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I recently got this 6P, commingled from a rooted, unlocked, cm13 HTC one m9, would it be worth it to still root? I loved tweaking my m9, unfortunately it was an att version. So it was really hard to find Roms and tweaks that worked for it. I love my 6P so far and it performs wonderfully, just lacks that extra bit of tweaking.
Etheralrealm said:
I recently got this 6P, commingled from a rooted, unlocked, cm13 HTC one m9, would it be worth it to still root? I loved tweaking my m9, unfortunately it was an att version. So it was really hard to find Roms and tweaks that worked for it. I love my 6P so far and it performs wonderfully, just lacks that extra bit of tweaking.
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There are a lot of Roms, mods and kernels available for the 6P. If you like customizing your phone then you should go for it.
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There are a lot of Roms, mods and kernels available for the 6P. If you like customizing your phone then you should go for it.
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Oh yea, i know you can install custom kernals to overclock, do you know of any good ones?
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Oh yea, i know you can install custom kernals to overclock, do you know of any good ones?
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I don't think it's necessary to overclock the 6P. The most popular kernels are probably Franco's if battery life is your main concern or Elemental if you want more control over performance than you get with the stock kernel. I increased my battery life a bit by switching to Elemental but I didn't use any settings that would negatively affect performance, which is more important to me than battery life. Pure Nexus is a very popular Rom, although I didn't personally have a good experience with that one. I'm happy with Cortex. Some people prefer Megapixel. There's lots of custom ROMs depending on what you are looking for. Just browse through the development threads on XDA.
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I don't think it's necessary to overclock the 6P. The most popular kernels are probably Franco's if battery life is your main concern or Elemental if you want more control over performance than you get with the stock kernel. I increased my battery life a bit by switching to Elemental but I didn't use any settings that would negatively affect performance, which is more important to me than battery life. Pure Nexus is a very popular Rom, although I didn't personally have a good experience with that one. I'm happy with Cortex. Some people prefer Megapixel. There's lots of custom ROMs depending on what you are looking for. Just browse through the development threads on XDA.
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Ive been thinking about it for a while now, had everything downloaded. thanks, just installed Lineage OS.
It was not worth to root, actually, until Nougat was released. I remember getting very quick updates, that were actually improving user experience. I was actually a very pro-stock person, but recently i rooted my phone and installed Pure Nexus. Not going to stock anytime soon
IMO there is plenty to keep your tweaking urge satisfied even if you choose to just run the stock rom, rooted with a good kernel. Monthly updates, great root apps and rock solid. Regardless, you'll definitely want to unlock the bootloader and enable USB debugging. Don't worry about the persistent boot nag screen about locking the bootloader- It's normal. Best of luck.
Hi Guys, I've unlocked the phone and rooted as well. Running megapixel ROM now and I'm very pleased with the pixel experience.
Only thing that bothers my OCD is the warning screen when I turn on the phone that says phone cannot be checked for corrupted software or something. It says to lock the bootloader. I have seen some posts over here on XDA saying that even if I restore back to stock completely using the the factory images, that message won't go away. I wonder what will happen when I sell it...
Rooting back in the day (CM6 era) provided usefulness in providing features that were not available from factory.
Nowadays, OEM software has implemented many of those features to their devices which eliminates the need to root for a lot of people. Now that updates are once a month, it makes it an inconvenience to having to update properly. Safetynet doesn't pass without configurations and may fail in the future when the new exploits are patched. You'll also have to factory reset during version updates which make it a hassle.
IMO, rooting nowadays causes more of an inconvenience than purpose. I prefer getting updates quickly and easily without having to fiddle around and everything works as it should.
The main question is, what is the REAL reason why you're wanting to root? If it's solely for the purpose of feeling like you modified something your phone, then I would say keep it unrooted unless your willing to lose all your data when a major version comes out.
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If you want to use your phone outdoor with a decent screen brightness, you'll have to root.
Jules Winnfield said:
If you want to use your phone outdoor with a decent screen brightness, you'll have to root.
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Unfortunately, this will cause screen burn-in earlier.
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Hi Guys, I've unlocked the phone and rooted as well. Running megapixel ROM now and I'm very pleased with the pixel experience.
Only thing that bothers my OCD is the warning screen when I turn on the phone that says phone cannot be checked for corrupted software or something. It says to lock the bootloader. I have seen some posts over here on XDA saying that even if I restore back to stock completely using the the factory images, that message won't go away. I wonder what will happen when I sell it...
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The message will go away if you restore fully to stock and then relock the bootloader.
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The message will go away if you restore fully to stock and then relock the bootloader.
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Thank you for confirming. I really hope that it goes away after full restore to factory settings. Is there any zip file available, flashing which will make it go away while I am on custom ROM? Or does it always stay on all custom ROMs?
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Only thing that bothers my OCD is the warning screen when I turn on the phone that says phone cannot be checked for corrupted software or something. It says to lock the bootloader. I have seen some posts over here on XDA saying that even if I restore back to stock completely using the the factory images, that message won't go away. I wonder what will happen when I sell it...
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Don't worry about it. The nag warning is only present when your bootloader is unlocked, and you should leave your bootloader permanently unlocked. Eventually you won't even notice or care. If/when you return to stock, re-lock the bootloader and it will be gone.
richii0207 said:
Rooting back in the day (CM6 era) provided usefulness in providing features that were not available from factory.
Nowadays, OEM software has implemented many of those features to their devices which eliminates the need to root for a lot of people. Now that updates are once a month, it makes it an inconvenience to having to update properly. Safetynet doesn't pass without configurations and may fail in the future when the new exploits are patched. You'll also have to factory reset during version updates which make it a hassle.
IMO, rooting nowadays causes more of an inconvenience than purpose. I prefer getting updates quickly and easily without having to fiddle around and everything works as it should.
The main question is, what is the REAL reason why you're wanting to root? If it's solely for the purpose of feeling like you modified something your phone, then I would say keep it unrooted unless your willing to lose all your data when a major version comes out.
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Some people prefer custom ROMs that give you features not included in stock Android. ROMs with Pixel features for instance are popular on the 6P and its unlikely most of those features will come to stock.
Anyone know what the chances of AOSPA making an appearance on the V20?
AOSPA came and went. No longer under development. Unless somebody else takes over the project, not likely it will resurface.
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AOSPA came and went. No longer under development. Unless somebody else takes over the project, not likely it will resurface.
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Darn. i wonder how hard it would be to attempt a build of this ROM for a first timer
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Darn. i wonder how hard it would be to attempt a build of this ROM for a first timer
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Pretty hard for a beginner. It was pretty hard for me to build it too and I'm not a beginner.
This device is simply phenomenal but LG simply become like Samsung but LG not see their north yet lack of updates, bootlops, failure hardware etc same applies for others but LG no learn can`t imagine this device LG v20 GPE simply a beast plus stock camera on AOSP ROM!!!!!
Yes I know only was a dream
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AOSPA came and went. No longer under development. Unless somebody else takes over the project, not likely it will resurface.
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Do you have a link to that ROM? Also why did they stop development?
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I wish it was. It's my favorite rom.
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Do you have a link to that ROM? Also why did they stop development?
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Ill see if I still have it. Dude moved onto the note 8.
Damn, thought I was getting a christmas gift. I wanted this for our phone too but it seems any other rom other than stock has some issues with the kernel.
https://github.com/PA-CAF
This is similar to AOSPA legacy as stated by the maintainer of the source I've built on it for the oneplus2 which which dident get offical N support its easier to build than regular AOSPA but the way lineage separated trees has complicated things... I'm going to try to get it going but I haven't really dealt with this conversion stuff before
Update while I've gotten it to build, a while back actually, it fails to boot something in the dalvik machine setting up boot it fails to register a method in an other file the full log found here:
https://hastebin.com/upeceyuhel.pl
I'm more of a kernel guy (pretty newish at it too ) so I have no idea how to fix this, so please chime in if you know something but ill ask for help in the building thread see if they can help. Just wanted to let you guys know some progress is being done on it. Im in classes so not much free time left over and with Oreo on the horizon for lineage, so this PA-CAF Nougat build feels a bit out of place especially since i stripped out a lot for it to build, I don't think that may affect the dalvik machine mostly ambient, double tap to wake, and a few customization features......
With all that said can I a show of hands (or thanks so the thread is kept clean) who is interested in this I have us996 so that will come first if I get it done (don't think it will be that hard as opposed to fixing the gestures and ambient displays stuffs) still no promises I'm used to building for myself with most the work is already done and me only adding a few things, but I wouldn't mind a challenge.
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Update while I've gotten it to build, a while back actually, it fails to boot something in the dalvik machine setting up boot it fails to register a method in an other file the full log found here:
https://hastebin.com/upeceyuhel.pl
I'm more of a kernel guy (pretty newish at it too ) so I have no idea how to fix this, so please chime in if you know something but ill ask for help in the building thread see if they can help. Just wanted to let you guys know some progress is being done on it. Im in classes so not much free time left over and with Oreo on the horizon for lineage, so this PA-CAF Nougat build feels a bit out of place especially since i stripped out a lot for it to build, I don't think that may affect the dalvik machine mostly ambient, double tap to wake, and a few customization features......
With all that said can I a show of hands (or thanks so the thread is kept clean) who is interested in this I have us996 so that will come first if I get it done (don't think it will be that hard as opposed to fixing the gestures and ambient displays stuffs) still no promises I'm used to building for myself with most the work is already done and me only adding a few things, but I wouldn't mind a challenge.
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Is this still being worked on? I'd love to see AOSPA on my V20!
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Is this still being worked on? I'd love to see AOSPA on my V20!
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Since the last post was Jan 2018 doubt it
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Grillac said:
Is this still being worked on? I'd love to see AOSPA on my V20!
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no I would work on it again but I've stepped back from compiling for a bit and it was also during the time oreo was on the horizon for the v20 so getting nougat AOSPA working felt like a waste of time
now pie is on the horizon and would like to see how it's going with PA-CAF on pie but lineage pie tree would need to become available for our device as idk how bring up to a new android version works
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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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
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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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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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I hear good things about OxygenOS, saying it's like stock AOSP, but with nice features added in, without all the bloat. I'm gonna test drive it for a couple days and see how it goes, but my question is, is OOS easy to root?
Next question, are any custom Android 10 ROMs good enough to use as daily drivers? I read through the threads and it seems LineageOS has issues with flashing Gapps, others fail CTS/Safety Check, and so on. Seems kinda troublesome.
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I hear good things about OxygenOS, saying it's like stock AOSP, but with nice features added in, without all the bloat. I'm gonna test drive it for a couple days and see how it goes, but my question is, is OOS easy to root?
Next question, are any custom Android 10 ROMs good enough to use as daily drivers? I read through the threads and it seems LineageOS has issues with flashing Gapps, others fail CTS/Safety Check, and so on. Seems kinda troublesome.
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Welcome Aboard!
Yes. OOS is pretty good. It's closer to Stock Android with some neat Customizations thrown in. Heck, it's better than Stock Android. It's very easy to root. There is a Tutorial in the Guides Section. If you have a Question you can ask for help and we'll be happy to guide you.
Android 10 Custom ROMs are available, and as you observed, some of them have issues. EvolutionX is a Stable Q ROM that I have been running as my Daily Driver for a long time. I'd recommend you flash that. Safety Net can be fixed via a Magisk Module but it should be fine.
Thanks for the info! Been looking at that one as well, considering giving that one a go.
Another question, what do they mean when they say, "OxygenOS in both slots"?
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Thanks for the info! Been looking at that one as well, considering giving that one a go.
Another question, what do they mean when they say, "OxygenOS in both slots"?
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OnePlus 6T is an A/B phone. It has two /system partitions. Basically, before flashing the ROM, you have to Flash OOS and TWRP. Then Reboot to Recovery and again flash OOS and TWRP. After that, you can flash the ROM. You can read more about A/B online. Just Google it.
Isn't that related to Protect Treble?
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Isn't that related to Protect Treble?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Hmmm... this should be interesting. Coming from a Samsung Galaxy S8+ (and having used Odin for years) I think this will be a cinch. Doesn't sound too complicated, tbh.
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Hmmm... this should be interesting. Coming from a Samsung Galaxy S8+ (and having used Odin for years) I think this will be a cinch. Doesn't sound too complicated, tbh.
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Oh it is fairly complicated. Just wait till you get to A/B Flashing. It's a Royal PITA.
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Oh it is fairly complicated. Just wait till you get to A/B Flashing. It's a Royal PITA.
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I meant compared to other stuff I've flashed, lol. Started with HTC Vogue, I've unlocked and rooted just about every device I've owned. This sounds difficult, but nothing some reading and preparation won't fix.
GuyInDogSuit said:
I meant compared to other stuff I've flashed, lol. Started with HTC Vogue, I've unlocked and rooted just about every device I've owned. This sounds difficult, but nothing some reading and preparation won't fix.
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Sorry bout that. Wasn't trying to intimidate you. Anyway, it's fairly easy compared to Samsung, at least the flashing part. But the whole A/B Fiasco is a Pain to Understand. There is a bit of a Learning Curve involved. Good Luck and if you need any help, don't hesitate to ask.
It needs an adapter to use headphones, doesn't it?
GuyInDogSuit said:
It needs an adapter to use headphones, doesn't it?
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Haha, yes. OnePlus decided to remove the Headphone Jack unfortunately. You do get an Adapter in box tho.
DarthVader said:
Haha, yes. OnePlus decided to remove the Headphone Jack unfortunately. You do get an Adapter in box tho.
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Not sure if mine will include it. The seller only stated that it comes with a "generic type-C USB cable" and already has a tempered glass screen protector on it.
Got the phone now. Nope, no adapter. Sad.
Weird quirk, can't seem to turn the ringer on, as it seems to be stuck on mute. Volume keys only affect the media volume.
Another thing is that it looks like Google Camera and Dialer aren't available for this device. The Play Store also declares this phone "not certified."
Edit: figured out the ringer issue, it was the switch on the side.
Enjoy your 6T.
If you have any issue with the glass screen protector I recommend switching to a self-healing liquid application plastic one. I used to be a big TGSP guy but am loving the plastic one I put on a year ago. With curved screen edges on newer devices it's the way to go.
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I've flashed this and everything is working fine, except my mobile connection. It keeps disconnecting, and even when it connects it's usually on Edge/2G. It DOES occasionally connect to LTE+ and works for a while. It's saying "T-Mobile" even though I'm using MetroPCS (which I know works fine because it was working on stock 9.0.16 and international 9.0.17). I checked the APN settings and they seem fine. Only modification I've made was flashing Magisk. I followed the steps to a T. Don't know what I did wrong.
EDIT2: It appears that Magisk is NOT causing the signal issues. I'm at a loss at this point.