Hey guys, I'm looking for some testers for my Free-Droid application. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux and is perfectly compatible with the Galaxy S5.
This software should be most useful to people new to custom rom installation. It takes from you the hassle of looking for TWRP and a Rom, it downloads everything for you (including magisk, microG and F-Droid) and does all the flashing on autopilot. For those users starting from scratch, it also helps setting up the drivers on windows machines.
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You can download the application from the original/general thread here.
Feel free to leave some feedback or suggestions for improvement.
@imska have already posted on your main thread. .....
As far as the "Odin" look. Well, Odin, is much easier to read. Seems that some things, are Under others. As if the display is 1 size, with more info to actually have space for. (e.g. In Expert- towards the bottom , " -install google sync" is actually, Under the words "Only change these setting if you really know what you are doing" ! So yes, need to clean up this Free-Droid a bit.
What is confusing a bit, is where to work and where to look. Terminal has all the major things running like Passwords, IS the phone connected, etc.
one more Issue... Info- Sprint Galaxy S5 (SM-G900P Sprint KTLEDV ); Currently, Running LineageOS 16.0 (build date 22Jul19) w/Magsik!
Terminal says I am running a custom Rom. The Free-Droid Windows says that it does not know how to deal with my phone....
So Do I take that it only works with "Stock" images?
Oh, On Github, I did not see the galaxy S5 code name KTLEDV in your approved list??? could that be the issue here? Just not added into the system?
Hopefully you can get this cleaned up. Willing to try test it out again.
Just give me a shout, when you have a newer build out....
Tanx
Thanks for testing!
It does not need a new build to fix device detection... I did not know of a SM-G900P variant of the S5, but I just added it to the codename lookup table. Now it should recognize your device as the kltedv and know how to deal with it. The tool finds LineageOS, RR and AEX for the kltedv
Unfortunately, there is no official release of TWRP for kltedv and therefore Free-Droid will not be able to install stuff if a user is still running stock rom. Which TWRP do you use and where can I find it?
About the terminal output:
The stuff that gets printed there is just logging. You can just ignore it. A terminal window does not even open on windows or mac. Entering sudo password in terminal is only relevant for linux users and could only be avoided by setting up udev rules...
The "running custom rom" detection is there for the tool to decide whether to look for a TWRP image or not. So in your case, the tool should work now. For other kltedv users running stock, I will need to add a TWRP image to my archive.
Window layout / text positioning:
I have no idea why things do not display like in my screenshots... Can I send you a .jar to test if the layout is better?
imska said:
Thanks for testing!
Window layout / text positioning:
I have no idea why things do not display like in my screenshots... Can I send you a .jar to test if the layout is better?
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Hey there! Please, was not "*****ing nor Complaining" about your app. Had read this thread, and the Link to another. Only had 1 person say it worked. I am always on the lookout for just about anything, that makes me life a bit easier!
Was on me laptop, Toshiba P55 (15" 1080 screen, no touch, 4th gen i5, 16GB Ram, and 1TB SSD running upto date Ubuntu 18.04.02) and was not running any other programs ( I had seen that I would have to use Terminal for password. That's OK with me, like a bit of control. Had some error there, popped up twice, both times trying to run it. Before asking about password. Everything seemed OK from there.
But the layout was not as Pictured in Pic 3, in the OP.
Oh, me phone. Actually I am on Virgin Mobile, which is that same the Galaxy S5 from Sprint on same network. TRWP, currently on build 3.2.2, there is a newer build out, but this still works well, believe it came out back March or April of this year.
I just thought, that it needed a bit better layout, so others, do really get into a mess by missing a line or 2. That would stink!
IF you would like me to test something, I am "OK" with that. Just send through PM message.
I can see, how this really can be nice, am not sure where it looks for ROMs and such.
godofsalt said:
Hey there! Please, was not "*****ing nor Complaining" about your app. Had read this thread, and the Link to another. Only had 1 person say it worked. I am always on the lookout for just about anything, that makes me life a bit easier!
Was on me laptop, Toshiba P55 (15" 1080 screen, no touch, 4th gen i5, 16GB Ram, and 1TB SSD running upto date Ubuntu 18.04.02) and was not running any other programs ( I had seen that I would have to use Terminal for password. That's OK with me, like a bit of control. Had some error there, popped up twice, both times trying to run it. Before asking about password. Everything seemed OK from there.
But the layout was not as Pictured in Pic 3, in the OP.
Oh, me phone. Actually I am on Virgin Mobile, which is that same the Galaxy S5 from Sprint on same network. TRWP, currently on build 3.2.2, there is a newer build out, but this still works well, believe it came out back March or April of this year.
I just thought, that it needed a bit better layout, so others, do really get into a mess by missing a line or 2. That would stink!
IF you would like me to test something, I am "OK" with that. Just send through PM message.
I can see, how this really can be nice, am not sure where it looks for ROMs and such.
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No hurt feelings. Can you please replace the Free-Droid.jar file in the "bin" folder of the application with this one and report back if the layout in the expert pane is still messy? And you could help me investigate the issues on startup if you click "Report bug" in the help pane of the application and send me the created zip with the log files.
Thanks
@imska
You asked about an email. Did you want that sent through the link on your other thread (something like bug at Free-Droid) Or a PM here through XDA?
Asking, ahead of time, have yet tested. Will be very soon, but, because I am not sure where to send you an email.
Tanx
Edit- Forgot to throw Git-Lab into the mix, as places to report any sort of Bug. (yep, I always try and look up what ever Srcipt, On Github, Git-Lab, and/or LineageOS Gerrit!)
Tanx Again.
godofsalt said:
@imska
You asked about an email. Did you want that sent through the link on your other thread (something like bug at Free-Droid) Or a PM here through XDA?
Asking, ahead of time, have yet tested. Will be very soon, but, because I am not sure where to send you an email.
Tanx
Edit- Forgot to throw Git-Lab into the mix, as places to report any sort of Bug. (yep, I always try and look up what ever Srcipt, On Github, Git-Lab, and/or LineageOS Gerrit!)
Tanx Again.
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Send it however you prefer. Thank you.
Version 0.7.0 released
stability improvements
fixed a few bugs
added button to rescan for roms
added driver installation help button
preparing ability to choose MoKee and /e/ rom
support for oneplus devices
Happy flashing!
OH man.....
Seems rather S L O W... on the download. 2 days trying to get their Latest Free-Droid......and counting!!!
Always get "Timed out" by there Sever, just trying to get the darn thing!
Still working on it! let ya all know when and if it goes....or comes
I'm sorry but after a short power shortage in the building, the server is not reachable. Since I will not get back home before the weekend, there is nothing I can do for now. I am pretty sure to have that solved on Saturday though, so patience please.
Problem fixed, sorry for the downtime...
Hi,
I'm looking to install the kitkat 4.4 os onto my samsung galaxy s5 and was very excited to see your new app written for people like me with not much experience in doing this sort of thing.
I thought it would be a good idea as there is a lot of apps on my phone that i don't use and I can't uninstall them and I'm running out of room.
Unfortunately this program couldn't detect my phone after plugging it in to my computer via usb and following the instructions to turn on debugging via usb.
Here are my phone and machine specs:
samsung galaxy s5
SM-G900I
Android Version 6.0.1
Baseband version G900IDVU1CQD1
I'm using windows 7 to install
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers.
Alright. I am a noob that has been reading the forums for a long minute. I have no idea what I am doing as far as flashing, rooting and customization goes... and I need to learn. So instead of using my S8+ I have decided to use my old beloved S5 as my test subject to try and understand what is what ect, ect, ect.
Is this a good place to start? I have a MacBook Pro I can use and/or a Lenovo with Windows 10 that I can use as well. I guess I am hoping that maybe I can get a Thumbs up from someone that this may be a good place to start.
I can do my best to report any thing back if it might help...
Thanks.
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Fellofftheporch said:
Alright. I am a noob that has been reading the forums for a long minute. I have no idea what I am doing as far as flashing, rooting and customization goes... and I need to learn. So instead of using my S8+ I have decided to use my old beloved S5 as my test subject to try and understand what is what ect, ect, ect.
Is this a good place to start? I have a MacBook Pro I can use and/or a Lenovo with Windows 10 that I can use as well. I guess I am hoping that maybe I can get a Thumbs up from someone that this may be a good place to start.
I can do my best to report any thing back if it might help...
Thanks.
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It depends on what you aim for... If you just would like to install lineageos on your S5 then you're welcome to use free-droid for that. If you would like to really understand what everything means and how things work, I think free-droid might not be the right starting point, because it is meant to hide all the (more or less) complicated stuff from the user and make the installation as easy and convenient as possible.
If you choose to use it and something does not work as expected, you're welcome to report back here.
3DRea said:
Hi,
I'm looking to install the kitkat 4.4 os onto my samsung galaxy s5 and was very excited to see your new app written for people like me with not much experience in doing this sort of thing.
I thought it would be a good idea as there is a lot of apps on my phone that i don't use and I can't uninstall them and I'm running out of room.
Unfortunately this program couldn't detect my phone after plugging it in to my computer via usb and following the instructions to turn on debugging via usb.
Here are my phone and machine specs:
samsung galaxy s5
SM-G900I
Android Version 6.0.1
Baseband version G900IDVU1CQD1
I'm using windows 7 to install
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers.
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If you are on windows then this is very likely a problem with drivers. Have you tried the "still not detecting" link below the instructions?
For those of you who also own a Sony device: Free-Droid is now compatible with Sony devices!
0.7.5 update should also fix an issue for some variants of the Galaxy S5 like the kltedv (SM-G900P)
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I think i need your result about SGS
please vote and post to hold topic up.
I will be able to answer this question once Samsung/Broadcom release their "updated" GPS driver.
Yes but no! )
I love my galaxy s but don't feel I can answer yes just yet... when samsung hold to thier promise and deliver software for a fast phone with stable GPS then I will give it a resounding yes... until then, I love it... but not enough to commit myself! )
I am very happy with my device!
if you choose NO, please tell us WHY ?
Yes and after flashing to JM1 rev.3 - extremely so! Can't wait for Froyo!
Of all the smartphones I have owned so far, I love this the most. So definitely YES!
YEY
It is a great phone. Except the GPS everything just works. So when GPS is fixed, I think I will stay with this phone a long time being happy. That means > 1/2y
Shouldn't this be in the General section?
I am not quite happy with this phone. I switched from Samsung Omnia HD, the most powerfull symbian device to date, to check out the wonders of Android. Except for the multitouch, unfortunately it doesnt have anything better than Omnia HD. I am sorry to state this, because I really thought it would make a difference. But having to download an application for every single little function that should be alreayd there, it's really frustrating. It's just my point of view. Maybe some other ex HD owners think otherwise. There is not at least a led for the camera (otherwise good pictures during the day, I admit); there is no option (unless u use an app) NOT to show the whole world around you your SMSs; there is no option to choose what connection to use (unless to start and stop all kinds of data applications); you cannot choose any song you please for any alert in the phone, unless you move the respective sound in some strange folder in the phone; there is no way to choose where to install an application; gprs connection only works after I restart the phone and after a couple of hours it just doesnt transfer anything anymore; you cannot send via bluetooth unless you install an application; you cannot choose if you want or not the messages to be shown as conversations and many many more.
Dont get me wrong , the phone is very good and has many good things, but unfortunately, as I was saying, it is very very dissappointing not to have elementary comfort functions already in the menu, but to have to download little stupid apps for everything.
Conclusion: I will buy Nokia N8 as soon as it reaches my country.
PS: I dont what the famos GPS problem is, but mine with NDRIVE works great and in real time. Strange, I know.
Unimaginative said:
Shouldn't this be in the General section?
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leoking3 said:
I am not quite happy with this phone. I switched from Samsung Omnia HD, the most powerfull symbian device to date, to check out the wonders of Android. Except for the multitouch, unfortunately it doesnt have anything better than Omnia HD. I am sorry to state this, because I really thought it would make a difference. But having to download an application for every single little function that should be alreayd there, it's really frustrating. It's just my point of view. Maybe some other ex HD owners think otherwise. There is not at least a led for the camera (otherwise good pictures during the day, I admit); there is no option (unless u use an app) NOT to show the whole world around you your SMSs; there is no option to choose what connection to use (unless to start and stop all kinds of data applications); you cannot choose any song you please for any alert in the phone, unless you move the respective sound in some strange folder in the phone; there is no way to choose where to install an application; gprs connection only works after I restart the phone and after a couple of hours it just doesnt transfer anything anymore; you cannot send via bluetooth unless you install an application; you cannot choose if you want or not the messages to be shown as conversations and many many more.
Dont get me wrong , the phone is very good and has many good things, but unfortunately, as I was saying, it is very very dissappointing not to have elementary comfort functions already in the menu, but to have to download little stupid apps for everything.
Conclusion: I will buy Nokia N8 as soon as it reaches my country.
PS: I dont what the famos GPS problem is, but mine with NDRIVE works great and in real time. Strange, I know.
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so, you choose 'NO' becuse of Android OS.
Yes I am happy with it, it is a great multimedia device with the ability to watch films etc. on a big super amoled screen.
But I am annoyed that you have to do loads of tweaks to get everything working and lag free.
Quite alot of people would never think of flashing firmware and performing lag fixes. They would probably have been better off with the Desire which works out of the box.
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Haven't voted yet. If they get GPS working I'll keep it else it's being returned as "not fit for purpose."
Overall, I am very happy with my SGS, It came with JF1 but is now running JM1, which reduced the lag a little, but thanks to RyanZa's Lag fix, the phone is too fast
Not had any need to try out the GPS and am not too fussed as its a bit of a gimick to me.
The wife has an SGS too, still on stock JF1, and she loves it, won't let me speed it up though as she is very happy with its Stock performance, having come from a Nokia N97 that crashed on a regular basis and ran like a two legged dog with no sense of direction...
Vogie said:
so, you choose 'NO' becuse of Android OS.
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Yes, unfortunately Android OS is not quite ready to be used , at least for someone coming from Symbian OS. It reminds me of older Win Mobile, few good years ago.
Vogie said:
so, you choose 'NO' becuse of Android OS.
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And would you mind explaining in just a few words what this LAG is, that everyone is talking about? I find the speed of my device just fine.
I am currently, but I am assuming GPS will become somewhat functional in September. I bought it to improve my productivity in many ways, and it does.
But, if the GPS isn't fixed, even though I rarely use it, I'd have to question if it is the best choice for me...
I am happy with the device but not the samsung service or their ability to fix problems quickly.
Over 2 months now and the gps problem and the lag problem have not been fixed. And then I look at Motorola and HTC and how quickly they come out with fixes and updates.
Plus looking at the development going on with their devices like cyanogen mod etc I am not sure if my next upgrade will be a samsung device. I might have gotten seduced by the Samoled screen but my next phone will be the one google chooses next as its development device as all these other phone might have new bells and whistles but they should add to basc android not subtract from it as many do currently.
This is truely the first phone that works great if not perfectly right out of the box!
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I am new, my stats will tell you this... I have searched the forums (ALL I TRUST, it seems when you type 'apple' or 'iAnything' there's alot of spoofers!) and never found anything quite like it... I posted to the OFF-TOPIC 2 on FB but they just seem interested in liking things... Anyways, I came here since it's the one place I could trust to be the Rebels and I'm never going to post in "iPad Air 2 Rules"!!!
Only one thing is not covered below, in the VIDS I checked; the iTunes icon is a light purple fading to light blue in a gradient pattern... Mine is a Red icon with no gradient, nobody seems to ever cover whether the color indicated connection quality or if it was just a dummy light?
Otherwise... here it is!
## TLDR... I have an expensive iPad Air 2, stuck in recovery;
## IF you know Apple like the back of your hand, you could probably help!
He said, iPad Air 2 and I told him I don't work with apples... He thrust is at me still!
I hooked it up with ITunes and everything... Hate ITunes... Everything went as planned until halfway through the RESET, halfway through the apple progress bar; it stopped (ERROR 53)... Checked and retried all reported E53's (seriously vague on E53s) causes; repeatedly, to no avail... Then I tried another computer, same thing, but now I can't connect to it at all on any computers and it's stuck at this screen, no boot or recovery boot mode detection at all.
I HATED apple before... I REALLY HATE apple NOW...
Anyone else hate them less and know a workaround?
I've looked at OpeniBoot but don't know if there is a stock workaround that would force a firmware reload to avoid all the compiling and stuff? I've recently learned the sun4i kernel so I have an Idea of what that entails, don't want to go there for iOS...
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STUCK HERE... I know it's apple, sorry it's not mine... YES, I warned him when I told him 'I DON'T WORK WITH APPLES' and now it's a $900USD paperweight!
NEVERMIND, I'll keep you updated but
I'm DL'ing Pangu Jailbreak 9.0.2 and the 13A452 Restore for iPad Air 2 firmware... We'll see how it goes! Hopefully I'm not the guy who overcomplicates things... seems like the right move! Anyways, with a little more research; it may have been rooted to begin with. I could've benefited from that info before if it was! If it works, I still get paid!
G2H
If pangu doesn't work put the device in DFU mode, NOT regular recovery, and then run a factory reset by manually downloading the IPSW and using shift restore to get iTunes to manually select it.
That should bypass any restore errors.
Excellent... I knew someone was out there!
orangekid said:
If pangu doesn't work put the device in DFU mode, NOT regular recovery, and then run a factory reset by manually downloading the IPSW and using shift restore to get iTunes to manually select it.
That should bypass any restore errors.
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Good; I just got done DL'ing the 1.8Gb restore .ipsw for 9.0.2 and was going to give that a try.... I'll keep it posted though!
Oh yeah, I've been in Ubuntu for the last 8-hours... Gotta boot into Windows now, wish me luck!
Going2Hell said:
Good; I just got done DL'ing the 1.8Gb restore .ipsw for 9.0.2 and was going to give that a try.... I'll keep it posted though!
Oh yeah, I've been in Ubuntu for the last 8-hours... Gotta boot into Windows now, wish me luck!
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Good luck man! and remember to be in DFU and not recovery.
First tries are failures...
orangekid said:
Good luck man! and remember to be in DFU and not recovery.
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Well, if DFU is the 'recovery' mode without any active display (BLANK) then it failed legitimately five-times in a row. DL'ed Panqu 9 v1.1.0 and I'm ready to try some more but; I'm going to try disabling the firewall since I have a convoluted network. In the diagnostics it complained about no secure access to iTunes... which may be an error due to it not having any S/N!
I keep yelling the S/N at Siri, she's not listening; I think she knows about all my Androids~!
No,
blank screen does not necessarily mean DFU at all, it can still be recovery.
You need to have it hooked in windows to USB.
Hold power and home button for 10 seconds, then let go of the power button and hold home until you see the task bar of windows say "DFU Mode" this could take up to 20 seconds sometimes.
THEN you're in DFU mode. It's very easy to confuse the two.
What is 'W D t M D D'?
orangekid said:
No,
blank screen does not necessarily mean DFU at all, it can still be recovery.
THEN you're in DFU mode. It's very easy to confuse the two.
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Yeah, I see what you mean... had to check the driver directly (Device Manager)
I've been to DFU and iBoot and Baseband back again. With and without firewall/antivirus and they all end in Error 53.
When I get a chance later, I'll do some uploading of pics and the like... seems there's almost none of this info out there; especially in the Windows markets.
But, it is starting to look bad... UPDATED: HERE ARE SOME POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE iTunes/iPad DIALOG.
I did some Spy++(64) on iTunes and got a lot of interesting info, it's a security issue.
I seem to have not had the trust of the iPad and gotten a little flipped on my permissions, to where; it needs my permission to continue booting. But it also needs to boot so I can login, the install/upgrade...
The transfers are repeated Send/Receive messages with a little info attached to each. some seem empty where they should've been 20bits each.
I'm only getting deeper from here on out... Next is A8X dev kit? Apple makes their own chips now and I can't pay two-hundred bucks to join their team.
KIDDING... If you think there's anything else, I'm a good listener; right now!
Ok,
I would try the following:
1 - Install iTunes again over the existing installation and try the restore again.
2 - try a different computer
Let me know. I have had one instance of iTunes fail only to have a re-installed version succeed.
P.S. - did you replace the screen or the home button?
Error 53 is related to touch ID error.
If it's an Itunes error ,you will need to change DNS to Google DNS(8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4).
https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/ITunes_Errors
karandpr said:
Error 53 is related to touch ID error.
If it's an Itunes error ,you will need to change DNS to Google DNS(8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4).
https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/ITunes_Errors
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I knew about the touch ID (hence asking about the screen and home button) but had no idea about the DNS - hope that works!
Going with Option #1
orangekid said:
Ok,
I would try the following:
1 - Install iTunes again over the existing installation and try the restore again.
2 - try a different computer
Let me know. I have had one instance of iTunes fail only to have a re-installed version succeed.
P.S. - did you replace the screen or the home button?
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1. I will do option #1 immediately, I backed up the logs and was contemplating that already.
2. Option #2 is a great idea, I've tried it... I have gotten the same result 95% of the time. Even tried my neighbors Apple Inc. cord!
I will be downloading a new copy too, never know!
There may be hope yet...
karandpr said:
Error 53 is related to touch ID error.
If it's an Itunes error ,you will need to change DNS to Google DNS(8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4).
https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/ITunes_Errors
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As with orangekid, I did not know the DNS either... Could be that I'm just 'too set up for google' I hope.
I also believe my lack of knowledge may contribute, I did not unlock the device due to a lost password/Touch-ID issue. I have been reading lately that; if TID is not verified, it would act as a type of e-fuse for the personal data.
I did note however, this only protects personal data; not the restore function itself.
iTunes Screen output... in progress
DFU Mode at driver level...
SORRY FOR THE IMAGE SIZE, IT'S BEEN AGGRAVATING DEALING WITH PHOTOBUCKET...
Nope, I wish...
orangekid said:
I knew about the touch ID (hence asking about the screen and home button) but had no idea about the DNS - hope that works!
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I wish it was that easy... I have not disassembled due to the fact that the screen is the first part to remove in dis-assembly... DNS is next, but first; I need to restart to try the iTunes install.
Going2Hell said:
I wish it was that easy... I have not disassembled due to the fact that the screen is the first part to remove in dis-assembly... DNS is next, but first; I need to restart to try the iTunes install.
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Alright.
Try reinstallation, then DNS, then let's see what's next.
Is it just me or is it like DFU is a great acronym for Don't, Funk, Up? Hell, no screen and no current device status... Might as well bust out the chalk and eraser here.
What to say now? I'm slapping together a video for the procedure accuracy. I think it's right... We'll see. Save
Going2Hell said:
Is it just me or is it like DFU is a great acronym for Don't, Funk, Up? Hell, no screen and no current device status... Might as well bust out the chalk and eraser here.
What to say now? I'm slapping together a video for the procedure accuracy. I think it's right... We'll see. Save
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If you get stuck in DFU you can hold the power button until the device comes back up to recovery.
Still trying... NOT DEAD YET.
Well, I haven't progressed much...
I'm still processing all the raw .ipsw in .zip format!
Alot of cool stuff to learn here! Like it says; I'm a 'Wanderer of Code!' and I'm not one to shy away!
It's locked by the iCloud Verification Process... I need to verify it's connection to this account but; it's not booting to let me do this. I have the info, ECID, S/N, freshly DL'd 9.1 FIRMWARE/ROM for A1567 iPad Air 2, up-to-date iTunes and Windows 10! Don't know what I'm missing besides a backup, didn't get a chance... and an operating OS to verify the activation!
NEVER CLAIMED TO BE A GENIUS! (TLDR...)
"Does anyone know what is a good utility to interface Serial over USB with RS232 protocols?"
- I'm versed in Linux/Unix and Windows/DOS so; the OS is no matter unless you're going to say MacOS! Nothing will ever make me go back to MAC!
ONE MORE WONDER?
"Does anyone know a better way to PWN this POS? Am I overlooking the simple fact that; my shoes are untied? Sure seems like I've got my H.U.M.A. about something here!"
that's one reason I personally hate OSX and thing I do not like about iOS.
Why are you doing anything with a zip instead of IPSW? And did you try the DNS thing?
Ahhh; DNS... (DID NOT SUCCEED)
orangekid said:
that's one reason I personally hate OSX and thing I do not like about iOS.
Why are you doing anything with a zip instead of IPSW? And did you try the DNS thing?
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ZIP vs IPSW...
- As far as I can gather, ".ipsw" is just the extension for the Apple Firmware payload? As I understand it, ".zip" extensions are valid for unpackaging ".ipsw" packages. Also, from iTunes; the file is DL'd as an ".ipsw" which fails anyway... from "ipsw.me" the format is ".zip" but is subsequently switched to ".ipsw" in the instructions of 'majority'!
OUTCOME
- All failures, no matter the DL'd ".ipsw" or ".zip" nor will DL init type or DL source affect the ERROR 53 outcome!
- DNS was the same outcome as all others before...
"FRESH" WIN10 INSTALL... (RESTORED WINDOWS 10 HOME PREMIUM 'NON-DEV-TEST' & 'WIPE ALL FILES/SETTINGS')
- NOT SURE YET, just got done installing iTunes again and updating/restarting PC that CRapple Inc, requires to mesh with the Win10 framework! I have not installed LG Mobile Device drivers, I saw a FYI on the relationship between LG's "send_command" and iTunes protocol among others!
... restarting now ...
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HONOR 5C
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Push notifications
Hi all,
I have add the likes of Viber and Whatsapp to the protected app list, but still once the app is closed it stops getting push notifications.
Have played around with the battery manager, but still no luck.
Has anyone got a fix or workaround for this?
Thanks
Paul
Hi, how can i move apps to sd card?? I have enabled the default storage to sd card but my big games don't have any move to sd card option
NEM-TL00H: Only EDGE connection
Hi,
I have an imported Honor 5C which I am using in Germany (T-Mobile network). Although I'm using Sim Card slot 1, I don't get a 3G (or 4G) connection. Does anyone have a guess what could be the problem? I know that 4G is probably not supported because of the not supported German LTE bands, but 3G shouldn't be a problem I thought.
Thanks in advance and best regards
HI guys. Anyone know how to remove nav bar at the bottom of the screen. Is it possible without root device? Thanks to advance.
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HI guys. Anyone know how to remove nav bar at the bottom of the screen. Is it possible without root device? Thanks to advance.
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Yes, from play store GMD Immersive, here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.immersive&hl=en_GB I'm using it right now on a non-rooted 5c and it works pretty well. Won't remove it but will hide/unhide it as needed.
Will this phone have custom roms and other customisations available?
What about camera model?
Does anyone know where to by the device online which has the fingerprint scanner included and works with a UK sim card?
Hi everyone,
I received my Honor 5C two days ago and I have noticed an annoying behavior, related to RAM management: Emui tends to close my apps very quickly, even the ones I have configured to be protected (both in the settings and in the task manager by using the trick of swiping down to lock the app).
All of this with still 700 Mb of unused RAM...
If I open a web browser for instance, then go check my email, then look at a couple of pics in the gallery or wathever (I haven't done anything heavy on the phone yet), and then coming back to the browser, it turns out the latter has to reload completely. Like I said, it does so the same way with protected and unprotected apps and even without shutting down the screen in between.
Edit: it's ridiculous, I tried using the timer in the built-in clock app, and it got killed before the end of the time I'd set. Twice.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks.
Reg : VoLTE support in ASIA model
Hi Guys,
I m planning to buy this honor 5C. I m from India.
Have 2 doubts about the device.
1. I heard that Memory Management is not gud in this mobile. Is it a (ROM) or (Kernel) problem ? Can it be rectified with any official update (ROM) from Honor ?
2. Do anyone know if the Device could get VoLTE support in Future ?
Thanks.
Rajalogu said:
1. I heard that Memory Management is not gud in this mobile. Is it a (ROM) or (Kernel) problem ? Can it be rectified with any official update (ROM) from Honor ?
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Yes, memory management is just terrible. I'm experiencing it more and more every passing hour and it's a PITA, if not a deal breaker. Apps are killed mercilessly which leads to missed notifications, alarms and timers not ringing and general displeasure swapping between apps. It's a real pity because hardware-wise, it really IS a fine phone, fast and with a really decent camera for the price. I also like the general EMUI experience as an interface.
I have spent hours browsing the net and haven't found any solution yet, official or unofficial, apart from either rooting and disabling the Emui Phone Manager app, or installing a custom ROM.
I was not planning on fiddling with this phone just yet so am expectantly waiting for an official update. But if that's not coming in the next days, I think I'll just end up returning it. I just don't know which phone to get instead...
imrock said:
Hi, how can i move apps to sd card?? I have enabled the default storage to sd card but my big games don't have any move to sd card option
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I've got the same request. Does the phone have to be rooted ? Please help, someone must know...
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cdltbz said:
Yes, memory management is just terrible. I'm experiencing it more and more every passing hour and it's a PITA, if not a deal breaker. Apps are killed mercilessly which leads to missed notifications, alarms and timers not ringing and general displeasure swapping between apps. It's a real pity because hardware-wise, it really IS a fine phone, fast and with a really decent camera for the price. I also like the general EMUI experience as an interface.
I have spent hours browsing the net and haven't found any solution yet, official or unofficial, apart from either rooting and disabling the Emui Phone Manager app, or installing a custom ROM.
I was not planning on fiddling with this phone just yet so am expectantly waiting for an official update. But if that's not coming in the next days, I think I'll just end up returning it. I just don't know which phone to get instead...
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I haven't experienced any memory management problems...especially as bad you are experiencing! It sounds to me that your phone is just plain faulty.
iantechie1979 said:
I've got the same request. Does the phone have to be rooted ? Please help, someone must know...
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I haven't experienced any memory management problems...especially as bad you are experiencing! It sounds to me that your phone is just plain faulty.
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changing the default storage to sd card makes the system install big apps automatically to sd card but it wont transfer already existing apps, atleast thats what happened in my case
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cdltbz said:
Yes, memory management is just terrible. I'm experiencing it more and more every passing hour and it's a PITA, if not a deal breaker. Apps are killed mercilessly which leads to missed notifications, alarms and timers not ringing and general displeasure swapping between apps. It's a real pity because hardware-wise, it really IS a fine phone, fast and with a really decent camera for the price. I also like the general EMUI experience as an interface.
I have spent hours browsing the net and haven't found any solution yet, official or unofficial, apart from either rooting and disabling the Emui Phone Manager app, or installing a custom ROM.
I was not planning on fiddling with this phone just yet so am expectantly waiting for an official update. But if that's not coming in the next days, I think I'll just end up returning it. I just don't know which phone to get instead...
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The memory management isn't as bad as you are describing, just go to phone manager>protected apps and enable it for the apps you want running in the background, you can also go into settings>apps>advanced>ignore optimisations and allow it for the apps that are being killed, and i dont think you'll miss alarms and timers because they are system apps
imrock said:
The memory management isn't as bad as you are describing, just go to phone manager>protected apps and enable it for the apps you want running in the background, you can also go into settings>apps>advanced>ignore optimisations and allow it for the apps that are being killed, and i dont think you'll miss alarms and timers because they are system apps
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I have similar problems, even system apps, e.g. Health will be killed in background while doing nothing. Unfortunately you can't even add system apps to the protected apps list.
And even apps on the protected apps list are being killed in background on my phone.
imrock said:
The memory management isn't as bad as you are describing, just go to phone manager>protected apps and enable it for the apps you want running in the background, you can also go into settings>apps>advanced>ignore optimisations and allow it for the apps that are being killed, and i dont think you'll miss alarms and timers because they are system apps
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I did try and use these settings, with absolutely no effect at all.
But contrary to what I said in that initial message, I ended up unlocking and rooting the phone. Like I said I really like this phone, especially compared to my friends phones in the same price range. It's a fast little thing and pictures in daylight (the only kind I take) are excellent, way better than my 300€ compact camera. Plus battery life is good. So I didn't want to give up on it.
After rooting I freezed the phone manager app and a few others, installed Kernel Aduitor, fiddled with the settings, and now I'm quite happy with it. Apps can finally use more RAM and stay open longer... it still has a tendency to kill them a little bit too fast to my liking, I'm guessing this is an Android 6.0 "feature", but at least it is now usable.
I was trying to flash twrp image(from official twrp site with code name "nemo") on my boot loader unlockex Nem-L22 honor 5c and suddenly it went failed by giving this error. I chamged the file name to "recovery.img" to make it shorten and that too didnt helped me. Anyone please help me.
Check the attachment for the error i got!
snowden_techy said:
I was trying to flash twrp image(from official twrp site with code name "nemo") on my boot loader unlockex Nem-L22 honor 5c and suddenly it went failed by giving this error. I chamged the file name to "recovery.img" to make it shorten and that too didnt helped me. Anyone please help me.
Check the attachment for the error i got!
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Try to download twrp again and see if it works...
snowden_techy said:
I was trying to flash twrp image(from official twrp site with code name "nemo") on my boot loader unlockex Nem-L22 honor 5c and suddenly it went failed by giving this error. I chamged the file name to "recovery.img" to make it shorten and that too didnt helped me. Anyone please help me.
Check the attachment for the error i got!
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It looks like frp is still turned on.
Boot to Android and in developer settings, make sure OEM unlocking is checked and try again.
Should work then.
Cheers Paul
Don't forget to hit the thanks button
Tried but no use!
muradulislam said:
Try to download twrp again and see if it works...
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already tried many times. Its not working in my device. One of my friend flashed twrp with the same file in his pc.
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Liffeyman said:
It looks like frp is still turned on.
Boot to Android and in developer settings, make sure OEM unlocking is checked and try again.
Should work then.
Cheers Paul
Don't forget to hit the thanks button
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Its already checked, its enabled. Any other way to troubleshoot?
For anyone that has been struggling to remove this damn app (com.samsung.android.game.gos), I found the solution (atleast for me on my S20FE (G781B). It goes without saying you WILL need root enabled on your device for this method!
Fair warning you do this at your own risk
Go to the Googleplay and install 'File Explorer (by jrummy) ', or download it from apkmirror. Then open up the app and go to root then system then priv-app - /system/priv-app
There will be a folder in there called 'GameOptimizationService', select the folder and then select delete.
Then via adb, check and remove the app again, you should get a 'failure' message meaning its already been removed so you will never see a toast popup error agaib (happy days) -
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.games.gos - see below for revissed instructions
Now as I find the theme app & service pointless I have gone and remove that also, but I will need to monitor is long term to see what side effect (if any) that will have. The upside is it removes is from the list in the settings app.
[update] Courtesy of @justin22 we now know you don't have to remove the app just use an alternative method to hide - 'pm hide com.samsung.android.games.gos' This will have the same effect, as in stop the app from running in the background which then stops the annoying popups.
Moved this to its own post to make it easier for people to find -
- https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/s20fe-sm-g781b-manual-de-bloat-via-adb.4367745/
b1k3rdude said:
For any that interested here is a list of what I removed via adb, @moderators, where os the spoiler function?
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Here ya go buddy
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Ah Sweet, thanks for that. Have been looking for that for a while, didn't occur to me to click on that button, doh!
This worked well on Tab S7.. Thanks
Great that you found a solution, too bad it has to be on a rooted phone.
The only reason i won't root my phone is beacuse of using samsung pay and some banking apps
I still hope samsung will eventually come to its senses and either fix this GoS crap or allow us to completely remove it
It's driving me nuts that i cant play games without lag on my phone (Galaxy s9+)
Hi @b1k3rdude
I am using a galaxy Tab S4 with android 10. Not rooted. Root privileges caused me more hassle than benefits so I flashed the stock image again. I also went thru the painful and deep debloating process. I would love to send you my debloat list, if you'd like to review it.
If I remember correctly I left the 3 gos apps. Dunno why. Are you telling me that if I remove them, my GPU won't throttle anymore?
The only way I could make the GPU stop throtthling was with mtweaks. I set the clock speeds to max. But the temps went crazy. But hey, I got no major framedrops from 60 to 40-30 like I was having before.
I have recently bought a Tab S7 hoping that the frame drop thing was gone. I was wrong. Same game (Rules Of Survival), same maxed out settings (max quality, max resolution, max FPS, no shadows, no MSAA), same debloat (on the S7 I deleted the GOS stuff too but not the system folder you mentioned) and I was still experiencing frame drops. Not as bad as before but they were still there. And you know what?! Lowering the settings did not improve AT ALL the performance. I have already returned the S7 because it had some weird touchscreen problems.
I think I might stick with the S4 until some Chinese company won't come out with a nice and powerful android tablet. Lenovo has got the P11 PRO but it's less powerful that the S7 and it costs more LOL. But without all that Sammy crap it might perform better.
My OnePlus Nord can handle Rules Of Survival ways better than my Tab S4 and similarly to what the Tab S7 was doing.
Edit: back in the days when I rooted the S4 I was talking to a friend of mine who addressed me to that damn thing called DVFS that downclocks the GPU when it's under load causing those massive framedrops.
I remember that DVFS nonsense. games would perform wonderfully for about 10 seconds then turn to crap. it was a cheat for better benchmark scores if I recall the theories of the day.
tell me Samsung doesn't still use that ?
exnokiafan said:
Are you telling me that if I remove them, my GPU won't throttle anymore?
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I don't play games on my phones, so I cant help you there I am afraid (I have a high end desktop PC for gaming).
I just didn't want the service running in the background, constantly complaining via toast notifications that some Samsung apps/services it wanted weren't running.
com.samsung.android.games.gos doesnt need to be deleted/removed
a simple
pm hide com.samsung.android.games.gos
kills the app without changing anything,besides the state of the package.
pm hide is great for stuff that ignores pm disable !!
its as if the package was removed.
justin22 said:
pm hide com.samsung.android.games.gos
kills the app without changing anything,besides the state of the package.
pm hide is great for stuff that ignores pm disable !!
its as if the package was removed.
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Ah cool, thanks for that, I will add this to the OP.
This no makes me wonder how many other apps you could do this on, for example could we get away with this on com.samsung.android.kgclient for example without causing a softlock..?
I would test this, but cant untill twrp for this device get updated with external sdcard support. [update] - you can backup/restore to an external USB drive (I went and bought a USV-C to NVME enclosure and a 256GB SSD for this.
nah,I wouldnt touch that one (kgclient) ... another app I tried to hide was com.ims(service).something... but the system got sluggish,and I was glad that I could enable it again.
pm hide is like it was uninstalled,but the package remains...so be CAREFULL !!!!!!!!
I use automagic for my trial and errors.
I build a flow which consists of <disable/hide package> - <timer : 60sec> - <enable/unhide package>
its kind of a failsafe.if nothing happens.. GREAT and I stop the flow,if the system gets buggy but not rebooted,then after 60secs the package is active again.
also I add the <enable/unhide package> action to the autostart flow.. hoping that this would get executed even if the lockscreen is locked (not sure though about this one).
Later I add a label in titaniumbackup to the frozen apps,so I hope that I can restore (refreeze) frozen apps if I should EVER have to do a factory reset again.
Without TWRP my desire to freeze anymore packages is kinda low,as I always have to accept to do a factory reset if I disable the wrong package
Btw.. when there will be a TWRP (T870).. you dont have to do a factory reset when flashing the twrp package right ??
justin22 said:
Without TWRP my desire to freeze anymore packages is kinda low.
Btw.. when there will be a TWRP (T870).. you dont have to do a factory reset when flashing the twrp package right ??
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Same, I know @afaneh92, is working on getting ext. SD card support atm.
If its an updated version of twrp, you just flash from ODIN. You DO NOT have to touch the phone (eg doing factory reset and such).
thanks for the info !
I looked for a TWRP for SM-T870,but I didnt find anything (only S7+).
So there is a TWRP for T870,just without xSDsupport right now ?
If so where can I find it/OR is there a post where I can check for progress/or info (when its ) available ?
@justin22 I just had a check myself, there's no development of TWRP posted here for you.
from android 10 released devices onwards TWRP development is much harder. google has changed the way partitions are organised from what I've read. root is more involved now too. development on lots of Samsung devices has slowed right down. we need devs to own these devices I think to be motivated. we're looking at months of waiting especially with bootloader unlock in the US not being free for now.
@3mel : again thanks for the info !
When I got my S7,I couldnt shake the feeling that this will be my last Samsung device.Alone the ****ty warning screens every time I reboot,all the crap installed,and pointless apps/processes you cant get rid of without bricking the whole thing (kgclient(payment),...).
And now no TWRP...
justin22 said:
When I got my S7,I couldnt shake the feeling that this will be my last Samsung device.
Alone the ****ty warning screens every time I reboot
And now no TWRP...
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Same, each time SS keep making it harder for use to root and flash custom recovery and roms to our devices.
You can flash boot animations to remove this.
We have TWRP, just no Ext SD card support atm. And without an S20FE the dev cant work on this :-(
do you have a tutorial /thread/link for boot ani flash &/or T870 TWRP (even without SDcard support) ? (I couldnt find ANY twrp for the T87xx(S7) series,only the T97xx (S7+)
justin22 said:
do you have a tutorial /thread/link for boot ani flash &/or T870 TWRP (even without SDcard support) ? (I couldnt find ANY twrp for the T87xx(S7) series,only the T97xx (S7+)
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I had a look and there was nothing on this site, other than the TWRP site there's no other place I'd trust if they said they had it. best thing might be to ask in the other tab 7 TWRP threads if they'd be compatible with SM-T870 or if they could made so.
if that's the newest sexy tab with the S-pen you've got, it should have a few users who feel the same way. also check whether it has a locked bootloader, that'll be a big factor if half the world's devs can't flash test builds.
TWRP development sounds like a real pig of an affair nowadays
TWRP and Android 10
Please note that this post is primary related to TWRP and the Pixel 3 and 4 and devices that may ship in the future that ship with Android 10 as their origin...
twrp.me
justin22 said:
com.samsung.android.games.gos doesnt need to be deleted/removed
a simple
pm hide com.samsung.android.games.gos
kills the app without changing anything,besides the state of the package.
pm hide is great for stuff that ignores pm disable !!
its as if the package was removed.
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Just tried this but got a security exception thrown. A quick search explained that Google actually removed hide a while ago?
If anyone has an alternative that would be great. Disable doesn't work for game services as it restarts straight away.
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Pixel Experience GSI for Surface DuoHello everyone, after a long tease, finally I have a build of Pixel Experience with some modifications to run on Surface Duo.
The experience is still very preliminary, with almost no UI customization. The only work done is to react to posture changes.
As such, I would suggest this build to be installed using DSU Sideloader instead of directly flashed onto device, so you can try out the experience and get back to a more stable, stock Microsoft Duo OS experience.
Download Link:
duo_PE_system.img.gz
GZ File
1drv.ms
Features:- Pixel Experience ROM
- Screen and touch react to posture changes
- Sleep/Wake based on posture
Bugs:- You tell me (sorry, I have always wanted to type that)
- Posture sometimes become buggy. Workaround is to unfold device to get back to dual screen and go back into the posture you want.
- I have noticed some funny behavior with screen timeout and waking, but haven't tested it properly yet
- The split screen handle is actually smaller than the hinge, so you lose some pixels from apps in split screen mode
- UI is not modified for dual screen, so you will have UI elements under the hinge.
Installation Guide (DSU)Prerequisite:
- Unlocked bootloader
- Have at least 32Gb of storage left
1. Download and install DSU Sideloader from https://github.com/VegaBobo/DSU-Sideloader
2. Download Pixel Experience GSI for Surface Duo from https://1drv.ms/u/s!An829WhOFDfUoLgiauVbeMFQYJ6lWg?e=gbDWdY
3. Follow instruction in DSU Sideloader to install the build. I recommend changing the userdata partition size to be 16Gb at least, but can be larger if you want to use it more substantially.
Installing using DSU Sideloader will mean whenever I release a new build, you will need to sideload it again, losing all userdata of the build in the process. This is expected, as I don't think the build is necessarily ready to be daily driven.
Installation Guide (fastboot)If you are well acquainted with ROM flashing and are not afraid of messing around with fastboot and recovery images, this is for you. The upside is that you can update whenever I release new builds without losing data. I will write out the general steps here. If you cannot figure out how to do this from the steps, this is not for you yet.
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Reboot into fastbootd
3. Delete system_ext and product partition, alternatively delete the inactive system_a/b slot.
4. Flash the system.img onto system partition
5. Reboot
6. ??
7. Profit
Photos:
Huge thanks for your work! Glad you got it stable enough for a release. Will test it once I am home
I gave it a try as DSU Sideload and it runs very well. Thank you.
Will use it for the next days.
Amazing work! Flashing when I get home for sure
Already flashed amazing work !!!
My sim card going back from my pixel 7 to my duo again
works great, much better than the microsoft original rom. You have save this device, thanks
Works very well, thank you for your work, do you plan to make updates to fix the middle of the screens?
Looks great understand its early days but will you be moving towards the standard pixel experience installation method in the future?
Even though I've been banned from Twitter I have been following you for at least a month now. I'm so glad to see you had released a working copy.
I swear I was just moments away from closing that tab thinking you had lost interest in the Surface Duo.
THANK YOU! You are my hero.
From the video I saw, the apps open as spanned by default then?
Amazing, installed it last night, noticed a few wonky things like:
1) When opening /unlocking only 1 screen turns on, after a second or two both come on.
2) Thinks there's no bezel and is one big screen, probably the hardest part to figure out how to get it to behave with a gap offset or like the OG Microsoft rom
3) Pin to screen is not as nice as in the original rom
Where do you want us to report this, here or in your github repo?
Does this work on the Duo 2?
Bugreport:
I installed it yesterday via fastboot. I figured out that the most Microsoft Apps are not working. They start but close immediatly (MS Outlook, MS365)
MS Edge Canary is working
rmb32 said:
Bugreport:
I installed it yesterday via fastboot. I figured out that the most Microsoft Apps are not working. They start but close immediatly (MS Outlook, MS365)
MS Edge Canary is working
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I can second this, a lot of apps which may have had duo optimisations (Kindle, TikTok, Microsoft Outlook & Teams) seem to crash on startup/opening. I wonder if they're looking for frameworks or features that would be present on the stock ROM.
I'm trying right now using dsu. Amazing work!!
I really like the way multitasking (using both screens) is done here. Haven't tried phone calling and aside from one time the ui hanging while messing with the split screen options, everything seems very smooth and stable. Really looking forward to what comes next!
Nice work! I will definitely be flashing this on my next day off. Thanks for your work on this and look forward to more updates!
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I can second this, a lot of apps which may have had duo optimisations (Kindle, TikTok, Microsoft Outlook & Teams) seem to crash on startup/opening. I wonder if they're looking for frameworks or features that would be present on the stock ROM.
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I can confirm this as well. I tried to use Outlook but it crashes on startup. A possible solution would be to fake the device identity as a Pixel? I guess these apps check if the device is a Surface Duo and then they expect the duo sdk/framework
Pinguin2001 said:
I can confirm this as well. I tried to use Outlook but it crashes on startup. A possible solution would be to fake the device identity as a Pixel? I guess these apps check if the device is a Surface Duo and then they expect the duo sdk/framework
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Can confirm as well. Flashed via fastboot and OneNote, onedrive, and ms365 are all crashing.
I havent logged in xda for the longest time but I just wanted to say thank you for working on this. I have been switching back and forth between my v60 and the duo because the v60 has been far more responsive and stable. But the duo form factor is better. I have been dailying the duo for a week and have been considering switching back to the v60 again but after installing this, you have given me hope because of the increased responsiveness.
Screen orientation is excellent and fast.
I'm on the fence on the flipping over the screens on phone mode. There are times it gets confused which screen should be on but I cant say how else dictate which screen should be on. Situation where person is looking down on the screen (standing up) VS person is looking up on the screen (lying down with the phone above the persons head.) , the phone can kind of be tricked into turning the other screen by quickly rotating the phone and back to the position desired.
Can confirm tiktok crashing.
Thai I hope you can continue working on this. You've already done a great job vs an entire company to make give life to the duo again. Is there a way where we can help support you in your work on the duo?
Thanks again!