yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] kokyao:
Hi, I just bought a new set of HTC touch diamond, however as compared to the old one. The contrast of this new set seems really weird.

The black and dark tones are like grey even when i set the brightness of the screen to a much lower level. So i believe it is the contrast of this set that went wrong.

Is there anything I can do about it? or any problem that adjusts the contrast of the screen?

-Update-

After some google and meddling, I realised Windows Mobile actually came with this contrast applet that is hidden by phone manufacturers.

After some research I manage to make the contrast applet appear in the settings.

1) Using Registry Editor, rename Redirect to xRedirect in HKLM/Control Panel/contrast

2) If Redirect is unchange instead there is an added xRedirect. Delete the Redirect

3) Restart your HTC and Contrast should now appear

4) ???? However I am unable to change the contrast as the settings seems to be fix. ??

Does anyone know how i should continue from here? Do i have to modify the default in HKLM/Control Panel/contrast

Hope this prove to be useful for ppl who wish to adjust their contrast as well.

Hope someone can help me out. Thank you

Anyone know how i should continue from here? Do I have to modify
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] the-equinoxe:
yes you can let the contrast cpl show, however that doesn't work on the diamond.

The contrast settings doesn't affect the screen :(

From what I have read in your post this isn't a software but an hardware fault :(

It would be wise to RMA the device.

Regards,

EqX
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] kokyao:
Thank you for your Reply and clarifications.

So you mean the contrast problem is actually a screen problem?

Do you have any idea what would they do if I send my phone for RMA? Would they simply change the screen or change the entire phone for me?

Btw I live in Singapore. Heard they have really bad HTC care services in over here.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] owziee:
You're not alone... We are many people who want to find a way to increase the contrast on our Diamonds... It would really make our displays great if we could because it's a conrast issue, no doubt.

Been playing aroung with Resco Photo Viewer and slighty increasing the contrast when viewing photos makes them look awesome!!!

I'm afraid the default display contrast is hardcoded and cannot be changed by software but hopefully I'm wrong. Maybe it can be reached by some hidden menu???
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] mugglesquop:
yes, then we can go search for gold under the forgotten mountain...

it wont be hard-coded, it will be set by some software somewhere, just not apparent to the user.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] kokyao:
I have actually got the contrast applet to show in my touch Diamond to show in the settings already. Refer to the first post on how to do it.

The problem now is even with the contrast setting show. I am unable to adjust the contrast sliding the control. It basically does no changes to the diamond..

and beyond that.. It is beyond my knowledge and expertise to do anything else. Thinking about RMAing my Diamond. But wondering how would they go about helping me? Change a new phone.. Doubt so..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yigitcelen:
Hi all,

Yesterday, I accidentally deleted my save on Samsung A51. It really was important stuff. I've tried GBoard, but it only recovers the latest save. I need to recover like 5 previous saves. Do you think there's another way to do it? I've tried recovery tools like iMyFone D-Back, but I don't know what to look for. Not sure if it was saved as an image or a document. Can anybody help me out?

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] salted.caramel:
Hi all.

I'm currently looking for a new phone, and currently have 3 choices.

Honor Magic 5 Pro 512GB: USD 930 (Honor Official)

Samsung S22 Ultra 256GB: About USD 600 (Like New Second-hand with no warranty)

OnePlus 11 256GB: About USD 812 (OnePlus Official)

Which one is a better value for money? Appreciate all comments, thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] TheMystic:
I would never buy a used phone. No way to know how it was used by the previous owner.

S22U would have been my pick had it been new.

I don't have too much idea about the software on Honor device. But it is a very good phone based on reviews.

In this case, I'll go with OnePlus 11 just to be on the safe side.

Have you considered other phones like Vivo X90 and iQOO 11?
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] salted.caramel:
Ah, the vivo and iqoo aren't available in the region, but the s22u is "Certified" by the marketplace app.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] TheMystic:
Those certifications mean nothing. Avoid a used phone if you can.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] salted.caramel:
How about a brand new for USD740? Is it worth it? I'm concerned about the soc mainly...
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] TheMystic:
Use the reply button so I get notified.

The S22U tends to run slightly warmer. The battery life is average at best. On an average, I get about 5 hours SOT (mostly on WiFi) and a standby time of about 15 hours when the battery is at 15%. They have sorted this out on the S23U, so if you can stretch your budget, you should consider getting that instead.

Everything else is excellent, even if the software has a few bugs here and there.

Between the S22U and the OnePlus 11, I'll go with the S22U only because of it's cameras (S-Pen is a bonus). This is not to say that the OnePlus 11 cameras are bad. They are very good too. But the S22U is better.

OnePlus 11 has the better SOC and lighter software on its side. So it will give you a snappier performance and better battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Village_Idiot:
Brand new is better. If you read through the forums here, you'll read about people who bought used phones that were essentially paper weights because they were either stolen, or bought then resold without being paid off, and Samsung locked them.
[Poco M4 5G / Redmi Note 11 E / 10 Prime+ 5G] thetanmaygupta:
Bootleggers ROM is an aftermarket firmware based on AOSP with some patches and fixes from LineageOS and various other projects. The idea is to bring custom features and some of the most useful apps to your device, with the goal of Making you feel like 家.

With an almost stable source, this ROM is also packed with some custom wallpapers (available on the system wallpaper app), ringtones, fonts, and themes to bring your device a fresh look and give you always a good experience.

Also, we got our Telegram Group to talk about the ROM, share some love, and ideas, or even have fun with us!

Some of the features that are included in this ROM are:

* Our custom Launcher3 fork with features and tweaks to make it your own
* A selection of themes, fonts, and more personalization options (from custom fonts to UI Styles)
* A selection of useful apps to help you with your daily usage
* The Bootleg Dumpster, where you can get a lot of options and features that you want to tweak on your device
* And more to come!

If we're missing a feature you enjoy, please let us know on our telegram group, we're always up to listen to our users on suggestions and feature requests!

Thanks to these people, this ROM could be possible, so, I have to give a big thanks to:

* Shishu (For being there)
* Ground Zero ROMs Team
* AOSPExtended
* ABC ROMs
* NitrogenOS
* AICP
* DirtyUnicorns
* Lukas Koller (Camera Roll dev)
* fxckingdeathwish (for the amazing photos for wallpaper/headers)
* OmniROM
* CyanogenMod/LineageOS
* PixelExperience
* PureNexus
* merothh
* Resurrection Remix
* AOSiP
* CrDroid
* CypherOS
* PureKat
* theimpulson
* MatiHalperin
* Project Xtended
* Pixeldust Project
* AquariOS
* Alejandro Ponce (Quetzal/Calypso dev)
* PixysOS
* ArrowOS
* BlissROMs
* The Memedo Testers team
* Deepakjr_11
* tribual
* ouroboros420
* Every maintainer who decided to give our project a shot
* You for your interest in our project

Also if you got some ideas, bug fixes, or stability improvements or want to help to support features for your device, you can do it by sending a Pull Request on Bootleggers GitHub (check downloads and sources part) or tell us on our Telegram group (Check about us section), will be really appreciated. Got some questions about some terms we use? Check our FAQ or feel free to ask us. We appreciate your feedback and help.

Downloads:

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GApps:

No Need To Flash Gapps Bootleggers For Poco M4 5G Comes With Vannila Core Gapps

Device Sources:

Kernel Source

ROM Sources

Bootleggers GitHub
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Contributor

@adarsh956 (For Fixing Bugs & Bring Up)

@Sushrut1101 (For Base Tree)
[Poco M4 5G / Redmi Note 11 E / 10 Prime+ 5G] thetanmaygupta:
End Of Support

Well We Can't Maintain 69 Rom's & We Can't Fulfil Everyone Request So Humble Request To All We Will Be Providing Monthly Updates Of These Two Rom's

1- Pixel Experience

2- Lineage Extended

But All I Can Guarantee You More Stability In Return We @adarsh956 @thetanmaygupta Want Support So Stay Tuned
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] omagasamsa:
Hi all,

I'm on an SM-A105FN/DS running one of those damn exynos chips. I got the thing in 2019, but it was so slow and near impossible to use as a result I gave up and moved back to my S6 Edge.

I broke it irreparably a month ago and have been using this since.

It sucks so bad. I literally could only have tetris and telegram open and this wiill take minutes to open anything else. I've done the classic steps of clearing memory, using device care, even developing animation in system settings to not much avail. It's always gonna be a slow ohone but it needs to at least crawl. I realised this thing never actually hears up when it goes so slow as though it was throttling, leaving me to think that maybe this was severely hardware limited or something. But I'm clearly no expert - I feel like I'm talking like a redneck. I'm pretty comfortable with the idea of overclocking this now since samsung no longer updates the firmware, and I don't really know any roms i like as much as I do oneui. So where would one begin?
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] ipp0:
There are kernels and custom roms available here. Eureka kernel is still receiving updates, but there’s at least physwizz kernel as well that works with oneui.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] omagasamsa:
Thank you so much =3
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] dalboynz:
Is there a version of GCam known to work on the Galaxy A54 5g? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] Nightflame5:
Does the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G support the Camera2 API? Limited, Full or Level 3 Support?

I had a look at:

https://camera2probe.com/list

It seems a few of the older A32/A52 did support Camera2 API Full or Level 3 but the SM-A546E is only Limited.
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] dalboynz:
My Galaxy A52 could do it so I assumed the A54 would be able to as well, looks like I was wrong :-(
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] Nightflame5:
Yeah, it doesn't look good. If you get time could install Camera2 Probe (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.weis.camera2probe) on your A54 and upload the results here please?

Would be good to independantly verify A54 support. Useful for people like me who were going to buy an A54 and now need to look elsewhere.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] dalboynz:
I tried installing Camera2Probe but got a message saying phone wasn't compatible with the app :-(
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] bonfire9211:
There's Camera2 API Probe on Google play
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] dalboynz:
Ok, I tried that and it reports that A54 is limited and no Raw.
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] ad2048:
I'm looking for gcam port that is working with Samsung Galaxy A54 5G, any recommendations?

I tried gcam of A52 on A54 but didn't work:

gcam port

Is anyone aware of a working gcam port? thanks

xdaforums.com

GCAM for A52 4G/5G

Hello guys The BSG versions of the Gcam mod works really stable on our device. But there aren't optimized configs available, so the colors do need to get a little bit tweaked. In the newest versions, it's possible to save and load configs. So it...

xdaforums.com

Also I tried this Stable GCam here (Google Camera 9.x (Android 12+) but not working:

Recommended Stable Google Camera Port Versions

A list of suggested / recommended and known to be stable Google Camera apks.

www.celsoazevedo.com
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] seth_space:
Try the options that passed here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GCamPort/s/9yCuc9PTPn
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] tommyzc1705:
These are the most "compatible" versions with exynos processors (it is not 100% functional)

fu24 GCam APKs - Google Camera Port

Modified Google Camera app by fu24.

www.celsoazevedo.com
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] geo.tn:
which version do you recommend as the most stable ?
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] candask:
Don't waste your time. As Galaxy A54 doesn't support Camera 2 API, Gcam won't work. You can only use Gcam Go which shows poor quality.
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] thomasvtt:
You may try this; https://www.samsungsfour.com/tutorials/download-gcam-apk-galaxy-a54.html

It is working.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] jrkruse:
It is always best to get carrier features working on there own branded phone first and then swap the sim into your international device. This is the only way to get certain features like vvm, rcs messages etc working as you cant activate or add them to your device from the international device
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] mslezak:
Thanks jrkruse, flash HOME_CSC via Odin to CSC. Phone boots to TWRP. In TWRP clear cache. Phone boots to system, shows LTE instead of 4g. 5g icon gets bigger (maybe just an outline of 5g when connected to 5g but not using it). Changing CSC to TMB for me (on Mint/Tmobile) the system wants to reboot and install apps, then boots to TWRP. That was done via developer options / USB debugging / SamFirm CSC change under ADB. The CSC from this modification shows XAA unlocked US phone which should support most US carriers. Tested on a SM-S9110 S23. I enabled all the bands from another post, but the China ROM appears to have the bands it says it has and nothing more (4g and 5g).

Still, I was able to get over 100mbps on 5g (outside), and around 10-15mbps on 4g (or 4g+ carrier aggregation). I appreciate your post!
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] jrkruse:
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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] jrkruse:
Updated stuff added TWRP flashable zips
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] shouren04:
Could anyone tell me if flashing this TMB CSC, will it install T-Mobile boot splash screen & startup T-Mobile jingle (if they still do that)? How about carrier bloatware? And most importantly for me, does RCS work with Samsung Messages?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] SteelH:
This DOES NOT install TM boot splash screen or jingle or bloatware. RCS works with Google messages, I don't use Samsung messages.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] shouren04:
Thanks. I'm using Google Messages now but I'd rather use Samsung Messages if RCS works.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] jrkruse:
I can add the tmobile splash screen back if you miss it
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] shouren04:
Oh, no, no, no, I DO NOT want it! :D

All I really would like is for RCS to work with Samsung Messages.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] jrkruse:
Does it not work for you. I know it doesn’t work on Verizon but I didn’t know it didn’t work for other carriers
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] shouren04:
I've got a S918B running dr.ketan rom. EUX CSC, T-Mobile USA carrier. RCS does not seem to work with Samsung Messages, only Google Messages.

On my Note8 (also EU model) when I was running Weta rom I would flash TMB CSC for RCS & wifi calling to work. But once I updated the rom to A9 with no TMB CSC, RCS no longer worked.

So I'm curious & assuming if I flash your TMB CSC RCS might work with Samsung Messages?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] jrkruse:
Yes it might for sure
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] shouren04:
Lol, great, thank you & for your work. (y)

Can I simply copy over the TMB cscfeature.xml over or all the files from the TMB /optics..../conf folder? Or is not a simple as that anymore? I'm not used to all this /optics & /prism stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] jrkruse:
You flash the tmb twrp zip and it will install US csc and change csc code too TMB
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] jrkruse:
You don’t have to manually do anything unless you want to change some settings in service menu
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] shouren04:
Will the TWRP flashable modify anything in bands menu? I'm guessing no & I hope not but not a big deal if I have to reconfigure.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] jrkruse:
Yes it wipes nv data so it will reset anything in service menu back to stock settings
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] jrkruse:
Nv data is your modem data not phone data by the way
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] shouren04:
Got it. Thank you. I'll make a backup before flashing anyway.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenshinta:
If anyone knows descriptions to miuiop please share, I'm curious what they do.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WoKoschekk:
As you can see there are several numbers starting with 100xx. These are the app IDs (UID = user IDs) the system is dealing with. Every app has a corresponding UID which is needed for file permission rights. Example: If only a certain app (UID 10666) has the permission to open a certain folder, the folder will be restricted to u0_a666 (=user 0, that's you, + app UID 10666)

Usually the first UID slots 10001, 10002, ... are system apps since they get started first upon an initial boot of your device. I assume that MIUIOP belongs to the MIUI optimization, but not sure about that. But you can figure it out with the help of the UIDs:

Apk Analyzer - Apps on Google Play

Detailed reports of the applications on your device. 📱

play.google.com

Selecting an app shows you its UID. Unfortunately it doesn't show you the UID in the app's list directly.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenshinta:
So the uid number could be different across different miui versions… unlike standard appops which are the same regardless of device?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenshinta:
Posting a list of the apps just because:

10008 com.miui.core.internal.editor.services

10017 - com.miui.systemui.overlay.devices.android

10020 - com.android.theme.font.notoserifsource (Noto Serif / Source Sans Pro)

10026 - com.android.internal.systemui.onehanded.gestural (One Handed Mode)

10033 - com.android.overlay.gmstelephony

10036 - com.android.systemui.gesture.line.overlay

10037 - com.miui.systemui.carriers.overlay
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WoKoschekk:
The app UIDs are assigned ongoing by your system on first boot (for system apps) or after installation (for user apps). Example: The first app you install on your device gets the UID 10201 then the second one gets 10202 and so on. It doesn't depend on your MIUI version or sth like this.
[Samsung Galaxy A22 5G] Decmanager:
So long story short, I bricked my A226b and after a week of trying different things I noticed the product code was different when I was using Android Utilities. This could be why (my other post) I'm getting errors.

Looking around, the closest I can find to my problem is "build.prop" where the device I.D has changed after flash

I'm stuck in BROM and I can't get to DM or ADB, I'm searching for the answer but I still don't understand how to achieve changing the device I.D / Product I.D back so SP flash tool sees it as a correct model or deactivated this check etc.

I'm hoping I'm close to finding solution, any ideas?

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy A22 5G] SubwayChamp:
If your device is in BROM mode, and you have the right firmware files, SPFT, don´t check the device model to flash it, only it is based on the scatter file. Maybe you can upload some screenshots from the message you are receiving. Note that to really be sure your device is entering to BROM mode, you have to check in device manager, that it is in preloader mode, and using other tool, device will stay in BROM mode. Can you describe what you have with?
[Samsung Galaxy A22 5G] Decmanager:
I'm bricked in brom, I use auth bypass, then Android Utilities / A226b dead boot repair and when it reads it, it shows product code of A12 and hangs back to brom. I feel like I've flashed it to be a12 some how and when I try flash the correct files it's giving me an error.

*(in my other post are the details of why I'm doing it and some logs / I'm not sure how I bricked it)
[Samsung Galaxy A22 5G] Decmanager:
Waiting for mtk usb device... ok

BootMode : BootRom[COM21]

DriverDesc : MediaTek USB Port

DriverPath : usb\vid_0e8d&pid_0003\6&39447387&0&2

DriverSRV : wdm_usb

DriverVersion : 3.0.1504.0

DriverDate : 1-22-2015

DriverCFG : oem25.inf

DriverOEM : MediaTek Inc.

● BBChip ID MT6833

● BBChip Inf 989:8A00:CA00:0

● Chip PID Dimensity 700

● Chip UID Palmer

● Chip Ver CHIP_VER_E1

BRom::SEC:{0xe5}[SBC:ON:SLA:OFF:DAA:ON]

BRom stage Re-configuration

● BR_MEID:0x76206C45E7FF29381C34C136A484886F

Disabling watchdog timer0...

BRom::WinUSB::DevHnd{0xefaf700}

BRom::WinUSB::DevHnd{0xefb0218}

BRom::WinUSB::DevHnd{0xefb07e0}

===== Bypass Authentication =====

Dumping Dram data(0xa47a0500)...

Re-connecting to BootROM...

Sending Download Agent(A037F)...

Booting Download Agent at(0x200000)...

Successfully received DA sync cahr

Start setup da environment...

Setup da device enviroment...

Successfully received 1st DA sync signal

Initialize Dram(0x1000)...

Dram initialized

Boot and enter 2nd DA...

Boot 2nd Da done! Getting Ram Info

● Sram 448.00KB

● Dram 4.00GB

Boot and enter 2nd SEC DA...

===== Power On HACC =====

Boot 2nd SEC DA done! Getting HW Info

● Storage eMMC

● BOOT1 4.00MB

● BOOT2 4.00MB

● RPMB 16.00MB

● GP1 00000000

● GP2 00000000

● GP3 00000000

● GP4 00000000

● USR 58.24GB

● MLC 00000001

● SLC 00000001

● EOL 00000001

● LCYCLE 00000000

● CID 13014E47314A395238101B685D0A29D1

● MFRID 0x13

● Vendor Micron

● Card BGA BGA (Discrete embedded)

● OEMID 0x4e

● Product G1J9R8

● Revision 1.0

● Card SN 0x1b685d0a

● MFDate 2/2022

● EMCP MT29VZZZAD8GQFSL_046W_9R8

● Capacity 0xe91000000:58.27GB

● RNID 07C80DE18DA944D652A025AC302451BA

Switching to usb high-speed...

===== wait for DA high speed port =====

Waiting for mtk da device... ok

BootMode : MTK DA VCOM[COM22]

DriverDesc : MediaTek DA USB VCOM (Android)

DriverPath : usb\vid_0e8d&pid_2001\6&39447387&0&2

DriverSRV : wdm_usb

DriverVersion : 3.0.1504.0

DriverDate : 1-22-2015

DriverCFG : oem25.inf

DriverOEM : MediaTek Inc.

● USBSpeed high-speed

Gathering partitions info...

===== wait for DA S/W detection report =====

===== Download boot_section to device =====

BOOT-A/B region(s) successfully updated!

===== Download user_section to device =====

(P/S)-GPT header(s) and entries(s) successfully updated!

Rebooting device... Done

Waiting for samsung-dm usb device...

**AND THEN HANGS**

It's showing up as : ● Product - G1J9R8
[Samsung Galaxy A22 5G] SubwayChamp:
I saw you had "verified boot enabled" error, in the other post. You can try this https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-39260.html, but, excluding some files for the flash round, you can bypass that error, I have to see the files in SPFT, to can remember which (I also had the same issue with other device).

G1J9R8 it´s just the eMMc RAM product, not your device, the error may happen with UFI boxes.

You won´t have issues flashing any partition, through mtk-client.
[Samsung Galaxy A22 5G] Decmanager:
OK I setup and ready to flash with MTK client, can you point me to the simplest method to flash my MT6833 or what ever it is I need. I am also actively searching for info but if you have something please post. Thank you lots.
[Samsung Galaxy A22 5G] SubwayChamp:
Simple, unlock bootloader through mtk-client (don´t erase metadata), then flash all the partitions available in the firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy A22 5G] Decmanager:
Couldn't find good solution to unlock bootloader, the phone stuck in Brom.