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[Google Pixel 4a Questions & Answers] Free_French:
Hello everybody,

For more details, I am in Europe (France) but the RMA part and the hold on a Debit / Credit Card may apply similarly in Europe and elsewhere (US & Canada. And Australia?)

I have an issue (swollen battery) with my **Google Pixel 4a** (bought on store.google.com a bit more than 1 year ago).

Google Store Support (which has been a bit slow but helpful) offered me the choice between:

* "normal RMA": I send back my Pixel 4a first within 14 days and then Google Store sends me a refurbished replacement Pixel 4a

* "Advanced RMA": since I have Google Pay, if I accept they put a hold on my Google Pay Card, Google Store Support would send a refurbished replacement Pixel 4a immediately.

I nearly accepted the "Advanced RMA" but the first bad surprise was that the "price" of the refurbished Pixel 4a is 399 euros VAT included (almost the same in dollars) when I paid mine 329 euros a bit more than a year ago.

AND the 2nd bad surprise is that according to this page

5 things you need to know about debit and credit card holds - The Points Guy

TPG answers all your questions about debit and credit card holds.

thepointsguy.com

if my Google Pay Card is a Debit Card (which is the case), Google Store Support will charge the amount instead of just putting a hold.

I don't accept being charged (even temporarily) more than the market price for an old phone when the Google Pixel 6a is only 374 euros on Amazon France and was around 350 recently and is even at 327 from third party vendors.

What would you advise me please?

1. Changing my Google Pay Card to a Credit Card so that I won't be charged if I do an "Advanced RMA"? But I am uncomfortable entering my Credit Card into Google Pay :(

1. a) Are you sure I won't be charged 399 euros if I set a Credit Card as main card?

OR

2. Doing a "Normal RMA": I have to send back the malfunctioning Pixel 4a within 14 days and they will ship a refurbished P4a 1 or 2 days after Google warehouse has received it.

No Google Pay involved.

Thanks for your help, happy holidays !
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pearcyx:
Hello,

I have 3 tablets at 12th gen and I used toolbox V30.2 for all the services but no launcher will not work here. The automate will not work with the flow?

Is there an easier way :S

Sorry to ask!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pearcyx:
Okay, So figured it out!

Download Nova launcher and Automate via Google Play Store, go to Automate and search in the Community "FIRE"

Scroll down until you see Easy Launcher.

Run this and it will ask you to select a launcher. HAD NO ISSUES :D Works a charm
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] patterns:
Hi guys im thinking of buying one of these today, anyone able to tell me their views of which one is stronger. my main needs are:

good signal strentgh

battery life

user friendly

stability

thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] DeepThought:
Please use the search function before starting a new thread. There are already several exiting threads to exactly the same topic:

http://xdaforums.com/search.php?searchid=18542518

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=452656&highlight=Xperia
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] patterns:
apologies, i normally do
[Huawei P Smart Questions & Answers] slx23:
Today i have unlocked the bootloader using PotatoNV and i have flashed TWRP from fastboot.

I have downloaded a magisk 16.0 zip from a site that explains how to root this phone and i have flashed it.

After rebooting to system or recovery i get this error screen that says:

Attention!

Please update system again

Error!

Func NO : 10 (boot image)

Error NO : 2 (load failed!)

So i think it corrupted the boot.img. Seems that I cant access TWRP anymore but I can access the stock eRecovery (which is useless because if i try running the factory reset the error shows) and fastboot (which seems to be able to flash things). But i cant find the stock boot.img anywhere, can someone send me the stock boot.img or a site where i can get it? Or do anyone know how to solve this in another way? Thanks.
[Huawei P Smart Questions & Answers] slx23:
I have solved this problem by flashing a kernel image extracted from another phone of the same model.

You enter fastboot by pressing the volume down key and connecting the cable, than run this command:

fastboot flash kernel kernel.img

I attach the image that I flashed, maybe it helps someone (My EMUI version: 9.1.0.235).
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kouklo:
Hi all!!

Just have a quick question that I'm hoping will be easy. I got a pro for Christmas and I'm going to set it up for not only streaming/plex but also for retro gaming. My issue is that I have 3 young kids in the house and I'm sure you all know that the game controller (Xbox controller in this case) can be used to control the shield outside of games. The last thing I need is for all 3 of them to be able to control the tv and argue over what they are watching. Is there a way to disable them outside of gaming?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anonym Unbekabnter 2:
Hello. I want to mod my Fire TV Stick 4K. I have all Files, but i need help. I try to boot Fireiso Form a USB Stick But this error message comes up
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anonym Unbekabnter 2:
SOLVED: I have now used BelenaEtcher to create the USB Boot Device, now its worked :)
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] samlis:
Hi everyone, I found a galaxy s22 ultra to buy, but i am confused because its version is SM-S908U/DS dual sim card and it is exynos not snapdragon, I wonder is it refurbished or what is going on is it exactly
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] winoles:
that label you are showing here does not look ad the one from my S22 ultra, which I bought directly from the major carrier here in México, here it is:
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] iBowToAndroid:
S908U has Qualcomm, not Exynos. So either the seller is mistaken, or is lying
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] erik2041999:
Yeah that's a fake chief
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] pjaysnowden:
Definitely fake.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] _GRIZZLY_:
In my opinion it's fake. Gold colour? Nope for this series.

Next, different marks on the box compared to original box user above.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] samlis:
Thank you very much for your answers, yesterday I did other research concerning imei on this site https://imeicheck.com/fr/verification-imei-samsung , it gave me this result (image1and 2) and even more research I have found the same imei on this model and in addition it is fake (image 3) https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s...on-fake-neu-funktioniert-/2256649904-173-1569
[XPERIA X1 General] patterns:
Hi guys im thinking of buying one of these today, anyone able to tell me their views of which one is stronger. my main needs are:

good signal strentgh

battery life

user friendly

stability

thanks
[XPERIA X1 General] patterns:
guys i knwo there are other posts out there abotu this comparison but what i really want to know is whether or not this is fully customisable like the touch series (diamond and pro) i.e. do you install and run cab etc just the same? is it wm based exactly the same?

thanks
[XPERIA X1 General] anheuer:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=430937&highlight=touch

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=451476&highlight=touch

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=441550&highlight=touch

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=434411&highlight=touch

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=441134&highlight=touch

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=424299&highlight=touch

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=428269&highlight=touch

Search??

And yes.. WinMo = WinMo
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Huskynarr:
I have tried to mod my Nokia Lumia 930. My bootloader was already unlocked for side loading. Now I wanted to mod Astoria on it so that I can also use Android apps. However, Windows Phone Internals kept telling me that my phone is already unlocked. When starting the Mass Storage Mode and Enabled Toor Access, the message of the missing FFU appeared.

After trying to reflash, I entered the red bootloop and could no longer access the phone. The recovery tool also failed here.

When using the Thor2 tool manually, the following message appeared:

PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Care Suite\Windows Device Recovery Tool> .\thor2.exe -mode uefiflash -ffufile "..\..\..\Users\myUser\Downloads\windowsphone-deploy\Repository\RM-1045\RM1045_02540.00019.15234.50006_RETAIL_prod_signed_1012_02699D_000-DE.ffu"
THOR2 1.8.2.18
Built for Windows @ 13:36:46 Jun 16 2015
Thor2 is running on Windows of version 6.2
............
programming operation failed!
327681 Error: Unable to send or receive message.

Operation took about 8.00 seconds. Average transfer speed was 2.65 MB/s.

THOR2_ERROR_UNABLE_TO_SEND_OR_RECEIVE_MESSAGE_DURING_SFFU_PROGRAMMING

The phone went off and since then it is not responding. Also not on the power button or the combo power button + volume down.

Full Log:

Spoiler content hidden.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_arxyn:
This means your phone is hardbricked you should take it to the service center
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Huskynarr:
Is der a solution without service center? Its out of support.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 11818907:
does jtag work?
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Huskynarr:
Nope, doesnt work. Have send it now back to seller.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] fireattack7:
The last 2 times I've charged my Watch 4 Classic it would only charge to 87%. The last time I reset it was about 3 weeks ago.

Anyone have a reason or a solution?
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] adfree:
Model Name?

Firmware Version?

Example...

SM-R890 GVK7 or something like this?

Best Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] fireattack7:
SM-R890

R890XXU1GVK7
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] adfree:
You tried to shut down Watch... and then charge?

You use Original Charger?

You see any kind of Error Message like too hot or something strange?

Best Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] fireattack7:
Yes to all. I only use the original charger.

Never seen any messages other than "xx until fully charged".
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] adfree:
Things you could try...

A

Decharge... fully. So Watch shut down self...

Then chare fully to 100 % if possible

B

If still magic 87 %

Try Factore Reset

B.1

In Reboot menu you can also Bootloader unlock... then lock again...

This resets also "something"...

C

If nothing helps... and you can't sleep.

You could downgrade... with netOdin.

We have EVA8 for SM-R890...

If all proper work, then you can jump over few FOTA over the air updates back to GVK7...

Best Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] SKAm69:
User operation scenarios, environmental conditions and some other obvious and not that much factors might have an impact as well because lithium batteries are very fragile in terms of capacity and charging. Like taking some hot bath with watches submerging for some time or having it constantly exposed during the freezing weather.

Heating it above the 40 C (105 F) is not recommended and up to 45 C (113 F) and above can be critical. Sub-zero temperatures don't make it pleasant for lithium as well as it discharges at much more rapid rates (but seems to be less damaging than heating). Discharging it below 20% is bad and, at the same time, charging it all the way until 100% is not always good either. Oh and completely discharging the lithium-based batteries is just brutal in terms of battery health. And in all of the aforementioned cases the cost is the overall battery capacity decrease (unless it inflated, in this case it becomes dangerous on top of that). There could also be charging controller errors.

I would recommend you installing Aida64 for Wear and take a look at the battery stats during the charging. Like voltage, current, temperature values and etc. And check out what happens in those metrics while approaching that point of 87%.

Not sure why but Aida64 have become unavailable for my watches in the store so I had to sideload an APK. But make sure it's the one for Wear OS, not the big A (which most likely would work as well but not recommended as there is a properly designed version available and maintained).
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] fireattack7:
Somehow it started charging fully again. I didn't do anything different but restart the watch. Who knows. I appreciate the help.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] Marcelocohenarg:
I have my GW 4 (SM-R860), software R860XXU1GVK7 paired with Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (SM-S908E, Android 13). In the phone, there is a battery setting to cut the charge to 85% in order to protect the battery. I haven't seen a similar setting in the watch or through the Galaxy wearable app....anybody found it? So the only think you did to solve this was restart the watch, right?
[General Questions and Answers] ziadab:
hello everyone ..

I'm trying to access my phone with correct password but i found that work profile is enabled with different lock screen password i didn't set any work profiles before when i searched for that problem i found that using cloned apps make work profile to be enabled automatically

Now my phone is locked with an important data on it So, I really do hope there is a way to get access to those data. And I'd be extremely grateful if someone could help me out with this.
[General Questions and Answers] the_arxyn:
There are many tools for this purpose available for windows and the most common way is by adb tools
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
Busybox with su might be an option?
[General Questions and Answers] ziadab:
can you explain the method i have no experience with that
[General Questions and Answers] ziadab:
hello everyone..

when trying to remove the screenlock the phone suddenly crach and restarted when the phone opens again it tells me to enter the pattern which i already removed with a notification on lockscreen says ''some functionality may be limited tap to unlock work profile'' now i can't access my phone and factory reset is not an option.

need help please
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
factory reset is your only option
[Xiaomi Mi 10T / 10T Pro Questions & Answers] ziadab:
hello everyone ..

I'm trying to access my phone with correct password but i found that work profile is enabled with different lock screen password i didn't set any work profiles before when i searched for that problem i found that using cloned apps make work profile to be enabled automatically

Now my phone is locked with an important data on it So, I really do hope there is a way to get access to those data. And I'd be extremely grateful if someone could help me out with this.
[Xiaomi Mi 10T / 10T Pro Questions & Answers] Oswald Boelcke:
@ziadab Thread closed as duplicate of

https://xdaforums.com/t/any-ways-to-backup-data-from-a-locked-phone.4535325/

Please review the XDA Forum Rules with special emphasis on rule no. 5 and post only ONCE! Thanks for your cooperation.

Regards

Oswald Boelcke

Senior Moderator
[Redmi Note 11 (spes/spesn)] ucarcamagnu:
What I need to backup to try a different custom ROM and how I can restore it?

Should I need to remove any screen unlock before backupping in order to be able to restore?

Thanks.
[Redmi Note 11 (spes/spesn)] the_arxyn:
You should backup everything of your current rom for restore it in case your phone get bricked while flashing an incompatible rom or missing any step from the rom flashing procedure
[Redmi Note 11 (spes/spesn)] ucarcamagnu:
Ty, could you be more specific among all options available in backup menu?

What about my question about disabling screen unlock?
[Redmi Note 11 (spes/spesn)] the_arxyn:
Yes you must disable your screen lock in order to be decrypted
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philrich1:
Hi,

Does anyone know how to edit registry entries from within KovskyKitchen or any other kitchen? I mean before the ROM is flashed is it possible to tweak the registry?

Thanks,

Phil Rich
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philrich1:
Sorry but, bump.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fards:
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=000825...tries&sa=Search&cof=FORID:0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

or from Helmi
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
Hi, i am trying to dump the boot.img from a Huawei P Smart to flash it in another phone of the same model whose boot.img has been corrupted.

So most of the tutorials i have found on internet suggest to use this command:

dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img

The problem is that there isn't any device named boot in the by-name directory, so i get a no such file or directory error.

I have also seen some tutorials checking the /proc/mtd file, but it is empty.

Help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Renate:
You're probably A/B. Did you check for boot_a and boot_b?

Are you rooted? You need that for dd.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
What means being A/B? Is boot_a or b in the same directory of the normal boot image? I am not rooted because when i flashed the Magisk zip the boot.img got corrupted, so i want to make a backup boot.img first.

I don't know if this can help but I used the PotatoNV method to unlock the bootloader and when I selected the Kirin version i selected 65x (B).

This is the error i am getting in my phone: https://xdaforums.com/t/huawei-p-sm...mode-after-flashing-magisk-from-twrp.4535311/

Edit: I have checked the by-name directory but there isn't neither boot_a nor boot_b, the only device which starts with boot is bootfail_info.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
I have made a list of all the files in the /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/ directory: https://pastebin.com/6VXpNWeM
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecxs:
read Huawei section (deleted)

https://web.archive.org/web/20200922111028/https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
Yes so I should find an update for the FIG-LX1 and extract a boot image from it.

The problem is that i have downloaded the update from Huawei Firmware, but inside i have found another phone model. (FIG-L31 if i remember well, are them the same thing?)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
I have downloaded the Huawei Update Extractor to extract the .app file.

I am assuming that FIG-LX1 and LA1 are the same thing.

So what should i extract from that file?

In the update i have downloaded, in the dload directory there are FIG-L31_hw_eu and a file named update_sd.zip
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
So i have found the UPDATE.APP file in update_sd.zip, i have extracted it and now i am trying to open it in the update extractor.

I have got this error (Profile set to Unknown (worstenbrood)):

RECOVERY_RAMDIS.img: invalid header crc - Expected: 21611 Got: 49278
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
Ok, solved it by disabling verifications in the Huawei Update Extractor settings.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecxs:
LOL skipping checksum won't solve the issue. why don't you dump ramdisk.img off device with IDT Flash Tool?

if you post output of /proc/partitions we may able to help identify ramdisk partition.

# cat /proc/partitions
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
Now the Update Extractor works. And why should i extract ramdisk?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
Is it possible to use adb from TWRP? Because I cant paste it here if i run the command from the TWRP terminal.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecxs:
yes official TWRP has adb root enabled by default. on terminal you can redirect output > to file

# cat /proc/partitions > /external_sd/partitions.txt
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
This is the output:

major minor #blocks name

1 0 8192 ram0
1 1 8192 ram1
1 2 8192 ram2
1 3 8192 ram3
1 4 8192 ram4
1 5 8192 ram5
1 6 8192 ram6
1 7 8192 ram7
1 8 8192 ram8
1 9 8192 ram9
1 10 8192 ram10
1 11 8192 ram11
1 12 8192 ram12
1 13 8192 ram13
1 14 8192 ram14
1 15 8192 ram15
179 0 30535680 mmcblk0
179 1 256 mmcblk0p1
179 2 256 mmcblk0p2
179 3 256 mmcblk0p3
179 4 768 mmcblk0p4
179 5 4096 mmcblk0p5
179 6 4096 mmcblk0p6
179 7 6144 mmcblk0p7
179 8 65536 mmcblk0p8
179 9 4096 mmcblk0p9
179 10 4096 mmcblk0p10
179 11 8192 mmcblk0p11
179 12 4096 mmcblk0p12
179 13 32768 mmcblk0p13
179 14 2048 mmcblk0p14
179 15 2048 mmcblk0p15
179 16 2048 mmcblk0p16
179 17 14336 mmcblk0p17
179 18 32768 mmcblk0p18
179 19 65536 mmcblk0p19
179 20 2048 mmcblk0p20
179 21 24576 mmcblk0p21
179 22 47104 mmcblk0p22
179 23 8192 mmcblk0p23
179 24 4096 mmcblk0p24
179 25 2048 mmcblk0p25
179 26 16384 mmcblk0p26
179 27 12288 mmcblk0p27
179 28 24576 mmcblk0p28
179 29 32768 mmcblk0p29
179 30 16384 mmcblk0p30
179 31 24576 mmcblk0p31
179 32 12288 mmcblk0p32
179 33 32768 mmcblk0p33
179 34 16384 mmcblk0p34
179 35 28672 mmcblk0p35
179 36 4096 mmcblk0p36
179 37 98304 mmcblk0p37
179 38 1024 mmcblk0p38
179 39 1024 mmcblk0p39
179 40 12288 mmcblk0p40
179 41 16384 mmcblk0p41
179 42 4096 mmcblk0p42
179 43 131072 mmcblk0p43
179 44 131072 mmcblk0p44
179 45 2048 mmcblk0p45
179 46 2048 mmcblk0p46
179 47 4096 mmcblk0p47
259 0 32768 mmcblk0p48
259 1 2048 mmcblk0p49
259 2 16384 mmcblk0p50
259 3 30720 mmcblk0p51
259 4 2367488 mmcblk0p52
259 5 1130496 mmcblk0p53
259 6 32768 mmcblk0p54
259 7 139264 mmcblk0p55
259 8 32768 mmcblk0p56
259 9 598016 mmcblk0p57
259 10 548864 mmcblk0p58
259 11 24637440 mmcblk0p59
179 144 4096 mmcblk0rpmb
179 96 4096 mmcblk0boot1
179 48 4096 mmcblk0boot0
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
But will I be able to fix the other phone by flashing the ramdisk?

I attach the magisk that bricked it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecxs:
# ls -l /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/* > /external_sd/names.txt
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
And how should i flash magisk if there isnt a boot image?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecxs:
"boot" = kernel + ramdisk

I would expect there exist any 32768 KB mmcblk0p? partition for ramdisk, but seems that device doesn't have ramdisk in "boot" and therefore no separate ramdisk partition at all.

so what you're looking for is kernel.img (without ramdisk)

for rooting with Magisk you need to patch twrp.img, flash to recovery_ramdisk (mmcblk0p33) and boot into recovery all the time.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
So wait, to unbrick that phone i have to flash the kernel.img?

And what do you mean with booting to recovery every time?

Also what that magisk zip patched if there isn't a boot image?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
I have tried dumping the kernel image with dd and i get:

dd : failed to open '/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/kernel' : No such file or directory

But it is there, why it doesn't work?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecxs:
you need root access to dump partition. in case you have adb root just pull with adb

adb pull /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/kernel boot.img
or
adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0p31 boot.img
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
so i can flash it and the phone will be fixed?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
remote object '/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/kernel' not a file or directory
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecxs:
depends on what was destroyed. kernel is boot on that phone. ramdisk is in system (SAR device)

read the Magisk in Recovery section

Magisk does a lot, such as disable dm-verity and disable force encryption. could be it detected kernel, dtbo, vbmeta... I don't know

I don't know
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
I have dumped kernel using dd (i was running it in the windows command line)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
Should i try flashing the kernel? And in fastboot what should i type to flash it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecxs:
I won't give you advise. You're on your own.

TRY AT OWN RISK

fastboot flash <partition> <file>
fastboot flash kernel boot.img
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk magisk_patched_twrp.img
fastboot flash --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta vbmeta.img
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
Flashing kernel fixed the problem! Thank you. Now i just need to know how to install magisk.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
It worked
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slx23:
But where should i find vbmeta? If i flash a custom firmware do i still need to do it using the recovery image?