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[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] adfree:
Bump...

Me again.

Is somebody able to identify what Samsung repair?

Is it Board replacement... then IMHO other Serial Number...

Or Battery replacement?

Or Dancing in the Mooshine?

Or Dancing drunken and naked?

Thanx in advance.

Best Regards

Sidenote...

Samsung released Kernel Source...

Samsung Open Source

opensource.samsung.com

So in theory it could be possible to identfy the root issue... of battery management...
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] Dante63:
I was told they're replacing motherboard, and not battery unit... but from my observation about the update, it drains the entire battery that the watch can no longer power up and charge (since 0% isn't really 0, some battery should be left on the device to power up and start charging) ~ this is what I have encountered but dodged it, my watch wouldn't charge when it died and somehow I managed to charge it, I managed to boot it up and place it on charger, I guess I was lucky that the watch had still some juice to power up...

The motherboard replacement i heard from the Telegram group or a DM on Telegram, not sure where exactly...
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] HyperChick:
I have a GW4 that's been prompting me to update for 2 weeks and my S22 Ultra is now prompting me to update my Wearable app too in addition to my watch. I haven't done either as I'm too afraid to brick my watch.

My watch specs are:

model SM-R880 Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

serial RFAT4331LZY

One UI 4.5

System version 11

Google Play 22.44.17

software version R880XXU1GV13

wear core svcs 1.3.0.455404579

Security Patch August 1

Wear OS 3.5

Security version ASKS v4.0 Release 20220314

Am I safe to update my GW or not? and can I update my Wearable app on my phone? I've only had my watch since May. The only service centers near me are Best Buy (maybe) and U Break It. I don't want to have to send in my watch and I'm not going to upgrade because I'm still paying on this one and I'm out of work and can't afford to. Thanks everyone.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] Dante63:
I could suggest one brilliant idea,go to a samsung service center or shop, show them there is an update, and update it in front of them after discussing what would they do if update kills the watch...

Hopefully under their own eyes, anything goes wrong, they'd replace it for you...

And I suggest everyone to do the same, because the only thing I could think of why samsung rejecting the watch is because they're not sure if the dead watch was due to abuse or update, but updating if front of them should clear that doubt and tie their hands forcing them to replace the watch...

But remember, talk with them before starting the update...
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] HyperChick:
Not a bad idea....
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] rmiles7721:
I was not currently using the mod. Had recently upgraded to the Pixel 7 Pro and had reset the watch a couple of weeks ago so everything was stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] adfree:
This I learned last few days about dead SM-R870 died by GVI3 Firmware:

https://xdaforums.com/t/firmware-an...-csc-change-and.4323469/page-30#post-87807547

In German Forum I saw some comment... that spare parts maybe not more available...

So unrepaired back to customer...

Only as info.

According to this Adventure... it seems Samsung Bootloader sboot.bin is erased...

So no matter of battery...

Need to be confirmed...

For now only theory...

Best Regards

Edit 1.

Found few hints in German...

https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/wearables/watch-4-update-gvk4/td-p/6411203/page/2

Seems Board replaced...
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] Pascal536:
SM-R875F or LTE Watch 4 GVK6 firmware is out
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] HyperChick:
Well, I went to 2 Samsung Service Centers.

1st one was Best Buy. Talked to a Samsung rep. He told me that they don't flash software. I'm thinking HUH? What service center doesn't flash software. He sent me to U Break next door.

I went to U Break which is also a Samsung Service Center. That guy had no idea what I was talking about. He said he had never flashed a watch before and knew nothing about the software issue with the GW 4. So, I'm back where I started.

I have completely lost all faith in Samsung after this weekend. 1st with my watch issue, then with Samsung themselves. My old HP laptop went out and I'm in desperate need of a new one. I've had a Samsung finance account since the beginning of this year. Samsung had a deal on the Pro 2 360 which I originally wanted but wasn't out at the time. Over the weekend, they were giving a $500 rebate on the 15" 1TB.

For whatever reason, my Samsung account was marked that I was denied Samsung Financing so my order would not go through. I didn't find out the reason until this morning. However, the special promotion is over. My account is still not fixed, I've spent 6 hours on the phone with Samsung and they won't honor the price since it's clearly their mistake, and I'm still without a laptop.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] shank1524:
I had the same fear as you, whenever I connected either my watch or phone to WiFi, it started updating itself so what I did was, I disabled the update modules completely, it has stopped prompting me for updates now, there are 2 of them
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] Lord KiRon:
Same issue here WG4 Classic (US version, WiFi only) died completely after Samsung FW update.

Samsung took it to service for free, however they say they waiting to get motherboard for replacement, so I waiting 2 weeks now.

Not sure if MB replacement really needed , maybe just because I am in MEAI area and it's US version of watch.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] Nockmaar:
I've got mine back from repair center (through Amazon, not Samsung) and it took two months, one and a half just for the mobo to get shipped. I guess there's some kind of shortage, since so many GW4 got bricked after the update.

Anyway now it prompts me to install GVK4 again, but I guess I'll pass even if the motherboard factory date is slight newer than the dead one ( August VS September 2021), so maybe is not affected...

Edit: mine is a GW4 Classic, EU version.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Paul_Deemer:
Galaxy S22 Gets a One UI 5 Launch Date That's Super Soon

Samsung announced this week that One UI 5 and Android 13 will begin rolling out to the Galaxy S22 series at the end of this month. They revealed the rollout timeline during the keynote of the Samsung Developer Conference as they highlighted the updated experience users will see. Following that...

www.droid-life.com
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Nmc_alves®:
And you opens a tread for this????????....

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[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] tim84us:
unfortunately sammy got to the point where they dont bother to innovate anymore - both on hardware and software level

this one ui 5 is more like one ui 2.5

i get the - if its not broken dont change it - but surely they could put some thoughts into this software - is F samsung after all - they have billions - give users something new - not just some old plain thing

christ - even apple have now more refreshed UI
[General Topics] PaschingC:
hi all,

i whant to know how i can disable the message bubbles in WM5?

i mean the bubbles at the top, GPRS connection, the try to connect ...

i hope somebody know what i mean ;o)

Thanks for requests

Chris
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] blckbear:
Hi, I've noticed that when recording voice notes on instant messaging apps such as WhatsApp or Telegram, the microphone being used for that is the one on the top (near the selfie cameras) instead of the one on the bottom (next to the USB port) and it records in such a bad quality. This issue extends to all apps, including Google voice search and Google assistant.

I've used this app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.greh.mictest) to test the microphone and it only works with the bottom microphone only if you set it to MIC and Stereo, every other setting just uses the top microphone. Also, recording video with the stock camera (using audio zoom or not) records audio with just the top mic too.

If anyone could test their device (either on stock or custom ROM, it doesn't matter as they both use the same mixer path and audio platform info) and answer the poll either with a yes or a no I would be very grateful.

I've factory reset the phone, checked apps that may be conflicting, etc and it's driving me nuts. Motorola support is just suggesting me to replace the phone, but I'm pretty sure this is a software issue.

I'm on the latest stock update if that matters.

EDIT: After more testing on camcorder, stereo recording works fine, but when choosing mono recording, it records sound with the top mic. This done with OpenCamera. Choosing different input options from open camera shows that when you select "Default input" in mono mode, it defaults to the top mic instead of the bottom one.
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] KnightTheWayne:
I am on lineage os 18.1 currently and honestly had no answer for the poor audio quality of my VNs in IM apps... I even developed a practice of asking about my voice clarity during phone calls. Now I understand...

I am going to upgrade to 19.1. If I find a fix or workaround, I will report back here.
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] KnightTheWayne:
I was just doing a little research. Maybe someone can compile an apk or a flashable zip to iron out this bug if Motorola doesn't step on it...

It appears that the "android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" for IM apps is linked to "MediaRecorder.AudioSource.CAMCORDER" when it should be linked to "MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC" or vice-versa.
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] blckbear:
Nice find, I was taking a look at the stock mixer_paths.xml and the build.prop file under system_ext and found two things, for mono recordings, the mixer_paths.xml redirects all voice recording requests to the "speaker mic" which is set to record from microphone 2 (the top microphone from my testing) and the build.prop file has noise cancelling disabled for speaker and voice recording, if noise cancelling was active, the phone would use the main mic and use the top one for noise cancelling.

I will report this again to Motorola (the first time they just told me to get the phone RMA'd lmao, now I have mor people to back up my claims).
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] blckbear:
Hey, here are the things I think should be changed for the issue to be resolved (either try one or the other, not the two at the same time so we can see which one of these fixes the issue, if they do at all):

1) In the file '/system_ext/etc/build.prop':

In lines 37 and 38 we can see that noise cancelling is disabled for voice recording and speaker mode, which means that instead of using the bottom mic and the top mic as the noise mic, it's just using one mic, and it's using the wrong one (the top one), this values should be set to true.

2) In the file '/vendor/etc/mixer_paths.xml':

At lines 2177 through 2187 we can see each mic, 'mic1', 'mic2' and 'mic3' being set to 'amic1', 'amic3' and 'amic4' respectively. 'mic1' is the bottom mic, 'mic2' is the top mic and 'mic3' is the audio zoom mic.

Then, at line 2234 we can see that 'speaker-mic' is being set to 'amic3' ('mic2' according to the previous setting) which makes no sense as 'amic3' is the top mic, this should be set to 'amic3'.

I can't try this because my phone is still locked, but if you're rooted you could try this and see if they do work.
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] Demax55:
On any custom ROM I have noise cancelling issues: my caller always hears their own voice when I'm in speaker mode.

So I tried to apply the changes you mentioned on LineageOS 19.1:

1) Cannot be done because lines 37-38 are missing

2) I did it by setting amic1 and then amic4, with a restart each time. But it looks like I broke my phone by doing this, as now calling apps just crash or stop working properly. Do I have to do anything else besides just modifying and restarting the phone? Even after setting it back to amic3, calling apps still crashed.

Edit: I had to update LineageOS to finally fix the problems.

In any case, can you share your stock build.prop and mixer_paths?
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] blckbear:
the mixer paths file is the same on stock and custom roms, the build prop is auto generated so they're different, it wouldn't be a good idea to use the stock build prop in lineage. It's a pitty that the changes made stuff worse. the only thing that comes to mind is to check under /vendor/etc and system/etc for the other build prop files and see which ones have the settings for noise cancelling. I'll extract them from lineage and see if there's anything I can suggest. Thanks for testing tho
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] blckbear:
For the issue you say, you may be able to fix it by changing some stuff inside /vendor/build.prop

In line 134 change "persist.vendor.audio.voicecall.speaker.stereo" from true to false. If this doesn't fix your issue when calling using speaker mode then I'm out of ideas sadly.
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] Moto-J:
Hi @blckbear ;

Could you share the exact lines (the content) in /vendor/etc/mixer_paths.xml and /system_ext/etc/build.prop which should be tested? I am on LOS20 and could do the check for you by pulling/pushing the files and changing the lines you are talking about, though on LOS20 it is definitely not /system_ext/etc/build.prop ;-)
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] Demax55:
Thanks for the help, but unluckily changing line 134 from true to false did not fix the issue...
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] Moto-J:
Using LOS20 build and changed the lines as you mentioned:

In /system/build.prop:

persist.vendor.audio.voicecall.speaker.stereo=false

In /system/vendor/etc/mxer_paths.xml line 3018:

<path name="amic1" />

The complete part:

<path name="speaker-mic">
<path name="amic1" />
</path>

Testing the coming days, will let you know the results.
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] Moto-J:
Unfortunately people on the phone are complaining about echo every time when on loudspeaker.

So, back to default settings.. ;-)
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] StefTT:
Good day I have motorola G100 I'm running stock firmware 12update and I'm having an issue....my mic works I've ran test to insure it does,but when I'm calling or receiving calls from phone app only no one is hearing me I have to use the speaker, using any other social media apps to call it's fine they hear me fine it's only on the phone call app, I've used other call apps it seems to be an issue with call apps only! Has anyone else been experiencing this I would like some help 🙏🆘 please
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] Xazu:
Hi, sorry to necropost an old thread, but did you somehow found a way to solve the issue? Sadly changing mxer_paths.xml doesn't work for me neither
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] Moto-J:
Hi Xazu,

I am using latest LOS version and didn't face any issues anymore. So no changes for me, just default settings. Can be that not the right microphone is used, did not check,though when I call people they here me loud and clear, what is the most important for me.

So sorry, can't help you out.
[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] Xazu:
Thanks for your answer :). The main issues for me are recording with apps and using loudspeaker when calling people, in those moments the main and only mic used is the top one, so audio quality and volume are deeply impacted. If I ever find a way to solve the issue I will post here :).

Edit: anyway, I didn't solve the issue, but setting setprop persist.vendor.audio.fluence.speaker false with a terminal on the phone (or launching adb shell on pc) improved mic quality, solved any echo problem and persist after reboot. Solution is from Lineage Dev TheMard https://gitlab.com/LineageOS/issues/android/-/issues/2867#note_1298055223
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] brelinsgg:
Hello everyone, excuse me, can you help me with android 11 or 12 roms for the Galaxy Note 9 with Snapdragon?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] shim80:
Same
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Zatoichi.88:
LineageOs 20 or PixelExperience - Android 13 for Snapdragon Variant? (N9600)
[OnePlus 10 Pro] gigawatt:
Hi, I purchased the oneplus 10 pro and activated it on att. I get the volte icon but not the 5g icon. I called advanced tech support and they said I was provisioned for 5g and I had the correct sim. Could someone please guide me if it is just an incorrect display of the icon or how can I make sure I am getting 5g.

Thanks:

Isaac
[OnePlus 10 Pro] the_rooter:
Gotta make sure ur in 5g coverage.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] gigawatt:
I am definately in 5g coverage, I am in Dallas and all of my other phones are on 5g.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] toolhas4degrees:
As far as I know att 5g doesn't work on op phones, t mobile and mint does
[OnePlus 10 Pro] g96818:
try force it https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sladjan.sava.petg
[Google Pixel Watch] bbearm01:
So my new pixel watch is alerting me to text messages. My phone is not. If I turn the watch off my phone then alerts me to text messages. Anyone know how to fix this?
[Google Pixel Watch] DanVanDamn:
Go into the notification settings in the Pixel Watch app on your phone.

Under General you have different possibilities:

Watch muted and phone notification

Watch notification and phone muted

Notification on both
[Google Pixel Watch] GuyInDogSuit:
Sounds like you have an option to only notify on watch when connected or in use. What Dan said is likely the reason.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AVaughn0999:
Hello!

This is about an old model of phone, so chances are I am in trouble.. but will describe the problem specifically.

Was a normal S4 mini without modifications - turned on USB debugging, installed Samsung Kies, and Odin, and got started on this guide: (https://xdaforums.com/t/root-samsung-galaxy-s4-mini.2387341/)

Went into "download mode", ran Odin, it detected my device, installed "GT-I9195_MF5_870901_kernel.tar.md5" as PDA within Odin (all files are on the forum post linked above)

After this, device rebooted, as per the guide.. then I had trouble getting into the "download"/"recovery" environment again for some reason, and in frustration, unplugged/plugged cable, and after this didn't work, closed and reopened Odin. Now the problem is the guide explicitly says "Do not close Odin", and this is where the issue came up.

Holding volume up + power + home, takes me to "android system recovery <3e>", which I'm guessing is where I should be, but however Odin does not recognise the device now, and in fact, in this recovery environment, I don't think it's recognised by my PC even, so I guess that's why both install steps had to be done in one go... Now, my phone has options such as "reboot system now", "apply update from ADB", etc, and other stuff, but I am not able to figure out what to do next, and so as a result, the phone is just not useable for me. (blurry picture attached)

Some notable details from the blurry picture are:

"KOT49H.I9195XXUCOE4" (at the top of the screen)

"# MANUAL MODE "

--- Appling Multi-CSC...

Applied the CSC-code : KOR

Successfully applied multi-CSC." (at the bottom of the screen)

Notably if I let the phone try to boot normally, it does get detected by my PC and by odin, but if I try to install something to the device with Odin, it falls over, something to do with being unable to establish connection probably because the phone is in the wrong mode. It would not be the end of the world if the phone was bricked forever but man would I feel like ****
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AVaughn0999:
Update: turns out there are two different things you can boot to, via the volume up + down buttons, my stupid ass didn't clock this, so got very confused. Now was able to follow the steps in their entirety, however phone is still not booting into OS, despite now having custom recovery.

After doing some research, seems that the issue stems from this:

BOOT LOADER AP SWREV:2

Apparently REV:2 can't be flashed with anything custom, and bricks the phone, and rev:2 is what I have. Whilst this will certainly put an end to my days of referencing old forum posts for stuff like this, at the very least I have a broken S4 mini with a perfect 16 Gb motherboard I can swap out, my bro's old one, he's not too happy but understands.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] johnyysmith:
3 network recently prevented me using my payg sim so I switched to O2 and transferred my old phone number. But the phone still displays the number which came with the O2 sim card. Is this hard wired into the sim card or is there any way I can change it through the registry, or whatever?

Any help appreciated
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Junner2003:
What do you mean by "The phone still displays the phone number which came with your O2 SIM card" ???

Where does the phone display it? Make a screenshot but xxx out your phone number for privacy reasons!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] DaveShaw:
Isn't the Phone Number set in Settings, "Owner Information"?

Ta

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jstott1070:
Mine does exactly the same, if you go to Sim Manager it displays the original sim number and not my tranfered one. No great shake though, unless you dont know your own number.

But just found that you can change this.. In Sim Manager go to Menu_Tools_List of Own Numbers, then edit voice line 1.. Job done.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Junner2003:
That information you can edit yourself. I am not surebut I do believe it is somewhere under SETTINGS -> PHONE ...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] johnyysmith:
Most cool. Did that restarted, after removing sim + battery, and voila it worked. Never noticed 'Sim Manager' before. You would have thought that Settings the more appropriate place for it

Most obliged - I like to be tidy/organised :p Knew this was the place to ask
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Deadmau-five:
So far liking the new 7p, havent seen any crazy battery drain or anything yet.

Camera can shoot 30x pics but only 20x video... any idea why? Tried changing settings (1080p, 30fps) to no avail.

Wonder why we cant shoot HDR in 60fps either...

Can the 6p do these?

Thanks
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] ThetaProtocol:
Likely due to lack of light and/or processing power. The 7 Pro uses the telephoto lens that can do 5x and 10x with a 1:1 crop. Everything between or beyond those steps get processed with data from the main sensor and the new Super Resolution AI. Considering it can do 30x for a single frame. Mediocre 20x for 30/60fps is seems fine for video.

I am also miffed about not having HDR at 60fps especially since we can now do full zoom on FHD/UHD unlike the 6 Pro getting locked out of 60fps for UHD 4x zoom.
[Google Pixel 7] ern88:
Stupid question. Is the free VPN from Google now available on the Pixel 7 or is that coming out later?
[Google Pixel 7] manners400:
From my understanding it will only be available (free) on the Pixel 7 & 7 pro but it isn't on the phone yet. It will be downloaded during the Pixel Feature drop (aka software update) that will come in December.
[Google Pixel 7] 96carboard:
Think carefully before enabling this. Google already knows a lot about you. Do you really want them to know *EVERYTHING*? IMO, you use VPN's in order to AVOID the likes of google tracking you.
[Google Pixel 7] V0latyle:
I would recommend using a separate VPN. Google earns money by using your data for advertising; this is why VPN apps that block ads are banned from the Play Store. Using a Google VPN just means that they get exclusive access to your data, and will continue to use it for their own profits. It's also worth noting that Google has been more than cooperative with governments seeking information and data on subscribers. If you intend to use a VPN for security and anonymity, I don't think Google is the right solution.

I personally use NordVPN with the app directly from their website.
[Google Pixel 7] clarkcant:
I think they said it will be available to all 7/7P users from December, for a few years.
[Google Pixel 7] rspkt:
Google VPN comes to 7/7 Pro in December per Google:

Increase your online security with VPN by Google One - Android - Google One Help

If you want more protection from hackers and online monitoring, you can make your connection more secure with a virtual private network (VPN) by Google One. Turn on VPN by Google One in the Google One

support.google.com