[Gen9] Rooted 3.2.69 firmware v0.1 with superuser.apk for SDE - Gen9, Gen10 General

Hello All,
Here is a stock repackaged firmware to be used if you enabled SDE like described here.
To install it:
1) Extract zip file content
2) Copy rooted_withsu.squashfs.secure to internal storage root. You can do it the usual way or with adb with this:
adb push rooted_withsu.squashfs.secure /data/media
3) Reboot
4) On boot menu, select "Recovery system"
5) Select "developer edition menu"/"flash kernel and initramfs"
6) A drive should appear on your PC, copy zImage and initramfs.cpio.gz to it.
7) Select OK, the kernel should flash.
8) Select OK to reboot.
9) Select SDE in boot menu, you should be rooted and SuperUser functional.
Download firmware here.
And let me know if it worked for you,
LeTama

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It is ok
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All working for me too. Good work people

How do you get to "developer edition menu"/"flash kernel and initramfs"
Currently if I press and hold power / volume down to boot I get 3 options. Android, Developer Edition and Recovery System. If I select Developer Edition and press the power button it comes up with Booting Developer Edition and then appears to reboot this then loads standard android.
Can I just check that im doing this correctly?
Thanks
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Lol. Im a dumbass... Recovery menu then developer edition menu.

My bad, as I don't have the boot menu, I didn't write proper description:
On boot menu, select "Recovery System" then you'll see a menu with the "developer edition menu" entry. First post modified to reflect that.

All done . If I boot developer edition I have root, If I boot standard I dont - Thank you very much
One thing I note is that superuser apk doesnt retain its memory after a reboot.
So far i have just tried a couple of tools that reboot / shut down your archos (as for me thats all im desperate for doing as im installing the device into my cars dash and have no access to the button). Reboot and Shutdown works fine, but if you ask for the bootloader it seems to mess up - will look at writing something fresh anyway as all I really need is the ability to send it to sleep on ac power disconnect

hotrodder said:
All done . If I boot developer edition I have root, If I boot standard I dont - Thank you very much
One thing I note is that superuser apk doesnt retain its memory after a reboot.
So far i have just tried a couple of tools that reboot / shut down your archos (as for me thats all im desperate for doing as im installing the device into my cars dash and have no access to the button). Reboot and Shutdown works fine, but if you ask for the bootloader it seems to mess up - will look at writing something fresh anyway as all I really need is the ability to send it to sleep on ac power disconnect
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Thanks for the feedback, I'll check the superuser problem.
You know about the reboot_into command, right ?
syntax: reboot_into sde|android|recovery

letama said:
Thanks for the feedback, I'll check the superuser problem.
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Ok, I believe I know why you loose settings: If you reboot into "regular" android (ie, without root), android detects that the superuser application was removed from the firmware and removes associated data. I'm not sure I can do anything about this, don't boot into regular android is probably the best advice I could give
After all, no need to go there anymore.

Wow, thats a real help many many thanks. If i call reboot_into -s sde post booting then it should always boot back into sde even if it boots off due to battery power yeah?
I know im a bit of a noob when it comes to android (been a windows coder for a while).
There isnt a way to put the device into "deep sleep" using the command line is there? Basically the whole aim of rooting this device for me is to make it so I can either put it to sleep or power down when external power is removed. I should now be able to shut it down, but id like to make it "sleep" instead if possible as that will come to life a lot faster. The aim being that i will add external power when i flick the key in my car (waking the device up), and then when i switch off it will lose power and be put into sleep mode. If the battery dies then it will recharge when i flick the key again and do a full boot anyway - which i should be able to force into sde as above.

hotrodder said:
Wow, thats a real help many many thanks. If i call reboot_into -s sde post booting then it should always boot back into sde even if it boots off due to battery power yeah?
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Yes, correct.
hotrodder said:
There isnt a way to put the device into "deep sleep" using the command line is there? Basically the whole aim of rooting this device for me is to make it so I can either put it to sleep or power down when external power is removed. I should now be able to shut it down, but id like to make it "sleep" instead if possible as that will come to life a lot faster. The aim being that i will add external power when i flick the key in my car (waking the device up), and then when i switch off it will lose power and be put into sleep mode. If the battery dies then it will recharge when i flick the key again and do a full boot anyway - which i should be able to force into sde as above.
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Well, I didn't check power management much in these new kernels, but first, I'm not sure I understood the purpose of this. What differs from the normal power management ? I would do this: "Screen/Timeout 15 seconds" (to power down quickly), and "Application/Development/Stay Awake" (To keep screen up while power is on) ? You add on top "About tablet/Power Management/Deep sleep" for better sleep and you're good ?

Thats what I do currently, but there are times that it doesnt go to sleep. I will be using as a media player, and if you have music playing the screen will go off but leave the music playing which will stop it from powering down, although i can probably kill any running apps on power off. Also I use the full size USB slot on the back to connect a laptop hard drive - and ive noticed that it seems to wake the device up when you just turn off the screen, but doesnt if you hit the power button and tell the device to sleep. Ive played with settings related to the USB port but no luck so far with that one. Sorry for hijacking the thread though - i got a bit off topic.

hotrodder said:
Thats what I do currently, but there are times that it doesnt go to sleep. I will be using as a media player, and if you have music playing the screen will go off but leave the music playing which will stop it from powering down, although i can probably kill any running apps on power off. Also I use the full size USB slot on the back to connect a laptop hard drive - and ive noticed that it seems to wake the device up when you just turn off the screen, but doesnt if you hit the power button and tell the device to sleep. Ive played with settings related to the USB port but no luck so far with that one. Sorry for hijacking the thread though - i got a bit off topic.
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I see. I'm not a power management expert, so maybe someone could give you better advice.
One other lead I could give you: do you know /sys/power/wait_for_fb_sleep ?
This one is nice, a cat on it will be blocked until the screen goes off. It doesn't solve your usb drive problem, but you could use it if you need to be notified that screen goes off.
I'll take a look at kernel source code to see if I can find something.

thanks lekama so much
after step 8) Select OK to reboot. after reboot, it boot normally and i didn't saw any SDE in boot menu to choose it. plz help ^^.
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yeah, i choosẽn "developer edition menu" and it boot into rooted,
thanks again for ur good worked ^^ kaka

works on my 80 G9 here, thanks!
is there any way to mount /system rw? i want to push a patched wpa_supplicant for enabling adhoc-support..

i'm installed Chainfire3D to play games, but it's not enough space to install driver, and i can't remove system apps, i think this isn't really rooted ...^^..

a1Pha said:
works on my 80 G9 here, thanks!
is there any way to mount /system rw? i want to push a patched wpa_supplicant for enabling adhoc-support..
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Not with this firmware, this is pure stock with exactly the same way of of mounting system from a read-only squashfs.
You have two solutions, repackage your own squashfs or modify the initrd to mount an ext4 image for instance.

conmeo8ya said:
i'm installed Chainfire3D to play games, but it's not enough space to install driver, and i can't remove system apps, i think this isn't really rooted ...^^..
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It is rooted. You can run any rooted application with it.
However, as I explained above, this firmware is pure stock with the same squashfs method meaning read-only /system. It's more like a proof of concept that SDE works properly.
I don't have much time to maintain builds and I'd prefer someone else to come up with one, but if nobody does, I'll do one running on r/w ext4 image.

Thanks. Is there any known way to bypass the 256 byte Archos security signature?
//Edit: In the squashfs, I mean.

a1Pha said:
Thanks. Is there any known way to bypass the 256 byte Archos security signature?
//Edit: In the squashfs, I mean.
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losetup -o 256 /dev/loopx img.secure and mount
or dd if=img.squashfs.secure of=img.squashfs bs=256 skip=1 and unsquashfs

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[PORT][TeamVeNuM]Battery Saver Script - SUPERFREEZE

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PERMANENTLY DISABLE BATTERY-DRAINING SERVICES:
INTRO
After receiving permission from RandomKing, I began adjusting his SUPERFREEZE script and successfully ported it over from the OG Epic 4G to our Epic Touch 4G! It basically takes four specific commands(listed right below this intro) and combines them into one, single word, superfreeze, which can then be used instead to execute their actions. The script is used to PERMANENTLY disable all four services managed by the commands(the services being DRM, SYSTEM UPDATES, MEDIAHUB & SOCIALHUB). In addition to superfreeze, superdefrost(used to re-enable the services) is added to the bin folder as well. And to give you any idea of how well your device may perform after disabling these services, last night my phone drop only 1% b/w 1am - 7am, thats 1% every 6 hours!!!
This is what superfreeze actually does for you:
Code:
[B]pm disable com.sec.android.providers.drm(DRM)
pm disable com.sec.android.socialhub(SOCIALHUB)
pm disable com.samsung(SYSTEM UPDATES)
pm disable com.sdgtl.mediahub.spr(MEDIAHUB)[/B]
[SIZE="1"]****not yet added BUT is highly recommend to execute the following command****[/SIZE]
[B]pm disable com.sec.android.app.sns(SNS)[/B]
The purpose of this post is to save your battery as much juice as possible, so if you would rather not download this mod and flash it through CWM, you could just type the above commands in a Terminal emulator. It will take you all but 1-2mins, without the need of downloading and installing any 3rd party apps that will not only take up space, but will also use up your battery and system resources. The end result will be the same, which is to PERMANENTLY disable the following services, only using these commands/script is free, and requires no battery or system resources to maintain them disabled!
SERVICES AFFECTED BY USING THE MOD
-DRM-
Digital Rights Management - I haven't noticed any difference when playing back streaming/downloaded media. Disabling this, or any other services listed below, will not have an adverse effect on your system, besides that on battery life, BUT REMOVING them may cause issues....
...:::UPDATE - Since Starburst v1.8 has removed all of these mentioned services, there's no longer a need for a separate version. Just flash the ROM and these services will be DELETED from the get-go BUT proceed with caution as random reboots are present. FYI I'm currently on another ROM which also has the lock mod and none have reported ANY reboots yet:::...
-SYSTEM UPDATES-
When using a custom ROM its best to NOT update using anything that is OTA distributed, so why have this kept running?
...:::Only if you need to update PRL or PROFILE, listed under SETTINGS>ABOUT PHONE>SYSTEM UPDATES, do you need to re-enable this service using the superdefrost command:::...
-MEDIAHUB-
I have never used this app and it too is contstantly listed under RUNNING APPS
-SOCIALHUB-
Have only used it a few times w/ my text messages, and being that its constantly listed under RUNNING APPS, I'd rather have more battery life and disable it
....::::NOT YET INCLUDED(working on having more than four disabled in one shot)::::....
-SNS-
Social Network Services - does NOT effect the Facebook app available in the Market. Is usually listed as a cached process, so even though it may not be consuming as much battery as the rest of these services, it is using some and system resources.
As of now, the script is only allowing four services to be successfully disabled. Whenever an addition line of command is entered it combines two and causes errors. In the meantime, to save more battery life, enter the command listed above, found underneath the INTRO, to disable the SNS service
DISCLAIMER: Use at your own risk. In no way, shape or form will any member of Team VeNuM or myself be held responsible if anything were to happen to your device or your life by flashing anything posted on here!!!
DOWNLOAD:
click here
INSTRUCTIONS:
****IF INSTALLING OVER 2.3.6 BASED OS's(EL13\EL26\EL29):
1)Download zip above
2)Extract both superfreeze and superdefrost out of zip and copy them to phone storage(either sdcard or internal, doesn't matter which one)
3)Use a ROOT file manager, such as ROOT EXPLORER, or a free alternative, ES File Manager, to navigate to the location of the two files and copy them to /system/bin
5)Change the permissions of the scripts to RWXRWXRW-
6)If using Root Explorer, Skip down to HOW TO USE THE MOD section and continue following directions, BUT if using ES File Manager, read on...
GAIN ROOT ACCESS USING ES FILE MANAGER:
1)Hit the MENU key, and select SETTINGS
2)Scroll down to the ROOT SETTINGS section and select ROOT EXPLORER, and hit YES when WARNING window appears
3)Afterwards, when the SUPERUSER REQUEST windows appears, hit ALLOW
4)Also under ROOT SETTINGS, mark box for MOUNT FILE SYSTEM
5)Hit the BACK key and navigate to where you copied the SUPERFREEZE script, LONG-PRESS on it and select COPY
6)Now, hit the FAVORITES button up above(and if you don't see it, toggle it by hitting the button with box in it at the very TOP LEFT), and then select the DEVICE option, which has the / symbol underneath it(in between HOME and DOWNLOADS)
7)Now scroll down and select SYSTEM, then BIN
8)Hit the little UP ARROW, dead in the center, at the very bottom of the screen, which will pull up the "clipboard" and select SUPERUSER. This will drop it in /SYSTEM/BIN, which is where we want it
9)Now navigate to SUPERUSER and LONG-PRESS it, but this time select PROPERTIES
10)Hit the CHANGE button, next to PERMISSIONS and select all the choices except for OTHERS/EXECUTE(the one at the bottom right)
11)Skip down to HOW TO USE THE MOD section and continue following directions
Old Instructions, For 2.3.4 Based OS's(EG30\EG31\EK02)
1)Download zip above
3)Copy it to SDCard
2)reboot into CWM
3)flash zip(no need to wipe)
4)If you get an error message stating that installation was aborted, just navigate to zip, and flash again, without rebooting recovery
5)after a successful flash, reboot into phone
HOW TO USE THE MOD:
1)download a terminal emulator free from the Market;suggestion
2)open the app and type the following:
To disable the services:
Code:
su
superfreeze
To re-enable the services:
Code:
su
superdefrost
This is what it looks like:
A closer look at what its doing:
Please hit the thanks button if this helps you in any way, and devs, you'll know the drill !
Also please visit RandomKing's thread here and give him props too, thanks!
And for further information on RandomKing's battery saving tips, you can click on the link below to visit his blog:
http://randomking.romgeeks.com/development/battery-saving-tips/
Looks interesting. Flashing right now. Will report.
gotta try this
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I'm running SB 1.7 (great rom) and when I check under running it only lists social hub. Is there a way to just remove this via root explorer to avoid having to use this mod?
Hi there,
This seems cool but I had a question.
If you're stopping SNS, media hub and social hub... If I'm using the application autostarts (which allows you to control when an app/service starts based off actions i.e.- sms sent, boot up, outgoing call etc)... Do I really even need this?
Seems like this is doing what autostarts does but it's free?
Thanks for the feedback and good work!!
Thanks, giving it a try!
tried, after putting in the command, it only said that the hub was disabled. and in running services, drm was still going...
also, would i have to reenter this everytime i reboot or is it perm?
...also.. question, when you said that only 1% is lost at night, is that with 3g and everything off? my battery isnt astounding because i use it aaa lottt , but when i go to sleep, i turn data, background, etc. off and wake up with only 1% lost also...
warrenis1234 said:
tried, after putting in the command, it only said that the hub was disabled. and in running services, drm was still going...
also, would i have to reenter this everytime i reboot or is it perm?
...also.. question, when you said that only 1% is lost at night, is that with 3g and everything off? my battery isnt astounding because i use it aaa lottt , but when i go to sleep, i turn data, background, etc. off and wake up with only 1% lost also...
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KingOfThaJungle said:
...Its basically a compilation of commands, which is used to permanently change the state of these battery eating services without running the risk of borking the OS by having them removed...
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did you download superfreezeALL? That one includes the command to disable the DRM service....No ,its a permanently changes the status of the services...And I didn't shut anything off. The only thing I did was maybe remove all widgets, but I actually received a text that woke me up...
h20wakebum said:
Hi there,
This seems cool but I had a question.
If you're stopping SNS, media hub and social hub... If I'm using the application autostarts (which allows you to control when an app/service starts based off actions i.e.- sms sent, boot up, outgoing call etc)... Do I really even need this?
Seems like this is doing what autostarts does but it's free?
Thanks for the feedback and good work!!
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What this does is PERMANENTLY disables all four of those services, w/o having to deleting them...Im not too familiar w/ autostart, but from what Im reading, its preventing these services from starting during specified actions, however, if an action that is not listed/controlled by that application takes place, the service will start vs the mod not allowing the services to start at all, during ALL, listed and unlisted actions...hope this helps, and thanks!
DutchDogg54 said:
I'm running SB 1.7 (great rom) and when I check under running it only lists social hub. Is there a way to just remove this via root explorer to avoid having to use this mod?
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Not through Root Explorer but through a terminal emulator...I will post the individual commands in a minute, along w/ some screen shots
flashed http://www.mediafire.com/file/13y1376i5jbu66d/SuperFreezeStarBurst.zip. Said it was successful. Rebooted and fired up terminal emulator, su, superfreeze and it displays superfreeze: not found. Will try to reflash...
BTW, running StarBurst 1.7
edit2: reflash worked. Will report back on battery life. Thanks
Cool, giving this a shot now. Will report back.
Quick question since i have TB donate and can deep freeze stuff there why can't i just do that?
Nice work.
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rdcrds said:
Quick question since i have TB donate and can deep freeze stuff there why can't i just do that?
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Good question, I'm also interested in the answer, thanks in advanced.
PhantomHacker said:
Nice work.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA App
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Thanks man!...Your removal of the DRM is what made me want to continue in that direction and put this out, to try and reduce the amount of battery draining service
repl1ca said:
flashed http://www.mediafire.com/file/13y1376i5jbu66d/SuperFreezeStarBurst.zip. Said it was successful. Rebooted and fired up terminal emulator, su, superfreeze and it displays superfreeze: not found. Will try to reflash...
BTW, running StarBurst 1.7
edit2: reflash worked. Will report back on battery life. Thanks
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Yea, I posted in OP that the 1st flash may give an error and to reflash w/o reboot if possible, its kinda hard to tell unless your looking for it, unfortunately I can't take a screenshot of CWM but it basically says "install aborted" at the very end of the flashing process after everything else goes through fine...Im glad you got it to work though!
rdcrds said:
Quick question since i have TB donate and can deep freeze stuff there why can't i just do that?
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nyeazyone said:
Good question, I'm also interested in the answer, thanks in advanced.
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What does deep freeze do? Im not familiar w/ TB....all I can do ATM is advise you that this mod is free, and it will PERMANENTLY disable all four of those services, never allowing them to be ran/turned back on for ANYTHING, no matter w/ action is taken or what app is opened, it will remain disable unless you re-enable it through ADB or a terminal emulator
Wanted to check this out with viperrom and it flashed fine first try but i got a couple errors/permission denied when i ran the script so i thought id post the screenshot and see what you guys think
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nyeazyone said:
Good question, I'm also interested in the answer, thanks in advanced.
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i third that, would TB freeze have the same effect

[Ref] Galaxy Nexus 4.3 tips & tricks with important info to know

Hello everyone, i see here to collect and post some known and maybe unknown tips and tricks with some important information, hoping this will be useful for users.
Any more tips, tricks and suggestions from users are always welcomed. And please feel free to make corrections for any wrong or missed information in this post
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The Galaxy Nexus (GT-I9250) is a touchscreen Android smartphone developed by a partnership between Google and Samsung. The phone and operating system were developed collaboratively by engineers from both companies. It is the third generation successor to Google's previous flagship phones: the Nexus One and Nexus S. The Galaxy Nexus has a high-definition (1280 × 720) Super AMOLED display with curved glass, an improved camera and has an unlockable bootloader to allow further development and end-user modification. Nexus devices are the first Android devices to receive updates to the operating system. The name of this smartphone is the result of co-branding between the Samsung Galaxy and Google Nexus brands of Android smartphones. The device is known as the Galaxy X in Brazil, however, due to a trademark on the "Nexus" brand.
The Galaxy Nexus was unveiled jointly by Google and Samsung on October 19, 2011 in Hong Kong. It was released in Europe on November 17, 2011.
It is one of the few phones recommended by the Android Open Source Project for building Android from source.
The Galaxy Nexus is no longer available for sale on the Google Play Store as of October 29, 2012 with the announcement of its successor, the LG Nexus 4.
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OTA 4.3 (JWR66Y)​
Google begins to roll Jelly Bean 4.3 on Gnex which have some notable modifications but not at the level that users expect. Not as usual, OTA begun to roll first on yakju build not takju. Users who already got their hands on the latest firmware update have reported what is new:
- More secured ADB. (as 4.2.2)
- Fix the Bluetooth audio bugs.
- Better battery performance noticed.
- Performance enhancements.
-System UI lag also gone.
-Camera rotation lag is reduced.
-Dial pad autocomplete, can be enabled from call settings.
-you will notice more ram freeing.
-Google Hindi Input is added in "Language and imput".
-supporting of App Ops (optional permissions), see here.
** 4.3 supports now "OpenGL ES 3.0" for High-Performance Graphics and "Connectivity with Bluetooth Smart devices and sensors" and "Optimized Location and Sensor Capabilities", but unfortunately, our devices does not support it.
Support for "Restricted Profiles" is only for Nexus tablets
Did you install Android 4.3 on your Nexus device? Have you noticed anything new in Android 4.3? Please post it.
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Questions & Answers​
Q1) I didn't receive OTA update and i am on unrooted stock firmware?
A Go to Settings > Apps > All > Google Services Framework, clear data, then go to Settings > About phone > System update > Check now. repeat procedure many times.
Q2) Kies program does not recognize my Gnex, i want to update firmware?
A Gnex firmware is not supported by Samsung Kies. it is updated directly from Google.
Q3) Can i make a screen shot on stock firmware?
A Yes you can! user doesn’t need to root the device or employ third-party apps just to take a photo of what's happening on screen. Taking a screenshot is simple, just press the volume down and power buttons together. The device will quickly take a snapshot of the screen and you will find it in your notifications.
Q4) What is Barrel Roll?
A As part of Google's regular antics, it had introduced a "barrel roll" trick for desktop browsers. Type "do a barrel roll" as a search term, and Google would demonstrate the power of modern browsers by flipping everything around on your screen. Your Android device can also do a barrel roll if you speak out the same command. Again, It's great fun to show off.
Q5) How can i uninstall an app. without going to setting?
A Long-pressing on an app within the app drawer pops up a couple of menus along the top of the screen. App Info gives you the boring technical stuff about how much memory it's taking up, or you can fling it off the other way to uninstall it.
Q6) How can i go directly to the quick settings menu?
A expand notification bar by sliding two fingers.
Q7) What is inverted rendering?
A Inverted rendering is a posh way of saying it makes the pages black and turns the text white, so it looks like you're reading the internet from 1997. It also supposedly saves battery, plus is easier on the eyes if you're reading in the dark. It's under the browser's settings tab, within the accessibility area - and there's a contrast slider, too.
Q8) How can i reboot into safe mode?
A Safe mode, the savior of so many Windows PCs! If you are experiencing a problem with your Gnex and you want to determine whether it is being caused by a third-party app, long-press the power button, then long-press the Power off option. Choose OK to reboot in safe mode, which completely disables all third-party apps on your device. If the problem goes away when you’re in safe mode, you should reboot your device and start removing recently installed apps until the problem goes away.
Q9) What does reset app. preferences means?
A Android gives you loads of different options for each installed app, and on the whole this is a very good thing. Sometimes it can be a bad thing, though: you may find your phone playing up because a crucial app has been disabled, or you've changed the notifications for something important like emails. In the apps drawer, you'll find Reset app preferences under the settings. This resets all your apps on a global level, returning actions and data settings to their original levels.
Q10) What is imojis?
A "Emojis" are the Japanese version of emoticons. You can enable emoji support for the default Jelly Bean keyboard by choosing Language & input in the settings app, then going to the settings for the stock Android keyboard. Here, choose Add-on dictionaries and select Emoji for English words. When you next type certain words (there's a complete list here) you'll see its symbol appear in the predictions bar.
Q11) What is the difference between takju and yakju?
A These android builds are almost the same but there are some differences in terms of their android updates. Takju: Mobiles which brought from Google play store in USA and come with a Google wallet pre-installed. In these devices, android update is pushed by Google itself and they are almost first to receive an OTA update. Yakju: Mobiles which brought from Google store but outside of USA, update are also pushed by Google, but this update might delay by some days or weeks. So, do check your android build if your device is running android build other than takju, then change it in takju build to an OTA update first.
Q12) How do i know what is my Gnex android build?
A Download Android System Info application from play store or you can check it from Maps>setting>about.
Q13) I can not see Developer Options in settings?
A Google hide this option, to enable it just go to settings---->about phone, tap 7 times on "build number" and it will be shown in settings.
Q14) how to make apps, data and sdcard backup & restore?
A Refer to post # 286.
Q15) I received 4.3 OTA update, ADB can not recognize my Gnex. What should I do?
A Download and install Android SDK, if you already have it on your PC just update tools and platform-tools. you must have latest ADB version (1.0.31). If you do not want to install Android SDK, download attached file (thx to xaueious).
Q16) How can i make my Gnex feel snappier?
A By speeding up (or disabling) the animated fade-in effects you see when switching between tasks, you’ll see a boost in performance and faster screen transitions. Start by unhiding “Developer options” as described above. Once in “Developer options,” scroll down to the “Window animation scale” and “Transition animation scale” options and set both to .5x. You can even turn each of these off and transitioning between apps and pages will be almost instant. If you ever want to go back, remember the defaults for both of these settings are 1x.
Q17) How can i improve my gaming graphics?
A If you are a hard-core gamer, you probably already know what 4x anti-aliasing is. First, enable Developer Options as described above, then go to Settings and click on Developer Options and enable Force 4x MSAA. Multisample anti-aliasing (MSAA) is a technique used to improve image quality. Since the Gnex has a GPU capable of supporting MSAA, this setting should make your graphics look more detailed when you are playing advanced games. Keep in mind this will also cause your GPU to work harder and your device may get hotter and consume more power than normal. It’s also possible that all games may not support this.
Q18) I want to see Jelly Bean on my screen, can i?
A Yes you can, go to settings---->about phone tap quickly 4-5 times on android version, you will see a big Jelly bean, touch and hold it, you will see small flying Jelly beans.
Q19) How can i customize my LED notifications?
A A free app called Light Flow Lite allows you to take control of the colors of your notification LED. It also makes your Gnex flash one color after another. This app allows you to set the notification color for over 250 applications and system events including missed calls, low battery, no signal, voice mail, calendar reminders, Gmail messages, email messages, SMS messages, MMS messages, Twitter notifications and more.
Q20) How can i put my Gnex in fastboot/recovery mode?
A Turn off your phone, press and hold down Volume Up and Down keys + Power button at the same time until fastboot (bootloader) mode (image of an Android with Start) appears then release the keys. Press volume up or down and select recovery by pressing power button. (For stock recovery, when you see an android logo with exclamation mark, press power + volume up to see the recovery menu).
Q21) How can i put my Gnex in download mode (odin mode)?
A Turn off your phone, press and hold down Volume down + Power button at the same time until odin mode appears then release the keys.
Q22) Why google voice search is crashing when i press on mic when i am on a custom rom?
A Update google search from play store.
Q23) My Gnex screen is turning on by itself, what is happening?
A It is caused by an application, usually by live wallpapers, try to find it and delete it, or install an antivirus app., i recommend Dr.Web Anti-virus, scan, delete, wipe cache and dalvik (optional).
Q24) sometimes i lose packet data (3G) when i turn it off then on, i turn off then turn on my Gnex to enable packet data again?
A There is no need to turn your phone off and on to re-enable packet data, just long press on power button, enable airplane mode for 3-5 seconds then disable it.
Q25) I rooted my Gnex, what to do next?
A It is recommended to make a nandroid backup immediately.
Q26) I rooted my Gnex 4.3, made a nandroid backup, but i can not find my backup folder?
A Use a file manager, enable root option, your backup folder is located in data/media/clockworkmod or mnt/shell/emulated/clockwordmod.
Q27) The kernel does not support PGM, is there a solution?
A change the kernel, or install intellicover application.
Q28) Do i need to wipe cache partition when flashing a new rom?
A No, there is no need to wipe cache, because when you wipe data/factory reset, cache is wiped automatically. Some said to wipe cache and dalvik after flashing a new rom to prevent any potential conflict.
Q29) I rooted my Gnex 4.3, flash custom recovery, but when i reboot into recovery, it shows the stock recovery!?
A Every OTA update places two files on device system (that are not there on a non-update stock ROM) that re-flash the stock recovery on EVERY boot. The two files are /system/recovery-from-boot.p and /system/etc/install-recovery.sh. You need to make sure that these files are either deleted or renamed, or else custom recovery will disappear when you reboot. These files serve no purpose other than re-flashing the stock recovery on every boot. So, by using something like Root Explorer, delete or rename them, and re-flash your custom recovery.
Q30) My Gnex won't start, i can not get into fastboot mode, only i can get into download mode?
A Use odin to flash stock firmware here.
Q31) What is the easiest way to install samsung driver?
A The easiest way is to install Samsung Kies.
Q32) How can i flash stock image on my Gnex?
A See efrant thread.
Q33) What about governors, I/O schedulers.....?
A See droidphile thread.
Q34) How to properly post a kernel bug (LAST_KMSG)?
A See ciprianruse88 thread.
Q35) What is the best kernel for my Gnex?
A There is no something called "best kernel". You must try many kernels and decide what suit your rom and your need.
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Rooting:​
Rooting is often performed with the goal of overcoming limitations that carriers and hardware manufacturers put on some devices, resulting in the ability to alter or replace system applications and settings, run specialized apps that require administrator-level permissions, or perform other operations that are otherwise inaccessible to a normal Android user. Rooting is similar to jailbreaking devices running the Apple iOS operating system. On Android, rooting can also facilitate the complete removal and replacement of the device's operating system, usually with a more recent release of its current operating system. Rooting enables all the user-installed applications to run privileged commands that are typically unavailable to the devices in their stock configuration.
Legality: The Free Software Foundation Europe argues that it is legal to root or flash any device. According to the European Directive 1999/44/CE, replacing the original operating system with another does not void the statutory warranty that covers the hardware of the device for two years unless the seller can prove that the modification caused the defect.
On July 26, 2010, the United States announced a new exemption making it officially legal to root a device and run unauthorized third-party applications, as well as the ability to unlock any cell phone for use on multiple carriers.
Safety: I Have always said that the person should learn the Android OS before rooting. It is a good idea to have an idea of what rooting is doing and what it will affect. I would say spend your time really learning the OS which is not a small task. Then, if you still feel like it, go ahead and root. While rooting can help you learn many things about your device, it also can reap very bad consequences, such as:
-Bricking your phone (or in an easier way to explain, making your phone a pretty paper weight).
-Corrupting core files.
-Stopping OTA updates from going to your phone.
-Voiding phone warranty.
-Have your phone open to malicious software and applications that can do serious harm to your phone.
As you can see, it can reap very negative things. I have read/seen people who have literally had to buy brand new phones because they tried the latest and greatest rom. Rooting is essentially something that you must take at your own risk & caution. Generally, if you follow exactly the procedure of rooting made by developers, you will be more likely on the safe side.
Root process: See jabakuba thread.
What to do after rooting?: 1) make a nandroid backup via custom recovery 2) backup efs partition (save your IMEI and NV_DATA):
Install "terminal emulator" from play store, open it and type the following (enter after each line):
Code:
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard/efs.img
Then move efs.img to a safe place on your pc.
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Problems can happen:​
-Stuck into a Bootloop: Bootloops are mainly caused by system files interfering with each others which cause instability and/or crash at the boot sequence. so what to do??
Pull out battery then reinsert it, boot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik, reboot. If not, format data, system, cache using recovery and restore stock firmware (supposing that you did a nandroid backup before). if you don't have a backup to restore, flash any custom rom from your sdcard after formatting system & data & cache. If you don't have a custom rom in your sdcard, push one from your pc using adb (supposed that you have adb file or sdk on your pc): boot into recovery, connect your phone to the computer open command prompt and write the following command then hit enter (supposing that your rom is placed on D):
Code:
adb push D:\name of rom.zip /data/media/
Or
Code:
adb push D:\name of rom.zip /sdcard/
Then
Code:
adb reboot recovery
once done, go to your phone and install the rom.zip from recovery, reboot.
If none of above methods works, then flash stock image for your Gnex using fastboot commands here.
-Phone-Triangle-computer: If your phone can not boot, can not boot in fastboot or download modes, maybe after a bad flash, and screen shows phone--triangle--computer pic, so it is sort of download mode, use odin to flash stock firmware using this tutorial.
-Nexus is quietly dead: If your phone did not respond to anything, it won't turn on, can not boot into fastboot or download mode, black screen, try "OMAP FLASH", it can save your Gnex.
For 4.2.2 only:
-AOSP Rom incompatibility: After supplying all needed hardware drivers by AOSP, developers has updated AOSPA. So you absolutely need to be up to date regarding Google Bootloaders and Radios, which are not part of the Rom. Or else your device will be incompatible, unable to make calls perhaps and maybe other issues.
Regarding Bootloader, it still the same build for 4.2.2 (primelc03) but the Radio has changed to xxlj1. So you must flash Radio to the latest build using "Fastboot" or through "Recovery":
Fastboot method:(I prefer this)
Unzip "fastboot-radio-maguro-i9250xxlj1.img.zip" (attached), put unzipped image (in the file) into fastboot folder (attached), enable "usb debugging" option, boot into fastboot mode, connect your device to your PC, open a command prompt into fastboot folder and type:
Code:
fastboot flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxlj1.img
Hit "enter"
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Hit "enter"
Code:
fastboot reboot
Hit "enter
Recovery method:
Put "cwm-radio-maguro-i9250xxlj1.zip" (attached) into your sdcard. Boot into recovery and flash the zip file.
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Battery Conservation Tips:​
-Enable Auto Brightness: Brightness can lure a lot of battery if not changed intelligently with time to match the surroundings, Jellybean in this case brought the “Auto Brightness” function which uses the accelerometer within the device to detect the amount of light in the surroundings and then act upon the brightness level according to it. To enable, go to Settings > Device > Display > Brightness, and tick “Automatic Brightness“. And if you want to save more battery drain, set brightness manually at low level depending on the external amount of light.
-Remove Live Wallpapers: Using a live wallpaper is another battery sucking feature. If you turn out to be truly saving battery, make sure not to use any live wallpaper. A wallpaper with a black background uses less power than a wallpaper with a light-colored background.
-Disable Location and GPS services: Keeping GPS ON at all times, decreases your battery life, so its better to disable it while not in use. To disable, go to Settings > Personal > Location access > and switch it off.
-Disable Wi-Fi or Mobile Data when not in use: Try to avoid situations when you keep your Wifi or Mobile Data ON even when the phone is set in standby.
-Manage Sync carefully: Keeping the Sync ON all the time is another reason for decreased battery life. Enable it anytime you want, manage your emails or services and again turn it off. For those who are on work and want real-time push notifications are advised not to follow this tip.
-Turn OFF Haptic Feedback and screen sounds: To save a little more on battery, its better to switch off the screen touch sounds and vibrations. To do so, go to Settings > Device > Sound and untick Dial pad touch tones, Touch sounds. Screen lock sound and Vibrate on touch.
-Turn OFF bluetooth and NFC: Disabling bluetooth and NFC when you are not using it, is another way to save battery juice.
-Follow the method of full charge and full discharge: Don’t put your phone on charging when there is the battery remaining it for another few hours unless it’s very important. Charge it when your battery is about to get totally discharged and when you put it for charging, let it get charged totally.
-Set sleep time: Check the Sleep setting (under Display) and make sure it is set to 1 minute or less.
Keep calls short: This is obvious, but how many times have you heard people on their mobile phone say, "I think my battery’s dying," and then continue their conversation for several minutes? Sometimes, the dying battery is just an excuse to get off the phone (and a good one, at that), but if you really need to conserve the battery, limit your talk time.
-Turn OFF mobile network when not in range: Its very often that you lose the mobile network when you are travelling, so its advisable to turn OFF the mobile network by switching ON Airplane mode. Go to Settings > Wireless & Networks, tick Airplane Mode.
- After each month remove your battery from mobile phone and let it rest for an hour, it will give battery a breath and it will last longer.
-You should not have to turn off your phone to charge it. Most battery chargers deliver more than enough current to power your phone and charge it at the same time. Doing so will not lengthen the charge time, and leaving a phone on allows the user to be aware of its fuel gauge, so that you can remove it when the battery is full.
-When using a car charger, do not charge the battery when the inside temperature of your car is hot. Wait until the car has cooled before you plug in the phone.
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Gnex secret codes:​
*#*#4636#*#* Testing menu(Phone, Battery & Wifi Info, Usage Statistics).
*#06# MEID number(Display's your IMEI).
*#*#2432546#*#* Checkin(Manually check for System Updates).
*#*#8255#*#* For Google Talk service monitoring.
*#*#786#*#* Hard Reset(Wipes/Resets Data/Profile & internal storage!) (think before you do it! no warning, no go back).
*#*#1234#*#* or *#*#7873778#*#* Open superuser application.
*#123# then press dial. Shows you if you are in your home network or not (only across networks in USA/Canada).
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Recommendations:​
-Too loud wallpapers may sometimes disturb the look of your home screen and make the icons quite invisible, simple or a less-colored wallpapers are always suggested as to be the best choice. But your choice is what matters.
- Use only essential widgets on your home screen - each widget consumes memory and processing power which can slow your down your phone.
- Uninstall apps that you don't use - after awhile your phone can get cluttered as some Apps are designed to always run in the background. If you rarely use an App, then uninstall it to free up memory and CPU resource.
- It is best to avoid task killers such as Advanced Task Killer. Android is designed to automatically pre-load certain applications, even if you don't load them yourself. If it starts to run low on memory, it will smartly unload the oldest running apps automatically. Manually killing tasks will only mean they get loaded in memory again. Task killers can make the phone slow, laggy, or drain battery life more quickly.
- Always use latest CWM or latest TWRP recoveries.
- Disable USB debugging when it is not in use. Leaving USB debugging enabled makes your phone vulnerable (e.g. lock pattern can be reset).
- Avoid putting your Gnex in direct sunlight, it may affect touch screen & your battery performance.
- Learn how to use ADB & FASTBOOT commands instead of using toolkits, the last could not function properly.
- Flash stock firmware using fastboot is preferred than using odin.
- Check rom/kernel.zip md5 before flashing if it is convenient.
- Always update applications, if available, for better performance.
- Make a backup of your data, applications, contacts...always ready to restore from your computer.
- Read, read and read before you mess with your Gnex.
- Always be sure that you are flashing the right thing for your Gnex variant.
- If you do not know what you are doing, so don't do it .
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Re: [Ref] Galaxy Nexus 4.2.1 tips & tricks with some Recommendations
Great off topic post in AK thread!!!
Thanx for your love and looking out for others
"powered by AK purity v17 Kernel + purity ROM + C.R.88 Wallpapers for beauty"
Re: [Ref] Galaxy Nexus 4.2.1 tips & tricks with some Recommendations
I love this type of thread ... When my mind goes off here I have all infos
Xda with AK Kernel inside
MOD EDIT: For God's sake, Don't quote the entire OP, post edited.
anarkia1976 said:
I love this type of thread ... When my mind goes off here I have all infos
Xda with AK Kernel inside
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thx AK. im ready for anything to add from any user :good:
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samersh72 said:
thx AK. im ready for anything to add from any user :good:
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If I can help ... You can TOC TOC on my door
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hell yea bro!!!!!:good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
great thread bro...will be very helpful to new users :good:
k786 said:
great thread bro...will be very helpful to new users :good:
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Thx for your post bro:good:
Re: [Ref] Galaxy Nexus 4.2.1 tips & tricks with some Recommendations
I'm impressed the majority of best contributor of ak thread create a new place with his experience for help users .....
Keep up the good work
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Re: [Ref] Galaxy Nexus 4.2.1 tips & tricks with some Recommendations
anarkia1976 said:
I'm impressed the majority of best contributor of ak thread create a new place with him experience for help users .....
Keep up the good work
Xda with AK Kernel inside
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You are the professor AK
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Re: [Ref] Galaxy Nexus 4.2.1 tips & tricks with some Recommendations
Hi guy can you add to your guide reference for resolve problem Like sk8 battery .... :thumbup:
Thanks a lot for your great guide ....
I hope every user read this make a thanks to you
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anarkia1976 said:
Hi guy can you add to your guide reference for resolve problem Like sk8 battery .... :thumbup:
Thanks a lot for your great guide ....
I hope every user read this make a thanks to you
Xda with AK Kernel inside
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No problem my friend:thumbup:
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
anarkia1976 said:
Hi guy can you add to your guide reference for resolve problem Like sk8 battery .... :thumbup:
Thanks a lot for your great guide ....
I hope every user read this make a thanks to you
Xda with AK Kernel inside
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i couldn't figure out properly what is sk8 problem
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jrgilbert79 said:
I have found out how to fix low volume phone wide and give you a reason to buy quality headphones....Guide here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2117648
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Thx very useful. Testing:thumbup:
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
The code for dialer for manual update checking is nice.
I didn't know that code even exists..
That was really helpful... Thanks!
dmourao said:
That was really helpful... Thanks!
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you are welcome my friend:good:
Re: [Ref] Galaxy Nexus 4.2.1 tips & tricks with important info to know
Great topic got a lot useful info :thumbup:
Sent from my smartphone
Amazing
:good:
samersh72 said:
Hello everyone, i see here to collect and post some known and maybe unknown tips and tricks with some important informations, hoping this will be useful for users.
Any more tips, tricks and suggestions from users are always welcomed. And please feel free to make corrections for any wrong or missed information in this post
Questions & Answers​
Q I didn't receive OTA update and i am on stock firmware?
A Go to Settings > Apps > All > Google service framework, clear data and force close it, then go to Settings > About phone > System update > Check now. repeat procedure many times.
Q Can i make a screen shot on stock firmware?
A Yes you can! user doesn’t need to root the device or employ third-party apps just to take a photo of what's happening on screen. Taking a screenshot is simple, just press the volume down and power buttons together. The device will quickly take a snapshot of the screen and you will find it in your notifications.
Q What is Barrel Roll?
A As part of Google's regular antics, it had introduced a "barrel roll" trick for desktop browsers. Type "do a barrel roll" as a search term, and Google would demonstrate the power of modern browsers by flipping everything around on your screen. Your Android device can also do a barrel roll if you speak out the same command. Again, It's great fun to show off.
Q How can i uninstall an app. without going to setting?
A Long-pressing on an app within the app drawer pops up a couple of menus along the top of the screen. App Info gives you the boring technical stuff about how much memory it's taking up, or you can fling it off the other way to uninstall it.
Q How can i go directly to the quick settings menu?
A expand notification bar by sliding two fingers.
Q What is inverted rendering?
A Inverted rendering is a posh way of saying it makes the pages black and turns the text white, so it looks like you're reading the internet from 1997. It also supposedly saves battery, plus is easier on the eyes if you're reading in the dark. It's under the browser's settings tab, within the accessibility area - and there's a contrast slider, too.
Q How can i reboot to safe mode?
A safe mode, the saviour of so many Windows PCs! Long-press the power button, then long-press the Power off option. Choose OK to reboot in safe mode, which completely disables all third-party apps on your device.
Q What does reset app. preferences means?
A Android gives you loads of different options for each installed app, and on the whole this is a very good thing. Sometimes it can be a bad thing, though: you may find your phone playing up because a crucial app has been disabled, or you've changed the notifications for something important like emails. In the apps drawer, you'll find Reset app preferences under the settings. This resets all your apps on a global level, returning actions and data settings to their original levels.
Q What is imojis?
A "Emojis" are the Japanese version of emoticons. You can enable emoji support for the default Jelly Bean keyboard by choosing Language & input in the settings app, then going to the settings for the stock Android keyboard. Here, choose Add-on dictionaries and select Emoji for English words. When you next type certain words (there's a complete list here) you'll see its symbol appear in the predictions bar.
Q I can not see Developer Options in settings?
A Google hide this option on JB 4.2.1, to enable it just go to settings---->about phone, tap 7 times on "build number" and it will be shown in settings.
Q I want to see Jelly Bean on my screen, can i?
A Yes you can, go to settings---->about phone tap quickly 4-5 times on android version, you will see a big Jelly bean, touch and hold it, you will see small flying Jelly beans.
Q How can i put my Gnex in fastboot/recovery mode?
A Turn off your phone, press and hold down Volume Up and Down keys + Power button at the same time until fastboot (bootloader) mode (image of an Android with Start) appears then release the keys. Press volume up or down and select recovery by pressing power button.
Q How can i put my Gnex in download mode (odin mode)?
A Turn off your phone, press and hold down Volume down + Power button at the same time until odin mode appears then release the keys.
Q Why google voice search is crashing when i press on mic when i am on a custom rom?
A Update google search from play store.
Q My Gnex screen is turning on by itself, what is happening?
A It is caused by an application, usually by live wallpapers, try to find it and delete it, or install an antivirus app., i recommend this, scan, delete, wipe cache and dalvik (optional).
Q sometimes i lose packet data (3G) when i turn it off then on, i turn off then turn on my Gnex to enable packet data again?
A There is no need to turn your phone off and on to re-enable packet data, just long press on power button, enable airplane mode for 3-5 seconds then turn it off.
Q I rooted my Gnex, what to do next?
A It is recommended to make a nandroid backup immediately.
Q I rooted my Gnex 4.2.1, made a nandroid backup, but i can not find my backup folder?
A Use a file manager, enable root option, your backup folder is located in data/media/clockworkmod or mnt/shell/emulated/clockwordmod.
Q The kernel does not support PGM, is there a solution?
A change the kernel, or install intellicover application.
Q Do i need to wipe cache partition when flashing a new rom?
A No, there is no need to wipe cache, because when you wipe data/factory reset, cache is wiped automatically. Some said to wipe cache and dalvik after flashing a new rom to prevent any potential conflict.
Q I rooted my Gnex 4.2.1, flash custom recovery, but when i reboot into recovery, it shows the stock recovery!?
A Every OTA update places two files on device system (that are not there on a non-update stock ROM) that re-flash the stock recovery on EVERY boot. The two files are /system/recovery-from-boot.p and /system/etc/install-recovery.sh. You need to make sure that these files are either deleted or renamed, or else custom recovery will disappear when you reboot. These files serve no purpose other than re-flashing the stock recovery on every boot. So, by using something like Root Explorer, delete or rename them, and re-flash your custom recovery.
Q My Gnex won't start, i can not get into fastboot mode, only i can get into download mode?
A Use odin to flash stock firmware here.
Q What is the easiest way to install samsung driver?
A The easiest way is to install Samsung Kies.
Q How can i flash stock image on my Gnex?
A See efrant thread.
Q What about governors, I/O schedulers, TCP congestion?
A See MBQsniper thread.
Q How to properly post a kernel bug (LAST_KMSG)?
A See ciprianruse88 thread.
Q What is the best kernel for my Gnex?
A There is no something called "best kernel". You must try many kernels and decide what suit your rom and your need. But for me AK kernel is the most active kernel in update releases that suit most roms.
Rooting:​
Rooting is often performed with the goal of overcoming limitations that carriers and hardware manufacturers put on some devices, resulting in the ability to alter or replace system applications and settings, run specialized apps that require administrator-level permissions, or perform other operations that are otherwise inaccessible to a normal Android user. Rooting is similar to jailbreaking devices running the Apple iOS operating system. On Android, rooting can also facilitate the complete removal and replacement of the device's operating system, usually with a more recent release of its current operating system. Rooting enables all the user-installed applications to run privileged commands that are typically unavailable to the devices in their stock configuration.
Legality: The Free Software Foundation Europe argues that it is legal to root or flash any device. According to the European Directive 1999/44/CE, replacing the original operating system with another does not void the statutory warranty that covers the hardware of the device for two years unless the seller can prove that the modification caused the defect.
On July 26, 2010, the United States announced a new exemption making it officially legal to root a device and run unauthorized third-party applications, as well as the ability to unlock any cell phone for use on multiple carriers.
Safety: I Have always said that the person should learn the Android OS before rooting. It is a good idea to have an idea of what rooting is doing and what it will affect. I would say spend your time really learning the OS which is not a small task. Then, if you still feel like it, go ahead and root. While rooting can help you learn many things about your device, it also can reap very bad consequences, such as:
-Bricking your phone (or in an easier way to explain, making your phone a pretty paper weight).
-Corrupting core files.
-Stopping OTA updates from going to your phone.
-Voiding phone warranty.
-Have your phone open to malicious software and applications that can do serious harm to your phone.
As you can see, it can reap very negative things. I have read/seen people who have literally had to buy brand new phones because they tried the latest and greatest rom. Rooting is essentially something that you must take at your own risk & caution. Generally, if you follow exactly the procedure of rooting made by developers, you will be more likely on the safe side.
Problems can happen:​
-Stuck into a Bootloop: Bootloops are mainly caused by system files interfering with each others which cause instability and/or crash at the boot sequence. so what to do? pull out battery then reinsert it, boot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik, reboot. If not, format data, system, cache using recovery and restore stock firmware (supposing that you did a nandroid backup before). if you don't have a backup to restore, flash any custom rom from your sdcard after formatting system & data & cache. If you don't have a custom rom in your sdcard, push one from your pc using adb (supposed that you have adb file or sdk on your pc): boot into recovery, connect your phone to the computer open command prompt and write the following command then hit enter (supposing that your rom is placed on D):
Code:
adb push D:\name of rom.zip /data/media
once done, go to your phone and install the rom.zip from recovery, reboot.
If none of above methods works, then flash stock image for your Gnex using fastboot commands here.
-Nexus is quietly dead: If your phone did not respond to anything, it won't turn on, can not boot into fastboot or download mode, black screen, try "OMAP flash", it can save your Gnex OMAP FLASH.
Battery Conservation Tips:​
-Enable Auto Brightness: Brightness can lure a lot of battery if not changed intelligently with time to match the surroundings, Jellybean in this case brought the “Auto Brightness” function which uses the accelerometer within the device to detect the amount of light in the surroundings and then act upon the brightness level according to it. To enable, go to Settings > Device > Display > Brightness, and tick “Automatic Brightness“.
-Remove Live Wallpapers: Using a live wallpaper is another battery sucking feature. If you turn out to be truly saving battery, make sure not to use any live wallpaper.
-Disable Location and GPS services: Keeping GPS ON at all times, decreases your battery life, so its better to disable it while not in use. To disable, go to Settings > Personal > Location access > and switch it off.
-Disable Wi-Fi or Mobile Data when not in use: Try to avoid situations when you keep your Wifi or Mobile Data ON even when the phone is set in standby.
-Manage Sync carefully: Keeping the Sync ON all the time is another reason for decreased battery life. Enable it anytime you want, manage your emails or services and again turn it off. For those who are on work and want real-time push notifications are advised not to follow this tip.
-Turn OFF Haptic Feedback and screen sounds: To save a little more on battery, its better to switch off the screen touch sounds and vibrations. To do so, go to Settings > Device > Sound and untick Dial pad touch tones, Touch sounds. Screen lock sound and Vibrate on touch.
-Turn OFF bluetooth: Disabling bluetooth when you are not using it, is another way to save battery juice.
-Turn OFF mobile network when not in range: Its very often that you lose the mobile network when you are travelling, so its advisable to turn OFF the mobile network by switching ON Airplane mode. Go to Settings > Wireless & Networks, tick Airplane Mode.
Gnex secret codes:​
*#*#4636#*#* Testing menu(Phone, Battery & Wifi Info, Usage Statistics).
*#06# MEID number(Display's your IMEI).
*#*#2432546#*#* Checkin(Manually check for System Updates).
*#*#8255#*#* For Google Talk service monitoring.
*#*#786#*#* Hard Reset(Wipes/Resets Data/Profile & internal storage!) (think before you do it! no warning, no go back).
*#*#1234#*#* or *#*#7873778#*#* Open superuser application.
Recommendations:​
-Too loud wallpapers may sometimes disturb the look of your home screen and make the icons quite invisible, simple or a less-colored wallpapers are always suggested as to be the best choice. But your choice is what matters.
- Always use latest CWM or latest TWRP recoveries.
- Disable USB debugging when it is not in use. Leaving USB debugging enabled makes your phone vulnerable (e.g. lock pattern can be reset).
- Avoid putting your Gnex in direct sunlight, it may affect touch screen & your battery performance.
- Learn how to use ADB & FASTBOOT commands instead of using toolkits, the last could not function properly.
- Flash stock firmware using fastboot is preferred than using odin.
- Check rom/kernel.zip md5 before flashing if it is convenient.
- Always be sure that you are flashing the right thing for your Gnex variant.
- If you do not know what you are doing, so don't do it .
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Its Amazing post .. Thanx buddy .. Good luck for the future ..
Re: [Ref] Galaxy Nexus 4.2.1 tips & tricks with important info to know
Subscribed! Awesomeeee OP! this is soo worth a sticky!
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Samsung A7 2017 lock pattern cannot be bypassed, newly updated to official firmware

Hi friends,
this is my first post here and thanks a lot to whom paying time to answer my questions.
I am having trouble with Samsung A7 2017. My wife always uses fingerprint for unlocking her phone. 2 or 3 days ago (~20.01.2018) she has started an official regular update and it finished normally. But after a restart, the phone gave a message that at least once the phone should be opened with the unlock pattern. Both i and my wife does not know or at least could not enter the correct pattern. So, i talked to a samsung call center person, and she asked me if we have any samsung account working on that phone but unfortunately we do not have one. She told me that more probably the data on the phone would have to be erased in samsung authorized technical service.
Until then, i did not have any experience about android technically, but i am now trying to understand what booting, TWRP, CWM, odin is meaning in terms of android running phone. Actually i am an electronics engineer, i even develop some basic applications on android but this kind of informations are completely different and new to me.
The only important point is that I REALLY DO NOT WANT ANY DATA LOSS, since i have many memories, pictures, videos on that phone. Please do not get angry with me for not backing up earlier, because i am already very sorry on that and angry with myself.
Anyway, i tried following but could not have success.
1. The phone's "developer options" menu is not activated, thus "USB debug" option is also unchecked. We do not have any chance for changing this because we are unable to bypass the pattern lock screen. So as i guess ADB commands are of no use. If this information is not true please explain me how i can proceed since i do not have much information.
2. I restarted the phone, by pressing "VolumeDown + Home + Power" buttons and Downloading mode appeared on the screen. I ran the Odin (latest versions - do not know exactly since i tried many) software on my PC and tried to download TWRP on the phone but failed each time. Phone gave the massage telling about "... FRP lock". I guess this is due to a lock under developer options (something like ... OEM lock). So i could not install TWRP.
Again if my knowledge is false please tell me the true way or right information.
3. I had an idea on creating a bootable SD card so that it will boot from it and thus giving me the opportunity for installing TWRP. But i could not find much information on that.
Please help me find a suitable solution. I am actually not interested in rooting the device or installing TWRP and in fact i do not want my device warranty voided. But my first priority is extracting safely my data from the phone. So if i need to root the phone to get them it is not a problem even if the varranty vanishes. Being able to bypass the lock screen is a sufficient solution for me now but i do not know how. So please direct me in a best and simplest way and i, as a newbie, will try to understand and search what you advice with my greatest effort.
Thank you all in advance & best wishes
Tankut (Elect. Eng.)
Unfortunately I don't think that there is any way to hack your phone with these conditions... The only think I can tell you is that you can factory reset your phone without paying anyone just from the downloading mode
Didn't Google photos automatically backup your pics and videos?
Thanks for your replies.
I actually do not know if google automatically backup all these content but i guess we did not setup such a back up task. But i will search for it. By the way, there was a google account set on the phone and google's "find my moile" app can reach the phone by locking it or ring the phone. Unfortunately it can not unlock the phone. I am just writing these to give additional info which can direct you all of some useful approach.
Another point is "VolumeUP + HOME + Power" menu has some options. These are:
"Reboot system now" , "Reboot to bootloader" , "Apply update from ADB" , "Apply update from SD card" , "Wipe data / factory reset" , "Wipe cache partition" , "Mount /system" , "View recovery logs" , "Run graphcs test" , "Power off"
Are none of these options, especially "Apply update from ADB" or "Apply update from SD card" , of no use? Can something be done with these? For example when i select "Apply update from ADB" the phone gives the message "Now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>" ... and waits for some time. Later "Timed out waiting for package" appears on the screen.
In addition to my previous post, i searched for possible backup of photos and videos on google account and found some, it is a nice news. But my wife was usully using CandyCam application on the phone and unfortunately i could not find any photos or videos bakup taken by CandyCam. I could not find a way for adding the CandyCam photo or video folders in the google backup task via google account remotely(that is outside the phone)(If only i had done it before on the phone itself while everything is fine). Do you think it is possible? Thanks.
hayat_bilgisi said:
Thanks for your replies.
I actually do not know if google automatically backup all these content but i guess we did not setup such a back up task. But i will search for it. By the way, there was a google account set on the phone and google's "find my moile" app can reach the phone by locking it or ring the phone. Unfortunately it can not unlock the phone. I am just writing these to give additional info which can direct you all of some useful approach.
Another point is "VolumeUP + HOME + Power" menu has some options. These are:
"Reboot system now" , "Reboot to bootloader" , "Apply update from ADB" , "Apply update from SD card" , "Wipe data / factory reset" , "Wipe cache partition" , "Mount /system" , "View recovery logs" , "Run graphcs test" , "Power off"
Are none of these options, especially "Apply update from ADB" or "Apply update from SD card" , of no use? Can something be done with these? For example when i select "Apply update from ADB" the phone gives the message "Now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>" ... and waits for some time. Later "Timed out waiting for package" appears on the screen.
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Stock recovery is of no use unless you are prepared to wipe/reset the device.
Are you sure you can't use Google's find my mobile?
As far as I'm aware you can reset the lock to a password which you then use on the device. You may have to wait a while for this to happen and reboot.
Also if there is a Samsung account on the device you can unlock with that.
Have you tried entering the wrong pin around 15 times (I think)?
This used to allow you to use Forgot password and enter your Google log in details instead.
Lastly there is a possible way with ADB.
When i firstly used google's find my mobile, i really entered a pin number(temporary password) which i hoped that i would enter it on the phone and the lock would just disappear. But the phone just continued opening with the pattern lock which we already could not pass. During our tries "find my mobile" was able to lock the device, on the screen we entered a symbolic "lost phone" message, we are also able to ring the phone via this application - All of these worked, but pattern lock is still there. After that first attempt, google's password asking or password entering screen(in PC) has not appeared again. So, totally i did not see any kind of password entrance screen on the phone after that samsung's official update.
We did not count but tried many patterns but each time the phone just messaged us to retry after 4 min, 10 min , 30 min and so on... So nothing changed. I agree that after some retries, it should give the user a chance for forgetting the password and trying another method for unlocking the phone but it never show any other than the pattern lock. I wonder why it does not trust fingerprint as my wife was always using. Thanks anyway for sharing your opinions.
I really wonder if this phone's memory should really be wiped out and there is no other way for unlocking it!! Warranty void is not a problem, i just want to see the photos back again. They all belong to my 1-year old son and his birth approximately. So i really do not want to lose anything. I hope you understand my feelings. To tell you the truth, i was just planning a complete backup of all the memories in one place. But actually, i would not guess such a disaster would happen to me. So please do not get angry with me just try to understand me. Thanks again for spending your valuable time on my problem.
hayat_bilgisi said:
When i firstly used google's find my mobile, i really entered a pin number(temporary password) which i hoped that i would enter it on the phone and the lock would just disappear. But the phone just continued opening with the pattern lock which we already could not pass. During our tries "find my mobile" was able to lock the device, on the screen we entered a symbolic "lost phone" message, we are also able to ring the phone via this application - All of these worked, but pattern lock is still there. After that first attempt, google's password asking or password entering screen(in PC) has not appeared again. So, totally i did not see any kind of password entrance screen on the phone after that samsung's official update.
We did not count but tried many patterns but each time the phone just messaged us to retry after 4 min, 10 min , 30 min and so on... So nothing changed. I agree that after some retries, it should give the user a chance for forgetting the password and trying another method for unlocking the phone but it never show any other than the pattern lock. I wonder why it does not trust fingerprint as my wife was always using. Thanks anyway for sharing your opinions.
I really wonder if this phone's memory should really be wiped out and there is no other way for unlocking it!! Warranty void is not a problem, i just want to see the photos back again. They all belong to my 1-year old son and his birth approximately. So i really do not want to lose anything. I hope you understand my feelings. To tell you the truth, i was just planning a complete backup of all the memories in one place. But actually, i would not guess such a disaster would happen to me. So please do not get angry with me just try to understand me. Thanks again for spending your valuable time on my problem.
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I fully understand your predicament. I would be the same.
I take it there is no Samsung account on the device?
I have helped someone remove the pattern lock once before, but this was using a custom recovery which you cannot use.
There is a possibie way with ADB. . However it depends on the firmware you are currently running.
Have you simply tried just reverting the firmware?
ashyx said:
I fully understand your predicament. I would be the same.
I take it there is no Samsung account on the device?
I have helped someone remove the pattern lock once before, but this was using a custom recovery which you cannot use.
There is a possibie way with ADB. . However it depends on the firmware you are currently running.
Have you simply tried just reverting the firmware?
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Dear ashyx,
Thanks for your reply,
Yes, unfortunately there is no samsung account on the device.
At this moment i think the device has the latest official firmware(by saying firmware, i think you mean what we install or upgrade as the operating system) which samsung published, because my wife accepted the install just a few days ago(about 20.01.2018). I do not know what this upgrade consists of or what version it is. But is it possible to revert back to previous or former releases of firmware in my situation? Can you explain me shortly how i can do this briefly? And of course, if this works - e.i. if i reverted back to a previous firmware, do you think is it going to be useful in my situation?
How should i proceed? Thanks
By the way, i should say that i already downloaded "Android-Multi-Tools-v1.02b.rar" on my PC and in CMD window i ran the software. I connected the phone to the PC and selected "Apply update from ADB" on the phone in recovery mode. As soon as i select "Apply update from ADB" on the phone, my Windows 10 x64 PC gives a sound like "a new device connected or found". You know, it installs the drivers for the device in device manager on PC. I did not install any more driver and left it as it is. Anyway, on android multi tools software, "ADB devices" command did not show me any device connected. I think it is due to developer options not being activated on the phone. All of the tutorials i watched on youtube say that developer options should be activated before using adb commands.
I just wanted to tell about my experiences. But i did not tried "sideload" download. Maybe it is different than what i mentioned above.
What about fastboot mode? One of the tutorial was saying, in order to use adb, i should activate developer options or set the phone to fastboot mode. I could not find any info on how to set fastboot mode?
What about "Apply update from SD card" option on the phone? Can this also be used and be useful for me? Actually this seems more and more possible to me. But i do not know which way to take, which software to install first, second etc..
I know too much questions, many apologizes on this.
hayat_bilgisi said:
By the way, i should say that i already downloaded "Android-Multi-Tools-v1.02b.rar" on my PC and in CMD window i ran the software. I connected the phone to the PC and selected "Apply update from ADB" on the phone in recovery mode. As soon as i select "Apply update from ADB" on the phone, my Windows 10 x64 PC gives a sound like "a new device connected or found". You know, it installs the drivers for the device in device manager on PC. I did not install any more driver and left it as it is. Anyway, on android multi tools software, "ADB devices" command did not show me any device connected. I think it is due to developer options not being activated on the phone. All of the tutorials i watched on youtube say that developer options should be activated before using adb commands.
I just wanted to tell about my experiences. But i did not tried "sideload" download. Maybe it is different than what i mentioned above.
What about fastboot mode? One of the tutorial was saying, in order to use adb, i should activate developer options or set the phone to fastboot mode. I could not find any info on how to set fastboot mode?
What about "Apply update from SD card" option on the phone? Can this also be used and be useful for me? Actually this seems more and more possible to me. But i do not know which way to take, which software to install first, second etc..
I know too much questions, many apologizes on this.
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Forget about recovery its useless for anything other than official updates or resetting the device.
What build number does it state in recovery?
ashyx said:
Forget about recovery its useless for anything other than official updates or resetting the device.
What build number does it state in recovery?
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Here is the recovery screen of my A7 2017
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][PixelExperience][9.0][dragon] -> 20190624 (DISCONTINUED)

DISCONTINUED
Pls find my last builds ..
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=289293
Pls find new PE builds here ..
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-c/development/rom-thread-title-2019-08-25-t3961148
Thanks to @tschmid for taking over PE !
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
PixelExperience
What is this?
Pixel Experience is an AOSP/CAF based ROM, with Google apps included and all Pixel goodies (launcher, wallpapers, icons, fonts, bootanimation)
Our mission is to offer the maximum possible stability and security, along with essential features for the proper functioning of the device
​PixelExperience_dragon-9.0-20190624-1228-UNOFFICIAL.zip
Known issues:
- Encryption seems not work - and has not been tested. -> Pls do not encrypt your data partition yet.
- Keymaster -> If you set Pattern, PIN or Password the Screen unlock may not work correctly.
Workaround for Pattern: On fresh boot you will need to wait a bit longer before you enter credentials.
The waiting time is required on fresh boot only, the following unlocks are working normally.
In case of problems pls use Update.ZIP_TWRP_flashable_pattern_pin_remover_V2.zip to remove pattern/pin or password.
Installation:
1. Boot into TWRP (latest available version)
2. Wipe system, cache, dalvik and data partitions ! ( If you have encrypted /data partition - pls "format" /data via TWRP first ! )
3. Install ROM.zip
4. install Magisk.zip
5. Reboot into system ..
- The ROM does contain it's own vendor.img !
- This ROM does include Gapps already !
SOURCES:
https://github.com/followmsi/manifests/tree/dragon-pixel-pie
Enjoy
And one more ROM for dragon .. Pixel Experience
Enjoy ..
You have too much time on your hands
Awesome ROM. Was waiting for such a release... Thank you
Sent from my Pixel C using Tapatalk
Amazing thank you for keeping this tablet alive!
Simply awesome. Fantastic job. The best Pixel C custom rom.
Seems like front camera is not working (especially on Google Duo app) any work arounds?
followmsi said:
Known issues:
- Encryption seems not work - and has not been fully tested. -> Pls do not encrypt your data partition yet.
- Screen Unlock: If you set Pattern or Password the Screen unlock does not work correctly.
(Workaround: On fresh boot you will need to wait a bit longer before you enter credentials.)
(The waiting time is required on fresh boot only, the following unlocks are working normally.)
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Got this installed today and currently using to write this message. I'm confused regarding the known issues though....
I set a PIN as it wasn't specifically mentioned, but I could not login at next reboot at all. Every time I entered the PIN, the screen would refresh back to the PIN login screen. I tried again many times, left it 10 minutes but nothing worked so I had to factory reset from TWRP in order to gain access to the tablet again.
Perhaps I have misinterpreted the known issues?
Only other problems I had was the following:
- Wifi drops off sometimes for no reason, then comes back about 10 seconds later
- Couldn't use default two-factor authentication when logging in with my Google account (i.e.. Press 'Yes' on your phone), I had to use Google Authenticator to generate a code instead. Having said this, after the factory reset, it worked this time.
- Couldn't setup the device first time around as it was unresponsive and slow, a reboot fixed this
- Can't seem to drag apps on my home screens on top of eachother to create folders, whatever I do they always seem move the other app rather than create a new folder.
And for the record, I was stock before this, followed the instructions above (Obviously had to unlock bootloader before installing TWRP for the first time).
Only issue I've seen so far is the normal navigation buttons the recents button is missing
Iggy82 said:
- Can't seem to drag apps on my home screens on top of eachother to create folders, whatever I do they always seem move the other app rather than create a new folder.
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Wasn't that a bug we all had when we went from Android 7 to 8?
Using another launcher stops it.
m+a+r+k said:
Wasn't that a bug we all had when we went from Android 7 to 8?
Using another launcher stops it.
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Yeah I also had issues creating a new app shortcut (by dragging an app icon from the list of apps to the home screen). Installed a different launcher and that's those problems dealt with. WiFi seems to be fine now too so could have been a local issue.
All in all, it's great to see Pie on the Pixel C, it deserves it too because the hardware is still outstanding, even in today's market.
Thank you followmsi
Thank you!
Thanks! I'm running it right now!
I have no problem creating folders on the desktop. The way to do it is to approach the icon in the upper left, diagonally. At least that's how it works for me
Iggy82 said:
Got this installed today and currently using to write this message. I'm confused regarding the known issues though....
I set a PIN as it wasn't specifically mentioned, but I could not login at next reboot at all. Every time I entered the PIN, the screen would refresh back to the PIN login screen. I tried again many times, left it 10 minutes but nothing worked so I had to factory reset from TWRP in order to gain access to the tablet again.
Perhaps I have misinterpreted the known issues?
Only other problems I had was the following:
- Wifi drops off sometimes for no reason, then comes back about 10 seconds later
- Couldn't use default two-factor authentication when logging in with my Google account (i.e.. Press 'Yes' on your phone), I had to use Google Authenticator to generate a code instead. Having said this, after the factory reset, it worked this time.
- Couldn't setup the device first time around as it was unresponsive and slow, a reboot fixed this
- Can't seem to drag apps on my home screens on top of eachother to create folders, whatever I do they always seem move the other app rather than create a new folder.
And for the record, I was stock before this, followed the instructions above (Obviously had to unlock bootloader before installing TWRP for the first time).
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I will add "pin" to known issues on first page too.
Encryption/keymaster is not working correctly on all Pie ROMs.
Roxas598 said:
Only issue I've seen so far is the normal navigation buttons the recents button is missing
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You can try this method to turn on recent buttons.
adb shell settings put secure sysui_nav_bar "space,recent;home;back,space"
https://www.xda-developers.com/how-...icons-or-re-arrange-the-buttons-without-root/
followmsi said:
- Keymaster -> If you set Pattern, PIN or Password the Screen unlock may not work correctly.
Workaround for Pattern: On fresh boot you will need to wait a bit longer before you enter credentials.
The waiting time is required on fresh boot only, the following unlocks are working normally.[/I]
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followmsi - Just to clarify (before I go locking myself out completely!) - If I set a pattern unlock (NOT Pin or Password), I will be able to unlock my device properly after waiting a while??
Iggy82 said:
followmsi - Just to clarify (before I go locking myself out completely!) - If I set a pattern unlock (NOT Pin or Password), I will be able to unlock my device properly after waiting a while??
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For me it works like this .. waiting a bit longer before first pattern unlock.
Otherwise.. have a look here.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78786907&postcount=992
Thanks for the prompt responses. One more question which I'm yet to solve regarding the 30 second bootloader unlocked wait during boot.
I've heard that if I relock the bootloader, the device will lose root and wipe itself. I don't mind a wipe, nor do I use root. So if I were to relock the bootloader, would it still boot up OK into this current ROM? Others have said it could brick the device!.....?
Thanks for this great ROM! I've been waiting for a proper Pie ROM for a long time!
I got no issues with the PIN. Got a 8 numbers PIN and it works great.
Only issue I have is the folder thing but it does not matter as I got not much apps on my tablet!
I got an issue with a notification telling me that the setup was not finished and tapping on it brought a "OK" button and a white page... Tapping OK would get rid of the notification but it would eventually come back a couple minutes later. A reboot solved this issue.
camera not working at all ...
First of all: Thank you so much!!!
wonderful ROM.
Just: the camera is not working.
Any ideas / experiences with that?
costlyman seems to have the same problem.
EDIT: working now after a few restarts - and I don't know.
Thank you in advance.

[GUIDE] Enable Adaptive Audio on Pixel 4/XL

Hey everybody,
I guess I was not the only one being a bit disappointed that google didn´t make adaptive audio available for the Pixel 4 devices as well.
To be honest I personally think it´s a bit of a gimmicky feature that´s not very critical, but making it exclusive to Pixel 5 left a bitter after taste.
Here´s how to enable the feature persistent across reboots on a rooted device:
1. Download the pixel 5 device personalization app from apkmirror and install the app:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/device-personalization-services/device-personalization-services-r-11-playstore-pixel5-353007393-release/device-personalization-services-r-11-playstore-pixel5-353007393-android-apk-download/
2. Flash the attached magisk module Adaptive_Audio_Settings_Enabler.zip via magisk manager app and do a reboot.
Wait a few minutes after the phone booted successfully and the entry in settings will appear.
Manual command method, doesn´t survive reboots but works on unrooted devices as well:
1. Download the pixel 5 device personalization app from apkmirror and install the app:
Device Personalization Services R.12.playstore.pixel5.357001175 APK Download by Google LLC - APKMirror
www.apkmirror.com
2. Make sure to have USB Debugging enabled via developer options and have a working adb environment. Then connect your phone to pc.
3. Type the following:
Code:
adb shell
4. then type (this step is not needed)
Code:
su
grant superuser permission in the window that opens on your phone.
5. Now paste the following commands:
Code:
device_config put device_personalization_services AdaptiveAudio__enable_adaptive_audio true
Code:
device_config put device_personalization_services AdaptiveAudio__show_promo_notification true
You can enable it now in settings and try the feature for yourself.
A few notes here:
I´m unsure how much profit this feature really gives, even on the Pixel 5. When enabling it on my 4XL the sound gets a bit more bassy.
Judging from the logs it should be working as it is with the steps described above. It might be that it´s tuned towards the Pixel 5, but well... Having options is always nice
The guide with the manual commands works without root, for those that don´t like to run rooted. I was able to disable and enable the feature back again without the need for root. Maybe some apps can execute scripts without root on the phone so it will stay across reboots. Somebody else has to figure this out though.
Have fun with it
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Wow, would you also happen to know how to enable night sight portrait mode on P4?
Thanks m8, you are a legend.
Works great on my 4XL stock, no root.
I followed the guide without the "su" part on adb shell
Thank you for the tip, but whenever I reboot the phone it will not stick, I'm currently rooted.
Zilla0617 said:
Thank you for the tip, but whenever I reboot the phone it will not stick, I'm currently rooted.
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You´re correct. I didn´t notice it, because it takes a short while for the setting to disappear after rebooting.
I made a magisk module, that passes the command every boot after a timeout. Magisk required obviously
Freak07 said:
You´re correct. I didn´t notice it, because it takes a short while for the setting to disappear after rebooting.
I made a magisk module, that passes the command every boot after a timeout. Magisk required obviously
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After installing the module, I added the commands using adb shell but adaptive sound still does not persist after a reboot.
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After installing the module, I added the commands using adb shell but adaptive sound still does not persist after a reboot.
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Flash the module in magisk manager, reboot, wait a few minutes and the entry should pop up. It needs a few minutes. There’s no need for any manual commands with the module.
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Flash the module in magisk manager, reboot, wait a few minutes and the entry should pop up. It needs a few minutes. There’s no need for any manual commands with the module.
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It's working. Thank you
Working like a charm thank you mate.
how i do adb Do you have an example please?
How do I get back to the original device personalization service app?
oraned said:
how i do adb Do you have an example please?
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There are plenty of guides on xda on how to setup adb.
How to install ADB on Windows, macOS, and Linux
If you're on Windows, Linux or macOS, you can follow these step by step instructions to install ADB on your desktop or laptop PC.
www.xda-developers.com
If you are rooted with magisk and unfamiliar with command line, there's also the magisk module.
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How do I get back to the original device personalization service app?
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Open it in play store and hit uninstall. Then update again and it will install the latest one for pixel 4.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.as
Open this link when viewing xda via browser on your phone.
I am sorry telling you that my friend but I am rooted and did yesterday the process and everything was ok, after some seconds as you said the adaptive sound wan in my menu.
Today as I went to check if it was still there, kaboom, disappeared so I uninstalled everything and did it from the beginning, so it can be installed again.
Have an idea why?
Let's go ahead and give this a try. Thanks
Can confirm that it still does work. But after rebooting even with the root method and the module still showing up in magisk adaptive sound vanished in settings. Reinstalling the module makes it appear again and function.
Edit: The feature just vanished without a reboot. Guess Le Googs doesn't wan tus usingit RIP.
The comment above and I are experiencing the same symptoms. When a module is installed, it is initially visible in the configuration, but sometimes it is not present after a period of time. If you reboot each time, it will come back.
However, I wish it could be maintained without rebooting.
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The comment above and I are experiencing the same symptoms. When a module is installed, it is initially visible in the configuration, but sometimes it is not present after a period of time. If you reboot each time, it will come back.
However, I wish it could be maintained without rebooting.
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How long does it persist for you after you reboot?
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How long does it persist for you after you reboot?
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That can't be verified. However, sometimes when time passes, it may not be in the setting.
I don't think there's a solution, but thanks for letting me use a service that doesn't support it.
I think I figured out why it sometimes disappears when I check it after some time.
I'm using the dolby digital plus module, but after deleting this module once, I tested to see if it disappears after a while, and the adaptive sound was maintained.
I'm not sure if it's causing a conflict between modules. I also noticed that the two modules run together at first.

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