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BOOTLOADER PROBLEM

Hi guys, my GOOGLE PIXELS XL has been stuck on infinite boot loop for a week or two now. i have researched on various solutions and has gotten a lot, unluckily for my i am not able to do any because my phone will not even come on access user data for a start.
i discovered i can flash the phone with SP FLASH TOOL, but that would require a SCATTER FILE which i cannot generate too, due to the phones current condition.
pls guys, i need someone who uses GOOGLE PIXELS XL to generate the scatter file for me or has the SCATTER FILE for the phone to either mail it to me @ (**mod removed email due to spambots seeing it :) ) or mail where i can get it or recommend other solutions.

N/B; ONLY FOR GOOGLE PIXELS XL users.
thanks

  • Poll Poll
Help I/We(?) have been cheated!(?)

Did you find that your Samsung product had the incorrect motherboard in it?

  • Yeah, I couldn't believe it!

    Votes: 1 100.0%
  • Nope, you're crazy buddy.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

Something does not seem right! I had purchased a Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-G935V) when they first came out. She had it about 6 months before she washed it in the washer (how many phones she has gone through is another thread). At any rate, I kept it and recently I decided to see if I could switch out the motherboard to keep it running. WELL, I opened the S7 to start the work and when I got to the motherboard, I found that it has a SM-G928V motherboard :| .... that's a motherboard for a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

WHAT THE SNAPS???

I reached out to Samsung support and received a couple of pithy responses from their support (see attachment).

ACTION ITEM: If you have an old galaxy phone you're not using, take a look. I would suggest videotaping the work you do. Not sure if this was localized to a specific store, a region or if it's widespread. ALSO, it could have just been Verizon phones .... I don't know.

Help me out and let me know what you find. Keep in mind ... I still love Samsung products (in spite of a couple knucklehead social media support guys) and Verizon. Well, at least until I know if they've been jacking around with people.

Nexus 6 Vs Nexus 6P-Witch Is Better?

So this thread is going to discuss eitch is better and witxh is better for you to buy overall based on your preferences.

So we are going to discuss pros and cons of both and i own both devices so i can accurately tell you what these are so lets get started!

Nexus 6 (shamu):

Pros:

• Display is big so you'll find playing or viewing apps is quite pleasing to view even if you have big fingers.

• Has 3GB of DDR4 RAM (1GB IN USE OF OS)

• Storage can go up to 64GB or higher depending in the model (mine is 32GB).

• Huge battey capacity 3000MAh

• Highly Supported in the development community so you will find all kinds of ROMS to install and is officially supported by LineageOS up to LineageOS 16.0+.

• Dual front facing speakers.

• Fast Charging Supported.

• Specs: Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 2.67GHz 4 Core CPU with a Qualcomm Adreno 420 600MHz GPU using a 32-Bit Arch armeabi-v7a,armeabi.

• Decent Camera but a little outdated for its time, but still a good camera.

• Audio jack is in a perfect place insead of being in the bottom it's placed on the top middle of the device.

• Supports USB OTG devices such as external storage etc.

• Supports Wireless Fast Charging.

• Official TWRP Supported.

• Bootloader is easy to unlock and no security notice on every boot.

• Support USB Type-A Micro USB Input

Cons:

• Battery Life isn't the best as their is a faulty with the battery this is normal for the stock battery and when the device hits below 50% or even lower than 50% the device will randomly shutdown and assume the battery is dead, can be replaced but this is a faulty that google has not addressed and will never address at all!

• USB Type-A Micro USB port is open to break due to it's lack of support to keep it from breaking (this hasn't happend to me yet but experienced devices with the same USB tyoe as this device has).

• Dual Audio speakers do sound great but they do tend to flexuate from time to time and can last up to 15 to 25 seconds each time it happens this can be patched via software to an extent to help but this is more of a hardware issue then a software issue, this also affects calls because the other user on the other end can hear echos, but this can be patched via software end.

• This device is running a 32-Bit arch and runs great but unfortunately you lose the ability to use Vulkan OpenGL witch some newer games require to run, but isn't a deal breaker.

• Touch Screen is slighty too sensitive this causes small issues so when you scroll down on a page or in a app sometimes you will accidentally select an option you didn't want.

• No removable battery so it's a slight challenge to replace the components within your device without the proper tools and knowledge.

• No sdcard support so you wont be able to add additional storage.

• USB to HDMI output is NOT supported, unlike other devices MHL USB to HDMI is not supported.

• If your staying in stock OS this device is bloated with google stock apps and cannot be unistalled, and no new security patches are not being relased to this device.

• Device cannot view video content beyond 1080p but can render videos in software up to 4k but is not viewable within your device unless you upload it to youtube etc.

Nexus 6P (angler):

Pros:

• Great build quality feels similar to an iphone.

• Dual Audio Speakers that sounds better and works better then the OG Nexus 6.

• Great battery life (can lsst up to 5 to 8hrs depending on how you use it, it can last even longer).

• Audio Jack is on the top of the device witch is a good thing.

• Supports USB Type-C Connection.

• Specs: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 2.67GHz 8 Core CPU with a Qualcomm Adreno 430 600MHz GPU ruuning on a 64-Bit arch arm64-v8a,armeabi-v8a.

• 3GB of DDR4 RAM.

• Storage can come in up to 64GB (mine is the 64GB model).

• Has a dedicated Fingerprint sensor on the back witch the OG Nexus 6 did not have.

• Has bigger capacity then the OG Nexus 6 3220MAh

• Decently sized display and more better resolution then the OG Nexus 6.

• Really amazing camera(s) that is an improvement from the OG Nexus 6.

• Less bloatware on the stock OS and apps are uninstallable!

• Officially Supported By LineageOS up to 15.1 (their are ither sources to get a higher version on LineageOS but is unofficially supported).

• Has decent development community you can find alot of ROMS for this device.

• Officially Supported By: TWRP

• Bootloader is fairly easy to unlock.

• Support USB OTG devices such as external usb drives etc.

• The device has a rating of IP68 water resistance.

• Device supports OpenGL Vulkan Support and runs games and apps requiring it very well.

• Fast Charging Supported.

• Touch Sensitivity is better then the OG Nexus 6.

Cons:

• No Wireless Fast Charging Supported (means you can not fast charge this device with anykind of wireless charging accessory).

• No MHL USB to HDMI output support.

• No removable battery.

• No sdcard support this means you cannot add additional storage.

• Device cannot view video content beyond 1080p but can renders videos in software up to 4k but is not viewable within your device unless you upload it to youtube etc.

• Battery slightly decreases a bit faster due to the 8 Core CPU but i love it still.

• After unlocking the bootloader you will receive a notic about notifying you to relock the bootloader to check for corruption this is normal and does go away after a few seconds but can annoy you if your not used to it!

İnstagram Private Api - Advice

Hello my friend,

I need to make an application that pulls user shares using instagram private api.
I will make the project mobile application using android studio.

Github stands on "charlieAndroidDev / Instagram4Andorid", "dilame / instagram-private-api", the most used is "mgp25 / Instagram-API" with php, but I'll develop mobile application with java-kotlin on android studio.

I'm a bit novice, but I love everyone on this forum and they help me. good that you are. Can you give suggestions on which api you can use or from someone else. and android studio with sample application, if the document would be very nice.

I'm sorry for my bad English, I hope it's a clear explanation.

Thank you and have nice work.

Automatic acknowledge

Hi,
Here is my typical request. I provide on-call technical support during non-business hours in my organization. We have pager duty configured which gives a automated call to my mobile number whenever there is a critical alert triggered in the monitoring tool. I have to receive the call, press 4 to acknowledge.

The problem is, we get flood of such calls. So, is there a way to automatically pick and press 4 to acknowledge the call without my intervention? any app which does this function?



Thanks,

Umesh.S.K

Why Won't Google Maps Display A Map?

My Aspera Jazz won't display maps on Google maps when I click the google maps icon.

It goes to a google maps page and says it is downloading maps but gets halfway there and reckons I should check the internet connection.

It never, ever, completes the job.

But meanwhile if I use Firefox and go to google maps from there everything runs perfectly.

How do I deal with this, is there a way?

How To Know What Apps Are Running?

I am new to smartphones and don't understand them very well.

Mine is an Aspera Jazz and seems to run very slowly.

Coming from a pc I'm puzzled by not being able to close things when I've used them and I read somewhere that they remain running in the background.

Perhaps that's why it's slow.

But I can't find how to see what apps are running.

All I found is running services and they don't seem to amount to much. They are, right now:

Bluetooth share
Google Services
Google Services
Google Play Services
Google
Messages
Smartcard Service
Gmail
Youtube
Gboard

Should I/ Could I close down any of those?

What's the best way to deal with this whole apps thing?

Keyboard navigation using code

Let say for some reason I have gotten a code where the main activity will present a dialog to allow the user to confirm exit or just cancel, I would like to implement that the user can use the arrow key to move left and right or rotate back to the two buttons ( cancel or ok ), how do I do it in code ?
I found many solutions using the XML method where the view will have the android:nextFocusRight="@+id/button2". But how could this be done programmatically ?

Thank you very much.

RING BALL [FREE][GAME]

Pass the balls, rotating and moving rings and have fun.

In order to pass the ball through the rings, you must pay attention to the rules of physics and ensure the coordination of hands and eyes.

You will get 5 shots at each new level, you will win stars after successful shots.

Complete the stages, collect the stars and enjoy beautiful balls.

Different and challenging 45 stages are waiting for you.

Let's download and discover these fun chapters .

You can help us develop the game by sharing your comments and opinions with us.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.EboStudios.RingBall

multiple widget instance sending parameters to app

Hello,

I have one widget and one separated app


The widget can launch the application by passing parameters

typically I put 3 times the same widget on my home page with 3 different settings, for example A B and C

When I click on my first widget A, the application opens and receives the parameter A, good !!!
but now if I click on widget B, the application switches to foreground but does not receive parameter B


I think I know why, but I can not find a workaround:



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In my widget I have this code to apen the app :

Intent intentAppli = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
intentAppli.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
intentAppli.putExtra("system_to_show", system);
intentAppli.setClassName("com.santeos.meteoSanteos", "com.santeos.meteoSanteos.MainActivity");
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, intentAppli, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.id_projet, pendingIntent);


----------------------------------------------------------------
in my app I have in the onCreate
Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
if(extras == null) {
systemToShow= null;
} else {
systemToShow= extras.getString("system_to_show");
}

if(systemToShow!=null)
{
//TODO here get the string stored in the string variable and do
// setText() on userName

Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,systemToShow, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
baseUrl=baseUrl+"&toshow="+systemToShow;
}


Here I understand that it will work only when creating the app.


But I have tryed to move this code in the onResume and I always have the first parameter use to launch the app first time, and never the second one or third....


It seems that the intent is never updated with the extra parameter



Thanks for any help !!!
Best regards,
Laurent

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