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Black screen on Intellilikn in my new Opel Astra

I´ve bought an Opel Astra K and I want to use Android Auto, but the car screen is always black.
The supossed requirements to run Android Auto is to have a phone with Android 5.0. I have an Elephone P7000 with Android 5.0 and Android Auto installed. When I try to use it in my car, Android Auto starts in my phone (I see the black screen which shows "Android Auto" title) but the screen in my car is always in black.
Could someone tell me what I need to run Android Auto with my phone and my car?
Should I buy a new phone for this end?
Thanks and regards

with me Meizu m1 note is exactly the same

barraker said:
with me Meizu m1 note is exactly the same
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I guess to have Android 5.0 is not the only requisite to use Android Auto... maybe Google should take a look on this..

chema88 said:
I´ve bought an Opel Astra K and I want to use Android Auto, but the car screen is always black.
The supossed requirements to run Android Auto is to have a phone with Android 5.0. I have an Elephone P7000 with Android 5.0 and Android Auto installed. When I try to use it in my car, Android Auto starts in my phone (I see the black screen which shows "Android Auto" title) but the screen in my car is always in black.
Could someone tell me what I need to run Android Auto with my phone and my car?
Should I buy a new phone for this end?
Thanks and regards
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try to experiment with other phone with android 511 or higher and with a good quality USB cable

war1 said:
try to experiment with other phone with android 511 or higher and with a good quality USB cable
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I tried with Huawei P8 lite and Moto G 1st gen (both 5.0) and I got nothing. It works with Nexus 5

Moto G 1st gen the same

Also Moto G 4G

I had the same problem in my Astra.
I've solved it following this steps:
- Wait until the bluetooth connection is fully established.
- Unlock the smartphone (i think is key for this problem)
- Plug the USB cable.
I'm doing it that way since last two weeks and i haven't seen the black screen again on my Intellilink.
Hope it helps.

I have same problem whit samsung A5 (android 5.1).
And secound problem with android auto app (ver. 1.5) in huawei p8lite.
I try connecting phone (android 5.0.1) to opel Astra k.
It works but doesn't refresh screan.
I must tourn on or down the volumne and then screan updates.
Any idea ?

Any workaround about this issue? I'm having the same problem with my Honor 7. Already contacted the Opel Team but that issue seemed to be new to them. I guess it's rather and android/google problem than that of the carmaker. A friend of mine is having the same problems with his Huawei Smartphone, while his wife's Samsung is working.
Both Huwaei/Honor phones run with Android 5 and 6, respectively....

I have an Opel Adam with the Intellilink system. I have the same problem, when connecting Android Auto all I get is a black screen. Sometimes it works and when it does it's really reliable. But it is very rare that it works. I have tried a dozen different phones.
I was wondering if you have Flexdock on your Astra? I have Flexdock on my Adam and I have been thinking if this has something to do with it.
By the way, Apple Carplay seems to work okay. It connects every time but I would prefer using Android.
chema88 said:
I´ve bought an Opel Astra K and I want to use Android Auto, but the car screen is always black.
The supossed requirements to run Android Auto is to have a phone with Android 5.0. I have an Elephone P7000 with Android 5.0 and Android Auto installed. When I try to use it in my car, Android Auto starts in my phone (I see the black screen which shows "Android Auto" title) but the screen in my car is always in black.
Could someone tell me what I need to run Android Auto with my phone and my car?
Should I buy a new phone for this end?
Thanks and regards
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erke_ms said:
I had the same problem in my Astra.
I've solved it following this steps:
- Wait until the bluetooth connection is fully established.
- Unlock the smartphone (i think is key for this problem)
- Plug the USB cable.
I'm doing it that way since last two weeks and i haven't seen the black screen again on my Intellilink.
Hope it helps.
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I am also having this problem despite following these steps... any suggestions? So frustrating as it work sometimes....

Luke.bartholomew1 said:
I am also having this problem despite following these steps... any suggestions? So frustrating as it work sometimes....
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Same here. These steps didn't help me.
And to add to the misery, AA stopped working completely. The app won't launch anymore when connecting the phone to the car. I'm not getting the black AA splash screen anymore and the car's head unit won't recognize the connection. So I kinda got rid of the black screen problem I have tried clearing cache, uninstall followed by reinstall, pretty much everything besides restoring the phone to factory settings.

chema88 said:
I´ve bought an Opel Astra K and I want to use Android Auto, but the car screen is always black.
The supossed requirements to run Android Auto is to have a phone with Android 5.0. I have an Elephone P7000 with Android 5.0 and Android Auto installed. When I try to use it in my car, Android Auto starts in my phone (I see the black screen which shows "Android Auto" title) but the screen in my car is always in black.
Could someone tell me what I need to run Android Auto with my phone and my car?
Should I buy a new phone for this end?
Thanks and regards
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There appears to be major problems with Android Auto and Intellilink 4.0. My car has been into the dealer 3 times in 3 weeks (only just bought it!) And Vauxhall have drawn a blank on what's going on, although Vauxhall have confirmed they know there are problems with their system. I've also got Google on the case analysing debug outputs from my phone by the Android Auto team at Mountain View.
So long as you have installed Android Auto on your phone and responded to the setup prompts, that's all you can do. My car touchscreen often just blanks when I connect the phone too. It is driving me mad.

mjt0801 said:
There appears to be major problems with Android Auto and Intellilink 4.0. My car has been into the dealer 3 times in 3 weeks (only just bought it!) And Vauxhall have drawn a blank on what's going on, although Vauxhall have confirmed they know there are problems with their system. I've also got Google on the case analysing debug outputs from my phone by the Android Auto team at Mountain View.
So long as you have installed Android Auto on your phone and responded to the setup prompts, that's all you can do. My car touchscreen often just blanks when I connect the phone too. It is driving me mad.
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Okay, that figures. I remember now reading something about Opel/Vauxhall knowing about this problem before. I contacted Opel too and they told me visit the dealer but after what you told, I guess I will pass and let them work it out first.

smatty1 said:
Okay, that figures. I remember now reading something about Opel/Vauxhall knowing about this problem before. I contacted Opel too and they told me visit the dealer but after what you told, I guess I will pass and let them work it out first.
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I've booked my car in with the vauxhall dealer to have it looked at... However when i said my problem was with android auto, the guy said "what's android auto?" :crying:
So I'm not filled with hope.... On the upside however, I contacted vauxhall head office and a very helpful lady (who knew what android auto was!) said that because it works sometimes, the issue lies with their system and not android auto (so potentially fixable without Google...
She said that there have been a few similar complaints aswell but these were resolved....fingers crossed because it's great when it works... Will update

Luke.bartholomew1 said:
I've booked my car in with the vauxhall dealer to have it looked at... However when i said my problem was with android auto, the guy said "what's android auto?" :crying:
So I'm not filled with hope.... On the upside however, I contacted vauxhall head office and a very helpful lady (who knew what android auto was!) said that because it works sometimes, the issue lies with their system and not android auto (so potentially fixable without Google...
She said that there have been a few similar complaints aswell but these were resolved....fingers crossed because it's great when it works... Will update
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Would you mind letting us know if the dealer was able to do anything to fix this? I would be interested to hear anything you could tell after the service.
I really hate being stuck on an iPhone and Carplay, which has its problems too, it keeps dropping connection randomly

smatty1 said:
Would you mind letting us know if the dealer was able to do anything to fix this? I would be interested to hear anything you could tell after the service.
I really hate being stuck on an iPhone and Carplay, which has its problems too, it keeps dropping connection randomly
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Will do. Taking it in tomorrow.
With your issues does it ever work? As i tested it an hour ago and everything was fine.... Tested it 5 minutes ago... Black screen is back

Luke.bartholomew1 said:
Will do. Taking it in tomorrow.
With your issues does it ever work? As i tested it an hour ago and everything was fine.... Tested it 5 minutes ago... Black screen is back
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It used to work at times, but most of the time I would just get that same annoying black screen. But now it won't even give black screen anymore, nothing happens when plugging an Android phone.

smatty1 said:
It used to work at times, but most of the time I would just get that same annoying black screen. But now it won't even give black screen anymore, nothing happens when plugging an Android phone.
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So I took it to the dealer and after explaining to them what android auto actually is!! We plugged the phone in and it worked. 10 times in a row....I hate intermittent problems .
So the guy said there was nothing they could do since it was working now but to bring it back if it stops again.... Getting the S7 edge next week so will wait and see how that works.... Apologies i haven't got a better answer for you...

Android Auto connectivity workaround that works!

Workaround that works 100% of the time for those having trouble connecting.
Unlock phone and turn on car or head unit. Note you should have android auto installed already before this will work. Plug in the cable to your phone and you will hear the link sound and the screen on your phone will flash off for just a second. As quickly as possible once the screen goes black on your phone uncable the phone and reconnect it. I know this sounds janky, but it really works. You can tell it is working by the screen on your head unit going black in the background and you will see the android auto icon sI have tried all suggested fixes and this is the only one that works 100% of the time. It also does not take over the telephone's display so you can navigate to other apps and still have android auto running. It is quick and gives you the best of both worlds. I almost returned my 2016 gti due to the frustration from this issue, but now it is no big deal.
Hope this helps guys and gals.

No. For what I read , the only API available for 3rd parties are to send messages and music, and that, using google interface. No other developer can do anything with AA.

List your issues with P30 Pro

Not sure if this is permitted by the mods, but let's make a list of issues and bugs you experience on your P30 Pro. It's a fantastic device, but every now and then I run into, or hear about some stupid issue that impacts the overall experience, but probably could be fixed if reported.
Two of my biggest issues right now:
screen gets unresponsive at times in the bottom left corner
sometimes when I pull down WhatsApp notifications, if there are more of them they get stuck on the screen and won't pull back up, not even using the back key, only swiping them one by one gets them off the screen

My only issue: Having to pay to a rip off like FunkyHuawei to get my official updates!

JazonX said:
My only issue: Having to pay to a rip off like FunkyHuawei to get my official updates!
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I followed the instructions in the link to the thread below to get the latest updates.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hu...orial-vog-l29-flash-firmware-153-usb-t3928793

Ghost vibrations.. I have turned off vibrations now since it does vibrate without getting notifications like once or twice/hour or 2...

Updates from Huawei seem very staggered, seem to mainly be looking after their own country who seem to be about 3 firmware’s ahead of a lot of other places. i know a lot are getting v153 now but why are a lot going straight from 124 to 153 yet some places got fw's in-between in the 140's? i am currently on 124 and my provider EE in the uk say they still haven’t received any newer fw from Huawei since v124.
Issues with screen response, sometimes i have to tap home button a couple of times for it to register, same with some notifications when i unlock the screen, having to tap them a few times.
The software is really rubbish compared to Samsung, i have only just come over to Huawei from Samsung, i had an s8 and it had not long got One Ui, and that genuinely felt more developed, faster and smoother on my s8 that one this p30 pro.
There’s been a couple of times i have contacted the Huawei chat on the Hicare app and they are really funny cause whatever i tell them my issue is they seem to always want me to completely reset my device.
I keep getting really annoying gray bubble pop up notifications telling me apps have been blocked from showing their dropzone and other notifications similar that i know has happened, like sound has been changed etc, not sure how to turn them off cause i don't need them to keep telling me.
I don't understand why Huawei would release a flagship phone and not have the software just feel complete and nice because at the end of the day it’s that which you pretty much judge the phone on.
I guess i also don't like that there seems to be too many settings to change and turn off to make the phone useable, that’s why doing a flash that wipes the phone is really putting me off doing that and using the method that’s being used at the moment to update to 153 via the OTG method.
The screen auto brightness bug that’s not a bug according to huawei and is a feature? The fact that every time i restart my phone i turn auto brightness off and then it comes back on every restart! It really makes me laugh that they think forcing you to have to do that every time you restart is a good feature to have. They say it saves power so it good, yes if you leave it on! i was talking to them and said well the slider is there to have auto on or not so if people wanted it on, they would leave it on would they not? It’s not the biggest issue in the world but it’s fun arguing with them about it, it does annoy me though lol

My issue is simple, EMUI.
Coming from an S10 and oneUI and mix 3 with miui made me realize how bad EMUI is in everything, cloning iOS, native apps like dialer gallery calendar, missed up setrings, Crippled animations (this is a huge one) and notifications. Stupid decissions like launching the camera with volume down. Many many things
I just wish Huawei support at least native Android interface, animations and gestures

Hello,
I have P30 Pro L29 Global
256GB with 8GB of RAM
Update 9.1.0.140
My issue previouly was huge battery drain which makes no sense for p30 pro to run out of battery at 7pm (100% at 7.00am) for moderate usage.
So I have tried clearing cache partition and factory reset several times to find out the culprit. It seems the battery drain stops when I factory reset and did not restore anything from HiSuite (I start fresh).
Setting > Battery > Usage
What I noticed was that the battery drain seems to happen when "Phone Services" at 34% usage. Initially I thought it was normal but after comparing with the p30 pro's of my colleague, her "Phone Services" always lower than 2% usage.
The main culprit that i suspected was Carrier Services which I didn't update till this day in playstore.
I also stop the Carrier Services in Developer mode 1 time.
Until now my battery life is superb. Lasting me 30 hours of moderate usage (still have 37%) at the time I recharge.
Sent from my VOG-L29 using Tapatalk

- Firmware updates are messed up, they need to fix this
- Annoying beeps without any notification icon
- Memory management is way to agressive (softphones like skype keep missing calls)
- Native android options are missing
- Response to back button or home button is sometimes not working only after after pressing it multiple times it works.
All above can easily be fixed, the real question is will they fix it ?

Issues i have is that sometimes when i m fast typing a message the keyboard disappeared(i m using gestures, I don't know if this is the case) and the AOD with smart view flip case issue. Other than that i have zero issues, extreme great battery life 2 full days with normal use(facebook ,instagram ,mail ,chatting, light gaming e.t.c.) and 35% left or 1+ day heavy usage. I m coming from p20 pro and yes at the beginning i was very fraustrating with emui and how it works, but after learned and used to it, i loved it(it should be smoother though). My major complain is the lack of notification led, I missed it soooo much.

I have the P30 Pro, VOG-AL10, 8GB/512GB model; gifted from a friend
I have a couple annoyances
1) My biggest problem (along with any other mainland Android phone I've owned) is there is no way to force full encryption. You can only add stuff to the "safe."
2) My second annoyance is the aggressive power management. I've done a lot of my own tweaking so it doesn't force close my Cisco AnyConnect client for example. I use LastPass for password management and for whatever reason, whenever I re-open the app it requires I use my 2FA again even when I choose remember for 30 days. I don't know if this is a LastPass problem or what. The only way to keep it from resetting is to keep it active in my open apps.
3) Even though I use Chrome as the default browser, for certain tasks (like using a WiFi hotspot that requires registration), it will still open in the default browser which you need to accept their TOS to use...
4) I use SwiftKeys as my default keyboard. I have the Huawei IME unchecked. I use the phone, after a while the Huawei IME will get enabled again.

The BIGGEST issue I am facing is the lack of the Camera2.API implementation with the p30 pro

papavales said:
Issues i have is that sometimes when i m fast typing a message the keyboard disappeared(i m using gestures, I don't know if this is the case) and the AOD with smart view flip case issue. Other than that i have zero issues, extreme great battery life 2 full days with normal use(facebook ,instagram ,mail ,chatting, light gaming e.t.c.) and 35% left or 1+ day heavy usage. I m coming from p20 pro and yes at the beginning i was very fraustrating with emui and how it works, but after learned and used to it, i loved it(it should be smoother though). My major complain is the lack of notification led, I missed it soooo much.
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I've this problem when typing while using Whatsapp I don't know why but sometimes I go to the home screen accidentally while I'm typing

Supreme_One said:
I've this problem when typing while using Whatsapp I don't know why but sometimes I go to the home screen accidentally while I'm typing
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Yes exactly. Do you also use gestures?

papavales said:
Yes exactly. Do you also use gestures?
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Not anymore

JazonX said:
My only issue: Having to pay to a rip off like FunkyHuawei to get my official updates!
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Even doing that you can render certain features unusable since they aren't certified so saftey net fails meaning some games, banking apps and g pay won't work. I've reset using the USB method mentioned and have everything back to normal. Just going to be patient instead of blowing cash and wrecking stuff.
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I think aperture mode is rubbish. Really poor quality, unless anyone has any suggestion to improve it. However just standard photos of objects seems to have fairly decent bokeh by default so use that as a kind of object portrait mode.

Elvent said:
Hello,
I have P30 Pro L29 Global
256GB with 8GB of RAM
Update 9.1.0.140
My issue previouly was huge battery drain which makes no sense for p30 pro to run out of battery at 7pm (100% at 7.00am) for moderate usage.
So I have tried clearing cache partition and factory reset several times to find out the culprit. It seems the battery drain stops when I factory reset and did not restore anything from HiSuite (I start fresh).
Setting > Battery > Usage
What I noticed was that the battery drain seems to happen when "Phone Services" at 34% usage. Initially I thought it was normal but after comparing with the p30 pro's of my colleague, her "Phone Services" always lower than 2% usage.
The main culprit that i suspected was Carrier Services which I didn't update till this day in playstore.
I also stop the Carrier Services in Developer mode 1 time.
Until now my battery life is superb. Lasting me 30 hours of moderate usage (still have 37%) at the time I recharge.
Sent from my VOG-L29 using Tapatalk
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I am not sure I understand what your problem was precisely and how did you solve it?

drcldrcl said:
I am not sure I understand what your problem was precisely and how did you solve it?
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Issue : abnormal Battery Drain & The device heat up when I connect to other bluetooth device (which never happened on my mate 20)
I want to put a screenshot here to let you guys see what i mean. but still dont have permission.
Sent from my VOG-L29 using Tapatalk

Android Auto doesn't work most of the time, and when it does, it stops working after a couple of minutes.

1) No Bootloader unlock
2) No way to set Alarm tone Globally
3) Missing an option to install firmware manually
4) Change volume without preview sound
5) Some basic apps are not system apps and when uninstalling them having no way of getting them back (not available on PlayStore, AppStore)

Im on 9.1.0.131 firmware.
My problems are:
1. Phone sometimes vibrates without any notification icon
2. Proximity sensor doesn't work sometimes during phone calls. The screen is lit up the whole time Im on my phone
3. The slow motion videos at higher fps are of ****ty quality
4. Opening up the apps from notifications panel doesn't response sometimes and the respective app doesn't open up
Though I dont have any issues like other mentioned like battery draining, heating up etc

Android Auto Issues

Hi
I have a strange issue when using Android Auto on car head unit through my Mi9 MIUI Global 11.0.5.
Everything connects fine as expected and everything displays correctly until the phone screen times out, then the car head unit loses roughly a quarter of the right hand display (has overlay of black bar from top to bottom of screen). The icons / screens still work if pressed where graphics would be, but they are not displayed.
i have tried altering notch setting / full screen display settings but nothing corrects the issue.
......any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Mr E Weasel

This is the same problem as in a non MIUI (AOSP) rom. Disable HW overlay in developer option solves this.
However. This shouldn't be a problem on a MIUI rom that's why I don't use the AOSP ROMs for now.
So it's very weird.

......thanks for the reply and good call @KaiseRRUby. I tried that but as you probably suspected it did not solve the issue, also the state does not persist after a reboot.

DUPE

Having the same issue since updating to Miui 11. Have you found a solution?

taliesyn said:
Having the same issue since updating to Miui 11. Have you found a solution?
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......not yet, I will endeavour to post back with any successes

Same problem on Mi 9T Pro here.
I have enabled developer options and enabled the option to keep phone awake while charging.

taliesyn said:
Having the same issue since updating to Miui 11. Have you found a solution?
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I did a workarround by using the free Android application "Automate" by LLamaLab. I setup a basic script looking if i am in my car (Check car bluetooth connectivity) and then delay the screen lock. When not in my car anymore (no more car bluetooth connectivity) re enable the screen lock as it was.
It is working like a charm.

I had same problem, you can turn on Always on display it will fix it

UPDATE:
Only way round it I have found so far is to use tasker (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm) to display full black screen and set screen time out to max time when it see Android Auto launched.

discerrrr said:
I had same problem, you can turn on Always on display it will fix it
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I've always had AOD activated and it does not help.
The solution for me was to enable keep screen on while charging in developer settings. Since the phone is always plugged in for AA, it works fine.
I don't know why some resolve to using scripting apps for this. Did you try this setting and it did not help, or maybe you don't want to keep the screen on while charging ? You can always turn it off by pressing the power button, so it seems like the almost perfect solution to me.

Question How bad is your Chinese ROM ?

Cuz mine sucks big time!
It is the worst android experience I have ever had. It's so bad that is ruining my MI11 overall experience.
Few more days untill unlock and I will wait for Global rom because I had Redmi K20 and EU rom was a bit bugy. Also important to know is that it must be flashed over original Chinese rom. If you flash EU rom on Chinese and than Global rom on EU from my experience it will make some bugs and wont work properly.
So needed to stick with this disaster really bad Chinese blocking controlling rom...
Examples: Viber rings , I look at my phone I hear it rings I am looking at it but theres nothing on display.
Whatever settings I adjust it just keep getting back some of his settings.
I use gboard so whenever I switch phone on , or restart device I need to select gboard again. It just bring back his Chinese Sogou keyboard...
Also some weird bug with messenger when chat head is on home screen, when I open conversation it devides display in 2 and bottom part is see trough with home screen...
Also with all the settings like autostart on , battery saver - no restrictions, and lock app in recents I dont get messeges through sometimes. And thats for messenger, WhatsApp, Viber and so on..
Youtube vanced ... It took me 3 days to find proper version that will work without bugs. Its 15.43.32 version and not the black, black one have bugs , and if I update that version start having some weird bugs and all the other yt vanced are just worse..
There's more
My ringtone is some melody that I downloaded and chosed in sound settings, but it rings with MI melody ...
I have 2 networks in my home and it keeps conecting to other network even with forget network chosed and auto connect off...
This morning is the first morning that device stayed on after night. I sleep with airplane mode and every morning till this one the device was swiched off when I wake up and I left it on airplane mode.
Some weird bugs also with display switching off during use of some apps when tilt device or move it somehow...
Theres more but can't remember now so please write your experience.
I am on newest update 12.0.22.

It's really bad.
7h SOT with 60Hz FHD+, Lag after taking a picture in whatsapp, whatsapp notifications appearing multiple times, whatsapp showing numbers / forgetting contact assigns, Permissions get reset, Google Pay is not starting if I try to pay, several notification issues on other apps, not everything is translated to enlgish.
I wanted to go back to my Mate 20 Pro so bad but already sold it on ebay =(

Super bad !!
Also when I listen music over Bluetooth in the car with SoundCloud app it just stop the playback after few minutes , .. killer annoying software !
Its gonna be hard to wait for the global rom
Also, always on display switches off about 10 minutes after it stays in idle even when set to say always on !
Auto britnes not working so good. I have to adjust it all the time ..

hexacetat said:
It's really bad.
7h SOT with 60Hz FHD+, Lag after taking a picture in whatsapp, whatsapp notifications appearing multiple times, whatsapp showing numbers / forgetting contact assigns, Permissions get reset, Google Pay is not starting if I try to pay, several notification issues on other apps, not everything is translated to enlgish.
I wanted to go back to my Mate 20 Pro so bad but already sold it on ebay =(
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Open Setting - apps - menage apps - whatsapp - permission - Read your contact - always allow ..done

Yesterday uper speaker started switching off. After first restart it worked. Than again stoped. Than after second restart id didn't worked and I made a call and that triggered it to wotk. So it must be a software bug....

Yes the CN rom is bad. EU rom is so much better. With EU I haven't had to tweak every app permission as notifications are working properly. Also get the Google feed on the left and everything works - no bugs after 2 weeks of using it.
I was so happy with the EU rom that I donated to the project.

Because there is a wall in China, the Chinese version of the rom is only optimized for Chinese users, not necessarily suitable for foreign