Since there is nothing for the Nova Smart out there..
There are no TWRP, no ROMs, no Root methods.
I wanted to ask: can I use the files that are made for Nova/Nova Plus for rooting and installing twrp?
My phone model is Diego-L01, I can't find anything online on it..
(I have already unlocked bootloader)
scionae said:
Since there is nothing for the Nova Smart out there..
There are no TWRP, no ROMs, no Root methods.
I wanted to ask: can I use the files that are made for Nova/Nova Plus for rooting and installing twrp?
My phone model is Diego-L01, I can't find anything online on it..
(I have already unlocked bootloader)
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Hi there!
Unfortunately, you can't use Nova's TWRP nor the ROMs made for it. Yes, you can try them, but the result will be a bricked phone (sometimes it can really be hard bricked), so there's no point to even try that unless you really want to brick your phone.
It might be called "Huawei Nova Smart", but it doesn't mean that you can use stuff from Huawei Nova just because is called Nova. It has different chipset etc. Same goes for Huawei Nova 2.
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Hi there!
Unfortunately, you can't use Nova's TWRP nor the ROMs made for it. Yes, you can try them, but the result will be a bricked phone (sometimes it can really be hard bricked), so there's no point to even try that unless you really want to brick your phone.
It might be called "Huawei Nova Smart", but it doesn't mean that you can use stuff from Huawei Nova just because is called Nova. It has different chipset etc. Same goes for Huawei Nova 2.
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So there is nothing to be done with this phone huh? What a shame...
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So there is nothing to be done with this phone huh? What a shame...
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Of course it can have TWRP, LineageOS and other goodies, but someone must be willing to do them.
In my opinion, the chance for getting TWRP is quite low though. It doesn't look like it's a popular phone and right now it doesn't even have a XDA subforum. Also, it's one year old phone. It's just my opinion though, it doesn't mean that someone won't work on that phone, it's just that I doubt that it'll happen anytime soon.
As an advice, next time you'll buy a phone make sure to check whether it has XDA support or not, if you really care about that. I've did the same mistake like two times and I won't repeat it again.
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Of course it can have TWRP, LineageOS and other goodies, but someone must be willing to do them.
In my opinion, the chance for getting TWRP is quite low though. It doesn't look like it's a popular phone and right now it doesn't even have a XDA subforum. Also, it's one year old phone. It's just my opinion though, it doesn't mean that someone won't work on that phone, it's just that I doubt that it'll happen anytime soon.
As an advice, next time you'll buy a phone make sure to check whether it has XDA support or not, if you really care about that. I've did the same mistake like two times and I won't repeat it again.
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Well to be honest, someone should at least make a way to root this phone, I mean come on there are more stuff for my 5 years old phone that for this? <-<
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I want to demonstrate to someone how the phone can get stuck on something like bootloader or failed rom installations.
I currently have a nexus one with the bootloader still locked (but rooted). I dont want to try anything and render the phone dead. So I want to know if there is a for sure way t put the phone in a mode where it looks as if it doesn't work, yet be able to recover from it easily. Asking for opinions first.
I still want to have my phone maintained such that the bootloader stays locked.
Thanks
C
Turning the phone off makes it look likes it doesn't work.
P.S why are you doing this though? Really? Is it to make someone think their phone is broken so you can buy it cheap then fix it and keep it?
cymru said:
Turning the phone off makes it look likes it doesn't work.
P.S why are you doing this though? Really? Is it to make someone think their phone is broken so you can buy it cheap then fix it and keep it?
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Didn't think of that. Maybe i should.
No, to make someone understand the process that I go through in updating the phone so that they can stop bothering me while Im doing it.
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I just realized that your post was so condescending. I asked a question and phrased it accordingly, to "demonstrate."
Don't you just love it when people express their opinion not knowing the entire story.
Try opinionating for the better, the next time.
And yeah, don't forget to help out people every now and then.
Thanks for your HELP!
C
haha no worries
If i understand what you are asking, try backing up your rom, then flash completely different rom without wiping. That should by all accounts give you a bootloop.
Might be easier to have them watch some youtube vid's of flashing, rooting, unlocking, etc. They then should get the idea...
I would just nandroid and wipe my phone (I dunno how well that'd go I've never tried it but I don't see how it could totally brick your phone, who knows!)
I don't know if you've got anything flashed on your phone, but if not flash a recovery then yeah, flash any different rom without wiping and you should get boot loops.
Format /system
That should do it... xD
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If i understand what you are asking, try backing up your rom, then flash completely different rom without wiping. That should by all accounts give you a bootloop.
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I think this is what I will do... thx again.
galaxys said:
Might be easier to have them watch some youtube vid's of flashing, rooting, unlocking, etc. They then should get the idea...
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yeah but I need them to see me cuz they ultimately have to stop bothering me... lol
KAwAtA said:
I would just nandroid and wipe my phone (I dunno how well that'd go I've never tried it but I don't see how it could totally brick your phone, who knows!)
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not sure i get what you mean, "wipe" is a loose term here, wipe is generally associated with "data" wipe so it wont matter, it would just reset my phone to factory settings
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I don't know if you've got anything flashed on your phone, but if not flash a recovery then yeah, flash any different rom without wiping and you should get boot loops.
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yeah i have blandroid at the moment, will try flashing some cm7 without wiping
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Format /system
That should do it... xD
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how?
It's an option in Clockwork recovery
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It's an option in Clockwork recovery
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Cool, i should pay more attention to the CWM recovery options thx
Telling people to not bother you isn't enough?
cymru said:
Turning the phone off makes it look likes it doesn't work.
P.S why are you doing this though? Really? Is it to make someone think their phone is broken so you can buy it cheap then fix it and keep it?
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For the record, I think this is a fair question, and not particularly condescending.
OP: You are asking a legit question, but you have to admit it's a bit of a strange request. You can't blame people for wondering what you're up to, I thought the same thing. Not that you were scamming someone, but couldn't understand why you'd want to do this (I get it now... sort of). It's an impersonal forum, so there shouldn't be any hard feelings.
One thing that constantly caused bootloops in the CyanogenMod forum was to flash the Froyo gapps with a Gingerbread install. Bootloop every time.
You could probably flash a theme that wasn't designed for Gingerbread. I'd bet that would give you a bootloop (especially the further you go back... flash a cupcake theme for a G1 onto an N1 )
Maybe I'm just being cynical but it seems to me that the OP is doing something shady here. He wants to do something that makes no sense and then immediately jumps down the throat of someone who basically calls him for it. His reasoning for why he wants to do this nonsensical thing is also pretty nonsensical. I'd guess he's trying to scam something from someone.
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Maybe I'm just being cynical but it seems to me that the OP is doing something shady here. He wants to do something that makes no sense and then immediately jumps down the throat of someone who basically calls him for it. His reasoning for why he wants to do this nonsensical thing is also pretty nonsensical. I'd guess he's trying to scam something from someone.
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Yes, I completely agree with your first statement. YOU ARE BEING CYNICAL!!!
Ok as an avid lover of my phone (nexus one), I have the right to ask the means of breaking this phone if i'm going to root it and install a ROM which is only supported by the community that helps develop it (that includes primarily folks over at XDA). If you think I'm upto no good, too bad. Assume the worst, do whatever the F*** you want. All I'm trying to do is show my cousin what a bootlooped phone looks like. And apparently each time I am in the process of doing it, he wants to use the pc. He likes killing all the running apps when he's on the PC, and i need to stop him from screwing up something that can potentially f*** up my phone. I often switch from Stock N1 to CM7 to blandroid, and thankfully i follow directions which is why my phone hasn't boot looped til date.
Yes I jumped throat on the 1st person who responded, but look at my response before jumping throat. I didn't really think of the response as condescending, until had posted my answer, hence the edit.
Don't bother posting such crappy posts unless you want to feel like you're getting scolded by the DA's office for wrongful accusation.
C
Well you cannot blame people for coming up with these various speculations. My 2 cents, but you just redirect your energy towards your cousin more rather then get angry over forum post.
The way I see your situation is this. The PC used to flash your phone, who is the owner? If you own it, tell him to wait like a good little boy or he can GTFO of your computer, ban him. Or if the PC belongs to him, maybe it's time you suck it up and respect when and how he wants to use his PC, and flash your phone using another instead. Or maybe get a job and buy your own?
Time to man up. Either you tell him to GTFO of your PC, or you GTFO of his. Simple solution to what I see to a simple matter. No need to complicate things by semi-bricking your phone.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
Either show him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I5XaDAuiEs
OR
Stop trying to make your cousin think he's broken you phone in order to ..
a) get him to pay for a replacement and/or
b) scare the crap out of him
I've wanted to grill out some of the problems with the A7 that's came with it, but after realizing I've never done this before, I've also noticed there's no actual ROM out yet
Should I just wait until the ROM comes and maybe some full guides?
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I've wanted to grill out some of the problems with the A7 that's came with it, but after realizing I've never done this before, I've also noticed there's no actual ROM out yet
Should I just wait until the ROM comes and maybe some full guides?
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Welcome to the A7 Family,
which problems are you running into right now? if you have no need for Root. i'll just say hold on till some development start to kick.......
P.S. not every problem can be fix having root access
DrakenFX said:
Welcome to the A7 Family,
which problems are you running into right now? if you have no need for Root. i'll just say hold on till some development start to kick.......
P.S. not every problem can be fix having root access
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Really just cosmetic things like the notification bell, maybe switching up the emojis, small things. I always wanted to try a different ROM on this phone, so I guess it isn't anything that needs to be done right now.
Rigby J said:
Really just cosmetic things like the notification bell, maybe switching up the emojis, small things. I always wanted to try a different ROM on this phone, so I guess it isn't anything that needs to be done right now.
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just unlocked my bootloader and rooted. Wonderful being able to use my root apps again. Chnaged my emoji using emoji switcher which i really wanted to do. Hate the stock android emoji.. debloated a little, and now about to change the system to my favorite font. I say go for it. If you do, let me know. I can send some pointers
considering there is absolutely no rom support yet I would hold off, wait out your 30 day return period and if there are roms after that and you want to void your warranty then do it then. Also I'm sure people are working on getting the bootloader unlocked without contacting ZTE so there is another reason to wait.
pwnerman said:
...Also I'm sure people are working on getting the bootloader unlocked without contacting ZTE so there is another reason to wait.
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Already done: http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/how-to/bootloader-unlock-t3437778
osmosizzz said:
just unlocked my bootloader and rooted. Wonderful being able to use my root apps again. Chnaged my emoji using emoji switcher which i really wanted to do. Hate the stock android emoji.. debloated a little, and now about to change the system to my favorite font. I say go for it. If you do, let me know. I can send some pointers
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Thank you, I'll message you when I do.
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considering there is absolutely no rom support yet I would hold off, wait out your 30 day return period and if there are roms after that and you want to void your warranty then do it then. Also I'm sure people are working on getting the bootloader unlocked without contacting ZTE so there is another reason to wait.
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I see, I see
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Thank you, I'll message you when I do.
I see, I see
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If you want to wait until the 30 day period is over, you can go ahead. im keeping the phone for a while so ive just gone ahead and rooted. there is a method to unlock the bootloader without contacting ZTE. I did it that way. its fairly easy.
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I've wanted to grill out some of the problems with the A7 that's came with it, but after realizing I've never done this before, I've also noticed there's no actual ROM out yet
Should I just wait until the ROM comes and maybe some full guides?
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There is a fairly simple way to Unlock your boot loader right now, it seems to work for most people. Its possible they may figure out a way to block this in future updates (I am not an expert). If you are with in your retail return window I would recommend trying the method because if you manage to really mess something up, you can at least return it.
Just take your time.
The instructions are for multiple versions and slightly out of order. Make sure everything is working before you begin.
If you plan to go through ZTE and in theory void your warranty, then by all means wait until you really need it.
Good luck.
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If you want to wait until the 30 day period is over, you can go ahead. im keeping the phone for a while so ive just gone ahead and rooted. there is a method to unlock the bootloader without contacting ZTE. I did it that way. its fairly easy.
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How is this done?
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How is this done?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/how-to/bootloader-unlock-t3437778
xtermmin said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/how-to/bootloader-unlock-t3437778
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thanks
I just got my A7. Coming from OPO with a sultan rom running xposed. I want to root but honestly I am not super smart developer. I am good following direction and figuring things out. I honestly love Sulan rom and would love it on A& but I doubt he does a rom for it as he mostly is busy with school and sticks with OPO or OP3.
I am debating on rooting as I mostly just want xposed for its youtube app adblocker and in app blocking apps.
I would suggest waiting til roms are developed and little more mature. Which if judging by the speed of root being available I would say could be as soon as few months or less.
Big respect for the developers and who keep the community and advancements going. Thanks all!
Does anyone know a way to disable the notification bell with root? Thanks
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Does anyone know a way to disable the notification bell with root? Thanks
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I don't think you can disable the bell and keep the lockscreen exactly as it is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/themes/skipping-notification-bell-root-t3441787
Anyone found full Odin restore for SM-G892A ?
Seconded. I am waiting patiently for anything about rooting this phone and hopefully even some ROM ports from the S8/+
antibios said:
Seconded. I am waiting patiently for anything about rooting this phone and hopefully even some ROM ports from the S8/+
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Seen this on rooting. But don't want try it till I find Odin full restore first.
http://hopemyworlds.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s8-active-samsung-easy-root/
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Seen this on rooting. But don't want try it till I find Odin full restore first.
http://hopemyworlds.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s8-active-samsung-easy-root/
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I know for sure that #1 doesn't work as of now.
antibios said:
I know for sure that #1 doesn't work as of now.
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Found this thread with restore.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/sm-g892a-galaxy-s8-active-stock-odin-t3667204
I just picked up this phone last week and a little disappointed that there isn't any info on rooting yet. So there's currently no way? I saw multiple places saying Kingroot works partially, but it does nothing for me.
Don't hold your breath
NumberXero said:
I just picked up this phone last week and a little disappointed that there isn't any info on rooting yet. So there's currently no way? I saw multiple places saying Kingroot works partially, but it does nothing for me.
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To be honest, I wouldn't get your hopes up. I bought a Galaxy S6 Active in 2015 and there's still no reliable root method (at least according to the S6 Active forum here). I bought the S8 Active a couple weeks ago because I love the hardware (SM-G890A is still the first phone I couldn't find a way to break in two years), but I'm not banking on root happening soon. I'd love to be wrong.
1. Root is nothing but an unreliable hassle anymore. No real reason for it like there used to be.
2. The active has ALWAYS been way behind on root, IF it gets it.
So confused as to why people keep picking up phones like the snapdragon S8, active etc and THEN coming here looking for root and ROMs. You want that kind of stuff get a pixel or a Nexus. Or spend 5 minutes on Google FIRST
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1. Root is nothing but an unreliable hassle anymore. No real reason for it like there used to be.
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There are lots of reasons for wanting root.
I cant use an adblocker without a VPN without root access.
I can't make some UI adjustments even with alt. launchers and things like KLWP
I can't remove some of the bloatware from Samsung and AT&T
There are others but the adblocking method alone is a good enough reason for me
Hey guys, long story short I've appropriated Axon 7 I originally got for my girl to use since she didn't quite like it, and honestly right now I need to upgrade from my unrootable slug of BB Priv.
As usual, way too many choices when it comes to roms, and the whole Oreo overhang is making it hard to try and narrow it down to just one. I haven't done anything custom for years, so is there a way to back up and restore all the apps and settings to save doing all of that between each new FW flash? That would save a ton of time and help me decide on a rom to start using daily.
That aside, should I pick from the already and well established 7.1.1 roms or try/wait for the 8's? On that note, what's with MiFavor 4.2 vs 5?
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Hey guys, long story short I've appropriated Axon 7 I originally got for my girl to use since she didn't quite like it, and honestly right now I need to upgrade from my unrootable slug of BB Priv.
As usual, way too many choices when it comes to roms, and the whole Oreo overhang is making it hard to try and narrow it down to just one. I haven't done anything custom for years, so is there a way to back up and restore all the apps and settings to save doing all of that between each new FW flash? That would save a ton of time and help me decide on a rom to start using daily.
That aside, should I pick from the already and well established 7.1.1 roms or try/wait for the 8's? On that note, what's with MiFavor 4.2 vs 5?
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Just unlock and root, all following the guides. Use TWRP 3.2.1-0.
You can dualboot ROMs as long as the primary ROM is stock MiFavor. It's a little bit more complicated with Oreo ROMs but it's doable. Otherwise just try with titanium backup maybe, people still use that thing
Skv012a said:
Hey guys, long story short I've appropriated Axon 7 I originally got for my girl to use since she didn't quite like it, and honestly right now I need to upgrade from my unrootable slug of BB Priv.
As usual, way too many choices when it comes to roms, and the whole Oreo overhang is making it hard to try and narrow it down to just one. I haven't done anything custom for years, so is there a way to back up and restore all the apps and settings to save doing all of that between each new FW flash? That would save a ton of time and help me decide on a rom to start using daily.
That aside, should I pick from the already and well established 7.1.1 roms or try/wait for the 8's? On that note, what's with MiFavor 4.2 vs 5?
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Why not get it up to date as possible and leave it stock?
I decided to keep mine stock, still has a locked bootloader. Today I did an ADB de-bloat. Relented on my "not touching it" stance a tiny bit, lol. It is nice to have excess apps removed though. A factory reset would probably bring it all back anyway.
I started on this because I could tether data from my personal SIM but not my work SIM. ADB allowed me to fix that and then I got carried away
Will still be able to do an official Oreo update this way, if it comes.
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Why not get it up to date as possible and leave it stock?
I decided to keep mine stock, still has a locked bootloader. Today I did an ADB de-bloat. Relented on my "not touching it" stance a tiny bit, lol. It is nice to have excess apps removed though. A factory reset would probably bring it all back anyway.
I started on this because I could tether data from my personal SIM but not my work SIM. ADB allowed me to fix that and then I got carried away
Will still be able to do an official Oreo update this way, if it comes.
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Seeing how ZTE is basically screwed outta US market for/now, I think betas + our devs will be the only way. I wouldn't mind 7.1.1 had it option for camera to be on lock button double-click, but alas. And de-bloat IMO is an absolute must.
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Seeing how ZTE is basically screwed outta US market for/now, I think betas + our devs will be the only way. I wouldn't mind 7.1.1 had it option for camera to be on lock button double-click, but alas. And de-bloat IMO is an absolute must.
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On MiFavor there's a much better thing imo: assign a fingerprint to the camera. Just use a finger that you won't ever confuse while unlocking it normally and you're done
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On MiFavor there's a much better thing imo: assign a fingerprint to the camera. Just use a finger that you won't ever confuse while unlocking it normally and you're done
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So print can open camera + unlock the locker or?
In fingerprint settings you can assign different functions per print.
In fingerprint settings you can assign different functions per print and also set it to take picture. I have a finger set to turn on the torch when it's locked.
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So print can open camera + unlock the locker or?
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Yes ofc
you had no idea about that one did you
Everyone always instantly wants a custom ROM but there's nothing wrong with stock. People just don't give it a go. It is a very well equipped phone once on Nougat. Even if we don't get Oreo I will leave mine on stock ROM unless it lasts well and need to go custom to get security updates etc.
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Everyone always instantly wants a custom ROM but there's nothing wrong with stock. People just don't give it a go. It is a very well equipped phone once on Nougat. Even if we don't get Oreo I will leave mine on stock ROM unless it lasts well and need to go custom to get security updates etc.
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I generally agree, but, there's no camera2, no double click for camera, and even these 2 misc features actually make or break a phone for me. If even Blackberry had the camera shortcut, with its potato of a camera otherwise, I don't see why ZTE decided to take it out entirely. Add a disclaimer and made it a toggleable option, not remove it entirely because of stupid people who put their phones into pockets with screen facing inwards.
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Yes ofc
you had no idea about that one did you
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Well, I personally never lock my phone because it annoys the hell out of me and my phone doesn't leave my side, ever, and on top of that A7 seems to hate my prints, so this is hardly a viable option for me. And, using the print sensor as a shutter, once and only once you're in the camera is pointless for me. double power button brings up the camera on top of whatever else you have going on, lock/screen off or not, to let you take that quick snap and that's exactly what I loved in 6.0.1 and onwards.
Just wondering why there isn't fp animation for any of the custom ROMs? Is it harder to add than the fp sensor itself was?
They already tried to implement animation. But it doesn't worth the time.
It's not hard, i've already done it but i don't like the way the animations look. I rather make my own
I think i know what he means, i swapped from a note 8 to the 6t and was super excited coz there's so much development happening but now i just feel like ppl are just going through the motions of making stuff and nothing really happening.. Like i can't believe no one has tackled the process of flashing stuff and made it easier.. Atm flashing roms on this phone at least for me is like playing Russian roulette, thank **** for the msn tools otherwise id have lost the phone in the back of a drawer already..
Anyway this is not an attack on development, its just how it feels for me.
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I think i know what he means, i swapped from a note 8 to the 6t and was super excited coz there's so much development happening but now i just feel like ppl are just going through the motions of making stuff and nothing really happening.. Like i can't believe no one has tackled the process of flashing stuff and made it easier.. Atm flashing roms on this phone at least for me is like playing Russian roulette, thank **** for the msn tools otherwise id have lost the phone in the back of a drawer already..
Anyway this is not an attack on development, its just how it feels for me.
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For the record, the fastboot roms work just as good as the tool and solves most of your issues just as well as the tool, without relocking your bootloader
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For the record, the fastboot roms work just as good as the tool and solves most of your issues just as well as the tool, without relocking your bootloader
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Well not when you're bricked and fastboot doesnt even read your device.. But i didn't say what i said to have a debate about it, its just how it feels.
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I think i know what he means, i swapped from a note 8 to the 6t and was super excited coz there's so much development happening but now i just feel like ppl are just going through the motions of making stuff and nothing really happening.. Like i can't believe no one has tackled the process of flashing stuff and made it easier.. Atm flashing roms on this phone at least for me is like playing Russian roulette, thank **** for the msn tools otherwise id have lost the phone in the back of a drawer already..
Anyway this is not an attack on development, its just how it feels for me.
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I flashed a lot of custom rom on 6t, sure is more difficult respect to op5 cause now we have A/B system partitions but when you understand how to flash basically was always the same procedure.
The 6T is trash. In fact, anything from OP is garbage. Wish I would've known how bad they were before I bought this. Their only saving grace is the inability to hard break them. I'm not sure what that other user was going on about ahead of me, but if your device can't be read by fastboot, then I'm not sure how you expect an MSM tool to fix that. But that's neither here nor there, I was simply stating that you can solve most of your problems with the fastboot rom, then you don't have to go full-on nuke with that MSM tool. I have thoroughly F'd up this device and never needed that tool. That's only for the least experienced Android users who somehow managed to flash different device software. That's the only way I see a person ever needing that tool. But, to get back on topic, that's one thing I cant stand about custom. The green dot isnt so noticable with the animations, but it sticks out like a sore thumb without them
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I think i know what he means, i swapped from a note 8 to the 6t and was super excited coz there's so much development happening but now i just feel like ppl are just going through the motions of making stuff and nothing really happening.. Like i can't believe no one has tackled the process of flashing stuff and made it easier.. Atm flashing roms on this phone at least for me is like playing Russian roulette, thank **** for the msn tools otherwise id have lost the phone in the back of a drawer already..
Anyway this is not an attack on development, its just how it feels for me.
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Lol, don't know what you're talking about. Installing ROMs with TWRP (or different recoveries if we're talking like 4-5 years back) on phones has always been like it is now with the exception of installing GSIs from fastboot but I don't think that's what you mean.
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ZeroKool76 said:
The 6T is trash. In fact, anything from OP is garbage. Wish I would've known how bad they were before I bought this. Their only saving grace is the inability to hard break them. I'm not sure what that other user was going on about ahead of me, but if your device can't be read by fastboot, then I'm not sure how you expect an MSM tool to fix that. But that's neither here nor there, I was simply stating that you can solve most of your problems with the fastboot rom, then you don't have to go full-on nuke with that MSM tool. I have thoroughly F'd up this device and never needed that tool. That's only for the least experienced Android users who somehow managed to flash different device software. That's the only way I see a person ever needing that tool. But, to get back on topic, that's one thing I cant stand about custom. The green dot isnt so noticable with the animations, but it sticks out like a sore thumb without them
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I feel like your entire XDA account is based on trash talking OnePlus and crying
pro_granade said:
Lol, don't know what you're talking about. Installing ROMs with TWRP (or different recoveries if we're talking like 4-5 years back) on phones has always been like it is now with the exception of installing GSIs from fastboot but I don't think that's what you mean.
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I feel like your entire XDA account is based on trash talking OnePlus and crying
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Thanks for sharing, I'll let you know when IGAF about how you feel. In the meantime, you're partially correct about the trash talk part, but it's not my fault OP makes it so easy...
I'm not gonna pretend i know anything i don't, even tho I've done this for many years, or try to tell someone what their experience of this phone is but my experience is that with A/B partitions is NOT always the same process.. I assure you that what works for one rom might not work for another and if you say it does then lucky you or perhaps I've been flashing too many crap..
About msn tools, i love em.. I thought what i wrote was clear to read but apparently not. I've bricked my 6t a few times to the point of not being able to switch it off or on and just get stuck on the bootloader screen.. Again, my experience of this is that in this case fastboot is useless coz it won't detect the phone. And this is the reason i love msn tools..
Again this is my opinion and experience of this phone and if i wrote something that you want more information on then please let me know..
seems u guys cant even handle a forum let alone a device
I have bricked several phones before, and have managed to recover them all; from my experience, OnePlus' Qualcomm Snapdragon processor tool is a godsend, something that I really wish ALL OEM phone manufacturers would do the same way and release that otherwise elusive tool to save our paperweights. Too bad it all boiled down to pure greed (Apple's far worse in this respect).
Yet, I have to be honest, I seriously doubt OnePlus 6T is garbage, far from it. I have modded this phone to my likings and have taken some very low light photography (Astrophotography) and I have been left rather impressed. There is only one negativity about this phone, it's the fingerprint scanner, and that's it (not really a negativity though because when it registers the fingerprint correctly, the phone unlocks instantly). Maybe one more negativity, is that it's easy to nuke the modem data (IMEI) by accident (I did wipe /system not thinking what could happen, thankfully I got the modem back online after reinstalling the OS via Qualcomm Snapdragon processor tool, along with the OxygenOS 9.0.11 image).
And like everyone else would mention that the custom operating systems are pretty much a work in progress, but we're getting there. And the reason why I won't bash OnePlus are because of three things. 1. They pretty much have the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor tool with the ROM image for reviving the hard bricked phone, no matter how hard we try to murder it, accidentally or intentionally, via the SSD partitions (we do make mistakes anyhow). 2. They are still developer friendly (they have since reopened the phone giveaway program for helping with the custom operating system and recovery toolkit development). 3. If you bought it straight from OnePlus, you will never lose the warranty even after unlocking the bootloader on it.
It's getting off topic, but having seen the inflammatory comments, I had to say what needed to be said. It's important to really know what you're doing, otherwise it's either that you're speculating or taking a shot in the dark. That's all I have to say.
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