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[Android TV General] Renate:
Aw, I hate compiling.

Wouldn't it be easier to just Magisk the stock boot normally?

Then you say that the skip-initramfs is in the dtb?

The dtb is not even compressed.

All you need to do is binary edit the Magisk'ed boot image and change skip-initramfs to need-initramfs.

You can use my imgutil.exe and dtbview (in my sig) to check the location of this string in the boot image.

I've changed that in either direction for things.
[Android TV General] Iridule:
I noticed getting adb debug is different for fire version. Click middle remote button 7 times in about menu. I wonder if I can use root to flash the Google version of this tv? Edit: Upon further inspection this version of the U6H has no serial service port unless it is hidden behind the frame? Had the service port on the back hidden with a screw. And it appears to be 2.5mm rather than 3.5...would I still be able to access UART with this?

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...However after looking at the board online I don't know if that connection goes to anything....

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There does appear to be a debug area...I suppose I could tap directly into that?Also noticed hdmi 2 seems to be marked as UART on this board.

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Note: to get developer tools menu in the fire version. press the center button for one second, and then, without letting go, press the down button. Keep both buttons pressed for a 2-3 seconds, release and immediately press the menu button. View attachment 6114366
[Android TV General] Iridule:
@plausibledeniability would you send me your firmware file? I Have a feeling it may help me if I brick the amazon version as Hisense said they do not supply firmware for amazon version, amazon said they won't send me the firmware. I Have a feeling the version you have would work. I will have to solder the UART connectors to this board and Hopefully won't mess up but just in case.​
[Android TV General] Iridule:
I've got UART adapter soldered to the debug section of the board but can't seem to interrupt the boot sequence when holding enter I get locked out... Any ideas @Functioner @plausibledeniability ?

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[Android TV General] Iridule:
I am getting 0E8D:1887....
[Android TV General] Renate:
That's apparently a "MediaTek Slim Portable DVD Writer".
[Android TV General] Iridule:
I don't see how...the TV is the only thing I've plugged into this laptop...weird. *Edit* it may have been the old DVD drive the previous owner used. I think this android tv I'm trying to flash has another type of processor (I think MStar?) I'm guessing I can't proceed with this project though due to some type of hardware lock or something?

I've contacted Hisense, Amazon, Mediatek and a certified Hisense repair tech. None of them were helpful. I think Mediatek knows how to bypass it but they didn't get back to me.
[Android TV General] Renate:
If you were using enumusb.exe it was showing things that have ever been plugged in.

If you want to see things that were just plugged in use usblog.exe
[Android TV General] Iridule:
Ok so more research reveals this 50U6HF is using MStar soc, M-boot which is combination U-boot and S-boot. I think there is some special key I need to press on the remote to start an interactive shell that isn't locked down. Even tapping eneter leads to lockdown mode. I'm not sure what to do to bypass this.
[Android TV General] Iridule:
this is the resultView attachment 6116095
[Android TV General] Renate:
Ok, well, that's fine.

Your question was about getting this device into BROM or Preloader mode.

Apparently you've never been able to do that.

What happens when you do a reboot?

Doesn't that stuff ever pop up?
[Android TV General] Iridule:
@Renate

I get information about Mboot... If I try to interrupt boot it enters lockdown mode.

Spoiler content hidden.

:/ below is example of trying to interrupt boot

============= set bootargs ===============
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 0
<< M7632 >>#
<< M7632 >># version
command not supported in lockdown
<< M7632 >>#
[Android TV General] Renate:
Well, you did stop boot.

And you got your shell.

But it's "locked down".

Try help, logon, login, unlock, how the heck should I know?
[Android TV General] Iridule:
No commands work. The only thing that shows output is the remote. Maybe there is special code or a separate service remote needed? No info about this online. Might contact Hisense and social engineer myself a service module/remote/code or something 😅

Update*

Looks like I'd need a password from the manufacturer of the chip I think... If the U6HF is anything like this old device.

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[Android TV General] plausibledeniability:
Maybe building is a better term :p

If using Magisk normally worked we wouldn't have this fun discussion thread :)

Ah... If only it were that easy. See my post #32 in this thread where I go into detail on how and why to patch Magisk:

For clarification, this bootloader is UBOOT/MBOOT.

----

This is unfortunate :(

Just checked with the other device owners I've been working with. None of us have experienced this yet. The `<< M7632 >>#` prompt is the same one we get - we just don't encounter the lockdown mode.
[Android TV General] Iridule:
Wonder if there is a key to exit lockdown? While in lockdown I get output in the serial terminal only by using the amazon fire remote. I'm guessing there is a specific key code to enter?
[Android TV General] plausibledeniability:
We see the terminal output for IR input as well; I doubt there is a key combination that would grant you access. I had a discussion about your tv model - "Amazon Fire TV Smart TV - Hisense U6 Series" - with my bigger brained counterpart, GitHub user throwaway96. Here are some of the things we found:

You can find the sources for your device published by Amazon. Looking into the source, lockdown does appear to be amazon specific. We'll start here wi.th the code block that prints the lockdown message. This is called every time a command is run:

else if (!chk_cmd_lockdown(lastcommand)) {
puts ("command not supported in lockdown\n");
rc = 0;
}

Spoiler content hidden.

There is potential to unlock your device. If you can get a command to run, you might be able to write `ANTIROLLBACK_NOT_ENABLED_MAGIC` to `ANTIROLLBACK_REG_ADDR` with the command `mw.w 1f000c08 ebab`. Getting this command to run will likely require another exploit - either in the software or by glitching the hardware when the checks happen.
[Android TV General] Iridule:
Ugh I've tried everything...I'm at a loss with the Amazon version... I think I'm going to try a main board swap to get the Google version.
[General Questions and Answers] shiva_uchiha:
Hi Guys !

I really need your help to clarify certain things relating to android audio.

I currently have an LG G8X with in built Quad DAC. I am planning to buy Sony wh-1000xm5.

Can the LG G8X DAC+ Apple Music High res+ Sony wh-1000xm5 (input: AUX) make a good portable music system ?

I am confused because there are lot of uncertainty regarding information relating to this setup.

can this setup actually play Hi-res lossless from Apple Music ?

Some people say it's possible and some say it's not possible. for example take this article from XDA, it says a device with hi-res built in DAC should be able to play in high res music from apple.

contentions are only relating to 2 things.

1. The audio mixer within android automatically scales it to 48khz thus not bit perfect.

In this case I have couple of confusion.

* If android has this limitation why did apple even allow streaming of Hi-res lossless in android (I can literally see the tag while playing music)? why even suggest getting an external DAC as a pop up message(While enabling in the settings) it doesn't make sense the input for dac will be sampled at 48khz and not direct stream from Apple Music. So will an external DAC like this even be able to override the OS mixer ?

* Here in this Android developer documentation, it says after android 10 there is support for 192khz . My phone has android 12, does that mean 48khz throttling doesn't apply to lg g8x?

* What about LDAC will it still work if there is this 48khz limitation in OS mixer ? After all if this issues is there won't the LDAC encoder simply get 48khz stream ?

2. Apple Music doesn't send the data to inbuilt doc.

* Here some say LG already had written drivers that would by default route audio to its inbuilt hi-fi DAC is this true ? can anyone confirm this ?

Also are there any tools to monitor or set sampling bitrate of audio output in android phones ? I can easily do this with my Mac (Audio Midi setup) and windows (Audio setup) ?

Thanks in advance !
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[G1 Android Development] alleyezondisromo:
hey guys, well i just bought this indash lcd system, and i saw it has bluetooth built in, now i know the g1 doesnt have a2dp yet, but when released for the g1 woudl it be possible to just play my songs wireless through bluetooth on my car stereo using this lcd system

http://cgi.ebay.com/1012-7-LCD-MOTO...0|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1308|301:1|293:1|294:50
[Xiaomi Pad 6] abrasaxtes:
There is a "Don't respond to three-and-four-finger gestures" option in the settings, but it doesn't actually seem to do much. When playing games, the gesture detection is still interfering with things.

In games, if I do three or four simultaneous touches and hold them, the device basically doesn't recognize any touches whatsoever until I release those three holds. And I say "simultaneous" pretty loosely; if the holds are within like a half of second of each other this still happens, which is making some games borderline unplayable.
[Xiaomi Pad 6] PowerMinerYT:
Did you try changing touch related settings in game turbo? Maybe enhanced touch or touch area rejection is interfering with something
[Xiaomi Pad 6] abrasaxtes:
I had already enabled "Restrict buttons and gestures" in game turbo, which didn't help.

However, I found game turbo also has a "Restrict screenshot gestures" option, and enabling that one solved my issue.
[Xiaomi Pad 6] jipu97:
i have the same problem in my xiaomi pad SE. there is actually an issue, i have the same mode enabled but the split screen gesture is still working. I didn´t find a way to disable it
[Xiaomi Pad 6] jipu97:
SOLVED​

1- Add game or app to game turbo​

2- go settings​

3- go do not disturb settings​

4- go enhanced experience​

5- select restrict screenshot gestures​

View attachment 6074012​

there u go ​
[Motorola Edge 20 Pro] oscaryli:
Hi, I need to be able to use the dualsim feature, but this phone only have available one IMEI. The bootloader is unlocked, and works with any carrier. I have tried with the guides for Moto Z Play, with no success. I install the PStar firmware, but only show one sim, i ran the command setprop persist.radio.multisim.config dsds and showed two trays, the 1 with IMEI the 2nd without it. Didn´t recogized the SIMs.

I really appreciate if someone has been succesfull doing this.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] motoridersd:
I'm pretty happy with my 7 Pro, and the 8 Pro upgrades and promotions look appealing, but I don't think I am interested in upgrading unless the 8 Pro has better cellular connectivity.

As people get their phones, would you be so kind to report if the radio is better in the 8 Pro? I am on T-Mobile and I still have worse cellular performance than the Pixel 5. I've also tested some other phones here and there, and in the same locations the Pixel 6/7 Pros always did worse than a Galaxy S22/S23 or an iPhone 13/14.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] funone64:
So far it seams about the same sitting in my office.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] motoridersd:
Thanks. Have you noticed that your 7 Pro had worse radio performance than other phones in the same areas?
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] funone64:
Older Motorola phones had the best signal. Otherwise all about the same
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] sgvjon:
Got the phone yesterday, and coming from a 7 Pro using T-Mobile network. No issues so far after being out and about last night and today so far.

I did have a 6 pro, and had issues with connections and also heat+battery problems. Support sent me a new replacement that worked, but still had some hiccups.

Seems like using it has been pretty much the same as on the 7 pro.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] LLStarks:
I don't see a night and day difference yet. I need to try the QPR though.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Ultimoose:
Well...

I can say it's no worse than any phone I've had at home, google, samsung, apple etc on TMo.

5G performance sucks as usual for me. Barely 60mbps down, 10 up. Forcing LTE only and I get 200mbps down but only 5 up.

That's more an issue with TMO at my location than the phone. My kids have a variety of phones and get roughly the same throughput.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] HipKat:
I have TMO, too and I never have 5G enabled.

Maybe, some day...
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] 94b20gsr:
Interesting, connectivity has shown a slight improvement from the 7 Pro for me. On T-Mobile and in my area I would consider 300 down and 20 up on the slow side with 5G. Typical results are 500-1000 down and 40-60 up when out and about with rare exceptions being lower. North of Atlanta.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] aaronc_98:
While it is not as fast as my 23U, it is usually within 20%. I have gotten as high as 1,400 Mbs in a good spot, so it has been fast enough for me
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Major Tokage:
I'm def seeing slower connection speeds on my P8P. I came from a P5 which was really fast. Now when I go to websites there is a delay before they load. You can see the load bar on top of Chrome stop for a few seconds and then finish loading.

I thought it was the VPN so I turned it off but still does it.

Hoping a future update will fix this...
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] aaronc_98:
Well actually I take this back on certain occasions it is beating the s23 ultra.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] jhjhjhjhjhjh:
My pixel 8 pro will be here soon and im gong to activate my first "ESIM".

Is connectivity better or worse than the physical sim on this phone??

Thanks to anyone who chimes in...:)
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] old_fart:
Hi,

What Play Store tool are you using to see those transfer rates ? Does the same tool show you the location of the cell towers and how far away they are ? Is it a free tool or did you have to buy a pro version ?

I am also in the boonies and that means that the major carriers don't give me great service.

Thanks !
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] LLStarks:
Same. Sim can be worse if it's an extremely old sim. For example, you may have difficulty getting 5G SA with T-Mobile sims older than the R15 sim.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Major Tokage:
My cell service and data are fine. It's WiFi that's giving me a problem. Slow af. Have to keep forgetting the connection and reconnecting
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] TiltedAz:
I've had no issues with P8P connectivity. It seems fast versus my P6P. One night I was up later than usual and the 'Do Not Disturb' shut me down but otherwise no issues. I'm hoping cell quality is better than the P6P.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] rester555:
On Verizon, it is working fine. I believe there as an issue for me with hotspot. The radio would just keep dropping when I was on hotspot with my laptop.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Jose.pH:
I find the radio/cellular/wifi slightly inferior to my old oneplus 8T
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Admiral2145:
from my p6 to p8pro its a huge improvement...p6 would get 400ish down 55 up on 5g now on p8pro 1075 to 1300down and 75 to 120ish up...wifi 7 also great however, wifi never was a issue on the p6. both 5g tests was on 5g SA
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Guyinlaca:
The Pixel 8 Pro is using a slightly revised version of the same modem and performance seems roughly the same. That said, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 models such as the S23 Ultra, Motorola Edge+ 2023, and OnePlus 11 have superior reception and data speeds.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] rester555:
I agree that the qualcomm modems are way better. Right now, on the Verizon radio bands with the P8P, getting dropouts way more.

Edit: I notice with turning off in mobile network settings Adaptive connectivity My radio dropouts are happening less.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Admiral2145:
I've never gotten speeds like this consistently on my p6 in same location... 5G SA. in the evening I'll get 700+ mbit.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] LLStarks:
Now that I've had the phone for a week, it more or less behaves the same as the Pixel 7. Haven't seen any dropped calls or signal issues. But don't expect stronger signals.

It's a lot more stable in edge cases though. And it doesn't crash when using monitoring tools like NSG.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] robbbzilla:
In my experience with both the s23 ultra and P8P in the same location with poor reception my Pixel 8 Pro pulled in a better signal. I get a better signal at home as well with the Pixel.

Obviously this is just anecdotal evidence but it is my real world experience using AT&T in poor signal areas in my city.

In terms of speed I don't see a difference in the download speeds but my carrier is not the fastest anyway. So unless I am in an area with peak coverage, and not peak time then that is when it would be more apparent. I don't know in real world usage if having a faster modem really matters if you don't have the bandwidth in the first place.

However, according to the specs the Qualcomm modem is obviously superior. The real question is how much do those specs matter in real world use. If reception is good, thermals are good and my download speeds are fast enough then I think the issue is more conflated than real.
[Samsung Galaxy S23] Varin66:
Could any one let me know which firmwares can be cross flashed on the S911

I had a S911W and I flashed U1 and it got bricked.

People here were able to successfully flash the U1 firmware on the S911U.

Is there a general thumb rule for Samsung phones for cross flashing?
[Samsung Galaxy S23] V0latyle:
You cannot cross flash region specific ariants. The only two variants that can be crossflashed are U and U1 - US market unlocked. The S911B/DS and S911W cannot be flashed with firmware for another variant.
[Samsung Galaxy S23] Varin66:
How to Enable All Bands Through Service Menu on US/CA S23 series (including Sub-6 and mmWave)

What is this? This is a guide on how to enable all LTE and 5G bands on the US or Canadian S23 series phones by going through the service menu. This guide is a copy of my S22U guide, which is mostly based on this S20U guide by mellojosh, but has...

forum.xda-developers.com

In this, people were also able to flash, U1 firmware on the W variant.
[Samsung Galaxy S23] V0latyle:
The bootloader and baseband are not cross compatible. The Android system itself doesn't care what device it runs on, but flashing U bootloader on a W will cause a brick.
[Samsung Galaxy S23] Varin66:
Yeah but in this guide, on the S23 Ultra, somehow they used Odin to flash the U1 firmware on the W and it booted fine. Here when I did that, the flash showed success, but the phone didn't boot afterwards. Does that mean in S23 Ultra, all variants use the same bootloader?
[Samsung Galaxy S23] V0latyle:
Is it possible that you did something wrong...or they weren't correct?

I haven't used Samsung devices for a while but I've always understood that bootloader and baseband images are NOT cross compatible with other variants, and that flashing them would cause a brick.
[Samsung Galaxy S23] Varin66:
I checked multiple times and no, I haven't done anything wrong.

Please check this thread, I have also attached a screenshot where ODIN shows a successful flash.

S911W to S911U1

Used patched ODIN to flash W to U1. Flash completed "PASS", but phone appears to be totally bricked. Any ideas on how to revive it? I have about 10 phones like this.

xdaforums.com
[Samsung Galaxy S23] V0latyle:
That thread just confirms what I'm saying - you can't flash a U/U1 bootloader on a W variant or vice versa. This has been known to the Samsung community for decades.
[Samsung Galaxy S23] bscaine:
Hi, I know this is old but I was looking aroud 'cause I have a problem with an S911W. It got bricked indeed when trying to flash the U1 variant on it. But this problem is new. I have flashed from the S8 to the S22, from the canadian version to the U1 with NO problem. And on top of it, I recently flashed an S918W and G991W. Both fine and working. perfectly. Besides usually when the tool throws error in case of incompatibility. To me this is very wired.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] juuliusgee:
I have Xiaomi mi9, in which I have 2 sim cards. On the second, everything is ok - i can call and recieve calls. But on a first one, I am able only to make call and do not see any incomming calls. When someone is calling to me, it rings on his side, but I see no notification of incomming call. Even I do not see it missed calls, like the call mever happend. Any idea what setting to check? DND is off, no forwarding call is turned on, no additional setup. I am pretty desperate, because phone works well...
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] carrot34:
Hey everyone! My heart sank when I saw that Google has removed Photo Store for the Pixel 8. I use this so frequently, and really love it!

Can anyone suggest alternative apps for Photo Sphere on Pixel 8?

Thanks, Alan
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] rester555:
That stinks
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Pirateguybrush:
Is there a chance this can be hacked back in?
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] carrot34:
I imagine that the way forward will be to use one of the Google Camera ports? I believe that these can co-exist with the proper (pre-installed, updated from the Play Store) Google Camera app.

Google Camera Ports Download

Modified Google Camera ports (Pixel Camera) by BSG, Arnova8G2, BigKaka, Shamim, and others. Download hub for GCam ports.

www.celsoazevedo.com

And ... hopefully Google doesn't remove from Google Photos the ability to view photo spheres.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Pirateguybrush:
Works with this one, thanks!

BSG: MGC_8.9.097_A11_V13

Download MGC_8.9.097_A11_V13 by BSG.

www.celsoazevedo.com

MGC_8.9.097_A11_V13_ENG.apk
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] stevenswall:
Could a second person please confirm if the above works on the Pixel 8 Pro? Does the photosphere come out normally?

Also, how is the video quality in low light? When I got my Pixel 8 Pro and returned it, part of it was because it smooths out the noise from the Pixel 7 Pro and doesn't have detail in dark rooms and smears stuff.

I'd like to take advantage of their sales, but can't stand losing both photospheres and video quality on the Pixel 8 Pro.

Example of terrible video quality:
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] carrot34:
Yes, it works for me!
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] stevenswall:
Are you able to share a link to one of the photo spheres with the pixel 8 pro? Any super low light videos?

Mine looked like watercolor paintings and I'm wondering if they fixed it, or if mine was defective, or if people are not getting in crazy enough low light situations.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers] ch@ts:
My phone was extremely laggy on stock android.

I thought flashing a custom ROM would improve things, but it still lags like crazy.

Sometimes it takes a couple of minutes to open an app. Things get better when I do a factory reset, but then it slows down again. Once apps are running they're fine, but I can't have more than 2-3 apps in memory, otherwise the phone becomes unresponsive.

Is there anything I can do?

And can I go back to Android 8 after being on Pixel Experience?

I have another Mi A2, running Calyx OS, and that's really smooth. I'd like to install that on the phone that lags, and see if things improve. But, I need to go back to Android 8 to be able to do that.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers] thelakeman:
Are boot times the same or are they pretty long too, because if boot times are slow too then that could be due to the on board emmc storage degrading. Otherwise check your CPU usage (likely not the culprit since I doubt there'd be much background processes running on a clean os).