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[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] Gafftaper:
I got a smart tech at Google Support and he figured it out. Something went wrong with the Cache for the Settings Menu during the September update. You just need to clear the cache and reboot. Fixed my Pixel 7.

Go to settings> apps> see all apps> settings app> storage > clear cache. Then reboot your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] ardvrk571:
Thanks @Gafftaper and the Google support tech that helped you!

It fixed it for me. Strangely, I haven't installed the September update yet. I installed app updates the other night. Found phone wouldn't stay unlocked next morning.
[Samsung Galaxy A54 5G] dc_01:
thx to you all, fixed it with my A54 too
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Ross_L:
Hi there,

I've had a SM-S908U1 which I imported from the US to the UK. Overall I'm happy with it but I've not been able to use Samsing pay due to (what I assume) the CSC location being incorrect.

As this is a Snapdragon variant not available in the UK, is it possible to switch the CSC to a UK based one?

Thanks on advance :)
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Ross_L:
Bump
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] schroeder82:
BACKUP YOUR FILES WITH SMARTSWITCH FIRST!!!

Then, try below:

Check This Post: https://xdaforums.com/t/ota-and-non...ltra-sm-s908u1-versions.4400511/post-88963561

You can use ODIN to Update to a different CSC, and even to go from the U to U1 version.

I followed @sincer 's instructions and was able to take my Verizon Bought S22 Ultra, Flash it as a fresh [~CWH3] U version, then flash to [~CWH3] U1, Finally used the instructions to update to the one UI 6 beta [https://xdaforums.com/t/one-ui-6-be...2-ultra-beta-thread-update-zip-files.4615057/]

So you could try the UK Files for s22 ultra U1: https://samfw.com/firmware/SM-S908U1 [I'm not sure if they have you country CSC files: check " https://technastic.com/samsung-csc-codes-list/ " and scroll until you get to the "List of All Samsung CSC Codes"]

You might have to search around for the correct ODIN CSC files for the UK.

Then, Restore the BACKUP from SmartSwitch (since, this process involves resetting your phone to enable the capacity to override the CSC). [I believe it's best practice to manually delete/log-out of all connected accounts and your samsung account; but make sure you know the log-in info, for when you need to access them after the ODIN 'flash?']
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Ross_L:
Thanks ever so much for your response. I didn't get a notification, so I've only just seen it upon logging in. I'll give that a go later today.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] !SINGH!:
Hi,

I just wanted you all to know Slingplayer is now public . Build 1.60.111

http://downloads.slingmedia.com/get/spm-ppc-ie.html

It works perfect on my HD/X1 and on my Omnia.

Go get it guys.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] athosk:
The link is dead.Can you post a working link?

Thanks
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] aScottishBloke:
Link

http://downloads.slingmedia.com/get/spm-ppc-uk.html
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] tyronne1126:
do you need to have the box itself for this to work? or just the software and your phone?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] !SINGH!:
Yip.. you got to have a slingbox connected at home.. with a router hooked up.

Simple to setup.. and some places are doign them for 50-60 on offers..

They are well worth the lolly.
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Did u try to give camera perms manually?

Also , the phones that have android 11 or above has a feature that blocks using camera / mic for every app except for the main camera/ mic app
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
I tried that obviously. How can I disable that feature? (my phone has android 11)
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
I think : settings 》 privacy
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
i don't have that option
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
i tried using adb logcat to get more details about the error. this is what i got:

D SCAN_ScanActivity: camera is not available

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 V SCAN_CodeModule: check preview status later

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 W SCAN_ScanActivity: Camera open failure: HIST_ID0_-1_1_1_1_HEND

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: Handling Camera Open Failure

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: doError:

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: java.lang.Exception

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: at com.xiaomi.scanner.camera.FatalErrorHandlerImpl.doError(FatalErrorHandlerImpl.java:61)

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: at com.xiaomi.scanner.camera.FatalErrorHandlerImpl.onCameraOpenFailure(FatalErrorHandlerImpl.java:32)

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: at com.xiaomi.scanner.app.ScanActivity.onDeviceOpenFailure(ScanActivity.java:1357)

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: at com.xiaomi.scanner.camera.CameraController.onDeviceOpenFailure(CameraController.java:157)

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: at com.android.ex.camera2.portability.CameraAgent$CameraOpenCallbackForward$3.run(CameraAgent.java:134)

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:236)

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8057)

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:620)

09-21 20:10:20.742 4737 4737 E SCAN_FatalErrorHandler: at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1011)

I looked up the error, it says this happens because of a device policy, but i don't remember setting up a device policy that disabled camera access for third party apps, what can i do then?
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Try to get the app that u installed , enable perms for it and then disable the protection of the cam itself and then uninstall the app again
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
I tried doing that but it didn't work. Is factory reset the only option? Or maybe i could edit the app's code into removing device policy ownership and also enabling the camera...? Honestly, I have no experience on developing android apps or anything like that... Is this a dead end?
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
U don't have any choice else doing a factory reset:(

But u can take a backup BTW;)
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
well, i would have done it long ago, but i need to know something

so first how can i backup the ENTIRE phone with something like nandroid? remember that i havent rooted my phone and the bootloader is also locked... i think that maybe there could be a way to unlock it without losing data, is that correct?

and second, i can't factory reset now, because i would need free space on an hard disk which i don't have. maybe i could free up some space on my hard disk though
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Is ur phone has mediatek chipset?
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
yes
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Nice

Very , very nice

We can dump all ur data and the whole phone partitions and unlock bootloader as well with no data loss :)
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
how?!
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
U need to install those drivers: mtk driver auto installer, usbDK, and sp drivers

And download mtk client tool from GitHub

Once u download and install drivers and download mtk client, tell me 🙂
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Ok, i will do that later
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
I did everything you said, i installed the drivers and the mtk client tool. What do i need to do now?
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Now open cmd and oh sorry I forgot u need to install python
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
I already had python and everything. Where should I open cmd?
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
In the mtk client tool directory

The folder that's called "mtkclient-main"

Also send me a screenshot of the files that are in the folder I mentioned
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Open cmd as administrator in this directory, type "python setup.py install" to install mtkclient
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
I did that, what now
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Did it show a lot of lines of text ??

Sorry for being offline, I am busy
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Yes
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Okay

U r ready now to get proceeded then
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Oh wait if we backed up the phone, the error may stay lol :)
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Oh yes I forgot u need to install UsbDK and open cmd and type
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
After alllll of this, keep cmd open on mtkclient-main folder and type python mtk rl out, where "out" is the folder that mtk client will dump all partitions, u can rename "out" to anything u want but with no spaces, it will create a folder with the specified name and dump partitions in it, after typing the command it will show " waiting for brom" or maybe " waiting for preloader" idk, just power off the phone and press vol.up + vol.down and release them when ur phone is connected to pc, once cmd begins to type lines of text , DO NOT UNPLUG UR PHONE !

(NOTE: the process will take toooooo much time so please make ur self free for at least 2hrs and 30 minutes)

Note for mods : sorry but I cannot edit the past post cuz internet connection is bad and idk why but I will contact my internet provider, sorry again
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
1,2,4 done but with no hope

3- idk if he tried it or not

5- is going to be happen
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
I'll do everything in 1 or 2 hrs

Hmm idk... All i really care about is some of the apps' data and my files and everything. Tbh i have so many useless apps that it would just be the best option to format and only keep a few important things after

My phone isn't receiving any more updates i think (and even then i'm 99% sure they wouldn't fix anything)
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
As u have a pc, we need to have a secondary backup ( if restoration failed, we need to restore the secondary backup)

U r asking ur self : what is the secondary backup : it is backing up ur apps and internal storage files in pc !

U can use AirDroid app for example, it opens a local server from ur phone (uses hotspot) that u open it through a browser on pc, and get all apps apk files and all internal storage files in ur phone
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
No.5 may work :)

If not so we need to flash stock rom :))))
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Speaking of that, after i finish the backup, should i just install a custom rom or not? I don't really like miui
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
As u like :)

It is up to u as this is optional
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Well what rom would you recommend
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Anyways, i started the process
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Goooood luck :)
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Redmi Note 8 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe

Improve your Redmi Note 8 Pro's battery life, performance, and look by rooting it and installing a custom ROM, kernel, and more.

xdaforums.com

-- Pixel experience & Crdroid (built on Lineage but with more features

(NOTE: keep away from Evolution X , it is buggy)
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
i'm not really sure if this is correct, because it dumped all the partitions and i have a 111 gb user data file for example. do i have to redo everything or not
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
User data & flashinfo partitions got failed to be dumped , we can redump them only except for the other partitions
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
No no no i think this happened with other partitions too

But, i mean, i can see that the files are big and probably have everything inside them. And it also took a really long time so idk
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
The command : mtk r userdata,flashinfo userdata.bin,flashinfo.bin
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Wait this happened to other partitions?????
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Ok, so, i ran the command for flashinfo only to maybe get more details about the error. this is the result:
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Yeah, if i rememeber correctly
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Uhhhh dang it

Yes it takes a long time

It took me 2 hrs to dump 32GB of phone partitions
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
No i mean, it took a long time so it shouldn't have given any error and it probably dumped everything correctly despite an error (this is just my theory)
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
This loooooooks strange for me

Can u check what is the size of the "flashinfo.bin" file?
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
*all files
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
This seems to be normal !

BTW do u have ur stock rom ?

I want to test smth
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
What do you mean, the file of the stock rom? I will download it unless the mtk dumper already did that, and if so what's the name of the file
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
The stock rom of the device

I want to test smth
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
I want to just test if those dumped files are corrupted or not by flashing one of them to the phone :)

BTW what is ur device name + model ?
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
My device's name is redmi note 8 pro begonia m1906g7g. Btw, idk if this information is useful to you, but i tried opening userdata.bin with DiskInternals Linux Reader; all the files are corrupt it seems, the folders show up as 4kb folders
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Bro they are encrypted lol

I want to flash a partition like boot.img from the dumped partitions directory

If the phone worked so the dump was successful, if the phone didn't boot so flash the prev one , (wait are u rooted ?)
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
I didn't root my phone yet so what should i do
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Nice

Flash the dumped boot.img using mtk client using this cmd : mtk w boot boot.bin (copy the boot.bin file into the folder of mtkclient-main, not in the folder that u dumped the phone in :)

If the phone booted, so the dumped partitions are working, if not so flash stock boot.img from the stock rom and I will search the reason of the problem , btw pls try to send me the log of dumping
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
I flashed dumped boot.bin and it worked
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Okay

Let's test another critical one

Flash dumped system.bin

The command is the same but change " boot boot.bin into system system.bin"
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
I'm doing that. it says it's gonna take 30 minutes (probably 15 in reality)
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
mtk w system system.bin

And copy system.bin file into mtkclient-main folder before flashing so the tool detect the system.bin file :)
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Yes

Estimated time in mtk client tool is glitched XD 😆
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Well this time it wasn't ig lol. It's almost done
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
This time it worked too! Very nice.

I would prefer if we do everything else tomorrow, because i'm going to sleep right now. Goodnight :)
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
As thr phone got dumped successfully, u can do a factory reset then :)

But pls take a secondary backup before it
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Wdym by secondary backup
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Having a backup of apps and files in internal storage to pc
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
We only took backup of partitions
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
yes... how can i do that tho? can i use the google drive backup feature maybe? (edit: probably not, because i don't have enough space)
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Airdroid maybe ?

This opens an FTP server from ur phone to pc
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Ok, I'll download that

But isn't ftp going to be slow? We'll see i guess
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Nope but try :)
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
I'm using Xiaomi Pc Suite china version. AirDroid didn't backup EVERYTHING, while this chinese xiaomi pc suite is almost like smart switch (nevermind, it's probably kind of broken but it is still able to backup a ton of things)
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Bro , airdroid is an android app, get it from gplay from ur phone and open it , open Hotspot from ur phone and connect ur pc into it , open browser, type the website that the app tells u to open "like : 192.168.1.42:888 for example " and it will open
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
??? I only found an airdroid app that was available for pc too and it only backupped photos and videos
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
man you know what? i think i'm gonna regret this

unless i can restore userdata.bin's files on say crdroid or even the stock rom OR open the userdata.bin's files with some kind of software but i know it's encrypted and i can't, i don't feel like formatting my phone just like that
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
AirDroid: File & Remote Access - Apps on Google Play

A one-stop solution for everything

play.google.com

That's why I told you to do a secondary backup

Note that userdata.bin won't work if you flashed it in your phone and has other rom installed except for the stock one
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Unfortunately i don't have the time to do all of this anymore so maybe i will do something in 2 days. Anyways, how does that work? I saw that on airdroid i could only backup photos and videos; is this a hidden feature or something like that?
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Oh damn
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
This is what pc version says

The android version works as follows :

Once you launch the app, it opens an FTP server that can be accessed through pc from a browser like Chrome.

U need to give required perms to the app and open Hotspot from your phone and make your pc connected to it
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Alright, I managed to backup all my data with google drive & swift backup. Now, I have some questions; if I unlock the bootloader (with mtk client) and install TWRP, will my data be permanently encrypted once i install it? Will it still be encrypted if I remove the lockscreen before installing TWRP? Is there any way to avoid it? And most importantly, if something goes wrong I can just restore my partitions as if nothing had ever happened, right?
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
No no, no encryption happens, only if you removed any of encryption keys !
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
So i can unlock the bootloader and install twrp without losing data? Very nice. But if something goes wrong I can always restore the partitions that I backupped with mtk client right?
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Yeah exactly ;)
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Yeah i wasn't sure because some people (with a redmi note 8 pro) said that when they installed twrp their partitions got permanently encrypted and their password wouldn't decrypt the files. I guess i'll do this later
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Boy do i have bad news for you... All of my data got deleted from existence the very moment i booted up twrp after installing it. Now i gotta wait 14 hours for mtk client to reflash my old partitions, isn't that just great?
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Well, i guess all the signs lead to buying a new phone and rooting this phone only after i bought the new phone
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Wait... WHAT?!? I did all of this without booting normally and booting to brom or recovery, but when i accidentally didn't click the buttons to enter brom, as you can guess it booted to the system and all my data was still intact... But i didn't even flash userdata.bin (i flashed all the others though) and my data looked like it had been corrupted on TWRP because it showed those weird folder names and all... I am very confused, but i want to attempt this again when i have time
[General Questions and Answers] ZG_DEV:
Twrp cannot read /decrypt your data + your internal storage, so you thought your data got lost😂
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Oh, i see, but what about the folders in /system? They had random folder names as if they had been encrypted
[General Questions and Answers] JohnTheFarm3r:
It actually can, assuming that you're using the correct TWRP.
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Wdym by correct twrp? I used begonia recovery project twrp for miui 12.5 a11, is there another one
[General Questions and Answers] JohnTheFarm3r:
Aren't you using OnePlus 9 Pro? Because I'm reading your thread.
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Huh? No i'm using redmi note 8 pro, i mentioned that phone because i wanted to buy it
[General Questions and Answers] JohnTheFarm3r:
Yes, I misread your thread. I was basing my reply on OP9 Pro.
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Well, if I can't install a custom recovery at least i can root it by getting boot.img with mtk-client, patching it with magisk and flashing it either with mtk client or fastboot, and i will not lose any data (my bootloader is already unlocked), right?
[General Questions and Answers] MineXda:
Yeah so i rooted my phone without any problems, and I'm looking forward to switching to a custom rom as soon as possible. One thing I noticed recently though, when I open my camera on a third party app in the second cloned space of miui, it magically works again!? It's so weird
[Google Pixel Watch] fred2546:
I don't know if I asked a similar question before. I have an LTE Pixel Watch. Occasionally, for some unknown reason a call to my cell phone comes to my Pixel Watch and NOT the phone. Just happened again a few minutes ago. I cannot figure out how to transfer the call from the watch to the phone. This leaves me playing D1ck Tracy (look it up youngsters) speaking into my watch. I really would like a way to move or transfer the call to the phone. I was looking around while on the call but could not see any obvious method of making that move. But while on the call, it is not necessarily easy to move around the various screens/settings without potentially losing the call.

And I have no idea why the call does not ring my phone. I don't think that I've set up a block. Where would I look to unblock if I inadvertently did block a caller?

What am I missing? How does one do this?

Thanks in advance.
[Android Head-Units] pikett1234:
anyone shed any light on why my double din unit just stops working altogether then after a while could be 1 day or 2 weeks comes back to life and works fine
[Android Head-Units] V0latyle:
Make and model?
[Android Head-Units] pikett1234:
hi dont know but this happens in my vivaro van and also the same thing happens in the wifes corsa

sorry i know the wifes a pumpkin
[Android Head-Units] V0latyle:
Is this an Android head unit, or is it a OEM head unit with Android Auto?
[Android Head-Units] pikett1234:
android
[Android Head-Units] V0latyle:
Without knowing what make and model your head unit is, it's hard to provide any help.

Go into settings and About, what does it say?
[Android Head-Units] marchnz:
Great to see active mod in these forums.

Ask: post system information including MCU version. The MCU version is the key to knowing what the unit is from the many, many variations and factories that produce varying levels and quality of knock off android head units - from garbage to OK.
[Other SmartWatches] JAckDeveloper:
I have daniel klein dt 36 smart watch .I want to install a new os because it stucks sometimes what can i do ?