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[Android Apps and Games] jordirpz:
Is it necessary to keep sd maid unlocker for sd maid2?
[Android Apps and Games] TomVintage:
Just wonder if it's only me to feel the lack of "Export the .apk file" function in APPS ONTROL section?
[Android Apps and Games] WibblyW:
I have lost my Pro status on SD-Maid (original version). When I try to restore the purchase it says I'm still on Basic version. Where can I ask to get it restored - I have the original Play Store receipt.
[Android Apps and Games] 8y73:
No, you only need the unlocker for version 1. With SD Maid SE from the PlayStore you can directly buy the Pro version in the app.

Did you uninstall both and then reinstall them? As I remember, there are various ways to restore the pro version and it's not difficult.

I use at the moment only SD Maid SE after years as a Pro user of version 1. But there is a problem with my Huawei Nova 9. See for yourself (screenshots).

I cannot select the "data" folder and so not clean all my data. I cannot give grant access because of this folder.

Like I'd said, I use a Huawei Nova 9 with Android 11 and EMUI 12. I think this is the problem. SD Maid SE isn't Huawei friendly. SD Maid 1 was. I hope this will be fixed soon, than I'll pay for the Pro version.

Even if I already have the Pro version I think. Got it through a "trick" or call it bug, but that's a different story...

EDIT: After a system update from my Huawei Nova 9 to EMUI 13 and Android 12 the problem with the folders is fixed. Now I can choose "data" and "obb".
[Android Apps and Games] 8y73:
Doppelpost, sorry.
[Android Apps and Games] rsngfrce:
Play Store will not allow me to update the app, update fails. In-app update from Github installed, now the app is restricted from Accessibility access, making it useless. Google SUCKS, but devs shouldn't charge for apps they can't support.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
In-app update in Playstore version of SD Maid 2/SE? Where is that? I don't see such an option in my play store installed version. Also, if we initially installed manually is there an expectation that we can then update via play store?. The recent epic games lawsuit will change the way Google handles this but at present I didn't know we were allowed to cross over between manually downloaded and Play Store update tracks. In any event, on my Android 11 devices where the initial installation was done via Play Store the December 14th update SD Maid 2/SE installed fine via play store.
[Android Apps and Games] Utini:
Can SD Maid re-compile apps (also system apps) to force ART to dexopting?

cmd package compile -m speed-profile -a -p PRIORITY_BOOT
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Currently not and this is is too niche to be added as a feature, sorry.
[Android Apps and Games] cr355:
Am I missing something nobody else has - the file manager ? where is it ???
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
It would not surprise me if SD Maid's "Explorer" was removed from SD Maid 2SE for the same reasons related to Google's increasing restrictions that the developer sites for their reason for creating a new app while maintaining the old one. https://github.com/d4rken-org/sdmai...rence between,better setup and error handling. Also, although I can understand the convenience of having a file manager in a utility such as SD Maid, IMO file management is best left to dedicated file manager apps, and those are also having a hard time with Google's restrictions.
[Android Apps and Games] cr355:
it seems to me that google are a law unto themselves when it comes to do'& dont's - off topic slightly but they ban you for using an alternative whatsapp that offers better security and less spam on the basis of security . . . .
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Agreed indeed, Google does have their own interests beyond the supposed additional security they claim to be providing us. In any event, for serious file management, there are various good Android apps although each of those will be dealing with these new Google restrictions in different ways.
[Android Apps and Games] cr355:
Strangley there is a file management (restricted to normal folder access) burried in one of the options, although not directly accessible it does provide basic level of file/folder management
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
To do much of what it does SD maid must navigate these restrictions as a file manager would but I assume that restricting that to core functions rather than a file Manager which might require supporting other locations is easier to maintain. For example, the storage analyzer allows us to delete items but not copy or move. To be clear, I'm not speaking for the developer, but having searched and reviewed the developer's notes I could find no reason for the removal of "Explorer" or mention of a new in-app alternative.
[Android Apps and Games] puterboy:
I am a paid pro user of SD Maid. When I bought the pro version, the understanding was that the license was a perpetual license, including free updates.

Now I am being asked to pay to upgrade to and test a new Beta version. Plus it's not clear that it is anything more than an upgrade disguised as a new program.

What's to keep you from next month rolling out SD Maid SE Plus and charging once again?

And then again a month later?

If you want to charge new users, go ahead but this is no way to treat loyal past customers.

At least give existing users a substantial discount (or credit the amount they originally paid) as it is not clear to me that the new version is worth all that much more than the old one... so why should we be paying twice for just modestly upgraded functionality.

For me it's as much the principal of the matter as it is the amount you are charging because it seems greedy, shady, and a slap-in-the-face to existing customers to stop supporting the existing app and treat loyal past customers as if they are paying for the first time.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
If you purchased the previous version very shortly before the new one was released and the previous version no longer works for you then it's understandable you might feel slighted but there is another way to look at this. I speak as a user of the app and in general about the progression of android development but not on behalf of the developer.

We've had the opportunity for a relatively small price to use the previous version across many Android versions and on as many devices as we like for 10 years during which time the app received updates via play store and development attention at XDA and github and became among the best utilities of its kind. Since then the android OS has changed making it much more difficult for any app, especially a utility that does what SD Maid does, to do its job. In order to keep up with those changes, a significantly increased amount of development time and resources is required. This is explained at SD Maid SE's github FAQ page here: https://github.com/d4rken-org/sdmaid-se/wiki/FAQ

This somewhat resets the board for all of us. IMO , it's unreasonable to expect something like this to be free forever. In that context, as with most other apps and programs which will eventually become non functional, perpetual does not equal forever. Also, this developer took pains to keep duel versions of the app alive during the transition in order to accommodate the greatest number of users.

If original SD Maid still works on your device then use it. If your device is newer and requires functionality that could not be done in the old version without disrupting that user base and required a new version then you can blame Google, in particular for its increasingly restrictive access to various directories and appreciate the deft and open way this transition was handled. Again, I speak as a user and not on behalf of the developer whose information about this is available at the aforementioned FAQ https://github.com/d4rken-org/sdmaid-se/wiki/FAQ.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Since I've expounded my view about development I might as well check out the app in detail for the first time in a while, which incidentally reveals an example of attentive development.

When I ran the app, at the top section of the display indicated that setup was incomplete and within setup the option to use or to not use Shizuku was not being retained. My devices are rooted so I wasn't worried but checked play store for an update and there was an update available. After that update, version 0.23.3-beta0, the erroneous set up incomplete banner no longer appears and the setting to use or to not use Shizuku is now being retained.
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
Come on, we both know as do most XDA and SD Maid users all know it's just another entitled user who expects free updates til the end of time and beyond. Beaides, if you purchase an app that has a new app that it has migrated to, we both know there are messages within app, on GitHub, in the play store description, and in THIS thread on XDA. It is nearly impossible to buy the original app, have it work perfect for a little while, and then stop working and be forced to buy an updated app. If you read up and test functions of apps before spending money, and then ignore all the warnings, and buy apps that needed to migrate to a new build because Google forces you to update your app to function after years of updates, then it is user's fault. And if you know enough to come post your gripe here on XDA, you should know that apps don't last forever. I can't even tell you how many CM themes and substratum themes I have purchased and they didn't even get a year's worth of updates.

Saying you think @Dark3n is shady and you feel like you were slighted and took a slap in the face is laughable after Dark3n has updated SD Maid for like 12 years. How many messaging apps has Google released the past 12 years, 8-9? Lol.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
LOL yeah well that's true, and I might have landed harder but I saw it as a unique challenge to be atypically serene.

Serenity now!

As to SD Maid SE...

My usage scenario is basic: occasionally manually running , Corpse Finder, System Cleaner and App cleaner with fairly relaxed settings and familiar items excluded. In that usage scenario I'm not missing much at all in the transition to the new app and the navigation flows are smoother or at least I like them better now.For instance theflow when exploring items that were detected by a scan performed from Quick Access (old version)an d One-Tap (new version) .

In the old version after running scans via Quick Access and then navigating through one of the scan categories into the directory tree, then the path back would not take you back to the Quick Access panel but rather to the individual scan type that you happened to navigate through. To review other scans required reselecting the quick access.

In the new version the hierarchy is slightly different with all of the scans on the main page and the One-Tap button running a designated cross section of them. Now after browsing through a scan category into directories, then the path back is to the same home screen making it easier to navigate through the various items of different types.
[Android Apps and Games] Handsome Jack:
What is the difference between Google Play and Github for the Pro version?

5€ for lifetime, is it the same for Google Play and Github?

Does the same lifetime subscription work on Multiple devices?
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
GitHub is for people who don't use Google, or want payment to go directly to dev. Play store, Google takes 30% right off the top. Both should have lifetime or as long as app can function 1 time payments. Both come with receipts you need for proof of purchase.
[Android Apps and Games] Retrial:
I believe the GitHub/F-Droid version is free and you can use it even without paying, I don't think it's missing any future. When you get the promot to buy the app, you press ok to redirect and then back and it's unlocked.

However, to support the dev you could buy the app either from Play Store (for your convenience since most users use Play Store to update etc.) or from GitHub/F-Droid.

@Thebear j koss explained the rest. If you want to fully support the dev is better to buy it outside Play Store.

As dev wrote:
[Android Apps and Games] Handsome Jack:
I thought there are Free version and Pro version.

Because the way it's wrote "SD Maid SE has a "Pro version"."

It's confusing. Does the GitHub/F-Droid version... is Free or Pro?
[Android Apps and Games] Retrial:
Well, you can install the app from Play Store but that's a "free version" and is limited on features which you can use. That's why he call "Pro version" if u buy it from Play Store, to unlock all the features.

GitHub/F-Droid can be considered as "Pro version" with all features already unlocked for free with the way I told you on above post.
[Android Apps and Games] Retrial:
Does for anyone else take ages to clean apps on the latest version?

It progress extremely slow....it used to be much much faster.

(All permissions granted + root)
[Android Apps and Games] Fishawy:
+1 .. I started re-using the old SD Maid app solely for that reason.
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
I'm an old time user of SD Maid 1 pro. My phone runs android 11.

I just installed SD Maid 2 and will purchase pro.

Can both versions remain installed on the same phone or may they conflict?

Maid 1 has watcher that runs in the background to remove corpses when I uninstall apps. Is that in SD Maid 2? Where?
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
They can both be installed, with A11 you can probably stay on SD Maid 1 unless you have issues. You can support the dev and buy the SE version and either hold the receipt until you update and need it or it can be installed with SD Maid 1 without issue. And SE version is the 1st option in settings, corpse finder and then uninstall watcher. You can't miss it.
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
I downloaded and installed the GitHub version on top of the play version. The upgrade notice is at the bottom. When I click on it and then go back it is still unlocked.

I'm going to buy it anyway after testing but just wanted to point out that the GitHub version does not unlock without paying. <g>
[Android Apps and Games] Retrial:
The GitHub version along with F-Droid is unlocked as I said.

I just clean installed the GitHub version, pressed the upgrade button and back and it's unlocked and doesn't show the message anymore.

Perhaps your issue is because you installed it on top of Play Store version without clean install it (uninstall Play Store version and then install GitHub version).

It even says FOSS-RELEASE at downloads.
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
You are correct.

Unlocked.

I'll buy pro anyway....
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
Deduplicator crashes the app.

Android 11 unrooted.
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
Read the OP on how to report bugs.
[Redmi Note 10S] MentalCombo:
I couldn't find an answer and nobody would answer me on the Telegram group so I have to ask here.

My current build is:

PixelExperience_Plus_rosemary-13.0-20230125-2021-OFFICIAL

I need to update to build:

PixelExperience_Plus_rosemary-13.0-20230219-1738-OFFICIAL

But, using the System Update I can only download the update file and when I tap install it says something like I'll be notified when it's done, or something along those lines, but nothing happens. No progress bar, no notification, no nothing.

Can I just adb-sideload the file from my PC and apply it? Do I need to wipe anything? Will I lose my data?
[Redmi Note 10S] tutibreaker:
ask the dev or the gruop for the resptive guide to update the rom
[Redmi Note 10S] MentalCombo:
Okay, thank you.
[Redmi Note 10S] windowz414:
This bug is known for January patch and your only choice is to dirty flash the ROM to update. You would've known this if you followed the device-specific Telegram group at @/PixelExperienceRosemaryChat at the time.
[Redmi Note 10S] MentalCombo:
I tried dirty flashing but something goes wrong.

I'm using Pixel Recovery and what I did was clicked "Enable ADB", then went to "Apply update" and adb sideloaded the update file from my PC, but this is what happens:

BTW, I do have plenty of space on my phone.
[Redmi Note 10S] tutibreaker:
go to rom telegram group
[Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G (peux)/POCO X4 Pro 5G (veux)] Wap3r:
I'm trying to unlock my bootloader keeps saying link account IV already done that in developer and usb debugging turned on and ome unlock on can u plz help thanks in advanced Video of what was done on the phone
[LG V60 ThinQ Questions & Answers] ardian1899:
Hi all,

Been a long while since I actively discussing something here, I hope I don't violating anything with this post.

I have a TMobile version but somehow can't do an OTA update. It's on A11 and there's a notification about new firmware. But always unable to finish the update after a few mins.

Is there any link to download latest firmware? 30f? On LG-firmwares website, the latest is on 20h or something.

Thank you
[LG V60 ThinQ Questions & Answers] Royaltiger:
Is your bootloader unlocked? Are you rooted? If so, OTA will not work. Presently you can't download 30f firmware or any Android 12 for V600TM. However, you can download an Android 12 30b dump here. This will move you to Android 12 just like OTA.

Instructions are here.
[LG V60 ThinQ Questions & Answers] ardian1899:
Thank you!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J.Michael:
My confusion starts with your statement "after rooting and deleting it".

What did you delete?

The gist of your posts seems to be: you did not unlock your bootloader; you tried to use PixelFlasher, but you gave it the wrong file -- you gave it a downloaded OTA file, which is an incremental update, but you were supposed to give it a full system file; somehow this resulted in you damaging your installation.

It is likely that you have already lost all data. If you have not already lost all data, it is likely that anything you do will destroy all data. If it is important to you to recover your data, find an official Google repair shop -- I do not know if your data can be recovered, but I expect an official Google repair shop to have the best chance.

If you accept the total loss of your data, and you want to try to fix the phone yourself, I think your best bet is to find a complete ROM image. It must be an official Google image. With the bootloader still locked, you will not be able to install any image that is not official.

There may be an easy way to install a ROM image. It would start with you booting your phone to recovery mode. This is not the same as booting Android, which you do not seem to be able to do. Try googling "pixel recovery mode".

I do not know if @badabing2003's PixelFlasher will help you. I think before you can use PixelFlasher you need to make sure you have properly installed "adb" and "fastboot". Start by reading instructions for PixelFlasher. Good luck.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badabing2003:
I'm confused as well.

One moment it was rooted and another it can't even OEM unlock?

He couldn't have done this in PF, PF will refuse to work with OTA image to do a full factory flashing.

Yes this is possible in PF,

Custom Flash

Select OTA image

Select SIDELOAD option

Flash

Root is not needed.

But if the device does not respond to adb commands because the author said he can't set the developer options and enable ADB, then it won't work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J.Michael:
I'm guessing "rooting" really meant "did something in an attempt to root".

I think the first question to answer is, how did he manage to damage his installed system when he hasn't unlocked the bootloader?

Although, if the words mean what they should, it *should* be possible to flash a random image with a locked bootloader, it just shouldn't be possible to boot it. But that is not the way the words seem to work with most of the people who post.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] gidzdlcrz:
Heya. I own SM-G9980/DS. Why does my cellular indicator always showing even tho the Mobile Data is OFF. As you can see the 4G indicator is present in both of the sim.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
It's just showing you that you're connected to a 4G network. No data is being transferred. When that happens, you'll see up and down arrows for data traffic

If the 4G icon bothers you, you can disable it by downloading quickstar from good lock and select which icons your want to hide from status bar.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] gidzdlcrz:
I am just being nitpicky. My previous s21 ultra doesnt have this. Hmmmm.

As must as i wanted to try goodlock its nkt available on my region. Can we sideload the app?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] dr.ketan:
Indicator showing are network not mobile data. Mobile data indicator is with up& down arrow. Anyway you can use GoodLock to remove these icons. You can use NiceLock if your country doesn't support GoodLock natively.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] gidzdlcrz:
Sadly. The feature I am looking for is not available in Good Lock. I just want to hide the 4G indicator when I'm not connected using cellular data. It seems that its how supposed to be with SM-G9980. I have SM-G998U before and it wasn't like this. On that US variant the 4G icon is actually LTE. And the 5G icon looks stylish.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] suufiane:
Hi, did you find any solution to this ? I have the same issue in my s22 ultra..
[Lenovo P11] mura20:
Hello everyone,

I am trying to flash the vbmeta e GSI ROMs on my tablet TB128FU but I am receiving an error message on fastboot.

For instance, if I try:

fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta (location of the vbmeta file)

I get the message:

fastboot: error: ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT not set

How do I fix this error??

Thank you!
[Lenovo P11] nexuspb:
the environment variable ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT should be set to the directory containing the binary images.
[Lenovo P11] mura20:
Thank you. It worked :)
[Lenovo P11] BobbyBoy123:
I am getting the same error. Can you please tell me how to set the variable as you are suggesting?
[Lenovo P11] nexuspb:
if you have linux just type

export NAME=VALUE in your terminal

if you have windows, u need to set some environment variable in ur settings idk
[Lenovo P11] mura20:
You need to type the following on a CMD prompt (Windows)

set ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT = c:/(location of the folder in which you have platform tools installed)

I hope it's understandable. Good luck!
[Lenovo P11] Probaholic1:
I'm not quite sure I understand what this means. Mind explaining a bit more.
[Lenovo P11] Paacho_:
He means, that you gotta open your terminal (cmd, powershell, etc.) on the directory (folder) where you saved your file (or at least be in the same folder)...

Go where your file is, shift + right clic on it and you should see an option that says open in terminal
[Lenovo P11] cantthinkofagoodusername:
thanks it worked!
[Lenovo P11] Kelv0804:
I experience Android_Product_out not set and

I dont know what to do pls check on attached files to see where I failed.

Thanks
[Lenovo P11] Skykingrgc:
This issue was likely caused by Google replacing the working platform-tools 34.0.1 release with a broken one. Use 33.0.3 for the time being. Thanks Strcat for helping me.
[Lenovo P11] Kelv0804:
Thanks!
[Lenovo P11] eduardinho30:
this is the best solution, I spent hours trying to fix the same problem and nothing worked, I changed the version as you said and it worked immediately. here is the link where I find version 33.0.3 and others. https://androidsdkmanager.azurewebsites.net/Platformtools
[Lenovo P11] funkoot:
Thank you so much, that worked first time! I'd been trying to flash TWRP recovery on my Xperia for 2 weeks now, thinking windows 10 didn't support my phone's bootloader, when all the time it was the wrong platform tools version.

Dave
[Lenovo P11] icantlogin:
Thanks for the hint about platform-tools 34 being broken. I initially ran into the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT not set error and landed here via DuckDuckGo. Fixed it by setting it to the platform-tools path and was able to flash the stock ROM image I downloaded from Google to my Pixel 4a, but then it wouldn't boot. Using platform-tools 33.0.3 fixed it. Thanks a lot!

(For reference: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/268872725)