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[Xiaomi][Redmi 2/Prime][MIUI 7/8][No MTP/PTP?][How to]Get the MTP/PTP mode back ON

[This bug was found fixed on MIUI(8) dev (beta) v6.9.29]​Hello everyone! I am back with an exclusive tutorial to get the MTP/PTP USB mode back to ON.
Devices Supported:
All Redmi device (This method was tested on Redmi 2 that is why i am posting it here)
All Note device
All Mi device
Note: This method was tested on the Redmi 2 1GB variant and should work with almost every Xiaomi Device.
MIUI version supported:
7.x
8.x
Dev - 6.x
Have you ever turned the MTP mode off by mistake? Well, Now I have a solution which doesn't even require any third party software to be installed on your Xiaomi MIUI Device.
Connect the device to a Laptop or PC.
Then head to "Settings" in phone.
Go to "About phone".
Tap "MIUI Version" 7 times. (It will enable the developer options if you haven't already)
Then go back to settings menu (or hit settings icon again from the notification shade).
Now head to "Additional settings".
Then tap "Developers Option".
Now Turn the USB Debugging ON.
You will be prompt to confirm your choice. Tap OK to confirm.
The moment you tap OK, the pop up for USB connection will Pop up.
Tap on it (or the notification from notification shade).
And then tap to turn ON the MTP mode and Exit.
You may go to Developers options again and turn off the USB debugging if you want or even turn OFF the developers option.
I have attached some screenshots in order to help you perform the steps better.
This tutorial was taken from my blog on blogger. For any questions regarding these steps, you may use the reply function below.
Do not quote the whole (original) post in your reply.

Reserved just in case!

Tutorial: Auto-hide navbar (no root needed)

I was looking for a way to auto hide the navbar without rooting the phone and I found this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.tsdo.elw
If you grant the app permission with adb shell, it can hide the navbar in the apps you choose.
Maybe this is useful for some.

Emui already has a hide feature built into it. I use this everyday.??

No nav bar

Without using 3rd party app you can do this directly from EMUI settings:
Settings > Smart assistance > System navigation > Navigation bar > Switch on Navigation bar.

mhamdto said:
Without using 3rd party app you can do this directly from EMUI settings:
Settings > Smart assistance > System navigation > Navigation bar > Switch on Navigation bar.
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The app that I linked auto-hides the navbar.
Is your advise doing the same?

tr1cky1 said:
The app that I linked auto-hides the navbar.
Is your advise doing the same?
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I'm afraid that it doesn't auto hides it and you still have to click on the small arrow to hide it manually.

mhamdto said:
I'm afraid that it doesn't auto hides it and you still have to click on the small arrow to hide it manually.
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At least with the app that I linked, it auto hides the nav bar and that is what I wanted because I didn't want to always press a button to hide the navbar.

You got that right :good:

I wish they would add this feature to the status bar.

Connorsdad said:
I wish they would add this feature to the status bar.
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If you mean the notification bar...then use Nova Prime and you can hide it and swipe down to show it. :victory:

I like the stock launcher

Is there any way to have expanded desktop (hiding the notification bar) without changing launcher?
jaseman said:
If you mean the notification bar...then use Nova Prime and you can hide it and swipe down to show it. :victory:
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wisemanwizz said:
Is there any way to have expanded desktop (hiding the notification bar) without changing launcher?
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In my case, mate 10 normal, I use the FPS as navigation (home, back, recent) so I hide nav buttons and notification bar in all apps except home (where I can see notifications, battery and time) using this adb shell command (root is not necessary):
Hide navigation/notification bar on all apps but home launcher
settings put global policy_control immersive.full=apps,-com.huawei.android.launcher
Return to default behavior:
settings put global policy_control null*

Sorry for being such a newb but how do I run that command?
I downloaded an app from the play store and executed it the way I thought would work but nothing happened.

Connorsdad said:
Sorry for being such a newb but how do I run that command?
I downloaded an app from the play store and executed it the way I thought would work but nothing happened.
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Probably you downloaded and used terminal emulator.
These commands doesn't work on terminal unless you are root.
So, to use adb shell command you need:
Download and install Minimal ADB and Fastboot - https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
Enable developer options on your mate 10 (go to "Settings > System > About phone" and touch a few times over "Build Number").
Under the now visible developer options (go to "Settings > System > Developer options") you should enable USB debugging.
Open a windows command prompt and navigate to the directory where you have installed Minimal ADB and Fastboot, you should see adb.exe within this directory.
If so, type "adb devices" on your windows command prompt and hit enter.
It'll start adb daemon and no devices will be listed under "List of devices attached".
Now connect your USB cable to PC and to your Mate 10 (it is recommend to have Huawei hisuite installed to have the proper drivers).
If your pc identified your device correctly, a prompt will appear on your mate 10 asking you to allow the USB debugging connection. Hit Allow.
Now, type again "adb devices" on your windows command prompt and hit enter.
An ID should appear under "List of devices attached". If not, you should double check driver and confirm that "USB debugging" is ON in Developer options and reconnect USB cable on Mate 10.
If you see the ID, now type "adb shell" on prompt and hit Enter. You should see a prompt with a $ sign on your windows command prompt.
There you can type the commands from previous post.

superandroid2011 said:
Probably you downloaded and used terminal emulator.
These commands doesn't work on terminal unless you are root.
So, to use adb shell command you need:
Download and install Minimal ADB and Fastboot - https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
Enable developer options on your mate 10 (go to "Settings > System > About phone" and touch a few times over "Build Number").
Under the now visible developer options (go to "Settings > System > Developer options") you should enable USB debugging.
Open a windows command prompt and navigate to the directory where you have installed Minimal ADB and Fastboot, you should see adb.exe within this directory.
If so, type "adb devices" on your windows command prompt and hit enter.
It'll start adb daemon and no devices will be listed under "List of devices attached".
Now connect your USB cable to PC and to your Mate 10 (it is recommend to have Huawei hisuite installed to have the proper drivers).
If your pc identified your device correctly, a prompt will appear on your mate 10 asking you to allow the USB debugging connection. Hit Allow.
Now, type again "adb devices" on your windows command prompt and hit enter.
An ID should appear under "List of devices attached". If not, you should double check driver and confirm that "USB debugging" is ON in Developer options and reconnect USB cable on Mate 10.
If you see the ID, now type "adb shell" on prompt and hit Enter. You should see a prompt with a $ sign on your windows command prompt.
There you can type the commands from previous post.
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Thanks for your help
I use the dot for navigation, is it possible to keep this ?
If not what is FPS ?

Connorsdad said:
Thanks for your help
I use the dot for navigation, is it possible to keep this ?
If not what is FPS ?
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Yes, "DOT" works normal.
FPS = FingerPrint Scanner, in case of mate 10 normal, I use the front FPS the same way as the "DOT".

superandroid2011 said:
Yes, "DOT" works normal.
FPS = FingerPrint Scanner, in case of mate 10 normal, I use the front FPS the same way as the "DOT".
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Sorry, I mean can I have the DOT on the screen all the time (Stock behaviour) instead of having to swipe down from the top ?
I want to disable the nav and status bar due to screen burn on every device I've ever owned.

Connorsdad said:
Sorry, I mean can I have the DOT on the screen all the time (Stock behaviour) instead of having to swipe down from the top ?
I want to disable the nav and status bar due to screen burn on every device I've ever owned.
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I test here and DOT stays fixed even with hidden nav and status bar.
Screen burn? Do you have the Normal or the Pro version?
Mate 10 Pro is OLED and can suffer from screen burn.
Mate 10 non PRO is LCD and is safe from screen burn.

superandroid2011 said:
I test here and DOT stays fixed even with hidden nav and status bar.
Screen burn? Do you have the Normal or the Pro version?
Mate 10 Pro is OLED and can suffer from screen burn.
Mate 10 non PRO is LCD and is safe from screen burn.
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Ah, DOT dissapears for me unless I pull down the status bar :/
I have the PRO.
Still, better than it was before, thanks a lot for helping

Because an app is obscuring a permission request... when trying to USB Debug Website

I have an unrooted/unchanged/stock Huawei P10 running EMUI 5.1 and am trying to debug a website I'm making. Latest Chrome on the P10 and latest Chrome on my Retina MacBook Pro 15'' (late 2013) High Sierra 10.13
The route worked on all my previous devices. USB Debugging is checked on, I plug in the cable and say yes to the prompt "Allow Access to device data?". Next prompt "Allow USB Debugging" -> OK gives me the following error: "An App is obscuring a permission request. Settings can't verify your response"
Looking for solutions I read stuff about background apps which mess up things. All I know of / remember installing is "Mi Band Tools", and "Pie Controls".
I tried to shut down "Mi Band Tools" via Settings -> Apps -> Mi Band Tools -> "Stop" – But it seems not to be stopped for long? Since I don't know if this would solve the problem anways, I figured to come here first. It would be great if I wouldn't have to uninstall these apps.. always a pain to restore etc.
Thank you very much!

*gentle push*, because the problem still remains

katerlouis said:
*gentle push*, because the problem still remains
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I had the same problem with my Huawei Honor View10.
I had to uncheck the "Permit drawing over other apps" for a (in my case) JINA Drawer. Maybe you have to uncheck an other one...
In EMUI 8 = Settings - Apps - Apps & notifications - Apps - Settings (bottom of screen) - Special access - Draw over other apps
Good luck!

fehrcomp said:
I had the same problem with my Huawei Honor View10.
I had to uncheck the "Permit drawing over other apps" for a (in my case) JINA Drawer. Maybe you have to uncheck an other one...
In EMUI 8 = Settings - Apps - Apps & notifications - Apps - Settings (bottom of screen) - Special access - Draw over other apps
Good luck!
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Thank you for the tip! This got me on the right track <3
Holy Moly.. this setting is hidden as hell; on my P10 running EMUI 5.1 (german), the setting path was:
settings > apps > settings (corg button at the bottom left) > special access > draw over other apps > talkback
Thank youuu!

katerlouis said:
Thank you for the tip! This got me on the right track <3
Holy Moly.. this setting is hidden as hell; on my P10 running EMUI 5.1 (german), the setting path was:
settings > apps > settings (corg button at the bottom left) > special access > draw over other apps > talkback
Thank youuu!
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Yes! On my device Mate 1o Pro, it was Talkback as well that ¨obscured a permission request¨.

If you have a custom rom with Smart Pixels and it is turned on, it will do this also. Turn it off, retry,

help please
im using honor 7x with latest oreo update and running on emui 8.0
none of the above method helped me get through that error
please help i can not verify my computers RSA key because an app is obscuring the permission request .

kamisan said:
If you have a custom rom with Smart Pixels and it is turned on, it will do this also. Turn it off, retry,
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YEESSSS!!! Thank you for mentioning this, I never would've make that connection and that's exactly what it was for me! I guess those pics weren't all that smart after all ?

Panshu Mehra said:
im using honor 7x with latest oreo update and running on emui 8.0
none of the above method helped me get through that error
please help i can not verify my computers RSA key because an app is obscuring the permission request .
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I have an Honor 8 pro and I'm facing the same issue. I've disabled all apps which draw on the screen and restarted my phone too.

kamisan said:
If you have a custom rom with Smart Pixels and it is turned on, it will do this also. Turn it off, retry,
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Wow, good call. I was having this same issue. Thanks!

Fix #2 - if it works
i was messing with my Samsung Galaxy J7 Core J701F/DS and I was trying to figure out your problem also because i got the same problem as yours so the thing that worked for me is going to Settings (Nougat 7.0/1)> Apps> 3-dot menu/optionsl settings/other settings> Special Access> Apps that can be on top> Disable all apps like literally disable them all and try to debug your phone again...if it works, enable apps in that setting one by one and repeat debugging process. If it doesnt work, disable the last app you enabled, and if it works again...that is the app that is doing the dirty work...mine was not in the system apps it was one of my apps which is AZ Screen Recorder lol....(why the app that is being used everyday need to be disabled....)

kamisan said:
If you have a custom rom with Smart Pixels and it is turned on, it will do this also. Turn it off, retry,
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Omg thank you so much for this. It was driving me bat**** crazy. I tried everything didnt even think this would cause it.

katerlouis said:
I have an unrooted/unchanged/stock Huawei P10 running EMUI 5.1 and am trying to debug a website I'm making. Latest Chrome on the P10 and latest Chrome on my Retina MacBook Pro 15'' (late 2013) High Sierra 10.13
The route worked on all my previous devices. USB Debugging is checked on, I plug in the cable and say yes to the prompt "Allow Access to device data?". Next prompt "Allow USB Debugging" -> OK gives me the following error: "An App is obscuring a permission request. Settings can't verify your response"
Looking for solutions I read stuff about background apps which mess up things. All I know of / remember installing is "Mi Band Tools", and "Pie Controls".
I tried to shut down "Mi Band Tools" via Settings -> Apps -> Mi Band Tools -> "Stop" – But it seems not to be stopped for long? Since I don't know if this would solve the problem anways, I figured to come here first. It would be great if I wouldn't have to uninstall these apps.. always a pain to restore etc.
Thank you very much!
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1. Apps such as Blue light filter apps constantly appear on the top of your screen thus breaking some of the on screen functionalities. Try disabling display over other apps permission of such apps and you should be fine.
2. Also, sometimes it is because of your custom launcher, so try switching to your stock launcher if above solutions don't work.
3. If Accessibility for some apps are on then try disabling them first.
PS : Of all the 3 solutions try the possible ones.
Hope it helps.

kapil1100 said:
1. Apps such as Blue light filter apps constantly appear on the top of your screen thus breaking some of the on screen functionalities. Try disabling display over other apps permission of such apps and you should be fine.
2. Also, sometimes it is because of your custom launcher, so try switching to your stock launcher if above solutions don't work.
3. If Accessibility for some apps are on then try disabling them first.
PS : Of all the 3 solutions try the possible ones.
Hope it helps.
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This put me on the right track.
I have an LG G6 running Android 8.0. My Keeper Security app needs permission to Draw over other apps and since around December 2018 it has started acting 'flaky'. The app would warn me that I need to turn on this permission, but when I clicked "OK" in the Keeper app to take me to the Android setting for the app, it was always turned on. I could turn it ON/OFF, along with the setting that needed this permission in the Keeper app (called Keeper Fill) and eventually get it to work again, but it would always break again very soon after.
As I am getting ready to go on a trip, I installed Google's Datally app. It, too, wants me to turn on Draw over other apps, but when I tap "next" to be taken to the Android settings page to enable Draw over other apps, nothing happens (I usually expect an app detects it has been enabled and gives "success" message).
So I started disabling the 3 possible suspects listed by kapil1100. I had LG's Comfort View and some Accessibility options enabled, so I turned them off and: no change.
I disabled all other apps that have permission to Draw over other apps via: Settings > Apps & notifications > Special access > Draw over other apps, and: no change.
I use Evie launcher, so I went back to the stock one: no change.
I got thinking about what else could be modifying/accessing the screen and realized that LG has custom Home touch buttons.
I went to: Settings > Display > Home touch buttons > Hide Home touch buttons and DISABLED Show lock/hide icon and then tried enabling Draw over other apps for Datally and IT WORKED!.
I was then able to turn Show lock/hide icon back ON and everything has been working as expected. I suspect that, because I had Show lock/hide icon turned on during an upgrade, something got messed up and my turning it OFF and back ON fixed the issue.
I hope this helps someone!

Switch output sound between phone and Bluetooth

There used to be option to switch between audio output - phone and Bluetooth. It's not there anymore. It was in notification bar, after swipe down. How can I switch output now?

You need Smartthings for this.
If it's already installed try to remove cache and data of this app.

Jannomag said:
You need Smartthings for this.
If it's already installed try to remove cache and data of this app.
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I do have it, I did clear data and cache"
now what? can you explain little more? thank you

Open the smart things app, oven the settings (☰ on the left, then the ⚙). Check if "Smartthings Panel" is enabled (first entry).

Jannomag said:
Open the smart things app, oven the settings (☰ on the left, then the ⚙). Check if "Smartthings Panel" is enabled (first entry).
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Yes it's enabled. It does show in notification bar. But how do I switch from bluetooth to phone (when in music or call)?

smashcz said:
Yes it's enabled. It does show in notification bar. But how do I switch from bluetooth to phone (when in music or call)?
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I attached a screenshot of the Smartthings bar. It's in German, but it should be clear.
You need to tap on "Output" (or similar) and choose between BT device or smartphone.

It wasn't showing up yesterday, not sure why, but it works today, thank you

No dark mode for Google and Google Assistant

I have p30 Pro and latest emui 10 .178 installed. Most stuff are dark now, but the Google app and Google assistant is still pure blinding white. Anyone have dark mode of these apps yet? I thought android 10 would have dark mode for everything?!

No one?

Cloudstrife said:
No one?
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It's strange because when you enable dark mode in Settings/Display and Brightness + restart phone and all apps updated from Google Play, they should get dark interface.
If still not darken, enable USB debugging from developer options (go to Settings, find and open "System" option, select "About phone", tap "Build number" at least seven times and you will see a prompt with “You are now a Developer “. Then go to developer options and enable USB debugging (it's a MUST DO). Plug in your phone to your PC, open a command prompt or terminal window in the same directory where you stored the ADB binary and enter the following command:
Enable Dark Mode: adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 2
OR
Disable Dark Mode: adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 1
If you’re using Windows PowerShell, then you may need to add a .\ before the command. If you’re using macOS or Linux, then you may need to add a ./ before the command.
Reboot your PHONE and the system-wide dark mode should be toggled IN EMUI abroad
Sent from my VOG-L29 using Tapatalk

SilviuO said:
It's strange because when you enable dark mode in Settings/Display and Brightness + restart phone and all apps updated from Google Play, they should get dark interface.
If still not darken, enable USB debugging from developer options (go to Settings, find and open "System" option, select "About phone", tap "Build number" at least seven times and you will see a prompt with “You are now a Developer “. Then go to developer options and enable USB debugging (it's a MUST DO). Plug in your phone to your PC, open a command prompt or terminal window in the same directory where you stored the ADB binary and enter the following command:
Enable Dark Mode: adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 2
OR
Disable Dark Mode: adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 1
If you’re using Windows PowerShell, then you may need to add a .\ before the command. If you’re using macOS or Linux, then you may need to add a ./ before the command.
Reboot your PHONE and the system-wide dark mode should be toggled IN EMUI abroad
Sent from my VOG-L29 using Tapatalk
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So you mean Huawei and EMUI is not fully compatible with Android 10's dark mode settings?

Cloudstrife said:
So you mean Huawei and EMUI is not fully compatible with Android 10's dark mode settings?
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On my device, most of Google apps are dark and got dark after i updated them and enabled dark mode in settings, then restart.
I have apps like Waze, Maps, Whatsapp which are not dark themed, but the rest are in dark interface. Don't know if Huawei released yet wholle system dark theming (in developer mode there is no settings to tick/untick), but for the most of apps is there.