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What's the point of rooting an active if you can't do anything with it. Now you can't even get the new at&t update. Someone explain what the reason is please besides the thrill of pointless tinkering.

psideburns said:
What's the point of rooting an active if you can't do anything with it. Now you can't even get the new at&t update. Someone explain what the reason is please besides the thrill of pointless tinkering.
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I do lots of stuff with my rooted S4A. Wanam Xposed, Pie Controls, frozen ATT bloat and Avast Firewall to name a few things. It even text messages and makes phone calls!
New update=yawn. 4.3 isn't a big deal (unless you want a Gear).

psideburns said:
What's the point of rooting an active if you can't do anything with it. Now you can't even get the new at&t update. Someone explain what the reason is please besides the thrill of pointless tinkering.
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It depends on what you're trying to accomplish. I personally have root so I can fully utilize Titanium Backup to backup my entire phone, block ads, use Folder Mount to force files to be saved to my external SD card, install Cerberus as a system app to utilize more of its features, and install Xposed Framework and Xposed Modules to endlessly customize my phone and add additional functionality to it. It's up to you whether or not you think rooting is worth it. With that said you can always update to the official AT&T 4.3 firmware using the Odin files found in this thread.

Good points for your purposes granted. But I loved to change roms on my gs2 until I found cm, then I stuck with that one as my fav. I'm just frustrated that it is not that easy or even possible anymore, at least with this phone that I like and plan on keeping for a while.

psideburns said:
Good points for your purposes granted. But I loved to change roms on my gs2 until I found cm, then I stuck with that one as my fav. I'm just frustrated that it is not that easy or even possible anymore, at least with this phone that I like and plan on keeping for a while.
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Have you looked at SafeStrap?

Devo7v said:
It depends on what you're trying to accomplish. I personally have root so I can fully utilize Titanium Backup to backup my entire phone, block ads, use Folder Mount to force files to be saved to my external SD card, install Cerberus as a system app to utilize more of its features, and install Xposed Framework and Xposed Modules to endlessly customize my phone and add additional functionality to it. It's up to you whether or not you think rooting is worth it. With that said you can always update to the official AT&T 4.3 firmware using the Odin files found in this thread.
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Hey Devo, you run xposed framework on the stock rom with no issues? I had some problems with it on my sgh-i537 and some of the modules wouldn't work at all. If I tried to install the hypderive device tools(shutdown) menu, when I use the shutdown button my phone locks up and just shuts off, no menu ever appears. I really like alot of the hyperdrive functions, I'd love to be able to add the hyperdrive tweaks too, but never had any luck there either.

As concern me I will sell my s4 active No Roms No updates :'(
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Hey Devo, you run xposed framework on the stock rom with no issues? I had some problems with it on my sgh-i537 and some of the modules wouldn't work at all. If I tried to install the hypderive device tools(shutdown) menu, when I use the shutdown button my phone locks up and just shuts off, no menu ever appears. I really like alot of the hyperdrive functions, I'd love to be able to add the hyperdrive tweaks too, but never had any luck there either.
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Yeah, I run Xposed on my stock ROM. The only issue I ever had was a few days ago when I updated XPrivacy and the phone refused to boot. I had to flash the Xposed disabler with SafeStrap. I run the GPE ROM in slot 1 so I can't speak to the way Hyperdrive works. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

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Yeah, I run Xposed on my stock ROM. The only issue I ever had was a few days ago when I updated XPrivacy and the phone refused to boot. I had to flash the Xposed disabler with SafeStrap. I run the GPE ROM in slot 1 so I can't speak to the way Hyperdrive works. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
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Ok, I see. so whatever is in your slots can affect your stock rom as well? I also ran GPE in another slot for a while and I liked it, but with the aroma installer and the hyperdrive tweaks, it really is something I'd like to stick with. I wish I understood more about what is shared and what isn't between roms in slots and the deal with the locked bootloader. We're a long way from Windows Toto, lol. Then again, I do networking, not programming so much.
So, do you run the advanced power menu module on your stock ROM? I really like the HyperDrive version, I think it's called HyperDrive Device Menu or something.
I want to say I installed wanam and xposed from apk files, no flashing. Maybe I need to start there. Thanks again.

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Ok, I see. so whatever is in your slots can affect your stock rom as well? I also ran GPE in another slot for a while and I liked it, but with the aroma installer and the hyperdrive tweaks, it really is something I'd like to stick with. I wish I understood more about what is shared and what isn't between roms in slots and the deal with the locked bootloader. We're a long way from Windows Toto, lol. Then again, I do networking, not programming so much.
So, do you run the advanced power menu module on your stock ROM? I really like the HyperDrive version, I think it's called HyperDrive Device Menu or something.
I want to say I installed wanam and xposed from apk files, no flashing. Maybe I need to start there. Thanks again.
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I don't think that the Rom slots impact each other unless you are running low on space.
I don't have am advanced power menu and I'm not sure what the Hyperdrive one looks like. That said Wanam had a couple of options that extend the power menu that are worth a try.
Everything I've installed has been by directly installing an apk. Except for dark dialer, dark contacts, and call recording.

Devo7v said:
I don't think that the Rom slots impact each other unless you are running low on space.
I don't have am advanced power menu and I'm not sure what the Hyperdrive one looks like. That said Wanam had a couple of options that extend the power menu that are worth a try.
Everything I've installed has been by directly installing an apk. Except for dark dialer, dark contacts, and call recording.
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thanks for the info man. I will try the wanam menu and see, think I tried it once, but still had the issue with the button locking up. One thing for sure, installing these other ROM's gives me plenty of ideas of how to change my stock ROM! BTW, I love D.C. saw the FW's at the National Harbor last year, good time. There's an Amtrak that runs direct from here and you can drink on the train!

Devo7v said:
Yeah, I run Xposed on my stock ROM. The only issue I ever had was a few days ago when I updated XPrivacy and the phone refused to boot. I had to flash the Xposed disabler with SafeStrap. I run the GPE ROM in slot 1 so I can't speak to the way Hyperdrive works. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
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Hey Devo, how do you un-flash something? I flashed a accuweather transparent widget that doesn't work and I think it might have stopped my air gesture from working, just working back from things I have changed recently and that is one of them.

monkeyhouse said:
Hey Devo, how do you un-flash something? I flashed a accuweather transparent widget that doesn't work and I think it might have stopped my air gesture from working, just working back from things I have changed recently and that is one of them.
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You need to open up the zip file and look inside the folders to see what files are flashed and where they ate flashed. This will tell you what files were changed our added then you can manually remove them. I would also ask the creator to post a zip that removes the necessary files to return to stock. It should be easy enough.

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You need to open up the zip file and look inside the folders to see what files are flashed and where they ate flashed. This will tell you what files were changed our added then you can manually remove them. I would also ask the creator to post a zip that removes the necessary files to return to stock. It should be easy enough.
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thanks man, I know that wasn't your issue and I really appreciate your response.

psideburns said:
What's the point of rooting an active if you can't do anything with it. Now you can't even get the new at&t update. Someone explain what the reason is please besides the thrill of pointless tinkering.
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Quite a few apps don't work without root access. Plus it is necessary to be able to use tethering without a separate plan. Battery doctor, quickboot, app quarantine, and titanium backup are just a few on mine.

Xprivacy on Lollipop with locked bootloader?

Hi all!
I wonder if anyone managed to install Xposed & Xprivacy on Lollipop? I tried to install xposed, flashed it through the recovery, restarted the phone which was apparently working fine. I installed then the xposed module manager, it was saying that xposed was installed. I restarted the phone and this time I had a bootloop.
So my question is, has anyone succeeded?
Thanks

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difto said:
Hi all!
I wonder if anyone managed to install Xposed & Xprivacy on Lollipop? I tried to install xposed, flashed it through the recovery, restarted the phone which was apparently working fine. I installed then the xposed module manager, it was saying that xposed was installed. I restarted the phone and this time I had a bootloop.
So my question is, has anyone succeeded?
Thanks
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No luck... even with unlocked BL, Root, and the new Xposed 3.0 alpha3 (xposed-sdk21-arm-20150426.zip)...
Exact same symptoms. Everything else works, but only xprivacy causes the loop...
Anyone else have luck?

Well the développer of xprivacy said that it triggers a bug in xposed and that it cannot do anything before xposed gets updated (which can take time as the xposed developer only works on it as a leisure)

difto said:
Well the développer of xprivacy said that it triggers a bug in xposed and that it cannot do anything before xposed gets updated (which can take time as the xposed developer only works on it as a leisure)
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Hey thanks for the update. Anything we can do to help expedite the bugfix?

you can do this with App Ops , it's on google play.

briarbiz said:
Hey thanks for the update. Anything we can do to help expedite the bugfix?
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I think he suspended the development until Xposed gets updated so no unfortunately.

difto said:
I think he suspended the development until Xposed gets updated so no unfortunately.
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Yeah, I guess it's understandable...
Thanks for the info...

XPosed Breaks WiFi Calling on 10n

Is your WiFi Calling staying connected after updating to 10n? Mine was working fine on 10h, but on 10n it disconnects after 5-10 minutes with a REG99: Unable to connect error and won't reconnect until I reboot the phone.
I did all the troubleshooting steps with T-Force: factory reset, got a new SIM card, got an update sent to the SIM card twice, factory reset again, and no dice.
Is anyone else experiencing this on 10n? I'm on stock rooted 10n (odex).
EDIT: It's XPosed. As long as the XPosed Framework is installed (even with no modules), WiFi Calling is completely broken.

I was getting the same error on 10N. I called and was transferred to Tech Support. They updated my E-911 info and was back up in running in less than 5 minutes

siraltus said:
Is your WiFi Calling staying connected after updating to 10n? Mine was working fine on 10h, but on 10n it disconnects after 5-10 minutes with a REG99: Unable to connect error and won't reconnect until I reboot the phone.
I did all the troubleshooting steps with T-Force: factory reset, got a new SIM card, got an update sent to the SIM card twice, factory reset again, and no dice.
Is anyone else experiencing this on 10n?
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Are you using xposed? I am experiencing same while xposed is installed and it works perfect without...

jamesd1085 said:
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I'm using xposed and it works great (wi-fi calling).

gerald410 said:
I'm using xposed and it works great (wi-fi calling).
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Not the case for me and others are trickling in with the same issue

So I rooted my phone a little more than a week ago and then flashed MicroMod777's rooted stock 10n ROM a few days later. Up until this point, WiFi calling was working. I then flashed the Xposed framework v72, downloaded some modules, and installed them. I realized that WiFi calling was no longer available and would give me the classic REG99 error, unable to connect. Another user on MicroMod777's 10n stock ROM thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...m-g4-h811-10n-stock-rooted-rom-t3188858/page9) had the same problem, though another user responded that Wifi calling was working fine with the 10 ROM and Xposed v72.
I uninstalled Xposed and I could immediately access WiFi calling, so it seems that Xposed is conflicting with the 10n stock ROM's WiFi calling. Same results with v73. Users who are getting WiFi calling to work on Xposed, did you get the official 10n update OTA or flash a rooted ROM? And what version of Xposed are you running?

Synchronicities said:
So I rooted my phone a little more than a week ago and then flashed MicroMod777's rooted stock 10n ROM a few days later. Up until this point, WiFi calling was working. I then flashed the Xposed framework v72, downloaded some modules, and installed them. I realized that WiFi calling was no longer available and would give me the classic REG99 error, unable to connect. Another user on MicroMod777's 10n stock ROM thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...m-g4-h811-10n-stock-rooted-rom-t3188858/page9) had the same problem, though another user responded that Wifi calling was working fine with the 10 ROM and Xposed v72.
I uninstalled Xposed and I could immediately access WiFi calling, so it seems that Xposed is conflicting with the 10n stock ROM's WiFi calling. Same results with v73. Users who are getting WiFi calling to work on Xposed, did you get the official 10n update OTA or flash a rooted ROM? And what version of Xposed are you running?
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Stocked rooted rom and v72 I believe (how to confirm?).

gerald410 said:
Stocked rooted rom and v72 I believe (how to confirm?).
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Open the XPosed Installer app and look in the Framework section.

jamesd1085 said:
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I was having the issue on a totally stock, factory-reset phone with nothing installed.
T-Force opened a ticket with network engineering, supposed to be resolved by tomorrow.

siraltus said:
Not XPosed's fault at all. I was having the issue on a totally stock, factory-reset phone with nothing installed.
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Just asking as i have same issue but only with xposed...as are some others

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Just asking as i have same issue but only with xposed...as are some others
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Interesting.... I wonder why. I have Xposed installed on my Note 4 also and WiFi Calling works perfectly fine there. Might be a specific module causing it.
Come to think of it, when I factory-reset the phone, Xposed was still installed into the system partition, since it's not an app, but a modification to system files.
I will have to re-test after explicitly uninstalling Xposed. It would be a total bummer if Xposed is the problem. And if it is, I hope it's just a specific module that I can disable. I'd hate to lose YouTube AdAway and a few others.

siraltus said:
Interesting.... I wonder why. I have Xposed installed on my Note 4 also and WiFi Calling works perfectly fine there. Might be a specific module causing it.
Come to think of it, when I factory-reset the phone, Xposed was still installed into the system partition, since it's not an app, but a modification to system files.
I will have to re-test after explicitly uninstalling Xposed. It would be a total bummer if Xposed is the problem. And if it is, I hope it's just a specific module that I can disable. I'd hate to lose YouTube AdAway and a few others.
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Mine is broken without even adding modules...fixes instantly after flashing xposed uninstaller

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Mine is broken without even adding modules...fixes instantly after flashing xposed uninstaller
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Well that just sucks. I just uninstalled Xposed and WiFi Calling is staying connected now. This is not good.

siraltus said:
Well that just sucks. I just uninstalled Xposed and WiFi Calling is staying connected now. This is not good.
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Looks like we need to try and get some logs for rovo and hopefully he can easily fix it...
Scrap that! Download SELinux mode changer and change to permissive...instantly popped up and stayed connected! Great news

jamesd1085 said:
Looks like we need to try and get some logs for rovo and hopefully he can easily fix it...
Scrap that! Download SELinux mode changer and change to permissive...instantly popped up and stayed connected! Great news
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O RLY... is that an Xposed module?

siraltus said:
O RLY... is that an Xposed module?
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Try ticking disable resource hooks in exposed installer app...and You can google SELinux mode changer its an app it coonects after boot...takes longer than it used to but its working on my end

siraltus said:
Open the XPosed Installer app and look in the Framework section.
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I'm running v71 thx.

jamesd1085 said:
Try ticking disable resource hooks in exposed installer app...and You can google SELinux mode changer its an app it coonects after boot...takes longer than it used to but its working on my end
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Nope, neither works. WiFi Calling is still busted while Xposed is installed.

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Nope, neither works. WiFi Calling is still busted while Xposed is installed.
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Try unticking disable hooks...it's working fine without that...try a couple reboots...mine has settled in and works fine...also did you opeen the app and grant root and press permissive?

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Try unticking disable hooks...it's working fine without that...try a couple reboots...mine has settled in and works fine...also did you opeen the app and grant root and press permissive?
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Of course I granted root and pressed Permissive, I know what SELinux is. I also unticked that checkbox and rebooted like 5 times. It either never connects or connects and disconnects after 2-3 minutes.

Bein Sport app refuses to work with my rooted Z3C

Hi everyone!
I have a rooted Z3C and it is a fantastic phone, I love it. The problem is that I bought a television sport service that includes the possibility to watch games on your phone, it's called Bein Sport. This app is able to detect root and refuse to play any videos so the service I bought becomes kind of useless
The worst part is that I don't want to mess around, just want to watch games on my phone and use the service for what it was thought. Si I thought i'd give a shout here, has anyone been able to bypass that annoying feature? I don't even understand why they don't like rooted phone
thanks!

McGuigew said:
Hi everyone!
I have a rooted Z3C and it is a fantastic phone, I love it. The problem is that I bought a television sport service that includes the possibility to watch games on your phone, it's called Bein Sport. This app is able to detect root and refuse to play any videos so the service I bought becomes kind of useless
The worst part is that I don't want to mess around, just want to watch games on my phone and use the service for what it was thought. Si I thought i'd give a shout here, has anyone been able to bypass that annoying feature? I don't even understand why they don't like rooted phone
thanks!
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There is an Xposed module for masking root on your phone, not sure if it will work or not. There is another Xposed app that offers help as well.
Installing Xposed can sometimes be tricky, make sure you find the right arm zip or you could be facing bootloops.
The place to start if you want to go down that road is here

Didgesteve said:
There is an Xposed module for masking root on your phone, not sure if it will work or not. There is another Xposed app that offers help as well.
Installing Xposed can sometimes be tricky, make sure you find the right arm zip or you could be facing bootloops.
The place to start if you want to go down that road is here
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Hey Steve, thanks for answering. I am willing to try your solution so I read the page you showed me to install Xposed. I downloaded the last version of the ARM (note arm64, or x86), should I boot into recovery and flash it now? I reaaally don't want to mess up and have to reinstall it all! Is the Z3C part of the phones that have problems with Xposed? cheers!

McGuigew said:
Hey Steve, thanks for answering. I am willing to try your solution so I read the page you showed me to install Xposed. I downloaded the last version of the ARM (note arm64, or x86), should I boot into recovery and flash it now? I reaaally don't want to mess up and have to reinstall it all! Is the Z3C part of the phones that have problems with Xposed? cheers!
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I use Xposed, it's very popular and works fine on the Z3c. I think the emphasis is to read about it before you do it, as many people rush in, go to downloads, install the one with the latest build number and then come crying to the forum about bootloops.
The fact that you have read ahead on the page before you did anything assures me that you won't mess it up :good:
If it reassures you, I am using xposed-v80-sdk22-arm.zip on a 5.1.1. build. But there are more recent versions out now, although I don't know what the advantages of using those are. Perhaps later versions cover the use of MM. Can anybody enlighten me on that?
Edit: Once you have flashed the installer in recovery, restart the phone and then install XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4.apk
With that installed and running you can find the modules and install them.
Each install or change of settings requires a restart.

Didgesteve said:
I use Xposed, it's very popular and works fine on the Z3c. I think the emphasis is to read about it before you do it, as many people rush in, go to downloads, install the one with the latest build number and then come crying to the forum about bootloops.
The fact that you have read ahead on the page before you did anything assures me that you won't mess it up :good:
If it reassures you, I am using xposed-v80-sdk22-arm.zip on a 5.1.1. build. But there are more recent versions out now, although I don't know what the advantages of using those are. Perhaps later versions cover the use of MM. Can anybody enlighten me on that?
Edit: Once you have flashed the installer in recovery, restart the phone and then install XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4.apk
With that installed and running you can find the modules and install them.
Each install or change of settings requires a restart.
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Thanks! I'm gonna procede and give you a heads up! cheers

I am unable to flash the xposed.zip in recovery (Philz). It says "failed to set up expected mounts for install". I have tried on internal SD, external SD and even USB... any idea?

McGuigew said:
I am unable to flash the xposed.zip in recovery (Philz). It says "failed to set up expected mounts for install". I have tried on internal SD, external SD and even USB... any idea?
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Check you have root, install SuperSU and make sure it's up to date

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Check you have root, install SuperSU and make sure it's up to date
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Yep, installed, up do date, and some apps even use my root without any issues

If anyone comes here, here is what happened to me: I tried to install Xposed to try this trick but my phone would'nt falsh because it couldn't mount /system. I assumed that it was a problem with partitions. I tried deleting root manually but the app always found root even when I wasn't rooted anymore (beware, this app is pretty smart). I ended up having to go back to stock which sucks because the battery is really bad in comparison, but anyway I can watch football! Cheers

Magisk v23.0 slows down phone

Hello, I have the following problem, the operating system and the Greenify application worked very well on Magisk v22.1, but after updating to v23.0, there are problems, the operating system itself on the phone is slow and in the Greenify application, I am dissatisfied with this update v23.0 .
Please help what can be done about it.
My HTC U11, Stock ROM.
Greetings.

Noticed this on my Pixel 3 running stock as well. I would have to restart the phone several times to get it running.

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Noticed this on my Pixel 3 running stock as well. I would have to restart the phone several times to get it running.
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I understand it turns out there is a problem with this v23.0 update, I wonder who else has a problem with it, besides us.

I'm not seeing any similar issues on v23 (and haven't on the canary releases leading up to it either). That doesn't mean there isn't a possible issue though...
Have you guys checked your modules if there's a possible culprit there?

Didgeridoohan said:
I'm not seeing any similar issues on v23 (and haven't on the canary releases leading up to it either). That doesn't mean there isn't a possible issue though...
Have you guys checked your modules if there's a possible culprit there?
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I only have these modules and they were on v22.1, they did not cause any problems like this v23.0.

That the modules worked fine in earlier releases doesn't necessarily mean that they work on current/future release...
You need to do some troubleshooting if you're interested in getting to the bottom of this.
Disable modules to figure out if it's one of those. Disable MagiskHide to see if it's connected to that. Etc...

Didgeridoohan said:
That the modules worked fine in earlier releases doesn't necessarily mean that they work on current/future release...
You need to do some troubleshooting if you're interested in getting to the bottom of this.
Disable modules to figure out if it's one of those. Disable MagiskHide to see if it's connected to that. Etc...
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It may be that the module may not work properly on this v23.0.
Okay, I will follow your suggestion on what to do with it, I'll check it out and let you know.
From the very beginning, MagiskHide is turned off.

MagiskHide off, module turned off, Riru, Riru - Edxposed, phone restart, phone working, fast as it was on v.22.1, probably something is wrong with these modules.

Sounds like EdXposed is causing some issues then... You might want to check the Xposed forums and/or EdXposed Github issues to see if there's some mention of similar problems there.

Didgeridoohan said:
Sounds like EdXposed is causing some issues then... You might want to check the Xposed forums and/or EdXposed Github issues to see if there's some mention of similar problems there.
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I will check the forums, maybe I will come across something, and if not, I will also write a post there, maybe a new update of these modules will fix something.
Thanks for your interest in the topic.