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[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] Aethera:
Recently I tried Tello. You can select plans with various minutes and amounts of data. I got a cheap one for $6 with a minimal amount of minutes/data since I don't use LTE very much. The only thing I don't like about Tello is that if you change a plan - for example change a device or change minutes - it bills you again the full amount, and if you're switching a device it doesn't give you any credit for the unused term of the plan if you switch it mid-term.

I also checked out Boost recently but wasn't able to find any info on special plans for watches, and their cheapest plan was too expensive for my watch.

Previously I had MetroPCS but they have really lost it IMHO recently in terms of serious issues with setting up devices and their prices are no longer that competitive. When they were a young, upstart company (kind of like Tello is now) their prices were affordable but they've lost that edge. They probably lose a lot of money on maintaining all their physical stores but nowadays you can pretty much self-serve everything you need to do online which is probably why companies like Tello can undercut them.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] Aethera:
Wanted to add: One nice thing about the Tello plan is that you can make and receive calls with it, unlike Metro-by-TMobile's watch plan which is data-only.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] en6ads:
I have 3 LTE Galaxy watches, all are standalone with this plan:

"Magenta Wearable (standalone) 500 MB - taxes included"

$5/mo per line, taxes included with autopay enabled. Global data and text roaming included. I use the watches in the USA and roaming in Europe (by enabling all LTE bands the modem supports by dialing *#2263#)
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] Aethera:
Interesting. I see that's a T-Mobile plan and, reading their website, they actually suggest watch users use their "Data with Paired DIGITS plans" which uses the same number for both a primary phone device and an auxiliary watch device. But it's not clear from the info if the DIGITS plan actually supports standalone voice calling for the watch or not.

I think Tello, which I'm using, also works through T-Mobile so it would make sense for T-Mobile to offer similar rate plans. I wonder if that's what they're doing now? I can only say I went through hell multiple times when trying to connect devices (not watches, but phones) with Metro-by-TMobile and am reluctant to use them again.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] en6ads:
The standalone wearable plan I have is not Digits eligible (when I log in to https://mydigits.t-mobile.com/ it shows 0 eligible lines). I don't have any other phone lines from T-Mobile, just these standalone wearable ones.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] neilth:
Is anyone successfully using Google Fi, sharing their number between their phone and their watch? I have an S24 Ultra and a Watch6 Classic LTE, and I can’t get the watch to successfully send texts while it’s disconnected from my phone. I am in the process of trying to get this resolved with Google Fi tech support. They’ve had me remove and reinstall the mobile plan on the watch and remove and reinstall their app on my phone, which accomplished nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] en6ads:
Is your phone on and connected? If the phone switched off or disconnected, only phone calls and IP based messaging like Whatsapp will work on LTE watch on WearOS4. Try disabling RCS on phone and only using SMS to see if that helps.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] neilth:
That’s very interesting. No one at Samsung or Google tech support has mentioned anything about the messaging format or messaging app in use when the problem occurs.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] en6ads:
Test it:Turn off Bluetooth on phone, but keep it on and connected. Now turn on LTE on watch and turn wi-fi and Bluetooth off. Now try to send an sms message on the watch to someone else. Then get them to send a message to your Fi number.

Repeat this test, but now with the phone switched off or in airplane mode (including WiFi off). Do you get the same result?
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] neilth:
I will have to try this out tomorrow, it’s getting late where I am. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] neilth:
I tried out the configuration you recommended, Bluetooth disabled on the phone and Bluetooth and WiFi disabled on the watch. Using this configuration, the watch was able to send texts by communicating with the phone via LTE, which proves nothing. Once the phone is unavailable, no texts can be sent from the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] en6ads:
Sadly, that's how WearOS4 and the messages app works. It's well documented -- with the phone switched of, you cannot send and receive texts on watch if you don't have a standalone sim on watch. You can make and receive phone calls, and you can message via Whatsapp and other IP messaging apps. But you can't sms text if your phone is off. It's stupid IMO.

The sad thing is this used to work. When I first got my galaxy watch 4 about 3 years ago texting on watch would just work.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] neilth:
This is very interesting and contradicts Samsung and Google Fi documentation. They both state that texting can be done on their watches independent of a phone. I currently have an open case with Google Fi tech support and they just had me upload to them my phone’s network logs.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] Bob_Sanders:
Just read this. The galaxy 6 (with lte number share) can and does send text and make phone calls with the phone COMPLETELY OFF. I just can't get emails with the phone off and disconnected.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] neilth:
I think the watch’s capabilities vary depending on the provider and the service provided. Google Fi’s own documentation was contradictory, definitely stating that a connected phone is not required to send and receive texts with an LTE capable watch. Then in the following paragraph it’s stated that standalone texting might not work. They also referred me to a Samsung webpage saying virtually the same thing! They never state why it may not work though. That is the issue.

I have never tried to use my watch for emails. Who are you using for your cellular provider?
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] Bob_Sanders:
I use Bell/MTS (Canada). It's what they are calling a "shared number" plan. The watch is sharing the phone's number and the (SMS) texting/calling is completely independent of the phone. "Find my watch" on google also works (from my desktop computer) with the phone off. Now I do stop receiving emails with the phone turned off so there are SOME things which rely on a phone connection, but the BASIC stuff does not need a phone connection of any kind. These watches are quite capable of operating totally independently on a basic level.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] neilth:
My Google Fi cellular service is also a shared number plan. I currently don’t have a email app on my watch.

I would like to know exactly what the reason is that these LTE watches fail to do, in your case email, and in my case, texting. Is Canadian Bell/MTS a major cellular carrier or an MVNO like Google Fi, which uses the T-Mobile network?
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 6] Bob_Sanders:
Well... I know the email app on the phone (outlook) is not a FULL email app so it can only receive/parrot what the REAL app (on the phone) can send via bluetooth, but the (sms) texting should work. Mine does anyway with the phone completely off.

Yes, Bell/MTS is a pretty major player in Canada. Indeed the two biggest ones in Canada are Bell and Rodgers.
[OnePlus 12] wbernstein:
I really like the camera on the 12, and I'm in the US and have the cph2583 model, but noticed when I shoot video the signal region is set to PAL and though the frame rate options are set at 30 or 60, the frame rate actually went to 48 on the 4k video I shot @ 60.

Curious if there's a setting or way to change those options?
[Google Pixel 6] onesolo:
Ok, long time Nexus and Pixel user. Just got a Pixel 8 Pro a couple of months ago and because of that, to put the P6 as clean as a new phone, a few days ago I found out that I'm unable to boot into inactive ( the "secondary") slot !!! The "main" slot is working just fine.

As I have rooted P6 from the beginning, I always update my phone using the sideload of full OTA. Never cared for the inactive slot as my P6 always worked fine. Now when I was about to relock the phone, out of curiosity I tried to boot into the inactive slot. As soon I tried that, the G logo appears for a second but then it falls back to the bootloader. Since then I flashed using the factory image on both slots, flash the full OTA on both slots (by default I think it flashed on both slots, correct me if I'm wrong), but nothing nothing works. Cannot boot into the inactive slot.

Any ideas? How can I fix this? Feels that my inactive slot is corrupt, right??

By the way, I have the same problem with my Pixel 8 Pro. Must be something that I did it wrong on the process of updating my pixels...

By the way, in normal circumstances, should a Pixel phone in good conditions be able to both slots??
[Google Pixel 6] Lughnasadh:
Sideload the Full OTA (same build) twice and you should have both slots bootable. Sideloading the Full OTA doesn't install the build to both slots, hence you need to do it twice.
[Google Pixel 6] onesolo:
I think I've done the sideload of the full OTA on both slots but I can try again. I've also flash the factory image on both slots, manually of course, that I assure you that I did that. I flashed on slot then switch the other and flashed again
[Google Pixel 6] Lughnasadh:
Flashing a factory image makes your inactive slot unbootable. So you need to sideload the Full OTA twice .
[General Questions and Answers] martin1551:
i just compiled android gsi https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations

but all the builds that lunch shows are userdebug variant, is there a way to compile aosp gsi with variant user?
[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] ((Player)):
I kinda dont know how to start it so lets go to the point.

Prerequisites:

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First and most important, a way to remove the back glass

Enable OEM Unlock in developer settings? (havent tested if required)

Android Utility, (Trial is good enough for us, no need for Scard). GD Link, lemme know if it goes down

Install Test Point drivers, you can find them here

The Update_SD.zip of the rom you wanna downgrade to

A Pair of Tweezers

An USB-C Cable

and a PC

Instructions:

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With the phone back glass out we turn off the phone

Download and extract Android utility and run it, click yes twice when asked about a smart card

If the program wants to update, set your time to October 2023 and reboot.

after that, the program will open, we wanna select, Huawei and Service and in the dropdown menu Kirin 710

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Now on your phone with the tweezers you want to short the Test point with any Ground and hold it there, any shielding will do as a ground

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With the Tweezers in place, now plug the USB Cable, HUAWEI USB COM 1.0 should appear on device manager and the display should stay off

We are officially in Huawei's EDL like mode, or something, idk how is it called or if it has a name

Now we come back to Android Utility and click Load Factory Fastboot

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It will tell you to reboot into TP, so we hold the tweezers in place and hold the power button until HUAWEI USB COM 1.0 connects again

This time it will load an Unlocked fastboot, and we will have a temporary bootloader unlocked, it should stay unlocked until we reboot

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Now we can make a backup of our current firmware, click on the Firmware Reader Tab and click Read GPT

A bunch of partitions should show up, now we click the circle below to select all and click on read.

When finished, it'll bring you to the folder where is stored, have it in a safe place

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Now we extract our update_sd.zip from our firmware

and on the Android Utility we click Flasher

Click Load Firmware Package and select the folder where our extracted firmware is located and it will load on to the program

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Now Click Firmware Update (FB) and it will start flashing, now we wait until its done, It will reboot automatically.

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Congrats! now you are on an older version!

With this method i was able to downgrade from Emui 10 to 9.1, you can even go back to 8.1

I havent tested myself if it works on Emui 12 but you can go back to 10 with HiSuite and do it from there.

I kinda moved on from this device but at least we can be on a firmware where oem unlock at least works, and maybe that temporary bl unlock may be useful.

And thanks to KaroloBC for suggesting this tool in a comment.
[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] willoski:
it doesent work
[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] ((Player)):
make sure you are using this specific version of Android utility, for some reason newer ones cant make a backup. also if it asks for update, set your date to 16/10/2023 and reboot your pc.
[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] oraFoLoizirbaF:
what is the password of AndroidUtility.v124.02.2244.7z.rar?
[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] qwertyuiop1289:
Even if I set the date to 16/10/2023 it wants to update. If I set it to February 2023, it says there is no internet. Wireshark? MITMproxy?
[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] gfrg:
Device have invalid or unknown partition table!

I get the error.
[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] ((Player)):
i was trying it myself again but this method doesnt work anymore, a newer version does but it used to have an issue that couldnt read the partitions, meaning you couldnt make a backup.
[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] boris768:
my patched version, no scard request, no need to update. Just replace original file.

AndroidUtility.exe

Посмотреть и скачать с Яндекс Диска

disk.yandex.ru
[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] qwertyuiop1289:
Thanks, i'll try it

EDIT: It works, thanks!

EDIT 2: It's version 132, and it can't read nor write partitions. Can you try to patch version 124?
[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] boris768:
AndroidUtilityV124.exe

Посмотреть и скачать с Яндекс Диска

disk.yandex.ru

test pls, idk is it dump partitions correctly, i cant check
[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] qwertyuiop1289:
Thanks, will check tomorrow
[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] qwertyuiop1289:
It works!!!

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[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] uwu_skibidibi_riz:
Device have invalid or unknown partition table!

why its not working??
[Huawei Mate 20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] boris768:
try AU 124 version. I posted it above
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] NekKratos12:
Hello! i love the Samsung galaxy s8/+ & note8. I wanted to share with you a remake made by hand of that wallpaper.

it's perfect for the galaxy s8. but it also looks good on the note 8. Hope you like it!:

Original: (made by hand cuz i didn't find an original wallpaper for this):

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Reworked: (just a bit of detail. nothing more.)

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[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Franklin Xavy:
I got this device with quite odd and differentiated software, before a few updates to android 13, it could only show "Galaxy" during boot up as opposed to "Samsung Galaxy" like most other models. The updates were successfully installed only that they could just go as far as Android 13(OneUI 5.1), whenever I try to check for new updates, it shows me it's up to date. I thought about flashing the latest firmware from other models, but the build numbers are entirely different.... I'd never seen an S21+ with model SCG10... Any help about how I can update my phone is highly appreciated
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Chickenkillla81:
Being that it is for Japan they probably have not released Android 14 or the one ui6 in that region. I have heard of flashing Samsung devices with a different regions firmware and it is ok but I have not had a Samsung in a few years so I don't know if that is still possible or not. Should be as long as you use a firmware for the exynos chipset not the snap dragon chip.

You could make sure to download the most current Japan firmware and then get the US variant and try to flash it. If it doesn't work just flash back the Japanese OS and no harm no foul. Of course this means a lot of time and headache but if you really want ui6 it's worth a shot. Just make sure to research it thoroughly before to make sure everything is kosher
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Franklin Xavy:
Thanks for the reply, mine is Snapdragon though not exynos I'm not sure which build numbers belong to which chipset!
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Chickenkillla81:
That's the tricky part. My bad about that. I thought it was exynos. Hope you have some luck with it.
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Franklin Xavy:
Funny thing is this Japan's build has some buggy stuff, some times turning on location makes the location icon on status bar go wild.... like it blinks like an eye stung with tear gas, that thing progresses even in the "find my device page as well"
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] ahmedzetm:
Did you try it or not?
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Franklin Xavy:
Try what bro?
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Chickenkillla81:
I think he is talking about changing to the US variant
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Franklin Xavy:
Haven't tried anything, because I don't know how to go over it!!
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Chickenkillla81:
Here is very basic instructions. I haven't had a Samsung for a number of years so I don't recall every exact step.

For Samsung you will need to use a program on your PC called Odin. It is special for Samsung firmware. There is where you will load the firmware you download for your device. It won't be a zip file. It should be .tar

Use the power& volume down to get into recovery and go to download mode. Then connect to PC with cable while in Odin program. It will show if it recognizes your phone. Then load the firmware and hit start.

If you already know all this then disregard. 😂 I will try to find us firmware later. I'm hitting the golf course at the moment.
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Chickenkillla81:
@Franklin Xavy here is some Odin info for your device. Looks like a good place to start research if you are not familiar with it.

Rooting, ODIN, Firmware, CSC Information And Myths Debunked / Noob's Guide To Samsung Devices

Since a lot of people will have their Galaxy S22 Ultra soon and I myself am thinking about either getting an S21 Ultra or S22 Ultra, I wanted to summarise a lot of information I found out during researching as Samsung devices are quite different...

xdaforums.com
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Chickenkillla81:
It explains some of the particulars of how to populate Odin and what each slot does.
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Franklin Xavy:
Hey man, thanks for your time, I finally landed samfw tool that has one click change csc feature, this actually helped me a lot and as I write this reply, I'm getting Ota updates for Android 14 Oneui 6.. The tool is quite straightforward and you needn't got through so much hustle. I changed my Csc to OXM because it's a multi CSC supporting many countries and after a fast reboot, I navigated straight to the software update page in my phone and straight away, the update was available..... Thank you so much
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Chickenkillla81:
Your welcome. Heck yeah! That's great! I'm glad to hear that you got it figured out. I'll have to check out that samfw in case anyone else needs similar help. Enjoy your updated phone. 😊
[Samsung Galaxy S21+] Bimmer1999:
Hi brother, actually i have the same problem but Samfw didn't work in my case when changing to OXM , is there any special configuration to do so, i appreciate your help.
[General Questions and Answers] Hendrix7:
I have disabled transition animations in the Android developer tools because they add annoying delays. It is more convenient to see the home screen ready in the fraction of the second I tap the home button rather than waiting for the transition animation to finish.

In the Samsung "My Files" app, however, the transition animation between navigating directories is not eliminated. However, the file renaming window shows instantly without animation.

How come disabling transition animations does not disable all transition animations?
[General Questions and Answers] Chickenkillla81:
I am thinking it had to do with how the app was made. I think the options in developer settings is mainly for the operating system in general. Individual apps may still have animations.
[Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G (peux)/POCO X4 Pro 5G (veux)] zedpowpowpow:
so I was trying to modify my camera and I want to make my phone support 60fps in TikTok camera but when I modified the camera_profiles.xml located in /products/etc and copied to /system/etc, /system/vendor/etc after that I restarted my phone and when I opened my camera app and all the other camera apps it shows blank screen and always crashes so I deleted all camera_profiles.xml and now it didn't fixed the problem, is there any way I could fix my camera I couldn't use it (I tried factory reset but didn't work)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] linktec1598:
My theory is that HTC has sourced a different manufacturer for their LCD screens on the the TD,but the roms/driver (not sure which it is) they release have the same contrast values set for the old LCD's thus making the new LCDS, to look washed out.

The only way around this I can see is that HTC should fix these levels for the new LCD's in their rom's/drivers or someone with the skills to reverse engineer them and alter the values.

What made me think of this therory was that someone took a screen shot and altered the contrast in a paint app on the TD making it look vibrant and thus getting rid of the yellow tint and dull look, proving that the new display is capable of showing true blacks and not washed out greys..

Makes total sense to me..

Kindly uploaded by another member..
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] linktec1598:
Link ... Shown the old and new LCD's (new LCD with wash out, yellowish tint - is the one on the right)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cVGORLm-Qc
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] owziee:
Yes it's indeed possible to have good contrast & vibrant colors on the yellowish washed out lcd's, I use resco photoviewer all the time to adjust the photos / images to look great on the screen. If we only could adjust the contrast on the screen itself so it would look good troughout the whole ui would be amazing...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Singelton:
i read somwhere the phones manufactured in china are the ones whith nice white vibrant screen and the phones manufactured in taiwan have the yellow tint or is it the other way around!. mine was manufactured in taiwan or so the sticker says. it has a white display. i feel sorry for anyone who has a device with the yellow tint it looks horrible.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] devilac:
argh. Mine was in glorious white, until I sent my Diamond in to have the touch screen replaced. It's yellow now!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] owziee:
I think a majority of the Diamonds have the yellow tint displays, it's a new one (probably cheaper) HTC have started using...

I also believe the Touch HD are having the same yellowish displays, but with the higher resolution of course.

Actually they're pretty good displays but if compared to the whiteish ones they'll look bad of course.