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[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] dodgebizkit:
Tomorrow marks 4 years since the tablet was released.

On the day it was released, the Tab S4 had a 2 year old processor, but was 1 year old. Despite the beautiful build, it felt very out of date to use.

The Tab S3 had aged even worse, with the bezels and hardware buttons making it look like the iPad 3's unemployed, weed smoking brother who hasn't heard of toothpaste or soap.

4 years on, far from feeling out of date, the S6 feels like it could have been released this year, if you ignore the software version.

It's missing one feature that bothers some more than others, and that's a high refresh rate screen, but other than that it holds up very very well in 2023.

It has zero lag, it's very fast, it runs all apps and games that you'd expect to run on any Android tablet with no struggle at all.

Ironically, when ignoring the the refresh rate, it has the best quality screen of any Samsung tablet below 13 inches, as it is a beautiful OLED screen while the later models of any non "pro" (ie 13in+) are using LCD display technology, which... Works... But... No one is ever going to comment on how beautiful it looks, while the screen on the S6 is lush.

The battery life is phenomenal, I run an iPad Air 5 with an M1 chip which is practically brand new, and the 4 year old battery in the Tab S6 wipe the floor with it.

Main downside? The official keyboard attachment cost over £100 and sucks. The keyboard case was a disaster too, with some weird suction thing that didn't hold... I had to modify it myself by supergluing it to a cheap case that used magnets and cutting off the superfluous parts of the cheap case. It works well but the keyboard is terrible. Usable for minimal tasks only.

How has your experience been with this 4 year old masterpiece of a device?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pinguin2001:
My experience has been really good as well, I have my Tab S6 since release and I fully agree with your post. I have been using it a lot to play games, watch videos and to take notes in class.

It does all of this perfectly fine and I am not going to upgrade anytime soon. I am glad I bought this device and it was well worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] d99x:
I've also generally had a great experience with my Tab S6, but have felt the battery life declining over time.

I've also gotten burned in the past when I've waited too long to trade in a device, and it's developed a defect, or just gone to minimal value.

I hesitated with Samsung's latest release of the Tab S9 series, but then saw the deal to trade-in for a Tab S9+ was a lot better than expected (by at least a couple hundred dollars). And since I use my tablet most heavily for watching videos, decided to take my chances with an upgrade now.

I do hope I don't regret the decision, since the S6 indeed has been pretty solid for me for several years now. The only "critique" I've really had is wanting a bit bigger screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mad4some:
Agree it's an awesome tablet, just wish it had better custom rom support as I will buy a Samsung tablet for build quality but WILL NOT run any device with Samsung software. Also, to me this is the max size for something hand held in 1 hand and I can't wrap my head around why everybody makes 11", 12.5" and larger tablets......tryin to be laptops I reckon o_O
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arobase404:
I don't understand your criticism about the keyboard when I also own this keyboard and find it simply perfect. I also don't understand why you mention the keyboard case when I don't think it's an official Samsung accessory since the keyboard itself already serves as a case for the tablet in a way...

I know there is a case for the Galaxy tab S6 tablet itself but I don't think it is to be used with the keyboard... ^^

I simply had a problem with the battery due to the heatwave, which swelled so much that it partially dislodged the display screen... ^^

But I found a spare battery and was able to replace it myself so it didn't cost me too much. Especially for a product that's at the end of its life from a firmware point of view, while the hardware is still up to date and working perfectly well.

I was able to remove a lot of bloatware, which means that this tablet is still as fluid as ever without having to install a custom rom, because I simply love ONE UI!

I also own a Lenovo Miix 700-12isk Laptop (running Windows 10 and Linux) with a keyboard that partly resembles that of the Galaxy tab S6, but without the stylus slot, and over time it has bad contacts, even though I rarely use it: almost exclusively to update Android in my smartphones and also for my S6 tablet, as they're all rooted.

What's more, this Laptop is obviously much heavier than the Galaxy Tab S6, and I bought it on a whim because of the touch screen and the separate keyboard.

But it no longer meets my needs, so I now have a much powerful Laptop with a 15.6" touch screen: HP Envy X360 with an AMD Ryzen 7 5700u processor, 32 GB RAM, 2 TB Nvme SSD, which I use on a daily basis, but it's a completely different use compared to the Galaxy tab S6.

I don't need a bigger Android tablet as when needed I can connect my Galaxy tab S6 to a large screen wirelessly simply with a Fire Stick from Amazon (because it works better than Google Chrome Cast) and as I also have access to my computer data (mostly videos and eBooks) also wirelessly with the Samsung filemanager....

So what more do the people ask for? ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] dodgebizkit:
I would assume that it's the only tablet keyboard you've used and manage fine with it. It works for you and that's great, but that definitely doesn't make it objectively good, in fact almost everyone reviewing this device online and in person makes a comment about how bad the keyboard is, so I'm not alone nor in the minority with this opinion, and quality-wise, it is objectively poorly designed and made, this is undeniable, especially when you consider the price.

If it was £20 I would be far more forgiving although I would still feel that this is too much to pay for it, let alone the £100-150 (I forget exactly) I paid for it at launch.

I cannot deny your experience being fine and as I say this leads me to assume you haven't tried any alternatives and haven't really found any issues, and that's good, I'm glad you enjoy it.

I also have the apple keyboard for iPad and this is a truly awesome keyboard.

I've also tried the keyboard for newer Samsung tablets and they're not perfect but they're much better quality than this flimsy thing for the S6.

When I could be bothered to, IE, when the s6 was my primary device, I instead paired a Bluetooth Logitech keyboard to it which was infinitely better than the cheap (yet costly!) Official keyboard attachment. I can type okay with it when I need to use it but it's not a comfortable experience at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arobase404:
Would you mind to explicitly explain us what is wrong with the Samsung Keyboard cover as what you explained earlier is unclear and most probably irrelevant ???

You said :

"Main downside? The official keyboard attachment cost over £100 and sucks. The keyboard case was a disaster too, with some weird suction thing that didn't hold... I had to modify it myself by supergluing it to a cheap case that used magnets and cutting off the superfluous parts of the cheap case. It works well but the keyboard is terrible. Usable for minimal tasks only."

BUT the official Samsung keyboard for the Galaxy Tab S6 has no suction thing but a magnetic system !

About the part of the keyboard that is attached to the Tab S6 there is a plastic protection that you have to peel off and it has to be applied onto the back of the Tab. There is very little chance you can then move or remove it easily as the glue covers the whole surface of the keyboard holder, for what I remind... ^^

So I really don't understand the rest of your explanation !!!

Then what is the base or the source of persons having the same opinion or same experience than you about the "poor quality" of the Samsung keyboard ??? Some guys on Reddit or the such ??? So I don't think there are a majority... ^^

Any link or sources ?

Then if your keyboard was defective why didn't you ask the Samsung after sale service for a repair, an exchange or a refund ???

Do your have any idea how many keyboard covers Samsung sold for the T865 or the T860 and how many where defective ?

Finally, when I do a research about defective iPad keyboard or MacBook keyboard I also find out many sources describing many "issues" with them and more specially with the Butterfly Apple keyboard... ^^
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] dodgebizkit:
The iPad's keyboard doesn't use a butterfly mechanism. That was specifically a MacBook air keyboard from a few years ago. I don't see how it's relevant - a defense of one product isn't really contingent upon "well, I have seen worse products out there", a product needs to be good according to its own merits.

You're getting over defensive over the keyboard and taking this personally, as though you're being attacked. I'm not arguing, if you want a debate, you won't get one from me.

Also I'm not going to trawl through all the comments, posts, reviews and YouTube videos on the subject to find all the views on the keyboard. You have the same YouTube access and Google search that I do. I'm sure you'll enjoy watching all the YouTube reviews on the tablet from the release date through to today, they were very interesting as I recall, and as part of it you'll hear all the very valid criticisms.

If you watch videos on the Tab S7, you'll hear a lot of reviewers state that they're happy that the issues with the sky's keyboard have been added. Again, I'm not trawling through hours and hours of videos to provide source links, watch them at your own leisure, and again, I'm not going to debate or argue.

If you love the keyboard and it works for you, I'm very happy to hear that, keep on enjoying it for years to come.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arobase404:
Where did you see I mentioned the iPad keyboard uses a butterfly mechanism ??? ^^

This is what I said :

"Finally, when I do a research about defective iPad keyboard or MacBook keyboard I also find out many sources describing many "issues" with them and more specially with the Butterfly Apple keyboard... ^^"

So I was talking about 2 type of Apple devices with 2 types of keyboard !!!

Then if you don't want to compare 2 products of 2 different brands why are you always and systematically talking and mentioning about the iPad you have in EVERY threads and in almost every posts of yours in a website mostly dedicated to Android devices ??? ^^

I have never seen a single thread of yours where you are not mentioning the fact you have an IPad or a Apple product that you prefer...

I'm NOT getting over defensive and taking this personally as I'm just trying to understand why and how you're getting your trouble with the Galaxy tab S6 cover keyboard case and obviously it's because you don't know how to use it as most other users that encounter the same "issue" than you...

I can't remember if the keyboard manual explained it but you can use it in 2 different ways :

- Simply with the keyboard magnets but you have to clean up the back of your Tab S6 and thus the keyboard holder will remain firmly attached to the Tab S6.

- The second way is to peel off the plastic protection and then the keyboard holder will be glued to the Tab S6 so it will never move or fall down anymore, as I already explained above.

It couldn't be easier !!!!

I don't care about all the comments, posts, reviews and YouTube videos on the subject as I'm more interested about your own experience and most probably your own errors... obviously...

If you don't want to debate or argue I don't understand the point of opening this thread or systematically mentioning that you own an iPad that you prefer above all. Each product from both two brands, Apple and Samsung, has its own advantages and disadvantages, and therefore its own problems and issues.

I thought it was an open discussion where anyone could help you in solving your issue and I didn't know it was a promotion thread for your beloved IPad...

Yep, I love my keyboard as it is a compact one which doesn't need to hold a battery and a bluetooth system nor do I need to bother with a bulky item or with a stylus that also need a battery to work.

If I needed a more comfortable and more powerful keyboard, I'd have to carry it around in my backpack, which adds more weight such as with Apple environment... ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] dodgebizkit:
I hope someone is successful in putting Android 13 to this tablet!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] dodgebizkit:
In 2024 this tablet has had a renaissance.

It became a garden youtube tablet with no other use for me, as I typically use an ipad for al my tablet needs, but I recently discovered that this tablet can emulate ps2 and gamecube games really well, and is still a gaming beast despite its age, so I've been using it a lot more. I really love emulating classic 2d games in lemuroid, it makes them look so beautiful.

Ipad is still my number 1 tablet device but it really is incredible how well this device holds up after all these years, with the great battery, screen and ability to run such a vast library of old and new games.

It really demands respect, it's the best value for money and most future proofed tablet for its time that Sansung (and maybe any Android oem) has ever released!

I'm very impressed with this tablet.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] norazi:
Still use mine everyday. The only things I miss are security updates, high refresh, and wifi6
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arobase404:
What's the need to always quote your iPad in all your posts in a thread in regard with Android and your Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 ??? *#à$A
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] jasonx3:
as title says I've tried to install by using "Choose update package" Method but I'm getting this error. please help me

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[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Sheist!:
10 MIUI Updater Problems: Causes and Solutions

Causes and solutions for MIUI update errors. What to do if you can't verify update (Can't Verify Update) or download it (Can't download).

miuirom.org
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] jasonx3:
non of the reasons mentioned my error code
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Sheist!:
Review all of the solutions provided for all the error codes. Have you attempted any yourself? Google the website for further links, modifying your search string for better results. Also, Google "can't verify update" with "XDA". XDA provides solutions based on trial and error, in most cases. ROM manufacturers may not provide detailed solutions for all errors.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] jasonx3:
I've tried searching the forum and didn't find any error related to "can't flash this rom" error code.

"Can't verify update" isn't the problem here. I get 100s results but nothing match with my problem.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Sheist!:
"Good luck" to you. XDA has a years-long list of unanswered questions, but the forum itself is not to blame.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] AndroidUserVanilla:
Logged in in a long time just to answer this because I had the same problem in the EU ROM. You just have to download the file of your current ROM and start to flash it. When it gives you the prompt saying it will flash the ROM you open file explorer (leaving the updater on background) and change the name of the new update file (14.0.4) to the old update (14.0.2) by copy paste, changing the 14.0.2 file name to Cancelled.zip.

Then, you open the update through recent tabs (because you had it on background) and without closing the old prompt you just click on update or confirm ( I can't remember the exact word)

I found this solution on YouTube.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Sheist!:
Nice. It does say "can't flash this [stable] ROM" in the video, but without confirming any errors on screen first. Also says Global ROM there. However, the video did use versions 12.x and 13 in the example and not 14. I've seen errors myself in the past with rejections to validate when trying to rename update files, but the timing in this video is interesting. Let's see if the OP gives it a go. (y)
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] AndroidUserVanilla:
I did the same procedure 3 days ago when updating from EU 14.0.3 to 14.0.5 and it was the only thing that worked.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Sheist!:
Well done. I would have Googled the MIUI support and user sites as well as generically after checking XDA myself. I left the stock MIUI ROMs awhile ago, but I happily add this scenario and solution to my notes. (y)
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] rgazapo:
You get that error when MIUI can not connect to internet to verify if the ROM you are trying to install it's valid and for your phone
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] brodic021:
Nice 'explanation' and a solution is?
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] brodic021:
There is no 'prompt' on MIUI 14.0.2.0 nore on 14.0.4.0 on manual update with zip file.

Actually, when you select zip file and click on the blue rounded button - there's no prompt anymore.. The procedure unstoppably continues till it ends.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] umit35izm:
Uninstall the updates of the updater app and try again.

I tried it and it worked!

The phone has been upgraded to Global 14.0.4.0.TKFMIXM ROM.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] jasonx3:
I'm sorry for the late reply guys. I managed to downgrade to 13.0.18.0 by flashing through MI flash tool but i will give a try now that 14.0.7.0 is out
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M8105:
Hey friends

I am trying to edit a system application (for example packageinstaller), in the past this was possible even without re-signing the file (which would have caused the system not to load it,)

but by editing and saving the old manifest so that even though the signature was "broken", the system still loaded the file,

I now tried to do the same on Samsung's Android 13 security patch level 1 January 2023 and there it turns out that any application that is not fully signed the system does not upload it (because the system is RO I replace the edited application with magisk module)

If anyone has information on the matter or a solution, I would be very happy

Aha.. and sorry for the bad English...
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Matxilla:
hello everyone i seem to have made an oopsie and somehow deleted all 49 partitions on my phoneView attachment 5966055

is there anything i can do to restore them all?

i can scroll further up in terminal so see when they were still there and it was suppose to be all of these

View attachment 5966057

please help i dont know what i did and i dont want to have my device be rendered useless

I was following this tutorial https://xdaforums.com/t/dev-expand-system-partition-to-4gb-p9-lite.4446185/
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] surdu_petru:
If you not yet fixed, you can take a look here for fix your device.
[Samsung Galaxy A90 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] PseudonymXIV:
As some of you may or may not be aware that an update is present for the device model suffixed with B. (A908B)

At the time of this posted message. Korean and Chinese Variants still have their latest available Binary at U5, so at current time of this message, devices in these regions do not have to worry about this post.

This release carries the Bootloader Binary 9 Version, and is of the Android 12 OS Version, at least as far as my device, which is of the United Kingdom.

The update Prior to that is the last of Binary 5. Which is host of the OS Versions of 10, 11 and 12. Which allows downgrade to the aforementioned Android Versions.

Once you have updated to the 9 Binary, you will be locked to Android 12.

Remember, if you're rooted, and in theory the device has downloaded the update, and is pending a reboot, or confirmation.

If you wish to remove this update package.

Utilise a Root Explorer, access root directory and refer to data/fota and remove update.zip, from there you can select update from your systems installer to error the installation, the pending install will clear; then you can freeze the update installer with a disabler app.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] chaoscreater:
On my Redmi K60 running on stock rooted MIUI 14 Android 13, I can do a nandroid backup using TWRP and restore that backup just fine. All the Data partition gets backed up and restored perfectly and my phone is able to startup without any issues. The TWRP for my Redmi K60 is obviously able to support A13 decryption.

On my old Poco F1, that's not the case here. I've got the latest TWRP A12 v2 and I'm using PixeoOS A13. I boot up the phone into the PixelOS configuration wizard and get all the basic stuff configured and once I'm at the launcher home screen, I reboot the phone into TWRP to do a backup. I then wipe Data and then do a restore of Data. I then boot my phone up and it would just fail. I have to format Data for the phone to boot up properly.

What am I doing wrong here?

In case someone comments using Swift Backup or whatever, I'm aware of it and I'm using it already. The question here is regarding nandroid backup, which is arguably superior to Swift Backup because I'm restoring exactly everything I backed up at that point in time, not just apps.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] ZG_DEV:
Same issue, but it showed up to me when I restored my "dumped" Android backup using mtk client tool

I could not solve it too 🥲
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] chaoscreater:
I thought of got it to work.

Firstly, there are different ways of wiping Data:

- Wipe -> Advanced Wipe -> Data

- Wipe -> Factory Reset

- Wipe -> Format Data

With Format Data, you can choose to use the rm -rf instead of formatting. This is a setting you can configure in the Settings page. I've tried a combination of them and that's actually not what you're supposed to do. The easiest thing to do is:

1. Boot to TWRP

2. Wipe -> Factory Reset

3. While still in TWRP, do a restore of DATA and reboot.

4. When you boot to Android, it'll be missing the lockscreen security. Just need to re-configure it.

Alternatively, you can also try this:

1. Boot to TWRP.

2. Wipe -> Advanced Wipe -> Data.

3. Wipe -> Format Data. If Format Data doesn't work, then reboot into recovery and do Format Data and nothing else.

4. Reboot phone. It should show you the Android configuration wizard screen. When you get to that screen, reboot into recovery again.

5. In TWRP, it shouldn't ask you for PIN, because Data partition is now wiped out and formatted. However, because we have booted into the Android system and got to the configuration wizard screen, it means that Data partition should have decrypted files in it. To verify, go to Install in TWRP and look at your internal storage. You shouldn't see any gibberish names on the folders. If that's the case, then do a Data restore from nandroid. and reboot.

6. Phone will boot into Android launcher homescreen, with all your nandroid data restored. At this point, you just need to configure your lockscreen security again. You may also be missing the navigation bar at the bottom (back, home, recent). Just restart phone and it should be there again.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] ZG_DEV:
I can't take a backup from twrp because it cannot decrypt my data 😶
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] chaoscreater:
What phone do you have? Poco F1? Are you using the latest TWRP A12 V2 TWRP? Should be in the comments somewhere.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] ZG_DEV:
Oppo a5s

Unofficial twrp 3.6.0 🤡(I don't remember the version exactly)
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] chaoscreater:
LOL then why are you on a Poco F1 forum?

You just need to get a custom recovery that supports A12 decryption. If you don't even have that, then of course you'll run into issues.

Also, Oppo sucks and ColorOS sucks. Stay away from it. Get a OnePlus if you really want to stay in the Oppo family, but otherwise their bootloader unlock process and OS update support is terrible.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] ZG_DEV:
I didn't notice it is a Poco F1 Forum 😅