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[Off-topic] missbizzylizzy:
My signature says it all! LOL

I thought I'd add my two cents, being a noob and all.:D

Let me just say that I LOVE XDA forums and if it weren't for the boards here, I would have sold my phone ages ago, mainly because the shipped ROMs stink!

I have never, ever asked a question for two reasons:

I am very stubborn and like to figure things out for myself (via using the device or googling).

I was terrified :eek: of the barrage of downright nasty replies I saw some of the noobs get. I am a fairly intelligent person and hate being patronized and made to feel stupid. (Take note of my signature.) I've seen posts where a noob was very nicely asking for help, clearly stating the problem and also saying that they had searched and searched and searched for the answer prior to asking. And still they were treated like garbage. I think that is really unfair and it is does come from a snobbish attitude from some,

not all

, of the senior members.

Having said that, I have to agree somewhat with the rant. Even as a noob I get annoyed with a few of the posts where it was blatantly obvious that someone didn't bother to search, let alone look at the topic list. I actually read one post today where someone asked what these forums were about and what type of website it was. Things that make you go hmmmm......:confused: LOLOL There are people that make you stop and wonder how on earth they manage to get dressed in the morning or even cross the street. LMAO

Just thought it you might be interested in hearing from a noob who actually does read and google. LOL
[Off-topic] Kraize:
I, always welcome questions that haven't been answered before or are somewhat long in researching and finding, but like most, I don't appreciate people asking stuff like "where is the /Windows folder?" or "How do I flash a rom" etc. That is annoying. I mean how can people be so lazy? I mean some even post that in the same thread that it's about! and the first post has the answer to their question! I mean seriously. What is wrong with people these days.
[Off-topic] missbizzylizzy:
Soooo true! I know what you mean. I have read a number of threads where halfway through it (four or five pages in), someone jumps in with a question about what was answered in the first post. Where do I download the cab file, ROM, etc., DUH! It's in the first post and yes, I completely understand a lack of patience for those kind of questions.

I do have one question though and was really hoping one of the senior members on this thread could help me out with it. Ummmm.....How do I turn on my phone????? ROFLMAO:D:D
[Off-topic] tristanj:
If there's a phone manual included in the phone package for people who aren't phone savvy, they would refer to it for some help. But other questions that are not answered in their phone manual will be asked elsewhere, in this forum for instance. So stay cool, not that they ask questions to pros for help, they really wanted to learn on how to use their phone in some ways.
[Off-topic] Section9:
I was a noob before.

Though I am good with customization from XP days to present Vista, but when it comes to PDAs, they are not really the same creature under the skin I would say.

I have a Touch Dual aka niki100, running 1.65 Radio, can anyone tell me how do I super-cid it so that I can Hard SPL and flash a new ROM on it?

I have read the tons of thread in Niki upgrading section. There are threads that have instructions, but for older version.

There are new unlocking tools for newer version, but it is not clear if they work in the same way as the old ones do.

I believe there are more than one unlocker out there for niki100 and each has got different results.

Imagine the present me digesting all those information over a year ago when I first got my phone. I would have been overwhelmed.

The transition from Desktop to WinMo is not easy. Instead of .msi or setup.exe, you now have cabs, memory and battery limitations.

Not everyone is fortunate enough to play around with WinMo OS before buying one.

I did my research, but I can only see the reviews and pictures of it. Can I physically access the OS and know if I made the correct choice?

There's no way to tell until I open up the package.

I am sure lotsa people had this same experience. And worse, some are even less IT savvy.

Forums to them might be a new experience and the functions of the board might not be immediately known to them until they explore later on.

It's a an infant, taking his/her first steps. Humans never ran before they have mastered the technique of walking.

This holds true too: Noobs we once were, wiser we are now (pun intended; mimicking Yoda's style of speech).

Yes, questions that keep appearing are hard to handle for people with shorter fuse. So, may I suggest that the boards actually pin the first post to every page of thread. So that the instructions from the developer/author is always visible.

I know some forums have this format. So this is my humble suggestion.
[Off-topic] sheennick123456:
i think you should post it in niki s respective thread

you will get a better response

cause they must be the 1s who have used those tools

so better chance of getting proper answer
[Off-topic] kyphur:
Just in case someone hasn't noticed it, anyone who doesn't understand WHAT XDA-Developers.com is about please read this post.

I wrote that in response to a "Rant" post on the other side of this issue.

To be honest I'm suprised that I've found it referenced in so many signatures around the forums.

To summarize, there is a price to pay for anything. The price for getting the XDA experience from your Stock WM Device is reading, sometimes until your eyeballs dry-up and fall out!

I was a nooB once and felt the growing pains.

I've cooked Roms for 4 different devices, extracted components, published cab files developed software & provided general NooB assistance and for a while now provided Moderations Slavery Services here.

None of this happened overnight.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. READ MY POST!!!!
[Off-topic] Mr_Alexander:
God Bless you! I was a complete noob when I joined this site! I can't tell you how much I've learned since I began working on my Titan & now my Touch Pro. Now I'm just begining to work on doing a little developing of my own. Just need a little more "education."

Now I'm not new to technology...I work on laptops and computers all the time. I just did what most here are ranting about: I SEARCHED before I posted anything. Sometimes until the wee hours of the morning.

I got both my girlfriend & myself Touch Pro's. She has almost NO IDEA what to do with it. And I'm having a blast just seeing her discover the things that I learned. Of course it helps that I love her & we both have everyone here to rely on.
[POCO M4 Pro 5G, Redmi Note 11S (Opal), 11T (India)] Mobile Nerd:
✅ Comparison: Xiaomi Poco F4 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 11T Pro

🆚 Comparisons always make things easier and make tough decisions happy. Today, we want to compare the Poco F4 from Xiaomi and the Redmi note 11t pro.

We all know Xiaomi for its affordable phones. Mid-range phones that satisfy most users with satisfactory technical specifications.

So, let's see!

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Comparison: Xiaomi Poco F4 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 11T Pro | Mobile Nerd

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🆚 Poco F4 5G

The front panel of the Poco F4 5G uses a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels and a density of 395ppi.

A single aperture is located on the screen of the Xiaomi Poco F4 5G, which hosts a 20MP selfie camera. On the back cover of the poco F4 5g, there are three camera lenses with a 64 + 8 + 2 MP resolution.

The data processing of this phone is the 4nm Snapdragon 870 5G with Adreno 650 which has an Octa-Core CPU processor.

The xiaomi Poco F4 5G chipset is accompanied by 6, 8 & 12 GB of RAM and is equipped with 128 & 256 GB of internal memory. This high-powered phone is powered by a 4500mAh battery that supports fast 67W fast charging.

🆚 Redmi Note 11T Pro

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 11T Pro has equipped with a 6.6-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080 x 2460 and a pixel density of 407ppi.

The screen has an aperture at the top middle that hosts a 16MP selfie camera.

Data processing on the Redmi Note 11T Pro is handled by the 5nm MediaTek Dimensity 8100 chipset.

The smartphone also uses an Octa-core CPU with a frequency of 2.85GHz and Mali-G10 MC6 GPU processor.

In terms of memory, it uses 6 & 8 GB of RAM and 128 & 256 GB of internal memory.

The back cover of the xiaomi redmi note 11t pro is equipped with a 64 + 8 + 2 MP camera for shooting.

The redmi note 11t Pro comes with Mali-G10 MC6 and also has a 5080mAh battery with support for 67W fast charge and a fingerprint sensor on side-mounted.
[POCO M4 Pro 5G, Redmi Note 11S (Opal), 11T (India)] JohnGReco:
don't buy Evergo (M4 Pro)

it has heating issues! when driving on Google Maps... the temperature goes up to 45c and the GPS turns off...

Xiaomi devices are really bad.
[POCO M4 Pro 5G, Redmi Note 11S (Opal), 11T (India)] Spillunke:
"Redmi Note 11T Pro"
[Android Auto General] marcjero:
Hi,

I'm disappointed with AA. I think there is some space for an open source alternative to this system which is so closed.

Moreover the end of life of the standalone version makes me feel that Google doesn't care much about their customer experience.

I tried the Google Assistant driving mode and it's... a disaster for now.

I think it would be easy to create a great AA like launcher. But to make it succesfull there must be a community and an ecosystem around that. Apps are important even in automotive context.

Typically Waze is a key app that many drivers want.

At this time I'm wondering what is the best approach to start this kind of project. I see few show stoppers and I'm interested to get some thought from you about that.

1/ Head unit integration : long time ago I worked on the reverse engineering of the AA protocol. I discovered that the protocol is using SSL certificates. Head units holds a public key and mobile use a private key provided by Google Play Services. The problem is that these certificates have very short lifetime (about 6 months) and if I remember fine the root cerificate will expire in 2030 or something. I don't think that head unit s check the expiration date anyway (because many of them don't have system time). But for sure you need a Google private key in order to initiate communication with a head unit. The key could be captured decompiling code few years ago, don't know if it's still as simple as that.

If head unit really don't check the expiration date then it could be possible to replace the whole AA stack with an independent one.

But even if this work I'm not sure it's possible to disable the native AA protocol and take control of the USB port without rooting.

2/ Apps integration. There are 2 categories of Automotive apps : media apps and navigation apps. I think there are also a category for messaging apps.

Navigations apps are apps that provides an automotive friendly display. Waze does this for example.

Media apps are easy to integrate becaase they rely on the legacy mediabrowser APIs.

Integrating the navigation apps is tough. Because these apps are exposing a special AA service that only privileged apps can invoke (by default).

However apps dev can also allow a third party app to connect their dispkay service. This won't ever happen except if the car launcher become mainstream.

Good point is that would not require any change in implementations : it's just an access right problem.

I have seen a lot of car launchers in Play store. They all display the apps on native mode which is not what you want while driving.

Any comments to this ?
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
I would also like to see an alternative way...but unfortunately I did not find anything yet.

I'm also not happy with everything on Android Auto.

For example:

- I have apps (e.g. navigation) that are not compatible with Android Auto

- I can't accept Whatsapp calls on Android Auto

- The navgation of media apps is not the best way (if you want to change the playlists, there are way too many inputs necessary)

- I can't turn off Google Maps (GPS) to preserve battery and reduce heat on the phone

- I need internet (I live in a rural area...therefore sometimes I don't have internet and then in a lot of times, Android Auto just crashes...)

- I don't like Google's update policy (it's just good luck if a new version of Android Auto works stable). I want to have a working version and leave it on the phone.
[Android Auto General] RKCRLR:
From a user standpoint I definately would like to see an AA alternative. I don't need to watch videos or anything like that but there are a few necessary apps for me that AA doesn't allow.
[Android Auto General] CaioTheBrain:
You can achieve that by disabling Android Auto automatic updates on Play Store app.
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
No, unfortunately not. Every Google app has an expiration date, also Android Auto. This expiration date then forces you to update your app. Otherwise it will not start.
[Android Auto General] RKCRLR:
There are a few Android dongles that trick the car's headunit into thinking it is connected via Android Auto. However, most of the devices are CarPlay AI units that trick the headunit into thinking is is connected to a CarPlay device and then display the Android system through the headunit. But they are all buggy.

Perhaps something can be learned from how they do that. An app that mimics Android Auto but allows full user control would be great.
[Android Auto General] drnightshadow:
Did someone tried sreen2auto? Its mirroring your phone to your android auto. Search it on XDA forum.
[Android Auto General] RKCRLR:
I used to use Screen2Auto but it required too much upkeep every time Google made changes to Android Auto. The last time it broke I couldn't get it working again.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Original Android Development] tM&M:
RESERVED FOR microSDXC user reports.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Original Android Development] Erickgames_HD:
I already have LOS 17.1 on my gt-i9192, is there any video tutorial to help out in the SDCARD mod process?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Original Android Development] tM&M:
Not really. Are you familiar with Linux and formatting hard drives? If you are, it's mostly install the software and run the commands. You need to know how to find the sdcard device node in /dev (if it's sdX or mmcblk0/1, depending on the PC).

I can help you out or post a preformatted MBR file so you can just write it to the SDCard.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Original Android Development] ivorget:
As my 18.1 phone has eaten it's eMMC, I think I'll do this on my next one. Have you used this with Magisk?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Original Android Development] tM&M:
I definitely recommend doing this then, as I had my eMMC also down to something like 2MiB/s sequential writes before it died - after a few months - and killed the phone completely.

I have never used Magisk nor really understand it's purpose. What would you want to accomplish?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Original Android Development] lupin 3rd:
so it's possible format microSD as EXT4?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Original Android Development] tM&M:
Yes, it is but you would need to change the above FSTAB file entry for 'mmcblk1p1' from F2FS to:

/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.3/mmcblk1p1 /data noatime,nosuid,nodev,auto_da_alloc

I would advise you to not use EXT4 as that is usually more suited to flash with advanced FTL and even TRIM support.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Original Android Development] ivorget:
Sorry, just saw this now. Yeah I went and ahead and did on 18.1 and it's working great so thanks for making this guide. I guess it's not really necessary as it hasn't caused you issues but I also fixed the relevant userdata partition line in /vendor/etc/selinux/vendor_file_contexts.

A GPT partition table also works fine now, maybe was just lucky as I saw afterwards that was a recent fix lifted into our kernel. Using gparted and mkfs.f2fs from a recent linux system doesn't seem to have caused any issues either.

I'm using a V10 speed card which I think is about the speed of the original eMMC so should probably be the suggested minimum.

Magisk I use for root, mainly for a Tasker setup to tweak charging to extend battery life. I'll tidy it up enough to share at some stage.

Anyway I took a chance and Magisk does work on this setup too.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Original Android Development] tM&M:
If you can share the context file that would be great. I was having some issues with contexts but this was not MOD related - happened wit the stock ROM - and had to manually fix contexts on TWRP. So maybe that was the issue.

Do please post what card you are using and if you experience performance degradation after a couple of weeks. SanDisk cards are notorious for only running well the first couple of days as they don't have background GC and maybe are not suited to F2FS/EXT4 at all.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Original Android Development] ivorget:
OK I've attached the file - remove the .txt extension. Search for mmcblk1p1 to see the changes - one line referencing mmcblk1p1 commented out and another line where the data partition is changed to that.

(Full disclosure: I'm using partition 4 so I didn't need to comment out the mmcblk1p1 partition line in my setup.)

Reminder that the file is for 18.1 (unless you find that it's the same for 17.1). And to be clear for anyone else reading the full path it goes under is:

/system/vendor/etc/selinux/

My SD card is a Kingston Canvas Select Plus. The package indicates Class 10 U1 so maybe better to say that as the V10 only appears on the card label.

I am a little concerned that the default android 3-day trim seems to be taking longer but I'll keep an eye on it:

$ logcat | grep -E 'trim |Trimmed'
02-04 06:50:34.969 191 9173 D vold : Starting trim of /data
02-04 06:51:09.778 191 9173 I vold : Trimmed 397697024 bytes on /data in 34799ms
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlr24:
Hi,

I am here to ask you for help with my TWP3...

My story is below:

I am (was) a user of TWP3. Unfortunately, few days ago I had it on swimming pool. After 5mins in the water the watch turned off and then it get into endless boot loop - watch turned on in the recovery mode, and after 3 seconds turned off (please see attached movie). When the battery died, I tried to dry the watch. I unscrewed it, removed the cover (did not see any water marks inside) and left it in the sun for a day. After that I tried to charge it - it started to charge, but (again) it turned on in the recovery mode (boot loop again). I tried to turned it on by pressing the power button for a long time, and after third reboot it turned ON! All the functions seem to work fine., but I have a problem with the low button (multifunctional button). It does not work. It seems like the button is stuck (still turned on). It is interesting because when I push the button it "clicks" , so probably mechanically it is ok, but the water did some bad job... Every time I turned the watch off and ON it starts in the recovery mode and I have to press the power button for a long time to turn it on.

Here is my question to you: Is it possible to disable this button somehow in the software??? Using the developer options? Or doing something in the hardware???

I'd appreciate any help!

aaaaa - my guarantee period is over and mobvoi just told me to buy new watch (really great advice...).

kind regards,

Mlr
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aleorhon:
I just had the same problem after swimming. Did you find a solution?
[Touch HD General] jetjockgordo:
The HD is great! I am at a loss for one thing: How to change a sound profile.

I have used PhoneAlarm in the past and tried installing it but since it runs from the WM Today screen, it is pretty much useless with the TouchFlo interface.

Has anyone found an app that would work to create say, Meeting, Loud, Night profiles like PhoneAlarm can?

BTW, the Gsen app works fantastic for rotating the screen!

You should also try the new SPB 4.0 Keyboard, it is just like the iPhone keyboard with the letters visible above your fingers. Increases accuracy and you can choose from three different sizes. Very nice!

Thanks,

Gordo
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
If you plan to use SPB mobile shell, it has this facility.

Otherwise, you could also try SPB Phone Suite.
[Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G (peux)/POCO X4 Pro 5G (veux)] balasuganth:
When showing black background, AMOLED displays will turn off its pixels. But I noticed grey shades on my Redmi note 11 Pro+ 5G, when using a completely black image in display. The grey shades are highly visible when the brightness is adjusted between 10% to 40%.

Initially thought it was an hardware issue so replaced the device, but found the same issue in the new device as well. Googled and found many people having the same issue with both the Redmi note 11 Pro+5G and Poco X4 Pro 5G.

I came across a comment in YouTube about an app that solves this issue (of course temporarily). I tried and it worked surprisingly.

The app called Oreo Colorizer, forces the display to shift its color space to DCI-P3 instead of the default sRGB according to the below XDA thread.

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-official-v1-1-oreo-colorizer.3695676/

So it seems the issue is software related. NOT HARDWARE. Hope Xiaomi solves this by updates in future.

Download Oreo Colorizer

Related threads:

https://xdaforums.com/t/redmi-note-11-pro-plus-amoled-display-problem.4455969/

https://xdaforums.com/t/poco-x4-pro...me-bright-spots-on-dark-black-images.4417039/
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] Calanderia:
Hello, i broke my P20 Pro display, now everything is black. Tried to output on monitor with an Dell docking station and screen is dark grey. I tried with a P30 Pro of a friend and it is also grey until i confirm on the screen, but only if the phone is unlocked. On my phone i do not think that the fingerprint scanner works anymore (no physical damage).

Can someone try with a type-c to hdmi cable if it outputs on monitor without confirmation?

I have the latest firmware and ADB debugging disabled (i forgot to enable it when i could still see something on display, now is all black)

Previously i had another P20 Pro that i broke the screen but on that firmware i got to the PIn lockscreen

Thank YOU!
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] Calanderia:
Solved, no confirmation on P20 Pro, just blind pin entry
[Realme 5 Questions & Answers] kazimohon:
Few Month Ago Realme updated 5i

Software version : RMX2030 C.79

Nowadays i see more than 500 video & Tutorial I Cannot Get Proper Tutorial & Custom Recovery image.

I have already bricked My phone.

Request please give me Twrp for C.79

With proper tutorial illustration.

Thanks XDA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] k24a1:
Reserved, just in case. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] maxpaynezm:
No need this,with latest firmware,we have all bootloader v4 ,can't downgrade anymore
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] k24a1:
Well that was fast. I guess if you're lucky enough to have BL 2 then this will still work for you.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] umminkug:
How can you check your boot loader version?

I have a note20 ultra U1 unlocked One UI 4.1 Android 12.

Can I downgrade so I can root?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] k24a1:
Normally you would want to check your firmware version and it should indicate somewhere with a "2" which means you can go back to 11. Honestly I'm not too sure as I'm switching back to iOS soon... which I know will set off some fuses.... lol
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] Bio221:
So I recently updated to Android 12, which I regret. I've spent the past 2 days trying to revert back to 11 but I either end up getting stuck in a boot loop, the device gets started as 12, or in CMD while attempting to use the adb fileload I get an error saying "failed to read command no error"

I am 99% certain I am using the correct image for flashing. It says android 11 on the site however when I attempted to install using the Rescue and Smart Assistant, my phone started in Android 12, despite the image saying 11. Any assistance would be great, as I really do not want to be stuck with Android 12