yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] CZ Eddie:
Tested audio SPL using test tones.

Same files on both phones. Volume maxed out.

The 7 Pro has the most "full" sound.

It takes a three dB change to make an audible difference in sound level. So, anything less than 3dB is not likely to be noticed.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] J0nhy:
I had a OnePlus 9t i believe and it's the worse phone I've ever came across, it feels extremely cheap in my hands and camera quality isn't good at all
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] CZ Eddie:
Tested 9 Pro vs 7 Pro screen usability while wet.

With water from my sink running over the 9 Pro, I can kind of, almost control a few things. You know. If I tried hard enough for three minutes, I could probably send a text message.

The 7 Pro was useless under water. When the water wasn't controlling the screen, the display was ignoring my finger presses. An hour wouldn't be enough time to do anything on the phone. It just pretended my fingers didn't exist.

------AND IN THE END--------

I've decided to stick with the 7 Pro.

But that's more out of boredom from the 9 Pro and another reason that I'd rather not bring up for discussion in an open forum.

The 9 Pro is a really, really good piece of hardware if you don't care about all-out vibration strength or sound quality from the built-in speakers. Practically speaking, I should have stayed with it.

The 7 Pro is a very good phone. I'll seriously miss the notification slider. That was an amazing feature. But it's only an annoyance once in the morning and once in the late night.

The lack of charging speed might bite me in the ass once or twice a year. The added weight is going to be a consistent reminder that I should have stayed with the 9 Pro.

I'm just an end user who did a few non-pro scientific tests.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] besset19:
Sorry for necroing this thread but I'm currently deciding between getting a oneplus 9 pro and use custom ROM on it, like evolution x or nameless rom, VS getting a pixel 7 pro with evolution x rom (or maybe use stock rom). Which roms did you try on the oneplus and what issues did you have? Also how is it easy to brick the oneplus when switching roms?

Overall, would u recommend the oneplus or pixel? Thanks!
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] K1nsey6:
Ive owned, and still do, the OP9P and have used Pixel Experience, Stag, Nameless, and Evolution X. The only one that was tolerable was PE. Stock Oxygen 13 is the best ROM for the device

Overall the Pixel 7P is a better phone, without all the bull**** OP does behind the scenes to FC apps to save battery. Sound, display, nearly everything is much better over the last few updates. I doubt I would ever go back to OP
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] CZ Eddie:
Been on the Google Pixel 7 Pro for a few months now.

I really, really, REALLY miss the notification slider.

Battery is better.

P7P is heavier and will drag my gym shorts down a little.

P7P has slightly better modem.

P7P has almost no custom ROM development.

All else is close enough to equal that it's not worth talking about.

I'm not a power user though.

As in, I don't do any gaming or processor intensive actions.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] besset19:
I see, so what issues did you have on the other oneplus 9 pro roms aside from PE?

Also did you try any custom roms for the pixel? Like evolution x or maybe the kirisakura kernel?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] K1nsey6:
They all provide ****ty install instructions, its like they were hobbled together by devs that barely knew what they were doing, and expect the end user to figure it out. The best by far for support was PE.

I havnt tried any on the Pixel yet, I really didnt want half baked features that were native to Pixel
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
I don't recommend either honestly as I've switched the S23 Ultra and can't remember the last time I was so happy with a device (I don't even miss root) but if you're dead set on those two, the OnePlus 9 Pro is the way to go. The Qualcomm X60 modem runs circles around the Pixel 7 Pro's Shannon 5300 in the efficiency and stability department and the Snapdragon 888 is marginally faster but runs cooler than the Pixel 7 Pro's Tensor G2. Also, you can unbrick the OnePlus 9 Pro (make sure you back up all the partitions before you start tinkering just in case but if you have the partitions backed up, as long as you don't lock the bootloader, you can generally recover pretty easily) while you can't unbrick a Pixel if you manage to brick it. I chose not to flash custom ROMs on my Pixel since the stock software was good enough and there were a few scattered reports of bricks here and there.

Also, if you check the OnePlus 11 forum, it was discovered that the Battery app is what is in charge of the gaming throttling. There is a thread there about modifying the functionality so it doesn't throttle so soon.

https://xdaforums.com/t/oneplus-11-thermal-disabler-magisk-module.4560085/

I used it on my OnePlus 9 and can confirm it didn't throttle but the battery temp was quite hot. I was running 3DMark on stress test mode though.

There are 19 ROMs that I know of, they're just not really talked about here since the devs moved elsewhere.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] CZ Eddie:
Didn't realize that.

Hadn't looked that hard either.

Stock ROM does almost everything I want.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] besset19:
Thanks for the answer! Did you try any custom roms for the OnePlus 9?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
Yes. Stag was my favorite. I had major problems with everything else I tried. I never tried PE as recommended here though so I can't comment on that one.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] vkass:
Pixel is meh, on vacation so I use my phone more and it can't handle the hot weather, battery life got a lot worse, it developed idle drain even though it says it's in deep sleep and the super slow charging just sucks.

I basically got paid to get it through a carrier deal, otherwise I would be mad for wasting money on it.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] simplepinoi177:
There is a thread on this forum (linked below) that lists the custom ROMs available; I don't know if they'll be sufficient to your preferences or standards, but here's a list regardless...

https://xdaforums.com/t/cheetah-roms-list-total-18-as-of-30-march-2023.4519925/unread
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] JohnTheFarm3r:
15 Grams difference pulling his pants down.

OK. xD
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Schroeder09:
Do u have a link to the "official" gcam you're talking about? There are a lot of forks of gcam. I'm always hesitant on downloading one for fear of it being the wrong one that breaks stuff or has malware in it.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] besset19:
Did anyone compare the scrolling performance on each phone?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] K1nsey6:
The best i had found was Skyyking on Telegram
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Superguy:
Scrolling, when it works, is fine on both my OP9 and Pixel 7 Pro.

Problem for me is that I keep getting screen freezes while scrolling, that last up to about 15 seconds of no response. Then the app will crash as well as a system process. It's really annoying. Seems to happen mostly with FB and Firefoxm but has happened with other apps.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Samuel Holland:
After a little while having both phones currently, (w/ the exception of having to send the pixel in for a couple sensors stopped working;)

I found out that pixel has been beautiful until it got hot where I live, and only has been an issue when trying to play Diablo max settings. I sure miss the Qualcomm chipset.

On my 9 pro, (thanks to the fine development devs here on XDA), I have to admit, that WOW, does the 9 pro feel like it's flying, gaming or not. I know on paper it's not as good, but in person, I'm sure glad to have it, while waiting on the pixel to get back.

A few things I'm pretty sure of, the pixel definitely has the better speakers & thankfully, still has the way better support for customizing the phone to my liking, since One Plus devs got laid off. Like noted by someone earlier, I sure wish the pixel could accept more then 23 watts when charging.

If I never tried gaming, I would have thought the pixel was near perfect(besides the charging), since I never had any other issues until my proximity and auto brightness sensors stopped functioning which I'm pretty sure was because of the gaming.

Anyway I just wanted to follow up and thanks everyone for reporting and reading, sharing. I sure hope OnePlus would hire there developers back, or at least release the code in professional manner, and a way to fix the brick, without having to pay, or send the phone back, etc. I wish pixel could use Qualcomm for there custom chip. I wish next year instead of thermometer, implement fast charging. I wish the s23ultra could be unlocked.

Sidenote, anybody running Linux on a daily driver? If so, which device? Thanks for reading, and tolerating my little rant.

EDIT- my device made it back from repairs, I updated and am waiting on my screen protector. I just wanted to add that WOW, that pixel 7 pro is one fine looking device. I always have a case and screen protector, so yesterday I admired it while I'm the process of setting it up. By the way Google's repair service as far as I can tell did an outstanding job. The phone looks like brand new, and I don't think I could distinguish a new from this one.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] aaronc_98:
So I downloaded the latest firmware and reboot to download mode. flashed the AP MD5 and it restarts into download mode how do I get it to boot normally?
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] aaronc_98:
Nevermind I got it...
[Touch HD General] ILikeFish:
Simple question... is there any known way to prevent the HTC customizations from installing?

Performing a hard reset, then a soft reset before customization takes places - that doesn't work, you just end up back at the customization screens on the next boot.

Thanks!

J
[Touch HD General] emariu:
good question,I also want to know
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Redbeardkevv:
Under *#*#4636#*#* my preferred network type on my pixel 7 pro from att is nr/lte/wcdma. Does that seem right . I've changed it to be/gsm/wcdma and it literally defaults back to the nr/lte/wcdma.. help appreciated
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] ze7zez:
And what happens when you insert another carrier's SIM card or remove the SIM card?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Redbeardkevv:
Well why would I put a different sim in a carrier locked phone first of all
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Redbeardkevv:
Secondly what would removing the sim do?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] craigacgomez:
NR/LTE/WCDMA (aka 5G/LTE/3G) is fine. If you don't want 5G, change the "Preferred network type" from the SIM settings, or choose LTE/WCDMA (aka LTE/3G)
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Redbeardkevv:
Thanks everything that I tried in the dialer defaulted back to nr/lte/wCDMA no matter what I selected . Is that a glitch or something? Nothing I selected "stuck" lol.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] craigacgomez:
What are you trying to achieve? Are you trying to set LTE as the preferred network type instead of 5G? If so, do it from the SIM settings. That will switch it correctly.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Redbeardkevv:
Not trying to achieve anything . Went in there to check some other settings and thought it looked "off" is all
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] craigacgomez:
IF your SIM settings has 5G as the preferred network type, it will default to NR/LTE/WCDMA. This is the correct value for 5G/LTE/3G. If you select 4G as your preferred network type in the SMI settings, the value will change to LTE/WCDMA which corresponds to LTE/3G.. The SIM settings will likely override anything you select in the *#*#4636#*#* settings
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Redbeardkevv:
Ok thanks ...
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
I was under the impression from reading posts in the 6 forums that AT&T was blocking the ability to change the preferred network type in settings so OP may not even be able to do that.
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] Quantumstate:
I can't find any firmware for this device, anywhere. Maybe it was a mistake to buy it.

My main motivation is getting rid of all GApps. I'd build my own out of someone else's source, but have no idea what kinds of problems there are nor how to fix them.

If only I could put Linux on this phone.
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] Yeedatoy:
Give it time. https://dumps.tadiphone.dev/dumps?filter=Tonga
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] Yeedatoy:
Android 12 update is rolling out as we speak.
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] Quantumstate:
Doesn't 12 prevent rooting, or mandate Gapps, or some other onerous restrictions?

I don't understand how to install this. Has anyone tried it?
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] Yeedatoy:
Honestly Android 12 as a whole is a much more fluid OS and it works much better than previous Android releases. Don't try to install it without doing a lot of reading first. You're probably just better off doing some reading while you wait on the update over the air, it should be coming any day now.
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] Quantumstate:
I just don+'t want anything G**gle. And I suspect that is what's coming down the pipe.
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] Quantumstate:
Idk what to do with this pile o' files.
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] Quantumstate:
Yeah, this looks a little fruity to me. Like Chinese intel.

[B]/vendor/etc/fstb.cfg[/B]

cent.tmgp.sgame 2 60-60 30-30
com.ak.mi 2 60-60 30-30
tencent.tmgp.ak 2 60-60 30-30
om.netease.hyxd 2 60-60 30-30
tencent.tmgp.cf 2 60-60 30-30
m.tencent.cldts 2 60-60 30-30
gp.yongyong.zjz 2 60-60 30-30
.ANMP.GloftA8HM 1 30-30
com.netease.zjz 2 60-60 30-30
ssassin.pirates 1 60-30
MainThread-UE4 2 60-60 30-30
s.AndroidAnimal 1 60-60
ndroidAnimal.qq 1 60-60
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] fng learning:
I have been researching this tongo.

Motorola g power 2022 is near to can't do, without major surgery. Linux nethunter is available with termux.
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] lgmayka:
Never came to mine. I finally decommissioned it last week in favor of a Samsung.
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] marcDouglas:
lolinet mirrors - firmware, software, iso etc.

lolinet mirrors - powered by h5ai

mirrors.lolinet.com

this is RETUS channel is retail us .. if you backup in the directory you can get all others

this appears to be an official repository, i was able to use the boot.img with magisk and root

voice is being transcribed .. lock screen has giant numbers on it

ext2 sd card can't be mounted (the insanity)

had to ask moto for unlock code. had to wait 12 hours to receive reply, it went to spam folder (all previous did not)

oem unlock was not an option . had to factory reset (using software of the OS itself, i did one with recovery and it did not unlock it....)

but wait .. it didn't unlock right away.. i had to unlock developer settings.. then go into developer settings... then TURN OFF DEVELOPER SETTINGS .. and OEM UNLOCK suddenly was selectable .. I CLICKED IT..

fastboot flash vbmeta --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta.img

i hear not doing this will boot loop, i just did it

and that command can only be entered in fastboot, not fastbootd

this was a 'factory unlocked' phone purchased from target
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] eveldun:
Hi i had the same problem myself do not worry i have the firmware. After not finding the firmware in a single place spending hours on end. I decided to use the recovery tool and download it. at Motorola Recovery and Smart Assistant . But i understand most people don't like to download software to download a file. As a Gnu/Linux user i had to use the virtual machine to get the software and do all the tedious USB connecting then found out USB doesn't work on Linux on Vbox so i had to download some mod. Anyway i just decided to spend 4 hours uploading the stock ROM to google drive. So i will i will reply to this thread later once its done but for now i just have the boot.img for version TONGA_G_S3RQS32.20_42_10_2_subsidy_DEFAULT_regulatory_DEFAULT_cid50_CFC.xml so i will give you this version of the Moto G Power 2022 ROM

here is the boot.img i will come back later with the full ROM

boot.img

drive.google.com

Md5 Checksum: b5ad45b1fe2a7b543f3ec9bc9375eecd

sha1 Checksum: e872cebeef457d2232300e88d3de5c8095615a82

Edit i am back and have the full firmware for the Moto G power 2022

TONGA_G_S3RQS32.20_42_10_2_subsidy_DEFAULT_regulatory_DEFAULT_cid50_CFC.xml.zip

drive.google.com

Md5 Checksum 176646cd318cd5dfadaf1e7188226254

sha1 Checksum 1d7a7ad82802fd51b23e08817b585429ff4575d3
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] Viva La Android R.I.P.:
lolinet mirrors - firmware, software, iso etc.

lolinet mirrors - powered by h5ai

mirrors.lolinet.com

Official firmware packages for all retail and carrier variants of the Moto G Power (2022). This link includes Android 11 & 12 builds. All firmwares originated from Motorola's software support server.
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] MrElvey:
If it's unlocked, (9) [GUIDE][ROOT] Motorola Moto G Power (2022)(Tonga) XT2165-5 (RETUS) Rooting Guide | XDA Forums (xda-developers.com) seems possibly useful for OP. (Mine is locked, so this isn't useful for me!)
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] MrElvey:
Or maybe I can. I'm confused. Motorola G Power (2022) (TONGA) | Page 4 | XDA Forums (xda-developers.com) seems to indicate I can root and use an alt firmware. ?!
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] tvhex:
hi Everyone, I know Samsung Galaxy J7 (2015) is very old phone. But due to my area network coverage i used this phone as mobile router by keeping mobile data and hotspot. this Year on April this mobile display broke after fell from my hand. i did replace display. but in October once again it's display got crack overnight. now i can use display somepart luckily. that helped me tuning on hotspot in case If mobile battery is low and device is shutdown.

i don't want to spent any money more on this, so i heard that with device root i can keep Mobile data Always On Automatically After reboot or after Power on. So i want to know is there any way i can do the same for Turning on Hotspot after reboot? my galaxy j7 is not currently rooted. i have watch youtube video on how root to root j7. But can't find how to keep hotspot on always.

i think i saw a tutorial on always keep hotspot on with some code edit in device somewhere. but cant remember where. it will be really helpful to get support from you guys.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] airXda:
Has anyone managed to get the "Dual Camera" add-on/feature to work on Android Pie?

I'm still running Android 7 Nougat because the dual camera feature is so unique but as many apps now no longer work on nougat I'm kind of stuck and need to upgrade.

Alternatively are there any custom roms or camera apps that has a concurrent front/back dual camera function?

Thanks
[LG Velvet Questions & Answers] abuchison:
Google Pay does not work.

-The phone fails Play Store certification.

-The phone fails CTS check

The phone is 100% stock and never rooted.

Software Version: G900VM30f (The latest available)

Anyone else ran into this issue? What was the last firmware version that worked with GPay?
[LG Velvet Questions & Answers] abuchison:
No Velvet 5g owner uses GPay?
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Brixster:
Anyone know how to enable the Engineer Mode on the S22 Ultra?

The standard Android shortcut key *#*#3646633#*#* doesn't work, and the other suggestion of going to the Service Menu and typing "Q0" in key entry doesn't work either.

Thanks.

This seems to be a solution posted on XDA but I cannot get it to work? I assume that's the upper case letter Q and lower case letter o I'm supposed to type? I type it into the box but it just takes me back to the SERVICE MENU with BASIC INFORMATION, [1] SIM INFORMATION [2] SIM state is not ready.

"Open the dial pad and enter *#0011#A window will pop up saying you've entered 'Service Mode'Click on Key Input (on the right hand corner of the screen)Enter the 'Qo' key. "

looks more like Q0

in "words" QZero

I've tried every combination of the letter Q and number Zero, as well as the letter O and nothing works. Can you try to see on your phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] peacey8:
See this post for how to access service menu (engineering mode).
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Brixster:
Wow! Seems complicated but will give it a go. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Questions & Answers] Dmavo1:
Hello there everyone!! ​

please can anyone help on how to unlock my ​

Samsung Galaxy A7 Without Losing my data ?​

​

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[Google Pixel 7 Pro] jaronlee:
Has anyone else had a problem using the internet while on a phone call? I just switched from the s22 ultra which had no problem in this department.

Is there anyone else experiencing this problem Or is this normal for the pixel?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] flobor:
Do you try to active VoLTE ?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] p4ra:
For that you need VoLTE activated. And it is not supported in every country. In order to enable it you need to root your device. I am still searching for fully tested and functional mod for P7P.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] tbv2005:
Pixel is weird compared to what I was used to from Oneplus. Having 2 Sims in where the physical Sim is for calls and Sms and the eSim for data. When on a call (on phys. Sim) I don't have a data connection on the eSim anymore. When I check "use data during calls" on the physical Sim, as soon as I'm in a call the data card changes from eSim to physical Sim and Internet is available. As soon as I hang up, data connection is transferred back to eSim.

Unfortunately the check box for " use data during calls" is not available for the eSim, also both are provisioned as VOLTE.... Never had such problem with OnePlus, there data stayed on 2nd Sim when I was on a call on first one....
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] 96carboard:
It should still work with UMTS/HSPA if your network has this "3g" network type available, but relatively slow.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] NippleSauce:
You need to upgrade from dial-up to talk on the phone and to have Internet access at the same time.

Big sarcasm here is anyone didn't notice, haha =)
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Brixster:
I bought the S-908E in Australia to be used in the US on AT&T. With the exception of the mmWave band that is only present on US models, everything else especially 5G should work perfectly. Problem seems to be from other posts here that when the phone comes and I insert my AT&T SIM card, AT&T will immediately lock it because they only allow the U version of the phone on the network.

I haven't confirmed this is the case because I don't have the phone yet, but obviously want to be prepared for this when it arrives.

From what I've read here, there seems to be only two options. One, call AT&T and beg them to unlock the SIM and allow the phone to be used. Second, change the IMEI on the E phone to the IMEI from the U phone and AT&T won't know the difference. I've read that this should be an easy process to do, and am wondering if anyone had successfully done either of these suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Oswald Boelcke:
Hello and good afternoon, @Brixster

Edit or change of IMEI is illegal in quite a few of countries. For this reason, I've closed your thread! XDA doesn't allow and doesn't accept discussions about or support for such an edit or change.

XDA Forum Rules (excerpt):

In future, please refrain from starting such a discussion or searches for support on XDA.

Thanks for your cooperation!

Regards

Oswald Boelcke

Senior Moderator
[Google Pixel Watch] Nico949494:
Thank you. Any idea when this will be released officially?
[Google Pixel Watch] bernarbernuli:
That this functionality, which I remember, aimed at tablets, is coming out of BETA very soon, probably a couple of months.

If you actually mean official WhatsApp for Wear OS, probably never. At least, WhatsApp has not given any indication of that.
[Google Pixel Watch] bernarbernuli:
I update guide to install WhatsApp on the phone, replacing the "bridge" app with an app that runs WhatsApp in one step. The app is completely free.

When you start a conversation, it starts with an emoji of a clock, which I find very appropriate to differentiate when you write messages by the watch, of course you can delete it, and you get the icon to send voice messages (more comfortable to send messages from the clock, of course).

Open WhatsApp On Wear by Freepoc