So I bought the 3 GB variant of Zenfone Max Pro and to cut the long story short, recently updated to firmware Ver 309 which was released on 14/06/2018. The phone was never rooted.
Asus clearly did not apply itself to the software of the phone which had too many bugs. Anyways, they as an after thought made an effort to rectify them but each update brought a set of new bugs. The Process has been very frustrating to say the least. Anyways, they have a user feedback fourm called Zentalk .
I thought, I would let the know of the new bugs which came to the fore after the recent update which are :
1) Double Tap to wake no longer works
2) Equalizer setting has been deleted and is not available in Google play or any third party app.
3) Now you can't zoom while using portrait mode in rear camera
4) Jump to camera functionality has been removed from gestures
5) Issues with multi touch ( told them to work on them/June Security update)
6) Told them to provide Slow motion and EIS which they talked about during launch
7) Told them to to enable Camera2API, since the native camera app is beyond crap.
Volte not working
mehtasu said:
So I bought the 3 GB variant of Zenfone Max Pro and to cut the long story short, recently updated to firmware Ver 309 which was released on 14/06/2018. The phone was never rooted.
Asus clearly did not apply itself to the software of the phone which had too many bugs. Anyways, they as an after thought made an effort to rectify them but each update brought a set of new bugs. The Process has been very frustrating to say the least. Anyways, they have a user feedback fourm called Zentalk .
I thought, I would let the know of the new bugs which came to the fore after the recent update which are :
1) Double Tap to wake no longer works
2) Equalizer setting has been deleted and is not available in Google play or any third party app.
3) Now you can't zoom while using portrait mode in rear camera
4) Jump to camera functionality has been removed from gestures
5) Issues with multi touch ( told them to work on them/June Security update)
6) Told them to provide Slow motion and EIS which they talked about during launch
7) Told them to to enable Camera2API, since the native camera app is beyond crap.
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1. Dt2w/dt2s works perfectly for me on 309. Just try switching dt2w off and on in settings, then it might work.
2. Never used equaliser earlier. Never even realised it existed.
3. Most of the mobiles don't allow to zoom in during portrait shots. Moreover digital is practically nothing but a cropped image.
4. I never had jump to camera functionality.
5. June security patch will correct it have patience.
6. Too waiting for slow motion. EIS is already there , if you want more stabilization download nokia 8 camera app , it doesn't require root.
7. CAMERA2API will never be enabled , don't wait for it its better to root instead.
Few more problems and requirements are there like
* No support for LIVE WALLPAPERS.
* Sound is very low through wired and wireless earphones.
* Navigation gestures ( though I am use xda nav bar app).
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senthilvigneshkumar said:
Volte not working
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Its working perfectly.
Check if you have enabled ENHANCED 4G LTE Mode.
Its under MOBILE NETWORK settings.
If not enable it.
Abby 244 said:
Its working perfectly.
Check if you have enabled ENHANCED 4G LTE Mode.
Its under MOBILE NETWORK settings.
If not enable it.
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I enabled it.
The peoblem seems to be the network provider don't recognise my device to be new one. My old device is shown in weblogin of vodafone. Odd
Anyway to reset the network?
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Even my new imei is not getting registered. I tried with another mobile. Imei for that got registered. But not for this mobile alone
The only bug i encountered is MusicFX being removed after the update, other than that the phone's perfectly fine.
Hey Guys,
do you think it´s real? :cyclops:
https://www.gizmochina.com/2018/10/01/download-android-9-pie-update-for-huawei-mate-10-pro/
Can you help me?
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Download Android P for Huawei Mate 10 pro
BLA-L09C432E4R1P8B108-log – 9.0.0.108
Download Update.Zip
Download Data File update_full_BLA-L09_hw_eu.zip
BLA-L29C432E4R1P8B108-log – 9.0.0.108
Download Update.Zip
Download Data File update_full_BLA-L29_hw_eu.zip
If you are going to flash the new ROM manually, we suggest you take a backup before proceeding. Also, keep your device charged more than 70%. Well, how many of you have already received the Android 9.0 update on your Mate 10 Pro?
HauAbDuLauch said:
Hey Guys,
do you think it´s real? :cyclops:
https://www.gizmochina.com/2018/10/01/download-android-9-pie-update-for-huawei-mate-10-pro/
Can you help me?
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Download Android P for Huawei Mate 10 pro
BLA-L09C432E4R1P8B108-log – 9.0.0.108
Download Update.Zip
Download Data File update_full_BLA-L09_hw_eu.zip
BLA-L29C432E4R1P8B108-log – 9.0.0.108
Download Update.Zip
Download Data File update_full_BLA-L29_hw_eu.zip
If you are going to flash the new ROM manually, we suggest you take a backup before proceeding. Also, keep your device charged more than 70%. Well, how many of you have already received the Android 9.0 update on your Mate 10 Pro?
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Help you with what? ? That's another fake news, there's no official roll-out, just beta versions for those that joined the beta testing project.
Pretoriano80 said:
Help you with what? That's another fake news, there's no official roll-out, just beta versions for those that joined the beta testing project.
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..........ok sorry....
Good day,
9.0.0.108 (C432E4R1P8log).
Are we all on this version?
It would be good to share experiences.
First experience:
surfed for almost 1 hour, recorded clips and recordings, played music, started new crazy options, loaded with the site, played mobile on smart TV via the "smart board" option, adjusted the options. spent about 5 hours almost without interruption. The battery ran out from 100% to 78%, while nothing was out of the question.
-the "smart board" option gives you all the content of your mobile on TV and work your fingertips on the screen on TV, from e-mail, viewing clips to playing,
- the option for a "wallet" is relaxed, but in Serbia,
the screen of the mobile station is a smart board,
4K video recording,
in 720 resolution, the video clips can be slowed from 120 fps to 960 fps. Perfect.
Some strange things,
the Wifi signal is continuously plugged in and I can not touch it by touching it,
In the label it says that the battery is 100% and in the settings there is actual consumption, discrepancy or what.
Mobile does not heat up while the camera is working.
They were a bit trickier with notifications when using melody and tuning.
There is no working TWRP for EMUI 9 and it cannot be rooted so far...
From what I am familiar Huawei blocked the option to unlock the bootloader therefore it cant be rooted, correct me if I am wrong?
Does the Always On Display have a functionality to customize it in 9.0 beta?
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Does the Always On Display have a functionality to customize it in 9.0 beta?
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Nope!
DominatorX1 said:
From what I am familiar Huawei blocked the option to unlock the bootloader therefore it cant be rooted, correct me if I am wrong?
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It's because it uses system-as-root.
Normally this can be "fixed" by removing skipinitramfs in kernel, but Huawei removed it completely.
So we have to wait for TopJohnWu to release some solution OR for kernel sources to see if ramdisk can be enabled again (if only to start magisk)
So this can not be downloaded and flashed??
That is correct.
Hi guys,
I have a debranded P10 c432 on emui 8. Firmware Finder report a VTR-LGRP2-OVS 9.0.1 Full OTA it's a strange name, very different from the one based on emui 8 that are somehting like "VTR-L09C432".
So:
Can I install that fw and go to emui 9?
Is it worth updating? the system is slow? battery life? how about the video stabilization?
Can I root?
Can I downgrade, eventually?
thank you in advance
This method work for my
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78850439&postcount=1334
1. The best you can do untill ota arrives is to try via hicare. That way i managed to install emui9 on my vtr-l29c432. The firmwares on ff might cause a brick if it's not the right one for your device so i don't think it's worth the risk.
2.In terms of performace i find the overall system a bit faster and smoother in transitions so for me it's a worth upgrade. No slowdowns or whatever, it's quick and stable with no issues so far (approx. 2weeks of use). Battery seems to be the same, depends on your usage, it may dry fast if you always on screen or it can last a full day if you don't stress it out. About the video i'm not so sure about it but on 1080p 60fps seems to be fine but again i'm not sure about it. I dont record that much on the phone, i ocasionally take some pictures and the camera seems to be fine. Maybe with future updates will be better. It's all about your preferences.
3. I don't use root but maybe it's possible with magisk.
4.Yes, with hisuite.
first thank you so much @Firicel69
then
Necrodaemon said:
This method work for my
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78850439&postcount=1334
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mmmm why I need all these hisuite stuff for OVS if I have the unlocked bl and twrp installed? I don't understand this OVS thing...
RealPsygnosis said:
first thank you so much @Firicel69
then
mmmm why I need all these hisuite stuff for OVS if I have the unlocked bl and twrp installed? I don't understand this OVS thing...
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When you have bootloader unlocked an TWRP installed make it easy
Look for upgrading to pie Tutorial at this Forum by @Jannomag!
Last Version to use on FF is 9.0.1.165...
I have a P10, rebranded from L09 to L29 with bootloader unlock...
@Jannomag s tutorial is working fine, no Problems with updating so far...
RealPsygnosis said:
Hi guys,
I have a debranded P10 c432 on emui 8. Firmware Finder report a VTR-LGRP2-OVS 9.0.1 Full OTA it's a strange name, very different from the one based on emui 8 that are somehting like "VTR-L09C432".
So:
Can I install that fw and go to emui 9?
Is it worth updating? the system is slow? battery life? how about the video stabilization?
Can I root?
Can I downgrade, eventually?
thank you in advance
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To upgrade to EMUI 9, you need a full firmware - those are listed as VTR-L29C432E1R1P9B165 (9.0.1.165), as an example. The LGRP2 firmwares, those are core system update images for non-Chinese devices (the Bnnn portion of the build number); they split the pieces apart into separately versioned bits with Pie.
I can't say anything for EMUI 9 features specifically, as I installed it for the updated vendor image, not EMUI.
You can root, with Magisk. They removed the ability to boot with a ramdisk in a normal boot, so Magisk takes over recovery instead; newer releases can boot both ways by button detection at boot time.
Downgrade - hisuite.
My battery life went down, but to early to say, because theese Huaweis is smart and needs time to learn habits and battery use... In two weeks I know more.
I don't think it's worth it. Smoother animations and better zoom photo quality are the only upsides. Other than that:
- camera app is much less intuitive, swiping between modes is slow and irritating, that's one of the things that should not be copied from iOS
- no video stabilization whatsoever
- image color processing is a hit and miss (it hates nature), when it gets slightly darker images are too dark
- I lost 1 hour of screen on time
- gallery app is stupid, it lost all the customization. You can't change folders to a list, you can't even rearrange the order!
- screenshot "mechanic" is stupid, it adds one unnecessary step to the process if you want to edit it or something
- themes app is unuseable, it got worse going from Nougat to Oreo, now it's just a messy store. Keep the theme you're on right now and forget about it.
- NFC issues (file transfer works, mobile payments don't).
In short - If your P10 works fine don't bother with the update.
majaczos said:
I don't think it's worth it. Smoother animations and better zoom photo quality are the only upsides. Other than that:
- camera app is much less intuitive, swiping between modes is slow and irritating, that's one of the things that should not be copied from iOS
- no video stabilization whatsoever
- image color processing is a hit and miss (it hates nature), when it gets slightly darker images are too dark
- I lost 1 hour of screen on time
- gallery app is stupid, it lost all the customization. You can't change folders to a list, you can't even rearrange the order!
- screenshot "mechanic" is stupid, it adds one unnecessary step to the process if you want to edit it or something
- themes app is unuseable, it got worse going from Nougat to Oreo, now it's just a messy store. Keep the theme you're on right now and forget about it.
- NFC issues (file transfer works, mobile payments don't).
In short - If your P10 works fine don't bother with the update.
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Can underline this.
Also the Memo-App is bad now, no more tick-boxes for quick notes (which is really annoying) and other small issues.
On of the most annyoing is the changing of notification colors on the lockscreen. This is so infuriating for me.....
I dig the Pie, better blutooth, and cams and gallery is nice here, also like the look on swipe menu, and maneuver...
The battery is better today.. I've blockcharged while I was in the shower and 50% now...
It's an old phone.. so I usually block charge abit on the night, in weekend I tend to stay up abit later also...
The phone is faster loading and multitasking.
Gallery is nice? What's nice about it? Blinding white background while viewing your pictures? Or the fact that you cannot do such basic thing as rearranging the order of your folders?
Pie on p10 is very battery efficient. It's so efficient at killing background processes that even calendar notifications won't work properly anymore. Last time I had alarm 22 hours and some minutes late. All other notifications appear at very random times, but always very late. Notifications work fine only for a few days until the app probably gets kicked out of ram. Completeley useless.
And then there is camera with much worse low light quality, bluetooth problems, useless themes app and bunch of other completely useless features and I'm slowly having enough of huawei and their updates. I've had my p10 since march 2017 and I don't think it ever worked without at least one major bug.
Ok I get the point, pie is for someone good and for - too many - a mess. But, maybe because it's a beta? On FF I cannot understand if it9s a beta release or not. Because some other versions of oreo are been released on April with Pie.
And BTW I have spend some time to read some threads here (dated March) and the @Jannomag scripts and it's obvious that it's too early to install it. There is no TWRP, and install magisk is completed and unreliable.
So maybe I will update oreo and wait that pie is mature enough at least that I could install twrp and magisk. Because, honestly, I don't care that gallery app or themes are worst, I could always replace them,the importance is that the system is usable.
It's not a beta. I got it through HiCare app, it's an official OTA update. Besides - most of the things I'm complaining about are present in P30 as well. That's how EMUI 9 is supposed to work.
@Imnotdriving, how is Bluetooth better? Asking because it might be a factor in my decision to upgrade ?
As it turns out, my phone got the pie update last night so I got my own answer. One previously stubborn to connect speaker now connects quickly with aptx Bluetooth hence confirming that Bluetooth is improved.
Otherwise I like the new gesture navigation option in this update. Beyond that, not much is different for the way I use the phone.
There are a lot of new services running and I disabled about a dozen of the low hanging fruit. There's more that I'm sure I'll disable over time once I find out what they do.
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@Imnotdriving, how is Bluetooth better? Asking because it might be a factor in my decision to upgrade [emoji6]
As it turns out, my phone got the pie update last night so I got my own answer. One previously stubborn to connect speaker now connects quickly with aptx Bluetooth hence confirming that Bluetooth is improved.
Otherwise I like the new gesture navigation option in this update. Beyond that, not much is different for the way I use the phone.
There are a lot of new services running and I disabled about a dozen of the low hanging fruit. There's more that I'm sure I'll disable over time once I find out what they do.
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The information in the update link spesofic stated that blutooth functions would be better, I don't remember exactly what it said.
Guys what package should I use for upgrade?
VTR-LGRP2-OVS 9.0.1.203
Or
VTR-L29C432E1R1P9B185
Both full ota
The OVS one is just one package update_full_base. Zip but it seems newer then the b185
RealPsygnosis said:
Guys what package should I use for upgrade?
VTR-LGRP2-OVS 9.0.1.203
Or
VTR-L29C432E1R1P9B185
Both full ota
The OVS one is just one package update_full_base. Zip but it seems newer then the b185
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For the initial update, the LGRP1/LGRP2 packages shouldn't be used - while it's marked FullOTA, it's not a complete build, as it's missing various partitions that need to be flashed in an upgrade from Oreo. (Basically, you'll brick if you flash one of those.)
If you're already on Pie, either works equally well.
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For the initial update, the LGRP1/LGRP2 packages shouldn't be used - while it's marked FullOTA, it's not a complete build, as it's missing various partitions that need to be flashed in an upgrade from Oreo. (Basically, you'll brick if you flash one of those.)
If you're already on Pie, either works equally well.
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So I should use the VTR-L29C432E1R1P9B185 package with the script here? After that I can update pie with LGRP2? But is LGRP2-OVS a sort of beta?
Do you advise me to use the jannomag script or the hi suite trick with dns?
I hope everything goes fine, I want to do a full wipe and install magisk
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So I should use the VTR-L29C432E1R1P9B185 package with the script here? After that I can update pie with LGRP2? But is LGRP2-OVS a sort of beta?
Do you advise me to use the jannomag script or the hi suite trick with dns?
I hope everything goes fine, I want to do a full wipe and install magisk
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I've done all of my updates to P using a nocheck recovery. I can't say anything about the tricks with HiSuite or the script you've mentioned, though they should work just fine.
As far as the build numbers go: LGRP1-CHN and LGRP2-OVS are the China and everywhere else builds, respectively. It's possible that some of them might be beta, though I suspect the release notes would give up some indication of that.
Turns out that the stock Samsung Gallery has a secret menu, and it`s easy to enable it, take a look.
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Best part is that it runs on One UI 3.1/3.0/2.5 and 2.1 so even earlier devices should benefit.
Test it for yourself and let us know here what you were able to activate or de-activate.
Doesn't do anything on my Note 10+ /Pie.
Damn! Which version are you using (Gallery & One UI)? It should work back to One UI 2.1 - can you try again - you have to aim for the last few digits - I myself did not get it the first time...
velqn said:
Damn! Which version are you using (Gallery & One UI)? It should work back to One UI 2.1 - can you try again - you have to aim for the last few digits - I myself did not get it the first time...
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Gallery 10.2.00.19/ One UI vers 10.0.40.6
No go with this version.
Samsung is fond of hidden secret menus. Who knows how many there really are?
I found one by accident over a year ago.
Really? Those goofballs would have you tapping on everything. It's more than just annoying.
Anymore I cringed at updating any Samsung apk other than Wearables. Last update on the Good Lock family of apps left it with dumb looking creepy dancing icons on the main menu and zero tangible functionality improvements.
Small wonder I'm still running Pie; don't need AT&T/Samsung and Google screwing up -my- N10+!
I found a few more in Bixby (allowing capsule test) and S Health (a bit more settings) - still testing them...
Agree - stick on Pie - unless you dont want to test next versions
I finally got it to work. You have to press on the version number several times not the word Gallery. Kind of interesting....
I tried and it did not work, but i tried harder, and being pixel perfect? It did work on A32 latest version.
Works on my S21+ (stock) with all the latest updates. Thanks!
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I found the following info on some Chinese sites about how to fix notifications (also in dark mode?). The problem seems that Vivo.pem or vivo kills the google play services to save battery - thereby killing many notifications too.
Fix is a clutch but could work even with .pem not removed.
Open Vivo phone - dial *#*#426#*#*
Then lock the open FCM diagnostics play services app in the recent apps drawer by putting the lock symbol.
Needs to be done after every reboot and you must not manually remove the app by swiping it up. You can save quick dial codes in your contacts (as they will not be saved to the recent call list).
The problem is - play services cannot be added to autostart...
Seems to be working for a start for me - but not sure if it really does. Info from here: https://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=754&t=6723285
Edit: so far it seems to be working for me. I will not dare to try what happens if I enable power saving mode - because each time so far that meant I would need to reset all permissions for some apps like Signal even after disabling as they would then miss notifications. But dark mode seems to be usable.
Doesn't really work for dark mode. What the above does is, that it removes the need to remove vivo.pem - but if you activate dark mode then notifications will not arrive after a certain time of no use - like 10 minutes or so.
Dark mode therefore is still broken (tested mainly with gmail).
some of our guys on telegram emailed vivo and they said that an update is coming to fix dark mode
SirTAVARES said:
some of our guys on telegram emailed vivo and they said that an update is coming to fix dark mode
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yeah, what vivo (support) tells and what actually happens has always been a big discrepancy... It's been several updates and dark mode still broken. With the above fix of locking the FCM window it just works a bit differently to no notification at all, but no notification at all if phone has been idle for some minutes.
It's a feature not a bug...
And yeah the alternative is to install another notification app altogether - but I am pretty sure that will decrease battery life as you then have an active pull instead of the standard android push for notifcations which uses very little battery. Or use dark mode and install "heartbeeat fixer for GCM" and set it to 1 minute to force the phone to never sleep.... Both not good solutions.
Actually the only updates available were on trial so let's see if they actually release something.
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Actually the only updates available were on trial so let's see if they actually release something.
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No all trials so far were released as official update 7 days later or so... Except todays newest trial update - all trials have made it to normal version. No beta update ever however AFAIK.