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CM13 Z5P E6853 Beta -- Updated NegaSpork

This is a no-frills thread.
Okay here it is.
cm_satsuki-Nega_Spork.zip
For dsds testing: cm_satsuki_dsds_test_boot.img Note: you will see the Sony Bootanimation instead of CM13, this is intentional. Also detection may take a minute or two. Provide clear reports.
For dsds model owners, flash rom clean, then in recovery reboot to bootloader and flash this test boot.img with fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash boot cm_satsuki_dsds_test_boot.img
fastboot reboot
NegaSpork
Working:
Sim [single]
Storage
NFC
Audio record fixed
The rest is the same.
What doesn't work:
Since the camera is still not "fixed" we will just say it doesn't work, deal with it.
Next on my todo list is fmradio
DSDS support is still being worked out by the project members. [see test boot image above]
NOTE: OpenGapps may bug out quickpanel/pulldown menu. This may be related to version used.
I experienced this with pico and nano. [see note below]
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Thanks @KbaB.BroS for testing :good:
Everything from before works, cell, mobile data, nfc, etc.
Internet speeds are good.
It feels snappier than before, so smooth
The pulldown bar works, I can interact with the toggles without any force closes. If somebody complains about their devices, let them know to use OpenGAPPS. I use the mini version
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Cyanogenmod Source
Thanks to/for
@CTXz Sources and convincing me to get a Z5P instead of another Sammy device.
Sony Kitakami Platform Developer Organization
@zacharias.maladroit For answering questions, many questions. :silly: [ still have more... xD ]
Those of you without a sense of humor, go away.
Okay current features i'm working on and stuff that works/doesn't work
UVC support enabled in kernel. probably need to build rom-side support still. libuvc avutils etc.
- This is for plugging in camera devices in conjuction with apps like LegitDashcam.
USB Gadget functionality as per pelya's work ,
- pelya/android-keyboard-gadget Use in conjuction with the include USB Keyboard app to utilize your phone as a keyboard/mousepad.
I am working my kernel source here toward net-huntery goodness.
The rest you tell me, and you tell me properly. Messages like
"waahhh my whatchamhoozit is all floompy"
are not acceptable.
This is not a random discussion thread either. Idle chatter belongs in general.
This is also NOT a discussion thread for Xposed,Viper, etc..
Thank you.
m

Notes and Updates
NOTE
I have been running this build for two days now and so far , meh it's alright.
Audio [mic] and Camera issues are definitely annoying.
SELinux is COMPLETELY disabled on this build. If You want security go back to stock.
SELinux enforcing is the goal though.
I strongly recommend using a "traditional" root os SuperSU over systemless-root.
Reasons:
Opengapps requires a factory-reset or fresh install to set up correctly!
Privacy Guard based root sucks. It forgets alot of permissions granted.
Use BETA-SuperSU-v2.52 , I wil attach below as it seems hard to find by conventional means.
Would have posted earlier but needed a smoke break *>cough<* :silly:

Updates and Notes
Reserved

Attached UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip for another option ,
since that worked the best for me in the past.

Thanks for the input. I get error: 7 to install the .zip file
any solution?

Rubensss said:
Thanks for the input. I get error: 7 to install the .zip file
any solution?
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You need to use the recovery @moonbutt74 compiled from his other thread.
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KbaB.BroS said:
You need to use the recovery @moonbutt74 compiled from his other thread.
Sent from my Z5 Premium using XDA Labs
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Thanks , I have already installed.

@moonbutt74
Would be easier to keep the ROM as daily and test if it supported the dual sim version phones too
Apart from that, some of my observations during a small period of usage :
Pardon me if these are already mentioned.
Screen brightness doesn't reach full capacity
Speaker volume is low I think
For me, I felt the display had some slight glitches. Enabled GPU rendering in developer settings and felt it got better , can't guarantee on this though
Had to revert to stock based since sim functionality for me wasn't available ( I have a dual sim phone)

Ashray_Vk
Okay good deal, umm let me try compiling a seperate kernel package.
Yep brightness is currently HORRIBLE
I didn't notice any glitches display-wise, do you actually mean lag in some screen transitions?
I only tested with radioball and raging thunder.
The build i just tested out had full WOW, HOW THE HELL DO I TURN THIS DOWN BRIGHTNESS. :silly:
So either atm i get crappy brightness as max level which is like 75% of stock.
Or i get the nice stock brightness but the slider breaks/doesn't work.
The speaker volume is limited to where it actually should be. Use a mediaplayer that has an option for software decoding, that is a 100% [double] boost. It's not the idea to bomb out the speakers by default, each user can find their own tweak.
m
On the "daily build" thing, my upload time is horrible, so i will not be pushing out excessive/pointless builds. when i have something else fixed, then i will upload another build. Currently i'm boxing with the brightness issue and getting the mic working for audio recording.

moonbutt74 said:
Ashray_Vk
Okay good deal, umm let me try compiling a seperate kernel package.
Yep brightness is currently HORRIBLE
I didn't notice any glitches display-wise, do you actually mean lag in some screen transitions?
I only tested with radioball and raging thunder.
The build i just tested out had full WOW, HOW THE HELL DO I TURN THIS DOWN BRIGHTNESS. :silly:
So either atm i get crappy brightness as max level which is like 75% of stock.
Or i get the nice stock brightness but the slider breaks/doesn't work.
The speaker volume is limited to where it actually should be. Use a mediaplayer that has an option for software decoding, that is a 100% [double] boost. It's not the idea to bomb out the speakers by default, each user can find their own tweak.
m
On the "daily build" thing, my upload time is horrible, so i will not be pushing out excessive/pointless builds. when i have something else fixed, then i will upload another build. Currently i'm boxing with the brightness issue and getting the mic working for audio recording.
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By screen glitches, I meant that I saw a few glitches when I scrolled down menus ( like even settings app).
Might be just my sleepy eyes too, lol. And in the beginning, everything was feeling laggy, till I enabled those GPU options in the developer settings and turned the screen off and turned it back on.
Don't rely on this data though, I hope someone else verifies this thing before you take it up as an issue .
-Ash

Ashray_Vk said:
By screen glitches, I meant that I saw a few glitches when I scrolled down menus ( like even settings app).
Might be just my sleepy eyes too, lol. And in the beginning, everything was feeling laggy, till I enabled those GPU options in the developer settings and turned the screen off and turned it back on.
Don't rely on this data though, I hope someone else verifies this thing before you take it up as an issue .
-Ash
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No problem I'm just looking for clarification, are you talking about lag or screen tearing?

moonbutt74 said:
No problem I'm just looking for clarification, are you talking about lag or screen tearing?
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There was lag in the beginning, no doubt. Lag was there since the boot animation itself.
Yes! Screen tearing is the term i was searching for. I felt like I saw minor issues of screen tearing along with the lag. ( especially when I scrolled down the settings )
I'm so sorry if I am not able to make things clear.

Nice. My question is does it work well with xposed? Other rom gives me random soft reboot randomly
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Killastyle said:
Nice. My question is does it work well with xposed? Other rom gives me random soft reboot randomly
Sent from my E6853 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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K,
right now we are working on an Alpha build, self evident in thread title. Xposed being superfluous/unecessary is not being discussed in this thread. Of course later on in the release/beta level thread it will most likely be covered.
@KbaB.BroS
On the good side got brightness and auto brightness sorted.
@Ashray_Vk , give me a bit on the dsds kernel, from what I'm understanding SS an DS were supposed to have been combined, so I am running a fresh build after resync, which on my comp will take a day :silly: adn probably not as long as the actual upload
:laugh:
m

moonbutt74 said:
K,
right now we are working on an Alpha build, self evident in thread title. Xposed being superfluous/unecessary is not being discussed in this thread. Of course later on in the release/beta level thread it will most likely be covered.
@KbaB.BroS
On the good side got brightness and auto brightness sorted.
@Ashray_Vk , give me a bit on the dsds kernel, from what I'm understanding SS an DS were supposed to have been combined, so I am running a fresh build after resync, which on my comp will take a day :silly: adn probably not as long as the actual upload
:laugh:
m
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Normally, if I'd flash a stock based ROM which was meant for single sim, one sim would work in the dual sim models but the memory card would be not detected . sadly, that wasn't the case with cm though. Not even a single sim gets detected.

Ashray_Vk said:
Normally, if I'd flash a stock based ROM which was meant for single sim, one sim would work in the dual sim models but the memory card would be not detected . sadly, that wasn't the case with cm though. Not even a single sim gets detected.
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you tried enabling only single SIM mode in Sony's (or other) "Stock" ROM and then flashing this ROM ?
Then at least one SIM might work - unless of course the Z5 devices handle things entirely differently

zacharias.maladroit said:
you tried enabling only single SIM mode in Sony's (or other) "Stock" ROM and then flashing this ROM ?
Then at least one SIM might work - unless of course the Z5 devices handle things entirely differently
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Um, actually, was running rom aur and then had disabled one sim ( just because i didnt want to use that sim) and then had flashed this.
Unfortunately, not even a single sim worked in this.

Killastyle said:
Nice. My question is does it work well with xposed? Other rom gives me random soft reboot randomly
Sent from my E6853 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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No problem with XPosed for some time here

Updated Build
CM13 Z5P E6853 Somehwere in Alpha -- Updated DragonLady
see OP , OH! and READ IT. grrrrrrr
Please verify communications are functioning, sim detection, in-call mic working etc.
Is your model SS or DS? Please state model number.
Brightnes and auto brightness should be fixed.
External storage fixed
Re-introduced kcal support in kernel
Included system apps [free, and free versions] - as we are testing , some creature comforts.
Adaway.apk
HKB.apk <--- hacker's keyboard
HKNDCTRU.apk <--- hacker's keyboard cyrillic/russian support
KernelAuditor.apk
NetworkDiscovery.apk <--- fairly useful network discovery app, find it on fdroid
NovaLauncher.apk
OpenCamera.apk
PicuriRam.apk
Quickpic.apk
Rebooter.apk
Superuser.apk <--- enable developer options and root access via that way first, then run supersu and update.
Terminal.apk < jackpal terminal
TotalCommander.apk
USB-Keyboard.apk
USBKB.apk < this one and the one above are the same app, i dun goofed.
Wifitoggle.apk
i am working a vanilla cm13 as well as my own custom build in the same turn, the custom utility in sbin is ccrypt, if you want to know how to use it, pm me and i'll give you a break down. do not use it to encrypt a block device !! single files only, and do not use a generated key, use a memorizable alpha-numeric password, else leave it alone.
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@zacharias.maladroit WHAT HAPPENED TO PERRY !?!?!?!? :crying:

@moonbutt74
I'm sort of wiping the slate clean in several areas of my life - and that (unfortunately) was part of it :angel:

[ROM][XC][MM][6.0.1_r74]OmniROM

XC/KUGO/F5321 OmniROM BUILDS
MARSHMALLOW 6.0.1_r74
DOWNLOAD OFFICIAL
DOWNLOAD HOMEMADE
OFFICIAL and HOMEMADE builds are not intercompatible! You will need to do a full wipe if you are switching from one to the other.
CURRENT ISSUES ON OFFICIAL:
1. Incall speaker volume is too low (earpiece volume is fine)
2. Camera sometimes doesn't start (rare)
3. Blutooth and FM radio can't be used concurrently. If you use either you need to reboot to use the other.
4. Double tap to wake doesn't work
5. Adding fingerprints only works on initial device setup. Adding fingerprints from Settings is buggy.
CURRENT ISSUES ON HOMEMADE:
1. Incall speaker volume is too low (earpiece volume is fine)
4. Double tap to wake doesn't work
5. Adding fingerprints only works on initial device setup. Adding fingerprints from Settings is buggy.
KERNEL SOURCE: https://github.com/omnirom/android_kernel_sony_msm/tree/android-6.0
BUGS REPORT
REPORT BUGS ONLY:
- AFTER A CLEAN INSTALL
- USING STOCK OMNI KERNEL
- NO MODS OF ANY SORT
OMNI GERRIT REVIEW
https://gerrit.omnirom.org/
CHANGELOG:
https://changelog.omnirom.org/
DISCLAIMER:
No one is responsible for any damage done to your device but YOU. You've been warned.
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XDA:DevDB Information
[ROM][XC][MM][6.0.1_r74]OmniROM, ROM for the Sony Xperia X Compact
Contributors
oshmoun
Source Code: https://github.com/omnirom
ROM OS Version: 6.0.x Marshmallow
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.10.x
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2016-12-19
Last Updated 2017-02-11

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Been trying this out since yesterday. Nice ROM, very smooth. Its great to see an AOSP rom with 90% of functionality. Battery usage is on par with stock.
One bug that I noticed is that if bluetooth is on (regardless of whether it is connected or not), it'll keep a 'bluesleep' wakelock which preents the device from going into Deep sleep.
Edit: Another note on the deep sleep problem. Even after turning bluetooth off, the phone doesn't deep sleep. Other wakelocks (event3, event4, event6) show as keeping the phone awake. Reboot fixes it and the phone can finally deep sleep.

Are you guys still enjoying this ROM?

Thanks to oshmoun to this amazing ROM i use it every days and i prefer Android 6 for the xposed module

Fantastic rom! Finally got rid of all the crap Sony bloatware.
However two questions. The camera on the back can now only shoot 8MP photo's. I've disbled the 8MP option in the setting, but it still won't let me shoot 23MP photo's. Is there a way to fix this?
Also the fingerprint scanner doesn't seem to function. When trying to add a fingerprint, it immediately fails (registration cannot be completed). Any fix?

LeZiGue00 said:
Thanks to oshmoun to this amazing ROM i use it every days and i prefer Android 6 for the xposed module
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speedtoucher said:
Fantastic rom! Finally got rid of all the crap Sony bloatware.
However two questions. The camera on the back can now only shoot 8MP photo's. I've disbled the 8MP option in the setting, but it still won't let me shoot 23MP photo's. Is there a way to fix this?
Also the fingerprint scanner doesn't seem to function. When trying to add a fingerprint, it immediately fails (registration cannot be completed). Any fix?
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about the camera,you need to wipe camera data after toggling 23MP mode. You'll then see the 23MP resolution in settings.
about the fingerprints, thanks for the hint. This is a bug. Sometimes it works though, so you might get lucky if you try a lot.
also, it's cool to know people are using this rom lol
if you're interested, I can post custom HOMEMADE builds that contain some bugfixes.
Notice though that HOMEMADE builds are signed differently, and won't be compatible with OFFICIAL builds. That means you'll need a full wipe before flashing and booting.

oshmoun said:
about the camera,you need to wipe camera data after toggling 23MP mode. You'll then see the 23MP resolution in settings.
about the fingerprints, thanks for the hint. This is a bug. Sometimes it works though, so you might get lucky if you try a lot.
also, it's cool to know people are using this rom lol
if you're interested, I can post custom HOMEMADE builds that contain some bugfixes.
Notice though that HOMEMADE builds are signed differently, and won't be compatible with OFFICIAL builds. That means you'll need a full wipe before flashing and booting.
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Definitely interested in updates. Do you know if the Bluetooth issue got fixed?

ammarr said:
Definitely interested in updates. Do you know if the Bluetooth issue got fixed?
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ok cool. I'll post an updated HOMEMADE build.
Main bugfixes are:
1. camera doesn't randomly crash at start anymore.
2. bluetooth doesn't cause device to stay awake
3. bluetooth and fm can be used without rebooting the device inbetween (not concurrently though, using bluetooth when fm is on will disable fm for example)
EDIT: build is done, tested and all seems ok
download link in OP

Thanks for the new rom. I'm going to flash it asap and let you know how it works. Keep up the work!

Tried this out today and it works really well. I'll probably try it out as a daily this week, because the bugs seem quite minor at this stage. I'm surprised that this isn't getting more attention. Since the BT bug is fixed, I'm wondering if the same fix will work for CM13 as well?
@oshmoun Nice work! I'm not sure how OmniROM works, but what is stopping you from updating official with the same changes?

ammarr said:
Tried this out today and it works really well. I'll probably try it out as a daily this week, because the bugs seem quite minor at this stage. I'm surprised that this isn't getting more attention. Since the BT bug is fixed, I'm wondering if the same fix will work for CM13 as well?
@oshmoun Nice work! I'm not sure how OmniROM works, but what is stopping you from updating official with the same changes?
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Hehe well I'm just doing the building. Awesome people from the Sony open devices project helped fix the bugs
Official updates for omni 6.0 only come in form of security updates, i.e when Google uploads a new revision. That's why i can't update official that simply. Although to be honest I haven't asked if there are exceptions

I've flashed the rom today and it is working very well. The fingerprint scanner now works fine, even from the settings.
Thanks!

speedtoucher said:
I've flashed the rom today and it is working very well. The fingerprint scanner now works fine, even from the settings.
Thanks!
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Really? It still doesn't work here.
Maybe it's because you did a full wipe.
Can you try adding/removing fingerprints from settings multiple times please? If it works reliably, that'd be great

oshmoun said:
Really? It still doesn't work here.
Maybe it's because you did a full wipe.
Can you try adding/removing fingerprints from settings multiple times please? If it works reliably, that'd be great
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I flashed the Homemade version yesterday. I too am able to add fingers after initial setup in the settings. I tried to delete a finger in order to retry but the OS shuts down and reboots.

I believe I found a bug. Homemade version.
While listening to Audio, the whole phone locks up after what seems to be random times. I've listened to audio for a few minutes then it locks. I've listened up to around 45 minutes then locks up. Never more than an hour. If it helps, I've had this occur with Google Play Music, Poweramp, and Pocket Casts apps.
To resolve this, I have to hold power and volume up (Force shut down?)

Turnilemikus said:
I flashed the Homemade version yesterday. I too am able to add fingers after initial setup in the settings. I tried to delete a finger in order to retry but the OS shuts down and reboots.
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yeah so it's still buggy I guess. I don't think i'll be able to fix that though, sadly. However, I can confirm that the issue doesn't appear on android nougat.
Turnilemikus said:
I believe I found a bug. Homemade version.
While listening to Audio, the whole phone locks up after what seems to be random times. I've listened to audio for a few minutes then it locks. I've listened up to around 45 minutes then locks up. Never more than an hour. If it helps, I've had this occur with Google Play Music, Poweramp, and Pocket Casts apps.
To resolve this, I have to hold power and volume up (Force shut down?)
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hmmmm, yes you are right. I was able to reproduce that. I think I know why that happens. I used another fix for mp3 playback. The solution that's used in OFFICIAL is different from HOMEMADE.
well, the good news is that android nougat requires neither lol.

Thank you for your time and the build. I've never seen OmniROM before today.

Today I've tried to add some more fingerprints. But now it fails.
I skipped the fingerprint registration during the initial installation and added 3 fingers later, but now it just fails every time.
I also encountered the audio playback issue while using Spotify today.

Hey oshmoun
I'm enjoying your Homemade!
Herzlichen Dank!
Keep on coding! :good:

Android Oreo Developer Preview Image Released!

This preview of the Oreo build is updated with the March 2018 security patches. It is Android Oreo, version 8.1. If you want to use this, keep in mind that this is a development preview! It is not the final release. There are also a few things to note about using it.
It requires you to be bootloader unlocked (unlocking wipes your phone)
This update will wipe your phone even if you're already unlocked
You will not get any OTAs while on this build
VoLTE and WiFi Calling might not work
No CTS, so Android Pay/Pokemon Go may not work
May be some undocumented bugs
If you're fine with all of that, then the download link can be found on Razer's developer page about the update.
If you want to go back to the stock Nougat images, just follow the instructions here.

If anyone does this can they show us some videos

iStasis said:
If anyone does this can they show us some videos
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Look up a video of Oreo on a Pixel. It looks exactly the same.

No default white theme like normal Oreo same default theme as nougat.
Screen now has a colour option which can be set to show more vibrant colours.
Double tap to sleep (only on lockscreen)
Speakers seem louder than before.
And all the normal Oreo stuff
Also Pokémon go does work.

Roxas598 said:
No default white theme like normal Oreo same default theme as nougat.
Screen now has a colour option which can be set to show more vibrant colours.
Double tap to sleep (only on lockscreen)
Speakers seem louder than before.
And all the normal Oreo stuff
Also Pokémon go does work.
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Color options and more power for the speakers are both great news. Much excited.

I'm tinkering with GSIs and I've realised you can go into Download Mode by tapping the Power button several times as soon as the Razer logo pops up (before the orange 'tampered' message appears).
In case that helps someone ^

linuxct said:
I'm tinkering with GSIs and I've realised you can go into Download Mode by tapping the Power button several times as soon as the Razer logo pops up (before the orange 'tampered' message appears).
In case that helps someone ^
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I wonder if there's a way of doing that with maybe the volume buttons to go directly into recovery as well ?

Roxas598 said:
No default white theme like normal Oreo same default theme as nougat.
Screen now has a colour option which can be set to show more vibrant colours.
Double tap to sleep (only on lockscreen)
Speakers seem louder than before.
And all the normal Oreo stuff
Also Pokémon go does work.
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How would you rate the new colors, I've always felt the display was a tiny bit washed out

need help
im trying to update my phone, but when i run the flash_all command, its says waiting for device and stays there for ever, now it has more than 30 minutes with no sign of working

Horuhe93 said:
im trying to update my phone, but when i run the flash_all command, its says waiting for device and stays there for ever, now it has more than 30 minutes with no sign of working
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Install Android USB driver

hello5629 said:
Install Android USB driver
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ADB reboot bootloader then the flash all bat

i tested oreo and it looks very good,but until official release i reflashed the noughat stock img and now my sim wont recognise any help
please

parky169 said:
i tested oreo and it looks very good,but until official release i reflashed the noughat stock img and now my sim wont recognise any help
please
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It did the same thing to me when I flashed stock nougat to fix boot loop. Remove and reinstall the Sim card. That worked for me.

Anyone having Bluetooth mic issues on this preview?
Just got a new BT headset with a built in mic and it ain't working. Just thought I'd check in here before returning it.

I went back to Nougat but did anyone else notice the screen colours go between vibrant and normal all the time? noticed it on the lockscreen, Keyboard and quick toggles but it only seemed to happen with colourful stuff. Default Razer wallpaper, Coloured keyboard and theme applied etc

Yes @Roxas598 I did notice the colors change from vibrant to normal a lot. And I've been watching Netflix on it lately as well and have been watching the second season of a series of unfortunate events and the whole show has been looking darker than it should, making it hard to watch even with brightness all the way up.

AwesomeFabe said:
Yes @Roxas598 I did notice the colors change from vibrant to normal a lot. And I've been watching Netflix on it lately as well and have been watching the second season of a series of unfortunate events and the whole show has been looking darker than it should, making it hard to watch even with brightness all the way up.
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I already reported the issue but wanted to make sure it wasn't just me. Thanks!

My Fitbit is not being recognised at all, and my bluetooth mic on my new headphones doesn't work. So it looks like there are some issues with Bluetooth which I'll revert to stock to resolve. Not bad so far, but obviously being close to stock means it doesn't feel much different to 7.1, certainly not enough that you get that excited buzz we once got back when Android revisions were massively different.

Literally got everything working

joemossjr said:
Literally got everything working
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How did you do this? I'd like to know since I'd like to use Netflix and Google Pay.

Android 11 Dev Preview new stuff

I just flashed the new Android 11 beta on my Pixel 4 to just check out what's new and thought we could have a little discussion about some of the bigger changes and opinions. The changes I immediately am excited about are:
1) Finally added a pause/play gesture to project Soli!! (Works fantastic)
2) In the display settings, there is now a toggle to increase display touch sensitivity for screen protectors
3) Added a new qs icon for the built in screen recording
While testing the new Soli pause/play, I also immediately noticed how much more improved all of the hand gestures are. Not just the new pause, but also the skipping forward and backwards are so much more accurate and successful for me. It's an extremely welcome change and while Soli always worked decent for me, on the 11 beta I'm getting about 95%-99% success on all hand gestures compared to my about 80% on Android 10.
The screen sensitivity is another welcome addition for me personally. I have a glass screen protector and with the new option enabled, I can absolutely feel a difference in display response. I will admit that before updating, I hadn't had any screen responsiveness complaints but now that there's an option to improve it, I am very pleased with the results. If anything, it may be a tiny bit too responsive. While typing this post out, Gboard seems to occasionally hit a letter before I actually make contact with the screen. Other than that, it's fantastic. My back gestures seem to be the most beneficial from this.
The screen recording qs icon is a cool new addition, although I had native screen recording enabled on Android 10, there was no super quick way to start a recording session.
Lastly, I noticed a few new things in developer options but as I'm no Dev, I really don't know what they do. Oh, they did add a screen frame-rate overlay so you can see the current refresh rate of your screen.
I will be running this for a few days to see if and how battery life is affected and I'll post my findings here. Feel free to comment additional findings or opinions on the new Android 11 beta!

Here are some screenshots of my findings so far.

1dopewrx05 said:
I just flashed the new Android 11 beta on my Pixel 4 to just check out what's new and thought we could have a little discussion about some of the bigger changes and opinions. The changes I immediately am excited about are:
1) Finally added a pause/play gesture to project Soli!! (Works fantastic)
2) In the display settings, there is now a toggle to increase display touch sensitivity for screen protectors
3) Added a new qs icon for the built in screen recording
While testing the new Soli pause/play, I also immediately noticed how much more improved all of the hand gestures are. Not just the new pause, but also the skipping forward and backwards are so much more accurate and successful for me. It's an extremely welcome change and while Soli always worked decent for me, on the 11 beta I'm getting about 95%-99% success on all hand gestures compared to my about 80% on Android 10.
The screen sensitivity is another welcome addition for me personally. I have a glass screen protector and with the new option enabled, I can absolutely feel a difference in display response. I will admit that before updating, I hadn't had any screen responsiveness complaints but now that there's an option to improve it, I am very pleased with the results. If anything, it may be a tiny bit too responsive. While typing this post out, Gboard seems to occasionally hit a letter before I actually make contact with the screen. Other than that, it's fantastic. My back gestures seem to be the most beneficial from this.
The screen recording qs icon is a cool new addition, although I had native screen recording enabled on Android 10, there was no super quick way to start a recording session.
Lastly, I noticed a few new things in developer options but as I'm no Dev, I really don't know what they do. Oh, they did add a screen frame-rate overlay so you can see the current refresh rate of your screen.
I will be running this for a few days to see if and how battery life is affected and I'll post my findings here. Feel free to comment additional findings or opinions on the new Android 11 beta!
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Were you able to complete the face unlock enrollment?

dave5777 said:
Were you able to complete the face unlock enrollment?
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Yes it didn't give me a single issue. Are you not able to?

1dopewrx05 said:
Yes it didn't give me a single issue. Are you not able to?
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Nope, not able to

Ashray_Vk said:
Nope, not able to
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Strange, I haven't heard of this being an issue for anyone else yet. I even dirty flashed the 11 beta, didn't erase my userdata so I was expecting issues and it's been flawless. Try re-flashing the Android 11 factory image, that we almost certainly fix your issue.

1dopewrx05 said:
Strange, I haven't heard of this being an issue for anyone else yet. I even dirty flashed the 11 beta, didn't erase my userdata so I was expecting issues and it's been flawless. Try re-flashing the Android 11 factory image, that we almost certainly fix your issue.
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It's a fresh installation with all data wipe . Strange. Maybe I should try the OTA method.

Ashray_Vk said:
Nope, not able to
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I have the same problem. And there are more people with this.

Is there HDMI out support on Android 11?

1dopewrx05 said:
Yes it didn't give me a single issue. Are you not able to?
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No luck, I'll probably go back to rooted stock 10. I can't use the phone without root and Fingerface.

Once we get root for this then i will try it out

Does it break Google Pay?

dave5777 said:
Were you able to complete the face unlock enrollment?
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Face unlock working fine here too, only issue I had was I didn't extract the zip into its entirety of the platform tools folder. That took me 2 hours to figure out how to flash without error.

Luxferro said:
Does it break Google Pay?
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Yeah, Google pay does not work on it. I received a pop up about it earlier this morning.

For those having face unlock setup issues: Factory reset your phone either in recovery or the settings menu. This happens when you don't clear face unlock before flashing a factory image with the -w option.
(Also, finally hitting my 1000th post with this 10 years later... Can't believe it's been that long)

AwkwardUberHero said:
Yeah, Google pay does not work on it. I received a pop up about it earlier this morning.
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Hmm. Was afraid to read that. So if we are able to use Google pay we have to wait until Google ads the preview to safely net to pass i think... So i wait... G-Pay is evident to me.

Joolz03 said:
Is there HDMI out support on Android 11?
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Nope, unfortunately the Pixel line will most likely never have hardware HDMI out capability due to the Chromecast's existence. I have a Chromecast and still would love to have HDMI over usb-c, it's just not going to happen.

How's this running for everyone? Phone and messaging work no issues?

the.emilio said:
How's this running for everyone? Phone and messaging work no issues?
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Running good for me. Only thing I see is Google assistant won't use the new assistant keeps reverting to old.

Installed on my carrier locked TMO phone no issues. Working great so far.

Brightness issue with Pixel mod in OOS

Hey Everyone,
I was able to get all Pixel features like photos unlimited, call screen, hold for me in OOS using this Magisk Module.
But upon installing, the brightness of the device is set to low and completely broken so it doesn't change. Did anyone able to run it and fix this?
I was able to use it by going in to fingerprint and click add fingerprint which brings the brightness back to normal and quit the fingerprint by swiping in notifications and the brightness presists but that's not usable in long term

Edit1: Seems like I was wrong. All the features are getting turned off one by one.
Writing here for anyone who wants to get pixel features in oxygen os rather than AOSP.
I was able to solve the issue. All I had to do is delete the system.prop file from the module and install it. Now the photos shows unlimited uploads and I don't have the brightness issue.

Hey,
Does anyone got a chance to have a fix for this? I have the same issue with a oneplus 8, and i can't find any solution yet..
As stated, removing the "system.props" from the module breaks the feature of the module

5ud0 said:
Edit1: Seems like I was wrong. All the features are getting turned off one by one.
Writing here for anyone who wants to get pixel features in oxygen os rather than AOSP.
I was able to solve the issue. All I had to do is delete the system.prop file from the module and install it. Now the photos shows unlimited uploads and I don't have the brightness issue.
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I have same issue... I got call screening Pixel feature in Oxygen by changing device fingerprint but have same screen brightness problem.
Can you please some detail of how to delete the system.prop file in the module and then install it.

5ud0 said:
Hey Everyone,
I was able to get all Pixel features like photos unlimited, call screen, hold for me in OOS using this Magisk Module.
But upon installing, the brightness of the device is set to low and completely broken so it doesn't change. Did anyone able to run it and fix this?
I was able to use it by going in to fingerprint and click add fingerprint which brings the brightness back to normal and quit the fingerprint by swiping in notifications and the brightness presists but that's not usable in long term
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Inervo said:
Hey,
Does anyone got a chance to have a fix for this? I have the same issue with a oneplus 8, and i can't find any solution yet..
As stated, removing the "system.props" from the module breaks the feature of the module
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sjgoel said:
I have same issue... I got call screening Pixel feature in Oxygen by changing device fingerprint but have same screen brightness problem.
Can you please some detail of how to delete the system.prop file in the module and then install it.
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I actually have a *partial* solution to this. If you are changing the fingerprint to enable call screening or call recording in Google Phone, then the solution is to use Google Dialer Mod instead. It's a root app that has toggles which literally allow you to turn on Call Screening, Call Recording, and pretty much any other Google Phone feature you'd want to enable. No fingerprinting necessary. If you were trying to get other pixel mods, unfortunately I have no answer to that.