the wallpaper, and in the second, when the phone is charging.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] h___m:
Is there any reason that this image is anymore official?
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] alfacrux:
In principle it is still official :D It just "drifted" out of downloadable images as it is not updated any more... If needed, you can probably find it in some web archive or some user has a copy and can share it...
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] h___m:
I found the official in the webarchive. So I will use this.

Is the file from this thread the same? Only for interest ;-)
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] qfox9:
I was searching all over the internet and cannot find the latest signed nightly build.

There is lineageroms.com/suzu, but the download is broken and there is a ftp site rpmfusion.ip-connect.vn.ua, which removed the files, only mmnt.ru remebered the ftp paths.

Again, no contact info on either site.

Could you provide a link to the latest signed nightly build?

BTW LOS 18.1 is the best for suzu. Currently using unofficial version.
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] h___m:
web.archive.org has this build:

LineageOS Downloads

web.archive.org

Give it time to load ;-)
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] qfox9:
Thank you very much!
[Sony Xperia X ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] batu2k:
Wow, really? But there is no info about this ROM in LineageOS Wiki :/

Am i wrong?