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ADS on Lockscreen and other stuff

Hi guys,
I've just bought a Mi 4i for my gf and we discovered that on her device are 3 bugs which I can't solve (without rooting and all this stuff that she hates and I love)
1) ADS on lockscreen, I've tried with many different ads finder, but none find something.
2) We can't create a MiAccount, when we push the "create Mi account" nothing happen.
3) She has the phone since nearly 1 month but no update comes out (the updater says MIUI 7 LXIMICI 77.00.33.00).
Any suggestion?

Braska90 said:
Hi guys,
I've just bought a Mi 4i for my gf and we discovered that on her device are 3 bugs which I can't solve (without rooting and all this stuff that she hates and I love)
1) ADS on lockscreen, I've tried with many different ads finder, but none find something.
2) We can't create a MiAccount, when we push the "create Mi account" nothing happen.
3) She has the phone since nearly 1 month but no update comes out (the updater says MIUI 7 LXIMICI 77.00.33.00).
Any suggestion?
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I'm guessing you are buying from a third party. Flash back Miui 7 using fastboot and all will be normal, make sure to backup everything..

haikalizz said:
I'm guessing you are buying from a third party. Flash back Miui 7 using fastboot and all will be normal, make sure to backup everything..
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Using the updater to flash the stock version is not enough?
If it is not, where i can find the img for the Mi 4i (ferrari)?

Braska90 said:
Using the updater to flash the stock version is not enough?
If it is not, where i can find the img for the Mi 4i (ferrari)?
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Look at miui website under downloads. Find a fastboot rom there...

Ok, thanks man.

Android 10 Ota Flash?

Anyone have a zip I can flash with the system updater built into the phone? I've tried the few that have been posted, however it is located in the root folder the local updater can't see it.

The way I get the updates is by Oxygen Updater.
Never had an issue, look for a local update.... install
Do not root ....

AstroDigital said:
The way I get the updates is by Oxygen Updater.
Never had an issue, look for a local update.... install
Do not root ....
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Don't root 10?

Virus1x said:
Don't root 10?
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Yes I have no reason to root.

AstroDigital said:
Yes I have no reason to root.
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I do it for adaway and no limits rom.

Virus1x said:
I do it for adaway and no limits rom.
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MOD EDIT: Language
I pay for my programs so I do not need Adaway.
For programs I can not buy, putting up with a few ads is the price of using the program
Also I am not always toying with things to get things like Bank apps and Google Pay to work, never have to worry about bricking anything.

Hi guys,
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It is totally OK to have your own ways of using your own phones, but it must be done without calling names on a member.
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only a question. can I load the Android 10 update with the oxygen os updater and do it without my data being gone? Device is still on Android 9 Stabel.

Maddragon2000 said:
only a question. can I load the Android 10 update with the oxygen os updater and do it without my data being gone? Device is still on Android 9 Stabel.
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I'm on 10 via oxygen no issues.

I am on 10 beta 2 and oxygen updater does not find any updates, guess I must wait a bit....

Virus1x said:
I'm on 10 via oxygen no issues.
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Whitout Riot ?

I was on pie when it popped up.

if you are on open beta you will never get stable releases ever unless you roll back and that will wipe.

Sorry wihtout root i?

dorsefrith said:
I am on 10 beta 2 and oxygen updater does not find any updates, guess I must wait a bit....
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different channel，so the openbeta channel uploader cannot find the stable channel ota zip

zen95 said:
different channel，so the openbeta channel uploader cannot find the stable channel ota zip
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So the only way to get it to wait for official file from the Oneplus site? OR with rollback to 9? I do not want my data to be wiped :/
Any one knows any other way to go for stable 10?

Maddragon2000 said:
only a question. can I load the Android 10 update with the oxygen os updater and do it without my data being gone? Device is still on Android 9 Stabel.
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It is supposed to preserve your data. But I never assume that it will work the way it is supposed to. That goes for any updates, and especially as one as major as Android 9 > 10.
Backup anything that is important to you on a routine basis (method of your choice - many options), and definitely before an update. Then as I like to say: Expect the best, but prepare for the worst. In other words, you will probably be able to update and keep your data. But you are prepared just in case anything goes wrong.

dorsefrith said:
So the only way to get it to wait for official file from the Oneplus site? OR with rollback to 9? I do not want my data to be wiped :/
Any one knows any other way to go for stable 10?
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Titanium Backup your data?
If you look for how to unlock the bootloader for tmobile there is a thread on one pluses site where you can local updater flash pie, It'll setup like a brand new phone but all other info on phone is preserved you and restore with titanium backup.

dorsefrith said:
So the only way to get it to wait for official file from the Oneplus site? OR with rollback to 9? I do not want my data to be wiped :/
Any one knows any other way to go for stable 10?
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u can use oneplus switch app to backup your data, then save it on your pc/laptop
follow official guild, change to stable channel, then ota to stable 10

zen95 said:
u can use oneplus switch app to backup your data, then save it on your pc/laptop
follow official guild, change to stable channel, then ota to stable 10
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Thanks guys for the tips, but I know how to backup my data. Problem is that I have around 170gb of data on my phone and do not have a space to store it. I will have some 2tb disk soon but it is hard to wait

TWRP on the P4a?

I was wondering if anyone knew about the partition schemes and whether there is enough room on the boot image to install custom recovery on the P4a?
The Pixel 3A did not have enough room on the RAM disk on the boot image. So installing TWRP, even a stripped down version compressed, on the P3a was a no-go.
Custom recovery was not necessary on the P3a. Just having and unlocked bootloader and root via Magisk gives a lot of options including custom ROMs.
However, I'm still curious if custom recovery will ever come to the P4a?

12paq said:
I was wondering if anyone knew about the partition schemes and whether there is enough room on the boot image to install custom recovery on the P4a?
The Pixel 3A did not have enough room on the RAM disk on the boot image. So installing TWRP, even a stripped down version compressed, on the P3a was a no-go.
Custom recovery was not necessary on the P3a. Just having and unlocked bootloader and root via Magisk gives a lot of options including custom ROMs.
However, I'm still curious if custom recovery will ever come to the P4a?
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LMAO. Give it up. We're going to be on 11. Good night

Golf c said:
LMAO. Give it up. We're going to be on 11. Good night
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Not everyone will move to 11 right away if thet can get TWRP working on A10 first.

digger16309 said:
Not everyone will move to 11 right away if thet can get TWRP working on A10 first.
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Good luck my friend. Stay on 10

We don't even have kernel source yet..

I don't think there was twrp for a pixel for a couple years was there? Pixel 2? And that didn't get past rc I don't think.

Golf c said:
LMAO. Give it up. We're going to be on 11. Good night
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Thanks! As I said TWRP has not been needed and I was just curious.
However I did enjoy your insecure condescending attitude. It made me LMAO.
Again, thanks! ??

dmb219 said:
I don't think there was twrp for a pixel for a couple years was there? Pixel 2? And that didn't get past rc I don't think.
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I know, it looks like TWRP has been doing a long slow death spiral.
We have TWRP on Android 10 for the Pixel C tablet. But of course among other things, there's no A/B partitions and Google abandoned support for the device a while ago.

Might be a while, pixel 3+ devices haven't had a 100% working TWRP for a long time.
They can still sideload ROMs and patch boot images with adb/fastboot
I'll miss this moving on from my 2xl. Nice to flash and update things without needing a PC

Golf c said:
Good luck my friend. Stay on 10
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I will until there is EdXposed for 11 + module updates.

digger16309 said:
I will until there is EdXposed for 11 + module updates.
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Yucky

Someone correct me if I am wrong but there are no factory images yet for the 4a so no rooting with Magisk until then?

Is it at least possible to unlock the bootloader right away? Is that just standard fastboot ADB procedure or is there something Pixel specific(first one)

dpaine88 said:
Is it at least possible to unlock the bootloader right away? Is that just standard fastboot ADB procedure or is there something Pixel specific(first one)
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Just unlocked my Pixel4a using the standard ADB commands. Will say that OEM Unlocking stayed grayed out, until I connected to my WiFi (No SIM) and let the phone connect to the mother-ship.

Archangel said:
Someone correct me if I am wrong but there are no factory images yet for the 4a so no rooting with Magisk until then?
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yea i believe you are correct, i think same steps for the pix4 can be applied on the 4a https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-4-root-magisk/
im not sure if there are other ways to get the boot img but id rather just wait for the factory images to release & mess with it then. gonna make a cronjob script to watch / notify me once its up.

renzyyy said:
yea i believe you are correct, i think same steps for the pix4 can be applied on the 4a https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-4-root-magisk/
im not sure if there are other ways to get the boot img but id rather just wait for the factory images to release & mess with it then. gonna make a cronjob script to watch / notify me once its up.
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If I get around to it this weekend, I may just do a rom dump to extract the boot.img. Haven't done it in a while. I'm still waiting for some screen protectors to arrive before I mess with my phone.

Archangel said:
Someone correct me if I am wrong but there are no factory images yet for the 4a so no rooting with Magisk until then?
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I can't find them either.

Isn't Android 11 going to make it more difficult to hide root anymore? I am tempted to root, but heard (or read) somewhere that with android 11 that it may not be worth it as any app (or something like that) will be able to see and not work.

This is the first phone I've owned that I think I'll be satisfied with stock. Ad guard does everything I need as ad away did. And it doesn't need root. Everything is fast! Now I don't have to hack Google pay.

edufur said:
This is the first phone I've owned that I think I'll be satisfied with stock. Ad guard does everything I need as ad away did. And it doesn't need root. Everything is fast! Now I don't have to hack Google pay.
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Curious about adguard. I just tried it and won't install with chrome as browser.
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Xiaomi M11 Ultra, Cannot restore. TWRP?

Ok here we go. I bought this new. I did a deleted Magisk which I should of not done. Somehow the root is screwed up. I am trying to get in the phone to restore it to like I bought it. There was an issue when I bought it with Magisk. Something about it needed to be an app. Anyway, When I do a reboot I have a choice of Reboot, Recovery, Soft Reboot , Bootloader. I want to flash a rom again and fix the Magisk so it has no errors. I have read and tried the different way to do this. I installed TWRP but cannot get it to come up on a boot because there is no home button on my phone. Any suggestions?

You can start from scratch and install the official ROM that's supposed to be on your phone via miflash
Then you can start fresh on ROM of your choice and clean install of twrp and magisk etc

Dash Riprock said:
Ok here we go. I bought this new. I did a deleted Magisk which I should of not done. Somehow the root is screwed up. I am trying to get in the phone to restore it to like I bought it. There was an issue when I bought it with Magisk. Something about it needed to be an app. Anyway, When I do a reboot I have a choice of Reboot, Recovery, Soft Reboot , Bootloader. I want to flash a rom again and fix the Magisk so it has no errors. I have read and tried the different way to do this. I installed TWRP but cannot get it to come up on a boot because there is no home button on my phone. Any suggestions?
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U shouldn't do what u dont really know from beginning
Way to fix your problem: download miflash and fastboot rom file to flash it to stock rom (any region u want because of unlocked bootloader)

hungragezone said:
U shouldn't do what u dont really know from beginning
Way to fix your problem: download miflash and fastboot rom file to flash it to stock rom (any region u want because of unlocked bootloader)
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I was wanting to unroot the phone and it was supposed to unroot it when you uninstall Magisk. There already was an issue with Magisk from the start wanting it to be an app instead of a system app. Things went down from there. I have fastboot, recovery on it now. Just want to be able to download some apps that won't install because of root detection. Now I have a corrupted root thanks to Magisk.

speedtripler said:
You can start from scratch and install the official ROM that's supposed to be on your phone via miflash
Then you can start fresh on ROM of your choice and clean install of twrp and magisk etc
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I cannot find Hermes on the site. M11 Ultra is my phone. Redmi Note 2 .

speedtripler said:
You can start from scratch and install the official ROM that's supposed to be on your phone via miflash
Then you can start fresh on ROM of your choice and clean install of twrp and magisk etc
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If I could find my Rom that would be nice.

Dash Riprock said:
If I could find my Rom that would be nice.
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You don't sound like you have put in much effort tbh
You should read more and watch some of those video tutorials before doing things that break your phone

The phone is not bricked. I cannot find the firmware for this phone. Weird. I have looked a a lot of firmware and cannot find one for this phone. it says M11 Ultra and Redmi Note 2 (hermes) the Android OS is 10 but the hermes I see are 5.0. Too old os. I do watch the videos. When I got this phone it already was not right with the rooting it came with. I did not want rooting because I cannot download certain apps I use. I went through the steps to delete root through deleting Magisk but from there it went to ****. The phone works. But there is corrupted root and fastboot keeps tapping out when I boot to it. Also Magisk was updated to 23.1 at the start and there was a conflict with that. Had I known this phone was rooted I would of never bought it. Also not sure if bootloader is open. My PC sees it just fine communicating with the phone through a program I have not figure out. What I have tried does not work. I don't need an ass chewing here. I just asked for some help. Thanks

speedtripler said:
You don't sound like you have put in much effort tbh
You should read more and watch some of those video tutorials before doing things that break your phone
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Yes I have put effort for a week now. I assume I need the fastboot rom to get this. I cannot get TWRP to even come up on the phone. Fastboot always does.

speedtripler said:
You don't sound like you have put in much effort tbh
You should read more and watch some of those video tutorials before doing things that break your phone
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I also want to add there is no where in the developer options that I can turn on the OEM. What I watch on the videos is NOT on the phone I have. I do have debug on the computer sees the phone. thats it.

Dash Riprock said:
The phone is not bricked. I cannot find the firmware for this phone. Weird. I have looked a a lot of firmware and cannot find one for this phone. it says M11 Ultra and Redmi Note 2 (hermes) the Android OS is 10 but the hermes I see are 5.0. Too old os. I do watch the videos. When I got this phone it already was not right with the rooting it came with. I did not want rooting because I cannot download certain apps I use. I went through the steps to delete root through deleting Magisk but from there it went to ****. The phone works. But there is corrupted root and fastboot keeps tapping out when I boot to it. Also Magisk was updated to 23.1 at the start and there was a conflict with that. Had I known this phone was rooted I would of never bought it. Also not sure if bootloader is open. My PC sees it just fine communicating with the phone through a program I have not figure out. What I have tried does not work. I don't need an ass chewing here. I just asked for some help. Thanks
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Fake phone. It Isn't a real Mi11 Ultra. Just some sh1tty phone try to fake 11U
And im sure that u will not be able to fix this phone here. Just throw it away

Dash Riprock said:
Yes I have put effort for a week now. I assume I need the fastboot rom to get this. I cannot get TWRP to even come up on the phone. Fastboot always does.
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Check and make sure "USB Debugging" is on under Developer Options. Once this done, from the command prompt, execute "adb reboot recovery". This will take you to recovery (TWRP in your case).

Dash Riprock said:
I also want to add there is no where in the developer options that I can turn on the OEM. What I watch on the videos is NOT on the phone I have. I do have debug on the computer sees the phone. thats it.
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When you get to Setting, in the search bar type "OEM" and it will list "OEM Unlocking" in the search result. Clicking on this should help you get to OEM Unlocking option.

Dash Riprock said:
The phone is not bricked. I cannot find the firmware for this phone. Weird. I have looked a a lot of firmware and cannot find one for this phone. it says M11 Ultra and Redmi Note 2 (hermes) the Android OS is 10 but the hermes I see are 5.0. Too old os. I do watch the videos. When I got this phone it already was not right with the rooting it came with. I did not want rooting because I cannot download certain apps I use. I went through the steps to delete root through deleting Magisk but from there it went to ****. The phone works. But there is corrupted root and fastboot keeps tapping out when I boot to it. Also Magisk was updated to 23.1 at the start and there was a conflict with that. Had I known this phone was rooted I would of never bought it. Also not sure if bootloader is open. My PC sees it just fine communicating with the phone through a program I have not figure out. What I have tried does not work. I don't need an ass chewing here. I just asked for some help. Thanks
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How much did you pay for it?
It cannot be a Redmi note 2 and a mi 11 ultra at the same time....
It sounds like the other said, a fake phone

speedtripler said:
How much did you pay for it?
It cannot be a Redmi note 2 and a mi 11 ultra at the same time....
It sounds like the other said, a fake phone
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Paid around $100 When I go to the settings it says device model M11 Ultra, BUT when I go to Regulatory Information it says Model Redmi Note 2 IC: hermes . Here is the link of the phone I bought. Again I cannot find the for sure Firmware for this. Not sure it is the right firmware. https://www.ebay.com/itm/144199997051?hash=item2192fd567b:g:MagAAOSwakdhP9I7

archer797 said:
When you get to Setting, in the search bar type "OEM" and it will list "OEM Unlocking" in the search result. Clicking on this should help you get to OEM Unlocking option.
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Did that. Nothing. Blank screen no results.

hungragezone said:
Fake phone. It Isn't a real Mi11 Ultra. Just some sh1tty phone try to fake 11U
And im sure that u will not be able to fix this phone here. Just throw it away
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This is the phone. Check it out. Thanks https://www.ebay.com/itm/144199997051?hash=item2192fd567b:g:MagAAOSwakdhP9I7

Dash Riprock said:
This is the phone. Check it out. Thanks https://www.ebay.com/itm/144199997051?hash=item2192fd567b:g:MagAAOSwakdhP9I7
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The phone works fine but its rooted and I don't want root. This all started because I followed what it said about removing root. Just do it through Magisk. That did NOT work. From there corrupt root. As for phone It works. But I cannot use my banking and investment apps on a rooted phone. That is the problem.

Dash Riprock said:
This is the phone. Check it out. Thanks https://www.ebay.com/itm/144199997051?hash=item2192fd567b:g:MagAAOSwakdhP9I7
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fake phone
confirmed
/btw: M11 not Mi 11 rofl

MTK6595, not much hope of resolving this without getting hold of seller and finding out the ROM producer and probably flashing again on a formatted system ( there are so many but a search on a browser may help). Flashing MTK systems are not hard, just need the correct ROM and leave it unrooted using SP flash tools. There are plenty of rooting bids for mtk's, so may be you can unroot too using the guides from a browser search. Unless you can return as an item not as described for a refund.

Question Will there ever be custom ROMs for the S7 FE?

Will there ever be custom ROMs for the S7 FE?
Is there something certain holding devs back from making one?
Just curious.

I don't know but you can easily flash GSI now. Also I am wondering if S pen is working with GSI...

Incomtus said:
I don't know but you can easily flash GSI now. Also I am wondering if S pen is working with GSI...
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I've tried dual boot Pixel Experience 13 GSI using DSU Sideloader. It works great. Got UI bugs like the taskbar is cropped, the Settings app is not dual pane.
The S Pen works. if you hover the pen a mouse icon appear. Buttons on the S Pen seems cannot do anything.
Overall the GSI feels very snappy but you will lose some function like protect battery, Dex, S Pen features, better multitasking/multi-windows experience, etc.

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I've tried dual boot Pixel Experience 13 GSI using DSU Sideloader. It works great. Got UI bugs like the taskbar is cropped, the Settings app is not dual pane.
The S Pen works. if you hover the pen a mouse icon appear. Buttons on the S Pen seems cannot do anything.
Overall the GSI feels very snappy but you will lose some function like protect battery, Dex, S Pen features, better multitasking/multi-windows experience, etc.
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Hello thanks for your answer, dsu sideloader is working here? I don't see the option in the developer settings, you used the app on GitHub?

Yes i use DSU Sideloader app on the github. No root needed but bootloader must be unlocked
GitHub - VegaBobo/DSU-Sideloader: A simple app made to help users easily install GSIs via DSU's Android feature.
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It's super cheap on Amazon right now. Hopefully the cheap price can be an appeal enough that releasing a custom ROM is worth it.

I'm no developer, but if you want your Samsung tablet to run AOSP like a Pixel, check out my guide here.
Otherwise, you can install GSIs from LineageOS, PHHTreble, or other projects.

Until ROMS can preserve some OEM capabilities it will be a ways off before custom ROMs are in high enough demand for this device. Sort of like Sony and how rooting can make you lose access to certain camera functions (if I recall).

V0latyle said:
I'm no developer, but if you want your Samsung tablet to run AOSP like a Pixel, check out my guide here.
Otherwise, you can install GSIs from LineageOS, PHHTreble, or other projects.
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we would need a stable twrp for this, aren't we? :S

Incomtus said:
I don't know but you can easily flash GSI now. Also I am wondering if S pen is working with GSI...
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Hi my bro. how to flash GSI?

billy996 said:
Hi my bro. how to flash GSI?
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Hi!
First you have to unlock the bootloader (IT WILL ERASE ALL USER DATA) (method for maybe all Samsung device) by deactivated OEM LOCK in développement options,
then shutting down tablet and press both vol + and - while you plug the usb cable.
You LL see a warning green screen and you LL be able to unlock the bootloader.
After that I don't know if there is a TWRP recovery for that tablet but if there is one, you could flash it with Odin and then flash GSI.
If there is no TWRP, I think you can flash GSI but I don't know the method att all ..... Maybe take a look on internet "how flash GSI with Odin"?

Incomtus said:
Hi!
First you have to unlock the bootloader (IT WILL ERASE ALL USER DATA) (method for maybe all Samsung device) by deactivated OEM LOCK in développement options,
then shutting down tablet and press both vol + and - while you plug the usb cable.
You LL see a warning green screen and you LL be able to unlock the bootloader.
After that I don't know if there is a TWRP recovery for that tablet but if there is one, you could flash it with Odin and then flash GSI.
If there is no TWRP, I think you can flash GSI but I don't know the method att all ..... Maybe take a look on internet "how flash GSI with Odin"?
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There is an other solution with DSU SIDELOADER but it will just a make a partition with original ROM, and the GSI one.
Bootloader must also be unlocked
Don't hesitate to ask if you don't know what what I am talking about

Typhoon_Master said:
we would need a stable twrp for this, aren't we? :S
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Not necessarily, you can patch the stock recovery to accept fastboot commands with this

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billy996 said:
I extracted the recovery.img.lz4 from AP of the Stock firmware, and then tried to patch the recovery.img.lz4 with that script, but the patching failed, and I couldn't find the reason for the error.
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You'd have to contact the developer of the script

I've flashed the GSI into the S7 FE and it feels great.

billy996 said:
I've flashed the GSI into the S7 FE and it feels great.
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which GSI?

lukeprokopec said:
which GSI?
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Lineage A13 GSI

billy996 said:
Lineage A13 GSI
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First of all, there are several LOS 20 GSI ROMs. Can you give a link to the one you used. And how did you flash it without fastboot? AFAIK, there is no TWRP except for the SM-T735.