To root or not to root? - Google Pixel 3a XL Questions & Answers

I'm not new to rooting phones but I'm still trying to decide if I'll root the 3a XL. My main motivation for rooting is that I want call recording. Can anyone confirm that it is possible using Bold Beast or similar on this phone if it is rooted?
Also, if I root what happens with updates? Do I need to flash updates manually when they are released? Is there much involved in doing that? And will I still be ok when Q is released?
Any help and advice is appreciated.

I do it for ad away and custom kernels

I use call recorder, works fine, cant comment on other apps. With updates you can just use the magisk after ota method, works slick and you don't lose anything. Not sure how it will shake out with Q in the particulars but at worst you'll need to back up and clean flash.

krabman said:
I use call recorder, works fine, cant comment on other apps. With updates you can just use the magisk after ota method, works slick and you don't lose anything. Not sure how it will shake out with Q in the particulars but at worst you'll need to back up and clean flash.
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Thanks. I miss root, not having TB, but when Google took the heavy handed approach with call recording it's really annoying me. Funny thing is call recording works fine on my OnePlus 6 running P, because OnePlus has obviously thumbed their nose at Google regarding it. It's built into the OP6 rom and a small app from Play called JOnePlus Tools enables it and ensures it stays enabled after a reboot.
Loving this Pixel though, especially the camera and battery life.

Dont know how they're all working, I just searched magisk for a call recording app and installed call recorder. I seldom need call recording but it's nice to have when you need it. Like talking to the cable company...

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[Q] call recorder app by skvalex

I'm a total noob. T989/GS2 my first smart phone. Would be fine leaving it stock but I need to record incoming calls for work. call recorder by skvalex seems to be the best but doesn't work without root, ROM, etc.
Threads for other phones mention issues with certain ROMs and kernels.
Anyone with a t989 gs2 using this app without issue? What ROM and kernel do you use?
I fear screwing up my phone so I am hoping to do it right the first time.
Marcus
I'm using juggernaut and the kernel that came with it. I had no problems with that app at all. I just didn't like the auto record. I'm waiting for miui, on my old vibrant it had the option to record the call while you were in the call... Miui is the way to go.
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Oh and welcome to smartphone world. Careful, you might get addicted...
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Oh the wife is already mad how much time I spend tinkering on this thing. I am hooked! I rooted last night with SuperOneClick 2.2 and installed the paid version of CallRecorder by skvalex. It just needed superuser permission and now it works perfect! I am one happy camper over here!!
It does not have to record every call. Look in the settings. A "start recording" button appears when someone answers the call. You dont have to press it unless you choose to. You can end the recording mid call too. Sound quality is great on both sides and you do not have to use speakerphone like the others I tried.
Problem solved thanks to info found in the forum!
Curious why that app needs to "read sensitive log data"
MarDog said:
I rooted last night with SuperOneClick 2.2 and installed the paid version of CallRecorder by skvalex. It just needed superuser permission and now it works perfect!!
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Are there any negative consequences to rooting from T-mobile? How hard is it to go back to an unrooted phone? BTW I saw a ulocked and rooted sg2 on ebay for 10,000? Why would someone pay so much?
Thanks.

After OTA 2.22.1540.3 (4.4.3), Camera app crashes on Zoe and Video Camera mode

After OTA 2.22.1540.3 (4.4.3), Camera app crashes on Zoe and Video Camera mode. I have tried disabling Xposed, and any modifcation, as well as booting into Safe mode, doesn't seem to fix it.
Is anyone else getting this issue?
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After OTA 2.22.1540.3 (4.4.3), Camera app crashes on Zoe and Video Camera mode. I have tried disabling Xposed, and any modifcation, as well as booting into Safe mode, doesn't seem to fix it.
Is anyone else getting this issue?
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lol ...your right ...mine doesn't even open it reboots the phone, and google camera force closes? what a pointless update lol. mines 2.22.401.3. Stupid camera upgrades ....were these even tested? now my media database is messed up, wont play the right sound I set. I thought there was something odd about this update, after the upgrade ...it only optimised a 100 apps ....it always did 359 apps before, wiping dalvik manually does the same, 100 apps, theres a storage issue aswell as the camera, and google camera don't work either, its not part of sense. Is it because we are rooted etc? Oh yes and art don't work for me either.UPDATE: Got ART to work, but not the cameras ...any camera to be exact, thought it might be supercid or because its unlocked but that wouldn't stop other camera apps would it?
If you have Xposed and other root system tweaking apps installed you really can't expect OTA's to go perfectly smooth, can you?
Mine is working just fine, I'm rooted but with stock recovery and no xposed.
KriBKriB said:
If you have Xposed and other root system tweaking apps installed you really can't expect OTA's to go perfectly smooth, can you?
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I restored to stock before I flashed the OTA, only after the OTA did I root/run Xposed again.
mine is working absolutley fine, even after converting my m8 to a dev edition from WWE edition. I was completeley stock before i took ota (no mods, nothing)
exocetdj said:
mine is working absolutley fine, even after converting my m8 to a dev edition from WWE edition. I was completeley stock before i took ota (no mods, nothing)
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Yeah, turns out it was an app conflict, mainly Google Now/Google Voice Search -- when you enable "Ok, Google" from any screen in the Google Now settings, it interferes with the Camera apps microphone access, sometimes it is able to terminate the process and use the microphone, but when it's not able to, it crashes.
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Yeah, turns out it was an app conflict, mainly Google Now/Google Voice Search -- when you enable "Ok, Google" from any screen in the Google Now settings, it interferes with the Camera apps microphone access, sometimes it is able to terminate the process and use the microphone, but when it's not able to, it crashes.
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Thanks much. This problem was also causing my video button to require a double press. It wasn't crashing, but the first press must disable the "Ok, Google" listening, then the second press would record the video.

Android O - Laggy UI

Since yesterday, my UI is really laggy. Just switching pages on the home screen will make it lag. Also, my battery has been terrible since the update. I updated through the Enroll loophole to get Oreo pushed to my phone earlier.
I didn't factory reset yet, I was going to ask if someone got the same issue before. If I need to reset my phone, how should I do it? Factory reset or pushing factory image to my phone?
Thanks!
After installing Oreo, I experienced a lot of lags on the Pixel launcher when switching home screen pages and swiping through the app drawer.
Flashing the factory image fixed it for me.
elal1234 said:
After installing Oreo, I experienced a lot of lags on the Pixel launcher when switching home screen pages and swiping through the app drawer.
Flashing the factory image fixed it for me.
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How did you reinstall? Factory reset or pushing the factory image ? I did the enroll beta loophole to get Oreo faster.
Thanks for the help
I downloaded the official factory image, and flashed it by the instructions:
https://developers.google.com/android/images
BTW, while in fastboot mode, before flashing, I erased the userdata, system and boot partitions (just to be on the safe side).
Im still on 7.1.2 and just reading comments on oreo. So far it seems that nougat is better and more stable. Im staying in nougat for a while until i see oreo improve. To many reboot, lag and battery problems.
eduardmc said:
Im still on 7.1.2 and just reading comments on oreo. So far it seems that nougat is better and more stable. Im staying in nougat for a while until i see oreo improve. To many reboot, lag and battery problems.
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It's a rough ride let's say ! I'm satisfied with the update but I wished Google would have learned and listen to the beta tester
Losing auto DND on Oreo is a big what ? Plus now when you get a notification while on a call. You get this loud beep beep in the earpiece speaker while on call...
Waibashi said:
It's a rough ride let's say ! I'm satisfied with the update but I wished Google would have learned and listen to the beta tester
Losing auto DND on Oreo is a big what ? Plus now when you get a notification while on a call. You get this loud beep beep in the earpiece speaker while on call...
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That was one of the most requested things. The auto DND while on a call was a pain for those that multi task while on a call. I am so glad it is gone. No more "did you get it yet" questions while on a conference call
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That was one of the most requested things. The auto DND while on a call was a pain for those that multi task while on a call. I am so glad it is gone. No more "did you get it yet" questions while on a conference call
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A simple setting would have solve this issue. I don't see why it has to be disabled for all. Personally I loved the feature.
I wish there was a way to remove this annoying sound
Waibashi said:
A simple setting would have solve this issue. I don't see why it has to be disabled for all. Personally I loved the feature.
I wish there was a way to remove this annoying sound
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I am sure one of the custom roms will add a toggle for it or even but it back by reverting the commit needed for it. One of the biggest issues is that it interfered with call waiting and the notification tone not always going off.
Also depending on the country you are in, some notifications (like Government issued ones) are required to be able to interrupt anything.

No sound on earpiece while in call, speakerphone works fine...

-The story -
So I bought my mi mix 2 off swappa used and it was pretty much mint condition. When I received it it was on latest miui 11 global locked bootloader no root.. All worked fine for about three weeks. I ended up buying windows 10, again, which made me throw up a lil in my mouth. I did this so that I could use the mi unlock tool to unlock my bootloader. The java Linux tool no longer works to unlock if you use Linux so rn kinda forced to buy Windows. So I unlocked bootloader and then installed twrp and made a backup like I do with every phone since Android began. I then flashed HAVOC 3.1 using latest twrp recovery. I quickly realized my speaker decided to stop working in the earpiece soon after that. I ran some tests using apps and the earpiece speaker works, but NOT in a call. :crying:
-The problem I'm having in detail-
When I make a call to anyone they can hear me but I can hear NOTHING at all. Not low volume, but no sound whatsoever. If I switch to speaker phone however I can hear them and they can hear me fine. The top speaker that doesn't work during calls works when I tested it but refuses to work while on any call.
So naturally I Google searched the world for a few days hoping to find a fix. Then I thought maybe it was my recovery, maybe it was firmware I used, maybe it's a rom bug...etc...etc... I never proved it to be any of the things I thought it could be. I've installed other roms and I get the same thing with them. I've tried other firmware and same deal. I've disabled encryption, used magisk and not used magisk... Anyway, you get the picture.
Would anyone happen to know something I can do to fix this? I read some people touch up where top speaker is during a call ..That didn't work. ? I did 29 reboots and that did nothing. I checked the ear piece and cleaned what I could and that did nothing. I've wiped several different ways and used orange fox recovery and twrp different versions of both and that did nothing.
Please someone who's smart chime in and tell me I'm dumb and all I have to do is xyz and I can hear again from the earpiece on calls. Can it be a defective speaker? If so why does the speaker work fine on anything but NOT when making a call? Can it still be a defective speaker?
I did read TONS of reports of sound issues on Xiaomi devices across the board. That didn't make me smile much.. Anyway any advice or thoughts or anything would sure be extremely helpful and I'd forever be grateful. I hope you all have a good day and your speaker never acts stupid like mine is on my phone.
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-The story -
So I bought my mi mix 2 off swappa used and it was pretty much mint condition. When I received it it was on latest miui 11 global locked bootloader no root.. All worked fine for about three weeks. I ended up buying windows 10, again, which made me throw up a lil in my mouth. I did this so that I could use the mi unlock tool to unlock my bootloader. The java Linux tool no longer works to unlock if you use Linux so rn kinda forced to buy Windows. So I unlocked bootloader and then installed twrp and made a backup like I do with every phone since Android began. I then flashed HAVOC 3.1 using latest twrp recovery. I quickly realized my speaker decided to stop working in the earpiece soon after that. I ran some tests using apps and the earpiece speaker works, but NOT in a call. :crying:
-The problem I'm having in detail-
When I make a call to anyone they can hear me but I can hear NOTHING at all. Not low volume, but no sound whatsoever. If I switch to speaker phone however I can hear them and they can hear me fine. The top speaker that doesn't work during calls works when I tested it but refuses to work while on any call.
So naturally I Google searched the world for a few days hoping to find a fix. Then I thought maybe it was my recovery, maybe it was firmware I used, maybe it's a rom bug...etc...etc... I never proved it to be any of the things I thought it could be. I've installed other roms and I get the same thing with them. I've tried other firmware and same deal. I've disabled encryption, used magisk and not used magisk... Anyway, you get the picture.
Would anyone happen to know something I can do to fix this? I read some people touch up where top speaker is during a call ..That didn't work. I did 29 reboots and that did nothing. I checked the ear piece and cleaned what I could and that did nothing. I've wiped several different ways and used orange fox recovery and twrp different versions of both and that did nothing.
Please someone who's smart chime in and tell me I'm dumb and all I have to do is xyz and I can hear again from the earpiece on calls. Can it be a defective speaker? If so why does the speaker work fine on anything but NOT when making a call? Can it still be a defective speaker?
I did read TONS of reports of sound issues on Xiaomi devices across the board. That didn't make me smile much.. Anyway any advice or thoughts or anything would sure be extremely helpful and I'd forever be grateful. I hope you all have a good day and your speaker never acts stupid like mine is on my phone.
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Try the latest version of Havoc 3.0, not 3.1. my device also has an unspeakable error on the call of messenger with most of the android 10 rom, i can hear the voice of the other side, but they can't hear me, after trying a lot of android 10 rom, i found only havoc os 3.0 is not making that error. Though it's not your fault, I think you should try it.
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Try the latest version of Havoc 3.0, not 3.1. my device also has an unspeakable error on the call of messenger with most of the android 10 rom, i can hear the voice of the other side, but they can't hear me, after trying a lot of android 10 rom, i found only havoc os 3.0 is not making that error. Though it's not your fault, I think you should try it.
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Mine is I can't hear them but they can bear me. What the hell is going on. Hahaha! If all else fails I'm going to get a new top receiver speaker put in at a shop close by. It does appear that many Xiaomi devices have had sound issues and have had speakers replaced. If you search on YouTube Xiaomi no sound on call or speaker replacement you'll see MANY videos on "how to." Quite a few videos specifically for mi mix 2. They should let us upgrade at least to the mix 2s for free.
I'll try 3.0 havoc but I've flashed around on Android 10 and 9 and problem hasn't gone away. Still zero sound on my end on calls but all speakers work doing anything else. Appreciate the recommendation. Thanks for commenting. Later today's ill flash 3.0 and see what's up. Then I may pull a few kernels from other roms and switch em out with whatever I'm on and see if I can't get something going that way.
I will also post a log of me on the phone talking and maybe someone can see something that's wrong... Hope so anyway..
flash713 said:
-The story -
So I bought my mi mix 2 off swappa used and it was pretty much mint condition. When I received it it was on latest miui 11 global locked bootloader no root.. All worked fine for about three weeks. I ended up buying windows 10, again, which made me throw up a lil in my mouth. I did this so that I could use the mi unlock tool to unlock my bootloader. The java Linux tool no longer works to unlock if you use Linux so rn kinda forced to buy Windows. So I unlocked bootloader and then installed twrp and made a backup like I do with every phone since Android began. I then flashed HAVOC 3.1 using latest twrp recovery. I quickly realized my speaker decided to stop working in the earpiece soon after that. I ran some tests using apps and the earpiece speaker works, but NOT in a call. :crying:
-The problem I'm having in detail-
When I make a call to anyone they can hear me but I can hear NOTHING at all. Not low volume, but no sound whatsoever. If I switch to speaker phone however I can hear them and they can hear me fine. The top speaker that doesn't work during calls works when I tested it but refuses to work while on any call.
So naturally I Google searched the world for a few days hoping to find a fix. Then I thought maybe it was my recovery, maybe it was firmware I used, maybe it's a rom bug...etc...etc... I never proved it to be any of the things I thought it could be. I've installed other roms and I get the same thing with them. I've tried other firmware and same deal. I've disabled encryption, used magisk and not used magisk... Anyway, you get the picture.
Would anyone happen to know something I can do to fix this? I read some people touch up where top speaker is during a call ..That didn't work. I did 29 reboots and that did nothing. I checked the ear piece and cleaned what I could and that did nothing. I've wiped several different ways and used orange fox recovery and twrp different versions of both and that did nothing.
Please someone who's smart chime in and tell me I'm dumb and all I have to do is xyz and I can hear again from the earpiece on calls. Can it be a defective speaker? If so why does the speaker work fine on anything but NOT when making a call? Can it still be a defective speaker?
I did read TONS of reports of sound issues on Xiaomi devices across the board. That didn't make me smile much.. Anyway any advice or thoughts or anything would sure be extremely helpful and I'd forever be grateful. I hope you all have a good day and your speaker never acts stupid like mine is on my phone.
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Clearing the phone app cache data help me to overcome this but this problem in 3.1 occurs more often..
Sinchanwa said:
Clearing the phone app cache data help me to overcome this but this problem in 3.1 occurs more often..
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Appreciate you commenting and man do I wish it was the phone app cache. I have to get a speaker replacement. Going to look into it tomorrow and get an estimates. I love my phone! Hope they don't try and tell me some insane cost for it and I sure hope that it gets fixed right. I'm going to a top rated place to get it fixed so fingers crossed. [emoji51]
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flash713 said:
Appreciate you commenting and man do I wish it was the phone app cache. I have to get a speaker replacement. Going to look into it tomorrow and get an estimates. I love my phone! Hope they don't try and tell me some insane cost for it and I sure hope that it gets fixed right. I'm going to a top rated place to get it fixed so fingers crossed. [emoji51]
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Hey there just want to know is your problem solved?
Sinchanwa said:
Hey there just want to know is your problem solved?
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Not yet. What's up?
I flashed Bootleggers 5.0 about 12 hours ago and setup NanoDroid for the first time on this device. Super cool!!
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flash713 said:
Not yet. What's up?
I flashed Bootleggers 5.0 about 12 hours ago and setup NanoDroid for the first time on this device. Super cool!!
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Fine buddy..
So just for info i clean flashed havoc 3.1 and every thing is rocking if want to return on havoc plz clean flash it..:good::victory:
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Fine buddy..
So just for info i clean flashed havoc 3.1 and every thing is rocking if want to return on havoc plz clean flash it..:good::victory:
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I never thought that my sound issue was related to havoc in any way I am almost positive its a broken speaker. Looks as though that type of thing happens often on this device and other xiaomi devices. Google search receiver speaker replacement really fast and watch how many things show up about it. Its all over. I'm going to get a replacement. Using my moto g7 power rn as my main phone so I can have conversations and hear on my end. I always clean flash everything I flash. I never fail to wipe data, system, cache, delik cache on any install.
I have the same problem after installing Havoc 3.1. I tried updating the firmware...and rolling back the firmware to 9.5.16 to no avail
flash713 said:
-The story -
So I bought my mi mix 2 off swappa used and it was pretty much mint condition. When I received it it was on latest miui 11 global locked bootloader no root.. All worked fine for about three weeks. I ended up buying windows 10, again, which made me throw up a lil in my mouth. I did this so that I could use the mi unlock tool to unlock my bootloader. The java Linux tool no longer works to unlock if you use Linux so rn kinda forced to buy Windows. So I unlocked bootloader and then installed twrp and made a backup like I do with every phone since Android began. I then flashed HAVOC 3.1 using latest twrp recovery. I quickly realized my speaker decided to stop working in the earpiece soon after that. I ran some tests using apps and the earpiece speaker works, but NOT in a call. :crying:
-The problem I'm having in detail-
When I make a call to anyone they can hear me but I can hear NOTHING at all. Not low volume, but no sound whatsoever. If I switch to speaker phone however I can hear them and they can hear me fine. The top speaker that doesn't work during calls works when I tested it but refuses to work while on any call.
So naturally I Google searched the world for a few days hoping to find a fix. Then I thought maybe it was my recovery, maybe it was firmware I used, maybe it's a rom bug...etc...etc... I never proved it to be any of the things I thought it could be. I've installed other roms and I get the same thing with them. I've tried other firmware and same deal. I've disabled encryption, used magisk and not used magisk... Anyway, you get the picture.
Would anyone happen to know something I can do to fix this? I read some people touch up where top speaker is during a call ..That didn't work. I did 29 reboots and that did nothing. I checked the ear piece and cleaned what I could and that did nothing. I've wiped several different ways and used orange fox recovery and twrp different versions of both and that did nothing.
Please someone who's smart chime in and tell me I'm dumb and all I have to do is xyz and I can hear again from the earpiece on calls. Can it be a defective speaker? If so why does the speaker work fine on anything but NOT when making a call? Can it still be a defective speaker?
I did read TONS of reports of sound issues on Xiaomi devices across the board. That didn't make me smile much.. Anyway any advice or thoughts or anything would sure be extremely helpful and I'd forever be grateful. I hope you all have a good day and your speaker never acts stupid like mine is on my phone.
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I have the same problem after installing Havoc 3.1. I tried updating the firmware...and rolling back the firmware to 9.5.16 to no avail
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This is just too strange. So maybe my issue does have something to do with installing Havoc 3.1. That was the first rom I flashed after I unlocked my bootloader and speaker worked fine on latest MIUI Global rom before... I wonder if it's possible to break a speaker due to a rom installation? I've never heard of that before. I thought surely it was just the rom and was a bug or a firmware problem. I flashed all kinda firmwares afterwards in latest twrp and also sideloaded a few to see if maybe something wasn't right with recovery and like you say it did not change anything at all. I still get zero sound on my receiver speaker while on a call.
I'm going to try a few more things and see if it does anything. If I find a fix or something that allows me to hear anything at all out of my end on receiver speaker I'll most definitely add it here in a post and to the op. Seems like there would be more people than us if it had something to do with Havoc... Idk. Appreciate your information. I hope we can get this fixed soon. I never even hardly used my phone when the speaker worked. ? I bought it used off swappa and about two weeks later unlocked and flashed Havoc and no sound during calls on my end.
Did you flash magisk also? Maybe that caused the problem...
I'm using Google phone but have also tried the stock Android phone as well as a couple of different versions of firmware. If no solution emerges I'm going to disassemble the phone and see if the earpiece has lost connection
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Did you flash magisk also? Maybe that caused the problem...
I'm using Google phone but have also tried the stock Android phone as well as a couple of different versions of firmware. If no solution emerges I'm going to disassemble the phone and see if the earpiece has lost connection
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I used an app off Google play store to test speakers and my receiver speaker works but refuses to work during a call on my end. It did have sound come through loud and clear when I ran the tests I did when it first happened. I've flashed using magisk stable, canary, formatted data, used different firmwares, everything know to mankind and searched around and tried several things online and nothing. I've been trying to boot the Android 10 GSIs to see if that makes any difference but have had no luck using the same vendor and boot everyone used on pie GSIs so I snatched some from different roms and still no luck on GSIs that are Android 10. Lemme find link to test all i used and I'll return and post a link. Brb
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You should add your findings to the havoc thread...if there are 2 people with the exact same problem maybe the developers will take notice and investigate
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You should add your findings to the havoc thread...if there are 2 people with the exact same problem maybe the developers will take notice and investigate
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I doubt it and I did make a post there a while back about it. There are many others there ok that thread who reported sound issues and I wanted to confirm what for sure caused it before I put the blame all on a rom... The speakers on this device have had issues MANY times based on all the reports i read all over the internet. But if I can confirm exactly what it is I'll dang sure be very open about it online and let the world know in hopes that if it was something I did maybe someone else won't and I can somehow prevent it. But I did make a post there when it occurred. Search my username on the thread and you'll see it.
When you set a ringtone does sound come from your top speaker? On my device it does. Just curious. See if you can hear any sound selecting different ringtones. ?
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I did find some info about pixel users who had this problem, in that case the problem was caused by file association issues with the phone app and Google play services. Some people were able to fix by removing the permissions of Google play services. I tried this approach but many of the permissions cannot be disabled
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I did find some info about pixel users who had this problem, in that case the problem was caused by file association issues with the phone app and Google play services. Some people were able to fix by removing the permissions of Google play services. I tried this approach but many of the permissions cannot be disabled
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I'm going to clean flash now after I do a backup and I'll install havoc and NanoDroid which eliminates Googles hold on all our devices. Once I get all setup I'll run some tests and see if maybe this solves it.
NanoDroid: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3584928
[MODULE/SYSTEM] NanoDroid 22.5.1.20200102 (microG, pseudo-debloat, F-Droid + apps)
No difference
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I did find some info about pixel users who had this problem, in that case the problem was caused by file association issues with the phone app and Google play services. Some people were able to fix by removing the permissions of Google play services. I tried this approach but many of the permissions cannot be disabled
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On my other device , Moto G7 Power see the 8th post here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/g7-power/development/rom-havoc-os-3-2-t4058987
This time I haven't had it occur on G7 Power but when I saw that guys post I had a flash back. :/
I suspect FW issue. Started not using top speaker after SW update. 10.0.6 When I receive a call and press the volume button, the 'earpiece' icon bar appear. I suspect the phone switch the sound to the 'earpiece' even if there is no earpiece. I even switched Bluetooth off, and still happens. The phone thinks there is a earpiece/headset connected even if there is none. I think Xiaomi Mi devs should post a solution or update. The issue is wide spread.
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OK, it happened again today. No sound from top speaker when making or receiving calls. Had to switch to speaker phone. Then I cleared the 'Contact and dialer' app cache memory. (And for good measure the other caller and dailer apps also. TOP SPEAKER CAME ALIVE AGAIN!! So I am pretty sure its a bug/memory issue.
What I did: Long press the dailer icon - tap on App info - press 'Clear data' icon and select to clear chache memory.
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I suspect FW issue. Started not using top speaker after SW update. 10.0.6 When I receive a call and press the volume button, the 'earpiece' icon bar appear. I suspect the phone switch the sound to the 'earpiece' even if there is no earpiece. I even switched Bluetooth off, and still happens. The phone thinks there is a earpiece/headset connected even if there is none. I think Xiaomi Mi devs should post a solution or update. The issue is wide spread. - Christo
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What's crazy is this happened on my device just after I wiped data, system cache and flashed HAVOC which was the first rom that I flashed when I got this device. And I flashed my firmware and it did nothing at all. I'm getting a another speaker from eBay this week. They're only like $3 US. Gonna replace it and see what happens. ?

Question Camera app (oplus/gcam) crashes on start

Hi Everyone,
I recently got and rooted a Oneplus 11 (CPH2449) using Magisk following the guides on this forum.
Everything is working fine except for most camera apps. Both the Oneplus Camera app as well as GCam (tried several versions and ports) crash on start. The Oneplus camera app allows me to set my preferences/permissions after clearing cache but the screen then stays black and crashes in less than a second. The GCam app shows maybe a second or two of normal camera images and then crashes all the same. Some simple camera apps from the Playstore do work but seem severely limited in quality (it shows just 12,6MP and video is limited to 1080P).
I did find an older thread for a oneplus 8 or 9 I think that implied Oneplus prevents access to the cameras on rooted devices but I can't seem to find any thread describing the same problem so that seems unlikely to me.
Is there anyone who knows if this is "normal/expected"? Or more importantly can someone confirm it is actually possible to get the Oneplus Camera app functional on a rooted device?
I've seen a bunch of people posting on threads both here and on the Oneplus forum that have GCam working one a Oneplus 11 but none that actually specify if their device is rooted or not.
I'd rather not reset to factory default and configure everything all over again if I am doing it for nothing.
im rooted and cam works fine for me.
do you have any magisk modules installed?
Aside from the Systemless Hosts from Magisk itself and the guide recommended safetynet fix I didn't install any yet because that was about the time I figured out my cam wasn't working properly.
But if it should work fine I might just bite the bullet and start over.
At this point I have no idea atwhen it stopped working. Might have been right after rooting, might not have worked to begin with. Or the Oneplus phone clone tool messed up something since it just crashed halfway through on the new phone. Although it was able to pick up where it left off.
Thanks for the reply!
Aziraphale44 said:
Aside from the Systemless Hosts from Magisk itself and the guide recommended safetynet fix I didn't install any yet because that was about the time I figured out my cam wasn't working properly.
But if it should work fine I might just bite the bullet and start over.
At this point I have no idea atwhen it stopped working. Might have been right after rooting, might not have worked to begin with. Or the Oneplus phone clone tool messed up something since it just crashed halfway through on the new phone. Although it was able to pick up where it left off.
Thanks for the reply!
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mm I would put my $ on the clone tool.
not sure about op's but I've never had any luck with those on other devices.
Have you tried gcam?
kevp75 said:
Have you tried gcam?
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Yes I tried several versions, they all have the same issue as the OnePlus cam app.
The weird part is all messaging apps that use the camera like whatsapp, telegram do so without issue.
I am just going to assume I got unlucky at this point, start over and move on.
Thank you for your input!

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